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Situation No. 5 The guy is in love with you, PARE

2008-08-13T23:53:00.000-07:00

i am a straight guy and newly working here in a financial company. The
only reason why I left the Philippines was to mend a broken heart. I
broke up with my xgirlfriend because I was madly inloved with her who
already belongs to someone else. I was the 3rd party in the
relationship..

paano mo naging gf .... eh meron na palang bf...
oh baka naman iniwan ka dahil bading ka. peace.

I know i am not over with it as I still miss her and still bitter about
what happened to us. One day, i felt bored at work. I decided to chat
thru an online community here in sg, seeking someone to cheer me up and
keep me company while i was @ work doing nothing.

By chance, I met this "straight"(according to himself) guy who also
works here in sg. I was intending for a chat with a female but I ended
up chatting with him the whole day. I was really entertained by him. I
know it is not that normal for us guys to chat with another guy, right?
but I didn't mind chatting with him as I knew my limitations then.

As days go by, we didnt miss to send messages when we were online.
Nothing really serious about our conversation. Topics are mostly jokes
and insults for each other. I tried to test whether he will always make
the first move to send me messages and yes, he did most of the time. He
has already invited me to join him drink in a bar. Though he did not
insist, I turned him down because I dont meet up with guys especially
whom I have never met personally.

It has been quite some time now since we first started chatting. There
is no progress on the level of our conversation but he has been
consistent on his chatting with me. Now this situation becomes a
problem.

I know I am a straight guy and have not been attracted to another guy in
my entire life. I am not attracted with him but I admit I miss him when
I am at work and when he is not. It feels like my day wouldnt be
complete without chatting with him even just for at least a line or 2 in
a day. I still like girls but sometimes it makes me think why I miss
him. I have a lot of guy friends but I never felt like this before with
my any of them even with closest guy best friend. The only reason i can
think of why I miss him is because he reminds me of my xgirlfriend (my
last relationship) coz we started also thru chat and he is as funny as
my xgirlfriend. I may be in a confused state but I dont think i'm gay.
May be im just longing for my xgirlfriend.

I just want him to be my friend. In the past, I had two guy friends who
tried to court me. I didnt entertain them simply because I am not gay.
Since then I kept myself away from them as I dont like being courted by
another guy. So bad of me. If he is gay, I dont want to let it happen
again that a guy would court me. But do u think he is gay? Is it normal
for guys to be like him? Or is he just being friendly? Should I meet him
in person so I would know the answer to it? I fear a lot if this guy is
inlove with me...I hope he is not.

Weird me, should I really have to make this a problem at all? hehe
Should I now refrain from chatting with him so as not to aggraviate this
situation? what should I do now?

I would greatly appreciate the time you spent for reading this and for
the pieces of advice that you would like to share with me.

Comments:
Rachelle:
Parang may kakaiba na hindi ko mapaliwanag...
kasi sa mga kakilala ko na mga lalaki wala pa ako naririnig na nagsasabi na miss nila ang friend nila na lalaki din....

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Wala nga siguro..pero try ko pa lang imagine sina Arman at Darry nagsasabihan ng " miss kita" natatawa na ako...hehehe

Francis:
Lesson learnt: bawal manligaw ng girl kung committed na sya sa bf nya.
Maghanap ka na lang ng girlfriend na walang boyfriend.
Hwag mo isipin na bading ka... hala ka, bading ka cguro!

Len:
In my own opinion, wala naman cgurong masama kung magsabihan ng "Namiss
kita" ang parehong kapwa lalaki. Wala kasi sa "norm" natin yan eh.
Depende na rin siguro dun sa lalaki kung pano nya sasabihin yun sa isa..
If sinabi nyang "Miss na kita, sabay hipo at kindat ay..iba na talga
yun..May pagnanasa ng kahalo yun ..he..he.

Arman..namiss mo ba si Darry? ..he..he

Question No. 3 - Relationship getting boring?

2008-04-22T00:46:00.000-07:00

When a relationship gets boring, how to spark it up?

put your self in this situation:

say for example you have been lovers and living-in together for about 2 years now. it seems to be so perfect before, you compliment each other and both of you are very happy. but things drastically change lately. now, the idea of a weekend getaway sucks and you both just prefer to be talking or going out with your individual friends. when the two of you are inside the room, conversations are so dry and pale. worst, you realize you are slowing losing the romantic link – making love nowadays is not as intense as it used to be.

two weeks ago, you both talk about this. you both admit that something is wrong. you both reminisce how exciting it was before. remembering how sweet it was to live together. then, you decided to revive the old flame. you believed it’s worth giving it another try. from then on, you both again started to explore each other… did a lot of new things together…. become more generous on weekend vacation and casual/ fine dining dinner… you both tried to work things out. but admittedly, you’re not being successful. it became too pushy that you both think it’s fake already. minus the expensive hotel accommodation and the white wine, it’s still the same old pathetic and dying relationship.

given this, do you think a trial separation is the answer? your inputs might enlighten me. but oh my, the word separation itself makes me burst into tears… wish i knew what went wrong...

unknown

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From:

"it seems to be so perfect before, you compliment each other and both of you are very happy. but things drastically change lately. now, the idea of a weekend getaway sucks and you both just prefer to be talking or going out with your individual friends. when the two of you are inside the room, conversations are so dry and pale. worst, you realize you are slowing losing the romantic link – making love nowadays is not as intense as it used to be"

>> di ata love to kase good things lang nakikita eh.. pag nakita mo na yung bad sides nya and you think you still love the person and kaya mong tanggapin lahat, thats the time na masasabi mong love mo nga sya..

From: jek.yu
Subject: RE: allo - Singapore Idol

ano ba to..

parang advice lang din yan sa marriage eh.

that's y they said na ... don't rush into marriage..
kasi when all the "sparks" are out.. ano ba yung mag hold mo to each other.
we often confuse the sparks to love..
though normally it's just infatuation or attraction.. it will die down after a while.
so mebbe they didn't really love each other in the first place???

kasi.. loving someone is accepting the person for what she is and she is not..
strengths and weaknesses..
tama nga si judes, it's better to be rooted from friendship 'cuz you enjoy each other's company
and you don't get borrreedd.. and so should somebody you love.. di ka nagsasawa..

(but it doesn't mean na wala kang SPACE.. just like sa friends.. you should have time for yourself and others as well.. that's how you have to handle relationships.. di ba?!!)

Sincerely yours,
Doctor Love (buwahahah)

From: Ugot-MariaCarmela
RE: allo - Singapore Idol

Sabi ni Jud (kasi wala sya laptop ngayon), kung cool off, hiwalay na yan. Wala ng cool off cool off!!!!!

From: Robles Rachelle Bulaon

tingin ko ..oo..pareho lang

From: Falculan Irene Oblea

Is cool off and trial separation same?

