photo stolen from her facebook page during her oath taking

If there could be one person I admire the most, It would be this lady at the left side of this page, Maryvick Acebes Mejorada.

We've known each other since grade 2 but became really good friends when we were on our 2nd year in high school.  Im putting here into record the things I want to remember about her since I knew her.

When we were in grade 2, I was the typical shy boy who observes and comes to class regularly. I was the " good-boy" then. Maryvick on the other hand was always on top of the class, the star of the room and the " reference book" of my classmates when we dont understand a lesson by which she only could comprehend easily given our very little and innocent minds. Obviously, everyone  not only in the room but the whole level including our teachers can't help but notice her.
Back then, we never had the chance to have a good talk nor play a game together intimately since a "shy boy" who does his own thing on the shadows could in no way (maybe intentional) could make friends with a celebrity and seems to be everybody's friend. Kids of my level really wanted to have her as a friend being on the status she is in. Apparently, Im not one of those people who comes close and strives hard to make friends with her.
Ironically, our mothers became good friends and shared the common duty of a mother, looking out on the welfare on their kids. I get informations about maryvick and knew her through the stories told to me by my mother which she also got from her conversations with maryvick's mother- Vicky.
The school year ended and again we never had the chance to be friends. It seems to be me being at the bottom and she, being on top who kept looking on the sky, making her not notice me I guess.

The following year, we were in grade 3, we belong to different sections and had our individual lives and friends in school. Still, It has been rumored that she tops the whole level and was branded as genius. Everyone in the year level knows her undoubtedly.

Here comes our Grade 4 years and we were again classmates. Our status remained the same and she made good friends with other top and promising students in the classroom. While most of us got low scores or hardly passed our periodical examination, she on the other hand got it with few mistakes, making her name more and more popular.

At the end of our elementary years, she graduated valedictorian.

Our lives crossed once again during our second year in high school. We were assigned on the same team back then by incident. We even called our team as RT1, the number one, being populated with promising and responsible people in it and ofcourse, we have our standard bearer- Maryvick! Still, I feel the same thing towards her, I felt inferior and thought that people like her belittles people like me.At first, I remained distant towards her, almost always avoids to sit beside her nor even talk to her. Then comes the time that our sitting arrangement had been changed for some reasons and I found myself sitting beside her. At first it was a struggle for me, feeling uncomfortable having her beside me. It was as if  I am sitting next to a queen, the all-perfect person in the level.
Unexpectedly, she kept on reaching out to me and always talks to me. Sometimes, poking me and saying the words "hoi" ... then after days of reaching out to me, I was able to tell her my misconceptions on her and realized that this star or seemingly perfect person is just like me, have her share of weaknesses, times of laziness and have same opinions on boring subjects just like normal students like me.
Maybe it was fate who took its course and we became really good friends to the point we shared secrets back then. Since then, we always have good conversations about school, family and life in general.
We have been classmates until our fourth year in high school.

picture taken at Choco hills, 4th yr faith

Our good friendship deepened on our fourth year in high school. I was able to proved to her that I consider her as my bestfriend and have given my trust in all aspects of my life. She was there when I wanted to say trash words about some of my problems and gave me positive advises. I really admire her wisdom, She has the ability to make me realize the beauty of life, and how perspective changes and affect our moods. She is not only a genius in terms of academics but in life as well. Her wisdom guides me and appreciate life surrounding me.

Nov. 11, 2004 was the date when we agreed (all of a sudden) to pretend as if we were boyfriends-girlfriends at the most unexpected places of all - Rizal park. Since then, we acted like one, had exchanges of letters, sent text messages regularly until it became official after our graduation.
It was with her, when I first dreamed and made plans for the future. We shared common interests in traveling places by a motorcycle. High school could be boring without her having as a friend.

Some plans were never meant to be. I took up medical technology instead of electronics and communication engineering, which we both have supposedly decided to take. She went to San Carlos University in Cebu while I enrolled at Silliman University in Dumaguete. Though our communication remained open, the long distance relationship didn't work for the both of us. I made a wrong move of leaving her unaware of my admiration towards others. We broke up and had separate lives. For two years we never communicated with each other.

On our third year in college, we found ways to reopen and save our friendship. We have been good friends once again and it seems nothing has changed. She is still the woman I know back then and remains to be good to me despite everything that happened. I shared to her everything that happened to me for the past years and same with her.

Up to the present time, we shared a common bond that only the two of us might understand. We were meant to be bestfriends and Im sure that bond would endure until our death beds. I am looking forward for more years of good friendship with her. No matter where our ambitions and dreams would take us, Im sure this bond is bound to eternity. Soulmates? maybe...