Shorty

April 16, 2011 -- The day my sister and I got this MacBook Pro I'm currently using now. ♥ 

We can't get off our hands from it. It's like a dream come true. It's definitely a sweet life we're living. I actually expected it to come since Ate and I had sleepless nights deciding if we are going to buy this or not. It's a choice of DSLR, flying abroad, a Louis Vuitton bag or this. But MacBook Pro definitely topped the list. We bought it yesterday. End of the story.

It's somehow a good sign that we are able to get the things we want in a good way. One of my favorite books, Tuesdays with Morrie, taught me a looooot of things about life as a whole. Family, material things, career, relationships, aging, money, power,  living life and DEATH. To quote Mitch Albom's book, "Don't cling to things, because everything is impermanent." Yes, I am only human, and like everyone else, I desire for things I don't actually need. But I make sure that even if I can survive without this certain thing, I will use this in a good way when I possess it. 

Hearing a young actor's sudden death this morning reminded me of how short life is. That it's unpredictable, full of surprises. "Dream as if you're gonna live forever and live as if you're gonna die today." Tell your parents how much you love them and how thankful you are for having them. Show your friends how important they are to you. Kiss and embrace your boyfriend/girlfriend/husband/wife and remind them that you'll be loving them until the end of time. Forgive your enemies. Say sorry to those you've hurt. Lastly, do whatever you want to do. Buy everything you can afford, give what you can share and mean every word you say. 

"We need to forgive ourselves for all the things we didn't do, all the things we should have done. You can't get stuck on the regrets of what should have happened." 

-Tuesdays with Morrie

PS: Rest in peace, AJ Perez.

Reunited and it feels so good...

It's a healed memory. Upon seeing her face, I know my heart skipped a beat for a second. It was another unexpected moment, no point in turning back.

If you're a close friend of mine or at least an avid reader/follower (if there's such thing applicable to a no celebrity like me), you'd know I had a major! major! issue with my friend Rachel. I don't want to bring it up again. As I've said, it's a healed memory, it's all in the past.

When I saw Rachel last January in TriNoma, we greeted and kissed each other but we didn't have the chance to talk about serious matters then. We've started chatting/texting again just this month--just when we felt we're both ready to face each other after a year.

Surprisingly, Pao and I saw her with my other friends Kim and Pia when we had dinner last night. It was actually Pao who first saw her and he stepped back when he saw familiar faces. I asked him why and when he answered me, I told him to go along. He asked if it's fine with me, I asked him back. He said he's fine, he's already fine, so I said, "Then there's no problem!"


We took the table next to them. At first, we just kissed, said hi and ate. That's until I called Kim and told her to move closer. We're in joined tables and we're finally sharing stories and planning new sessions. 

Finally! We have new pictures now! After a year of transition, moving on, coping up and acceptance, last night was the perfect time to forgive and forget.


These were the most recent before last night happened:

And this:

Oh, Rachel! If you only knew how much I missed you!!! We're grown-ups now. Looking forward to our next adventures. Sarah Geronimo x Cristine Reyes / Mariel Rodriguez x Toni Gonzaga no more. I love you!!! :* 


Ang sarap-sarap sa pakiramdam! Ang gaan-gaan ng feeling! I can no longer hold the poison, the grudge inside. Forgetting the past and forgiving those who have hurt us, unintentionally or not, is the next best feeling in the world. Especially this person is not an ordinary person. She's my friend. We've both moved on, we've learned our lesson. We'll laugh this off together. 


Ciao!