“Musta ka na?”
It was
a text from Jay, one of my little
brothers in blogspace. He usually starts a text convo with that sentence. And
so the convo started.
He
asked if I know where RCBC Plaza is, and if I know how to get there. It was
easy breezy. I worked at Makati for a good four, almost five, years and my office,
then, was located at Rufino Tower along Ayala Ave. So I gave him specific
instructions on how to get there.
“Aun.madali
lng pla. Cge tnx a lot. Gud luck sa pgpunta q dun. hahaha.”
For
some reason, I sensed a little apprehension on the youngster’s reply. So, me, being
the nosy the one, asked,
“anong
meron sa rcbc? why are you going there, if I may ask?”
It was
the Awards Night of the 2011 Philippine Blog Awards.
“Uo. Merun.punta
ka! :-)”
“i-a-rsvp
kta.”
Honestly,
I got a little excited. Being rather relatively new to blogspace, attending
such an event would be an amazing experience.
“kelan
ba yan? and what time?”
“Tom. 6pm.”
Then,
my excitement died. Like fire, extinguished. I have plans with C and we were
supposed to go with Nox and Ronron (I guess I’m not gonna elaborate on this one, since Jay is the star in
this post). So I have to turn down his invite. Honestly, I had a hard time
turning down Jay’s invite, but I had to due to prior arrangements.
Then,
of course, there goes the almost expected question of his,
“May sbux b dun sa
rcbc?”
He
loves coffee. He loves hanging out at Starbucks.
So I
told him of almost every Starbucks store I know of near the place.
“Bhay n q. :-)”
It was
an assurance that whatever it is that happened to him on that day, he got home…
Safe and sound.
***
The
day after, C was feeling a little better already. I was a bit anxious, but I trust
that Jay would make it to the venue based on the directions/ instructions I gave
him.
It was
past 6 PM, and I haven’t heard from him. In my head, I was like “Baka nag–start na yung event. I guess he
made it there.”
After
dropping off C near his place, I received a text from Jay. And that text made
my day.
I
couldn’t have been any prouder!
But,
then, my heart sank a little bit. Regrets, I guess. I told him I could’ve been
the stage kuya cheering him on and screaming and applauding him like crazy when
his blog flashed on the screen. I could’ve dragged C to the Awards Night, when
he felt better already.
Then I
thought, “Kaya siguro persistent sya in inviting me… Had I known he was
nominated, had I known he had a shot in winning this, sana pumunta ako.”
***
After
waking up, and logging in to blogger, I saw his post on my Dashboard. After reading
his post, I immediately commented and he replied:
This
is my way to congratulate him, and tell him that I’m so proud of him.
To Jay, my little brother here in
blogspace,
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
