The Nearness of Q

Nilo should consider himself very lucky that we were all friends last night, as he could easily have been shot the way singers of "My Way" get shot in the provinces when they reach that deadly climax. No we were not in some seedy smoky karaoke bar...we were in Carmi's super fab and cozy townhouse.. which we turned into a seedy smoky karaoke bar. The evening was supposed to be our farewell party for our 'principal'..our godfather.. Mr. Q who leaves for Vancouver this Monday and won't be back till November. And Nilo, Carmi's 'Mr. Left", somehow was the self appointed entertainer with his rendition of various classics and lounge type music. His repertoire was quite limited though.. I think he sang "Nearness of You" around fifteen times. Of course Carmi, Ginny and Ricky also took their turns at the mike to entertain the rest of us shy ones.. :)
"We" were the usual Ratwak gang of Mr. Q. Ok, I finally got permission to publish their full names here (except for Mr. Q who remains Mr Q, principal, godfather, Don Vito because of some sacred code of Omerta where our lives could be in danger if we know or reveal too much).. so here we go -- roll call : Carmi Martin, Jeannie Pilapil, Ginny and Ricky Banaag, Nilo Cruz, and moi, plus two new recruits (or victims?) - Robert Palomar and Mari (someone, pls give me Mari's surname). Yup, Robert of the infamous suka-shoe incident. We finally convinced him that he was very lucky that the girl last week had the presence of mind to choose the shoe over the car. Click here: suka shoe incident

It was an evening of giving birth to truly creative ideas that can only come from intoxicated minds.... you never know...we could all be famous restaurateurs, with Q'a ideas about the Greek resto and bar (we are now tasked to find a location, we really ARE serious), and Nilo's business proposition about Seattle's Breast and Starbust Coffee... which of course is ridiculous but when you're all thinking-under-the- influence, puwede na rin. Funny how the most inane ideas can sound so brilliant at one in the morning.. Going back to Q - it was a happy sad occasion, as we all knew it would be quite some time before our next reunion - November to be exact.. Things won't be the same without this guy. Of course we can all still get together, but I guess we won't be as crazy or bastus or irreverent or nakakasuka. He can sometimes have the most BASTUS, the most SHET SOBRA joke in the whole wide universe but since he is who he is, we all just have a great time and walang 'pikunan'..

ok, since I went as far as mentioning everyone's complete names, let me take the ultimate step and post everyone's pictures.... If anybody in the group is reading this and wants his/her pics or name removed because of some Omerta code or secret he/she is not telling us please contact me or post a comment. :)