One more ride to the city

Before whenever there would be a show my friends would be playing at , I would go to the city just to hang out with them and go home the next morning. I made a lot of friends just for doing that. A lot of people who i havent seen since i switched lifestyles and moved to olongapo. Some who ive forgotten but they remembered me. Some new ones and old smiles. It was such a long abscence.

And recently, I got to live that life again. To arrive on the day of the show just to watch. Except its a little diffrent, ill be sleeping at jepp and garnets place. and i wont be going home after the show, ill be at the city for 4 days. Hella fun i tell you.


The bus was empty when i got to the city. Surprisingly empty for a saturday afternoon. And not the least bit cold for that matter. Before i would pile up in a jacket and another shirt since bus rides were really cold. Like eight fans pointing at you cold. Was the bus business too expensive nowadays that they gotta cut back on the coldness, i wouldnt know, still, it brought me back.

Now im going to the city for 3 main reasons which are seeing that show that jepps playing in , buying a new pair of earphones for my iPod and hanging out with the people who i promised to hang out with. Hey it gives me a good enough reason to get away from the shit happening "There". and when i got back from the city last time, nothing changed except for another issue opening up and a threat to have me beaten up. Id rather not go into detail with that over the internetz since that group is stalking my blog since they have nothing else better to keep them entertained , except for sticking their noses in my own business.

Well, to pick me up was supposed to be jepp and garnet but jeps got class and garnet just got from working the night shift. So that day would have me greeted with Khat Bebang and this new face , Francis, Dying Labias new guitarist. You know the weird feeling you get when your across the street and the people who your supposed to meet dont even notice you? yeah welcome to that. I've missed those 2 , Throw up girl and Mama Khat. What i dont miss is Khats emo texts though. Wish that whatever shit shes into , wont bring her down too much. But she wont go emo in my face since she promised not to. Thats good enough for me. Chowking is great BTW, can never get enough of that for some reason. Until jep and garnet show me something else to tickle my tastes buds a few days later.

Robinsons Malate. Yeah i've had some memories here too. Hanging out with my Informatics classmates jed and avi here, Meeting Tobal straight from cebu, Buying Mageknight and magic the gathering and heroclix.Now its me and the three walking around the mall, looking for bebangs wipes to clean up her feet. This is why im not really comfy with flip flops especially when its rainy in the city. That place where i used to buy my geek stuff is gone now though, to my dissapointment but at least i got to buy 3 boxes of strawberry and cream Samba. If you havent tried it yet, you must. For a box worth 28 pesos, you get , according to everyone else , some great chocolate. When people first taste these things they usually ask where i buy these things. Seriously, its that good.

Hey i remember this bar, ive been here before but now its got a major makeover. The stage is placed at a more sensible place, more tables and mirrors and a better color overall. first person to greet me is RekRek, also known before as Gloomy Jack and to my surprise, he still remembers me. Gahd. And vincent the bunny too. My Memory is so horrible. Or maybe i easily forgot since i couldnt really talk to them since before my tagalog was so shitty i just shut up most of the time. But now i can really talk to them as rek rek says. Gerard is there too and ivan , who like most of the people from before have gotten really taller ive noticed. They all remember me. And its also gerards bday today.

Later on in the night, the place gets packed. i mean, You know how in most shows like these, all the kids are downstairs and stuff? Well this one, Nobody was downstairs as in nobody. Now this is how its supposed to be like. Smoke everywhere and people yelling stupid things over the noise and having to push through a crowd to get to the bathroom.Thats how its supposed to be done so kudos to whatever made everyone go upstairs.Oh yeah, before i forget, there was someone who ive never met that recognized me instantly, andrea from Nonsens. Never really knew the guy except that hes Mais ex and he plays in a band. Im surprised he knew me since ive never shown up online since a long time ago. a really long time ago. Maybe i have this trademark image that i dont know i have. Oh, Sept comes in with some guy named bry who looks like some scene kid, but later on for some reason i forgot, we started talking, thing it started with my god of war shirt, then we talked about dota, supreme commander, quake 3 , now tv and final fantasy. for almost 20 minutes i am geeking out with this stranger and its awesome.

I hand out a box of samba to whoevers at the table and september maybe out of hate of me threw her piece in the icebox. I dont know why but oh well. I hate you too september.Thing about my phone, it has no vibrate, and mariah called 8 times and sent 11 messages. Let the F-bombs Drop. But apparently, she wouldnt take long, she lives really close, as in 10 minutes close. she got off that taxi and her legs showing so much i got nervous. And everyone must've been "why the fuck is she happening with that fucker" when mariah ignored everyone else except for me. Even jepp and garnet got speechless when she showed up.So at the table we talked about alot of things, like how olongapo is, her blog and mine, shes auditioning for myx,and soon i noticed that no ones left at the table. its funny and annoying how people react to her, since shes got the obviously a foreigner look on her. even her 2 other model friends show up, the guy bieng red funny and to prove how good samba is, i opened a box for mariah and both her friends love it.they wanted to buy a box right at that moment. its the end of the night and everyones going to mats place to drink. But me garn and jepp pass. We need some sleep and the suns already up.Crap, forgot my jacket with bebang.


