the 26K girl and the maid-of-honor

when one of my best buds, bong, got married last december 18, i can't help but smile reminicsing the events that happened on that day itself and on the bachelor's party 3 days before that.

december 15 was the day we had the bachelor's party. it was nothing out-of-the-ordinary. it was just a night out on a bar in ortigas followed by several more hours on a strip joint (guy stuff, everybody understands that right??!).

while on the bar, amidst a rather small saturday night crowd, bong and i together with 2 of our other best buds and bong's nephew drank beer and danced to the music of the in-house band. however, in that small crowd, we chanced upon a group of girls having a good time of their own. before everybody else knew it, i was acting my best man duties ahead of the wedding itself by being bong's wing man in meeting these girls.

while bong fixed his attention to this one girl, i cozied myself up with one other girl who caught my eye as she was really tall and sexy. when i was next to her, i saw in-close that she was also good-looking. not the drop-dead gorgeous type but she had this eyes that i liked (read: chinita) and nice cheek bones that accentuated her smile. but boy was she really hot in that low-cut jeans she was wearing!

it turns out that it was her birthday that night and she was celebrating it with her friends. we had a good time chatting and dancing until i was reminded that we had to go the next place we planned on going to for bong to fully experience his bachelor's party. i said my goodbyes and just on impulse asked her if she wants to be my date on the upcoming wedding i had to attend. i was partly surprised when she said yes and told me to just be in touch about the place and time.

the day before the wedding, i talked to this girl again and somehow got hold of the fact that she was actually coming from abs-cbn during that time. when i probed further, she told me she was one of the 26K girls of the game show "deal or no deal"! man, i am going to the wedding of one of my best buds with a 26K girl!

but the next day, there was a glitch and she wanted me instead to pick her up at her place to go to bong's wedding. as i myself was running a bit late, i had to politely tell her i may not be able to do so and perhaps we could just meet up in the next coming days.

my sadness in not being with the 26K girl on the wedding was however eased out when i met the maid-of-honor. she was lia's (bong's wife) best friend from high school. if i was attracted to the 26K girl because of her body, i was attracted to the maid-of-honor because she was easily the most beautiful girl on that wedding (mind you there was also a girl who looked like ehra madrigal and another who was also a model-type). we surprisingly hit it off immediately and we were chatting up all throughout the ceremony. she held on to my arm while walking out of the church and exchanged smiles and laughs while throwing rose petals on bong and lia outside the church. she even asked if i wanted a ride with her to the reception (which i had to decline as i was waiting for another barkada who is arriving late).

in the reception, we chatted again until the formalities started. she was actually one of the hosts for the wedding reception program. it was on one of the formalities of a wedding reception that became the highlight of my day with the maid-of-honor.

i was up there in the podium (with her behind me) when i made the best man's toast and modesty aside, it was one of the most well received speeches i ever made. in fact, a lot of people (lia, bong's mom, bong's sis, and the old lady who was sitting with us on our table) took me aside and told me how touching my speech was.

and ofcourse, one of those people who was touched was the maid-of-honor. when i got down the podium to toast with bong and lia, she even made a toast with me first. with smiles on both our faces, we toasted with our own wine glasses before i finally reached bong and lia's table.

when the reception ended, i had one last talk with her. she again commented on how sweet and touching my speech was. we exchanged mobile numbers afterwards.

when i was about to say my goodbyes to bong and lia, lia casually reminded me that the maid-of-honor herself is getting married middle of 2008 (as if on-queue so that i won't get any ideas of being "friendly" with her).

but guess what, i was not bummed about it. i knew beforehand that she was already engaged to be married but still, we had a good time together!

and besides, i still have that date with the 26K girl ahead of me! hahaha!!