the post of a sentimental shmuck.

currently listening to: everything to me/liz phair.

last saturday, i officially said goodbye to the beautifully green alma mater i've loved and learned to call home for the past 18 years. of course, i will continue to love my school (and cheer for it when basketball season comes along and we finally get to play in it!), but it will be a completely different story because of the faces of the people that will no longer be there--the faces of the people i've learned to call my family over the past five years.

i am thankful for the many, many blessings that He has bestowed upon me over the past 5 years--blessings that have crammed, made lait, complained, cut class, shopped, watched movies, drank, posed for pictures, celebrated, cried, fallen in love, fallen out of love, copied homework, killed time, failed, passed, and laughed with me every single day of any given week.

i know that it isn't the end--definitely not. yet i can't help but feel saddened at the thought of not being able to go to school just to go to venue with jackie, or kel and lor (and do what?), or kill time in the amphi or the 5th floor bathroom with kel, or celebrate passing exams and subjects you know you didn't deserve to pass with your blockmates.

to my fantabulous blockmates: thank you for the endless people-watching in SJ, all the breaks spent at rhoda's and jj's dorm, the "study sessions" in Z2 at 7am, and the campouts at the photo lab. thank you for teaching me that the best way to release stress is through laughter, and that one can only afford to cry for just one minute--and have to move on. passing and failing will never be as fun again without all the novenas, hi-fives, pang-aasars, and hugs.

to my dearest, dearest green & white-mates: the past year has taught me what it's like to love what you do. seeing your faces, hearing your greetings, being enveloped in your hugs (and of course, the cold, cold aircon(!)) are what make climbing 80+ steps 5x a day worth it. of course, hindi pa tapos ang trabaho (dvd nalaaaaang!), but knowing that the end is near makes me want to work slower, because i don't think i'll ever be ready to say goodbye. sigh. oh well, tsaka na ako magsesenti.. pagkatapos ng yearbook launching =P.

to all the friends i've been blessed to make anywhere in between the courts of the sports complex to the benches of south gate, and to the professors and faculty whom i have been blessed to get to know better outside the beautiful and comforting walls of 2401 taft avenue: what a ride it's been. thank you for joining me.



le graduates of LC26!


le graduates of Green & White2006!

more pictures here.