But why would I need to purchase said swizz Da Kine luggage...? Ummm, maybe cuz I'm going to FRANCE!! Yesssssssssssssssssss...
Hmm, so much has happened since my last update, where do I even start? Well, since Regina, I've pretty much the same thing day in and out. Freehousing at lunches and chino at night. It's only lately that things have gotten pretty exciting.
Rolande was baptized last Sunday. So all the aunts were in town for the week. I only hung out with them last weekend tho. It was f'ing family overload! Dan, Dee, Mike, Lu, Janet, Paul, and Aaron all got in on the the Thursday. Then Elmy and fam got in on Friday. Friday night was a potluck for Devon's going away (he went to Spain) and the boys' bdays. Saturday was a potluck at Edwin's for Rhea's bday. Sunday was the christening and supper at Mandarin. And then Monday was supper at Orlando's again for Logan's bday. What a very fattening weekend that was! I forgot how much deep fried shit is involved at Filipino family get togethers. Goddamn...
And of course, every night is followed up with some poker. I am officially never playing family games again. It's worse than playing at the Dunes! Always getting the money dominating, and losing to a huge suckout when they have no business even being in the pot! I don't want to go too far into it or I'm gonna get Pangry. Grrrr, I can already feel it welling up again. Bottom line, no more family games ever. EVER. Unless we play for stakes that actually matter. Absolute bare minimum, $50. I don't and won't ever "play for fun".
Especially since I've been so broke lately. But that all changed this past week. I finally got to sit in on a private home game that goes on in the city. It's for bigger stakes than they offer at the casino which, in turn, brings out better players. I've heard about it for a while and wanted to get in on it for a long time. Well last Tuesday I finally got my chance. It's so refreshing to play at a game like that. And they do the Seven Deuce prop bet too. The Seven Deuce game is: if you win a pot with 72 as your starting hand, you get $10 from everyone at the table. It makes for some ridiculous action. You never know if someone is raising with AA or 72! It's pretty sweet nonetheless. I love the action there. Especially if I can crush $3500/night like I've done the last two nights I've played there...! Add in a K from the chino and I'm up 8K on the week! Woots!!
So that brings me to leaving to Brussels on Fiday morning. I just finished booking my ticket on Expedia. I'm tre excited!! And it's sweet, Kat gets in two and half hours before I do on the Saturday and leaves an hour after I do when we have to go. So it's Brussels, then train to Lille and kick it there for a week. I don't know what I'm gonna do while she's at conference all day. Probably watch movies and play vid games on my PSP. (Oh yeah, I got a Sony PSP.) Well, I didn't buy one. Bennet gave it to me cuz he's got a DS now.
But it's soooooo swizz. I've spent the last two days figuring out how to mod it. Now it plays games without the cartridges. All I need to do is dl the torrent for whatever game, save it to the memory stick and I'm good to go. And I put a Gameboy Advance emulator on it too. And a PSOne one too! :D
So yeah, that'll most likely take up my days. Then Kat and I will definitely be exploring at night. Yeah, yeah, we'll be sure to take lots of pictures... Her friend, AJ, is even lending her his digital SLR so we should have some really good pics. We're probably gonna check out Paris for a day or two too. We're only there for 10 days and 7 are spent in Lille. Brussels is gonna be badass too. I heard there's a chocolate museum there. And I love chocolate!
This is what all adds up to me buying a swizz Da Kine luggage. Laters for now...
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