the trip to the airport that night was futile. obviously, we failed to get our e-tickets. so we agreed to meet at 4 a.m. the next day at pal’s ticketing office at the airport. then, we all went our separate ways. arrived home a little past 11 p.m. rummaged my little cabinet to prepare my overnight pack and soon realized that my bag had torn "compartments???" ended up sewing my bag. this task took a wee bit longer than expected as i watched house while doing the task. got recently hooked with the said tv series and the next thing i new it was 4 a.m. received an sms message from nevergirl.slash.genius.slash.goddess that the four of them were on their way to the airport…whaaaaaaaatttttttttt???? i hastily packed my things and went for a quick shower. drank a glass of hot milo. brushed and left for the airport. i arrived at the airport quarter to 6 a.m. met the other four. had a quick breakfast of bunwich, donut, and coffee. talked and then learned that i busted my digicam. earlier i went to the airport’s john and hung my bag by the cubicle’s door. it slid off from the hook and hit the floor. i didn’t realize that i packed my cam at the bottom part of my bag. when now-married-programmer asked about my mission, i offered to show him pictures instead. it was only then that i learned that my cam’s lcd broke from the fall. darn, my cam was barely 2 years old and i had to scrimp on food for a few months in order to get it. double darn. well, charged <to experience>. so much for my looking forward to take numerous pictures of makati’s skyscrapers. on the bright side, "vet, you get to travel and ride on the country’s flag carrier for free <hahaha, obvious na cheapskate traveler–maghulat ug piso fare sa cp, hehe>.?"
at a little past 8 o’clock, we landed at the ninoy aquino centennial airport. 
hopped on a taxi and headed to makati palace hotel.
a few minutes after arriving at the hotel, we w
ere treated to a sumptuous buffet breakfast at caesar’s coffee shop 
inside the hotel. it was the best breakfast i’ve had in all my 28 years of existence. immediately after, our boss met us for a meeting. the meeting lasted for more than an hour after which our boss blurted out that we could have the afternoon off to go shopping 
and be back at the hotel at 4 p.m. to prepare for dinner at the shangri-la hotel. whaaattt???? did we hear him right??? so the afternoon off was actually to give us the chance to make ourselves presentable. hahaha, our boss couldn’t tell us that mga yagit ra kaayo me for the evening’s event. so moron that we were not, we took the hint and spent the afternoon hunting for clothes at sm mall of asia. unfortunately, looking for clothes wasn’t really my thing that i developed the mother of all headaches. i ended up buying the first slacks that fit my waist! <LOL!!!> after buying the stuff we need, nevergirl-slash-goddess-slash genius and i grabbed a quick lunch in the hopes that nourishment after hours of checking out stores would ease my headache. it didn’t. with a nasty headache, we went back to the hotel and hurriedly change for the evening’s dinner. had the first glimpse of makati traffic going to ortigas center. arrived at the edsa shangri-la hotel, and wow! the place was fantabulous. definitely not our league. the place was enormous and shouted elegance at its finest. when we got to one of the hotel’s function room, we were greeted with men and women at their very finest. <finest - taking the perspective of someone used to dressing up with just a pair of denims and a shirt> the men were all wearing their best business suits while the women were also well-dressed. it was a good thing that we took the hint earlier. 