From: Ugot Maria Carmela

Yes, go go go trial separation. It worked for me ;)

The one that ALMOST got away

2008-04-22T00:44:00.000-07:00

In your life, you'll make note of a lot of people. Ones with
whom
you shared something special, ones who will always mean
something.
There's the one you first kissed, the one you first loved, the
one
you lost your virginity to, the one you put on a pedestal, the
one
you're with... and the one that got away.
Who is the one that got away? I guess it's that person with who
everything was great, everything was perfect, but the timing was
just wrong. There was no fault in the person, there was no flaw
in
the chemistry, but the cards just didn't fall the right way, I
suppose.
I believe in the fact that ending up with someone, finding a
longtime partner that is, does not lie merely in the other
person. I
can actually argue that an equal part, or maybe even the greater
part, has to do with the matter of timing. It has to do with you
being ready to settle down and commit to someone in a way that
goes
beyond the little niceties of giddy romance.
How often have you gone through it without even realizing it?
When
you're not ready to commit in that mature manner, it doesn't
matter
who you're with, it just doesn't work. Small problems become
big;
inconsequentials become dealbreakers simply because you're not
ready
and it shows. It's not that you and the person you're with are
no
good; it's just that it's not yet right, and little things
become
the flashpoint of that fact.
Then one day you're ready. You really are. And when this happens
you'll be ready to settle down with someone. He or she may not
be
the most perfect, they might not be the brightest star of
romance to
ever have burned in your life, but it'll work because you're
ready.
It'll work because it's the right time and you'll make it work.
And
it'll make sense, it really will.
So that day comes when you're finally making sense of things,
and
you find yourself to be a different person. Things are
different,
your approach is different, you finally understand who you are
and
what you want, and you've become ready because the time has
truly
arrived. And mind you, there's no telling when this day will
come.
Hopefully you're single but you could be in a long-term
relationship, you could be married with three kids, it doesn't
matter. All you know is that you've changed, and for some
reason,
the one that got away, is the first person you think about.
You'll think about them because you'll wonder, "What if they
were
here today?" You'll wonder, "What if we were together now, with
me
as I am and not as I was?" That's what the one that got away is.
The
biggest "What if?" you'll have in your life.
If you're married, you'll just have to accept the fact that the
one
that got away, got away. Believe me, no matter how fairy tale
you
think your marriage is, this can happen to the best of us. But
hopefully you're mature enough to realize that you're already
with
the one you're with and this is just another test of your
commitment, one which will just strengthen your marriage when
you
get past it. Sure, you'll think about him/her every so often,
but
it's alright. It's never nice to live with a "might have been,"
but
it happens.
Maybe the one that got away is the one who's already married. In
which case it's the same thing. You just have to accept and know
that your memories of that person will probably bring a nice
little
smile to your lips in the future when you're old and gray and
reminiscing.
But if neither of that is the case, then it's different. What do
you
do if it's not yet too late? Simple...find him, find her.
Because
the very existence of a "one that got away" means that you'll
always
wonder, what if you got that one?
Ask him out to coffee, ask her out to a movie, it doesn't matter
if
you've dropped in from out of nowhere. You'd be surprised, you
just
might be "the one that got away" as well for the person who is
your "the one that got away."
You might drop in from out of nowhere and it won't make a
difference. If the timing is finally right, it'll all just fall
into
place somehow and you know, I'm thinking, it would be a great
feeling, in the end, to be able to say to someone, "Hey you,
you're
the one that ALMOST got away."
Source: The Manila Times
By: Mark J. Macapagal

Situation No. 1 - Who would you choose?

2008-04-22T00:43:00.000-07:00

Naglalakad ka sa tabing dagat, palubog na ang araw at biglang may
lumapit sayo. siya ang taong minahal mo ng sobra pero iniwan ka.
sinabi nyang "I want you back, pls i beg u, i still love you". ramdam
mo ung sincerity at alam mong mahal mo pa rin sya, ngunit sa di
kalayuan maligayang kumakaway sayo ang taong bumuo ulit ng puso mo,
hinhntay ka... mananatali ka bang nakatayo o ihahakbang ang mga paa
kahit na alam mong di ka na sigurado kung saan ka papunta....

SINO ANG PIPILIIN MO?

Situation No. 4 - Seize the moment or Let go?

2008-04-22T00:40:00.001-07:00

Tanong ni Mdm Antics:

Seize the moment or Let go?

My bf and I are both expats of different nationalities, different companies working here in SGP. Then one day he told me na he is planning to go back to his home country next year dahil ok na nmn savings nia at burnout na sha sa kakatrabaho. I changed the subject instantly nung sinabi nia yun coz I dont want to hear the truth. We haven't really talked about it again ng masinsinan. I feel so devastated.

My dilema, should I just stay with him and seize the moment na magkasama kame? Parang kase ang point ko is since mahal ko sha at nasasaktan ako at alam kong and2 pa din sha parang ang hirap mag let go at mag move on agad. or should I let him go na lang since wala nmn ako future sa kanya and to think na I am wasting time with him and move on na agad?

Your thoughts?

Dulaang isang yugto ...

2008-04-22T00:38:00.000-07:00

This play won in the Palanca awards, dulaang isang yugto category (daw)....

MGA TAUHAN:
JIGS - Fresh grad. Kabarkada ni Yumi. Magtatrabaho bilang researcher sa isang financial firm.
YUMI - Commercial Model. Kabarkada ni Jigs. 2 years ahead kay Jigs.

TAGPO:
Gabi. Sa isang kwarto ng isang beach resort. Naglalatag ng kumot si Jigs sa sahig habang inaayos ni Yumi ang kanyang higaan.

YUMI: Sige na, Jigs. Huwag ka nang magpaka-gentle man. Naaawa ako sa yo e. Tabi na tayo sa kama.
JIGS: Hindi, okay lang ako dito.
YUMI: Huwag ka nang maarte. As if naman re-reypin kita no. Malaki naman itong kama. Hatiin na lang natin sa gitna.
JIGS: Sure ka?
YUMI: Hindi mo naman siguro ako mamanyakin no?
JIGS: (Matatawa) Okay ka lang?
YUMI: Kung gusto mo, gamitin na lang natin iyang kumot na divider.
JIGS: Good idea.

Isasampay nila ang kumot mula sa kisame para mahati ang kama sa gitna. Magsesettle down ang dalawa. Ilalabas ni Jigs ang libro niya. Puppy Love and other Stories ni F.Sionil Jose. Si Yumi naman ay magpapatugtog ng Japanese Zen Music habang
nagsa-zazen.

YUMI: Do you mind?
JIGS: No, go ahead. I'm just reading.

Magsa-zazen si Yumi. Magbabasa si Jigs. Pareho silang di maka-concentrate. Papatayin ni Yumi ang CD player niya.

