friday confusion

so we agreed that he'd pick me up from the newark train station as he'll be coming from work in far away new jersey and show starts at 730pm in union county (new jersey pa din). my trip was kindda stressful kasi it was my first time to go to newark and i had no idea that i needed to transfer trains three times; sabi nia kasi twice lang. anyways, as always, it's good there was someone who helped me get to my destination.

so we drove to the theater. when we found our seats, he goes "mama ko, papa ko..." , tas yung couple sa next to our seats nag-extend ng hand nila. so pa-shake hands ako kahit mejo nataranta aku, i had no idea na kasama ang the parents; or na magiging katabi namin! when we talked kasi the day before the show, he said kasama nia cousin nia. i dunno if it's because i mentioned to him one time na i dont wanna meet the parents of those i go out with (say! as if madami!) kasi it puts undue pressure eh di pa naman kayo sigurado if you'll end up together to which he said, normally he does the opposite para makilala ng parents nia kasi close nga sia sa parents nia. so anyways, i sat with the mom on my left tas sia sa right ko. yung two kids (girl and boy aged around 7 and 4, resp.) ng cousin nia (who was seated a few rows sa likod namin) lumapit sa amin tas umupo sa lap nia; buti na lang the younger kid (name is something like henritz; named after him daw. no chuks) kinuha after a while ng mama nia.

show was really good, save for the sound system; or baka the dance group just brought really badly recorded CDs; and the three intermission numbers na walang connect sa show (i.e. isang fil-am sang "my girl", saykolow di ba?) kaya parehas kami tipong kung pede lang magcomment sa producer, ginawa na namin. the group actually danced quite a lot..dances from luzon (palayok), mindanao (singkil), visayas (curacha, rigodon- though not sure sa spelling and kung dun talaga nag orignate pero most of the songs were in bisaya/waray). my fave part was the finale, they had this interpretative dance, a bit jazzy, about the kkk and the filipino's struggle for freedom. both males/females were wearing these long brown gowns na tinataas nila hood (a la gregorian chant) pag tipong pa-salakay na sila...tas shempre hindi mawawala si inang bayan...it was so good, i cried. no kidding. nakakahiya nga tas wala pa akong tissue. tas when he found out na i was crying (mejo nabasa fez ko ng onti altho hindi level ng hagulgol ko sa "pagdadalaga...") he was like patting my arm and kindda natatawa. masama yun. i think i wasn't the only one who cried kasi mama nia i saw wiping her eyes for a while.

the show ended mga past ten na tas afterwhich may bday party cousin nia. again, hindi nia itu na-mention pero go na rin ang kaladkarin. kasama namin sa car nia yung two kids na nakakatawa kasi sila nagbibigay ng directions to their house tas hindi alam which way is left or right...tuturo lang nila go to the "middle!" kasi nasa middle nga naman ng mga houses ang street.

house nila is a three-family house. sa basement sia, first floor cousin nia tas sa second, yung parents nia. when we arrived, nandon na a few ng mga katita-han and katito-han nia na ma-chika naman. so mejo alam na nila history ko, vietnam etc. yung isang tita nagtanong kelan bday ko para alamin horoscope sign ko. so yun nalaman ko parehas pala kaming virgo ni H1 tsaka yung two kids- kaya daw mababait kami bwahaha. funny thing is, sa nine-week novena nila which will have a whole day affair complete with song and dance numbers as finale this coming august; his mama na sponsor daw for this year sa novena na yun invited me sa weekly novena (saturdays sa manhattan) and to join them sa rigodon. ok ako sa novena (so mejo magiging santa na ata ako!) but smile lang ako about the rigodon bit kasi they were talking about long gowns sa affair (i dont have and i dont wear long gowns!). hindi ko nakayanan.

party ended at about 2am and mejo hiya na ko magpadrive sa kanya to queens or kahit sa station so nag-oo na lang ako when they asked me to sleep over na lang. kaya yun...dun ako natulog sa second floor. tas after i took a bath, he messaged me to call him if i need anything. sabi ko no. i know kindda praning, pero scared ako maiwan alone with him. i mean, yeah, ok lang bastusin ako. chuks. pero not the right time pa hahahaha. and plus, i honestly dunno if ready na sia.

repeat to self: *detach* *detach*...