sem break log: day 12

yes, my blog has been neglected for *counts fingers* 4 days. but for good reason.

take note, this entry will mostly be about my wonderful, excellent, heavenly weekend. also be warned, this might turn out to be a lengthy entry. those two days were days filled with laughs, stories, jokes, fun, and a mix of tragedy as well. whoever said it first was right, you really do miss your high school friends.

start off with saturday. it was the videotaping thingy for karla's debut. sad that i had to get up at 7 am to get ready for it, and i still manage to come late for the 8 am meeting time at mcdo philcoa. we headed off to up diliman for the filming, riding in the cars 2 of our classmates brought. hehe, i can't wait to drive myself. we then had to wait for over another hour before the camera crew came (yes, a camera crew. from abs-cbn! but not the real studio cameras, just a video cam. still cool.) i can't tell the details of the shoot, cause it's supposed to be a surprise for karla, and i don't know if she reads this blog regularly, but i can't take that chance. just let it be said that it was fun.

lunch time was a hassle, to say the least. we ate in chocolate kiss, a café in up bahay ng alumni. this was not after a couple of false starts in our lunch choice and some miscommunications. karla's mom, who was with us during the videotaping, offered to buy lunch for us. of course, us, all trying to be respectful and unabusive, were hesitant about the free lunch. a group of us headed over to the chocolate kiss ahead of the others, then had the 15 seats reserved for our group. but when our group came, the feelings of guilt about the free lunch struck us the hardest, after seeing the menu. we then decided to eat somewhere more affordable, namely kfc in katipunan. again, the other group headed there first. on our way out of the parking lot, we run into karla's mom in her car, and we tell her that we decided on kfc. but then, the other group calls, and says that parking is full in kfc, and that we should just eat in chocolate kiss. we then call karla's mom, tell her to come back, we all enter the café again, and luckily the tables we reserved were still available. the lunch ended up being on karla's mom, but we paid her back with a whole devil's food cake *drools* with the card signed "karla's friends".

by this time, the taping was over, and i was about to head home. but then, 3 of my friends who were supposed to practice a presentation for clara's debut the next day asked to practice at my house, cause they couldn't find any other place and karla (also in the presentation) refused to have the practice at her house. pushover that i am, i agreed. we worked out the transpo system home, but it turned out that the whole group went over to the house! we had our mini-jamming session, with cards and chatting and generally lazing around. one of us even dubbed the group "our new gang" and we even agreed to go to clara's debut together. and just to make the afternoon perfect, some debts were paid off, and one of my friends finally agreed to buy my extra copy of star ocean 3.

it was around 5 pm that some of my friends had to leave. we all stood up to go to the front gate. the people started getting into the cars, and i turned back to return inside. karla suddenly asked "butas ba talaga bintana nito?" turns out the small part of the rear window of one of the cars was smashed, and a discman was taken from inside! the next few minutes were filled with cursing, condolences, and regret. we finally came up with a convenient "white lie" for our friend to tell his parents to avoid getting into trouble for it (although he really had no fault in it). we found out on sunday that it worked. too close.

sunday morning was a blur. my dad rushed us to tarlac, where we learned my lola was hospitalized because she couldn't identify anyone or remember anything. we spent the day driving from tarlac city to victoria back to the city then home. at least during the times we were there, she was able to identify me and some other people. i just pray she's fine now.

we got back to manila around 2 pm, and i spent the afternoon preparing my gift and myself for the debut. around 5, "our new gang" started arriving, and we prepared other gifts, some got dressed, cars were transferred, and we finally left around 6 in my dad's old van, the van without airconditioning. we arrived in the riverbend hotel around 6:30, but it turned out we weren't late at all. in fact, the debut only started around 7:30. but for what it's worth, the debut was a fun one. we met up with more friends, the food was good, and table 7, our table, was just a crack-up. we kept laughing, making noise, and shouting inappropriate comments the whole time, even during some of the more solemn parts, like the 18 candles and 18 gifts. when it came to the 18 roses, as most of the boys in our table were included, we just moved tables from 7 to 2, and proceeded to make noise from there. in the end, it was all fun, as informal as a formal debut can get.

the affair ended around 11 pm, but my dad didn't arrive until 11:30, so "our new gang" just loitered in the lobby, laughing at more jokes and antics, planning for the karla's debut (50's theme, and we do plan to dress accordingly), and more lazing around. we get home, most of them leave, but sab and noah stay at home, waiting for their transpo. we pass another 30 minutes talking, phone-browsing, and guitar-playing, until around 1 am.

i woke up at 12 noon on monday, and spent the whole afternoon catching up on my new rpg, star ocean 3. today was no different, around 7 hours spent in front of the ps2. my dad left today for a business trip to switzerland, then to pass by new orleans and my mom and brother and sister. he'll be gone for over a month, until november 30. i usually look forward to being in charge of the house, but i'll have to move to the condo by november. and i have no idea on how to do it by myself. well, i'll get to it when it's time.

some of us were supposed to go to a comedy bar tonight, which probably would have been great, but as it turns out, cholo can't use the car tonight. there goes our transpo. another time then. oh yeah, i'm only making this entry because the cable's out. i was too lazy to make an entry earlier, but circumstances dictated i do it now. i'm gonna miss the oc and sex and the city. damned destiny cable.

here's to the weekend and to the "new gang". and the remaining sem break. may it be as fun as the last weekend was.