The Gross National Product and Foam Parties.

Now I really know where half of the Philippine GNP are being spent. In foam parties in ritzy subdivisions. I was supposed to go out and just chill out with a Marie Antoinette movie in Greenbelt last night, but as luck and timing would have it. My friend Daryl was late (again) and it is Friday night. We checked out Bedspace (too lame crowd), M Cafe (too well lit), Nuvo (too senior crowd) so we sent our asses scurrying to the Fort where we chilled over cosmos and and white russians (stupid name for a drink.. he he he diba Carlos?) and reminisced over our conquests over the years while '80s music was being played at Jills (so apropos..).

Around 11ish, we got an invite for Chris Parker's Annual Birthday Bash with Foam Party as this years theme at a South Forbes residence. Guestlist includes Manila's virtual partyphiles - Rajo Laurel, Borgy Manotoc, Vina Morales, fire-dancin Rachel Lobangco, recently outed Robby Tarroza and Manila's X community, and lots and lots of foam, sexy music and flowin drinks.

It takes parties like this to really wake you up. While being photographed and published in expensive in glossies and society pages, one thinks how poor families cannot even send their kids to school. A copy of Philippine Tatler costs pretty much a day's meal for a poor family of 4-6. And the money spent on that party could have been the annual income of 20 poor families combined. Oh well. Ill post some of the photos here soon. Maybe I should do some charity or volunteer work soon... Washing my guilt? Maybe.