my five best memories with these five people

the word "five" in my blog equates to the word "lazy". in short, my birthday entries are going to be pathetic. wait, no, i think its nice. it's personal and i think it's LOVE-LEH. hahahaha!

so my five best memories with the birthday celebrants. oh wait again, this is what i'll do.

1. two of my favorite photos with the person
2. how we met
3. the best thing the person did to me
4. my favorite moment with the person
5. my birthday wish for the person

let me start of with my two brians, both has the same birthdate, april 15.

to start off, my brian barria, birthday april 15. the brian i rightfully call "mine". my ever loving and demanding ziggy brian. (loving because he never fails to visit me at home during christmas eve and brings me mom's chocolate cake, sometimes apple pie on christmas mornings. demanding because he also never fails to pick up his christmas present on christmas eve!)

1.

L-R: the day i arrived in cdo, august 20, 2007, 8:55AM (as far as i remember, this was after breakfast, he was the first person to see me when i finally made a move to cdo); at mall of asia, may 29, 2006, 6:05PM (after whole day of shopping and eating!)

2. we met at a high school brother/sisterclass thing of xavier and lourdes. then he became my suitor for years and gave me ziggy cards and wrote "i love you's" under the ziggy stickers. he is the sweetest! had i said "yes" to him, i'm sure we'd broken up already and he'd be one of my 'exes' that i'm bitter and not friends with. what was i supposed to do? i was 15! but at 15 i already knew i wanted to keep him and love him forever, with no conditions. (well, except for mom's pastries on christmas, that he has to do. haha!)

3. the best thing brian ever did to me was stay on the phone with me for hours. no man has beaten brian's record of being on the phone with me for hours. 10 hours, baby! i swear bri, you are the ultimate phone pal!!! (although someone might take up your place very soon! haha!) seriously though, brian is my on-call driver slash breakfast partner in cdo. when i tell him to come over to my house and eat breakfast with me, he's there in a flash. and he finishes all the food too! haha! and oh, he's my part-time lover as well. when i need a decent dinner and movie date, he's the first man to call. (if its something else, like drinking, ronan is the name!) and lastly, brian maybe a sweetheart but he tells me straight out when i'm out of the line, that part of him i don't like much. haha! he knows i like people who spoil me, so yea, he knows i don't listen to his fatherly advise. but i still love him though!

4. there's only one repeating favorite moment i have with brian: every christmas eve is not a christmas eve without him. before the clock strikes 10 (yes, 10, before he goes to mass and noche buena with his family) he goes to my my house and eats dinner with me. he's there to first taste mother superior's chicken cordon bleu. he's also there to finish off the adobo. and he's there to pick up his gift in exchange of his beloved mother's tasty chocolate cake!

5. my wish for brian: good health, good career and good woman. the good career, i have to give you credit. getting out of your comfort zone and moving to cebu, carless, homeless, mommy-less and rona-less, you are doing a great job as a trainer! i am so proud of you. but the two other things, 1. you eat a lot and 2. the girls you date are horrible. two of them reads my blog. (yes, you, you are a terrible bitch who broke my bestfriend's heart.) bri, now that you're 26, eat well and please, you know already, you deserve a good girl. =)

HAPPY 26TH BIRTHDAY BRI!!!! thank you for the 11 years of friendship. you are the best. i miss you!

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**now, on to the second brian, the bff (kabadingan abb. of best friends forever!) he is brian, the abigail. si pong ng buhay ko at si babe ng buhay ni shaz. (ewww! pero i got to tell you, hindi na ew ang babe ngayon! haha!) at siya din si brofish sa mga kamote friends niya.

its exactly 3:59AM and writing a birthday entry for pong is more fun than sleeping. (ang yabang, off ko kasi bukas! haha!)

1. i have several favorite photos with brian, but these three are the most "memorable" ones.

