perfect timing

It's as if the universe conspired for us to be in the same place at the right time. Last May 29, Tuesday, i found myself having dinner with college friends Alan, Dante & Grasya at Yahong restaurant in Davao City. They were my orgmates in UP Kutang Bato, an organization of UP Diliman students from the Cotabato Province (north & south) possessing extraordinary intelligence, talent and beauty (hehe walang kokontra!). Fil was there too and he amused himself with the sight of the four of us talking non-stop reminiscing the good old days and at the same time stuffing ourselves with crispy pata, kare-kare, sinuglaw, crispy buntot ng tuna and sinigang na hipon. Sabi ko nga extraordinary talent di ba? kasama na diyan ang talent sa pagkain :-)

Allan was my college bestfriend and remained so a few years after college. My time then was divided between him and my boyfriend. We had so many fun moments together until he decided to leave Manila to work somewhere else. Now he lives in General Santos City but ever the restless soul that he is can sometimes be sighted in Davao, Sarangani, Glan and nearby provinces working to make the world a better place and at the same time hunting for the very elusive "ideal man" hahaha!

Dante is part of our group, laging ka-join sa mga gimik! i don't remember spending time with him alone, we were always together in a group: KB outings, room warming, christening of ivy's baby. When i was taking my Master's in UP, i'd always bump into him: library, canteen, jeepney. He was everywhere, pakalat-kalat, and very popular! He now lives in his beloved Kidapawan City but visits Davao regularly for his hospital duties as aspiring nurse. Goodluck!











Grasya, a native of Davao, chose to join Kutang Bato instead of Iso-Dabaw, another organization in UP exclusively for students from Davao. I think she is closest to Evelyn because they had time to hang-out even after college and to Ivy because they now both work for PhilHealth. I haven't seen her since 1995, maybe? After she got married, she went back to her hometown which made it even more impossible for us to meet.

But that day, we were all in Davao City. Who would have thought? It was a surprise dinner, literally!

We missed Amy (i saw her last December in GenSan), Evelyn (my current housemate so hindi ko ito nami-miss), Ivy, Cheryl B., Joydads & Reypots. It's ok, we had a grand time gossiping about them. Ang mga wala, ginalibak! LOL

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