Big, big dreams
Grade school classmate Fatima, my ever-righteous and favorite intellectual chat buddy who never fails to feed my ego by pumping a lethal combination of inspiration, encouragement, sarcasm and all that smugness into my being, got me going again for the kill.
Of course the staple part of our conversation was making fun of earthworms. Go figure. But what I most love about Fatsi is her ultimate capability of being able to match my idealistic philosophies, that one particular thing serving as the best dessert to cap off our regular talks.
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fmdcm3: ang galing nga! just in time!! apparently, they were just waiting for us to graduate!
Precious: *nods* *nods* *nods*
Precious: we have great destinies waiting for us!
fmdcm3: hehe!
fmdcm3: it’s happening now.
Precious: it’s fascinating how both of us share the belief that great things are in store for people like us
fmdcm3: of course we do! that’s partly why great things happen to people like us. we believe.
Precious: so many people ask me na super torture ang mga ginagawa natin
Precious: sabi ko
Precious: while the rest of earthworms are working and partying their time away, us, we’re able to do that PLUS we still have time
Precious: to learn and discover great things!
Precious: in short we do more!
fmdcm3: HAHAHA!
Precious: we accomplish more!
fmdcm3: you’re harsh on the earthworms! hehe
Precious: harharhar
Precious: we’re normal human beings who lead an extraordinary life!
fmdcm3: I wish we’d meet in Europe too. That would be great!
Precious: yeah!
Precious: my target though now is Manhattan, to walk the streets of Manhattan then work as a corporate lawyer for Citigroup Main HQ in NYC! I now work for Citigroup local for the Australian account as credit analyst
Precious: and do a parttime job for the UN HQ also in NYC as an int’l human rights lawyer
fmdcm3: wow!
fmdcm3: me, I’ll always be a research scientist.
Precious: tapos i’d jet set to Europe just to have coffee with an old dear friend who goes by the name and title Dr. Fatima Monteverde
fmdcm3: haha! I’ll visit you in your cities too! from june to august, Swedish days are supposed to last 20 hours. let’s see that.
Precious: our big dreams *sigh*
Precious: but i do trust our abilities and willpower to be able to do just that
fmdcm3: Of course we will!
fmdcm3: mas gusto mo ng city life no?
Precious: yeah
Precious: but i won’t mind a suburban life too
fmdcm3: Ako, mahal ko ang Los Baños setting.hehe
Precious:
Precious: for career, yeah city lie
Precious: life
Precious: but for family life
Precious: a suburb setting is just fine for me
fmdcm3: ok. for me, the city is only good for shopping! hehe
Precious: hehe that too!
Precious: i love walking the streets of ayala wearing trenchcoats and heels especially in the afternoon and seeing the lights at night
fmdcm3: That I’ll want to try in Europe!
Precious: London!
Precious: Amsterdam!
fmdcm3: Haha!
fmdcm3: I’d be near Stockholm!
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Hehe. I guess I need not say anything more. 
(FATIMA MIA MONTEVERDE, my grade school classmate in Canossa School-Santa Rosa, graduated with a degree in Biology, "Magna Cum Laude", from the University of the Philippines-Los Baños. She’s set to leave for Sweden come January next year to start her work as a research fellow for the Marie Curie Institute.)
