By Benjamin Joseph D. Collado III
> Inquirer
> Last updated 00:38am (Mla time) 07/26/2006
> Published on Page C1 of the July 26, 2006 issue of the Philippine Daily
> Inquirer
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>
> IT'S ABOUT WAKING UP IN THE morning with a bad hangover and being hit by a
> very familiar feeling that you went overboard again last night.
>
> It's about a one-night stand with a girl you met at a party, sneaking out
> of her room before she wakes, checking your things if something was
> missing, looking for her phone and purposely deleting your number from her
> phonebook.
>
> It's about meeting a girl at a bar and offering her a ride home. It's
> about asking her if she wanted to go someplace private so you can
> talk--when both of you are aware that you have a different "talk" in mind.
>
>
> It's about meeting your ex again after quite some time and noting how much
> better she looks now than she did before. It's about pushing the right
> buttons for her to give in. And finding yourself in bed with her without
> strings attached, all the while being grateful to your friend who told you
> it's good not to burn your bridges with your exes.
>
> It's about seeing a girl and finding ways for you to meet her. With pickup
> lines being overused, you have a better chance of getting her number by
> having a friend go over and ask her politely if he can have his friend
> over there introduced to her. It's about texting with her the whole day,
> getting to know her, showing that you have a genuine interest in her,
> sharing sweet nothings on the phone and forwarding her cheesy quotes that
> work almost all the time.
>
> It's about having your friend, your partner-in-crime, the Robin to your
> Batman--or whatever you want to call him--validate to her all your pledges
> of devotion and loyalty.
>
> It's about perfecting the art of lying. Telling your girlfriend it was
> just you and the boys last night--go ask Robin. And not bothering to tell
> Robin what to say because he already knows the routine.
>
> It's about keeping your girlfriend happy. Giving her gifts and surprises
> so she won't suspect your wayward ways.
>
> It's about not caring if your girlfriend broke up with you because she
> caught you cheating. There are other fish in the sea, you say. You're
> better off a free man, free to do anything you pleased without worrying
> about getting caught.
>
> It's about asking the girl you just met out for a date. Convincing her
> that you're for real. Making her forget about the warnings her friends
> gave about you.
>
> It's about doing anything so you can bring her home tonight. And if
> everything else fails, it's always a good idea to have a plan B.
>
> It's about saying the L word without breaking eye contact. Making her
> believe that you really mean it and that you're starting to fall for her.
> That's plan B.
>
> It's about thinking of ways to break up with her if she starts to get
> clingy. Thinking of the standard breakup lines and wondering if she'll buy
> it.
>
> It's about rushing to your friend's girlfriend with a shoulder to cry on.
> Telling her that everything's gonna work out fine. Comforting her one
> minute, making out the next.
>
> It's about going out with your friends and partying all night. Drinking
> till dawn and playing around with girls.
>
> It's about waking up in the morning with a bad case of hangover and a very
> familiar feeling that you went overboard again last night.
>
> Deja vu.
>
> Ugly cycle
>
> It really is an ugly cycle. After years of a life like this, you begin to
> ask yourself if there is more to life than drinking all night and finding
> someone to hook up with. And in the morning when you wake up, no matter
> how much you soap yourself, you still have this uneasy feeling that you're
> still dirty.
>
> Your friend has found a girl that he's serious about. When you go out with
> your friends, you find him taking a raincheck because he has to spend time
> with his girl. You and your friends wonder what has gotten into him. You
> even wonder if he's lost his mind. How can he even think about trading
> this kind of life? There's nothing better than a bachelor's life.
>
> It's all fun and games the first few years. But after a while, you look at
> yourself in the mirror and find the traces of abuse you did to yourself.
> And if you don't change your ways, you fear that maybe someday you'll find
> yourself alone and lonely.
>
> And after all the years of booze and girls, you can finally sum up your
> life in one word--empty.
>
> Maybe it's not good to spend your life that way. Maybe your friend hasn't
> lost his mind, after all.
>
> What you need is to find someone who can make you look forward to another
> day. Someone who, when you think about her, never fails to put a smile on
> your face.
>
> Someone who makes you want to be a better man--to steal a line from pareng
> Jack Nicholson.
>
> Someone who fills that emptiness in you, making you complete.
>
> Before, when you used to wake up in the morning and find somebody in your
> arms, your first thought was how you could get rid of her without hurting
> her feelings. But now, what you need is a girl who makes you want to think
> of reasons and ways to let her stay in your arms.
>
> Because when she's right there beside you, it is as if everything's okay.
> That nothing else matters but you and her.
>
> You need somebody who makes you miss her so much that you buy a bottle of
> her perfume and spray it on your pillows so, when you go to bed at night,
> you can hug the pillow with her scent on it and wish that it was really
> her you were hugging.
>
> You need somebody who makes your heart skip a beat when she smiles at you.
> Who makes you feel so comfortable and safe that you pour out your heart to
> her, unburdening secrets that you've kept for a long time. And having her
> tell you that it's okay, you have a new slate now, that you can leave
> everything where it belongs, in the past, and concentrate on what lies
> ahead of you.
>
> You need someone who makes you listen more to love songs on the radio.
> Someone whom you pray for at night before you sleep. Someone you wish
> you'd dream about, for even while you sleep, you still want to be with
> her.
>
> Someone whom you can finally look in the eye, without all the guilt and
> deceit, and tell her you love her. And you get this mushy feeling inside
> that tells you it's true. You want to shout over the rooftops, you love
> her, and she loves you! There's no better feeling in the world.
>
> I have found my someone. I have found my all. I've been wanting to ask
> this for a long time now. And I think there's no better timing than now.
>
> So here I am, down on one knee, asking you, my someone. Will you marry me?
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