YUMI: I can't believe our friends.
JIGS: Oo nga eh.
YUMI: Dapat ginagawa nila to sa mga bagong pasok sa barkada o kaya sa bagong...ay oo nga pala. Bagong graduate ka. Congrats.
JIGS: Thanks.
YUMI: So what are your plans?
JIGS: Kinukuha akong researcher sa ADB. Kinukuha rin ako ng BPI sa OTP nila.
YUMI: Wow naman. In demand.
JIGS: Di naman masyado. Who the hell invented this tradition anyway?
YUMI: (Matatawa) You won't believe it.
JIGS: Ikaw?
YUMI: Malay ko ba na mabibiktima rin ako nito balang-araw.
JIGS: So why did you start it?
YUMI: Wala ka pa sa tropa nun e. Freshman ka pa lang siguro noon. Wala lang. Napagtripan lang namin si Ronald. E may crush siya kay Meg. Noong unang beses magpunta rito ng barkada, sabi ko, magsimula kami ng tradition. Ilo-lottery namin ang pangalan ng mga lalaki at ng mga babae. Kung sino ang mabubunot, silang dalawa ang pagsasamahin sa isang kwarto sa loob ng tatlong araw. And then, we'll all see what happens. Pero dinaya namin noon yung kay Ronald at Meg. Puro Ronald at Meg ang mga pangalan na nakalagay sa lottery.
JIGS: (Tatawa) Ang sama ninyo!
YUMI: Kaya nga nakarma na ako e.
JIGS: So is our case, dinaya? O talagang lottery?
YUMI: (Teasing) Ano sa dalawa ang gusto mo?
JIGS: Feeling ko may nagtrip sa kin sa barkada e.
YUMI: Excuse me po, dalawa tayong biktima dito. I don't see any reason kung bakit tayong dalawa ang sasadyaing biktima this year, unless may crush ka sa kin na di ko
alam at alam nila (tatawa).
JIGS: Baka ikaw (tatawa).
YUMI: The success rate of this tradition is 100% so far.
JIGS: I was here na the 2nd time. Si Chris at si Cia ang biktima.
YUMI: And last year were Rod and Kay. They're getting married kailan? Sa June yata.
JIGS: What do you expect? Ikukulong mo ang isang lalaki at isang babae sa isang kwarto for three days, imposibleng walang mangyari doon!
YUMI: That was exactly my point. (Ngingiti)
JIGS: E kung may madisgrasya?
YUMI: Ano ng disgrasya?
JIGS: Alam mo na yun!

Hahawiin ni Yumi ang divider nilang kumot.

YUMI: Ano? Sex? Paano kung magsex sila? Nakakatawa ka naman. Di mo masabi.
JIGS: Ang alin?
YUMI: Ang sex!
JIGS: Hah!?
YUMI: Sige nga sabihin mo nga?
JIGS: Para kang tanga. Tumigil ka nga.
YUMI: Shet, Jigs. Graduate ka na totoy ka pa rin!
JIGS: Excuse me?
YUMI: Sabihin mo nga, Sex! Sex! Sex! Sex!
JIGS: Para kang bata, Yumi ha.
YUMI: You used to call me ate Yumi when you were in third year.
JIGS: Well, graduate na po ako, ate Yumi.

Tahimik.

JIGS: Hmmm. I wonder if we're gonna last three days.
YUMI: (Teasing) Bakit? Ayaw mo sa kin?

Di sasagot si Jigs.

YUMI: We're gonna survive this one.
JIGS: What makes you so sure?
YUMI: No offense, Jigs. I honestly find you very attractive pero I've no time for this. Alam mo naman siguro na kakabreak ko lng.
JIGS: Same here.
YUMI: Same here what? Na you find me attractive o you don't have time for this? (Matatawa)

Di sasagot si Jigs. Tahimik. In-on ulit ni Yumi ang CD player at ipagpapatuloy ang zazen. Itatabi ni Jigs ang libro. Nawalan na siya ng ganang magbasa. Pupunta
siya sa ref. Bubuksan niya ito.

JIGS: Hah! (Sarcastic). Perfect! Red Wine! How very conducive.
YUMI: May chips ba diyan?
JIGS: Sa awa ng Diyos, may tsibog naman.

Papatayin ni Yumi ang CD player. Tatayo siya at kukuha ng chips sa ibabaw ng ref.

YUMI: Since we're gonna be stuck naman with each other for three days, might as well make the best out of it di ba? I-enjoy na lang natin.
JIGS: What do you mean?
YUMI: Get the wine, let's have a drink! 50 hours to go na lang and we're gonna be the first failure of this tradition.
JIGS: Oo nga. (Kukunin ang wine. Maglalagay sa dalawang baso.) When they choose Cia and Chris, naiintindihan ko pa e. Lalo na sina Rod and Kay. Kung baga, tinulungan
lang natin silang umamin sa isa t isa. Pero us...
YUMI: Weird ng barkada natin no?
JIGS: To our barkada and our weird traditions!
YUMI: To us, the first failure of this tradition!

Magto-toast sila at iinom.

JIGS: Sige, ate Yumi. Let's make our stay here more interesting...
YUMI: What's with the ate?
JIGS: Fine...

Bubuksan ni Yumi ang chips. Uupo sila pareho sa sahig para magkwentuhan.
JIGS: Let's play 20 questions.
YUMI: Sige! Ano yon?
JIGS: Each of us will have ten questions each. Tatanungin kita, tatanungin mo ako, mga gusto nating malaman sa isa t isa. Alternate tayo. Pero the thing here is, you can't ask the question that I already asked.
YUMI: That's pretty interesting.
JIGS: At bawal magsinungaling.
YUMI: Fair enough. Pero whatever is said inside this room remains in the room. Ok?
JIGS: Of course. You wanna start?
YUMI: No. I want to ask the last question. (Ngingiti at kikindatan si Jigs)
JIGS: Smart move! Game! 1st question: Ano ang greatest frustration mo sa buhay?
YUMI: Nge. Ang korni naman ng tanong mo. Walang ka-challenge-challenge. Ask me something na mag-iisip naman ako.
JIGS: Simula pa lang eh.
YUMI: Sige. Ano nga ba...?
JIGS: Akala ko ba walang ka-challenge-challenge?
YUMI: Wag kang maingay, nag-iisip ako...I m a frustrated ballet dancer.
JIGS: Talaga?
YUMI: I took lessons when I was six pero umayaw ako. Wala kasi akong disiplina e. Mas gusto kong makipaglaro sa mga kalaro ko. Pero I really enjoy watching ballet dancers. When I see them dance parati kong naiisip na sana, ako rin. There! Ang dali naman
ng tanong mo. Walang thrill.
JIGS: Appetizer lang. Yari ka sa kin mamaya.
YUMI: We'll see. Ako naman! Did you ever have doubts about your sexuality? I mean, kahit minsan ba, naisip mo na bakla ka?
JIGS: Never!
YUMI: Bilis ng sagot ah.
JIGS: Coz I never entertained the idea.
YUMI: Homophobe ka ba?
JIGS: Alternate tayo sa tanungan, di ba?
YUMI: So, not once? Kahit konti? Kahit what if lang?
JIGS: I m straight, okay?
YUMI: I m not asking if you're gay or not. I m asking kung...
JIGS: Never nga.
YUMI: We all thought na you were gay. Well at least nung first few months mo sa tropa before you introduced your girlfriend to us.
JIGS: What?! You thought I was gay?!
YUMI: E paano kasi, masyado kang mabait. Ang pogi-pogi mo, pero parang allergic ka sa mga babae. Over ang pagiging gentleman mo! Too good to be true. You have a
good body, it seems that you work out pero iniisip namin front mo lang yun. Kadalasan kasi front ng mga bakla ang pagiging maganda ng katawan nila at pagiging sporty...

