in the rain poured, chilly breezed, and flodded los angeles
[cell phone rings]
me: (half awake) hello.
AB: hi! this is albert! what are you doing?
me: half asleep. (still groggy)
AB: how are you? what did you do today?
me: i'm in so much pain. the orthopedic doctor did a cortisone shot in the tendons of my foot today. i took some pain reliever.
AB: did you eat? are you hungry?
me: i'm not even thinking about eating. i'm in pain.
AB: but you have to eat! what do you want to eat? what are you craving?
me: (thinking...still groggy) sisig from pinoy pinay in the valley.
AB: huh? what in the world is "sisig?" filipino food? pinoy pinay in the valley? i'm in pasadena. that's 30 minutes away!
me: you don't know what 'sisig' is? it's like 'pulutan' ( pulutan - it's what filipinos eat while they are drinking alcohol.) it's like chopped pork marinated with ginger, onions and then slightly sizzled in its own fat.
AB: oh i remember...almost like tokwa and baboy but it's chopped pork and it's a little crunchy. right?
me: uhuh.
AB: okay....i'm on my way to get it. do you want anything else? what about a drink? halo-halo?
me: nope. just want that.
AB: okay. consider it done. call you later.
[yeah right, he's going to get it. it's raining cats and dogs. the traffic is congested. by the time he gets to my house, it will be two hours. eh. i'll go to back to sleep]
one hour later.
cell phone rings again.
me: hello...where are you now?
AB: 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1...i'm in front of your house in the pouring rain. sorry i was late. it was bumper to bumper traffic. i could've been here sooner. okay. meet me in the front of your house.
me: okay.
i wasn't kidding when i said it was storming. it was windy and breezy and the pools of water lined our street. and there in the pouring rain, AB smiles, under a black umbrella...holding my 'sisig.'
AB: here yah go.
me: you actually went? i thought you got lazy... the rain and all.
AB: you said you wanted it.
me [awww...don't show too much excitement] thank you. you're the best!
AB: okay, i gotta go now. just want to make sure you eat today. but i have to buy dinner for my mommy and my aunt. i'll call you later (hugs and kisses as i watched him drive off in the drenched weather.)
seriously. isn't AB the most caring guy in the world? i'm lucky! =)
posted by pinay freestyle @ 8:03 PM
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