Epril and I had a night out in Cagayan De Oro tonight, which has been a rare thing since we moved out to Jasaan 5 months ago. (We make it into Spooks every other Friday, on average, but that is about it.)
So first we went out to Bigby's at SM Mall (kind of a Ponderosa-style family joint) where I had my usual, soup of the day and canneloni, and Epril had her favorite, pork chops with cherry sauce. That was $14 with tip, which is a fairly good deal. After that, it was upstairs to the theater to watch the new Harry Potter movie. (Tickets are 90 pisos ($1.80) per person. Beat that.) It was a pretty good movie, but the sound was a bit muffled; I think the theater got a bad copy of the film or something.
After that it was off to Zax... which bears a new name, "Star Entertainment", though nothing else has changed. It is now a popular spot with hobbyist dancers, who like the music selection: Lots of variety with opportunity to tango and cha-cha and even some swing and of course plenty of disco. The one band, The Sunlight, covers most of the dance music, while the second band, The Sunriser Band, is more entertainment-oriented, with its drag queen Elmer singing funny songs and telling jokes. I wish I spoke more Visayan (the languge of the Southern Philippines), as based on the volume of the laughter and applause, Elmer apparently is very entertaining if you can understand him.
We left Zax at a little after midnight, and had a nice drive back to Jasaan.
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