i have my fingers crossed

i’ve been so self-absorbed lately that i fail to see and appreciate many good things that are happening…that are worth celebrating.

last week pinoy gave me a ring and boy was i delighted! it’s always nice to talk to pinoy. it basically was about his old number being activated because like me, pinoy’s one person who perpetually loses his phones. anyway, i was super awed not because of the newly activated number but that he may have some of the poems he wrote (when we were still in college) published anytime soon.soon as in next month. when he was telling me this i couldn’t stop saying "oh my God"…it’s all i could say…albeit endlessly. i’m just really happy and yes i’m super crossing all fingers i have so that those beautiful poems get published. i’ve been reading pinoy’s poems in like forever and aside from jon, i always have faith in his writing. of course i’m saying this from a point of view of someone who gets affected by his writing.pinoy always tells me jon critiques his works and he realizes he’s got so much to learn. i always say he should cut himself some slack because he’s not training to be a writer but a physician.basically we’re talking about major talent.

you can’t imagine my excitement. i love book launches and if all goes well i’ll be attending one very,very soon. and by then i will have two author friends already. this may sound like a dilusion of grandeur but hey i don’t mind. i’m their number one fan.

i remember how chu and i tried to brave the crowd of writers in the Promenade in greenhills. it was jon’s book launch and in his behalf i and chu went. jon’s instruction was to have his complementary copies signed by the editor and the other writers. i thought it was fun pretending to be writer and knowledgeable of this beautiful art…some authors thought chu or i were jon hah! the few exchanges of words and shaking of hands with THESE extraordinary people was daunting but very empowering in the sense that i realized i’m not really " toopid" ( footnote jeni pie ).man i can cope.haha.

this is probably why i was spared the talent of writing. there’s much fun being friends with the real writers.

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