It all started at the first day of our classses. We were in our second year High School and luckily, she was my classmate then. My first impression on her is that she was a snob, but when we learned and started to talk with each other, that first impression I had before seemed to be wrong. If I'm not mistaken the very first time we talked was the day of our distribution of report cards. Our adviser, Mr. Carvajal, posted the class standing of our section on the bulletin board. I approached the bulletin board to check what my class standing was and was amazed because I was was top 16 of the class. Udji was also there when I looked at my class standing and withh all guts, i asked her what her class standing was. She said "15... ikaw?" then I said "16". I will never forget that time when we first talked with each other however, I already forgot the exact date of that incident. From that moment on, we became good friends and started to talked with each other. Second grading came and the friendship started to grow and grow. I really don't have any intentions on courting her at that time because I had a crush on one of her barkada at that time. That girl's name is Jean. She was also my classmate. I was attracted by Jean's face and attitude. I have a close friend and also my classmate named Myra. I told her things about my crushes and other stuffs. When the month of November came, I started to always be absent because I met a girl at my sister's school. Her name was Aissa. I really don't know why I fell for inlove with her. The reason why I had lots of absences was because I would go to my sister's school in the morning just to see Aissa and then in the afternoon, I would pick her up and bring her home. I know I was absent sixteen times in November just to do that crazy stuff. (*udji speaking* o well, what guys could do out of love... hehehe ) When December came, I told myself taht I would concentrate with my studies again but Aissa and I still talked on the phone every night. Christmas party in our school was nearly coming and so O bought gifts for my classmates. There was this point in time that I had a crush on Tara (Myra's friend) because I was teased by my classmate with her but that didn't last for long. (*udji again speaking* ang labo noh... FLING crush?!?!?! nyahahahaha!!!!) Then Christmas party came and I gave Jean, Tara, Myra and Udji throw pillows with their favorite cartoon characters on it. Udji's favorite cartoon character was Winnie the Pooh. I was so happy when I gave my friends a token of appreciation. After Christmas party came our sem-break and I concentrated with Aissa. We got to know each other very well until she told me what she felt for me. It was January 2000 and if I can still remember, that was on the 15th. She told me that she loves me and I was so happy because there was a mutual understanding between us. Then, I started to court her. However, after two days, she wrote me a letter saying that if you love me you must let me go. (*udji again speaking* oh no.... a big OUCH!!!) I was so depressed and I was so hurt of what happpened because I already expected that we could be together. I tried to be strong to overcome what happened but I still tried to approach her and ask her for another chance. When she said no, I told myself that I have to move on. (sometimes it's better to move on rather that stick to what you believe in and still take all the pain, easy to say but sometimes it's hard to do... :D )So I concentrated on my studies and tried to forget her. I didn't miss going to school since then so I could forget her. When the third grading period came, Udji and I became more close with each other. Sometimes I would sit beside her and start a conversation. As time goes by, we became closer and closer until the time came that I had a crush on her. I never thought that it would happen but it did. She was so friendly and caring. I just knew her on that year but we are that close and bonded already. Then time came that I started calling her up over the phone. When that school year was about to end, I compiled her a tape with her favorite song and gave it to her. I gave it to her at the last day of our second year High School life...

....that was the first part of the story

The next part of the story started at April 3,2000. Augustinians chatted over the net because we have an official chatroom. Our section also made an unregistered chatroom for us. I chatted that night and Udji was also there. Her nick that I remembered was "pHo1EbE6" or PhOeBe^16". There was a point in time when people at the chatroom was teasing me and stuff then Udji entered the site and said... "Huwag niyo asarin si Mitch, bestfriend ko yan!" Then I said, "Thank You!" Then she became my bestfriend from that moment on. I was so happy when we became the best of friends. We enrolled and chatted with each other over the summer so there would be communication between us. We shared each others problems and other stuff. Then one time, somewhere in May,2000, when we were talking over the phone, I told her that I have a crush on her because she was so friendly and I admire her attitude. I thought that there would be a change in our friendship because I told her that I have a crush on her but still evrything remained the same and I was so happy. Somewhere also in May, 2000, I tried winning back my girlfriend before. Her name is Michelle. It started when Michelle and her boyfriend are not going well already. I tried to approach Michelle and asked her what's wrong and she told me that they're not going well anymore with her boyfriend until the time came that they broke up. I tried to court her again and she gave me another chance. In fact, it was already my third chance on her. We started to become close again and I was happy because I still love her. She also told me that she still have feelings for me. When the next school year was about to come, I was happy because I knew that Udji was my classmate again. The next school year came; June 5,2000 was the opening of classes and of course, the next step in High School life which is third year. After two days since the day of classes started, a very tragic and very unforgettable thing happened. My grandmother died because of a strong rain in the afternoon of June 7,2000. My cousin Pauline told me that it was raining hard when our grandmother went upstairs the she closed the windows of thier room so the rain won't go inside then she slipped on a slippery spot in thier room and bumped her head on the wall. I was in school at that time of the accident and when I arrived home, my sister was crying and told me that lola is dead. I was speechless and shocked when my sister told me what happened. I went straight to my room and called up Michelle and Udji and told them about what happened. I told them what happened so they could comfort me. This was a very tragic thing that happened in our family. Whenever I remember the time when my lolo was crying so hard, I always cry. We weren't ready at that time that God was going to get her already because she was still strong and she was still at the age of 60's. Michelle went to my grandmother's wake the next day which was June 8,2000 and also my birthday. This was my saddest birthday because of what happened. However, that very same day, Michelle answered me and gave me the last chance with her. That was a really big help for me because I was really sad at that time because my grandmother passed away already. A very tragic experience for me. I was absent for quite sometime because I stayed at my grandmother's wake. After almost two weeks of sorrow and pain, I went back to class dated June 19, 2000. I had a hard time to catch up with the lessons that i missed specially the subjects geometry and chemistry respectively. Slowly and slowly I was able to recover with the pain inside my heart by the help of my classmates. I had a seatmate named Joy who became close to me since I went back to school again. We also started talking over the phone until we really became good friends. Nothing much happened in the month of June except for the tragic experience that my family and I have gone through.

.... that's the end of the 2nd part of MnU story...