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boks

I spent half a day with Mike, a bok who is leaving for Dubai within the week. We went out to inspect past projects he is leaving behind with me. Prior to that I met up with Manny and Pam at the Galleria. And Mike had a small chat with Donna on the phone. I also bumped into Ronnie at the Galleria.

Mike and I had the chance to talk about friends, careers and plans. It's funny how fast time flies, we who were just students a few years ago who are now living our lives. We talked about people we seldom see, people who want to leave their parents house and try it on their own, and people who are now outside of the country.

These are the boks. The people who have become part of our lives and still continue to shape our lives, eventhough we don't get to see them anymore. They are the arkiboks.

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I remember hearing the word "bok" for the first time from the great bok himself, Goldsta, who came from the distant past of the 80s. It was further immortalized by the Mascardo thesis house grand bok, Bok Ed. Then it was further used and abused by the first fellowship of the Bok, namely Bok Noel, Bok Ferdz and Bok Abet. Then the great arkiboks@yahoogroups.com was formed by the punx, where more boks was introduced into the great fellowship, the bokness.

Now, after almost three years, the great arkiboks was further elevated to the status of blog-mania, thanks to the efforts of the great bok of mass media, Bok ponpon. Arkiboks was now given more exposure thanks to print media. Now we have bok talks. Next time, bok fellowships na siguro, then bok books.

The boks are now scattered around the globe. International na ang boks. With media exposure, internet and yahoogroups, we hope that arkiboks continue on the tradition of, well, bokhood.

There are funny boks, stiff boks, serious boks, active boks and boks who remain anonymous.

All hail arkiboks. Boks. Pare, utol, whatever. May we all see each other again.

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That was fun.

posted by nap @ 11:57 AM