I have already decided not to go out that day seeing the traffic would be impossible on a Friday, on a December, on a 13th month pay day but while doing a bit of an errand in BGC, Dv called and asked me to go to their little cinema's launch that night. I guess half of me wanted to give my support and half of me had FOMO.
So after the errand, I went home for a bit to get ready to go to QC. I got lazy in the process so I left nearly rush hour. My trip took 2 1/2 hours. Thank the software gods for Spotify, I swear.
I got to Maginhawa. R was taking so long so I went in a couple of shops pretending to look at stuff. When R finally came we went to eat at Indonyaki. After that, we walked to the little cinema where the launch is. Chatted up a bit with a few friends then A texted that he's at the convenience store right beside. I went to him then we talked for maybe 30 minutes before I went back to the cinema.
I've really enjoyed hanging out with A and talking to him lately. It's always fun and conversations are meaningful. Maybe because we don't really know a lot about each other yet, especially since we have been out of touch for 4 years and we didn't get to talk a lot in person 4 years ago because of then relationships complications. O's girlfriend C passed by and I forgot to introduce A, sometimes I still feel a little bit awkward letting people know about my friendship with him because I've experienced people judge so many times before and they're not nice. In fact, they can be complete devils.
So after a while he decided to go home first and I needed to get back to the launch. I invited him to come drinking with us later that night.
The launch was okay but there was a mobile bar so, unlimited cocktails! I had 2 glasses of blue lagoon, 1 or 2 glasses of margarita, and 2 glasses of mojitos. I was drunk by 9pm.
After that, a bunch of us (CP, R, E, Cy) moved to Sarah's. J followed there and saw a few other friends too.
While I was about to get beer from the "bar," someone approached me and said "you're so pretty" to which being drunk and over-confident I automatically said "thank you" and his reaction surprised me. Like I made him feel awkward. He defensively said, "But you don't know me." So said in a very friendly manner, "Yeah, you are?" he stumbled for an answer so our friends nearby introduced him. "Hi, I'm Dee," introducing myself back. I don't remember if I shook his hand. I was too drunk by this time to remember. In retrospect, maybe he just mistook me for someone else, but maybe that's
just my self-esteem talking; can't accept a compliment for what it is.
Later into the evening, G arrived with F and his girlfriend K, and P and his girlfriend J. WHAT A PERFECTLY AWKWARD SCENARIO if it was fiction. But it was real life, so it was really bad. I said hi to all of the except K obviously. F and I even acknowledged each other presence.
A arrived and I didn't even have to keep him entertained, he fit right in. Awesome. I'm pretty sure I introduced him to everyone. Hopefully, I did.
In the middle of our conversation, a guy approached me to ask if I was Dse's line producer and asked for my card. I had to excuse myself from the table to talk to him. (I totally forgot who he was but now I remember that he was the best friend of that businessman we pitched to for our movie.) When I got back to the table the topic was about people's intentions, stemming from R's comment. In the end, it came down to R's opinion that the guy probably just wanted to get my number for himself and not for business.
When G finally approached our table I sprang at him with ARE YOU MAD? WHAT WERE YOU THINKING? He said he kinda told K that I was gonna be there. Knowing him he probably said it very vaguely.
When everyone decided to end the night, G, J, A and I decided to buy alcohol and take a walk inside the campus like the old time. Goal was to reach the grandstand. I was expecting to get caught halfway through but we managed to get there and even stay for an hour and a half, until J's boyfriend (whom I abhor) picker her/us up.
Here were the songs playing that night for reference:
We had them drop us off at Philcoa, just right pass the overpass so I could book an Uber. G rode with me up to Makati and I think we had a good conversation in the car. At some point I think he asked me for advise about his girlfriend, in his words, since she's also crazy. I just can't remember what we talked about.Here's a stunning photo of that morning, completely unflitered:
I never really thought there would be a chance of something like of this night happening again, but it did. Maybe that's why we keep craving for it because it's always possible. It could always happen again and we could always feel it again. In the name of ceaseless yearning and dissatisfaction, amen.
Good times, good times.
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