FRIDAY.

so hindi ako eeksena ng kanta ni rebecca black na friday friday charot na yon. (kung di nyo alam ang sinasabi ko, iresearch nyo sa youtube ng mabadtrip kayo. chos!) matagal ng request ng sambayanang pilipinas na magblog ako about sa 'friendship' which is alam kong sarcastic ang mga request na yon. pero hindi, tutugunan ko ang mga hiling nyo, medyo may pagka-uto uto din kasi ako paminsan minsan sa life ko.. so why not now? :)

im no expert to friendship, but im blogging/writing this based on my experience and obviously how i am with my friends.

now a days people are living in a fast manner and it is very hard to maintain a deep friendship for a long time. however we can maintain it if we want to do so. one mark of a good friendship is reliability. knowing you can depend on each other no matter what. i have friends whom i can't hardly see because of distance or conflicting schedules, but when i do make the time to sit down with them, it feels like i just saw them yesterday. mega kamustahan and chismisan all throughout the meetup but there is no hint of awkwardness despite not seeing each other face to face in ages.

have you ever felt this way? that when you meet up, BOOM! you are so reminded of why you clicked so well in the first place. once i took this for granted. i think, know and feel that my truest of friends will be there for me no matter what. but i guess greatest lesson learned the toughest way.

moving on, we all understand that we're extremely busy with our own lives, studies and echos extra activities, so meet-ups and getting together get rarer. but i know at the back of our minds, we all know that when we need each other, we'll be there. no doubt about that.

friendship is not all about the good times together, but being there with each other even in the hardest times.

last, forgiveness in friendship. walang superwoman even in frienships teh. for example, the friend who cancels dinner with you because she has just fallen in love and would rather go out with him. keme ka lang kunyari pero deep inside gusto mo na sya saksakin! putting yourself in your friend’s shoes and seeing the situation from her points of view doesn’t always work. sometimes it actually backfires since you tell yourself this really bothers you and that you would never do something like that. so how could your friend? a more aware person would realize that you and your friend are different and that it could be just those differences that might make your friendship so strong.

friendship requires that two people who are equally committed to making their unique and powerful relationship last. it is based on trust, honesty, mutual liking, and sometimes even shared activities, but most of all shared values. one of those shared values that will take you very far with each and every friendship, including the friendship with yourself, is recognizing and agreeing on the value of forgiveness. pero it doesn’t mean you let a friend walk all over you if they are mistreating you or ignoring you to a point that is unacceptable. dont criticize or apihin o alipustahin ang friend mo because she let you down, at least try to find out just what was going on in her life that was behind her actions and see if you can forgive her. diba? :)

a real friend is a treasure. you don't throw a friend away because your feelings got hurt or you are unwilling to discuss a misunderstanding. don't let the silly, often insignificant negatives destroy your friendship. the relationship itself is important. it is worth fighting for. it is worth sacrificing for. to me, if it's worth the fight, it is worth the sacrifice.

if you can't sacrifice to maintain the friendship, then maybe it wasn't true friendship to begin with.

make those "kamusta ka na?" more frequent, even if it's just over the phone, or a quick message on facebook, a 5-minute chat are fast but thoughtful way to keep each other feeling extra cared for within this already special bond of yours.

♥B

perfect first day of the year! ♥

NHENGSZ’S WHITE CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION

DECEMBER 23, 2010

7 hours of nonstop kwentuhan and chikahan, its been like a month since we’ve seen each other. so its a month-long planning and wanting to be together again.

yes, things changed.. big time. but i guess we’re taking it slow to move on and start to change some facts. so were happy and great. :D

we have home-cooked mojos and carbonara, pizza and cake. :D

11.25.10 whip cream frap + my amnesia girl ♥

kung vintage lang din naman ang pag-uusapan. :D

me and my girls last 2004.

Happy Birthday, Jenine Carla Arcilla Salamat!

celebrating our little boy’s 3rd birthday!

celebrating mhean and poon’s love for 5 years.

*celebrants not in the picture. pinakamadaming tao na group pic sa cam ko. :p (23 Oct 2010)

on the other hand, i went out with my girls today, 12.23.08, celebrating christmas! it was super fun, as always, kasama namin ung 2 babies. i can't tell you how happy and sooo tiring this day was, well yesterday, technically =)

i miss them always.

the details.

the rendezvous time was 1 pm at festival mall. stupid it is kasi walang napag-usapan kung san banda sa festival, so hanapan ang mode namin. haha. nauna si nayn, diane, dhot, sarah & edrei dun, then me, then nikki, last na si carla tsaka ayla. the menu?

bucket meal at KFC
carbonara at RED RIBBON
smores cake at RED RIBBON
coke zero

4 pm na kami nakaalis sa festi dahil sa simpleng dahilan na isa isa namin siyang binili, ayaw kasi namin maghiwa-hiwalay. hahaha. we first bought the bucket meal at the same the coke at shopwise. then, carbonara at ribbon's. and then, we waited for momi carla kasi sagot niya ung cake. hehehe. then off we go to candy's house.

pagdating namin dun, tulog si edrei. at dahil mga dead hunger kami, inupakan na namin ung mga dala namin. tinira namin ung cake, excuse me. hahaha. pagkatapos nun, chismis time, which is very unusual dahil konting oras lang ang aming nagugol. haha. then, MAKE UP TIME! may santacruzan nga daw sabi ni demmie. haha.
naging center of attraction namin ung dalawang baby, pinagkikiss namin. haha! bad. and pinagsasayaw. haha. aun.

it was super fun! full of laughters talaga. and pang-aasar sa isa't isa.

we got home by 7. pero nagsimba kami sa mary for simbang gabi. actually 4 na lang kami nun, c dhot, ako, nayn and diane. aun!

whatta day. sana laging ganto =)