It has been a couple days since my last journal, but not a lot has happened. We did a lot of going out at night and a lot of sleeping, eating, and resting during the days. Brandon Lagao, a friend of mine from college, spent the last couple days of his trip with us in Manila. He spent a month traveling the Philippines and it worked out that he could spend some time hanging out with me, Alex, and Alex's family before he left. The first night he was with us we went out with Alex's cousins again and that was fun. Out here we have a lot of money so we can go to all the fancy clubs that play good music. We got some good dancing in, but unfortunately I started feeling like poo poo towards the end of the night. We napped a lot the next day and ate food of course. Breakfast is always ready by 6:30 a.m. and even if we don't get up 'til after 9:00 or 10:00 it will still be waiting for us. The only problem is that no matter what time you eat lunch will be served by noon if not earlier. They don't care if you ate breakfast at 10:00. Like breakfast, lunch will be waiting for you still at 2:30 and that's precisely when we ate haha.
Alex's mom ordered KFC, but none of us were hungry when it got there. Instead we decided to start drinking and singing Karaoke. Finally around 10:00 p.m. we started eating on the KFC. Drinking leads to hunger I guess haha. We were still really tired, but we couldn't let Brandon's last night in the Philippines be boring so we rallied up and got ready. We finally left the house around midnight and headed down to Makati, which is a ritzy area in Manila. It is a huge shopping area with lots of nice stores, restaurants, and clubs. We grabbed a couple drinks at the Hard Rock and I had a real life cheeseburger and fries. It was a welcome delicacy haha. All this Filipino food is delicious, but it doesn't agree with my stomach much. From there we went to this club called Absinthe. I think its because they serve Absinthe there. It was already pretty late and the club was dying down, but they were still playing some good music and had a few people on the dance floor so it was fun. Before we left we made friends with the manager who poured the three of us 2 shots on the house. By the time Absinthe closed it was 3:00 a.m. and I had no idea how I was still awake. Thank goodness for redbull vodka's I guess. After that we went to a restaurant/bar downstairs called Havana. It was a really cool seen because it reminded me of Cheesecake factory style restaurant only smaller with a dance floor, bar, and a few tables inside and lots of tables in the courtyard outside. We met some girls here and they took us to another club that stays open 'til 6:00 a.m. so we decided to go. I don't remember what the place was called because it had a funny name, but it was kind of like an upscale Las Vegas or L.A. type club. Very modern and overdone. It was very expensive too. 4 drinks cost 900 pesos, which is almost 20 U.S. dollars. As you can see I have become accustomed to paying Filipino prices already haha. This place closed at 6:00 a.m. and we hung out in front for a long time trying to catch a cab. We finally took a walk in the rain to a busier intersection so we could find one. It was 7:00 by the time we got home and we were soaked, tired, and laughing our asses off. Of course breakfast was ready so we ate and crashed. Brandon had to leave by 9:00 to go to the airport, but I was so tired that I didn't even hear him leave. It was good times and all I can say is that, "What happens in the Philippines stays in the Philippines."
After yet another day of recovery Alex and I took the begets and some of the forgets out for a little party time. I don't think I'm spelling these words right, but forgets are what you call older people in Tacolog because they forget a lot and begets are what you call younger people. There's an outdoor shopping center in Manila that plays live music and everyone wanted to check it out. We had all the girl cousins with us again plus the young 10 year old K.C. She has to be one of the funniest 10 year olds I have ever met, but that's a whole other story in itself. We also had Alex's Aunt Clarissa, Uncle Joel, and Uncle Pohpoy with us. It was a good time and even the begets got to drink a little (except for K.C. of course). We went through a lot of beers and food between the 9 of us and Alex and I picked up the bill. Its hard to complain about splitting $35 U.S. two ways for that many people and that much fun. The highlight of the night was when the band played Careless Whisper. This song is ridiculous over here right now and I will always laugh when I hear it from now on. There is a big Paris Hilton size sex tape out right now that a famous doctor/actor is in with some stripper or model or something and they're dancing to this song in the video. So when the band starting playing this song the crowd went wild. They eventually got a volunteer to come up and sing and asked for a lady to volunteer to come up and dance with him. Well when the lady got up on stage the crowd quickly discovered that she was a he. It was pretty funny. She, I mean he, was working his dance moves to the song, but it was a little gross when he lifted his shirt in a sexy manner to display his happy trail. I vomited in my mouth a little bit. That may have been from drinking too many beers in the heat though haha.
The next day we left for Palawan and this place is beautiful. Of course we turned on the karaoke machine after dinner and that was going for a couple of hours. These people love their karaoke haha. We got up early this morning and drove into the jungle. This was the first "adventurous" day we've had since being here. The underground river is amazing. We went about 1 kilometer into the cave before turning around. I guess it opens at the other end, but it takes half a day to get through it. The thing is 25 kilometers wrong. It was crazy. After that we had lunch on the beach in Sabang, which is where the pier to get to the underground river is located. After a delicious Filipino lunch we went swimming in the ocean. This was great when it was sunny, but even better when it was raining. We did some body surfing and swimming for an hour or so, but finally had to get out when it started raining a little harder. I definitely slept the entire 2 hour car ride home. Apparently I snored a little, but I think the rest of the family was sleeping also so hopefully not many of them noticed. We're in Palawan until the morning of June 3rd so we still have one more day of adventures. Tomorrow is Alex's birthday so hopefully it is a good time. We are going island hoping during the day and I believe we are renting out a restaurant in the evening for eating and drinking. I hope it is a lot of fun. I know Alex is excited to get to spend his birthday in a special place with his family around.
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