Café Laguna Blunders

We got a taxi to Ayala Mall and when we arrived, my aunt went straight to the Citibank ATMs to withdraw some cash. There was no money in the machines so we were hung up and had to wait for 30 minutes for the cash. After that, we went inside the mall and headed to Café Laguna near The Terraces for a merienda consisting of a bit of palabok and coffee jelly.

Waiting for our orders at Café Laguna

I would have had more if not for my toothache (damn these braces!). My aunt asked if the restaurant did catering, probably looking for a caterer for a party she was throwing. They did have the service, but my aunt didn’t go with them because the price was expensive for her budget. Four dishes at P250 per head. While in the restaurant, we couldn’t help but notice a group of crossdressers through the glass windows, passing by, back and forth. We had a brief laugh about that. My aunt got an extra seaweed along with her order of turon. She told the waiter and the dish was refunded. Nice. The restaurant had good customer service, at least.

When we finished eating, we encountered a slight case of mistaken identity involving the Girl With A Pink Shirt (GWAPS). My cousin, Shang, had a package to give to this GWAPS. So, we scoured the area for a girl fitting the description of the GWAPS until Shang pointed one out. The description fit, so Shang went over to the GWAPS, led her inside the restaurant and introduced her to us. We all smiled and brightly said our greetings. I said hello. We were starting to doubt her identity when she started rambling on about other things. And when Shang handed her the package, she looked hesitant and utterly confused. Finally, Shang asked her, “Are you Merci?” (that’s the name of the GWAPS she was supposedly going to deliver the package to). This GWAPS let out a small laugh and immediately began to shake her head from side to side, “No.” Um, okay. She left and we all joked about it. Then came the real Merci. She was a GWAPS, too, after all. First thing Shang asked her: “What’s your name?” “Merci.” Relieved. She introduced us. Again. And I smiled and said hello. Again. And after some small talk, Shang gave her the package, Merci said merci (but not in French) and we said buh-bye to her.

Then we proceeded to get haircuts at Jolly Barbers. My aunt took long, so when I was done, I began snapping pictures out of boredom.

Bored at the salon

Still not done

While waiting for our aunt to finish, Lore and I went window shopping and while browsing boutiques, she informed me of a new fashion trend: maps. I don’t know where that came from. Then she told me to choose a piece of clothing to compensate for her overdue pasalubong for me. Cool! I chose a blue-grey bolero-jacket from Human (thanks, Nang!). After our aunt was done in the salon, we stopped by True Value Home Center to look for products to keep various types of insects away before we headed home for dinner and balut.

It's dinner!

Late-night balut

~ by lisvn on July 2, 2009.