When it rains, it pours but according to Ana, it’s the other way around. Kidding! [tono ni Jamie, peace girl!]
Anyways, I had the honor of hosting two successful events at the Ateneo School of Law. The first one was the Back to School Party for our School Staff’s Kids and the other was INTO THE BLUE: Back to School Party for the LAW Students. Both of these events I hosted with an equally hilarious then-acquaintance-now-I’d-like-to-think-a-newfound-friend Aj.
Kids, Kids, Kids.
First of, I was the “commhead” for the Programs Committee. I was informed by Jacqui when I hosted the Orientation Seminar for the Freshies. Hmm, the only concern that I had was where the hell would I find clowns? I had no idea, buti na lang my mom’s very observant kaya she knows na may Clowns for Hire sa tapat ng aming all-time fave salon na Finesse [SIDE KWENTO: all-time fave kasi one of Finesse’s make-up artists-slash- hairstylists is Bong. He was my makeup artist for both my junior and senior prom, my debut, highschool and college graduation..therefore, he practically saw me grow up. Err, or just GROW, hehe]. The Back to School Party for the Kids was fun not only because I got to sort of host it but also because I once again got to hangout with my most fave kind of people. Kung this guy from Still Standing in Starworld sings, “Children, I hate children children, they’re my least favorite kind of people.” I am definitely humming an opposite tune. At first, I connected with a few guy kids when we got into a discussion about WWE and Anime. Twas cool talking to them, seeing the twinkle in their eyes while talking about the things that they’re interested in. It’s always a refreshing experience when kids are around. But the highlight of my day was my hanging out with Kuya Nino’s kid, Fiona. She’s like my kid version, only more matakaw [but then again, I could be wrong, I ain’t really sure how matakaw I was to accumulate the weight that I have now,hehe] Fiona’s an unbelievably adorable kid. Sabi ko nga, basta kid ko artistahin din. Sooooooooooobrang cute. Di pa nags-start un program she just nonchalantly blurted out, “Gutom na ‘ko. Gusto ko na kumain.” I swear, kahit siguro mag-tantrums sya to the highest level, cute parin sya ng sobra.
INTO THE BLUE
“Alcohol is a social lubricant.” -Just Like Heaven
I couldn’t agree more, if alcohol’s a social lubricant, it sure made things pretty smooth last night. If I am gonna describe the party as regards my experience and my friends’ experiences I would say that it was, “The Night of STEPPING UP”. It’s amazing how a few bottles of Red Horse [or well, a tablespoon of San Mig Light for Ralph Calinisan and half a bottle [yan ha, mas mabait ako sayo] for Mike Lo] turns everyone into FRIEND MACHINES. If I may borrow Ana’s words, Everyone was KISSY-KISSY, and HUGGY HUGGY at minsan pa nga, PERVY PERVY. Ehem.
Dahil fresh pa ito sa memory ko, I shall narrate everything that happened to me last Saturday. My day started early because I had Crim at 12 noon. It started bad, I woke up around 11:30 am and I was so sure I wouldn’t make it to class. Buti na lang my prof sort of arrived a few minutes late, just enough for me to catch my breath when I brisk-walked my way to room 309. I was hoping I’d get called to recite before we reach the HEADACHE-CAUSING Circumstances but I think it’s God way of telling me, “Abuso ka na ha, pinagbibigyan na nga kita lagi e. Ngayon naman ako babawi, magdusa ka sa pagme-memorize. “ Anyways, if there’s anything interesting about our class, it was that my professor noticed Mel’s wearing her Skinny Jeans. Oh well Mel, isipin mo na lang un happy thought na sinabi ko sayo. [Head to toe, head to toe]
After class, we went straight to Starbucks to meet up with Ana. Ces went home to take her beauty rest, haha. Pagdating namin sa Starbucks, nagd-drama po si Ana Diaz. Tinatamad daw sya magpunta sa party. Kamusta naman! Nga pala, I took the liberty of bringing a few of my accessories and while I was showing ‘em off to Mel and Ana, Miguel, a barista friend of ours, asked me if I’m selling ‘em. Ngarks, sabagay mukha nga ako nagbebenta ng hikaw. STILL. Mel went back to Ateneo to study and to prepare for the Mass at 5pm. Syemps Choir sya. So Ana and I “studied” so we wouldn’t feel guilty about partying that night. Ako nakapag-aral, si Ana.. hmm… no comment. Ang masasabi ko lang, umuwi sya para matulog at iniwan nya ko ng 2 hours. Blessing in disguise na rin, at least I got to study na for Nego. Yihee, feeling advance reader na.
