The First Date

I was rushing early Sunday morning to get to Lipa to attend the Church service. It was the first Sunday of the month! And I came so late that I decided not to walk into the Church. I went to 711 instead to wait for Gracia and Comy. I bought Unggutero by Bladimer Usi. I find the three jokes at the back part of the comic book really funny. However, I was a bit disappointed reading the content of it.

Then Gracia came around lunch already. We went to Robinson’s. We had lunch in Reyes Barbeque. They really serve delicious foods. We did enjoy our lunch. It was just that we had to wait fifteen minutes, I believe, before we had our orders.

Gracia told me her experience on the bus on her way to Lipa that day. She was seated next to this former-drug-addict-turned-to-devoted-catholic-and-Virgin-Mary-follower. This man in his late thirty’s was holding a Bible. Gracia was telling me this man was taking every verse in the Bible literally which was wrong. Gracia was correcting her and it was like, she was preaching the whole bus with the Holy Spirit. Everyone there was listening, even the Bus Steward. It made me so proud of her. I enjoyed the way she told the story.

Then she excitedly told me about the dress she would wear for their company’s Christmas party. The motif was retro. We searched for the perfect pair of earrings, accessories, and Betty La Fea’s type of eyeglasses. We searched the whole Robinson’s for each, there were few who almost close to what she was looking for. Still it didn’t satisfy her elite fashion taste. I couldn’t really help her because I was not really into fashion. We were hearing news around about the result of the Dream Match: Pacquiao VS De La Hoya. There were couple of people I heard saying Manny lost the game but I refused to believe them.

Anyway we both went to SM Lipa instead to continue the adventure in search of those accessories she was looking for. There I saw the beautiful pants in Folded and Hung, the checkered one which I was dreaming to have since 2006. Now, it seems like everyone has it. When I found it, I noticed my only shoes, which are red, don’t match the pants. So we looked for the perfect shoes for the dream pants of mine. We found one in Rusty Lopez. I was very happy and satisfied. Gracia bought a beautiful red cap from Folded and Hung as her gift for the person she picked as her monito.

Finally we found one for her Betty La Fea’s eyeglasses. It was a nice one. After that we watched Twilight. My most favorite line there is this: I don’t have the strength to stay away from you anymore. Hopefully I remembered it right. The movie was…okay. Both of us didn’t like it that much. It was just…fine.

Then we went to Turbina and had a cup of hot drinks in 711. She had hot chocolate. I had French Vanilla. Funny thing which I liked the most about that day was when there were two Peso coins which we put together and made our wishes. It was so funny and wonderful, hearing our wishes for our careers next year, our dreams for our families, our personal dreams, for eightmiles, and so much more. It was really fun hearing the transformation of each dream and I felt like it was one of the most intimate, special things that we shared together. I admit that I always think of that something else every time we are together although I always keep control on it.

All in all, it was a very beautiful day. I was very happy, recharged, and full of new hope. Very happy. I am.