CHERISH

Theren Alexander
7/13/6 06:30 PM


I could still contain the laughter we shared in those times we called Ian "Spirits". Hahaha! I could hear our laughter and feel our giggles.

"Kasi he's so payat!"

*Winks* Winks*

We'd imagine that with his thinness, the wind could take him anytime, and that thought alone already doubles our laughter. Plus when we mention "Spirits" in front of him, and he'd laugh with us in mortified clueless ness, multiplies that laughter further by two.

Oh, it's always been fun being a part of the space league. It is more than the frequent unholy hours at work, or the constant labor of love, that makes it special being part of this team.

I sit back and think that at the end of the day, it's not really the workload, the compensation or the exposure which makes it special, but the people...the friends I have in them.

We've been together from being and almost being single, to having and almost having relationships, to losing and almost losing relationships. We have pondered over the same thoughts and looked like asylum inmates in our own little world between the computer and ourselves. We talk everyday even though we are miles away from each other, and we talk from the simplest to the most sensitive topics.

For these people I have so much to say.

Ian. Kuya Ian in their region and Kuya to everybody else including the region head who is even way older than he is. It must be with the persona he projected since the popularization of his designation as Kuya Ian of pretty little Ty.

Tyrine. Our gentle wild flower, who bloomed too early to escaped naiveté. The Mona Lisa, "mystifying and enigmatic,” was according to Nyen.

Karen Joy. Simply put NYEN. I love her nickname. She is your pink cheeks au natural, your ready ear and impartial judge. If Ty is the Mona Lisa, she is Leonardo
Da Vinci.

Riyah. Say Alonzo for the SMILE, Kitchie Nadal for the SINGING PROWESS. Put them together, you've got a star on the rise! I could swear she must find it annoying sometimes when we tend to over tease her as these celebrities. But Riyah with sacks full of patience and coolness sits back and giggles with us, as if these were no big deal at all.

Ria Khristine and Chelsea. The two latest additions to the squad, pretty, petite and with a LOT of ENTHUSIASM! (Not losing it!)

Now I would be transported back to our meeting room and imagine with a silly grin on Lissa's occasional squint and arrested chuckles, Mel’s unauthorized use of the boss' nickname, Dinka's sweet smiles and Lani's looking alike my region manager's wife.

Joan. Our little Kris Aquino but a Korina Sanchez dead ringer, always perky and with a ready smile. She is one girl with lots to share on relationships but hasn't had one since birth!

Over worked and preoccupied. That is funny girl Mitch for you. I love her, specifically, because she makes it seem as if life was easy. She has an ultra amount of positive outlook towards everyday, that when you get down to busy with her about all the lost hoop shots, she'd still dribble and continue aiming for the dunk.

I realized, in the long run, that there will never be another Mommy Ara, Batang Central, Wigz, Topet, Todd, John, Spaceboy, Dexter, that guy before Dexter, Paul, Reese, Mon, Icel, Kathy, Jonas, Paula & Kate, after they have gone. But there will always be the spaceman team and that special bond to what once was. There will always be that friendship. Just as if we don't always see the moon and the stars, but we are assured that they are just there in the galaxy. I have learned that with the comings and goings, I cannot bargain life for all of them, but I could keep the memories I had with each of them.

Mommy Ara, I cherish your loving grace despite your imperfection.

Batang Central's occasional insanity will always remind me to relax about with life and just be happy once in a while…with a gel-J.

Wigz' conviction; Topet's gentleness; Todd's generosity; Paul's nonchalance; John's serenity.


I miss the SpaceBoy and his usual rants, his childlikeness, his playfulness. I miss just being with him and fooling around. I miss that wacky acme decorated tie he's used to sporting on our meetings. The schoolboy aura he portrayed innocently.

I miss Dexter and his happy-go-lucky disposition in life. I miss the feeling of being taken cared of because this was how he was with us girls in the group. He was the only other guy who'd spend time chatting with us on the outlook; the only other guy who has a built in patience for us. Kathy's smoke-mate...our Big Bro.

I could give little thought to the guy who came before Dex, but he was a cool little guy who left like blur.

Reese's wit; Icel's smile; Paula and Kate's femininity; Mon’s leadership; Jonas' BIG VOICE!

I miss Kathy everyday since she slowed down from our chats and busied with her new life.

There's a lot more to this than just the fun and melancholy of our circle. But this circle is one that is meant to go farther than the current state of mind...to the moon and beyond!


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