The Americano Experience

Okay so IMAGINE.

I was eating at this place called 'Americano', a really fancy restaurant located at the city. I was with my parents and 2 of their asian-american friends. The restaurant was really nice & formal. The menu featured a small selection of fancy entrees so I had a difficult time choosing what to eat. I decided to order the Whole Roasted Young Chicken. After ordering I got kinda worried because in my head I was thinking that I ordered a WHOLE chicken. I read the menu over and over again & I got nervous. Puta, I ordered a whole freaking Chicken. But then again it said Whole Roasted YOUNG Chicken. So I was thinking maybe the chicken was small because it was young.

A whole young chicken. That was it. I was gonna eat a whole chicken that was small. I was determined to finish it cause it was so expensive. Shit, whole chicken. I was so nervous to see what I ordered.

Since it was a fancy restaurant, they served us salads & shit like that. Here's what the salad looked like:


Ang dami ng serving noh? Salad pa lang nabusog na ako.

After the BOUNTIFUL salad, there came the pizza, and so on and so forth. Then my chicken came. TAA-DAHH!!! It was two separate chickens! Not too big, not too small. It wasnt whole, thank God, but I think it was young. Poor baby chicken had to die for my dinner. Im sorry. But it was GOOD! Yummy chicken!

So there I was enjoying my delicious whole-young-chicken. I was slicing, forking, chewing, swallowing & digesting my way to a happy meal WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN I looked up the ceiling and I see this:


WHAT THE EFF WAS THAT? What was it doing there? I almost chocked on my whole-young-chicken. How insane. That painting shouldnt be up there. Parang the restaurant manager had no where to put it so he decided to put it on the ceiling nalang. I mean, it would be okay if the painting was a scenery of the sky or the stars or any landscape but NOT THAT. wtf. I had to laugh it off. The guy kinda looks like Brad Pitt actually. Haha.

It was an interesting night.

Yours truly,
Whole-Young-Chicken Lover a.k.a Nica

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LOUPO!

We went to Monterey today. We went to see the aquarium and it was absolutely beautiful! The sea otters were so freaking adorable!

Im going to take this time to say hello to my beloved friends and reply to their comments :)

Loupo! Happy birthday to my very special friend! I love you and Im sorry for not being there with you on your birthday. Im sure your celebration was a blast. Enjoy your first year of being legal! Just please remember to be good and dont take drugs. Haha. I miss you! Im sorry if my entry to your birthday is late. What do you want for your birthday? Chocolates? A postcard? What? I LOVE YOU LOUPO!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! :)

Ikat! Were there cliques? Not really. There was an asian table though. They were all talking in chinese. And did I see a Troy? Somewhat like that but not really. No blonde table.

Paula! Hi animal! I miss you! Thank you for always reading my blog. I feel your love all the way from here. I hardly catch you online tho. Im sad. Im online every morning there so wake up if you want to talk to me live. But then again, I understand that your body clock is wacked up. I still love you :)

Beo! Okay, heres how you add links to your blog. On your page click Customize. After click on Add Page Element. Next, choose Link list and thats it! Youre done! Btw, Beo where are you going to school?

Auts! Thank you for making me feel better the other day. Im sorry i I had to go all of a sudden in the middle of our conversation. I miss you! Can we please do that photoshoot? With paulina? I miss you both so so much. Love you!

TO EVERYONE WHO READS MY BLOG: Hello! Thanks for taking time to read my posts. I miss you all very much!

Im going back to school tomorrow to see a councelor. Were gonna talk about my test results and discuss which classes I should register in. It should be interesting.

Still freezing,
Nica

Placement testing

Placement testing was interesting.

It was my very first time to visit my school so I was excited. Mica picked me up from my house early in the morning and we went to school together. I honestly thought that there would be a few people taking the test with us but NOOOO. There were tons of students in the waiting area when we got in. The place looked like the cafeteria in High School Musical. I had no idea where to sit. Such an awkward moment. Good thing I was with Mica so we sat together. I took one good look around to check out the people ill be going to school with. All I can say is that I hope Ill make friends.

Everything was so different. The cold, the people, the smell, the building, the vending machines, the way people were dressed, blah blah blah, everything was so new to me. It was such an amusing feeling. The time came when we had to check in. I had to fall in line with all the american kids to get in the orientation room. So blah blah blah boring orientation happened. It was like a CLE class really, everyone was falling asleep. Then all of a sudden the old guy talking infront decided to have an 'introduce-yourself-activity'. So duh I had to introduce myself to people. So awkward. Then we had a campus tour. The walk was so intense cause it was freezing cold. After awhile it was time for the placement test. I was placed in a table full of boys. I was the only girl. Another awkward moment but it turned out to be okay.

The day concluded with shopping in Forever 21. Salamat Lord.

Nica

I applied for my California state ID today. I'm another step closer to really settling down. It's creepy in some way.

Tomorrow is the day for my placement test. I'm going to see my school for the very first time. How exciting. Good thing I'll be with someone I know... Mica G! Yup, were going to the same school! Small world right? Then during the afternoon I'll be meeting up with Madel. Yay!

Missing the Philippines,
Nicollette

Im in another continent

Matigas ang pandesal sa airplane. For real.

During my flight I asked for a pandesal from the flight attendant and OHMAYGHED it was so hard. I threw it against the wall just to see if it would make a cracking sound and it did! Thats how hard it was. What kind of pandesal was that? Bato?

Anyways, I landed in SFO during night time. It took us several hours to settle down at home. After, we went to safeway to do a little grocery. I bought a toothbrush and a box of wheatables. Masarap. Naalala ko tuloy si Cara and Ange. At 1:00am my Dad and I went to some diner to eat. There I saw a senior citizen playing solittaire. Aw.

