just sharing this transcript of a chat session: [names altered and also removed unnecessary portions for protection of the people involved]

N(9/1/2009 6:11:06 AM): who were you with last weekend? you said you're gonna make kwento.
q(9/1/2009 6:11:14 AM): oh right..
q(9/1/2009 6:11:37 AM): well, i met up with my girlfriend for the first time nung sabado.
q(9/1/2009 6:11:55 AM): sa mcdo kami nagkita...
N(9/1/2009 6:12:08 AM): you hava girlfriend?
q(9/1/2009 6:12:12 AM): yesh!
q(9/1/2009 6:12:19 AM): can ya believe it?
N(9/1/2009 6:12:26 AM): of course!
N(9/1/2009 6:12:40 AM): what's so unbelievable about that?
N(9/1/2009 6:12:52 AM): anyways...sorry, i interrupted.
q(9/1/2009 6:13:00 AM): well, i've been unattached for god-knows-how-long..
q(9/1/2009 6:13:15 AM): even folks and friends have been worried for me.
N(9/1/2009 6:13:25 AM): aaaw.
q(9/1/2009 6:13:49 AM): so ayun..
q (9/1/2009 6:14:03 AM): we were supposed to go to alabang..
N(9/1/2009 6:14:11 AM): uh-huh.
q(9/1/2009 6:14:12 AM): but coz taxicabs were being an ass..
q(9/1/2009 6:14:22 AM): we decided to go to makati na lang.
q(9/1/2009 6:14:25 AM): heheh
N(9/1/2009 6:14:51 AM): was that a good thing or a bad thing?
q(9/1/2009 6:15:03 AM): supposed ta watch a movie, but ended up having kopi.
q(9/1/2009 6:15:18 AM): and watched people instead.
q(9/1/2009 6:15:34 AM): iz not a bad thing fer sher.
q(9/1/2009 6:15:52 AM): oh, nag-timezone den pala kami..
N(9/1/2009 6:16:06 AM): nag-videoke ba kayo?
q(9/1/2009 6:16:17 AM): ah, that was FAIL.
N(9/1/2009 6:16:27 AM): why? what happened?
q(9/1/2009 6:16:56 AM): couldn't figure out the controls... and wasted 13 petot for an unsung song.
N(9/1/2009 6:17:15 AM): what song?
q(9/1/2009 6:17:31 AM): butete
q(9/1/2009 6:17:51 AM): watever that is..
q(9/1/2009 6:18:14 AM): so after that, we went to cbtl for some coffee and smokes..
N(9/1/2009 6:18:15 AM): VISAYAN VERSION!!!!
N(9/1/2009 6:18:44 AM): you guys drink coffee and smoke a whole lot! (woot)
q(9/1/2009 6:19:00 AM): onga e.
q(9/1/2009 6:19:24 AM): then ni-hatid ko sha pauwi sa sucat.. methinks mga past 3am na yun..
N(9/1/2009 6:20:00 AM): mahaba rin yung time you spent together...
N(9/1/2009 6:20:10 AM): didn't you bore each other to tears?
q(9/1/2009 6:20:16 AM): not long enough fer me..
N(9/1/2009 6:20:25 AM): aaaaw.
N(9/1/2009 6:20:37 AM): i'm sure she feels exactly the same way.
q(9/1/2009 6:21:07 AM): anywho, we still met up around 2pm sa greenhills..
q(9/1/2009 6:21:12 AM): so yay!
q(9/1/2009 6:21:31 AM): she accompanied me in looking for a new battery for my cellphone..
q(9/1/2009 6:22:11 AM): we managed to locate a store that sold one, albeit a class A battery..
q(9/1/2009 6:23:17 AM): afterwards, i had a club sammich at DnD..
q(9/1/2009 6:23:30 AM): handaming kasamang patatas!
N(9/1/2009 6:23:56 AM): i think you might have read the menu incorrectly...
N(9/1/2009 6:24:18 AM): it was s'posed to be fried potato wedges with some bread.
q(9/1/2009 6:24:26 AM): baka nga...
q(9/1/2009 6:25:42 AM): anywho.. so after eating, stroll-stroll sa greenhills, then we went to cubao kasi uuwi na sha ng naga that night..
q(9/1/2009 6:27:52 AM): so wif one last kiss, i saw her off at the bus station..
q(9/1/2009 6:28:07 AM): apparently, sha na lang yung inaantay bago umalis..
