Saturdays are starting to become a routine. Since I would sleep in late Friday night, I'd wake up late Saturday morning - around 9 or 10. The next couple of hours would be spent at home either reading or watching a DVD or daydreaming. By 4PM, I'd get my boxing stuff ready. And then by 5PM or so, I'd be inside the ring sweating like a pig and panting like a mad dog. The routine stops there. After boxing, I don't have anything scheduled to do so it's either I head home and sleep early, or if I'm lucky, go out to see some friends. That's what happened last night. From the boxing gym, I went to Bonifacio High Street to meet up with Erica and Pat. Ian, Pat's hubby, and his band had their second album launch. Since I was a bit early, I hung out at the relatively new Fully Booked. It was huge!!! And it was pure heaven for anyone addicted to the written word. I only got to go around the fourth level (fashion, photography, architecture, graphic design, audio section). There were a lot of good titles but most titles were expensive. Augh! It makes me want to cry.
I did end up buying a couple of things though - DVDs. Haha! How ironic is it to get DVDs from a bookstore?! I got the Madonna's I'm Going to Tell You a Secret, the indie film Ang Pagdadalaga ni Maximo Oliveros, and the most pleasant surprise - Camp the Musical DVD. The last two are precious additions to the growing queer DVD collection. (And yet, most people think that the only queer films around are Brokeback Mountain or porn. It's saddening really.)
A last minute addition was Khaled Hosseini's The Kite Runner. I've been meaning to get a copy of the book, after I saw the movie. I forgot about it, so it was a good thing that I saw some copies displayed on the shelves by the checkout counter. I also saw a new title from Sophie Kinsella, but since I haven't ready Shopaholic and Baby yet (just finished Michael Thomas Ford's Changing Tides), I thought of delaying the purchase.
From Fully Booked, I walked over to Magnet cafe where the album launch was. The band was great. It was my first time to see and hear them perform and I thought they were really good. Their music isn't too loud but it's not too soft either. There's something enigmatic about the music, and I guess that's one thing why people liked it. The band's name, by the way, is Drip and the album is Identity Theft. You should check it out.
After their performance, I decided it was time to go. While I did love hanging out with friends, the place was turning out to be too straight for me. And the last time I checked, I'm still playing for my team. Hehe! Just kidding. So that was Saturday night.
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