a toast to lasting friendships

ten years ago at around this time, i met a group of girls that would eventually become some of my dearest friends.

when i entered college, i was looking forward to having new friends. our college barkada started out on the very first day of college and just grew from there. my first girlfriends in college: rona, sheryll, myn, jenp and christy. then we reunited with grette and raf when they transferred from u.p. manila. reunited because raf was rona's friend from masci while grette and i were classmates in stc. when we decided to join our course organization, that was when we met and became friends with ginia. same is true with jent as the tables were turned. we were the org members and she was the lowly applicant. hehehe!

yes, it has been ten long years. and i believe that a big part of who i have become now is because of them. they have been my support group and cheering squad during the difficult times in college. most, if not all, of my college memories have been created with one or all of them. and even when we graduated and went on to have our separate lives (it seemed like we were just one during college), the friendship never faltered. we were seeing less of each other, but it did not change the fact that we were friends. we were there for each other.

sure, we had our difficult moments, like any friendship. but those were erased by time. all that remains are the good times and wonderful memories and the promise of a lasting friendship.

to the gels... i may not say it much and i may not have shown it as much as i would have wanted but this truth remains, i love you and i always will. i am looking forward to the rest of my lifetime as i will have that journey with you.