At the CCP with CHELIPS!

Once I got home, I saw my mom sleeping on the couch, naka-kumot! Nag-chill daw siya, and nahihilo. I asked her if she wants me to bring her to the hospital, wag na daw.

Then the phone rang. It's Tita Au, her friend from Europe who's here in Manila... shet, biglang tumayo si mama at pumunta kaagad sa phone na parang walang sakit! Hahaha! Meron pala silang Tagaytay trip the next day. As they talked, I overheard my mom saying that she got tickets for a UST Chorale performance on the CCP the next night.

Once she dropped the phone, I immediately butted in: "Ma, akin nalang yung tickets mo!"

Hahahaha!

It was four tickets so I need three more people. First choice of course were my playmates Che (of course kasama si Pilep), and Ade. Pero since Ade can't go nga given the circumstances, I've asked others nalang. Rix said she'll try so siya na nireserve ko muna. It turns out my hs barx Richard, whom I'll be with during the morning, wanted to come because he wants to take pictures in CCP.. sabi ko tuloy may nakareserve na sa last ticket.

So yun, Saturday morning, I woke up and immediately went to the groceries para mamili kami ng ate ko. Afterwards, I picked up Richard in Q.Ave. We're going to Hidalgo kasi to buy his SLR flash, and other SLR materials. We parked at UST nalang para libre kami gumala sa Quiapo.

Nung pauwi, grabe ang hassle! Hindi pa ako nagpa-gas kasi alam kong aabot pa yung gas ko hanggang highway kahit halos empty na. What I didn't consider was, SUPER TRAFFIC!!!!!!!!! Hahahaha!

Nasa Banawe palang kami, ipit kami sobra sa traffic. The gas empty signal flashed like 10x na ata... and syempre ako, super panic. Mahirap nang tumirik sa gitna ng traffic noh! So detour kami ni Richard inside Banawe-Araneta Ave just to look for a gas station. At sa awa ng diyos, nakakita kami ng Shell! Hahaha!

So yun, dumaan nalang kami via Tomas Morato road towards Q.Ave. Right after I dropped Richard off in the MRT station, Rix texted that she couldn't come. Sayang! Richard could have come instead.

Anyhoo, what happened next is that I went home ASAP, took a bath, dress up, then immediately drive back to CCP! And shet, sakto lang ang dating ko. Haha! I claimed the tickets then met with CHELIPS immediately after.

And eto na, the highlight of this post! Che is finally going to tell me her "chismis" daw na ayaw niya sabihin via online... kailangan daw personal! Arte! Hahahaha! ;p

CHE AND PHILIPPE are ENGAGED!!! :D

At first I couldn't believe. I think I uttered the line: "Di nga!?" at least 10 times! Hahaha! Si Che kasi, yung facial expression (with matching hand action showing her ring) is yung parang nagjoke tapos biglang seryoso! Hahahaha! Si Pilep naman, yung reaction niya is yung parang wacky face niya! Hahaha! Mga walang hiya! Mga hindi mukhang kapani-paniwala! Hahahahaha! ;p

And it took me a long time before it sunk in to me (of course, after they finally convinced me that they were actually serious! hahahaha!)

Actually, may suspicions na ako na proposal nga yung surprise.. kasi they are looking for a new house na! Hahaha!

So after all the congrats and best wishes I showered them with, we proceeded inside the concert. In fairness, ang ganda ng seats namin this time: Balcony!!! Hahahaha! And to think we were the only ones there, parang exclusive tuloy sa amin yung left wing balcony! Hahaha!

And about the UST Chorale! They were great actually! If I didn't slept through the whole first half, I would have appreciated it better! Hahaha! Pero seriously though, they were good. I was just so tired that I involuntarily slept through. ;)

And since I kept dozing off, Che, Pilep, and I decided to skip the 2nd part. We "escaped" during intermission and decided to have dinner at Harbour Square. ;p

At Harbour Square, we were bombarded by those wild waiters and waitresses! Ang sarap i-Chuck Norris roundhouse kick lahat! Haha! Eventually, we decided to have dinner at a restaurant called Rower's Den. The food was actually great.

After dinner, we went to Icebergs for dessert. Kwentuhan galore. Hindi pa rin masyado nag sisink in yung engagement nila CHELIPS sa akin so I still kept asking them questions! Hahahaha!

Afterwards, I felt a revolution. A revolution inside my stomach! Hahaha! Ang sama bigla ng tiyan ko. It's not diarrhea.. more like dyspepsia. Parang mahapdi at makirot. So yun, we decided to call it a night. I dropped Che and Pilep at Che's place and drove like a maniac onwards home.

And grabe, halos ilang days tumagal yung stomach ache ko! Hahahahahaa! ;p