Debbie Day 2010!! (With Jas)

- August 13, 2010, Friday

- It's nice to finally upload something again here, after toiling and bombarding myself with anything academically-related. Even better, I was able to meet up again with Debbie (and her sister Jasmine) after a year.

- Debbie's car picked me up at my house around 10:45 in the morning. The car was driven by her brother Neil. Before going to Trinoma, we first had lunch at Chef Robert.

- Chef Robert is a restaurant in Banawe, Quezon City, that serves international cuisine at very very reasonable prices. The interior is primarily made of wood, and has the ambiance of a small cafe. The dishes were cooked to perfection, and more or less had authentic tastes, depending on the nationality of the food.

- After eating lunch, c/o Debbie's brother, he drove us to Trinoma and left us there. I bought tickets for the three of us to Step Up 3. Since we had around an hour to kill before the movie, we decided to stop by at Timezone, since it was the nearest thing to the cinema. We managed to do go around and goof around until it was time to watch the movie.

- Step Up 3 was an amazing movie. Seriously. Sure, the plot itself is really simple, but the choreography of all the dances in the movie was a therapeutic eye-candy. The dances inspire not only dancers, dancers-to-be, or frustrated dancers; the dances inspire the creative switch in the mind. Sure were a lot of "aww" moments, but that's just that. Maybe I'm a bit biased and touched about the "go and follow your dream" theme, since I'm kinda going through the same situation as well. The movie might have been greater if the rowdy group of friends/students at the back didn't make too much noise, especially in parts where their noise wasn't appropriate. (I was able to tolerate their cheering and clapping during the dance battle scenes, but not in the other mushy scenes.)

- By the way, Debbie and Jasmine's dance teacher in Canada appeared in Step Up 3 as a member of one of the opponents (not the main opponent-group) of the protagonist's dance group.

- After the movie, the three of us went around and shopped (actually they were the only ones who shopped.) As the sun set, we all searched for a place to eat dinner. Debbie proposed Italianni's, because she missed the pasta and pizza we ate last year in Italianni's MOA.

- The three of us not only shared excellent food during dinner, but we shared more stories and laughter as well. I had found out more things about Debbie and her sister through that hour-and-a-half long dinner. With tummies full soon after, we went to the "waiting place" and waited for Debbie's brother to pick us up.

- Today was a really good day to cap off a rather rough week for me in school. Not only was I able to unwind, but I was also fortunate enough to meet up with friends who live in the other side of the world. Hopefully, we'd be able to meet up again after some time. Next year, perhaps. :D:D:D:D

DEBBIE DAY: Spent The Day With The Long Lost Cinq Member :D:D:D:D

- August 31, 2009, Monday, National Heroes' Day

- We've been planning this get together thing for a few months now. Haha. At long last, I was able to see Debbie again after 5 years (??) or so. (I last saw her last 2004) Debbie was one of the top students from our batch in elementary. Obviously, she was supposed to be part of our class, but she moved to Canada before high school started, so we weren't able to be with her for a long long time (until the time we saw her in CKSC when she visited last 2004).

ANYWAY....

- I was picked up at around 9:15 by their driver, and stopped by at Debbie's house before going to MOA.

- I met Debbie and her mom at the elevator, and went up to their house. Awesome view of the bay :) :) :) :) Debbie and I talked for a while before going to MOA. I needed to catch up with quite a few (by a few I mean a lot) of things.

- We headed towards MOA around 10 something, and did a bit of shopping for Debbie's pasalubongs to her friends abroad. We checked out the movie soon after, and decided to watch Time Traveller's Wife.

- After buying movie tickets, we strolled along the bayside part of the mall until we reached Italianni's. Knowing that we won't make it to the movie (or at least be late), I ran back to the ticket seller and asked her if it was ok to change our tickets to the next showing. Apparently they weren't allowed to do that. Haha.

- Italianni's service was unusually slower today. I really don't know why.... we had great food still the same.

- Of course, more catching up during lunch.

- We ran towards the theater and was able to catch the most part of the film. The movie was not that good; "shallow" as Debbie would put it. (The movie was shallow, not the story) Haha.

- After the movie, we went around the mall to shop for Debbie's clothes. I really had a nice time shopping with her. Haha!!

- To have a short break, I invited her to merienda, and introduced her to the wonderful halo halo of Razon's. It was also a good way to cool down a bit....the sun was getting hotter by the minute.

- We met up with Debbie's sister and her group at Haagen-Dazs and waited until they finished their fondue.

- All of us headed towards the Hypermart exit and waited for Debbie's car to drop us off wherever. Most of us were dropped off at CKSC.

- It was technically a really really short day, but it was a really really memorable one. I'm really glad I had the time to go out with Debbie today. She'll by leaving again tomorrow afternoon to Canada. Awwww. Debs, if you're reading this, thanks so much for the Sumi stuffed toy and bookmark. It's really really soft. I'm teaching the stuffed animal spirit how to fly. Gonna let you know when it learns how to. Hahahaha. Thank you also for lunch. Hehe. I hope you're enjoying the last two slices of salmon pizza. :D:D:D:D I hope you bring halo-halo to Canada. Hahahaha. YEYYYY. I really really hope to see you in the future. Hehe. :D:D:D:D Take care, have a safe flight.