rak en rol!

hmmmm. . . where did my narrative stop? . . . well, this is my 4th day here in cleveland. i just cooked dinner for justine and george, poor them. that's why i'm pretty tired. . . believe it or not, it's pretty hot here right now kaya napagod talaga ako nung nagluto ako. thankfully, naubos naman ni justine and george yung carbonara and nobody got hurt. . . well, not yet, we'll wait and see tomorrow morning. hehe.

so far, most of what i've done these past two days were shopping (which would not come as much of a surprise for most of you). i've spent more money than i care to count. but i did get some cool stuff on sale since it's the labor day weekend. i now have a couple of winter coats and a pair of winter boots. handa na akong ginawin! bring it on! hehe.

yesterday, we also went to the rock and roll hall of fame. it was pretty cool. i have a picture in there at justine's blog with the kikay giant guitar in front. sadly, you can't bring the camera inside the museum so i don't have pictures with elvis' report card or madonna's corset. the main exhibit was dedicated to the supremes and there were a lot of sequined, glittering gowns. . . it was funny to see all these kids complete with tattoos and piercings looking at diana ross' gowns. . . there was also an area dedicated to the beatles with john lennon's scribblings of song lyrics. . . oh, and there's the grunge area with chris cornell's baby picture. they also had listening booths everywhere but there were a lot of people so you had to wait for a while to get to one. justine and i stayed the longest at jimi hendrix's listening booth. . . i was tempted to buy an album but for $14.00? geez. . .

after the rock and roll museum. we went to the coat factory. we met ian there and he witnessed firsthand how the words "sale" and "clearance" can drive two perfectly reasonable girls insane. after that, we went to the taste of cleveland food festival where we sampled pulled pork sandwiches (aka. lechon paksiw sa monay. . . sorry ian) and other cleveland delicacies. there was also a free concert featuring blues travellers which was really cool. kinahihiya na nila ako kasi sigaw ako ng sigaw ng "rak en rol!" at "lab u pare!". hehe. we also got to see how totally spastic americans are when they dance. it was pretty sad to watch actually. hehe.

today, we went to see case (justine and george's school) and the museum of natural history. justine and i inadvertently trespassed when we got tour the place first before paying. good thing we didn't get caught. justine learned why her place is called shaker's heights. i learned how good rootbeer sticks are. . . hehe. ang sabog.

tomorrow, we're planning to go to the zoo to see the giraffes (i love giraffes!). then on tuesday we're going to columbus. . . the vacation's almost over. . .