hello everyone!
how was your weekend?

i went to LA last friday night kahit super daming gulo pa.
buti pumayag yung teammate ko na mag-on call the whole weekend,
or else di matutuloy ang mga pagrampa ko.
di na rin ako nakasama sa saykolow "christmas" party namin.
last friday lang nag-party dahil may hinintay na bosing.
tapos nag-announce ng party, 5 hours before.
saykolow!

sinundo ako ni suzanne and jayson from the airport at around 1030 pm,
then uwi sandali for my luggage then diretso gimik.
ni-meet namin yung highschool classmates ni jayson,
don sa may chuy's sa glendale.
it's a sports bar for straight people,
so di ako nag-expect na bebenta ako that night.
chuks!

we got home really late, and i got drunk,
after drinking 2 cape cod (vodka + cranberry),
2 margaritas and 1 long island iced tea.
pagdating na pagdating sa guest room, tulog agad.
i heard suzanne knocking but i was too drunk to get the door.

plan ni suzanne was to drive to san diego,
to visit either the zoo or seaworld.
kaya lang 2 hours away, so might as well go to mexico.
too bad, i left my passport kaya di na natuloy.
nakuha ko na kasi yung replacement state id ko,
so di ko na dinadala yung passport, baka kasi mawala.

we decided to go to griffith park to view the hollywood sign.
we didn't know na closed sya for the year.
nagpunta na lang kami sa beverly hills,
para tumingin-tingin sa mga shops sa rodeo drive.
most of the fancy stores, nagkalat around beverly hills.
i told jason na i had to buy something,
wala lang, just to see how julia roberts felt in pretty woman.
chuks!

nakabili kami ni jayson ng wallets sa ferragamo, and that was it.
di na namin afford bumili pa ng anything else.
sa kabilang side ng rodeo drive yung beverly drive,
nandun yung cheaper stores, nakabili ako ng shoes sa banana rep.
napansin ko lang, mas maraming tao don than rodeo.
sa rodeo kasi, naka-line up yung mga fancy cars,
bentleys, benz na s-class, ferrari, cadillacs, etc.
as in really intimidating.

we spent the whole day shopping, lumipat kami sa outlet.
considerably cheaper don kesa sa beverly hills,
although wala naman yung mga signature brands don.
outlet = happiest place on earth,
second lang ang disneyland.
chuks!

around 9 pm, ni-meet namin sina howie and david,
tapos nag-dinner kaming 5 sa isang resto sa beverly center.
fancy resto sya, and we had to wait an hour just to get in.
pero it was worth it, the food was great.
ang laki pa ng servings, compared to other fancy restos,
na ang konti-konti ng mga nilalagay nila.

around 12 midnight, naghiwalay-hiwalay na,
tapos sumama na ako kina howie and david para mag-overnight.
howie and i still wanted to go to west hollywood,
so hinatid namin si david sa apartment.
i can't tell you here what happened during the gimik after,
basta it was something interesting.
i'll tell you all about it when i get back in pinas.

*giggle*

we got home before 5 am, and dapat meet ko si berns
sa magic mountain before lunch.
but i was too tired and sleepy to get up,
tapos nagising ako sa tawag nya around 11 am.
nagalit yata si berns sa akin kasi na-indian ko sila
ng friend nya sa magic mountain.
it's an hour away from west LA tapos sayang
na yung $40 na entrance fee if i just stay for a few hours.
so nag-lunch na lang kami ni howie,
then watched pedro aldomovar's talk to her.
the movie won golden globe's best foreign picture,
and i think, it deserves the award.
very original yung story, naiyak ako sa ending!
basta something about 2 guys in-love with 2 comatose girls.
i don't think they'll show it in pinas,
may mga scenes na super saykolow.

after that we picked up david and went to santa monica pier.
this is LA's version of SF's fisherman's wharf.
ok yung place, very scenic, relaxing.
don ni-shoot yung isang part ng crazy/beautiful.
after watching this movie, i knew that i had to visit the place.

for dinner, we went to 3rd st promenade.
nagkaroon uli ako ng close encounter of a hollywood starlet!
nanonood ba kayo ng felicity, si keri russell?
hindi sya yung na-meet ko, yung roommate nya!
chuks!

there was this girl na palapit sa table namin.
pagtingin ko sa kanya, nakatingin din sya sa akin,
tapos biglang naisip ko, "i know her!".
nagkatinginan kami ni howie, tapos ganon din pala naisip nya.
finally naisip namin na sya yung saykolow roommate ni felicity,
yung girl na sobrang wild until maging friends sila.
she and her group sat at the table behind us,
and i really wanted to get her autograph,
even though i didn't know her name (i still don't).
chuks!

after dinner umuwi na kami then hatid sa airport.
it might be my last LA trip kaya na-sad ako.
i'll definitely miss howie, and i really enjoyed my stay.
just a night with him, nagbago ang course ng buhay ko.
chuks!

:)