4 posts tagged “kuyukots”
Chef D' Angelo
October 1, 2007
Abie
was in town for a short period of time. Was so busy we couldn't meet
up. We had the chance last October 1, a few days before she would
return to Japan. Her hubby John was there, so was their Japanese friend
Ken. Enteng and Luchi were there too. I'm still envious of John's old
but trusty Canon 300D and Enteng's spanking brand new Canon 400D. I
guess that'll have to wait since I spent a lot for the new PC. Oh
well...
I found my way to Recipe and Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf, both in TriNoma
Mall, QC, last Friday. July 6, 2007.
The
kuyukots barkada had a simple dinner / coffee
despedida for our college friend Anj. She's leaving at the end of the
month with her kids to join her husband Sirwin in New Zealand. (And so
doth further depleting the ranks of the kuyukots in
the Philippines). The remaining brave souls left in the Philippines are
me, Elvie Lapuz, Rolly Cua, Petite Geronimo and family, and Enteng
Tenefrancia with Luchi.
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Before Abie leaves for Japan again. Kuyukots at Gerry's Grill SM MOA, May 12, 2007.
Cross-posted at gokitomo.com, gorilla.multiply.com and gorilla.vox.com.
I got a call from Rolly that one of our college friends was in town. Dang is here on vacation from Canada. She brought along Baby Emma. Dang suggested we have an early dinner at Chocolate Kiss at the UP Alumni Center this Sunday. UP has always been home base for us since we all went to school there.
Chocolate Kiss at UP Alumni Center
Dang and Baby Emma
Dang and Baby
Emma
At the gathering were for Dang and Baby Emma were Rolly, me, Anj and Cerwin, Ate Elvie, Enteng and Luchi. Including Petite and Allan, we're the only ones left here. Everyone else is abroad. (Note: seems Chocolate Kiss is open at the upper floors on weekdays, but on weekends the ground floor is the only one open. Heck, I only knew that now.)
Anj and Cerwin
Luchi and Enteng
We used to have one very big barkada at the UP Institute of Library Science (now the UP Institute of Library and Information Science). Imagine 15 to 20 guys and girls going out to eat during lunch at Beach House, Green House or CASAA. Small college, big barkada. As we got older the group started to include girlfriends, boyfriends and, eventually, spouses. The peeps abroad are Dang and Allan, Bam and Veegee, Jeanette and Troy, John and Abie, Bebs and Arnold, Zyrel and Jho, Abet and Nigel.
Dang and Baby Emma with
Rolly
Dang and Baby Emma
Ate Elvie
We started the meal, as per barkada
tradition, with a prayer. Usually it's Anj or Bam, and sometimes
Jeanette or Ate Elvie, who leads the prayer. Weird as it may seem, a
barkada like ours with a wide variety (or absence) of religious beliefs
can actually sit down and pray. This time it was Anj who took the
reins. Hehehe, she's probably the only one who could actually make us
drop forks and say grace. Jeez, you could just imagine the religious
discussions we had in college. They weren't pretty. (Yes, we've been
called pagans a couple of times.)
Dang and Baby Emma with
Rolly
Anj and Cerwin
Dang and Baby Emma
We didn't really miss Allan, who was left in Canada, since Baby Emma looks so much like him. :D
Kuyukots
Kuyukots again
One sad note, though. Anj, Cerwin and the kids are bound for New Zealand within the year, further decimating the ranks of the kuyukots (yes, that's the name of our barkada mailing list... hey, everything else was taken...). :( I also hang out with the hardbound (another barkada mailing list) peeps and the pattern is also starting there as well... :(
Dang and Anj... What do they have in common?
Answer: Caesarian births.
They probably scared the hell out of
Luchi with their pregnancy stories.
Dang and Baby Emma with
Anj
Crossposted: http://gokitomo.com, http://gorilla.multiply.com and http://gorilla.vox.com
