Superman

I have been listening to this song since this morning.



This song brings me back to my college days - those moments of happiness, struggles and hardships. Missing old friends. Missing my university. Missing those sleepless nights studying for the OR exam and spending a few more sleepless nights waiting for the exam results. Missing those pancit canton, luncheon meat, tuna and ketchup moments with my college buddies. Missing those Monica Brava moments with Kathy. Missing Badette's apartment. Missing those plant visit and seminar days. Getting sentimental? Yup. I certainly am. Overall, I miss my friends and I miss those special moments with them.

See you soon!

I miss you guys! See you soon! XOXO!

Olimcdo

I've written a couple of articles related to my close friends' birthdays. So I guess, it will be fun to write another entry for one of my very close friends in high school - Olimc. 

We were classmates from first year to fourth year high school but we didn't got close until our late high school days. We even got closer when we started attending college and before we know it there's a trio of us already - Emme, me and Camilo. Emme and I are fond of calling him Olimcdo. 

December 22 is always a day to remember not just for us but I guess for the rest of our class. It's because it's Camilo's special day and we had a tradition of celebrating it every year. I remember that Olimc always requested us to arrive ahead of time so that we can be there to help him pick his clothes and everything. I remembered one time I even ironed out his shirt. :) I can still remember those times when Emme and I used to help Nana wash the dishes. :( (We miss you Nana!  :(:(:()

Olimcdo is such a reliable buddy. He's the kind of person whom you can tell everything. These past few years, we are not celebrating his birthday as we used to be, however the spirit and the memories that were brought about by the past December 22's will always be with us! That's for sure! :) 

HAPPY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY OLIMCDO! Hopefully, we can celebrate your birthday when you get back here in the Philippines. :) Sana next year na! Me and Emme miss you so much! XOXO! :)

Emme, Melai and Camilo  (Super luma na ung pic.. payat pa tayo dito! hehehee!)

All good things must come to end

All good things must come to an end. It's not like you can stay forever with the rest of the people you come to care of or eventually started to love. We all know that we can't stay together forever. People must move on with their lives. I'm getting a little sentimental. I'm feeling sad and a little bit teary eyed knowing that a few months from now, some of us will be leaving ahead. 

I will definitely miss going to office seeing each and everyone of you guys chat with each other over breakfast and lunch and meriendas. I will definitely miss having coffee with you guys while chitchatting about how each of our day went, even discussing our own personal problems. Staying with you guys for six years makes me weepy knowing we would not be seeing each other for sometime. It will definitely be a huge adjustment for me not seeing us complete on the table during breakfast. Thinking it ahead makes my heart sink and makes me weepy all over again. Yeah! That's me exactly! Deeply attached to friendships and relationships! I treat the guys that I work with not just my officemates but as friends. 

I know that a few months from now some of us will be together again... a different place.. a different time... however, the absence of some won't make it the same again.. Moving on will be hard for me considering the time that each of us spent together... Weaving memories together... If I ever get sad or lonely and miss each one of you guys.. I can always check on the photos that we had... reminiscing all the memories together with each photograph... 

I actually was intending to write about the Christmas Party that we had yesterday however I don't know what got over me to feel sentimental. I guess it's just a spill over of my mood yesterday all getting lonely and love sick. I guess I better get back to write about the party.. 

Twelve

It was already lunchtime yesterday, October 25, 2010, when I got to send a message to one my best buddies in town before I hit my way going to the precincts to vote on the Barangay Elections. 

Me: Heypi birthday papi jake!:) wishin u m0re blesings 2 c0me.. And all the best f0r u bestfriend! Hugs and kisses 2 u, r0ch, will0w and baby willa! Mwah! :)

Jake: Thank u bestfriend. labyu

Yes, we're talking about my forever "bestfriend ko duon" Jake. It's his birthday and the least that I can do is to greet him. Well, technically he's older by 6 days (Hey Jake! 6 days is still 6 days and whatever you say, you're older than me! Hehehehe!) Anyways, it made me think that we are 20 something years now and we have known each other for 12 years already - 5 of these were spent during our entire college days and the rest of the 7 years we have been living on our own ways. We met a couple of times in the last seven years and it seems like we only have seen each other yesterday. Since I have already given my buddy Emme the "29" treatment, I decided to give my other bestfriend Jake the "Twelve" which symbolizes the 12 years of friendship that we had. 

This is the photo that we had during our Baguio Trip. I only had two photos of me and Jake together but I looked kind of haggard on the other pic, so I chose this one. Hehehe..  It made me reminisce all those pasaway days that we had in college. PLUS this pic reminds me of the normal "Me" and "Jake". Me always nagging him and he as in shown in pic, always listening... oh well, I guess he doesn't have much of a choice. Heheehe.. Here goes my Top 12 Memorable Moments with Jake.

1. We (Badette, Janis, Cel, Kathy M., and me) used to call him Papi. Why? Because Badette noticed that he looked like Willie Revillame who was known to be called Papi during that time. I remember Jake asking us why and we told him he looked like Willie, he started complaining and Badette just said "Okay, cge.. kung ayaw mo kay Willie.. Kay William Martinez na lang.." And Jake just shook his head. I guess there's no point arguing with the Amazonas at all. Hehehehe..

