"No distance of place or lapse of time can lessen the friendship of those who are thoroughly persuaded of each other's worth." Robert Southey once said. It's been a month since we last saw each other so we have decided to meet up for us to bond and to catch up with each other's life. Also, to be honest, we really met to conduct this interview. 

 It was a gloomy Saturday when we meet each other at a cafe since we both like to drink coffee. I arrived earlier than her as usual as she is always late because she is always having a hard time to pick up her clothes, put her make up on and to iron her hair. If there is one person who is a totally opposite of me, I must say that she really is the one. 

 While waiting for her, I am thinking about the topics that we can talk about so that we wouldn't run out of things to talk about or we wouldn't be awkward. Because I have to face the fact that we may not be as comfortable with each other as we seemed before. But all the doubts that I have in my mind eradicated when she arrived because she literally squealed like a dolphin "AHHHHH!!! ARIAAAANNNN!!" and to be honest at that very time, I just t the floor to just open up and to eat me because all of the people inside the cafe is looking at us. But ofcourse, she is my friend so I squealed to "AHHHH!!!MICHHEEEELLLLE!!" and then we hug each other, that we usually don't do but out of emotions, we did and to also hide our faces because of shyness. And then we both said, "YUUUUCKKK!! PLASTIC!!!" because we are really not that type of friend who is expressive.

 As we sat down, we started sharing our experiences with each other that lasted for about 30 minutes. We stopped or paused our catching up moment because we have noticed that the cashier is intently looking at us because we haven't ordered anything yet since we have arrived there. Michelle then said "AYYY TINIGNAN!!!NAHAHAH, akala yata ni ate di tayo magoorder" "libre moko niyan dali may kailangan ka sakin" then I replied "ikaw kasi e ang dami mong pinagsasabi kaya di tayo makaorder" "ays penge pera may utang ka pa sakin" and then she started laughing because she remembered her debts and with that she gave me her money and told me her order. Because one thing that she really is not used to is to order in the counter because the moment that the cashier would asked her what is her order, she will be then panicking will ordered the coffee or any item that she really doesn't like.

 After ordering, I sat down infront of her chair and said that "uy start na tayo,kailangan mo na umuwi niyan magagalit si catha (pertaining to her mother). And then she laughed and cursed me because of what I have just said. "Gameeeee naaa!!" I said. "oo nga dalian mo na para matapos na" she said while punching me softly. "first question, what is or are, ibig sabihin pwedeng isa or marami grr special skills or talent?" "matinong sagot michelle ha" i've said. She then replied with her conceited tone but in a joking way. "I'm good at playing volleyball, good in critical thinking and I am good in memorizing things." "Next question, what is your favorite quote, saying or verse?" I asked. "Philippians 4:13 Ey!!  I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me!! " she replied then imitating what Stephen Curry does, her idol when he scored in a game. "what other people says or thinks about you? " I asked again. "Hmm, sabi nila Jolly, energetic and genuine person.  Her-emphasizing genuine because she really likes that word. "next question, what do you like or dislike the most?" I asked. "ang dami ha!! Ayoko sa palaka, ayoko sa lalaking paasa atsaka hmmm ayoko sayo!! HAHAHAHA! charot." she said. "Baliw ka dalian mo na!! Anong gusto mo?" I replied. "Siya kaso di niya ako gusto oooooohhhhh!!" then we both laughed because of her remark. "Last question" I said. "Buti naman" she said. "Manahimik ka!! Shhh!! Anong hobbies mo?" I asked. "playing different kind of sports like volleyball, basketball, chess, table tennis etc." she answered. 

"The best view comes after the hardest climbs."

 To be honest, I am not a fan of mountain climbings. Walking endlessly for 2 hours to reach the top of the mountain was not easy! Tiredness and hunger were the only thing I ever think of during the climb. But, truly, all the sweat and exhaustedness was worth it because of the picture perfect view of Mt. Balagbag in Bulacan. Our calltime was 4 a.m. in the morning. It felt like yesterday when the cold breeze of the air touched my skin when I started walking during dawn time. After me and my friends got to the meeting place, Dau Terminal, we waited for almost an hour just to wait for other passengers. The sun was shining brightly when we finally reached the registration under the mountain. After hours of waiting and commuting to be in the specific place, we finally started to hike and climb the mountain of Balagbag. 

 During the hike, the humming of the birds and trees dancing and swaying with each other were the only music to my ears. Their sound helped me to erase the irritating murmurs and complains of my friends. They became the reason why I was not getting tired while walking, as if they were all telling me that I was in the right direction, and there will be a present waiting for me at the peak of the mountain. 

HEY! 1, 2, 3! ANGELES!

     This particular yell started our next journey as we entered CLRAA 2017. Before the real event, we experienced hardships and difficulties on our trainings. Trainings for us became difficult as well as enjoyable as we learned to become closer towards each other.

FEBRUARY 2017       This month started our training together with new faces in the group. As the champions, we had the privilege to pick players from the opponent’s team to make our team even stronger. As we picked players also came to the point that we pleaded to our coach to include them in our team and we will just share them some of our allowance. But, unfortunately, our plea was not permitted, however, they will still join the training every now and then.      This month also became hard for us. Some players from the other schools were not attending the training because they had to participate in another tournament. Our coach was not really happy about it but we cannot do anything. We also had our fair share of Saturday trainings wherein we trained form 7 am up to 5 in the afternoon.