SMB Oktoberfest: The Actual Day

Huge beer-shaped inflatables stood tall and high in front of the entrance filled with so much air stealing the place' ventilation turning it into a hut tub and the people having a sauna effect feeling. The heat and sweat totaled our excitement as we were about to enter the main gate and have the free glasses of beer. Before that, prolonging was always the agony when we patiently fall in line and have these wrists of ours stamped first so if ever it did not meet our expectations or any changes of our mind, we were all backed up with this red ink to get us through and out. Afterwards, we hurried inside and found ourselves lost in the wide-area venue, 3/4 of it were occupied with chairs and tables, a front stage of the ongoing band playing the crowd's fave song, while the 1/4 was the area where we stood still undecided for our next step. Numerous stalls all geared up with the sponsored San Miguel Beer tents lined up the side-area, at the center were huge umbrella-shaped tents telling everyone not to worry because the show must go on rain or shine, and the back part, seeing the basketball ring were yet another stalls for the game category.

A minute of familiarizing the place and warming my mood up for the next hours of beer-drinking was enough and goes no question as why my eyes were fixed with that particular stall serving drinks for everyone. Tearing this ticket to claim the free drinks was easy but drinking these were a whole lot easier. Do you think so? But finding that perfect table was the hard part. Since we'll be staying at it for the rest of the night, we made sure it's as durable as not getting wet in case the sky drown us with tears of rain. Now the challenge, finishing up the glasses with no ice. You heard it, no ice just pure beer. Well it's a matter of time just making sure it neither be too long to make it taste more bitter nor too short or little to get us drunk in the first hour of sitting.

3 in a group was still enough to get us going all the way since the partner of the other one has valid reason not to come along with us.

The night did turn into dawn and the place was getting more and more crowded. The band, Cueshe was a bit out of place in talking about the beer-ness ambience singing all the love songs they have in their album. The end result, a doze of a minute of sleep. We waited and tried our very best to be patient until Rocksteddy band replace them but after hearing Champ shout two more songs, it was finally a signal for us to "pasi". A signal does not even deserves to be waited. What a waste. As I had said earlier this post, some things indeed did not meet our expectations and heading out is the best option. We went straight to Coke bar for a last bottle of beer to end the night or day not feeling "pingis". During weekends or any day of the week, this is the place everybody hangs out showing off their four wheels or a 2-wheel motorbike. What we have witnessed the time when we arrived was a showdown and a show off of speakers and out-loud music and sound at their compartments. Feeling like their cars had been pimped by Limpbizkit.haha

Now, this is cool. Spotting a Hammer with a plate number of 8 at Le Creolle - the known lugawan in Capistrano where all the hangovers and the drinkers end after the session. We had our own session too so we ended here.hehe We ordered Goto with egg. Yum. A soup that has it all, the rice, egg and some meat for only P35.

And so ended our last friday night at SMB Oktoberfest!

Sincerely,