On gimmicks and smoking

I haven't gone out at night for the longest time...'til last night. I went to Greenbelt with two groups of friends: my barkada and my friends from Bacolod. Switching from Tagalog to Ilonggo and back was quite a challenge, but I managed to get us all into one group. From my barkada, only Joe, Marjoe, Earl and Rica were present. Sa Bacolod friends naman, Carmela, Monica (who arrived from Switzerland after being away for a year or so), and Armi (who's here in Manila for an interior design congress). It's the first time I went out with them here in Manila! We usually see each other only in Bacolod during summer and Christmas vacation! It was fun to be out with them. But I spent more attention to Joe, Marjoe, Earl and Rica, kase namiss ko sila! All of them have jobs already. Joe's gonna start in IBM in two weeks. Marjoe started last Monday in PLDT. Earl of course has his own company. Hahaha! Hindi lang anak mayaman si Earl...anak makapangyarihan! Talo ako! Si Rica lang yung student...but I still don't get to see her in school because of my busy schedule. So we spent the night sharing tons of stories over dinner at Food Choices, over beer at Krocodile Grillery, and over acoustic music at this place along Valero, I forgot the name. Sayang nga eh, I hope I can go out with my friends from Bacolod again.

Last night, andaming nagyyosi. Of course I wasn't one of them. A lot of people can't believe that I haven't smoked a single cigarette ever in my entire life. Or kahit isang puff man lang para mag-try. I have nothing against smoking, but it's just not my thing. Masunuring bata lang siguro ako, since my parents told me not to smoke. But then again they also told me not to drink. Hahaha. Neither of my parents smoke, so siguro malaking influence yun. Sometimes I get curious of why people enjoy smoking so much, and I feel that it won't hurt if I try. But then it becomes a will-power trip for me. Pag matanda na ko, gusto ko masabi na never ako nagsmoke ng cigarette...kahit puff. Kaya ko naman siguro yun. I don't really get the urge to smoke.