Tatawa lang si Jigs.

YUMI: So we thought it's either that or you were planning to become a priest.
JIGS: What?!
YUMI: Well, you were always this goody-goody person. Pumupunta ka sa chapel. Nangungumpisal, nagsisimba...
JIGS: The way you said it, parang equivalent ang dalawa ah.
YUMI: Of course not. I didn't mean that!
JIGS: I take my faith seriously. That doesn t make me gay!
YUMI: So you did want to become a priest...
JIGS: Hindi rin. Actually, I always wanted to raise a family...and be a father.

Tahimik.

YUMI: So you re not gay.
JIGS: No.
YUMI: You never...
JIGS: Ilang beses ka ba ipinanganak? Kulit mo e. It's my turn.
YUMI: Homophobe ka no?
JIGS: Hindi kaya!
YUMI: Whatever...
JIGS: Ako na, daya mo naman e.
YUMI: Okay! Okay! Shoot me.
JIGS: How do you see yourself five years from now?
YUMI: You expect to win this game? Ang kokorni ng mga tanong mo e.
JIGS: The object of this game is not to win.
YUMI: E ano pa ba?
JIGS: To get to know the other person.
YUMI: Sure. Basta ako, I will win this game. Walang thrill ang isang game kung walang nananalo.
JIGS: Sagot!
YUMI: May time limit ba to? (Tatawa) Wine pa nga.
JIGS: Sabi nga nila: in vino veritas.

Magsasalin si Jigs ng wine.

YUMI: Masarap ang wine, ha? Saan kaya nabili ito? (Iinom) To answer your question, either maging entrepreneur ako, magsisimula ako ng sarili kong bar o botique, o kaya, magiging artista ako sa pelikula.
JIGS: Not bad.
YUMI: Pero mukhang malabo yung stint ko sa movies. Tough ang competition e. Saka mahina ang manager ko. Panay hosting at pictorials ang nakukuhang raket para
sa akin. Papalitan ko na nga e. Pag nakaipon ako, baka magtayo na lang ako ng botique.
JIGS: (Magbibiro) Ayaw mo mag-bold?
YUMI: Yuck!
JIGS: Lahat ng gustong mag-artista doon dumadaan.
YUMI: May talent naman ako kahit papano a!
JIGS: Lahat naman ng bold star may talent a! Sa dibdib! (Tatawa)
YUMI: (Hahampasin ng unan si Jigs) Bastos ka talaga! Akala ko goody-goody ka...Hindi ko papatulan ang pagbobold kahit anong mangyari no! Kahit ganito ako, may respeto pa rin naman ako sa sarili ko.
JIGS: Ganito? Anong ganito?

Di sasagutin ni Yumi ang tanong.

YUMI: These producers think all the people want is sex,sex, sex! Kaya puro basura ang mga pelikula e. Wine pa nga!
JIGS: (Magsasalin ng wine) Bakit naman botique?
YUMI: Hoy madaya ka na ha? Hindi pa ako lasing. Ako na ang magtatanong. Ang korni mo namang magtanong. Bigatan naman natin nang konti...Inom ka muna.

Iinom si Jigs. Magsasalin siya ng bago.

YUMI: Who was your first crush in the barkada?

Tahimik.

YUMI: Haha! Bingo ka no? Bagal mo naman sumagot.

Iinumin ang wine. Magsasalin ng bago.

JIGS: Lalaki o babae?

Tatawa sila pareho.

YUMI: Dapat may time limit ito e.

Tahimik.

JIGS: Hirap naman ng tanong mo.
YUMI: Iyon nga ang maganda e. Para may thrill. As if naman ibo-broadcast ko sa barkada kung sino.
JIGS: Wine pa?
YUMI: Di mo pa sinasagot yung tanong ko, nagtatanong ka na!

Magsasalin ng wine si Jigs kay Yumi.

JIGS: Yung crush ko kasi...siyempre, sino pa ba? E di yung pinakamaganda sa barkada.
YUMI: Nge. Subjective yon no! Para sa kin ang pinakagwapo si Joel. Sa babae, si Kay. Para kay Ronald, si Meg...
JIGS: Yung literally na may dating walang tanung-tanong. Yung kahit sino ng tanungin mo sa tropa, objectively, siya ang isasagot.
YUMI: Jigs, twenty questions ang game natin. Hindi guessing game. C'mon man. Play your own game. Paano na kung truth or dare to edi pahirapan! Dadalawa na nga
lang tayo e.
JIGS: Yung commercial model.

Matitigilan si Yumi.

YUMI: Wine pa nga. Magsasalin si Jigs.

Mag-iisip si Yumi. Iinom. Biglang matatawa.

YUMI: (Tumatawa pa rin) Talaga?
JIGS: Sige, pagtawanan ba?
YUMI: You can say it to my face, I won't bite. Bakit hirap na hirap kang sabihin kung sino? Takot kang ma-reject? Parang tanong lang e...Wine pa nga!
JIGS: Okay, 1 point ka na...
YUMI: (Ngiti) Gee...thanks. Flattered naman ako. At kailan naman nangyari ito?
JIGS: Sorry, my turn to ask. (Ngingiti) Who is your crush in the barkada...NOW?
YUMI: E ginaya mo lang yung tanong ko e.
JIGS: Hinde no. May qualifier ako. Ang sabi ko, NOW. Ang tanong mo, first crush ko.
YUMI: Korni pa rin! Alam mo, kung basketball to, tambak ka na.
JIGS: Just answer the question.
YUMI: Siyempre wala. I told you, I don t have time for these stuff. Kakabreak ko lang di ba?
JIGS: Korni mo namang sumagot.
YUMI: E korni yung tanong e. Pero kung talagang-talagang kailangan kong
sumagot...hmmm...teka...sino nga ba? Sino ba ng crush material sa barkada? Wala akong maisip e. Ikaw na lang.
JIGS: Yung seryoso naman.
YUMI: Seryoso ako. Ayaw mo yata e. Sige, iba na lang...
JIGS: E napipilitan ka lang e.
YUMI: Uy! Paano ba yan? MU na tayo? Crush mo ko, crush kita...yiheee (Tatawa).
JIGS: Dati pa yon no!
YUMI: Ay? Di mo na ko crush? Bakit? Na turn-off ka? Ano namang ginawa ko? Tsk.Tsk.
JIGS: Is that your question na?
YUMI: Oy, hinde! Ito naman...di ba pwedeng mag-follow-up?

