I don't say I love you and I miss you enough. Wala lang, I just miss you guys terribly. Lalo ka na Mimay! Mebbe got something to do with watching Nicco rock it out in Spring Awakening this afternoon. Seeing Tin accidentally in Bonifacio High Street nung gabi while waiting for the young cinema festival chuchu.
I remember Carme's Christmas text message that year saying something like what I am paraphrasing: One of the most memorable moments of my life was that summer.
Hay, naiiyak ako.
Then she posted a photo of a book cover of Thornton Wilder's Our Town. Our workshop recital back during that summer with the experiences that we can never seem to top. And since then, I've always put that summer experience on a very high pedestal.
It made me miss all the same people too.
With Betty as my constant textmate, chatmate and "boyfriend," my mom from the quaint town of Luntiang Parang has been always there since our Batman and Robin days. We've even shared crazy dreams with Opa and Mimay, we've conquered our "nemesis" and managed to pull one heck of an awesome and memorable show for Mimay's final class before she graduated. She never fails to drop me a line almost every day, even though they're random texts about her lovelife, or projects, or even rants just so she can let out some steam.
I miss my alter-ego Mimay more and more. It still hasn't quite sunk in that she's out there in California for good, and to think that on random days, we could just meet up at Burger King in Glorietta and hang out until the wee hours in Gloria Jeans. It's so funny how I always try to match her hype about everything we do. I love how she has so much energy for the both of us.
Of course, how could I not forget my then-hubby Nicco, who's now a "rockstar" in his own right? HAHAHA. When I saw him in Spring Awakening as Moritz, I knew the spark he had back during the good ol' days was back because he had claimed that he lost it. Don't get me wrong, he never lost the passion, but I knew he had found that happiness he was looking for, which was why I was (as he had said) "jumping for joy" during the curtain call. He's still one of the most awesome people I know, and I'm darn proud of this guy, and he still remains to be my baby brother despite the many crazy disagreements and tampuhans that we had over the past years.
The last time I actually saw Carmela was over a year ago when Mimay and I were shooting Mimay's thesis film, and I had decided on a whim to sleep over at her house because it was really late, and then in the morning, I had left while Carmie was still asleep (but hey, I sent a text message, didn't I? Hahaha). She claimed that she wasn't the type to really delve into theater, but she had a lot of spunk and knew she could do it as well as the next person can. When we reconnected over a week ago, we ended up reminiscing about that amazing summer that brought us all together.
I can never leave Tin out in this entry. It was great seeing her when we both watched Spring Awakening along with Hil, and she's still the same upbeat young lady (who can still talk super fast) that we saw grow up. And it was still a blast hanging out with her at the Rent auditions even though I had to leave way too early (despite her complaints of my being "corny" or "boring" just because I had to leave my post to support my boyfriend at his play, hahaha). I've seen my offstage baby sister go through a lot of emotional stuff that first year we were friends, but I knew she could always manage to pick herself up and go off even stronger than before.
I wish I could catch up with the rest of the BA gang.
In Our Town, the Stage Manager had said that "We all know that something is eternal... There’s something way down deep that’s eternal about every human being." I hope what's eternal between these amazing people I was with was the bond we had formed that summer. That bond that Ian and Miss Tess had noticed when we were all strutting our stuff.
In the play, Emily had asked, "Does anyone ever realize life while they live it... every, every minute?" I don't think we always do. That's why we really should cherish those precious minutes, those times when we wish that time would just stop so we can just look and appreciate certain things even more.
I love you guys and I still miss you like crazy. At ang ganda pa rin ng moonlight.
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