rhoda's wedding

my college roommate got married yesterday at the Palm Event Center in Pleasanton. Here are some of the photos.

blushing bride

couples

college roomies

paul and me (i look payat kasi kita collar bone!)

hugz!!!

blast from the past

i was looking at my friends' profiles on friendster when i suddenly felt homesick and miss my friends...all the friends that i spent time with...even people that i haven't spoken to in decades. it was as if i was brought back to the times i spent with those people.

i am blessed to have met such wonderful people in my life. some of them i no longer know where they are and how they are doing, but there are times like today that i think of them and pray that they are happy with their lives.

of all the friends that i miss, there is one person that i think about more often than others...

i've known robert castaneda since i was at least 10 years old (he was 11) and he became one of my good friends since then. he had his own quirks and behaviors that i don't always approved but robert and i had a mutual respect for each other. when i talked, he listened and vice versa. even when i moved to the states, he would make it a point to drop by the house to say hi and do a little bit of catching up. since he passed away, i've had at least 2 dreams about him and think about him a lot during my waking hours, too. i miss robert. i wish we could have talked more. i wish i could have shared my faith in the Lord with him. i wish i was there for him when he needed a friend. i wish i was there when he was hurt. i wish i could have told him that his friendship meant a lot to me and that he was very dear to me. now i can only think of him with mixed emotions. i really really miss him.