I finally went to Greenhills, thanks to God. I went there alone, because mom was busy and Abby had class. I went looking for a trench coat, or any kind of longcoat. It's safe to say that I was fairly disappointed. I did find a lot of coats for women, and only one for men that I really liked. It was black and everything. It had a removable padding inside, which was what kept it warm (and dry from rain; it's waterproofed). If you remove it, the trench coat is very cool, as in ventilated-like, and not hot as many would expect from such a coat. The drawback was, though, that it's P6,500, which is a bit too high for me. Okay a lot too high. I was expecting it to be expensive but not that much.

- edit (12:21 PM): Bah. Right after I wrote this entry, I tried to play it, and it said that my video card isn't supported. Hubbawha?! Nowhere on the system requirements did they say anything about video cards, not even in the readme and the FAQs. Bleh. It looks like I'll have to return the game for replacement.

And since I didn't see anything that I could buy there, I'll ask around a bit more (because I may have just looked in the wrong place, as my friends said there should be one really cheap), but if I don't find anything, I'll just buy fabric and get a tailor to make me one.

From Greenhills though, I bought a bunch of stuff, including a copy of Rainbow Six: Raven Shield. Wahaha. I think the Rainbow Six series is still the best FPS/tactical game on the market, but that's a biased opinion, since I have fond memories of playing this game once (Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear), back when I was in high school! And the memory goes like this: I was playing for the whole night until the morning, then I went out to take a walk in the cool 5 AM air, then I didn't sleep much at all because that morning, we had to go somewhere (I think it was Greenhills, hahaha!). Being made by a novelist ensures the game a thrilling feel, without having anything supernatural or whatnot. I really felt the tension as I waited for several minutes as an armed sentry was walking about two yards in front of me, and I was unarmed, hiding in the bushes, holding a bug to tap the phone in one of the rooms in the estate of a suspected criminal! Good grief that was fun. What's better is that this time around, we're on a network, and we can play the multiplayer games now.

The NBA 2005 Finals series between San Antonio and Detroit is going interestingly. So far, all games either team's home court ended up in a blow out in favor of the home team (In San Antonio, game 1 was 69-84 and game 2 was 76-97; in Detroit, game 3 was 79-96). Could it be that the home crowd is the real advantage? Anyway they were criticizing Detroit's performance in games 1 and 2, and I agree that they were a little sloppy. But my friends and I talked about how Detroit could win, and it has at least a small bit to do with Ben Wallace's performance as an individual. Ben Wallace in game 3 got 15 points (in 7/10 FG), 11 rebounds, 5 blocks and 3 steals. In game 1 Ben only had 5 points and 7 rebounds, and in game 2 he only had 9 points and 8 rebounds, 1 block and 0 steals! Defensively in game 3, they held Tim Duncan only to 14 points and Ginobili to just 7! If the trend follows suit, game 4 might go Detroit's way as well, if the Spurs don't take control. Personally I want to see a close game at least once in this series. I don't want to think that the two teams are mismatched, because they're both defensive teams with nice, deep line-ups.

Finally, since I bought Abby her needed software (Microsoft Office and Adobe Photoshop), she spent most of the night backing up her files and looking for the drivers she needs, because she plans to format her PC soon. Maybe tomorrow, I dunno. Finally, we'll be rid of that stupid virus that has plagued her PC for months and months now.