things just couldn't get any better.
there i was with longtime friends, overlooking the thankfully unlit bay of manila. since almost everyone in our barkada had families of their own, it was rare to gather once again for a boys' night out. the difficult thing was convincing their respective wives that we would only go to wholesome and family-friendly hangouts. the next difficult thing was convincing my friends to abide by this promise.
question: what do highschool buddies talk about when they meet up years after graduating from highschool?
why, highschool life of course.
somehow telling the same jokes (that we all heard a thousand times before) and talking about the same stories (in which we were all present when they happened anyway) was enough to make us laugh, turn red and bang the table several times.
the stories were unending. my peers, relentless. everybody had an event to share or an incident to recall. from painful basketball games and sun-drenched C.A.T.'s to near-drowning moments in the swimming pool and aimless bat-swinging on the baseball field. from theatrical english-lit presentations and morale boosting interschool victories to those nerve-wracking highschool dances and the more-often-than-not unsupervised soirees.
each story was throbbing with character, passion and life. no one stayed in the back seat for long. everyone took turns driving our bus down memory lane.
it was such a ride that we never noticed that time -along with several platefuls of juicy oysters, had gone by. in the end, when the stories had been told, when the laughter had died down and the oysters relocated to our bellies, we all gave a collective sigh -- in celebration and thanksgiving.
sigh.
life is so much more meaningful when you have friends.
but here's a secret. our lives can be more meaningful. it's when we realize that all along, all our lives, God wishes to be our friend. more than a King, and a mighty Ruler, God is our Friend.
sounds insane? not really. look up john 15:15-17 to see what i mean.
we are not His servants, but His friends. go on, talk to Him as you would any true friend. He'll be sure to listen to you. in time, you will realize that He has been speaking to you all your life.
heaven is where we'll share stories, jokes and undoubtedly the freshest oysters with our Lord and Friend.
sigh.
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apart from commenting on the content of this blog entry, feel free to share your stories of friendship with your barkada's or even the Lord's. how and why is friendship important in your life?
15 comments:
friends are there to make you laugh, to make you cry, and to make you even more happier. friends are the most important things in my life. I rather choose to be single right now just to be with my friends, rather than in a relationship full of limitations. that's why the best thing to do is to gain more friends as much as possible, they are the one that makes your life worth living.
kate kho
I miss being in high school and what it was like way back when I thought high school seniors were really old, and college students even more so. I miss the fun-filled carefree moments I had with my friends (friends who have seen me in my highest highs and lowest lows), the boring lectures of old teachers, the spectacular Magnificat chapel, the unairconditioned classrooms,the pool escapades, the big soccer/baseball field where my friends and I sorta practiced witchcraft...GOD I miss everything about highschool!!!
Anyway, my batch had a mini reunion last year, but I didn't get to attend because of my sched. :( Oh well.
"life is so much more meaningful when you have friends."
DITTO! ;)
diane datoon
Friends are really important in ones life.because they help you become the person you are now.( besides from our parents).
its good to have friends that will be with you forever. because some "barkadas" is not like that, after graduation they will have thier own life and its hard to contact them for a simple get together. and the sad part is some friendship will not stay like what it were before.
In my experience there are two kinds of friends. True friends that will stay with your forever and friends that will only talk to you if they need something from you. in high school i encouter lot of "plastic friends" and sad to say ther populaion is multiplying and its really anoying!
(im a litle scattered right now so i dont know im making sense ate all.) Sorry.
what is life without friends...
highschool in poveda...actually i was in poveda from kinder 3 to highschool, so i practically grew up there. somehow even the earliest memories in poveda still haven't been forgotten:
- being left by my school bus outside the gate way before it was open for class...i was kinder, naturally i cried until the guard saw me
- having a bestfriend named pamy lazatin during kinder, our favorite cartoon: ghostbusters...why? we had a crush on egon(is that how his name is spelled?) hehe!
