Bobbie is one of the few people that I met when I first came to Cebu in 1992. He's so easy to come along with, maybe because for one, we came from the same island of Luzon and two, we are both pure Tagalog. We can talk with our own dialect so we can understand more, while in the land of the Visayans.
We both held office in one building in Mandaue City. While he was then managing the courier company, I was then the area technical man of the micrographics company.
We became drinking buddies. We became "kumpare" with my daughter Trisha. He became one of the witnesses in my court wedding.
When micro office closed, I stayed in Cebu with the new company. We transferred to a new office in Cebu City. But our communication continues and we remain to be friends and drinking partners.
The friendship continues and our drinking sessions became more frequent when I resigned from the company I worked with for 6 years, and he hired me to work as computer technician and programmer in his courier office. That made us much closer to each other. And that made me knew him more, deeper as a man.
He is not only the drinking buddy that almost everytime will pay for every bottle of beer you will drink. He will not just pay for the songs you will sing that night but sometimes, he will also pay for the bar fine. He will not go drink somewhere else alone but he will bring someone from the rank of his friends, and sometimes, even the whole bunch of his co-employees and friends.
If anyone in the office has a problem, whether it's a family or money matters, Bobbie will never say "NO". He will try to look at the situation and finds way on how he can be of help, to the best that he can. If he can help the person by giving a job or a better work position, he will do that. He will think of how he can help first, before he will think about himself. I can say that almost everyone in that office, he lend a hand. The most is to give them jobs in that office. And I am one of them.
With all the help he gave to all the people in the office, he still found enemies. He never thought that after giving all the support and help that he can give them, they will still try to put down the man that also helped the company grew from the scratch. Just like a "coup de etat", they tried many times to pull him down. And unfortunately, they succeed.
He lost the job. And he was nowhere to go. But where are his friends? His friends that always comes to him and asked help? Those he thought were his friends so he gave them work in the company? His drinking buddies?
Bobbie isn't perfect as a person, but he is the best friend for me.
He is "bossing" to everyone in the office, but how can you call him now?
Still "bossing" or "pare" or "gwapo"?
It's up to them, it's up to you.
Happy Birthday na lang, Boss Pre!
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