Monday, October 20, 2003
THREE BRATZ IN GLORIETTA
A rare chance for the three of us to get-together, and just us...
I'VE never had that amount of fun at a mall in quite some time! Aldrich and my best friend Lance went with me to Ayala-Glorietta to continue search for my new cellphone the Nokia 7650.
Originally I had the idea it would be the tropa get-together for the Sem Break, but instead a troubling cellphone (my Nokia 3210 is really throwing a fit over getting replaced soon) and lack of communication with the rest of the tropa (well, a third of the tropa is in the Saudi-Kuwait territory right now) brought out a little bonding between me and my co-military bratz Lance and Aldrich.
INFO: "Military Brats" are children of servicemen and women of the US Armed Forces. Though Lance and I are now "ex-brats", Aldrich is still a "brat", so together I guess it's safe to say we're "m-bratz".
My mom and her cousin and our driver got in the CR-V and we picked up Lance at Tejero. After Tejero, we all went to Aldrich's big house in General Trias to make paalam to his strict grandparents.
A Delegation from Vietnam?
I approached his grandfather in the back across the garden overlooking the swimming pool. The first reaction of the grandfather upon seeing me is that I was "from Vietnam"!
Vietnam?! Lance and Aldrich laughed. Um... ok.
After some negociations, Aldrich was able to go. We all got in the CR-V and headed for Makati City for our day at the mall.
***
High Noon @ Ayala G4
It wasn't traffic anywhere and we arrived at Glorietta exactly at noon. We separated from my mom and the three of us went around in search of a place to eat. Eventually we ended up at Subway.
I don't know what came over me since I was joking about everything under the sun with Lance and Aldrich. I mean, this was a rare chance for the three of us to get together... just the three of us.
The Conversation at Subway
What were we talking about at Subway? Lance asked Aldrich along the way "Have you ever seen your sister naked?" and then Aldrich asked in return and Lance asked the question from a different angle and then it got messy from there. All while we were eating our sandwiches.
The parts of my Subway Club were falling apart and when I finished my sandwich, I had a free salad in front of me.
After eating we walked around the mall and ended up in Penshoppe for a good, say... 30 minutes. Aldrich and Lance kept trying these hats on while I was looking at this nice bag that I wanted but since Aldrich already has the bag, I didn't want to "copy" him.
Penshoppe and Men's Fashion
That goes with about everything else in Penshoppe. Everytime I see a sweater, a polo, a shirt, a bag, a hat... it all reminds me of Aldrich, Karl, sometimes Mik and sometimes Basil. We're basically the "Penshoppe boys" of DLSU-D.
At least Lance found Oxygen. And at Bench, well, the clothes there are usually too big or too wide it gets irritating.
Lance and Aldrich bought a hat each and they left the place holding a shopping bag. I had my digital camera in my hand and I took pictures inside the store, even in the fitting room. I didn't have a shopping bag and I started to get depressed over not having anything purchased yet.
Meaningless, Meaningful Jokes
That's what made me joke even more. I was just a klutz walking with Lance and Aldrich. I made remarks such as "Aldrich, don't walk in the center... you make us look like your back-up dancers."
"With you two with me, I feel like I'm the 2nd Runner up in a Mister Pageant and you guys are Mister blah-blah and 1st Runner-up."
Then I started to joke politically.
"You know Aldrich, I've noticed some people stare at you and try to make papansin... I hope it doesn't make your head bigg-ER!"
As if his head is big in the first place... joke joke...
Speaking of "joke joke"... we slapped on the saying "Jokes are half meant." so everytime I came up with a political joke towards Aldrich, I'd slap on "Joke plus joke!"
Lance noticed. I'm sorry if I went overboard, but being with the two of them was just fun. When we're in this large party walking around the mall, the fun gets confusing when you have to contact the others... et cetera. But now, it was just us.
The Great Hunt Continues
We browsed the mall for a cellphone dealer and couldn't find any. We circled Glorietta 1, Glorietta 2, Glorietta 3, and Glorietta 4 and still no-where. We finally met up with my mom and our driver led us to Wellcom, which was located in this underground bazaar in Glorietta that reminded me of the mini mall in Baclaran.
We entered... and like in all places, the dreaded three words: "Out of stock."
