Birthday Checklist! :)

Come August 23, I will be facing yet another chapter of my life as I turn 21. Yearly, I come up with a wish list in which almost all of them don’t come to reality. Today, instead of making a wish list I decided to make a check list. Here it goes.

Birthday Checklist

    1. A new laptop/netbook. – PLEASE MOM. I’M BEGGING YOU.

    2. iPhone 4 or iPod 4 – just because I wanna be cool like Jeric Fortuna. :)

    3. Birthday Salubong with my closest friends – I want to welcome my birthday with my super kaduper closest friends.

    4.  Friends changing their DP with my picture on it on the day of my birthday. – Notice how I change my DP everytime a friend celebrates his/her birthday? Wala lang. It feels special when somebody uses a DP with you in it. Diba?

    5. New set of wardrobe. Make it 3 please? – I just wanna look good on my birthday and the coming days. Haha!

    6.  Bouquet of flowers – I never liked flowers but what the hell. I wanna feel like a princess on my birthday!

    7.  Hugs and kisses from family and friends – Need I say more?

    8.  Birthday Mass – Enough said.

    9.  Dinner with the family – It’s always been a tradition. (not until last year.) But I want this year to be different. I want us to have dinner outside the city. Though, I think this might be impossible because of the busy schedules they have. But still, I’m HOPING.

   10. Birthday surprises and greetings – Bianca Gonzalez and/or Rafael Rossel, please! Make my birthday special! *wink*

   11. Gummy worms – you know how I’m addicted to it, right?

   12. A hot birthday date – Just because Danna Arrojado’s asking for it! :D

   13. Foodtrip with friends – Diana Lo and Paula Bugayong, help me on this one! Literally pigging out!

   14. Lunch or dinner date with GFs and HEEMZ – I love these people

   15. Daytrip to Tagaytay! – Pwede na ding overnight. Pero yung totoo, bakit Tagaytay? :p

   16. A pet turtle! – And I will call it Turtley. Hihi. I’ve developed a new fetish for turtles lately because of the pagong pool in the Botanical Garden. They’re just so gorj!

   17. Inuman withy my 4M2 barkada, and elem friends – I wanna go wild on my birthday!

   18. Party with the AMA people – Jette Ongcal, DJ Cuevas, Jeca Forbes, Aldrich Cuevas and the rest, I wanna lose myself Saturday before my birthday!

   19. Play football. – how I miss.

   20. A new pencil case – Aina So and Nie Uy. :p

   21. Backpack – DON’T. YOU. JUST. DARE. GIVE. ME. A. SHOULDER. BAG!

I tried minimizing the material stuffs just because I don’t want to disappoint myself on my birthday. Though, number 1 and 2 are far from my reach, I am still HOPING that these will be granted.

This year, I want to be better. I want my last year in college to be meaningful and different.

Pero syempre, nothing beats naman the company of the people I love. I want my birthday to be special sana. This year will be different. I know it. :))))

The Wait.

I was hooked in front of the laptop watching Arthur when an anonymous number appeared on the screen of my mobile phone. In my curiosity, I paused the movie and checked who the mystery sender was.

“Cez, san ka? UST ako. *** to.”

Thinking it was one of my girlfriends from school I replied with an idle message that goes like “House. Watching DVD.”

“Kita tayo, libre mo ko.”

I froze. I realized it wasn’t who I think it was. He was somebody I met six years ago. Somebody whom I knew. Somebody special.

I was too anxious to see him because I wanna know what had changed and what had not. This was it. After six years, we’ll be able to see each other again. At the back of my mind, I was recalling what happened to us during that summer. We were just two young fools, travelling in the same direction not expecting anything but a whole new environment far from the Philippines. But it just happened. HE happened. I happened.

I can clearly remember everything even if it was six years ago. And every time I try to reminisce it, it never fail to put a smile on my face. It was the best summer of my life. Since then, China and HongKong became close to my heart. It’s one place I’ll never get tired of going back to. It reminds me of my childhood and the summer love once shared with my soulmate. Call it cheesy and old-fashioned but it really was fate that got me into this. Or at least it’s what I believe in.

“Pwede naman tayong magkita sa Pilipinas pero bakit dito pa sa ibang bansa diba?”

I held onto that. Seriously, I had faith that this might really be destiny. I kept his . Disneyland ticket he gave me that summer with the words “I LOVE YOU” in it until mom accidentally threw it away on my enrollment day last summer. *sighs* Years passed, communication was lost, friendships blossomed and new loves found.

Summer flings are supposed to stay during summer but who would have thought that ours will go as far as six years, right?

July 13, 2011 – the day we saw each other again. My heart skipped a bit. I couldn’t hide my happiness when I first lay my eyes on him. Though, I was kind of surprised when I saw his High School barkada there it was not that long until I adapted to the situation. What’s important was that moment. It was Summer ’06 all over again. I can’t even find the exact words to describe the feeling. It was plain bliss and euphoria.

A lot of catching up and reminiscing happened and new friends were made. I am still in awe that this was really happening. Fate. J

As the night was about to end, I was preparing myself because I knew we have to wait a loooong time to see each other again. He held my hand, hugged me, kissed me on the forehead and said “Magkikita tayo ulit..” He walked me home, we said our last goodbyes, shared a hug and for the last time we kissed.

“Itetext na lang kita..” were his last words, I just answered with a fake smile. Because I knew it was not going to happen. Boy, I was right. Haven’t heard from him ever since that night.

Still, I want to believe that what we have is nothing compared to any other guys or girls we’ve met or we’ll meet.

Destiny will always find a way. This is meant to be. And I promise, the next time we see each other again, we’ll never let each other go.