Cursor Awitaners Bag 3rd Place; Jonas Misplaces a Bag – a better headline of the following story:

Last Saturday, I attended an Engineering Week 2008 event which was held in Cinema 6 of SM North Edsa. Like what the hosts kept on saying in their spills, the venue made Awitan 2008 sosyal. It didn’t fail the expectations on my attendance in the said chorale competition among UP Diliman student organizations.

An hour before the event is expected to start, I shopped a gift for Ethan Kaiser on his Christening this Saturday. Then, I entered the blockbuster queue of the event carrying a bag at my back, a Taco Bell takeout on my left hand and the big baby gift on my right.

The first hour bored me to death while waiting for the event to start. The panel of judges were not yet complete. I played Puzzle Quest on my Ferrari red Portable Playstation. It’s the lesser boring evil than waiting.

Then, the hosts were finally introduced. And the night got excited and filled with laughter, fun and applause. Each participating organization is required to render a theme song from the teleserye or Pinoy television series and the Jingle Bells Calypso. At the end of the night, the audience would hear 9 renditions of Jingle Bells Calypso. One-horse sleigh after the another. Two bands namely Guillermo and Dalandan Soda also shared their musical talents and broke the Calypso syndrome for a while.

The night crowned two of my bets – my home organization, UP Cursor as third placer, and IE Club, a club of Industrial Engineers, as the grand champion. My other bet, JPIA, a non-Engineering student organization from Business Administration, won the People’s Choice.

It was half an hour before midnight when the competition was concluded. I went to Cubao terminal to Bulacan. Then, I suddenly remembered that I left Ethan Kaiser’s gift at the cinema. I thought of letting Mama and Anjed to take it the next day when one of the host advertisements flashed back. There’s a midnight sale on going that night. So I hurriedly step out from the FX at Cubao and took a bus. But, the said bus was going to Fairview and won’t drop me near SM North Edsa. Stupid!

And so the song goes…

Jingle Bells What the hell
Jingle Bells What the hell
Jingle all the way Idiot’s on his way!

I arrived just in time before the entrance closed. I went to the venue, was catching my breath and asked the guard’s permission for me to enter. UP KEM, the organizer of the event, took care of the bag of crib set (that’s my gift). Whew! I got it back.

I wanted to take out McDonald’s meal but then I thought I might misplace something again.

Everybody sing…

Jingle Bells What the hell
Jingle Bells What the hell
Jingle all the way Idiot’s on his way!

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