Hosting Q-Nights the 2nd time around
By Rex Dizon
11.19pm, October 29, 2006
I knew I will be requried to write an Aslag piece about hosting Questions Nights (Q-Nights) so I figured now is the perfect time to do so, while the feeling and the memories are still fresh. So here it goes!
Apparently, it’s my second time or rather, it is our house’s second time to host the arduous Q-Nights. The first time was 3 Pautakans ago when I was the President. Our house is probably second to Bang and Kong Mike’s residence in terms of adopting the AguPips for the Pautakan preparations.
Like before, I was SOOO excited. I (and Kuya Argel, as Memcomm) had so many plans to make each night a night to remember. But in terms of the enjoy factor, I honestly think I failed as a host. For starters, I didn’t have much time to prepare. Sagad la reng exams ku until the day before the Q-Nights start. Plus, Kuya Argel wasn’t even there on any single night! So we weren’t able to carry out any single gameplan we had. More so, partially thanks to Frida (haha!), we had this cold epidemic the whole week! Each morning is a sniffathon for all of us. A couple of our org chicks even had asthma attacks. Lastly, I still had this effing machine problem that I had to pass at the end of the week, which prevented me from fully enjoying the Q-Nights. Basta for me, Q-Nights 2006 could've been way way more enjoyable for everyone.
Being the host, is SOOOOOO mapagal! Believe me!
Another reason I wasn’t able to prepare much for it was because the night before, I slept early and woke up late the next day because I knew that once the Q-Nights begin, a whole week will have to pass by before I get any decent amount of sleep again. Mig-reserba ku talagang tudtud! But the thing is, Pautakan has always been close to my heart, even before I was officially an AguPip. To be the Pautakan head is a mini-frustration for me, so that’s probably why I am so involved in it every year, to think that I am not even from Educcomm. So all in all, I still enjoyed the Q-Nights after all.
Unfortunately, some traditions involved in the Q-Nights were discontinued. For the time in many eons, there wasn’t much work of art on human skin! The only victim was Ngot (who developed white varicose veins) and Fergie (who had a botched manicure). Well, I am partially to be blamed. I am the oldest among the Q-Nights campers, I should be the one to carry the torch, continue the legacy, hehe! Pero ala eh, metamad ku, I was too sick and too worried about other hosting matters to bother with it. So next year, Agupips, por pabor! Ibalik ye ing tradisyung ita! Magdala kayung madakal na pentel pen!
Luckily though, for the first time, the meals for the AguPips weren’t much of a problem. Kudos to whoever thought of meals sponsored by committees. At least, ali pane ing host ing meperwisyu keng ipalaklak kareng AguPips, haha! For me, peka-manyaman itang handa ng Celine. Syemps, it was a complete smorgasbord – tasty beef, sipo egg and creamy leche flan! Medyo miparakal pin eh, up until Monday, atin pang baka. Geesh, I was eating the leftovers for 3 days! I felt that if I didn’t stop, I would start moo-ing already! Haha! Special mention to my Ate Joi’s spaghetti, hehe! Too bad, only a handful of the Agupips got to taste it.
Let me end this pagninilay-nilay by saying that despite the hassle, este HASSLE, hosting Q-Nights will always be enjoyable. The truth is, Q-Nights is STILL a group effort, even if only one person is burdened with the hosting chores. For that, many many thanks to everyone who came and helped out! Q-Nights will never be as fun without the myriad of people that come day in, day out!
Kristle, Ngot, Jade, Dawn, Lang, Joman and Dadai, our esteemed alumni, for dropping by. Lalu na y Ngot, twice ya pa meg-overnight eh. Jang rugung balu tana man ngan kung bakit atsu ya lagi and pepa-rebond ya pa for Q-Nights, diba? Hehehe!
To our perya at St Jude, thanks for adding a little spice to our Q-Nights! Jang rugung Catterpillar and Ferris Wheel mu rugu ing agyu mung i-offer, at least mekapag-unwind and mekapag-bonding kami pa ring AguPips!
To Jasper, Daryl and Justin, for always being so makulit! One reason I offered our house the second time is because of these kids, I knew they would enjoy the company of the AguPips every day and every night. True enough, lagi la ping maki-ingredus kekatamo, emo? Haha!
To Dang Nena and Divine, for graciously serving us during our meals! And syempre to Kuya Dennis and Ate Joi – for making payag to offer our house once again, to think na balu na ng Ate Joi makananu kapagal mag-host, hehe!
Kareng egana-ganang meg-overnight, edanakayu metung-metungan! Naku, pasensya nakayu, ali ya aircon ing bale mi! Ditak pa ing kutsun! Pasensya nung ali kayu masaleseng meka-tudtud. Eh bale, meging masaya tana man, salamat keng Diner Dash, Feeding Frenzy, Cakemania and Deal Or No Deal, haha!
So there! To my successor, kung sino ka man na maghohost ng Q-Nights next year (Yikes!
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