Aug 2
Girl’s Night Out
Not all in Manila is cheap transportation and shitty internet cafe’s. One of the regular past times here other than hanging out at the Mall is going out clubbing. So that’s just what I did the past two nights. Thursday night I met up with some friends at this popular after-hours club called Tabu. Tabu, is in Makati on Salcedo Street. The party there doesn’t start until after midnight which is perfect because I can go, have a few drinks, some good or bad chit-chat and come back home to work some more (yes, I am a workaholic). The downfall to a place like this is that the crowd almost always is the same, not that it’s a bad thing, but sometimes I crave meeting NEW people.
Friday night, I met up with my new girlfriends Summer and Leah and went dancing. Now here is a little third world country action for ya… About a month ago, one of the hottest clubs in Manila got shut down for two weeks. The reason? A drunk DJ. The action? He decided to beat up the WRONG person. Apparently he got into a fight with a club goer and it just so happened that this fella was well connected. He filed a complaint with the police and the club was shut down. Take it a step further, because of this seemingly small altercation, all the other clubs in the area were put on a curfew… no more booze after 2am…. WTF??!!?? Yeah, one guy with a grudge fucks it up for the rest of us. So the night out was not all that exciting, the club I went to was Ascend located on High Street at The Fort. And go figure, the place was curiously empty compared to what it usually is. But there was dancing nonetheless so it wasn’t a complete waste. After curfew we bounced with our friend Greg to another after hours bar in Makati called Martinis, this one is at the Mandarin Hotel. Great place to just chill and grab that one last drink that you will regret in the morning.
So there it is, that’s what a single girl in Manila does, goes clubbing, takes the jeepney and MRT (ok that might be just me) and hangs out with good friends. Leaves the bad friends behind and re-evaluates those choices 