Trick.
I attended the New Worlds Alliance Halloween Ball last night at the Hard Rock Café in my Josie and the Pussycats rockstar get-up. Some time during the intermission a magician (who happens to be Bobby Manox's expat boss) went onstage for his hatful of tricks. As magic shows usually go, Mr. Campbell asked for a couple of volunteers. Rej enthusiastically volunteered for me and I was called onstage.
I thought I was going to save myself from further embarassment by being game about it so I went together with the guy Rej and the others volunteered for. After asking a few run-of-the-mill questions about myself and showing the audience his props for the next trick, Mr. Campbell then proceeded to tie two bandannas together with a knot. He stuffed the knotted ends down the front of my tank top (!), and he held the loose corner of one bandanna, while the other volunteer held the other one. He informed the audience that he intended to pull the knotted bandannas through my body.
I held fast to my tank top as they counted to three. I had no idea how the old guy did it, but instead of making the things pass through my upper torso, he pulled the bandannas out of my top revealing a white brassiere knotted in between. Then everybody laughed. It was a pretty amazing trick, but how I wish it wasn't me up there on stage getting teased about that bra. It definitely wasn't mine.
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Treat.
Last Saturday our village had a (somewhat advanced) trick or treat thing for the kids. My sister had me set up the chocolate fountain while she and my nephew prepared the treats for the kiddies.
Here's Kyla and Kiwi dressed up for the event. Heheh.
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Yesterday afternoon right before that Hard Rock fiasco, I went to Ayala Heights with a bunch of INKie friends to judge the Halloween Costume event thingy. The heat was unbearable but it was fun! It was amazing to see how all these kids put up with fussy parents just for this event. Heheh.
Bubble girl! She's very cute and she always poses for the camera when asked nicely.
This little Cleopatra won last year when she did Kampanerang Kuba, complete with facial prosthetics. She didn't get a prize this year though.
Chick boy. One of our co-judges wore a chicken suit. I should have taken a photo of him with this kid and Oishi's Cuckoo bird (who was also at the event).
Ito ang career! This very well-behaved baby won the top prize for her age group. It looked liked her parents took a lot of pains converting the baby stroller into a giant clam, complete with seaweeds and fish toys.
Siguro taga-Mountain Province ang batang ito. Heheh. I bet when that kid turns 15 he will burn all his bahag photos and cringe at the indignity his parents made him go through. Hehehe.
There were several Superboys at the event, but this boy was the cutest by far. He kept making cute faces at us while he went up on stage with the other kids for the costume parade. Pogi! (n_n)
Police boy was caught checking out military boy's belt gear.
Race car driver almost ran over my foot with his battery operated wheels.
The hippy chick and the lady bug.
Oh lookee. A little padawan! He could sever his arm with that light saber thingy.
Afro girl.
And the top winner is -- SUGAT! SUGAT! SUGAT! -- the severe head trauma patient. It was tough picking just one winner but we decided this boy should get the prize 'cause he went outright gross while the rest of the kids went the scary-cute route. And besides, ang galing ng kanyang homemade costume! Heheh.
Judges' photo op with the winnah! Hee. Ü (Not in photo: Brendan, who was holding the phonecam. Heheh.)
