Inhibition: Act One

On the first week of September, I was able to fend-off the temptations of clubbing by:

Friday:

• Dragging myself out of the bed to visit an old buddy resting in peace beneath the evergreen lawns of Loyola.

• Waiting for Master Centurion to arrive at the Santa Clara creating illusions that the tall hunky guy sitting beside me at the pew was Dominus.

• Introducing the pinuno to my world by dining at Kowloon House, E. Rodriguez and taking a long briskly walk from the restaurant to Quatro Bar in Timog Avenue.

• Downing a Macho Mug of San Miguel Light telling stories about bisexual friends who claim to have girlfriends and boyfriends/male affairs while a neophyte recruit from Pinoyexchange listens attentively across the table.

• Storming the Octoberfest event in Megamall only to find it teeming with young men and women wearing black shirt and pants. They accented themselves with silver body accessories and painted their nails black. They talk loudly, walk in groups of ten or more, sits on the pavement next to one another and draw high-brow attention from other attendees with their shrill voices and tasteless attempts to stir trouble wherever they congregate.

• Spending the rest of the night at Metrowalk with PExer friends exchanging stories about the most controversial and celebrated recent pair-ups in the group. Confirmations of third-party affairs, failed courtships and secret one-night stands flew across the table as the neophyte who was at Quatro earlier enjoys the windfall information about all the happenings surrounding the people he sees during big-meet ups of the group.

Saturday: (Text Messages)

Bestfriend Roy: "Ateng metrowalk tayo mamaya ha?" (welcome party for a friend who was exiled inside his house after a bout of illness forced him to stay home)

Papa Tagay: "DB bar kami mamaya. Cge na punta kn pls..." (kasama ko na ang pinuno kagabi. nakikipag-inuman ka pa kasi sa iba eh)

Mother Dearest: "Gumimik ka na kagabi. Inaasahan kong umuwi ka ng MAAGA mamaya." (the weekly gimik pass has been used last night.)

Mugen: "All I want is to play Sims2. That's how I want to spend my Saturday night this week." (in fact, I bought a pirated copy of Freetime to complete my whole collection of Sims)

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Maaga pa upang magkaroon ng conclusion ang linggo. Pwersado akong umuwi ng maaga upang sundin ang batas ng bahay. Maari ko rin itong baliin sa pamamagitan ng paggamit ng "Conference Call" excuse sa opisina. Anuman ang kahantungan ko buong magdamag, siguradong wala dito ang planong mag-landing sa Malate.



Sa dinami-dami ng pagpipilian kagabi, nanaig pa rin ang pangako ko sa aking ina.