sharon and i bade goodbye to joan last thursday night at the bus station. it was a fast and no fuss farewell to a friend. we were just our crazy selves, walking to the bus station with me, dragging oscar, sharon tugging on joan's luggage while the latter was screaming "goodbye stryn". we took pictures of ourselves with my half-blown camera, laughed at the littlest things and complained about the secondhand smoke that we couldn't avoid getting from the other waiting passengers. we hugged each other so tight and kissed goodbye. at 11 25 joan's bus finally left stryn.
our trio's down to two.
these two girls have been more like a mirror who talks back to me. i can tell them anything and most of the time, they did not tolerate my nature. instead, they would slap me back to reality with words like "g__a!", "tanga ka ba?!", "loka" and a lot more words which were, and still are, taboo to me. in cases when they seem to have a diarrhea of the mouth, i never failed to remind them to use a mouthwash.
honesty is the best policy: in our trio, everyone can just speak freely. even if it means hurting the other one. well, i messed up most of the time, so i had enough of those things that i didn't want to hear but i had to listen to from them anyway. the two of them were a little bit harsh in our confession-penitence episodes, but i have to admit that their points were qualified to be right.
saying goodbye to a friend is hard for me. i don't want to be the friend who's left behind. cliche as it may sound, but i'm happy for joan. she's chosen the less popular decision but i know that she's happy with her family and loved ones.
well, we could still be a trio. only that the pacific ocean separates one from the other two.
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