Good ol' coffee days never grow old.

One of my favorite places to talk with friends is any coffee shop with the right ambiance, with Stabucks being the most popular and most accessible. I'd rather sit and talk over coffee with a friend or two, rather than go around a mall or go out partying or whatever.

Drei and Nikki are two of my friends who love to text when they want to hang out and talk, "just because." Drei would sometimes text because he'd want to talk about whatever's bugging him, or sometimes when he's inspired to write a screenplay or whatever. Nikki, on the other hand, would text me to hang out, catch up on each other's news and unwind after days of busy flights. Today was a rare moment that they had messaged me on the very same day. So we decided to all meet up this afternoon.

After dropping by CCP to say hi to Tad before his classes, I met up with Drei at Starbucks Harbour Square. The last time he texted that he wanted to meet up, he said he was inspired to write this story, so he talked it out this afternoon. Interesting concept, really, but there were parts that seemed to belong from different science fiction films that I had cited, hahaha.

As Nikki was still on her flight back to Manila, our conversation lasted for hours, from really shallow topics to serious stuff and true confessions episodes to over-analyzing some weird situations, ahehe. It was so amusing how the conversation shifted from our opinions of G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, to the animated movie and TV series. Yes, shallow. As we talked about more childhood TV programs, we ended up over-analyzing those old Japanese kids' shows.

Something like...
"Sa Voltes V, bakit kailangan pa isigaw ni Steve ang mga weapon commands? Ah, siguro kasi para ma-cue yung iba para kung anong gawin. Parang SM pala ang trabaho ni Steve kung ganun, hahaha! ... Eh di si Mark ang may pinakamaraming trabaho kasi siya yung arms?"

The funniest part was when we started to over-analyze how the mechanism of every robot worked. "Kaya nga pambata yan eh, para hindi na kailangan tanungin kung paano."

Tama ba namang problemahin namin ang mga kababawan na yan? Hahaha.

I loved the crazy true confessions episode we had (can't really say whose story it was, hehe), but we ended up looking back at all those possible situations where all that had began. Remembered the crazy overnight birthday bashes we had with friends as well, and sort of felt sentimental when we reminisced the good times when everything was so carefree and 1401 wasn't just a random number and was considered home.

Drei and I had met up at around noon, and we had talked the hours away. Nikki had arrived when the sun was about to set, hahaha. Umuwi pa kasi ng Cavite after arriving from her flight. Because she took so long, we had accumulated 3 trays of orders while we waited for her, hahaha. A little more talk until Drei had to leave, then Nikki and I decided to change venues for a light dinner and more serious girl talk. Interesting decision making concerning necessity and passion (?). It still made me think more about it though, considering my given circumstances. But talking to Nikki sure helped a lot. Thanks, Nix.

After that talk with Nix, I had an email exchange late this evening concerning what I'm planning to do. I'm really grateful for the support in the email response. Now, what I'm concerned about is how to get to that point.

Truly an afternoon and evening well-spent with two close friends. Thanks, guys! Can't wait for next week!