ALL BLACK

What's with the color black? Black is a perfectly nice color for clothes, but not when people go all gaga over it.

Not too long ago, Cebu was black crazy. Perhaps taking a cue from the black NBA outfits (you have to admit, the black Chicago Bulls uniform was way cooler than the red), everyone was wearing black. Black was everywhere! On the street, in the classrooms. Black was, understandably, the dominant color at the party scene.

Well, Cebuanos managed to carry it too far.

After one night of hard gaming in the video arcade at the mall with my daughter. We looked around the corner to where the party places were to find a FLOOD of.... BLACK! It seemed like hell had taken over! From the perfectly delicious mini-dresses to the pretenders who just slipped on black t-shirts over their jeans (thus ensuring Cebuano's reputation for under dressing for a party), not a single soul seemed brave enough to wear another color.

Seeing a party hardy friend, I couldn't resist saying, and within earshot of at least a half-dozen similarly coiffed party goers, "Gee, everyone's in black. WHO DIED?"

I'd like to believe that's when Cebuanos started re-introducing other colors into their night life.