i'm becoming more sentimental as my birthday clock ticks closer to the deadline. or maybe, it's just because a few of my friends are leaving.
R. (no, the other one) is leaving for sydney, gian is going to melbourne tomorrow, and my longtime friend nenen has decided to shift his whole life to brisbane. australia is kidnapping my peeps!
but i'm especially sad that nenen, aka eugene lapore, is packing up again. ever since we met on silliman campus, by way of our regional org, hijos de davao, he's been globe-trotting.
i was a transferee living on edith carson hall and he, darwin obeso (whom we prefer to call "doogie") and rigel suarez (now married to susan vista of Ang Pamana)--all seniors by then--were regular visitors.
my fondest memories of that trio almost always involved singing and music. harana was still uso in those days. it sounded so barok when i was still such a city girl, but when i transferred to silliman, it actually felt like a privilege to have such an experience.
i was living on the ground floor on the east wing so it was a simple matter of standing outside our window, strumming their guitar and serenading me and my room mates. birthday serenades are the best.
nenen, who was 6th place on the C.E. board, got a scholarship to japan and left shortly after he graduated. a few years later, he took his MA in germany, and now he'll be studying yet again in brisbane, as well as do part-time consultancy.
time is running by so fast, it's alarming. but i also feel grateful that even though so many things have happened, this bond that i have with these people hasn't waned the slightest.
R. (no, the other one) is leaving for sydney, gian is going to melbourne tomorrow, and my longtime friend nenen has decided to shift his whole life to brisbane. australia is kidnapping my peeps!
but i'm especially sad that nenen, aka eugene lapore, is packing up again. ever since we met on silliman campus, by way of our regional org, hijos de davao, he's been globe-trotting.
i was a transferee living on edith carson hall and he, darwin obeso (whom we prefer to call "doogie") and rigel suarez (now married to susan vista of Ang Pamana)--all seniors by then--were regular visitors.
my fondest memories of that trio almost always involved singing and music. harana was still uso in those days. it sounded so barok when i was still such a city girl, but when i transferred to silliman, it actually felt like a privilege to have such an experience.
i was living on the ground floor on the east wing so it was a simple matter of standing outside our window, strumming their guitar and serenading me and my room mates. birthday serenades are the best.
nenen, who was 6th place on the C.E. board, got a scholarship to japan and left shortly after he graduated. a few years later, he took his MA in germany, and now he'll be studying yet again in brisbane, as well as do part-time consultancy.
time is running by so fast, it's alarming. but i also feel grateful that even though so many things have happened, this bond that i have with these people hasn't waned the slightest.
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