August 16, 2006… Wednesday

Dear Future Wife, I love You

The title pretty much gives away everything I have to say - tapus kung madakpan ako ni Ma’am
Lalantacun writing this while naga lecture sya on how to make an Excel Sheet hyperlink, I’m doomed –
ipabasa na daya kanakun sa atubangan ka bilog nga department. BUT ANYWAY, IN CASE MABATIAN MO,
if diya kaw sa department, at least this is one thing we could laugh about in the future. Apir?

Or basi wala kaw diya sa department, basi wala pa ta ka kitaay, basi sako ka man sa imu school
(kung diin ka man ga school dukar-on).

Would it be creepy if hambalan ta kaw nga palangga ta kaw dukar-on palang? Even without
knowing you? I mean, you may be a classmate, ugh God, please no. I mean, I’ve run the names of every
girl in my section and sure there are girls here that are okay BUT I wouldn’t marry anyone just because
they are “okay”.

On the sidenote, insa gaturok kanakun si Gracielle? (She’s seated across my PC sa computer hall
and everyone knows she has a huge crush on me – I don’t blame her for seeing things I cannot, must be
my new cologne) well anyway. Girls doing the PASULYAP SULYAP bugs me. That goes to my annoying
seniors as well who’d peak into our section during breaks to hunt for cutie juniors. I mean, not bragging
pay damo hotties sa section namun: there’s Gian, Rigil, Martin, Joseph, Raimer. Well whatever.

Anyhow, kamusta ikaw future Mrs. Bee? Bee is for Borra by the way, I have to be creative.
Chicks dig creative guys. HAHA.

Naka recess ka na? Diin ikaw? May gaaway kanimo dukar-on? May gina away ikaw? May ga ta-o
kanimo secret love notes? May migo dun ikaw? May gina sulatan ka man love notes? May valentino
ikaw karang February? Ahay, I’m jealous of the guy. You should be with me. HAHA

But hey, I forgive you, it is not your fault that we haven’t met yet. Or have we? Unless indi kaw
taga Passi then we haven’t. I’ve spent my whole life in Passi. I occasionally go to other places man pay
usually it is with my parents. We go to Iloilo, beach resorts on holidays, gabakal kami school supplies sa
SM or white polo shirt (uniform) sa Diamond… okay, waay ko katultol kung pano kami kaabot sa MAKRO
or Diamond basta gasakay lang man ko sa sarakyan namun kag sakto lang mag tulog sa byahe. Pero gaka
amaze ako sa Iloilo. Buildings and stuff. Waay it amo kada sa Passi. We have Mercury Drug though.
HAHA And daw amo man lang daa ang pinaka sophisticated nga baraklan sa Passi (imagine, a drugstore
that sells Chupa Chups and has a mini grocer in it). Awesome stuff. Closest thing we have sa SM. Plus
aircon sya. HAHA In Passi, we have one of everything. One church, one hospital, one market, one
batchoyan by the highway, one cockfight arena, one waiting area for vans going to Iloilo, one bus
terminal nga gasaylo saylo location depende kung diin ang unused lot sa banwa, one Burger Machine,
one Franks, one breadstore, one internet café nga may isa man ka computer nga may internet coz the
other computers are for offline games. I wonder how is it where you live? Duro imo options? Indi man
mabudlay mag pili?
August 17, 2006…

Gin save ko pa sa floppy disk ang akun letter para kanimo. I hate the person who invented DEEP
FREEZE. Kada may e save kaw na file sa amun school PC it gets deleted after mo e shut down ya
computer. May computer ako sa balay. Pero gina share namun ni Inday (my kid sister) we spend hours
playing Encarta games and reaching top scores sa FITZNIK, ALCHEMY, REBOUND… Games that came with
our computer karang gin bakal nila nanay sa ILOILO. Notice how I emphasized ILOILO? HAHA.

Imagine kunu abi, may assignment kami? Since limited access kami sa resources in Passi, my
classmates always go to the school library, or ang iban nga manggaranun who own ecyclopedias at
home, naga search sa encyclopedia. Ang iban naman nga pareho ko nga tamad mangita, we use
ENCARTA. I find it amazing how our teachers would grade our assignments nga pare pareho man lang? I
mean, same sources. Gamitan lang thesaurus para mag lain ang words, again, creativity.

I have books at home, pero mostly witchcraft books nga gin discard ka Elemetary School (usually
these are books nga gin donate ka iban na schools abroad for public reading, pero it is hard to imagine a
grade 3 student nga naga basa witchcraft) HAHA So, they throw these materials away. Luckily for me,
gina filter ko pa ang books nga gina discard ka Elemetary hay I get free pass coz they know me as bata ni
Ma’am Borra… so I save the books that are bound for sunog. I have an affinity for witchcraft since I was
young. HAHA Anyway, karang nakita ni nanay ya akun collection, she did the burning herself. HAHA.

