08.19.07

It Might Be Tiu

Posted in 2007 Mosaic at 8:25 pm by Miracle ♪♫

It Might Be Tiu

Yes, that was a very common phrase during elementary days while
teasing and crushing were rampant. Ha ha ha

I’ve credited and wrote about the people who have made great
impacts on my life… but here’s someone I haven’t written about yet.
Vincent Tiu.

Vinz’s family presented a tribute to their grandmother and I
was invited to carry out a couple of tunes on the violin. Naturally, I accepted the pleasure of playing
for the family who gave me my first violin. I did not regret doing so. For even
though there was quite a large and intimidating audience who would have made me
back out (haha), I felt a certain intimacy with the Tiu family.

Vinz used to come over to the house right after school, panting
and sweaty from running… and later he upgraded to roller blades, then a BMX
bike, then a mountain bike, and a motorbike came next, then a jeep, and now an SUV. He used to play tunes on the piano, I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing, Dear Heart, and of course, he
spontaneously progressed to pang chicks songs.
On the guitar, he mastered every introduction of all the popular songs of our time
(It Might Be You, You’ve Got a Friend In Me, When You Say Nothing at All, Everyday I
Love You, More than Words, Leaving on a Jetplane, etc.), thus, inducting
himself into the league of Intro Boys.
Hahaha Vinz was a heartthrob - with an
emphasis on was. =P Hahaha (Kidding Vinz)
Girls went nuts over him, but I won’t begin mentioning who
those girls were. Hahaha
Oh I remember the lengthy phone conversations and everything
else!

Evidently, Vinz filled our younger days with happiness. It’s obvious since almost every sentence I’m
writing is decorated with hahaha.

Seeing him tonight made me happy. Not that kind of giddy and reckless happiness
of childhood, but that kind of rewarding and pleased happiness. I am relieved and appreciative of how he
turned out to be. He has grown so much…
but I’m glad to see remnants of childhood’s hyperactivity (hahaha), and he
secretly made me secrete tears of joy when he sang with his siblings.

This boy who was,
this guy,
who is now a man,
is in the chorus of his life… and It Is Tiu who is a
living proof that we can get through intros successfully, and that friendships
do last despite everything...

Vinz, I hope that whatever means of transportation you may have, may you always find your way back to 041 Rizal Ave…where You’ve Got a Friend In Me… forever. =)

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