Been writing too long in my secret blog and yet I haven't mentioned my two closest friends in high school. They say high school friends are the ones who are the most unforgettable. Maybe because they were the ones who shared your heartbreaks, crushes, triumphs and dreams way back then (when you think life in high school is easy and carefree). For me they are the ones that even we haven't seen each other for quite some time, the bonding and the friendship remains. Whenever somebody is down or inspired, they are the ones who cheer you up and make your day.
Recently, I was down with mild depression. Blame it on quarter-life crisis but this is the turning point that I can't seem to find any direction in my life. Last year I got my goal of being able to meet my target salary for my job but turns out that the bargain is that my lovelife became a mess. Then everything went spiraling down on me. If it weren't for my friends I wouldn't be able to cope up (this also goes to my closest college friends, colleagues at work and former friends at the faculty). They were tirelessly listening to my rants, my sadness, the gory details of my sordid state and my never ending punch lines that even while I am crying I am still laughing with them. Sounds crazy but that's how me and my high school friends work when solving someone's problem. It even went to a point that one of my friend had to skipped her filed OT just to make sure I was OK and my other friend cancelled her manicure and pedicure session at the salon just to meet us up. Might be shallow for some but their gestures are really sweet. I remembered my Dad once talked to me about my high school friends. He told me to treasure my friendship with them because they are truest friends I ever had. We've been through a lot of ordeals in the past and for all the triumphs and heartbreaks we are still together.
Just to give you an brief background how the three of us became close friends over the years let's start with LP :)
LP - we've been classmates since elementary and our start as classmates is another story. We had a fight when we were grade 1 and our mothers came in the middle to resolve the issue. I must admit even when I was a little kid I'm a bit of a bully. :P LP and I were classmates for years but we had different set of groups and friends during those times. We became totally close during our fourth year high school. Both of us were very disappointed when we were separated from our group of friends because of re-shuffling of sections during our last year in high school. The two of us were included in the new section and since we are familiar with each other and classmates since elementary we easily bonded together. It all started out as hanging together during class breaks and checking out each other assignments. Then we became close when she encountered problems with her bestfriend and she needed someone to confide to. There are so many things that I won't forget with LP starting on our high school days and up to the present:
○ Writing letters to each other - just to cheer each other or just ranting :D
○ Days when we just want to hang out at their house. Their house is the most accessible place to our school and whenever we need to chill out or just talk about nonsense stuff we just go in their place. It is also our favorite location during class project, school play practice and cut class when we don't feel like attending our subject :)
○ Our super nerve-wracking cheating incident during our prelim exam. Our adviser distributed our test papers into different subjects just to discourage us from cheating. But we, the ever pasaways, still got ways to swap test papers. LP studied Algebra, so I exchanged my paper with her and she gave me her test paper in Religion since I was the one well-versed with the old testament books in Bible. We were almost got caught since we also need to exchange our pens because we are using different color of ink :P Hayyy!
○ Singing with our group during class breaks
○ Our cutting-classes galore. Especially during CAT days. We hate that subject! Diskarte to the highest level talaga!
○ Our favorite mango tree hangout after lunch at the back of our school library
○ LP always had this weird intuition about me when I'm having problems. Even during our HS days she knows if I'm hiding something from her. Whether it would be problems on school, job, lovelife or parents, she knows something is up.
○ We always have the same crushes but we never got into a fight. Haha. Parang tuwang-tuwa lang kami na kiligin while watching our crushes :P
○ LP was the one who helped me during our fourth year field trip to Subic. I was having my motion-sickness problem that time and she was the one patiently assisting me. Grabe, super appreciate ko yun nung high school. It spoiled our field trip experience since I was not feeling well and we were buddies so she had no choice but to help me.
○ Our 2nd term line up in top ten. Who would have thought being friends pati sa line-up ng top ten sa class magkasunod pa rin kami??? Haha
○ Our screaming fits when seeing each other. Haha. Especially pag sobrang tagal na namin nagkita ayan na!
