Monday, August 11, 2003
DANCE THE NIGHT AWAY
Our Tropa celebrates its Six Monthsary in Eastwood
AFTER planning for the past few weeks, the outing pushed through last Saturday night. I stayed at La Salle all Saturday and fixed up what could be fixed up at the dorm and even at the HF Office despite my current article making crisis.
I waited for all the med students (Lance, Aldrich, etc.) to finish their classes and we all gathered there at the dorms around late afternoon on Saturday. Together with Gaile and her three girlfriends, we proceeded to the ATC Sakayan near the Highway.
We basically occupied the whole van so we paid for the remaining two vacant seats for an additional 6 pesos each. We headed for ATC and arrived there when it was night time already.
We met with Alex, Len, Joel, and Abbie at Starbucks and we stayed at ATC from early evening until around 10 o'clock in the evening. Basil was with Gaile. I was with anyone. We did a lot of waiting again and I had Lance go with me in getting batteries for my digital camera. Once I had the camera up again, I started taking pictures.
We all got inside Joel's big van. He sat in the front. Aldrich and Abbie were to my left and right respectively in the first middle seat. The second middle seat had Lance, Kevin, Basil, and Gaile wedged there. And the back seat was occupied by Alex, Len, and Ninz.
We got to Eastwood and it was my first time there. I was expecting the place to be filled with many people that looked similar to us... but instead what I found were people in their mid 20s roaming around.
The place looked awesome and I wanted to explore. But I noticed I looked extremely young when placed side by side with the crowds there. I was disappointed, but in my head I was thinking that maybe one day soon in the future I'll look just like those people. I imagined what if Eastwood is my place to hang out after finishing an article at a local newspaper or finishing a meeting with some Segment Producers of some TV Channel. Guess I'll never know.
We literally went bar-hopping. If we were rejected in one place, we went to another. Hahaha. We were asked for our IDs several times and it was hilarious at the same time annoying. We did have IDs, our DLSU-D IDs. We didn't go into Blue Onion, the place they said they went last time. We didn't go inside Ipanema (except Joel and Kevin) due to the guard suddenly questioning everyone for their age and ID. We were questioned at The Basement, but we were allowed in after showing our College IDs and after Basil changed footwear since he was originally wearing sandals.
We went inside and it was dark and very deep. Very crowded. It was the real thing though. Nothing compared to Spirits Disco up in Baguio City last summer. This place was filled with the people you'd see on TV in those Bar, Club, and Resto commercials.
We didn't sit down anywhere since there wasn't a single place to sit at. The entrance fee was Php 150.00 with 2 consumable drinks. I only drank one of the two drinks, which was a San Mig Light.
When everyone started to dance, we joined in. It was the most crowded Dance Floor I've ever been to, but it was all fun. It was body to body in there. Alex kept jumping. Len kept diving in. Aldrich and Kevin and Ninz were laughing and dancing while this seemingly tall woman was behind them. Only to find out later that the tall woman was actually a tall drag queen. Hahaha.
No, it wasn't a gay bar or club. Actually, there were lots of nice girls in there. There was a program going on. Wait, that sounds too formal. There was an event going on. Q-Club-London was there and a presenter from MTV Philippines was at the DJ's booth.
We danced and danced until at one point I got really really tired I nearly collapsed. Good thing there was a chair there were I could lean my back on for just a moment.
We left later and went outside for some fresh air. We sat on the sidewalk, I don't know why. I wanted to sit on those tables though. We were in front of Jack's Loft area.
Later on (which was around 2am) we ate at Fazoli's Italian Place. I was feeling sick to my stomach at that time but I still ate as best as I could.
After eating we all agreed that we were all tired. We could have gone for more partying but Gaile was sleepy and I was feeling sick. We sat by the sidewalks and waited for Joel to return. He and Kevin went into Ipanema. Joel didn't want to go yet.
We took pictures in the meantime and absorbed the early morning scene of Eastwood. The people lessened every few minutes but the music and the lights were still active.
I also took a survey of everyone in the tropa. The person who drank the most was Joel with 6 San Mig Lights (3 in The Basement, 3 in Ipanema). Everyone else drank 1 or 2 San Mig Lights I think. I'm not sure about Karl, since he was with his ex-girlfriend Shalome. The person who drank the least was Basil and Gaile, they didn't drink.
The person who spent the most was Karl with P1,300 and the person who spent the least was Len I think with less P350. I spent around P400.
Joel finally came and the music at The Basement (our chosen club/bar of the outing) was really good and tempting... but I was just so tired.
We finally took off and headed to Camp Aguinaldo to Joel's house. The house was the house of the Vice Chief-of-Staff by the way, his dad Mr. Rodolfo Garcia.
They chit chatted and I fell asleep and in the morning we would leave in two batches after a delicious breakfast.
