goodbye, ja.. see u again soon!

saturday. we had breafast first before we took a bath and left. i left my bags in lloyd's apartment and came back for it later. jay and i then went to kamioooka to look for apartments there. lily and lloyd went somewhere. jay had a class that day. so, i planned to go to shinkawasaki w/ lloyd and lily later.

at kamioooka, we went to this place near the station where we saw some posts about apartments for rent. the kind lady there suggested a place. it was only 11mins walk, a 2DK bedroom, one room is tatami, the other is western. the cost is 67k. plus a maintenance fee of 1k. we said it's a bit over our budget, and she said the maintenance fee can be waived. then later she said the rent can be lowered to 63k. good news, indeed. we went to another real-estate agency a little further but the ones the lady found were a bit expensive, and when she inquired, they are not too keen on having foreigners. she suggested we check-out the other real-estate guys. we tried to look for them, but we only took some brochures 'coz we were already hungry. we ate at lotteria, then went to yodobashi to print some photos (they are for future greeting cards). we had a difficult time looking for the machine that can print 4 pictures in 1page. luckily, we found it. jay was already late for his class. we took the keikyu line train. i got off at yokohama, jay continued to shinagawa. luckily, when i arrived at the bus stop, the bus was still there and there was still a line. this time, the ride took only 15minutes.

at lloyd's apartment, lloyd still wanted to take a nap but lily ann was already preparing the things they will bring and she had to consult lloyd about it. i wanted to go to shinkawasaki already, so i insisted that lloyd should take a nap in shinkawasaki instead. i also contacted henrison, asking if they are on their way and if they can find their way to jaja's apartment. they decided to wait for us at the station. at yokohama, i still looked for a psp pouch. so, henrison and ken were already waiting at shinkawasaki eki when we arrived. we walked to leopalace 21 joy and on the way, ken added a few names to the resigned engineers list we already have for last week. in rj's room, we played naruto. lily ann sent a message that we should go and buy the chicken before jaja arrives.

here's the secret...surprise... jaja's farewell party was supposed to be a kkb dinner somewhere. i suggested shinkawasaki denny's since nanay suggested we throw a surprise party for jaja. early last week, i asked jaja if her farewell party pushed through last weekend. she said she was busy, so there was no party. i asked if she still has plans. she's thinking, but only kkb since she can't cook anymore 'coz her things need to be shipped on sunday, feb25. kkb since she can't afford to spend a lot by treating others to dinner outside. it would cost too much. but it's sad if there would be no farewell party. since nanay wanted to have a surprise party, i thought of a good plan. i suggested the kkb dinner at shinkawasaki's denny's. i told jaja we should meet at their apartment at 630pm and hopefully start dinner at 7pm. i contacted all invited guests (including jaja, 12 ppl: tatay, nanay, lily, lloyd, jay, ryze, grace, joel, rj, henrison, ken) and told them about the plan. they were enthusiastic (i guess) and agreed to cooperate.

so... lily ann, lloyd and i walked to kfc. on the way, we passed by summit, a grocery store. since nanay and tatay will be arriving late (they got stuck in traffic somewhere), we don't have any chopsticks, paper plates & cups. so, lloyd volunteered to buy these things as well as the apple pie (mcdo). lily and i proceeded to go to kfc. we ordered 18 red hot chicken, and 4 original chicken, and 1 coleslaw (i took each person's order). they would be ready in about 25minutes, so they gave us complimentary drinks while we wait. i wanted to order the thigh part but the girl said it would be difficult to have 18 chicken of only 1 part. so, i just said it's ok, as long as there would be no wings. while waiting, jaja already contacted us because it was almost 7pm. i apologized, saying we hope to be there in 15minutes. lloyd followed us to kfc, but he took a long time to arrive. he was also asked to wait for a few minutes before the apple pie (10pcs) could be ready. he also bought some drinks. so finally, our order arrived and we walked back to the apartment.

in rj's room, we prepared the table. when everything was set, i went upstairs to call joel and tell him to go to rj's room. i told him to hurry since i will go to jaja's room and tell her to go down right away. i thought jaja & i could go down right away. but, i was so wrong. since we were supposed to be going to denny's, jaja had to put on her jacket, put on some lipgloss/lipstick, comb her hair, etc... so, it took us longer than i expected. so, we went to rj's room and jaja was really surprised to see the food on the table. (btw, rj and grace cooked the rice) she really didn't expect it. she really thought we were going out. so, we ate the delicious kfc chicken, with mc apple pie for dessert.

nanay and tatay arrived a little later. they brought pizza. we were all surprised with the pizza. thanks, nanay and tatay. since dinner, we just talked and talked. since we were all complete, i said that lily has an announcement. lily didn't say anything at first. then someone guessed it correctly. yes, lily's pregnant! she's 7 weeks pregnant. i'm so happy for them. the expected delivery date is oct13 (wada-san's bday). congrats lily and lloyd.

so, that night, after dinner, some played wii. the others played mahjong. jaja went back to her room to continue packing. lily and i passed around the message board for jaja. it was a hello kitty board, with kitty's face in the front center. we put our pictures. that's what lily and i did in their apartment yesterday. it wasn't really that great (we're not artistic), but it was ok. we covered the kitty in the center with the pictures. we wrote our messages at the back. when everybody has written, i went upstairs again to call jaja. she was supposed to bring some drinks to rj's room, but she forgot. so, i asked her to help me bring the drinks and junk food. it was actually another surprise. :D we told her it was the last surpise we can give her.

we continued playing mahjong and wii. i don't remember what time, but nanay and tatay had to go home. they didn't want to bother jaja, but i called her and she wanted to say goodbye to tatay and nanay, so she rushed downstairs. she then made her farewell speech. she thanked everyone. it was quite long, actually. hehehe just look at the video. :) after nanay and tatay left, the rest continued playing. i felt light-headed around 4am, or was it earlier? so, i slept on the sofa. when they finished playing, i woke up and went to grace's room. lily and lloyd were already there since lily had to sleep early, and lloyd had nothing to do (so, he fell asleep in rj's sofa, then just decided to just sleep comfortably w/ lily). we slept until 1030am.

grace bought rice and eggs, and we cooked lunch (sausage, luncheon meat, eggs, sardines). since the rice usually takes a long time to cook, i prepared some crab and corn soup, just to satisfy a little our hunger. while grace and i cooked, lily, lloyd, and jay played wii. when everything was finally ready, i called jaja. the nippon express guy just left and she felt so lonely with an empty room. so, when she opened her door, she was crying. i told her we better go down and have lunch, maybe we can cheer her up. we also called rj after we almost finished our lunch. after lunch, we played mahjong. after 2 rounds, we felt sleepy, so we took a nap for about an hour. i think only lloyd was awake, playing wii. when we woke up, it was 530pm, i think. we then took a bath and left. the four of us decided to take the bus to kawasaki and have dinner there. we wanted to eat at pepper lunch, but the place was so small, we ended up in wako (tonkatsu, lloyd's favorite). after dinner, we went our separate ways.

it was a very busy weekend. well, not doing anything outside, but inside 2 rooms. it was so much fun, really. i would really miss jaja. we spent many nights in her room. we talked about so many things, especially her lovelife. i would surely miss her here. i hope she would come back to visit us sometime. even without jaja, i will still visit their apartment. grace, rj, and joel are still there. it would be different without jaja. but it won't be any less fun.

thanks ja for everything. i hope you will have more blessings in your life, as you go back in cebu. it will be another world for you, very different from your world for a year. just be strong. whenever you need to talk, we're just an email away. take care, ja. :)