I’ve tried twice the spaghetti with meatballs of Sbarro in the US.
When I saw the Sbarro last night in Robinson’s Galleria, I couldn’t resist taking home some.
Many questions pala:
1. Half or full order, half is one meatball, full has two meatballs. I ordered two P214 ++
2. Spaghetti sauce, tomato, white, or meat? What’s the difference? Tomato daw ay maasim, white daw ay matamis, meat sauce daw ay tama lang. Eh di meat sauce na lang. May bayad pala yung meat sauce. Ayoko, kung ano na lang ang walang extra pay. Tomato.
I took home two slices of pizza. P120 for a small slice of pizza. Nung mag-boyfriend pa lang kami, one whole pizza date namin ni Edmund, tila P15 one whole! Sobrang stretch na ang budget namin nun.
It’s so difficult nowadays to buy food randomly because of the brown paper only policy. The spaghetti spilled in my bag. Napunit yung brown paper.
I forgot pa my cellphone at home. I couldn’t call the driver. I went inside a clinic and used their land line to call our house. Hindi ko pa maalala anong telephone number namin. I kept on dialing the village security office. After 5 tries, the maid answered
A———“Hello Beth, na dyan ba si D?”
Beth——“Wala ho. Ay mam, nakita ni Antonia yung cellphone nyo, naiwan nyo daw, Tatawagan ho daw kayo”.
A———“Paki tawag mo si Antonia, kailangan kong tawagan yung driver”.
Beth——“Hindi daw ho alam ni Antonia ang telephone ni D”.
A———“Tawagin mo nga si Antonia kasi nasa kanya yung cellphone ko”.
Beth——“Ay mam, hindi daw nya matatawagan si D, hindi daw nya alam phone”.
(I wanted her to use my cellphone to call the driver but they were insisting they didn’t know D’s number).
Before I could even react, she gave the phone to Sarge U.
Sarge U—–“Hello mam, hindi ko alam telepono ni Kuya D”.
A———- “Kunin mo nga telepono ko kay Antonia, nadun telephone ni D”.
Sarge U—– “Hindi ko alam mam”.
A———– “Maglakad ka na lang, puntahan mo si D, naka park malapit sa gate. Sabihin mo sunduin na ako dito sa Robinson’s Galleria sa Gold’s Gym”.
Sarge U—–“Hindi ko mam alam ang number ni Kuya D”.
A———–“Hello, kaya nga maglakad ka puntahan mo dun sa tabi ng guard house, dun sya naka park”.
Sarge U——“Copy mam”.
A————“Saan ako susunduin?”
Sarge U——“Sa Robinson’s Galleria mam”.
A————“Ang laki ng Robinson’s, dun ako susunduin sa may Gold’s Gym, kung saan nya ako ibinaba”.
Sarge U——“Okay mam”.
A————“Saan ako susunduin?”
Sarge U—– “Dun sa malapit sa Robinson’s mam”.
A———– “Sarge, hindi ka nakikinig sa instruction ko, pakinggan mo nga ang sinasabi ko, dun ako susunduin sa Gold’s Gym. Saan ako susunduin?”
Sarge U—— “Sa Gold gym”.
A———— “Okay, lumakad ka na, bilisan mo”.
(I don’t need to go jogging to get tired. Just give instructions and it’s enough to lose 1,000 calories).
There was a long queue for taxi. My bag, both my hands were full of brown bags.
I squeezed thru the line to make sure my driver would see me. Those in line gave me a stare. Kala siguro sumisingit ako. Punit na yung brown bags, I could smell the meat balls, it spilled na yata in my bag.
After 10 minutes, my driver came.
A——–“Asan si Sarge? Asan yung cellphone ko?”
Driver—“Basta ibinigay lang yung phone, umalis na”.
A——–“Asan yung phone ko?”
Driver—“Dyan mam sa upuan?”
A——–“Asan, wala dito?”
Driver– “Dyan ko nilagay mam, Ay!”
A——- “Wala dito, asan, ASAAAN?”.
(Additional 500 calories lost).
I got home at exactly 7 pm. The meatballs were my dinner. The pizza was Edmund’s dessert.
E—— “mukhang masarap naman ah”.
A—— “Pictyuran mo muna”.
