Coming back home to the Phils. brought back a lot of good memories, especially while I was rummaging thru my old things and found my treasure box.
It's a box full of trinkets from the past, mostly letters from my barkada way back in high school. Some are also crochets of my name made especially for me by Joan. I had a lot of girl friends back then (no malice huh!), friends who made high school a lot of fun despite the difficult school work (that's another story).
Now, I am torn between keeping these letters and throwing them away. It's been more than a decade since those letters were written but they always make me smile everytime I read them. I was thinking to scan them one by one but seems a lot of hard work.
Well, to preserve some, these are some funny quotes from those letters:
Dear Melanie,
....
anyway, i will not wish you good luck because you are oozing with it. haay...i wish myself erase that. someday your prince will come and you will soon be part of his world. you can paint with all the colors of the wind and then you can kiss the guy. o di ba? but if you never knew him, your life would be steady as the beating drum. so listen with your heart and you'll soon have a romance that will end happily ever after. whether you may be beauty or the beast you will have a whole new world.
goodbye snow white,
always cinderella
-- Above letter is from my friend Bau (Hi Kristin! How are you?:)). And come to think of it, most of my letters are from her, this gal is really something :)
We usually make nonsense poems (while listening to our teacher). Here's another cute one from Bau but it is in Tagalog, our native language. I may be able to translate in the future for my foreign readers...
medz, excuse me din ako lamang ay nagloloko
sorry kung ang puso mo'y nasaktan ko
kaya makisig ang salitang sinulat ko
dahil 'wa na akong maisip at yan ang totoo!
hindi ako kinikilig
sa lalaking makisig
ibang klase talaga kung sya'y makatitig
ang intense-intense, ibang klase
nakakaconscious -- nakakaasar
tulad ngayon na naman - asar!
ano bang problema nya, malaki yata
kung may dumi sa mukha ko, sabihin lng nya
ayoko na sanang pagusapan
nagugulo lamang ang isipan
teka, sino ba ang iyong tinitingnan
c JR* ba...hindi naman c Nathan*
tatapusin ko na teka napapansin mo ba
ako'y palipat-lipat ng upuan o di ba
ang kapal talaga ng research group ko
kanina pa nila ako niloloko
c Divo* lumabas ng room
ang bilis nya.....zoom!
bumalik na hindi nahalata
ni Mitong* salita ng salita..
*Names were changed to protect the persons mentioned
Hehe, most of what we talk about are boys (of course!), subjects, Prom, family..anything under the sun. I love my girlfriends and I love it that I was able to experience this letter exchange..I don't know how the young ones do it now with the advent of technology. I can imagine them just passing SMS to one another but I hope that's not always the case. I wish they will discover (if they haven't yet) the joy of writing letters because it's more heartfelt and personal.
Happy birthday to ME! Can i make 28 posts commemorating my birthday? Well, I'll give it a try!
1. My loving husband printed a picture of me, with my favorite Christian B. song embedded.and now it's taped on our closet door :) I'm a lucky girl!
2. A e-card from my family miles from home, thank you for Internet
http://www248.123greetings.com/card/11/21/13/24/JQ91121132459666.html
3. My sweet cousin Nikki designed for me this picture as a birthday present, isn't it fantastic?
4. Gave a birthday treat to my friends here in Sing last Friday. We ate at Spageddies -- an Italian eatery midway between fastfood and restaurant. Prices are worth it considering the serving and taste. Their Spaghetti Carbonara is a two-thumbs up for me :)
Coffee and lengthy discussion mostly about our beloved country, Phils after dinner. A great way to end the work week.
5. On leave today, yippee! Need I say more?
6. Watched seventh episode of Heroes Season 2 today (so Adams is TK...hmmm..things are getting interesting again).
7. Tried an animal print short dress in Dorothy Perkins..what do you think? :)
8. Had longganisa and scrambled eggs for breakfast. I put some soy sauce and sugar on the longganisa for added flavor and my husband liked it. Getting to be a better cook..so he says (*wink*wink*)
9. Found a shoe wheel that I know my housemate,Ces, will love. If it's not too pricey, I'll buy it for her as a Christmas gift. Oh well, at least I'll be the one to lead her to it :)
10. Banana Madness at Saybons in Plaza Sing.= 10 minutes of waiting + so-so taste..no more second time for me.
11 - 21. Will take a nap (hehehe..i'm taking the shortcut)
22. Another birthday present from hubby. A book by our common favorite author, Nicholas Sparks. I'll have something to read on the plane now..good thinking baby! :)
23. A unique jewelry storage gift from my friend, Arlene. Very cute!
24. Saw a Starbucks sign at Thomson Plaza while riding the bus..Ooooh, coffee treats just a block away. Hope it opens this December!
25. Thanks to all my friends and relatives who greeted me :)
26. I got tired from all the walking I've done this morning. So, my husband just bought dinner from Jai Thai = pineapple rice set and beef noodle. Good enough for me..as long as there's dessert and a heart-felt dessert it is...
27. Off for tomorrow's flight...can't wait to see my family but I'm gonna miss my hubby so much...
28. Completed this post, yay! (sneaky girl...)
