Featured Friend 4 - Birthday Boy

Today, September 20, this person in the picture was born. Meet Jon Vincent Gonzaga or JV in short. Yes, you guessed it right! Today is his birthday and since today is his special day I am featuring him as part of my featured friends series. He was my high school batchamte and we became friends when we were in our second year in high school. He was a free spirited person. He is this person that has this unmatched energy in his body! He always cracks jokes and he does silly things. 

I remember one time when we were having fun and hanging out at a coffee shop with our other friends I remember him asking how to smile when someone is taking his picture. I thought it was weird because I thought that smiling was natural for every person and take note even babies smile! So when he asked me that question I was dumb founded and I don't know what to say and I just laughed. There was also an instance when we both got into this huge argument. He told me things that are unpleasant to be heard, like swear words. He said bad words towards me and I did the same because I won't go down without a fight :)). So there we were exchanging bad words and swearing and from that day on until the end of our second year we didn't talk to each other and we didn't want to meet each other in the hallway when we were walking with our friends. 

It took as a year to settle what had happened between us. I remembered him apologizing to me and crying. Because I told him that when we had that argument his other friends also initiated a fight with me. He was really sorry then and I was shocked when he apologized and he was crying in front of me. It was during that night when we were in our 3rd year that we became good friends again and we told each other that no matter what happens we will not do stupid things again to hurt each other. 

At present, we are both studying at the same university. We are still friends and we still manage to talk to each other even with the differences in our schedules. He is still the same person that we all know. He still does silly stuffs and he still got this energy that every child possesses. Since today is your birthday, I wish you all the best and success in all your endeavors. Again, Happy birthday jv, happy birthday jv, happy birthday...happy birthday...HAPPY BIRTHDAY JV!