Monday, May 22, 2006

2 : 4 and an unusual weekend gimmick

2 is to 4. haha. i had my weekend "gimmick" yesterday with tal, and 4 koreans. (yep, that was what i meant with 2:4)

i am not sure if i have mentioned it here already but for the past months, the dorm where i am staying is being managed by a korean family. (hehe, maybe now you understand why my previous entries speak of korean stuff! :) ) that means that we've been living together under the same roof for months as well but we barely have the time to 'bond' - just Hi's everytime we bump into each other and recently, a semi-forced every Wed gathering to listen to the words, pray, and share (a forum, as they call it).

but yesterday, i spent 6 hours of my boring life bonding with the koreans! cool. :) Tal and I were with Sara (omma); Joshua (appa); Aubrey / Ji Hae (not related to them; a tall Korean girl who's into music); and our barkada Ryan / Dong-Hee (not related to them also; a tall Korean guy who's into Libis and 'secrets'. :p

The original plan was that Tal, Ryan and I (since we were a bit closer to him than to any other Korean in the dorm) would go watch Da Vinci Code. But Ryan told us that Sara wanted to go watch with us, and of course, that was ok. So riding two separate cabs, the 6 of left the dorm at around 5.

Gateway Cinema Lobby.

whew.. tal and i didnt expect that the line would be that long. and even if around 80% of the cinemas there were alloted to the Da Vinci, wahh, tix for the 7-ish screenings were being sold out quite fast.

we lined up, hoping to avail of the remaining 20 slots for the next 'earliest to time; screenings but we ended up getting tickets for the 8:15 screening.

Haha. Just a side story: the ticket counter guy thought i am below 18. haha, oh well. tal said it must be my kiddie watch. :p

Ok. Step One accomplished: to buy tickets.

but we had another problem: what to do for the next two hours while waiting for the screening.

Eat.

a good idea, indeed. because everyone (whatever race) likes to eat; and what is the universal food?

pizza. Sara had her palm card so i think we availed of the Buy one, Take one promo thing. We had to wait for it for about 30 minutes or more (and that didnt feel alright, i tell you, because we were all very hungry), but it was ok, since each of us got 2 slices, at the least :)

We had a small chat while eating, intruding into the private lives of Sara and Joshua (their love story); and a bit of Tal's (hehe); then right after eating (and i mean to emphasize "right after" since we didnt even rest), we went to..

Timezone.

imagine that. i dont go there with my friends nowadays. but i was there yesterday with koreans. haha. i think it was so cute for sara and joshua to go with us there. they even played basketball, haha, while tal and i played our favorite 'hit-the-crocos' game (haha, i invented that. a good game to release tension, anger) and the win-every-time dream catcher effect (win every time because even if you dont get a stuffed toy [and of course, 99.9% you won't], you get candies - 5 pcs of candies :P.

we also used our powertickets to get our friendship balls :). tal and i both got pink ones, with a yellow fish inside; while ryan got a pink one also (im not sure) but with a blue bear, because he doesnt like fish-ee.. [ that's how they pronounce kase]

To Cinema 2

again, we had to line up - but not for too long plus no pressure since our seats were reserved anyway.

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.. Wah. i'd write about the movie in my next entry. haha, i just lost my momentum; plus i have to call some people. (haha, i must remember i'm in the office now.. and im blogging, tsk tsk)