I Have Succumbed..

..to a lot of things this weekend. :s

But before that, some random updates, photos and thoughts.. For instance, how come I never knew that the Fashion Institute of the Philippines was just at the One San Miguel Bldg. in Ortigas when I lived there for a year? I’m thinking of taking lessons there now. While I’m waiting.. It’s onyl for 16 sessions anyway.. won’t take long at all.

Anyway, last Saturday, lunch with hun at Oody’s Greenbelt. Do you guys notice that none of the Oody’s branches ever look the same? The one in Greenbelt looks best while the one in Market! Market! looks the worst. Had tom yum ต้มยำ, fried catfish thaikatsu, lemon grass juice and thai iced tea. The iced tea was great as usual, I had two. The lemon grass juice was not so good. Thaikatsu looks and tastes like the Japanese tonkatsu.. but there’s a different sauce on the side that makes it taste different. The tom yum was really yum and the only dish we finished: the fried catfish.. although it did look like some freak alien from a sci-fi movie:

Before and after, I can’t decide which one looks worse. Haha.

I busted a toe as I was about to go home that night. My right foot’s big toe is in a sorry state. The nail looks all smashed.. like marble with veins of bloody red laced through the pale pink nail polish.. but infinitely more disgusting. It hurt really bad. And I can’t believe how much of a baby I was as my sister tried to clean it up for me. We were in the bathroom for 10 minutes, which consisted of me refusing and dodging the bottle of hydrogen peroxide and even shedding tears at the very end before I let her touch my toe. I really am frightened of physical pain. I mean, if it happens, then it happens but I will never do anything that will cause me physical pain.. like treat my own wound. But at least it’s not infected so that’s something. I have my very persistent sister to thank for that. Haha. =)

Yesterday, Sunday, we went to Chrysler to test drive some cars. Two cars, actually. A Durango and a Commander. We went to one Chrysler and were shuttled to another Chrysler, a bit farther away. We rode a Town and Country on the way there.. which was okay I guess. It’s a mumsy, van-like car. The doors open and close very slowly. Anyway, we got there and drove the two cars around for a bit. The Durango, an SUV, is more spacious. It seats 7 people, with the seats at the very back good, you can stretch your legs properly. It’s a bit bulky outside. The Commander is very cool. Like a mini-Hummer. It’s very very manly looking. There’s a separate a/c system for the last row of seats which the Durango didn’t have. But the same last row of seats didn’t allow for much leg space.. you’d have to indian-sit. But that’s okay I guess, I thought it was cosy. The family’s leaning towards the Commander. There are less than 10 Commanders currently being used in the Philippines. (At least, that’s what the guy said.)

My sister wants that car (2nd picture) for her 18th. It’s a grampa car. Haha. But she likes it anyway. It’s okay, I guess. Let’s see if she’s so lucky. Lol.

Lunch at Haiku, Greenbelt again. The undying katsudon for the three of us, something soba and tempura udon for the dieting parents, tamago sushi and california maki all around. The katsudon is yummy there. Not too wet but very tasty and it has sesame seeds. And as usual, my foodie shots:

Dessert at Max Brenner Chocolate Bar. White chocolate croissant, chocolate muffins, mad max, Marangan chocolate cocktail, a something irish cream frozen cocktail, a something toffee and something espresso choctails.

Aside from the muffins which were crumbly and dry, and served with I think it was sour cream which was strange, everything was yummy. Took me another day closer to the dreaded but inevitable diabetes I will surely suffer later on in life.

And lastly, I have succumbed in a major way: I got a pair of Havaianas slippers. Okay let me just say that I still don’t like this rubber slipper look but I guess for the beach, for random trips to the mall, and as long as you don’t make them the only kind of footwear you wear every day, then I guess they’re all right. We were walking and I was wearing the new pair of platform peeptoes (so my poor toe could breathe) and I was starting to get blisters. My mom saw the area behind my ankles getting pinkish red and almost blistering. We were right in front of Gas then who had slippers on display. So she said I should just go get a pair and well, so I did. And of course I got the ones with a bit of height. Lol. So there it is.. the story of how I succumbed to my first pair of Havaianas. And of course my sister who actually likes these rubber slippers got another pair. Figures.

Krua Thai

A pretty uneventful day.. Started off with me trying to submit my finished wire sculpture which I forgot to take a picture of *kicks self*. In all honesty, I love it. I think it’s awesome. I made a really nice to-scale tulle tutu for it, i sewed it myself and used cream silk ribbons and cream stiff tulle.. I mounted it on a marble base carved to look like a slab of cross-cut wood.. which is pretty heavy. It’s got a title now: “Arabesque en Pointe.” That’s what the ballerina’s pose is called.. which I used to be able to do.. I did ballet for 8 years FYI. I’m not as flexible as I used to be although I can still do splits.. lol.

Anyway, as I said, I was trying to pass it to her, Ms. Tabo Tabo, because yesterday, when she was supposed to meet us in class, I had waited for 45 minutes and she was nowhere to be found. So I left. And I told her that this morning and so she let me hand it in. Which was the right thing.

Had lunch out with Lawi at Krua Thai, this yummy Thai resto at the BTC here.. God I missed Thai Iced Tea.. It’s so so yummy. I’m gna buy myself a thermos thing and go to Krua Thai to buy their iced tea and have them put it in my thermos so I can sip at it anytime I want. Lol.. Anyway, she didn’t wna have her pichutre taken so I took pictures of the place instead.. and of the food. lol

From L-R: Calamares; ceiling covered with upside-down parasols; Lawi’s stir fried veggie with crispy pork thing; my YUMMY Thai Iced Tea, garlic fried rice; and other window decors.

That veggie thing had surprises in it.. ba dsurprises.. I was chewing on a leaf and this sudden sensation of hotness and burning exploded in my mouth. And it’s was so evenly spread, I thought it was the whole leaf that was spicy.. SO I was like, allright I just wont eat the leaves then and didn’t say anything. Then it happened to Lawi- she bit into a larger chili haha.. (in picture) Then we found little bits of chili in disguise.. Lol. And the menu didnt say it was gna be hot/spicy. It has markers, you see, to indicate which dishes were spicy.. This one didn’t have a marker, but it was extremely HOT anyway. I’m not much of a hot/scpicy person so it was a bummer.