Friday Night Adventure

On Thursday and Friday there were a couple of birthdays. On Friday we celebrated.

Leaders: "Let's go to the park!"
Clouds: "Rain!"
Leaders: "Let's go bowling!"

So we went bowling. It was about 4pm when we got there and we were the only ones there. Half of the bowling lanes were being lacquered. Oh the fumes! Half of the people got headaches, the other half got high. I didn't have a headache, so I must have been in that second half. The good news is, I bowled a 127 and took first place in our group of bowlers. :)

After that we walked over to a buffet style restaurant and ate a lovely meal. I used the "order by pointing" method and got some chicken with mushrooms, cheese and a tomato on top, and some rice pilaf, and some french fries, and a roll, and some grapefruit and lychee juice. Yummy!

Then we split into two groups. Group A: "We're party poopers. We want to go back to the base, tell kids to get off our lawns, and go to bed early." Group B: "We're young and full of life. The party never stops with us. We want to stay in town and hang out!" Group A took taxis back to the base. Group B left on foot. Destination: Unknown.

After about 5 minutes of walking, "Destination: Unknown" turned into "Destination: Thrift Store." Boys reaction :-|. Girls reaction :-D. I had my camera on me, so I snapped a quick photo. "Hey! Blah blah blah blah blah!" Romanian to English translation: "You can't take pictures in here! It offends my sensibilities! Also, I hate men!"

Okay, okay. I'm sorry. The boys and I stood over in the boys section, which consisted of one rack of a few shirts and a few shorts. The girls wandered throughout the rest of the store, scouring for hidden treasures. Price by weight: 150 lei per kilogram. 23 dollars per pound.

While everyone was looking for stuff, I found a wall to lean against. There was a radio nearby playing tunes that I could groove to. Whenever I got bored, I turned my leaning-against-the-wall party into a dance-and-let-people-look-at-me party.

Man hater's reaction: *Scowl*
Cute thrift store worker girl's reaction: *glance then turn away and blush*

Seriously, that first lady that yelled at me never took her eyes off me. The cute thrift store worker girl on the other hand was walking around the store, organizing the hangers and clothes. The guys and I were hanging out in one spot. She kept getting closer and closer. When she got to where we were, she just stayed there for a while, putting clothes on hangers and being busy.

When she looked over at me, I said "Hi" but I don't think she spoke english. Eventually, she walked away and we went over and found the girls. They were waiting in line to try on clothes.

Number of items Timmy wants to try on: 4
Number of items Brooklyn wants to try on: 9
Number of items Cristina wants to try on: 12
Number of items you're allowed to bring back to the changing room at one time: 5

The girls went in and tried on all their treasures.

Number of items Timmy ended up getting: 0
Number of items Brooklyn ended up getting: 2
Number of items Cristina ended up getting: 2

We waited by the door while the girls bought their stuff.
Scowling lady: "Rawr, blah blah blah blah."
Translation: "You are standing 5 feet from the exit. You need to be standing 5 inches from the exit. You already made your purchases, which means you can't go further than 5 inches into the store. Also, I still hate men....and probably small puppies."

Sheesh, okay. Once we were done buying clothes, we left. Goodbye cute thrift store worker girl. I'll treasure those moments we had forever.

Next destination: Coffee place?

I heard someone say coffee, or cafe, or something like that. We walked some more and went into a bowling alley by a McDonalds. This was the place we went for Paul's birthday. :) We hopped into the elevator and rode to the very top.

Elevator conversation:
Brookyn (noticing that the elevator is pretty packed with the six of us): How many people are allowed on this elevator?
Me (noticing a sign on the wall): Ten people.
Ovi (notcing a comedic opportunity): I count as two people, you (Timmy) count as a half person.
All of us in unison: lols.

We get to the top and there's a really nice restaurant on the roof of the building. There's also a really nice view of the city from up there. (It was either a seven story building, or the elevator designers wanted us to think it was a seven story building by making the number 7 button the highest numbered button.)

Dear Freud, feel free to psycho-analyze our orders.
Girls wanted a fruit cup with ice cream
Dan wanted a virgin sex on the beach.
I wanted a love potion.
Ovi wanted nothing.

Mine was 8.5 lei ($2.88), and it was really good. It's a good thing it was really good, because it was kinda small. You can't go wrong with strawberries and bananas. We had some stimulating conversation (actually, this is not an exaggeration like the rest of this blog post). Then we went outside and took pictures of the lion and elephant statues, followed by pictures of everyone jumping at the same time. :) Then we came back and went to bed. It was very fun.