So there, we all regrouped at around 6pm. Haze and Mel decided to have dinner at Powerplant while Ana and I earlier grabbed a bite at 7 eleven. (Alam nyo na kung sino ang anak mayaman.. halatang-halata.hehe) Tama nga kami na bago ang damit ni Hazel at na matagal sila magp-prepare ni Mel. I must admit that I was sort of panicking because I didn’t have any idea of how the program will go. When I called Aj to ask him where he is and what he’s wearing (oo, maling-mali na ginawa ko un, it was like a conversation fit for cyber sex.. “What are you wearing? Hahaha) But well, it was short-lived kasi mas malaking problema ang hinarap ko… WHITE PANTS o BROWN PANTS? In the end, nanalo ang brown pants dahil uhmm, naisip namin ni Ces na di ko kayang di madumihan ang puting pantalon. Logical diba? Ito pa pala, Ces arrived with her “friend” Carlo. Sabi ko na nga, this party brings out the “Stepping Up skills” within us. Peace Ces.
Supposedly, the party’s at 8pm. We know that it’s not gonna start ng 8pm but we didn’t know that the program’s gonna start at around 10:30 pa. I know it’s normal but I was expecting to end the program earlier so people could just start dancing after since there were four spinners for the night. The first spinner was Ave. Hmm, we’re classmates for Crim 1, he’s from Section D. Natawa na lang ako kasi sa pagkakaalam ko, absent sya sa Crim, therefore... alam nya ang priorities nya. Aprub. Haha. Pagdating pa lang namin, sinalubong na kami ni Ralph. Ok naman sana, kundi lang sya nagtawag ng group hug. Alam mo na. Hahaha. And he has this brilliant idea of what to call the next Back to School Party, Ana and I kasi came up with the title, “ESTOPPED” but no he had to come up with a really perverse one, “Bakat to School Party”. Err, need I say more?
Pagpasok namin, nandun na si Lew. Sa pagkakaalam ko pareng Lew, sabi mo di ka pupunta. But noooooo, ikaw pa ang nauna samin. Ayon sa kanya, ganun sya ka-excited makita ako, sa tingin ko lang, yan ang nagagawa ng TAWAG NG ALCOHOL. Excited din ako na nandun sya kasi sabi ko nga sa kanya, “He brings out the best in me… err or the WORST in me?” kasi usually nagkakasala ako pag nandyan sya e. Pero dahil nga according to him, he’s a NICE GUY at talaga namang dinemonstrate pa nya un “Mr Nice Guy High” nya, I’ll give it to him and agree with the fact that he’s one of my most favorite guy friends as of the moment. Pwede na ba un Pareng Lew? Tandaan mo, nakuha ko na ang approval ni Kat na sa susunod na magkita tayo, may dala ka na DJ Mix. But it was seriously great to see him again, come to think of it, twas like a spur-of-the-moment reunion. Nandun si Lew, Yvie, Shem at Raul. Nasabi ko ba Shem at Raul? Pwede ko sabihin sa ibang order pero pinili ko talaga itong order na’to. Bakit kaya Shem? Hahaha. Raul’s coming back next sem, at wala akong ibang natanong sa kanya kundi.. “Bakit magulo ang buhok mo ngayon?” Oh well Rockwell. Shem. Wala lang.
