in vino

"i like you," those were the words i heard as i drew my face near the shadow that grabbed me from my P7 bacardi coke and mojito.

"how about introducing myself first?" i said.

the shadow smiled.

"james, and you are?"

"A"

"pleasure."

A introduce himself as swedish, who was with another swedish friend (who A later revealed to be A's lawyer).

"care for another round of drinks for you and your friends? my treat."

but before i could refuse, A immediately went to the bar to get us a round of tequila. when A went back, all of my friends were already screaming, dancing off-beat and sweating profusely.

it was the first time, i saw them these loose. but i cannot blame them for we have drunk our three nights limit that night.

it was indeed a very wild night. honestly, no one can even remember clearly what happened. everyone has their own story of another.

someone had to carry someone from station 2 to the end of station 1, marking the entire trail of with what he had for dinner.

someone knelt on his bed and peed on his pillow.

someone almost lost his iphone but lucky enough to retrieve it after bravely slipping his hand inside another person's pocket after hearing it ring.

while someone had the chance to touch a couple of guys' 6 packs abs just to decide whose nicer.

it was just crazy.

"wanna go out from here?"

"i think i need to attend to my friend first. he is already wasted."

"you are just a sweetheart."

please. i am just not fond of compliments.

not our friend. hahaha!

"i don't know if i would take that as a compliment though."

"you should and seriously i like you," A repeated.

"just excuse my friend. A has a tendency to reiterate something A wants to point out, especially when the person also has the tendency not to believe it." then C winked.

"i bet you two are really good friends."

then we all laughed. A still insisted but the picture of my friends already slumbering in front of the comfort room was something my conscience could not really bear. but before we called it a night, A requested a favor.

"can i borrow your phone for a second?"

realizing the place to be a bit crowded and it would difficult for anyone to make a quick escape, i handed it over.

it was some digits and an email address. but what really caught my attention was As complete name.

a complete name:

first,

middle

and family name.

then it struck me.

***

honesty is just a breather nowadays, especially in a place where everything was supposed to be kept hidden.

thank you for the smile. appreciate it guys while is still genuine.

the desperate move

a lesson learned, never accept challenges from desperate competitors. sadly, it was already too late when i realized this.
the other night we dine in with friends in illustrado inside intramuros. the food was great and freakinglishly out of my class. there, tin, confessed to me that the rest of the guys did something to make me drunk the last time we drank (in referrence to the previous post). i was surprised by the moment, i heardit from her.
i calmly asked," what?"
"they put vetsin (yes! vetsin as in monosodium glutamate aka ajinomoto) in your drink," she answered.
at first, i was in doubt if i heard it correctly. but tin affirmed, it was indeed vetsin.
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vetsin, as we all know is a common food ingredient to almost all of our local dishes. but because of recent studies, where most scientist have linked it to cancer, some health pips stopped using the said ingredient.
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unlike its effect to food, vetsin is way different when you mix it to your drink. since we were drinking brandy, which like all alcoholic drinks, is a downer: vetsin, is actually an upper (like gatorade, energy drink etc.): and the mixture of both is a very deadly drink. it accelerates your heart bit and makes the influence of the alcohol in a 250 km/sec speed. some would actually say that its quite deadly since it tends to disorient your body's normal reaction towards alcohol. no wonder i felt extreme difficulty in breathing, as if it was asthma.
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so just be reminded and warned: kids, don't do this at home and even at your neighborhood! only professional do this! hehehe!