it was our all time favorite hang out after work and after the drunken night out from the crazy LA clubs. we sat at the main corner at the middle of the restaurant , the ones everybody sees as they enter the entrance.there, we used to stare at the elongated, black and white framed and hanged pictured taken from thailand. but there was a twist. we made up stories behind those pictures pretending we were the main characters. but of course, it was our own comedic version.
there, we all cramped a six sitter table into a sardined eight sitter table. there, we shared our personal stories, our innermost secrets. sometimes, we even argued and exchange contrasting opinions btu made up before the night ended. with budgetted money in our pockets as we were all struggling working students, we still managed to fill up our hungry stomachs and made sure everyone has a hearty dose of laughter and meal. there, we laughed the nights away.
"we" was the eight of "us." "us" were charmaine ( "blondie" because she always dyed her hair bright blond. she was the one who made sure you looked good for the night ), dianne ("ms. praise the lord" because she always "prayed over" everything and never missed a day of church and praise), elcid ( "daddy" because he was the "fatherly" brother but he acted the cowardest of us all), christine ("mommy" because she was the mother figure and the craziest stick shift car driver ---she truly defines, "crazy woman driver!!!"), rona ( our "ate" --big sister---as she was the oldest out of everyone and she looked after everyone of us), melvin ( "kuya melvin the rockstar" our favovite big brother who can sing and play the guitar so beautifully and who recorded our endless drunken nights at the karaoke ), roselynn ( our "manang lot" but we often call her, "panget" was our designated driver) and me ( baby bu - "bu" short for "bu"-ang (meaning crazy in bisaya and ilonggo) and "bu" for "bunso" for the youngest in the family.
but last night, the eight became the three of us: dianne, charmaine and i at our favorite hangout at sanamluang in the outskirts of the busy, clubgoers infested, thai town in hollywood boulevard. and there, we sat on the same favorite spot on the corner. the pictures still hanged there. almost nothing changed. we still laughed and told stories. but we mostly tried to catch up on each others lives and reminisce of our memories being at that place weekends after weekends then.
being there with charm and dianne reminded me of my greatest treasures in life. not only do i have my own biological family who loves me dearly but i am blessed with an adoptive family of friends who continues to support me and stand behind me no matter what happens in my life. and being at sanamluang and dining there with my "sisters" reminded me that that feeling of being home again.
thanks charm, kaylah , khloe and diane for an evening of laughters and true friendship.
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