“Nothing is comparable to a
faithful friend, and no weight of silver or gold is worth more than the
goodness of his fidelity.” -Sirach 6:15
January 10, 2013
Some people say that true friends
are found during high school years. I was just so fortunate that I found many
true friends also in college. We had
each other’s back as we aspired the coveted professional title. Though we didn’t
graduate with same course, together, we enjoyed and hurdled college years.
We baptized our group as THE
SERFENTSY. We got that name from an incident I don’t want to share (I might be
killed. LOL). Each letter represented our nicknames. Some may find it very “baduy”
to have a group name but we are “baduy”. Laban ka?
During college days, we spent
many moments together. If we were not studying, you would see us talking and
laughing, actually talking and laughing very loudly. That was our favourite recreation.
We made laugh at each other. We were fond to ridicule ourselves and
unfortunately, if someone was bad to us, you might be our topic. The walls and kiosks at our university
witnessed how fun people we were.
Since we started to pursue our careers, we couldn’t afford to spend the same amount of time just like those
times. To gather us all, we need to schedule our gathering. Last Friday night, I
was so happy to be reunited with my four lovely fents (we refer each member as fent). Although we were just 5 out of 12, we made the best out of the time.
Just like the old times, we
chatted like we didn’t have commitments after that night. We updated ourselves
with our recent endeavors. Our work, family, future plans and of course
lovelife were our topics. To make our conversation a little different that
night, I encouraged everyone to say one negative trait, attitude or something
bad to each one present that night and to admit what was, from our own mouth, our individual one bad trait/downfall. We were
hesitant at first because our eight years of friendship might end that night.
Eventually, we plunged into the challenge because we knew we were matured adults
now (assuming to be adults lang =D).
While devouring liempo, lechon manok,
yummy imported chips and cookies, we had a good catching up. Yes! No alcoholic beverage
included. Our conversation was very productive and juicy that night. Things
were clarified. One fent cried (alam na). Advices were given and taken. And our
friendship never ended that night (or Am I the only one assuming it? hahaha)
P.S.
Enjoy viewing the photos for those
who were absent that night. =P
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