Is anybody planning to watch Fast & Furious 6 during its screening on May 24, 2013? I know where you can get tickets and help send students to school, in case you’re interested.

Ex Libris Philippines, a book club trying to raise funds for students of the University of the Philippines, is holding a special blocked screening of Fast & Furious 6. The screening starts at 7:45 pm at Rockwell Power Plant Mall, cinema 6.

Fast & Furious 6 in Manila: Tickets, Tickets!

I know you’re itching to get your hands on Fast & Furious 6 tickets, so feel free to contact Nicole Bautista! You can call her at 0916 341 3366.

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And here’s my I-suck-so-much-you’re-going-to-slap-me-stupid post of the week. It basically revolves around the fact that I didn’t get to vote for the 2013 elections.

Boo! Yeah, I know. “What’s your stupid excuse?” you might ask. I’ll get to that in a minute – but before that, let me share with you a few things I learned about this year’s elections. Tell me if you agree or if you have violent objections to make – it’s all good. After all, we live in a democratic country (for now).

2013 Elections: Lessons Learned

I spent the entire day watching television and observing online, getting green with envy as I saw everyone post about how hot it was outside, how long the queue was – oh, and how the PCOS machine always conked out at the right moment. In other words, I have assimilated so much information about what lessons are to be learned from the 2013 elections that I was compelled to share them with you.

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Oh, Holly’s Coffee. You’ve always been one of my favorite coffee shops because of your coffee and free WiFi (despite the wait staff who can’t seem to smile). I’ve always assumed that because you’re located near DLSU in Taft Avenue, you’d get the “art of service” down pat quickly enough. But just when I thought your service has improved, here I am, disappointed once more. And this time, you went too far.

I’ve always recommended the lasagna served at Holly’s Coffee because it was good. It’s the one thing I always order. But today, the lasagna I got was not what I expected – it was swimming in water.

Lasagna A La Swimming Pool?

I took one look at the plate and asked a member of the staff why the lasagna was in two centimeters of water. I asked not only because I was curious, but also because it was my way of saying, “Hey, look, your lasagna seems to have taken a bath!” in a nice way.

The wait staff said the water probably came from the tomatoes in the lasagna. (Dear chefs who are reading this, I know you’re probably having an aneurysm from that explanation.) He also said the water came from ice because the lasagna was previously frozen.

Notice how the crew member never offered to remove the water.

There was nobody else at the counter except me, so they couldn’t have been too busy to actually offer to make the food at least look presentable. Imagine a plate of lasagna that is up to its knees in what looks like pink water with red bits of upchuck. Seriously, can you eat lasagna that looks like this?

Note: The watery lasagna in the above photo was “recreated” to provide a close representation of the actual lasagna I ordered. And yes, the water in the lasagna I ordered was about the same amount, if not more.

Rudest Crew, Ever

Since the wait staff didn’t offer to at least drain the water, I asked nicely if they could transfer the lasagna to a new plate. The wait staff said yes, so I waited by the counter. And that’s exactly how I heard them talking:

Wait Staff #1: Anong nangyari? (What happened?)
Wait Staff #2: Kadiri daw. Ang arte. (She said it was disgusting. How annoyingly fussy.)

What on earth?!?

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