MGA PAKIWARI AT PAGMUMUNI-MUNI (An AlDub Collection of Poems and Short Stories)

Future Letters

Day 21 of AMACon Drabbles for Oikos.

Kasagsagan ng sabaw 😭

Unbeta'ed and not proofread

FICTION OK? OK.

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YEAR 2010

To Alden Richards,

Bro - next month daw ila-launch ka na as Alden Richards kasabay ng bago mong soap sa GMA. New packaging and all. Hindi nag-work yung pagiging Richard Faulkerson Jr. ng Brgy. Dila mo eh. It was a mouthful sabi nila. Tapos mahirap daw tandaan. Eh tutal - since may lahi ka naman daw na Amerikanong hilaw - pwede na yung Alden Richards. Oha? Oha? Pang-international ang dating! Hahaha!

Pero sa totoo lang- alam ko namang nahihirapan ka na. Tapos hindi pa magiging madali ang tatahakin mong landas. Madalas nga gusto mo ng gumive-up kasi hindi mo malaman kung saan ka ba talaga tutungo sa industriyang pinasok mo. Pero ginusto mo ito diba? Or ginagawa mo ito para kay Mama. Yun na lang ang isipin mo. Lahat ng ito - para kay Mama. Kapit lang. Kaya mo pa rin ito.

Tatandaan mong lagi ka lang tumingin sa hinaharap. Don't get sidetracked. Mahirap na. Ngayon nga lang - sobrang tindi na ng pinagdaanan mo para lang makapasok sa GMA eh. Ayaw mo na nga diba? Kung hindi ka pa pinilit ng handler mo. Buti na lang - it paved off.

So yang lovelife lovelife na yan? Pre - saka na yan. Panira yan sa mga plano mo. Hindi pa tapos mag-aral si Riza. Unahin mo muna ang pamilya. Pero sige - pwede naman sigurong makipag-date. Maganda yung si Sam Pinto ba yun? Yun - ayos yun. Ayos ka pag naka-score ka dun! Hahahaha!

Pero seryoso bro - work on your career first. And don't forget your family. And most especially - don't ever forget to look towards God. Always be thankful and content. Lahat ng meron ka ngayon, nakuha mo ng dahil sa Kanya. Kaya wag na wag kang makakalimot.

Pero alam mo - sana sa future, makatagpo ka rin ng tulad nung meron sina Daddy at Mama. Pati sina Lola at Lolo. Yung taong magmamahal sayo hanggang dulo. One that would support you in everything and would accept you for who you are, mistakes and all. Siguro in 5 years? Pwede naman na yun 'no?

Basta eto lang bro - always be humble, keep your feet on the ground and pray. God should always be your center.

Kakayanin mo lahat ng ito! Easy lang ang lahat ng ito para sayo! MANIWALA KA!

Kaya sana pag nabasa mo ito sa future, ok na ok ka na. At masayang masaya ka na. Alam ko naman na eventually - darating ka rin dun.

From your past self,
RJ Faulkerson

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Dear Nicomaine,

I don't even know where to start or how to begin this letter. I know I said I was going to write something for my future self 5 years from now. But what do you say to yourself when you do not know where you're going to be 5 years from now? When you do not know how you're going to be and what or who you will become?

Anyway - you're about to embark on a new journey soon. You're going to college. Yay! That's exciting right? Or scary? I guess a little bit of both? I know for a fact that you're not exactly happy with what you're going to major in but - hey, at least you're getting a degree right? *shrugs*

It's your fall back just in case you cannot pursue your original dream. To be a star.

Don't laugh. Damn it - I know you probably laughed when you read that but let me tell you that as of the moment - this is your greatest dream. Ang maging artista.

But of course - suntok sa buwan naman ang pangarap mong ito. Hello? Sa dinami dami ng mas maganda sayo at mas may talent sayo - asa ka pa diba?

Pero eto na lang - don't ever let go of this dream. Who knows? Maybe 5 years from now, ito ang maging future mo.

Tapos who knows also - baka sa ganito mo na rin ma-meet si forever mo.

Oh my god - Menggay - stop! Tangina - hindi ka pa nga nakaka-graduate ng highschool, yan na agad ang iniisip mo. Ang landi landi lang ha.

Anyway - I'll stop here for now. I'll write more soon. Kat is here now and we're about to go to Candy Fair!! Aaaaahhhhh! I really hope I get to see Daniel there. *kilig* Tapos we take a photo together. Tapos he will ask for my name. Tapos we will talk. Tapos he will get my number.

Tapos... Tapos na. Tapos na ang daydreaming mo. Umayos ka naman dahil malabong mangyari lahat ng iniisip mo.

All right! I'll stop now for real. Laters again.

Basta yun lang - never let go of your dream of becoming a star. Even if it seems like it won't and can't happen at all.

Dream and believe.

Always,
Menggay

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PRESENT, 2016

"Did you really write that, love?"

"Oo, nakakahiya nga eh. 'Maryosep."

"Hmmm... Sam Pinto pala ha..."

"Huy! 19 lang ako nun!"

"Hahaha! Pero seriously though, hindi ako makapaniwala that we both wrote to our future selves and in the same year pa talaga."

"The year we first 'met' pa kamo."

"Tapos di pa nalayo yung sinabi natin regarding our dreams."

"Hmmm..."

"Do you think it was fate?"

"Maybe. I would like to believe it's destiny. As well as God's will."

"Hmmm... True..."

"I love you, Nicomaine. I'm glad I met you again 5 years after we wrote that. I'm glad God used destiny so that we would find each other again. And now that I found you - I won't ever let you go. Ever."

"Ieeeehhhh... Inaano ka ba Faulkerson?? Pero... Mahal din kita, RJ. Salamat at nahanap mo ako. Nahanap natin ang isa't isa."

"So ano ng gagawin natin sa letters nating ito?"

"We'll still keep it."

"For what?"

"As a reminder of how we used to be and what we did in order to get to where we are now. With you and me, always for eternity."

"Hoy! Tapos na ba kayo magdrama dyan?? Salang na kayo in 3 minutes! Malapit ng matapos ang commercial break!!"