Caroling for CMC
I went caroling with some of my UP MCO and UP CAST orgmates last weekend. The two orgs were requested by our college dean to go around some of Manila’s posh subdivisions and sing for our college’s affluent alumni for money. We were able to raise a few ten thousands last weekend.
On Saturday, I went with my MCO orgmates. We practiced at Mass Comm’s empty halls that afternoon then we proceeded to Ayala Alabang to sing at an alumna’s house.
Of all places, I met my Ateneo high school friend and classmate, Toff de Venecia, at the said alumna’s house. His theater group was having a garage sale at the same house. I haven’t seen him since high school graduation and it was sort of embarrassing that while I’ve been missing out on all his initiated get-togethers, I bump into him while caroling for UP CMC. It was really nice to catch up with him. Of course, there was one time he brought up his perception of UP and all the anti-Charter Change noise, and I just had to quickly change the topic myself. Hehe. I even tried to avoid discussing why we’re caroling and raising funds for the college ourselves.
After caroling at Ayala Alabang, we proceeded to Casino Filipino in Paranaque. It wasn’t a very good experience at first. They were so strict with letting us in, because we weren’t there to gamble anyway. We were led to the employees’ entrance and they gave us ID’s and placed stickers on our camera phones. And nobody showed us the way to where we were supposed to go.
Anyway, when we got to one of the casino’s restaurants, where another alumna was the manager, we were treated to a filling dinner. Right after eating, we were led to the casino’s lobby where we were asked to perform after the dance number of a handful of scantily-clothed girls. We weren’t expecting it, and we were nervous. But everybody was busy gambling to bother watching us, so that was all right. We felt like we were some pathetic entertainers but it’s okay.
The next day, I went with my UP CAST orgmates to go caroling at more alumni’s homes. First up, we went to an alumna’s house at Ayala Alabang, again. We were treated to lunch there, then we performed in front of our alumna’s family. After that stint, we headed off to another posh subdivision, which name I forget, but was also somewhere south of Manila. To our surprise, the occasion we went to was a family reunion, with tens of people. We performed anyway and it was okay. We were fed there too. Next up was at another alumna’s house, this time in posh San Lorenzo village in Makati. It turned out to be the family of Dana Crisostomo. It was weird at first, but we were more relaxed there since they were a smaller audience and most of them are familiar faces. Our last stop was at an alumus’ house in Acropolis village in Libis.
I also had dinner with my orgmates at Eastwood that night.
Shit, I have really girly penmanship.
having a cursive penmanship doesn’t mean it’s girly. i too have a cursive penmanship. and damn proud of it. hey i’ve worked hard in my handwriting class in my gradeschool days in order to have a decent penmanship. the awful thing is some people just don’t understand my handwriting.
hey congrats! ok lang yun, most people say that my handwriting is pang babae din daw. but im proud kasi i have a good handwriting than other people.
be proud of it!
hahaha. i think my sister was more embarassed than you.
yeah right! be proud of it! ako nga rin, girly daw kasi i have a good hand writing kaysa sa mga girls. most of them girls, siguro naiinggit lang. hehe
and about ten thousand? ang laki ah! dito, maximun siguro, 50 pesos sa isang araw ang makikita sa pagcacarolling. hehe.. well, iba dito eh. mahirap ang buhay..
I do like the pictures. I also dream of having my own set of eyeglasses and strut around like a super genius. But yeah… it was very (un)fortunate that I had the same eye predicament…
The handwriting is nice. I really appreciate endure patients charts and doctors’ order. There are some doctors who write as if theyre doodling waves of the sea or just sketching grasses. Really, even the stafff nurses can barely read them.
paolo bediones talaga! look alike!
P.S. cute nga ng penmanship ni bikoy kasi pwede niyang gawin homework ng g.f. niya. di na mahahalata un.
Your eyes are too bright??? You probably meant “they’re not impaired”. -___________-’
I love the shots.. quiet amaze.. :p.. anyway how you did it?
ang ganda talaga ng shots.. :p how did you do it?
Uy, hassle kayang magsalamin. It looks cool you know, but…
Just take it from me. You’re lucky that your eyes are okay.
If your eyes are ok and you want to use glasses, for sure for fashion ang purpose. Why not try wearing not so dark glasses? Yung colored ones. I think light brown is nice.
If your eyes are ok and you want to use glasses, for sure pamporma ang purpose. Why not try wearing not so dark glasses? Yung colored ones. I think light brown is nice.
“we were more relaxed there since they were a smaller audience and most of them are familiar faces.”
That’s sort of the opposite for me when I perform my Tahitian dances. I’d rather perform infront of people I’ve never seen before than have familiar faces watching me.
Merry Christmas!
grabe sampung libo!