Winning all heads and tails

We were on the phone with Denise last night. The call, which lasted for almost an hour, was for the longest time anticipated. We were having signal problems before, and last night, she finally caught up with us ;-)

We were just talking about her when the phone rang. We recalled that she was actually the first one among our friends who knew about our plans of settling down. We remember her even saying, "Basta please lang ha, 'wag n'yo na 'kong gawing bride's maid (Just spare me from being the bride's maid)." We promised her exactly that.

We asked her when is she touching down to Manila (she's based in Singapore now) for our wedding, to which she replied that it's going to be on the night before the wedding day. We sensed her dilemma because she was also invited to come to another colleague's wedding happening two weeks before ours, and she can only attend one. "Nag-toss coin ako, kayo ang nanalo (I tossed the coin, you guys won)!" We told her we knew about her "very well-thought" decision making scheme, because that's what the colleague told us she did. We added that suppose we didn't win in the coin, she's bound to come home whatever happens anyway, we'll make sure of that. We'll make her!

Before hanging up, she confessed, "Ang totoo, panalo talaga kayo kasi si Vincent ang head at si Christine ang tail (truth is, you guys are the winners through and through because Vincent is the head and Christine is the tail)." Hahaha!

About what we have in common

While we're on the subject of just in cases, we might as well go in depth about what we both have in common. There's an English idiom that says: familiarity breeds contempt -- the more you get to know a person, the more you find fault in him/her, disliking him/her eventually.

We've known each other for about six years now, and we can say with a straight, glowing face that we are so proud of our friendship/partnership over the years. Of course, it's not all rainbow bright. We'd have bumps and clashes (even in our pre-couple days) on some other days. There are times when, though not too often but should be taken in seriously, one is too annoyed with the other that folding up the arms while chanting, "This too, will pass..." seem to work perfectly well. Yet, we do not let the sun go down until we have dealt with our issues together.

That said, we've discovered that we still have similarities all along! From the literal to the abstract. Never mind if fried chicken is not for him and Gundam is not for her. Here goes:


Firstborns
We're both big brother -- to a brood of five brothers, and big sister -- to a sister and two brothers.

Books
Not bookworms, though...well, close ;-) We just love a diversity of literature for light reading. Maybe being librarians have its influences, but we do not entirely attribute it to that. Librarians or not, we read.

Memorial Parks
Graveyards are not anymore morbid to us. We would usually have our dates beside a grave stone! Our favorite hang out is the Loyola Memorial Park in Marikina. At times, we would hunt for famous personalities' graves that we know were buried there.

University of the Philippines Diliman (UPD) / UP SLIS
Although we started out from different colleges when we entered UPD (like most UP graduates have their own college stories to tell), we both ended up graduating from the School of Library and Information Studies (formerly, ILS, later ILIS). However, we did not meet at the SLIS as college students. Serendipity, my friend ;-)

Disney Channel
We are into Disney cartoons and original made-for-TV movies. We're from the Kuzco Academy!

Disneyland
It is our dream to see and experience the Anaheim and Orlando parks.

Chico & Delamar
We call ourselves the Silent Rushers -- we listen to them and participate from time to time. Chix and Del are Monster Radio 93.1 jocks and they board the morning program called The Morning Rush from 6 to 9AM, Mondays through Saturdays. You should hear them laugh. It's infectious.

Harry Potter
STUPEFY! Oh yes, we are Potter fans, book and screen adaptations! We saw the first Harry Potter movie four times.

Love Actually
Definitely, one of our all-time favorites. See related post.

Desperate Housewives
We see to it that we never miss an episode while we can.

Grey's Anatomy
Another one of our TV series addiction. Never mind if we don't understand medical jargon.

Pugad Baboy
We'd laugh out loud at this cartoon strip!

YouTube
Who else isn't hooked to YouTube these days? On Saturday lunch breaks, we would sit down and watch 80's music videos.



We have our differences but we still go together ;-)

"Just in cases..."

http://www.loveactually.com

When we are on a TV date and there seems to be nothing on TV despite channel-surfing for the last n minutes, our next desperate move is to check out our video collection (we have merged our VCD/DVD collections into one rack, which is really convenient for us) and pick which among the titles should we play again, if only to satisfy our craving for at least something to watch. We'd usually debate for a while.


Christine (examining the rack): "Ano panoorin natin (which should we pick)?"

Vincent (grins, knowing that the other has a prepared answer but is just being diplomatic): "Kahit ano, basta hindi 50 First Dates (anything but 50 First Dates)."

C (disappointed but quickly heads to plan B): "Titanic? Mulan? Three Men and a Little Lady? Ayoko ng maisip na pelikula (I don't want something heavy)."

V: "Love Actually?"

C: "Bingo."


Love Actually is one of our common denominators (check our list on the sidebar), actually ;-) We never get tired of watching this film over and over again. We didn't have much expectation when we first saw it on cable TV (we never caught it on the big screen).


C (while channel-surfing one night): "Uy (hey)! Love Actually. Maganda raw 'yan (they say it's good)."

V (was about to set off for home): "Naku, e panay talkies lang 'ata yan (could be all talkies)."

C (insistently): "Panoorin natin (let's watch and see)."


At the end of the movie, we were just sighing. Awwwww!!! This movie is something else, we both agree. Our favorite sub-story is that of Jamie (Collin Firth) and Aurelia (Lucia Moniz). Jamie, an Englishman, learned Portuguese in pursuit of Aurelia in Portugal to ask her hand in marriage. Aurelia, on the other hand, didn't wait for Jamie unprepared and learned English, just in cases. Love knows no language barrier.

Haaay.

71 days til Christmas = 61 days to go for us!

It's getting really, really near. Our make-believe days will soon be over ;-)