I grew impatient and walked out and felt confident that somewhere in the mall, would be my Dark Blue Nokia 7650.
***
Out-of-Stock Everywhere
We went towards SM Makati and as we entered, some salesperson said the mall doesn't sell cellphones. Huh? We turned around and followed our driver as he led us towards "The Hub". Oh, we didn't see this place.
We entered and for a moment I had the feeling that my phone would be there. The place had samples laid out on these tall tables. Lance and Aldrich were asking why don't I get this or that instead... the Sony Ericsson Phone (Slogan: Pass it on...) is just plain and too small for me. Then, the other Sony Ericsson phone that acts like a Palm Pilot with the DigiPen was too complicated. Finally, the Nokia 3650 (as much as it's been available everywhere)... just doesn't appeal as greatly to me compared to a Nokia 7650.
The lady says "Phased out" and I'm like... "I can't breathe now... I've been to three malls and dozens of cellphone stores and yet, to no avail... can I find a Nokia 7650."
We walk out and I decide to txt my classmate Katz who bought her 7650 last week at ATC. She told me it's also available at Festival Supermall. I gave up looking at Glorietta and we all separated from my mom and walked around.
Namamansin sa Bookstore
Aldrich, Lance, and I ended up entering Tower Records and wounded up at the Powerbooks area. Aldrich read about astrology (I saw him read about his sign Virgo and his best friend Mik's sign Sagittarius). Lance read about his sign Aquarius. And well, you can call me mayabang in a way... I didn't need to read about my sign Cancer. Nor about any other sign, frankly. *cough*
I pointed at a book about Nostradamus and Lance told me that the current Pope is the last of the Popes or something like that and then I had him show me. I had Aldrich take our picture there.
There was some couple having an LQ right next to us and then they left as the girl cried and crashed into the guy's chest as they walked away. And there were these two girls that I felt "tried to make papansin" towards Aldrich when we were looking at Inspirational books. Lance was browsing through the Butterfly book that his ex-girlfriend Nikki gave to him (and I also read the book when my classmate Kate showed it to me)... it has a meaning to everyone. Great book.
The two early-20s women were being so loud next to us (next to Aldrich) and then as Aldrich and Lance left, one of the girls grabbed this book on the lower shelf and read in tagalog: "Women are smarter than Men... they always are... it's so true..." I was like: "Papansin!!"
I say I hate suplada girls... but in another sense, I'm a suplado guy... so there are girls that hate suplado guys. It's not like I want to be suplado, it's just I'm shy towards general strangers... and I do have bad eyesight.
Sampling the music
After about 30 minutes of book reading, we headed downstairs to Tower Records where we started sampling CDs. Lance stayed at Hilary Duff's CD while I went to Dido's and then to Jewel's. Jeez, how feminine naman. Joke. I mean, all the hip hop and R&B CDs where downstairs.
I listened to Dido and it was ok. I found Jewel's and listened to "Stand", which is her latest song according to Eric but I still haven't heard it. It sounded nice.
We went downstairs and that's where I listened to Outkast's CD, of which I'd eventually buy. The Outkast CD comes with two CDs and comes with hits "Hey Ya" and "The Way You Move". The names of the two CDs in one album was "The Love Below" and "Speakerboxxx".
I also listened to Jennifer Lopez's "Baby I Love You", her latest single which just sounds so friggin' dreamy I wish I had a girlfriend and we were at some park on a sunny morning enjoying Nescafe Chocolate, if there was such a thing.
Next to her album was Thalia and I had to listen to "Baby I'm In Love". Two different songs compared to Jennifer Lopez. Thalia has this voice that I find appealing.
I bought the CD and asked for any freebies and the lady gave me the September 2003 issue of PRESS [>] with Beyonce Knowles on the cover.
We left and cruised the mall again and basically we covered it. We walked into many stores in frantic search of something for ME to wear to Baguio. My mom gave me money and I bought a CD? She'll be so disappointed I didn't find any shirt or polo.
Some expensive window shopping
Instead, well... Aldrich beat me to this nice grey sweater jacket. It costs Php 1,400 and I turned it down. Then when Aldrich wore it, it looked nice and so comfortable! He reserved it since he didn't carry the cash. Lance was all trying to convince Aldrich to let me buy it since I carried the cash... but Aldrich was all like "I'll let you borrow it George when I buy it!"
