bad to good

i had what i'd call a turn-around night last night.  things started out not quite well but ended up very, very well : )

first, i couldn't log in to myminilife.  myminilife itself was ok, but then friendster was undergoing maintenance and i registered at myminilife through my friendster account so i couldn't get through... sigh...

second, i was supposed to attend something i wasn't too keen on attending.  i thought we really wouldn't push through anymore.  one of my companions, my best friend, had to attend an important meeting at the office after regular office hours.  another, my dear friend, had to be at the nativity-lighting ceremony at the city's commercial center.  both activities ended quite late and i was inclined to skip the scheduled gathering altogether except that my dear friend was tasked at the last minute to bring tickets to the gathering venue.  it was already very late so i asked them to check whether the honoree was still at the gathering.  i said i was going to drive all the way to the place for the honoree but not just to bring tickets.  these tickets could be distributed at a later time anyway.  they called and was supposedly told the honoree was still there.  ok, go.

upon arrival, i scanned the table for the honoree.  there was an unfamiliar face and i asked, "ikaw ba?"

she said yes.  beso-beso.

we had a short exchange of pleasantries and i couldn't help saying, "parang nag-iba talaga.  hindi kita nakilala."

well, what do you know, it turns out she wasn't the honoree after all.  huh?!  ha-ha-ha.

i asked where the honoree was.  she has left.  another huh?!  no ha-ha-ha, this time.

i turned to my companions saying i asked them to confirm whether the honoree was still there.  i wasn't too happy i drove all the way to the place just to bring tickets.  there were explanations, this and that.  ok, ok.

just then, one of the guys stood up to offer me his seat.  i declined.  still, he didn't sit back until i had left (i had to go to the car to return and get something.).  my piqued level went down a couple notches, ha-ha-ha.  i really appreciate gentlemanly acts : )

actually, three more guys at the table stood up to make small talk with us late arrivees.  i know they did it not so much for me as for one of my companions but i was touched nevertheless.  my irked level (at having to go all the way to the venue just to bring tickets) once again went down at the guys' reception, ha-ha

just the other day, another gentleman let me go ahead of him at the ATM line.  i didn't want to.  i honor queues.  he was insistent so ahead i went.  i was so happy, not because i got to go first, but because chivalry isn't dead  : )

anyway, time to eat.  i wanted jack's loft.  my companions wanted something else.  so be it.  we went to somethin' fishy.  before getting our food, we took pictures.  pose, pose, pose.  click, click, click.  a while later, a waiter approaches us asking whether we still really want the buffet as it is not going to be refilled anymore and the spread will be taken away shortly.  eh?!  we should have eaten first before posing, ha-ha-ha.  we don't want a rushed dinner so we opted to transfer to another restaurant.  guess what, jack's loft, my original preference : )

it turned out to be a really enjoyable night.  another one of those girlie, giggly get-togethers.  all's well that ends well : )

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