BETTER LIFE | THE DIARY GAME | 09JUN2024 | ✈🚗 Dropped-off our father to he airport and went to IKEA 🏬⛪

Woke up around 5:20 in the morning. I did not set my alarm at that time but I just woke up at that time. Maybe it’s because my father has a scheduled flight for today and I didn’t know if he had already prepared all of the things that he will need for his stay in the province for a week.

Around 9:25 in the morning, my mother re-made the pork lechon that was given to her by her friend yesterday when they went to their farm in Quezon province. She made it into lechon paksiw, it is a Filipino dish made up of left-over roasted pork mixed with vinegar, garlic, pepper, bayleaf, and in this version mixed in with Mang Tomas Sarsa (a gravy-like sauce that can be store bought here in the Philippines).
After she finished preparing the ingredients that she'll be using in cooking that dish. While my mother was doing that, I decided to take a bath first as we will go to the airport today as my father has a flight going to the province in Mindanao for their school reunion.

^{My mother and I ate first as they are still sleeping upstairs.}

My mother made another dish with the dried fish that we have. She cut it into tiny pieces and stir-fried it with onions and tomatoes.

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Later that morning, while we're preparing ourselves before we leave for our fathers flight, a package arrived for me. It was the wire charger that I ordered online as it was on sale that time. It was good that it arrived while we are still here as we don’t have anyone to accept or to receive it as we're all going outside.

After we have dropped-off our father in the airport, I thought of going to the National Museum, but then I thought that it was Sunday and there might be many people in the museum. Then I thought of going to IKEA in MOA as we've never been there since it was opened last or 3 years ago. Then they all agreed to go there.

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When we arrived at IKEA, there was a line in the parking lot. They did not let in some cars first as the parking lot was already full. When we got in and parked, we were really unfamiliar with the mall and if it's the same as other malls here in the Philippines. So we just followed all of the signs.

When we got to the 3rd floor of the mall, we looked around first at what the mall has to offer. Then we got a cart for our things (bag and the water flask that we brought with us), and looked at some of the furniture on the floor and some of the things that are displayed on the floor. My mother and I were actually happy when we saw all of the things that they offer. The prices are low and looks like it can last for a long time. I also like how they put in all of the things ready to buy and get by yourself as all the stock was already there and you can easily get it with the carts that they have for the furniture that you like to get. And it looks like they don't get out of stock in all of the available colors of each of the furniture.

We didn’t get to go to all of the parts of the floor as we were already hungry at that time when we like 30-45% of what the floor has to show. When we got to the Swedish Bistro we started to see what we could order at that time. I ordered a donut and a cinnamon bun, both strawberry flavored, and a drink. My brother and my mother both ordered a combo meal.

^{Inside the church, just beside MOA Arena and IKEA.}

After we all finished eating our food, we went to the other part of the mall and go to the other side of the street and go and buy some of the food and things that we need in the supermarket. But when we got there, the supermarket was replaced with another restaurant. So we just decided to go to the church just beside the mall.
But before we could enter the church, we have decided to just pray after the mass that was ongoing at that time and leave to Bacoor as they've planned to go back to Pasig tonight and the distance from here in Pasay to Bacoor is too long and my brother wanted to rest for a bit in the house before they go back in Pasig.

^{This was in the Cavitex part of our ride on the way back to Bacoor.}