CHOOSE YOUR FRIENDS...

JOHN PAUL RED
JOAN "ANJO" SANGALANG

I came home exhausted. Opened the laptop.Surfed the net.Browsed the friendster.com. Click the who's viewed me profile. Got 13 viewers.One of which is my closest college friend in University of the East, Manila. College of Dental Medicine. Botany class room 301. In all my ten (10) years of looking for her in the net and our common friends in college days, an innocent smile captured my memory.Yes! it was Joan Sangalang. My classmate in Dental Medicine course. I was happy...very happy... I added her in my friends list. I replied to her message. We exchanged yahoo messenger id. Then, the rest was history. I missed her for more than a decade. I missed her sweet smile. I missed her sweet sounding voice..."AYIEEEEEEEEE... BILI TAYO NG KIKIAM SA GILID NG SCHOOL AT SAKA GULAMAN! What a memory! I missed her dimples. Lastly, I missed her lifelong suitor, JOHN PAUL RED! How could I ever imagine that these two people closest to me would be known as sweethearts? The TOM AND JERRY partners...here comes the flowers. And now...here are the flowers...from her prince charming...straight and fresh from United States! sending flowers from USA to UAE? What a great sweetness from this man who eventually won the heart of my close friend ANJO (as what I call her---binaliktad ko ang joan) I am very happy for them.I am excited seeing them again next year. I am excited talking to them. Last night we had a long talk over the net. Kumustahan...I made some confessions. My tears fell down. This I sigh a bit...And cried. Then I go to bed---thinking of them and reminiscing the memories. I never regret I CHOOSE THEM AS MY FRIENDs.