The Dawgs Travel Diary: Crazy Dress Up Party

The three of us woke up really late. Well, this is why Saturday exists. The good thing about not being a 'tourist' in Paris is you can just chillax and it's no longer about visiting all the sights but spending quality time with your friends. The morning was spent interrogating May-yang's Berliner friend. She's young, 20, an apprentice carpenter, which for a girl I think is hawt (did I mention the bit about nude modelling, oh yes I did), and very artistic and she showed us one of her watercolours. It was amazing. She cut one it up (shock horror!) to send as a jigsaw-puzzle Christmas card to her family (aah). After Paris, she was going to Corsica to do some volunteer work for a month rebuilding old houses. I was jealous of course as my vacation does not last 5 months.

I was quite excited to meet one of the loves (yes, for there are many) of my life who I have not seen in 3 years and this preoccupied my mind for the rest of the day! (In fernez Tito Boy, sa lahat ng minahal ko, si J lang ang hanggang ngayon kaibigan ko pa rin.) Last we made contact she was backpacking in China. She did ask me go meet her there but alas, my commitments kept us far apart. (Alam niyo naman Kapuso siya, Kapamilya ako, magagalit si Mother Lily.) Tonight, her sister is throwing a dress-up party and because I love them both, allowed them to choose my costume. And so I met up with J (with dramatic pagkikita siempre, running towards each other in slow motion beneath the Eiffel Tower kunam man, hindi na yan soundstage sa RPN-9, location shooting na), then her sister whisked all of us to her flat and before I could even object was quickly undressed (yes, this is France, take that literally) and made up - As a girl. Well, I started out as a girl and later in the evening I nicked a Lucha Libre mask, then some corn rows, then an afro.....It was a very fun night with lots of alchol, jokes, and dancing.

Siempre, that night I also met J's bagong djowa at nakaka-aliw dahil nagsimula sa "Paano kay nagkakilala ni..." Siempri proud ako sa meeting story namin ni J dahil una kaming nagkita sa bayan ng lola ko sa talampakan in a very RomCom way pero nung si Totoy na nag-istori telling kung paano sila nagkakilala, omaygad, pang Oscar Best Picture ang kanilang unang pagkikita. Kumbaga yung version ko, parang low budget Bong Revilla Resiklo film, yung sa kanila Industrial Light and Magic with Dolby surround sound. As in lumilipad lipad na si Yoda with wide angle shots.

The party lasted till the wee hours....


Sobra sobra na yang panglalait ninyo. Oui, since we woke up at 11pm, it's quite reasonable to have more champagne. (As in Ashley, champagne talaga ha, hindi brut or cava. Please.)

In a blink of an eye J and her sister disrobed me of my brusque manly outfit. I'm so fat, the dress barely fit. I quite like the fishnet stockings.

J's costume was supposedly the "ugly" duckling and yet she can never hide the fact that she is beautiful. (Nagkakape kami niyan one time sa bayan ni Vanessa Paradis na malapit sa country home ni Ashley eh bigla ba naman kami ininterrupt ng isang stranger para sabihan siya na maganda siya. Tumingin-tingin ako sa paligid nagtataka kung ako ba si Invisible Man.)

Someone dressed up as a Gay moslem who was formerly a Jew.

What gifts the wise man brings?

It was supposed to be a pregnant man...it looks more like an alcoholic redneck's belly.

I has bigger boobies!

That's some hot lesbian action for you.

Fish net stockings are da bomb! I think I will start wearing them.

HRO Karl Willem hooks up with J's new friend.

How sweet.

In these terroristic times, we need to be safety. HRO Karl Willem sniffing for explosives

So much to drink, so little time.

This is a public service announcement from The Department of Health. Always bring party balloons. (Especially if going to a party with lots of booze and beautiful people. You want to leave with good memories and not accidents.)

The Green Elvis (who said the French could not do english puns. I thought it was hilarious) and the Quebecois start the sing-along.

That be some Italian ass cheeks. (Para kay Ashley na mahilig sa mga Italiano. Hoy, tita, sa susunod, ang gawin mong Fafa ay yung rich na angkan ng mga Ferrari o Benetton at hwag yung taga-bilad ng sea salt sa Sicily. Mag-isip isip ka nga.)

Cultural exchange. Dancing the Itik-itik.

Me so hohnee, me licky licky you loooong th..th..thaym.