7th High

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I was at 7^th High at the Fort Bonifacio last night for a friend’s birthday celebration. Hours before the said meeting time, I received a text message saying that the attire was “dress to impress” – of which I had no idea what it meant. Should I wear a bowtie? Should I wear a brightly colored pair of pants? Or perhaps a shawl tied around my neck? The thing with the dress to impress thing is that you’ll never know the eccentricity of people, so it’s really a guessing game. Same goes with the themes of strictly formal, semi-formal, and smart casual where it’s always a surprise on how much formal, semi-formal, and smart casual one can be. For all you’ll know, wearing tsinelas is smart casual after all. 

7^th High is one of those upscale clubs you’ll find around Taguig Global City. It has a perfect party ambiance with the heart pounding sound system and a spacious dance area. Not to mention the tastefully designed interiors with large LED screens and fine looking couches.

It was generally a fun night except for some little reasons which allowed me to discover for myself  a new collection of pet peeves.  Let me give some guidelines to remember when going out in parties, here they go:

• Do not take pictures of people randomly, as in instantly placing a camera in front of a person’s face, nearly blinding them with the camera’s flash feature. Some people do not really appreciate them being seen in less than appealing situations.
•  In relation to my first point, please do minimize taking pictures of the crowd. You’re not the club’s official photographer. Two to three pictures are enough, the crowd will always be the crowd, and taking more photos is just pointless since you just can’t tag all those people in Facebook.
• Avoid taking pictures every now and then, like every 10 seconds? You rob the fun out of the company for the sake of you having a lot of pictures to upload the next day.
• Please do not videotape people the whole time at the dance floor. Less than 5 minute recordings may still be okay but shooting more than that is like being watched directly by Big Brother. People in parties enjoy the fun of not being observed even for that bit of time so please give them the courtesy of not invading their privacy.
•  Do not upload everything. Choose those acceptable shots or clips where the person still looks socially acceptable. If you are too lazy to sort pictures, make it a private album to be seen by only you and those people involved. Just imagine your professor in a picture holding up a drink while dancing in the ledge. Disturbs the professional image, doesn’t it?

There I go again, doing what I do best - ranting.  There are just a people who do cross the barrier of what is still acceptable and what is not. But overall, it was still a fun night, props to the birthday celebrant!