A great hour with Jean. We were at a coffee shop near Soledad Press and Holy Spirit School. I forgot the name of the shop though. Wish we had longer time to catch things up.

 In Save More of Marina Mall, we took advantage of all the taste-tests!

Number 1:

Number 2:

 And fed our tummies again…

Foot long before going to Mactan Shrine:

  Very much like the tiangges in St Francis, Greenhills and Quiapo…

And another tiangge in Mactan Shrine…

Very much like the tiangges in St Francis, Greenhills and Quiapo…

Time to meet more friends. On our way, I’ve realized that Cebu is very much like Manila too – busy streets, sun heat, noisy people.

First trip: sing-along.

Later that day, after a day of chatting and reminiscing our high school memories, we dined together somewhere in Mactan.

See you tomorrow in Cebu guys! I miss yo’ll! I’ll be there 800 hours.

Where: Datu Lanai, Legend Villas, Mandaluyong
When: May 15, 2009

Many thanks to Kimimay for sharing to us the Globe Bloggers Event, the “Laban Tayo Dyan! The Paramihan Challenge.” Basically, bloggers were gathered so we could help spread the word about Globe’s New Events (coming soon). The bloggers who graced the event received a handful of Globe Freebies and Rewards - bountiful buffet dinner, P500 worth of Globe prepaid cards given for free, unlimited photo ops sponsored by partypicslive and fun games (Paramihan Challenge — wherein all 36 participants of the game were given a thousand bucks each - I was one of the participants, by the way).

We are the four bloggers, the mighty bloggers!

(L-R): Kimimay, Marye, Arlene, Yes

I am dismayed because I am letting this opportunity pass of booking online an international flight! Cebu Pacific is currently having a promo at this very hour (the promo ends by 8pm today). Their flagship promo is “Low Fares De Mayo” –that is, you can now travel to different countries in Asia (except Japan) anytime during the month of September this year for only P599 all-in! If, however, you want to travel domestic, it will only cost you P299 all-in!

In my case, I have wished I have booked a round trip ticket to Bangkok. My PR teammates are actually in the process of searching the best dates to travel. They have also found a hotel to stay that will only cost $4 per room per day.

I have wished I know my definite schedule for the coming months so that I can now book ahead of time. I will know my fate by early next week. By that time, I hope I will have a clearer vision of my undertakings.

In my picture below, it is very obvious that I am so happy and excited to board the plane. And yes, I still can remember the feeling. I was very happy that I was heading home for the Christmas break. For sure, I will be happier if I will once again board the plane departing for Bangkok, or just anywhere around the Asia as my kick-off travels.

Yesterday, my Manigo group of friends went out for Kris Lazaro’s post-birthday and Kuya James Jimenez’s pre-birthday celebration. We were a group of six. Aside from the birthday celebrants, our younger brothers Ronald, John Glenn and Albert graced the occasion. I followed them in Barko, a videoke slash comedy slash dance bar located in the heart of Kalayaan Avenue, Quezon City. After drinking two buckets of beer, Kuya James suggested that we move to a real dance bar. He suggested that we went to Libis. I knew what he was thinking. And yes I was right. We went to Bed Room and ordered one more draft of beer. After a few minutes, another Manigoer, Rech, arrived to celebrate with us. We were all dancing in RnB and Pop grooves. We were all in our selves, grooving, unconsciously, carelessly.
By 1am, the bar closed so we had to move somewhere else. The birthday celebrants thought that the night was still young and we had to do something more. We make ‘tambay’ in the bleachers of the Eastood City, catching up with each other, sharing stories and experiences, doing the things we used to do while we were still under one roof, a year ago. There’s one thing we all shared, we missed each other’s company. We missed each other. After the storytelling lies (kidding), we went o McCafe because we had to retrieve our sanities back. We drank coffee and tasted Ronald’s order of Blueberry Cheesecake.
By 3am, we went home, the six of us, in one taxi-ride.
Until next time, Manigoers.

