A YEAR AGO

ME, THEN AND (NOT SO) NOW.

First Year College

P.S. This is a blog entry of a friend who knows me by heart and soul. Our struggles and vulnerability drew us together. Our fierceness and strength made us one.

4th year college. my 21st birthday

Then:


She entered the UP system as a BS PolSci student, stayed in Kalayaan Dormitory for the first year and our paths crossed.

Notes:

* she was the sort of girl who'll strike you as the 'silent type' but first impressions are tricky.. (who would want to be described as a silent person anyway?) the truth is, she's very vocal with her opinions and will not back down without a verbal fight...

* she used to wear these sexy clothes that raised the envious hearts of people in school, but hey! who cares, she could pull it off...


* her room caught fire while she was bathing and she came out of her incomplete bath with soap and shampoo over her, not knowing at first that it was her room that was burning but i think she never cried over that tragedy (but her roommate did, hope im still getting this right)... it was quite a scene and she got transferred to another room and her popularity surpassed that of princess diana's...


* we (tintin my roommate, sha and i) used to turn off the lights in my room, turn on the music and dance in the wee hours of dawn, the result of dorm curfew and surpressed freshman hormonal calls.. hehe..

* during one birthday of a friend, we celebrated in our room with a cake and we bought booze , though it's prohibited in the dormitory, and we got drunk.. sharon's face was all red and she had to stop drinking for fear of an overload..


* we went into the 'daring' game once and she made me do something very naughty... but she didn't fulfill the other end of her bargain... but i guess im glad coz it involved my not-so ex-boyfriend...


* she got together with her first and only boyfriend, i dont know exactly when, coz she was so secretive about this back then...


* she used to have this crush on this guy from Bagiuo who was taking up EEE, and it had something to do with his eyebrows... ; ) she gave him a chocolate chip cookie for a codename and through time, we kinda got used to calling him that name... i dont even remember the guy's name anymore but the codename's stuck to my memory still...

post college days and after a baby

Now:

She's graduating really soon and leaving UP behind for law school in Cebu.. And i think i'll be missing this girl/woman a lot 'coz she can be quite crazy and hot and sexy and smart and really a lot of fun...


She taught me a lot of things, make-up being number one in the list coz without her free lessons, i wouldn't have known how to put on those stuff on my face without looking like a clown..


She was there when i had a broken heart and she can be so right about men.. She can be so straightforward and frank about life... She's now a political scientist (if that's what you call PolSci graduates) and talks like one...


She's still loves eating bananas and she got me to like it too 'coz i didn't use to have quite a liking to the fruit... She helped me through diet sessions and taught me the essentials of posing for a camera and how is it to be on the other side too, taking photos myself..


She's still very artistic and talented and though she only makes it a hobby, i would like to see her artworks in a gallery someday... i'd definitely be one of the first buyers.. And she still has to paint me in nude but i doubt we would have time for that..


And oh, she got bitten by the book Love in Times of Cholera.. (Not quite sure about the title but it sounds something like that).. It was her breather during the suffocating heat of deadlines and exams this semester...


**** Life's really a lot more colorful and vibrant with Sharon in it. I wish her all the best and joy in life... ****

HE COULD NEVER BE FOUND. HE COULD NEVER BE MINE.

P.S. This is definitely one of those days when I'm feeling like a hopeless romantic who's had a lot more hopelessness than romance.

Sigh.