Shit its so cold here.

I think Im allergic to the cold. Not even kidding. Im itching all over. I had to rub aveeno anti-itch cream on my freaking elbows and legs. I cant take the itch na talga. Its such a disturbance to my zen. AY FREAK WAIT. Maybe its the wheatables Im allergic too. Cause it was a different brand I bought. Shit.

Forget the itch, Ill make kwento about my last day in Manila. It was so much fun! I met up with Paula in highstreet for her Tito's book launch. Salamat lord that I got to meet her 'Tito Jay', the ever so famous and hilarious author/blogger of kwentong tambay. He signed 2 of my books! Im so glad he remembered me. Unkyel Jay, if youre reading this, I just want to say that it was so nice to meet you! And thank you again for signing my book! :)

Ho hum, I have jetlag. I just wanted to tell the world that I landed safely. I must try to sleep.

Still itching,
Nica

Its not yet goodbye

My goodness.

Bora was freaking amazing. I came out clean. No cigaretts, no alcohol, no drugs, no nothing. As Chiara once told me "Nica, youre such a good Filipino chirstian." HAHA.

I will forever remember my nights in Bora.

The first night, my lovely friends left me sleeping by the beach. They left me there to be raped by some local. SUCHGREATCARINGFRIENDSIHAVEREALLY! When I woke up no one was with me. Went home at 1:30am
The second night was freaking hilarious. We all ended up playing 'would-you-rather' in Jonas. Gahd, LEO HAS A CREATIVE MIND and Josh has some wicked star wars sound effect skills. I was laughing my head off the entire time. I didnt sleep that night. Went home at 6:30am.
Third night was DRAMA. The 21 of us sat by the beach waiting for the drama to end. When it was finally over we parted ways. This was my 2nd sunrise. Went home at 8:30 am.
Fourth night. Shit it was the last. The 21 one of us went to coco mangas to support our fellow friends who were gonna do the 15 shots. How brave. They made it. I crashed in discovery. Was talking to Josh, Leo and Pat the whole time until the sun rose [Leo actually slept in the middle of everything.] Went home at 8:00am

What I am missing in Bora:
Island hopping with EFG. Breakfast with Sabel in Big Mamas. Walking to dmall. Jonas fruitshakes. Watching the sunrise 3 times in a row. BEACH COMBERS. Patio. Pearl. Seeing people turn red like a crab. Micho's hair tan. Swimming in discovery [PAT!] Being left alone by the beach to sleep at 1am. Not sleeping. EFG. Slap jack. Skimborading with Joey Patanco [awkward!]. Playing frisbee. Seeing Sevi dive and fall for the frisbee. Seeing Sib catch the frisbee. Seeing Javi get the frisbee in the water. Watching people take the 15 shots. The 21- Loupo, Paula, Tetel, Ikat, Sabel, Mart, Abe, Alex, Gab, Nelli, Miguel, Patrick, Josh, Leo, Jaime, Javi, Arby, Sevi, Martin, Raph, and myself.

I am leaving for San Francisco soon. I will be arranging many things while Im there. Pray that I will get everything done. Ill be gone only for a month. Its gonna be a stressful vacation for me. I will keep in touch with everyone through ym and my blog. So dont forget to check my posts once in awhile. I will miss all of you. I mean it.

I promise to come back.

Already missing you,
Nica

Yesterday

April 2 was an interesting day.

I woke up hella early. I had driving lessons with "Sir Nel". Nel is an ex-stunt man. In his own words he told me 'kasama ko noon si Lito Lapid.' I didnt want to believe him at first but after seeing his calf muscles and broken fingerS I knew he wasnt lying.

In the afternoon I went to my yoga class. I do bikram yoga so its insanely hot. LITERALY. The teacher makes a pool of sweat all over the floor and its so gross. Whenever Im in a lying position I have to be cautious of the teacher passing by my side cause his sweat might drip on me. But I absolutely love yoga. My favorite part of the class is at the end when we all say 'NAMASTE'.

Before the sun went down I went to polo for Cara's debut. I absolutely loved her dresses. Especially the silver one. How very nice. In the middle of the program I had to recite my haikus. I was so nervous cause there were so much old people. Im not comfortable reading my haikus to old people. Im afraid theyll judge me.

As requested by the debutant, here are the haikus:

Cara During Lunch Time

Moist hot air outside

Bell rings- time for us to eat

Pesto, not sharing

Cara Falling

Time slows down... aircon buzz

We form a line- knee jerks

Cara falls, skirt rips

Cara's Cough

Fleks of spit flying

She listens to joey reporting

Coughing or sneezing? HAAA-UGHHH!!!

Cara, if youre reading this you must know that Ikat helped me with the haikus. Especially the second one. MALIGAYANG KAARAWAN! I wish you many more birthdays, knee jerks, and ripped skirts in your life! Mabuhay ka Cara Gonzalez! Sana you wont forget me when you become a doctor. Pwede free consultation and meds? Baka mahal na kasi ang medicina in the future. Let me know.

Special mention to PAULA SAN JOSE. Hello animal, I miss your face.

Greeting You a Happy Post April Fools,

Nica

Day 1

My first post. Aw.

Since Im going away for college I decided to keep a blog. I wish to update you all with my life while Im in another continent. But thats months from now so lets focus on the present. HAPPY APRIL FOOLS!

Right now, I do not have much to say. Maybe tomorrow I can make kwento something interesting cause its Cara's debut. Maybe lang.

Your New Blogger,
Nica