While everyone else in town considered Sunday as their rest day, five yuppies preferred t o spend this day with each one’s company. These five yuppies were Richard Jumao-as, Jay Pinayt, Rochelle Efondo, Roxanne Sandulan and yours truly. Another high school batchmate Rechel Leopardas wasn’t able to make it to the gathering because she was attending her graduation exercises inthe University of the Philippines Diliman.
The first meeting place was in Trinoma Mall. The group took their lunch in one of the best dines of the mall, Davao’s Tuna. Obviously, we missed the Bisaya ambiance. While waiting for the group to be completed, Mister Donut was the next waiting spot since it was a very easy place to locate being situated at the back of the mall’s stage. Of course, we got a li’l food for our stomach. Just a little to bridge the gap of time. When everyone arrived, we proceeded to Red Box. There, we availed Red Box’s Happy Hour service . We sang unlimited videoke songs, we danced like there’s no tomorrow, we drank spontaneously, we posed for the cameras – well, just for souvenir, a sort of documenting the affair so the rest of the batch get jealous as soon as we reveal the pictures. (Evil laugh)
We weren’t contented just yet. After exhausting all of Trinoma including its fresh view of its botanical garden, we went straight to Eastwood City, which was about P150-taxi drive away from where we were. We ate dinner in Mang Inasal where the best chicken inasal were served. The boys ordered big servings while the girls chose the sulit meals because the latter were on their diet. (Blush)
As soon as we finished dinner, we went straight ahead to Eastwood’s Bowling Area. We played duckpin bowling for an hour despite our very ungeared outfits. We bought socks, and of course, we rented bowling shoes so we can play. I didn’t mind that I had to wear the required shoes despite my outfit for that day, a doll dress.
At around 10pm, Rochelle complained that her right arm was in pain. Since the night was young and while we were walking out, we heard the booming music of the Bed Room. We went in, we ordered another set of draft beer and tried the flaming wine of which the bar’s offering. Richard’s colleague arrived to join us. We danced – among ourselves, those who were seated adjacent to our tables, to strangers. We were all happy. We were all enjoying.
By 12mn, the Cinderella of our circle, Rochelle, forced everyone of us that we pack and head home. She had an early morning duty in the AFP Medical Center, she complained. Having felt over-satisfied with the experience, we all bid our goodbyes. To Batch 6 of Tagbilaran City Science High School, pictures are posted below. Now you can hold your jaws.

Yesterday, I went to Divisoria to accompany my good friends, Rech and Yen. Our initial intention was only to help Rech find a perfect Filipiniana Dress for her for the upcoming College and University graduations in the University of the Philippines Diliman come April 25-26, 2008. We first visited Tutuban Center Mall. We found out that after a year of not gone there the place has already changed so that we had a hard time in deciphering our usually favorite stalls. Good thing, the mall is not that big and all we had to do was to ask around (as it is the right thing to do).

Finally, we went to a gown stall. The Filipinianas there were intricately designed and each set has its own unique style of elegance and patriotism. Like for example this one:

Custom Made Filipiniana Gown

Above is a beautiful baro at saya. If you attend occasions such as pageants, or graduation ceremonies (like in the case of Rech), the femnine design, elegant embroidery, and a floor length skirt (that is depicted in the above picture) will keep you feeling elegant all day long!

While I mentioned above that our initial intention was only for that Filipiniana Dress, because we still had a whole heck of a time, we hopped from one mall to another and ended up buying in the streets. In the side walks, summer outfits are sold for a very cheap price, way cheaper than those cheap clothes in the Divisoria malls. The three of us were able to buy oh-so-many summer clothes for a budget of a thousand bucks. Now, we are already armed for our Labor Day loooong weekend trip in Puerto Galera!

Today is a special day because I met two of my good friends in college. They are Rachelle Ann de Guzman and Jose Carlo de Pano. Well, Popo Tolentino followed after but I don’t miss Popo more than those former two. Why, Popo, why? Haha.

Anyway, all of us had lunch in Chowking, Eastwood. It was a fun almost-two-hour chitchatting. All of us talked spontaneously because apparently, we missed each other (or so I assumed). I wish we had a longer time together. To you guys, see you soon!

Sir Carlo devoured this one...Yum yum! :)

P.S. Rache, sorry I wasn’t able to go down anymore. I had to rush things up here and also my head was aching at that time (and up until now). You know how hot it was outside! Ugh! Carlo, I have to sit in one of your Communication 3 classes. Popo, I don’t miss you!