anyway, on to the past events...

Ayla's
debut: November 18, 2005, Friday

aww, Ayla's turned eighteen! among the three of us
(Ayla, Glynel and Me) i'm the only one who still isn't legal. i was supposed to
emcee with Kris (guy siya) and Winston, but i really can't (i'm not emcee
material, in spite my being from MC and being a psych student, which, i really
can't see the relevance of), so i just sat there and ate (which is in my
opinion, what social events really are for). anyway, i'm part of the 18 shots,
but they weren't the typical shots that any alcohol-thirsty teenager would want
- they were pictures, which are in any case more fun. so ayon, i gave the guests
a brief "history" of our friendship, which has two versions (ayoko na
ikwento struggle eh). then after the program i went with glynel and her friends
to starbucks. ayos ah, nakalibre kami. then i learned something weird about
myself: i don't talk to strangers, but i go out with them. tsk. haha. anyway,
they were nice and one of them helped me arrive with an eye-opening realization.
this was how it went:

Kuya
Ron: bakit wala pa kayong boyfriend?

Glynel:
ito kasing si Julie, gusto pa gwapo.

Kuya
Ron: bakit, mapapakain ka ba ng kagwapuhan?

Julie:
(to herself) aba, oo nga no.

But then again, i have my parents to feed me. so
anong realization don? wala naman sa sinabi niya. naisip ko lang na guys with
money only have their money to brag about most of the time. so they bank on
that, not on their looks (and we all know how scarce this little attribute is),
not on their brains (let's not even go there), or their character (pfft). i'm
not saying that glynel's friends don't have anything but money, because i'm sure
they're nice people if gly is friends with them (putek, si glynel pa. haha), but
i see that a lot of guys (and girls) put too much value on money. sayang naman.

malayo naman sa masalimuot na usapang pera...

Cara
and Darlene's surprise party: November 19, 2005

ang saya! kumpleto ang niggas! i would have wanted
to narrate the entire thing, but i'm too, ...i can't even think of a worthy
adjective. anyway, we took lots of pictures, but i can't tell you what's behind
our neurotic obsession over taking pictures of our group because to do so would
be rude (haha. samin nalang yun). i noticed that we have matured. yuck, kala mo
kung ano eh. but last night, we had less backstabbing and more sincere talks
about our future, the oddities of college life and just us in general, not so
much about other people anymore. oh and we also drank less. a lot less, which
kind of surprised me, but i can't say it was disappointing. it was, well,
endearing. we waited 'til twelve, then it's Darlene's 18th birthday! speaking of
darlene, she told us about when she got stuck in an elevator when there was a
black out at csb. imagine, 10 minutes in the dark, all alone. putek, di ko kaya
yon. ten claps for darlene!

anyway, i'm eating yan yan and i need to
concentrate on its chocolatey goodness.

PS: if you want me to be really happy on Christmas,
give me a box of yan yan. yun na ang ultimate gift!