2. I used to beg him to date one of seatmates who had a huge crush on him during that time. I always tell him.. "Cge na.. Kamukha naman nya si Danica di ba?".. Oh well, he didn't date her.

3. We had a classmate in a class, the guys has a new Nokia phone with camera (I forgot the model). Jake, being the ultimate usisero and tekky that he was, went to the guy and make usisa about the phone. When he came back from his seat,
     Jake: Mel, pucha, may crush sa iyo ung guy na un.. Astig!" 
     Mel: Huh?
    Jake: Ung lalaking mataba dun na may bagong Nokia na phone na may camera.. may picture mo... kinunan ka gamit ung bagong phone nya.. Sagutin mo na mukhang mayaman..
     Melai: (@_@)

4. We need to cross the street during our visit to Macky's house. Jake said "Mel, dito ka?". And I looked at him, only to find out that he wanted me to stay beside him while crossing the street, and he positioned me on the side where the cars pass by. Uber di ba?

5. On our Baguio Trip, I was already seated on our tourist bus, Jake climb inside the bus and saw me.
     Jake: Mel, tabi tayo!
     Mel: Okay. (I moved over near the window to give him space so he can sit beside me)
     Jake: Ehh.. (with a bothered look)
     Mel: Ano? (looking furious)
     Jake: Ako dyan sa may bintana?
     Mel: Ayoko nga! Dito ako eh! (With raised eyebrows) Bakit ba gusto mo sa may bintana?
     Jake: Ayoko sa may tabi ng aisle! Nahihilo ako eh! 
Evident in the picture above, you can see that JAKE won. That is because I'm mapagbigay and I'm kind to people. Hehehehe.. I guess that's why I'm talking in the picture is that I'm "lecturing" Jake on his very gentleman act, and he was actually "listening to my lecturing" unto which I think he has no other choice. Hehehe.. 
6. I remember there was one time during college that he accompanied me to the FX Terminal going to Cavite. And it was near Metropolitan Theater. It was kind of dark already and he was furious that he has to wait for a jeep in front of Metropolitan Theater to go home. He thinks its kind of spooky! 
7. Kadiri moments. During one of our overnight sessions in Macky's house in QC, we checked out a kadiri site >> www.rotten.com - which was all about corpses of famous people. I remember we checked out JFK during that time. It is also Jake and I who insists on including kadiri pics on our reports related to hypothermia and frostbites. A definite eeeewww! 
8. I introduced hit to Burger Steak with Ketchup - which I learned during my stint in Jollibee at a service crew one summer sembreak.
9. One for all! All for one! Walang iwanan! - Jake, Muymuy and I, together with Herbibay and Yeli took the risk and presented an "unusual" presentation to report SUPPLY CHAIN. Hitting the front of the room with powerpoint presentation mixing Epol Apol, Math-tinik and Bitoy's World. It's definitely one hilarious act. Jake, Muymuy and I acting as Etoy, Betong and Bebang. Herbs and I did the script and related supply chain in PATIS! Hehehe... A very memorable and so far my last acting stint... Hehehehe... 
10. We had a time after college when he had a deep problem. I called him and I had no other choice but to scream at him to make him see my point in the whole scenerio. I will not elaborate anymore but when he reads this he will know what exactly I am talking about. I am glad you are more that okay now, Jake. You deserve to be happy. 
11. It was during college days and I feel so down. 
     Jake: Mel, wag kang mag-alala! Tanungin ko ung mga groupmates ko if pede ka nila absorb?
     Mel: Pa'no pag di sila pumayag?
     Jake: Okay lng. Eh di tayo na lng magkasama. May isa pa pedeng tumulong sa tin sa project. So tatlo tayo! Kaya natin yan!
Maybe, Jake didn't know how much this means to me or maybe I wasn't able to show him how much I'm touched by that words during that time. I guess the strong bond between us is that we are willing to stick to each other not just with the good times but most of all.. those bad, bad times. 
12. He is my love guru. Most of you might think it's crazy but I tell you, he's a serious guy when we talk about "love" stuff. He gives sensible advise and is always there when I need to get a guy opinion over something (aside from Baje). He knows my lovelife pretty well (the ups and downs of it). He's the guy who I can tell everything. A very open-minded guy. As much as I make "sigaw" to him to wake him up when he's doing crazy things, he on the otherhand would like to "make my head umpog on pader", that when I do crazy, crazy things (which I do on love related issues only).




I guess 12 is just not enough since I want to share more. However, I am going to tell myself that 12 is enough for now. Most people say that it's impossible to have a pure friendship thing between a girl and a boy, a man and a woman, but whatever they say, in Jake and mine's case it is possible! He's like a brother to me, and I his long lost sister. I remember in college, we use to have same hair (as like in the picture. We almost have the same hairstyle). We were like Julio at Julio, kambal ng tadhana... and Mara Clara... hahahahaha! There was some point in time where I was afraid that Jake might not have a family (maybe not until he's 50 or mature enough.. say 49? Hehehe) but I guess he beated me to family criteria. He now has his wifey Roch (who I want to thank for loving my bestfriend unconditionally and for staying beside him through tough times and for not giving up on him... He deserves to be happy.. and thank you for making him happy! Thanks Roch! Mwah!) and his son Willow and his lovely daughter Willa! 


