Bear with me
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Some of you, I’m sure, are wondering who a certain “bear” is - you’ve already asked. Some others, I bet, are also curious, but too shy to ask. Still some others, I guess, are wondering what the hell I’m talking about.
If you’ve been following the comments on some of my recent posts, you will know what I’m talking about. If you haven’t been paying that much attention, then too bad for you. I’m not going to fill you in.
You see, while this blog masquerades as a technology blog most of the time, it still is my personal blog. Yes, I’ve decided to try and stick to specific topics, but the fact remains - this is my personal blog. What does that mean? I can post whatever I want. It’s my blog, and I choose what to write about.
Yes, I’m stalling. No, that isn’t really my point.
My point is this. This little “bear” that keeps popping up in my comments is here to stay - at least I hope so. I’m marrying her and raising a family with her someday - that’s the plan.
Yes, that’s a bold prediction, but I don’t care. I’m just going to do whatever I can to make it come true.
Now, like I mentioned at the start, some of you have asked about her. Some of you, in fact, have asked when you will meet her.
I’ll say this: everybody else wants to do the same, so get in line and wait for your turn.
That, or help me convince her to start blogging. 
DBS posted this entry at 2:42 AM on Thursday, the 3rd of May 2007. He may have also posted related entries in the following categories: ramblings; blogging.
May 3rd, 2007 at 8:41 am
I LOVE YOU!
don’t forget baby that you gotta ask the question before you get an answer. 
maybe when we live together i will start blogging too. mwahh! you are so silly my elbear! love ya!
May 3rd, 2007 at 4:23 pm
elber and bear - you know, the “group” has been wondering who this person is. you’ve become topics of random conversation with the UA&P folks I meet everywhere.
ARGH! unveil yourself ms. bear!
May 3rd, 2007 at 4:27 pm
And sometimes random topic of conversation with digdipper too (on those rare times that some of us meet up). elber, i’ll be needing bear’s name sometime soon.. i can’t write on “Elber and Bear” on the invite now, can i?
May 3rd, 2007 at 4:39 pm
Oh wow Elber, I don’t get to talk to you in a few months and I suddenly hear you’re getting married! Congrats dude.
And don’t worry, I only wanna “meet” her and see the lucky girl who’ll be your wife. I’m sure she doesn’t need to blog for us to see her picture, right? (Wink wink). Though I’m not saying she shouldn’t start…
May 3rd, 2007 at 11:18 pm
jayvee: Who exactly is the “group” anyway?
Kaye: How soon will you need her name? For now though, you might have to stick with thining of us collectively as the bears.
Rico: You’re jumping the gun… I’ll make another announcement when we’re actually getting married already. As for her picture - don’t hold your breath.
May 4th, 2007 at 9:50 am
Hi Jayvee, Kaye, and Rico!
I know that a lot of Luis’s friends are wondering who in the world I am and some I believe even wondered if I was “real” or just a figment of Luis’s imagination. Hehe! 
Well I am very real and would love to meet you all some day. Luis and I are keeping our relationship private for now until the right time comes. I look forward to meeting you all and I hope that whatever expectations you may have of the mystery “bear” I can meet up to when we actually meet. 
I know some of his friends thought I was a model or an artist. Sorry but I am not. I WISH! 
I am just your average girl next door in love with your friend. 
I would like to think that I am Luis’s “beauty queen in just her t-shirt and jeans”. I hope that is good enough for now. Take care! 
May 4th, 2007 at 9:52 am
Hey love! Hope you don’t mind my message to your friends.
It was nice of them to comment about me. I love you so much! MWAHH! 
May 4th, 2007 at 10:26 am
I love you bear!
May 4th, 2007 at 1:32 pm
nice to meet you, bear. (if a post about someone can be considered meeting them…) take of elber, he has lots of friends who care about him.
as for you elber, take care of her ok! she sounds like a nice girl.
May 4th, 2007 at 2:48 pm
nice to meet you too alexis!
yes i will and i do take good care of elber. he and i make sure we eat a lot coz we are both so skinny! 
it may be a surprise to most of his friends but some of you may have actually seen me before in school. i didn’t study there but my siblings did and i watch the plays. i guess for now that is the most i will reveal about myself. 
we have lots of reasons why we keep our relationship private and i hope his friends will understand. we promise to explain everything when the right time comes. as for now i really love the fact that i can communicate with his friends through his blog. at least this way those who are curious about me have a way to get in touch with me and get to know me a little better apart from being the mystery “bear” in his life. i can’t wait to meet all his friends. till then…i hope you all keep reading his blog. thank’s for your nice comment alexis! 
take care!
May 4th, 2007 at 3:29 pm
Sorry for jumping the gun ElBear. I kinda misread what you wrote in this post.
