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March 28th, 2007 by epoyz

I will miss his easy smile the most. that 100-watt smile that knocked not a few girls off their rocker.

he was always armed with that smile. whatever the situation (like when him and neil presented a busted-up design plate model to our class and neil described how it collided with  the knee of a guy from the bus..), however humiliating the position we got ourselves into (like the time five of us grabbed breakfast at mcdonald’s eastwood after an overnight model-making session, nanlilimahid pa kami nun at naka shorts at gula-gulanit na t-shirt lang, habang ang mga kasabay namin e mga naka-isputing na mga schoolmates namin sa UP…), maybe even if the heavens fell on him, he will always come out unscathed, still with that perfect-set-of-teeth-smile. he just knew, and i learned a bit from him: after the shitstorm, the time to flash that smile and to laugh everything off will inevitably come.

I will miss the way he seemed to laugh his ass off at a particularly funny joke or story or quip.

he’s always switched on to laugh, because he lives for it. it’s no accident that he surrounded himself with the funniest friends, going as far back as grade school to get the wackiest jokers out there. i admit, not having him there ready to laugh at another impossibly funny anecdote, well, it just won’t be the same.

I will miss the things and phrases we came up with and used over the years.

he started the official exclaiming of "it’s a complete!!!" whenever we finish a plate or a project or a model. he also started the "i will back…" phrase which we used to death in college and during our cellarworx years. we stole "..aaaargh!! is terrible pain!!" from neil, and "hmmmmm… i smell fishy…" from jei. there was a period when texting was still new that we indulged in swardspeak when we sent messages to each other. "bakla, kumain ka na ba?", he’d ask, to which i’d reply "..ng ano? ahahahaaay…". we’d go back and forth until we finally agree on barbeque and rice for dinner at the office for the boys.

I will miss his loyalty and easy companionship.

he always believed that i can take on anybody in a game of basketball back in college..tsk tsk.. well, his loyalty and support was based on his dedication to me as a friend, and, misplaced or not, i appreciate it until today. we used to journey to the UP gym on wednesdays when there were open runs and he helped me take names in pickup basketball. we even took on the CHK guys. we’d lift weights and take PE classes together to get extra training, then sometimes in the middle of the night we’d lift some more. we’d overtrain ourselves to the point that he’d be rolling in laughter because i wouldn’t be able to straighten my arms for two weeks or i’d fall asleep on the bench press because we had to do circuit weight training after doing our thesis all night. we’d devour a crapload of kikiam and drink liters of mountain dew after every workout, and we had the best time. i will miss the overnight sessions, room 517, the thesis hut, the cellarworx office.I was already missing our double pizza fridays, and the magic tournaments.. it’s a lifetime’s worth of memories right there, with a friend that’s worth more than his weight in gold.

 

I will miss him in the backseat on road trips.

it just wouldn’t be the same without him completing the group. all the hypothetical questions we ask each other (anong amount ng pera ang tatanggapin mo na gagawin mo ang isang bagay, yung kahit ano ang ipagawa sa iyo?), the crazy ideas we come up with (the ‘fulfill your sexual fantasy’ escort service), the inside jokes like the "kaninong sabon ‘to incident?"..the mixtapes, the food, the journey to wherever our destination maybe..

I will miss the stories and blooper reels that we regale each other with over and over again.

his misadventures with girls. his crazy stalkers like ‘the black girl’ and ‘landslide girl’. the way he laughed when we told others the story of how Clifford called a greeting to one of our professors who was climbing the stairs, who then stumbled wildly and had his shoe fly off in the process; or to daniel’s "napanood mo ba yung silence with the lamb?"; the "stereo with beta" story; the apo hiking society marathon; the  collision of dan and jason’s universe.. we’re going to do these stories over and over again, and i hope every once in a while he’ll be there listening, laughing heartily, just like when he was still here.

I will miss our field trips to girlie bars and strip joints.

we sort of tried out going to strip bars for the first few times together. we discovered club idol, and i remember how even seated next to a half-naked stripper he was still the consummate gentleman. unlike sleazebags who start groping their "teybol" the moment the girl sits down, patrick politely engages the girl in conversation and makes the effort to get to know her better. he even gives her advice on how to get out of this ‘temporary setback’ and to never give up trying to improve her situation. talaga naman..

