I really miss my college barkada… imagine… I spent virtually 5 years with them… in a course that doesn’t allow for anything that resembles a social life… we found solace in the fact that we could all meet in UST and our suking net café/gaming station (Area 77) and unwind from the stress/hassles/frustrations of Arki life… or to celebrate our little triumphs…
Imagine! Araw araw kami magkakasama… lunch, dinner, laro, plate, pati pagtulog! I know I might seem a bit distant to them now from their point of view, but I really don’t want them to think that kasi feeling ko ganun talaga… especially with our workload and busy schedules (although I’m sure si Jordan, Dino at si Lea sawang sawa na sa isa’t isa). That’s what people do after college… move on and get jobs… and boisterously remember and meet during the few intersective free time slots.
Si Marts… si Figluht! Wow tong habuling look-alike ni Ritualo… great listener, pasensyoso, ang tigabuhay at closer ng mga group plates namin… he seals the deal! (may utang pa nga yata ako sa kanya) kung baga sa boxing siya yung huling sapak sa knock-out combination… yung killer blow ba! Lagi kong kasabay papuntang kotse after the barkada’s battlerealms and c&c marathons… our conversations during those walks and during our meals at patio… walang tatalo sa depth and breadth tsaka sa comedy narin
Si Dino… sipag, tunay na maasahan, talino… at siyempre pa… lufet na komedyante… bisaya at intsik na hindi… Klats Fhinzholes at Imvaloafs … he truly blossomed during his thesis… I was glad to see his output and that maski-paano I was able to help him love the course… he still has a lot of potential waiting to be unlocked with the right mentor and the right network.
Si Jordan… the social butterfly… kahit sino pwedeng pakisamahan… mukhang laging laseng… pero huwag ka… ang talino nito… I was always aware of his depth… and I’ve been trying really hard to coax it out of him… His defining moment with me: during our 4th year final rush… he volunteered to do our group’s FilMoMA concept work and explanations… while I had to go do the Sagada Agrotourism Development Masterplan… for that instance I was really impressed with what he could do… tapos yun natulog na siya… kaya medyo bitin yung pagkaimpress ko… Jords malupet ka… pero mas tamad ka kesa maabilidad! Peace bro!
Sama narin natin si Gilly… nung una gigil ako dito kasi parang laging magkamukha yung mga elevations namin pero… hindi din kasi pareho lang kami ng nakikita sa libro at magazine… Masipag na Ilocano… maasahan… workhorse ng lamayan… kaso hindi ko talaga maintindihan kung ano nangyare sa kanya nung thesis niya… shet sayang talaga… I hope he has not been eaten up by Manila, for it can be a destructive force… making you forget who you are and how you’ve been before moving to Manila.
If there’s one thing I learned from these guys… it’s a sense of humor… talagang hindi ka mabubuhay dito sa propesyong ito at sa bansang ito if you can’t humor yourself and laugh at the most simple things you see and hear. For all I know they have added valuable years to my life by just being there and cheering me up… College has made me patient… but they have given me the invaluable gifts of wit, comedy, sarcasm and silly wordplay to while away the long arduous interludes that life throws your way… Noon… I cringe at the statement of brotherly love… with the very prejudiced image of gay men… pero ngayon I know what brotherly love really means…
Namimiss ko na yung mga bunkerwork namin sa Mile Long, yung headphone-music trip naming papunta kina Jords… yung H to the Izzo na panggising natin sa isat isa tsaka yung spurts of explosive laughter na nangyayari every 10 to 15 minutes pag naglalamay tayo ng plate… yung nakakahigh na mga kurecolor… yung pagwawala ko pag may sablay sa trabaho… yung mga 2am trips to Select, yung bahala-na cheating este comparisons ng answers sa exams… yung walang pakundangang asin at msg ng instant noodles… yung pag magsusubmit na kami ng plate papunta kami ng UST… lahat sila tulog tapos ako lang yung gising kasi ako yung nagmamaneho… Yung pag cs, battlerealms, generals at pag-dota kasama sina Romyr, Junie, Gerald, Johan, Nino, EJ, si Kuya Mars, pati narin si Jen…
Priceless mga pre… priceless… I thank all of you, pati our block… ang pinaka anti-establishment at pasaway na block ng arki… I truly wish and hope that everyone will achieve and attain their own version of happiness, success and fulfillment…
Mag-antay at mag-ingat lang sila… Parating na tayo…
I'm still recovering from the severe neck/jaw/stomach cramps caused by the sudden burst of prolonged laughter brought about by this quote I saw on a piece of Japanese or Korean Stationery...
