...pero they're from last weekend's trip to Frank and Sons Collectibles Center...30 minutes away from where im staying at the mo, it sells everything from movie paraphenalias, DVD boxed sets of your favorite series, japanese manga, artbooks to korean dramas..in just a fraction of their original prices.

introduction muna...

officemates kyle, brian and ahn decided to take me to a trip just for me to familiarize myself with the surrounding area besides cerritos, norwak, sta.ana and los angeles...and since they found out that im a anime and artbook geek, they excitedly invited me to come with them to Franks and Sons...

so the day started with me going to the cerritos library..spent 2 hours reading books and doing research for work..'research' for me, is plowing through artbooks that ranged from interior design to character designs from animation....so i did a bit of that before i met up with Ahn downstairs at 12nn, who brought lunch (sandwiches and coffee) and ate by the front courtyard of the library...met up with brian, then hitched a ride with Ahn while brian took a seperate car and picked up kyle at the Puente Hills Mall, then we finally headed out to Frank and Sons Collectibles Center....

wheeee.

so....

start na yun pics...


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obvious ba na hindi ako sanay sa lamig? :D


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getting ready to jump in..with officemates brian (with girlfriend in tow) and kyle (guy in grey vest and yellow shirt)


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we are in aweeeeee....can't decide.


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brian (left) is the IT person, while kyle (right) is the talentadong graphic designer...official members of the ''green room''. :D


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i found one of Wilson Tortosa'a works! (Battle of the Planets aka Gatchaman)..


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but too bad i already had that copy....


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artbooks fanaticsssss! (kyle and i browsing through shelves of artbooks of Amano, Miyazaki and Oxidize (illustrator of Magnacarta)


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trying to decide whether to get Vampire Hunter D Artbook (HUGE Book!) or the Tale of Genji Artbook (Iiyak na ko from happiness dahil sa ganda) both from Yoshitaka Amano...


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*refer to black plastic bag underneath my arm)* nakabili sa wakas!!! (brian's gf still deciding whether to get all Ranma 1/2 mangas or the fushugi yuugi complete volumes.) kababalik lang ang wallet sa loob ng bag...


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ayoko na tumingin baka gumastos ako ulit :D


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kyle and i are thinking if we should buy more......


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im in heaven.....si kyle nakabili din ng artbook. di lang in-angle ni ahn yun camera...tsk tsk.


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ayann....that's brian flipping through it.


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take a breather...nanlalamig pa rin ako...obvious na ako lang ang naka-scarf?


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anak ng....


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inaantok na ko...jet lag pa rin..


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happy pa rin ako sa purchase ko...nilabas na si pookie...


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nangigigil...i miss my teddy bear.


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hala...someone miss someone....


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cuddling while listening to master talentadong graphic designer...


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getting ready for CPR...:D


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outside...malamig...well, for me.


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brian and me....malamigggg pa rin.

after Frank and Sons, we headed back to Puente Hills Mall, about 5 minutes away...where we had dinner at Oba Oba (Brazilian Barbeque) and some coffee-to-go..we stayed at the food court where we amused ourselves with tales from back home...as Ahn is the only none-filipino in our group, kyle entertained him by singing some tagalog folk songs and teaching him a few tagalog words to go with it. Ahn just clicked away with his camera all while laughing and struggling with his tagalog.


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naku...nakajacket na dahil pag gabi..lumalamig to the max...


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this is kyle. he's actually a singer, dancer and aspiring dj...back in manila, siya pala ang kumakanta ng mga commercial jingles from jollibee to 'the baby is now a lady'..yun. at siya pala yun isa sa mga guys yun sa nagaraya commercial dati..yun may long hair and they were doing headbanging...yunnnnn.


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after coffee and conversation, we decided to head to TILT an arcade place..where kyle and i engaged in a ''friendly'' game of air hockey.


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(kyle won..leche :D )


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brian may be the quiet, brooding type..like my dad...but he's scary when he played this...hehehe..may tinatagong kulo ba? :D


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ay....uwi na. pagod na eh...uwian na briannnn! :D :D

many thanks to Ahn..who took the pics..medyo shy siya by nature..and he would rather be the one taking pics than be in them...officemate ko siya sa work, graphic designer din. and he's vietnamese/french...kamukha niya si john lennon...and he draws really really well too...nakakainngit..i was warned on my first day that he's the quiet type..and would rather listen than talk..but these past days, he's been really talkative..even cracking up jokes and hirits to kyle...

anyway...hurray hurray..my first official longest post ever.....and with pics too..

hope all is well back in manila....

til the next update.

:)

by the way...miss ko pa rin sa-gui-jo.