we are the champions

i now realize that if i didn't have that one last bit of optimism in me that told me that maybe, just maybe, my parents will allow me to the reunion, i would've been wallowing in my own misery last night here at home.

so you see people, optimism/hope goes a long way. walang mangyayari sa mga pesimista sa inyo. moving on.

i arrived 30 minutes late to the party. everything was set up, except that everyone was playing tekken 5 with just one controller. that conundrum was quickly solved when daniel found the second controller. awards go to:

best juggler: jose c/o marduk
best winner [by way of cheap tactics]: chris c/o hwoarang
most improved: tie between me (c/o king) and francis (c/o raven)
rookie of the night: fozzy c/o xiaoyu

the night was mostly spent on tekken, but it was around 9 that people (including myself and leiron) decided to swim (which raised up the question, "where was giselle?"). we had a water wrestling match (because buoyancy in the water is so much fun), but the pool's water tasted like poison, the jacuzzi was colder than the pool, and i could swear the water was eating my skin.

leiron: "dianne, inom pa!"
me: "we don't want her drunk!"

sadly we discovered that the real fun of the night began when we fired up the magic sing. wowie and fozzy were the high scorers of the night, both scoring 97 and singing "my sharona" and "how do i live without you" respectively. ('course i joined in with fozzy in her song.)

me: "i would like to invite all of s-b to sing along in the next song."

*"ulan" flashes on the screen followed by cheers*

we also sang "we are the champions" (hence the title, and it fits our class), "shape of my heart", "i don't wanna miss a thing", "because i got high", "it wasn't me", and "crazy for you". i thought that i had lost my voice, but it was still with me because i could still sing "lonely no more" on the radio going home.

the other highlight of the night was us finding a song called "boobs" and juts singing it. the magic sing was wrapped up when the last song "to be with you" by mr. big was sung by wowie and i. i had almost forgotten my memory card if it wasn't for my quick thinking.

of course, an event like this deserves a reflection from me. here goes.

being in the party was like stepping into a time machine of some sort and ending up back at last year. i don't know about the others, but for me, it was like i had forgotten that i was from junior-a. i guess that we are such a closely-knit family that whenever s-b would gather, no matter what section we are in, we still remember that we are s-b, that same class that rocked.

also, we had a small discussion over dinner. we were discussing the dramafest (agaaaain, yeah :P) and resolved without question the following fact: "even if it is not on paper, we were and are the best section/play/whatever." not to be so arrogant, of course. you just gotta love being with guys like this ;)

remember what i said about us? yeah, that one? i'll say it again, if you don't mind.

"we are THAT damn good."