Well... Here Fucken Goes.... This is about my friend Marietta. Its been about over 2 years since i met this shorty. I remember workin in Foodland and learning how to make the fucken canned food and bags of chips straight as possible so the damn managers wouldn’t get all pissy. The manager let Marietta help me and i was like sweet! I thought: maybe i could go home early... haha. Anyways, as we were talking and working hehe, we got to know each other. She seemed a bit scared at first and was surprized that i could speak to someone that i barely knew, but as i kept talking she opened up to me as a very sophisticated and experienced person. Over the weeks i got to know her even more. A hard worker, crazy filipina with a HUGE heart! haha. Then that stupid thing happened... I ran away from home...Yeah i pissed off with my parents and i wanted a while away from them. But little did i know that this would hurt them in ways i could never imagine. Through this trial of anguish and revenge Marietta was the strongest out of my family and myself. She kept in touch with me and updated my Mom on how i was doing and where i was and if i was safe. This helped my mom be a little relieved. As time went by, Marietta would tell me to go home, but i didnt want to. She kept telling me that they want me home and i should just go back... i didnt want to. I finally got annoyed with her saying it that I finally went back home... 3 weeks later. The thing is... She kept my family together in my time of fucking up, she worked hard to make sure i didnt do stupid shit and that I was alive. Perseverance. Thats what it was. My family and along with myself appreciate her compassion and love. Now as time went by, we got closer, we went to the movies together, went to church together, went out to eat dinner together, heck people thought we were going out. NOPERS, we got so close we were and are practically brother and sister. We were able to make stupid jokes about the filipino accent and were able to make a joke out of anything. A out-burst of laughter was and is never absent whenever we are together. Another thing that connected us is out love for music and singing. In January of 2007 we attended the Hawaii State Honor-Choir in Oahu. Her soprano voice and my tenor voice joined the voices of over 300 other singers in the state of Hawaii. What a fucken experience that was. God that was fun! And yeah we miss it but still, we can always dream about the awesome past. haha. So as time passed, I graduated from Highschool and went to college. I always kept touch with Marietta and still joked around about stupid shit. Then one day she told me that her family was coming to Hawaii from the Philippines. I was like AWESOME! The thing is that I was kinda scared to meet them because they were FOB... straight out of the PI. But i did meet them. The same crazy, fun, silly, and awesome singers! haha. Maui Margot and Marietta. Three peeps that make me happy. GOD AND CAN THEY SING! FUCK! So yeah so we have to talk about the deep shit… We have come to the conclusion that Marietta and I are ready for steady and real relationships. Apparently My Friend Marietta did find the one, the one and only person that she fell in love with. This is a person that she loved and maybe STILL loves to death. A person who truly made her feel like she was loved and could love back. Someone that she would do anything and everything for, heck even take care of the person when they were sick or crippled, pick food up, or a random cigarette, and all of this with no payment. I dunno, I think this is something that we would call Love. Unselfish love. Sometimes we wonder and ask, does the other person really love us or are they just using us… Anyways, Marietta has made it almost a year with this certain someone and she still cares for that special someone, no matter how much that person don’t care. Ive seen my best friend cry over this person and stress and get mad over things that seem like they shouldn’t be happening. I believe that Marietta shows sooooo much love to everyone around her and her love, but most people don’t see it. Most people don’t want to see the reality that she is someone that will love and take care of them no matter what. I know from experience people, she is a REAL person. Someone with heart and feelings, not a fucken robot or a maid or a baby sitter that can be ordered around. I dunno, its just hard to see my best friend just be fucked around with someone who just doesn’t care. I fucken hate being negative… Another good side of Marietta… She is a woman of God. God, not the money god, not the alcohol, drug, or sex god, But Jesus Christ the God of Love and Life. That is another bond that Marietta and I share. We believe in God. When I say believe in God, its not that notion that if we just believe in God, we are ok, but the idea that we believe in God and try to live out what that God teaches every single day of our lives. And I Think because of that, we have an understanding of life that most people cant see. We support one another when ever we fall and marvel at the hardships and good times that we have gone through, and in the end we are still friends. I believe that Marietta is such a strong person because of her faith. Her faith in her God and her steadfastness in her morals and values. Heck yeah she has fallen, but who the fuck doesn’t?! Im sure as hell aint perfect. No One is. Marietta I want to thank you for your Friendship, perseverance, your compassion, patience, our laughs, our songs, our stupid little jokes, your love, and your faith in our God and me. I know that I couldnt and wouldnt be able to make it through my life as well I have made it without you and your guidance as a friend, counselor, and sister. Mahalos, Timmeh