Arrival

We boarded at around 8pm, and since its a 4 hour trip, we expect to arrive at around 12am.

True enough, we arrived 12:30am.

I also just realized that I forgot all those Goldilocks goodies that I bought Ed! Damn that amplifier, got me too preoccupied. Ayun, ate ko nalang tuloy yung nakinabang! Haha!

I asked Rix if Ed has already texted. I was using that Globe sim that Che gave me months back, and the roaming request was still not activated. After a while, Ed texted na malapit na raw sila! Anak ng! Akala ko kanina pa sila andun! Hehehe!

So we proceeded muna to the little Duty Free store inside the airport. I bought one Jack Daniel as promised to Ed and Mark. And while Rix was inside the CR, I glimpsed two guys waving at me from the outside window. Upon closer inspection, it was Ed and Mark! Hahaha!

It was so great meeting those two guys again! It shows how much I missed them! ;)

After the initial reunion, we got in a taxi and proceeded to Ed and Mark's place!

My initial reaction about Singapore is, its so CLEAN! And you can hardly see any cops since mababa ata ang crime rate sa kanila! The whole place looks so safe that you can stroll around til the whee hours of the morning and still maintain a carefree attitude!

Also, there were hardly any houses around their place (Sengkang). Most of the homes were large buildings with apartment units. I think the only one's with houses were the really rich people (pretty much like in Korea).

Plus the whole transportation means were hi-tech. That cab we were riding on even has an LCD monitor which, I think, features a Global Positioning System (GPS) to show you your location in case you're missing. Plus, it even tells the driver to slow down every time he exceeds the speed limit! Ooooh! Haha! The MRT and Buses were better, but more on that later.

And so we arrived Ed and Mark's apartment. Ang ganda ng place nila! Nakakaaliw yung elevator kasi ang bilis, unlike here in our country, na para mag aantay ka ng pasko bago dumating! Haha!

Once we got inside, we met Jayson, Ed's cousin who's also working in SG. Jayson is the third housemate. The fourth housemate, Neil, was still out during that time. And to celebrate our arrival, Ed treated us to McDonald's! Haha! Ang uso pala dun, you order online! So Ed tapped the McDo website to place our orders.

And its an ice breaker. It opened my eyes that... food in Singapore is EXPENSIVE! Yikes! Haha! While we were choosing our order, I was looking at the prices: (6 dollars, 7 dollars, etc). My mind involuntarily started to calculate and convert the prices to Philippine peso... 1 SG dollar = 31 PHP...

I suddenly blurted out, "Shit and mahal ah!". Hahahaha! They laughed and Ed jokingly told us, "Fil, don't calculate!" Hahahaha! Si Mark din daw, nung unang dating, nag cacalculate rin daw sabi ni Ed! Hahaha! ;p

And I was thinking that since its more expensive, siguro mas malaki rin yung servings. Langya, same servings rin! Haha! So it integrated into my head that mataas talaga ang cost of living sa SG as compared sa 'pinas.

While waiting for the food, kwentuhan galore! Haha! I borrowed Mark's laptop to check my mail. I saw Che online so I buzzed. Turns out, it was Pilep! Haha! I told him na andito na ako sa SG. Sabi ni Fifi to activate Skype because he has something to show me! And so I logged into Maki's account and Skype'd Pilep!

And what was that he was gonna show me? Akala ko nung una may kabalastugan na gagawin si loko.. Hahaha! And then he showed me...

M.BISON!!!!!!!! That SOTA Street Fighter figure which I was furiously saving for! Hahaha! Na-excite ako bigla! I immediately asked him, "Ayus pre, mag-cocollect ka narin!?" In which Fifi replied, "Hindi, para sayo yan!" Yahoooooooo!!! Hahahahaha! Tumalon ang aking puso! Hahaha! And of course it wasn't for free, as always, may dare yang CHELIPS na yan as kapalit! Hahahaha! Kailangan daw may pic ako with Ed and Mark kissing them daw! Hahaha! Taena! Malamang fetish na naman ito ni Che! Hahahaha! jk! Sad to say, I failed the dare! Hahaha! Pero I talked to Che yesterday at ibibigay pa rin daw nila yung toy! Hahahaha! Hoy Che, walang bawian ah! Hahaha! ;p

Back to where we were... haha!

Ayun dumating na yung food. And yes, I was able to confirm na same servings nga, only more expensive. So yun, kwentuhan galore. And about Rix, I was worried na baka hindi siya comfortable since we're all guys, AND that she only met Ed (though she get to chat with Ed on YM) and Mark once or twice palang before. But as I've said before, Rix is very congenial and friendly... and nung andun na, akala mo sobrang tagal na nila magkakilala! Hehehe! Magaling talaga makisama. Siguro kung ako yun, I'll be sitting on one corner, blurting out "hi... hello!" Hahaha!

After eating, we decided to call it a night since its gonna be a big day later! We're going to the ZOO! ;p