These Days

I need a different now

Where we can wear each other for a while

I'll lend you my tears if I could borrow your smile

We'll get through tomorrow somehow today

Happy After...

Once upon these days



- These Days by Chantal Kreviazuk





The lyrics were written by John Ondrasik and Chantal Kreviazuk. I want
to be able to write something like this. It's a smart play with words
that somehow makes perfect sense. If you know the song, then you'd also
know that the tune fits the words impeccably.



I'm hooked with this song because yesterday I bought the OST of The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
at Greenbelt's Music One. And why, you ask, was I lost in a music store
in Greenbelt buying things that I wasn't supposed to buy? I was there
to meet my SMART OJT friends
for a long-ago-planned, frequently-postponed reunion. I haven't seen
these guys since June of last year. Unfortunately, the counting
continues for the others, since only four of us showed up. Haha.



KC, Allan, Alice, and I had dinner at Bola
where we looked like kuripot kids splitting the meals. But it was fun
-- it's always fun to share. We shared not only the food but also
stories of work (SMART, Intel, Unilab, +HP), vacations (Singapore,
Europe, China, USA), boards, and graduation. Afterward, we had coffee
at Bizu (after going to Coffeebean, Starbucks, Seattle's, and Max Brenner -- I swear Filipinos must be addicted to
coffee) where I had this notoriously thick hot chocolate. It was like a
Hershey bar melted into a petite cup. It was too sweet that I didn't
even finish the whole thing. But the macaroons in Bizu are really good.  You guys should try 'em.



It must be true that everyone is in Greenbelt on a Friday night. We
couldn't take 50 steps without seeing old classmates, officemates, and
friends. We saw SMART people Jaena, CJ, and Sally
at Bola. The UP Med/MBB/scientists (the ones who are obsessed with
genetics and DNA and joke about Gregor Mendel) were also there. In a
parallel universe I've taken Bio in college and know all these Bio/Genetics/Med people... But in the real
world I only know the Pisay people. Hello to UP Med/MBB-Pisay people: Mab, Mama MK, and Kurtish! I mish you guys!  Let's have lunch soon! 
Alice and Allan also saw classmates from La Salle (I can't remember all
of them -- there were just too many) and KC saw some friends from
Ateneo.



Makati is such a small world. So much for the drama of anymosity.