about graduation

A few hours from now, I will finally be climbing the PICC stage for my diploma. And I ain't a bit excited. Haha. I was never interested in "marching" in the first place. It was only my mom's wish that I attend the graduation. Iba raw kasi ang feeling ng umaakyat ka sa stage, and all that. Boo.

Like I've said, I'm not a bit interested. Sana kung mga ka-batch ko yung kasama ko like BAKAL and other friends, then that would be special. I remember the 2006 graduation. Dale gave me one of his tickets as his third guest (obviously, the other two were his mom and dad).

I watched gleefully as I watched my friends enjoy the event. I see Pay and Kirk at a distance. Click, click. Not far away, there's Jem and Drey which, throughout college, always seemed so inseparable--they are Refuerzo and Rivera after all. A couple of seats away is Ed. And gazing forward, you can see Niño, Dale, Myk, and Anthony sitting together--which is wrong since they didn't follow the alphabetical seating. Kahit kailan mga pasaway talaga. Haha.

And then everywhere I look, I see friends. I was so happy for them. And I gave them my sincerest congratulations.

That was 2006. Later, its gonna be graduation 2009. Different faces, different people. And I know I won't give a damn. Haha.

Aside from a FEW friends, I don't know those other people. And I will be 'celebrating' with those people. I'm not thrilled one bit! ;p

One thing I'm glad though is that this is finally over. :)

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Andami ring pasakit para ayusing yung graduation papers ko! I kept coming back for approvals and what not. Then nasita yung long hair ko, which I'm really planning to cut na anyway. Yung ayoko lang eh yung i-threaten ako na hindi ako pamamarchahin kung hindi ko pinagupit yung buhok ko.

I hated that. Simply because I had a lot of spirit to take the threat: "Sige! Ayoko naman talaga mag-marcha eh! Yung ermats ko lang yung may gusto! Bahala kayo sa buhay niyo!"

Hahaha! I was so tempted to blurt that out. ;p

But my mom was persistent. I can feel that she really wants this. So I needed to cut my already 'short' hair (ayaw nila kasi may bangs!? wtf).

Fast forward, Thursday, kuhaan ng tickets and toga. I came to school with a radically different look! Slacks, 3/4s polo, eye glasses... tapos yung buhok ko, naka-gel.. naka-one side! Hahaha! When my friend, Jayson, saw me that morning eh nagulat daw siya. Ibang iba raw yung aura ko! Haha! I did that kasi para suuuuuuuuper clean look ako at wala na masabi yung officer (si ms. "pamewang"). The eyeglasses, para hindi ako makilala! Hahahaha!

Then ayan na, kuhaan na. May pila na. And I was the last in the line. Pagkakuha niya ng ID ko, tumingin siya sa akin, then nodded down, then napatingin ulit: "Wow, ang ayos ng buhok ah.."

"Siyempre ma'am!", I said.

"Teka, teka, sinuklay mo lang naman ata yan eh! May lawit parin ba yan!?"

Bigla akong kinabahan, "Hindi noh ma'am, pinagupit ko ulit ito!"

Hahaha! Eventually, nakalusot na. Eh kahit sino namang tumingin sa ayos ko, mapagkakamalan na akong professor eh. Super clean look! Haha!

Immediately after that, I went to the CR and washed the gel away from my hair! Mission accomplished. ;p