Trip with Old friends...

I met with my grade school and high school friends for the last two weeks. First week was with my High school buds... it was August 15th on a Saturday after joining TL Tin's Team Building at ATC... I only had two hours to go home and freshen up and change and off to SM Dasma, where I met up with two of my high school friends... Honnie and Lovee... we got in a car to fetch Me-an, another friend. Then we set off to MOA to meet with the rest of the gang. Since it was almost Dinner time we opted to eat at a restaurant called KKK. There were a lot of people that day we went to MOA and that was the only place close and had space to let us in at that moment.

We all ordered something from the menu but shared paying for the food. We had Sisig Pangasinan, Spicy Squid, and Cheese topped Mussels (baked mussels). We had a blast eating the food was soo good. We finished eating and stayed for a while to wait for the others, shortly Che a high school friend also arrived but after her no one else came. So we decided to go somewhere else, and the dancing shoes were on and they are raring to got to Malate... It was just a short drive from MOA to Nakpil... The streets were full of cars parked from each side of the road and had lots of people on the streets drinking, dancing and having fun.

After finding a spot to park the car we set off to one of the most popular places to go there... Bedrock...but we didn't like the scheduled band so we looked for other places to go to... we preferred to dance rather than sit and listen to someone play or us singing. We ended up literally to the term " Bar hopping " that night we went from one bar to another. We ended up in Padi's and it was too crowded but what caught our attention was the girls in a cage dancing wildly as if stripping off clothes... why? there were foreigners seated infornt of them... We were thinking that the girls was just attracting might be customers for the night... We didn't like the way the place was set up and having no beer to serve. We transferred to a bar named H2c ( not sure about the name of it but sounds like this ) the band was great, Even had a small tribute to Michael Jackson with a comedic play. But it was at this Bar we had fun and was able to dance our feet off.

After a very tiring dance we set off to Mcdo Macapagal Road to have breakfast at 3 in the Morning. We had light meals to fill up our bellies. With all the things we done that day we had fun and were able to talk a lot of old things and new happenings to each others lives. I hope that it wasn't the last but look forward to more time to party.

A week after that Aug 22nd on a Saturday after shift, I declined Art and Rei's invitation to come with them to Tagaytay. Instead I went to MOA to meet with my grade school friend Annalyn...

Annalyn and I go back years.... since grade one. I escorted her as she was the Ms. Grade One back then... We used to fight and argue but no one can surpass her ways when she becomes annoyed, you don't want to get in her face.... trust me.

She looked pale and thin back then, but when we met last Saturday, She was still pale looking petite - skinny and tall... as tall as me.

There were a lot of things that changed but her looks didn't wither a bit. She still looked great, She used to be one of the best looking gal back then,and seems like she still is. We met near a bake shop called, Bread Talk... There I saw her buying a loaf of bread. As she came to greet me I could not believe that this girl was Annalyn... She was tall, good looking, dressed well and seems to do some modeling. She wore a dark blue blouse with neckline plunges down to show her bust but enough not to show anything, If she wore shoes with high heels I would look like a kid.

I was speechless at first and had nothing to say, but she was talkative unlike back in grade school were she preferred to be left alone and read books. I was also surprised to know that she just finished her studies major in Law. And she was about to take the BAR exams, next year. I didn't see in her any intention of getting in to Law school when we were just kids... I thought she'd be a nurse or teacher. She got into Law school because of the influence of her grand parents.

I asked her out for a simple dinner at Mannang where we had a cross of Chinese and Pinoy foods. It was all good as usual as that was the 2nd time for me to eat there. But she told me that she often come to MOA to relax when stressed with school or home. We talked and talked about a lot of things until we found out that there were a lot of people coming in for dinner and wait in line to have tables available. So we set off and I paid the check... she asked me if I wanted to go home I said no and wanted to have some coffee after a long talk over dinner that seemed to be too short. On our wat to the place where she likes to stay when she dwells with Law Books we had a glimpse of the fireworks display that MOA presents to the audience every Saturday night.We went to New Breton a crepe shop... I had coffee and a mango crepe with chocolate syrup while she had what she usually orders when she's there. Again we talked and talked and talked. We talked about stories when we were still in grade school up until the last days our batch were together. I had fun just listening to her never ending stories and backtrack of our lives. We also talked about obstacles we went through and how we became the person we are right now and past and present relationships.

We talked about so many things... the day was not enough. I admit I felt like I had a little crush on her back in grade school but didn't went with it cause she seemed to be so mean, but now I think she was really nice and a great person. Her Boyfriend right now is pretty lucky for having her. I told her as we parted ways again that If she needed someone to talk to again I'd be available and hope that our grade school friends would plan a reunion of sort for our batch. I' very proud of her.

With the two weekends with old friends, I had the chance to relive old memories again and talk about it. It made me feel like a kid and happy. I was over whelmed with the attention and concern that they give me. I am willing to do the same for them... I know how to take care of my friends and will treasure every moment with them.

Thank you for the time you guys gave me last two weeks....

Hope that we can all meet again and wish that it was not the last time I'd see you guys...

Thank you Annalyn, Honnie, Che, Me-an, Lovee, Paul.... thank you guys

This weekend Aug 29th we are set for Subic... see you guys in Subic.

Rock on.....