expert janitor
the recent thursday forcibly and unintentionally brought to me a feeling that i didnt want to feel... a feeling that most graduating students like me and graduated students im sure are familiar with. for a lack of a better title, let us name it the graduation nostalgia. but wait, do you know what nostalgia is? ive no idea how to describe it... basta, nostalgia. go look it up in a dictionary. galing.
ah, the average day, everday, mundane, lalalahappy, routine, normal, ordinary thursday. at least it started average... get up in the morning, eat breakfast, shower, dress up for school, and take a cab to jfa. but no schoolwork for me today... for today was the day the graduating batch was to leave for this fancy pantsy mall to take graduation pictures. now usually, such an event would only make me say, "oh yea! no pacework today!", and it did for a while... but when we got there and wore our coat-and-ties, while the ladies with their ever so gracious gowns(they were all beautiful by the way) and we had to wait abit because the girls were taking a long, long... long time to dress up. a long looooong time. and after that, we had fun in the studio. taking pictures with each other... and it was only then that i realized, how much i'd miss this batch. how much i'd miss seeing them everyday. from carlo to abi to hep to arriane to david to raiza to camille to ji. i dunno if im just real sentimental, or if this happens to everyone... i hope its the latter just so i know im not different. someone comment and tell me they felt this way too before they graduated. hahaha. so after the long, long photo session, our school administrator/principal took us to this really expensive chinese restaurant and treated us to dinner(suprised? interesting fact, schools around our area envy jfa for the pagkaclose ng staff sa students. and it is pretty cool.) so yea, the dinner cost like what.. 3000 pesos? but it was mmm-mmm goooood. so we just talked and bonded... remembering the funny, the memorable, the memorable-but-want-to-forgetable, what we would all miss the most about the school and what we see each other as when we grow up. we all pictured abi as an accomplished doctor, hep as a cool nurse like person, david as a pastor/actor(hes actually been in a film before, and hes taking up a course that has something to with like... acting? i dunno. basta.), carlo as a comedian... he always was the funniest joker in our batch. raiza as a doctor as well, but we also saw her as some kinda like olympic table tennis player... representing the philippines yeaa. we saw camille as the future manager of a very expensive hotel. with fine dining. hahaha! we saw ji as a cartoonist since he likes to draw alot. we saw arriane as a nurse person too since thats her course, but she could also pass for a lady pastor(uhh.. pastress?) or a model/actress. and i saw myself as an expert janitor, but the others begged to differ. they saw me as a future school administrator, and a maestro... that'd be cool. hehe. hey, im all for fame but when someone's ego starts to overshadow their personality, they better be careful or else theyre gonna get someones foot up their behind. so we all went home late after checking the pictures... me and carlo seperated from them since we were riding at the same place. this guy carlo, bestfriend. funny dude, and so talented. he finished his drum lessons at up at the age of 12. i envy him sometimes but its cool. so i got home late... and noone was home, so i started thinking... its been a great time hanging with them my whole school life, and i wouldnt trade 'em for any other batch.
and so the graduation nostalgia poison has seeped its way into my being, and i have no idea where the antidote is. and the symptoms of sentimental reminiscing have become evident. i just know im gonna cry at graduation day, but man i dont want to. but hey, i'd rather let it all out there rather than be some kinda stone. its my friggin' graduation day... so, im half looking forward to it and half not looking forward to it. hope it'll be great though! i know it will. cheers!
ah, the average day, everday, mundane, lalalahappy, routine, normal, ordinary thursday. at least it started average... get up in the morning, eat breakfast, shower, dress up for school, and take a cab to jfa. but no schoolwork for me today... for today was the day the graduating batch was to leave for this fancy pantsy mall to take graduation pictures. now usually, such an event would only make me say, "oh yea! no pacework today!", and it did for a while... but when we got there and wore our coat-and-ties, while the ladies with their ever so gracious gowns(they were all beautiful by the way) and we had to wait abit because the girls were taking a long, long... long time to dress up. a long looooong time. and after that, we had fun in the studio. taking pictures with each other... and it was only then that i realized, how much i'd miss this batch. how much i'd miss seeing them everyday. from carlo to abi to hep to arriane to david to raiza to camille to ji. i dunno if im just real sentimental, or if this happens to everyone... i hope its the latter just so i know im not different. someone comment and tell me they felt this way too before they graduated. hahaha. so after the long, long photo session, our school administrator/principal took us to this really expensive chinese restaurant and treated us to dinner(suprised? interesting fact, schools around our area envy jfa for the pagkaclose ng staff sa students. and it is pretty cool.) so yea, the dinner cost like what.. 3000 pesos? but it was mmm-mmm goooood. so we just talked and bonded... remembering the funny, the memorable, the memorable-but-want-to-forgetable, what we would all miss the most about the school and what we see each other as when we grow up. we all pictured abi as an accomplished doctor, hep as a cool nurse like person, david as a pastor/actor(hes actually been in a film before, and hes taking up a course that has something to with like... acting? i dunno. basta.), carlo as a comedian... he always was the funniest joker in our batch. raiza as a doctor as well, but we also saw her as some kinda like olympic table tennis player... representing the philippines yeaa. we saw camille as the future manager of a very expensive hotel. with fine dining. hahaha! we saw ji as a cartoonist since he likes to draw alot. we saw arriane as a nurse person too since thats her course, but she could also pass for a lady pastor(uhh.. pastress?) or a model/actress. and i saw myself as an expert janitor, but the others begged to differ. they saw me as a future school administrator, and a maestro... that'd be cool. hehe. hey, im all for fame but when someone's ego starts to overshadow their personality, they better be careful or else theyre gonna get someones foot up their behind. so we all went home late after checking the pictures... me and carlo seperated from them since we were riding at the same place. this guy carlo, bestfriend. funny dude, and so talented. he finished his drum lessons at up at the age of 12. i envy him sometimes but its cool. so i got home late... and noone was home, so i started thinking... its been a great time hanging with them my whole school life, and i wouldnt trade 'em for any other batch.
and so the graduation nostalgia poison has seeped its way into my being, and i have no idea where the antidote is. and the symptoms of sentimental reminiscing have become evident. i just know im gonna cry at graduation day, but man i dont want to. but hey, i'd rather let it all out there rather than be some kinda stone. its my friggin' graduation day... so, im half looking forward to it and half not looking forward to it. hope it'll be great though! i know it will. cheers!
Wah... you just put me in a nostalgic mood. :) Graduation is so wonderful and painful at the same time. It feels great to finally graduate after all those years of hard work, but it hurts to watch your friends part ways...
Posted by
RaisCake |
18/3/06 7:48 PM
agreed... but thats life! what can we ever do? hey remember that time-remote control you were planning on inventing? i could sure use it now =)
Posted by
gabrielangelo |
18/3/06 8:33 PM
dude..i think you need to get out..ur so bored at home that u write blogs whose length is equvelant to a novel
Posted by
el conejito loco |
19/3/06 4:46 PM
haha, onga. and yes, i guess do need to get out more often if i have this much time to write... im a sad sad bored boy. thanks for dropping by penpen
Posted by
gabrielangelo |
19/3/06 6:13 PM