earthdate 030909: berby faux pas
during the 2007 campaign season, i had my taste of the many ilocos foundation days. usually, these are celebrated at night wherein kids are crowned with a variety of “titles.”
the role of a politician candidate then was to give a speech as the guest speaker, crown the highest ranked kid, and do some folk-waltz-dances.
as Kris’ chulalay, after a day’s worth of sorties, rest period ko na mga event na ganito. kasama lang to give water, hand a pen, eat his “leftovers” sa mga pakain (Kris is not fond of ‘cold’ food; thus, we mastered the ‘tactic’ of being ’sweet’ and ‘allegedly watching our weight;’ thus we just share a plate during these occassions — in reality, we share a plate and get konting food lang; then whatever Kris cannot finish eating, I eat para naman hindi nakakahiya sa mga hosts kesa hindi kami kumain at all or worse, waste food on our plate).
One time, I was unfortunately acknowledged in the crowd to be Kris’ fiance. Sigh, of all days, yun pa man din yung hectic day and I didn’t have time to change out of my dirty jeans and pinagpawisan na na campaign shirt. Gosh, truly-ly embarrassing to ‘dance’ with Kris wearing icky outfit!
Learning my lesson, I brought some clothes na to Laoag so I’d always have a decent outfit for times like that in the future.
Last weekend, that time happened again. Kris and I went to a foundation day in Batac. Haynakoh, I thought I was decent in my slacks and blouse na. Pero, this city celebrates in style pala (we didn’t know; first time to be invited there as 2nd legislative district na naman kasi yun) — the elders came in gowns (like how a wedding guest would dress up)! OMG, fashion faux pas pa rin! Worse, lagi kami ni Kris tinatawag “to lead” the public to dance. Siempre the “public” do not follow suit naman sa mga ganito; so, kitang-kita kaming dalawa lang dancing. Wehehe, hiya hiya!
And so, now, super trying to replicate basic pieces of my wardrobe here in Manila there in Laoag. To cover all eventualities.
Pero nga kasi, hindi rin pare-pareho ang standards per city/municipality/barangay — so ang hirap mag-gauge what to really wear.
Nonetheless, I am striving to get the basic outfits for different kinds of events at ilalagay na forever dun so next time, I’d be ready! Ganbante!
Hmm, how come I get a feeling I’d be “overdressed” next time?
Hahahaha, kasi ako si Berby…?
I swear, swerte talaga ng boys — barong and black pants lang, okay na.
Oh well.
the role of a politician candidate then was to give a speech as the guest speaker, crown the highest ranked kid, and do some folk-waltz-dances.
as Kris’ chulalay, after a day’s worth of sorties, rest period ko na mga event na ganito. kasama lang to give water, hand a pen, eat his “leftovers” sa mga pakain (Kris is not fond of ‘cold’ food; thus, we mastered the ‘tactic’ of being ’sweet’ and ‘allegedly watching our weight;’ thus we just share a plate during these occassions — in reality, we share a plate and get konting food lang; then whatever Kris cannot finish eating, I eat para naman hindi nakakahiya sa mga hosts kesa hindi kami kumain at all or worse, waste food on our plate).
One time, I was unfortunately acknowledged in the crowd to be Kris’ fiance. Sigh, of all days, yun pa man din yung hectic day and I didn’t have time to change out of my dirty jeans and pinagpawisan na na campaign shirt. Gosh, truly-ly embarrassing to ‘dance’ with Kris wearing icky outfit!
Learning my lesson, I brought some clothes na to Laoag so I’d always have a decent outfit for times like that in the future.
Last weekend, that time happened again. Kris and I went to a foundation day in Batac. Haynakoh, I thought I was decent in my slacks and blouse na. Pero, this city celebrates in style pala (we didn’t know; first time to be invited there as 2nd legislative district na naman kasi yun) — the elders came in gowns (like how a wedding guest would dress up)! OMG, fashion faux pas pa rin! Worse, lagi kami ni Kris tinatawag “to lead” the public to dance. Siempre the “public” do not follow suit naman sa mga ganito; so, kitang-kita kaming dalawa lang dancing. Wehehe, hiya hiya!
And so, now, super trying to replicate basic pieces of my wardrobe here in Manila there in Laoag. To cover all eventualities.
Pero nga kasi, hindi rin pare-pareho ang standards per city/municipality/barangay — so ang hirap mag-gauge what to really wear.
Nonetheless, I am striving to get the basic outfits for different kinds of events at ilalagay na forever dun so next time, I’d be ready! Ganbante!
Hmm, how come I get a feeling I’d be “overdressed” next time?
Hahahaha, kasi ako si Berby…?
I swear, swerte talaga ng boys — barong and black pants lang, okay na.
Oh well.
