toast to the friendship

Yesterday, Pam and I met with Axcel at GT. Axcel is a GT employee rin before but he decided to move on and work abroad as an engineer (I forgot what company he’s currently employed at). I introduced Pam to Axcel and that started our friendship since 2003, I think. Every time Axcel goes back here in the Philippines for a vacation, we usually meet and lagi niya na kaming nililibre J  We had lunch at GT Podium deck and later that night, we watched Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.

Regarding the movie first, actually I’m not a fan of adventure movies, that’s why I didn’t enjoy it. I enjoyed their company siyempre since it’s really seldom for us to be together naman. Halos hindi ko na nga naintindihan kasi may moments na nakakatulog ako. If it’s a horror film, suspense thriller, comedy or romance, I would have been all eyes and ears. Well, siguro depende rin sa adventure films coz I really, really enjoyed Angelina Jolie’s Lara Croft movies (first, she’s my favorite Hollywood actress and 2^nd, her Lara Croft movies were all good). Anyway, after the movie I decided to home already while they still strolled in the mall.

Si Axcel, mahilig gumawa ng mga poems, etc. Even before, when he was still with GT, ginagawan niya ko ng mga poems and I told him nga that I really appreciate lahat ng poems na ginagawa niya for me.

Later that night, Axcel forwarded a message to me which goes something like this:

Pam asks: “Why are we still friends after all these years?”

Axcel answers: “In this journey, there are those whom you met and leave as you go on. And in this journey, there are those whom you met and take along with you. Friends are treasures forever.”

Pam says: “Huhuhu!”

So, I told him I miss his poems. Sabi niya, he’ll make a compilation for me heheJ This is what he forwarded to me and yet to be continued….” I’m picking up stones along the road. When I crossed the fires and rivers, the stones turned into diamonds.” (I’m eagerly waiting for the completion). I suggested to make a poem about destiny ..heheJ Way back, pinapabasa niya muna sa akin and then ako magbibigay ng title.

He also never forgets to call during Christmas or New Year even if he’s abroad, kahit na married na siya now. Eto yung mga friendship na nami-miss ko especially if guy yung friend ko. I used to tell him anything especially about matters of the heart and he gave me lots of wisdom to go by. I’ll never forget those times. I really treasure my friendship with him, kasi it’s the kind na walang demands. Come as you are lang. During college, I had lots of close male friends but when I started working na, medyo wala na. Ever since, I really wanted to have a male friend para may variety, pwedeng may maibigay na male point of view on things etc..and at least now, I have that with him.