6 July 01. Erika Miranda Diestro's home, So. San Francisco CA.

Attendees: Mae Cendana, Louella Albornoz, Erika Miranda, Lisa Palanca, and Manila's Ditas Santos,

Mae's morning-after report:

Hello gehls,

Ditas will be leaving for Manila this Sunday after more than a two-month stay in the US. Yesterday, Louella, Erika, Ditas and I were joined by Lisa (Pita's eldest) and Erika's family for a TGIF night at Erika's place. Lisa, who is celebrating her birthday tomorrow, baked an apple cake; it took Ditas and Louella about 5 servings before they finally figured the taste of it... ;-)

Do you know that Ditas wears two watches? The on her left wrist has US time, the one on the right has Manila time. Good idea, di ba? She videotaped part of the evening's raucus which features Erika on the guitar and the rest of us singing the SPCM song "Here We Are" and other 70's hits like "Best of My Love" and "Killing Me Softly". Sunny, you have to get a copy; it'll be another keeper for our archives!

Happy birthday to sweet Lisa Palanca!

Ditas, take care and have a safe trip.

Mae

Erika's kuwento:

… I found out that Ditas Santos was in town and we were fortunate enough to get together even if it was just Mae, Louella, Lisa (Pita's daughter) and me present. Of course if you look at the photos, you'll see that familiar background and know that we were at my "humble abode". Just like Manila photos, the background is always either Sunny's or the Tesoros living/dining room. :o)

Anyway, as Ditas was telling her about her buhay-buhay, I noticed she was crushing the soda can with one hand. I quickly gave her a squeeze ball para yun nalang ang i-squeeze niya! Then it was Mae's turn, then Lisa's....oh boy! It was a good thing I gave each of them something to squeeze to release their stress/galit....hahahaha!!! Sunny, remember that turtle na pillow with matching baby turtle I got at the tiangge at the Fort? I gave the large one to Ditas, the small one to Lisa and Mae ended up with the ball. Why do you think I have a lot of those things handy? Hmmmmmmm...... :o)

Acknowledgments:

1. Thanks to Mae and Erika for the scoops.
2. Thanks to Erika for the photos.

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