What: Mangaholix Manga Mania II
When: May 32, 2008 / 10:00am - 8:00pm
Where: SMX Convention Center, near SM Mall of Asia
I’ll definitely be there around 3pm. And if you are a manga/anime fan, you should go too…
I was in Makati yesterday waiting for something, when I decided to have a snack at a nearest restaurant. I went to a McDonalds outlet and ordered a 6-piece chicken nuggets with fries and iced tea (which conveniently cost exactly 100 pesos). Anyway as I was having my fill, I noticed a woman who just entered the restaurant, looked for a table and then left her ID there.
I realized that she was alone and that she somewhat ‘reserved’ herself a seat. She then proceeded to the line at the counter. I never would have thought that something as small as an ID can be used to reserve yourself a table if you are alone in a restaurant. I mean, I’ve seen people leave their bags or some other things on a table just so that nobody would take it. It’s just plain resourceful. Although, there is a chance that it might get stolen, but heck it’s a very small chance.
The chair I was sitting was faced towards the door and the table that was ‘reserved’ by the lady is near it. I stayed a couple of minutes more to see if anything interesting is going to happen, so I observe the people passing by the table. A few minutes later, while that lady was still at the line at the counter, two other women went in and sat on her table. The two noticed the ID, and as far as I can tell (which I can’t really hear what they are talking about), they thought that someone left (lost) her ID.
I was thinking of any possible outcome of this event. The lady would have to settle to switch to another table, since at that time there are a lot of vacant ones by the time she is done at the counter. Or she would still insist on the table she left her ID on, and let the other two switch tables.
What really happened was the latter, she insisted that the two move to another table. I don’t know what’s so special about that table, besides the fact that it is the nearest table on the door and just beside the glass window. I casually observed the other two on what their reactions would be. They are not really affected by what happened, but I noticed that they are talking about the lady who reserved her table.
So… that’s it. You can use an ID to reserve a table if you are eating alone. But why are you eating alone, when you can call up some friends to join you.
Also, it helps if you have an internet capable mobile phone while waiting. Globe just started their new internet browsing plan for only 5 pesos for every 15 minutes of browsing. Just type in TIME and send to 1111, and wait for the confirmation. You can browse any website, and not to worry about charging you for every kb downloaded. It’s really cheap and fast, specially if you use 3G or HSDPA connection. For more details, read my post at Tambayan.ph.
I should get a notebook to organize my thoughts. Random stuff happens all the time, and most of the time, I forget to blog/post it. It’s not really interesting, just a way to get it out of my thoughts. And you should wonder why this post is in the “Random Rants” category. You see, even my sentences doesn’t make sense. It’s all random, I tell you. Random #1
N2S: I should get a notebook or anything to write on. And a good pen too.
Ciao.
It’s the day of eggs, rabbits, and most specially for us Christians, we celebrate today the resurrection of the Lord, Jesus Christ. However, this year Easter is celebrated on different dates. March 23 western countries and April 27 on eastern countries. But even if our country is located on the east, we still celebrate Easter today, since it marks the end of this weeks’ holy week.
In predominantly Roman Catholic Philippines, the morning of Easter (known in the national language as “Pasko ng Muling Pagkabuhay” or the Pasch of the Resurrection) is marked with joyous celebration, the first being the dawn “Salubong,” wherein large statues of Jesus and Mary are brought together to meet, imagining the first reunion of Jesus and his mother Mary after Jesus’ Resurrection. This is followed by the joyous Easter Mass. [wiki]
Easter Eggs, after the break.
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Last week was Mike’s turn to visit back here in the Philippines (last January was Aldrin). Even if our barkada is seldom complete, we still manage to hang around and have a get-together gimmick. It’s hard for us to have a complete reunion because most of us are countries apart.
Anyway, our first stop (2008.03.09) since Mike arrived was at Gerry’s Grill (Trinoma). A heavy dinner with lots of meat and iced tea. The weather is good, the air is cool but not too cold.
Left to right. Suzette (Mike’s wife), Mike (our sponsor for the night), Me (just tagged along to enjoy the free food and drinks), Jerrue (same reason as me), and Marvin (our pilot for the day).
Last Thursday (2008.03.13), is guys night.
Increased food intake was one of the highlights of the day. Around 4pm, late lunch at KFC and immediately after that, dessert at Iceberg. By 8pm, dinner at SM North (forgot the name of the resto) foodcourt. Then the four of us (photo above) went to Grillas at Commonwealth. It’s unfortunate that Oli (another of our barkada) couldn’t join us because he has some “responsibilities” to attend to. It was another night for a round of beer and pulutan. It was a whole night (till 4am) of food and drinks.
It could have been longer, but I have a scheduled meeting in Ortigas at 6am. So after I got home around 4:30am. I immediately took a shower, changed my clothes, and got out. Yup, that was a whole day of no sleep. Hehe.
My apologies for the poor photo quality. None of us brought a digital camera, all we got is our mobile phones. It was a very long and eventful night. Although as much as I like to tell the detailed story, I can’t. Because like what they always say, what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas.
Another thing…
I saw the legendary car from the anime Initial D, parked at Trinoma. Good thing we have a digital camera at that time. I couldn’t get more shots because we’re already in the van and we were leaving the parking lot.
I’m not entirely sure if it is an exact replica of the Toyota Trueno AE86, the car that the protagonist of the series used.
