A scrumptious feast of singang et al

It was a Sunday, June 5, 2005 and the weather was unpredictable. Although that was the case, nothing came close to holding me back from getting my share of fun and leisure after a week of excruciating office hours and sleepless afternoons...

And so the adventure begins...

After logging out from the office, I find myself tagging along some officemates to a house in Vista Verde near Robinsons East. But before we got there, we spent at least an hour going in circles around that subdivision in the hopes that the next stop will take us to phase 8. "Ayan! Phase 6 na! 2 na lang!" "Uy dito tayo liliko! hindi, galing na tayo kanina diyan. dead end iyan!" "Hindi! Trust me!)"Sabi na nga ba dead end eh!" I think you get the picture. When we finally reached the house, we began to cook our pasta, then we watched DVD and had a bit of Videoke fun with a cool DVD/videoke machine contraption that has a list of songs just like the ones we see in the expensive videoke bars in the metro. Nice!

We spent the whole afternoon exchanging jokes, throwing insults at one another etc. To top it all off, we watched closely as Kris Aquino asked permission on live TV and to the whole country, that she is to marry Basketball star James Yap. Wow! Now, can anything top that? hehehe

Anyway, that night, me and some of my offciemates continued to another officemates house in Project 6 for a sort of team building gimmick. There we filled our bellies with a scrumptious feast of singang na baka, inihaw na liempo, inihaw na tilapia and fried chicken. And I must say, Tony, nothing beats your perfect sinigang na baka! You have to teach me that recipe.

But of course, this day can't end without emptying beer bottles. And so beer flowed from out of the refrigirator and into our bellies, alongside Myke's corny jokes and headlines, Pao's trivia challenges and a mix of reggae and incognito music courtesy of George. Here are some tidbits, "Aso nasagasaan! Garapata duguan!" Just imagine the agony! "Komedyante tinawanan! Nagalit!" haaay! Need I say more...

But with everything that transpired, I had a great day! Times like these, you learn to appreciate the small and corny things you usually don't mind during regular days. Here you are able to throw away your worries in the office and try to spend a simple day laughing with friends, exchanging corny jokes and sharing a scrumptious feast of singang et al.