an emo & a marley

rye & myself watched the movie "300" a few weeks back at the sm north. we ate at shakeys' earlier. rye got himself a meatball pasta & ordered the "captain's choice" platter which consisted of fries, calamares & fish fillets which we shared. he was eyeing for the new nokia n73 so we scouted for that cellphone unit on all mobile stores in SM. we went afterwards to the ever gotesco. he shopped a few household stuff from the japanese convenient store then scouted for an n73 on more cellphone shops at the top floor.

a few days later, a workmate sent an sms that he had a couple of tickets for the reggae fest at the old westin hotel where the special guest was ziggy marley, bob marley's son. i so wanted not to miss it but when i woke up in the afternoon & replied to my workmate, he was no longer holding the ticket which was supposed to get me to the concert hassle-free. so i wondered for hours, exchanged messages with my girlfriends & finally arrived to a plan to just simply enjoy each others' company at timog. we went to behrouz to eat our favorite plate of kabab beef & ox brain. afterwards, we headed to purplehaze at tomas morato. favorably, i liked the band who played that night & was worth the P150 each we spent for the entrance fee, which came w/ 1 consumable red horse beer. the theme was "emo" rock & the main band was typecast! i have never watched them play so that was my opportunity to see them rock live!

typecast at purplehaze

right after that much anticipation of seeing a rising 'rock star' came a little close to unsatisfactory because all we heard the whole night was, well, noise. we were hoping that the band typecast would calm the developing headaches & ear aches we were receiving from the earlier bands but they didn't. they all were practically playing nothing but noise. i don't blame the bands though, we were discussing that the emanating noise from the band instruments were, i don't know, numbing everyone's ears & heads most probably due to the way the bar was built. i am often comparing places i've been to saguijo which practically is the coolest, far most breathable, rock space i've ever been too. every band i've heard play there seemed to know their pieces ever so professionally, though it's the first time i've heard of their names. you get my grip? so ofcourse we left after typecast played. i did enjoy a few of their songs like, 'will you ever learn' & a few more pieces, & yeah, sang along. purplehaze, we consumed most of the wee hours of the morning at starbucks timog. this time i didn't order myself a frappe due to my cold. i got me an oreo cake which i've been begging ryan to get me for days, which he obviously failed to do so. saleng shared her coffee jelly frappe w/ me w/c i enjoyed as well.

my girlfriends alex & saleng

ryan asked myself & our daughter out the next day. we had plans to buy rayne her first every baby bicycle. we went to sm fairview & had late lunch at the pizza hut. ryan was craving for their new rib steak. i got me a mango salad & we shared a regular thin-crusted pizza.

after which we strolled to toy world where we scouted for the perfect bike for our little daughter. ryan was interested to get the very expensive remote-controlled toy car for rayne. we've agreed eventually not to get it since we're getting a new television for rayne & we might as well plot our budget for the tv rather than getting a car almost as expensive w/c rayne might not fully enjoy throughout her childhood. anyhow, after sitting rayne to every other bike displayed, nothing fitted her. it was either rayne is huge for her age or the bikes we are eyeing for her are not for her age. hence, we weren't able to get one that day. too bad she had to wait until she can ride those real bicycles which she had to paddle herself using her tiny feet.

at the pizza hut w/ dada

the rc

mocha blends

i gave my coffee blend from well, mocha blends, to nicole a few days earlier. from then on, she requested that i bring her one everyday. it was only once when i was able to pass by starbucks near our place that i was able to bring her one. on the 12th, i promised to bring her a drink from mocha blends. the promise turned out better as she expected. i planned to bring her along. cousins mike & badeth, ate anna, trish, rayne & her yaya came along. we went to the mocha blends near the ever gotesco. i treated each a coffee blend. i texted my brother, who happened to be travelling home already w/ his son & gf sam, to drop by. my dad sent a message afterwards that he'll drop by as well & insisted on having my brother ian fetch our mom who was left at home. dad got us pizza from st.mark's just beside the coffee shop. we stayed for 3 hours. it was a hell lot of fun bonding w/ the whole family & ofcourse w/ nik out of the hospital.

