Unang Salu-salo sa Bagong Milenyo sa L.A.


 

To honor the presence of ginang Ruth Ramos-Flores sa
Max's of Manila in Glendale (sabi ni Hector, "galing
Pinas bakit duon dadalhin" - 'yon ang alam nang lahat
sa Glendale, besides doon din namin dinala sila Mila,
Hermie, Ed and Dennis in 1998 kaya medyo tradition na
ito!)

Ang mga expected:  Ceso and Baby, Abet and Pearl,
Aida, Ressie, Hector, Ruth, Rick and one offspring,
Noel and Daddie.  It'll be just great.  We'll miss
Ferdie who spent all of Monday at the hospital - his
ticker is out of whack - do pray for him.  Mr IT
(Wille Tenorio) is still watching the systems at Honda
kaya ang schedule niya for this week is from 5pm to 1
am.  At large pa rin ang Baldo and Walter de Santos.
Anybody out there who knows their whereabouts, please
let us know.

Sayang at handang handa nang magpa dinner ang mga
Zaporteza sa Chino kaya lang si Ginang M - or B na nga
pala eh punong puno ang calendaryo - may Hockey game,
Jay Leno show, spa, massage, hair and nail
appointments na.  Wala kaming ma say!  All that to be
part of a wedding entourage.  Kayo na!

Anyway, we'll be back with the blow by blow and
hopefully some photos.

Daddie
 


Subject: Re: Tagpuan sa Max's of Manila, Glendale, California

 
Ang sabi ni Abet, medyo late siya dahil susunduin si
Pearl sa Chino; ganoon din ang sabi ni Ceso, susunduin
naman si Baby sa downtown Los Angeles.  Sila ang nauna
and I got there right on the dot at 7 piyem.  Yung
dalawang couple eh naka-tebol na.  Hindi nagtagal may
mga kumatok sa bintana ... si Aida, si Ressie tapos si
Mahal kumatok rin sa bintana.  Wala pa ang mga
bisita... tinawagan ni Abet ... sabi ni Hector,
malapit na kami riyan, magorder na kayo at pakibayaran
na rin!

We started out with a bowl of tinolang manok and
decided to go with the set meal with Max chicken,
kare, litson kawali, pancit, some other kind of soup
(yun lang ba? parang ang dami - hindi rin namin
naubos).  Hector and the Flores family - Rick, Ruth
and Ricky came in just as the dishes were brought to
the table.  Isang dosena kami.  Ang sarap nang kain
namin.  Tuloy tuloy din ang kwento.

Of course nag pitch na si Ruth tungkol sa August
reunion.  Aida was sure she won't be there.  The rest
are at about 90% leaning towards making the trip.

Pearl had a suggestion.  She is working with some MSU
alumni to charter a plane for the last week of August
dahil foundation day nila ang September 1.  Ang sabi
niya eh they can get round trip fare from LA for
$299.00 (sabi ni Hector - sa pakpak daw ang upo!)
kaya lang ang deal nila eh straight to Cotabato - eh
di i-parachute na lang ang mga bababa sa Manila!
She'll make further queries re drop zones.  It is
rather tempting.  I don't know how the rest of the
class who are out here in North America feel about
this.  But this'll mean coinciding with MSU's schedule
which is around August 20.  Hindi pa namin na
pag-usapan kung kailan din ang return trip nila.  They
are working to gather 65 people to do the trip so they
could get the "charter" fare.

Si Mahal naman eh nagpalabas din sa dinner - the
waitress decided to douse his white shirt with the
lechon sauce ... natural, profusely apologizing
thereafter and offering double portions of dessert
(vanilla ice cream na ubod daw nang sarap and leche
flan - which were pretty good).

Anyway, I thought I'd throw it out there.  Sabi ni
Ruth let's see if there are takers and then we can
reconsider the dates.  I believe the issue is, the
rains would be harsher towards the end of August.
For starters, Ceso, Ressie, Abet, Noel and I are
interested in possibly joining the MSU charter (kaya
lang looming ang terrorist scare - their alumni have a
history.  Anybody else out there?  Ang lagay eh Abet
will be at the Northern most tip of the Phils
(Pagudpod nga ba?) while Pearl will be heading to the
South!  Benjamin B will need a lot of wisdom - go Prep
or MSU?  That is, if we have enough feedback to sway
the dates forward!

Anyway, busog na busog, naglakad naman ang dirty dozen
papuntang Starbucks (about 3 blocks from Max), nag
kodakan sa mga ilaw nang Glendale at nagkape  hanggang
11 piyem ... komo balik opis pa kami sa umaga (pwera
si Hector na naki pag Karaoke na yata sa Max)...
 

Chew on this...

Daddie 1