A Casual Side Mirror Glance :)

     So, I've been on a really long vacation these past few months. For the longest time, I was able to embrace the warm feeling of just being home. For the time given, I've had the chance for an amount of rest and also, for some house cleaning. Honestly, I don't enjoy cleaning as much, I can be lazy when I don't feel like it and my allergies are no joke. But, one thing that makes cleaning good is when I get to uncover memories that seem forgotten and those that seemed buried down memory lane.

     I am a person of the past. One of the things I enjoy most is scanning through old photos. How time flies so fast. Long ago, college seems like a really long way to go but now, I am inches close to finishing. Really, it's a surprise how two decades pass unbelievably fast. The next time, we wouldn't know but a decade or more has again rushed away.

     Anyways, there are a lot of things I miss from my childhood and adolescent years. Different stages, different phases, different encounters, different set of friends, of acquaintances, different faces. Different pretty much sums up life.

     Of all these things different, one different phase I probably would not ever forget is high school. Four years I get to spend with pretty much the same set of people. Back then, I belong to a class with a population that plays around 20 and 21. Compared to others, we are quite few but honestly, it did not feel like it. It still felt complete. It still was a crazy bunch. A bunch filled with people confusing being a kid from being an adult. :)

            School was what brought us together, but it wasn't school that highlights these four years. It was the friendships made, the get-together's, the many talks, the quarrels, the issues, the inside jokes and the memories worth reminiscing after everything comes to end.

           There were cliques, there were also war encounters. Bridges were burned then built again, that was a process on repeat. Bullying- mild or intense- was present. Matchmaking, getting together and eventually, breakups were quite a topic. Examinations and tests were days of obvious teamwork and cooperation (you know what I mean?). Preparing for competitions and contests between year levels were an emotional roller coaster. Not everything was a bliss but remembering it at the currents is beyond euphoric.

            Turning back time is something that can not be granted even when how extremely one wants to. All thanks to these mementos and souvenirs, I can at least mind travel down memory lane. The trail's quite long and I had met with a series of regrets of doing this and not doing that but I savvied - regrets are not welcome in my present-day life.

              Now, I'm just happy whenever we get to meet up, talk and laugh about the four years we've all shared and witnessed. Everyone has surely changed, some grew taller, some gained weight, some lost, some are busier than some, some have changed views and principles, and some have flown out. Sure, change is understandable, ironically unchangeable. But hey, meetups are nice. Care to listen to some FM Static or Secondhand Serenade?

"Life may be a one way street, taking U-turns are illegal but casual glancing on side mirrors does not break any law. :)"