a long weekend
had a long weekend full of celebration. i just hope every weekend’s like this.. or close to this, without the expenses.. hehehe
Friday was supposed to be a dinner with the helpdesk peeps. something we’ve always been planning but due to uncertain circumstances, it ended up with knought and her kid ryan, my hon and me. later in the evening, bakemono and cathee followed but all was too soon, we ended up going home instead. Cathee and I greeted my hon, Joe at exactly midnight for his birthday. 
Saturday was my hon’s birthday! I went to his house and brought a cake. Friends followed: Scott, Oliver, Bong, and Ria. We finished half of the cake and some spag Ate Bombo made for her li’l bro Jinggs. After eating, we all went to Morato for some coffee and play CS and DotA. I need more practice. We lost 2 games. Thanks to master Oliver for the help. hey, it was 3 against the 2 of us! I got home around 2am. Caffeine kicked in a bit late and I got to sleep at 4am. 
Sunday, I woke up at 6:30am and I woke my hon up at 7am. only 2 hours of sleep and I drove to tagaytay with him for a li’l surprise. It seems like all surprises are made to be spoiled…. if we didn’t get lost, it will still be a surprise for him. damn! anyway, we went to this somewhat secluded spa, Nurture Spa and we had a full-body massage in a couple’s room. it was just a massage but oh yes… it was sooooooo relaxing. didn’t get the overnight accommodations coz it’s out of my budget.
anyway, we then went to dencio’s for lunch. it wasn’t raining (coz we left stormy Manila that morning) but the climate is really nice and cool! it gave us the opportunity to visit the mini zoo! whee!!!!
we got to see a a lot of birds, some cute tigers, a lion, some procupines, alligators, more birds, fishes, and hmmm.. rodents! lots of ‘em! them rodents eating the birds’ food! bad!
there were a lot of animals but i really feel sorry for some of them. i’m not sure if it’s because of the rodents or the people who maintain them, but some birds do not have claws anymore. they have like, amputated feet. the wallaby walks limp and the civet cat’s tail has a fresh wound at its tip. the lion is skinny and so are some of the tigers too. some monkeys are bunched up hugging each other because of the cold climate. there’s an overly-fed rooster walking around and a miniature horse trimming the zoo’s grass and pooping everywhere. the 5-legged cow’s stepping on its own poo with 4 of its legs. :( also saw a rude visitor who splashed his water on the lion just to get its attention.
Hay, poor animals. If only they’re being cared for properly with the PhP 95 everybody pays for the entrance. where does the money go? cruelty, i say!
just a few pix i took using my cam phone. i didn’t expect we’ll be going to the zoo. i should’ve brought my digicam!
anyway, it was still an enjoying day, despite seeing the animals in their condition. we were supposed to go up further to Batulao but it’s so foggy, we went home instead.
Manila welcomed us back with a heavy traffic at the south super highway and the travel time going home was around 3 hours.
I fell asleep in my hon’s house while the kids ate dinner. Got almost stuck outside the house because of the floodwater on our street.
Well, it’s Monday once again. It’s storming outside. It was declared that we don’t have work. Since it’s SONA, i have to report to the office to upload the news. So here I am, waiting for the news. it’s an hour since the address was done and they haven’t posted news yet! it’s getting dark already and I think I’m the only one on the floor, the guard’s on the ground floor and it’s 4 stories down. My hon’s waiting for my text, might meet up with him. it’s our lunar. not a nice way to celebrate it.
