For my Friends

Just wanted to say I miss you guys so much!!!
Everyone's busy lately... But hey that's how it goes!!!
Luv Yah! Can't get over!! mwah!

What I've Learned about Friendship...

1.I've learned that there are many good friends around, but true best friends are hard to come by.
2.I've learned that sometimes you love a best friend more than a boyfriend.
3.I've learned that a best friend is more important than a boyfriend.
4.I've learned that you can do something or nothing with a best friend and still have the best time.
5.I've learned that a true friendship has many memories, both good and bad, but all important.
6.I've learned that sometimes the most used part of a best friend is the shoulder you cry on, and the shoulder you are willing to lend.
7.I've learned that when a best friend is happy, you find yourself happy too, even when it has nothing to do with you.
8.I've learned that a best friend's family soon feels like your own.
9.I've learned that the only one who truly understands is a true friend.
10.I've learned that nothing ever sounds stupid, funny, or unbelievable to a best friend, and you never feel stupid saying whatever it is.
11.I've learned that sometimes it feels like a best friend is the only one who will ever care about you and think you are beautiful in your own way.
12.I've learned that you always have that something extra to give to a best friend in need, and can count on that in return.
13.I've learned that your heart is forever touched by a true friend, no matter how things end up.
14.I've learned that when your heart has been broken, a best friend is the best band-aid for it.
15.I've learned that a best friend will call you in the middle of the night to talk without thinking, and it's OK.
16.I've learned that in many cases, a hug and a kind word from a best friend is the only thing that helps get you through the day.
17.I've learned that a best friend would stick up for you no matter what the consequences are.
18.I've learned that best friends can sing at the top of their lungs and not worry about singing the wrong words or being out of tune.
19.I've learned that best friends stay up all night and on the phone for hours talking without even realizing it.
20.I've learned that a best friend can tell the difference between a silly crush, and more than that.
21.I've learned that sometimes a best friend is all you have.
22.I've learned that sometimes you wonder how she knew, but then you realize that's just how close you are.
23.I've learned that when you are true best friends, everyone else knows it.
24.I've learned that, most importantly of all, best friends will always be best friends, no matter what is happening in their lives, where they are, or what they are doing. A best friend is irreplaceable. This is the most important thing I could have ever been taught by a best friend.

Happy Birthday Mia

I made this for you and for our friends.. No more tears Ya, only laughter.. No more sorrows only joys.. Happy Birthday! I know you're dancin' out in heaven right now! Miss you girl!

LOVE YAH, ANA MIA.. ALWAYS HAVE.. ALWAYS WILL...

Missing my Friends

I cannot believe that after almost four years, my college friend Jhoy finally posted some long lost pictures of us. And I really mean FOUR YEARS... some of the pics were from my first trip back home after staying here for nine months.. Pictures from every trip I had.. going back and forth.. sure a lot has changed.. but it sure brings back lots of happy memories and it really just made me miss them so much more.. I can't help but laugh looking at how we look during those times.. From my trip on Sept. 2004, to my despidida on June 2005, then back to Manila again on March 2006.. then again on April 2007.. One thing sure will not be the same since Mia won't be with us anymore, and seeing these pictures gives some really mixed emotions of joys and sorrows.. laughters and tears.. and I can't wait to add more pictures on this year!

June 2005.. for my despidida party, since I'm going back (again!) to the US, we decided to go somewhere I really haven't been in for years!!


Starcity!! This was one of our classic, we don't care where we go but we sure can have fun! it's three days before I leave (again!) for the US. I cannot believe on how we managed to have fun and be like kids again even for just a night.


March 2006.. An unexpected vacation to Manila since I lost my lola that year.. And the good side was it was within that same week that my friend Mia was getting married.. She was the first one.. And so I guess you really have to look on the bright side of things.. I was mourning but at the same time happy for my friend. We definitely had a great time..Too many pictures..

And then comes April 2007...

Thanks Jhoy for uploading the "long lost" pictures.. And I hope that it won't take you another four years to upload the photos that we will have on my next trip.. :0) Forty more days, friends.. forty more days...

For A True Friend that I miss so much..

My last pic with Mia: April 2007 with her baby girl, Bea.

(i guess by far this is the hardest post i have to make.. i already had this on my multiply site, but still nothing can make this easier.. sorry if its a bit late, i started the draft three days ago but never seem to finish it. but i owe you this one Ya, since I can't be there to visit you.)

When I was in Manila, we always celebrate All Saint's and All Soul's Day, remembering the people we love and lost. I remember getting up in the morning every first of November to go to the cemetery. We will spend the whole day, everyone's present and then we say a prayer.

Last May, I've lost a friend whom I loved so dearly and losing here so sudden really caught me by surprise. Nobody said that it will be easier, but we never thought it will be this hard as well. I guess it's just the spirit of Holiday Season kicking in, that we realized that things will never be the same for us. We will never get to spend a day with Mia again. And going back next year for my vacation, our usual dinner will never be the same. It may take longer to finally be over the grief, the sorrow and the pain. But I know that when the time comes that we can finally move on and finally accepted the fact that you're gone, you will not here any cries of sorrow from us anymore.. It will be all laughs and tears of joy.. Reminiscing all the memories we've had in the past seven years of our friendship..

A couple of days after losing her, I always play this song because it basically say everything I wanted to tell her, but never got a chance to..

MISSING YOU

by Brandy w/ Tamia, Gladys Knight, and Chaka Khan

CHORUS

Though I'm missing you(Although I'm missing you)

I'll find a way to get through(I'll find a way to get through)
Living without you'

Cause you were my sister, my strength, and my pride

Only God may know why, still i will get by

Verse:

Who would have known that you had to go

So suddenly, so fast

And how could it be, all the sweet memories

Would be all, all that we'd have left

Now that you're gone, everyday I go on(I go on)

But life's just not the same.(life's just not the same baby)

I'm so empty inside , and my tears I can't hide

But I'll try, I'll try to face the pain

(Chorus)

Verse:

Oh, there were so many things

That we could have shared(uh-huh)

If time was on our side(Time was on our side)

Ooh,yeah

Now that you're gone, I can still feel you near

So I'll smile with every tear I cry

Chorus

Bridge:

How sweet, were the closest of friends.

But I'll wait for the day,

When I'll see you again,

I'll see you again

I'm missing you....

** For those times that I feel how unfair and hard life can be.. for those moments that i don't even want to fight back and get up after every fall. I promise you this Ya, if a day comes (and lately it does) that i feel like i can't keep up on what's life been throwing at me, I'll still get up every morning, give my best shot and live my life to the fullest.. at least if not for me.. I'll be doing it for you.. because i know that given the chance that i still have in life, you wouldn't waste any second of it.. your going to make sure that everything will turn out best for you and your family.. We still miss you terribly Mia, your smiles, your loud laughs, you always shoving me everytime we see something funny while walking, your forever stories about your favorite teleseryes, our out of nowhere road trips because were bored, I miss just about everything..But I know that we'll see each other again.. when that time comes, it's as if you never left... I LOVE YOU GIRL!!