“I love you so much that I will give you Martian dust.”

“Okie. Everyone’s over reacting about the whole thing. I understand. But you know… in the end. It will be my choice. It has always been my choice. I have no regrets.”

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• Anonymous: Bagong number ko to pero temporary.
• Ron: Okie. Sige Sige. Pero sino to?
• Anonymous: Pero temporary lang.
• Ron: Oo nga. Pero kanino to?
• Anonymous: Akin.
• Ron: Nakaka-bobo kang ka-usap.

• Mowgli: I miss your laughter.
• Al: Now that I am back, you'll get a stitch on your side dahil palagi akong magjojoke!

Unsent letter…

September 29, 2011

Dear Besh,

We got lost somewhere along the way. You said “something happened to what we used to be” and yesterday I figured it out. You lost yourself. My shrink once told me “people change but their essence remains the same.” You were still that gorgeous guy that played guitar late at night, watched series with his dad and liked wine. What I’m trying to say is, you changed, you stopped trying to make us work.

And it’s not really okay. But I have no choice but to be okay. We’re young and I shouldn’t have expected so much out of you. You weren’t ready to be my man. You weren’t ready to tell your friends about me, travel together, introduce me to your family or talk about our future. It was a dead end relationship from the very start. But it was beautiful. So goddamn beautiful and fuck anyone who says otherwise. But, I cannot wait for you to be ready for me. This is the time that I am looking for a stable relationship. 

We were two people in love. God, I still love you. I think a part of me always will. Right now, I am setting you free. I don’t hate you or resent you for not putting in as much as I did. I understand you weren’t ready.

Goodbye, this will be the last letter I write you. It will go in the box where I kept all of your unsent love letters. It will be hidden in my closet, far away from view, under a lock, with a thousand other memories I’m not strong enough to dust off.

Always,

Al,

• Love: Dula ta ug basketball sa sunod.
• Karl: (Sitting in front of his laptop) nagdula nako diri.
• Al: My God! Ayoko ko na sayo!

Oxygen

• Ron: I love Oxygen (he was referring to a brand)
• Al: I need a lot of oxygen (I was referring to the element)
• Ron: Ha?! Nakaka-bobo ka kausap.

“Until now wala pa ring direksyon yang buhay mo dahil nag e-enjoy ka and you changed boys like you change your under wears. Mula sa bakla, maya, mongoloid patungo sa autistic. Hindi ka na ba talga magkakaroon ng normal na bf?”

—

Kuya Lemuel

“You can be sensually alluring if you want to be…”

— Mowgli

NINJA

• Coincidence... nagkita kami ni Chek sa SPMC. Nagduty siya habang may sinamahan akong magpa-check up...
• Chek: Bai, tangalin mo yang mask mo be. Di ako sanay na may mask ka.
• Al: Ayoko.
• Chek: Bakit?
• Al: Kasi nga NINJA ako. Ma-disclose ang aking identity.

“When someone treats you like an option, help them narrow their choices by removing yourself from the equation. It’s that simple.”

— Rob Tew

• Alex: Bee? Nakarating ka doon sa *toooot*
• Al: Kasi nga stress ako...
• Avon: Next time pag stress si mama, itali na natin baka kung saan na naman to mapunta!

• Al: Kung kasing taas ng EQ ko ang IQ ko.. perfect na talga ako ba.
• Chek: Bai, you can't have it all.
• Al: Three fourth lang kasi ng IQ ko ang EQ ko ba. Tumaas sana kahit unti.
• Chek: Sige, tumaas ang EQ mo pero hindi ka na maganda.
• Al: Kontento naman ako bai. HAhaha! I am not longing for more.

“that inner battle… the battle i have of someone i cannot see but exists. and exists to make me think why i exist. should i contemplate on something that tricks my mind? or should i just leave it hanging there, wherever it is.
perhaps, this is just another series of psychological fits of distress and wanting for mobility. i have been in an hiatus for quite a long time. hope to see you soon Al.”

— Cyril

• Mowgli: It made him difficult to court you. Because number one, you are so complicated creature. Number two, you are so moody. Number three, its difficult for him to strategies what to do, where to bring you, when to act, how to do things because you organized date. I mean you used to do so. Number four, he was assuming that you are the high maintenance nerd ever. Number five, he was intimidated by your IQ. Number six, he could not find the right words to express what is on his mind.
• Al: STOP! Kailan ka pa naging abogado? Annoying gud.
• Mowlgi: To sum it up... YOU ARE SCARY.