of biceps and old friends

Sunday

and so it is Sinulog! we decided to go out at night to avoid the hassle of walking from colon to ayala. we had our henna session once again so it would be more darker and more noticeable. but anyways, so we were just chilling out, recieving text messages from some friends about where i was and where i am headed to. and so at around 6pm, after oca begged for the keys, we were off. we are caught with heavy traffic but that's ok cuz there are music on the streets and our mood is for partying. with me in the van was chucky, rapi, oca and his sister danz. while on the way, i kept on recieving messages about where i was already. so i kept on replying and resulted to my load breakdown. we decided to go first to ayala and get something to eat. but before we get to park the van, the parking lot was like a sea of cars. it didn't move for like 30 minutes! i decided to get off for some air cuz i was sweating like a pig. not long enough, rapi and chuck decided to get off too and look for a space at the parking lot. after we successfuly parked the van, we knew we wasted a lot of time, so we headed straight to look for food. we get to have dinner at dimsum and i ordered tere's favorite, the all-good steamed rice. after dinner, we headed back to the entertainment center to hang out for a few minutes before deciding where to go. the entertainment center was filled with party people, i saw pare and mosong and told me that they were with jb and they are headed to the lagoon. they were telling me to check 'em out cuz they want to jam with me. so i said, yeah, i'll take a look. but headed down to the lagoon, all i could see are heads. yup, it was so crowded it looked like the roman army getting ready to conquer a big country. so i told them i'll just stay here cuz i don't want to go crowd surfing. and so, we kinda decided to go to K-1, a videoke bar down banilad. danz told us that it cost 1,500 moolah for each room and it is only for an hour. total sucko. i texted patrick where he was and he replied with something like, "naa ko village, nindut dri, dili samok". we do not have to think if we were to go or not, and so we rushed to the parking lot trying to avoid everyone from the entertainment center. then, more text messages asking where i am and where i am heading. i told them to go to the village and we'll put up a barracks there.

when we arrived at the village, there are people, bunch of 'em. but it has more space than at the entertainment center and more parking spaces too so it's a pefrect place to hang out. then i texted patrick where he is located and told me that he is at some bar (i forgot the name). hehehe. i saw patrick and went straight directly to their table. with him was his comrades, peral, tilo, and a couple of guys whom i forgot the names. their table was outside the bar so we could see the people pass by the village. and so we started drinking, feasting our eyes with different party goers walking by and suddenly, a flash from a camera caught our attention, i knew someone took a photo of us. and then there was vior and noel at the parking lot laughing. good dramatic entrance for the two. then shortly came bob and then kew and peanut arrived. i met old classmates of mine. one was our muse in elementary, mara oracoy with her friend. i can still say she's a bombshell. i saw her first and i stared at her, then she looked at me with a question mark on her face. she waved at me and i waved back, by then she knew it was me, jason buhia, the ugly little monkey who used to pull their bras in elementary. she then yelled at me to come over. we have a few laughs and talked about where my band's next gig and all that same old stuff. i was about to go back to the table and she told me to meet her friends back in east,west bar. her friend told me that she saw us play at their school and i was like, yeah. i politely declined mara's invitation and asked, "nganu man? masuko imung uyab?". i told her, "o, mapatyan nya ta atu". so we had our goodbyes and all. when i got back to the table, they were like, "sumbong tere!". i told them she was my classmate back then. patrick also saw his old classmates and had a couple of glasses with us too. everybody was having a good time, loud laughs, some backstabbing, and a little bit of whoas on the girls that looked good. there's one point where i can't help but react on some guys biceps. they're huge and the guy was only wearing a sando! and he's got a skin smoother than your soap opera idols, and a face so neat, it'll make your new bedsheet look dirty. anyways, enough of my homosexuality, we had beer until 3:30am. everyone complained about how cold the weather was and all. yeah, it was so cold we have to rub our arms for heat. danz told me about global warming and all that environmental thingy.

we decided to go eat at JY Square's pongko-pongko. when we got there, the seats were all taken! and i thought we're the only ones who were hungry. and so we had an early breakfast, a cheap one. it was nice cuz everyone enjoyed our breakfast. after eating, while walking towards the van, vior jokingly said, "naay osa maigo natu ugma". i laughed and said, "di na ako!".

all in all, i had a good sinulog. i spent the whole night with my friends. everybody is present except for jb, mai², daut and dhoti. it's always a good situation when we all get along as one and get to rub elbows with each other once in a while. we'll gonna spend happy moments together before everybody gets married. some have plans, some doesn't have plans, but i know we are headed there and i know it will happen anytime soon.

we'll have our own family in less than 10 years. that's a fact. but as of now, while still single and all, the party signal is still on the green light!