Table No. 32

I was in such a hurry to leave for work yesterday morning that I completely forgot to explain what those krypton-like (superman's krypton!) pictures were in my previous post. Ok, they're a by-product of sitting at Table 32. Table 32 is the table I sat in during the grand grand celebration at the Sofitel Hotel ballroom last Wednesday Feb.28. The hotel was inaugurated under the new Sofitel name in truly lavish style -- out of this world performances, fantabulously delicious 7-course dinner, exhilarating display of fireworks, Las Vegas style dance revue by the follies de club moi....ANYWAY, as luck would have it I sat at a table of crazy funny must-write-about-in-my-blog kind of people. Susan Joven, Girlie Rodis, and some people I met for the first time --an Odette who her friends said was in the practice of 'stealing' everything from the table that could fit into her purse at any formal gathering...well, the floral centerpieces at wedding receptions are huge, but she manages to lug them away all the time they said. Ok, apart from Odette there were these two German bachelors - one, seated right next to me, so amiable looking, who looked like Hardy in Laurel and Hardy but a slimmer more attractive version, and the other (and this I mentioned to Susan J), if you squinted long enough and hard enough after gulping down a glass of red wine, actually looked like.. Brad Pitt! the hairstyle and the pagka-blonde. These two gentlemen kept sharing with us their thoughts on Filipino lifestyle and Filipino women...that Filipino women are by far the most JEALOUS women in the entire world.. that these women (their pinay girlfriends I guess) keep texting, calling, checking on them and so on. Sure enough, Mr. Hardy kept checking his cellphone for text messages! Well, actually he was alternating between checking his cellphone and checking out my - ehem - decolletage.

I tell you, those 15 pounds I gained have done wonders to this dowdy piece of black chiffon I've owned for 3 years but always just use to hang on me like a rag. Now it has been elevated to the status of a classic LBD (little black dress). Well, not dress, it's actually a catsuit that offers a flattering view infront but only IF you've gained 15 lbs. and have enough lakas loob or a great I-don't-care-if-I'm-an-"A"cup -atleast-I'm-perky attitude. hehe. See, it's all about attitude. Otherwise you have to wear it inverted OR with the biggest pashmina shawl you can find. Anyway...so... when the sherbet arrived (in between the lobster appetizer and the ohhhhhhhh so indescribably orgasmically delicious Angus Beef), we all ooohd and ahhhd at the presentation!! The sherbet rested so regally (??) at the bottom of a cup like thing that in turn rested delicately on top of another container that housed a...shining shimmering block of ice!!! it shimmered, it shone, it gave off a reddish pinkish glow...it had the entire Table 32 (a.k.a. table ng mga isip bata) enthralled, amazed, enchanted!!! Mr. Hardy, who probably had a very interesting childhood, dismantled the presentation, picked up the shiny shimmering thing..turned it over and over...and showed to us how it was powered by LED battery... AND so this in turn triggered Odette the wedding bouquet flower stealer to scoop hers out and pop it into her bag. Not to be outdone, the rest of us likewise scooped ours out and fiddled around with the mechanism, planning how to outwit the waiters who were ready to buss everything out so they could serve the next course...And just at that moment, the GM of the hotel decided to visit our table and ask how everything was. Apparently, Mr. Hardy was a childhood friend of the GM's!! Well, he didn't notice our shining shimmering kryptons and after a while moved on to the next table...
ANYWAY...the rest of the evening went ok...and we all went home happy with our loot. BTW when I brought it to the office yesterday, Corinne said it was quite common and you could actually find it at Shopwise.