keeping a good friend

my b's best friend, Z, from far far away is here in the country for a vacay. since we're not working in a corporate world, it's much easy for us to leave the office early and entertain him while he's here. after all, we don't have a boss to reprimand us for unfinished tasks nor a strict payroll to deduct undertime and absences. well, it's somehow taking a toll on our project schedules coz we only get to work for at least 4 hours a day. but the moments spent with such a good friend can compensate for that worry and lack of sense of achievement that we feel.

this is the first time that i got to interact with Z a lot. i must say, things have changed. we bonded in a little way and i found out that we are similar in a lot of things. i'm more comfortable with him now. maybe because i now know he's not mad at me for all the mean things i did to b (his best friend) before. it also helped that he thinks b is lucky to have found me. teehee.

with him being here means a lot of socializing, which b and i have never done for quite a long time. you see, b and i used to be a member of such a happy group until a certain issue rose between some people in the circle. b and i are not used to the attacking and backfighting kind of thing so we lived our own lives since then. i'm not actually involved with the dispute. however, i came to the point of hating this one person who i believe is the reason why it ended up in such a nasty way, why good people have to be hurt. during the few moments that i get to spend with these people again, i was able to set aside the hard feelings and it actually felt good letting go of that hatred towards one person. it's like a huge thorn has been pulled out of my chest.

in exactly a week from now, Z will go back to the states and things will be back to normal again. the next couple of days til his departure were already planned and i'm pretty sure we'll all have a great time. even though i miss my b (a lot!) coz of their late night "boys only" gimmicks, i truly understand that this kind of thing won't happen again til his next homecoming.

i can actually describe the past 2 weeks as BLISS..with him being here. and i'm actually a little sad that he'll be going home soon coz i'll probably miss him. =(