Old friends and cancelled plans

I love it when the things I least expect happen to me (good things, that is). I was hanging out at Kayelle’s house early this afternoon when I got an SMS from someone. “The king has returned!” it said. Puzzled, I looked at the sender, and when I saw a name I haven’t seen in my message inbox since August, I let out a tiny shriek. Chris is back from Boston! =D

We SMSed each other for a while, and I asked him if he had any plans for tomorrow because I have an extra ticket to the premiere of Return of the King. I didn’t think that he could make it though, since he just arrived and all. It turned out I was right; his dad wants him to be with his family and it looks like I won’t be seeing him till January because they’re going to Bangkok until the New Year. The good news is that Chris will be having the car until he leaves for Boston, which makes planning gimmicks a whole lot easier since the transportation problem is solved. Yay!

I just got off the phone with him and it’s funny how it feels like we had our last conversation just last week. Aside from the fact that the stories he tells me are completely different from mine, it’s like he never left at all. His accent didn’t even change; he still speaks the way most guys from Xavier do except that he uses less Tagalog and more English this time. Chris told me how he can tell which of his friends from here are for real because they’re the ones who still kept in touch with him. I’m really glad that our friendship is still intact even if we don’t get to talk or e-mail each other as often as we’d like. I can’t wait to hang out with him again! But with Christmas just a couple of days away, I think phone calls will do for now.

In other news, my friends and I were supposed to make an indie film over the break but it looks like we’ll have to postpone it till the summer because our director, Kayelle, will be at Batangas during our shoot dates. Boo. To think that I was really looking forward to it. I guess that leaves me with nothing to do during the days between Christmas and New Year. I suppose I could use those days to work off the calories from the delicious Christmas dinner we’ll be having. Gotta greet the New Year looking fabulous!