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it's been like this for me lately. looks like someone's enjoying her 25-year-old-ness! and i thought this year i'd find myself in a "crisis." au contraire...i've never felt so comfortable in my own skin, with my friends old and new, with my sisters, with my boyfriend. oooh i hope this lasts. just a rundown of the weekend so far: friday was moving out day for all summiteers--from our decrepit, rat-and-roach-infested basement office in robinsons galleria mall, to the brand new 6th-floor office at the robinsons cybergate tower on pioneer street. (goodbye to impromptu shopping breaks during office hours! goodbye to free original glazed krispy kreme doughnuts! goodbye galleria! you will be sorely missed.) and so going on serious work mode was impossible, what with the din of packaging tape being ripped from its roll rising above all the packing racket. pack, pack, pack, that's all we did the whole day. if we weren't packing, we were yakking, surfing the net, doing some last-minute shopping (which is what mics and i did, seeing how body shop was on sale). i was supposed to meet up with martin and mika, but (boooo!) they couldn't make it, so i made plans with my officemates instead. we trooped to route 196 on katipunan, because tim was playing with his band top junk at the 10th anniversary of session road. the gig rocked because the bands rocked, tuesday vargas sang blondie and YYYs songs, and well, i'd had much to drink! martin was able to drop by late in the night, and we caught up on chismis (to be accurate, i just kept him up to speed on recent events in my life) before he left for another party. that's martin for you, the long-haired party boy. ryan picked me up afterwards because we too had another party to go to...leigh's "twenty-fifth" (liar!) birthday party at dex's place in xavierville! we arrived to see a bunch of guys already high on isaw and chips and wine (what a combination), and, of all things, trance music. but the party mellowed down (and ironically, things heated up) when dex, the night's official spinner, started playing hits from the yesteryears: david pomeranz's king and queen of hearts, sharon cuneta's mr. dj, janno gibbs' ipagpatawad mo, the theme from John en Marsha. the boys started bumping and grinding with a banana, leigh was clicking away on her camera, and i fell asleep on the couch. what a riot. saturday morning, i woke up to find out i had to drive my sister to antipolo. it was no problem, i'd be bringing her to al padi compound, a place i haven't been to in about ten years. driving down the winding path to the renewal center (where she was facilitating a youth camp) brought memories of my 10-year-old self, running around with aussie world-youth-day delegates; my 13-year-old self teaching a group of newbies how to exorcise demons (figuratively speaking of course); my 16-year-old self flirting with 17- and 18-year-old boys under the pretense that we were in a fellowship with the lord. no matter how different my beliefs are now from then, those were good good old days, and it felt wonderful to remember them as i did today. not knowing where to go, i made up my mind to just hang out somewhere...a mall maybe, go shopping, or just go online at some wifi-enabled location. then it dawned on me that i could instead go to RABERLY, the most hip and happening, ultra-cool venue in town for...what else?! ukay-ukay stuff!!!! if you haven't been there, YOU HAVE TO. i was there for almost two hours, trying on so many things that the guy at the counter couldn't help but smile with glee with all the items i kept on setting aside. all in all, i spent only P1,700 for three pairs of shoes (surprisingly, they were brand new) and ten tops. if i went to the mall as i'd originally planned, I would have bought only a pair of shoes with that amount of money. so don't forget gals and guys (yes, plenty of great shirts for guys there too): RABERLY ukay ukay store is on the corner of aurora blvd and katipunan avenue, right before st. bridget's gate. in a couple of hours i'm meeting up with mika at rory's, to keep her company while her boyfriend tries to win a basketball game at the loyola gym. a chance for me to show off the playlists i've been making in my laptop, with blondie's "rapture" on top of the list and on constant replay. i've downloaded a lot of great chick songs, mainly because, well--i'm too excited to keep it to myself--i'm in a band!!! hahahaha! it has long been a secret dream of mine, and i've twice been invited by different people, but insecurity has always been a big hindrance and twice i declined. now BOO to you, my insecure self, because i don't care what you say, i'm going to be in a band! hahaha i don't want to jinx it, so let's just wait and see how it'll turn out! tomorrow, my sisters and i made plans with our cousins to visit lola's grave at himlayan, because today's her 11th death anniversary. while our parents and uncles and aunts party away on a cruise ship in the carribeans, we do our duties as responsible adult grandchildren of lola chabeng and say prayers for her and lolo asiong's souls, and for patrick's as well. then a potluck lunch at my house, then i'll be off to -- haha i can't believe i'm saying this -- band practice! so there! my weekend recap, even if it ain't over yet. :)) too bad i don't have the pictures to show for it, but what the hell. i'm happy and you know it clap your hands!!!
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