Old Friends

I chatted with one of my best friends a while ago. Also with one of my close friends. It was the usual hi, hello. The usual ranting about overflowing school work. The usual complaints about seemingly unfair teachers and irresponsible group mates. The usual "I miss you guys."

These short online conversations really get me thinking. What if I had stayed? What if I had gone to college in ADNU? Surely my life would have been completely different. I do miss my old friends terribly but I can't say that I regret the decision I made. I feel like I really do belong in my current school. I have great friends. I'm taking up a course that allows me to pursue my passions. Well, over all I'm quite contented with where I am now. Of course, the unavoidable waves of loneliness and homesickness are ever present. But I have to be strong, right? Being away from my family is probably the hardest struggle for me. But I'm glad that they've supported me all the way. Besides, the semestral break is just around the corner. :))

As for my high school friends, I can't wait to see them again. I just recently realized that we have few pictures together. The picture above is one of the few photos that I have with my best friends. Yeah, we were never camwhores. LOL. Quite contrary to my block mates right now. Pictures all around. ^^,

I guess my life in Bicol was very different from my life here in Manila. For one, I have more independence. My parents are almost 400 miles away so I can go wherever I want. But of course I don't do that. Asking for permission is something I never neglect. Besides, I'm very accident-prone [according to my dad] so if anything happens to me, I wouldn't want to leave them in the dark. In terms of friends, well, there's a lot of difference too. A good example would be the camwhore part. It's not surprising to hear their SLRs clicking away. Ah, budding photographers. haha.