Iinom ng wine si Jigs.

YUMI: Fine. Here's a little juicy question. Describe your first kiss.
JIGS: That's not even a question.
YUMI: Arte mo. O How was your first kiss like?

Natatawa si Jigs.
JIGS: Wet.
YUMI: Yuck!

Nagtatawanan sila.

JIGS: Alam mo, aksidente yung first kiss ko. Close kasi kami nung isa kong kaibigan. Pag naggu-goodbye ako sa kanya, parati ko siyang kini-kiss sa noo. E one time, sa gym habang nagpapahinga, nakaupo siya sa sahig. Tinatamad siyang tumayo. So bumaba ako nang konti para halikan siya sa noo kasi pauwi na ako. E siya naman, para maabot ko, medyo tumingala. E sakto, sa lips ko siya nahalikan. Pareho kaming nagulat. Pero di pa kami naghiwalay agad. Weird nga ang feeling e. Parang may glue! Ayaw na namin maghiwalay pareho...

Tawa pa rin si Yumi.
YUMI: Awww. Ang sweet naman. Parang sa pelikula. Si Krissy ba to?
JIGS: Hindi. Hindi mo siya kilala.
YUMI: So what happened? Nagkatuluyan kayo?
JIGS: Nope.
YUMI: Ha?
JIGS: Ewan ko ba. Complicated kasi yung situation namin e. May boyfriend siya noon. Ako naman, takot pa sa isang relationship. Pero at least, na-discover namin
na pareho pala kaming may gusto sa isa t isa. Pero hanggang doon na lang.
YUMI: What happened after?
JIGS: We talked about it. We both decided na it won't work. Tapos, bigla na lang, hindi na kami nagkikita. And then, I met you guys, iba na ang barkada ko.
YUMI: Nakakatuwa naman.
JIGS: Ikaw, paano yung first kiss mo?
YUMI: Ikaw ang nagturo sa akin ng game na ito di ba? Bakit ba lagi mong bini-break ang rules? Di mo na pwedeng tanungin yan!
JIGS: Tine-testing ko lang kung lasing ka na. (Iinom ng wine) Okay, nakawarm-up na ako! What was the naughtiest thing you ever did?
YUMI: Yan ang mga tanong! Ano ba ng ibig mong sabihin ng naughty?
JIGS: Bahala kang mag-define.
YUMI: Hmmm...marami e...(matatawa) baka ma-eskandalo ka.
JIGS: Kanina ayaw mo ng korni. Ngayong medyo exciting naman...
YUMI: Eto na...I had two boyfriends at the same time.
JIGS: (Nagulat) Hala!
YUMI: I was with Joel and Zach at the same time.
JIGS: Yikes! Alam ba ni Joel?
YUMI: Kaya nga kami naghiwalay nun e. Nahuli ako (matatawa).
JIGS: Ano namang pumasok sa kukote mo't ginawa mo yon, aber?
YUMI: Nag-eexperiment lang! ako. E sa type ko sila pareho e. Anong magagawa ko? Saka para may thrill. Alam mo yon? Yung patago kang nakikipag-date sa isa
para di mahuli. Everyday pa akong nakakalibre, kasi, alternate sila! (Tatawa) Akala nyo kayo lang mga lalaki ang pwedeng gumawa non?
JIGS: How can you love two guys at the same time?
YUMI: Who said something about love? Walang kinalaman ang love dun. I was...having fun!
JIGS: Nainlove ka na ba, ever?
YUMI: Nakakailang tanong ka na? It's my turn.
JIGS: Don't you want to answer the question anyway?
YUMI: My turn!
JIGS: Kulang ka pa sa wine. (Tatawa)

Ubos na ang unang wine bottle. Kukuha si Jigs ng isa pa sa ref.

JIGS: Ang bilis nating uminom a.
YUMI: Are you still a virgin?
JIGS: Whoa! Where did that come from?
YUMI: That's my fourth question.
JIGS: (Magsasalin ng wine sa mga baso). Ano sa tingin mo?

Ngingiti si Jigs. Tititigan lang siya ni Yumi.

YUMI: Don't tell me, wala pang nangyayari sa inyo ni Krissy hanggang ngayon? Ilang taon na ba kayo?
JIGS: Mag tu-two years na sana next week.
YUMI: So virgin ka pa? I don't believe it!
JIGS: Mukha ba akong tarantado?
YUMI: Mukha kang nagpapaiyak ng babae e.
JIGS: Insulto ba yon?
YUMI: Compliment yon, tanga.
JIGS: Ah, okay. Thanks.
YUMI: Pero, you mean, you never felt the urge to do it?
JIGS: Alin? Sex?
YUMI: Wow! Nasabi rin niya!
JIGS: Of course I always feel it. Natural lang yon sa tao no? Nasa iyo na lang yan kung ano ng gagawin mo sa urge na yon.
YUMI: E natural naman pala e. Bakit mo pinipigilan? I mean, pag naiihi ka, iihi ka. Pag nagugutom ka, kakain ka. Pareho lang yon, di ba?
JIGS: Pag naiihi ka, iihi ka dahil kailangan mong umihi. At hindi ka iihi kahit saan. Pupunta ka sa banyo. Pag nagugutom ka, kakain ka dahil kailangan. At hindi mo kinakain ang lahat ng pagkain na ihain sa iyo. Pag di ka gutom, di ka kakain. Pag di mo gusto
yung pagkain, di mo gagalawin. Ang aso, pag may nakitang pagkain diyan, walang tanung-tanong. Lalamon yan.
YUMI: And sex is the same?
JIGS: Lahat ng bagay, nilalagay sa lugar. May context. At least, yun ang nagpaiba sa atin sa aso.
YUMI: Grabe ka namang magsalita. Para mo na ring sinabing lahat ng nakikipagsex, aso ah!
JIGS: Sinasabi ko lang, pag wala sa tamang konteksto, mali.
YUMI: And what is that context?
JIGS: Matanda na tayo. Ayokong maging preachy. Alam na natin yan.

Tahimik.

JIGS: Kaso, kahit alam na natin, minsan di pa rin natin ginagawa.

