Dear Drew

Dear Drew,

First of all, this letter is long but bare with me because I wrote it and I am supposed to be one of your best friends damn it! Hehe. How have you been? I see you're starting to settle in your new apartment. That's great! Although I'll certainly miss Naturalville. No more vacation house in Bangkok for me.

My family (meaning me, my brother, and my mom) are also in a period of transition. You know how we've been selling our house for like 3 years already but negotiations have never really reached the final stages. It came to the point na sobrang frustrating na. The house, if you remember, is the only thing left that's preventing us from completely severing our ties with my mom's husband on paper (I refuse to call him dad or my mom's spouse. Hehe.) Meanwhile, the condominium that my siblings and I own in Roxas Boulevard has been in the market for a year. We wanted to have it rented for extra income.

But recently, our house recently got sold! So yay! Finally, my mom can start a new life and my brother and I are only willing to support her. So happiness diba! We were able to sign the deed of sale the other day so it's official. We planned to live in our condo in Roxas Boulevard temporarily but here's another good news - the condo too recently got rented to a Korean! I never thought I'd say this, but homaygod! Apart from their cuisine, I can say that I love Korean people na ren! Hahaha! So double yay! I can't believe that everything will happen in a span of a month. We waited for 3 years and now it's here. Nakakaloka!

Pero alam mo ba ang mas nakakaloka? We have a week to vacate our house and we still have no place to move in to! Hahaha! Mom was on panic mode but I assured her that it is a happy problem and that she should relax. Kakatawa kasi. And yun nga, just yesterday, she bought na a new house. Hahaha! It is not far away from our current house where I grew up. We will move in next week in Teoville East. It is smaller ofcourse but just right for me, my brother, and my mom. I am excited and anxious at the same time kasi sa totoo lang, hindi ko pa nakikita ung bahay. My mom just texted me about her impulse buying. She said she and my brother liked it and knowing my brother's discriminating taste, I am a bit sure that maganda nga ung bahay. Plus my sister and her family will be coming home this May to celebrate my mom's 60th in June. So I will see my nieces! Yay again! Everything in the family front seems to be looking up. Finally.

Meanwhile, work is going well. I am still surviving. Unfortunately, I have batchmates in the management program that have been let go. They did not make it. It is getting more tough but I have decided to not just survive the program, but come out on top of it! The secret is that I am applying the secret.

Friendships are blooming. (Hahaha! Parang nagdadalaga!) JC has become so senti recently. He asked assurance about the strength and stability of our friendship just the other day. So syempre natawa naman ako kasi never naman siya nagmoment ng ganyan sakin ng hindi lasing! Hahaha! Arianne will be looking forward to a lot of things - more than she knows for now. Bar results will come out soon and ofcourse we will be there for her no what happens. Candy is still Candy. Baklang babae pa ren. Her relationship with John is going strong and she is having fun in medical school. Jem and I go out once in a while. We share a love for volleyball so we have been watching the UAAP games every now and then live. Miguel and I are watching Binibining Pilipinas live at Araneta on March 6. I have also made new friends at work so everything is going well. Carla is like my female half - loud, dramatic, and totally out there. But she is also very smart, frank, and caring - just like me! You would love her I am sure. Allan is a weirdo and we kinda like the way he is for some reason. He likes art and literature. He is a total geek but in a cool kind of way - at least for us. I am not so sure about the rest of society's thoughts. Meanwhile, Simoun and I saw each other for the first time in like a year siguro about 2 weeks ago in Bed, when Chuck was here for a visit. Dedma. It kinda hurt kasi first time kong nakitang super indifferent siya. I thought he still hated me which I would prefer but I guess wala na talaga. And I have decided na stop na ren ako. There is a limit diba? And I have ran out of apologies. Best to just count my blessings which are more abundant that those things I don not have. So as Jem said, steady na muna. 'Wag nang paapekto", which can be naman.

Meanwhile, the only thing missing here is YOU. I miss you Drew! I hope you are well. I hope life is treating you right. We will see each other soon.

Moks

P.S.

Ofcourse, life can not be that perfect so needless to say, my love life is still wanting. I date and I go out. My friends occassionally set me up and I go. But it is all good. I date for leisure. It is a temporary distraction from the stress that is life. It is not something that is a must at this point. (Hahahaha! You know that's a lie right?)