10 Years Ago: Doing the Deed

From here:

"So... tayo na ba?", he asked.

I fidgeted, although a smile was creeping up my lips. "Ikaw..."

"Anniv na natin ngayon, para di na maraming tatandaan na dates", he said, grinning.

"Tanungin mo muna ako..." I was trying to be hard-to-get! I wanted him to ask me if I wanted to be his girlfriend -- a long time cheesy romantic fantasy of mine.

He hesitated a bit. "Mahal mo ba ako?"

Although I became mildly disoriented by the question, I didn't hesitate and answered, "Oo".

And it got sealed by a kiss.

Although I was asking myself, "Mahal ko na nga ba sya?"

And as we held each other tighter, and the kiss deepened, and my heart beat faster and faster, I threw caution to the wind, and thought with a resolve, "Mahal ko na nga sya".

10 Years Ago: Can't Hardly Date

But let's backtrack a day first.

So, its the day after the phone call

[You'd think with a guy, who I was into, professing his like for me will be enough for me. But no. This other guy (codenamed Simon) I was into was also all over the place! I mean, I would see Simon only about twice a week, but that day after the phone call I saw him twice! Oh well, when it rains, it's four. Heh.]

He drove me to three of my classes -- one at Eng'g, then at Math, then back to Eng'g. My blockmate and I sat-in in his Kom II class, with our press release being that we were there because of my blockmate's BFF (the BFF was really in his class). But obviously we were there because of him. And meron pang pa-akbay-akbay na ginawa sakin after their class! Okay lang naman sakin, wala akong reklamo, hahaha!

And oh my, the tuksuhan sa tambayan.

So sue me if my heart couldn't contain the kilig that day.

And that's why, with our almost-requisite-already phone call that night, I asked him out.

Okay, so you're back in your seats? [I'm thinking either you fell, or you barfed]

Eh naman kasi, ang pakipot! Parang paikot-ikot yung pinaguusapan ata namin nung gabing yon, alam ko naman na dun rin hahantong!

And with the title of this blog post, I guess you know what movie we watched, eh?

10 Years Ago: Crush

I don't know what happened during that phone call, or why he called in the first place. Basta at the end of that conversation, he confessed that he has a crush on me.

Obviously, September 2, 1998 ended on a high note for me.

I don't remember though if I confessed I had a thing for him too during that conversation. Heh.

I know it all sounds or looks GP-rated, when everything happened during our second year in college already. I assure you things will take on a more R-rated turn the next few days ;)

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:

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.

10 Years Ago: How It All Started

Click here for the slightly bigger image

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

---

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]