L-R: cdo sunsent at lauremar beach resort, november 26, 2006, 5:35PM (this was taken when we got back to cdo after our camiguin accident, this photo is my keychain); next two photos are the "before" and "after" drinking pictures, from the photos you can tell the difference and how much yvonne had to pay for our drinks at bistro on that dreadful saturday night, october 14, 2006, 1:50AM. (google the image of pong pagong ng batibot, and alt tab from that window to this window while looking at the third pic, can you see the difference? wala noh?)

2. i cannot exactly remember when i met brian. the earliest memory i had with him was in oledan square in makati (yes that standard chartered building right across LKG, and yes may starbucks kami!) he was teamless when he was hired so he was squeezed literally into our little office, him being the sixth person inside. mayabang si kuya when i first noticed him. tahimik--now a proof that defies the phrase "first impression lasts" kasi hindi nag last ang katahimikan ni kuya. haha! we were never close back then, he's got different set of friends and i've got mine--my powerful gxs girls. we became close when i became more bobo with work and he's with the mapping team. i had to be nice for him to do the difficult outbound translation/log reading for me.

3. the best thing this person ever did to me is being there for me. anytime. anyhow. anywhere. mapa makati, camiguin, cdo, ilo-ilo, singapore, germany. he's always there even when all he has to say is "ganyan talaga ang buhay!" it pisses me off sometimes but it doesn't matter to me anymore, i know he's listening to my thoughts and when all else fails, he's just there. and of course brian spoils me to death! i know shaz is the only person who has the right to be pampered by brian but i'd like to insist i needed to be a brat to him. hehe! he is just the perfect person to whine to. but the best of all the best was during my first jobless month here in sg. he was just amazing and patient with me. he was my stand-by real-time street directory and my financial manager on nice dinners (i don't forget, i still owe you a nice dinner at some fancy resto, not now though, mahirap ang buhay OFW lalo na pag hindi ka IT! haha!) i got sick, he brought me hot soup. i had no job, he forwarded my resume to his HR. now, i have no home, he offered me shelter. isn't he amazing? (?!?!?!?!) hahahah joke lang bri! i haven't told his fiance shaz that she is one lucky lady (because i always tell her otherwise, "ang malas mo kang brian, laro lang ng laro ng computer games sa madaling araw!" or "ay naku, hija, non-living things ang magiging ka kompetensya mo!"). i don't think i have to because i'm sure she knows by know that she is his queen. (pero shaz, make sure kasi mukhang queen din tong magiging asawa mo)

4. our ice cream days in gxs (rcbc plaza) were unforgettable. at 4am i'd crave for ice cream and he was the only person i wanted to get ice cream with from 7-11. why? because at 4am, he'd just woken up from a "nap" and he had to move for him not to get sleepy again. he's probably the only person i know who tolerates my ice cream cravings during ungodly hours. ice cream time was our major bonding/chismisan/slacking time. and of course, how can i forget our trip to ilo-ilo? and your "i have kwento" ym messages. everytime you type that phrase, i always get excited of whatever chismis you're about to offer. haha! and then there's the camiguin accident, our second lives. naks! hehe! ayoko maging senti sayo bri, hindi bagay. haha!

5. my wish for brian. hmmm, this is hard because i can sense that he's happy of where he is now, except that he misses his family and his kamote friends (no joke, that shirt has got to go! hahah! and your little toy soldiers, too!) ay, wait, all the best in health pala bri dahil sa tuhod mo, one false move at baka mapilayan ka na naman! and of course, i also wish a date for the wedding para makapag file na ako ng leave. yun lang. hehehe! serious na, of course i wish you the consistency of the happines you have now, i hope it will go on and always keep your good heart good. =)

HAPPY 27TH BIRTHDAY PONG! you know you are one of a kind, you are a(n) (action) star!!! and this goes without saying, salamat sa lahat!


OH MY GULAY. ALAS SINGKO NA NG UMAGA. =(


**as of press time, humihilik si san juan! kung hindi lang ako nakitulog sa kwarto nya e tinabunan ko na to ng unan!!!!