On Andrew Gordon Mier

This past year, i've been hanging out a lot with old friends from AIESEC ADMU.. it's been quite the tradition to watch tagalog films with them... even the big summer flicks this june were weekly dates with these people. Movies, videoke, inuman, gimik. I never realized that we could all maintain this bond even after our org days are over, but I'm happy nevertheless because I know them much better now, not just as colleagues but as dear friends. I'm grateful too that they've "adopted" me somewhat, as I came from UPD and they're all Genuine Blue Alumni (as Drew would put it. Haha!).. good thing ADMU has always been nice to me :-)

With changes in work and school though, we haven't had the luxury of hanging out as often as we used to. But we've had our YM chats and constant texts to keep each other updated, especially in the love department. There's even an ongoing bet, that whoever "finds true love" first gets to treat the others at the buffet of our choice. For a while, everyone was assuming that I'd be the first to introduce someone to the gang, but it looks like Drew will be beating me to the finish line: he'll be bringing the girl over this weekend to meet us. 'Be nice', he warned us. Haha... we'll see Drew ;)

Part of me is really happy for him. He's been looking for the perfect girl for so long, and after so many false starts, I think this is it. I hope that this is it. Then again, a teensy weensy part is also wistful because I know that things won't be the same between us. The two of us became close anyway because we were both single this past year and we didn't have significant others to keep us "busy". Now, I feel like we won't be able to talk and watch movies and hang out as often as we used to because of course, his first priority will be the girlfriend. I've sort of "lost" an old friend already before because of a relationship, and this seems to be the same thing all over again. Of course we'd still be friends... yada yada... but we both know how things will be from now on. Oh well, that's life I guess. It's just sad saying goodbye to things you got used to, but change is always part of life and that's one thing we have to always keep adjusting to. Anyway, Drew's used to me being all dramatic on him at wee hours of the night... so nothing really new. Except he's the one praning now about his new relationship, keeping me updated with his midnight rendezvous at 3am. Haha!

So sans the senti mode... I still raise my glass to Drew: may this girl finally make all your dreams come true... and may we all have a grand time at Spiral! Cheers!