A Reason to Party!
Filipinos loves to party. You’ll see lots of fiestas everywhere you go. Even if they don’t have any money, they will apply for a loan and worry about paying it after the fiesta. We used to go to every fiesta we know of back home. One of my friend own a car and we always pack it full. There were 22 of us and the car has a sitting capacity of 8 person. Yeah, I know, shocking. But we did manage to fit in there. The car looked like a Christmas tree, just no bling.
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Aside from the usual birthday party, reunion, anniversary, weddings and fiestas. We made up reasons or occasions just to have a party. Like Full Moon Party!
We always have a full moon party every month and its an overnight party at the beach. Some of us would bring a tent, food, boom box, guitar and drinks. And party all night. And before the night is over, we made some plans to have a follow up party at a friends house.
If the full moon fell on a weekend. It’s going to be an All Weekend Party. And yes, I was a party goer in my youth but I don’t dance or do anything stupid. I just sit back, observe, relax, and enjoy. Everything changed when I had my babies.
I go to parties with friends but I no longer stay overnight like I used to. I’m far away from my friends now. I miss those good old days! But I love what I have today and tomorrow.
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Now that’s a wonderful article. You did good.
22 people? Geesh girl, Ya’ll are crazy.
LOL. Yea, we were crazy. But we were not the only one who did that. Some of them even made it to Guiness Book of World Record!
Hey Jessie, I have an opening for a writer over on LiP… you interested? There is this Playboy Expat that lives up in Cebu somewhere, I can get rid of him to make space for you, if you like!
Nice article, Jessie!
LOL I bet you could too.
Yeah, I’m an international playboy, me and Jethro Bodine!
Thank you Bob, LOL, but writing is not my forte so the playboys space is secure.
Yeah, he is a playboy. Lots of GF everywhere, LOL. Who is Jethro Bodine?
Kumusta Jessie! It’s good to see you finally writing on Rusty’s site. We’ve all heard a lot of nice things about you, but it’s fun to get your experiences too. It’s true–filipinos really know how to party! Maybe we can invite you and Rusty to one of our parties in the future? I hope so!
Kumusta Queeniebbee. Thanks for the comment.
I’ve done a lot of things in my youth. Some of them were crazy things but fun nonetheless. We even slept in a haunted house just for the fun of it. And that’s going to be a whole new story.
Hello everyone1 how’s everybody? Terry you still around? and Joe B, are you still in PI? I’m in Cebu at last.
Yeah, good article Jess. Normally, I love Fiestas, but when I’m in Cebu, I hate them! Reason?
Fiestas usually means parade, and with the narrow roads leading to North Cebu, it makes for a horrendous traffic jam! I arrived last Friday and it took us 2 hours to get through traffic from Mandaue to Sogod. You see Mandaue is always congested, Fiesta or no Fiesta, so is Liloan, and even Consolacion. Well Consolacion also had their Fiesta last Friday, then Sogod as well. So you can just imagine how slow our progress was. At one stage, I said to my brother “you should have just brought my broomstick, then we would have been home by now”
Hello Jesse…Imagine my confusion when I tried to reconcile this piece as Rusty’s. What..? Rusty loves to party, go to fiestas,..squeeze himself into a 8 seater car w/ 21 others..? Finally, I sort of heard you speak about yourself. You have made yourself quite of a mystery. Actually, we do have very similar experiences when were much younger. Like you, I love to be out of the house, to party, to pig out in fiestas, any reason to stay late. I don’t know but I think Filipino kids are afforded much more freedom than the Americans. I would think that average Americans would not allow what my mother allowed me to do when I was14 ++. In that tender age, she permitted me to have out of town trips. Being kids, we did not know how to budget money. Also, it was usual that some would join w/o any money. Thus, every towns we visit, we pawn off our wrist watches so we can have fare back home. Like most teenager, I learned how to smoke & drink early.(But I am not a chain smoking alcoholic) Here in IL, a girl can get pregnant quite as early as 16 but she cannot legally drink alcohol until she turned 21. Oh the things we used to do just to have fun. Once in a small town, we consumed alcohol over guitar strains & lots of bad Boyzone singing on top of “nitsos” (graves..?). There’s no chance you could do that here. If I did not have a liberal mother who allowed me to be adventurous, I don’t think I will not be the person that I am today–a cautious person. Now she thinks I stay too much in the house. I guess my point here Jesse is we, Filipinos, may not have a structured upbringing the way most westerns are but still, we manage to turn out ok. We are not beset w/ most social issues like high incidence of alcoholism due to our casual attitude towards drinking, among others. Opps..sorry..I indulged myself quite a bit here. It’s nice to have met a kindred spirit in you Jessie about this topic.
Thank you Roy.
We did some crazy things too, like pawn our things just to have some money. But we never steal. My father gave me too much freedom in my teens.
Sometimes I dont go home for days. I just let my father know where I am and who I am with. I bring my friends home with me so he’ll be familiar with them.
I never once tried drugs. Not even dope. I couldnt even differentiate the smell between a cigar and dope. They all smell the same to me. I dont want to break my ftahers trust. We have this unspoken rule in the house. NO DRUGS.
When I was growing up, the drinking age was 18 but most of us found a way to get our hands on it. Bad idea though.
One of the main reasons the drinking age was raised was so many kids dying in cars on prom night.
I pretty much did what I wanted after 15, stayed out all night if I liked. But most of my peers could not do that. I think I’m the only one that I knew personally that was able too and still finished high school.
However, its a really different society. USA kids are in school till 17 or 18 so that makes a big difference. Can’t really compare the US to the Philippines, it just doesn’t work.
Kamusta ka Jesse,
Is good to see you writing on here, we use to do the same things when we were kids living in the USA. Your right about “parents trust”, I won’t say we didn’t do some stupid things as kids, but we had our fun, and without hurting other people in the process. Keep up the writing….ingatz!!
Danny
Hi Danny, I hope I can keep her writing. Jessie is very private person so it took me a while to come up with something she felt comfortable writing about. My articles are all rather personal, about what I’ve actually done so that’s the way I think. I thought she did a wonderful job. I sure could use her help! I could write more myself if I didn’t have such a hard time coming up with topics.
I did plenty of really stupid things but never really packed a car that full. I think it was a little before my time when they tried to put as many people as they could in a VW Beetle.
Hi Danny, sorry for the slow response. I posted a response yesterday, but i guess it didnt go through. Our connection is bad right now.
Anyway, thanks for the comment and for the vote of confidence. I hope my kids would have a great time when they grow up as long as they dont get in trouble.
Hi Jessie and rusty
To Jessie i hope you continue write here it was so interesting to read your article and i know everyone looks forward to more from you
Regards Les
I think she has an article in mind. About her last shopping trip to Cebu City. I may have to bribe her with ice cream to get her to actually do it.
Hey Rusty,
Get a big tub of ice cream, would love to hear more of what Jessie likes to write about.
Salamat,
Danny
I’ll nag her soon
to jessie,, Now, Im remembering my young years in life in cebu. Yes, We did that mostly what you said , try overnight swimming with friends its fun. Just purely fun ,I still like to go on a disco-ral. Hehehhe during fiestas. Plus riding a habal- habal or a langkapan hahahaha, I bet foreigners will freak out when they see it
. Its a ride which 10 or more person can ride in a motorcycle and you add your lugage on it too 
. My parents said I can go where ever I want As long as I wont ask money for it and behave as I can be, dont get in trouble. I never left school, I was in school and finished it too 
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