Solo Value Meal

Yesterday for some reason, I got very hungry early. So hungry that my head was beginnning to pound. I couldn’t take it anymore, so I told my lunchmates in our YM conference that we should all meet at 12 sharp at the 19th floor for lunch and if they weren’t there, I was going to eat alone.

Sure enough, everyone showed up, thinking that I was threatening them. They even laughed, thinking that I was joking. But I wasn’t. I really was planning to eat alone if they didn’t show up!

So I’ve been thinking, what’s the deal on this eating alone stuff? Is it really abnormal for someone to eat a meal alone? Coz if it is, then that must mean I’m abnormal, coz I do it all the time. And not because I am left with no choice, too. Sometimes, I actually want to eat alone. Gasp!

Reminds me of this Friends episode when Rachel decided to give eating alone a shot. Joey said it was weird because most guys totally judge a girl eating alone. Rachel ended up liking her alone time, but in the end, her crush got turned off when he saw her eating alone in a restaurant because he thought her a weirdo for doing so.

Perhaps some people do judge me when they see me all alone at a restaurant. But hey, who cares what they think? I just like being free.

Sometimes it’s nice to be by myself and eat whatever I want without having to conform to a bunch of people. And sometimes, it just feels nice to splurge money on food you’ve been wanting to taste since forever but haven’t been able to because your friends are not as curious as you are or else they think it’s a tad overpriced.

So last night, when I felt my head starting to pound from lack of food again, I did not let my being alone stop me from heading towards CPK (California Pizza Kitchen) and dining on an overpriced meal of their bestselling chicken barbeque pizza and strawberry calamansiade. Yummy!