Many-Colored Saturday Night

After a particularly tiring day at work, I went straight to Glorietta to have dinner with CeeJ, John (who was with his significant other), and Lenard. Lenard brought a friend with him, Marc, who was a former officemate of mine when I was still with PeopleSupport. The six of us had pizza and pasta at A Venetto, where we talked about the days of yore when most of us were still in college, and still going out almost every weekend.

It was a pretty significant occasion since the last time we saw each other was... well... years and years ago! My heart was full of happy to know we haven't changed much at all. We were as crass, silly, and ridiculously irreverent in our most ordinary conversations as before. It was a shame Allan couldn't make it though. He wouldof made the evening more colorful with his offhand remarks and jabbing quips to our more... abrasive words. Hehe.

There was a promise of a Spice Girls Videoke Night towards the end of the evening. Here's to hoping all of us can make it then!


The guys decided to call it a night around 11:00 PM. Cue text message from Sutherland friend, Jimmy, and his partner, Ken. They said they'd be heading to Cable Car in Pasay Road in a while with another Sutherland friend, Donnie, and his partner, Gabby, for drinks and videoke. I was feeling the tugs of sleepiness, but I couldn't help saying yes since I haven't seen them too in a long time! Besides, CeeJ didn't feel like going home either so I asked him to go with us instead.

In about 20 minutes, I saw them driving up towards McDonald's in Greenbelt. Before waiting for the car to even stop, Jimmy got out from the passenger seat and ran the few steps for a tight hug. All weariness evaporated when I realized how I missed them all so much!

We headed to Cable Car right after, trying to catch up on the latest goss involving our friends and Sutherland officemates. Jimmy sang his usual repertoire of songs from Fra Lippo Lippi, Joey Albert, and Sharon Cuneta (of course). Ken channeled his inner diva and sang Stand Up for Love, while Donnie and Gabz looked absolutely adorable singing Careless Whisper together. CeeJ and I were the best audience, wooting and clapping at the appropriate moments.

At about 2:00 AM however, CeeJ and I had to leave since he had work in a couple of hours. Much hugs and promises to meet up soon went 'round the table once again before we made our exit from the bar.


I felt all kinds of giddy walking home last night. Life does have pockets of happiness hidden in tiny places. We just need to know where to look. :-)