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I thought our story will be like those of Bart Kwan and his dog or Marley and Me or Hachiko or any dog stories…but ours was very different. Ever since I was in high school, I regarded stephy as a celebrity dog. I would brag a lot about Stephy as if she was a human being even after 12 years. Now that she finally chose to have her longest sleep and probably this is the last time that I can brag so much about her, let me share more of Stephy. 1.        She was a gift. Mama and papa never bought stephy after our first dog, a Japanese spitz went awol. Stephy is still the best gift up to date. We both have a dog and a human-size HUGGABLE teddy bear. 2.        She was very small. She died with 38 inches (not really updated) waistline but she used to be as small as a one liter coke. When she was a pup, we would look for her and she always stayed at the bottom of the fridge. 3.        She thinks she’s small. I remember just this year,  I tried to walk her and at the sidewalk there wa

I DREADED FOR THIS DAY TO COME! FROM CHILDHOOD TO NOW, THIS IS THE DAY I WAS NEVER PREPARED OF….STEPHY LEAVING. (STEPHANIE “STEPHY” DE LEON; JUNE 05 2005- August 16, 2017) DEATH IS SOMETHING I CAN NEVER UNDERSTAND. STEPHY WAS SO MUCH MORE THAN ANY HUMAN I HAVE MET. SHE WAS MY BESTEST OF THE BESTEST FRIEND, SHE WAS MY CONIFIDANT, SHE WAS MY SISTER. WHEN EVERYTHING IN THE WORLD SEEMED TO TURNED ITS BACK FROM ME, STEPHY WAS THE ONLY WHO STAYED. LIFE GOT ME USED TO BE THE ONE LEAVING, I WAS NEVER PREPARED FOR HER DEPARTURE. SO MUCH MORE THAT I WAS NOT THERE. PROBABLY IT WAS EASIER THAT WAY. OLD AGE AND SHE WAS IN PAIN, IT WAS BETTER FOR HER TO LEAVE NOW THAN SEE ME CRYING AT HER DEATH BED. LIFE WILL BE SO MUCH DIFFERENT WITHOUT STEPHY. I KNEW SHE WAS OLD AND ANY TIME SHE HAD TO LEAVE BUT AT THAT MOMENT…THE MOMENT I HAD TO LEAVE I TOLD HER TO WAIT FOR ME. I WILL COME BACK FOR HER AND HUG HER ONE LAST TIME…BUT IT NEVER HAPPENED. I ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT HER GOODBYE WILL BE ON THE

So grateful of July 30, 2017! After being a loser at work, I got the chance to be reunited with my fellow ilonggos from ADI-SMCS! It was a fun reunion! It was headed by sir buen as we also celebrate the farewell of the old campus. We saw nong jb torres and zairre baccay first. The four of us with kuya geof went. Then we saw sir buen. Sir buen mentioned the Go’s were going. At first I was fine with it like the usual reaction. Then we saw them. Oh gosh my secret highschool crush returned! I kennot! All the conversations were quite awkward at first. Then there was a mass. At the end of the mass we saw nong Tyrone. My siblings and I were hesitant to join the bonding after mass because 1. We’re being thrifty 2. We thought it will be very awkward. Somehow things loosened up. Ng jill, kuya Geoff and bro did not go with us but it was fine because I sense a good communication between the one’s left. It ended to be a very fun conversation. We chat while waiting for sir buen. There were awkward