Two Peas in A Pod
? Friday, May 20, 2011
? 12:00 AM
For the past few years that I have spent in my previous school, I must admit that I couldn't have been in my place right now if it weren't for some people. Family, friends and the like are the ones who really deserve my gratitude. But for the previous years, there is this certain person who never failed to support me in everything I do. Besides my family, she's has been my number one fan and I consider myself very, very lucky to have her play a significant part in my life.
Friends, meet my best friend forever, Ina.
We have been friends for the past
six years I guess and hopefully,
more great years for our friendship. Believe it or not, for that very long years we've spent together,
we never fought. As other people say,
Friendship can be measured by how many times two persons fought, and were eventually brought back together. But for the two of us, that quote from someone doesn't really apply at all.
When I was in
grade 5, I was transferred to the other section so I was separated with my friends. After a few days, I moved on and got along with some of my new friends (Guess that won't be the same with college!). And then one day, there was this
long-haired, morena and chinita girl carrying her white and green stripes bag, entering the room accompanied by his father. She sat in the front row, while I was on the very last row. As time passed by, I was a little bit questioning myself,
"Who is this girl???". Ever since I was little,
my spirit of competence was always burning, it was never dead. That girl was pretty smart and intelligent, answering every question that the teacher asks. I was about to start a fire with this girl through a healthy competition but then, she was reassigned to a new seat. And that seat, was beside me. She was in the middle of our mini row. On her left was Clint, and on the other side sat the pretty girl named Kyle (ehem).
Days and weeks passed, we started to get along with each other. Me and Clint will always plan a secret attack to tickle Ina to death. Yes, we were already super happy by just doing that. Pfft, kids! And by that, me and Ina also started this so-called
Friendship. We then started sharing secrets together with some of our friends too. We were a group before, if I'm not mistaken, we were composed of four members. Then it grew, and grew.... I lost count so I cannot really state the exact number of the members of our group before. Ina and I always talked about with this certain guy, codenamed
"Number 5" or
"Ano". Well, I think Ina doesn't want to talk about him. Hmmm?
One thing I cannot and WILL NOT EVER FORGET was when we were on our field trip. On our way back to Cavite, me and Ina sat together. The others were all asleep, obviously tired from roaming and having fun around Enchanted Kingdom.
I was a little bit naughty at that time so I took a picture of them while sleeping, he he he. I then decided to take a picture of me and Ina so we can also have a souvenir. I wasn't really smart with gadgets and stuffs at that time so I wasn't good enough to notice that the camera should be a little bit more far from our faces. When the pictures were developed (yes, no digicam! XD), I wanted to THROW AND BURN that picture. OMFG! I look so fugly. Ha ha ha, that was our epic and most unforgettable picture. I won't describe it and won't let you see it! Too embarrassing.
Moving on to our
Grade Six days, me and Ina weren't that much glued to each other before. As I have stated earlier, we were in a group actually. And I wasn't really dedicating all of my time with that group because I also spend my time with my
Tropang Triangle. (Me, Patricia, and Jasmin). But of course, we still got to hang out with each other.
Again, there was an unforgettable moment that me and Ina shared during our grade six moments.
We had a chance to send text messages to each other and we shared mushy secrets. I cannot forget the funny fact that I was subscribed to an unlimited text promo while Ina wasn't, so she spent 60 pesos that night. She didn't know about this unli text promo, and I wasn't able to tell her about it. As usual, as grade schoolers, our secrets were about our crushes. I cannot believe that we shared the same crush at that time! Luckily, I had two crushes at that time, codenamed "Niya" and "Siya". Ina was shocked by the fact that I was crushing on "Siya". Well, I cannot really blame her about it. And I was so overly childish to say that I was "head over heels" with this person. Funny moments!
I'm really not sure but I think that was the start of Ina being our
number one fan. I mean, she's always acting goobish about us ever since then. Well, I had always been a fan too of her loveteam with whomever she had a crush on. I won't mention names, don't worry ha ha ha.
We then graduated, both with honors. High school, finally! We're now
freshies. I believe that this is the year when we really became tight with each other. As far as I can remember, Ina, Mary, Me and Mellizza sat in the same row so we were the ones who were close to each other. It was also the first time when our group had a petty fight with the another group. The reason was very childish, I cannot believe that we got mad with that. It was also
the first time that I saw Ina have a somewhat "deep" crush with a guy. I still believe that she's having a crush with this guy. Lol, don't kill me! It was also the first time, that I invited Ina and some other friends to come over to our house to celebrate my birthday with me. Unfortunately, Ina wasn't able to come so I cried. Luckily, Mary Rose came to our house instead :-)
I really cannot remember much about our first year days besides Ina and Mary Rose sharing the same crush. That guy is codenamed
"Boom" and
"Panget". I wonder why we're so negative about our crushes before?
Second year days is one of our best memories as a whole class. Well maybe because this was the time that we were coming our of our shells unlike in our first year. We experienced many fights and trials as a whole, we had issues with the teachers, with classmates and etc. Also, me and Ina also had an issue at that time.
I cried like a younger sister fighting with his older brother because of a petty misunderstanding with Mary Rose concerning Ina. I'm really not sure what happened but all I can remember was I was really crying hard.
On the other hand, this was also the year when we were all about to join our field trip to
La Mesa Ecopark except for my best friend. We all took part in trying to make her join the field trip in our own ways. Fortunately, she was able to join but we were separated with our classmates due to some problems. Me, Ina, Mary, Czarina, Timothy and Karl were on a different bus but of course, we still had fun. We were like having a picnik or having an adventure. He he he.
