my head was completely out of the f2f sometime around 3pm and it took us until 530pm or so to sort some things out. the discussions were like an eternal deja vu, again because people still try to appeal even after decisions have been made already. super duh!
we went to see mindy's hip-hop dance sometime around 730 near arizona and chandler. it was a dance recital and it was so nice & funny to see very young girls groovy it up to jazz, ballet and hip-hop. though most of them were not able to follow the dance steps, i give them props just for being to get to that stage and stare at hundreds of proud parents. mindy and her dance group performed to a playlist of songs. i took videos of mindy's performance while mesh, jessica, arjun and papeco looked on while seated from a comfortable distance. prior to mindy's dance routine, the program treated the audience to some belly dancing from some middle-aged women. it was kind of nice to see them belly dance and some were really dressed for it and was seriouly engrossed with how they were moving their bodies. major props to mindy and those gals.
after mindy's performance, i made the wrong decision in riding at papeco's pt cruiser convertible. papeco is not only such a reckless driver, he is an accident waiting to happen. at one point he put the top down when we were in the freeway and couldn't bring it back up at the speed we were travelling. It was a good 25-30min drive where we rode there feeling, in what mesh will call later, the winds of hell. it was like the wind was coming from a giant hair dryer literally that it was just crazy. we stopped by at a wine place to meet up with juan, iris, ben and marvin. we stayed for a few minutes before everyone decided that they wanted to get a good dinner. i rode with juan soto this time together with marvin. despite his age, marvin do hangout with his folks and he is really fun cause he's just one of the ccsd folks, no special treatment whatsoever.
we had dinner at a posh indian restaurant down in scottsdale. i say posh cause scottsdale is an expensive town and the people who can afford to live there are upper class. the restaurant was actually closing already but since we had our indian friends arjun and mesh with us, they re-opened the kitchen just to accommodate us. arjun & mesh did the ordering for us with a feast of lamb, chicken, beef, some sorta pita bread, spinach with something similar to feta cheese. i have to say that the meal was very good. the curry wasn't super spicy, just right and enough to make you want more. it was actually an expensive dinner @ $29 each but it was well worth it especially since marvin, after some prodding, agreed to sign for it. marvin is the man!!!
i thought after dinner that everyone would be heading home but everyone was still in a party mood so we decided to hang at a local jazz bar that sounds like kashmir (but i don't recall the spelling, it was kinda funky). the band playing was awesome and i was hooked when their black lead sung "dance with my father." the raspberry beer wasn't bad, it tasted freakishly fruity that i couldn't figure out whether it should be a juice or really an alcoholic beverage. the crowd at the jazz bar weren't really like the hunky kids you see at tempe but it was classy. everyone was kinda beat around after midnight. arjun offered to drop me off at windmill since he knew i loved my life too much to put it into the hands of papeco.thursday's done. just one more day and i'm flying off back to manila. i already checked-in on my LA to HK flight at Cathay - good thing i remembered the 48hour rule on checking in. just one last party to attend to tomorrow and i'm all set. can't wait.
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