Would You Rather?

Nung college, we were classmates for only a few courses but we were seatmates in most of them. Pero whenever we felt bored sa class (hahaha), we would play a scribbled version of ๐–๐Ž๐”๐‹๐ƒ ๐˜๐Ž๐” ๐‘๐€๐“๐‡๐„๐‘.

Di ko pa alam na ganun yung tawag dun. Basta kukunin niya yung notebook ko tapos she would write two choices and I should pick one.

๐ˆ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐š๐ง๐ž ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐š๐ฅ.
Mountain or beach?
Sobrang sarap na ulam or sobrang sarap na dessert?
Talent na maka-compose ng kanta or maka-paint?

๐Œ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐š๐ง, ๐ฉ๐š๐ง๐ -๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐จ.
Makalipad or be invisible at will?

๐Œ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐š๐ง, ๐ฉ๐š๐ง๐ -๐ฌ๐œ๐ข-๐Ÿ๐ข.
If makaka-time-travel ka, pupunta ka ba sa past to relive a memory or get a glimpse of the future?

๐Œ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐š๐ง, ๐ฉ๐š๐ง๐ -๐Œ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐”๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž.
Maging super gwapo pero walang pera or mayaman pero medyo tanga?

๐Œ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐š๐ง, ๐š๐ง๐  ๐ก๐š๐›๐š ๐ง๐  ๐ช๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง.
Kung pop star ka, mas gugustuhin mo ba na marami kang hits pero lahat forgettable or one-hit wonder ka lang pero sobrang legendary nung one hit na yun, like everyone everywhere knows your song?

๐Œ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐š๐ง, ๐ฐ๐š๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐  ๐ค๐š-๐ค๐ฐ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š-๐ค๐ฐ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š.
Mas gugustuhin mo ba na maliliit lang ang pimples pero sobrang dami or isa lang pero sobrang laki? ๐Ÿ˜…
Tapos mag-eexplain din so ang dami nang sulat dun sa notebook. Feeling ko nasa akin pa yung notebook na โ€˜yun pero katamad maghanap.

Syempre ngayon, hindi na kami naglalaro ng ganyan. But 18 years later, we can still talk to each other about ANYTHING. Anything at all. Whether itโ€™s about business or politics, romance or family, politics, music or movies, Greyโ€™s Anatomy or RuPaulโ€™s Drag Race, or something as trivial as โ€œmataba ba ako sa pic na โ€˜to?โ€

Through the years, kahit ngayong quarantine โ€” especially ngayong quarantine โ€” these conversations have kept me entertained, occupied, even sane.

They say that a true friend is someone with whom you can share anything without judgment. And to me, Tonet is that friend. Pero siguro may judgment din, di lang niya sinasabi, char. Hahaha.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BESH!

O ayan, may nahanap akong pic na presentable tayo.