by LEX Tupas
Keeping Old Friends


A good and real friend is said to be one who is be able to keep and sustain long term relationships especially with his old friends. Maintaining any kind of relationship is a challenge but it is something worth working on since real friends are few.
Sang nagligad nga mga senemana pagkatapus sang medyo madugay-dugay na nga tini-on, natagaan ako tsansa makapa Manila liwat para maging head delegate sang Syudad sa pag-selebrar sang Makati foundation day. Bilang Chairman sa Komitiba sang Domestic kag Internasyonal Affairs, amu na nga mga tini-on mapabaskog pa gid ang lokal nga mga kaalyado ka yang Makati sister city ta man. Sa mga tini-on nga may pahuway ako, daw nalipay ako nga makita ang akun mga abyan halin pa sang high school. Daw kanami ka pamatyagan nga ara gyapun ang pagka-ayuhay bisan indi na pirmi gakit-anay. Pareho man sang mga abyan ko sa kolehiyo kag pagkatapus kolehiyo nga nakita ko man kag nakaupod. Kanami sang tsansa nga ginhatag para makalagas sa tyempo nga wala na kami kaisturyahanay. Ang iban sa ila may mga asawa na, kabataan, mga may negosyo kag iban pareho ko man naelehir nga gahatag serbisyo publiko.
Apparently, if a relationship started out well and was firmly established, regardless of the lack of physical presence and constant communication, the friendship will remain and may be as strong as ever. It’s so nice to reminisce the growing up days and the people who were with you through your up’s and down’s. Just recently, a good friend of mine who is also a scion of a political family visited Iloilo. It was nice catching up on lost time and I’m happy to see my friends getting established in their own careers and becoming successful.
I am blessed to have real friends who have been with me throughout the years. I am also blessed to have found new friends here in Iloilo City from my doctorate class, from my public service career and from the gatherings and events I visit. I hope to cultivate and strengthen these relationships so that I continue to have quality friendships.
Gapati ako wala sa padamu-damu sang kilala ang maging maayu nga abyan kundi sa kalidad sang mga abyan nga may ara kita kag kung paanu natun mapasiguro nga ara gid sila mintras tanto.
I hope all of us will treasure and cherish these priceless people who come into our lives and let us value them and let us find ways to make them stay.
Ini ang inyo amigo, abyan kag primo sa Syudad sang Iloilo, Ang Tingog sang Kabataang Ilonggo nga gaulikid sa katigulangan kag sa kababainhan, gasiling, para sa kauswagan sang Syudad sang Iloilo, UGYON Kabataang Ilonggo, UGYON Iloilo. Ilonggos are worth working and fighting for.
For comments and/or suggestions, email
councilorlextupas@yahoo.com. This also serves as the email used in my account in http://www.friendster.com/.