I just spent 7 hours in Starbucks yesterday. I literally saw the unfolding of the early afternoon to nearly midnight. I sat at the same table all throughout. I had two coffees, one hot and one cold. Since it was raining, I had my dinner there, which was surprisingly comforting granted they just reheated the so-called deli sandwich. If I'm correct, I had four bathroom breaks the entire time. Everything else was a blur except for Starbucks. I also felt the coffee shop attendants and guard staring at my table after the 5th hour. I honestly should've won something on that day.
Come to think of it, it was the same amount of hours you spend in the office. 7 hours in the coffee shop isn't my record by the way. I spent 9 hours once in Coffee Bean in Greenbelt when I resigned from work and enduring my dark ages. At that time lightweight laptops weren't the thing and I remember lugging a heavy Compaq Presario with 2 fiction books.
I definitely can stay long hours in a coffee shop as long as I'm doing something. I like the ambiance and the access to handcrafted caffeine drinks. It's like being alone with distractions when you need it. When I go there for a long haul, I usually read or blog and God knows that I need to catch up on my reading nowadays. And that's just what I did.
While waiting for a friend, I spent 2 hours reading a book that I have with me since last week. With my reading standards, I should've been done with that book 4 days ago since I'm on a vacation. But with all the activities and errands reading really comes in third or second. I try to read everyday especially before going to sleep, but I can only manage a chapter and I'm already wiped out. I try to sneak time during the day, but it's either the mood is so low and something always comes up. So when I made up plans to meet up with a friend yesterday in a coffee shop, I made a dash to get there earlier to catch up on my reading. When my friend arrived, I was three pages away from completing section 2 of the novel, and I asked her to give me a couple of minutes to close this one up. I never end in mid-chapters.
Now, I am 190 pages away from the conclusion and I'm already at the last section. The events are heating up and I can't wait to dive to it again. That 2 hour Starbucks window really helped a lot. I still have lots of books egging at my must-read list before 2013. Now I only have a few days. Pretty depressing.
What did I do in the next 5 hours you ask? Pure rejuvenating conversation, but that's a different story.
Come to think of it, it was the same amount of hours you spend in the office. 7 hours in the coffee shop isn't my record by the way. I spent 9 hours once in Coffee Bean in Greenbelt when I resigned from work and enduring my dark ages. At that time lightweight laptops weren't the thing and I remember lugging a heavy Compaq Presario with 2 fiction books.
I definitely can stay long hours in a coffee shop as long as I'm doing something. I like the ambiance and the access to handcrafted caffeine drinks. It's like being alone with distractions when you need it. When I go there for a long haul, I usually read or blog and God knows that I need to catch up on my reading nowadays. And that's just what I did.
While waiting for a friend, I spent 2 hours reading a book that I have with me since last week. With my reading standards, I should've been done with that book 4 days ago since I'm on a vacation. But with all the activities and errands reading really comes in third or second. I try to read everyday especially before going to sleep, but I can only manage a chapter and I'm already wiped out. I try to sneak time during the day, but it's either the mood is so low and something always comes up. So when I made up plans to meet up with a friend yesterday in a coffee shop, I made a dash to get there earlier to catch up on my reading. When my friend arrived, I was three pages away from completing section 2 of the novel, and I asked her to give me a couple of minutes to close this one up. I never end in mid-chapters.
Now, I am 190 pages away from the conclusion and I'm already at the last section. The events are heating up and I can't wait to dive to it again. That 2 hour Starbucks window really helped a lot. I still have lots of books egging at my must-read list before 2013. Now I only have a few days. Pretty depressing.
What did I do in the next 5 hours you ask? Pure rejuvenating conversation, but that's a different story.
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