i've been blog-hopping a while ago, and i saw some of my friends had like, long entries. buti pa sila--ako wala masulat. i spend most of my time now doing photoshop stuff. haha. besides, buhay baboy ako eh--eat, sleep, watch DVDs, surf the net. yun lang.

this evening we ate at the "wild horse saloon." it's like a steak house. summat like tha, yeah. papa treated his singaporean friend to dinner. mr. singaporean guy was VERY religious. impressive, really. he talked about being a member of couples for christ, and some other stuff about religion. the three of us (jinx, jm, and me) were just happy playing around. we didn't join in the conversation. we kept teasing each other about our noses. i said i had a prettier nose than loser and booger. haha.

loved the food. i had a bit of salad, then garlic bread. and then i had mashed potato and steak. yum! ganda nung place, like a real saloon, and the people spoke english. i've kinda had enough of the vietnamese-speaking waiters and waitresses. di magkaintindihan.

we watched the guitar man on the stage in front of us. namangha ako, galing niya. seems like we were the only ones listening, kaya when he was done playing and he was going to leave, he waved goodbye at us. nice ol' man.

there's this stupid thing, though, whenever we're at a resto. kasi papa calls me "em". then the waitresses in restaurants are called "em" din (i think that's the vietnamese term for "waitress"). eh siyempre kami order naman, kaya kapag biglang may order si papa, tatawagin niyang "em", tapos ako mapapatingin. ah ah! hanggang sa bahay sinasadya na niya eh! tsk tsk. waitress daw ba ako?

by the way, papa's singaporean buddy said he could've mistaken me for a chinese. a huwat?! "I'm no Chinese." (heehee, GOAL!). eh mas mukha namang instik yung mga kapatid ko noh, mas singkit eyes nila eh.

the place was near sky garden, so we just walked going to and from the resto. on the way home, this little girl walked along with us, selling roses.


LITTLE GIRL
[says something in vietnamese]
[she wants us to buy flowers]

ME
papa, bumili ka na oh.
kawawa naman yung bata.

PAPA
[to the little girl]
ha? ano? hindi na, ayaw.

LITTLE GIRL
[continues speaking in vietnamese]

ME
psst, pa. bili ka na!

PAPA
[still to the girl]
ha? alam mo, di kita maintindihan eh.

LITTLE GIRL
you buy flower for your girlfriend.
(para kay mama daw, who was walking beside me)
buy flower for your girlfriend!

PAPA
[to the girl]
sige, eto ha. para sa yo.
[he gives her money]

LITTLE GIRL
thank you!


haha, patawa. marunong pala mag-english yung bata. loko talaga oh! sabi ko pa kay papa, "papa! marunong pala mag-english yung bata..." then papa answered, "oo nga eh. konti na lang, akala ko mag-tatagalog na siya..."

napahiya kami dun sa batang yun! heehee. tagoink! haha!