This Tuesday, we will go to Cebu, to celebrate Sun.Star SuperBalita's 11th anniversary. The overnight trip is meaningful as a good friend in Cebu will be going to Canada to pursue a 2-year study a week after. I will surely miss this guy and certain that he'll do well there. Perhaps, he might find the right girl for him while in Canada.

I'll be going to General Santos City for the first time this Friday as well. If all will turn out as planned, we might end up having an eyeball event during the eBusiness Week and Mindanao ICT Congress.

I had once again allowed close friends to hurt me. Well, "allowed" is not really the best word to describe it. For the sake of friendship, we often keep friends, even those who have disappointed us in the past. Perhaps I truly love them. To the point that one can be forgiving and overlook mistakes. Still, despite the disappointment, I can't find in my heart to dump the friendship. It is just a stage that will just go away, well that's the belief I chose to take.

Perhaps, if I'll be a bit brutal in perspective, there are no permanent friends, but only permanent interest. Maybe the only reason why we're just all hanging in together was because of that interest, that allowed the friendship to blossomed in the first place. But when that interest is shaken, the friendship is too. But as these friends were children of the "common interest" that I started, I felt like a mother with grown-up adult children and be forgiving. I'm sure in some instance, perhaps they feel the same too, in reverse. In the end, we had no choice but to work out our differences, without discussing our disappointments.

I had already let the common interest go, for quite sometime now. It's like love that you set free, for it to blossom. By default, I don't look back once I moved on. However, with this one, I often get called for support but have been disappointed and even disrespected at times, quite consistently. Some of those who helped me when I started this interest were also treated the same. In limited ways, I called their attention and fought for respect to be properly given. I can personally take it if done directly to me because I'm used to it. But can't take it if done to those who have helped a lot then. It is the least that I can do as gratitude, for their selfless service.

I guess, in the end, it is true, it is a thankless job.

I shall pray for serenity to accept things that I can't change. I shall pray for courage in heart, to be always understanding and not be judgmental, so I may be forgiven in my shortcomings too. I shall pray and be thankful for the wisdom gain from these experiences and not to repeat them again.