Sunday, March 20, 2005

RA RA RA! GO GO Graduates!!

I graduated from high school today.

It seems strange to think that time flew so fast. Just a few days ago, time seemed as slow as molasses, with each second stretching forever. Maybe that's because a few days ago I was bored out of my wits. I'm beginning to understand how Einstein's Theory of Relativity worked.

Graduation day had its boring parts, too, but I thought ahead and brought a novel to read. Lost in its pages, I managed to avoid being infected with bored-itis, but I also managed to miss a few of the funny moments in the ceremony.

Graduation brought out the rebels in us, as we cheered, clapped, and hooted like there was no tomorrow. One memorable moment was our batch's token gay sashaying into the stage to receive his(her?) diploma. Another funny snapshot was the antics of a guy named Benedict. These funny things are really the only memories I think I'll remember after 10 years or so..

After becoming official graduates, I and my friends ate out. The end result: we gorged ourseleves so much that we ended up sprawled senseless in the car spewing nonsense on the way back to school.

Sigh.. and graduation brought high school life to an end. Funny thing is, I was really excited about graduating, y' know, new horizons and all that crap. Then I was brought back to earth. I'll never see most of my friends again. The main reason being I'm the only one going to a certain university. Life's like that.. Oh we make pledges to see each other again, hold reunions.. But oftentimes, it just doesn't happen. People forget. People have different paths to follow and lives to live. Graduation really brought that point down on me.

Pandora or Pandora's reflexes should be thanked though, when she left hope inside the box. Hope really buoys sinking spirits. I know, or hope, rather, that my closest friends will never lose touch with me even in college.

It really helps to put my thoughts into words. I was supposed to write on other topics, but graduation being graduation, I've put them off for another day.

So much stuff is gnawing at my mind these days, must be part of the teen "syndrome." Blah blah blah the adults say, "it's just a phase," and "you'll get over it." They don't bother to think that maybe this "phase" we're going through just might be the stuff futures are made of.

Signing out.

Friday, March 18, 2005

Making of a Blog Machine

Second floor. Glaring flourescent lights. Eyes bulging from the dark bags underneath.

Must. Go. To. Sleep.

But then I thought, what the heck- There's nothing to do tomorrow except sit on a hard bench at a boring seminar required for all graduating students. Sigh.

Anyways, It's been a long time since I've wanted to make a blog, but as you know.. Things keep getting in the way, "things" being my faulty memory.. 17 years old and I get memory blackouts. Heaven forbid the day I turn 65...

So now.. There.. my first post.

Getting dizzy. Really gotta go to sleep.

Sigh, so many things to say, so little time these days. Will elaborate next time. When naughty siblings aren't peeking over my shoulder.

Signing out.