Disclaimer: This entry should have been photo heavy but until now, I'm still waiting for tagged photos through Facebook. Will put in photos here once I get some from my friends.
1. One of my closest friends was in Manila for a vacay!!!!! :) She was supposed to be my house guest since Tuesday last week but she changed her mind and decided to stay at her cousin's. She slept over by Friday night though. :)
2. Music Bank with Pits and Keith! :) Damn, I missed these two!!!
3. Shopping with my brother and Pits. I bought cute boxer shorts and some accessories (Refer to the photo under item number 5.)
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| Thank you, Pits, for this Alexander McQueen-ish ring! :) |
5. As I was waiting for my turn to be x-rayed and for lunch break, I scored good deals (the semi-sheer khaki cape top and one very sexy white one-piece swimsuit) at the mall. :) Lucky for me, it was a sale day. To make things even better, I expected it to be only half the price off but it's freakin' 70% off!!! Whaddup! :)
6. Pyrolympics finale show! :) (I only had videos of the show so I really can't share you anything visual. Once I get the photos from my friend's cousin, I will post some here. :D)
So, meanwhile. Let me share a story about our unimaginable Pyrolympics experience.
We expected traffic since it was a Saturday. We took the train to save time. AND ENERGY. We got off at Gil Puyat station and from there, we would take the jeepney going to SM Mall of Asia. Once we got out of the station, we were shocked by the number of people waiting for a ride. I mean, it was crazy. Like there was a transport strike or something, that the number of PUVs seemed... lacking. We know it would be impossible for us to get a ride, even a cab. Still, we tried. We (among others) tried intercepting jeepneys in the wrong side of the highway and in the wrong drop off spot for their passengers. To our utmost surprise, only a few drivers entertained us. Out of all the days that they can break road rules, why didn't it have to be that night? (HAHA! Sorry, MMDA. :l) You see, this was the part where we had to use the energy that we tried to save, which I mentioned earlier.We had no choice but to do the unimaginable thing -- WALK. I had no problem with walking. BUT TO WALK FROM GIL PUYAT TO SEASIDE?! That's like 3-4 km? (Or probably that's just how far it felt for us. Correct my estimate if I'm wrong.) Thinking about it now, it felt like an accomplishment! It was insane. The cars weren't even moving so even if we were able to get a ride, it would be useless. We would still have walked.
After 30-45 minutes of 'spontaneous' walking, we reached the spot! We spent another 15 minutes, I think, of looking for the entrance for the tickets we got. We got VIP tickets so we had to walk further more, all the way to the front. There seemed to be three checkpoints just to get in to the area where we were supposed to be! After showing our tickets and getting stamps on the wrist, we walked towards a girl behind what seemed a silver barricade. We passed through that and walked more. Of course, since we got in late, there weren't seats available. My friend's cousin insisted that we probably got in in the wrong area and that we might have to walk further. We saw another silver barricade with a girl behind it. We asked her where exactly was the VIP section. She asked for our tickets and she let us in. I was surprised to see a buffet table! Then, a guy came up to us and asked if we could wait for a few minutes and he'll find a table for us. I was even more surprised when he said that. I nudged my friend's cousin's elbow and told her I was sure that we weren't in the VIP area either. I was the one who bought the tickets for us and I know that next to VIP is the Patron one, wherein free dinner will be served. We were wondering why they let us in, in the first place. We were already starving and our legs were just dead tired so we just didn't bother saying anything. Haha! We just thought of it as a blessing that we deserve from the long walk we had to take. And initially though, it really was an honest mistake. We showed our tickets to them. They could have said, "No, you're not supposed to be here" or something. We just got lucky after all, I guess! :) The food was superb! :)
We didn't get to watch the final contestant for the Pyromusical, which is Italy, properly since we were walking at that time. We got there just in time for the finale presentation, which is the Philippines, the host country. The finale show of the Philippines was astounding, worth the wait of the pause caused by the technical difficulties about halfway in the presentation.
Since it was the final week, the winners for the Pyromusical Competition were also announced that night. The winners were: 1st - Canada; 2nd - tie between Australia and Finland; 3rd - Netherlands.
Of course, our night wouldn't end just like that. May huling hirit pa. Since the mall was jam-packed with the Pyro-goers and the sale-oholic people, commuters like me had a hard time waiting for a ride home. I was too tired already that I didn't bother looking for an alternative and faster way to go home. I know I would either be standing or walking again. I didn't want to ride a cab alone at 10:30 PM either. So I waited at the van stop. There was a long line so when it was my turn to be able to get in a van, it was already 12:00 in the morning. Nganga talaga ako for 1 1/2 hour. Haha!
It was the first Pyromusical show that I have watched and it was made even memorable by the free food, the longest walk I had ever walked and the butt sore from waiting. Nevertheless, it was still a good night (and experience) after all!
7. The Power of NO. :) Don't just kiss ass or nod and say yes all the time. You gotta say no, too, if really deemed necessary. (At least that's for me. 'Yes'-girl is never my thing.)
8. BUSIEST WEEK AT WORK E-VER. Whew.
9. My supplier will be supplying me items (as additional to the items that I handmade and on my online store) anytime soon! :)
10. Second consult at my spine doctor. He told me not to worry for I won't have to undergo any rehab or surgery. My spine only had 26 degrees of curvature, very far from critical angle which is 45 degrees, around my thoracic area. I would just have to do another x-ray by next year to see if there will be any increase in the angle of my spine. :)
11. This random photo over tumblr.
12. Finished the book, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. I thought I was gonna finish it before February ends, but I was wrong. I marked my February List in advance, haha!