boiling point

it's been exactly nine days of not being able to blog about anything.... i am getting lazier these days. as usual, i am blaming it on my work. everyday i would wake up and find myself resenting every minute of work that is looming ahead of me. i would always pray to god to give me a little bit more reason to love what i'm doing and immediately, i would be thinking of the bills that are coming my way every month, of christmas that is fast approaching and of my ever growing wishlist of material things. i am getting to be a little bit more materialistic nowadays, and i know it's bad. i have to stop lusting about things which evidently is not practical to be had. stop me! stop me! stop me!

anyway, we were in nyc last weekend. we had fun. i became quite grumpy at one point (i'm sorry to the girls who had to take the brunt of my crappy mood) dahil mainit ulo ko pag gutom...my apologies. pagpasensyahan na ng ang mga topak na lumalabas pag deprived ng sugar and utak... he he he.

we stayed overnight in this dingy hotel over at astor place because we wanted to get the most out of our weekend in new york, and i swear it was almost like a scene out of mtv's boiling points.

this is what happened: days before we were to go to new york, i booked a room for four for an overnight stay. i told the girls not to expect anything fancy because the only hotel that has rooms available for us for that night was the cheapest one i could find. but it's decent enough, as it has it's own bathroom, it's airconditioned, and it has a tv and two queen sized bed. "no problem!" sabi nila. as long as we have a room where we could stay for the night. fine. fast forward....so we checked in and made our way up the two flights of stairs. there was no elevator pero keri pa rin... when we went inside the room it was like a furnace. i would've expected the devil himself to welcome us inside because the room was hellishly hot. we tried turning on the ac but it wouldn't turn on. i called the man on the front desk and this was what ensued:

me: hello, im calling from room 30 and we would appreciate it if someone would assist us in turning on the ac because there seems to be some problem with it... it wouldn't turn on.

devil incarnate: oh i'm sorry, but that aircon is broken and so is the entire airconditioning system we have here. the system has been down for quite a while now.

me: is that so? and nobody told us about it? do you expect us to endure this heat?

devil incarnate: it's hot in there huh?!

in my mind: ay hindi, nanginginig nga kami sa lamig dito eh!

me: (timpi ever!) oh yeah! and you have to do something about it.

devil incarnate: well, i'm sorry there's nothing we can do.

me: (can you believe this man?!?!) what are you trying to say? you mean you don't have anything to offer? not even a fan? my god!!!

devil incarnate: well, i could give you back your money and you find another place to stay.

tang-ina! he has the guts to say that because he knows that all the hotels nearby were already fully booked.

me: you know what? i'm gonna talk it over with my friends first. i'll call you back.

after 3 minutes the devil incarnate rings us.

devil incarnate: well are you guys gonna be staying or do i have to return your money? (hayup talaga!)

me: (in a mahinahon na tone) we need your help in finding us a place to stay near here. maybe you could give us the phone numbers of some nearby hotels?

devil incarnate: i can't do that! i'm not allowed to do that.

me: pucha! so you mean we're stuck here in the heat of this room? what kind of a place is this?!?

i hung up. usap kaming lahat what to do next. the devil incarnate rings us again. zoe picks it up this time.

devil incarnate: so what's your plan?

zoe: we still have to call our friend, because we don't know of any place that would have a room available for us.

devil incarnate: i'm going to send somebody up to fix the ac. (huwaaat? so pwede na man palang ma-ayos?! uubusin mo pa ang english ko sa pakikipagtalo, punyeta ka!)

zoe: ok that would be good.

it turned out, wala na man palang sira ang airconditioning system nila. the guy who came to "fix" it said there's nothing wrong with it. kailangan nya lang i-unscrew ang buong airconditioning unit from the wall at ilabas ang plug nito from where it is hidden. anak ng statue of liberty! anong klaseng hotel ba ang magtatago ng plug ng aircon nila to prevent it from being used? it doesn't make any sense, hindi ko makita ang logic. masisiraan ako ng bait, trying to realize how bad their customer service is. he he he... it was an exciting experience for all of us though. it made the rest of the rainy weekend bearable for us because after that incident nothing worse could happen.