Ayun na nga sinabi ko na talagang naging sobrang Social Lubricant ang alcohol, kasi unusually close lahat ng tao. You can also blame it sa music, syempre everyone had to lean closer so they could talk, talagang may sense of intimacy. False intimacy man, it feels great to get acquainted or reacquainted with new people. Parang bagong group of people na potentially ay magiging friends in the future.
Unahin na natin ang aking bagong “Joker” na nakilala ko lang din nun gabi na un. Ang sooobrang funny at talaga namang wala touch ng kakornihan sa katawan na si Paolo Panelo. You have to give it to him, halatang-halata na di ako girlfriend material for him or else he wouldn’t be cracking all these really lame knock-knock jokes. Hehe, kidding. Naging SOURCE OF JOY sya for that night. Gusto nyo ng sample?
Paolo: Knock, knock.
Euns: Who’s there.
Paolo: Come back to me.
Euns: Come back to me who?
Paolo: Come back to me-bok ang puso…
[insert ANG TV’s Oha! O-ha! Oooo-ha!]
Meron pa sya isang joke pero nakalimutan ko na, or pwedeng subconsciously binlock ng brain ko so I wouldn’t use it again. Ganun sya kalala. Sige na nga babawi naman ako. In fairness to him, he was warm, funny and a good conversationalist. Ano pa ba, he looked good on his baby blue shirt. Ayan ha, bumawi na ko for not fulfilling my promise of using your jokes while hosting the program. Next time tambay tayo kina SHEM? Ok?
I also got formally introduced to Eric. Technically we know na each other kasi we sort of played badminton with ‘em once and well, we always see each other around school and Starbs. Dahil sa mabait din naman sya, napapayag na rin ako to join the Badminton Club officially in the future. Kelangan rin naman namin ni Ana ng exercise e. Tapos I also got to hangout with two Mr. Lawschool candidates, syemps ang tunay na MALAKAS UMINOM na si Mike Lopez at uhmm, si Mr Lawschool 2005 [I forget his name, malalaman ko rin sa Monday]. Ang masasabi ko lang kay Mike, sige mabait ka na. Kasi uhmm, pulang-pula na sya after a few drops of his San Mig Light. Loko lang. Kasalanan mo, di ka kasi sumayaw nun pinapasayaw ka namin e. haha. Si Mr Lawschool 2005 naman when we got introduced the first thing he said was, “You’re always in Starbucks right?” Astig diba, at least the next time we bump into each other sa Starbucks, magkakaron na ng acknowledgment na magkakilala kami. I got acquainted to two paolo’s, the first was Panelo and the other was Mel’s Paolo. I mean, Mel’s friend, Paolo. Regcom. Diba Mel?
O baka naman isipin nyo puro guys na lang. Gaya nga ng sinabi ko last night, WALA AKO KAHILIG-HILIG sa LALAKI. [Thunder and lightning strikes!!!!] I also got to meet my partner-in-crime Aj’s girlfriend. I forget her name but she’s a sweet girl. Sabi ko nga sa kanya, does she know what she’s getting herself into? I just had to protect her from AJ. Kidding. Pia was really accommodating and uhmm, nurturing. VIP na VIP ang feeling dahil kay Pia, thank you girl.
During the program we had a “HUMAN AUCTION” o ika nga ni Aj, PAGBEBENTA NG LAMAN. It started out well, uhmm.. sort of. We test-auctioned Carlo Vergara ba un? Pero joke lang. Para lang mag-init ang mga tao. Syempre pa, libre akbay ako. Pag talaga may mga parties, feeling hot ang lola mo. Noong totohanan na,We auctioned a guy from first year and guess who won? Ralph Calinisan. Baklang bakla e no. Joke lang Ralph, wag ka mag-alala isa parin ako sa mga chicks mo. [unfortunately, hehe] Then we auctioned Margie. Uhmm, she was gorgeous, sabi ko nga, DI NYA PINAGHANDAAN ang pagpapa-auction sa kanya. She was wearing the “Snooooooooop” shorts [inside joke] and her backless kung backless dyosa top. Paolo “wala akong pera, pero hahawakan ko parin ang likod nya” Panelo won the auction. Gusto ko lang sabihin kay Margie na I didn’t mean to embarrass her whatsoever, I envy her for being gorgeous so she doesn’t have to feel bad about being auctioned.
