December 9, 2004
birthday bashing
you know, i'd go to any lengths for free food.
it was a *very* belated birthday treat. yellow cab, katips. they scheduled to meet at 4:30, to accomodate my travel time from manila. i got there so early, around 4, that no one was there yet and i had to go to national to pass the time and buy some envelopes. i returned around 4:45, and there were people eating. dino and joby, to be exact. i went in, proceeded to wolf down a slice of an 18" 4-cheese pizza they ordered, the other people came, 6 of us in all, we ordered another pizza, a 14" mushroom-pepperoni. i think i had 5 slices in all. i might not have stopped just yet, if it wasn't absolutely necessary.
i hadn't attended mass yet that day, and luckily ria planned to go to mass around 6. so i was able to come with her. it was a bit unfair because the other people were either evangelicals or had already gone to mass, and they kept on eating while they waited for us. at least they waited. after the mass, we proceeded to shakeys, where they had already started pigging out on personalized sundaes from the ice cream bar. of course, we had to get a piece of that action. and just saying, but the ice cream tower ria and i made was much taller than what the others had.
we kept on talking long after the ice cream had been devoured, leaving shakeys around 9. i wanted to borrow a book from ria, so 4 of us went up to her condo to borrow it. little did we know, we were never to come back down again... until after 12:30. what started as a short sidetrack to coming home escalated into a full-scale chismisfest. of course, i can't delve into the details at all, just that it was a hell of a time. great bonding time actually.
i actually planned to return to manila after the dinner, but we left at 9, and i anticipated to lrt station to be closed by the time i get there, so i settled for going home in qc. but no one knew i was there. i texted our maid to wait for me to come home around 11, not expecting we would extend beyond that. around 12, everyone at home must have started becoming paranoid and panicky, with me not coming home yet. my dad called my dying cellphone, so i had to call him up on our landline. i was forced to cut our "session" short, since my dad insisted i come home, and my classes start at 7 am. too bad, it seemed like we wouldn't run out of things to talk about just yet. we said our goodbyes, hailed a taxi at katips, and made our way home. good thing my dad was asleep by the time i arrived, avoiding the inevitable "grilling" i'd be getting soon.
slept around 1, woke up 5:30. squeezed in bathing, eating, and a little bit of net time in the span of 30 minutes. good thing my dad was in a good mood, and i didn't get too roughed up for staying out late last night. i'm already 17 anyway.
free food is always fun. more so with friends and the "talks of the town".
it was a *very* belated birthday treat. yellow cab, katips. they scheduled to meet at 4:30, to accomodate my travel time from manila. i got there so early, around 4, that no one was there yet and i had to go to national to pass the time and buy some envelopes. i returned around 4:45, and there were people eating. dino and joby, to be exact. i went in, proceeded to wolf down a slice of an 18" 4-cheese pizza they ordered, the other people came, 6 of us in all, we ordered another pizza, a 14" mushroom-pepperoni. i think i had 5 slices in all. i might not have stopped just yet, if it wasn't absolutely necessary.
i hadn't attended mass yet that day, and luckily ria planned to go to mass around 6. so i was able to come with her. it was a bit unfair because the other people were either evangelicals or had already gone to mass, and they kept on eating while they waited for us. at least they waited. after the mass, we proceeded to shakeys, where they had already started pigging out on personalized sundaes from the ice cream bar. of course, we had to get a piece of that action. and just saying, but the ice cream tower ria and i made was much taller than what the others had.
we kept on talking long after the ice cream had been devoured, leaving shakeys around 9. i wanted to borrow a book from ria, so 4 of us went up to her condo to borrow it. little did we know, we were never to come back down again... until after 12:30. what started as a short sidetrack to coming home escalated into a full-scale chismisfest. of course, i can't delve into the details at all, just that it was a hell of a time. great bonding time actually.
i actually planned to return to manila after the dinner, but we left at 9, and i anticipated to lrt station to be closed by the time i get there, so i settled for going home in qc. but no one knew i was there. i texted our maid to wait for me to come home around 11, not expecting we would extend beyond that. around 12, everyone at home must have started becoming paranoid and panicky, with me not coming home yet. my dad called my dying cellphone, so i had to call him up on our landline. i was forced to cut our "session" short, since my dad insisted i come home, and my classes start at 7 am. too bad, it seemed like we wouldn't run out of things to talk about just yet. we said our goodbyes, hailed a taxi at katips, and made our way home. good thing my dad was asleep by the time i arrived, avoiding the inevitable "grilling" i'd be getting soon.
slept around 1, woke up 5:30. squeezed in bathing, eating, and a little bit of net time in the span of 30 minutes. good thing my dad was in a good mood, and i didn't get too roughed up for staying out late last night. i'm already 17 anyway.
free food is always fun. more so with friends and the "talks of the town".
Posted by no_brainer on December 9, 2004 at 10:30 PM | 4 comments