Not that witchcraft is useful in science assignments. HAHA

August 18, 2006

I am enrolled in a Taekwondo class, ugh, did you know nga nag sakit ya busong ko after the first
day? I mean, kung nakita mo lang ko. Or basi bala may kakilala kaw nga nag join sa amon Taekwondo
peer? To name some: Si Honey Brown – Miga ni Rigil, si Rigil, si Allen, Si Mark the altar boy, si Valerie the
tall girl, si Jane the fierce alpha girl, si Jhef, libayun ni Jhef si Julie, two Christian(s), and two more college
guys nga friends namun ni Jhefmer pay waay gid namun gina insturya hay basi bala e pair up nila kami sa
sparring – which they did last weekend, and it was a total disaster. HAHA Jhef cried while I faked a
sprained ankle. Those guys are oversized! Indi takun mag sparring kananda. I choose my enemies
carefully, I’m no hero like Jhef, now look at Jhef.

Are you into sports? Ano imo sports palangga? If wala, okay man ah. Indi ta kinahanglan mag
share same interests para mag click kita. Palangga ta kaw gane dukar-on palang.
August 20, 2006

May class na naman sa rum-an and nag uran kaina. I love the rain, nag hampang kami ni inday sa
uran, kag kada mag uran naga bakal si nanay mainit nga hamburger para pamahawon namun. I’m a
simple person, I love simple things. (^_^)

Grabe gid ang pag halung ko sa floppy disk ko hay diya daan ang homework ko sa computer naka
save, kag diya man naka save ang letter ko para kanimo.

Kamusta ang imo week gale? I hope sadya. Basi rich ikaw and gina sugat dul-ong ikaw sa school
ka imo personal driver kun di gane basi poor ikaw and waay kaw pamahaw sa recess? Kung mag
pabatyag kaw, hagadun ta kaw sa recess, indi hanggud ang balon ko minus pamilite sa trike pauli kag
paadto sa school pay I don’t mind skipping a few snacks para maka kaon kaw, or we can always share,
we buy what you want and we eat it together. (^_^) Kung diin ka man, I care about you, dukar-on, sa
rum-an, sa sunod nga bulan, sa sunod nga mga tuig, maskin mag mal-am na ta. I will never stop caring
for you.

March 4, 2008

Rapit nalang ako mag graduate sa highschool. A lot has happened since the last time I wrote to
you. Thesis, Extempo, Sports, to name some.

Honey, I met a girl, we went out a few times, taga Dingle but originally she was from Iloilo she
transferred halfway through highschool. She was the mystery crush I’ve stalked for years and eventually
ended up going out with her. Keziah Huelar is her name, although we’ve looked at the stars, we hiked,
we watched the Twilight movie sa SM (me sleeping during the movie), we took the entrance exam for
West Visayas State University pay I am sure nga indi sya ang akun pangasaw-on. I just feel it. I’m sure
she will leave me a very nasty heartbreak soon. She is a good person but she will not be the reading this
letter. Pero, save the pain for later. Kamusta na ikaw? Have you met someone too? Did you survive
thesis? I missed you.

My soul is longing for you, I just feel it. Ikaw ang missing piece ka akun nga kalag. Have you
heard of soulmates? My soul knows what it is looking for, and I am certain that YOU are who I’m longing
for. Diin kaw? Kabudlay kanimo pangitaon.

Pero hulaton ko ikaw, in this life if not, in the next. I cannot bring myself to love anyone else
aside you. Ikaw ya maramig nga kaagahun nga naga bugtaw kanakun kada aga. Ikaw ya mahamot nga
kagab-ihon. Ikaw ya baho ka lupa kung naga uran. Ikaw ya akon orange nga hapon. Ikaw ya akon kabuhi,
gin kabuhi, gina kabuhi kag rason ka akon ikabuhi.

Dukar-on siguro may mga missteps ikaw, mga sala nga desisyon, mga times nga naging rebelde,
kag naka ubra man ikaw ka mga bagay nga ikahuya mo isugid sa future. Mga bagay nga imo e regret. Pay
okay lang gid bala. Gusto ko maman-an mo nga wala tawo nga perpekto. Tanan kita naga ubra ka sala.
Kis-a abi natun sakto hay para sa mata natun insakto. Pay amo na gane siguro gahambal sanda nga
kinanglan ta makadusmo para maintindihan natun paano mag bangon.

Kag basi naga pati ikaw nga dukar-on indi kaw mayad. Indi kaw gwapa, indi kaw maalam, indi
kaw talentado, indi kaw enough. Kag pasensya gid, kung waay ako sa tupad mo dukar-on para e correct
ikaw. And pasensya man kung gaka pressure ikaw sa mga tawo sa palibot mo nga gusto ikaw maging
sino-o and gusto nila. Palihug lang plangga, tandae nga kada tawo unique.

May kanya kanya kita nga version ka gwapa, or mayad or kinaaram or talento. Pirang adlaw,
kung gina basa mo dun dayang sulat ko. Gusto ko mabal-an mo nga waay gid ikaw dapat bag-uhon sa
kung ano man nga version ikaw ka gwapa or alam or unique. Kung sin-o ikaw, amo da-a ang role nga
dapat mo e play sa stage sang kabuhi. You are perfect, the way you are.

Kung mag abot man abi ya adlaw nga pamangkuton mo ako kung ano ang nagustuhan ko
kanimo. Isabat ko man lang nga “kung ano ikaw, ikaw ang gina pangita ko. Tanan nga kung ano ikaw.”

