Eric and Pat are two of my longtime friends.  These two are a tandem in college and I’m glad to see that their bond is still as strong as it was back in the day.

I know the love life of these two from college days to post-college days.  Let’s just say that I’ve never seen these two loveless.  There’s always AT LEAST one woman in their lives.  At a certain point, there was even a girl in between these two!  (Ahem, what do the letters F, A, and Y mean to you guys?)

Trying to call Fay (currently at Irvine, California)

Friday night, we had dinner at Jay-J’s at Ortigas Home Depot.  Since we haven’t seen each other in almost a year, we were the loudest table inside the restaurant laughing and bantering.  Patrick tries San Miguel Double Chilled for the first time.  We were supposed to hang at Bugsy’s at the City Golf Plaza but all 4 tables were RESERVED and while I like their food and wanted my friends to try it, I didn’t want to sit outside so we settled for Jay-J’s.

Maddy joined us in the dinner and I was happy to spend time with her because I haven’t seen her in two weeks!  So it was a party of four, Madz, Pat, Bubba and me.

Mr. Lopez was L-A-T-E and I didn’t let him hear the end of it!  Just a minute after arriving (he hasn’t even sat down), he excuses himself to answer a phone call.  He went to his car where it was quieter.  We transferred to another table (located at a discreet corner) while he was outside.  The wait staff as if on queue cleared the table we vacated.  2 minutes after, Eric goes to the table bewildered that it’s empty.  If it weren’t for Pat’s shaking shoulders, we would have drifted to oblivion and Eric would think that we had left him.  Busted.

30 minutes into the drinking spree and Eric excuses himself again to answer another phone call.  We put hot sauce on the rim of his beer.

I’ve never had a more serious drinking sesh discussing religion, faith, weddings, and careers.  We grilled Pat about not going after his board license.  After much discussion, I realized that the dreamer Pat I knew in college has his feet deep in the mud of everyday reality.  His perspective is quite different now and although we have differing opinions,  I like the tenacity he now has in pursuing his dream of starting a family life soon.

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