How nice of you to say that Aldrich, na-touch ako. Joke... joke!
We went around and entered all these different designer stores. At "SUB" all the clothes there were black and white... since I was wearing blue... I felt strange entering the place.
Price tags read 3,400, 1,999, 2,500, etc. Yikes! Basically, nothing was below 1,000. We went into Mossimo and I saw this Leather Jacket, I was approaching it until I saw 9,500 on it's price-tag. I turned around and saw a nice summer-styled polo... saw the price... and ended up walking out of the store as discreetly as I could.
70% Off is still P2,000
Next was the Dolce & Gabbana episode. We enter and Aldrich and Lance help me look for a sweater. This nice saleslady spoke english to us and told us about these shirts on sale. She started unfolding several of them to show to us.
70% off daw. I looked at the tag and saw in red pen ink "P1,899" down from the originally printed price-tag "P4,999". It was a damn t-shirt and the fabric felt like any other t-shirt fabric. P1,899 on a t-shirt?
I walked out, but noticed Lance and Aldrich keenly looking at some polos in the small store. I returned inside and they handed me this memo looking thing. I thought it was a notebook but it wasn't.. it was a catalogue of the Dolce & Gabanna 2003 Winter line-up. Um... ok.
Aldrich loved this black cap there so he tried it on like how many times... hehe. He reserved it. After we left, Lance and I were talking about our trip to Baguio and how Lance was out of funds in going with us on the trip. I reminded Aldrich that we needed to help Lance fund his trip to Baguio and then I made one remark: "If you could buy that 3,500 peso cap, why not you just treat Lance and I to Baguio?!"
Aldrich froze up. He thought the black cap was more or less P1,000.
I looked at Aldrich and Lance did the same: "So what do you plan on telling the nice lady after you signed the reservation form and left the place with the goodbye smiles on their faces?"
I finally bought something useful
We went to /bench and I was now desperate to buy something. I saw a nice jacket and I tried it on in the fitting room. I didn't "feel" it was me and then Lance said "Stop saying you don't FEEL this and that... stop FEELING..."
That made me shut up and think about what I was wearing, not feel about what I was wearing. Cool, a tip to help me on deciding on what to buy these days.
I tried the black one, and it looked better on me compared to the vanilla-colored jacket I had on first. I was about to get it and then the lady says there's a rough brown one and when I tried it, I liked it. I bought it for P799.50 and that's exactly when my mom came in. Wheew. Just in time.
Vietnam, for the sake of it
We separated one last time for dinner and we decided to eat at Pho Bac, which was next to Subway. Pho Bac is a Viatmanese restaurant that we saw after we had lunch earlier. I joked "In celebration of my Viatmanese heritage and lineage..." which was connected to Aldrichs' grandfather's remark upon seeing me at his house in the morning.
Lance and I had the same meal... Cambodian Soup while Aldrich had Chicken and Lemon Grass and the Seafood Soup. All of us had bottomless Iced Teas and we just chilled out there for an hour... which passed by so quickly.
Bound for home
The mall closed and people were heading for the exits. We met up with my mom, my mom's cousin, and our driver and we headed for the basement carpark. After two digicam pictures, we got in the CR-V and then we listened to the Outkast CD which I bought.
We went across some streets in Makati and stopped at a Jollibee to let Lance use the restroom since it was an emergency... wow Lance. Aldrich accompanied him.
We listened to Magic 89.9 after Outkast was starting to sound "nakakasawa" for the duration of the night trip. Magic 89.9 had its "Monday Madness" so I txt'd them: "I'm mad as hell because I've been searching for a Nokia 7650 in three different malls and it's out of stock everywhere. From George of DLSU-D."
We dropped Aldrich and Lance at Tejero while we were loading gas at the Petron station and after they left, that's when they read my madness.
It was a fun trip. No Nokia 7650 came out of it, but being with Lance and Aldrich was just the best. It's something that rarely happens. Aldrich is always with Mik and with Mik the two are always away. Then Lance and I are with the tropa and the whole "M-Bratz" thing flourishes away.
The three of us share a common background and it's not everyday the three of us have time to get together and hang-out as M-Bratz. Thanks for coming guys.
