Annie B. Chronicles # 33: Confessions of a Social Butterfly

When Adam and I went clubbing, he took me to The 400 Night Club – Dubai’s most exclusive members only party place. Imagine, ka-join ako sa 400 list? Grabeeee, nakaka-overwell. Sa totoong buhay siguro pang 3,625,926 ako… aayyyy!!! Kakaiba ang projection dito – malayo sa tambayan kong Chikka Grill. Doon hataw sumayaw sa dancefloor ang mga kabayan pero dito nakatayo lang ang mga utaw – lahat may hawak na drinks at yosi pero hindi sumasayaw – kumekembot lang ng slight at nagtitinginan lang mula ulo hanggang paa hanggang mabali ang mga leeg nila – buti na lang pang-performance level ang outfit ko. Very Jackie-O meets Tessa Prieto Valdez! “You like my outfit? It’s by Jimmy Chew…” Mabuti na lang at hindi nila inusisa ang bag kong Secosana. Echoserang frog!

But secrets are made to be broken. I knew all along that it’s only a matter in time. In one of our conversations, one of Adam’s friends asked me about my plans this summer. So I told them that I might go skiing at the Maldives soon. Aba, nagtawanan sila. I knew they were making fond of me. Na-feel ko talaga. “You just don’t get it, Annie….” sabi nung isa, sabay tawa ulit. “How there you!!!” sabay walk out ako. Mala-Rosalinda nang inapi sya ng mga high society friends ni Fernando Jose. Hmp!

Napahiya ako, ‘day! Hinabol ako ni Adam. Masakit man sa loob ko, syempre tumigil ako. Magmaganda ba ako? Heller???!!!

“Stop it, Annie.” sabi nya. “Stop making a fool out of yourself. You don’t have to pretend…just be true to yourself.”

Ibig sabihin alam nya na japeyks ako??? “I’m sorry Adam, I only did what I did because I wanted to belong to your class…and for you to like me. I’m only human nature.”

“No need, Annie. I like you the way you are. You make me happy.”

Ganooooon??? Sus, afterall what I’ve bring to??? Hirap na hirap pa man din ako all along. Akala ko pa naman sulit ang lahat ng E for effort ko. Mabubuking din pala ako.

To cut the short story, Adam forgave me. I promised him no more lies and pretensions from that day on. It really felt good – to be myself –  the real Annie B. – the same old provincial lass trying to make it big in this cosmopolitan city – the same girl that caught the fancy of his eye when they first met. I’ve also shown him my world – been to my flat and introduced him to my friends, took him to favorite spots in the city. Pinatikim ko na rin sa kanya ang homemade bagoong ko. He hates it! Ahihihihi.

Pasok, Kuh Ledesma! “Is this love…Feeling restless inside…Wanting you to always be my side…I don’t even want you out of my sight…You are in my thoughts all day and night…can’t get you out of my mind…I think I’m in love……”

“Sabeeeeeel…this must be loooooove!!!” sabi ba naman ni Carmi Martin???

Pero biglang sabat ni Barbra Streisand, “Some good things never last”. Sabi rin nina Joey Albert, Martin Nievera at Lani Misalucha, “Sa bawat pag-ikot ng ating buhay…May oras na tayo’y kailangang maghiwalay…” This fairy tale is far from being a happy ending yet.

My honeybunch Adam cannot stay in Dubai all the time. Being the successful businessman that he is, he always has to travel all the time. And Dubai is just a stopover for him, well…..for the mean time. Kaya pala hindi pa sya nag-a-I love you sa akin. Hanggang “I like you” at “You make me happy” pa lang. Kasi hindi pa nya kayang mag-commit. Pero ok lang sa akin. Basta ba masaya kami kapag magkasama kami eh. At the moment ang set up namin is he comes to town every two weekends in a month. The trouble with hello is goodbye ang drama naming – pero it’s all worth it. At least nakaka-focus pa rin ako sa aking career. Bahala na si Bro kung saan patutungo itong relasyon namin. We’ll just burn the bridge when we get there. Malay mo, you can never can tell.

Basta mga sis, huwag kalimutan: upang makamit ang tunay na ligaya, uminom lang ng madaming Sprite. Magpakatotoo ka, sister!