Monday, July 4, 2011

Subject: Beer Run for a Broken Hearted Officemate


I wanna share a story that just happened a month ago I guess, this is all about an office mate of mine who just got shot on the heart, not literally but she feels like having one.

Here Goes,

It was one normal working day for me, normal routine, normal breakfast and a very normal weather. I wore normal clothes, to be specific a very old not to fashionable stripe polo and black pants. My genius plan for the day was, wake up, work, go home then sleep. So I rode my way towards work for a very boring and lousy day.

I don’t need to share office hours since its boring so proceed to the exciting part, and before I forget this is not a field report so don’t expect tips and tricks from me now, I hope that is clear.

So 1 hour before the end of the shift a workmate of mine invited me to join them for a little fun since Jena is in a bad shape, emotionally. I remember her going to work that day with a pale face and an aura that can kill a clown’s face. I asked Jade what happened.

Don: What happened to her?
Jade: Well her bf broke-up with her
Don: Why?
Jade: I’ll tell you in a bit just come with us.

I hesitated to join them for some fun since it’s not on my normal schedule. So I tried to refuse the invitation but they waited for me till my shift was over, so I have no choice but to come and join them, besides they are all girls and they don’t have any male companion.


(Left to Right) Arvie, Jade and Jena)

So we went on, it was Jade, Jena, Arvie and me taking a bus across the street of our office going to Trinoma for some cold drinks.

We arrive in MRT North Edsa then took the foot bridge towards Trinoma, roam around for a bit then arrived in Gerry’s Grill around 6:00pm. The sky was almost at its end, getting dark and cold but fun.
We settled down on a nice square table near the balcony with a thick red tent like umbrella covering over us. A nice view over the deck and a decent crowd that occupies the area.

After we fixed ourselves it’s time for us to order the drinks, as we all know when you’re in Gerry’s its always preferred to have a Beer Tower over the table so we ordered one.

Every drink needs some food so we ordered the following.

Chicken Lollipop

Pork Sizzling Sisig

The order was sent so it’s time to talk about the problem.

We asked Jena what happened, so that we can try to give her advices and things to think about on how to move on with her problem. I can’t really discuss the problem since its private but one thing I can say is that her Boyfriend is such a jerk. It’s her boyfriend that broke up with her, well in my society that is quite normal but since I’m on the girl’s side then I can say that guy has his Ass over his face. I gave Jena some advices that can really help her to move on, like telling her that his not deserving for your care, that there are a lot of better guys than him, you know all the love stuff.

Arvie and Jade gave their advice as well similar to mine, if I sum up all our advices into a category it’s all about “Leave the Guy, find a Better one” I don’t normally give advices that will save the relationship, its more on finding a new and better one.

After all the heart ache discussion we replaced it with some fun moments, since our Beer Tower is already running out we ordered another one. It was around 8:30pm and still we are having some fun and happy moments, few minutes later a friend of Jade arrived on the scene, he was as tall as Jade, dark with a medium size body but he was very neat. Jade introduced him to everyone and we found out his name was Kim which was also known as (Popoy). Well his real name is Kim, the popoy thing is just their puppy names you know the sweeter stuff.

He joined us for some cold beer and some few great discussions, Kim offered some food so Jena and Arvie ordered this Spicy Clams (seriously I don’t know what it is) which was like one of the favorites of the area. Since the beer has gone dry and the girl’s won’t take another sip of it, Kim and I ordered 4 more bottles of beer just to seal the deal of the night.

Few visits on the comfort room then we called the waiter for our bill, it was around Php 1,500+. Luckily Kim with a big heart of generosity gave Php 1,000 and the rest was split into the 4 of us. Which in reality was a big money savings for us *giggles*.

It was around 10pm when we left the scene, some of the girls are tipsy some are not but who cares everybody enjoyed and had their stomachs full. We walk our way going towards the exit of Trinoma and towards the foot bridge going to SM North. Had our own way going home which ended the night with sheer fun and things to ponder.

The whole point of the story? Nothing much. Just trying to be a nice guy even though I'm not *evil laugh*