Nostalgia: Superfriends

Now, everyone has our own set of friends-be it superficial ones, the fair weathered fews, the gimmick friends, the reliable ones, those that are just as good as the last time your wallet was thick, the reel and the real ones. As for me, i have what i call "superfriends"-they are a little bit of everything. They annoy me and frustrate me as much as they make me happy. They bore me as much as they excite me. They lie to me and i pretend i know nothing about it but that's just us, we are right-smack down-ass crazy real. We have dramas, we have rifts but we complement each other. Wether they like it or not they know deep within that we love each other,more like sisters. Our friendship is constant, with or without "appearance", "jiji" or not- at the end of the day we got each other's back more than anybody else in the world does.Over the years, the friendship has matured without us knowing it. Rain grew more competitive, Eric as always has been the one to give us a good laugh but he'd grown more open minded and mature.Ann grew from being the party animal to being a domesticated wifey hehehe and i perhaps grown more boring as i'd rather stay at home than go out-that's just me, im the "mader" :D Ann's marriage triggered the walk down memory lane and made us look back on how we used to be 4-5 years ago. Let me show you how...hehehe!:D

Ekang transformed to Erich and now once again back to Eric...

Ann from being the ultimate party animal to a loving wifey...

Raniel, hasn't changed much except that he's now a Registered Nurse and had grown more competitive and is slowly but surely achieving all his goals.

(look at him here doing the disney princess signature hand gesture :D)

We've grown from riding the pedicab, PUJ and the EMP's and R&E's to travelling by plane to some miles away. From eating binags and killing time at frio drinking 16oz iced tea to sharing sumptuous dinner at some flashy restos. We've gone from sharing a bucket of SML to Stella Artois, the classic Granma to our first bottle of a chic champagne and from bar hopping in the streets of Malate to partying at Lan Kwai Fong from one bar to another. So much has changed except for one thing: our genuine friendship that has gone from the ugliest badtrippans to the sweetest moments that we'll always cherish. 

This is us..then and now.... :D

from crazy KTV nights to Ann's wedding that made us teary-eyed

sleepovers to crossovers

 coal, central&the streets of malate

from slumber party to travelling "party"

We definitely had changed over the years, our preferences, our gimmick choices, our availability, the food we eat even the booze we drink but one thing's for certain-even if we don't go out as often, the friendship we have won't wither. Like what Rain & Ekang said on our last night out: Our friendship is to infinity and beyond :D

Blissful Beginnings: Anne got hitched at HK

You know you're getting older when going out on a friday night doesn't appeal to you anymore, when people watching gets boring and you're constant girl friend no longer talks about boys and flings and dates. Instead, she tells you about how she sees herself 5 years from now, how madly in love she is with her beau and the next thing you  know she's engaged and while she leaves you breathless with that announcement she makes you skip a beat even more by dropping the wedding date..June 30 2011..and yeah it's already halfway thru May!!! Well, why am i surprised?! I got a crazy bunch of friends! Ann's announcement made me walk back memory lane (insert Fashionista by Jimmy James fo a great musical scoring here lol). Was it already 5 years ago when all we cared about was how much money can we scrimp from our allowances just so we can hang out on a friday night? Had it already been 5 years since i met this crazy bipolar friend of mine?! Had 5 years gone so fast that i haven't noticed it?! Am i that old?! Am i getting married next?! So i dig old files and check old pitures-i went from laughing to sobbing and reflecting...here's why...

this is us 5 years ago on my birthday (eric/ann/me&rain) we've always been crazy :D

that's me(leftmost) and ann (rightmost) with jeka and love when a good friday afternoon is usually spent having a fruitshake at greenbelt.

and yes our friendship had gone from coffee dates... 

to gay bar hopping with rain and eric...

were cool&crazy like that! Ü

And from that, in a span of how many years?! im sorry i lost count hehe..here we are, the very first superfriends wedding-all smiles and some cries...braved the pacific ocean, the turbulence and the fear of heights,the immigration officer and the chinese language barrier just to be here with ann on her very special day,after all..that's what friends are for right?! :D

Mr&Mrs Mac Sabinano on the 30th of June 2011

I have so much faith in this couple, i know Ann loves Mac dearly and i've seen in Mac's eye how much he loved our Andrea. I'm confident that they can withstand whatever, whenever, wherever. After all, can you tell me any couple who kept it cool on their wedding day even if one's arm is almost broken and the other's got sore sore eyes as in real bloody red sore eyes?! Nah?! That's them! All smiles despite all the whims and drama and yes i love them both dearly..i can't wait to hug little anne's and little mac's, hurry please?! :D

kissy kissy ♥ ♥ ♥

superfriends family Ü

superfriends family with the honorary member Mac Ü

eating time Ü who has the fullest plate?!Ü

the emotional moment of mom&daughter

Can you see eric and rain in the background?! yes that's them wiping off tears with kleenex :D While Ann and Mac exchange i do's they start reminiscing everything from their crazy galera trip to eating lunch together at binags and sharing iced teas at frio :D I felt like crying too but i chose to hold it back and cherish the moment instead. Seeing Tita Beh sob and hug her bunso so tight made me remember our little conversation early that morning.Ann is lucky to have such supportive mom and tita on the other hand is lucky to have a responsible and mature daughter :D We are lucky too that tita appreciates our friendship and we know that she loves us as much as we love her  bunso. And so this is the essence of our Hong Kong trip, to celebrate love,life and friendship Ü Nothing but the best wishes for Ann and Mac and thank you for choosing us to become a part of your blissful beginning.Ü

Congratulations and remember you both got superfriends who love you to bits and pieces!;D

