Goodbye Myk; Che's Birthday

I've been busy, AND sickly, lately. Blame the lack of sleep thanks to the construction going through next door. Ahh, I can still hear those hammers pounding 'til now!!

Myk's Despedida; Che's Birthday

So another one gets to leave. First it was Ed, then Mark, then Donna left for the states indefinitely. This time, it was Myk leaving for work in Singapore. At this rate, I won't be surprised if Dale and/or Pilep will follow suit. Heck, even Che has offers from China!

And grabe, ang konti nalang namin. Kung mag-set ng gimik, you can probably count on one hand the "sure people" who would go. :(

Anyhoo, back to Myk. He got an offer from IBM Singapore so before he left the country, he held a despedida for us. He treated us to Dinner in Cyma! Then movies afterward--Transformers 2! And it was a double celebration too: it was also Che's birthday! She treated us to Starbucks much later that night (and a popcorn exclusively for me! thanks che!! hehe!). :D

Ang usapan, kitakita ng 8pm sa Trinoma. When I got there around 8:30pm, I was worried na baka ako nalang ang wala pa. Shet, si Pilep at si Oninz (buti nagpakita na! haha!) palang! Myk got delayed for having to wait for Dale (haha!); Che had a celebration with her tutees back at home; and Jem had a work related celebration earlier that night.

After a while, everyone got there in time for dinner. Myk's reservation in Cyma kasi was for 9pm. Medyo badtrip pa nga si Myk kasi ang labo ng arrangement ng Cyma--we had a reservation pero pagdating namin, there was no table available for us! Tsk.

Back at Cyma, the food was great. It was good, but was too expensive for quite a few servings (for the meat). The salad was great though. After dinner, the guys even ordered the complementary dessert off Jem's card. Parang tester siya of some sort. Itsura palang medyo masagwa na, so I didn't even dare try it! Hahahaha! ;p

When we're done with Cyma, we we're right in time for the movie. It was already 11pm but the people at the cinema were still buzzing. It was Transformers 2 night after all!

And popcorn! Che treated me to a bucket of popcorn! Busog na silang lahat kaya ako lang ang kumain! Wahahaha! ;p

Oninz was also maarte. Pabago-bago ng isip, tuloy hindi na nakasama manuod ng movie! Haha! Well at least nakasama namin siya ngayon after a long time. ;)

And the movie, it was OK but not great. This time, it had more laugh trips than the original--but I guess it was more shallow. Blame Michael Bay and his uber over the top use of explosions. Brr. I guess it would've been ok if it wasn't about 2 hours long. I'll do a review later.

After the movie, it was already around 2am. Starbucks daw muna. So Myk gave me a ride til the carpark so I can get my car. Jem rode with me while the others were with Myk.

Looking for an open Starbucks, we ended up near the Timog branch. There, Che treated us with Starbucks goodies! Before you know it, Myk and Pilep were already at it, playing Magic. Dale was eagerly watching on. All the while, I was chatting with Che and Jem. Hehe.

A while later, Starbucks was closing. It was already past 3am na. It's gonna be goodbye time na. This is probably the time that we'll have Myk in a "regular" gimik. The next time we'll see him, it would probably be a homecomings or special events. :(

I don't know Myk's plans, or if he's serious about it. He says that he has no intentions of going back to the Philippines for work. After SG daw, his primary target is the US where he likes to migrate.

Anyhoo, the goodbyes in that Starbucks parking called it a day. Che and Pilep went with Myk (NOOOO! there goes my CHELIPS points! hahaha), while Dale and Jem went with me. We gave Jem a ride home, while Dale slept over my house.

Thanks to Myk (by now, in SG na) and Che (happy happy birthday, antanda mo na!! hahaha!) for that wonderful evening! :)

*Pics to follow after I grab some from Che!