○ Our Sound of Music play. I was the scriptwriter / producer and LP is the director :)
○ Never fails to give birthday surprises
○ LP always fetch us when she just feels like going somewhere (especially now that she has her own cars to fetch us)
○ Our always free lunch and dinner at Leslies resto. :)
○ She gave me the copy of her diary during high school days that are still in my safekeeping :)
IL - about IL she's the eldest among our group. That is why we fondly call her "Mommy". Even our relatives and friends used to call her "Mommy". Haha! She's my classmate since 2nd year high school but we were never that close. It's because she had different set of friends just like me and LP. Same story with LP, we became close during fourth year high school. At first glance, IL looked serious and the silent type. But once she get so comfortable with you, the stories, the jokes and the punch lines will begin to pour in. IL likes to write letters to us and even it's been 10 years since our high school graduation, she always manage to send us letters once in a while. LP and IL's letters are my stress reliever. It always make me laugh when I'm on my down times. She likes to dance and sing. Their house is also our favorite hang out because of the huge fields near them. My favorite memories of IL are:
○ When she agreed to star as "Maria" in our Sound of Music Play
○ Her being very supportive of us. I remembered one of her letters saying "Ipaglalaban ko pagiging top 1 mo sa class because you really deserve it!". Super touched ako nun kay IL.
○ She used to be my officemate at our first job in Alabang. Even if its not yet breaktime we always manage to sneak out going to Mcdonald's in Alabang Town Center just to talk and air out our frustrations at work.
○ She likes to collect song hits and teddy bears
○ Me, IL and LP eating halo-halo and banana-que in LP's house in Binan
○ Our Makati and Alabang escapades while applying for a job after college graduation. She always comments I walked too fast and likes to do the short cuts by passing to different basements of buildings across Ayala Avenue.
○ IL always manages to make me laugh even while I'm crying. It's because of her crazy comments and antics.
○ Very strong person despite the fact that their mom was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease
○ Me and IL going home together since we are on the same route during high school
○ Going to our house just to talk about college life and how we cope up together growing up
○ She's always concern on the state of my lovelife and never fails to gives advise just like LP. Laging may group hug!
○ Cried with me when she found out that my SO does not have any plans for us
○ Skipped going to the office just to hang out with us. Kami na talaga ang good influence sa friend namin!
○ Endured almost 48 hours lack of sleep going to Iloilo with us. Haha. Adik kung adik lang
○ Once filed SL just to join us on our spontaneous road trip
To LP and IL, you are one of my treasured friends. I super appreciate our talks, bondings, food trips and road trips (isama pa dyan ang out of town trips!). It's been ten years and we never ran out of things and people to discuss. I am always thankful that I have you in my life. Thank you for listening and advising. You girls never failed to make me laugh and cry at the same time. Your friendship is a constant reminder that despite the fact I have troubles I know I can survive. I am always looking forward for more trips in the future and growing up with you (ayoko ng growing old eh). We never get tired of listening to each other stories even those stories were told a hundred times. We never fail to laugh at our mistakes and it really feels good to have you in my life. You are the sweetest blessings in my life.
Recently, I was down with mild depression. Blame it on quarter-life crisis but this is the turning point that I can't seem to find any direction in my life. Last year I got my goal of being able to meet my target salary for my job but turns out that the bargain is that my lovelife became a mess. Then everything went spiraling down on me. If it weren't for my friends I wouldn't be able to cope up (this also goes to my closest college friends, colleagues at work and former friends at the faculty). They were tirelessly listening to my rants, my sadness, the gory details of my sordid state and my never ending punch lines that even while I am crying I am still laughing with them. Sounds crazy but that's how me and my high school friends work when solving someone's problem. It even went to a point that one of my friend had to skipped her filed OT just to make sure I was OK and my other friend cancelled her manicure and pedicure session at the salon just to meet us up. Might be shallow for some but their gestures are really sweet. I remembered my Dad once talked to me about my high school friends. He told me to treasure my friendship with them because they are truest friends I ever had. We've been through a lot of ordeals in the past and for all the triumphs and heartbreaks we are still together.
Just to give you an brief background how the three of us became close friends over the years let's start with LP :)
LP - we've been classmates since elementary and our start as classmates is another story. We had a fight when we were grade 1 and our mothers came in the middle to resolve the issue. I must admit even when I was a little kid I'm a bit of a bully. :P LP and I were classmates for years but we had different set of groups and friends during those times. We became totally close during our fourth year high school. Both of us were very disappointed when we were separated from our group of friends because of re-shuffling of sections during our last year in high school. The two of us were included in the new section and since we are familiar with each other and classmates since elementary we easily bonded together. It all started out as hanging together during class breaks and checking out each other assignments. Then we became close when she encountered problems with her bestfriend and she needed someone to confide to. There are so many things that I won't forget with LP starting on our high school days and up to the present:
○ Writing letters to each other - just to cheer each other or just ranting :D
○ Days when we just want to hang out at their house. Their house is the most accessible place to our school and whenever we need to chill out or just talk about nonsense stuff we just go in their place. It is also our favorite location during class project, school play practice and cut class when we don't feel like attending our subject :)
○ Our super nerve-wracking cheating incident during our prelim exam. Our adviser distributed our test papers into different subjects just to discourage us from cheating. But we, the ever pasaways, still got ways to swap test papers. LP studied Algebra, so I exchanged my paper with her and she gave me her test paper in Religion since I was the one well-versed with the old testament books in Bible. We were almost got caught since we also need to exchange our pens because we are using different color of ink :P Hayyy!
