adios...
adios...to my best friend... goodbye...but before we part, let me just say one thing. please... don't push away the people who love you the most... because I am one of those people. needless to say, it hurts, but know that i am not angry at you. i'm just really heart broken with the reality of the situation. i am sad that it has to come to this. but if to stay away from you is what you want from me, then i have no choice but to respect that. i look back fondly at all we've been through. the good times and the unbearably tough. the craziness and the utterly silly. all the love and all the genuine concern. but alas, all those belong in the past. mere memories, you could say. however, i do hope the future will bring us even better times. remember, though, that you will always be welcome in my life. the door will forever be open. when you need me as a friend, know that i'll always be there for you. just give me a call, a text, an email, an instant message or feel free to drop by the house. don't even hesitate. you know my number and my address anyway. so until we see each other again, i just want to say that i love you more than you know... truly so much more than you know. i do hope and pray that God will bring us together again in the future. until then, with tears in my eyes and a crack in my voice... adios.your friend who loves you until it hurts,nikko
they sure do start 'em young...
they sure do start 'em young...i was simply walking around the house a couple of days ago when, from the corner of my eye, i spotted my little niece, 3 year old maxine, seemingly morose. being the loving ninong that i am, i immediately walked over to her to see what the matter was and was surprised to see her staring straight at the television set on the verge of a full-on bawling fest. what was even more alarming was what she was watching that was giving her such deep sorrow.
no it wasn't a horror film scaring her to death nor was it some heavy drama flick playing with her emotions. and no it wasn't even her older brothers teasing her by changing the channel while she was watching the power rangers in action (although it is the most common tv related incident that makes her cry). so what was it that was making her cry?
well, you wouldn't even believe me even if i told you. but nevertheless, i still will. of all things on television that was making her all emotional, she was watching...project runway!yep, albeit it being the first season (there are already two), my little maxine is apparently heavily into the show! so much so that she waits eagerly for it and religiously watches it every time it comes on! plus, she cries every time one of the designer contestants gets eliminated from the show... which is... uh... every episode! so needless to say, she cries every time she watches the show! isn't that simply adorable!?!
so just to leave you guys with a little bit of what i witnessed, here's a pic of maxine just as she was about to weep for one of them eliminated project runway contestants. enjoy...
boys' night out... but not, cliche as it may sound, in a brokeback kinda way...
boys' night out... but not, cliche as it may sound, in a brokeback kinda way...hey guys... i'm in migs' house right now and the boys' night out... or in... depending on which way you see it... has just reached its meaningful conclusion. "why?" you might ask? well everybody's pretty much as dead as a bunch of antelope shred into a dozen pieces by a pride of lions. it's not really the perfect analogy but once you see the pics i just took, you'll pretty much understand what i mean. hehehe...anyway, i just had an amusing night with the soon-to-be graduates of the ateneo. although scenes of mikel chasing me around the escueta household, including miguel's grandmother's room, desperately wanting to get a good punch at my face still haunt me... as well as david lee ranting on and on and on about his traumatic life experiences for at least two whole hours while everyone else frolicked around the pool (i love you david... don't get angry)... migs gettin cozy, hot and heavy with everyone by the pool by insisting to talk about a certain controversial topic and then taking a few of us aside every once in a while just to tell us how "batak" he is, complete with a flexing and posing routine, while still expertly juggling his role as the night's host... drew and "blow by blow" tonyo doing nothing else but try to outdo and get the better of each other in nba live practically the entire night... sulit joe and sumusulit slammer adi showing the rest how "manly" they are by constantly bickering about who's the "bata" of who the whole time... and trick just sitting by the pool, cig in hand, nursing his knee and drinking away his sorrows about god knows what... or who! and these are just a few of the dusturbing scenes about this lovely night that i would rather forget! hahaha... nah just kidding dudes... or am i!?! anyway... everybody pretty much had a great chillaxing night... what... with their impending graduation lurking just a few days away? who can blame them? they pretty much deserve it after four years of busting their asses doing things they hate (and love... sometimes) i mean... i would too if i were in their shoes! but alas... i am not...as for me... college life is just peeking around the corner... that is, if i get in (hopefully i do...). i'm kinda excited yet anxious as well. it is to be expected, i guess, but still, somehow it still keeps me up nights... and even days, worrying... nay... pondering about it. i can only do so much. the rest is up to fate. sigh... i do hope and pray that i do make it into the big blue one.oh well... whatever will be... will be. i guess, these are the times and moments that give life more color and make living this life a whole lot more exciting. to be waiting with much anticipation the outcome of things where and when one doesn't really have much control over... and learning how to live, survive and even thrive when the outcome, whether or not it is to one's liking or not, comes out.hmmm... pretty intense thoughts stemming from a mere "boys night out" i reckon. but then again... even the most trivial (or so we think) of things in life tend to make people reflect upon their lives and life choices... this is one of those times, i guess...thanks to migs for giving me and the rest of the graduatees a place and time to be free, relax and just be themselves (whoever they are). and thanks to the others who were with us tonight... mikel, sulit, slammer, david, tonyo, drew and trick... even though i ain't really part of comtech, actm and what not... thanks for making me feel welcome and like one of you guys (soon-to-be-graduates). truly a night to remember.
so as i mentioned earlier, here are the "dead antelope" pics. enjoy. see ya'll in bora soon!
sulit joe...
david...
drew...
mikel...
trick...
slammer adi...
blow by blow by blow tonyo...