fun ranch

last 2/27th, my family had checked out my niece nicole from the hospital, finally. her wheelchair waited at home. dad was so depressed the day before, that he came home really late, got all mad at me & my brother {no need to expound on the subject}, then cried afterwards on his birthday. nicole's return home was postponed the day before due to pending blood tests so dad's birthday celebration had to adjust. so when nik got out of the hospital, it was a dual celebration at home. unfortunately for me, i already had to go to work earlier that tuesday. dad's got the pictures so i'll post 'em next time.

later on after that week, i went to rye's place, supposedly heading to my dentist who wasn't available. bearing this craziness over the new series 'heroes' w/c i started watching a few days earlier, every night, i stayed & stared at rye's pc checking out his copies for the episodes i missed out {12-15}. before that, i treated myself to a hair/foot spa at a parlor just a few walks from his place.

heroes TV series

rye finished transferring the videos from nicole & trish's birthdays to DVD as well so when i got home, i immediately played it so nik can watch how strong & fine she was just weeks before. i wanted to boost her strength to help herself, so that she can surpass the difficulties she has been facing & enjoy life like a normal kid again. when we were viewing the moments at the fun ranch in libis on video, i asked her if she wanted to go there again. she nodded & smiled almost immediately...she can't wait...

the next day, rye & myself brought rayne to the fun ranch. a promise finally held on by his father. the area expanded & added more rides at the uncovered areas. more shops were opened. we ate at the new pasta restaurant near the kids' spa. at the covered area, we stayed an hour watching her walk everywhere inside or outside the play pen. she' no longer scared of the ball pools that she went pulling me every now & then to guide her towards that spot. rye & myself switched roles as yaya's coz our baby is so tough to look after nowadays after she learned how to walk. we headed to SM fairview after rayne got pretty tired from playing. her dad bought her a small swimming pool from toy kingdom. late in the afternoon, we looked for dinner near ever & ended up at the world topps. ryan ordered 'tapa steak' while i got a simple platter of 'longisolig'. rayne was obviously tired she slept all throughout the journey towards dinner & home.

at the toy kingdom, rayne saw these small tables displayed at the middle of the store, immediately sat herself in & tried so hard to flip through the book she found on top of it. i was so proud of her for knowing how to sit on her own & her growing enthusiasm on children's books.

after work the next day, i was able to watch heroes' eps 16-17 back at rye's place again.

i had my level 2 crystal reports XII training at the robinsons' summit last march 8th-9th. i completed level 1 a few months ago & the budget approval for the 2nd level came in very delayed that i took it months later. i attended it w/ jenny, a colleague, & our magic sub-admin. after the training, we went to glorietta for a little shopping. i got myself 2 skirts & silk pants. i had the worst nightmare when i was heading home. being always on the midshift almost the entire week at work, i had no idea it would be hell trying to get a ride in makati after 6pm. i began lining up for a ticket for the mrt {too bad i didn't have a stored card, the one that's prepaid} & noticed the lines weren't moving. apparently, due to the nearing over capacity of the trains below us, the facility could no longer hold any more people that they had to halt the selling of tickets & barred people from getting through. i waited until the line started to move again but when i got to the window, the selling stopped again! i didn't want to lose my line since i was the 1st but when operations took so long to resume, i got out of my line & tried to look for a cab. looking for a cab is as horrific as taking a long line at the mrt station. no cab wanted to take me home or there were no empty cabs at all! ok, i text'd my uncle who works as well in makati, wondering if i can hitch a ride w/ him since we go home at the place. he replied that his service will be in makati by 8pm. i still had an hour so i took a leap of faith, exag!, & went back to the mrt station. i got my ticket & rows of people, who also just got tickets, surprised me. what?? i have to fall in line again? for 30 mins or more? no way! everyone was pushing everyone's back, it was horrifying i had to leave the line again. i called my uncle & begged that i go home w/ him. took a cab, not surprising for that cab to take me coz my destination was just 10 mins away, & went to my uncle. his service was already there. i got home past 9pm. what a f&#^(@g day.

i got worried i might go through the same ordeal the next day. but my training ended early. jenny & i headed to the ofc first & attended to some issues we can only fix. i left the ofc around 5pm, rang my friend alex, & asked her to meet me at the tiendesitas in libis. shopped a few for myself, my niece & my daughter. we called it a day before midnight.