an old friend..

i just remembered my best friend in iloilo.. her name is kristine joy solijon.. she's the most understanding and caring best friend that i ever had.. when i try to reminisce the time when i first met her, i don't remember any.. she told me in her letter once.. "di ko na ya kadumdum kung panu ta nag-meet.. basta friend ta ka ya dayun!" let me translate this one for you.." i don't even remember how we first met.. you just became my friend!" haha! so nice.. i remember.. when i first informed her of leaving iloilo, she just took it as a joke.. i think that was a month before i really left iloilo.. everytime i mention about my upcoming departure, she would just say "di mo ko pagkalimtan kung ara ka na to ah.. padal-an mo ko letters kag indi ka guid mag lain sang cel number ah.." translation: "don't even forget me when you are there already.. send me letters and don't even change your cellphone number.."

hmmm... 2 week before my departure.. all my friends gave me letters unexpectedly! man.. i was so shocked that time.. i don't even know how to react everytime a friend hands me a letter.. i didn't expect i was that important to them.. i tried my very best to hold back my tears.. and i was kinda successful.. but a week before my departure, i have my friends to sleep over our house.. it was so fun and memorable.. we slept on the same bed, talked about many things till dawn.. we laughed and laughed, trying not to even think about shedding a tear.. how nice..

going back to joy-joy, she's the only friend who told me she really trusts me in everything.. i've never thought of hearing those words coming out from her mouth.. my friends know that i don't like being sentimental, that i always look for fun, but joy-joy is the only person who could turn me into senti mode.. haha! when i left iloilo, joy-joy didn't cry infront of me.. she just kept on smiling, as if nothing's wrong.. as for me.. i did the same.. i didn't cry.. believe it or not.. but it's very hard to hold back the tears..


to make things short.. i flew 45 minutes to manila and drove 6 hours going to dagupan.. then during my first week here in dagupan.. i cry every night remembering the people that i've left back in iloilo.. especially joy-joy.. but as time passes by.. i learned that i can't keep on crying and crying every night.. i should also learn how to laugh for a while.. then i met some friends here in dagupan that made me feel that i'm not all alone.. haha so fleshy..

so that's that! joy-joy and i still have this communication between us.. we text each other, exchange letters,send e-mails and more.. i love her sooo much.. and i wish i could turn back time, for me to be able to tell her one last time that she's the bestest friend that i've ever had in my whole life..

amu lang na tanan nga gusto ko i-share sinyo.. tani nagustuhan nio.. haha.. halong kamu tanan pirmi!