Monthly Archive for July, 2006

The naming of a dog.

Published
by
mai
on July 31, 2006
in heartland and zooropa
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by Albina Pecson Fernandez

It’s a beautiful read :)

Sunny Sunday and the Secret Menu

Published
by
mai
on July 30, 2006
in crumbs from your table and heartland
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I’ve always heard nice things about In n Out Burgers - the yummiest yummiest daw according to friends who came from the US West Coast. Unfortunately, the only In n Out is San Francisco is somewhere in Fisherman’s Wharf, and J doesn’t like going there dami daw tao :S

So it was the Mill Valley In n Out for us. And last easter sunday J and I drove there for a burger. Puta sarado! Heeh! I didn’t know easter was such a big occasion in the US. Grrr.

We ended up in Sausalito and had some burgers in this little shop called…tadah!!! HAMBURGER. They served really really delicious….hamburgers. Then we had some Kauai Pie ice cream (Kona Coffee Ice Cream, Toasted Coconut, Chocolate Fudge, Toasted Macadamia Nuts) at Lappert’s (yum!!) and headed home.
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Today was a nice sunny day and at about 5pm J and I decided to head over to the Mill Valley In n Out and then pass by Sausalito for some ice cream and then we could walk by the water, loaf by the benches, etc. Nice idea! :D Thanks J!

We got to InO and picked our burgers (doubledouble for him, cheeseburger for me) and then J goes and orders them “Animal style”. Eh??? I was reading the menu and there were only about 6 items posted total. Nothing “Animal style”…

It turns out there is a “secret menu” pala hehe. You can read about it here and here and here. Galing no?

Animal-style burgers and a LOT of fries

Too bad I didn’t know about the “animal-style” fries. Nakow deadly.

When we got to Sausalito we strolled a bit, and saw some strange looking rock arrangements.

Well, would you believe those rocks are all just balancing on each other? True! The rock-artist (rockstar haha!) made one while we watched nearby.

Then it was time for our ice cream. Still Kauai Pie, but we split a small cup this time.

Then we sat by the water for a bit and looked around

and looked at where we were going home.

Snippet from my Manila “vacation”, Feb 2006

Published
by
mai
on July 30, 2006
in happiness is a warm gun and stories for boys (and girls)
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Kausap: Hey, are you in Manila?

Mai: Ya, been here 2 weeks na. I’m leaving tomorrow, as a matter of fact

Blah, blah… chitter chitter…

Mai: Gad it’s been stressfull at the office. We had to fire our accountant, putanginang yon kailangan ko pang awayin para magtrabaho.

Kausap: Ay ano ba position mo diyan ngayon, Chairwoman Emeritus?

Mai: On-call exterminator

Make Hanny (and yourself) happy

Published
by
mai
on July 18, 2006
in zooropa
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More on Hanny and other animal companions that are waiting to go home.

Keep the change

Published
by
mai
on July 2, 2006
in happiness is a warm gun and stories for boys (and girls)
. 11 Comments

When I was at the airport waiting for my flight to Narita (JAL flight to SF, and btw if you ride this airline from SF to Tokyo and back and you’re going economy I suggest you ask for the Exit seats because they are the cramped-est seats I have ever ridden, and I’m the great coach cowgirl)

Woo, that was a bit wordy no? Anyway I’ll start again.
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When I was at the NAIA waiting for my flight I decided to get some coffee at the Kopi Roti near the departure waiting area. I paid for the 55-peso coffee with a 100-peso bill and while I was waiting for my change I noticed these 2 janitors leaning by the wall near Kopi-Roti and they were making side comments to the tune of

Janitors 1 and 2: Ayaaaannnn, may sukli. Ayan ibabalato na sa atin. Ayay. Ibigay mo na! Amin na lang (Heyyy, there’s some change. Woot. The change will be given to ussss… Woot. Comeon. Give us the change. Comeon…) All this being said out of the side of their mouths and without looking me in the eye.

I was wondering what the hell the 2 of them were talking about when it suddenly dawned on me that they were talking about my change and making sideways remarks about how I should just hand them the change.

Me: Hoy, are you talking to me?

Janitor 1: Huh

Me: I said are you talking to me?

Janitor 1:Uh, no.

Me: So what’s your problem?? You! Are YOU talking to me?

Janitor 2: Uh, no.

Me: What? Both of you are not talking to me? So what have you just been yammering about?

Janitors 1 and 2: Aaaaahh Nothing.

Me: So shut the fuck up. You should be ashamed of yourselves. Is that what you do? Hang around like vultures and ask for change. And you don’t even have the balls to look me in the eye ha. Yan ang problema sa inyo wala kayong lakas ng loob. You’re an embarrasment to the country kayo pa naman nakikita ng bumibisita dito. (siempre meron pang drama hee)

Me again: I’ll give you my change. Just say you’re PATAYGUTOM. Sigeeeee nnaaaaaa….pag sinabi nyo na PATAYGUTOM kayo bibigyan ko kayo ng pera. Siiiigggggeeeee naaa. Aminin nyo naaaaaaa. Sa asal nyo wala namang kayong hiya sa sarili e. o ano? Eto na yung sukliiii.
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I have to give them some credit they didn’t bite. They walked away and started working.