On sunday were going to Mall of asia. Thisll make this the 3rd time ive been there. Not really a fan of the place though. i dont know why, but it just doesnt click with me. Well go after we see Transformers though! And man what a movie it is. although most of the time the camera goes super duper up close where its hard to see the action, and the transformers felt like supporting characters. The commute to MOA was really pretty, when you get near the mall thats when you see how pretty the city at night can be.

For the people who say that Tokyo Tokyo is the absolute best japanese fast food place, go check the condition of the place at MOA. the soup was terrible, the tonkatsu wasnt good and the rice was way too sticky. Very Very dissapointing seeing that this is my sisters fave place to eat. note that we bought the same exact things from the time we were in market market. We didnt buy the earphones since it was 800 pesos, a little above my price range. oh well. After Moa we decieded to hit baywalk for awhile. for a sunday night, theres no life. I heard that the new mayor took out all the bars and stuff. So we head off to malate skins, where we all used to hang out before. but as expected seeing that the kids who hang out here are still in highschool , no ones there. peace and quiet with cheap beer. You know, im curious about those asian resturants lined up everywhere. Are they better then the ones in the mall?is there are home feel to it? are there yakuza hanging around? Next time i go to the city, were checking those super underground no name resturants out. Time to go home. Well, the 2 are, im gonna have a drink with matyu and sleep at his place.

The next day, i think i slept most of the day.I forgot. But i do remember that we went to SM something something near jepps place to check out if they got some decent earphones. oh and ive been introduced to Karate kid. If you got a craving for japanese food, just go to karate kid. At the times we went to tokyo tokyo, 550 pesos worth of stuff there wasnt enoug for the three of us. At karate kid, we spent 450, had unlimited iced tea and six pieces of sashimi and six pieces of cali maki. im telling you, you MUST go to karate kid. Bonus to the people checking out that mall *ill name it soon once i find out which SM it is* when you go out to theres this Stall that sells some really good Calamares, i think one of the best the city has to offer.Seriously, i spent 70 pesos on the squid there. its really good. We see ivan while were munching and we head on over to his place. Got to muck around with his emulator and saw Survival kids. I read about it in tips and tricks way before and thought it was intresting. And its pretty fun where you play as a 10 year old stranded on a uncharted island. really fun to eating whatever you see. I never knew there was half raw chicharon that you can buy and cook at home. ive seen the prawn cracker variety but this was like whaaaaat? No drinking tonight for me, im pretty full and i got a date with Bilog the next day.

and i didnt get any sleep.Were going to pampanga to pick up her stuff from her ex. She went to jepps place early and we were awake early anyway.She showed up in uniform. You know, i was expecting her to show up in her scene outfit because im curious what her scene outfit is.ive only seen pictures though. I havent really been to pampanga except that one time when we had a gig there so yeah. it was pretty much a get in get out mission. coz thats all we did. no sight seeing no food stops. Nothing, just got her mp3 player and left. Later went to khats place ,shes neighbors with jepp to hang out and chill. The Calamares and Isaw craving is burning again, but it was only 3 oclock. So i decieded to take a nap. Which i didnt since i was up just texting everyone else. oh yeah, this is my last day in the city so me jepp and garnet are making one last trip to SM to look for earphones. The ones we saw at MOA? 400 pesos less over at SM. Damn rip! and we go to karate kid and just like the night before, it was awesome. Go There!I also tried getting a plushie in one of those crane machine games. And i tried Dino Kind since im a sucker for card collect games. Man. Almost time to go home.Gotta check the supermarket to see if they got what ive been looking for.I was telling Khat about Cherry Coke, i promised her id get her a can. And i found some! for 16 pesos! i buy 4! and 2 big bags of E-aji chip and dip. Ugh i hate that, the chip is horrible and the dip isnt enough. But they like it so oh well. We go home, wait, first we have some calamares, THEN we go home but drop by at matyus place for awhile. Oh, everyone except gerard, bri , khat bebang, and bilog are there. I think Mat called them all since im leaving, or maybe thats why i think theyre there since im vain, so were gonna drink before i board that damn bus. Vincent, damn you and all of your bangbus jokes.I still cant belive that while i was out in olongapo trying to be a rockstar there, My friends who i almost forgot still remember me after all this time. Im still in awe over how funny "life" (TM) works. next time ill be in the city is next month. And ill be having a job by that time and busy with my band. But i promise that ill be visiting the city much more often. Alot of people want me to move there, but ive got my band at olongapo and were getting pretty serious. We head on over to jepps place t get my things and so garnet can sleep. stop by at mats place where its us boys finishing the drinks. and later on, they walk me to my ride.All of them. Just like before. Jep takes me to the terminal, gives a heartfelt goodbye as i board the 3 am bus to my home at bataan.

Ill miss you all guys. And ill visit more often. Thanks for the time and memories and opening up past memories and to the new faces. I lay at the very back of the bus, sprawled across all 5 seats like it was my own couch just like what i always did, messing around with the new earphones i bought, reading the reciepts and passing i out a GM im sure you guys got. I may have forgotten you guys before but You guys have stuck with me when i had no one back home. Im never forgetting you guys again.

Sad part is , the aircons are all pointing in the back and i am freezing. And when i got home, i slept on the couch with my hoodie on and a jacket with a craving for calamares and isaw again. Yeah, the city. Still left me yearning for more.