She was a friend from my college days. We did not go to the same school but we stayed in the same house. Her youngest sister is closer to me because of our age range. However, it did not stop us from being close also as she was such an endearing & funny person...always laughing....making fun of each situation and making fun even of herself at times. Her voice still lingers in my ears. Maybe she found in me a listening buddy..my attention would always be hers while she narrated her experiences..sometimes lowering her voice so that her sisters wouldn 't hear. She would also shout to my ate "No, Flor, I am not polluting Beng's mind".
During one of our light conversations in our dorm she told me that time would come when she would tell me that 'her baby is about 24 months old' referring to the baby's age in months like other countries do because she said, she will marry a foreigner. And it did happen..She married an Australian guy and that incident really happened as predicted.
She would call me each time she came home for a visit and we exchanged emails once in a while but it had stopped in 2009 as my former company ceased its operations in the country. We lost contact since then.
I still maintain my communications with her sisters thru FB. Yesterday, I was informed that Norla passed away...she was survived by her husband and 2 kids. I am saddened by her demise. Sad that her sisters will not be able to see her for the last time because of the distance .
Norla...you had made my college days so fun....I will always remember the time when we went to Rizal Park just to see Gary Valenciano.... there were so many people and we were perspiring a lot, as if we had just taken a bath but our smiles were from ear to ear, really glad of that experience.
When you went out at nights and would go home beyond our curfew at the dorm, you would tell me to open the door for you since you were not sure that your sisters would do it. However, I don't remember opening the door for you even once as I would always be fast asleep by then. In the morning, you would tell me how your date went..and we would always laugh at its turn out.
You were always willing to try new things, good or bad because according to you, we only live once...Sometimes, you would call me 'Adeng" referring to a younger sis, and I already missed that....
Norla, have you done all the crazy things you had wanted to try? Have you had the full life you were aiming at? Goodbye my laughing buddy...may you fill with laughter the space above. Rest in peace now....I am sure that you are now with our Lord because you are His child.
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