salud!

The Weekend

I don't remember much of Friday,'cept that we watched Sugar Free perform at Peligro, this niched bar at the corner of Aguirre and Salcedo sts., Makati. The place was packed with loyal fans, rockers and the "usual suspects" --- Me, Maggie and Jason of course! We walked over to the place from Greenbelt, where we had a light dinner at MYLK. As usual, the band was rockin'! Ebe, though he was down with the colds, performed pretty well, and had the house rockin' in no time. Lucee came over later on, and after the customary congrats and felicitations (yup, groupie that i am!), we headed off to Azurro to have some drinks. See, Peligro was closed off all night by Red Horse Beer, which wasn't so bad, but we kinda had a thing for drinks, so Lucee suggested Azurro.

Jason treated us to a bottle of vino, which was pretty good (yup, tipsy me!) and we hung out and pretty much closed the place down. We headed on to Temple, where Lucee met some of her team mates (and their coach) who were out partying. I couldn't believe i was able to go home without being a wreck that night.

+ + +

bonjour!

ok, ok, i had my first french lesson last saturday, so i am kinda going through the motions of remembering what they taught me. hahaha! Of course, being the language-challenged dork that i am, i decided to take the first step and just enroll into the basic french class UP was offering this semester. Yup, no doubt about it, this was one interesting lesson!

+ + +

Unfortunately, that made me miss Lucee's last footbal game (sorry gurl!) The class ended at 5pm, so by the time i left, it was really too late to even try to catch up. I headed back home and did my chores for the day (even sneaked in time for naps, thank god!)

+ + +

Maggie and Jason swung by to pick me up later that evening, and we headed off to this posh evening event at the Mandarin Oriental. Yup, it's a glitzy affair, and i immediately felt out of place coming in. Maggie looked great in her little black dress, and Jason looked amazing with his kewl silver blue tie. Moi? I was decked in this black top with a plaid skirt and red maryjane heels. Talk about being different.

We finally got to meet Lord, Maggie's friend who invited us to the shindig. Of course, who wouldn't refuse free food and booze? Armed with this, we proceeded to enjoy the night by diggin into the freebies (yummy desserts, lovely booze!) Lucy came over a biot later, though didn't stay very long since she opted to go back tothe Football peeps. Jason and I mused over the gossip and other interesting conversations we've heard so far, while Maggie was expertly batting away insincere (and kinda lame) pick-up lines being thrown her way. I gotta hand it to her, she's got it down pat! ;-) You go girl! We got away with some freebies too (it was a sponsored event so they gave us some cd holders)

We swung by the football place to check the scene out. I was pretty curious, after all, Lucy's been talking about the place and well, the fact that she was able to get my friend Manila drunk was something, so we headed off to Essensa, The Fort. The place was fabulous!!!! I mean, it was at the penthouse, so the view was pretty spectacular, not to mention the enormity of the apartment was overwhelming! The party was dying down when we arrived though, and well, we just kinda took that opportunity to take it all in.

+ + +

Joey had this thing happening at Temple the same night and was texting every so often confirming if we were swinging by. Not to be rude, but i was tired. But since i did promise, Maggie dropped us off at G4 and we tried to see what was left. The place was closing by the time we got there, but we were able to share a beer (yehey!) Adele and her friends, Joey and Steven, were also there, apparently late too. hehehe. At least we all got to hang out a bit and chat. Joey was on his way home, but was sweet enough to wait for me and chat for a while.

+ + +