Do you ever know Stanley Lambchop aka Flat Stanley?

On April 17th, I have received a mail from my cousin Alcyrra who is living in Grande Prairie Alberta. It made me ecstatic because she gave me quite an exciting task. She sent me a friend who's name is Stanley Lambchop or popularly known as Flat Stanley. Along with him is a letter saying that I need to host Stanley for a couple of days and to send him back to Alberta. Then I knew from reading the letter from her English teacher that Flat Stanley is a children's book character who got squished when a bulletin board fell on him and made him flat.

Stanley patiently stood on my desk for 2 days

The task is to host Flat Stanley for a couple of days and take him to visit cities and other places around the globe. Then the host will send him back to his origin and tell a story of the things that the host and Flat Stanley did and the places they visited during the stay. I had Flat Stanley stay at home with me for the first two days as I was very busy completing my graduate school paper for submission. But I promised him that I will take him for a ride and give him an experience of the city life in Manila. 

Me, myself and Stanley

Then came Friday, April 20th, went to graduate school to submit my manuscript and I took Stanley with me to the metropolis. We rode the metro rail from Manila to Cubao, Quezon City and walked past Gateway Mall, Farmers Plaza and rode a train going to North EDSA. Stanley also had a stroll in Trinoma Mall while I checked on some clothes. He also had a quick stop at SM North Edsa (which is now the 2nd largest mall in the Philippines in terms of area) before finally arriving at The Coffee Beanery in West Avenue Quezon City. I actually persuaded my colleagues (Faith and PJ) that we eat there so they could try the "cake and coffee unlimited" and indulge in different cake varieties and sip on TCB's coffee (this on a different story). After having our share of cakes and coffee (and also Stanley watching on us), we got home at 9:30 in the evening. So Stanley, did you enjoy the ride today huh?

Stanley and the Big Dome (now called Smart Araneta Coliseum)

Stanley at Sky Garden North Edsa

I ate up Stanley's part of the cake.

Hope you enjoyed the day Stan!

TLK