April 10, 2011 was my friends and former classmates graduation. They were left a school year behind of us because of some grade problems with our department chairman, back when we were still in our junior year. This force them to re-take a subject which unfortunately had some pre-requisite complications. Haifa, Kareen, and Merckz are one of my good pals in college. We used to hang-out a lot, we lunch together at kiosk, study together at WOW Cottage, eat banana cues outside "Mama Gemma", scolded together for being noisy (Hep! except for Haifa, and Francis was also scolded, haha), and practiced together for our Dramatics prod of "The House of Bernarda Alba". Kareen, Merckz and I were part of the women's basketball team of CSSH, the Vanguards. Kareen was our star player, Merckz was our center, and uhm..I'm the benchwarmer..(huhu..) Haifa was the cheerleader (thank God she had a very loud, defeaning voice) :b. We may never won a single championship but were still thankful that every year, we improved our rankings :)
When I graduated last year, I had mixed feelings. I was happy that after four years of battling rigorous challenges of attaining a MSU diploma, I finally survived it. However, I was also sad that I will leave the portals of MSU that for four years had crushed my spirit, made me cry because of 5's but thankful of 3's, took my heart's out, made me proud of my little accomplishments, squeeze the best out of me and took the pain of failing and the pride of passing. But beyond these, I was sad that I will leave behind my friends who took that roller coaster ride with me. back when I was in third year, I envisioned that the "Chui" (Me, Kareen and Merckz, and Francis) will graduate together. But I know God has other plans for us. With francis, we could have graduated together but unfortunately, he had some problems with his P.E class and he needed to retake it in summer class which unable him to march. Its good to have that feeling of taking photos of you with your friends and classmates wearing a toga and waiting for the commencement exercises to start and I'm glad that Kareen, Haifa, and Merckz had finally experienced it. It is a feeling of triumph and nostalgia as you hear your name being called up the stage to receive your diploma and as you passed by the school buildings and classrooms that molded you to what you are on that special day, as you leave the grounds of MSU. Somehow, you remember the day when you first enter the gates of MSU as a wide-eyed freshman. It may have taken us four years or five even six years to some of our friends who were left behind, but the memories of our struggles, triumphs, defeats, camaraderie and friendship will never be forgotten as we close a chapter and open another one in this book of our life.
CONGRATULATION BATCH 2011!! :)))
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