Hot in December II

December 16, Wednesday, Manila time…
     Well, I woke up pretty early again, called Scott again, told him I will call him in 2 days, and then waited to go somewhere.  My dad had a luncheon he didn’t seem sure he wanted to attend; it was for December birthday celebrants, hosted by his old officemates at noon at their office.  Half an hour before it was supposed to start, he tells us he is going.  I have no idea what time he got there.  Anyway, my mom and I had to wait for someone to get home or be close to getting home before we could go.  So we did not go anywhere till the afternoon.  We drove around Marikina and in our old subdivision.  I saw the mom of one of my old classmates, and I wondered if she saw or even recognized me.  Then her husband sent my mom a text message.  It turned out that one of the other dads is visiting from CA, and his older daughter was with him; they used to live next door to us.  They were going to have a small gathering.

We came home, my dad came home, other siblings came home too but they had to be elsewhere in a little bit.  So we drove them where they needed to be, then we went to the mall again because I needed pants.  It’s nice shopping with my mom, she can smell a good sale.  I got really cheap pants.  My brother sent a text message that said he was going to join us later on, so we had a light meal, figuring that when he arrived he would want to eat.  One of my other sisters went to the mall too.  We were waiting for my brother, and then he sent a text message saying he wasn’t coming after all, and asking to be picked up.  So we went, thinking that after we picked him up, we’ll go somewhere to eat…BUT FIRST we had to go pick him up. 

Oh…and he said he can’t come with us to Baguio because he has a class on Saturday.  What a downer!

So anyway, so we go to where we dropped him off, tried to call him to tell him to come out…and it turned out he was already home.  So we had a light meal and skipped going where I wanted to go because he said he was joining us.  We did not go and eat somewhere after the mall closed because we had to pick him up.  And then he was already home.  Wonderful.  I was not too happy with him, and I was determined that at some point he was going to hear about all the disappointments I had that day.  He was already asleep when we got home so I couldn’t let him have it then.

December 17, Thursday, Manila time…
     We knew we had that gathering to go to, so we left a bit earlier to go to the flea markets we saw the previous day in that area.  The first one did not have anything interesting.  The taste of the people who shop there is very different from mine.  Then on the way to the next one, we finally found a place that has an electric razor with attachments.  However, it is about 3 times as expensive as it is in the US.  I understand though why that is.  Non-professionals do not buy that kind of items here.  Probably 99% of people buying that Wahls set are barbers or have salons.  I just needed it to cut my own hair.  It is actually very expensive but I really do not want to have someone else cut my hair.  I wouldn’t be able to deal with the disappointment if the haircut doesn’t turn out the way I want it to.  So there’s that.

Then we ate at Red Ribbon, finally.  I had my favorite dish.  Then we went and hit the other flea market.  That was a different story from the first one.  The first stall we went to had tops at a very reasonable price, and they were pretty.  I got 4 tops.  And then we went back to the cake shop to get a cake for the gathering.  Of course it was one of 2 favorite flavors, so I checked that off my list.  Oh, and to backtrack a little bit, I had longganisa Lucban for breakfast too, so it was nice to cross off 2 items in one day.

So we went to the gathering, it was pretty nice to meet up and catch up.  My dad followed.  All the dads on that street were there, and I got a picture of them watching something on TV.  We did not really stay long but my old playmate and I agreed we should meet up with our other old playmates sometime while we are still both here.

Then we came home, and we waited a little bit for a fourth sibling to show up, then we went out to dinner, and I had kesong puti so that got another item on my list checked off.  Three in one day, that’s pretty good.

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