Tahimik.

JIGS: Masarap e. Sino ba ng ayaw nun?

Tahimik.

YUMI: (Medyo nairita) So feeling mo santo ka at dapat kang i-congratulate for being a virgin!
JIGS: Sinasabi ko lang ang pinaniniwalaan ko. Ineexplain ko lang kung bakit di ko ginagawa. May kanya-kanya tayong dahilan. Di ko pinipilit kahit kanino ang mga paniniwala ko...No need to get so cross about it, Yumi.

Tahimik.

JIGS: It's not about being a virgin or not. It's about putting things into their proper places.
YUMI: I'm not arguing with you.
JIGS: Me neither. I'm just answering your questions.

Matagal na katahimikan. Ngingiti si Jigs. Titignan niya si Yumi na medyo nairita sa nakaraang train of conversation nila. Magsasalin siya ng wine para kay Yumi.

JIGS: Nasobrahan ka na yata sa wine e. (Tatawa) You still wanna go on with the game? Nine pa lang tayo, eleven more to go. (Ngingiti)
YUMI: Shoot me.
JIGS: Who was your first lay?
YUMI: (Hahampasin ng unan si Jigs) Ang bastos mo talaga! So inaassume mo na hindi na ako virgin?
JIGS: E sabi mo kasi, walang thrill ang game pag walang nananalo e. So guess I'm winning. Saka wala naman akong inimply na ganun a! I'm just hitting two birds
with one stone. Kasi kung virgin ka, e di simple lang ang sagot, wala. Kung hindi naman, edi sino?
YUMI: Ang daya mo.
JIGS: Akala ko ba ayaw mo ng korning tanong?
YUMI: You think I'll answer that after giving your sermon, Father Jigs?
JIGS: Ano ka ba? Inexplain ko lang yung personal reasons ko. Kung ano man ang sa iyo, I'll respect them as well as I know you respect mine. I'm no saint. I'm just trying to get to know you better. (Ngingiti)
YUMI: How do you do that?
JIGS: Alin?
YUMI: I should have walked out on you kanina pa pero the way you say things...parang bumabaliktad sayo...makes you more...charming. Kung ibang tao ka siguro, di na kita kakausapin.
JIGS: You can't walk out. We're locked here for three days except for meals.
YUMI: So I'm forced to like you para di masira ang vacation ko. (Ngingiti)
JIGS: You don't have to answer my question if you don't want.
YUMI: I guess I'll be honest with you as you were honest with me...

Tahimik. Iinom ng wine si Yumi.

YUMI: Di mo siya kilala. His name was Robert. He was my first boyfriend. It was Senior Prom Night. Alam mo na...typical senior prom story. Everyone wants to lose it on prom night. Everyone thinks na pag prom night, it was something special. We went out sa hall
nang maaga. We made out sa kotse niya. One thing led to the other. Tapos, yun...yun na. We went back just in time! for the awarding of the prom queen. Guess what, I won pa. (Mahinang tawa)
JIGS: What was it like?
YUMI: Now that I look back, it isn't as special as I thought it was. Pero it was different then. Back then, we were just led by our passions. Alam mo yon? Andun ka na. Hormones raging wild. Passions and Ideals are confused. Akala mo love, yun pala, curious ka lang pala. Akala mo yun na yon. Akala mo you're in-love at lahat ng gawin mo tama. Lahat ng gawin mo perfect. Everything was magical...well, almost.
JIGS: Almost...?
YUMI: Sa next question mo na yan. Ako na.
JIGS: (Pabiro) Wine pa? Kulang ka pa yata e.
YUMI: Nilalasing mo ko no? May balak ka sa kin no? (Tatawa)
JIGS: Is that your question? Sasagutin ko na. (Tatawa)
YUMI: Engot. Hindi yon. Here's something na curious lang ako. Kasi I've been hearing things...saka you've hinted on it na rin kanina...Are you still with Krissy?
JIGS: Hindi na!
YUMI: Since when?
JIGS: Two, Maybe three weeks ago!?
YUMI: Sino ng nakipag-break?
JIGS: Pareho kami.
YUMI: Why?
JIGS: Maraming dahilan, actually. Naisip na lang namin na it won't work. Isa na don, magkaiba kami ng gustong mangyari sa buhay. Magkaiba kami ng mga pinaniniwalaan.
YUMI: Like what?
JIGS: Marami.
YUMI: At ngayon mo lang nalaman iyon after two years with her?
JIGS: People change, Yumi.

Tahimik.

JIGS: Right before graduation, she asked me to move in with her.
YUMI: Talaga?
JIGS: Sabi niya, doon na naman din daw papunta ang relasyon namin. Might as well practice na raw for the real thing. Tutal, she's working na naman, ako naman
bagong graduate, we should try out na raw living together if it'll work for us.
YUMI: Natakot ka sa arrangement?
JIGS: Hindi naman sa natakot. If you love someone, ano pa ng ikakatakot mo, di ba?
YUMI: E bakit umayaw ka?
JIGS: It's just that, it's not my thing.
YUMI: Sabi na nga ba e, bakla ka no? Sinasayang mo ang opportunities! (Matatawa)
JIGS: Hindi ako oportunista. At lalong hindi ako bakla.
YUMI: Fine!
JIGS: Naisip ko lang na hindi pa pala ako handa sa mga ganitong bagay. Wala pa sa isip ko ang ganon. Na-shock siguro ako sa reality na iyon na nga ang next step sa
relationship namin. I mean, two years of being together and knowing each other, we're practically ready to get married, if you know what I mean. Pero I realized, I'm not ready for any of these. Narealize ko how immature I am. Na iba yung ideals ko two years ago sa ideals ko ngayon. I need to mature some more to get into this things, I mean, getting married. Diyos ko, ilang taon lang ba ako.....
YUMI: Maturity has nothing to do with age.
JIGS: But it has a lot to do with time.

Tahimik.

JIGS: So I thought, bakit kailangan ng practice mode? Ibig sabihin, pag sumablay kami, split na kami? Live like a couple minus the commitment? Paano pag nawala na
yung magic? Goodbye na?

Iinom ng wine si Jigs.

JIGS: Kung kasal na, kasal na. Wala nang practice. I think thats the real cowardice. Yung i-try muna natin kung it will work kasi takot kayo na baka hindi maging successful ang outcome. Saan na napunta ang excitement ng buhay? Kaya nga kayo in-love, para sabay kayong humarap sa totoong buhay, sa hirap at ginahawa, di ba? (Matatawa) Hindi yung pagpapraktisan muna ninyo para siguradong ginhawa lang.

Magkikibit-balikat lang si Jigs.

YUMI: Are you always like that?
JIGS: Like what?
YUMI: So cerebral in everything. Kahit pagdating sa relationships.
JIGS: Life is too precious para lang daanin sa trial and error.

