A Not So Straight Weekend

8 November 2008

Coming from previous night’s Music Box shebang with Mother and Friends (Poma, Bej and Ida), I was ready for another South boarding experience with Lil Pok and Co.

pics from MB night

After initial rounds at Gweilos in Mall of Asia, we were able to convince The Larry and his bestfriend, GJ to go with us to the South. Yay! What we thought was a simple gulp night turned out to be a night of interesting chikahan topics. We were talking about animals as beings and why I find it hard dealing with them; why The Larry is crazy about ‘how I met your mother’, and of course, considering the mix, we simply had to talk about sexual preferences. Lil Pok had so much to say about acceptance and being open about one’s true identity. We also had to discuss why sometimes it is better to be in a homosexual relationship than to be in a heterosexual relationship. Well, I couldn’t say much dahil pang heterosexual relationships lang naman ang kerri ng lola mo! Except of course I had to air out my sentiments about homosexuals always being targeted when it comes to topics concerning AIDS and other STI's (and why I think that whole scenario is a big bag full of crap). GJ and Larry naman talked about their friendship. Note: Larry is straight and GJ is gay. They are simply bestfriends. Period. (In fact, GJ has a boyfriend pa nga) Super cute. When I asked GJ how the friendship works, he simply joked about him having straight tendencies. Haha. He explained that he doesn’t have much gay friends. In fact, ang claim ni lola, everytime he’s surrounded by gay people, nagiging homophobic sha bigla! Cute!

Clockwise: Straight na si Lil Pok!; Guess who's gay--Larry and GJ; Proper usage of the word 'tomboy'--Cuz and Kat; Girl Boy Bakla Tomboy

Oh so basta, we'll all go to the pride parade. Though I'm straight, I'm an avid supporter!

Like most gimik days/nights, I got home from the shebang around 6 in the morning.

But unlike most of gimik days/nights, intellectually stimulating conversations were present in this not-so-straight night.

Warla and the Philip Morris Event

Philip Morris Event @ North Club in Bacolod. By invitation only, yan ang rule. So we were all thrilled because we were given invites to the party. We were thinking, how saya naman of this vacay, we get the chance pa to attend this kind of event. Coming from Moravia for Marie’s gig, we all decided to meet up nalang sa North. On the way there, I was with Cuz, Meg, Ping and Carla. All the others kasi, nauna na. When we got in, Kat texted that they were at the VIP lounge. So I asked, how do we go there? Kat asked for us to wait because si Mor is on his way down to get us na daw. We saw Mor, but I don’t think he saw us. Why? He was busy talking to the bouncers who were pushing him. I was wondering na, what’s goin’ on kaya? Mor went out of the VIP lounge then he started naman talking to this girl. By that time, mejo exhibited na sa face ni Mor ang pagkainis. So, pinuntahan namin si Mor. Sa wakas, he noticed us na! We went out of the venue muna (as in sa road ha) so he can make kwento what happened. The girl claims daw it's her party so walang magagawa si Mor to go back to the Lounge.

Sa super pagkainis, we all decided to leave the event nalang then head back to Sorrento. The plan was to go back lang inside as in quickly to properly say goodbye to the rest of the gang and tell them that we’re drinking nalang someplace else. Okay, so on with the plan. We were all inside ulit except for Meg and Ping. I was nagtaka of course! They were refused entry daw by this girl (as in the same girl Mor was talking to earlier). So shempre, I politely asked the girl ha,

Trina: what’s the problem?

Girl: I can’t let your friend in.

Trina: Ha? We were inside na kanina pa. We just went out to get something.

Girl: I can’t let her in because she’s wearing flipflops.

Trina: So?

Girl: We’re trying to control the crowd. We don’t allow flipflops.

Trina: Like what I said earlier, we were inside na kanina pa. And she was wearing the same flipflops when we got in kanina, so bakit now, you won’t let her in?

And there, this girl, with a very sarcastic facial expression and tone ever, told me E nahuli ko sha eh. Pasensya Ka!

