CELEBRATIONS

GET TOGETHER 2005

I came across this picture while browsing thru my pictures. This was taken last March 30 at The Rennaissance Hotel otherwise known as The New World Hotel in Makati. The rite was held at Nuestra Senora De Gracia located at Mandaluyong. The whole event is the most fun and organized wedding that I've attended so far. The reception was elegantly put up and the atmosphere is one that would make you feel that indeed this is a celebration of love and lifetime partnership. During the wedding as I looked at my friend and his bride, I saw in him that he's made the best decision yet by marrying her. She is his friend way back in high school and they really looked good together and have this kind of chemistry that you know they are meant for each other. One can really sense that the groom was really happy that he's married to the woman he had just exchanged marital vows with.Such attitude is very admirable for me since I seldom see a groom who's as showy on how he feels and as happy to get married as my Bai. I don't really know the bride but one thing is for sure, she'll be well taken cared of and I'm very happy and hopeful for this marriage.

Bai is my college friend and seeing and being with familiar faces again in the said event made me feel nostalgic. But as always there are things that never changed....and I guess this is how it'll always be.

Suddenly, I want to go back to the good ole college days. This is the time when I was able to expound and explore my horizons, experience what independence really means and be more confident in whatever action I take. Unlike in high school in a place where everybody knows everybody and when you're already typecasted as somebody you're really not, college gave me a venue where I can really be myself as well as an opportunity to improve my personality. There are a whole lot more memories in college that I can think of than in high school, however, my high school friends are really the ones for keeps.They're the group I grew up with and until now we still keep in touch.What we have is a lifetime friendship and we know we will always be there for each other ... whenever, wherever.

Looking back I was happy to attend the said wedding. It didn't only make me connect again to long lost college friends it also made me realize time flies really fast.I remember, lately and for the past years, I've been attending friend's weddings, visiting female friends who gave birth, baptismal, baby or bridal showers.These events made me analyze that the occassions you're attending coincides with the number of years your spending here on earth. I fear the day I'll be attending funerals, that would insinuate i'm getting OLD! oh well! that's one inevitable aspect of life which I have no qualms about.Age is a state of mind, people, just try to age with grace. Feel young and definitely you'll look young.Everyday you age and that's one reason to celebrate and speaking of celebration, Bai and Dimples will soon-to-be parents.Talking about honeymoon baby! I'm really happy for them .... WEE!!!!

When it rains, it pours ..... REALLY!