Gimmick 2nd time around

Last Friday, January 28, my officemates organized a despedida gimmick for those who were leaving JobStreet for good, Emmy, Maya and Tiara. I missed all the fun, including the famous body shot of Claude to Raffy because all the team leaders had to stay late to finish the customer base re-classification and re-assignments. I left the office at 10:30 and I would have made it to the gimmick if Dom were not in HK. My dad was the one who picked me up and it was a hassle for him to pick me up in the new Pier 1 along Julia Vargas. What a bummer!

Anyway, come Monday I pleaded with my officemates (those invited only, of course) to repeat the gimmick that coming Friday. “Ulit… ulit..” they heard me saying. Good thing, they were really planning to go out for three (3) consecutive Fridays. Yes, I had a chance! Bad news was our transfer to the newly constructed JobStreet office 1 floor down was scheduled that Friday. Gosh… The bad thing was Baet and Emmy had to stay until all the PCs were assembled and connected. Since, Shiena, Maya, Baet and I were riding with Emmy to Makati, we had to wait. By the time, all the computers were done (about 10:30PM), we were all too exhausted to even attempt to go far. We decided to just have a quick drink in Oodies right in Galeria.

And what a blast it was… we all ordered Vodka Ice except for Emmy. I don’t know but maybe our tiredness mixed with the alcohol. We were laughing and laughing at anything. Everyone was throwing witty and nonsense remarks that made everyone crazy. Then we ordered Tequila and that was when we became tipsy. It felt great after a long time and these girls were with were really awesome. We connected that night.

Pretending to be sober (picture courtesy of Fritz who followed late)

The gimmick energized us and we wanted to dance. We contacted the others in Makati and asked them to meet up with us in Temple in Greenbelt. Yes, we still went to Makati. But by the time we met the others, we were all sober (except for Maya who was really red). We stayed outside Masas since Temple was jam packed by 1 AM. We drank and talked a little. The place was not really conducive for some loud laughter and bonding. The music was loud and we could hardly hear each other.

I had so much fun that I lost track of time. By the time (passed 2 AM), I was calling Dom to pick me up he was already fast asleep and could not get up. I had to take a cab home…but it was okay. Reno taxi was safe and the garage was just outside our subdivision. Till next Friday…