IMHO

Ney's Birthday

Neyney had a birthday yesterday - my longest-lasting, "oldest" best friend (first met in June 1986; I'd meet Miles, our other best friend, a year later). Wish I had a working scanner to show off our old college photos, but he'll always look the same to me, expanding waistline and all...a youthful, smirking "Isko" whose, ahem, rear end is one of his best features (although he no longer wears those tight jeans to show it off, hehe, excuse me). My Koya, who is Dudong to my Inday, the brother and confidant and male counterpart I will always appreciate and be thankful for in this life. I had openly planned to smoke one pack of Philip Morrises on his birthday to celebrate the occasion and to commiserate with Miles' lapsing back into the habit and Ney's own occasional indulging in a stick or two...but thank God I never quite got around to it (perhaps it helped to think that his soul would suffer eternal damnation once I lit up after almost four years of cold turkey!)

Cheers to you Ney - my brother, my classmate in life, my sounding-board, my proxy, my cheerleader, my best friend. God has great plans for you, and I know I'll be cheering you on the sidelines as well as you accomplish them for Him. Happy 37th!

(Photo of Ney on the right, Miles' David on the left)

posted by Honey Oliveros @ 11:30 PM