below is an email i sent to one of my friends after our third week, with some of the details disguised.
we first "met" online. both of us were free on good friday, so we decided to meet for real. when i talked to him on the phone, his english was so good i couldn't resist asking, "[taga-X] ka ba?" the answer: yes. at hindi lang yun, [Y course] pa. 2002. this i learned within the first five minutes of our EB. i told him [Y] din ako, and my brother's his batchmate. he asked me who my brother is, and i said, "hindi ba obvious sa mukha?" he took a good look at me and guessed correctly! my gus, kabarkada niya pala yung mga high school classmates ng brother ko. ex niya pa yung isa =)
anyway, we got along so well talking about [X] stuff that we decided to meet again on black saturday. syempre fireworks na. and then we went to the easter vigil at the church in [X]! the next day, we met yet again. naglatag ng banig sa damuhan sa high school, and after a few hours of more conversation, he asked me, "ok lang ba if i call you my boyfriend?" naisip ko na rin yun kasi nga we seemed to be very compatible. so after clarifying what he meant by "boyfriend," which took quite a bit of time, we basically agreed na kami na... on easter sunday =)
we've been together every weekend since then. this past weekend, we were actually together for two nights--walang uwian. the only problem is that i'm leaving on may 30, which he knew from the beginning. but we've been discussing LDR, so i guess he's up for the challenge. he doesn't seem to think that december is so far away, and he's been encouraging me to finish my phd na, so i can come back for good next year. monthsary namin on may 12, but i think we'll celebrate our anniversary--if we last that long--on easter sunday.
