Saturday, May 20, 2006
HEIST!
[Part 2 to follow...otherwise, it'd be a FUCKING LONG POST.]
The day started with me opening a sleepy eye to look at my Hello Kitty alarm clock. "9 a.m.? SHIT!"
I was supposed to wake up at 4:30 a.m. so I could watch my daily dose of
Just Shoot Me! reruns on Star World, then get ready to watch the De La Salle Zobel summer workshop recital at the church, and leave early so I could get there on time, since it starts at 10 a.m.
So I get there twenty minutes late, get lost, and follow the music to find my way to the recital venue (a trip around and a staircase down), only to find that the door was locked. Naturally, my knee-jerk reaction would be to whip out my cellphone and text Miggy/Micmac/Kalalz, but luckily, someone opened the door. I spotted Kalalz and Jam waving and...yay. Also there: Miggy and Micmac with mustaches, and a way slimmer Kat (damn youuu! LOL kididing).
The recital was basically...well, let's just say it isn't the first time I've heard "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring." Highlight of the show: Sir Pol and Ms. Tin's duet of "We Could Be in Love."
OMG I LOVE THAT SONG!!!! LSS LSS LSS. (Micmac: "Ang galing ni Sir Pol....mag-violin!") Of course, I love that old La Salle tradition of cheering obnoxiously for potential love teams :)
I spent post-recital time swapping hugs and "Heyyy!"s with everyone, and lunch at the mall's Food Court rehashing old memories --- Jesus, I'd totally forgotten about that time I stood up to Ms. Sabarre! Scaaary. I also found out that both La Salle and Pisay are holding their proms at Shangri-La, just one week apart. Cue to my evil plan with my Future Ex-Boyfriend (LOL!) Micmac:
Micmac: Tayo na lang mag-prom date!Me: I know! We'll go to both proms! Two proms in a year!HAHAHAHA.
And then came the movie conflict.
Over the Hedge or
The Da Vinci Code? Personally, I preferred
Over the Hedge because I've recently developed a taste for movies that don't require a lot of thinking. 'Course, I'll always love
American Beauty and all Richard Linklater films, but I think my brain is degenerating.
Back to story: there was no choice, apparently, because
Over the Hedge was sold out (one theater? Just one theater? YOU FUCKING MORONS!!!). I was cool with
The Da Vinci Code too, but only for three reasons. One is that next to Philip Seymour Hoffman, Tom Hanks is my favorite actor. Two, I've never read the book (too lazy). And three is finally getting to experience the thrill of sneaking into an R-18 theater. I know, I know, it should be easy-squeezy for me because I look over 18, but I was looking forward to some really big con where we would all fool the guards and sneak in. Mind you, none of my friends look as old as I do, with Kalalz being the probable exception.
Things get kinda iffy at this point because Miggy doesn't want to watch, and Kat does, and I don't know where to go, and we go in circles and to Powerbooks and then I end up watching anyway (huh?). Perhaps the greatest fun was in devising schemes to get past the R-18 rating:
Micmac (waiting in line): Sabihin natin na ikaw girlfriend ko!Micmac (to female 4th year student): Ate, pahiram ng ID mo! Magkamukha naman tayo e.Me (about to enter cinema with Sowf): Kung hindi ako papapasukin, Micmac, tatawagan kita. Sabihin mo na over 18 ako. *changes the name "Micmac" in cellphone address book to "Daddy"*
Sowf: Nandito parents ko -- sabihin na lang nila sa guard na over 18 tayong lahat!Me (inside cinema, texting Micmac): Pumasok ka na, sabihin mo na andito na girlfriend mo sa loob!And my favorite...
Micmac (inside Powerbooks, trying to find an alternative): Basahin na lang nating lahat yung Da Vinci Code dito!So Kat, Cath, Powie, Sowf and I managed to get in. I was bummed that Micmac and Kalalz couldn't make it inside, and even more bummed that it was the last time I'd see them for the day. The movie itself was cool, but nothing entirely riveting. I later found out that Manila actually banned the showing of this movie, so...HA HA HA. :P Metro Manila rocks!
The end of our little get-together came not too long after the movie, and it was funny waving goodbye and watching them all go up the escalator, like an oddly touching ascension-to-a-Great-Somewhere-Up-There final scene, "I'll see you around someday" kind of thing. And as I walked away, I could hear the opening guitar chords to the
Just Shoot Me! theme playing:
Life keeps bringing me back to youKeeps bringing me homeIt doesn't matter what I wanna do, 'cause it's got a mind of its ownHaha. Cute.
As a gimik, it was nothing out of the ordinary, just a typical get-together like old times. But that's what I love about it, too...especially getting to see everyone else once again. God, I missed you all! It was way too short (Lari, we have a lot of catching up to do!), but I left the mall on a happy note. Looking forward to seeing you in
Grease, MIGGY. Muahahaha. >:)
