Shipped to the US in Business Class (Day 11)

Day 11 (July 6, 2008)

Sunday today =) yey! baket? wala lang happy ako... shopping day today eh hahaha!

So we went to church with Joy's family today. It was my first Christian service. Maganda sya, it wasn't what I expected kasi para cyang isang malaking cell group. The sort of thing we have during my days in UPSCA.  So I really liked it =).

Nag-bonding kami ng kids ni Joy ngayon, mula sa church hehehehe =) Zyjay and I were playing during the service hahaha! super sweet nung batang yun talaga.. tapos nun inseparable na kami hahaha! nakahanap ako ng playmate! =)

After the service may merienda pa sa parang session hall dun sa church tapos meron silang isa pang worship service may acoustic chorva. Again, kahit sandali lang kami dun, I really liked the service. Zoe was there na din kasi her sunday school activities ended na by that time. Zyjay had lots of cake ... natuwa ang bata kumain ng independence day cake! he ate around 3 slices yata! =)

After church we went to Costco to buy pasalubong and to look for the other stuff the people back home asked us to buy. We pretty much got everything pero super ayaw ko na bitawan ang iPod na kulay pink! haha! ... need mag-isip-isip muna ... hmmm... sapagkat laptop ang mas kailangan... need to rationalize expenses muna... shet ... that was a hard time hahaha! PERO... naibsan ang aking stressful to buy or not to buy iPod moment nang makit ko ang chocolate covered almonds! as in nagningning ang mga mata ko ... at yun na lang ang hindi ko pinakawalan... hahahaha! kahit pa sabi ni Joy na matutunaw yun .. i don't care haha!
So tapos nun, ang katuparan ng pangako ni M'Ed haha! we ate at I-Hop! =) dapat breakfast ang kakainin namin dahil yun daw ang specialty dun, kaya lang since we had merienda sa church, nag-lunch kami dun. The food was good =) yummy... I had steak and mashed potatoes =). Pagkatapos nun, natupad din ang prediction ni Joy ... ang choco almonds ko ay natunaw haha! pero i still don't care hahaha! peborit ko pa din sya!

After that, we went around a few stores muna for M'Ed's shopping needs. So yun, after that we went home to Joy's muna to start arranging the stuff we need to pack and list down th ethings we still need to buy. While Joy was doing some work Zoe, S'Arnel and I played Wii! aliw! mali... super aliw!!! as in nag-enjoy ako at si S'Arnel! nag tennis at bowling sila ni Zoe hahaha! nate-tempt na nga yata si S'Arnel bumili ng Wii eh =).

We went out again to buy the stuff we forgot and to look for Balikbayan boxes and buy dinner. We ended up in BBW ulet (for the nth time haha!) While waiting for S'Arnel, Joy, Zoe and I went to Starbucks muna located inside a Barnes and Nobles store. Ang ganda nung set-up nila... nate-tempt na nga ako mag-browse ng books kaya lang super mahal kasi dun eh, compared sa pinas.

Tapos nun, we finally decided to just buy fish and shrimp and cook dinner na lang at Joy's house imbes na lumabas pa kami or bumili sa Max's. We went to a Filipino supermarket and bought salmon, shrimps at kangkong ... ang kangkong na matagal inisip ni S'Arnel kung talagang kangkong nga ba yun at pinagtanong pa nya yun sa kinauukulan ha! di mapakali ang lolo ko at baka hindi daw kangkong ang mabili eh ang dapat daw sa sinigang na isda kangkong!!

matapos ang kangkong moment ng lolo ko umuwi na kami. Joy and M'Ed cooked dinner while S'Arnel and I packed the stuff we were going to send home. Zoe helped me with my box, while S'Arnel busied himself by making the boxes impenetrable ... o di ba??? totoo! nag-adik ang lolo ko sa pagbalot sa balikbayan box ng packaging tape para daw matibay... kaya ng puting balikbayan box ang naging semi-silver sa dami ng packaging tape hahaha! pero in fuhrnezzz.... matibay nga naman sya.

So yun, matapos ang lahat, nagdinner na kami ng super sarap na sinigang na salmon at chili garlic shrimp ni Joyski =) yummy yummy! dami namin nakain! That was one of the best meals I had dun!

After nun, uwi na kami sa hotel, super aga kasi ng flight namin the next day for Washington. I'm really going to miss the kids =(. Di na ako nakapagpaalam kay Zyjay kasi tulog na sya nun. Zoe was waving goodbye sa window until we left ... sana when I see them again, playmates pa din kami =).