A Boho-Christmas Party

Today was my company's Christmas party! It was "boho"-themed, which I still don't get, but I think it's some sort of beach-adjacent style of clothing. My day went on as usual and I timed out of work normally, and then I had to prepare to go out to Makati.

The pants I bought yesterday were somehow too tight for me to stretch my legs in. I couldn't properly board the motorcycle ride there without some difficulty because of how tight those white pants were. After heavy traffic, I eventually arrived and there were some people already there. The festivities began and some games were hosted. I was picked as one of the contestants for this game and I was put into a team. My team made an offensive joke about me so that kind of threw me off, but whatever. We won the game, though, so that was all good. We had the usual stuff like the newbies' performance (which was just a lame video, boo! Cheating!), dinner (which I couldn't finish despite not having rice and eating barely anything the whole day), and the raffle.

We also had a "best dressed" nomination thing for the event. I was surprised because I AM, ONCE AGAIN, FOR THE THIRD YEAR IN A ROW, NOMINATED AS ONE OF THE GUYS' BEST DRESSED. What the hell?????? I didn't even want to put effort in my outfit! This was literally a lazily put-together outfit I had randomly chosen at a store I didn't even know. This was honestly my bare minimum, and it was enough for me to get nominated. If anything, I'm impressed because I'm just vain. I did a walk down a "runway" like last year, but for this year I randomly got a rose from our table's decoration and gave it to whomever at the first table was. It was pretty embarrassing and cringey to give a random person a rose—especially since it was someone in HR, but whatever. I gave myself plus points for actually pulling this whole stupid stunt off. While I, sadly, didn't get the crown nor the runner-up crown, I'm still glad that I got nominated, even though this was me barely trying.

After that we had the big raffle prizes given away and I won a Samsung microwave. Since we already had a microwave, ironically being the same brand as the one I won, I exchanged it to Beni for Sony headphones. It wasn't as good as the noise-cancelling headphones I had before (and I had lent to someone, then just gave it away to them), but it was a step in the right direction. For me, I took it as a sign of getting things back to what they once were, including my life before them. I'm continuing to move in this new direction where I can freely have fun with people in the company and my life without anxiety or worry about anything anymore, and that was pretty great.

I enjoyed the night, to be honest. I talked a bit more with my coworkers, told Nicole about what had happened between me and someone, and I told Justine and Mondi about it. I also took pics with my friends and made most of the night. At the end, I was thankfully able to book a ride and got home with no problems.