Frappe (Coffee is like Love)

Frappe Shot 11

Frappe Shot 11:

Tuesday evening, I got online out of boredom. Surprisingly, maagang natapos ‘yung gig namin sa Trinoma kanina.

I logged in my YM account at maya-maya pa, parang gif ang paggalaw ng mga nagsulputang chat boxes. Close. Close. Close. At isa-isa ko na ngang in-eliminate ang mga chat boxes when I found a familiar YM ID in an orange dialogue box on my taskbar.

“Annyeonghaseyo!” Sa pagkakatanda ko, “kamusta” ang ibig sabihin nito.

“Miiiiii Youuuung!” At in-imagine ko naman ang sarili ko in slow motion na tumatakbo palapit sa kanya habang binibigkas ng mabagal ang pangalan n’ya.

“Damn, I miss you Buds!” I can feel the blood running up my face making it red and making it feel a little hot.

I was about to reply when suddenly... I got disconnected! Damn it! Nabiktima ako ng HANGING BY A MOMENT virus! Bakit ngayon pa?? I immediately signed my YM account back in. But before that, I checked the 3rd box on my yahoo messenger that says “sign in as invisible to everyone”. It took me 50 seconds. Swear it was the longest 50 seconds of my life. And my offline messages finally popped out. Yes, I’m connected once again.

“Miyoung Lee (4/7/2009 10:09:43 PM): Buds?” That’s her first offline message to me wondering what happened just a while ago.

“Miyoung Lee (4/7/2009 10:09:53 PM): Hana...” Hana isn’t a name. Teka, hana is one in Hangeul, ‘yun ‘yong turo n’ya sa’kin before.

“Miyoung Lee (4/7/2009 10:10:03 PM): Dul...” That means two. Hey, binibilangan n’ya na ‘ko.

“Miyoung Lee (4/7/2009 10:10:13 PM): Set!” Oops, pangatlo na ‘yun.

“Miyoung Lee (4/7/2009 10:10:19 PM): Buddy? What happened??” At bago pa ako iwan ni Mi-Young dito, nilagay ko na sa available ang status ko.

“I miss you too!” I immediately replied as soon as I read her last offline message. “Sorry I got disconnected. What’s up Ms. Shogun?”

“I’m super bored here, Mr. Samurai. Since I arrived, all I do is business.”

I empathized with her. Sobrang nag-asikaso rin s’ya ng graduation n’ya dito sa Pinas noon, pati na rin ‘yung pag-uwi n’ya ng Korea inasikaso n’ya agad, walang baka-bakasyon.

“Mi-Young, you deserve a break, besides it’s summer.”

“...there.” She corrected my previous sentence.

“Oh, yeah I forgot.” Spring pa nga lang pala sa kanila ngayon. “But you know, you started working right after your graduation, how about having a vacation?”

Actually, may hidden agenda ako, baka lang naman maisipan n’yang magbakasyon dito sa Pinas edi masaya ‘di ba? Pero s’yempre joke lang ‘yung hidden agenda, pero pwede ring seryosohin.

“That would be impossible by now.” And that reply saddens me. Hindi ko maipaliwanag ang nararamdaman ko, para bang habang kausap ko s’ya ngayon, mas lalo ko lang s’yang nami-miss.

“Hey, how about you? What’s up?” Mi-Young asked.

“We are going to release our third single in two weeks’ time.” Time flies fast kaya before time reaches the end, I’ll use it wisely and make the most out of it, I’ll tell her what’s on my mind right now.

“You know what? Although Lenin’s the one who composed that song, I’d still want to dedicate it to you.” Which is true, which is very true in my situation with Mi-Young.