I had so much fun on our barkada bonding yesterday. Vassy’s mom dropped her off at my house about 2:30. We caught up on each other’s lives, actually her lovelife, while I was busy getting ready. She has a former chatmate, now textmate who is also her ka-MU. They’ve never met but were already “in like”. You know the stage where you’re more than friends but not yet lovers. *lol* I know what she’s going through since hunbun and I met through IRC. Yep, the internet is a wonderful but very risky way of meeting potential partners. Afterwards, we decided to reserve seats online for Along Came Polly. It’s our first time to use Ayala SureSeats. It’s very convenient! No more lining up for movie tickets.

We finally arrived at Greenbelt 3 about 4pm. Bea and Bon were already waiting for us at Starbucks. We immediately started the first half of our girl talk which lasted for more than a hour. We gossiped about the usual stuff who’s dating who, what’s the latest happenings, college news, etc etc. After finishing all our frappuccinos, we stolled around the mall and picked up our movie tickets. Then, we decided to take a picture. Of course, the nearest decent photo booth was at Glorietta 4. We actually walked all the way there with me unwillingly trudging along. *lol* I’m not a girl for long walks. And here’s our cute picture.

From left to right: Vassy, Bea, Gretch (me), Bon

We rushed all the way back to Greenbelt 3 to catch our 5:30 movie. I stopped over at Muscle Beach to buy a bucket of my favorite barbeque popcorn with extra powder and bottled water. Watching a movie is so incomplete without barbeque popcorn. *hehe* We arrived at the cinema just a few minutes late. Yey! Oh, the movie was good, great even! It was funny, serious, romantic just at the right moments. We all walked out with a happy glow, partially courtesy of the happy ending. Ben Stiller was hilarious. And Rodolfo, the blind ferret, was so adorably irresistable! I loved Jennifer Aniston’s white bikini. I just don’t understand why Lisa could fall in lust with that nudist scuba driving instructor. *lol* At least his hippo story was amusing.

We strolled around the mall again to look for a yummy place to eat. Since Bea is our resident expert, she picked Bubba Gump. I’ve never eaten there. It’s an American restaurant inspired by Tom’s Hank movie Forest Gump. Almost everything they serve there has shrimps and mashed potatoes. They have a creative way of calling the waiter’s attention. On every table there’s two license plates on a wooden stand, one saying “Run Forest Run”, the other “Stop Forest Stop”. Obviously if you want to call a waiter’s attention you flip the “Stop Forest Stop” sign. *lol* But this method is kind of a hassle to the customers. We ordered two dishes and just shared them since we’re not big eaters. Besides, one dish costs Php400.00. We then started the second half of our girl talk. Bon told us that she is a prefect at her new school in Hong Kong. Wow! They even had head girl and head boy just like Harry Potter. I want to be one too. She also told us about the new trend there: cutting your wrists when you have problems. Yikes! I couldn’t do that to myself. I love me too much for that! All of us also wondered where Liz is since we haven’t heard much from her since high school. *awww* I miss her!

It was already past 9 so Vassy and I said goodbye to Bon and Bea because both their families were in Glorietta. Before that, we asked two people to take a picture of us using my digicam. Both the married man and the security guard did not know to use it properly. *tsk tsk* Anyway, during our car ride home, Vassy and I were so sleepy. Probably because the rain was lulling us to sleep and that we had a fun but tiring day. I really really enjoyed our girl’s day out.

Here’s my first try making a 32 x 32 button. I used Adobe Photoshop CS and Adobe Imageready CS. *sigh* I’m just not good at these pixelling stuff. Anybody want to make me one?