A Not So Ordinary Friday Night

After finishing some take-home work and submitting my reports at exactly 3pm yesterday, I went to Glorietta 3 and had some of the pictures printed out. I completely forgot it�s Payday Friday and lo and behold, daming tao sa mall!

I contemplated where to wait for an hour, to shop or not to shop, to spend or not to spend, to eat or not to eat or just to bum around. I ended eating Ham and Cheese Croque and a Hazelnut Truffle Coffee at Caf� Nescaf� while waiting for the deadline.

After an hour and a half, I took a cab, went to McCafe Greenbelt, and waited for my Little Sister and Cutie. While waiting, I ordered Nutty Brazo and Iced Coffee. After a few more minutes, surprise, surprise, both women were wearing skirts. Ha, ha, ha. Nakiki-uso sa panahon ang mga girlaloo pero both looked so nice and so relieved.

The KFC Greenbelt-Legaspi Branch was not full with customers yet it was so hot! There was no air-condition and I hated it!! We decided to transfer and ended next door at David�s Tea House, Chinese food! We ordered Nido Oriental Soup, Hakao, Mantao, Yang Chow Rice, Breaded Fried Chicken, Camaron Rebosado, Sweet and Sour Pork, and Beef in Oyster Sauce. For drinks, we had house tea and ice-water.

Just like before, we started the usual �chikahan�. Jeremy said �Madam, si Sir Dan!� Wahaha, lahat kami napatigil at napatingin at sumigaw sabay-sabay ng �Sir Dan!� He was so shocked and he was laughing so hard upon seeing all of us, sitting in a long table. He occupied the next table from ours and was busy sending SMS and ordering food. You might have wondered if his presence kept us from having fun, of course NOT! Kami pa!

Dinner was filled with tons of laughter, teasing and so much food that I think we asked from more than seven refills of the house tea and more than three rounds of ice-water.

In attendance for dinner were: Ralline, Jannice, Iyra, Jeremy, Norman, Ka Roger, Mike, Marvin, Sheryl and Carlos. Astig pa nga kami, kasi our long table occupied the middle of the floor and it was even the restaurant owner who took our group picture, wala lang. Nakatayo lang siya sa tabi eh.

After dinner, we walked to Paseo Center. We literally walked from Greenbelt 1, Legaspi Street then to Paseo De Roxas. We even had our picture taken in front of the HSBC headquarters at the steps of the Enterprise Center even though it was already late.

We parted ways with Cutie Iyra and Carlos. No tears but lots of hugs and kisses. We�ll definitely see her after the boards and hang out some more, we still have lots of dancing to do. Celebrities always unite � kami pa ni Iyra, mega celebrities ata kami! Go, girl!

After Iyra left, we said our goodbyes to Sheryl. Sayang at di namin makakasama sa inuman si Pogi! Wanted na for Bulacan si Pogi and mahirap ng maiwanan ng libreng sakay. Pogi talaga ni She, lalo na kapag suot ang maong jacket.

I walked too much that night and I was telling Jeremy and Norman that I haven�t walked these streets since 2002. Nakaka-miss pala maglakad. Matagal na masyado and though it was tiring, I had fun walking with five men and a lady. Astig kami eh!

We reached Dencio�s Paseo Center a little past 10pm and the place was packed with yuppies. We had six rounds of three (San Mig Strong, Lite, Pale and Red Horse) and one big pitcher of Frozen Margarita. We could have stayed longer if it didn�t rain. We wanted to eat Samalamig, kaso sobrang late na. We waited for the rain to stop and it was close to 1am, the men had desserts at McDonald�s, had a scoop from Norman�s Oreo McFlurry and it was good.

I went home by cab with Sweetness dropping me off in front of my house before going home. Another Friday night but not so ordinary� filled with lots of tears, laughter, good food and cheer.