○ Singing with our group during class breaks
○ Our cutting-classes galore. Especially during CAT days. We hate that subject! Diskarte to the highest level talaga!
○ Our favorite mango tree hangout after lunch at the back of our school library
○ LP always had this weird intuition about me when I'm having problems. Even during our HS days she knows if I'm hiding something from her. Whether it would be problems on school, job, lovelife or parents, she knows something is up.
○ We always have the same crushes but we never got into a fight. Haha. Parang tuwang-tuwa lang kami na kiligin while watching our crushes :P
○ LP was the one who helped me during our fourth year field trip to Subic. I was having my motion-sickness problem that time and she was the one patiently assisting me. Grabe, super appreciate ko yun nung high school. It spoiled our field trip experience since I was not feeling well and we were buddies so she had no choice but to help me.
○ Our 2nd term line up in top ten. Who would have thought being friends pati sa line-up ng top ten sa class magkasunod pa rin kami??? Haha
○ Our screaming fits when seeing each other. Haha. Especially pag sobrang tagal na namin nagkita ayan na!
○ Our Sound of Music play. I was the scriptwriter / producer and LP is the director :)
○ Never fails to give birthday surprises
○ LP always fetch us when she just feels like going somewhere (especially now that she has her own cars to fetch us)
○ Our always free lunch and dinner at Leslies resto. :)
○ She gave me the copy of her diary during high school days that are still in my safekeeping :)
IL - about IL she's the eldest among our group. That is why we fondly call her "Mommy". Even our relatives and friends used to call her "Mommy". Haha! She's my classmate since 2nd year high school but we were never that close. It's because she had different set of friends just like me and LP. Same story with LP, we became close during fourth year high school. At first glance, IL looked serious and the silent type. But once she get so comfortable with you, the stories, the jokes and the punch lines will begin to pour in. IL likes to write letters to us and even it's been 10 years since our high school graduation, she always manage to send us letters once in a while. LP and IL's letters are my stress reliever. It always make me laugh when I'm on my down times. She likes to dance and sing. Their house is also our favorite hang out because of the huge fields near them. My favorite memories of IL are:
○ When she agreed to star as "Maria" in our Sound of Music Play
○ Her being very supportive of us. I remembered one of her letters saying "Ipaglalaban ko pagiging top 1 mo sa class because you really deserve it!". Super touched ako nun kay IL.
○ She used to be my officemate at our first job in Alabang. Even if its not yet breaktime we always manage to sneak out going to Mcdonald's in Alabang Town Center just to talk and air out our frustrations at work.
○ She likes to collect song hits and teddy bears
○ Me, IL and LP eating halo-halo and banana-que in LP's house in Binan
○ Our Makati and Alabang escapades while applying for a job after college graduation. She always comments I walked too fast and likes to do the short cuts by passing to different basements of buildings across Ayala Avenue.
○ IL always manages to make me laugh even while I'm crying. It's because of her crazy comments and antics.
○ Very strong person despite the fact that their mom was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease
○ Me and IL going home together since we are on the same route during high school
○ Going to our house just to talk about college life and how we cope up together growing up
○ She's always concern on the state of my lovelife and never fails to gives advise just like LP. Laging may group hug!
○ Cried with me when she found out that my SO does not have any plans for us
○ Skipped going to the office just to hang out with us. Kami na talaga ang good influence sa friend namin!
○ Endured almost 48 hours lack of sleep going to Iloilo with us. Haha. Adik kung adik lang
○ Once filed SL just to join us on our spontaneous road trip
To LP and IL, you are one of my treasured friends. I super appreciate our talks, bondings, food trips and road trips (isama pa dyan ang out of town trips!). It's been ten years and we never ran out of things and people to discuss. I am always thankful that I have you in my life. Thank you for listening and advising. You girls never failed to make me laugh and cry at the same time. Your friendship is a constant reminder that despite the fact I have troubles I know I can survive. I am always looking forward for more trips in the future and growing up with you (ayoko ng growing old eh). We never get tired of listening to each other stories even those stories were told a hundred times. We never fail to laugh at our mistakes and it really feels good to have you in my life. You are the sweetest blessings in my life.
