yesterday was Inayawan's Fiesta. of course, we went there for some food and booze. Noel invited us at his place for dinner and so yeah, we were there. after dinner, opal, naner, main, and I went outside for some air. beside Noel's house, there was a party too and there was a band. we were standing at the side when the singer went up the small stage and sang Heaven Knows. i just couldn't take the song and when it got me into the state where smile and tears will go together, i realized it was my cue to exit. after that, i went back and after a minute or two, the singer again started to sing a familiar song. i swear i heard it before and when he hit on the chorus, "...How did you know i needed someone like you in my life..." all i could say was.. "suko man tingali ning singer nako".
i don't know if opal noticed these stupid eyes but they were holding me back cuz i wanted to walk out again. after the song, i was in my old place again and was in a deep thought. naner tapped my shoulders and showed me the bottles of beer. aaaahh, cold, golden things that makes things a lot more easy to take, a lot more easy to bare.
and so it started. vior and hazel arrived. oca, pareng chad and yort showed up too. hazel, vior, and i were talking about flag football and all. hazel then gave me a strap. a reggae strap around my hand with a marijuana design on it. "imo na ni tabs kay mura kog bagsik tan-awon ani. ako man sad gihatagan si vior ana." thanks haze.
we were drinking, not minding the time cuz today is a holiday. everyone went home, everyone were drunk. opal, main, bibo, and a bunch of them left around 3am i guess. vior gave hazel a ride home so it was me, oca, chad, and tiyago left in the round table. "sasabay ako sa inyo pare. iinom ako ng iinom hanggang matumba ko kayo." said pareng chad. oca uttered a smile and i was like, okay. after a few bottles, chad was throwing up. "tang ina, ano ba tiyan mo taba? semento?!". that was a good one, oca was already leaning on the table and tiyago was busy throwing up too. they left me laughing at them and oca was talking to himself. i decided to drink 1 more bottle before i go. i look at my watch, it was 5am. i look at ourselves, we were fucked up.
i woke up pareng chad, then i woke up oca. oca gave me a hard time, he wouldn't get up and i was like, "tawag nalng ko ug tanod oca?". i dragged his body up and so he had no choice but to stand up and walk. "pare, tulungan mo ako kay oca." i told pareng chad. "di ko na nga kaya sarili ko. putang ina ka talaga taba, ano ba kinakain mo ha? nag training ka ba uminom?"
as we walk by the road, we said goodbye to tiyago and i told the sleepwalkers that we don't have money for a ride home so we will just walk. oca suddenly ran across the street, so i ran after him and pare was all dumbfounded by what we were doing. "wa nay blema plete! di na kailangan!" oca yelled. i grabbed him and said, "wa tay plete oi! ayaw pahamak oca!". a jeep pulled over and oca jumped in, so i drag pareng chad and made him sit beside oca. as for me, i was hanging on the monkey bar. good thing, the driver didn't asked for the fare when i asked him to stop.
oca was laughing all the way to his home, pareng chad was telling me, "first time ko to pare. tang ina naman to o".
sunrise was already at our sight and when i got home, i went straight to my bed and just stare at the ceiling. i didn't want to think anymore so i closed my eyes. i just woke up right now and i only had 4 hours of sleep. just great.
my condolence to the Ang family. Tingin Ang died because of a heart attack yesterday morning. a thief went inside their place and he ran after him. when they caught the thief, he and some trisikad drivers were beating the ass off the punk when suddenly, he had a heart attack.
strange atmosphere.
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