barbecue night

i was cleaning my dirty shoes yesterday. it then reminded me of blogging what happened last monday, the day my shoes got really dirty. so, it started with our way of celebrating the end of 1st sem 08-09. since not everyone was able to go to the night-out last saturday, we planned a barbecue at nel's place. it was the most convenient place since if it would be held somewhere, for sure, someone would not be going. we had it last monday since some of us would be going somewhere: bl's going to batangas, while ros just left for a three week vacation at san fo. the point is we want to be complete as much as possible. we all had our own stories on how we went to nel's house. as for us, bl, miggy and i, we experienced first-hand the sudden at crappy rain. after getting off at gilmore station, it started to drizzle. we were even joking na baka maabutan pa kami ng ulan 'pag malapit na. when we were about to reach the corner of the street, rain suddenly fell. first big drops. then strong winds. it's good that we were on a covered auto-mechanic shop. pero pucha, yung ulan halos horizontal na that we have to take cover from the cars, as if we were on an action flick. parang nagbabarilan lang eh. it was all due to the strong wind. buti na lang, gio was already at nel's house coz he and nel picked us up. and they also have their own story. a few minutes after that, fel and lor arrived. then came rjude, phongks and dennis. fel, dennis, rjude and i went to the nearest market. and i have to apologize to dennis kasi all of a sudden, he became a chauffer. driver, in short. we bought some pork for the barbecue. however, we over-calculated it. then we drove back to nel's place - and everybody was already there. nel, bl, ros, lestra, miggy, rjude, gio, lor, phongks, dennis, fel, and me. while we were preparing the food, some were playing poker. some were watching a movie. but ros was doing her paper for her majors. after preparing the food, i was surprisded to know that bl was having his usual drama coz he "lost" his ring. then, everyone knew what to do - act na parang wala lang. minutes after that, we went to down to start barbecuing. the grill place caused my shoes to be muddy since it had rained earlier making the grassy landscape of the condominium muddy. but we had a dilemma. how were we going to start grilling when we don't have kerosene? bl thought of using gin as substitute for the gas while i had alcohol on mind. grabe, sabaw yun gin. instead of putting the charcoal on fire, pinatay lang niya. the alcohol helped a little bit by making a huge fire but not completely burning the coal. so, we were there for around two hours, cooking the two and a half kilo pork kasim, one and a half kilo of porkchop and two bags of hotdogs. yeah, i know, number good for masisibang tao. ehehe. it's good that some people visited us to help and also to watch. after the barbecue, we went up to make the caramelized onion (recipe thanks to my ate) and pomelo salad. as usual, fel and i prepared it. can we apply for hot guys who cook? ahaha. true enough, the food was too much for us. as for the menu, we had porkchop, pork (kasim) barbecue (which are not on stick and even chopped into squares), hotdogs, pomelo salad and caramelized onion. well, the dinner was filled with laughter and kasabawan. baka nga, yun yung nagpabusog sa amin eh. rjude kasi eh, who was making faces. faces that are reminiscent of the fishes on spongebob. to let the food go down, we played poker. 50 pesos buy-in. i'm not really good at playing coz i always lose to them. but dennis could be a worse player coz he bought for three times. ehehe. so there, that's our cookout/barbecue night.