tambay

Lunch at Taipan

tambay sa school nila Angel

tambay sa KFC

tambay at simangot - ang init. syempre, autumn

tambay kasama si surfer girl 

tambay kasama si besty

Si Angel gragraduate na.

Years ago magsasama kami on weekends at hihintayin madismiss ang mga nurse ng tropa. We were never busy, we were TAMBAYS. We'd talk about it and say stuff like, in two years pa ako gragraduate, tas maglilive-in na tayo. O kaya, gusto ko may ref tayo na puno lang ng beer, tas lagi tayo papasounds. We would start planning while waiting for them under the acacia tree across the playground. We would still talk about our future habang may inuman. We'd talk and talk sa dagat, sa bahay, sa bar, sa bus. Haynako, kahit saan. Then I thought, ayoko pang grumaduate. It scares me to be out there, in the real world, to do what grown-ups do. And eventually grumaduate na yung iba. Kami ni Angel, hindi pa. Di bale darating din yan. But by then, I was feeling hmm blank. But there was Angel, and she's older by two years, and if she said it was gonna be ok, then ok.

Angel's grad is on the 31st. I can't admit this to her but it makes me nervous and so excited. I wish her all the best. And I forgot to write her a testimonial for her yearbook kaya out nako. Haha. :)

pahabol pictures retrieved from retired flash drive