Beautiful at 30

"Kel, may ipapakita ako sa'yo" biglang sabi ni Je sabay scroll sa BlackBerry niya. We were talking and seating comfortably on that couch in Starbucks Fort and this appears to be a sudden change of topic about something serious.

"Masasaktan ba 'ko diyan?" I asked. We have been together for hours already and have talked about the important stuff so I wonder what this is going to be about this time. 

"Sira!" she answered, still scrolling through her BB as if looking for something. "Nakakita kasi ako ng picture mo dati. Alam mo ang layo." sabi niya. 

Ayos, thank you ah, I thought to myself. "Throwback?" I asked her.

"Oo. Throwback." she answered. As far as I know I have hidden those throwback tags from my facebook timeline to make sure nobody sees them. There were also only 2 I think. 

She handed me her BB then stood up. "Basahin mo, CR lang ako." I took her phone then she walked towards the restroom. 

On her phone was a note she typed and entitled Beautiful at 30 which has this quote from Jane Austen's "Persuasion". I had to read it over and over.  

When she came back, she asked me what I thought of it. Paano ka ba naman magrerespond sa ganon di ba? Ugh...thank you! Wow ang douchebag! Haha. I think the first thing I said was how my skin is clearer now. "I'm healed!" I said jokingly and she laughed. I also told her how I watch what I eat and that might have contributed to it. Then I told her that I take long showers because I use body scrubs. She asked me what scrub I use, I told her that Indonesian something endorsed by Solenn Heussaff. I was surprised to find out that she doesn't know her. Then our topic jumped to how she doesn't know Solenn, Bruno Mars and Arnold Clavio. I don't remember saying thank you.

A day after that meeting, I remembered this and thought about googling that quote. This morning I posted this on her facebook wall.

By the way, this is not me basking at being beautiful. If you can see me as I type this joke na kaagad ang lahat ng ito. Besides, the quote has a sidenote about how I looked 10 years ago. Actually, if you see it the other way, one might even get insulted. Hehe. Point is, this simply means I look better now than before. I think I can agree to that.

Nakakatuwa lang isipin that a person would see a quote written years ago and be reminded of you. It also says "it sometimes happens", hindi lagi. Isa daw ako sa minsan na yun. Haha.  And yes, the best compliments are from the people who have seen you at your ugliest.