It has been six years and eight months since the last time I saw my “Sister Taba.” A very long time indeed but communication was always present through long handwritten letters to emails to SMS. These became our bridge to our sixteen years of friendship.
Sister Taba or the Queen Bee in the famous Big Family of UP College of Baguio (now UP Baguio) is Maria Reyna C. Villacarlos. She’s the middle sibling from our elite group. Kuya is Atty. Menard Almazan and Ate is Bb. Jane Erese. You got it right, I am the Little Sister of the family.
Why the Big Family? Back then, we were all “BIG”. Even the other members of the family are also big and fabulous.
Now, Sister Taba is no tubby-tubby anymore. I totally did not recognize her when I fetched her at the Ayala-MRT Station last Wednesday. She got sick a few years back and went on a strict diet. In addition, being NGO worker affected her lifestyle. She’s now many pounds lighter but her face stayed the same. The bubbly smile even the voice was the same as I remember during our first days as blockmates.
We spent the whole day of October 8, 2008 together since I just came back from a previous engagement and she had to go back to Baguio before heading back to the Cordilleras for her work. I treated her to an Italian breakfast, two hours of pampering at a spa, strolled throughout the Greenbelt malls, a late American lunch and before sending her off back to Baguio, a sumptuous Filipino dinner.
For that whole day we spent together, we called the rest of the Big Family members – oops, only the ones that I have in my mobile phone. Some numbers were not anymore available yet we got lucky to call some of the big ones. We woke up Jane in Dubai, caught Menard in a court recess, Kit in a workshop, Peter on the way to Binondo and Alovel who just had dinner. It was fun even though we miss the rest of the Big Family. We tried calling Oli in Cambodia, Jojo in Singapore, Nhore in San Francisco and Joseph but all we got were voicemails. Sayang!
Maybe next time we’ll have a bigger Big Family reunion – we’ll get to see Cynch, Rhodz, Chris and also the rest of the EconBlock 3-A gang. (Hopefully on the 5th of December!!!)
But for meantime, I am treasuring the day spent with my Sister Taba. I just wish that we get to see more often rather than wait another six years.
Reyna, having to miss work for a day is incomparable to spending a day well spent with you.
Sister Taba or the Queen Bee in the famous Big Family of UP College of Baguio (now UP Baguio) is Maria Reyna C. Villacarlos. She’s the middle sibling from our elite group. Kuya is Atty. Menard Almazan and Ate is Bb. Jane Erese. You got it right, I am the Little Sister of the family.
Why the Big Family? Back then, we were all “BIG”. Even the other members of the family are also big and fabulous.
Now, Sister Taba is no tubby-tubby anymore. I totally did not recognize her when I fetched her at the Ayala-MRT Station last Wednesday. She got sick a few years back and went on a strict diet. In addition, being NGO worker affected her lifestyle. She’s now many pounds lighter but her face stayed the same. The bubbly smile even the voice was the same as I remember during our first days as blockmates.
We spent the whole day of October 8, 2008 together since I just came back from a previous engagement and she had to go back to Baguio before heading back to the Cordilleras for her work. I treated her to an Italian breakfast, two hours of pampering at a spa, strolled throughout the Greenbelt malls, a late American lunch and before sending her off back to Baguio, a sumptuous Filipino dinner.
For that whole day we spent together, we called the rest of the Big Family members – oops, only the ones that I have in my mobile phone. Some numbers were not anymore available yet we got lucky to call some of the big ones. We woke up Jane in Dubai, caught Menard in a court recess, Kit in a workshop, Peter on the way to Binondo and Alovel who just had dinner. It was fun even though we miss the rest of the Big Family. We tried calling Oli in Cambodia, Jojo in Singapore, Nhore in San Francisco and Joseph but all we got were voicemails. Sayang!
Maybe next time we’ll have a bigger Big Family reunion – we’ll get to see Cynch, Rhodz, Chris and also the rest of the EconBlock 3-A gang. (Hopefully on the 5th of December!!!)
But for meantime, I am treasuring the day spent with my Sister Taba. I just wish that we get to see more often rather than wait another six years.
Reyna, having to miss work for a day is incomparable to spending a day well spent with you.
5 comments:
Ay di na kayo mukhang magkapatid....
Reyna ang aga mo namang mamasko sa LOLA mo! Bwahahahhhh!!
See you in December!
Hi Rallsh
That was a nice update on your catch up with Reyna.
are you hatching a plan for Dec 5? If you are can you send me details so I can try and fit it in my itenerary.
Regards!
Chris
Wow ang sexy na ni Reyna!!!
sayang missed your visit. Next time sana :)
...peter
you should have rang my US number.. nasa friendster ko yun. I was in LAS Vegas the time you rang. hindi ko masagot phone ko. busy shopping at that MASSIVE VegaS oUTLET. HAHAHA. shopping kahit walang datung.. andito na ulit ako sa sfo. anyway, was surprised to see tita reyna too. payat na siya ha? baka maovertaken namin siya ni cynch.. hehe.
Jane - sabi ko kay Sister Taba eh mas malaki ka na ngayon sa kanya base sa mga pictures mo. Antayin raw namin ang December para macompare. Pero sabi ni Kuya Menard, maganda pa rin as ever kahit mataba ang beauty!
Chris - i'll forward you the December 5 activities in UP Baguio for the Centennial Alumni Homecoming, most of the block and Big Family are planning to attend. I'll see you here in Manila on the 4th?
Peter - i miss the siomai and siopao! Hope to see you soon.
Nhore (si anonymous) - sorry, we didn't get a chance to check Friendster, malay ba naming nakapost duon ang US number mo, sa UK number kami natawag, bakit naman kasi hindi ka nagroaming?
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