How Timely!
While I was going to work last Tuesday via a commuter van bound for Libis-Ortigas, two of my co-passengers started reminiscing about their college days as our van took the scenic route inside UP Diliman to go to C5. I guess they were only a few years older than I am, so they were actually yuppies. And judging how sentimental they got when we went to UP, I’m betting they’re from Diliman as well. Their conversation somewhat went like this (as far as I could remember. BTW, katabi ko kasi yung isa sa kanila nung trip na yun):
Guy1: Pare, namimiss ba ‘to? Namimiss mo bang mag-aral?
Guy2: Oo naman! Talagang mas masarap ang buhay estudyante pare. Dati gusto ko nang grumaduate nung nag-aaral pa ako, pero ngayon, gusto ko nang bumalik
Guy1: Ako nga eh, ayaw ko ngang grumuduate eh. Napilitan lang ako nung dahil sa thesis. Ikaw pare musta thesis mo? Anu ba thesis mo nun?
Guy2: Ah *something something* oo nga eh, dati kasi nung nag-aaral ka, defined eh. Alam mo kung anu yung problema, alam mo na rin yung solusyon. Bahala ka na lang kung gagawin mo o hinde.
Guy1: Tama, di tulad sa trabaho…
The actual conversation was longer, and in it were injections of the guys’ most favorite and most memorable professors, and their most beloved subjects . Guy1 liked Social Science the most. And he had a professor who wore different crosses every time for their Philo class. Guy2 had a professor who always wore a white polo and dark blue slacks for their class.
(hmm, ako, favorite ko nun ang Histo 1 and 2, at kung pwede lang kumuha nang Histo 3 ginawa ko na rin. Favorite ko rin ang Humanities I and II at Social Science 1, Zoo 10 at 102, at Chem 14. Kung di ako pumasok sa medical field, malamang asa Histo/Soc Sci/ Anthro ako:D Ayaw ko ang kahit anung Math, pero natutunan kong mahalin ang Physics 51 at 52)
I also became nostalgic while listening to the conversation, and while I don’t completely agree with Guy1’s proposition on not graduating at all (hello?! May MRR sa UP! Bawal overstaying!), I do agree with Guy2’s statement:
“Alam mo kung anu yung problema, alam mo na rin yung solusyon. Bahala ka na lang kung gagawin mo o hinde.”
I’m missing that structure of student life. Looking back, college life wasn’t that hard, or maybe I’m just saying this now because I myself have already gone through it.
Namimiss ko nang mag-aral:( at timing lang siguro na narining ko yung dalawang lalakeng yun, dahil ngayon, kapareho ko na rin sila.
