for norie and chito

i had a nice fun time last night.

it was one of the few moments that i really enjoyed since coming home on a emergency break. with norie, who was on a "lagare" -- being omnipresent in the hundreds of activities that she's involved in, and chito, who flew in from cebu-bohol trip, harrased, haggard and still hyper -- going out for dinner is not only enjoyable but memorable as well.

the fun began when we went to this japanese resto i recommended (i ate there last year and it was fine). the waiter serving us could have been a model for the naruto series or those dragonball z villains. plucked eyebrows, pasty skin and thin-ness kate moss would have been jealous of - he was apologizing all the time for what is not available in the menu. after two rounds of sashimi and getting the last order of the night, i thought that the food was not so spectacular at all. oh but the coversations we had were. (maybe because i was the one speaking most of the time... hmmm...norie?)

it started with a trip down the memory lane: norie bickering about the ONLY time she fed me in vanuatu, me complaining about her lack of food in her fridge (she only has tomatoes!!!!) and me going out to the market at 7 am on a sunday, chito giving me the dish on the latest happenings and of the fun times drinking kava. hayyy... missing na lang si bong. pero mabait kami because we were so kind not to have mutilated nonoy through our conversations.

following the dinner, norie wanted to have some wine (though she will have an early morning flight the next day) and INSISTED that we should go and join her. afterall, it was her post-birthday celebration. guilt-trip. we went into one of these al fresco bars and not finding wine, we ended up with san miguel light. more kwento. i don't know if it was the atmosphere or me being with my friends that, i felt so relaxed.

since it was norie's birthday, chito and i gave her some wishes -- which i will not reveal here. akala mo, ha? but seriously, i love these guys. i am thankful for them, for being them and for being there. they were with me through the tough and fun times, and through all those times when i really needed preynds. we may not see each other or talk with each other but i know, nandiyan lang ang mga yan. ang nagagawa nga naman ng kava!

happy birthday norie. salamat sa t-shirt, to-chits. sa susunod, mag bi-beer house tayo!