For the past five years or so, the Embassy has been hosting a Christmas/New Year's party for Filipino students, yuppies and second generation Fil-Brits in the UK. It's a happy gathering, made depressing only by the fact you often find yourself to be the oldest/least attractive one in the room. Still, you can't help but be impressed by the staggering talent and educational accomplishment assembled. It was freezing outside, but there were a thousand degrees inside the embassy!
No, your eyes do not deceive you -- that is the King Azkal himself, Neil Etheridge, making an appearance at the end of the video. He was a really nice guy who made time for the party despite, he said, having to fly out of the UK shortly to play a national team match in Bacolod.
To which the LLDD-Hyphen-L replied, "Uuwi ka pa lang Pilipinas, Neil? Pwedeng may pasalubong?"
And with all the PhDs and sopranos and stud athletes present, it was only proper that the Embassy gave me a role at the party truly befitting my own professional, artistic and physical capacity.
mike stand!
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