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Last night was one of the greatest nights this month because I finally saw my college friends again! I haven’t seen them since well… graduation day. I was a little hesitant to go because I know that it will only lead to one thing — talks on who got the better job, better salary and what not. I guess I am afraid that I am still not “successful” enough, but I went anyway just because I can’t wait to see them again!

True enough, I did not regret any of it, there were lots of stories, lots of laughter (that people tend to look at us sideways) reminiscing and food, food, FOOD! Now that we’re all working we can use a lot of money for one of the things we have in common, love for food. After we ate, we found ourselves wondering what working has done to us because we were not able to consume everything! We thought one of us doesn’t really want to pay for it (hey, it’s not me!).

Remember the guy who I felt bad about because he did not recommend me for a job? LOL, he never changed. He and Kean (pronounced Kiyan) are working on the same radio station, Kean is a DJ now (listen to her at I FM 11AM to 1PM, they’re still training her though) and he’s a graphic artist. They have an event today, some rock band contest or something and because it’s a contest they must give out certificates. When he arrived K asked him if he made the certificates and he said yes, then he asked for the certificates and showed it to me. If it wouldn’t offend him I would’ve laughed in his face, not because his work funny but because I just find it very him, I know he’s waiting for praises, I did not indulged him though hehe. At that time I actually thought what if I have a laptop and it would “accidentally” open and reveal a pending work and I’d say “Oh, my work! I made it in a day” Just to show him, it’s not like I don’t like him, I guess it sometimes gets to me whenever he would boast something, I’m pretty sure it’s just me.

I have to say that I envy some of them, being in the media, you know. Dani is working for the food-show-something in ABC, Kean and Pat is working at RMN (I FM), Ian is at ABS-CBN as… I don’t know the position but he was the one who does the plugs for the shows; Joselito, and Melody are working at GMA (I don’t know their positions); Jerwin (yes the one who won at QTV’s May Trabaho Ka as a dubber) worked at Love Radio for a day, he would’ve been a DJ as well but he had to let it go because of some family stuff so he had to work at RMH, a call center, he’ll be working there with Nix. I also felt a tinge of envy because most of them earn lots and have been promoted already, Nix is a team leader, Guevs is working for a call center. (Whew, glad I remembered them all.)

But then, I thought, I’m happy with where I am right now so I don’t have to complain about anything. I just wish I could tell them stories about my field though, you know I can relate to their stories, eg Kean met Bamboo, Yeng, Christian Bautista and all those singers etc, Pat is at every radio event parties imaginable, but I know that if I start telling them that I’ve met Yuga and that I’m a mod at SEOPh and that I’m a *ahem* first-name basis (feeling close kasi more than anything else) with THE Marc Macalua, THE Luis Buenaventura and THE Gail Villanueva I would only get blank faces. Telling them my work (coding stuff) is already a big problem because I can’t explain it properly, so I guess I can’t complain on that one either.

One of the things I’m so glad about last night was that I’m not alone in my weight problem! Hurrah! Nix got fatter, as well as Guevs and Pat, while Kean wants to be fatter but she got thinner instead. (maybe I should start praying to be fatter as well?)

While we were there I remembered our college days when we could not think of anything else but how horrible our professor in this subject is or how funny one of our classmates looked in one of his outfits. I smiled while we were waiting for the others to arrive because it seems that none of us changed much.

Jerwin is still the biggest liar I’ve ever met, Guevs still loves to make us laugh, Nix is still rich, as well as Kean hehe, Pat still likes to be the center of attention, Dani still looks haggard even if he was able to rest for the whole day and still seems like he does not comb his hair, Joselito still loves to whine about what he does but he’ll still do it anyway, Ison is still very gay, Ian is still sarcastic and I… still don’t want to be in the hot-seat and would laugh at any joke thrown at me.

Haaay, college days, so many fond memories with these guys. These are the people who teased me incessantly because of my incapability to cut out a styro or to color using paint that’s why my only tasks then were to put glitters on the backdrops that they produce; because I’m so shallow; because I’m afraid of ghosts and a lot more. These are the people who told me to stop crying when I was down, who helped me and supported me when I was in a tough situation. These are the people who adopted me when I had a falling out with my so-called friends. These are the guys who made made me feel like I’m really, really special and that there will always be people who will care and look out for me, it doesn’t matter if I’m older than some of them because I will always be their baby (at least I think so).

I’m looking forward to next month’s meeting!