Missing the Gods

I was re-reading all the 336 messages in my phone’s inbox when I came across this message sent by a college acquaintance, “No matter how crazy and funny the scenes around you… It is always useless without the people you want to laugh with.” An “aaaawww…” sound reverberated in my head.  It’s true.  It’s so true!  And it just made me miss my college friends more.  Because aside from rounds of chismisan, shopping frenzies, and coñong coffee fixation, our favorite bonding moment is finding the ludicrousness in anything that we could think of or find around us.  And if we can’t find anything, then we’ll make something comical or foolish!  And yes, that includes us—ourselves, our quirkiness, and our own lives.  Bawal ang pikon.  Well, actually, pwede naman, but you just have to be loud about being one, because all of us are mapang-asar and sardonic in our own little ways that no one would be thinking of playing referee, single out a joke, and call it a foul.  Fortunately, no one has ever been so pissed off on someone and on his jokes, trippings, whatsoever.  We are just so lucky that we know each other so well, that we all have the same “wavelength,” and that we are all always on the same page.  And so what does that spell?  Nothing but laugh trips!  (But mind you, it’s not only about making someone the "bundle of joy" of everyone, we also do not mind na pagmukaing eng eng mga sarili namin for a good laugh.  It’s about being uber comfortable with your friends; we don’t have any slight of shame in doing the most absurd things either with or in front of each other.  Trust me.  We can do almost anything foolish.)  The makulit thing is, we know na napaka-walang kwenta naman naming tao, ng mga pinag-uusapan at pinag-ga-ga-gawa namin, but still we proudly chose to label ourselves as "the gods."  If one is not as witty as we are, then he is just a shameful "taga-lupa."

missing in action: AGEO and EKO. their whereabouts: girlfriends’ arms

 
Marvin on cam 

EKO, AGEO, MARVIN: the boy gods. (sans PATRICK, umuwi ng maaga)

Of course, these same nag-ma-marunong at nag-ma-magaling gods could also be depended on when it is Mr. Predicament who chooses to ridicule one of us.  (Sabay sabay: Weeeeehhhh?!)  Haha!  Yup, tried and tested!  They were and will always be there!

Just some of our tanga moments… 

Can’t wait for that 18′’ pizza?  Just go ahead and slice up your friend, and she’ll even be so happy to help you in easing your hunger!  Yan ang true friend!
Jaja eating Melai at Trinoma 

 We may have lamest faces but have the strongest egos…
Juju, Marvin, Jaja

 There’s rain outside and then boredom inside.  What to do?  Gather in one house, and go play leg wrestling with your friends!

Jaja, Ageo, Juju, Eko on large aero bed

 And if you didn’t have fun with leg wrestling, go attack the person next to you and shake her head just what you do with a pineapple juice in can.
Si ageo ay walang kapatid na babae.  So just imagine nalang kung meron.  Tsk tsk.

Last tanga moment in this list of few.

May nagkainlaban sa loob ng elite circle!  Gano naman nakakawindang yun para sa aming super duper inosente at platonic na pagkakaibigan?  But all went well after namin sila pagtawanan at pangdirihan.

Trivia: In our godly circle, "Tanga ka" is synonymous to the name of the person you are talking to. e.g.  In text messages "Hoy, tanga ka! Asan ka na? Kanina pa ako dito!"

I’m glad we’re able to keep the friendship even some of us have already graduated.  (Di kasi kami magkakabatch lahat. The batch ranges from ‘98 to ‘04.)  It’s really awfully cool to have godly friends like you, guys.  You’re all who I always want to laugh my ass off with… until we brim our eyes with tears in desperate grasp for air.   OMG, I’m being mushy.  Janina, out!