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Mood: nostalgic (again?!)

Over the years, I've observed that one of the effects of alcohol on me is that the next morning I get pinker lips. That makes me love it. What makes me hate it is that, also on the next morning, I have to battle a terrible headache. But that's ok, the pink lips effect is enough to compensate for that. haha.

Last night was spent at Camalig with some classmates who include peachy (a.k.a. juni, joyni), rain (a.k.a. reanne), jO (a.k.a. joan), xtian, july, soi and a bunch of their other friends whose names I can't remember (mga hindi sumipot: jen, gyk, khesed, chelle. to khesed: tol, no more friendship!ehe.). Of course I brought along thony with me and as usual, we were fighting again half of the time we were there. But again that was only half the time, nagbati kami dahil na rin sa kakakulit ni peachy.

After what seemed like a whole hour of shouting "kuya pengeng menu!", nilapitan kami sa wakas ng bangag na waiter (lagi naman mahina ang pandinig ng mga waiter sa camalig. argh.) and ilang minutes pa after nun ay dumating sina xtian and july at umuwi kaagad si jO sa kadahilanang hindi maaaring ilagay dito dahil magagalit siya. Basta, nainis daw kasi siya kay toot. Di nga namin magets kung bakit eh. hmpf. At umuwi din kaagad si rain dahil galet na ata tatay niya. But besides those, masaya naman.

Anyway, nabalitaan ko kay xtian na habang nakaupo kami dun ay may ongoing audition for the SMB battle of the bands at Nepo Quad, which is, like, a short walk from Camalig. Di ko man lang alam yun kung hindi binalita ni xtian. Hay napag-iiwanan na talaga ako ng mga balita. hectic kasi sched ko eh. haha. And so, since i'm a sucker for bands, niyaya ko silang manood kami dun. At nagbayad na nga kami at naglakad. Pagdating namin sa nepo quad, a wave of nostalgia came over me (bat ba ang hilig kong maging nostalgic?! ang corny).

I remember being on that same place about two years ago. 4th year ako nun. Thony and I were then merely classmates in IV-Acts who occasionally had exchanges of mga walang kwentang conversations (nagtatanong pa nga siya ng mga tips sa kin nun eh. may nililigawan kasi siyang iba. leche.) Medyo feeling close friends na rin kami noong time na yun.
Anyway, that night at Nepo Quad nga, two years ago, thony's band was playing for the SMB battle of the bands and we (kaming mga familians, supportive fan base nila) were there to cheer for them. Hindi pa kami ni thony nun. lalong hindi pa siya chubby nun. (hehe. peace.ü)
..at kagabi lang ay nabigla na lang ako dahil may nalaman akong magandang katotohanan..

thony: di ba yung suot mo nun ay yung striped hoodie na gray chaka black na chucks?
me: oo! bat naaalala mo pa?!
thony: siyempre gagu crush na kaya kita non!
me: totoo?! walangya ka bat ngayon mo lang sinabi yan!? (kinikilig)

i also remember saying good luck to him then before they went up the stage kasi nga.....

me: akala mo ikaw lang?! naaalala ko rin yung suot mo nung battle na yun noh..! hehe..
thony: talaga?! sige nga ano?!
me: jacket na blue!
thony: oo galing! hiniram ko lang kay ghino yun.. hehe. buti alam mo pa hanggang ngayon?!
me: gaga crush na rin kaya kita nun!

Nung time na yun, I was then with someone else but he didn't care that much since what he had for me was only a small crush. The simple "good luck" that I gave him plus konting pasmile-smile were the only form of communication we had, after which we went on with our separate social lives for the rest of the night. Kung baga, kahit crush na niya ako at crush ko siya, wla pa naman kaming masyadong pakialam sa isa't-isa noon.

Now, when I look back on that, I can't help but feel amazed at how one point in life, a person could be just someone so plainly and randomly ordinary and at another point, without you being able to predict, can be someone who affects your life so greatly. It's funny how you never predicted that the person would actually someday become a part of your world or, even, become your world.

Parang epidemic. at one moment, wala. tapos bigla na lang magiging sobrang infectious.

And so , in memory of my nostalgic and slightly dazed state last night, I took some snapshots of the SMB tent. wala lang.

By the way kagabi, the event was almost finished when we got to Nepo Quad and one band na lang ang pinanood namin. They were the "Emotions". Naks. di man obvious na emo sila noh?! Two years ago kung ipapapanood mo sa kin yung mga yun ay mababana ako. But now, since I'm way past the punkista phase, all I do is raise one eyebrow, grin, and say "haba naman ng hair nila", hehe.

I miss those days too. Somehow. And I still love the music of course. It stays in my blood-pumping cardiovascular organ.

It's just that mas matino na ko ngayon.. nang konti. eheh.
ciao.

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