Charlie Plamenco

Charlie exploded over the phone. "Hinayaan ni Lily na gawin ng boyfriend niya sa kanya 'yon? Major gaga ha!" I was home when I called Charlie with news about our college ...

I was expecting Charlie to let out a string of her favorite expletives, but instead, I got to talk to a very mellow and very uncharacteristically feminine Charlie.

Two years and a million funny anecdotes later, I got the chance to talk to Charlie, a dear college friend, via YM. Under normal circumstances, it would have been amusing ...