I snapped. But I was still trying to be as composed as ever. I walked slowly towards her, stared at her and then ayan na ang mga maaanghang na salita lumabas na….pero in a composed manner pa rin ha. Then I tried my very best na mag walk-out nalang. I know that if may sabihin pa kasi sha and marinig ko, baka hindi na maganda ang kasunod. I was not drunk then so I really had control pa. At that time, i realized it was better to just go away.

We left the place na. Salamat!!!!

And so I found out who she is. Okay fine, so she may have organized the event. So what?! That doesn’t give her the right to say This is my party! Ah talaga? Look, Philip Morris had an event obviously for promotions/marketing purposes. What a marketing strategy naman if their staff would treat guests that way, right? I know, there are rules. Please lang, I know rules. I may transgress itsy bitsy pieces of rules every once in a while, but I know rules and appreciate the same. I mean, fine, okay, rules about black or blue badges before you can get in, no flipflops allowed, etc. OKAY LANG YON! What infuriated Mor and I was the fact that she was so rude to us. There’s a nice way of saying things, hija. She could have simply said, I’m sorry Ma’am, we have rules here, we don’t allow flipflops, maybe kanina, the one in charge just didn’t notice that she was wearing flipflops that’s why she was able to get in. Pwede namang ganon! You don’t have to be rude to get your message across. And when Mor asked what he can do to be able to go back to the lounge as his friends were still there, she could’ve said nalang, "I’m really sorry sir, there’s nothing we can do about it" instead of saying Nothing, because this is my party!

I just hope people in marketing and promotions do realize that the way they deal with guests/customers matters! I don’t care if she’s an executive. She was so rude to us. Baka mas okay pa to deal with yosi vendors than to deal with her. Aynaku girl, I just hope we don’t cross paths ever again…haynaku if ever man, Pasensya Ka!

Kaingit!!!!

For the First Time (at hindi ko na uulitin!)

The truth is I expected a lot from this movie. Ganda ng setting, Greece ang eksena and first time na team up ni KC at Richard. Wapang, ang sagwa talaga. Pasensya na pero that’s the way I see it. Before pa matapos ang movie, I found myself texting some of my friends na how big a disappoint the movie was.

Okay fine, ang direksyon, okay ito. But my goooolaygee, ang story di ko kinakaya! Girl went to Greece to accompany yaya in meeting up penpal. Guy naman stays in Greece because he bought this tavern he never wished to run. Oh what a coincidence, nagmeet sila sa Greece eh si Guy pa naman ang hatest person in the world ni Girl nung nasa Manila pa lang sila. As in ang gulo. Super sayang ang Greece for the story. Daming conflicts na hindi naman lahat nareresolve. Ang iba pa sa mga conflicts, parang hindi naman legit conflict. And I don’t get it ha, parang patapos na ang film and there, another conflict is being introduced. Pinilit…mej ganon ang dating sa’kin. The same goes din sa paglipat ng one scene to the other. Kami ni Ida super gulong-gulo. Teka, teka, lahat yan nangyari in one day?? O, bakit ganon, sino ba yan??

I’m not dooper knowledgeable when it comes to movies, but I think I know a ‘duh’ movie when I chance upon one. Isa ito dun. Shettt nasasayangan ako. Parang okay pa naman ang acting ni Richard at KC. Dami pa naman na mga batikan na artistas na kinuha din for the movie. Di nabigyan ng justice, loooord. Buti nalang Candy Pangilinan was major funny! Yan ang kaisa-isa na masasabi ko na positive. Sigh. Kaloka talaga. John Llloyd- Sarah pa rin!