A rare chance for the three of us to get-together, and just us...
I'VE never had that amount of fun at a mall in quite some time! Aldrich and my best friend Lance went with me to Ayala-Glorietta to continue search for my new cellphone the Nokia 7650.
Originally I had the idea it would be the tropa get-together for the Sem Break, but instead a troubling cellphone (my Nokia 3210 is really throwing a fit over getting replaced soon) and lack of communication with the rest of the tropa (well, a third of the tropa is in the Saudi-Kuwait territory right now) brought out a little bonding between me and my co-military bratz Lance and Aldrich.
INFO: "Military Brats" are children of servicemen and women of the US Armed Forces. Though Lance and I are now "ex-brats", Aldrich is still a "brat", so together I guess it's safe to say we're "m-bratz".
My mom and her cousin and our driver got in the CR-V and we picked up Lance at Tejero. After Tejero, we all went to Aldrich's big house in General Trias to make paalam to his strict grandparents.
A Delegation from Vietnam?
I approached his grandfather in the back across the garden overlooking the swimming pool. The first reaction of the grandfather upon seeing me is that I was "from Vietnam"!
Vietnam?! Lance and Aldrich laughed. Um... ok.
After some negociations, Aldrich was able to go. We all got in the CR-V and headed for Makati City for our day at the mall.
***
High Noon @ Ayala G4
It wasn't traffic anywhere and we arrived at Glorietta exactly at noon. We separated from my mom and the three of us went around in search of a place to eat. Eventually we ended up at Subway.
I don't know what came over me since I was joking about everything under the sun with Lance and Aldrich. I mean, this was a rare chance for the three of us to get together... just the three of us.
The Conversation at Subway
What were we talking about at Subway? Lance asked Aldrich along the way "Have you ever seen your sister naked?" and then Aldrich asked in return and Lance asked the question from a different angle and then it got messy from there. All while we were eating our sandwiches.
The parts of my Subway Club were falling apart and when I finished my sandwich, I had a free salad in front of me.
After eating we walked around the mall and ended up in Penshoppe for a good, say... 30 minutes. Aldrich and Lance kept trying these hats on while I was looking at this nice bag that I wanted but since Aldrich already has the bag, I didn't want to "copy" him.
Penshoppe and Men's Fashion
That goes with about everything else in Penshoppe. Everytime I see a sweater, a polo, a shirt, a bag, a hat... it all reminds me of Aldrich, Karl, sometimes Mik and sometimes Basil. We're basically the "Penshoppe boys" of DLSU-D.
At least Lance found Oxygen. And at Bench, well, the clothes there are usually too big or too wide it gets irritating.
Lance and Aldrich bought a hat each and they left the place holding a shopping bag. I had my digital camera in my hand and I took pictures inside the store, even in the fitting room. I didn't have a shopping bag and I started to get depressed over not having anything purchased yet.
Meaningless, Meaningful Jokes
That's what made me joke even more. I was just a klutz walking with Lance and Aldrich. I made remarks such as "Aldrich, don't walk in the center... you make us look like your back-up dancers."
"With you two with me, I feel like I'm the 2nd Runner up in a Mister Pageant and you guys are Mister blah-blah and 1st Runner-up."
Then I started to joke politically.
"You know Aldrich, I've noticed some people stare at you and try to make papansin... I hope it doesn't make your head bigg-ER!"
As if his head is big in the first place... joke joke...
Speaking of "joke joke"... we slapped on the saying "Jokes are half meant." so everytime I came up with a political joke towards Aldrich, I'd slap on "Joke plus joke!"
Lance noticed. I'm sorry if I went overboard, but being with the two of them was just fun. When we're in this large party walking around the mall, the fun gets confusing when you have to contact the others... et cetera. But now, it was just us.
The Great Hunt Continues
We browsed the mall for a cellphone dealer and couldn't find any. We circled Glorietta 1, Glorietta 2, Glorietta 3, and Glorietta 4 and still no-where. We finally met up with my mom and our driver led us to Wellcom, which was located in this underground bazaar in Glorietta that reminded me of the mini mall in Baclaran.
We entered... and like in all places, the dreaded three words: "Out of stock."
