I met this friend four years ago. How can i forget during her first day in office. on my mind i asked she is an applicant and yet she is with her mother. we didn't click it at first but she knows the way to my heart.
even if she always teases me and talk about mean things on me, i still love her as a friend. sometimes i get hurt but i forget and forgive her and we end up as very good friends. we love to talk, and gossip about our officemates, frustrations, triumphs and victories, blessings and sometimes even artistas. we like laughing out loud on the phone , or even when we are at the office talking. lately we are not seeing each other because i transferred into a new location. we still communicate, i love this person very much, i was worried when i heard that she has a CA . i know that there are many people praying for her and she has already finished her chemotherapy and she is now healed. she is back to work now. welcome back my dear friend JOY. you are really a joy to us.

My Trip to Laoag

Arrived at the NAIA terminal 3 early. Waited three hours for the airplane. I read the book The Alchemist, I was like that young man in the story, a traveller discovering many things and experiences. I was bound for Laoag to attend a seminar. The long hours of waiting finally came to an end when I was on board the plane. I was the first passenger to enter the plane, and I told the flight steward that "Do I have a prize for being the first one to go on board" I just got a smile for an answer. A foreign guy is seated next to me. Wanted to talk to him but didn't have the guts to do it. The travel was smooth, but I feel uncomfortable I'm not used to travelling by air anymore. The plane finally landed at Laoag Airport after an hour. I was expecting a nice and clean airport but it didn't come up with my expectation. There were no cabs. I rode on a tricycle on my way to the hotel which is a 20 minutes drive. Thanks God I arrived at the hotel safe and sound. The only consolation that I have that night was the accomodation. I like the big nice room, although I'm alone I manage to sleep due to tiredness. On my first night I wanted to take pictures but no one will take my pictures, I decided to order food from the nearby restaurant and there I got a photographer.I realize that being along has its advantage and disadvantage . The session started already in the afternoon.

what is a friend?
a friend is someone you can count on when life is tough and full of trials
someone who tells the truth even if it hurts
someone who listens to you even if you tell the same stories over and over again
someone whom you can trust your secrets
someone who is patient with your not so good days
someone whom you can chat with
someone who doesn't judge even if you are at fault
someone who loves without condition
someone who is there when you need him
someone who knows how to care
someone who is real
someone who is honest
someone who is sincere
someone who knows how to encourage
someone who does not leave you in the dark
someone's presence is just enough
someone who is far and yet so near close to your heart
someone who is sent by God to remind you
that how great His love can be.

Lonely at the Top
Yesterday had attended a mass in honor of the birthday of the chairman and owner of the company I worked for. It was a touching moment, knowing that the company is facing a crisis at the moment with all the bad publicities circulating. I wonder what is he feeling at the moment. I can see in his eyes sadness, and mark of sleepless nights. Is it really lonely at the top? The ordinary person will like to fit in your shoes someday but i've got a long way to go. No more time to reach that goal. Life is short, there are other better priorities that makes life worthwhile.
I know you have helped many people and as long as your conscience is clear there is nothing to worry about. As you have said in our speech Goodness will triumph against evil. It is my fervent prayer that God will be with us with this challenges. God is bigger than those challenges we are facing, we just have to put our trust in Him and claim that we will be victorious.

It was a busy day on the middle month of May. The Meralco grilling has brought much work to do. A lot of readings to be done to be updated with the issues. As a way of relieving stress i do the cutting of clippings to the pasting and to be sure that it is done correctly. A visitor came one day to have his clearance signed by me. It was Ariel who was once a part of my life(it's a secret). I used to admire this man because of his character, he is a good man. Although we have been through tough times he was able to deal with my bad moods. He used to send me messages that captivated my heart more to his charm. I've kept what i felt and just enjoy the friendship until our officemate started teasing the two of us. Love has gone kaput. Until one summer i had a new assignment at Meralco. Twas the saddest moment for me because i will be away from my friends as well us from him, i didn't realize that i will miss him also. but then there is nothing i can do because it was the direction of the management. with a heavy heart i left MMLDC. And now it is his turn to leave us. after many years of discerning his calling now it is time to listen to the call. we had a little chat about how he was able to come up with such decision. remembering those cherished days with mmldc whom he has learned to love. i wanted to ask if i'm one of those people whom he can't forget but i never had the courage to do so. i still have reservations in doing such thing but when he left i called him and gave him a hug, with tears. i didn't know what he felt at that moment but what i felt was a brotherly love. i have mixed emotions then happy that he will serve the Lord and at the same time sad because i will not see him at MMLDC again not in the near future. Life is like that, people will come and go in our lives, but some leave a mark embedded in our hearts.

Death of a friend
i was shocked when i heard of the news. i have never seen this friend of mine for a long time.
he was a good father to his three children and a loving husband to his wife. there is sadness in their eyes but total acceptance for they saw him suffered. we cannot avoid the fact that we all have to face our own death. it won't be easy , perhaps it is easier than done. it is a difficult transition for all of us. life is a journey and at the end of the journey we have to go back to where we really belong, the life that is eternal where there will be no more tears and sufferings. in the end nothing seems to matter, what matters most is what we have done and how much did we love. as i quote one of the lines of my poem "Goodbye is such a sweet sorrow, prepare for tomorrow for life is just borrowed.