bonski’s box

A close friend of mine is leaving for the Philippines. As to the question of her coming back is basically up to her, hopefully she will although not necessarily coming back here to her now previous employer. This post is a brief about her.

I first met her sitting alone in the human resource waiting area, at first I didn’t took notice. However several hours later, she still was sitting there alone anxiously waiting for someone who should be ontime. She looks nervous and getting impatient, I can tell, I approached her and asked if she is looking/waiting for someone. She politely replied that she was indeed waiting for someone, I don’t exactly remember what happened next, I think I asked her if she’d eaten because she was there for almost 3 hours(I think.) After the brief encounter , I thought that was the last time that I will be seeing her.

We crossed paths again when I was tasked to handle the Medical Records module,I was surprised to see her  among the users that I’m going to train. So began the affair(platonic ), whenever she had problems with the module she pesters me with "Paano po to?Baket po ganito? Ngek! Mali!" call.  I like talking to her mostly nonsense and anything under the sun. I don’t know when it happened but we got close when she had problems with here officemates and work and since she always opens up to me, I was her ears to hear for and shoulder to lean on(naks.)  Even her love matters although I don’t agree with her on the choices, I still support her coz I’ve been that road before. She once told me that she wanted to be a police officer, and joked that you wouldn’t get past the height limit although she’d make a very pretty SP01. I was sad for her, when her sponsor for visa is taking advantage of her. Making her pay more than the usual for fees you don’t get receipt for, it was also the sponsor that ultimately forced her to go. 

She is tough(she told me once she knocked down a boy her own age), but at the same very fragile. She broke down to me when she had family problems, although she’d cried talking to me before, it felt very deep this time. But being the "masunurin" little sister that she is, she took it in stride.

I’ll miss her, in the short span that we knew each other, I guess time doesn’t factor  when you’re making a connection with another person. Here’s to a more successful endeavors and hopefully you’ll never forget your big bro.

"Silence is all we have to give, and the memories of a life I wish we’d live" - LifeHouse - Walking Away