go figure!

everybody has some memory of someone that they will never forget their whole life. no matter where life takes you or how long you haven't talked to or seen that person, his/her memory, that part of your life, will stay with you till the day you die.. :D

on the bus going home, my mind was full of memories of people from the past and the way past past. i thought about writing them all down and sharing them here. and so i did. here goes.

• J,J and I went to San Fernando, Pampanga, to get our driver's licenses. J drove my car and we ate out and we did a little bonding.
• J,J,T,K,T,C,R,M,L,K and I had a little after party the night of T's 18th bday. We all went to the disco (yes, it was the in thing back then) and that was the first time i saw my good buddy J hit the dance floor. we were all laughing and having fun.
• very good bfriends N,C and I went to manila to go to one of our friend's bday party. N rented a van and we were in an all-night-gimik mode. we didnt have much fun in the party but the after party was a blast. we ended up in eastwood and there i met one of my good friends, C. it was good girlie bonding.

• E and I had to go to this woodcarving place to get our projects for school. we got lost, went to the middle of nowhere, walked from friendship gate to after the friendship bridge (which is pretty far for those who live in angeles city). all that after pulling an all-nighter to finish one of our papers. good times!
• E and I went to puerto galera with a couple other good friends. We all decided to stay one more day but we ran out of moolah. so E and I volunteered to go back to Batangas Pier to withdraw money to finance the rest of our stay. The waves were so huge at that time and the ride to and from was very scary. i hugged his arm all throughout the biyahe.
• J and I had different schedules at work. When he gets home, i'm in the middle of my deep sleep. One day i was woken up with kisses and hugs and he surprised me with a watch (that i still have) and wore it till it gave up on me.
• C was the meanest person i've ever had the chance of meeting. but i love her. she knows that. highschool would never be the same if we didnt sit together in class. we shared the same likes and dislikes, including cartoons! haha
• C,K,T and I had a lot of bonding time. I particularly remember the times when K was in her third trimester and we were still going out on gimiks till the wee hours of the morning! We went to a comedy club, drank coffee (juice for her) till after midnight, watched South Border, sleptover, had pool parties and a whole lot more. Those were fun times.
• K,J,J,T,T,R,S,C,L,A and I just got back from B's 18th bday party. We all decided to just hang out in T's house. We were all outside, sitting on and in the cars when a jeep rolled by and one of the guys in that jeep said "hi babes" (yeah like we were babes!). my good friend J got offended by the comment and he screamed "bugok" right back at them. the jeep suddenly stopped and a guy after a guy after a guy got off and we were surrounded by them. you know what happened next? yes, it was war! (haha) guys punching, girls running, guy sleeping in the car while all of this was going on. my first rumble.. good memories!
• J cooked for me his specialty adobo and tinola. it was good. he even taught me how to do it but alas, im really not built for the kitchen ( at that time at least)
• I also remember the first time i met J. We set a date and met for the first time in SM North. He looked a lot like robin padilla back then and he looked like he was such a bad boy. Liked him right away.
• One of my best memories of S is way back when we worked the same shift. We ate breakfast in Cubao right near the bus station. we filled ourselves with porkchops and bbq and rice and the pink suka with onions. Good food with a good friend.
• E,S,J,G,L and I all decided to go to baguio in one of the few long weekends that we're entitled to. Bus ride was long but it was all good. food trips, late night chowking because L and G came late, shopping, waiting for ube and jam at good sheperd's, drinking warm jagermeifter, "conffetti-conffetti" and cold nights are still remembered. fun times.
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• J,J,J,C,T,S and I went to olongapo for an outing. We came with my parents and even had free lunch and a free ride to and from. we played like kids, buried friends under the sand, went to a beach where we were the only ones there and bonded and slept in one room where there was just one bed and a chair.
• T, a very goodbfriend who passed away (God bless her soul) and I bonded over our La Union trip. We talked, drank and almost drowned while swimming. our friendship was stronger and more tight after this trip.
• i have very fond memories of T while we were planning her 18th bday. C and I did some arrangements so her last dance would with her crush! it was fun seeing her reaction when the last person to give her a rose was her ultimate crush. little did we know that she had the hots for another friend. ;)
• my college buddies, C's, shared a lot of memories together. the ones that i remember the most are the bondings we had sa abandoned hospital in Clark, behind McDonald's. we cut classes, bought baon (thats the code for vodka and gin), ate, drank, played volleyball and got drunk under the trees.
• one time i sleep-hugged J while he was playing his game (he always plays after i fall asleep). I had no idea i did that. when i woke up, he was still playing his game but i was still in his arms. i told him that that was one of my best sleeps ever.
• San Fernando is well known to be a low-lying area. whenever it rains, the river overflows and fills the road with floodwater. one time we all had a bonding session in sm pampanga. it was raining hard (signal number 2 ata nun) and when it was time to go home, the streets were flooded. jeeps, cars even buses were all stuck. we decided to just walk from sm pampanga to crossing which was pretty far considering the flood was all the way up to our waists. R,R,C,T,K and I got to crossing (i was wearing a dress panaman!), bought talangka (yes, we had time to think about our rumbling tummies!) and went home to R's house only to find out that their house got flooded too!
• what i remember about K, another very goodbfriend, was all that writing we did while we were in highschool. we were classmates and only a few rows apart but we kept writing letters to each other everyday. sometimes even twice a day! i still have all of her letters in my drawer at home and i plan to keep them till i grow old.
• Boracay is one of the best places on earth. and who else to go there and enjoy the beauty of it but with another very good bfriend C. she and her parents went there saturday and stayed till tuesday. Me and my family were scheduled to get there thursday of the same week. so she stayed an extra 5 days in paradise with me and my family only to be haunted by the mumu of Lorenzo Main. it was uber fun.
• another fond memory was that of J sleep hugging me in one of our getaways.
• one of the best memories i had with J happened a few days before we called the whole thing off. it was the day before xmas eve. we had dinner and watched a movie. going home, we were on the bus and there was only one seat left. i sat down and he stood right beside me. he whispered sweet-nothings in my ear and told me that the song playing was his song for me (id rather not tell because it's TOO CHEESY!). i was smitten. i never would've thought..
• J was a very patient person. He took me home even if i lived all the way in Pampanga and he in Fairview. He did this a couple of times.
• E surprised me with flowers and ballons one valentines day when we were still together. all my friends were in it and i had no idea. one of my best memories.
• L and J surprised me with flowers the night of our first year anniversary. my boss and a few other friends were in the surprise and i never saw it coming. i was teary-eyed and not to mention head over heels in love.
• N's goodbye party was one of the most memorable i've ever had. we slept over, helped her pack and took some of her stuff :) talked about random stuff, reminisced our life together, cried and laughed.

i know i missed a lot more stuff but im sure, in one of my bus rides going to work or going home, il be staring blankly into space, remembering all the fun memories you and i made back then.