On Saturday Maui & I woke up late. Or rather, I woke her up by sneezing, she said “Bless You” and knocked right back out. So did I. Later on when I finally woke up for real, I finished my blog and we waited for the boys to come over to have brunch. We ended up at JY Mall, which was the minimall from the day before. It’s pretty cool with an internet café and a couple of french bistros. Pretty chic, considering its in the middle of nowhere. I updated my bloggie and chatted a bit with Den and Paul before we went to eat at this really good, cheap and fast serving Thai restaurant where we bumped into the people who lived in the room next to JR & Lance’s. They were all pretty big boys, and I was told later that since the big guys (Edric & Paul) were on the top bunk, the mattresses sunk downwards and their beds were changed to two big ones, so now the four boys in that room slept next to each other.
We then made our way to the mall where we generally wandered around a bit. I got two trashy romance novels at book sale, Maui bought shoes and we found a nice Italian restaurant where JR and I had bruschetta. I tried on earplugs that didn’t block out the noise and we ended up back in our condotel where Maui & I watched the Miss World “choose via text” and checked out all the chicks. (in short, namintas kami, but nicely.) We noticed that all the girls from African countries where generally very happy, and pleasant. It would be nice if one of them won, because then they would put their tiny little countries on the map, and it would be different for once. Maui’s favorite was Ms Sweden bec she had an unusual haircut. Half of the girls said they were eighteen but looked like they were older than what I looked (which is generally in that range), except for this one girl who looked Jason’s “apparent age” (i.e. 12) . Ms Japan looked like a porn star in those anime inspired movies. There wasn’t anyone who was really ugly although some of them just really needed better hair stylists.
The boys came over for dinner pretty quick – it was like after two hours they were there already – I think they just wanted to get out of their house. Maui & Lance's friend Gid came over to visit since he was also on a business trip from Manila. They went to smoke in the terrace and suddenly he started screaming, "Lance, Lance, may patay na kambing dito sa baba!". Turns out it was the statue of this reindeer without antlers that was lying on its side on the ground with the rest of the trash, some left over Christmas decor. Mau & I noticed it the day before and the boys also thought it was a goat (kambing) when they came over.
We ordered pizza from pizza hut and were shocked to discover that stuffed crust family plus pepsi and fettucini was PhP605. We had no spoons & forks for the fettucini so we called the front desk to borrow some. They refused to lend us any, even the plastic kind, if we didn’t buy anything, which led to us eating the fettucini by hand. (Yes, I know it’s sad.)
Moving Out!
The next day Lance, Maui & I had to go to work. Maui & Gae had the first teams to go live for the CTS Segment in the morning so we all had to go in. I spent most of my morning trying to get the Outlook to work, but managed to get some work done anyway. In the middle of the day, Maui & I left to move into our new condo in the Keppel building. It is very nice and it used to belong to a Japanese guy who had to move suddenly (hmm… sounds familiar). There are three bedrooms and four bathrooms (kakaiba, diba?). We share with TLs Chi, Gae, Cathy, Abby and Kay from QA. I set everyone’s expectations and told them that I never lived with anyone before so they have to tell me if I’m being too much of a brat. I brattitad my way to getting the room I wanted and Maui and I ended up sharing again (we brattitad our way to do that).
Rock Star God
Later that afternoon (since we had to go back to work) I met up with Kris and we went to church at Sto. Nino, which is about 300-400 years old. It should technically be old and crumbling, but instead it just looms above you like an old crone with her hand outstretched, frail but strong and steady at the same time. Inside there is an almost equally old statue of the Sto. Nino, which devotees come to see specially. The ceiling is painted with frescos that contain scenes from the Bible but were done in more modern times, as the pictures are still pretty clear. My favorite was of God descending down to the garden of Eden after Adam & Eve bit the apple. He descends feet first, all in white with long, wavy hair, just like a rock star and behind him are the planets (most recognizably, Saturn with its rings) and the stars. It was pretty cool actually.
The mass was in Visayan and since there was a little projector thingy that flashed the words to the responses I managed to follow. Within a few moments of entry Kris and I were surrounded by people which made the church one big sardine can of claustrophobia, if you were the type that got like that. The people in the church though, were very earnest, they sang along and responded to everything, which is more than I can say for a lot of the churches I have been in.
Since it was raining we got splatterd on and ended up going back to Kris’s hotel so she could change her pants. The door was locked so we went in through the window. Since I saw that the bed was maybe two or three inches from the window I let myself in backwards and did a nestea plunge like backward dive onto her bed, which she took a picture of. Kris let herself in the proper way, front first. Their place was pretty decent and I liked it a lot bec she had her own room and they had all the appliances they needed, including a TV.
After changing we went to the mall (again) where I got moisturizer and we met up with Paps , our former boss, who was visiting to make sure everyone was settled. We chatted a bit then had dinner at the Italian restaurant from the day before. The 4 cheese tortellini and the pizza were both excellent. We then took them to see our new condo and they helped us move our stuff in, which made the whole place finally feel like a real house. We got all the appliances and the glasses and things together, we put sheets on our bed, etc. It was actually fun. The boys were a bit saddened by our apartment, compared to theirs but fortunately Alvs was able to find them a better place which they will be moving into within the week. While I was unpacking, Abby arrived and cooked some pork steak, which she and Maui ate while I was sleeping.
Laidback
I woke up in the middle of the night bec Mau was snoring really bad. Usually its just a slight breathing thing but last night was pretty loud. Also, I kept waking up when everyone passed by to go to work. The slightest noise would wake me. I then decided that it was really time to get a decent pair of earplugs. My boss Alvs also came to crash in the middle of the night because he couldn’t get into their house (same house as JR & Lance) because of this giant rottweiler wandering outside. (Respeto! I have since found out the place they are staying in is located in "Camp Lapu Lapu" which may explain the rottweiler.) I decided a few moments later, that it was time to get up bec I kept falling asleep and then getting up due to one noise or the other. When I got to the bathroom, I found that it was locked. No one knew where the key was and I ended up taking a shower somewhere else, using someone else’s stuff (actually various persons stuff) and eventually I went to work… without brushing my teeth :P
Work was pretty uneventful today. I realized I had P500 for the cab so I tried to wake up Alvs to get change. He kept right on snoring. I tried to get his wallet but no avail. Good thing the driver had change. JR & I walked to another panaderia at 330am and went to the convenience store to buy ruffles potato chips and a toothbrush for me (Lance brought the toothpaste later on). We had no stations bec everything was plotted exactly so JR and I spent about two hours napping in the pseudo quiet lounge where everyone seemed to hang out outside and talk, their voices permeating.
Although I will be staying at Keppel, I'm going to be sharing with Kris for about a week and a half because she'll be all alone in Sarossa. I hope to get to use the pool but most likely will go home to Keppel to hang every now and then. Hopefully the boys will also have moved into their place, which will also have a pool. I am glad that things are getting better... Hope to also get some pics up soon.
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