Unending Chase

Keith 2

"Hey Bro! Glad you came! You okay? Parang sobrang pagod mo ata ah?" Andrei approached me at the bar counter. I just got off from work and went to this specific bar nearby right away to unwind. Puro nalang kasi deadlines ang inaatupag ko sa office nakaka-stress.

"Sup' Bro! Yeah , stress sa office daming deadlines na hinahabol eh" i replied.

"Wag kasi puro trabaho lang bro , gala ka naman minsan , gaya ngayon" everyone kept on telling me not to focus on my work too much. Kesyo bibigay rin daw katawan ko sa sobrang pagod , kesyo hihintayin ko pa ba daw na magkasakit bago magpahinga. But who am I to blame when this is the only thing i can do as of now. Feel ko nga ang boring na ng buhay ko eh , kumbaga wala nang thrill puro work-bahay-work nalang yung routine.

"You know this is the only thing that keeps me busy right now Drei , and you definitely know that I'm not the type of person to stay at home doing nothing , whole day. I need to work to not think of anything stupid." I mean common! I'm 24 and grown up , I need to be atleast busy and working , ayaw kong maging tambay lang because it'll make me think. Actually pwede na naman akong di magtrabaho eh , graduate na yung kapatid ko , parents ko nga they spent all their time traveling for leisure eh. I want to travel soon but right now i want to busy myself at work to think of what i want to do in the future and not to think of what happened in the past.

"Oh Com'mon Keith , you're not getting any younger. Plano mo ba maging single forever? I mean there's a lot of girls here but you're not even looking at any of them. Yung iba nga halos lumipad na patungo sayo pero dedma ka naman , sinasabi ko sayo Bro , you might want to YOLO right now to enjoy life. Pwede ka na ngang magpakasal eh , wala ka nga lang girlfriend after what happened months ago" ang ingay din ng isang to eh , kung ano ano sinasabi , preaching on how to YOLO. Andrei Leyson Valdez is one of my closest friend since college. He's managing their convenience stores around the country. Ang dami nilang branches sa boung bansa at ewan kung pano niya namamanage lahat. There's actually 5 of us but as of now kami lang ni Drei ang nasa Pilipinas , others has business meetings outside the country and next month pa ang balik ng mga mokong.

"How many times do i have to tell you that no one gets my interest as of now , eh sa kasalanan ko bang lahat sila dito seems like they only wanted one night stand or hook ups? I don't want that , you know me , I'm not like Grayson. Yun ayain mo magiging masaya yun , manwhore yun eh" Grayson Aragonza is the partygoer in our circle of friends. He's working as freelance photographer right now but his family owns chain of hotels , Aragonza Hotels & Suites specifically , marami din silang branches all around the world kaso ang baliw ayaw imanage yung business nila , currently ate niya ang nagmamanage sa business nila ngayon , Graysom does not want to lay his hands yet in the business since nag eenjoy pa siya sa pagiging photgrapher and i can say he's well known in that industry and he's currently in Paris right now for a photoshoot , He's also the youngest in our group , every weekend afterwork gusto nun lagi nagpupunta sa mga clubs. Unwind tsaka hook ups na din. He's the kind of person who does not want to settle , not yet.

"Whatever you say Keith , oh by the way , Ethan called earlier , gusto daw magbeach kasi puro nalang daw work inaatupag natin , he wants to have a vacation once he gets back from Italy , nanghingi daw siya ng break sa papa niya since he succesfully opened another branch of their restaurant in Italy , pinayagan daw siya. Ano , go?" Dreis said. Ethan Albor Martinez , managing their chains of restaurant in Asia and Europe , he's the adventurous one , he wants to be away from the city once he gets free time from managing their business. He was just able to open a new branch in Italy since they're also famous in Europe that's why vacation mode na naman siya next month para magpahinga.

"I'll check all of the papers first and make sure to finish it all para ma print na before we go on vacation mode , I don't wanna be contacted by my secretary about work." My family runs a publishing house and I'm the one managing them , my parents wants to hire someone to manage it but I want to be hands on sa business na sinimulan nila , it was our family's treasure so I can't just have someone manage it for us after Dad decided to stop because he wants to spend more time with my mom. So i decided to take over. Marami na ding branches ng publishing house ang napatayo ng parents ko and its a lot of work , lalo na pag may deadlines ang papers na dapat ma publish but its fine since its keeping me busy at work.

"Okay , basta go tayo , magiging masayo tong bakasyon na to since will be complete , uuwi din kasi sina Jace and Ravi and we'll make sure you'll find your girl sa lugar na pupuntahan natin , youre the oldest so you need to get married soon " Drei said laughing. So kompleto kami this time , magiging masaya nga siguro tong bakasyon nato.

"Ewan ko sayo , kung ano-ano nalang yang iniisip mo. Mauna na ako , i need to be early tomorrow to finish some paperworks , see you next time. Just call me pag na set na exact date ng bakasyon. Bye" then i headed out of the bar and went in my car to go home. Im excited for the vacation since matagal na rin na nakapagbaksyon kami ng kompleto. And I need this , it has been months since Megan broke up with me and me spending my days busy at work. I just dont want to think about what happened. So for now , I'll rest and work the next day.