Are we beer?

January 18, 2008, 7:11 p.m.

Sender: Hubs

“Are we beer?"


First off let me introduce to you one of my good friend from my pro-gaming circle. I present to you the only barong wearing emo in ortigas, HUBS. I think he’s one of the few persons who can carry wearing a barong with skinny jeans.

Back to topic,

If batman had the bat-signal and the thundercats have Lion O’s sword as a convenient way to summon your allies to be at your side we have “Are we beer?” or simply “Bir?” It’s actually an open invitation and you are free to accept or decline depending on your personal commitments. The exception of course is if you happen to commit the mistake of hitching a ride in Abogwapo’s ride then you are trapped in a one-way trip. Believe me it has happened to me more than once when he would lull you into complacency by seemingly slowing down to your intended drop-off point then suddenly accelerating towards the general direction of Timog laughing all the way, classic case of kidnapping hehehehe.

Our usual watering hole at the time was a bar (God, I hated that word) near ABS-CBN. We liked that place since it offered good service and relatively the cheapest package/promo in the area. A good number of regular pretty employees coming from ABS and surrounding call centers help also. (Syd, stop pointing the finger of judgment on me, I’m single remember and your not bwahahahaha!) *ehem.

Since we were already regulars at that place we also enjoyed special perks from the waiters. We often got a free bucket of beers or one free dish from the waiters (in exchange for a generous tip of course). But one of the best experience we had there was on a day it seemed a lot of people were thirsty and it was payday. The place was full with waiting customers outside waiting to be seated. We just arrived at the place and saw that the place was full. We quickly signaled one of our regular waiter that we wanted to get in. He gave us a signal and we entered the place like we were some big shot VIPs passing by the waiting crowd outside who gave us annoyed looks. Apparently the waiter set up a new table for us to use and strategically moved the electric fans to face our direction and lowered the volume of the sound system to our specifications. Talk about quality service, huh?

The place moved to a larger location last year to accommodate its growing customers and fortunately they retained our regular waiters so we still enjoy the same privileges up to now and a few more “upgraded” perks. But that’s another story.

Are we beer?