My Best Achievements

Yves posted her individual pics on the “red carpet” with each of her guests and painstakingly wrote a caption explaining how she knew each one. Below is mine:

Heidee:
H! I have a lot of things to say. Wait..ill be right back..naiiyak ako eh..mag ‘session’ muna ako..haha!
You are an epitome of “cool-ness”. You are a person without angst and I so look up to you for your zest in life. When we were still officemates, I always look forward to our “luxurious” lunches..me, forgetting about work for awhile..you relieved me from work-related stress..i still can remember the kwentuhan and tawanan during our cab rides to wherever..and love yah so much when u introduced POSH brownies..I love brownies!
And then you were very supportive in my plan to have a grand event for my bday. Remember the conceptualization sa Chili’s before we went to the Phil Embassy to register for next year’s Phil election? we had a lot of fun then..ang Alamat ng Merlion and All! haha!
Thanks again H for my make-up, the AVPs and for hosting my party.
I thank God so much for sending you to me. You inspire me in a lot of things.
Looking forward to a lifetime of friendship with you.

I got teary-eyed upon reading that. Sniff. Made me remember this message I had for her and the girls when I left:

Sa previous job ko, loner ang drama ko pag lunch kasi mas gusto ko na lang mapag-isa kaysa sa magtiis with awkward small talk. Hindi nyo lang alam, pero mahiyain ako pag di ko feel ang mga taong kasama ko. Obviously di ako nahiya ever sa inyo kasi right from the start, feel ko na kayo. Madali kayong makagaanan ng loob kaya feeling close agad ako ever and akala ng lahat ng officemates tuloy, dati na tayong magkakilala. As in super shocked pa sila when I tell them na “No, I only met them in this company.” Eh bakit ba sila nangingialam. Some people are meant to click quickly. Maybe our souls had already met before we came to earth, that’s why when we met here, it was just like a reunion. Maybe we were already friends in a past life that’s why this present life felt like a continuance of a friendship already well established. Maybe we are just in a matrix and imagining this world and in the real world, our comatose bodies are inside side-by-side cocoons. Who knows what the reason is, and we’ll probably never know, but what I do know is that Yves is not the “lucky girl.” F1 tickets lang ang napanalunan nya, and that’s nothing compared to what I won – your friendship.
I will definitely miss you, but I won’t say goodbye but AU REVOIR – till we meet again. Sabi nga ni Betchie, “hindi pa tayo tapos.” And I don’t think matatapos tayo ever kasi nga, we’re old soul friends, remember? 🙂

I have to agree with Yves about a statement she made during her birthday speech. She talked about the achievements she has now that she’s thirty and about her greatest achievement – her friends. They are mine, too.

Lately, I’ve been questioning the choices I’ve made in my life and wishing that I could undo the wrong ones, asking God what their purpose could possibly be. Yves’s message is definitely the answer to that question.

Today is emo day, so it seems. It’s Keso’s birthday and while last year I wrote her a short story, this year I just wrote this “poem” dedicated to her and the rest of the gang:

I’m at a point in my life
That’s filled with strife
And lately I’m always musing
Doing a lot of what if-ing
Wishing that I could turn back time
And redo every wrong action of mine
Maybe if I had done this, or perhaps, that
Life right now wouldn’t be so bad.

But if I had done things differently
I wouldn’t have met you, probably
And you are the best I’ve ever had
Without you, my existence would be so sad
I won’t trade for a life without you in it
A life with less love and laughter’s no treat
So I’m chucking the keys to the time machine
And stop thinking about what might have been.

In addition to that, Gelle and I made a video of how we celebrated Keso‘s birthday – with cheesecake!