Friday, May 26, 2006

A Day with my Long Lost Friend (LLF)

LLF: Where do you want to eat?Before_sunset_1



ME: Anywhere. How about you?



LLF: Not really hungry yet. Maybe some Chinese?



ME: How about we try to see if there's any nice place on the other side?



LLF: Yeah, okay.  Hmmm. Smells good, which one is that?



ME: Are you crazy? You're smelling Jollibee over there.



LLF: Really. Wait, this already happened to us before, didn't it?



ME: No. That was something else you had to do at Jollibee.



LLF: That was different.  This happened to us before.



ME: Yeah I guess. It's been a long time. Remember when we drove around the city for an hour trying to find a restaurant and we ended up going back to that place down the road from my house?



Yeah, somewhere in our 18-year friendship. Has it really been 18? Well, 15 years of taking care of me til the time he had officially turned me over to my beloved hubby (of 3 years now). So yeah, 18. Pretty much.



LLF: :I'm thinking, where did I keep your old letters?



ME: I don't know, yours are in a box in my memory chest.



LLF: Didn't I give them back to you?



ME: No way! So, how's your baby?



LLF: Oh, he's cute and he talks a lot now.



ME: I wish hubby and I can have our own baby too soon. How's your wife?



LLF: Good.  We're okay.  We have our share of ups and downs. Things are a lot better.



ME: Yeah, same here. It's all good.  He takes care of me. He knows I'm out with you. He said hi by the way.  How about her? Does she know you're with me?



LLF: No. But I'll tell her if she asks.



ME: Alright.



We had pizza, fried chicken and spaghetti and diet coke. Then Starbucks.



ME: You still smoke?



LLF: You bet I still do. How about you?



ME: Not really.  Like the usual, maybe occasionally....socially. Hey, do you need to go back now?



LLF: No, it's okay. Wow, hot coffee on a hot day.



ME: Nah, just wanted something to drink slowly so we can talk some more.



LLF: Where do you want to go?



ME: Anywhere.



LLF: Let's go to the Comic books and toys.



ME: Wow, you still collect those? You remind me of this movie...



LLF: 40-year Old Virgin?



ME: Yes.



LLF: Thank goodness, I'm neither both.



ME: HAHA.



LLF: Friends said I should start collecting them bat mobiles too. Kinda expensive.



ME: Hey, I gave you one for Christmas many years ago.



LLF: I know. You ready?



ME: Okay. Let me call my hubby first. 



LLF: Sure.



Hi, mahal. I'm still out. We're at the Comic book shop now. How are you doing? I love you. Hey, can I buy something? ("Go ahead, you still got money?") Yeah, thanks, mahal. I love you.



ME: Come with me, I'll get me the Dancing Queen necklace. Hubby said yes.



LLF: Okay.



ME: You think it's okay to get this?



LLF: It looks nice. If it makes you happy, go!



ME: Thanks.  How about your wife? What does she like?



LLF: Girly-girl stuff. Like the shoes you saw and wanted earlier? NOT that stuff. =) You gave me an idea, I'll have a necklace made for her with my name on it and the baby's.



ME: That will be cool. 



It was like how it used to be, walking and talking. We checked out the other mall.



ME: You see that? I like the beef in that Korean Place.



LLF: You wanna have that for dinner?



ME: You want? Sure!



LLF: Let's walk some more first.



At the Korean Place...



ME: Let me buy dinner this time. Just buy me coffee later.



LLF: Coffee again. You'll be up all night.



ME: I know. I'm always up. Has it always been like that?



LLF: Yup. You can't sleep and sometimes the coffee makes your heart palpitate.



ME: Really? Oh yeah huh. You mean I've been that way since forever?



LLF: Yes.



ME: Just buy me the Takoyaki balls then.



LLF: Okay, we'll do that before I bring you home.



ME: Hey, can you have something signed by Manny Pacquiao for my hubby?



LLF: You want one? I'll give a poster to you. I have my boxing gloves signed by him too. But now, I can't use it.



ME: That's something I want to try...you know, boxing. But they said, boxing might break my fingers. I don't want that because I play the piano. And I don't want to be all that shaky that I can't draw. Do you still draw?



LLF: Yes. Sometimes. I made one for my wife recently, I think I'm still okay at it.



ME:  I stopped sketching for a while. You know my ex burned all the sketchpads I had since third grade right? That really hurt. But I'll try again. My hubby bought me this nice sketchpad so hopefully I can start again.



LLF: I made one of you from your graduation photo a long time ago. I'm thinking maybe I'll give that to you as a going away present. I'll look for it.



ME: Really? I made one of you a long time ago too. I'll try to find it.



It was getting late and it was time to go...



ME: Remember when we used to walk here?



LLF: Yeah. This is such a nice day.  Something different from what I always do. I don't mean it's better. But it's nice. It's different.



ME: Yeah, me too. So, are you going to send me off at the airport?



LLF: No.



ME: Why not?



LLF: You know I hate goodbyes.





















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