WHAT'S UP!!

It's been a while since I last blogged! Time for updates! :)

Ate Daryl and her family
Ate Daryl (my cousin who's now based in the States) came back to the Philippines for a vacation, together with her husband and son. They stayed with us for three days (Friday to Monday). Finally, I met kuya Allan and their son (and my nephew), David! Haha! Ang cute ni David! Ang likot likot na, and he seems to be tall for a 2 year old. ;p

And of course, I'm pitted on the role of a dedicated driver! Haha! So after picking them up in the Airport, we went straight to the Ocean Adventure in Manila. Fishes, and fishes.. don't get me wrong, I love fishes pero I think 400 pesos is too expensive for the admission.

Afterwards, we went to MOA to have lunch. We treated them this time. While waiting for the food, I snuck around Toy Kingdom just to see what's there... may Ash Williams (Evil Dead) figure! Rare! Sale for half the price! Of course I bought it! Haha! ;p

After eating, we toured the place for a while before finally going home.

The next day was quite the busy one. Kuya Allan's friend died and he wants to attend the 40th day event. Thing is, it was in Cavite! Hahahaay! Haha! Since hindi ko alam ang pasikot-sikot, sinundo namin yung isa pang guy sa MOA so he could show us the way.

Sa utak ko, malapit lang ang Cavite. Konting usbong mo lang sa MOA, Cavite na. Ang hindi ko alam, MALAWAK pala ang Cavite! Hahaha! As in sa loob looban talaga! Indang yata yung name nung town.. walang traffic but it took us almost 2 hours for the trip! One lane per direction lang kasi kaya pag tumigil yung nasa harap mo, titigil ka rin. Overtake nalang talaga ng overtake.

The hardest part is when we reached the inner most part of Indang. Sira yung kalsada. As in putik yung dadaanan mo, tapos one lane lang talaga! Aantayin mo makadaan yung nasa kabilang direction, tapos kayo naman. Tsk. :(

After finally reaching the place, I was relieved. And thank god, catering yung lunch! Ang dami ko nakain! Hahaha! After eating, itinulog ko na yung buong hapon. I was checking the Lakers-Nuggets game rin once in a while via my phone's GPRS.

After a while, its 5pm na. Kuya Allan decides to leave na. Thing is, umulan ng super lakas earlier that time kaya yung putik sa sirang kalsada ay sobrang lambot! Haaay! ;p

But that's the least of my problems. After getting to the more urban Cavite towns, SUPER traffic! Dba nga one lane per direction lang, well this time lagyan niyo ng TRAFFIC! May kupal pang nag-cut sa akin na muntik ako maibit sa BUS! Gago yun eh.. napamura talaga ako at gusto kong habulin, hiya nalang talaga kay Kuya Allan and family.

So after three hours of being stuck in baaaad Cavite traffic, we finally reached the Coastal Road. We decided to have dinner in Market Market! During this time, super pagod na ako. As in yung mata ko super sara na. Buti nalang wala nang traffic sa C5... parang it only took me 20 mins to go home! Si Kuya Allan pagod na at nakatulog na sa car. Sina ate Daryl at David rin ata tulog na rin.

Finally, when we reached home, I went straight to my room. Finally saw the texts from the other phone... Che is telling me things about the Marathon for the next day. 4am raw dapat andun na ako! Hahahaha! So sleep na ako para makabawi ng rest. The next day is going to be killer, I said to myself.. super pagod tapos marathon!? Patay.. hahaha....


Marathon Sunday
As early as 3:30am, I woke up. After packing up my things, I'm off to Pilep and Che. Once I got there, I texted them. Uy, walang reply. Sabi ko, "baka naliligo pa..". After 15 mins, wala pa rin! So I decided to wait at 7/11 muna.. baka kasi hulihin ako dun sa harap ng school kasi matagal na akong nakatigil. Grabe, after 1 hour wala talaga! Walang hiya, tinulugan ako ng mga ulupong!!!! Hahaha!

So I decided to go home na. Once I got back, direcho kama kaagad. In a way, blessing in disguise nga naman talaga na hindi kami natuloy ng marathon. After a while, I'm awakened by the ring of the phone... si Pilep! Haha! By this time, medyo okay okay na ako kasi nakatikim na ako ng konting idlip. Pilep and Che apologized, hindi raw sila nagising! Damn it!! Hahaha! Pero ok na that time.. as I've said, baka ma-pwersa rin ako pag tinuloy ko ang marathon. So after talking with them, I went back to sleep.

Around 12pm, I got up. I remembered that I was supposed to be meeting with someone on Greenhills. Makikipag trade ako ng items. So I quickly fixed up, then I'm off to GH for a tiresome and rainy afternoon.


