happy birthday

today is abet's birthday. he would have been 28 today had he not left us three years ago. i wanted to write something senti cause it gets emotional whenever i remember him pero today is a cause for celebration, so wala masyado drama dapat.

abet is one of the lucky one's. this is something i truly believe in and i envy him for him. he's really finally home. he's with our Savior and knowing that thought makes me happy for him. sabi nga nila di ba that death is the only thing certain in this world ... and taxes. so sometime, when the time is right, when He calls on us home, magkikita kita din tayo ulit. reunion 'yon sigurado.

abet rode with me to work for two years. we talked about a lot of stuff, from the mundane to the really serious stuff. i guess i was the more talkative one but he was a patient listener. he talked about promising to not gain weight before his US assignment and then looking unimaginably big when he got back. we always joked about how much my car was unbalanced to his side whenever we drove to work.

abet is lucky because he found lifelong friends in jowell and bene. i think people who find their real friends are the lucky ones because they know they will be there for them when they need them. sometimes though i wonder if the friendships built in the office are the lifelong kind of friendships or the kind lang na you enjoy hanging out with. is it the kind of friendship that loses its luster when one moves out of intel? sana hindi no? there are friendships at the office i would like to keep, some more than the others.

so if abet was with us today, what do you think would happen in the office today? for sure, we'll start the day with long e-mail chain greeting him happy birthday. next, people will make hirit na magpakain naman sya dyan. at 3pm, there will be the never-ending-if-i-eat-one-more-plate-i-will-be-an-immortal pancit (pampahaba daw ng buhay e) + ice cream (addicted ako sa coffee crumble). then for sure, mag-de-date sila ni arlene after work hahahaha predictable no?

Happy birthday Abet!