I hate to make this entry so short but I'm typing this 3 o'clock in the morning. The pictures say it all and the memories as well. I loved this outing and I enjoyed it. I want to go out more! Thanks guys for such a great time. ^_^
Our Tropa celebrates its Six Monthsary in Eastwood
AFTER planning for the past few weeks, the outing pushed through last Saturday night. I stayed at La Salle all Saturday and fixed up what could be fixed up at the dorm and even at the HF Office despite my current article making crisis.
I waited for all the med students (Lance, Aldrich, etc.) to finish their classes and we all gathered there at the dorms around late afternoon on Saturday. Together with Gaile and her three girlfriends, we proceeded to the ATC Sakayan near the Highway.
We basically occupied the whole van so we paid for the remaining two vacant seats for an additional 6 pesos each. We headed for ATC and arrived there when it was night time already.
We met with Alex, Len, Joel, and Abbie at Starbucks and we stayed at ATC from early evening until around 10 o'clock in the evening. Basil was with Gaile. I was with anyone. We did a lot of waiting again and I had Lance go with me in getting batteries for my digital camera. Once I had the camera up again, I started taking pictures.
We all got inside Joel's big van. He sat in the front. Aldrich and Abbie were to my left and right respectively in the first middle seat. The second middle seat had Lance, Kevin, Basil, and Gaile wedged there. And the back seat was occupied by Alex, Len, and Ninz.
We got to Eastwood and it was my first time there. I was expecting the place to be filled with many people that looked similar to us... but instead what I found were people in their mid 20s roaming around.
The place looked awesome and I wanted to explore. But I noticed I looked extremely young when placed side by side with the crowds there. I was disappointed, but in my head I was thinking that maybe one day soon in the future I'll look just like those people. I imagined what if Eastwood is my place to hang out after finishing an article at a local newspaper or finishing a meeting with some Segment Producers of some TV Channel. Guess I'll never know.
We literally went bar-hopping. If we were rejected in one place, we went to another. Hahaha. We were asked for our IDs several times and it was hilarious at the same time annoying. We did have IDs, our DLSU-D IDs. We didn't go into Blue Onion, the place they said they went last time. We didn't go inside Ipanema (except Joel and Kevin) due to the guard suddenly questioning everyone for their age and ID. We were questioned at The Basement, but we were allowed in after showing our College IDs and after Basil changed footwear since he was originally wearing sandals.
We went inside and it was dark and very deep. Very crowded. It was the real thing though. Nothing compared to Spirits Disco up in Baguio City last summer. This place was filled with the people you'd see on TV in those Bar, Club, and Resto commercials.
We didn't sit down anywhere since there wasn't a single place to sit at. The entrance fee was Php 150.00 with 2 consumable drinks. I only drank one of the two drinks, which was a San Mig Light.
When everyone started to dance, we joined in. It was the most crowded Dance Floor I've ever been to, but it was all fun. It was body to body in there. Alex kept jumping. Len kept diving in. Aldrich and Kevin and Ninz were laughing and dancing while this seemingly tall woman was behind them. Only to find out later that the tall woman was actually a tall drag queen. Hahaha.
No, it wasn't a gay bar or club. Actually, there were lots of nice girls in there. There was a program going on. Wait, that sounds too formal. There was an event going on. Q-Club-London was there and a presenter from MTV Philippines was at the DJ's booth.
We danced and danced until at one point I got really really tired I nearly collapsed. Good thing there was a chair there were I could lean my back on for just a moment.
We left later and went outside for some fresh air. We sat on the sidewalk, I don't know why. I wanted to sit on those tables though. We were in front of Jack's Loft area.
Later on (which was around 2am) we ate at Fazoli's Italian Place. I was feeling sick to my stomach at that time but I still ate as best as I could.
After eating we all agreed that we were all tired. We could have gone for more partying but Gaile was sleepy and I was feeling sick. We sat by the sidewalks and waited for Joel to return. He and Kevin went into Ipanema. Joel didn't want to go yet.
We took pictures in the meantime and absorbed the early morning scene of Eastwood. The people lessened every few minutes but the music and the lights were still active.
I also took a survey of everyone in the tropa. The person who drank the most was Joel with 6 San Mig Lights (3 in The Basement, 3 in Ipanema). Everyone else drank 1 or 2 San Mig Lights I think. I'm not sure about Karl, since he was with his ex-girlfriend Shalome. The person who drank the least was Basil and Gaile, they didn't drink.
The person who spent the most was Karl with P1,300 and the person who spent the least was Len I think with less P350. I spent around P400.
Joel finally came and the music at The Basement (our chosen club/bar of the outing) was really good and tempting... but I was just so tired.
We finally took off and headed to Camp Aguinaldo to Joel's house. The house was the house of the Vice Chief-of-Staff by the way, his dad Mr. Rodolfo Garcia.
They chit chatted and I fell asleep and in the morning we would leave in two batches after a delicious breakfast.
I hate to make this entry so short but I'm typing this 3 o'clock in the morning. The pictures say it all and the memories as well. I loved this outing and I enjoyed it. I want to go out more! Thanks guys for such a great time. ^_^
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