This is a love story about two people who each went to the same college institution. The two people are my friend, Marikon, and myself, Galwin. Our story is being told on my perspective. It is being told so that when I grow old with a gray hair, I can have a vivid look on how my first love went.
They say that when you are content to be alone, and when you have stopped searching, you will find someone.
A little bit of a background. It was February 2007. Back then, I was a junior computer engineering student and She was a frosh electronics engineering student. We have a common guy friend, Jason.
Jason and I were teammates, we’re a member of our school’s table tennis team that competes in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) tournament, which is held every January to February. We are close to each other because we jive not only in things related to our game but also outside of it.
On the last day of our tournament Jason told me that he wanted to accompany some of his girl friends take a mass and he invited me to go with them. I said no. He insisted and was really persistent about me coming with him, he even offered to treat me so I gave in and agreed to tag along.
Going there, we took an FX to Morayta and walked a bit to Mini Stop to meet with his friends there. There, he introduced me to Maica, Rain, and Marikon and we all went to University of Sto. Tomas (UST) church to take the mass. After the mass we ate some barbecue and then decided to go to SM San Lazaro to stroll around. And if I remember it correctly, Marikon needed to draw some cash and Rain had to buy something. After some walking around the mall, getting late, we talked about parting ways. As we’re about to, Rain told us that she needed to buy a cake at Goldilocks so we decided to accompany her there before we part ways. That night, I got their numbers and we started sending phone messages.
The finest kind of friendship is between people who expect a great deal of each other but never ask it.
That, my friends, is how our story began. Since that day, Marikon and I exchanged messages day after another. We talked about what our typical day is, a typical weekend, our likes, dislikes, about what makes us happy, and everything in between.
Day after day I knew her a little more.
Without noticing, it grew more than just phone messaging. We chatted online and we started playing online games together. We had fun.
Then one Sunday afternoon we caught each other online, we played O2 Jam and when we’re done she asked me if I can tag with her along with Maica and Rain to take a mass later in the day. I said I can’t. I’m too relaxed in my chair that I feel lazy going out. Much more to go to Manila on a two hour ride having no good reason why to my mom. She insisted and I asked her back “Give me five reasons why I should go to a mass with the three of you?” she replied, “1. para magsimba 2. kasi gusto kitang makita 3. kasi gusto kitang makita 4. kasi gusto kitang makita 5. kasi gusto kitang makita”. That made me smile. And of course, it made me agree to take the mass with them.
So I got offline, prepared myself, and then took a ride to Manila. Marikon told me to meet her at SM, sa tapat ng department store sa upper ground level. Soon as we met, she asked why I am there and I replied “Para bumili ng suka”. She smiled.
We then walked to Intramuros to meet Maica and Rain then walked to Manila Cathedral. Unlickily, the mass has already ended so we went to UST chancing that we could attend a mass there but it already ended, too. Instead of going home right then, we decided to stroll around a bit and had our dinner at Goldilocks.
Nung pauwi na ako she told me “salamat medyo napalayo pagbili ko ng suka”. I replied telling her that I don’t mind and I had fun.
Since that day, we became closer. We started going out more often. And we started calling each other pet names.
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On May 04, 2007, I asked her out ————————–eat——watch Spider-Man 3—————– I asked her if she can be my girlfriend. She said……………………………………………………………………………………………………yes!
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2008
EEC Summer outing 2008
2009
EEC Summer outing 2009
EEC Night 2009
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2010
Feb 2010. Introduced Marikon to Advocacy Photographers family.
February 01 2010. start of my first job.
Feb 12 2010. SM movie Dear John.
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After 2 years and 9 months, on the 16th day of February year 2010, the inevitable came — we broke up.
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On February 18 we’re together again!
February 19. Robinsons Shakey’s Movie Love Story
February 20 MOA sunset robinsons movie
February 21 School MOA Manginasal
February 26 2010. We met after her class but for just a little while.
February 27 2010. Lunch at Mang Inasal and played at Time Zone Robinsons Ermita movie The Lightning Thief.
February 28 2010. MOA and Robinsons movie Miss you like crazy tooks some photos of her place.
TBC