…a stunnin’ revelation!

8.46 am / December 31, 2005

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Last night I went out with some of my closest friends (mitch, esche, embeng, totot) with some astonishing revelation. First, I went out and circle around the busy streets of our centro (people tend to do their late shopin’ galore for new year) with hopes I can bump some old friends. Unfortunately, after three rounds (even it was raining I manage to walk on the wet and sort of “muddy”). Finally, I decided to text my friend mitch –

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So, I walk again waiting for the reply. After a couple of minutes, my phone ring and vibrate.

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Kauuwi pa lang house. Kaw?

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Want to go out and eat or coffee. I am bored and been two days I just stayed in the house

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With hopes that she can go out with me and together we’ll kill the time together. While walking with no where to go , I text esche.

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Then, again, my phone ring and vibrate. While I was standing in the traders squares.

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Cge. Puntahan kta sainyo cguro. Toothbrush lang ako at pahinga k0nti. Kararating ko lang galling sa wedding.

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Okay. But I’m here in centro. Which is okay for you I wait for you sa red platter or lucky 9.

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While thinking where will be the best landmark and easiest way for mitch and easy way for esche house. Then, my phone ring and vibrate.

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Im at home. Wait lng mamamalantsa lng ako.

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Okay. We’ll pick you in awhile.

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After sending the reply text and standing in front of traders square (actually in the middle of red platter and chowking). Somebody shouted my name, “GABRIEL” (a loud woman voice from my right), surprise and happy to see. It was embeng to gether with tita walking. So I walk with them while chattin’ some things. Embeng saying that she doesn’t know that I am already here because nikki told her that I’ll not go home. While tita on our side, tita ask if I am with someone, “girlfriend” – what she mean, I said, “I wish tita”, then she thought I have already and told her I have sana si “liah” (then I laugh). But, tita said, bestfriends should not be lovers (with a joke on the last word). So, I waited for mitch while I was busy talking to embeng. Then, she call nikki and liah. Hoping they can come. But, both are not available. after twenty minutes or less. Mitch was outside waiting for me while I was still on the phone talking to nikki. So, I went out and manage to grab embeng and totot to join with us (but they’ll just meet us in bean bag). So, we went to esche house to pick her up and go straight to magsaysay to look for the place to eat. We end up at coco leaf and order a bunch of food. Mind you, esche paid for it! (thanks esche! Mwah mwah mwah) then, embeng and totot arrive which we are almost done. After paying the bill, we immediately transferred to bean bag for a cup of coffee. The place was full and lots of people whom I know back then were there. A little bit of chat and looks for a table. While walking and getting inside. Guess who I saw, it was ‘LEMONADA” with her friends (surpassingly – the world is too small for us! hahaha).

So, we manage to have a table. We sit and order (the usual for me black brewed coffee and the rest whatever!). then, while sitting there and having some chat with friends and old classmates coming from (st. joseph school, naga parochial school and ateneo de naga university) and enjoying the things around us. I thought I was just the one notice tha the place is full of young ones. Then, I just out of curiosity throw a question to my friends, “they are all young, and I feel I’m too old for this place?”. Then, the “stunnin’ revelation” have just flowed inside my mind. When embeng said, “Gab, we are old!” (with honest conviction in her voice). A reality check that really keep on flowing on me…

The generation now was clearly unstoppable. They have all the luxuries in the world that can offer (having the tools and gadgets that keep on sprouting like a mushroom every now and then). The world was really (literally) “getting small” for everyone. Looking them (the young ones) I don’t know what to say (with a little bit of worry inside me, yet, a little bit happy for them because they can still manage things even are really not as what it was then). Stunt yet understands what really the world brings us. Still, there is this thing pulling me back to think. Something that could really explain that am I really this too old enough and never knows what (entire thing) really the worlds offers or I am just simply never cares for quite sometime…? I know this might be usual for you but I am just worried for the next ones. What would be the next?

Many people says or maybe I say that,

“…live you life today with full of compassion, excitement, adventure, and hopes then let the past be a guidance, challenge and learning and let tomorrow mind her way for today will give you the ideas and decisions how to handle…” – gab david