N(9/1/2009 6:29:43 AM): so, kulang yung time nyo to say goodbye?
q(9/1/2009 6:30:23 AM): uu..
N(9/1/2009 6:31:19 AM): that would've been a good time to make time stand still.
q(9/1/2009 6:31:42 AM): definately..
q(9/1/2009 6:32:21 AM): eh ikaw? musta naman yung hot date mo last weekend?
N(9/1/2009 6:32:47 AM): oh, it went really well!
q(9/1/2009 6:32:54 AM): spill
N(9/1/2009 6:32:59 AM): hiya ako.
q(9/1/2009 6:33:05 AM): weh?
N(9/1/2009 6:33:21 AM): okay.
q(9/1/2009 6:33:28 AM): cge na dude pare chong bro
N(9/1/2009 6:33:36 AM): tol naman, eh.
N(9/1/2009 6:33:43 AM): bumbwelo lang ako.
q(9/1/2009 6:33:51 AM): cge cge
N(9/1/2009 6:34:21 AM): we decided to meet at 8.30 at mcdo bf...
N(9/1/2009 6:35:09 AM): actually, prior to that pala, i travelled from naga to manila. the anticipation almost killed me but i decided that i have to be alive for my date.
N(9/1/2009 6:35:55 AM): i reached manila at around 5. traffic was bad at slex.
N(9/1/2009 6:36:42 AM): so before 8.30, i asked our driver to take me to mcdo...it was then that my pops decided to accompany me.
q(9/1/2009 6:37:38 AM): eek? chaperone?
N(9/1/2009 6:37:51 AM): turned out, he wanted to buy some beer. 'twas a good thing that there's a 7-11 store across from mcdo so that kinda distracted him and i was able to make my great escape unscathed.
N(9/1/2009 6:38:07 AM): *whew*
N(9/1/2009 6:38:49 AM): i then hurriedly crossed the street to mcdo to where my hotdate was waiting...
N(9/1/2009 6:39:31 AM): he was the first person i saw when i came in.
N(9/1/2009 6:40:16 AM): i wasn't thinking straight for a couple of seconds, actually.
N(9/1/2009 6:40:32 AM): adrenaline rush.
N(9/1/2009 6:44:10 AM): anyways...small talk...small talk...tapos he suggested we go to alabang.
N(9/1/2009 6:44:32 AM): sabi ko naman, i don't really care where we went for as long as i was with him.
q(9/1/2009 6:44:51 AM): nuks numun..
N(9/1/2009 6:45:09 AM): we tried hailing a cab but cab drivers were being a big pain in the backside and wouldn't agree to take us to alabang.
N(9/1/2009 6:45:27 AM): change plans, we went to makati instead.
N(9/1/2009 6:45:46 AM): on cab was heavensent...literally and figuratively.
N(9/1/2009 6:46:13 AM): he agreed to take us to makati...and the cabbie was listening to some religious station.
N(9/1/2009 6:47:31 AM): the ride to makati was really nice. i felt really comfortable with him...
q9/1/2009 6:47:52 AM): aww~
N(9/1/2009 6:51:08 AM): anyways.
N(9/1/2009 6:51:26 AM): we got off at greenbelt 3.
N(9/1/2009 6:52:05 AM): we checked the screening schedules of several movies...
N(9/1/2009 6:53:51 AM): i might have misread the time on my watch because i thought we were already late for the screening...i think. i'm not sure.
N(9/1/2009 6:54:10 AM): that, plus we couldn't really decide on what to watch.
N(9/1/2009 6:54:27 AM): so we decided to have coffee instead.
q(9/1/2009 6:54:49 AM): hehehe
N(9/1/2009 6:56:46 AM): then he asked me if i wanted to go to timezone...
N(9/1/2009 6:56:59 AM): who doesn't wanna go to time zone?
N(9/1/2009 6:57:54 AM): we played basketball, shot some ugly looking zombies, car raced...he won most of the time...
N(9/1/2009 6:57:59 AM): because i let him.
qa_lemon (9/1/2009 6:58:12 AM): oooh~
N(9/1/2009 6:59:20 AM): then he insisted on trying out the videoke thing...
q(9/1/2009 6:59:30 AM): uh-oh..
N(9/1/2009 6:59:36 AM): uh-huh.
q(9/1/2009 7:00:06 AM): and then
N(9/1/2009 7:00:08 AM): he excitedly went through the song list. chose his song and tinkered with the machine...