P.S: notice the weight gain in our pictures?! it's alarming!! nah..it's the food and drinks shared over years and years of friendship that caused more love handles lol :D

Hog Kong 2011: A Childhood Dream Come True

As a kid, i've thought of Disneyland as a place near the kingdom of Heaven :) I imagine it's gates perched on a fluffy cloud up there and Mickey & Minnie opening it if you're lucky enough and guessed the correct password-my imagination is wild i know :D I was told that my tita Ann was rewarded unlimited pass to Disney Anaheim because she goes to church every Sunday and helps out anybody needy. She was generous and kind and she was rewarded for it. I tried to be like her and got impatient for the unlimited passes to get to me hehehe until i realized it was just my Ma and Pa's made up story boo!:D I eventually realized that it's not located at cloud 9 and no you don't need passwords or what have yous to get there :D Instead, you gotta work hard and save up to buy a plane ticket and Disney passes. Thank God, i almost thought i can never get there because of the good deed requirements my parents made up haha!:D And so after 23 years of existence, i set foot not to Disney Anaheim but still Disneyland-in Hong Kong thou. It was indeed magical, memories of my childhood came rushing back, the dream of having my own prince charming, the princesses and their gorgeous ball gown i wish i had and the music that plays whenever a Disney show is about to start that makes you run towards the TV, i was close to tears. The place looked exactly the same as how i imagined it  15-20 years ago minus the clouds ofcourse. LO!:D Thank you to my own prince for making this dream come true ♥ ♥ ♥ It's one item off my bucket list, i love you hun! So here it is, my short and sweet visit to the place where most child's dream come true, and no the rain did not stop me from roaming around. Too bad there's no parade because of the rain but i'm very certain that im coming back with my siblings..soon :D

                       lovie on the disney coach that's taking us to disney resort :D

                                                         finally :D

im lost for words :D im just soooo happy.

Hog Kong 2011: Welcome to Hong Kong the Lan Kwai Fong Way

So we walked from our "hotel" to the tram station..

that's the 4 of us walking our way to the tram station & our attempt to be cutesy mushy: thanks ekang for taking this picture :)

                                                      hun&i at waiting for the tram

                                            crazy BFFs goofing around the tram

And then we arrived at LanKwaiFong-the so called gimmick capital of HK. Let the pictures do the talking..

We met with Al's sister(Rose)@insomia.She lives@MongKok for 10+ yrs now.That's her with all smiles :D

             From Insomia to Zinc then to Hong Kong brew,we sure had a blast...

All sorts of unimaginable shots shared with the craziest people is F-U-N! especially if ekang is taking the wheel and making fun of almost anything and everything :D

                                                            more drinks!!

 i dont even know how we all managed to get home and wake up early that same morning :D
Umh, and did i mentioned we didn't have to pay even a single penny?! Filipinos in HKG are the warmest, thank you for giving us a blast on our first night Mac&Friends and to ekang for cracking the craziest punchlines!:D This trip wouldn't be as fun without you :)

Hong Kong 2011: 1st night

In all fairness Cebu Pacific this time was very much on the clock. We landed at HKIA quarter past 6 as scheduled. I slept for almost the whole the duration of the trip after i filled out the arrival cards and ate the yummy yummy garlic chicken sandwich(and who would've thought airport food would taste good?P100). I was dumbfounded on how huge HKIA is, imagine taking a train from one gate to the other, that's just cool! i felt sad for our airports thou :( I hope someday we could be part of the top calibre airports in the world. Anyway here goes our welcome to Hong Kong photo op :D

                                                       welcome to Hong Kong!!! :D
We took the airport train to get our luggages and to say hi to our Chinese immigration friends hehehe :D

Anne and i practically exhausted from the long walks luckily we get to seat at the airport train :)
Mac(Anne's then fiance) is picking us up at the airport to take us on our "hotel":D

here they are reunited after months of missing each other and 2 days short on being Mr&Mrs Mac Sabiniano.

ReUnited: that kiss and smile is just priceless :D i love them both dearly Ü

We took a double decker bus from the airport to Central HK and yes we did more cam-whoring in between.

the queue for the bus that we're taking.

the tired yet happy hong kong first timers Ü
It was a 40 minute bus ride from Lantau to Central and no i didn't sleep, i got busy people watching. The bus by the way has wi-fi and yes ofcourse we sat on the top part of it :) Then we hit the streets of Central...

                                                    superfriends @ des voeux road
very touristy eh?! Our first night is just about to start. After we settled in to our "hotel" we went out right ahead and let Hong Kong welcome us, the crazy crazy way.

Hong Kong 2011: The Introduction

So the Hong Kong trip finally pushed thru. This is the very first time im heading out of the country and i am very ecstatic. I even got more excited since im going with people dear to my heart. The cast, in no particular order hehehehe :D

from L-R: eric aka ekang: the life of the party, ann:the blushing bride to be, rain:the byahera and of course...

that's me and my luveee(AL) who exerted all possible efforts just to join me in this journey. thanks hun! :)
This is the very frist time that the 5 of us are travelling together so we're nothing but excited. Some of us hardly even got a decent sleep but oh well what's one night of puyat for a fun 5 day trip right?! Our flight via 5J is 4:40PM but the early bird..ekang was there as early as 12:45(now who's excited?), Al and i came next, then came Ann with the surprise injury :( then Rain. We did the usual airport rendezvous, checked in and secured our boarding pass, paid taxes and terminal fees, went thru immigration and yes i was detained at the immigration office for quite a while because of my stupidity but oh well i managed to get out alive anyway, i held my breath for quite awhile thou lol. Then we cam-whored during our spare time...

superfriends way of killing time and finally...

tourista moment: boarding time :D
bye Manila, see you in 5 days!!!