Tipsy Krissy

I'll share with you a not-so-secret: one of the things in my Bucket List is to get super drunk. What a thing to aspire for, right? Before you shake your heads in disgust, please know that I do not really drink. During get-togethers with friends, while they were gulping shots after shots of alcohol, I would be in a corner, sipping my Coke or fruit juice while still contributing stories. And then after a few hours, while they were in the toilet, retching out that day's dinner and what-have-you, I will be patting their backs, offering words of comfort and moral support, all the while shaking my head and vowing that will never happen to me.

Never say never. Now that I am in my 20s, I realized I would want to experience what it's like, just once. I want to see for myself what it feels like, just to know why other people want to experience it all the time. I have to make sure that I will be doing it when I am with people I trust though. It almost happened last year when we had a team building at my previous apartment, using one of my teammate's heartbreak as a reason for drinking. I amused them with my drunken state, but I did not get the exact effect I was hoping for as I fell asleep after the 7th glass. 

Last Tuesday we had a team building at Sasha's house. It was actually planned spontaneously unlike the previous team buildings we had. The reason? Well you see, when awesome people are in a team, sometimes one's awesomeness clashes with another person's. Issues arise, some feelings get hurt, and some intentions get misinterpreted. For my team, one of the best ways to sort it out is over some drinks.

(Please note that I am not glorifying alcohol in any way, I am just sharing an experience.) Since I am not a big fan of beer, I suggested that we drink orange laced with vodka since that concoction did not affect me very much when Dane mixed it on our Tranche's anniversary. 

I'll let the pictures do much of the talking :)

The culprit: orange juice laced with vodka. At times it can also be vodka laced with orange juice :D

Our own version of Screwdriver.

I am so happy that all of us - eleven team members and our Team Leader - was able to come.

Not everyone can be seen in the photo though.

Me and one of my favorite teammates, Frank :)

Still sober :D

TL Jimmy passing me my drink :D

Who the heck applies lipstick while drinking?

Apparently I do so I can smile like this XD

Yeah, I'm already tipsy here. TL Jimmy is taking "blackmail photos" but I couldn't care less. I actually cannot, for the life of me, remember what I was doing here XD

Dane feeds me ice cream because I was already too drunk to feed myself x_x

It was time for Mich to go home. I slept over at Sasha's house and went home in the morning :)

I remember feeling very giddy, and was super giggly that night. I looked like an insanely flirt woman, batting my eyelashes behind my eyeglasses :D No hang-overs though, I even woke up at 5:30am the next day. I'm awesome! :D I was not able to cross off that one item in my Bucket List, but I'm still happy since we were able to iron out the kinks in the team. After all, this might be our last team building together as some people are thinking of transferring to another department. Personally I would not want that to happen, but I cannot stop them from pursuing what they really want. As an awesome teammate, I guess I would just have to support them. :)

Hmm, I wonder when I can cross this item off? :D

*1st, 2nd, 6th, 7th, 9th and 10th photos are from Frank :)