Because I have a lot of friends who I constantly lose contact with (due to graduations, job opportunities, moving, change of interest or basically just having busy lives), I cherish the moments that I get to see them again after a long time.

Yesterday, I got to see a lot of friends that I haven't seen in over a year.

I had plans to meet with Peachy somewhere in the Greenbelt/Glorietta after I get out of work and she gets out of Rep class. And because I found out that Anj is taking her OJT nearby at the New World Renaissance Hotel, we decided to meet up with her as well. Hahaha, I had this huge craving for Starbucks' coffee jelly, so I wanted to go to a Starbucks where there wasn't much people, and wait for them there. I checked out the Starbucks at Greenbelt 1 and 3, but it was packed. When I got to Glorietta, I didn't have to go to the cinemas because I know the Starbucks upstairs at the cinemas would be overflowing with people, so I decided to go to 6750. Grrr... crowded as well. I remembered there was a small Starbucks branch inside Rustans, so I went there. Yay, perfect. Not too crowded.

Hahaha, it was so funny how only a few people actually know about the Starbucks in there, because both Anj and Peach didn't know it was there. Heck, I only found about it a few months ago. But anyway, it was so great to see Anj again, even if she had to go home after a while. It's been more than a year since I last saw her.

After walking around a bit around the mall, Peachy and I walked to Mandarin Hotel. Nyoy and the Mannos were playing at Captain's Bar and we literally dropped by for a visit. Holy kamote, it's been a year since I last saw them. Said hi before they started their set, and then Peach and I hung around the hotel because she was waiting for Tita Helen so she can say hi to her as well. Hahahaha, while I was looking through her phone, I realized that she and Nikki still know each other! Small world.

After a while, we found out that Tita Helen was already inside Captain's Bar so we decided to wait for her outside the entrance of the venue. When the guy there noticed we were just standing around, he let us in without paying for the ticket, ahahaha. And to think it was already the encore. Anyway, after the gig, hi and hello to the rest we didn't say hi to, and then Peachy had to go. But because Memey told me to wait until they finish fixing up, I waited for them in the lobby. When they all emerged, he offered that I ride with him back to the south, so I went with him. But then he and Nyoy and Nina had to stop by a debut party at Manila Penninsula, so I went with them.

Holy kamote, while I was hanging around at the debut while Nyoy was singing, a girl approached me. Me-an was also at the debut party! Hahaha, what a small world. And she also mentioned that Anna was also there earlier but had to leave early. Aw. So Me-an and I spent the time talking and catching up on each others' news until she had to go.

Then there was another 18th birthday party they had to go to after that. It was in the girl's house/apartment, and once again, it was a small, small world. When they mentioned the girl's name (Ariane/Arianne), it sounded so familiar to me. I realized that I knew the girl from Peachy's blog! So when I saw their group, I saw familiar faces, all from photos that Peachy had posted in her online journals. It was so funny when I saw Camille when we were all in the elevator. She looked so much like Nina that I once did a double take when I first met her at ABS-CBN. I did another double take when I saw her, and then when she heard my name, that's when we realized that we knew each other. Hahahaha.

The funniest thing that happened during the party was when we were sitting at the table, and there was this bowl filled with crackers sprinkled with spicy powder. First Nyoy suddenly grabbed Memey and stuffed his mouth with the crackers. Then he challenged him to eat as many of the crackers as they can without drinking anything. Holy kamote, it was hilarious. There they were, talking to Arianne's dad, and eating the crackers the whole time, trying not to touch their cups of water.

"Pare, quit ka na."
"Pare, uminom ka na."
"Amoyin na lang natin yung tubig."

Then when Nyoy sort of choked a bit, Memey even offered his cup of water, but he didn't dare drink it. Of course, being the boys that they are, no one wanted to quit. They were already sweating, but they didn't dare let the other guy win, hahahahaha! Until Memey carefully checked that Nyoy was in deep conversation with Arianne's dad about music production. He slowly took his cup and took a sip, but Nyoy caught him, hehehe. So they finally called it quits and drank.

Rode home with Memey, and had a talk the whole ride home. Let me just say, Memey is a lot like Nicco in more ways than one. Nicco, if you're reading this, you two have to get together one time and talk, hahaha.

Anyway, gotta go for now. Lunch time. Hahaha, weird, before April started, I used to wake up just in time for lunch. Now, my body clock got used to waking up in time for breakfast, ahehehe.