My college days are so far, the best years of my life. Thanks to twelve great friends who made those years memorable and special. If not for my college barkada, I wouldn't have been able to go through the hardships a U.P. education entails - the endless sleepless nights cramming for exams, doing tons of lab reports, rushing from Pedro Gil to Padre Faura to attend classes, recitations in Juris, problem sets in Phy Chem, defense in Pharm Chem 27, product presentation in IP (best in product presentation, ahem ahem), extended hours in the lab, removals, finishing our thesis . . . and the list goes on.
And worth mentioning of course is the fun that comes with all of it - coffee at Starbucks and San Francisco Coffee, malling at Robinson's Manila, drinking sprees at New York Shop and Surf's Up (kahit may klase a few hours after), more drinking at our condo (na ang pulutan ay Argentina corned beef hot and spicy at R.Lapid's chicharon), late-night kwentuhan at the balcony of our condo while gazing at the numerous buildings of Manila and eating pancit canton, tambay sa secret society (don't ask where and why it is called as such, mahabang storya) at marami pang iba.
As we graduated from College and entered the world of office attires, neck ties and high heels, we saw less and less of each other. Meeting up became difficult, as some had 8-5 jobs, while others worked the graveyard shifts. Some migrated to different provinces and countries for greener pasture, while the rest stayed here in Manila.
So when I learned that Xerdan, our friend who migrated to the U.S., will be coming home for a visit, I was super excited for two reasons: 1) will be seeing Xerdan again after 5 long years and 2) it was the perfect opportunity for the whole barkada to meet up again. :-)
And I wasn't disappointed. The night that we all met up again was filled with fun, booze and laughter. Just like the good ol' days. *smiles*
We all met up at Coffee Bean in Greenbelt 3. Xerdan was 1 hour and 45 minutes late! Hindi na yata sanay sa traffic sa Pinas. Halos himatayin na kami sa gutom. Pero siyempre smile pa rin sa picture. Hehe.
And worth mentioning of course is the fun that comes with all of it - coffee at Starbucks and San Francisco Coffee, malling at Robinson's Manila, drinking sprees at New York Shop and Surf's Up (kahit may klase a few hours after), more drinking at our condo (na ang pulutan ay Argentina corned beef hot and spicy at R.Lapid's chicharon), late-night kwentuhan at the balcony of our condo while gazing at the numerous buildings of Manila and eating pancit canton, tambay sa secret society (don't ask where and why it is called as such, mahabang storya) at marami pang iba.
As we graduated from College and entered the world of office attires, neck ties and high heels, we saw less and less of each other. Meeting up became difficult, as some had 8-5 jobs, while others worked the graveyard shifts. Some migrated to different provinces and countries for greener pasture, while the rest stayed here in Manila.
So when I learned that Xerdan, our friend who migrated to the U.S., will be coming home for a visit, I was super excited for two reasons: 1) will be seeing Xerdan again after 5 long years and 2) it was the perfect opportunity for the whole barkada to meet up again. :-)
And I wasn't disappointed. The night that we all met up again was filled with fun, booze and laughter. Just like the good ol' days. *smiles*
We all met up at Coffee Bean in Greenbelt 3. Xerdan was 1 hour and 45 minutes late! Hindi na yata sanay sa traffic sa Pinas. Halos himatayin na kami sa gutom. Pero siyempre smile pa rin sa picture. Hehe.
Xerdan being a Kapampangan, we thought Ebun would be a nice choice for dinner. We ordered plates of crispy pata, ox tail kare-kare, sizzling tofu, lechon manok and pinakbet kapampangan. Yum, yum!
After dinner, we headed to Absinth for some more bonding (and pictures!) amidst rounds of lanffreys, San Mig Lights and hookah. 
Thanks Xerdan, Rach, Ja, Miel, Chit, Gail, Tet, Hubert, Oliver and Susan for a super fun-filled night that we had! Hope we can do this again soon! Muah!
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