MY LONG LOST FRIEND

I got a voice message from one of my friends in HK yesterday morning. She was asking me to call her back because my long lost friend in Canada, called her and left a phone no. for me. I right away called my friend in HK and we had quite an hour of chikahan. After I hang up with her, I then dialled the phone nos. she gave me to contact my friend in Canada. I got no answered for both phone nos. so I decided to send an SMS to her. Half an hour later my CP rang and I was really surprised to hear my friend's voice after 5 years of not contacting each other. We have a long story why we lost our communication. We were best of friends when we were in HK together. Year 2003 she left for Canada, before she left HK she borrowed some money from me worth $20,000hk. I do trust her since mayroon kaming pinagsamahan. We shared tears, joys and secrets. She asked me to trust her, and she swore that she would pay me back. So I trusted her words, after a month since she left HK, she contacted me and sent me $2,000 HK as she coudn't pay me the whole amount right away. I didn't mind at all, at least she is willing to pay and I do understand her situation, that she has a family to support in the Philippines. Days, months and years go by, I never heard from her again, until I left HK to come here in the U.S.

I asked one of my friends in HK to use my phone no. incase this friend of mine in Canada will call. But in my head, nawalan na ako ng pag-asa na maibalik pa sa akin ang pera na yon. I have had so many experiences that after my friends in HK borrowed some money from me, they just vanished and never paid me back. Last night when I talked to this friend of mine, she was apologising and telling me what had happened to her in Canada. She said she had never forgotten me even once, at hindi niya nakakalimutan na malaki ang utang na loob niya sa akin. Sa dami ng tulong na na ibigay ko sa kanya. I told her not to think about utang na loob dahil hindi ko yon iniisip, masaya na ako na komontak uli siya sa akin. If I helped my friends I have never thought about debt of gratitude or something in return. We did have a very good chikahan and she was asking me where to send the money. She told me that if ever she couldn't contact me, she will find a way to send the money to my family back home, and I was so touched by her words. She asked me if she needs to pay an interest, my replied was, I would be happy if you could just pay me half of it from the amount you borrowed. Her friendship means a lot to me, no words can describe how happy I am that she contacted me again. Her life in Canada is not easy and she has 5 children and 4 grand children to support in the Philippines. She was so happy and thanking me non-stop. She said hindi daw ako nagbabago, she recalled the incident when I was mad at her from lying. But everytime I heard that she didn't have any allowance when we went out on our off days. I still dropped her some money in the mail box, though I refused to talk with her. We both burst out into laughter after she finished telling this story. We ended our conversation with good byes and good night to each other.

When I went downstairs to put the dishes in the dishwasher, I have found out that the sink was empty and cleaned. All the dishes were in the dishwasher running. I went back upstairs and told my bana that a miracle happened in the kitchen. My stepdaughter for the very first time did the cleaning. She even washed all the pans and dry them up. She also cleaned the oven stove and dry the kitchen sink......for the very first time.....I am impressed! My bana then asked his daughter what happened? why so suddenly she cleaned the kitchen. Her replied was, because Lerio do it all the time so I thought I would do it this time. This morning my bana and I still couldn't believed of what happened, we just laughed and said, oh oh! we really need to throw a b-day party for her next month.....hahahahah!