House Party

The feeling when you're drunk is probably one of the best things. That is when you're drunk because you're simply having a good time. Euphoria. When that happens, nothing else matters but that moment.

Kuya Nono's party last Friday was just perfect. Perfect timing, everything. This week's my finals week and a party with a bunch of people I barely knew was the way to go. It's been a while since there was a bash and it's also been a while since I met new people. I met a lot of new people actually last week. I went to Abby's Philosophy class then that party. (Come to think of it...I met Ateneans. But who cares!) So as usual, I got home early and by 2pm, they arrived. 1 van of girls and a 2 guys, one of which is my brother and the other well he looked like he was gay but apparently, he's not and according to Tricia, he's like the king of the nerds in their class. Haha! I have nothing against nerds because I'm a firm believer that they will have their revenge..eventually. Tricia even told Ate Erin and me, ahead of time that most of the people who will be coming will be "goody-goodies" who would never drink. But when we were in the grocery, Ate Erin and I were pushing them to buy "booze" (Ate Erin's favorite word). And they bought a lot. When we got home, they prepared the food for the party. Most of my brother's friends are from the province whose schools' names have Science in it. So they were the ones who cooked the food. And guess what?! I helped out. The TV in the family room was pulled out by the repairman so I had nowhere to go. Oh well. But by the time we're done, there was nothing to do. So finally, I schemed on putting something in their iced tea. And with Tricia's permission and with Ate Erin finding a bottle of brandy later... Well..nothing really happened. People knew there was something in their drink other than iced tea, so for the rest of the night, the 2 pitchers of what was supposed to be pure iced tea were left untouched.

I decided to go upstairs and take a bath since I smelled like olives. Then Ate Erin said her beloved Iraqi boyfriend will be coming over (Happy days are here again! The stars above are here again. So let us sing the song of cheer again, happy days are here again!) So I decided to just wait for him so I'll eat with them. So while waiting, I watched the Hoobastank special on Myx. Then he came, then we ate. But the guest of honors, the 2 French exchange students with a bunch of other people hasn't arrived yet. So we waited. And waited. After Catch Me If You Can on HBO, they were finally here. I almost forgot about the report I had to do but my groupmate texted me and said he wasn't home. Good. But Ate Erin and Jan were no where to be found. Fine. When I got into the kitchen, there was Chocolate Mousse. Great. Then Tricia came and said she's introduce me to the cute French guy. Oh no. I heard that guy sing Karma Chameleon..and it was just..really bad..with his voice coming from his French nose..it was terrible! Turns out that guy was gay and the other one was "good-looking" but didn't measure up to my standards. Haha! He's just white and tall..typical white guy. Nothing special. Then Tricia said she made the gin-pom already. Then I thought..finally! But it tasted nothing like gin-pom. So I put more pomelo and gin. At that time, the happy couple emerged out of nowhere and we all planned on doing something that I called 'rounds'. We mixed orange, pineapple, pomelo, gin and tequilla and everyone had to drink at least one shot and no one can say no. It was a cool way actually get to know Kuya's friends. And contrary to what I thought, he had normal friends. Haha. Probably about 1/3..not 1/4 were normal. So it was a success, I must say. Everyone's had at least one shot, some people asked for more and by the time we're done with the rounds, I've had a couple a shots myself. And before I knew it, Jan as his usual self, grabbed the mic and then everything seemed to happen so fast that I was singing Hit Me Baby One More Time already. Maybe it was the alcohol, but the people were cheering for me and the guy I was eyeing was really cheering hard. Haha! (Hayy..sarap magfeeling..pagbigyan na!) Then they asked the French guys to do the ocho ocho and bulaklak dance and that guy (he looked so clean!) was the one who demonstrated it to them. It was hilarious. He was cute. (I'm a girl with a crush! Haha!) That Karma-Chameleon French guy whose name happens to be Itien was very game.

Then rain started to drop from the sky. Everyone was asked to come inside. Then people started to come up to me and talk..he talked to me! WEHH! For about a minute thanks to this weird looking guy with long eye lashes who all of a sudden started to talk about how happy he was and how grateful he was for the party. Oh right, it was his despidida party. He kept offering a handshake. And for that 10 minutes we were probably talking, I shook his hand for about 5 times. Weird! Then this other guy with his eyes all red and his hair completely messed up kept asking for more booze. Haha! Then they had the charades. Consequence for the group who failed to guess the right answer was that everyone's gonna have one shot each of either lambanog, tequilla or gin. And that was my job. And while pouring drinks, I was drinking too. So I guess I've had a lot that night. But it was fun. After that was the introduction part, ironically to sum up the whole night. I'm not really part of their block, but they asked me to join. And I was glad I did. They were even cheering for me again..who was cheering the loudest?! Haha! And after that, people started to go upstairs. They had their own game there. I on the other hand, sang 3 more songs before I decided to go to bed. I have a fan, I must say. This guy who looked like he'll lose his hair even before he reaches 40 and guess again..he kept shaking me hand. What up with those handshakes?! Then I was about to go up when Kuya Manny, with his shirt tucked in his high waist pants told me Max was missing. HUWAT?! So I spent about 20 minutes looking like for Max totally wasted. I even interrupted the game they were having. And guess again! He stopped the game and said "O? You want me to look for him?" Ahaha! My gosh. Of course, I said it was okay and he didn't have to do that. So I just went to bed hoping Max would come home, but I wasn't really worried. Told you..euphoria.

Then the next day, I woke up because my phone was alarming like crazy. I had to go somewhere. First thing I did was go down and see if Max was there. And he was. Whew! Then after taking a bath, I headed straight to the kitchen to eat breakfast. Most of them were awake already, still looked wasted. Hehe. After a few minutes, I bumped into him. He was still wearing his clothes from the previous night but he still looked like he smelled good. He looked so clean! Hayy..then after a few minutes, he got down straight from the shower. Aww.. Haha! And it just so happened that we were talking how Max got home. And guess what?! He's the one who saw Max! They were outside when Max appeared out of nowhere so once my cat got inside, he said they closed all the doors and windows. Aww.. I'm talking too much already.

Even my mom knew I had a crush on one of Kuya's friends! Goodness. Ate Erin thought he was gay and that made me think. Man..what's up with gays?! Am I gonna end up like Grace as in Will and Grace?! Haha!!! But according to Tricia and Kuya Nono, he wasn't. But when I asked if he ever had a girlfriend, they didn't know. Uh-oh! Haha! Mommy thought I liked the French guy. Uhh..no. So when I said it was the vegetarian..her reaction was: "O? Eh vegetarian un eh. Pano pag naging kayo?" Duhh...it's ONLY a crush. I'm not even sure if he's straight for heaven's sake!