another thing i've been seriously looking forward to during my finals week is this big "world's longest buffet" thing, which was held at eastwood tonight. they boasted of a 350 meter buffet table, 400 different dishes to be catered by 36 restaurants,plus the participation of 10 international cuisines. what person in his right mind wouldn't be excited by that? imagine having to study for carbohydrate metabolism, and porphyrins while salivating over the possibility of a major pigout party. di madali yun a.

looking back, there's only one way to describe the whole event.

what a big disappointment.

grabe. sayang talaga. it was such a great concept, and it easily would've been one of those events that you enjoy so much, that you'd look forward to it year after year, like octoberfest, or trick-or-treating. but no, it was one of the most unbelievably unorganized events that i had been to. it was craaazy. not only did you have to fight off 4000 people for limited servings of pesto and potato croquets, you also have to wait for an hour for the caterers to replenish their food stock. not to mention the fact that they were selling water in plastic cups and canned sodas at exorbitant prices (ipagbenta ba ang isang baso ng tubig at 38 pesos?!? nasan tayo, nasa Kumkwatchi kung saan novelty ang drinking water?). 

i'm not just ranting for the heck of it. it just sucks being promised something that's not even half of what it really is. but the thing that pissed me and my friends the most is that the organizers weren't even considerate enough to actually acknowledge the people's complaints. and believe me there were plenty. people were already threatening to sue them, or write letters to their head office for the huge inconvenience, and they didn't even have the balls to grab the mic from the sucky performers, and utter even  the slightest and most pathetic kind of apology. plus most of them were already leaving after the first serving of food had diminished.  naman, konting etiquette man lang. you don't leave your clientele hanging, especially after you've assured them that there's more to come.

nakakapanghinayang lang, kase sobrang bigtime happening pa man din 'to. it would've been a major highlight of Philippine events for this year, only if the organizers were able to deliver. but then, maybe a bit more regulation, thorough planning, and careful thinking over would've been too much to ask for an event that catered 4000 people. maybe they weren't ready for that much people to arrive, or that they simply lost control of the food stock. but then again, if you can call yourself a capable organizer, you would've anticipated that.

riding home from that joke of a buffet, my cousin was thinking out loud, " siguro kung me terorista lang dun kanina, nilagyan nia na ng poison lahat ng pagkain dun. tapos patay tayong lahat." maybe that's what we should've done. we should've hired someone to put baygon in the pasta. then we offer it to the organizers as a sign of thanks.

thinking out loud lang rin...

    
mag-picture! what else?!?

...uuy, friends-friendsan... =)