10 Years Ago: All Good

I guess if there's a soundtrack to what happened 10 years ago, one of the songs in it would be Mo Thugs' All Good.

Part of the lyrics that made sense then:

See you later, Ely...

"So what did you eat in Boracay?"

Our must-haves for the trip: Aria and D'Talipapa.

At Aria, I asked for an oil-based pasta, and they gave us Aglio, Olio e Peperoncino.

10 Years Ago: The VW Polo Drive-by

Disclaimer, lalo na sa mga taong nagbabasa neto na kilala ako, or kilala ako at si D: Prepare to cringe. Or maybe hurl. Or both.

Oo, galing yan sa planner ko 10 years ago. Wala kang planner non?
Baduuuuuuuuy! :P Okay joke lang.
Parang diary slash planner na nga ang nangyari diyan kasi aside from sinusulat ko kung kelan merong exam o merong due na paper or machine problem, sinusulat ko rin yung highlights ng araw na lumipas. Minsan eh emoticons lang at mga codewords ang gamit ko -- ako lang makakaalam kung ano talaga ang ibig sabihin non.

Hassle talaga ang meron kang klase sa Math building at kasunod mong klase eh nasa kabilang dulo ng mundo na after ten thousand years ka makakarating kung magiintay ka ng Toki na jeep.

"So what did you do in Boracay?"

Let's start with the athletic activities.

The girl from our resort (Royal Park Resort Hotel) asked us (well, them lang siguro :P) if we were athletes! As in! Eh tama naman, mga basketball, frisbee and badminton star players kasama ko eh!

We rented some bad-ass ATVs to go up Mt. Luho. Even though I wasn't feeling so bad-ass the first few minutes we were practicing :-/

Because being the non-bike-rider or non-car-driver that I am, I was scared shitless the first few minutes because I was SUUUUUUUUURE I will drive straight into a ditch or a bush or into a moving vehicle.

Who Wrote This?

If ever I'd fall
I'd fall for you
If I could waste myself and drink gallon after gallon after gallon of this spirit with you
To mitigate your pain and to kill the time you never had
I would
For you
With you
If I could write the happiest lines it would be about you --
The way you would most likely read your favorite bedtime story to me to transport me to my
Dreamland
If I could suffer and sacrifice it would be for you
Because I care for you
Enough to
Give me the courage to challenge
Death
If I could listen to music with you
I would choose to listen to the beating of our hearts
On a starry, moony night
If I could hold your hand tonight
I would never let go
And demand more:
An embrace
A kiss
A caress
A gentleness
That could only come from you.
If adoration comes close to obsession
Then believe when I say that I adore you;
You're my latest and last obsession...

Best part IMHO in bold.

Was rummaging thru stuff and discovered a printout of the poem above. I can't for the life of me remember where I got it or who wrote it.

Help?

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ETA: Tama si sisterette Janine, now I remember... I did get it from her, and she got it from our high school newspaper, the Magnificat (of course I remember, hello, I was part of it for 2 years!). So I guess that is why best friend Google couldn't find it -- it was still in it's pure typewritten form. Heh.

10 Years Ago: How It All Started

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From the "introduction" page of a scrapbook I made for D for Valentines 2000

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This will be the start of a series of blog posts, as a sort of countdown for the 10th anniversary. D and I may be in a weird domestic situation right now, but that will not stop me from fondly remembering the days that led to us being a couple.

So please, bear with the cheese, and let me giddily reminisce :) [o diba, rhyming? :P]