Smile. Okay? Pirang adlaw. Makitaay kita and proteksyunan ko ikaw sa impluwensya nga indi
mayad para sa imu pag dako. Until then, please be strong.

Would you believe it if I tell you I’ve dreamt of you? Beautiful brown eyes, chubby flushed
cheeks, fair complexion, long curly hair, prominent eyebrows… I may be wrong, but my visions are
seldom wrong. Ka gwapa kanimo in my dreams. You have cute tiny fingers, blotched with nail polish
hurriedly done the night before we got on our first date in a weird place with a fountain – okay, tama na,
ka ideal na if this happens. This is too much even for me. Ka romantic and ka perfect if this happens.
Sometimes love stories start in the most unexpected ways, pero I am certain that ours will last forever.
P.S. wala fountain sa Passi, could we have met somewhere else? Or will Passi have a fountain in the
future?

You called out my name, I heard you calling, you were telling me yours, but I cannot remember,
mas hapos daad pangitaon sa Friendster if I had. You’re name had an “ah” sound Maria? Catleya?
Jadeya? Indi ko madumduman. Please, call out to me again. I swear I’ll find you. In this life and beyond. I
will always find you.

Palangga, I will save myself exclusively for you, along the way, I’ll make mistakes – I’ll break my
heart do some nasty heroics to save others and break other people’s hearts. Pay ang kaugalingon ko,
ang kalag ko ang akun bilog nga pagkatawo, imu lang gid. Since the first day I’ve wrote to you or maybe
even before that. Even sa past lives and sa future reincarnations imu lang gid ako. Pay diin ikaw?

Well, not that it matters kung diin ikaw. I want you to know that whoever you are, and whatever
you may think of yourself - you are beautiful, right now you are in the process of becoming a better
version of yourself. I cannot promise you that your path will be easy, makasandad kaw along the way
and I am sorry because I cannot be there for you yet. But honey you gotta be strong, hold on and don’t
give up on life just because it is hard – hulata ako, I will make my entrance dramatic as much as I can.
HAHA Maybe even with a Tayor Swift song playing sa background. (Sikat pa ayhan si Taylor magkitaay
kita?) HAHA Honey, the path is not easy it has bumps and turns but the destination, my dear, is totally
worth it or sometimes it can be the other way around. The destination is just a destination, what makes
it worthwhile is the journey you take to get there. Honey, when you find me, hold my hand. Because we
will be walking like this until we get to where our heart desires. Life is a map and love will be our
compass.

Our relationship will have its own ups and downs but I will never give up on you. EVER. I have
waited for you for so long, I won’t throw all these years away.

Honey, when we see each other sa future… or maybe when I personally give you this letter to
read, can I rest my head on your lap? Or can you sit still so I can wrap my arms around you? I would have
missed you a lot by then.

Palangga ko gid ikaw. I don’t care kung ano imo history, kung ano imu errors along the way, I
wouldn’t care who you were, who you have been with, how good of a kisser or a lover he was (coz mas
hot man ko kaysa kana I’m sure) HAHA. What matters is, I am with you. Finally with you. Alagaan ko
ikaw, we will grow together, look after one another, we will care for each other. Devoted ako kanimo.

Or maybe you were single when we met? Maybe for a year? Or two? To borrow Grass’ line, “It is
difficult to love a woman who’s been single for a very long time, because you have got to convince her
that she needs you in her life.

“You must be extraordinary to make her love you.”

I guess the years will have to teach me to be extraordinary. The same through with you. The
years will tell what will become of us from who we are today to who we are in the future. A rebel? A
saint? A sinner? A basketcase? Who are we to tell… who are we to know.

But I hope and pray, that the years will be kind to you =)

Until the day we see each other, I’ll be waiting for you. To see what you’ve become, and when
that time comes, you will no longer have to be afraid, because you won’t ever be alone.
 I guess this is where I will end my letter, I had so much fun writing it. (^^) I wonder, ano natabo
kanakun sa future?

1. Did I grow thicker facial hair?

2. Or do I still have hair? HAHA
3. Ano work ko?
4. Am I awesome?
5. Am I attractive?
6. Limp Bizkit gihapon ang Friendster profile ko? Kahuluya.
7. Am I the cool type? Or the hot type? Or a bit of both. HAHA
8. Am I the type you don’t wana have your girl friends checking out? HAHA
9. Have I finally kissed a woman?
10. Did I get tattoos? Or piercings?
11. Did I get fat? Or thin? Or ripped?
12. Ano natabo sa ending ka Lobo?
13. Sikat angud ang Spongecola?
14. May MYX pa?
15. Ano natabo sa Passi? Did we get new places?
16. Diin kita dukar-on?
17. Palangga mo pa ako?
18. Asta san-o?
19. Then, why are you still reading?
20. Don’t you think we should kiss na?

Forever yours, and yours alone forevermore

Rey Anthony P. Borra
SSC 4 A
Rebel, Lover, Sexy, Brilliant, more importantly nakita mo na… I’m Home (^_^)

P.S.

I love you sobra sobra