My Yearbook Write-Up

I was able to access my UP Webmail account after two years bringing up old files and papers I've written during my undergraduate years. As I was going through my folders and old files, I stopped at one particular email -- one sent by my ex of almost five years. It is my supposed write up for our college yearbook. I asked him to write it on the cover of one of my Starbucks planners (which I stashed somewhere after the break up), so I wasn't able to post it here because I just don't feel like typing it myself. This is the first time that I'm letting the INTERNET world read this, probably the only way it can be "published" since my yearbook has not yet, and I guess, will never ever see the light of day.


In my wildest dreams, you always play the hero. In my darkest hour of night, you rescue me, you save my life.

In the course of our lives, we come to a point where we feel inconsolable and alone. We struggle against intangible demons, to grapple for sanity amidst the chaos in our existence. It is such rarity that someone can pull another off the claws of this hell unscathed. But even short of a miracle to make this person feel wanted and cared for. A miracle... a dream come true… these are what this singularly selfless person personified for me. A gifted and motivated soul; one can see in his eyes the fire to accomplish beyond what is expected of him. Indeed, accomplish and succeed he has done in his life. Mau is a friend, confidante, brother, and teacher to many. They love him with unquestioning fervor because they know he will fight their wars with them, if not for them. Fearless and strong-minded, he is never afraid to articulate whatever his thoughts are. Mau has a strong groundwork for his ideologies which will be instrumental to his success in all his forthcoming endeavors. All those who love him have nothing but praises and pride in all his current and future triumphs that we are so sure he will achieve.

Aristotle said it best… love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies. I’m so fortunate to have my soul completed by one such as Mau.

~Your Sandman