Last night, we had a surprise visitor which broke the silence as we were watching TV. Yes, Maribelle Regino was in Manila and wanted to see us. And I told Chief that instead of eating out with Maribelle, why not just have her come over at our greenhome.So, I drove off Shaq heading for Hotel Intercon while Chief stayed at home to prepare nilaga and crab omelette for our guest.
By 8:30pm, another friend was amazed at our 66 sqm abode at Legazpi Towers 100. She quickly noticed (like Olwen a week ago) our furniture shipped from Vietnam. She took particular notice of the Hue Cabinet which we bought for US$350.00 at a garage sale in Phu My Hung.
She also saw the Indonesian decors we bought during our trip to Jakarta in 2004, as well as Mila’s gift… a tea box with a frog etched-design on the cover.
We caught up with a lot of kuwentos. Olwen probably was “nasasamid” as we were talking about him too. We also talked about Bong Lopez, Jenny Florendo, Jun Maniego and other ex-JWT friends.
We have always wondered how Jun Maniego is now? He has not really kept in touch with us.
But this blog is about Maribelle. Back to her. She is now based in Bangkok, Thailand, and stays on the 9th floor of a high-rise condo. “Hanggang 9th floor lang ang naabot ng ladders ng firetrucks in Bangkok” she told me as we were going back to the hotel. Atleast we were just on the 2nd floor. Firetruck’s ladders not needed.
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