Please Don't Stop The Music -- on banning barops

Backtrack a bit:

Just graduated from Law School. Spent a few months studying and trying to cram everything up inside my head. I started panicking a week before the first Sunday, i think. It wasn't such a good season for me. Was trying to deal with missed lessons, stress, lazy crazy attacks, etc. Truth is, because so much has happened, I don't even want to remember my bar season. Haha. I must admit though na always ako excited for the bar weekends. I'll be with my sisses and I'll plan what to wear for Sunday ekek. Haha. And of course, being the pa-star that I am, super love ko walking to DLSU with a panicky irita face tapos all the people are looking pa at you. hahaha. Loves it superr! Fun eh, i mean it adds color to the craziness of bar season. May mga tents jan sa tabi tabi, drums boom boom shebang, people screaming, cheering and everything. Maingay. Heavy Traffic. Magulo. Masaya. Super saya. Kaloka.

Now:


read this article.

Manila bans ‘bar ops’ for 2008 bar takers

Barops banned. Permits for barops organizers will no longer be issued. How unfair is that?! I was just having a YM conversation with Trinagar and super kami galit with this news. I mean, okay fine, really this thing causes bad traffic but it also boosts morale of the barristers and of course, big help sha sa mga barristers lalo na those from the province who can't afford to get a place of their own (for HQ purposes). Diba nga, they set up their own tents dun tapos they eat and cram na lang there. Inis talaga. Oo na bad traffic. I don't know ha, pero kasi for me and Trinagar, Barops is a tradition...especially the salubong part. So super hard to accept and imagine na banned na ang lahat ng yan. Tradition banned. For me, it's synonymous to saying wala nang procession, fiesta, christmas shopping, flores de mayo, etc. cause heavy traffic ang effect! HMP!!!!


I feel bad for my sisses who will be taking the bar this September. No drums boom boom shebang atmosphere coupled with stages, trucks and tents.


Tahimik. Walang bad traffic. Maayos. Nakakainis. Irita.

will be missed

Kaloka Signs

i got the following images from emails that Pat and Caron sent me a couple of weeks back. Everytime I'm sad because of work...I just look at the pics over and over and over again.

Award-winning!

malamang!

mashado namang strict!


sana lang talaga noh!

desperate to rescue people

ano ba talaga?

this is my favorite! i wanna call!

this, di ko mashado gets coz i'm a girl. But really?? mosquitoes??

ewan ko lang kung may makasunod ng maayos sa rules.

maybe someone made an attempt. (eeeeeeewww)

oo nga naman!

pag may nakatingin, pwede?

"will clog your mess"...loves it!

edible eh

The Unspeakable

photo grabbed from Eunice Monsod

The world is full of weirdos!

For days now I've been getting calls from this unknown number. It's not really my thing to answer calls from strangers, but wala eh, i found it weird na that this number keeps on calling. So one time nung may missed call na naman si stranger, I tried to return the call (thinking it was work-related). Tama ba naman na sigawan ako ng boylet ng "sino to?!?!" I tried to hold my temper (gosh ang hirap nun) and calmly said "uhm, i got a call from your number. I called because i thought this is work-related". And a girl suddenly grabbed the phone from the guy..at ang sabi sa akin ni girl "Wag kang malandi ha, umayos ka!" Of course I hung up. Obviously wrong number.

At nagtext pa ha.... "Bakit ka tumatawag sa asawa ko?!"

Aynaku, kagalit! Pwede ba..ikadena at ikulong n'yo nalang ang mga asawa nyo! And stop bothering me!

I don't go for married men!

grrrr!

Bading Man....

