PG chronicles I - thank God for friends!

But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life; and thanks to a benevolent arrangement of things, the greater part of life is sunshine. Thomas Jefferson


By all accounts, it seemed like The Great Escape to Pagudpud was a resounding Go! Everyone was excited. Except me. I was ecstatic! I was timing my short visit to coincide with this much-anticipated event.

But, as fickle as a fashionista’s fashion sense, everyone suddenly had other prior commitments as the days to the Great Escape drew near.

Just like that.

Did they not know that going to the beach meant the world to me at this time? I was so desperate to break away from the pressure of work.

But I know there was no use forcing my case on them.

Like a selfish, inconsolable crybaby, I whined my cares away on Gina and Jannette.

Ever ready, Gina said we could squeeze ourselves with her friends who were off to Puerto Galera on those days. She would take care of the accommodation.

Jannette called long distance and committed Johnne and herself to go with us. She insisted on fetching me from the airport so we need not bother my parents. She offered her apartment.

I was utterly shameless and I knew it. But of course, characteristically they would hear nothing of it. For them, it was all part of friendship.

To be loved by friends like that! :)

I knew things were really looking up from here.