Nevertheless, the sooner the suspense is satisfied the better! I guess…
May 5th, 2007 at 8:03 am
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May 6th, 2007 at 11:40 am
Well, I don’t need naman her name for now.. so i guess… Hi Bear!
anyway, you guys have fun all the time alright? 
May 7th, 2007 at 12:53 am
Wow! Don’t you just love blogging! Even Elber, one of the most techie and non-lovey-dovey guys i’ve met turns into a bold and sweet gentleman! Goodluck to Elber and Bear!
May 7th, 2007 at 12:29 pm
Thanks Punky!
Yes love can do the most amazing things. 
even to the most geekiest techies in the world. 
I love my techie geek very much and i giggle when he talks about the geekiest things. i find it very attractive in a different way that i think only Luis can pull off. Love you baby! 
Mwahh!
May 7th, 2007 at 7:35 pm
Awww…
Unfortunately, I strongly associate the word “bear” with the revolting Disney movie about homosexuality, incest and bestiality - Brother Bear. hehe
May 9th, 2007 at 8:17 pm
alexis: Will do!
Rico: No worries. Of course, you had to link back to this specific post… are you trying to get other people intrigued too?
Kaye: For now, think of us as the Bears (I’m El-Bear, hehehe). Definitely having fun. You have fun with ___ too!
punky: Nakakagulat ba?
benj: I don’t know where that came from, but uhh… I don’t where that came from.
May 9th, 2007 at 9:49 pm
There’s nothing wrong with spreading good news, is there?
Reveal thyself Bear! I command thee! (With
Elber’sLuis’ blessing of course)May 10th, 2007 at 1:19 am
I just realized how weird my comment was. Sorry. Haha. Congratulations to you and your bear.
May 10th, 2007 at 9:29 pm
slowly but surely i will reveal myself. luis and i promise.
til then its cool that i have his blog to slowly introduce myself to luis’s friends. i cnt wait to meet you all! til then…take care everyone! as for my boyfriend, i love you beary much! 
mwahh!
May 10th, 2007 at 9:38 pm
sorry for being too mushy and disgustingly sweet
but if anyone has what we have im sure you would understand. we are just happy silly people in love. 
sometimes it can be compared to temporary insanity! love makes people do and say the craziest things! 
but its fun and makes us all feel like giddy teen agers again no matter how long ago it was since we were actually teenagers! 
hehe!
May 10th, 2007 at 9:47 pm
yes love we are no longer teen agers and since im talking to you on sun cell now and you are shy abt your age then i have this to reveal abt myself, im 2 years older than luis! but, sorry for this my love, i look younger than you! ADMIT IT BABY!
i only have a year left to still be on the calendar but i hope i really don’t look like it! guess when i reveal myself i can get other people’s opinions. what do you think love? do i look a day over 30? 
May 10th, 2007 at 9:54 pm
No, bear, you don’t look a day over 30. Heck, you don’t look a day over 25.
I stand by something I said before though… you’re so silly.
May 10th, 2007 at 10:11 pm
A day over 25!
hmphh! i thought you would say something more like not a day over 20! really baby flattery can get you pretty far you know that! 
just kidding! but at least you just admitted that i do look younger than you! haha! 
I LOVE YOU! mwahh!
May 11th, 2007 at 8:37 am
You’re both ishweet!
June 2nd, 2007 at 5:01 am
wow! ngayon ko lang uli to nakita. i’m getting butterflies all over.
yes, “luis” nakakagulat. but this is one of those amazingly nice surprises. (bisitahin mo blog ko, baka magulat ka rin, hehe) we’ve known you as the techie-lights-obsessed-geek-who-loves-blogging-and-loves-getting-people-to-blog-(oh and a very good cook). it’s nice to know that aside from being our serial dater (peace ber), you have this serious mushy side.
as for bear, finally finally finally! you came to our friend’s life. and vice versa! i’m so happy for both of you! you may not be young, as you both revealed your age. but reading your comments here, you guys seem like high school kids enjoying their first puppy love. congrats again.
June 6th, 2007 at 11:38 pm
hi punky!
thanks for your really nice comment. i haven’t checked this post for a while either and i didn’t know there was a new comment. funny how you call luis a serial dater. i called him that too as well as having commitment issues! guess he proved me wrong and shut me up. 
i love my techie geek very much and he is actually teaching me about photography and photoshop. 
we hope to work together some day. i know you also love photography. i know you will probably freak when we reveal who i am coz we know each other. 
im sure if you figure out who i am now you will know and understand why… 
will ask luis abt your blog so i can check it out. take care!
January 29th, 2008 at 4:01 pm
I miss this site! I like this site better than your new one coz it has bear with me in it and my awesome shot from river maya. I am also more used to the format of this site. I look at your new site sometimes but somehow this seems more user friendly. I wonder when there will be a second article on your “bear”.
I wonder what you have to say about me now since its been a while. Just went back to this coz of nostalgia! Love you! Mwahh! 