Category: party

open gaming meet

Did you hear the wind on Friday? I was in QC at the time, and it was howling and we thought it was going to pour, so we just stayed indoors and ate pizza and chocolate. Diet becomes non-existent in the face of apocalypse.

On Saturday the wind died down, and I went with Jaykie to my first Open Gaming Meet (OGM).

I’ve never been to an OGM before. In fact, I’ve never heard of the event before Jaykie mentioned it during our dating days of yore.

Anyway, set-up is simple: you pay an entrance fee, and you and your friends get to play whatever boardgame/card game is available on the center table. I suppose you can also bring your own game.(The OGM is held once every month in SM Marikina. Entrance fee is P50.)

Simply put, this is the place where a fairly large number of geeks gather together to play instead of conducting, I don’t know, experiments for nuclear research. (Because this can’t be done in Marikina. Have you seen the garbage dump site just outside the mall? The damn place would explode.)

Jaykie gets to have a big-ass ID because he’s an OGM regular:

We played the card game Bang (me, Jaykie, Jme, Beej, Phil), wherein I played the Sheriff, and I won!

Then we (me, Jaykie, Sam, Derps) played Kragmortha, which I thought was a brutal game. Reminds me too much of Truth & Consequence and high school. I won’t play this again LOL.

Jaykie and I watched some games for a while, then played Labyrinth.

Last game of the day for us (me, Jaykie, Derps) was Kill Doctor Lucky. God, what an infuriating game. I wasn’t even able to take a picture of it, because we couldn’t kill Dr. Lucky. (Derps offed him, eventually. After what felt like five hours.)

That was fun. I’d go to the OGM again. :) (This picture’s from Sam.)

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After that, off we go to Mandaluyong for Carl’s housewarming party. AND WE GOT STUCK IN THE FUCKING ELEVATOR. Well, just for three minutes but did you read that? WE GOT STUCK IN THE FUCKING ELEVATOR. I sort of freaked out when I imagined the elevator car falling down to the ground floor. Damn my brain. But then two guys pried the doors open and we were free! We were between floors 4 and 5 (Carl’s on the 8th). A scene straight out of Being John Malkovich, as Jaykie pointed out.

The hell with nuclear research. Let’s make overloading a myth. An elevator with infinite space! Yes? Yes?

I really need to diet.

dinner party + weekend

Dinner with Research peeps and friends for Ate Julie’s birthday. Thanks for the invite! So much food I even had some chicken to take home with me, har har.

Kroc Grille, Shangri-La. Photos from Cyril. And Andrea.

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Weekend was too much Project Runway and Top Chef and stir-friend veggies with oyster sauce and homemade chicken noodles. I like boys who can cook. This boy in particular yihee. ;)

necessary art

Ooh, I forgot to post this!

It was Ate Valerie’s (she’s Jaykie’s sister) birthday last January 29th. Dinner at Barcino. Great food. I’m a fan of the cake and the sweet wine. :) Happy boitday!

ben, valerie, violet

I’m posting this because of the framed painting behind us. I mean look at it.

It is exquisite. :D Haha.


party in photos

Editorial party last night. My throat hurts and my head aches and I think I may have eaten too much Inasal chicken. Just look at the pictures will you?

(PS Charice Pempengco was there, y’all. Like, yeah.)

the lantern parade, and other shenanigans

Yes I was able to attend SUCK IIIIITTTT.

But we got bored and left our spot in front of PHAN halfway through the parade, so we missed the really nifty floats. Boo, us.

But oh look Plants vs. Zombies!

The College of Law wants you to know something about the Ampatuan massacre:

A tarp from Mass Comm *nostalgia for ze college* :


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The HGC (Jaykie and Wabe’s Juabe’s org – can’t remember what the letters stand for, sorry! Hobby Gamers’ Circle) Christmas party was fun. I helped out in my own teeny-tiny way by chopping up Mark’s strawberries. And yes, I mean exactly what I just said.

Toward midnight everybody started singing songs from Dr. Horrible and Avenue Q. IZWIN. :D

Photobomber of the Week (LOL):

Jme took this picture with her pretty pretty pink camera (to match her pretty pretty pink shoes /end kikay). Thanks Jme!

Yihee. Chenes.

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Random share: While waiting for his other orgmates to arrive, Jaykie played Magic with Jeff, while at the other end of the table I played –

– Lady Gaga.

Such is life.

More photos!

inquirer, 24

So many micro-minis my sexuality got confused. (Ehem.)

Left my decent-er camera back home, so nothing here folks but shitty 3.2 megapixel cell phone photos. Ngar. I did put my name in the glass bowl marked “Samsung 12.1 MP digital camera” during the Pick-A-Prize raffle (Pick a prize!) but of course I didn’t win. (Pick a prize!)

Hmpft.

Thanks to Jake for coming over. To quote Kate, Ang malas sa raffle, swerte sa –

Charot. ♥

More pictures here.

party! raffle prizes! salted eggs!

I still don’t know where the eggs came from.

eggs good for probably a year
eggs good for probably a year

Sir Chito (Libre Ed in Chief, party host): Maaari bang unahin na nating i-raffle ‘yung mga itlog na maalat? Para silang masamang panaginip. [Later] Wala nang itlog na maalat!

Inquirer Crowd: WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! *dancing and revelry*

Much good that did for me, I still came home empty-handed. Oo, kahit itlog na maalat di ko pa napanalunan.

But at least I got this, a shot that had to be taken since Kate and Ruthie were all glammed up:

ohyeahohyeah
ohyeahohyeah

More pictures at my Multiply, including the make-up session with Armin. :)

(First photo from Irene’s cam. [Or Fran’s]. Thanks! I was so overwhelmed by the eggs I failed to take a picture of them.)