The Morning After

Sam had to take a break from the party AND the alcohol around 11PM last night. The Bum Equipment people continued the party at the backyard though. Sam took a brief nap at the living room.

At midnight, Sam and I were surprised to hear someone at the gate ... it was Michelle who just arrived from Calamba!

Michelle being Michelle, Sam was torn between happy that she actually came, and wanting to wring Michelle's neck since her loud voice is making Sam's hang-overed ears ring.

Michelle ate whatever food was available and started talking to me. She would sometimes try to get a reaction from Sam who was trying to sleep. Mention of going to Tagaytay woke up Sam though.

At around 1AM this morning, Sam's Bum Equipment friends said their goodbyes. After Michelle finished eating, Sam changed her clothes and asked Michelle to drive us someplace away from the house for coffee. Had Michelle not backed out of Tagaytay, we would be drinking coffee there. As we drove away from the house, the choices were Starbucks Las Pinas, Mall of Asia, Hotel Sofitel (former Westin), Manila Peninsula, and Makati Shangri-la.

We headed for Mall of Asia. Unfortunately, every coffee shop there was already closed. We then headed towards Makati. Parked outside Gloria Jean's coffee and were heading towards Shangri-La when Michelle asked Sam if she was really willing to pay for our coffee. Sam had second thoughts, figured out that what she really wanted was sit on a comfy couch drinking decent coffee. We ended up in Starbucks outside the Shang.

Topic over coffee was Sam's love life. It's been a long time since I've been with Michelle (High School!) and listening to her talk reminded me of how just as crazy-funny she was back then.

When Sam couldn't decide over an issue she has with one guy, Michelle asked me for a coin and used Heads or Tails logic to resolve it.

Michelle noted that the biggest mug of coffee was ordered by the person with a hang-over.

Sam dozed off the moment we were back in Michelle's van. With the navigator asleep, we ended up making some wrong turns. Michelle first dropped off Sam, then me, before heading back home. It was around 5AM when I got home.