Gloria Gate

read it people. its worth some of your time.

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Culture Shock or Peer Pressure pt.2?

now that i'm in college, its almost, almost a requirement of some sort that you should have a crush or boyfriend or boy friend or fiance or......whatever the hell you want to call it. and truthfully, its really annoying and disturbing my peace of mind. just like what one of my blockmates told me, if you don't have one of those things above, you are....antisocial? abnormal? pathetic? well, choose one or give another adjective. i've never been one who let other people and their comments get to me because, hey, i am my own person. i do not need other people dictating to me what is the norm and the status quo. but that certain comment has stuck to my brain like mighty bond and i can't get it out of my system. and the fact that almost all the people around me are fluttering around saying, "Shit, ang guwapo!" or "Uy, ang cute o!" doesn't make matters better. quite exactly the opposite, on the contrary. i'm getting tired of staring at a cellphone screen, looking at a picture of a guy whose name i'm forgetting once i take my eyes off his pic, while my friend squeals in delight and expects me to say "Oo nga! ibang klase!" ibang klase ung nasa likod niya o!


cynical? very.


but still.......is college really like this? or am i being subjected to another one of those culture shocks?

Missing Someone

actually, its not just missing SOME-one. its missing EVERYONE. back when i was still studying in high school, i would often hear the higher batches, especially the fourth year students, getting mushy in the middle of the corridor or at the stones or inside the washrooms, hugging and pinching and playing with each other's hair tenderly while telling each other that they're going to miss high school SO VERY MUCH. at that time, i would automatically duck my head or look at my watch or strike up a conversation with my friends while mentally rolling my eyes and scrunching up my nose and telling myself i would never ever be like one of those people. its not because i'm planning on forgetting everybody once we've all entered college (talk about being ungrateful) but its because i know we can all still communicate with one other via text or phone or whatever. technically, we're all just.....one something away.

but now that i'm actually here in college, i realized the truth behind all those mushy stuff i have seen while we're still in high school. texting a friend that you're just so bored with theology is nothing like telling that same friend, who is sitting beside you, looking terribly bored as well, that you absolutely abhor theology. e-mailing a story of how much you want to eradicate certain people in your class because of the simple reason that the'yre not likeable--in your opinion--is certainly nada compared to narrating that story to your friends with complete sound and visual effects. the good old days are just so hard to find right now, especially when the people around you can't relate to what the good old days are.

now, this doesn't mean that i have taken my high school life for granted. God knows how many times i've acted like a total ditz in front of my friends. and God also knows how many times my friends have told me: "Ang drama mo naman, esqui" or "ES-qui, ano ka ba, ndi yan no....." or "Arte ni esqui o". Yes, yes, i've heard it all, but i don't really let them stop me from hugging the hell out of their lungs or squeezing them until their eyes pop out. unwittingly and unknowingly, i have become what i swore not to be when it was a year or two or three before i stepped into fourth year. i have become a certified mush-y person. which, now that i think about it, is no biggie at all. at least i have expressed to the people around me how much they mean to me and how much i will miss them and how much they have become a part of my life........ hehehehe, kidding. before i start a speech here, i will wind up this entry with words that we have all heard time and time again but really gave no thought about.

time passes quickly, especially when you're having fun or when you're with the people or person you hold close to you. oftentimes, we take for granted everything around us, up to that point when we think we, ourselves, are the only ones who matter. life is too short for that. maybe the best we can really do is be there with everybody instead of just raising our noses up in the air and refusing to mingle with the "commoners".

and to all of my friends..........alam ko na sasabihin niyo:

















"ANO NA NAMAN NAKAIN MO, ESQUI????"










:)miss you all!