Archive for January, 2008

29
Jan

Coffee Shop Talk, A Sequel

How do you know when you need a break? You just know.

I came across a friend today. She looked harried and tired. She asked, “Hey, any news? Can we hang out in a coffee shop? When?” Trying to sound cruel, I asked the obvious, “Are you begging to see us?” She laughed loudly and conceded, “Isn’t it obvious?”

It’s nice that she “begged” for us to meet, because I would probably do it soon if she did not. J

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NOTE:  I don’t get how some people can be so happy with their coffee (I’m not much of a coffee drinker), but I do know that I’m happy with the company I keep while I’m drinking my coffee (or any coffee substitute, like… a fruit shake? hehehe).

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The aftermath of seven people letting off steam…

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Hey, I was with "non-name-droppables", but we were in a name-droppable place (well, at least based on how someone I know proudly name-drops IT every SOOO often)… so, sabi nga ni Reyna Elena, "Social climbing na, mga kabisyooo!"

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28
Jan

From Coffee Shop to “Coffee (Prince) Shop”

The Katipuneras strike again, after a long hiatus! At sa wakas, nanlibre noong Saturday afternoon si Bernard sa Bo’s! “Combo” ha, sansrival at frost, sa’n ka pa? Minsan lang ‘to, so dapat documented dito, hehehe! Happy daw kasi sya sa result ng Fair. After nun, video-making sa place ko. Riot, ang hirap palang maging artista at humarap sa videocam, hehehe!!! After mag-video, umakyat sila sa unit nina Reyett kasi kelangan daw ni Crismay ng sd card, naki-chika. Since we were asking for a favor, nagluto muna ako ng garlic-butter mushroom bago sumunod. At buti na lang sumunod at may dala ako kahit pa’no, kasi andaming chocolaaaates!!! kina Yance. Syempre sinulit ko ang pagod (?) sa pagluluto, dinamihan ko ang kain ng chocolaaaates!!! Chika-chika while waiting for the file, napag- usapan ang palabas ngayong korean telenovelang "Coffee Prince"; di ako maka-relate, di ako nanonood eh. Tapos nagdecide na bumili ng vcd so drive si Layna 7p.m., punta kami sa Metrowalk. Nakibili na rin ako, syempre. Tig-iisa kami ng copy, natuwa ang nagbebenta. Dami ko rin nabiling movies na di pa pinapalabas dito, like “27 Dresses”. Kaso walang “Sakal, Sakali, Saklolo” kasi bawal daw sa kanila ang Tagalog, susugurin ni Edu. Meaning, pwedeng i-pirate ang foreign movies, basta huwag ang local movies. Du’n na rin kami nagdinner, sa Bacolod Chicken. Rice in aligue, shrimp gambas at chicken liver, dagdagan pa ng chika: weekend extravaganza?

Pag-uwi, me nabuong contest: patagalan manood ng vcd sa kanya-kanyang bahay. 11 pm na nun. Dapat every 30 mins ang text para siguradong gising talaga, hindi yung naalimpungatan lang at nag-reply. By 2:30am ng Sunday, pag- text ko, ‘di na reply si Crismay, si Bernard na lang ang kalaban ko. At 3am nagtext si Bernard, episode 12 na raw sya. Episode 4 pa lang ako, di nga ako nanonood noon di ba? Eh, so??? Di naman ito unahan ng panonood, no, patagalan ang usapan. So ‘yun ang ite-text ng lola, kaso, di na nagawang mai-send! Vaket??? Kasi ubos na load koh!!! By 3:30 am natulog na ako kasi la na rin naman akong laban, la na akong pang-text. Ayun, nanalo si Bernard by default. Hmp!!! Eniwey, natapos ko ang natitira sa 17 episodes noong Sunday from 9am to 7pm. From Bo’s Coffee to Coffee Prince… kulang ang members eh, so, let’s give it a rating of four mugs.

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