And so he goes with the extra smile...

PART I

I am 2 provinces, 2 towns and a mountain away from Manila now. I dreaded of the missing cable tv, unavailable telephone lines and this, internet. By this time, you must have stopped asking why on Earth it took me long to write my second post (ehem, after almost 2 months?).

Apparently, after 10 months of isolation and distress from missing Manila..I found my answer.
I resigned, I'll be gone after the "30-day notice" from my Tarlac job. I sat at the office, spoke to my Bos and told him how it's not going to work.

How bad could it get when it's not how you wanted it to happen, to turn out, to work out or even just expected. Sometimes, we try so hard to be happy at work without realizing what is it really that makes us happy. As for me, i found out it was "accomplishment". I did my best, but I guess my best wasn't good enough-oops! Was I singing? Anyway, it went something like that.

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PART II

After admitting the resignation due to factors I myself is unable to accept, I felt far from the people who are capable to ride on with what I felt. Home was 2 hours away and it was 8pm, the shuttle went missing and I didn't know how was I supposed to leave or go "poof" from where I was. Either way, I wanted out.
Lo and behold, like an answer from the sky, dudes sent a message and asked, " How can I help? Do u want me to mit u?"
I still have it in my inbox, which I wouldn't even dare to delete coz I wanted a keepsake from what he intended. He knew exactly what I needed at that point.



He flew with a shirt, jeans and slippers all the way from house which I think was a 45-minute drive to see me. He must've been worried if I've gotten crazy and might see me straying on the streets which made him do that for me. Well, maybe I almost did, he just came on time to relieve me from turning into one and filled the space(s) I was having.

You see, I don't remember anyone who did that for me. It wasn't sinkin' in me that I actually even had a problem when he sat across me, by keeping it cool with a beer and soda.

The gist of the story is that even if I may have not felt accomplished at something, at least I know I must have done something right still, I made dudes my friend.

JR is definitely "sakto". Here's for you dudes. Love it!!

And so it goes...

Have you ever heard of The Outfield with "Your Love"? It sounds like acid wash denims, shoulder pads and fingerless gloves does it? More like Purdey and the late Princess Diana's haircuts, nothing but large and large updos. Neither was I definitely trying to remember cheating a girlfriend ok.

Well, not that I'm trying to reminisce "your" time then (hey, I was 4 when the song was released ok so i couldn't be that sure), I guess for me there was something to look back though. It wasn't really like the 80's which you thought, but more of the A Veneto at Glorietta 3 (thanks Fren). It was November 2008, I was facing Fren and realized I was about to leave what i got used to. We sat there with our ordered pizza when it sinked in, yeah, I'll be moving out of Manila. This is it, I was resigning. I was resigning from my work, from Makati district and from the EDSA busy road.

And so it goes...they played the song.

I knew I was going to miss her; our siomai-rice lunch at Henlin, red ribbon brownies, the mini-stop chickens, our movies with Lyn, office chikas with Joshua, office and "luv" blues with PA. Oh yes, she was there to listen to my corny jokes, even on my most un-intriguing stories. She saw me down and up, and preferred to stay.

I was leaving Manila for a 3-hour trip, and that was Tarlac permanently. It made me ask myself all the more if I was really sure of leaving or will it be worth it exchanging all that I cared in Manila. I thought I was going downhill, but I was spared as long as Fren and I saw each other when I go Manila.

This post (my first post) is for Fren. She is the very reason why I'm making this blog,thus will be one of the ways that will keep ourselves open to each other. You see, she's leaving for Singapore this month and I know I'll miss her more, more than when I left for Tarlac.

Here's for a good life-cheers!!!