Wednesday, January 15, 2014

At The Eleventh Hour: SNC Batch '02 Simple Get Together

Hi,everyone! I'm still here! HAHAHAHAPPY NEW YEAR!!! You think I'm abandoning this blog for good? Naaahhh,that won't happen! Anyways,this is my first post for 2014. The last one was in March last year. Yeah,that looong! The main brouhaha of this post is just a repost from the original post in my Facebook. I thought of composing a more decent one but I don't have the luxury of time to sit down and write, plus I love how everything I thought of the moment I was writing that post came out.So me and so instaspeech!!!(Ang daming post!) LOL Here it is. . .
In June 25th of 2012,Rizza and I sent a private message on Facebook to our batch mates. This was the message in verbatim : a decade has passed since our HS graduation, what can you say of an outreach activity and a batch get together on december? sounds cool to do?? let us hear what you have to say. we thought about this, leng and anarizza
Some gave positive feedback but a lot didn't even bother to respond. Needless to say, neither an outreach activity nor get together happened in 2012. What irked me was that months after,whenever I see them in the streets they'd ask me "Laong mag reunion,waya man lagi!" And I had to blurt it out that a mere yes is not enough, we need your support and finances to realize this idea.
This year was totally different though. I told Rizza that we had to make it happen by hook or by crook. We shall name our plan 'At the Eleventh Hour' because it's the eleventh year after our HS graduation and mainly because we ( Batch '02) always do things at the eleventh hour! HAHAHA
It wasn't until December 23rd when we started collecting money by 'coercion' HAHA Php200 na amotan tapos kailangan mu-coerce! Ingana ka gahi an batch! HAHA By 28,we only had Php 2,900 AND sheer determination that we can pull through with the party with the little amount we had. I had to say that during the "meeting sa suyod nan sakyanan" with Rizza and Pidong on the night of 28, I felt a tinge of shame.Nagpaalig-alig ko and I felt like my effort wasn't enough to convince the batch mates to support us.But we were so determined and nag strong na si Pidong, so we had to make it happen.
And it did happen! From the initial list of 16 people,we went up to 40 with some of them going in and out of the venue. To say that we had fun is an understatement. Chaaarrr!!! I really thought we wouldn't survive the night. I was afraid the food wasn't enough for us and that we wouldn't enjoy the party. Alas, the food was more than enough and mayged,ang beer niabot na lamang nan alas quatro sa buntag waya pa gihapon nahurot! HAHAHA
So I'd like to take this opportunity to say thank you to our sponsors for shelling out more for the batch. All of them asked not to be mentioned kay masipog. But I'll mention your names anyways. Teehee!
Thank you, Aloy&Honey,Mitchell&Chin,Joevick and Ryan. Kamo na ang nisponsor sa venue and beer!
Thank you to Pidong para sa rice and Bicol express. Grabe kalami,pwede mag order?
Thank you Rizza for providing the dessert! Grabe adto ka dessert all you can! Sugar rush galore! HAHA
Salamat kay Jeff sa pagsugba nan baboy. Best seller! Most talked sud an adto na night! Barbecue party,perhaps? HAHA
Salamat sad kan Alimark for the box of Cornetto ice cream! Weeee
And Alex for the bottles of tequila. (That tequila and RH tagay was lethal! And tequila plus tubig @#$%^&*!!!!)
Shayne,for suggesting that we hold the party at TOM'S AVENUE KTV. It was truly a nice karaoke place! Salamat sa pagpahangyo,Manang,di ta kaw gajud makalimtan! Chos!
And lastly,thank you to all of you who came,sang and danced with us until the break of dawn!
All of these wouldn't have happened if not for your support. Next year again!
Love,your pseudo President LENG
P.S. I'm sorry I had to strike off the pseudo President as I realized it's too big a responsibility to handle! HAHAHA Trivia: First time ta nagparty outside sa bayay na nagrent nan venue! We're in for a good start! Yahoo