Ngingiti si Jigs. Tahimik.

YUMI: So, No hard feelings?
JIGS: Friends pa rin kami. She still calls me up nga sa bahay e.
YUMI: That's nice.
JIGS: Kayo, bakit kayo nagbreak ni Carlo?
YUMI: That's your sixth na ha?
JIGS: Sure.
YUMI: Alam mo, ironic para sa akin yung break-up namin ni Carlo. And the funny thing was, it was about...sex. Uy, sa atin lang ito ha?
JIGS: Of course.
YUMI: Kasi nga, I was looking for that magic nga di ba? I wanted to be in a relationship na special naman. So of all the boyfriends I had, sa kanya lang ako walang sexual relationship. As in nag-aabstain talaga ako. Kasi parang naisip ko, para magkaroon naman ng meaning yung making love di ba? Parang, dapat di mo parating ginagawa, at ginagawa mo lang when you are sincere with yourself and with your partner. So I was
investing muna emotionally. And I was actually starting to care about him. Yung, hindi ko na iniisip yung sarili ko. Yung siya lang ang inaalala ko. Akala ko perfect na...
JIGS: Ano ng nangyari?
YUMI: Patunayan ko raw na mahal ko siya. Magbigay daw ako ng proof. Pagbigyan ko raw siya. Sabi ko sa kanya, hindi pa ba sapat na proof yon? Na I'm saving myself for that right moment, that special moment between us? Alam mo ng ginawa? Nilayasan ako!
JIGS: You deserve someone better.
YUMI: Talaga!
YUMI: Isipin mo, kung kelan naman I grew tired of meaningless sex, when I'm looking for the real thing, saka naman mawawala. Ang ironic ng buhay no?
JIGS: That's the way we must learn.
YUMI: Alam mo, kung tutuusin, never ko pang na-experience yung tunay na mag make-love. And I had to go all through those relationships para lang ma-realize yun. Atleast, ngayon, alam ko na ang hinahanap ko.

Iinom ng wine.

YUMI: Ikaw ba, importante sayo na virgin ang mapapangasawa mo? How do you see virginity ba?
JIGS: Alam mo, di ko pa napag-isipan yan. Pero now that you've mentioned it...It doesn' t matter kung virgin ang mapangasawa ko o hindi. Of course I value
virginity a lot. I treat it as the only real gift I could give to my wife to be. Imaginin mo na lang diba, kung wife ko ang una ko. It's like the perfect wedding gift I could give to her. Pero kung siya hindi na virgin, I wouldn't care. As long as mahal ko siya. Kasi I don't expect her to give me the same gift. I don't do something because I expect people to do the same to me. Ibigay niya sa akin ang sarili niya nang buong-buo, sapat na sa akin yon. Masaya na ako sa ganoon.
YUMI: (Mapapangiti si Yumi.) You know, that's the nicest thing I ever heard from a guy. That's why I always enjoy talking to you. You always say the nicest things.
JIGS: Wow! Salamat! E ikaw? Is making love to you equal to love?
YUMI: I always took sex and love as opposite ideas. I mean, after the first time na...you know...sa Senior prom. Kasi afterwards, we broke up na ni Robert. Tapos
naisip ko, yun na ba yung love? Baka hindi love yung naramdaman ko. Baka napagkamalan ko lang siyang love. I was just after the pleasure of intimacy. And then I
felt empty. So empty. That's why I wanted to change. I wanted to believe in making love. And I'm still looking for it. Yung magic. Yung feeling mo, tao ka pala. I never felt that kahit isang beses. Men have penetrated my body but never my soul. And I wanted
that. I wanted someone to touch my soul. To make love to my soul through my body. Pero siguro, naging numb na ko sa dami ng relasyong pinagdaanan ko. Hindi ko alam kung mararanasan ko pa iyon. That's why I envy you.

Tahimik.

YUMI: Sa tingin mo may pag-asa pa ako?
JIGS: You still have your soul...(Ngingiti)

Tahimik.

YUMI: With whom would you want to experience it?
JIGS: Of course, sa asawa ko.
YUMI: I mean, someone in particular. Take it as my seventh question. So give a name.
JIGS: A name? Hindi ko alam. Basta kung sino ang magiging asawa ko.

Tahimik. Magkikibit-balikat si Yumi. Iinom ng wine.

JIGS: Well, I always thought na it was Krissy. And then, it was just gone. Of course I loved her. And I still do. Pero the magic was just gone after we both found out na magkaiba kami ng mga prinsipyo sa buhay.

Tahimik.

JIGS: My turn?
YUMI: Shoot me.
JIGS: Tell me something...a secret. Yung wala kahit isang nakakaalam.

Matagal na katahimikan.

JIGS: You trust me naman di ba?
YUMI: Well, you've earned it, alright.
JIGS: Saka wala akong tinatago sa yo. Sinagot ko lahat ng tanong mo as honestly as I could. (Ngingiti)
YUMI: I uhm...
JIGS: Yes...?
YUMI: I need more wine.

Magsasalin si Jigs ng wine.

JIGS: Take your time. We have less than fifty hours to go.

Iinom ng wine si Yumi.

YUMI: I'll tell you something no one in the world knows except one other person. And that person probably forgot all about me already.
JIGS: (Pabiro) What? You had sex with a stranger?
YUMI: Ano ka ba?
JIGS: Biro lang. Seryoso na.
YUMI: Promise ha? Hindi ito lalabas.
JIGS: Promise.
YUMI: If this goes out, I will hunt you kahit sa libingan mo. Huhukayin kita at papatayin kita ulit.
JIGS: Mamatay man ako ngayon.
YUMI: Okay...(Pause) I...I was with Joel then...(Magiging mas seryoso tono niya) ...and Zach. I wasn't really with Zach, I was just going out with him pag wala si Joel, alam mo na...making out and stuff...Well, anyway, I was kinda serious din naman
with Joel that time. Joel and I were...you know...doing it. And...
JIGS: And...?
YUMI: Uhm...I...uhm...I got pregnant.
JIGS: What!?

Tahimik. Iinom ng wine si Yumi.

YUMI: I uhm...shit. Hindi ko naman talaga ginusto e. Uhm...Two months akong delayed...then I took that test. I found out na buntis nga ako...and Joel found
out about Zach (maluha-luha na) and I didn't know what to say, you know? Maniniwala ba naman sa akin si Joel na naaliw lang ako kay Zach? Na I didn't really love him? Na wala lang iyon? And so he broke up with me and...I..uhm...I was afraid and uhm...(Magsisimula siyang magbreak-down)
JIGS: It's okay...
YUMI: I uhm...hindi ko na alam ang gagawin ko, Joel left me. I wanted to tell him about the baby to make him come back but I don't think he'd believe me after the thing with Zach...and...my parents are gonna kill me if...shit. (iiyak)
JIGS: (lalapit kay Yumi para i-console ito) Ssshhh...you don't have to tell me this if it upsets you...
YUMI: And so I went to a clinic...(hahagulgol) I didn't mean to, Jigs. I wasn't myself then. And I felt so afraid. So alone...
JIGS: Tahan na. Ssshhh...

