All About Faye

Hmmm... At first, kala ko snob syang tao. Or elitistang mahirap maging kaibigan. I was wrong.

Sa drawing subject, she recommended yung tech pen na Uni, yung disposable. Laking tulong! Halos di kasi nagbo-blot yun. Hindi pa messy gamitin. While others were annoyed by the occasional stain on their drawing papers, I was saved by the first ever recommendation of my newly found friend.

Noon, di kami magkasama kumain tuwing break. Kasama nya kasi yung mga naging classmate nya before. Ako naman, kasama ko yung mga wala pa din gaanong kakilala.

The first time I saw her picture, naisip ko talaga kahawig nya si Kirsten Dunst. Well, kumontra man ang kahit sino, yun ang sa tingin ko eh. Smile, cheek bones, and hairdo, pareho kasi.

While my friend got Kirsten's looks, she got a mom na kahawig ni Nicole Kidman. Yung aura, yung tindig, just make her blond, Nicole na.

May mga kapatid sya. Her sisters! Napagkakamalian ko sila by name dahil magkamukha sila. Parang twins. And ndi din naman sila snob.

Di ko naisip na mas bossy yung sisters nya to think na mas matanda sya dun sa dalawa. Sinabi din naman nya na parang ganun nga daw talaga.

If I am not mistaken, tatlong bahay na nila ang napuntahan ko. First, yung may lola, kung saan kami nag-practice ng sayaw para sa PE subject. Second, yung nilipatan nila na walang sinag ng araw dahil dulong apartment ito at walang windows. That's where we designed, drilled, etched and soldered our projects. May sleepover din dun with another friend. Third, yung nilipatan ulit nila, fourth floor yun na may intercom pa. We filmed a project there. May walk-out scenes pa nga before.

I saw her cry more than once. One of those moments was my fault. It was about a presentation, she already had a plan but I reluctantly proceeded with mine without asking her if she prepared any. Nagkausap kami after that, the day ended na friends pa rin kami.

I was a bit intimidated by her continuous scribbling while our professor delivers a lesson. Feeling ko may mga hindi ako naisulat sa dami na ng naisulat nya. Di ko tuloy sya masyado madaldal.

We shared the same sentiment about the noise we kept on hearing within two-meter radius from her.

Madalas nya akong tanungin kung ok lang bang gawin nya ito, gawin nya iyan, well in fact, pwede naman nya talagang gawin yun kahit di nya ako konsultahin. I feel blessed because we have grown into a level na halos sobra-sobra yung tiwala at kumpiyansa namin sa isa't isa, na kino-consider namin ang isip at feeling ng isa't isa bago kami kumilos sa kung ano man ang gagawin namin.

She reheared monologues a lot. Bago nya kausapin ang prof or anybody na haharapin nya, nagpa-practice muna yan.

Isa sya sa laging nauuna sa meeting place pag may usapan ang group namin. As far as I can remember, she was never a cause of delay pag may mga meeting kami.

Sometimes, she had an unkempt hair. At least alam nya na pag pinuna na namin.

Gusto nyang isabaw ang ilang piling inumin sa kanin nya. Matamis daw kasi at type nya yun.

Nasanay na syang uminom ng tubig na di malamig.

She introduced to me Werther's Original Candy. Binili or binigay ata sa kanila then she gave me some.

We never had a chance to see a movie together or even with our friends. Kung meron man, remind me.

She told me what a blog is and ultimately taught me how it works and what its benefits are.

Ang ilang movie na ni-recommend ko sa kanya, nagustuhan naman nya. Nagustuhan ko din yung Down with Love na talagang pinahiram pa nya sa akin.

She never failed to give me something pag may occasion. Ganun sya sa lahat ng close friends nya.

We took lunch together na. Unlike before, kami na ang magkasama ngayon. Carpark lagi ang lunch destination namin. Kasama ang iba pang mga friends. Minsan sobrang tipid, minsan todo gastos!

The totality of our moments together and the sum of the thoughts we shared won't fit here. Dami pang pwedeng i-enumerate. Meron na syang ika-apat na pinaglipatan ngayon, sobrang layo naman. May internet at phone man, iba pa rin yung alam mong malapit lang sya at pwede mong puntahan.

Now I miss her.



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