After one drink at Ces, Diale and Dae’s birthday bash, I had to meet up with Alecz for a previously scheduled bonding experience (yez!). We watched Dark Knight then went straight to south area for a couple of drinks and our much-needed heart to heart talk. I had issues to discuss that only Alecz can understand (yes, meh ganon!). Anyways, I was blabbing the night away when this old dude (not so old naman, pero compared to me he’s really old) told alecz ‘we can talk’. As we were really into the conversation and shempre wala kaming planong makipagchikahan sa stranger, Alecz simply told this loner na we’re having a serious conversation. Okay, the dude backed off. A couple of drinks later, this dude who’s super getting scary na at that point tried to harass me/us. He never got anything aside from pang deadma at rejection. Infairness to mother Aleli, talagang ever watchful sha kay kadiri dude (as if trying to see kung may gagawin ba itong mama na ito) while listening to me blab about my current issues. Aba shempre hello, dumadrama pa ako anuva! Kahit naman I was so into this whole telling Alecz what’s bugging me, I was trying hard din to sense kung safe ba kami or hindi. Well anyways, as Alecz would put it, hindi na siguro talaga kinaya ng old dude. He suddenly grabbed me by my shoulder while I was making drama/daldal. I was super shocked. I guess none of us really anticipated that the dude will resort to that kind of behavior. Bigla ako napasabi ng “NOOO” to the guy’s face. But the shocking part was this: as soon as Alecz saw the dude grab me by the shoulder, mejo napatayo si Alecz sa chair nya and while finger pointed at the dude, he told him “hey, you’re not supposed to do that” (in his best man voice ha). Alecz got the bill (nagmamadali at parang pikon na boylet sha habang kinakausap ang waiter) and we left the area.

While in the car, Alecz asked, “mother, ano na feel mo, natakot ka?” Honestly, hindi ako natakot. I was more of nagulat. Nagulat that suddenly, this stranger attempted to touch me. More importantly, nagulat ako na naging lalake bigla itong si Alecz. He explained that it was all instinct; he can’t understand as well why he acted that way. Odiva, may ganong drama.

It was an experience. The harassment part, wala na yun mashado. Looord naman, bakit ko ipagkakalat na may ganong nangyari sa akin diva!! That part where Alecz tried to protect me was most important of all (that’s why I decided to blog about this). I guess it’s like that. At the end of the day, lalake pa rin talaga kahit pa girlaloo bad girl si mother. Angkop na angkop sa MMK-special na topic namin. Touched ako ha, everytime kasi I’m with Alecz, I feel as if pareho kaming girlash. Ako ang klusha magnetica na may super powers at sha ang mudra for all seasons! That night, na feel ko talaga ang pagka girl ko. Kaloka, naging lalake si mother for a couple of minutes, di ko kinaya, breathtaking ang drama nitei!!

Well, Aleli, thank you so much for the eye-openers given and especially for protecting me that night. Kaloka, natakot sayo ang damuhong stranger na ‘yun. Ka touch talaga.

Klusha Magnetica & Mudra for all seasons

May pag-asa pa pala, Aleli, sa mga ganyang paraan. Haha. Bits and pieces. I guess we, especially I, can live with that. Kabloom!

THE NOW SOBER BIG DADDY EXPLAINS (a sequel to Big Daddy's Highschool Reunion)

Big Daddy explained to still confused eldest kiddo (during the Last Supper) that Momsy didn’t tell the absolute truth; that she distorted the story a bit (to her advantage). As told by Big Daddy, he insisted that we take the car because he can hitch a ride with Lucky, contrary to what Momsy told me earlier that night. In addition to this, Big Daddy said when he texted Momsy that we should go to the reunion, he had no idea that Monica was no longer with us in Esquinita. Hence, he didn’t give any “drunk suggestion”.

Fine then. That didn’t change your drunk antics during the reunion anyways. Hihi. Sorry, Big Daddy, I’m a momsy’s girl!

8-MCDO TRIED MY PATIENCE

photo taken from 8mcdo website

We ordered food from Mc Donald's through the 8-McDo number. The operator told me to wait for like 30 to 45 minutes before order would arrive. Well, guess what?! Still no food after an hour of waiting! Hence, I called McDo again to follow up our orders. I was told that due to the volume of orders received that time (at 3:30 in the morning, take note), it took time before they can finally process delivery. I told myself to calm down. I mean, food's on its way so no problem. But wait, wait wait, after 30 minutes, I received a call from McDo asking for landmarks! At that point I was already angry! That simply meant food's still at their branch. If we weren't so hungry I would have cancelled our orders..gladly!

Food arrived after 2 hours. Sheesh!