Iiyak lang si Yumi kay Jigs. Yayakapin ni Jigs si Yumi.

JIGS: Alam ba to ni Joel?
YUMI: How can I tell him? The only other person na nakakaalam ay yung duktor sa clinic. God...(iiyak) Oh God...
JIGS: It's alright...

Hihimasin ni Jigs ang likod ni Yumi. Patatahanin niya ito. Matagal silang nakaganito lang. Matagal na katahimikan.

YUMI: Can you get me my yosi?

Tatayo si Jigs. Pupunta sa may side table sa tabi ng kama. Kukunin ang Yosi ni Yumi. Magsisindi siya ng isa at iaabot kay Yumi.

YUMI: Thanks...

Matagal na katahimikan.

YUMI: If we were...if we were the last two people on earth, would you consider doing it with me?
JIGS: Doing what?
YUMI: Alam mo na...
JIGS: Alin? (Teasing. Ngingiti)
YUMI: **** mo. (Ngingiti)
JIGS: (Ngumiti rin)
YUMI: So? Would you?
JIGS: Alin nga? Di mo masabi no? Bakit di mo masabi? (Pagtatawanan si Yumi) Sabihin mo nga, Sex! Sex! Sex! Sex!
YUMI: Shut up nga!
JIGS: That's your eight na, ha?
YUMI: I lost count. Answer it.
JIGS: Why not?

Hihithit ng yosi si Yumi. Tahimik. Sasandal si Yumi sa balikat ni Jigs.

JIGS: If you could be something else, what would you be?
YUMI: I dunno...maybe a violin...yeah. Violin siguro.
JIGS: Bakit?
YUMI: I always saw the relationship of a violin! and it's player as very intimate. Pag tumutugtog ang violinist, ang nakikita ko at naririnig ko, he strokes the soul of the instrument and the instrument penetrates the soul of the player. Para silang
nagme-make love. Di ba? Very sexy, very intimate, very sublime. Diba? Pareho silang sincere sa isa't isa. Dahil kung hindi sila sincere, walang music na mabubuo. The violin surrenders her body to her player, her whole body and her whole soul, in full trust and
sincerity. Diba, compared to the sound of the other instruments, ang tunog ng violin parang isang naked woman? A naked woman in surrender? I want to be a violin. I want to be stroked in the soul. I want to make sincere music. I want to experience the sound of love.

Tahimik.

JIGS: Lalim nun ah. (Ngingiti)
YUMI: Paano mo malalamang in-love ka na?
JIGS: Paano? I don't think there's a formula to that. Basta malalaman mo na lang. I mean, ilang beses lang ba nangyari sa akin yon? I'd like to believe na yun na nga yon...yung kay Krissy...
YUMI: Kwento mo nga...paano mo narealize dati na mahal mo nga si Krissy?
JIGS: Alam mo nakakatawa...korni actually. Babalik na naman ako sa pagiging korni nito e. Diba ayaw mo sa korni?
YUMI: Sige na. Hindi na kita aasarin.
JIGS: I heard bells.
YUMI: Ano?
JIGS: Seryoso. Bigla na lang, habang nag-uusap kami, may narinig na lang akong bells, tapos music. Ewan ko kung iniimagine ko lang yon pero yun ang nangyari. Nakakatawa nga e. Parang kanta ng Beatles.
YUMI: Seryoso ka ba?
JIGS: O baka naman nagkataon noong oras na yon, may nagkakantahan sa kung saan sa school. Basta may narinig akong bells. Tapos napangiti ako. Pagtingin ko sa mata niya, iba na ang nakikita ko. Hindi ko na siya nakita as kabarkada lang. Biglang parang may magic.Hindi ko ma-explain. Baduy, pero ganun. Tapos I just seized the moment. Umamin ako. A week later, kami na.
YUMI: Korni nga. (Matatawa)
JIGS: Korni talagang pakinggan. Pero pag nandun ka na. Pag naranasan mo na, feeling mo, hindi na korni.

Ngingiti si Yumi. Tahimik.

YUMI: Alam mo, may times na parang tunog violin ang boses mo. O lasing lang ako?

Tahimik.

JIGS: I'm into my last question.

Iaangat ni Yumi ang ulo niya.

YUMI: Shoot me. Better make it good.
JIGS: If you were again to be the next victim of this tradition, if you were to be locked up in this room again...who would you want the next guy to be?
YUMI: (Mag-iisip) I want someone whom I could talk to...Yung makukwentuhan ko ng mga sikreto ko. Yung may sense makipag-usap. Yung may laman. The violin player
who'd stroke my strings...not even. Yung mapapatunog niya ang strings ko without even touching them. (Tahimik) Lumuluwag na ang dila ko...kung anu-ano na
ang nasasabi ko. (Ngingiti)

Tititigan lang ni Jigs si Yumi. Tahimik.

YUMI: Siyempre yung masarap kausap.

Tahimik. Hindi makatingin si Yumi.

YUMI: Yung kahit habambuhay wala kaming gawin kundi mag-usap... I think it's better than making love.

Mapapatingin si Yumi kay Jigs.

YUMI: Gosh I want to kiss you so badly.

Natitigilan siya.

YUMI: I can't believe I just said that.

Tahimik. Titignan niya ulit si Jigs.

YUMI: Don't you want to kiss me?

Pause. Titignan siya ni Jigs sa mata.

JIGS: Is that your last question? (Ngingiti si Jigs)
YUMI: Yes.

DILIM.

IFX Pinoy Krissie Bash ... December 01, 2007

2008-01-01T23:30:00.000-08:00

Prolly, the biggest IFX pinoy bash so far ... the Xmas Bash had seen a lot of old and new IFX pinoys. Thanks to our host Juday and Jon who generously volunteered (or was volunteered) to accomodate more than 20 Filipinos, all excited for the Christmas
Season.

We had a couple of Games/Events:
Taboo (the girls' team won)
Pinoy Henyo (the guys' team won)
Raffle draws
and of course, Kris Kringle (exchange gifts)

and the foooooddd.. catered by JOLOGS hehehehee

Here are some of the pictures of that night..

More pictures availabe at (courtesyJosephine Tiu):
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=24711&l=24628&id=553278342
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=24712&l=473e5&id=553278342

Abangan... IFX Pinoy Krissie Festivity

2007-11-28T21:52:00.000-08:00

Qimonda Angels

2007-11-21T01:22:00.001-08:00

Siyempre kasama pinay .... :)