Dive-Monster Rhoody

I wanted to write some article earlier but was kept busy by some stuff here. So now as we are in 2009 I promised myself to be a good boy and behave much better…  nah, don’t worry, that won’t happen…

We started new years eve with a small BBQ at Tom and Kim’s house. For that some shopping had to be done in the morning  and they great Dane turned a kind of pale when I delivered the shocking message that the supermarket we went ran out of San Miguel Light and he might have to stick to Coke…  Kawawa Kim…. Tom’s task was to find SML in another store.

Coming back to the house, things got unloaded and 4 girls were seen in the kitchen preparing food for he party. The 4 did an awesome job and all different dishes were just mouthwatering.  The first guests arrived around 2 pm and at 5 there was a nice crowd of about 25 people, taking care of that drinks won’t get cold and food won’t be wasted. A nice warm up for the parties later.

Around 10 pm we headed to Roadhouse, where my two hosts traditionally start the new year. Fields Avenue is a kind of War Zone on new years eve and only the very brave ones going out at midnight. As I am none of those I stayed inside the bar and had some cold beverages and finger food before hitting some more bars earlier on. Somehow my brain went a bit foggier with each minute of the new year  so I was happy when we finally went home to the house to get my first few hours of sleep in 2009.

At the end it was a great day with good friends fantastic food and like always 1 SMB to much. To all of you a healthy successful and pleasant 2009.

Cheers
Rhoody

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At around 1 pm I arrived at the house of Kim and Tom. House might be a bit of an understatement, it is a huge lot with a pretty house and a nice pool. I know their old castle, but  this one is really topping it. Spacious open with big pool nice garden , just hard to describe. We were sitting outside at the bar next to the pool and enjoyed a cold ice tea while talking a bit about the next days.
This  evening we will go to Roadhouse for a charity event for the Bahay Bata Center in Angels City where Tom will be the MV. A plate of Kim’s Potato Salad and some meatballs were perfect as I was a bit hungry. After the snack I went for a nap as I will face a loooong night.

We go there around 5:30 pm and paid the 1000 peso entrance. The fee gives free food and drinks until midnight.  The event started very slow but picked up around 10:00 pm. Several raffles and auctions where on the schedule and some of the highlights were the shaving of Santas beard. Santa is a well known celebrity in Angeles and so many people want to see his beard fall. I met plenty of mates to have a beer with and visited the neighbor bar where Gordy (aka Drummer) is the Manager on duty that evening.

Roadhouse girls

We left Roadhouse around 1 am and went for a barhop. This was the last time I looked at my watch and felt a bit tired already. We headed to Birdcage, where Kim and Tom were the Sunday-managers before, had a quick beer and moved to . All the bars were surprisingly quiet for a Saturday night and all Hotels full. As we were a crowd of 7 it was no problem and we had a god time. Next stop was Vortex to meet Martin, another Manger and old mate of the guys in our crowd. At time I was seriously damaged already and ready to go home. Martin ordered some weird shooters and they just gave me the rest. I was done but they dragged me to Carousel where I had to more beer while bagging Kim to call the driver to bring me home.

I have not really a detailed memory when I came home, but I made it to the room and felt asleep in a split-second.

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