Weekend Stuff

At this rate, I may go The Way of the Rad and do weekend updates. Anyhoo...

FRIDAY: Put up w/ my first scheduled 12-hour power interruption. Escaped it for a while by picking up desk fans at Dianne's Western Appliances warehouse, then going to the gym, but had to get home early, with 4 hours to go 'til the power was supposed to come back on. Slept off most of that, thankfully.

SATURDAY: Spent the afternoon hanging out at SM MOA w/ Beijinoy friend Jan Tiu. We had Sbarro's, made account inquiries at BDO (UITF stuff) and looked for her KrisKringle gift (still deciding between card reader and wrist/ankle weights). If it wasn't for the b-day for A-Kim at Talayan Village we would've stayed to watch the whole concert of the San Miguel Orchestra. After dropper her home and enduring the traffic jam I got to Achi Abeth's house late, but the line to the buffet was just under way, w/c makes me just in time. :)

SUNDAY: Internet connection was crap (single digit dl speed!), so I was surprised to find that it's now at triple digits. Finished season 1 of Sleeper Cell, but now have too many movies to finish.

A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Funeral Home...

Actually, the funny thing happened at the funeral home itself. A few of went to the nearby PAZ to pay our respects to my cousin's cousin's father, who died from liver cancer complications. Thankfully the son (old friend of mine) was not the only familiar face in the crowd. His batchmates from high school were there, and his sister who came home from Ohio, and I considered most of them to be my friends.

As with most Chinoy wakes the mood was mostly lively and chatty. I admit I didn't even look at the body, and just spent my visit chatting away with friends, and found myself catching up w/ people I never even thought of in a long time. It was like a small SCJS Homecoming party.

One of them asked me to help hook him up with someone from my high-school batch. So, to any interested female Ad-Extremians out there: DAM, mid-30s, 1 child (joint custody) and w/ a steady job in Silicon Valley. Outgoing, sporty, Protestant, liberal Republican (iffy) and says the woman must be willing to move to San Francisco, California. Don't worry, he'll handle your immigration papers. Quite the catch, he is....

Boy, the things I do for fellow Judenites.

Typhooey

The storm named (internationally) Typhoon Durian wrecked havoc in Region 5 but thankfully missed Metro Manila. The anticipated Milenyo-like rains and winds never came, but instead died out in the middle of the night. There's still a bit of drizzling and a "slight" breeze, but as NCR residents would attest rain always posed a bigger problem than wind. Dust, dirt or leaves blowing into your face is preferable to streets flooded with polluted water.

It's almost a waste how much preparation the cities went through in anticpation for the typhoon. Billboard ads were taken down. People moved to large basketball courts. We stocked up on water and charged cellphones, emergency lamps and MP3 players (okay, the last one's just me). In the end it was just a big disaster coordination drill rehearsal, where everyone does everything right and no-one dies. Bit dull, actually.

Today's an offical holiday, and classes were called off yesterday, so this makes for a looong weekend. Literally a silver lining to the dark (storm) cloud.