Posts tagged: college
School of Design and Arts? More fun in the Philippines.
I love my school. :)
Before anything else, I would just like to say: Raison, Dinky, Audie, Bea, Grace, Jessie and Tricia we missed you. Bawi sa Feb okay? :)
It’s that time of the year again. For some of us it’s just a typical get together but for the other half, it’s that time of the year that, by hook or by crook, have to be present… because more often than not, are always absent and in case youre wondering, Im included in the latter.
Thank God that my parents finally agreed that I bring our Fortuner, alone. You see, after we sold our old car, I never really got the chance to go to our meet-ups. One factor is that most of them lives in Makati-Manila-EDSA-QC-Marikina area so while they go in groups, I on the other hand, goes alone. I tried commuting but I always get lost, even the cab driver. This happened thrice so no. It’s a waste of money and gas, and of course, time.
Since I live in Laguna, I always anticipate traffic. Since Danica’s house is somewhere in Paranaque, that means traffic is inevitable. But I arrived there a little too early that even she is not yet in her pants >_<
Then I realized how much I missed the place. I remember when her house became my second home during our college days. Literally! I used to spend more time there than my house, going home only to get clean clothes. Her parents were already calling me their honorary goddaughter (although I think I imposed it on them haha) Aww gosh. too much memory.
Me: Vianca!!!
Vianx: ….sino ka? haha!
Bully! Promise Ill try to attend more bondings next year. :P
with Bryan and Danica. Tatlo na nga lang ang tunay naming lalaki absent pa sila. So si Bryan ang Boyfriend ng bayan for the night :)
College bi-bff :) Chirlay. (BI as in Bad Influence. haha we are each others BI) we call each other Ai Mei because we love playing that song in duet in all the pianos that we’ve ever encountered. :))
My friend Jannica was telling me last night “Ang dami nio naman sa barkada. parang isang classroom!“ and you got that right girl. In CSB, your first two semester, you are a block and the sems after that, you choose your own sched. We survived one semester apart and I guess missed each other so we just stick with the “block” thing. So yes majority of the class, is my barkada and a few others.
Another fact is: We are two barkadas that united as one.
The first is the Rixie Forest and the other barkada is
the Girlas (the irony of their name >_<)
hence: RF & G. (We met Raison, Jessie, Harriette, Aian etc along the way and they clicked so we just got bigger. And is still getting bigger if you include the better)halves.
Speaking of better halves, here are this year’s:
Barang and Rix’s partners are absent.
But what made me happy is that
The singles are back!!! :))
Last year I was the only one single (Technically Raison and Dinky are still considered “with plus one” because they are the BF ng barkada) so obviously I posed for that shot alone.
They didnt want me included in this picture however because they think I should have my own status “choosy“ but cut me some slack guys haha so before the shutter was pressed I squeezed myself in the picture. Ha! :P
This year, we changed our activities because they were curious of my boardgames collection. Every year, we do charades, pinoyhenyo, videoke and poker. But since it seemed to my mom like Im running away because of the things Im bringing, I just brought three. Pictionary, Taboo and Cranium.
But we are just as competitive as before. I remember whenever we have charades everyone brings their own notes of topics and what not. The teams never changed. Except this year.
I just had to! Cutest couple in ze world. They’re together for 9 years now! *happysigh*
Gahd. I missed them all so much. :( College days are the best days of my life. It was difficult but made easy because I’m with this amazing bunch. If I were to repeat it I swear I wont change a thing.
See you on Feb! (or earlier ^_^)
If I were to go back and meet my high school self and told her that in college and the latter years of her life she would be very close to some people from high school to the point where I could tell them anything under the sun without judgement (but yes to sarcasm), whom she’s only acquainted by section, face and what not, she would disbelievingly and preposterously laugh, raise her brow and point blankly say “So… where’s the punch line? I didn’t get the joke”. Just the same as if I told her that in the same to few years later, she and some of her close friends back then will outgrow each other to the point of unfamiliarity. She would’ve just walked out on me. I couldn’t blame her. That’s how high school works. You think that cycle is that: You meet people, you get to be in one clique, you stick with that clique and the rest, they’re just people with minor roles not far to being forgotten.
When senior year came, I realized how I’ve been with a lot of people for years but I never really knew them aside from a few hearsays here and there. So I decided to ditch cliques and became a social butterfly. Haha In a sense that I don’t want to be trapped with the dogma that you need a clique to survive.
It wasn’t until I went to college and we all parted ways (since I chose to go to CSB despite the fact that my dream school back then was UST) that I really started with a clean slate. On the first months, communication was okay until it also turned into nothing but a thing of a past. Thanks to Y!M however, I started talking with people from highschool whom I rarely talked to. New friendships were build. I was amazed at how much fun and easy it is to talk to these people and I can’t believe I never talked to them in hs.
Despite the fact that we became close when we were already in college, I’m thankful that I’m given the chance nonetheless. Truly, nothing beats your highschool friends because you met them in your innocent years and now, looking back, I believe that maybe some people were meant to be a big part of that chapter because they were there to teach you how to be a teenager, how we all struggle to fit in and that nothing is permanent but change. That maybe the reason why they aren’t a part of your life anymore is because they never tried to fight for their place there or just to make room for others who won’t leave no matter what.
Now that some of the friends I’ve made back then ended up being strangers, I still thank them for the memories. But now, I’m thankful though that I became close with the new/old ones, at a time when I’m now more mature and serious about life. These are the people that I will treasure forever and the friends I pray that God will let me have till my dying days. And Im utmost certain that they will :)
Cool Club. Thank you for being the coolest-serious friends ever. I can’t believe how much we’ve grown together as friends. Cheers to the next 6-7 more decades of friendship.
Also thank you for my birthday gift. :) I still reiterate, his name is Jason. Can’t wait for our music video, Haha!