Mama's Mary Kay
...is leaving me busy with things! Database, newsletter, forum maintenance... you name it. My mom is now a national director so yun, kinakareer na ang Mary Kay! Hehehe!


Job Application
I'm finally prepping up for job applications. Updated my resume and ready to spread it to the world to feast on!! Bwahahahaha!!!!!!!!!111

LOL! But seriously, I got tired waiting for Meralco so I'm off to other pastures.


Kobe and the Lakers
Finally, the Lakers are back in the Finals. Hopefully, they finish the job this time. After cruising past the Jazz in the first round, they took seven games to take out the undermanned but pesky Houston Rockets team! That's the least of their problem as they took on a inspired Denver Nuggets team on the Western Conference Finals. Unfortunately for the Nuggets, the Lakers dispatched them after 6 games.

And now, its the Finals once again. The dream finals of Kobe VS Lebron is broken off thanks to Dwight Howard and the Magic! The Magic stuffed LeChoke's mouth and dusted off of what you could call the best Cav's season ever. It should have been a sweep if only Lebron didn't get lucky with that miracle shot in game 2! Haha!

Finals time, its the Lakers versus the Magic! The Lakers lead 2-1, after winning via a blowout in Game 1, and getting lucky for a win in Game 2. Game 3 obviously was a do or die game for the Magic... they eked out a win despite shooting the lights out!

Tomorrow is game 4, and hopefully, the Lakers can make it 3-1!


Manila Memorial Park with Richard
My buddy Richard asked me a favor, if I can drive him to Manila Memorial Park in Paranaque. He wants to visit her grandma's grave because its her birthday. Richard treated that grandma of his as his only parent, as that grandma is the one who brought him up. Given that, I knew how important she is to him so I agreed. Besides, my grandparents are also in that same Memorial Park so I decided to visit their grave na rin.


Sunday Marathon (again!); Drag Me to Hell
Che told me that Pilep already registered me again for the marathon! Naku po, gusto ko pa naman sana itulog yung weekend! Hahaha!

By Friday night, I finally confirmed that I'm going. As usual, I woke up around 3:30am. Buti nalang Pilep texted na this time kung gising na ako.. para confirmed ko na gising na sila! Hahaha! ;p

Around 5am, I finally met them. Wow, bitbit pa nila yung "surprise" daw nila sa akin: si Zangief!!! Hahahaha! Thanks Pilep and Che!!! ;p

After meeting them (nagkasalisi kasi.. they were walking towards 7/11 na while I was on my way to their house), balik kami ng 7/11 to pick up Che's friend. Finally, we went to the Marathon event in The Fort. Myk was already waiting when we got there. Naka-jogging get up na ang ulupong pero hindi naman sumali! May sakit daw siya. Hehe.

So since nag-start na a few minutes ago, tumakbo na rin kami. Talagang may dalang camera pa talaga si Che! Nak ng tokwa! Hahaha! Posing naman kami! Hahaha! ;p

After finishing the whole 5k, we got a reward: a nice blue Mizuno sando. Myk suggested that tambay nalang muna kami sa condo niya in Makati. It's my first time going there, big time nga ang dating. Meron pang activity area sa taas where you can avail of the gym, a pool, and gaming areas. (naki-shower pa nga ako eh, haha). No wonder ang mahal nga naman ng rent nila Myk.

A little later, we discovered na wala palang NBA finals game that day, tambay nalang muna kami sa gaming room. While Myk and Che chatted, Pilep and I played Monster Hunter (see my next post on Monster Hunter! haha!).

After a while, we decided to leave na and bid Myk goodbye. Mag-GH kami para manuod ng movie and para sa shopping ni Che.. hindi na sumama si Myk kasi dadalawin raw nila yung grandparents niya.

Finally in GH, buti wala pang traffic! Andali pa ng parking! Haha! I was bugging Che to come with us and watch 'Drag Me to Hell', assuring that its more of a comedy than actual horror, pero ayaw talaga! Haha! Mag-shopping nalang daw siya! ;p

So yun, Fifi and I went on to watch the movie! Overall, I liked the film. Not as entertaining as the Evil Dead movies but still good. Disappointing lang kasi censored yung ibang parts nung films. Kups talaga ang MTRCB. I think Pilep was disappointed with the movie though.. I think he expected a traditional horror flick kasi. Mali rin kasi yung trailer, parang marketed as a traditional horror film. Eh Sam Raimi, as he is known for his Evil Dead flicks, mixes horror more with slapstick comedy... kaya people who didn't expected that kind of movie will be disappointed with this one. :(

After the movie, Che was already waiting for us. Aba, ang daming bitbit! Hehehe! Since we couldn't decide where to eat, Mexicali nalang. ;p

I was supposed to accompany my mom and sis sa Trinoma pero they canceled na rin. Late na rin kasi ako nakauwi, and super pagod na rin. :D