Nang mga isang balde nang Budweiser at Miller ang nainom, si Tim na hindi Timid, natipuhang mag group-dynamics! Palagay ko matagal niya nang kinikimkim ang katanungang ito sa kanyang sarili, kaya heto nang pagkakataon - naghanap na ng kadamay!

Sabi niya: "O, etong tanong: Ano ang nagagawa ninyo noon na hindi na ninyo magawa ngayong nasa 40's na kayo?" Or reversibly, "Ano yung nagagawa ngayon na hindi dating nagagawa?" Nag-round-robin kami sa pagsagot. Mga lalaki muna:

Tim: "Napapansin ko, dati marami akong moves noon (sa basketball ha) na ngayon di ko na masyadong magawa!... Masakit na dito (kamay sa balakang)!"

Sabi naman ng kung sino: "In other words, Tim, dati marami kang na-shoo-shoot, ngayon di na gano'n karami?" Walang "deny or confirm" si Tim. Marunong talaga sa passing the ball! hehehe!

Cowboy: "I don't notice anything different in how I do things (or something like that)" Gano'n pa rin ang gawain ko."

Loy to Cowboy: "Jingle pa rin lang ang pahinga, ganon ba?"

Das to Cowboy: "Oo, ang iba lang ngayon diyan, may tattoo na si Cowboy, pagtayo niyan, makikita mo ang bare back, may nakasulat: "Be back in fifteen!"

Si Loy naman: " It's just Fridays and Saturdays now!" (Bahala na kayo kung ano yung "Fridays at Saturdays" na lang)

At si Gary: "If anything, I find that I can do more now than I used to before. I have more freedom, I know more. There's just so much more to life now!" Kung ano yung he can do more, di niya rin nilinaw.

Si Rey: "No MORE, no LESS!"

Sabi ng kung sino: "BAKET?"

Sagot naman ni Rey: "Wala naman akong ginagawa, eh!"

And Charlie: "Dati ako ang binabayaran. Ngayon, ako na nagbabayad!"

Now... why don't I remember what Das and Lino said ... hmmmm... maybe selective memory... DAS and LINO, paki-e-mail nga uli yung mga sinabi niyo, please!!!

R: Another Charlie-ism: "Stop having b-days already, Nettes! For heaven's sake, you already had 25!"

And then the girls:

Nettes said: (the diplomat that she is, she wouldnt' dare offend her own self, hehehehe)
"I find that there are some things I can do more and then there are some things that I can do less of!" kaniya. "Regarding THAT, I don't have as much time as I used to, so Fridays na rin lang ako."

Swannie said: Uy! compatible pala kayo ni Loy!

Gia said: "Ako rin gaya kay Gary, I find that there are so many things I can do now, because I know more..."

Swannie (sadyang mapanukso): Uy! Compatible pala kayo ni Gary!

Swannnie said: "I find that my subtle art of flirtation is getting MORE and MORE blatant, while the effect is LESS and LESS!"

to which Gary said: "Di hindi na subtle. Blatant na lang!" Kaka-comment niya, (smart a--, that he is) second take niya na lang na-gets yung "... effect is LESS and LESS!" kaya delayed reaction siya sa tawa. (which, by itself, was funny)******************

Lumalalim ang gabi, lalalim pa rin sana ang diskusyon ng mga bagay-bagay sa buhay-buhay, kaso lang si VP Nettes nag-get down to business: TICKETS kayo diyan! Naka-raise ng 30 tickets.Mission accomplished. Nagpuntahan sa banyo.

Pagbalik sa cabin - plakda na halos lahat. Maliban kay Loy, Charlie, Lino at Swannie, who decided to lie down on one of the small beds on the loft na parang sardinas, talking about what his or her earliest memory was, who was the most influential teacher in his/her life.... hanggang si Charlie na lang at si Swannie ang nag-uusap ... the others were in dreamland ... lalala .... lalalala!

Then Charlie and Swannie each went to sleep in his/her designated area. We all slept like sardines. Minus the smell, dahil naligo kaming lahat nang gabing yon, ano?