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Let’s get this party started

Friday, September 19, 2008

Back in my old flat, I used to entertain friends with dinner, drinks, some karaoke singing and friendly games of Uno! or mahjong. These dinner parties often lasted to the wee hours of the morning. Since moving to this new flat and returning from Manila, I tried to resume this activity, with varying degrees of success. The fact that I’m living with somebody makes this task easier somehow. I was glad to discover that my room-mate likes to host these type of gathering as well.

I organized the first dinner during the first week of my return from Manila. Vic was away on a trip that time. I cooked for the first time a new version of adobo that I learned from my mother while in Manila. I paired this with Kapampangan Chicken Asado, which I can cook with my eyes closed. For the second dinner, Vic was already back. We had planned a pasta dinner, where Vic would prepare salad and garlic bread while I would prepare two sauces for the pasta. I, however, ran out of time and ended up making just the bolognaise, not the alfredo. But still, our friends had a good meal.

This time, we decided to have a Korean dinner because Vic wanted to try the Korean beef stew mix he bought in Manila. I originally wanted to prepare Korean Chicken Stew, something that I often cook, but Raymond promised to bring grilled chicken so I decided to make some panchan (side dishes). I made pickled cucumbers, seasoned baby bok choy, and seasoned bean sprouts.

I intended to take photos of the food because they looked good when we served them but we were all too hungry to do it. When all of our friends arrived, we noticed we were an even eight. After eating, I took photos of each pair–some of whom are really ‘couples’ and some are, well… simply just not.

Let’s start with couple number 1, wearing coordinated shirts and smiles:

Then here comes couple number 2, with their coordinated buff bodies (but with differing amounts of hair–joke only, R!):

Followed by couple number 3, who vehemently deny that they planned to coordinate their outfits for the night:

And, finally, (odd) couple number 4, whose only claim to being coordinated is the collar on their shirts:

The post-dinner chat was very interesting, even if we didn’t have alcohol to ‘lubricate’ our decorum and sense of modesty (?). We drank green tea and coffee like the proper ladies that we are. I mean, if not for the absence of prayers, bible lessons (and women), this dinner would’ve been easily mistaken for a Couples for Christ meeting. We were certainly gossiping.

Before the party wrapped up, we took the requisite group photo. Judging from our poses, it is quite obvious that we had our favorite soap opera characters in mind while this was being shot. Do you agree?

 edit inspired by gibo
Posted by pinakadalisay at 12:31 am | permalink

Previous Comments

i like i like!! and i miss i miss!! everything - the food and the idea of partying the phnom penh way… ikaw ba si d’matriarch? demurest of them all…intindi ko na si raymond. yummy ng fafa hehehe..sino pala ang da boy to eng’s da gurl? and whoz d bad boy? pang teleseryeng epic talaga ang foto.

Posted by joy oh at September 19, 2008, 1:52 am

mano po ang drama :-)

cute ang couple number 1 ha.

hay, i missed hosting dinners, used to do it often when i was in manila. can’t wait to go home soon na.

can i invite couple # 1? syempre invited ka rin kasi ikaw ang magluluto hahaha

Posted by gibo at September 19, 2008, 7:53 am

nakakatawa at nakakatuwa ang larawan!!!
Mike, parang ikaw na ang virgin na girlaloo ng nsa kanan mo..bwaahhahaa..sorry…

Ob- Gyne tlga!!!!bwahahaha(with the loudest laugh)

Posted by mai at September 19, 2008, 9:22 am

katuwa naman. sounds and looks like our own beckies’ night in HK. (except for the tea) hehe

Posted by jericho at September 19, 2008, 9:39 am

mz joy: si da boy ang new jowa ni da gurl; si bad boy ay ang best friend ni da actress who just got here sa cambodia pow

gibo: hay, that was the movie title that i was thinking of (but couldn’t remember) when i was working on the photos. clever boy ka talaga! hmn, i suppose ok lang na ipagluto kita. ano ba type mong food? you mean to say sa manila ang punta mo from penang?

mai: para kamong ako yung may sakit na donya na pinagpaplanuhan nilang patayin para makuha na nila ang mana! :-)

jericho: di ba? kahit saan mapunta, kapag ang mga beki nagkita-kita, bongga! ;-)

Posted by pinakadalisay at September 19, 2008, 11:00 am

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