Thursday, August 19, 2004

MABUHAY!!!

hehe... havn't blogged again.. neglecting but now i have a good reason! its coz im on dial-up and it SUCKS!!! anyways... let's do a day to day description

Monday, August 16
The house is spic and span now.. my mom and I did some spring (literally, coz its rainy season) cleaning and threw out a bunch of our stuff still here that we dont want. It my case its old projects, old magazines, expired makeup and skincare, kiddie books, etc. It was fun.. especially since it some of it brought back old memories, like my social science folder that i got 100% on everything... those were the days of Mr. Blardony who gave everyone 100% if you just wrote down a bunch of words on a research paper.. hehe... anyways.. after cleaning, which practically took the whole day, my dad took my mom and I to this salon downtown called salon west. here's an article on it from the manila bulletin:

http://www.mb.com.ph/ENTR200405099121.html

Great place! the ambience is amazing and the people are so nice and friendly. I went in with a list of demands on the cut i wanted and this gay guy came forward and said he would be my stylist. It was so funny coz since i don't have a flip accent, everyone thought i couldn't speak it so they were saying everything in english and they were struggling and i was like "I know how to speak tagalog".. hehehe.... so anyways.. they cut it nicely and dyed my hair. I said i wanted it lighter so they made it really light brown so i didn't like that too much.. anyways... afterwards, my dad took us to a chinese restaurant for dinner then we went home.

Tuesday, August 17
Dad asked us to go "downtown" (for lack of a better word) to the new manila office of his company. So we endured the long ride there full of winding roads, extreme traffic, and near collision courses to get there. Once we arrived, we passed the place where my driver was shot. It was a mere five minutes from the office but it was hard to find coz of all the winding roads. I felt teary eyed. I miss my driver. Philippines is not as fun without him because he knew where everything was and exactly where I wanted to go. And he knew my favorite radio station, perfect temperature in the car and everything. (RIP MANONG). after we visited the office, my dad drove us back uptown and the Shangrila Plaza. Here in this mall, they have EVERYTHING! Burberry, Coach, Celine, Puma, Human, Shoe Salon, Furla, Lacoste, Beauty Bar, and Rustans (the equivalent of Holt Renfrew). I was in paradise! hehehe.. jk.. amazingly i didn't want anything, cept burberry shoes and I am not spending that much money on it. So i left the mall emptyhanded but saftisfied because I knew where to get the stuff if ever i really wanted it. We stopped at this cafe called ice monster that sold shaved ice with fruit toppings. Pretty creative.. anyways.. that was the day.

Wednesday, August 18
Went to Makati to pick up plane tickets for this weekend. Makati is the equivalent of downtown toronto and "downtown" is like the equivalent of a dirtier chinatown. hehe.. its literally like new york city in makati. All these high rise buildings and such. we passed by greenbelt on our way and I vowed to devote a whole day to that mall when i get back from davao next week. We ate at Dulcinea, this delicious spanish restaurant, and then we went to Pricesmart for some grocery shopping.. Then the fun began. My dad dropped my mom and I at megamall so that I could get this out of the way. Everytime I come home, I go to this one store and splurge like crazy. If anyone came shopping with me here, they would think IM crazy which is why I only come with my mom. the people who work there know me so once they saw me, the immediately took a bunch of clothes off the rack and put it in my dressing room. I didn't even have to tell them which ones i wanted. There's a limit to 3 items to try on but i had like 20! I literally tried on everything in the store and they kept pushing more stuff into my room. I bought around 5 skirts, countless tops, and a bag and altogether, it cost less than 180 canadian dollars, the price of one pair of jeans! Amazing huh? no wonder my dad told me to splurge here. Anyways.. after that, i went home coz i had to get ready for a musical.

Baby, the musical was held at the meralco theatre. My dad scored free tickets because he's a platinum subscriber to the cellphone company. They were holding this special showing of Baby and we were going. We dressed up nicely and went early for the cocktails. The Public Relations people of the company went around and took pictures us and said they would use if for the press release of the muscial and it would print in the newspaper and magazines!!! hehehe.. yay! when the time came for the show, i was excited. Then..... I fell asleep during the middle of it. It was SOOOOO incredibly boring! both my mom and I were asleep. During the intermission, I called my dad and he came to pick us up coz we couldn't watch the rest. Anyways.. that was wednesday.

Thursday, August 19
Salon Day! got my nails done, my hair colour fixed and a back massage. Yay.. went to the mall afterwards and got a bikini and shorts. I have a dinner with my dad's colleague later. Can't wait! More later..

`as you can tell, im pretty bored and IM writing long entries! hehehe.. its just to kill time....


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