Abler

It just sunk into me now that one of my friends left. Aby left for Singapore to work as a copywriter in an ad agency. She's bound for success and I'm so proud of her.

I remember very clearly how our paths first crossed. One time, not so long ago, in an old classroom in La Salle, my classmates and I were waiting for our teacher for copywriting. And, after some chattings, in came Aby or "Miss", as what students usually call their professors. But the minute she came in, I know this class is going to be different. Already, she gave me an impression that she'll definitely make the class fun and interesting, something that what most students want - NOT BORING. I know the class was fun because she really was a good prof, very funny and you'll surely not get bored. I remember she often used the word "tsienes" in between her lectures and really at that time, it was really really funny for me. A prof saying "tsienes, tsienes" in her lecture? That's gotta be funny. I don't know if she remembers, but in one of our group activities, I even sang "baduy masa OPM" songs just to make a point in our group presentation. Fun. Fun. Fun. (We even smoked with her outside the classroom. When you're a student, it makes you feel cool.)

Anyway, at the end of our semester, I thought that was the last time I would see "Miss." But a couple of years after, our paths crossed again. I worked at Image Dimensions and there I met tracy, who then introduced me to the "chums." "Miss" was part of that group - the Chums. So, at first, it was kind of awkward to be hanging out with Aby because in the first place how should I call her - Miss? - as what I'm used to or Aby? as how chums would call her. Chums would always dare me to call her by her first name but as I've mentioned, it was hard. But then, as time progressed, we've hang out often enough to treat each other as friends, not just a teacher-student thing. From then on, I learned to call her by her name. Sweet.

All I want for her is to succeed in whatever she wants to do because she's definitely a talented one. Go Miss, er, Aby, Break a Leg!

See yah in six months...