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Rare experience from a rare entity.

So I went to Gwen’s birthday bash today. Before I actually went there, Kelly, Eda, and Steph got a plan set up for our dramatic entrance, so some of us met at Glorietta’s activity center. This was the plan: Eighteen of us will each enter the restaurant, and we bring with us one orange balloon, with one letter in them. So when we’re done, the balloon lettering should say, “Happy Birthday Gwen!” Yes, even the exclamation point is included.

And so we entered in that restaurant. It was fun basically. Oh, and being the tech-savvy guy that I am, I got my phone out to take some pics. A lot of my blockmates were there, then people from other blocks too, then high school friends. And then… I think she got almost everyone to attend. Nice. Yeah, everyone was happy, talking, laughing, holding hands (sorry, couldn’t stop observing) and stuff. The food was great — I’m a sucker for Chinese food, so I got a second helping, and a full dessert. I didn’t drink champagne, though; it’s not my doing to be an alcoholic at an occasion such as this. There was even a magician! No, not the David Blaine-ish type of magicians, just the simple casual one. It was pretty nice, though. The magician’s got a great audience. Hahaha.

Gwen’s got lots of presents on her birthday. The penguin-shaped cake is the definite attention-grabber, in my opinion. And she’s got a Canon EOS camera! That’ll be my object of materialistic envy for a while, until I see another gadget as cool as that one.

We also got to watch Max Payne after that. It’s been almost a year since I’ve watched a movie in an actual cinema. Quick review: It’s great as an action movie, but it’s not great as a port from a video game. I’ve played the two games, and it’s pretty obvious that they’ve changed some parts, but there’s just something wrong with it. But I love the bullet-speed scenes — I love how the scene becomes silent, and suddenly everything’s in super-slow motion.

So that’s that with my first-time-since-last-year birthday party experience. While I’m fully aware that I skipped three or four crucial debuts and birthday parties this year, but this one was the easiest to attend to because the venue was at the right place at the right time. I mean, with a place I can literally walk to and a time when I can get my ass off the chair, it’s the perfect combination. So thanks, Gwen, for letting myself get off my busy self and watch Max Payne.

A blockmate was spot on when he said that I was a rare entity in such occasions. To be honest, I don’t usually attend to occasions simply because I’m too busy (or lazy, depends on the kind of day). If you want me in a party, it better be near our home, and exactly when every member of the family is outside. So, ’til next year again, I guess.

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