the past week has been quite eventful for me. more eventful than usual anyway.

thursday: the freshman party

last thursday night, the UP law school government and the sigma rho frat hosted a freshman party at temple bar, in greenbelt, and there was unlimited free beer [at least from 8-10 pm]. looking back, it seems odd why i even went there - i don't like the idea of fraternities or anything of the sort, i am not a freshman, i don't drink, and we had a 9 am class the next day which i haven't studied for yet. but, since oggs gave us discount [and actually forced us to buy tickets. hehe. j/k. i konw he just needed people to laugh at his jokes while he hosted the event :D] and since all my friends [except nico and daisy] were going, i decided to go also. the event was okay, but it would've been better for me if i actually drink beer. everyone else was enjoying while they took advantage of the unlimited beer. i ended up, as predicted, standing in one corner, watching the bands or watching people pass by, and occasionally i would comment about this person or that. it was a good thing mia was with me; she doesn't drink also. the event was successful; the crowd was composed of, obviously, freshmen and frat men/boys. it was like an SR meeting; the frat people kept on shouting whatever in a unison manner like orcs that it got freaky already at some point. [i am not against SR, please don't hate me] we spent the rest of the night in the smoking section because there were seats there and the others had to smoke, until my eyes got strained and watery from all the smoke from the yosi + aircon that i had to leave the room. honestly, i would rather spend lunch at manang's/some other restaurant with my friends where we could laugh and talk with each other without blaring music,, and where we can have good, clean oxygen intake. 'reminds me of my high school days when i was such a loser at parties, watching everyone else dance, drink or smoke while i sit in one corner and do nothing. i am such a boring person. i still managed to have fun that night, nonetheless. i ended up going straight to bed when i got home, neglecting all my sales and torts readings on my study table. tsk tsk. delinquent.

friday: pat's despedida

we had pat's surprise despedida party last friday, at di's house. she's leaving for the states 2 weeks from now to study neuropyschology at stanford. astig! well, it didn't turn out to be a surprise after all; a few days before, she already sort of suspected we were up to something. we didn't have such an organized plan, so we weren't able to think about what alibi we're going to give her. and cesar texted her a few hours before dinner, asking her about the party. hehe.

we had a kiddie party theme, complete with colorful decorations, spaghetti and chicken and loot bags. wala nga lang hotdog with marshmallow na nakatuhog sa cabbage. hehe. i'm sure you remember that from your childhood. credit goes to jonel for the idea and all the decorations. we were supposed to be dressed in kiddie outfits, and he was supposed to wear an LA lopez outfit with the jersey and cap, but we didn't push through with it anymore. i still wore a spongebob shirt though. there were a lot of food left; we were expecting a bigger turnout, but a lot of people couldn't make it due to personal reasons. later on that night, we realized that pat was vegetarian, no wonder she only ate a slice of shrimp pizza from yellow cab. haha. stupid stupid. it was good seeing the harkadah and other psych blockmates once again after a long time. we updated each other about life and love life and the others had fun with the videoke. two years later, we still haven't changed much from our crazy collge selves.

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jonel, pat and joan

saturday: the freshmen night/miss freshman pageant

fyi, the miss freshman pageant actually doesn't have anything to do with pretty beauty queen girls - the contestants are crossdresser freshman law boys who try to outdo each other at being kinky/bastos. hehe. the event was admittedly better this year. they had an "american idol"/hawaiian theme [they had the title "idolaw". the first letter is pronounced as a short i], which beats the 70's theme they had last year, there were more decorations, the presentations [especially the stunt by siege from I-A] and the judges were really funny. i think more people even came this year. i didn't really like the idea back then, but now i think it's actually fun, in a jologs/bakya/noontime variety show kind of way. filipinos never get tired of that. and at least it gave our brains a rest from all the stress from studying [what studying? hehe].

i went there with jen, grace and chi. grace, chi and i had a part in the event, by the way - we were tasked to judge the freshman dance performances. since chi and the other winlaw members left early, grace and i ended up going in front to give the award and certificate to the hosts [oggs was one of them, and the other one called me pocahontas. o k a y. do i even look like her?? well at least i wasn't compared again to this obscure person from "click"..] one of the sections danced to the tune of the viva hot babes' song, "bulaklak" and they were all game in doing the dance steps. i think it's nice that all the girls in their class participated and that they were so into the event. in short, hindi sila corny. they ended up as the champions [adding up their points in all the games + the miss freshman, etc.]. al, who was from the same section, also won first place in the pageant. they didn't win first place in the dance performance though, but i think they got second place

i also met up with pat, who came there with katha. we later on ate at "munch" in katipunan with neil and oggs. the event ended at around 11:30 pm. i think last year it only ended at 10. it was a wrong move that we didn't have dinner before the freshman night.

i think oggs might have finally found his other half. hehe joke lang oggs :D


F4 person turned beauty drag queen hehe

al, ms. freshman 2004. everyone was rooting for siege [see F4 guy above] because of his comedy bar-worthy talent, but al gave a more witty answer in the question and answer portion. so there.

my parents are going to kill me for going home late for three nights in a row. now i haven't even studied yet for anything this week, and it's already 6 in the evening. and i'm worried about the insurance midterms this friday. agh. sige, mag-aaral na nga.

Labels: harkadah, law school