Just when I thought my job’s done, people began to request for Ave [Avelino Cruz] to be auctioned. I was thinking, “Sabagay, yummy nga itong Ave na ito.” So Aj and I just went on and called Ave for the auction. At syempre pa nag-bid sila Arianne, aba aba aba… pero kelangan ipahiya ako ng aking mga FRIENDS. Oo, mga friends ko po ang nagkalulo sakin. Imagine my horror when I heard ‘em bid… using my name. Ayun na, and my interesting night became MORE INTERESTING. Talaga naman, pag crunch time na lumalabas ang aking pagka-CONSERVATIVE. Opo, conservative talaga ako. Di man halata talaga namin parang hiyang-hiya ako when I realized that my friends WON the auction. Meaning: AKO po ang nanalo. Hmmm… In fairness, hot sya. I got a hug even before I won the auction, at nang nanalo na ako ehem… I got a some kinduva a kiss. Grabe, I was INSTIGATED to commit a crime of passion. At syempra pa, dahil nga inaacknowledge ko na HOT syang talaga, si Pat Bau ay sadyang humabol pa upang mag-bid. Good job girl. Haha. Sabi ko nga kay Lord, ano ba ang nagawa ko para maging ganoon ka-blessed? Harhar. Malamang may chance na mababasa ito ng mga nakakakilala kay Ave, uhmm.. keri lang. One time big time lang naman un. Kaya nga sa Crim mejo di na ko nagtititingin sa likod, dyahe e. Ang excuse ko na lang, lasing ako. [Kahit na in reality, I can down 6 bottles of Red Horse without being tipsy]
Nga pala, nang akala ko’y tapos na ang pagpapaulan ng blessing ni Lord, nakita ko ang aking crush na si BSB 2. Therefore, talagang when it rains, it pours. Sabi ko nga kay Ces, na-reach ko na ang quota ko nung gabing un.
After a few yosi’s and a lot of beer plus gazillions of kwentuhan and a li’l sayawan… we decided to call it a night, uhmm day,, uhmmm. Basta natapos na. Di pa tapos ang kakwelahan ng gabi ko sapagka’t kailangan ko pang harapin ang pinakanakakatawang part… one name. JANNA.
Uhmm, she was drunk pero uhmm, sobrang adorable nya. Pinagdiskitahan nyang talaga ang aking “FUR”.
Ces: Janna can you drive?
Janna: Yeah… [akmang magd-drive] uhmm, this is not my car.
[err, oo Janna. Car ni Ces yan]
Janna: I love touching you.
Euns: The fur.
Janna: This feels like my dog who died.
Euns: Thanks ha.
Janna: You cant sit here.
Carlo: Why?
Janna: Because you don’t have fur.
Ces: Are you sure you can drive?
Janna: Yeah.
Ces: Sa pasig?
Janna: Yeah… teka lang… Is it one way going there?
[uhmm? Err…]
Janna : (sipping coffee)
Ces: Janna, that’s not your coffee.
Janna: oh really? (continued drinking)
Great great night. Great great night.
I once again have access to the net. I dunno if it's a good thing or a bad thing, because tonight i was supposed to be studying Sec trans for my midterms a week from now but i got sidetracked by my hunger for the net. Seriously, it's like i can't convince myself to go to bed and get some sleep. It's 6 in the morning and i have to go to mass at 9. Oh well.
