This friendship started with... Oh, goodness I don't even know how we started because we just, suddenly, clicked. We were third year high school classmates. But Aly and I were already buds since first year. Aly, was this pretty quiet girl who sings and writes beautifully. And Denise was this kind-of-girl, pretty, rich and popular. We didn't even imagined that we would be friends with her. Despite all that, she has a humble heart. Really, she was very friendly and crazy! that she sometimes slips off her poise. Then we started talking, having fun and laughing our butts off on silly inside jokes, all three of us.
I remember us forming our official group name during our vacant class. Everybody was busy chit-chatting while we are also inside our own little hyper world. Ish (Denise) came up with: Bata (young/ child), I can't remember how that word popped into her mind maybe because we were always acting like little kids. Then we got a pen and paper, hid under the table (cray, cray) and started writing numbers in random. Why? Because we're foolishly getting our monthsary/ anniversary date (which was so mainstream back then and is still used until now by groups and other peer relationships) to celebrate our friendship. That paper was so messy it had circles and scribbles and whatsoever and we were saying "Ayoko ng 16, birthday yan ni ano e, Wag yan andami ng may monthsary niyan.." to every number our pens hit. So we ended up with nothing.
But there was this time, I think before going home we were again exchanging stories (more like gossiping, lol) beside the door. Aly had this big crush over a smarty-pants and good-looking guy across our room, Ish has her boyfriend, while I'm gushing over our mysterious history teacher that time,
Hahaha, kid. It just makes my heart swell with pure joy when I relieve happy stories of our friendship and love. So that anything bad happens I still have memories to hold on to and say "Well, we did helluva loved each other." But I wouldn't ever let that happen and so I wish the three of us hopes for that too.
We had fun, we had love, we had seasons in the sun and I would always want us to be friends for life. Funny how we would always know who people are talking to, calling, or referring to on conversations whenever they call us bats/ bata. We could sing terribly, laugh hilariously while rolling on the floor, dance like crazy, eat like a pig, talk like there's no tomorrow, face painting ourselves with baby powder, hug super tight, and all that. We could always do those silly things over and over again.
we are young...
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| Fieldtrip. (self, really, two-sided bangs?? rofl) C2010 |
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| Busy making letters... C2010 |
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| Wacky after pigging out. Missed this! C2011 |
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| After getting our nails done. Yihee, salon salon din C2011 |
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| Everyday Routine, |
now, we are still young though! ☺
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| Movie date! After a long long time BD1 C2012 |
“I think about how much depends upon a best friend. When you wake up in the morning you swing your legs out of bed and you put your feet on the ground and you stand up. You don't scoot to the edge of the bed and look down to make sure the floor is there. The floor is always there. Until it's not.”-John Green, Will Grayson, Will Grayson (*positively used)
Dedicated to my dream girl,
For every advice, For every tear
Forevery laughter, For every lesson
For your unending support
Bon Anniversaire, Prom Queen!
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| Legally 18! |








