Two-part weekend

PART 1: Seal beach
May 13, I can't remember the last time I went to the beach.. I know it's close where I live and it will only take me 10-15 minutes to Venice or Santa Monica beach.. I dunno, maybe I just take it for granted since I know the beach will always be there =P Anyways, it's a last minute thing.. we only planned it the day before. We're choosing between Newport or Manhattan, but we ended up going to Seal beach. Why if you may ask.. because there's dogs I can play with!!! Geesh.

Helpful sites:
http://www.beachcalifornia.com/sitelist.html
http://boomersint.org/pchwy/scalbch.htm







Check list:
- beach mat (finally.. nagamit din! hehehe)
- coleman cooler
- food: sandwich, junk food, water
- sunblock, moisturizer
- Shopaholic book, Nintendo DS, ipod

I love making a list.. I love planning.. Love it! So, we left at 11ish and then Darwin's Garmin nav system led us to the beach. We missed one turn but we didn't get lost. One thing I don't like is that it's a little annoying coz it repeatly says "Recalculating..." everytime you make a wrong turn. But we totally relied to the nav system. So cool.

We got there around 1ish.. It's a nice beach.. had picnic, read my book, played my DS. We stayed there for a couple of hours coz I can't take the heat anymore. I'd love to stay longer but it's just too much. We bought cinnamon rolls which is sooo delicious.. coz it's homemade, got me a souvenir magnet.

Afterwards, we went to Long Beach marina, then Cerritos mall, then 3rd Street Promenade. We had dinner at Palms Thai (Darwin's fave)... Oh, and we're really hungry by the time we get there.. I think we had dinner at 11:30pm.

New shops at 3rd Street Promenade






Mother's Day
May 14, I sent my mom an ecard. I already sent her my gift through Ate Kay who's in the Philippines right now. Since mom likes Princess Diana so much, I gave here this heavy book that I got from Barnes & Noble. She liked it. I called my aunt and greeted them too. I watched United 93 with Joyce. I gave her coaster for mother's day.. as well as Darwin's mom (white orchids - since she like flowers) and his grandma (scented candle - coz she's very religious). Went to mass then we visited Darwin's mom.. chat for a while.



PART 2: The Da Vinci Code
May 19, went to The Galleria in Sherman Oaks at around 9pm to watch The Da Vinci Code with Darwin. Actually, he wants to see Over the Hedge since he already read the book.. but I insisted coz I got curious with all the buzz and the controversy that the book has created. =P There's a line and we're able to get the 10:30pm show. The theatre was already full when we got in but we still managed to get the "sweet" seat.

You'd enjoy the movie.. I did =) The book/movie is misleading because Brown mixed in some facts and twisted others. Dme nya rin inembento.. like yun cryptex.. I googled it right after we got home and he just coined it. =P

Here's a link that's shows Brown’s “Facts” versus Historical Facts:
http://www.bible.org/page.asp?page_id=2747

Overall.. Ron Howard did a good job. He made the movie exciting. Later, I'm gonna watch National Geographic's History of the Templar Knights.


Christening
Here are some pictures from Ajae's Christening last May 20. Our digicam got lowbat kaya konti lng pictures =P Anyways, we went to Loida's house first before going to Stargazer to test the projector coz Darwin's part of the "technical" team, as what me and Loida's sister calls it.. coz her husband is part of it too =P It worked but the audio is messed up so they just used magic mic as the background music.

Enjoy the pics...



Inspired by Saab's Kaleidoscope World

Darwin and I tried our best to look silly.. here's the result.. =P

Masaya

Galit

Gulat


Movies: United 93, Fun with Dick and Jane (dvd), The Da Vinci Code, Match Point (dvd)