my high school friends and i have all gone our separate ways. a huge bulk of them had gone off to school in the manila area, a few of us pepper the quezon city schools and there are still some in the few colleges in makati. there are also those who have left the country to pursue their studies abroad... needless to say we are currently living lives that are very much different from all the other's.
we have grown up, met new friends, learned things we all wished we learned when we were sixteen. we broke hearts and had our hearts broken countless times. we joined organizations, earned honors and flunked subjects. don't turn on the waterworks just yet... i am just elaborating on how much we've already done in the three years since we left the hallowed halls of our high school alma mater.
all this, along with the fact that we rarely see each other has made those three years seem even longer than it really is. yes, i still keep in touch with my high school friends, i still go out with them for the occasional beer chugging sessions, but it's always the same people... or rather the people you find out you could always hang out with sans all the dramatics (i learned that you unveil your true friends after all the raging hormones have subsided, but that's another topic). how about the other people you used to go to class with? the people who pissed you off the most? the guys (or girls, whichever applies) whom you used to drool over? do they just die after you've received the diploma?
the answer... no. but there is nothing we can do about it. it's hard to keep track of people once you leave the old routine. we may still live in the same area but we are more diverse now... as if we weren't different enough in high school. aside from personality differences, time is a very limiting factor. there could only be so many hours a day... how can you find the time to socialize when you still have papers, chores, exams to accomplish?
but the most pressing concern is finance. it takes money to keep in touch with people. phone calls are too old-fashioned and time consuming for this generation. not everyone has an email... but everybody has a cellphone nowadays... although calls and SMS messaging cost probably heaps more than calling the land line phones.... until recently.
it seems that all it takes is a telecommunications company's well thought-out promotions plan to provide us with the means to keep in touch.
we have grown up, met new friends, learned things we all wished we learned when we were sixteen. we broke hearts and had our hearts broken countless times. we joined organizations, earned honors and flunked subjects. don't turn on the waterworks just yet... i am just elaborating on how much we've already done in the three years since we left the hallowed halls of our high school alma mater.
all this, along with the fact that we rarely see each other has made those three years seem even longer than it really is. yes, i still keep in touch with my high school friends, i still go out with them for the occasional beer chugging sessions, but it's always the same people... or rather the people you find out you could always hang out with sans all the dramatics (i learned that you unveil your true friends after all the raging hormones have subsided, but that's another topic). how about the other people you used to go to class with? the people who pissed you off the most? the guys (or girls, whichever applies) whom you used to drool over? do they just die after you've received the diploma?
the answer... no. but there is nothing we can do about it. it's hard to keep track of people once you leave the old routine. we may still live in the same area but we are more diverse now... as if we weren't different enough in high school. aside from personality differences, time is a very limiting factor. there could only be so many hours a day... how can you find the time to socialize when you still have papers, chores, exams to accomplish?
but the most pressing concern is finance. it takes money to keep in touch with people. phone calls are too old-fashioned and time consuming for this generation. not everyone has an email... but everybody has a cellphone nowadays... although calls and SMS messaging cost probably heaps more than calling the land line phones.... until recently.
it seems that all it takes is a telecommunications company's well thought-out promotions plan to provide us with the means to keep in touch.