Our
third year days were the best. I believe that Ina will strongly agree. At first, we were really devastated because we were the only ones left, our friends were transferred to the other section. There was also a time when I wanted to be with them, but of course my love for my best friend overcame my troubles.
I made the right choice! This is the year when we really felt the best friend spirit inside of us. Of course we were best friends ever since, but
I do believe that this year was really, really different.
The secrets that we shared were more deeper, not about our petty crushes anymore. And I'm sorry but I still can't share those secrets with you, he he he.
Our
last year in high school was like an extension to our friendship days in our third year. Fun, exciting and everyday was a best friend day! :)
Me and Ina were like B1 and B2, whatever I think or feel inside, she's aware of it even though I don't put it into words. We know each other that well. Sometimes, we have the exact point of view about something. Or sometimes, we feel the exact emotion about something. We move the same way sometimes, and we have the same qualities at times. We also love same things like cartoons and animated movies!
Me and Ina are two different persons. Very different. I am a person who's very vocal and outgoing, I say what I want to say, no holds barred. I'm very aggressive and active. I want action, and I'm very jolly. I like talking more than writing. I like having parties and just fooling around. I love shopping, the color pink, and other girly stuffs. I do have a strong persona and anyone who tries to step on me will have his/her skull crushed.Ina, on the contrary, is not very vocal, somewhat shy but sweet. Compassionate and kind, loves happy endings and weird stuffs. Ina is melancholic at times but she's still gonna smile even though she's mad or sad. She likes rock, rock bands, guitar stuffs and Harry Potter. She's very good in writing. She's a somewhat reserved girl who likes to smile and sit with her friends and have a tea party (lol kidding about the tea party). And because of her compassionate attitude, she will even sacrifice herself for others' sake.
Me and Ina loves fairy tales. I'm the princess, and she's my loyal warrior. She will defend me from every evil being who wants to hurt me. The seen may seem a little bit "inverted" but that's okay. She protects me too! Every time someone will try to annoy me or when I just feel like saying it, I'll shout, "Ina oh!" "Inaaaaa!" "Ina, si Brian oh, pagsabihan mo nga! "Ina si Reinier ang kulit!" "Ina, nakakainis na 'to si Jomar papatulan ko na to!". The fairy tale that we're expecting to happen, is... well, a mess but trust us. Fairy tales do come true!
Me and Ina likes dreaming a lot. I can still remember when we dreamed about being Lasallian and Up-ian friends, about graduating with honors, about her being with "gulaman", about me being with "megatron", abour us being best friends forever and until we're already grandmas, and etc. As you read those lines, you might have noticed that most of our dreams have already happened. I have already passed the DLSUCET and I'm an official Lasallian and Ina passed the UPCAT and she's an iskolar ng bayan. We graduated with honors, she is our valedictorian and I was a merit awardee. Well, about the gulaman and megatron thing, I really cannot comment anything about it but trust me, we didn't expect that our dreams before are finally coming to life.



- I will miss the times when I will just call Ina whenever I feel bored
- the times when we get my lunch downstairs and eat together
- the times when we will just laugh by ourselves because we're the only ones who understand each other
- the times when we will remember how funny Ms. jo's face was when she made face
- the times when we will make tambay near our window and talk about gulaman and megatron
- the times when she will always ask for my advice on what to do, and same with me
- the times when we will hold hands like lesbian lovers
- the times when we will defend each others' side from other evil forces
- the times when I will share about my petty crushes
- the times when she will share about her progress with gulaman
- the times when we will piggy back ride each other for a bet
- the times when we will just hug after each subject
- the times when we will take pictures of ourselves and it looks like a wacky one
- the times when she feels gooby about me and hmmm and when I feel that way too with her and hmmm
- the times when she will describe how frightening my brother is and how beautiful my mother is
- the times when I will describe how cute Joby is and how she looks like Gilly
- the times when she will give me pasalubong from her and from her family
- the times when we will remember how lucky we were because we picked each other last christmas party as Miss Pink and Miss Lavender
- the times when we will reminisce happy and sad times
- the times when she will always try her best to cheer me up whenever I'm at my extreme emotions
- the times when I will boost her optimism and confidence
- the times when she will say "I love you" and I will ignore her statement and then laugh afterwards
- the times when I will pretend that I'm the superior and she's an inferior
- the times when she will do her best to do her duty as my warrior
- the times when we just have a simple talk as best friends
- the times when we always wished we had an alone time
- AND MANY MORE :)
Well, now we're both graduates. We are taking further steps to reach our goals. We'll be really far from each other now. But I guess, it's not much of a problem. We can still keep in touch, even though without cellphones, internet, etc. We still have this bond called Friendship! :) I cannot explain and share more about our friendship but I guess this is more than enough for now. There's still a lot to go knowing that it's still not the end. Many people say that after graduating and as we take steps farther away, we will eventually forget each other, but I really wanna prove them wrong. This friendship is extraordinary. It has a secret ingredient that not only Plankton would like to steal but also everyone.
So, as for my best friend, I'll really miss you. It's somewhat hard to see you go off to another school so far away from me and have new friends you can hang out with but it's okay. Just don't ever forget me or I'll crush your bones. If ever someone threatens to hurt you, you know what to do. I do hope that everything I told you will be remembered and applied. We've gone through a lot, and I hope we'll still overcome more obstacles as we go on. Thank you, Ina. For sharing half of your life and for playing a major role in mine. I love you Best Friend <3
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