Tell me who your friends are…and I’ll tell you mine!
March 8, 2006They say you only make friends with people who you can truly get along with; and when you find true ones, consider yourself the richest person in the world. Yeah right, the only way to make that happen is to borrow from them a large sum of dough, run away to the farthest depths of Bulacan and embezzle the money!
With that said, I introduce to you three of my best buddies at work whom I can really depend on with regards to personal, financial and spiritual matters (Yes, I go to church every third Sunday of the month!).
Below is a snippet of one of our recent email conversations. I decided to keep it in its raw and original format to make it more interesting (and believable). If you would notice I was initially talking to three people but for some strange reason only two of them were replying, I later found out that Pat was abducted by an alien spacecraft and was thrown into the Black Hole never to be found again.
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—–Original Message—–
From: Steel Ventus
Sent: Monday, March 06, 2006 9:51 AM
To: Marrk Borja; Paterno Tayan Jr.; Chip Cudiamat
Subject:
dudes….do you know a good swimming spot that my girl and I can go to? yung di masyadong mahal shempre tsaka di masyadong malayo.
—–Original Message—–
From: Marrk Borja
Sent: Monday, March 06, 2006 10:06 AM
To: Steel Ventus; Paterno Tayan Jr.; Chip Cudiamat
Subject: RE:
over night ba yan ?
—–Original Message—–
From: Chip Cudiamat
Sent: Monday, March 06, 2006 10:30 AM
To: Marrk Borja; Steel Ventus; Paterno Tayan Jr.
Subject: RE:
swimming pool ba? beach? o hot springs? sa gabi ba o araw?
—–Original Message—–
From: Marrk Borja
Sent: Monday, March 06, 2006 10:31 AM
To: Chip Cudiamat; Steel Ventus; Paterno Tayan Jr.
Subject: RE:
may suot ba kayo ?
—–Original Message—–
From: Chip Cudiamat
Sent: Monday, March 06, 2006 10:34 AM
To: Marrk Borja; Steel Ventus; Paterno Tayan Jr.
Subject: RE:
i remember sa tagaytay may cottage dun na may private pool, masaya siya.. mahal lang nga…
—–Original Message—–
From: Steel Ventus
Sent: Monday, March 06, 2006 10:35 AM
To: Chip Cudiamat; Marrk Borja; Paterno Tayan Jr.
Subject: RE:
Magkano? ayos yun malapit lang!
—–Original Message—–
From: Chip Cudiamat
Sent: Monday, March 06, 2006 10:36 AM
To: Steel Ventus; Marrk Borja; Paterno Tayan Jr.
Subject: RE:
pre, dati na yun, 4,700 overnight, saya pre, malamig at romantic… at may private pool pa…
—–Original Message—–
From: Steel Ventus
Sent: Monday, March 06, 2006 10:38 AM
To: Chip Cudiamat; Marrk Borja
Subject: RE:
(Removed pat from the list, baka magyayang mag-bike sa tagaytay e!)
May contact number ba jan chong? hot springs kaya? pero gusto nya kasi pool e, na overnyt! yihee!!!!
—–Original Message—–
From: Chip Cudiamat
Sent: Monday, March 06, 2006 10:40 AM
To: Steel Ventus; Marrk Borja
Subject: RE:
oh yeah i have, i’ll check with my sis in law, she has the contact number there, masaya pre… romantic and tagaytay has everything, pero kailangan may sasakyan ka dude…
—–Original Message—–
From: Steel Ventus
Sent: Monday, March 06, 2006 10:56 AM
To: Chip Cudiamat; Marrk Borja
Subject: RE:
Reality check: I dont have wheels…I roam the earth by foot!
—–Original Message—–
From: Chip Cudiamat
Sent: Monday, March 06, 2006 10:58 AM
To: Steel Ventus; Marrk Borja
Subject: RE:
then dapat kasama mo ako, you have to tell my partner the whole situation para pumayag siya =)
—–Original Message—–
From: Steel Ventus
Sent: Monday, March 06, 2006 11:18 AM
To: Ceferino Cudiamat; Marrk Borja
Subject: RE:
Im sorry but three is a crowd. I think I’ll bring my own scoreboard thank you very much!
You see, with friends like these guys, who needs enemies?
Previous Comments
[1] Being a retard myself I can understand their condition as well. Poor creatures…
Posted by ballsofsteel at March 9, 2006, 4:39 amballs of steel
bro, tagaytay has nice trails, bike tayo dun … =)
Posted by paterno tayan at June 20, 2006, 3:05 pmpatay n daw c paterno tayan?
Posted by no at April 13, 2007, 3:49 amOO. Patay na si pat. April 12, 5-6pm , naaksidente sa motor. 
You guys dont know how devastated I was when I heard the news several hours ago. And to think I also rode the motorcycle for a year before. Pat is and has been a good friend of mine since our PeopleSupport days. I don’t know how to tell our other friends about this horrible news. Let’s all pray for his loved ones.
Posted by Steel at April 13, 2007, 5:06 amNalaman ko rin kay Tin kanina lang na naaksidente si Pat. Parang kailan lang umangkas pa ako sa motor nya papunta MRT station. Sinabihan nya pa akong wag magmomotor sa EDSA delikado raw kung di ka marunong
God bless sa mga naiwanan ni pareng Pat.
Posted by Ronin Revenge at April 13, 2007, 7:57 amwe are all shocked last nyt in PS when we heard about the news… Dear PAt shall be missed… Bye, Dear Friend… Steel and DELL peeps, if u have plans to go to the wake, let us PS peeps know so that we can all pay our last respects…
Posted by Carlo Flores at April 13, 2007, 12:03 pmWill keep you posted, Carlo.
Posted by Steel at April 13, 2007, 5:31 pmi find you guys cute…err conversation that is
Posted by blacksheep at December 1, 2007, 7:38 pm
You are lucky to have friends with big sense of humor! I'm sure it's a fun group…
Posted by Alvin at March 8, 2006, 2:48 pm