by my Bebot Angel
(Part 1 as chronicled by Uneditedmara)
Now that it’s been several months – well, here you go:
1) Captain Donald landing the plane safely through the storm. Getting stranded inside the plane due to the bad weather. Discussing apartheid and war in Africa with “Low” by Flo-rida playing in the background.
2) Mara getting held up by airport security for wearing a chopstick in her hair. Me grinning sheepishly at Macau customs guy, who questions the amount of toiletries (Yes, I use all of them!) and monay in my luggage. What is it with us and airport security?
3) Spotting Golden Boy’s golden head by the tech crew station. Admit it, you stifled a squeal too.
4) Hugging Carlito hello.
5) Discovering (happily) that I am still in awe of El Dorado. What is this, the 10th time we’ve seen the set? Bonus: the new rumba is HOT.
6) Hearing the words, “I have a surprise for you.” Holding my breath as the surprise not only shook my hand, but pulled me up to kiss me on the cheek. Oh, that made up for that certain empty spot on the stage. Well, almost.
7) Meeting the cool Macanese (?) girl. Dancing with “Rain.” The band from Taiwan re-starting a wave on account of the 3 non-Chinese speaking girls who just didn’t get what they are supposed to do.
8) Writing notes – most of them mean ones about a certain ‘other woman’ – on cardboard coasters and throwing them at each other. I knock my wine glass down; I can’t believe I broke another one!
9) A guy trying to hit on Diana, only she’s practically passed out on the couch. The diagnosis: minor heartache with major disappointment at somebody’s taste level.
10) Hopping on the bus to Coloane, the longest bus ride we ever took there. Swearing at the state of the ‘famed’ Coloane beach. Dude. If they can only see Boracay.
11) Being back in Taipa. Just being back. I really like this town.
12) Singing Disney songs shamelessly while walking from one casino to the next. Weirdos we are. Of course, we were used to the funny looks by now.
13) Posing for the kind of photographs we take of ourselves is always fun.
14) 2 cute foreign guys greeting us ‘hello’ from a distance. All the while Diana was looking the other way mulling over what hair color to get her mama. Priorities, woman!
15) Parking our behinds at the noodle house – er, noodle cart and tables – at the street corner after a long day. Soju shots with an Oracare bottle cap with “manong’s” in-da-zone beef ramen as chaser.
17) Carlito seeing us off at the airport.
To my gorgeous accomplices: I know I missed something… feel free to add to the list.
To all the gels: Let’s go, go, go on the next trip! 
