All Around the World in Forever: Saturday of Jake, Jack & a jackass

We watched Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time last Saturday. Sooo, Jake Gylenhaal was really pretty & more buff than I usually see him on magazines. I never knew that his lips were so thin like a girl's & that his hair was shiny (must be all the sand & sweat combined) & had more volume than the lady who played Princess Tamina. I liked the movie because of all the jumping, the action scenes & the suspense that it created. Other than than, the movie was okay. I think someone else could've portrayed Prince Dastan better. I don't know what was easier - choosing the boy who played little Dastan or the man who played Dastan the man. I think the casting director did a good job of finding the former. Apart from that, Persia reminded me of Egypt. No matter the heat & the miles, Egypt will always trigger this curiosity in me to experience the place. Maybe it's the gold or Princess Tamina's tan ;) What I found perplexing was Jake's demonstration of how sad, alone & angry he was for losing a family, 1 by 1. I was expecting more conflict, defiance & a remoteness in his expression when he lost his brother, Tus. A look that says I've nothing more to lose so prepare to die or something. Regardless, I left the movie with the image of J. Gylenhaal very ripped.

4 hours earlier..

We had lunch at Venetto with some Hollwood stars, namely, Brad Pitt, Kaunu Reeves, Mel Gibson, Arnold Schwarzenneger, Jean-Claude Van Damme & Jack Nicholson. Tom Cruise was also there but all of them were just plastered on the walls, sitting together, not wanting to be disturbed so I let them be. We ordered 4 clices of their Bacon Cheeseburger Pizza & Baked Zitti with meatballs. Before we got our food, we took some picture 1st of the restaurant & Ayala Center. Pictures below! Grace & I loved their pizza. It was so delicious! You didn't have to sprinkle pepper or salt on them. The pasta was just okay. It was very heavy on the tummy. The only thing that I didn't like about Venetto was the heat. They only had 2 aircons & it obviously didn't reach everyone or was it just me?.. What with the hot sauce & all, I was sweating like a pig. Obviously, their bathroom's still the same old dirty bathroom. I told Grace before that their bathroom was dirty. So, last Saturday was a perfect time for that to be proven wrong. Unfortunately, their bathroom was still the same old dirty 1. Just imagine what lurks around their kitchen when no one's looking. Oh well, just like dirty ice cream, the dirtier, the better. Just kidding..

After lunch, I admit that I had a hard time walking because of my gluttonous nature. We had dessert at Dairy Queen afterwards & took some more pictures :D

Celebrate Blizzaaaarrrrrrrrd!

We had a visitor! Eeewww! Thank God Grace noticed it immediately! It looked like it had wings. Tsk.. tsk.. tsk.. We immediately transferred to the next table which was not far. It was just a step from our table. We were on guard because we thought that it might spread its wings & fly like a butterfly. It definitely wasn't pretty like a butterfly. I then asked Grace if all establishments can always do quality control of their restaurants. They should, right? But when we sat ourselves, we thought that the place looked clean. Grace told me before that restaurants aren't always clean, that when you get to the nerves of the waiter, expect your food to have that extra taste. The frequency card that I was holding on the above photo was ran over by the cockroach. I didn't want to get it anymore because I'll be touching the card so I went to the counter to ask for another 1. What surprised me was that the cashier didn't even bother to alert 1 of them to clean the table & disinfect it! To them, it was just really all in a day's happenings. This unwelcome visitor & improper staff behavior made us leave all of a sudden.