To you Jake, I wish you all the best! Stay happy and healthy always! Thank you for always being there for me. And you know I'll always be here for you! Happy Happy Birthday Jake! Mwah! ;) 

29 Things About Emme

If there's somebody from high school who I always keep in touch, it's Emme. We really are just "normal" friends during our high school days but our friendship blossomed when we were in college. We would bump into each other at the FX Terminal near Letran in Lawton, Rode the van together with Von and Marvin - who are both studying in Mapua during that time. We normally attend events together like HS get-togethers and Camilo's birthday party. Up to this day we still meet up once in a while, go food tripping, shopping, watching chick flicks and "jologs" movies, going to massage, having foot spa and pedicure, giggling like kids while eating "iskrambol" at the mall, the weirdest thing -  eating siomai while drinking coffee, it's a super duper weird combination but who cares?

Today marks Emme's 29th birthday! I am definitely hoping for a Sundae McDo treat from her anytime soon. I texted her last night a few minutes away from her very special day and even greeted her in FB..

Text Messages:

Me: Haler emm! Ilang minuto n lng at magbebertdey k n.. Hehe.. Happy happy bday emms! Mwah! Wishin u happiness and w0rld peace! Haha!

Emme: Haha,thanks,natawa ako dun ah,world peace,gusto ko un.hehe.

Me: Hehe. Syempre! Pang beauty queen ang sg0t n un.. Feeling k0 kung major major world peace ang cnagot ni Venus raj, ngwagi ang l0la m0! Hehe.

Emme: Tama!hehe.

FB Greeting:
haller emme! as always, another year passed and more experiences (good or bad) came in... well.. whatever it is.. i know that it had made you a better person.. :)

more than wishing you a happy birthday... you know (just as I texted you last night) that I want you to have all the happiness that you can get.. and you know... major, major world peace! hahahaha! :) HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY EMME! Be happy always and more blessings (syempre.. included na ang MEN... especially MEN..) to come... TAKE CARE ALWAYS! Love yah! Mwahh! :)

Something Special

Still, I am not contented in the greetings. I hope I can give Emme something "special" for her birthday. So I decided to go for giving her some of the things about her that I remember.. and hope it makes up to 29! 

1. We are born on the same month - October. 

2. She's a loving ninang and aunt to your pamangkins. Taking care of them and being there for their birthdays.

3. She looks good in dresses and I envy you for that! Hmmppff!

4. She also looks awesome in haltered blouses! Another envy point! Hehehee...

5. She's are a responsible daughter and individual, taking a choice between your dream car and remodeling of the house. As expected you chose the latter which proves of how unselfish you were.

6. She's honest.

7. She's open-minded. 

8. She's loving and unselfish when it comes to matters of the heart.

9. She's attracted to guys who are matalino. Matalino! Period!

10. She's fun to be with. 

11. She's an excellent company for food trips.. when we go out we always go for foods... from kebabs to seafoods to coffee to ice cream to street foods.

12. She loves to blog/write as well.

13. She's a good listener.. and never gets tired of hearing me shout or whine..

14. She's patient.. Patience is a virtue.

15. She's kind.. Love is patient. Love is kind. 

16. She's strong-willed. 

17. She's a fighter. A warrior! 

18. She loves window shopping.. just like me..

19. She's thoughtful. I remember her Mickey Mouse shirt pasalubong for me during her trip to Disneyland HK, and the bracelet during her Puerto Galera escapades.

20. I remember her having an allergy during her first henna tattoo.

21. I remember the van experience with her, and Marvin and Von, when we are seated back-to-back with the driver. We are giggling with laughter because Marvin is getting dizzy all the way during the trip back. To make matters worst for Marvin, we are making vomit noises to make him dizzier. Hehehehe..

22. The time when we attended the TNCHS reunion was a phenomenon. We went there together, LATE and NOT WEARING THE BATCH T-SHIRT! Total pasaways! Hehehe..

23. She's fun to chat with. I can discuss anything to her, from food, books, to boys.. okay... we're grown-ups.. so it's men.. 

24. She introduced me Wattpad.com. And I'll forever be thankful to her! 

25. She loves books. Just like me. She goes for McNaught and influenced me to read as well.. and with that I'll be forever grateful to her..

26. We agreed to became part of each other's entourage. Oh well, who'll be the first between us is still TBD! Hehehe..

27. We defend each other. Most especially if the boys (they are from HS so they are still boys to me and will forever be boys in my line of thinking.. hehehehe) are bullying us. 

28. The thing why we do not go to HS get together's is that we have been "spectators" of some "walk out" thing way back and that spoiled the fun part of the activity. 

29. I love her in whatever way she is. I think even after several more years and we have wrinkles, you will still be Emme... 

HAPPY, HAPPY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY EMME!