I grew impatient and walked out and felt confident that somewhere in the mall, would be my Dark Blue Nokia 7650.
***
Out-of-Stock Everywhere
We went towards SM Makati and as we entered, some salesperson said the mall doesn't sell cellphones. Huh? We turned around and followed our driver as he led us towards "The Hub". Oh, we didn't see this place.
We entered and for a moment I had the feeling that my phone would be there. The place had samples laid out on these tall tables. Lance and Aldrich were asking why don't I get this or that instead... the Sony Ericsson Phone (Slogan: Pass it on...) is just plain and too small for me. Then, the other Sony Ericsson phone that acts like a Palm Pilot with the DigiPen was too complicated. Finally, the Nokia 3650 (as much as it's been available everywhere)... just doesn't appeal as greatly to me compared to a Nokia 7650.
The lady says "Phased out" and I'm like... "I can't breathe now... I've been to three malls and dozens of cellphone stores and yet, to no avail... can I find a Nokia 7650."
We walk out and I decide to txt my classmate Katz who bought her 7650 last week at ATC. She told me it's also available at Festival Supermall. I gave up looking at Glorietta and we all separated from my mom and walked around.
Namamansin sa Bookstore
Aldrich, Lance, and I ended up entering Tower Records and wounded up at the Powerbooks area. Aldrich read about astrology (I saw him read about his sign Virgo and his best friend Mik's sign Sagittarius). Lance read about his sign Aquarius. And well, you can call me mayabang in a way... I didn't need to read about my sign Cancer. Nor about any other sign, frankly. *cough*
I pointed at a book about Nostradamus and Lance told me that the current Pope is the last of the Popes or something like that and then I had him show me. I had Aldrich take our picture there.
There was some couple having an LQ right next to us and then they left as the girl cried and crashed into the guy's chest as they walked away. And there were these two girls that I felt "tried to make papansin" towards Aldrich when we were looking at Inspirational books. Lance was browsing through the Butterfly book that his ex-girlfriend Nikki gave to him (and I also read the book when my classmate Kate showed it to me)... it has a meaning to everyone. Great book.
The two early-20s women were being so loud next to us (next to Aldrich) and then as Aldrich and Lance left, one of the girls grabbed this book on the lower shelf and read in tagalog: "Women are smarter than Men... they always are... it's so true..." I was like: "Papansin!!"
I say I hate suplada girls... but in another sense, I'm a suplado guy... so there are girls that hate suplado guys. It's not like I want to be suplado, it's just I'm shy towards general strangers... and I do have bad eyesight.
Sampling the music
After about 30 minutes of book reading, we headed downstairs to Tower Records where we started sampling CDs. Lance stayed at Hilary Duff's CD while I went to Dido's and then to Jewel's. Jeez, how feminine naman. Joke. I mean, all the hip hop and R&B CDs where downstairs.
I listened to Dido and it was ok. I found Jewel's and listened to "Stand", which is her latest song according to Eric but I still haven't heard it. It sounded nice.
We went downstairs and that's where I listened to Outkast's CD, of which I'd eventually buy. The Outkast CD comes with two CDs and comes with hits "Hey Ya" and "The Way You Move". The names of the two CDs in one album was "The Love Below" and "Speakerboxxx".
I also listened to Jennifer Lopez's "Baby I Love You", her latest single which just sounds so friggin' dreamy I wish I had a girlfriend and we were at some park on a sunny morning enjoying Nescafe Chocolate, if there was such a thing.
Next to her album was Thalia and I had to listen to "Baby I'm In Love". Two different songs compared to Jennifer Lopez. Thalia has this voice that I find appealing.
I bought the CD and asked for any freebies and the lady gave me the September 2003 issue of PRESS [>] with Beyonce Knowles on the cover.
We left and cruised the mall again and basically we covered it. We walked into many stores in frantic search of something for ME to wear to Baguio. My mom gave me money and I bought a CD? She'll be so disappointed I didn't find any shirt or polo.
Some expensive window shopping
Instead, well... Aldrich beat me to this nice grey sweater jacket. It costs Php 1,400 and I turned it down. Then when Aldrich wore it, it looked nice and so comfortable! He reserved it since he didn't carry the cash. Lance was all trying to convince Aldrich to let me buy it since I carried the cash... but Aldrich was all like "I'll let you borrow it George when I buy it!"
