shit! im turning 32 by next month

shit, im turning 32 by next month...


high school; just hanging around in the house of a barkada...

allan: palagay ko si jay unang mag-aasawa sa atin.
jay: hindi naman, baka si jonas...
me: hahaha. hindi no!
jay: basta ako siguro mga around 25
allan: ...ako siguro ganun din..
abet: ewan lang natin, ako di ko masasabi talaga..
me: pero ako siguro late, mga 30.


a year after college; a college bud and i were sitting inside a church attending the wedding of another good friend of ours...

dondon: pare siguro next year kami naman ni bong yun nandito at pinapanood ka namin sa kasal mo.
me: hindi siguro... baka ikaw yung ikakasal next year at kami ni bong yung nanood!


june 2004; lying in bed with my then girlfriend...

then girlfriend: ...eto ba yung taong pakakasalan ko?
me: ...you mean?
then girlfriend: yes!


october 2004; in an apartment ...

the_girl: siguro you are just missing your ex-girlfriend..
me: but i really do like you!
the_girl: *looks me in the eye, pauses...*
me: i do! di ko rin expected na umabot sa ganito...
the_girl: ewan ko lang...


mid 2005; at a bar in ortigas...

girl1: you have a girlfriend?
me: no i don't have one...
girl1: really? i don't believe you!! you are so likeable naman!
me: *smiles*
girl1: so....


two weeks later; on a phone conversation...

girl1: ..bakit ganito nangyayari?! we ended up good last friday naman ah!
me: *keeps quiet*
girl1: ...saka i thought this conversation would patch things up between us..
me: maybe inspite of what you did last friday that i didn't like, it is more than that. maybe its me, im just built this way... guarded, afraid of getting hurt again.


july 2005; on a ym chat...

girl2: just forget about it
girl2: i was just being pushy....
girl2: but i can take a hint naman eh
girl2: ive asked more than three times already
girl2: but u always had to slap my face with a major NO
girl2: just forget it ok
girl2: good luck with the_girl
girl2: hope u guys work out
girl2: bye


march 2006; while smoking outside a mall...

sister of girl3: kuya, ang kwento sa amin eh naging kayo daw eh.
me: hindi. kung naging kami bakit ko naman ide-deny.
sister of girl3: eh bakit nga ganun kwento?
me: ewan ko!!
girl3: eto naman o! aminin mo na!
me: eh hindi naman talaga eh.
girl3: *stares at me*


december 2006; exchanges of text messages...

me: ... we have been fighting a lot lately... maybe we need to look at where we are and where we could be... kung nahihiya ka lang because of all the things i did for you and your family, don't be, ginusto ko naman yun eh... i think we should just be honest about it...
girl3: alam mo, maybe its about time we end this...


february 2007; at a bar...

girl4: alam ko siguro babaero ka!... or madulas lang dila mo!
me: oo, i like girls, pero di naman ako nagbibigay ng salita na i don't mean...
girl4: so ano 'tong sa atin?


april 2007: at a barkada gathering at a bar in makati...

abet: ..kaw jonas, kamusta na?
me: ok lang... ganun pa rin...
jay: sya pa rin! hahaha!
abet: sino?
me: wala!
darwin: ...di nga pre, any plans?
me: when the time comes...
abet: or when the girl comes...
jay: o baka nandyan na...
me: nasan? yung nasa kabilang table?
all: *laughs*


last friday; at a coffee house in ortigas...

girl5: why are you still single?
me: i don't know.
girl5: are you ok dating someone as young as i am?
me: are you ok dating someone as old as i am?
girl5: ok lang. we are enjoying each other's company naman diba?
me: yes we are...


yesterday; at the office canteen...

officemate: me ka-date ka na naman!
me: oo nga eh... pero enjoy naman sya kasama eh...
officemate: sus...pinipilit mo lang sarili mo eh!
me: ha?? hehehe. siguro. partly...


shit! im turning 32 by next month... better get my act straight!