BIG DADDY'S HIGHSCHOOL REUNION (where he brought along angry wife and confused eldest kiddo)

starring:

husband/big daddy

wife and eldest kiddo

with special participation

Big Daddy's friends

Even before we got to Rory's, Momsy and I we’re already panicking. I mean, we don’t really know the people in the reunion (except for Lucky of course!) so we’re kind of just crashing, right? Anyways, as it was an Ateneo Highschool Reunion, we expected intoxicated guys reminiscing. We guessed right! Momsy and I simply sat on one corner gulping beer and from time to time, Big Daddy would introduce a former classmate to us. Of course, introduction was not simply introduction. Big Daddy would of course share interesting stories about the person being introduced, like when we were in highschool..yadda yadda or at present he’s already schwinkkiddiddleloolooloo. I mean, you know, stuff like that.

Momsy’s forever line that night was “My gaaaad he’s so annoyingly drunk!” Well, I couldn’t blame her because it was so true (hihi sorry Big Daddy). In fact, I had my one forever line that night too…Momsy, your husband is drunk and his bestfriend (referring to Lucky) is of no use coz he’s so drunk as well!! Well, anyways it was very entertaining, I mean, listening as the guys reminisce. I bet they were more rowdy back in the day. It was nice too that Momsy and I met a lot of new people that night. I’m just really bad when it comes to remembering names of people I just met so I can’t, at least for now, tell ya the names of the people we shared a couple of hi’s and hello’s with.

I just really wish the waitress assigned to us would act nicely if and when we decide to visit Rory’s again. Everytime we ask something from her, you can read it in her eyes that she’s so pissed! And the accent sheeeeeesh!!!! Gosh, I so wanted to put her in her proper place. Feeling! It was as if she owned the place ha. I mean, hello, even if she did, so what? We’re still customers and she should do her job right! Oh well… bottomline is, we had fun that night despite Big Daddy’s drinkin and service at Rory’s. Towards the end, I must admit we were just simply entertained by four things namely, how Big Daddy never ran out of stories to tell, how Gino managed to take a nap while party was ongoing, why Lucky won't stop yakking about his missing lighter and most importantly, free beer for momsy and me!

in the end.....there was peace

SO YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH BLOGGING?

I learned about the article through Jegoisms, and I simply felt the need to react. You can read the article through http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/?page=goodLife2_mar10_2008 .

Yes, it’s so easy to diss or bash someone through blogging; and yes, it is undeniable that there are those who hide behind pseudonyms when blogging or even commenting. Despite that, I still don’t think said instances can ever be considered as justification for this statement:

“But blogging, aside from Perez Hilton and the other big time bloggers (you know who you are) is for me a slacker job or a medium and pastime for lonely people to connect. Unless you’re in bloody Siberia or in a Gulag prison, try stepping outside your comfort zone and turn off the laptop or pc, you just might find some real live people to talk to instead of typing away in cyber space.”

The author of the statement, in fairness to her, also listed a number of things that she liked about blogging (like it’s a good source of info; that people can exchange views and ideas through blogs). What I really didn’t like about the article is the fact that she made it appear that bloggers are like journalist wannabes who unfortunately do not have enough knowledge as regards “certain guidelines that govern the freedom of speech”; that they write simply because they don’t have anything better to do.

I’ve been blogging for quite some time now, and honestly, I was insulted by the article. Truth is, I enjoy b logging because I get to share to friends things I’ve experienced, emotions I’ve felt, or places I’ve been to. Oh, and yeah, blogging never made me feel the need to get out in order to “find some real live people to talk to.” In fact sometimes, my Momsy and I even go out just so we can blog about something new. Hey, I am not trying to justify my blogging. I’m just saying I was insulted by the article.

Oh well, I can’t blame her anyways because she was simply airing out her opinions and maybe feelings concerning anonymous bloggers. It just really started to look bad when she started to use statements criticizing bloggers in general.

My name is Trina Ilarde. And I didn’t like that article.