Sayang, Hindi kayo nakasali! Never mind. We have photos to share and make you jealous. Even if it was a small group of 27 bakasyonistas from the AS/IS world attending, it was a big celebration that may have dwarfed other previous samahans.
There was more in-between -job than "the above-job" or "the below-job," particularly at the "Top Dollar" slot machine that brought some $800 to Tom Larson and some $500 to Vikki Assad Boustany and of course, Dzepri Haanter came close to stuffing his pocket with winnings, too! Too bad, we couldn't take photos at the wild casino soiree.
The first day, Friday, October 10 (that's very lucky double 10 number for us of Chinese heritage!). We trickled into the Suite 2218, the spacious and well-supplied Malacanang Palace. Slowly but surely, everyone got reacquainted, bantered around, drove in carpools to DJ Bibingkahan for a Pinoy turo-turo dinner.
After dinner, half of the group went gambling at the Mirage before proceeding to enjoy the Cirque du Soleil show at the same hotel under the leadership of Debbie Dempsey Landstrass and then rocked the town further until 3:00 a.m. (?) How in the world did you manage to get up at 8:00 a.m., Jeff? The other half spent their time trying to topple down the games at Binion's before retiring for the night.
Day 2 started with a group breakfast at the Paradise Buffet at the Freemont Hotel across the street from Binion's. What a feast! Unfortunately, nobody remembered to take a picture.
The impromptu Cmedy Echange in the afternoon and the Karaoke Singing Extravaganza at night were totally dazzling. The great servings of chicken empanada, beef lumpia and shrimp pancit kept the gang filled through the night. Also available were potato and tortilla chips (compliments of Fred Tabisaura '68), champoy, mixed nuts, barquillos, shrimp chips and those nameless other delicacies from the PI, including (yikes!) balut.
The revelers consumed four cases of San Miguel beer, 10 bottles of Chardonnay, four bottles of Merlot and two cases of Diet Coke.
Let the names of the most generous donors who contributed to help defray Malacanang Palace, food and beverage and housekeeping/bell costs remain anonymous. Please accept my heartfelt appreciation of your kindness and charity.
Special thanks go to Andoy Butler and Steve Fellerman for their organizational skills and promotions. We all drank extra San Miguel for you both!
Everyone who came made the AS/IS Manila Club Reunion a most memorable event. For more photos, please visit my site at Facebook.com.
Well, let the pictures tell the rest of the story.
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