Monday, November 15, 2004
Kookie was here last night, and due to boredome (and something else), we decided to meet up with a doctor friend of mine at Robinson's Place (Manila). We shrieked at the thought of going to Rob, because it was less than a block away from where we went to college, and we knew that walking around the place was going to bring back all sorts of memories.
The three of us ended having coffee, dinner, a night stroll around Malate and drinks at our former favorite bar. It amused me that both Kookie and my doctor friend acted like old friends by the end of the night, although they only met a few hours before. It wasn't hard to do, since we came from a small campus (well, relative to our Diliman counterparts), and we new a lot of the same people.
Malate used to be an after-chorale-practice necessity, and we would be found there almost every night, getting hammered. I was a bit emotional when I saw bar after bar, each possessing a memory that made those years the best (and worst) of my life. It amused me to remember that on a certain Remedios Circle bench, a friend came out of the closet. I smiled to myself when I passed by an old coffee shop where we would go after a night of serious drinking to sober up before going home. I laughed when I saw the stand-up comedy bar when we would usually go when we wanted to be amused. Numerous heart to heart talks, college parties and old friends flooded my mind. It was one big emotional rollercoaster ride, which we three were happy to flush down with a couple of bottles of beer after.
Walking around Malate made me both miss the past and thank God that I have moved on. Reliving the past is always nice, but I wouldn't want to re-live it. I am happy that I have gone through what I have gone through, gotten to where I am, and kept the wonderful friends that I have. Growing up was inevitable, thank God.
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