A Moment with Ciara in the City of Golden Friendship

Ciara is one of my brightest students. She was a consistent honor student at Marcelo Spinola School, the Batch 2001 Valedictorian and now a Certified Public Accountant. Should she venture for a higher goal, she would definitely make it for her heart is steadfast, and her will is straightforward and she has a brilliant mind. She too is a friend of my favorite sister Dyan. Last March 23, 2008 we met at the Church during the Easter Sunday Mass.

Looking back, in 2004, DepEd required all teachers in the public school to take the English Proficiency Test. Luckily, I got a score which qualified me for a mentor’s training in Davao. January 16 - 21, 2005 was the schedule of the training. I had to be in Davao early morning on the 16th. I had to leave Ipil by the 15th. I sent a text to Ciara that I’d be going to Davao and I’d drop by Cagayan de Oro. At the time, I thought there was still a communication between her and Allan (her former BF), who is a close friend of mine.

I arrived in CDO at around 4 in the afternoon. Ciara gave me the instruction thru text on how I’d get to her apartment. Fortunately, I found it. Something was wrong with my phone at that time. Allan earlier requested that I send him text as soon as I see Ciara. Anyway, Ciara introduced me on that friendster thing. I had no idea about it so she helped me out creating my own account. The friendster that I have now was made in CDO. Then we went out. Ciara treated me in an “eat-all-you-can” restaurant. I didn’t realize that I had to eat all the food I got, or pay for the left over! Whew! It made me so full up. Allan called up Ciara while we’re eating. I thought he asked if we (Ciara and I) met. After the dinner, she brought me to a park. I forgot the name of that place but there were many displays there, which were sold at affordable prices. I took a bath as soon as we arrived at her place. She called up a friend on how I would go to Davao. At around 11:30 pm, we parted our ways and I was so grateful for her hospitality. All of a sudden my phone recovered at the bus terminal and I received many texts from Allan. I told him I was already on my way to Davao.

It was my first time to go to CDO and Davao. It was made easy by a truly wonderful and beautiful inside-out friend. "Thank you Cia. Hope to see you again."