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Her name is Nora but I always call her Angge as in Tita A. Our friendship started almost 15 years ago . We are both lukaret in a special sense of the word. Kami yung pasosyal pero dyologs. We have good taste in dressing yet to the hell with the dress we’re wearing basta may fishball in cart, hilaw na mangga with bagoong at goto on pushcart go ang beauty naming dalawa. Who will forget her signature laughter…madadala ka talaga sa hagikgik ng loka. And her magical touch, very relaxing ang massage niya. Angge is a very simple person,easy to please and what I love the most is her ability to listen and understand people’s weaknesses no matter how unbelievable they are. Lagi lang siyang nariyan pag kailangan mo para siyang isang sponge na kahit gaanong karaming hinanakit at sama ng loob ang idaing mo sa kanya hindi siya napapagod makinig at magbigay ng comfort just to make you feel better. And you know what she was the only person beside me during the painful goodbye of my dear Papa on his hospital bed at Philippine Heart Center. It was her who rubbed my back and hold me til my anguish subside .
Marami nang nagbago,we’re both married and have our own kids. Malayo na rin kami sa isat isa but distance never change our friendship. We talk on phones till we drop and exchange text messages frequently. If I’m going anywhere in Quezon City we make a point to meet and bond together. At our age now when we’re together para pa rin kaming mga teen-ager when we giggle,grabe pa rin kaming mag-okrayan and we talked anything under the sun,showbiz,babies,money and even orgasm.
It was early part of April when something sour happened to us. With her new friends they planned to go here in Tanay to see Daranak Falls. Before they traveled she called me up at dadating nga daw sila dito di na sila makakadaan sa bahay kaya sa jollibee na lang kami magkita sa plaza. I was doing something very important that day and I missed calculated the time I’ll be finished the job and meet them. Mango was in season kaya marami kami sa bahay,pumili pa talaga ako ng magaganda,may hinog at may malulutong, nakaisang kaing ako and I’m excited because I know she will love it. She called once again at nasa Morong na daw sila, nagmadali ako pero parang minamalas walang available na service sa bahay that day kaya napilitan akong mamasahe. Nahirapan talaga akong sumakay dahil siesta time noon pero nakarating din ako sa plaza.,di ko na dinala cp ko coz low batt na rin naman. I’ve waited but I was almost there for an hour pero wala pa rin sila then I started to worry baka nakalagpas na sila so nagdecide na kong umuwi with heavy heart. Kaaalis ko lang daw ng tumawag si Angge at matagal na silang naghihintay sa plaza,it must be the time when I was waiting for a ride. I charged my cp and a messages came…”BUSY K YTA,MIZ PA MN DN KTA”. Wala na rin pala akong load,I used the landline to call her pero di ako makaconnect. I almost cried because I failed her. That night I called her pero she ignored,sa landline naman ako tumawag pero wala daw siya. Almost one week akong nangulit pero talagang iniiwasan nya ko. Nagsimula akong mainis,ni hindi niya pinakinggan ang side ko kaya tinigilan ko ang pagtawag at pagtetext. I’m not really mad at her,may kasalanan din ako but it seems parang hindi siya ang kaibigan kong maunawain. Maybe I let her tantrums pass. Nasaktan ang ego ko dahil I thought nagawa ko na ang part ko para maiayos ang relationship naming pero siya patuloy na deadma lang. Hindi na ako nag-effort hangang weeks and months ang lumipas.