Yes, ladies and gentlemen, after oh so many years of being a practical hermit in the house and keeping to my small group of friends, I finally took an invitation to go to a party in a bar. I guess the timing of the event was just perfect. I didn't have classes that day (yesterday, actually) and it was a Friday so no classes also. So, I thought, hey, why not chill for once?
The event was Fizzer Bites Manila. It's actually a launch party of
Fizzer.ph, which aims to create a real Social Networking site.
I thought: wait "real social networking"? I mean, don't we already do that on FB, Multiply, Twitter, etc.? Turns out that this site will actually make things happen based on the site activities -- like this launch party was to bring together people who want to get to know each other from the site. Cool concept, huh?
PLUS, the theme of the party was "Fanglicious" to celebrate the opening of New Moon in theaters the same day. I haven't watched it yet. I'm feeling rebellious about this. I don't have to spend too much time away from stuff I need to do just be "in" on things. BUT, I do appreciate the book series and I am a fan of the Vampiric genre, so it was right down my alley. Too bad all my make-up were stolen by Ondoy so i couldn't really look the part. I did wear my closed neck blouse and long black skirt and knee-high boots though.
And boy, was I in culture shock!
The bar scene has changed since I last went out to one. Clothes are way more revealing now and the young people who went to this particular party were well-chiselled from head to toe. I mean, the girls were model-like and the boys had real honest-to-goodness abs. Good lord, for a bit there I wanted to turn on the flirt and have that kind of fun. After hyperventilating a bit, I settled down with some fellow geek friends, Niki Yarte, Nina Reyes, Carlo Francisco, Beejay Bautista and Paolo Jalbuena, all from New Worlds Alliance and enjoyed a couple of shots of Jagermeister and a lot of talk about geeky stuff.
You read it right, I actually drank an alcoholic beverage on a night out. People who have been out with me at night to social events like this before would know that I have this very strict rule of not imbibing alcohol for one very good reason -- I drive. What changed? The car is still in the car hospital getting treatment after Ondoy took it for a dive. That bloke, Ondoy, wasn't very good. After stealing my make-up, he took my stuff for a dive, and some croaked while the others needed a lot of medical attention. I hope he never returns! hehehe...
Back to my Gimmick night. While ogling at the beauty of God's creation and appreciating brewed malt for the first time in years, I found I could actually like this again. I mean I can barely dance but I appreciate good rhythm. The people I was with liked my kind of fun. And I could let my hair down a bit -- we did as much with the photo booth.
The photo booth was the highlight of the evening for me. If I had won the 16GB iPod, that would have been the highlight of my evening but I didn't, so the photo booth takes the cake. It was a Poof Photo Booth. They had all sorts of gimmicks for you to play with -- wigs, plastic shades, masks and other props. Each session is worth 4 poses and each shot is taken one after the other with only a 3-2-1 countdown interval. The guys who manage it encourage people to have fun with it, and so we did, especially after the drinks. We got a print of the 4 poses after each session with the first printed larger than the other three. I took home a bunch; same with my friends, especially Niki. Pictures to follow when Poof has uploaded the pics on their website for us to grab.
We ended up going home at past two in the morning -- the wee-est hour I've ever tried commuting home! I've gone home later but I was always driving. When I couldn't bring the car, I would find a friend to bring me home or sleep-over at a friend's house. No dice this time. The hubby had been calling me starting midnight but I couldn't hear the cellphone from the bag, and I was having so much fun I actually lost track of time. So much for wearing a watch!
Carlo was the only one with a car that was going home the same time most of us were so he was the school bus driver of the morning. Yeah, he didn't drink alcohol. Beejay and I got dropped off at Galleria because the direction-impaired Carlo can't be risked to go through the twists and turns of my area. Beejay and i took a cab from there. My hubby waited for me along Ortigas Ave., and he escorted me home with very stern words about him worrying that i hadn't replied to his messages nor answering the phone in the five times he called. I felt like a teen-ager!
So there, I finally let loose... a little bit. You'll see in the pics. Thanks Fizzer!
=)K
