>From: Camatic@aol.com
>Date: Fri, 15 Oct 1999 15:21:41 EDT
>Subject: Re: Back to Back happening sa Los Angeles
>To: abu@nfa.gov.ph
>
>Ana B,
>
>Unang una, hope you guys had a wonderful time at Arlette and Ed's ...
>pakibati na rin kaming mga taga Los Angeles sa kanila.
>
>Noong Saturday, 10/9/99 naman eh nagsalo-salo ang mag-anak na Versoza-Torralba
>sa bahay nila Robert and Maryann Reyes.  Nandoon din ang kakambal ni Robert
>na si Ambet.  Ambot kung nasaan ang video clips ni mahal kaya wala pa tayong
>pictures (medyo madidilim yata dahil pagabi na noong nag-blow nang candles
>ang Ferdie - take note, they were the industrial candles and May gathered
>them to save them for his grave ... morbid ang patawa sa party na iyon!)
>
>Ang treat  ni Ferdie dumating nang mga 6 piyem ... 7 (yes, pito) na mga
>"hippie-ng kulelat" ang nagsipagdating, sakay nang kanilang nagkikinangang
>mga Harley - pinangunahan ni Abet Z!  Walang masabi ang mga guests!
>Dumbfounded sila nang madinig pa lang nila ang collective VROOM nang mga bike
>... two of the bikers were Prepians Tito Atienza and Jonas Garcia (don't ask
>me what year) at may isang taga UP High na hindi ko maala ang pangalan dahil
>hindi raw niya maalala kung anong batch siya (bagong gimik!) ... kaya nga
>hindi nabugbog si mahal dahil may kakampi siyang UP High.  Ferdie lorded over
>a round table with all of the bikers - reminiscing I guess the 60's ... and
>analyzing their present circumstances ... Napagusapan nga nila kung bakit nga
>ba ang mga puti eh takot na takot sa I-R-S (taxes) at ang mga Latino naman eh
>takot na takot sa I-N-S (Immigration) at sila namang mga machong Pilipino eh
>takot na takot sa M-R-S!!!!
>
>Madilim na nang nagpaalam ang mga biker, umisplit na rin ang mga Matic ...
>nakagayak pa naman ang kambal na mag-jam - kumpleto sa instruments si Robert,
>with matching sound mixer!  Kathleen their 9 yr old is one mean drummer!  And
>Ferdie's girl Katrina was dishing out Backstreet boys tunes...
>
>Sunday evening naman sa Los Angeles Chinatown nagkita kita ang winners'
>circle na si Ed de la Rea (who with Abet Z dropped their golf game so he
>could treat his beloved classmates to dinner) and the token winners - Ceso
>and Hector.  Etong winners daw eh napaka seryoso - ni ayaw kausapin ang mga
>kalaro noong hindi pa mallinaw ang score.  Nagpakita nang swing worth 300
>feet daw ang Ed - akala ko ba eh may disk problem etong taong eto - how could
>he do that?  Sa tagal nang usapan over the menu (not wanting another NY
>episode) we requested Verne to do the honors, all you had to do was tell her
>what dish you'd want ... gusto ni Noel nang "fly lice with salted fish", Abet
>wanted shrimps, Ceso asked for gulay, I don't remember what Ed wanted but I
>asked for the fish ... it almost jumped out of the pail when they were asking
>us if it was the right size.  Verne gave instructions on how the food was to
>be prepared and it was deelightful!
>
>Cells phones were abuzz ... si Ressie nasa 110 freeway na... maya-maya,
>nasalabas na siya, saan ba nagpa-park?  Labas si Hector at si Noel ... kaway
>na nang kaway, hindi pa nakita ni Res.  Finally she makes it to the table at
>tanong agad ni Hector, ano size 36 na ba?  she answered with a glare with a
>matching smile ... "halata ba?" is how I read it.  May to-go pa kaming spicy
>chicken and some vege.  The fortune cookies were amusing and they were served
>with orange slices pero naghanap pa nang variety nang kape ang mga busog ...
>
>May table laugh in nga pala si Hector at si Noel.  Tanong ni Hector "Pare,
>kumusta na ang bathtub mo?" naging uneasy si Noel dahil akala niya ang tanong
>eh, "Pare, kumusta ang bata mo?" and followed the uneasy bit with "Bakit alam
>mo?".  One of Hector's activities is running "Porcelain Fine" and this arm of
>his business deals with reglazing old tubs ... our old bathroom dates back to
>the 1920s and I think his "bata" - the glazer did a good job.  Wala namang
>nagreklamo na nadulas sila o napapaano (hindi yata naliligo ang mga anak
>namin!) dahil sabi ni Hector pinalagyan daw niya nang texture para hindi na
>kami gumamit nang tup mat dahil nakakasira pa rin iyon nang finish.  Kaunting
>commercial ...
>
>Lipat naman sa Pasadena, Ressie, Noel and Ed drove (he had a whale of a
>rental - Lincoln yata like CG's in NY) to the Barnes & Noble bookstore - they
>have a Starbucks there and it's a cool place to watch people (para ka na ring
>nasa AS steps - alam nang mga bosero 'yan).  According to Ed nakabalik siya
>sa hotel niya nang 1 am.  At hating gabi na umuwi si Res.  Hector's car was
>left in the Chinatown parking lot - sabi nang waiter 3 am daw nagsasara yung
>lot ... but it was not so.  Ed had to drive all the golfers and Verne back to
>their Whittier place dahil doon naman iniwan ang mga kotse nila Ceso and
>Abet.  That was a lot of fun!
>
>But not enough fun for Ed.  The next day, Res and I took him shopping for the
>grandkids at the Warner Brother's shop.  Ang cute nang mga velvet outfits
>with matching velour heart shaped purse ... iba na si Lolo Ed!  Then we
>waited for Noel at the BJ brewery where we were having happy hour, eh gusto
>pala ni Ed nang Mexican ... we found ourselves in El Torito, Res and Ed got
>hungry after all that shopping - they each had a Fajita platter while Noel
>and I shared an appetizer platter - all that Chinese food still lingers on my
>hips and my sides to this day!
>
>Anyway, iyan ang k'wento ... Pakwento ka kay Res at sa mga golfer....
>
>Catch you later...
>
>Daddie
>
Ana B. Urbina