I used attend school here, some 5 years ago.
I've walked its aisles, lined in the lobby during payment period before exams, and sweated in its gym. I danced in its stage ( during P.E. dance class), loitered in its empty classrooms and learned to put on make up in the mirrors of its ladies rooms.
This is the place where my dreams were conceived, and the time when I have had the highest hopes in life. It was the time of my life when I thought that life was so good; that everything's perfect, and everybody loves everyone.
This is the place where I picked the brains of my mentors and classmates. There were "terror teachers", but I liked them better than the easy going ones because through them, I learned much.
This is the place where I've had countless crushes and flirts, and the time when the warmest of friendships were felt. Friendster and other social media were not such a fad back then but my friends bonded like we were family. Sure, there were times when my friends fought like cats, but after the those fights, we'd be like more than siblings.
Four years in the institution had been so great.
But four years after I walked out in its doors, with a piece of paper in hand, I realized that there's more to life than the "challenges" posed by my teachers.
That those close knit of friends would wane. Yes, my friends and I still keep in touch, through Friendster, and mobile phones, but the warmth is not there anymore. I guess its due to factors like proximity, and different work engagements.
That we are actually pampered when its actually a dog eat dog world outside its walls.
And until now, four years after, i'm still looking for that break in life where I could find my true calling.
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