I. Transformation
Parting is such a sweet sorrow. Finally, after spending the whole day rekindling an old friendship we once have, my friend dropped me along Edsa near Taft Avenue so I can proceed to my next social activity. However since my get-up is too dugyot na for the night's celebration, I decided to cross the street and go inside Metropoint to buy the cheapest body fit shirt I could find. While checking out at an obscure store in the the third floor, I found a shirt that says "I wish I could just Alt + Delete + You" printed on its front. Soon as I discovered that it just cost 110 pesos, I bought it at once and then went to the fitting room so that I could wear it immediately.
However, despite sporting a new shirt, my skin still feel sticky. Actually, before getting inside the mall, I was having second thoughts of checking in Sogo just to take a shower and chill out while waiting for a friend to finish his gym session. Fortunately, the mall has a customer lounge so I took the time to clean up, and refreshen myself before going to Buendia to pick up Roy, who just came out of the gym.
When he finally showed up, he was wearing a tight black shirt, a faded blue jeans and a dog tag around his neck. After two months of finally pumping steel in the gym once again, his impressive built has become more defined, than even some of our friends comment that he could easily fish a hot guy in Malate whenever he wants.
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II. Pre Party Conversation
At dahil maaga kaming nagkita ni Parekoy, alam naming wala pang tao sa venue ng alas-7 ng gabi. Para magpaliaps ng oras, nagtungo muna kami ng Glorietta upang humanap ng matatambayan at makakainan ng hapunan bago pumunta sa party.
Gaya ng dati, sa tuwing magkikita kami ng kaibigan kong ito, laging lalaki ang laman ng aming kwentuhan. Mula sa mga bagong hotties na nadiskubre namin sa G4M, hanggang sa mga naging dates niya ng linggong nakalipas ay tiyak macocover ng aming kwentuhan. Siyempre, Icebreaker lang namin yun. Ang sagwa naman siguro kung ang icebreaker namin ay harutan at landian habang naglalakad sa mall diba? At dahil nagiging pastime rin namin ang maghanap ng ipapadate sa mga single naming katropa, pati yun ay dapat kasali sa usapan. Recently nga, nasa final stage na ng planning yung project namin para sa isang tropa naming... single ulit. Kapag iyon ay naging full swing na, makikita nila kung gaano ako ka-swabe pagdating sa aking diskarte sa mga lalaki.
Nakakatuwang isipin na nakaharap ko lang ang aking bespren, lahat ng usapang babae at pagpapamilya ng nakaraang tanghali ay tila nawala sa utak ko ng basta basta lang. Siguro nga ay confused lang ako o kaya naman ay nakikibagay sa sitwasyon kaya bukas pa rin ako sa mga usapang pang-straight kapag kinakailangan.
Matapos maghapunan sa Kenny Rogers, nagtungo kami ni Roy sa Tower Records upang magsoundtripping habang pinapatay namin ang oras. Subali't nag text bigla si Papu upang humingi ng tulong sapagkat ang kanyang reservation ng Alas Nuwebe ay kailangan ng confirmation mula sa bisita o kaya naman sa nag-reserve upang hindi ito ma-invalidate.
Nais man naming magstay sa Tower Records, napilitan rin kaming umalis ng Glorietta upang tumungo sa lugar kung saan idadaos ang munting handaan.
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III. Partee Proper
The time was past midnight. Finally, after waiting for three hours, the rest of the Odders who recieved the invitation has showed up and began occupying the spaces around the low table reserved to us. The mood inside Tiananmen Bar was relaxing, thanks to the ambient and chill out music played by the DJ that evening. It was Marvin-Kirsh's birthday party and for the last couple of years, we would show up and celebrate his birthday wherever it was held.
The time was past midnight. Finally, after waiting for three hours, the rest of the Odders who recieved the invitation has showed up and began occupying the spaces around the low table reserved to us. The mood inside Tiananmen Bar was relaxing, thanks to the ambient and chill out music played by the DJ that evening. It was Marvin-Kirsh's birthday party and for the last couple of years, we would show up and celebrate his birthday wherever it was held.
While some male couples in the group snuggled in one corner of the table, bottles of beer were being served almost every 20 minutes. The birthday host goes around making sure nobody feels left out, while his devoted buddy quietly watches everything that is happening beside me. A big group of guys were huddled together in another corner watching porn clips in somebody's MMS phone and the rest were simply talking about ordinary matters such as work, common friends and sometimes even showbiz subjects which I can't relate to.
As all of these things happened around me, I can't help but be proud of myself for successfully crossing two different worlds in one day. Such feat rarely happens nowadays since I often have hard times adjusting to people. If there is one thing I've learned about such crossing, It is the importance of friendships and how the passage of time makes it sweeter.
Too bad, I've learned such thing much later, after I have felt how to be left out by people you have been with for quite a long time.
Nevertheless, such experience simply encourages me to extend my reach to those I have ignored before. The two worlds would also give me a reminder that there is no such thing as friends outgrowing one another.
Those who have claimed so doesn't really know a thing about what real friendships are all about.
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