From sharing stationaries to buying cheese pandesal... read about how Pops and Anton have been the closest pals for the past decades
Having a best friend is a gift. Honouring the friendship you have with people you can count on and consider as family makes Best Friend's Day just as important as any other holiday. So, we asked our Tatler friends about their closest pals in celebration of the momentous day. For this article, we speak to our very own Editor-in-Chief Anton San Diego about his long-time friendship with Pops Fernandez.
Read on below to find out how they met, their best pal traditions, and more:
Who is your best friend and how long have you been best friends?
Anton: My bestie is Pops Fernandez. We have been friends since our elementary days at the International School Manila. Let's say we've been friends for almost half a century.
Pops: One of my best friends is Anton San Diego. We have been friends since grade school. He was my classmate in third grade. I was a very shy, quiet nerd in school. And during those times, one of the favourite hobbies of my female schoolmates was to collect stationaries and trade them amongst each other. I guess Anton noticed that mine were not the best ones—meaning, they were not Betsy Clark, not scented, and whatever else was popular then. So one day, he approached me and he just gave me a Snoopy stationary. It wasn't a Betsy Clark but I was so touched and that became my favourite. I never traded it with anyone. And that's how our friendship started.