hi 5!

marshall, lily, ted, robin and barney. my new favorite fivesome!

it takes very little effort to keep me hooked on one thing - it just have to have the right combination of wit and humor, enough to keep me entertained for weeks on end. and 'how i met you mother' was just right off the bat.

friends have been talking about it and have been suggesting it for me to watch. one friend even had the bar that we used to hang out a lot in makati alluded to the bar in the series, maclaren's. i keep on stumbling upon episodes of the series on the cable channels distributing it. so, there was only little time left before my interest becomes aroused. and then i realized that the series has been sitting in my hard drive for quite some time. a cousin copied seasons 1 & 4 of the series into the drive along with the many mp-4 movies that i asked from her - so generous of her!

so it was during one of those super uneventful days that i decided to give the series a try. i even got my sister to join me just to have someone to share the drama and the laughter with. it was around half past 10 when we were introduced to the awesome fivesome. the story, told backwards, was about the quest of ted in finding "the one" who would soon become the mother of his 2 kids to whom he was talking to at the beginning of the show. ably helped out by his four awesome and legendary friends, he stakes out the dating scene with much optimism that he could muster in order to find his true love and build his happily ever after story.

the pilot was a refreshing one since it immediately ruled out the possibility of ted having a happy ending with the career-driven robin, one of the lead females, though by the looks of it, they would hook up eventually. i also got to meet marshall and lily, a lovely and dynamic couple of nine years, who are almost always so sweet that sometimes it's irritating, and of course, barney, the ultimate playboy and the life of the bunch.

it was such a great start that it left us wanting for more doses of the gang's witty retorts and hilarious antics. having said this, i knew i am hooked and that i'll never get to really focus on anything unless i get a fill of the fivesome. we got around to watching 5 episodes more before calling it legen-wait for it-dary night!