I will miss the drinking sessions.

i’m very happy that that last two meetings we had, we did the thing we loved to do the most: opening a few bottles of beer and just talk about stuff. we started at the lion’s den (chris’s old apartment..) in college, sneaked a few sessions at the thesis hut, and did a lot of drinking at the cellarworx office. we rarely got stone-cold drunk, we just enjoyed the company of friends. real life kind of got in the way of our drinking sessions, but whenever we had one, it was a celebration of our friendship. from now on, everytime the rest of us gather for drinks, we’re going to order a bottle of his favorite pale pilsen and save him a spot. he will always be with us when we go drinking, and that’s word.

with all that being said (at kahit bading na bading na ang dating ko..), let me just thank our sponsors, who saw us through our good run:

 

San Miguel Beer Pale Pilsen
Colt 45
Jose Cuervo Tequila
Lucky Me! La Paz Batchoy
Lizardo’s Buttered Beef with Corn and Carrots
Ate Rose
Rhoda, pound-for-pound the Strongest Gay Man on Earth
Mang Charlie
Conan The Librarian
Mang Abner
Dean Honrado Fernandez (Rest in Peace, sir..)
Dean Christopher Stonewall Espina
THE Godfather, Arch. Michael V. Tomeldan
Arch. Bronne Dytoc
Arch. Michelle Dizon
Arki Forum
Casaa
Manong’s Isaw
Manong’s Kikiam and Fishballs and Squidballs
Mountain Dew
Banana Q at Turon nung Manang na Syota ni Daniel
Stephen’s Aunt
Christopher’s Landlady
The Lion’s Den
Mang Nonong (erpat ni StephenJong)
Omega Recto
Brian Sychingiok (kuya ni Clipord)
Karen (alalay/no. 2 ni Clipord), lagi kaming pinapakain..
Good Burgers
Pizza Hut
Manong’s Bar B Q
Manong’s Extra Extra Rice
Jollibee Chickenjoy and Fish & Fries
McDonald’s Big Mac, Burger McDo and McChicken
KFC
Use Your Illusion I
Use Your Illusion II
People’s Park
Samurai Shodown I & II
Max Payne
Rainbow Six
Baldur’s Gate
Christopher’s Honda Civic ACW 222 a.k.a. The Clown Car
Genato’s ancient Black Toyota Crown
Glo-Ri’s
Mr. Kabab
Wendy’s Super Value Meals and Salad Bar
Shakey’s
Aruba Restaurant and Bar
Trellis’ Pork Sisig
Babba Shawarma
7-11 Hotdogs and 850ml Gulp
Burger Machine
Baliwag Lechong Manok and Liempo
Colette’s Buko Pie
Casino Filipino
Canyon Woods
Rodic’s
Girls Gone Wild
The Cockateer
Buns N’ Roses
Cali Shandy
Eight O’ Clock Orange Juice
King Ginno’s Pares
McJolly’s
SR Thai Cuisine
Dunkin’ Donuts
Brother’s Burger
Hang Ten
SM Supermalls
Greenwich Corporation
Kendeigh and The Malaysian Mafia
and op kors, the original Coffee Nook (ma’am Jojo O., what up?)

 

it’s been one hell of a ride, and patrick, we’re glad we went through all of this together. you ma’ boy, and we’re going to miss you everyday. Godspeed, my friend. Godspeed.

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How do I say goodbye to what we had?
The good times that made us laugh
Outweigh the bad

I thought we’d get to see forever
But forever’s gone away
It’s so hard to say goodbye to yesterday

I don’t know where this road
Is going to lead
All I know is where we’ve been
And what we’ve been through

If we get to see tomorrow
I hope it’s worth all the wait
It’s so hard to say goodbye to yesterday

And I’ll take with me the memories
To be my sunshine after the rain
It’s so hard to say goodbye to yesterday

And I’ll take with me the memories
To be my sunshine after the rain..

It’s so hard to say goodbye to yesterday.

         -"It’s So Hard To Say Goodbye To Yesterday", Boyz II Men from Cooley High Harmony

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  1.   Jei said,

    on April 1st, 2007 at 8:28 pm

    Nuff said pre! We will miss you Trick! Rest in Peace bro!

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