N(9/1/2009 7:00:43 AM): he chose to sing butete...the visayan version, no less...then pretended that that wasn't the song he chose!
q(9/1/2009 7:00:57 AM): no he didn't!!!
N(9/1/2009 7:01:04 AM): you weren't there.
N(9/1/2009 7:01:08 AM): how would you know?
q(9/1/2009 7:01:34 AM): oh..
q(9/1/2009 7:01:35 AM): right..
N(9/1/2009 7:01:40 AM): ehrm.
q(9/1/2009 7:01:44 AM): but i'm sure he didn't chose that song.
N(9/1/2009 7:01:44 AM): may i continue?
q(9/1/2009 7:01:51 AM): yesh plz
N(9/1/2009 7:01:52 AM): i was there.
N(9/1/2009 7:01:57 AM): he chose the song.
N(9/1/2009 7:02:01 AM): hahaha.
N(9/1/2009 7:05:02 AM): he kinda lost heart and decided he didn't want to sing anymore...the poor baby.
q(9/1/2009 7:05:32 AM): aww~
N(9/1/2009 7:05:42 AM): we hang [sic] around a bit inside the booth...
N(9/1/2009 7:06:01 AM): you don't need to know the details.
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N(9/1/2009 7:09:26 AM): so went out for some coffee again...
N(9/1/2009 7:09:36 AM): went to cbtl...
N(9/1/2009 7:09:58 AM): drank our cuppa joes, smoked and generally watched the world go by...
N(9/1/2009 7:10:16 AM): specifically people who were happy and gay.
N(9/1/2009 7:12:18 AM): ehrm.
N(9/1/2009 7:12:36 AM): i'm talking to myself again.
q(9/1/2009 7:12:42 AM): i iz listening!
q(9/1/2009 7:13:47 AM): plz to continue.
N(9/1/2009 7:20:14 AM): anyways.
N(9/1/2009 7:20:22 AM): we went home at past 2am...
N(9/1/2009 7:21:16 AM): loaded with yosi, coffee and giddy with excitment at finally meeting each other, we had to call it a night.
N(9/1/2009 7:23:11 AM): time does fly when you're having fun.
N(9/1/2009 7:30:49 AM): so he took me home...
N(9/1/2009 7:31:00 AM): not his home, though. my tita's.
q(9/1/2009 7:31:06 AM): ahh..
N(9/1/2009 7:33:27 AM): anyways...
N(9/1/2009 7:33:56 AM): i had a hard time gettin some sleep that night.
N(9/1/2009 7:34:10 AM): still felt giddy and all.
N(9/1/2009 7:34:56 AM): when i did get to sleep, though, it was with a huge smile...like a cheshire cat's. haha
N(9/1/2009 7:35:34 AM): next day, we saw each other again. we met up at greenhills...
N(9/1/2009 7:36:04 AM): we went around looking for a battery for his phone.
N(9/1/2009 7:36:35 AM): there were like, a gazillion people at gh but i only saw him and only him.
N(9/1/2009 7:42:09 AM): we ate at dnd and browsed through some shops and then we were off to cubao because i had to catch the 9pm bus to naga.
N(9/1/2009 7:42:41 AM): when we got to cubao, i bought my ticket then we walked and walked and walked and walked to gateway.
N(9/1/2009 7:43:53 AM): we had dinner. i had dinner, rather. he had some dessert and shared a sylvanna that he bought from razon's.
N(9/1/2009 7:44:50 AM): the sylvanna wasn't really exceptional. sharing it with him made it sweeter, though.
N(9/1/2009 7:45:29 AM): reality bit after dinner. we got up to go back to the terminal...
N(9/1/2009 7:46:36 AM): we rode on the free shuttle service provided by araneta center...i had fun fun fun during the ride...could've been a modern day calesa.
N(9/1/2009 7:47:36 AM): at the terminal, i was informed that i was the only one who has yet to board the bus.
N(9/1/2009 7:48:31 AM): so we said our hurried goodbyes. hugged and kissed for one last time. and that was it.
N(9/1/2009 7:50:55 AM): i wish that time had stretched on...
N(9/1/2009 7:51:04 AM): i wish that i didn't have to leave.
N(9/1/2009 7:51:22 AM): i wish that i could have just stayed with him to share more time together.
q(9/1/2009 7:53:04 AM): so bitin the two days..
N(9/1/2009 7:53:24 AM): it's funny how you spend your life waiting for the right person to find you and when he does, you still have to spend a lot of time apart.