One Great Weekend!

Wow! Now I know what I've been missing for a whole year of NO GIMMICK and ALL THESIS (which ended up with nothing by the way! all those hard work! for nothing!) Last weekend was a testament that I NEED to have fun! Let me recap my weekend.


SATURDAY - Niño's Celebration! (Me, Dale, Ed, Niño, Pilep, Mark, Cheryl, Madonna)

Dale and I were supposed to meet up in Gateway, Cubao para sabay kami pupunta sa house ni Phillippe (where the party will take place). Eh may misunderstanding sa text conversation namin, Dale thought I was asking him to go earlier because I will be late! Yari since I don't know how to go to Pilep's alone! Dale told me the directions so I still went! I rode the LRT! And to think that I hardly rode the LRT! It was like only the 6th time in my whole life that I used the LRT! Imagine that. Maganda pala.. maluwag at malamig rin pala yung aircon.

When I got there, I was so happy to see all these people again! I LOVE them! So ayun, we went up to Pilep's rooftop balcony and celebrated! Sagot lahat ni Niño! The beer was overflowing! The most surprising thing was THERE WAS A LOT OF FOOD/PULUTAN! We ordered two family sized pizza from Pizza Hut, and since Mark has a Palm Card... we had FOUR family sized pizza! On top of that, they bought pulutan from BALIWAG LECHON! As in ang dami, I think we didn't get to finish it! The beer though was a different story... ubos! Lakas ba naman uminom ni Cheryl (Pilep's girl). Silang dalawa ni Ed yung may pinaka-maraming nainom, may competition ba naman. Kung sino raw sumuko, "BADDIIIINNNGGGGG!!!!!" Hahahaha!

It was so much fun! As in mas ok pa kaysa dun sa Makati gimmick weeks ago! Here, we had a an almost unlimited supply of beer, and large amount of food! Videoke pa! Pero of all these, what I enjoyed the most is the company of my friends. I love these people and I will always cherish them! So to all of them, a big thank you! But the biggest THANK YOU is for Niño who paid for all these, and to Pilep who was the owner of the house/host of the night who made it all happen! Thanks for another wondrous event. I ended up going home around 5am! Good luck sa akin kasi may lalakarin ako the next day (Sunday)!
*Pics on my Multiply



SUNDAY - Trip to Banawe (Manila), Joyride (Manila to Bulacan, and back), and the annoying Stupid One-arm Tan!!!

So ayun, planned na kasi yung lakad ko nung Sunday. The plan was, as early as 7am, I'll go to Banawe (the haven for all things related to cars) to buy a side mirror for my car, a '96 Toyota Corolla GLI. Nanakawan kasi ako ng side mirrors (and sa mismong tabi lang ng bakod namin! kapal!) dati so pinalitan... eh yung pinalit, low class.. while my mom's office driver was using the car, the right mirror fell on the road! So wala na akong side mirror sa right side. So I planned to go to Banawe to buy one (hopefully, orig kaso nenok rin! Who knows, maybe it's the same exact mirror that was stolen from me! Haha!)

Because of the recent booze celebration that took place the night before, I ended up going home at around 5am, and DRUNK! Pinilit kong bumangon! When I was up, grabe ang sakit ng ulo ko! Hangover! I still went though! Hehe! When I reached Banawe, there was this guy offering up some tints. I told him: "Meron ba kayong side mirror?!" He told me: "Meron... bigay ko sa inyo boss p500.. orig!" In which I replied: "Ang mahal!" After a session of deal or no deal with the guy, we ended up with a nice deal! I will pay p1,200 for the side mirror, AND a TINT! My tint before was so ugly, you can puke just by looking at it! Nag bubbles na kasi yung tint ko dati kaya it was so hard looking through the mirror! And besides, plan ko na rin talaga dati na magpalagay ng bagong tint! ;p

So the Banawe guys did their job while I sat there watching for like two hours. I swear these guys really know their stuff. What was amusing was marami sila... and some of them are offering different services: car cleaning, rubber support (pudpod na raw kasi ung akin), car chargers, etc! Ang kukulit! Hehe!

When it was over, ang ganda na! Kung baga sa looks rating, kung dating -3 yung itsura nung Corolla, naging 4/10 na! Haha! But seriously, it looked really BETTER. I chose a black tint, but not the darkest one. Nice! :)

So off I go and I bid the guys goodbye! When I tried to turn on my engine, IT WON'T!!! It happens na while the guys were putting on the tints, they asked me to turn on the engine para mababa nila yung windows since the car has power windows! Shit! So I asked them to push! Hahaha! Tumakbo naman and once again, I thanked them! Off I go! The next series of events caused the Stupid One-Armed tan so read on carefully! ;p

So ayun nga, my car battery was discharged. I went on but decided to turn off the aircon so my battery will charge up again. I BROUGHT DOWN MY WINDOWS, specially my side of the car, since it was H-O-T! I told myself, "why not go joy riding!?" So I did... ikot around Manila, sa mga maliliit na sulok sulok, then I reached Bulacan much to my surprise! Don't ask me, BOBO rin talaga ako sa directions! Haha! This one town in Bulacan, Meycuayan... grabe, may isang part dun na sobrang baha! As in above the ankle yung taas nung baha! Kinabahan nga ako kasi natandaan kong na-discharge yung battery ko a while back, then susulong ako sa baha! Thankfully, I got through! ;p

So I went on with the joy ride. Sarap ng view! I was really enjoying these new places that I'm not really familiar with. Really nice view since MY WINDOWS ARE DOWN. After a while, I told myself I was tired already. Wala pa akong tulog eh. So I decided to look for an exit to the highway para mabilis na yung biyahe. My God, those damn signs are misleading! There was this one sign: "Highway Exit - 1 KM". So I looked eagerly for the exit para mag highway na ako... langya wala! I went on ahead and even reached SM Marilao! Malaki rin pala! Hehe! After another town, I found an exit to MacArthur Highway! Wow, and that freaking toll gate cost me p67 for the exit! Well, it was worth it... ang bilis ng drive ko sa highway... ang sarap ng hangin lalo na at NAKABABA YUNG WINDOWS ko! I took the route towards SM NORTH so nadaanan ko yung TRINOMA. Open na pala. I'll try to go there next week! :)

Eventually, I reached home around 3pm. I ate lunch, and after, I decided to take a bath! When I removed my shirt, GRABE!!!! THE ONE-ARM TAN!!!! My LEFT-ARM had a TAN!!! Remember, sa sobrang takot kong baka tumirik ako, I never opened the air con the whole trip. So that means my CAR WINDOWS WERE ALL DOWN THE WHOLE TIME. Since my left arm was exposed to the sun the whole time, nag-TAN!! It looked pretty stupid since I had shirt on, the exposed part was obviously the only part that was TANNED! Kitang kita yung TAN-line which was REALLY STRAIGHT! Tapos halos 1/4 lang ng arm yung affected, which makes it more eye-catching! As in ang laki ng difference ng color! Parang ni-spraypaint yung arm ko! I never imagined that the sun was THAT strong! Badtrip! ;p

Believe me, this photo doesn't do justice to the Stupid One-Arm Tan!


CONCLUSION
I really loved this weekend. Masaya talaga sobra. I enjoyed the party and the company of my friends. I also enjoyed the joy ride. The only moral lesson is that, next time, wear a sunblock! ;p