One Tequila, Two Tequila, Three Tequila, Four; Five Tequila, Six Tequila, Seven Tequila, More
inRather than beer, I go for hard drinks. After a couple of bottles of beer, I’m starting to get tipsy
already. Give me a couple of shots of
tequila, I’ll ask for some more. Kung
wala nang tequila, OK na ko sa vodka.
I realized how high my tolerance is with tequila on one of
my get together with my officemates. Angelo,
one of my fellow TCs, was knocked out after three shots of tequila (kamusta
naman?). After a couple of rounds,
Angelo was starting to pass; the same goes true with Claire, one of the top
agents of Dell Super Queue. Sayang
naman, if nobody drinks it, so I volunteered to take the shots in their
behalf. So after four rounds, I already
had about 8 or 9 shots. After a few
minutes, it was down to me and Sheila. The rest are all asleep (to think that they slept prior to the inuman
session, tama ba naman yon?). I’m still
craving to have another shot or two, but I decided to stop. After all, the last thing I want to do is test
my limit, and just finding myself barfing and being forced to clean my own mess
(ewww!). It wasn’t a tequila drinking
contest, anyways, so why should I brag about how many shots I could take before
I pass out.
Sheila said that she’ll be going to Decades. I felt so lazy to go out, so I decided to
sleep. I woke up the next day expecting
to suffer a severe hangover. Lo and
behold, I didn’t feel a single thing. As
a matter of fact, I felt awesome and energetic!!!
I then tried to recall the other parties I went to. No wonder I never got drunk during parties. Not being a big fan of the taste of beer, I
either have vodka or tequila.
Flavor… people who only thinks of just getting drunk may
tend to ignore this. For me, flavor is
everything. Personally, I love Vodka
Cruiser. It tastes just like regular
juice.
For tequila, nothing beats Jose Cuervo. However, the wrong chaser may ruin your
experience. I realized this after
finding myself yelling in disgust, in some of the parties that I attended. Always make sure that when there’s tequila,
there’s iodized salt and any fruits from the citrus family. Nothing beats the traditional lemon. I tried using sweet ponkan one time and it’s
a cool alternative, too. Just make sure
you remove the membrane. Rock salt is a big no-no. Commercial fruit juice is a definite no-no as
well.
As for beer… well, It really depends. I can tolerate San Mig Light and Strong
Ice. Red Horse? Forget it. When we were in Australia, I
was able to try their beer. It was damn
good. I left the guy in the booth speechless, after seeing me gobble 3 glasses
all the way down. I wanted more, but my
professor might see me.
I also miss the lambanog craze. If I remember right, that was during my
college days. It’s funny how they were
able to come up with all those flavors and retain the kick of a genuine
lambanog (unlike some flavored vodkas). I
actually owe my passion to hard drinks to our very own lambanog. I even remember going to Gills and Fins in
Katipunan after Saturday shifts just to savor a shot or two.
Don’t get me wrong. I’m a mere social drinker, who drinks occasionally. That’s the reason why I really savor every
sip whenever I get the chance to drink. Maybe
that’s also the reason why I’m still OC about the flavor of what I’m
drinking. Some people are just so hooked
into alcohol, that their taste buds are numbed already (tsk tsk).
Oh well, just like how a song goes, “Sa langit walang beer,
that’s why we drink it here”… we only live once, and we deserve to enjoy
it. However, we have to drink
moderately. The last thing you want to
happen is to be told of the crazy things that you have done, right?
So the next time you find yourself in an inuman session,
take a sip of whatever you’re drinking. For a few seconds, savor the taste. You’ll be surprised to find out that it tastes different than
usual: not because it really tastes
different, but this time, you took time to savor it. So there, you discovered something new, let’s drink to that! Cheers!!!
