Addressing my “Full Moon”

So near…and yet so far.
I hope you stop hiding from the shadow of tree.

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[postscript]

“Bullet the blue sky”

Yesterday, I got an email from my cubicle mate. Yes, we email each other even though we’re just three steps away. She said, “Please open your e-mail”. It was way passed 6 in the evening and she was about to leave the office. She just had a brief meeting with D'Boss. I got curious so I immediately obliged. The subject of the email said: “SAVE THE DATE: We’re Getting Married!”

I was stunned for awhile. I knew that she’s engaged and that she’s planning to get married but I never thought it would be this soon. But instantly, I felt happy for her. The groom is also from the office (from a different unit) so I’ve seen how their relationship bloomed and grew into something that is beyond anybody’s expectation. I call them the “cool couple”. Both of them are kind-hearted people, and have good reputations in the office for being hardworking and considerate. I am more close to the girl because she’s been my cubicle mate for the last four years and we can talk pretty much anything and everything under the sun. Well, not everything but I am comfortable talking to her.

Here’s the sad part. I won’t be able to make it to her wedding. I told her: “Why this date? I mean, out of the many dates why did you choose this?” The thing is, my cousin (who’s dear to me) will get married on the same day and I have to fly to Tacloban to be one of her secondary sponsors.

Oh well. But really, I was happy to see that my cubicle mate will no longer bear her maiden name. Good for her. :-D

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mr. brightside said something to me that i might not forget for the rest of the week. he told me: "pain is but for a moment; regret echoes to eternity."

mr. brightside has a funny habit this week. for 3 days straight. i wonder what's going on in his head.

Memories of Halong Bay

It was in 2006 that he suggested Halong Bay. In 2007, when I get to go to Vietnam the first time he again suggested that I go to Halong Bay. But I said, I was bound for Ho Chi Minh City. In 2008, I went back to Vietnam and told him that I am going to Hanoi. It was unfortunate though that Halong Bay was not part of our itinerary. This year, just last week, I was finally in Halong Bay. As I was relaxing on the viewdeck of our boat, I told myself: "Heck, I am finally here!"

But I haven't told him yet. I couldn't seem to find the exact words to describe it to him. But he was right. Halong Bay is enchanting.

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Sweet Treats

I got some sweet treats from one of the authors of the book that I am editing/layouting. It's a box of Carreon's Sweets & Pastries better known in Pampanga as the "Magalang Espesyal". A box contains an assorted of sweets and pastries including pastillas de leche, caramel, masapan de pili, empanaditas, and yemas. The bestseller among the products is the pastillas de leche which is made from 100% pure carabao’s milk. Yummy! Of course I didn't eat them all. Sharing them with friends is the best (or not). But really, I did share (a couple or more).

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HAPPY WEEKEND! :-)