You, me, a pitcher of gin mango and good conversation...


There is nothing like killing time with friends when you all know you should be doing something else. It's rewarding, if not liberating to immerse one's self in a few hours of meaningful, and occasionally non-sense, conversations, cooccooning (is my spelling correct?) yourselves in each other's company, forgetting about the demands of the outside world for at least a few hours: the impending Gender and Sexuality exam, the lack of sleep, the uncertain scholarship funds, the ex-boyfriends. In those few hours, lounging in the comforts of the air-conditioned classroom/dorm stockroom, drowning ourselves with gin mango (which I first thought was pineapple juice), we, eleven future doctors and one former future-doctor-now-turned-deejay, finally found enlightenment. So now we raise our glass, full of gin mango, and toast towards the true things that are worth celebrating about:

1. Losing by 3% in a debate... Woohoo!!! Not bad, given our competition. Congrats to Ice, Ella and Shaf! I'm just happy it's done and over with.

2. Ella and Elgie, both late and arrived TOGETHER at Greenfields for the class lunch... Hmmm... where'd you go guys? Out for some quickie? Hehehe...

3. That we had John Lloyd Cruz in our midst... Uyyy... feeling!

4. That JR isn't an easy boy. Janet will have to work really hard to get him... Unfortunately, Janet is practically abou to lose he patience with him... "Bungul man gat este si JR, oh." (You're so deaf, JR)"... So, J... I thought you liked older women?

5. Breaking up with a boyfriend, when the relationship was considered null and void, in the first place because of FRAUD... because he is, ahemmm... GAY?... Stop crying, Sitt! Noy's there for you anyway!

6. Not breaking up with a boyfriend, even when he might be married to already or living with someone else, even when he hasn't texted you at all in a week, even when you can't contact his number... Janet, I told you. Get the f**k away fom that relationship already! No wonder JR doesn't want to take you seriously. You might only leave him once your boyfriend starts crawling back to you...

7. That when the cat is away, the mouse will play... Babes, ha? Behave!

8. That it is still possible to deejay at RX when you're drunk, without your listeners even noticing it... Thanks to Astring-o-sol. Hehehe. Go Mading!

9. Cocoy... "artistahin pag long-hair"

10. Cocoy, best guy in class to fall in love with, according to Allen... Hehehe... good catch baya!

11. Mae and Dara, the energizer bunnies... Already more than 24 hours awake, and still going, and going, and going... Ate She, their shabu supplier!

12. Extra Joss actually works!

13. That the class should make it a goal to find Jackie a boyfriend.

14. That Ruzenda should give Cocoy a chance. It's not his fault that he looks funny that Ruzenda doesn't take him seiously.

15. That the new Filipino-Chinese foreign exchange student from the US, who will be staying with our group in Silucap, might look like WILLIAM HUNG...

Special mention to Elgie, Jackie, Cocoy, Dara, Madz, Allen, JP, Sitti, JR, Janet, Moh and Ice (pahabol!)... that was fun, guys! Let's do it again, after the exam! Good luck to all of us!... P.S. Prepare P300 and the air-conditioned classroom at Jackie's. Hahaha... Part Two after exams, okay? Everybody's invited!!! Bring beer, okay? I can't drink gin too fast. I pass out too soon. Hehehe...