Nov 18, 2001
For this Sunday it was the wedding of my sister-in-law and Herman's sister Jean (first name Heidi) and Aladdin, who turns out to be Cathy Sy's brother (the one who answers the phone sometimes). Cathy was there, of course and was busy all day coordinating (typical of her not to relax, even on a Sunday) the entourage at church then later on at the reception at the Westin Philippine Plaza. Another surprise guest (for me, anyway) was Julie and Winnie Chen and the rest of their immediate family. She reminded me of the China tapes I've yet to get around to editing.
I've been making more entries here than in my office computer journal, probably because the latter is so freakin' slow. No signs of it getting fixed soon, too. sigh.
ANYway, today 3-Ku celebrated his birthday and for the first time he took a few relatives (all 23 of us) out to dinner at Le Souffle at Fort Bonifacio. I ordered the rib-eye Angus beef steak, while my Soup of the Day was a creamy orange-colored cheese whatever. My first taste of souffle was sweet...literally. It was like something you'd order at Dulcinea, all small and sweet, like a jelly roll squeezed into a dixie cup. The bill ran to about 20 grand. Sheesh. For 24 pieces of really salty oyster it was about 91+ bucks a piece.
ANYway, today 3-Ku celebrated his birthday and for the first time he took a few relatives (all 23 of us) out to dinner at Le Souffle at Fort Bonifacio. I ordered the rib-eye Angus beef steak, while my Soup of the Day was a creamy orange-colored cheese whatever. My first taste of souffle was sweet...literally. It was like something you'd order at Dulcinea, all small and sweet, like a jelly roll squeezed into a dixie cup. The bill ran to about 20 grand. Sheesh. For 24 pieces of really salty oyster it was about 91+ bucks a piece.
Nov 11, 2001
I attended the wedding reception of Edwin Ong and his girlfriend Jen. I would've attended the wedding itself but the 8AM schedule was just too much. Parents were godparents and Boit was best man.
Before reaching the 2nd floor I ran into Christina and Kelly Cai who were attending the 1st B-day party of Aldwin's cousin. (Ran into Aldwin after the party.) Upstairs it was like a mini SJCS Alumni association reunion, with better attendance, at least when it came to alumni I actually knew. Batch 91 (Gregory, Polly, Kelly, Ann Margaret, Melissa) and Batch 92 (Laurie, Ida, Rissa, Kendreck, Nath, etc.) were in abundance. Even Walter showed up, sans socks and shoes (seriously...he wore sandals). It was thoroughly enjoyable, especially with all the hobnobbing I got to do.
Afterwards it all started to slow down (or maybe it was because I was feeling pooped). Kit Tanco pushed the term "fashionably late" to the extreme when she showed up to drop off the wedding gift just as everybody was leaving. Albert, Diane, Boit and I decided to walk around Virra Mall for a while. While browsing mags in National Bookstore I saw Avigale, still with her nerdy-looking boyfriend. (If you're reading this Avi, I apologize, but we've drifted anyway.) After getting my comics I rode a bus home since I still had to update the news on Touch Mobile.
Before reaching the 2nd floor I ran into Christina and Kelly Cai who were attending the 1st B-day party of Aldwin's cousin. (Ran into Aldwin after the party.) Upstairs it was like a mini SJCS Alumni association reunion, with better attendance, at least when it came to alumni I actually knew. Batch 91 (Gregory, Polly, Kelly, Ann Margaret, Melissa) and Batch 92 (Laurie, Ida, Rissa, Kendreck, Nath, etc.) were in abundance. Even Walter showed up, sans socks and shoes (seriously...he wore sandals). It was thoroughly enjoyable, especially with all the hobnobbing I got to do.
Afterwards it all started to slow down (or maybe it was because I was feeling pooped). Kit Tanco pushed the term "fashionably late" to the extreme when she showed up to drop off the wedding gift just as everybody was leaving. Albert, Diane, Boit and I decided to walk around Virra Mall for a while. While browsing mags in National Bookstore I saw Avigale, still with her nerdy-looking boyfriend. (If you're reading this Avi, I apologize, but we've drifted anyway.) After getting my comics I rode a bus home since I still had to update the news on Touch Mobile.
Nov 2, 2001
My cousin took us to Rockwell's Power Plant Mall for dinner, specifically the Hot! Cafe. It was my first time at either place. The Page One Bookstore was fascinating. Better stocked than PowerBooks, presumably, except on the graphic novel section.
After some "fine Filipino dining," I tried to walk off my meal of friend dumplings, potato, cheese sticks, breaded porkchop and mocca frappe. My two surprise sightings for the evening cosisted of Sarah Hung with her (I'm assuming) boyfriend headed for the parking lot, and long-lost SJCS classmate Sherman Lee, now taller and running his own food stall somewhere in City Hall, according to him.
By tomorrow morning I would have finished all my rented videos: Almost Famous, Remember the Titans, The Mexican, Sugar and Spice and the last 2 volumes of The Sopranos.
After some "fine Filipino dining," I tried to walk off my meal of friend dumplings, potato, cheese sticks, breaded porkchop and mocca frappe. My two surprise sightings for the evening cosisted of Sarah Hung with her (I'm assuming) boyfriend headed for the parking lot, and long-lost SJCS classmate Sherman Lee, now taller and running his own food stall somewhere in City Hall, according to him.
By tomorrow morning I would have finished all my rented videos: Almost Famous, Remember the Titans, The Mexican, Sugar and Spice and the last 2 volumes of The Sopranos.