Thursday, August 21, 2008

O-Man, Day 6: Part Deux

Tonight was a night of big opportunity for the girls, as they were meeting some local girls they had met at Starbucks (Yes Jamei, St. Arbucks has even stretched its death grip to the Middle East). So it was going to be a pretty low key night for the guys, since the girls would be using the van. We had some gourmet pizza that reminded me of CPK (California Pizza Kitchen), and then we went to go meet the guys for a movie. We had about an hour to kill before the movie started at 11:45, so the guys took us to a billiards hall right next door. They were alright, but thanks to my dad playing pool for 20+ years, I was able to hold my own. Then it was movie time.

Abdullah has the biggest sense of humor of the group, and he showed it tonight. As we were giving our ticket to the ticket taker guy, Abdullah just walked straight in saying "VIP, VIP!" and kept walking into the theatre. The guy chased him down a bit but it was a huge laugh for us all. The movie was alright (Mummy 3) and Abdullah left halfway through because he was tired. That my friends, would be uh-oh numero uno. You see, now we had 8 guys with only one car, a Nissan Maxima. I was a bit curious as to how this would work out. I mean, being Mexican I've had my share of being in stuffed cars, and in high school we once piled in about 12 guys in an old mini van, but this was different. We had 8 full grown men, some wider than others. We ended up fitting myself and 4 others in the back, and 3 in the front. We all had to suck in our guts just to close the door. We only had to drive about 2 miles but well, God has a sense of humor, so we hit a few detours and the trip took twice as long. We were laughing about it the whole time. We got in around 2 AM, decided to knock on the girls doors and wake them up just for fun, and then headed to bed ourselves.

What's the most you've ever had in one car?

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

VIVIAN HAS BEEN IN A VW BUG WITH 7, BUT ANA OUT DID HER SHE HAD A FORD ESCORT (2-DOOR) AND GOT 15 PEOPLE IN IT. SHE DROVE FROM DOWNEY TO SANTA MONICA AND THEN BACK AFTER CLUBING IT ALL NIGHT.

Angela said...

I reread this again...thank you for documenting your time in Oman like this...