1st weekend of the year

friday night was fun. it was gaile's despedida/block dinner/nel's presscon at sentro in greenbelt. nothing really beats a well-attended get together where the stories can range from what went on in college to "selling" credit cards or to recent heartbreaks. it's great to see people you've spent a lot of time with in the past pursue their own careers and begin to be defined by what they do. now the question is, "where do you work?" and not anymore, "what's your next class?" lunch now has become a by-appointment-only rendezvous and always, the time for catching up on each other's lives is never quite enough. ah...the gift of friendship...there really is nothing like having genuine friends.

saturday was steady fun. boyfriend day is always a great day.

sunday was shopping at powerplant day. i've NEVER seen powerplant so jampacked. my mom and i were off to a slow start. we got to the mall at around 1:30, bought tickets for the family stone, bought vcd's, had lunch, then watched the movie till 5:00, ate a little, and heard mass. then we shopped. good thing my acting skills more than made up for my lack of funds because my mom got me a new pair of shoes and really cute women's secret stuff! hihi... we were so into the whole let's-shop-till-we-drop mantra that we didn't even notice it was way past the closing time and i was still trying on a pair of jeans! oh goodness...

so that was how i spent the first weekend of the year. another grueling week is about to come. oh well.

* nel, i will write you that blog entry, i promise.