Kasalanan ko talaga.

Last Friday, I was supposed to meet up with Mel at Starbucks Loft, Rockwell for our surprise birthday bash for Shem. Our “call time” was at 9 am and I arrived around 10. I left my house at around 8:45 thinking that traffic can’t be bad. But hell I was wrong, the traffic was terrible and as much as I don’t want to make excuses for myself, it was an [un]avoidable circumstance, well, sort of since if I left my house earlier then I would’ve gotten there on time. To add insult to the injury, when I arrived at Starbucks, Jay told me that Mel just left. JUST LEFT. Being the optimistic that I am, I tried to look for her at the Pancake House and even in Ateneo, but at the back of my mind, I knew that she left and that I deserved it.

The most painful part of the whole thing was that I missed Shem’s birthday. Shem has always been the “thoughtful one”. She was the most game with regard to planning for surprise parties, trips and even simple get togethers featuring the video presentation that she has been working on. I don’t want her to feel that I didn’t appreciate her cooking for me on my birthday and the video that she made for me, or the cd that she gave us for Christmas.

So this is a sort of PUBLIC APOLOGY for Shemshem. I texted her the evening of her birthday but I know it’s not enough. Basta, I WILL MAKE IT UP TO YOU.