September 10, Wednesday after lunch, I left home to go to Armin’s place but before I could step out of the house it started raining. Parang ayaw akong paalisin eh no? And as much as I hated it, I was forced to bring an umbrella. My sister said it was raining hard in Makati and it’s super traffic so I took the MRT. I got off Magallanes station and got lost going out the MRT station. Haha! What a way to start my adventure! And of course it was still raining so I had to use my umbrella but still got wet. I was thinking of taking the bus but decided to just take a cab to Armin’s house. When I got there para kong basang sisiw. Kawawa naman ako. I washed my slippers first kse puro buhangin, I didn’t even know how I got it, and then I dried my hair. After about 30 minutes, we transferred to the house next door where his brother is staying. He and his cousins fixed the place where we were going to stay while his brother was cooking the food. He cooked sisig, yellow fin tuna in coconut milk, fried tofu and calamares.

The party began. We had Brandy… there were also Absolute Vodka (para daw sa nagi-inarte), Black Label and San Mig Light but I had the brandy… at least tested ko na yon, ibang brand nga lang. We used to love Fundador, wala kseng hangover but that night we had Gran Matador. It was my first time to drink Gran Matador and Armin was the one fixing my drink, he mixed it with soda, and he was like a bot, everytime he saw my cup empty he’d fix me another one.

People started arriving… gosh they were all boy. Doc wasn’t able to drop by because he still was on duty but Mico did and I was really glad to see him! Mico’s my kumpare and the last time I saw him was last July, on his son’s birthday (my godchild) and as always I got drunk again. Good thing that he had two girls with him, yun nga lang hindi ko kilala. Haha! Anyway, we talked about what’s going on with each other’s lives, work, basketball and Manny Pacquiao. Armin would introduce me whenever someone arrived, give me a little background about the person, ganon lang. Para siyang may alaga, he’d fix my drink, ask me to eat, accompany me to the bathroom or ask his brother or his cousin to look after me. Haha!

Of course, the night wouldn’t be complete without Armin starting a fight or an argument with me. Mico kase wanted to talk to me so I transferred to the seat beside him. So, we talked… he asked me if he’s the reason why hindi ako nagsasasama sa barkada. I assured him it wasn’t him and besides baket naman magiging siya eh hindi nga kami parating nagkikita or nagkakausap. Then ayon na… nagtatampo daw siya sa kin and he wasn’t very clear why. So anyway, we patched things up by drinking. Haha! And he made me drink with the guy beside me… I can’t even remember his name. Haha! And that did it! Pina-straight niya sa kin yung isang glass and after that I went inside the house to throw up. Armin stayed with me first to make sure that I was okay. He gave me a bin where I could throw up and he asked his cousin Tetet to look after me. After a while I went out again. Caloy was there and Mico and the gang went home already. Caloy is a friend of Aarmin’s whos’ also an officemate of Mico. They were talking about him earlier lang kse makulit daw. Anyway, I just said hi to him and then I stood up again because I felt like throwing up again. I just stayed outside the door and Armin gave me another bin, in case I threw up. Then after a few minutes he washed my hand and we went back to the table. I stopped drinking already and just asked for water and some ice chips. Dun niya na ko inaway… he wanted me to go to sleep already and I told him not yet because I knew that as soon as I lie down I was going to throw up again. So pinapababa ko muna yung tama ko and still waiting kung magto-throw up pa ko. Good thing naman hindi na and when we went to sleep diretso na yung tulog ko.

The next day when Armin woke up, he was laughed at me. Buti na lang daw hindi niya sinabi sa tropa niya na malakas akong uminom kse mapapahiya daw siya. He didn’t count how many glasses I had but he thought about it and said third bottle na daw nung nag throw up ako so madami nga daw na yon. Wala lang, andon lang kami sa room nila, kwentuhan and watched a lot of tv. Most of the time we slept. He just let me rest. Then kinwento pa niya na I called Cielo daw on the phone, hindi ko na maalala sobra. And I asked him why he was arguing with me the night before and he said it seemed like I hate going to sleep.

Around 4pm I decided to go home. Hindi niya ko mahahatid because meron siyang commitments for that day. I forced myself to go home na kahit super tamad pa ko because I didn’t want to stay there anymore kse kakahiya. Yeah, I’m shy pa ng lagay na yan! Haha! Hinatid niya ko dun sa sakayan ng bus near EDSA and he waited na makasakay ako and asked me to let him know if I was home already. Around 5 pm he texted me asking me where I was… naka-reply ako mga 6pm na, I forgot to text him. Haha! He said he received na daw yung scrapbook page niya. I had it printed in Digiprint and sent it to his house. He like it and I’m glad!

So that’s it… another one of my drunk tales. Haha! Sabi nga ni Armin at least daw naa-achieve ko yung goal ko na maging wreck pag umiinom. Korek! What’s the use of drinking kung hindi ako wreck and not having fun! According nga to Dave “Live for the moment.” Haha! And I also already figured out why I threw up… I thought I ate lunch that day, yun pala yung day before yung naiisip ko. So it’s not really gross kse puro water lang yung tino-throw up ko.

I forgot to mention that I lost my earring and I didn’t know how. Armin’s bro just gave me one of them when I was leaving. Armin asked me where the other one was and I had no idea. And I felt like Armin and his bro conspired against me. Armin pala took a lot of pictures when I was throwing up and then a couple of days later, his bro added me to his Friendster and saw that he posted the photos on his account, including all my solo pics! Hay buhay.