Confessions of a Shopaholic

I must say, my entries have been pretty much about work and U.S. It shames me that I am about to write yet another story of my U.S. trip!

I can't help it. Almost everywhere I turn to, there's something that reminds me of it or connects with it. Take for example this movie trailer that has been showing for days now. Confessions of a Shopaholic. I get giddy everytime I see it. Because I actually witnessed its shooting! Yes, I did. Of course it was accidental. We were walking along the Madison Avenue (I hope I remember it correctly) and we saw a flock of guys with cameras and lenses. They seemed like paparazzis I see on E! News. And lo and behold. They really were! We saw a couple of director's chairs. It says, "Confessions of a Shopaholic". I was left in awe. Among the four of us, it was only me who know what it was! I was excitedly under my breath screaming it's a book! And they're filming a movie based on it! Our friend, Cookie, very Americanized ergo assertive of her right of passage, coolly walked passed the crew without looking back. Of course clueless of what to do, we tagged along behind her. We almost made it halfway when someone asked, "are they part of the crew?" The bouncers were alarmed and stopped her. She even answered back, "we are just passing thru". hahaha then the good man explained to her that they were shooting a film and it's about to roll and that we simply can't pass thru. They made us cross the street. It was amazing! I have not even witnessed a single shooting here in the Philippines but in my 2 weeks of stay in NYC, i did!

We did linger around for awhile. Across the street, that is. We watched alongside with the paparazzis clicking their cameras away like crazy! I remember the scene they shot. She was going out of the store (the name I didn't notice, I was too excited to pay attention) then the man was there and they kissed right on that street. It took several takes. We did have our photos taken too. but sadly I don't have the copy in my laptop, it's in Bacolod. I'll shall update it soon.

I think I'm going to watch this movie... Only to bring me back to that moment I was at an awesome city. =)