How nice of you to say that Aldrich, na-touch ako. Joke... joke!
We went around and entered all these different designer stores. At "SUB" all the clothes there were black and white... since I was wearing blue... I felt strange entering the place.
Price tags read 3,400, 1,999, 2,500, etc. Yikes! Basically, nothing was below 1,000. We went into Mossimo and I saw this Leather Jacket, I was approaching it until I saw 9,500 on it's price-tag. I turned around and saw a nice summer-styled polo... saw the price... and ended up walking out of the store as discreetly as I could.
70% Off is still P2,000
Next was the Dolce & Gabbana episode. We enter and Aldrich and Lance help me look for a sweater. This nice saleslady spoke english to us and told us about these shirts on sale. She started unfolding several of them to show to us.
70% off daw. I looked at the tag and saw in red pen ink "P1,899" down from the originally printed price-tag "P4,999". It was a damn t-shirt and the fabric felt like any other t-shirt fabric. P1,899 on a t-shirt?
I walked out, but noticed Lance and Aldrich keenly looking at some polos in the small store. I returned inside and they handed me this memo looking thing. I thought it was a notebook but it wasn't.. it was a catalogue of the Dolce & Gabanna 2003 Winter line-up. Um... ok.
Aldrich loved this black cap there so he tried it on like how many times... hehe. He reserved it. After we left, Lance and I were talking about our trip to Baguio and how Lance was out of funds in going with us on the trip. I reminded Aldrich that we needed to help Lance fund his trip to Baguio and then I made one remark: "If you could buy that 3,500 peso cap, why not you just treat Lance and I to Baguio?!"
Aldrich froze up. He thought the black cap was more or less P1,000.
I looked at Aldrich and Lance did the same: "So what do you plan on telling the nice lady after you signed the reservation form and left the place with the goodbye smiles on their faces?"
I finally bought something useful
We went to /bench and I was now desperate to buy something. I saw a nice jacket and I tried it on in the fitting room. I didn't "feel" it was me and then Lance said "Stop saying you don't FEEL this and that... stop FEELING..."
That made me shut up and think about what I was wearing, not feel about what I was wearing. Cool, a tip to help me on deciding on what to buy these days.
I tried the black one, and it looked better on me compared to the vanilla-colored jacket I had on first. I was about to get it and then the lady says there's a rough brown one and when I tried it, I liked it. I bought it for P799.50 and that's exactly when my mom came in. Wheew. Just in time.
Vietnam, for the sake of it
We separated one last time for dinner and we decided to eat at Pho Bac, which was next to Subway. Pho Bac is a Viatmanese restaurant that we saw after we had lunch earlier. I joked "In celebration of my Viatmanese heritage and lineage..." which was connected to Aldrichs' grandfather's remark upon seeing me at his house in the morning.
Lance and I had the same meal... Cambodian Soup while Aldrich had Chicken and Lemon Grass and the Seafood Soup. All of us had bottomless Iced Teas and we just chilled out there for an hour... which passed by so quickly.
Bound for home
The mall closed and people were heading for the exits. We met up with my mom, my mom's cousin, and our driver and we headed for the basement carpark. After two digicam pictures, we got in the CR-V and then we listened to the Outkast CD which I bought.
We went across some streets in Makati and stopped at a Jollibee to let Lance use the restroom since it was an emergency... wow Lance. Aldrich accompanied him.
We listened to Magic 89.9 after Outkast was starting to sound "nakakasawa" for the duration of the night trip. Magic 89.9 had its "Monday Madness" so I txt'd them: "I'm mad as hell because I've been searching for a Nokia 7650 in three different malls and it's out of stock everywhere. From George of DLSU-D."
We dropped Aldrich and Lance at Tejero while we were loading gas at the Petron station and after they left, that's when they read my madness.
It was a fun trip. No Nokia 7650 came out of it, but being with Lance and Aldrich was just the best. It's something that rarely happens. Aldrich is always with Mik and with Mik the two are always away. Then Lance and I are with the tropa and the whole "M-Bratz" thing flourishes away.
The three of us share a common background and it's not everyday the three of us have time to get together and hang-out as M-Bratz. Thanks for coming guys.
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