A galleon visit, and an inspiring movie.

We didn't get to have Script Analysis class this past week, so I tagged along with the TP Actors Company to the Galeon Andalucia on Friday afternoon. I wanted to watch El Galeon de Simeon (written by Miss Lallie, directed by Tuxqs, and performed by Miss Shamaine Buencamino), and that's what they were planning to do as well. I first went to CCP and hung around with the ladies of the AC while they rehearsed their scene for their company class until Marco and Dan had also arrived.

When it was around two in the afternoon (thanks to Marco's constant time checks), the boys were prompting the girls to finish up their rehearsal because Tad had texted Marco, saying that he was already there in the galleon. I ended up leaving CCP with the boys while the girls continued with their rehearsal. That, and we all wouldn't fit in Martha's car. The boys and I decided to take a cab, but it took us a really long while to get one, up to the point where we were hailing all the cabs along Roxas.

It was already 3:30 when we got to Intramuros, and when we arrived at the gate leading to the pier, there were so many people outside, trying to get in. I knew that they had specific times for people to go aboard the galleon, plus they're only allowed 100 people at a time, but yet, these people standing outside the gate were still insisting to be let in because they only took note of the time. We, on the other hand, were trying to talk to the guards that viewing the actual galleon wasn't our purpose of visit, but to watch the performance on the galleon. The guards still wouldn't let us in because they had no idea what we're talking about. Hay, talk about lousy coordination.

Anyway, we ended up just standing there while Marco was trying to text Tad and the girls about the crazy entrance. When we saw Martha's car, we hopped aboard while the guard stopped her, and she just said in a superior tone that she needs to talk to the director first, considering that we were guests of the performance. So the guard let her drive through. Haha, way to go, Martha.

There was an annoying guy who grabbed our parking space though. A total jerk, who even mocked Martha when she rolled down her window to tell him off. Once again, money can't buy breeding.

Anyway, the performance was supposed to begin at 4, but it still took us a long while to get to the galleon. Thank goodness when Kat called Tad, he passed the phone to someone who'd come get us. Thank you, Miss Tessa.

Due to the rain and the crowd, the performance got a little delayed, but we didn't mind. We finally managed to board the galleon, but we were told that we're not allowed to have open umbrellas aboard. Either it was bad luck or whatever, but thank goodness it was one of those rare days that I brought a cap. Anyway, we got to tour the galleon, but we never got to go downstairs because we were too busy camwhoring, ahahaha.

El Galeon de Simeon is a monologue performed by Miss Shamaine, and she was so amazing, playing all those characters. Huwaw. Congrats!

After the performance, I immediately left with Miss Clottie, Tad, Rayna and Reg, sharing a cab back to CCP.

On Saturday, I had a spur-of-the-moment decision to meet up with Lara in ATC. Met up with her early in the afternoon, and had lunch at Shakey's so we could talk and catch up on each other's news. Haha, I was getting over a cough, and she was losing her voice, so we ended up ordering the same drinks, sans the ice.

We decided to watch Eat Pray Love, and while we were waiting for the scheduled screening, we decided to kill time by walking around the mall. Ended up checking out some dresses at this store where she just purchased one before we had met up, and once she got me to try a couple of dresses, I just might come back for it after my next paycheck.

We were still kind of full from what we ate at Shakey's, but considering that we had already digested most of it from walking around, we decided to look for dessert or something to eat during the movie. We ended up sharing barbecue popcorn from Tater's and Hershey's pie from Burger King. I can't believe we actually finished everything during the movie. It took a while, but we did, hahaha.

Anyway, Eat Pray Love is the perfect movie for me at the right time. I was thinking of several things, plus pursuing certain others, and this movie inspired me to do so. The lines were so right on target.

And now, I'm in the process of fixing certain things, planning certain others to pursue certain goals.