Christmas Party 2012

Dec 30, 2012

3 DAYS BEFORE:

“Nag-iisip na ba kayo ng susuotin sa ating party, Road Eaters? The best in attire will be awarded THE STAR OF THE NIGHT (Female) and THE STAG OF THE NIGHT (Male)! Plus more fun and exciting awards and prizes to be given away! Yihee! Kita-kits sa Sabado, Dec. 29, 6PM at True Deli.”

DECEMBER 29, 2012:

“See you later, Road Eaters! Happiness awaits us tonight!”

From the cool –ber Months to colder weeks to even more shivering days... Everyone’s excited to celebrate the first ever Christmas Party of the Road Eaters Running Club. Christmas was always a joyous event, what more if the party was hosted by a hilarious group of people?

The Road Eaters’ Christmas Party was held at True Deli Café on December 29th, days after Christmas, days after celebrating other Christmas parties with co-workers, families and friends. The night’s reserved only for the Road Eaters.

True Deli Café has it’s own version of Filipino style foods for the hungry Road EATERS. Those were:

Mainit na sabaw ng Kabute

Tsiken Pastel

Litson Kawali

Matamis na Maasim na Fish Fillet

Chopseuy

Fruit Salad

Kanin

Nag-uumapaw na Malamig na Tsaa

One of the most awaited part: Time to Eat, Road EATERS!

While waiting for the others to come, videos were shown to present the activities done in the past marathons in the year 2012. Courtesy of Josh.

Of course, what would make the party even more fun? Games!!!

1. Who’s the Cat – the blindfolded must guess who among the participants was the cat. The “cat” was free to manipulate the sound his/her miyaw.

2. Animal Sounds – all blindfolded contestants must find their partners using their agreed upon animal sounds. They had to turn around (and become dizzy!) to make their partners harder to find. The first one to find his/her “animal” partner wins. This game incredibly produced a farm and a jungle at the venue.

3. Build Your Marshmallow Castle – groups of three must build the tallest and strongest marshmallow castle using toothpicks. After building the castle, all marshmallows used must be eaten. The fastest group to gobble them up wins.

4. Dating Game – the most kilig game of all! Eya became the blindfolded searchee while the lucky lads to be chosen were Wax, Arjay and Jeff. Voice-overs were done on their behalf by Kevin, Jemai and Kirk, respectively. It was up to Eya to choose who among them delivered the best romantic pick-up lines. In one scenario, she had to touch their muscles. In the end, the chosen one was Sakuragi.

After the games, the much awaited gift-giving was done.

Oh by the way, there were exchange gifts NO-NO’s:

A. picture frame/album

B. towel/panyo

C. wall clock

D. flower vase

E. plato/baso/tasa

F. sabon

G. kandila

H. wine

I. cash/alkansya/Gift Cheque

J. cellphone load

So most gifts given were runner’s items. Easy!

All winners received gift checks from the club. Those were the following:

Free Registration (Marathon):

March - Wax
April - Kevin
May - Anjo
August - Jeff
November - Hanna D.

Php250 Food expense:

March - Jeff
April - Kevin
May - Carol
June - Carol
July - Anjo
August - Kevin
October - Angelbert
November - Julie

ALL-EXPENSE (Registration, Food, Transportation):

June - Arjay
July - Eya

The following received prizes because of their efforts:

Kevin – Early Bird

Jeff – Stag of the Night for his unkabogable checkered long sleeved polo

Hanna – Star of the Night who used to wear loose clothing but came dressed at the party (choz!)

The most symbolic period of the event happened when all Road Eaters raised goblets of red wine – a toast to commemorate the events that led to the progress of the Road Eaters Running Club. They sent cheers to all as they expect auspiciousness in the coming year.

Here's the Christmas Party 2012 video courtesy of Kirk. Check this out!

Happiness didn’t end at True Deli Café. While others needed to go home, some others wanted to cherish the remaining moments before they parted their ways. Carol, Arjay, Josh, Kirk, BJ, Lyvia, and Hanna went to Giligan’s at Trinoma!

Time flew so fast and in just a matter of days, it would be year 2013. At some point of their lives, these children of God met. There are no coincidences. There are no accidents. But there is destiny.

Hanna’s post extracted from FB (with comments):

Top 10 Reasons Why our party was Totally Awesome for Me

(Well-planned, kaloka at maingay ang games, energized ang mga tao, fun, fun, fun, at marami akong na-observe na nakakatuwa)

10. Hindi ko mawari kung paano nahulaan ni Anjo ang MOYOW (meow) ko.

9. Natawa ako dahil ang pangalan ng isang contestant sa dating game ay Boy Toothpick.

8. Gusto ko ang gift na na-receive ko. Thanks, Kirk!

7. Todo sa tawag ng pangalan ko si Lyvia nung makita ako.

6. Nagustuhan ni Josh ang regalo ko.

5. Hindi mapakali sa paghanap si BJ sa kanyang nawawalang Delicious Cupcake.

4. Hindi ko ine-expect na malaki ang premyo ng Star of the Night. Lyvia, akala ko ba kakabugin mo kaming lahat? ;-)

3. May nangingiliti sa tagiliran ko habang naka-piring ang mga mata ko at more than once na nangyari yon. Umamin na ang dapat umamin!

2. Mga pahabol na BOOM ni Jemai kahit wala na sa kanya yung mic.

1. Ang sound pala ng sheep ay "Baaaaaaaa". Gayang-gaya ni Jemai ang animal sound at tawang-tawa ako. 3 days bago ako naka-move on.

Anjo: Hahaha! Sobrang hinulaan ko lang, basta alam ko babae yun nag-"MOYOW". Haha!

Jemai: maraming salamat Hanah. masaya ako na maging top 1 sa list mo.

oo tama.. baaaaa talaga ang sheep, meehehehhehe ang kambing

meron pang iba..

awawawaw ang aspin - arfarf sa sa dog na maliit..woof sa malaaki..

kokak ang palaka - ribbit sa frog

ngaw sa pusa - meow sa cat

ngoouu sa baka - moooo sa cow

tiktilaok sa manok - bock bock buckuk sa chicken

twittwit sa ibon - chirp sa bird

marami pa..madalas kasi mga hayop ang kausap ko..haha

Jemai: Boom!..

BJ: e ung quak quak quak!?san un?

Kirk: quak quak quak kay jemai yun eh

Kirk: sheep at kambing ba iisa?

Jemai: eh yung sound ng 1 direction pano?

Jemai: hinde..tupa yun sa tagalog..may tupa ba satin?

BJ: Tenenenenenenenen tenenenenen tenenenenenenenenenenen tenenenenenenenenenen tene ne een teneneeeeen..o ayan, kaw nlang magbeat para pumasok sa saliw ng 1 direction mo Jemai..haha

Josh: haha! natawa ako sa number 5! haha! Thanks Hanna, for showing how much you appreciated the party! Ang ganda ng reviews na ginagawa mo sa tuwing magkakasama tayo.

Lyvia: Grabe todo tawag ba ako sa pangalan mo? Di ko maalala? Hahahaha. Ehh wala eh kumabog ako pero tinalo mo parin ako hahaha. You deserve the award!

Hanna: Wahahahah! Jemai sino ang mga hayop na madalas mong makausap? Joke!

Hanna: Lyvia sabi mo pa nga, "Haaannnnaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!"

Josh: mystery pa rin kung sino nangingiliti sayo. feeling ko si Kirk yun. haha

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!!
- from the Road Eaters Running Club