So long as men can see or eyes can read
So long live this and this gives life to thee
- William Shakespeare Sonnet 116 couplet
| CUISINE THE FORT FRIDAY NIGHT 10PM |
It was one of those evenings that he wished he was in a place and situation that was better than where he is now but there’s nothing he can do because what he wanted to do required someone to be with, “Dang I’m getting tired of this clubbing scene, How I’d wish I was with someone driving to the beach or to Tagaytay with someone and just enjoy the road trip, drive till you loose the road, or break with the ones you follow, a line he remembered from The Fray’s How to save a life song..” “It’s always the same going out try to appreciate the music and be with good company get drunk and go home wasted routine” He was joined by Aton Mercado, Arts Serrano, Paolo Raoyo, Micha Garcia and Rb Barbaso, The Bored Crew doing what they often when they’re bored, a Saturday ritual partying in Cuisine at Fort Bonifacio’s The Fort Strip..
“The music is great yeah?!” Anton Mercado mused, “Yeah, where else can you hear alternative songs that are remixed into club music” Referring to what he heard on one of his clubbing moments where he heard a club remix of Chasing Cars by Snow Patrol, they play Jazz Bossanova, Acid-Jazz with a feel of Club-ish something to it. But there was something bothering Jiggy lately, Have you ever been in a situation that you just found yourself staring blankly into oblivion with a sad piano melody playing in your head? Despite the fact that you’re in a club with thumpa-thumpa or thud-thud music playing? “Ah not tonight, I’ll do whatever it takes to enjoy this night, who knows maybe I’ll be lucky tonight and get some action and meet someone” Jiggy mused Following Micha’s lead they all paraded to Embassy Fly, walking straight in ignoring the line, the perks of being VVIP, “I find it ridiculous to fall in a very long line just to get in a place to dance?” Jiggy said, “Who cares they’re a bunch of losers haha! Let’s go!” so the night went on, “We study Hard, but we partey harder”
| HOME, JIGGY’s ROOM |
Jiggy woke up feeling incredibly refreshed feeling 5 years younger and 5 years happier, He got up and went on to his morning rituals, standing by the window sipping from his home brewed coffee and smoking a Marlboro lights cigarette. “I got to quit smoking before it takes it toll on me””I miss playing soccer, I remember I could play for a whole day, now I can only play for 5 minutes on a smaller field” He thought. He looked into his room, a warm place it is, the walls were adorned with pictures from magazines cut neatly to for a collage of sights and places He wanted to visit and Hung paintings he himself painted, being an art enthusiast, on the left side of his room, there was a guitar rarely used, “When will I ever learn to play that instrument ..” There was bonsais and a collection of soccer balls, a simple desk that held his favorite books like 100 years of solitude, Artemis Fowl Books, The Good Earth and others and of course his computer and assorted gadgetry,
“I feel like going to Greenbelt and maybe watch the world go by and just wander through Makati, it is after all a nice day, The sky is blue, the clouds are high up and its not that hot, a perfect day to stroll..” The adventurist side inside him was desperately trying to surface and take a hold a hold of him..
| Greenbelt, 4PM |
Jiggy was walking through Greenbelt 5 admiring the sights and view of a sophisticated mall complex, “Nature was incorporated in this place very well, how lovely” He thought, Then his phone rings and as he looked to see who the caller was, he became excited and smiled while answering the call. “Hey Marl! What’s up,” “Hey Jigs, where are you, lets hangout” “Huh? Aren’t you were away with your family, I saw your sister’s picture in facebook, they’re touring Europe” “Yeah, I was able to give them the slip and stay here, Michelle is skiing in Italy right now, And my parents are in Rome, anyway so what do you say to hanging out?” “sure why not I’m in Greenbelt right now” “Cool, Lets meet up” “All right Lets meet at our spot.” “Okay great!“ I hear him say with a enthusiastic voice and He hung up.
I sit in a bench in front of via mare, the same place where I first met him, and i see him walking towards me coming from Greenbelt 4, and as i see him, my cheeks begin to fluster as I behold a youth of stunning innocence with a boyish look to match, and i hold his hand and kiss him on his cheeks, and i walk along. we walk around looking at the sights, we eat ice cream and talk beside the Sto. Nino church, we watch a movie and play at timezone, we break bread and eat and in recipes Greenbelt 3, his favorite resto and order the general's chicken, tofu and fried rice then we strall around greenbelt 5,
I miss you bubu, how've you been? I feel like I havent seen you in years, and theres this funny feeling in my mind that it has been years, what have you been upto. I say, and he just smiles.. we kiss, a kiss of brilliance that it blows my mind away, a kiss that i feel that as if my being is joined by half of myself that i've lost that i'm now joining with. Then He breaks the kiss and I suddenly feel in terrible pain, a pain that unbearable i can barely stand up, I look to Marly for support but he just looks at me with a smile, though clearly I can see its a sad smile, I tried to say something but he cuts me off, and says, "You have to go back now, tell my parents i love them, tell everyone i love and miss then and that i will see them soon." and with his words I fall down unconcious.
| ST. LUKES, SATURDAY 11PM |
I wake up into this bright room, and Owwww! BAM i feel like I've been hit by a bus, like my whole body's wrecked, and to my left, I see my mother and she smiles, a worried smile, "You got into a car accident, your cars totally wrecked, you were driving drunk, yet again, I told you one day you'd get into an accident. and now you did. How could you be so irresponsible Josemaria." I begin to cry and i apologize, this isnt the first time i blew it bigtime. "Rest now."
| HERITAGE PARK, 3 MONTHS LATER |
Im smoking infront of a familiar place, a place i visited alot of times already, a place i visited daily at a time, then weekly, then monthly, then once in a while.. I look to where You are and I say out loud, Hello Marlon, how have you been, "Am i dreaming right now, will I wake up?" im mummblinb my words now, not able to stop myself from crying, "It felt so real, your kiss, your hand, the time i spent, if youre there, then how can what i felt been real?, I miss you, I miss you everyday, You were my world, and my whole world used to fit inside my arms." I bend down and i kiss my hands and press it hard against the marker, and i turn my back and catch a glimpse of that place and i whisper "Rest well bubu, I love You."
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