10/25/07
Arrived home from ValGen NICU duty @ 1:30AM. Meatball time. Who would’ve known that it would take me 4hours to finish the whole caboodle. Darn that sosy cookbook. Ilang gabi na kong naggagayat… Slept 6:30AM. Woke up at 9:30AM. Panicked since Mama hasn’t started making the mixture into balls! And yeah, I forgot to take out the pasta sauces from the freezer to defrost. Balls… focus on the balls. The seafood’s out but still frozen. I can’t believe this! Buti na lang nandyan si Gem our helper. Ma’s doing the house layout and no, she can’t put off work for that day. Good thing Tin dropped in earlier than expected and was a real trooper helping out in the kitchen. Did the fruit salad which was delicious — guests loved it;p I was really planning to sneak out to get a pedicure and my brows done but I guess no time for that. Ren comes in before 1pm, I think. And we’re still cooking. Actually he signalled the start of cooking pasta. Served salsa & chips. Thank God for salsa… Got the food served around 2pm. To say that everyone was hungry is an understatement. Munching on the stuff — I’d say my hard work paid off. Tasted great! Hehehe, sige magbuhat pa ng sariling bangko. Btw, LM decided not to go to work to help out. Ssshhhh… her boss is not supposed to know;p Then, Arnie and Donna came. Lovely… Now I had singers for the videoke. Rented it for P1K which was worth it - really large TV, looked brand new, no pornographic stuff, updated songs…. yun nga lang sucky scoring, which was ok by me. By 6pm, I did a costume change of sorts from Lara’s gift (the nice pink top) to the violet thing we got at Ruins. LM made me look like some sort of kabuki doll;p Cool! Btw, see the pix on my multiply site: eise.multiply.com. We got a photo op in before my first batch of guests left. Lara was on the computer checking out stuff and good thing she managed to stay till 8pm. My first guest for batch 2 was Eric. Waddya know he brought his requested banoffee cake? I’m not sure if this was it but it had banana in it. I only checked the day after. Got updated with office news. Then finally Grp54B from OLFU arrives after 4hours circling around Manila. They weren’t able to take the right route going to SSH and landed in Pasay then went through Coastal Rd. God knows how heavy the traffic is. Anyway, they made it. And they were dead hungry. Buti na rin at akala ko hindi mangangalahati ang handa ko. Had around 30 guests come in for the whole day. Definitely a small number compared to the number I’ve invited but it was alright. We had ourselves an entertaining evening. Just when the OLFU people got settled down to do videoke. VIP Choir people come in starting with Mito and Mabel— hehehe, nagsimula ng dumating ang mga pambato ko sa kantahan. Had to leave to get Clyde to Sucat. May duty pa pala ang pobre sa Meycauayan. What is eat and run? When I got back with Doc Felix, Ing, her bf Jem and Ranier were already there. Isa followed. Waddya know? Nakahabol pa si Frank and Ikey from Monumento. And man, was Frank bangag or what? — matching sore eyes pa! Buti na lang may nakatabi akong Visine na hindi pa nagagamit. Couldn’t really place him since he already ate. So we talked. Next thing I know Martin’s standing on the other side. What a relief! There’s a good guy friend when you need one=) Not that Frank was doing any harm. He was just relating stuff in a jumbled way with long pauses that I managed to comprehend. I finally changed positions where I had Martin on my left and Frank on my right to keep my sanity intact. OLFU pips and VIP pips seemed to be entertaining themselves with VIP’s finest belting out practiced tunes… Gosh, I’m so proud. Sayang talaga’t di ko na photo op ang mga taga-VIP. Medyo windang na kasi ako nun. Nakaalis na sila bago dumating ang susunod na entertainment. Frank had me talking to him in the garage then later on in the street where he played me two songs - one from U2. Really, really sweet. He really rocked. Managed to get him inside with Ikey’s help. Buti na lang kasama ko si Ikey sa labas. Frank played some folk songs which got Mama impressed despite the weird behavior. He was courteous yes but you just knew that he wasnt in the right state of mind. Haay, do rockers really need to get high first to get their confidence up? I think I almost got him mad when I told my mom that he was doing a U2 song. He thought I wasnt listening. Everyone was cool. I think the younger ones were great especially Edel for keeping up with Frank’s conversation. Frank had to leave because of virtual lab scheduled in the morning. I guess the OLFU people had enough excitement for the night and got going also. Sayang, ala pa kami sa kwentuhan state but I think everyone enjoyed… I hope. Before I forget, one of the main events was this surprise music video made by LM of songs that I really liked and personal pix that got me downright embarassed… Arrgh! Watching a cutesy kid growing into a freaky preadolescent to a teenager with bad hair, fashion sense then eventually getting it right but went overweight in her early twenties then went back down - fixing hair and all. I liked the video, really I did… but not for new friends to watch! Haay, this is probably what I get for doing the one for Don… Anyway, LM convinced me that it was better to see how I improved from what I was then to what I am now. Well, if you put it that way… Pwede na rin hehehe… In the end, it was down to the four of us: LM, Kiko, Martin and I. Sang a few songs on the videoke then we decided to call it a night. LM and I got Kiko to McDo. Then went back home. I wanted to do some more singing on the videoke but Ma had to talk to us about family stuff. I listened to her lying down on my bed. I dunno, the minute my head touched my pillow - I was down and I couldn’t for the life of me move. What is delayed tiredness? It was around 1am. Finally 10/25 was over. I couldn’t have planned a more eventful evening;p