- meeting one of my very good friends who i'm still friends with until now...we met at the back of our classroom in kinder, decided to pick a few malunggay stalks and give them to our teacher...in my debut she actually gave me a boquet of malunggay to remind me of how we met, awww! her name is carmina santos
- being called to the principals office because my carpoolmate, crissie, & i thought it would be funny to page our friends giving them silly names...of course the whole school heard it and our principal wasn't too happy...
- met my bestest friend, celine vergel de dios, from canada in grade 5...luv that girl even though i haven't seen her for a while
fastforward to highschool:
- i was always the one planning soirees and interactions, not that i was boy-crazy, it was just that i was super organized even during that time...invites, food, getting in touch with everyone = fun! (walang bias, kahit la salle or ateneo, i guess we were deprived of seeing the male species, being in an all-girls school practically our whole lives!)
- if there were no classes i'd know it right away & i'd text my classmates...hehe...the official "walang pasok" announcer
- "girlscout", had all the school supplies, my pencilcase was more like a box, with all colors of pens, tape, scissors, glue, stapler, white out, etc. i was a national junkie!
- playing pusoy dos and uno at the back of our classroom where there was a big quilt that one of my classmates thought of donating...it became the "crying area", sleeping area, chill area, sick area (especially anything related to pms) or eating area...when a checker would pass by during lunch, we would all hide under our tables...haha!
- bananaque, blue marlin, potato corner and mangga with bagoong...our barkada's favorite food from our canteen
- all the matchmaking games...flames. etc. some of my friends with a different guy each week, haha!
- all of us, really all of us, had bigger, thicker eyebrows then...i have all our old pictures to prove it, nakakahiya!
- retreats, fieldtrips, prom, graduation, ball...top 5 highlights of being in highschool
- less worries, less stress...finding out who we really are, who want to be, planning our future...
I MISS HIGHSCHOOL...it happens only once in your lifetime but it stays with you forever...memories, lessons and friends("j)
- erika moran
wait!!! i got carried away with telling you about my "poveda days" that i forgot to comment on sir's blog entry, hehe...
God is my friend...i am his daugther but i am also His friend. most of the time my prayers will sound like a conversation with a very good friend, that's why i pray when i have my quiet time and i'm alone or else people will think i'm nuts or something...but it took me a while to realize that God was more than my Father, before i thought He was more a authority figure than someone that i could confide in. but in the end, after a lot of experiences and reflection, i'm happy i have Him as my friend because He truly accepts me for who i am, listens to all my rants and worries, loves me unconditionally and even answers my prayers. what more could i ask for in a friend right?
- erika moran
Looking at it...I'm really content with the friends I have. Not too many, not too few. And all of us grew up together in different stages of our lives. I have a grade school barkada, a high school barkada, a bestfriend and friends from groups of interest and now friends and close friends in Benilde. All these people have been with me through a lot of tough times and at the moment, we still get to talk, albeit short (for some are now working and some, like me, are in thesis mode/hoping to pass board exams).
But yes, I treat God as a friend. More than a best friend. And basically when I pray I make it as honest and natural as I could, like talking face-to-face with a friend. I feel like He will appreciate sincerity and honesty, instead of something with all the trimmings but empty and pretentious.
i appreciate everyone's candor and honesty as shown in your posts/replies.
keep them coming.
have a great weekend everyone! :)
ive been with my friends since i was 14 y.o., and everytime we meet up at some place like starbucks.we always talk about how they are doing with their jobs, some with their studies (including me, haha). but after that, we reminisce our highschool lives. the craziest and the wildest things that we did, every confrontations and every fight that we encountered, all the good times and the bad ones and the changes that happend right after we graduated from highschool. and inspite the changes and the differences, we are still together and stronger than before. all of us, have gone through a lot of heartaches, frustrations, trials. there were times that i couldn't face the problem all by myself, but i was able to survive with their help and support. they were always (and still are) there to help you get through. sometimes they are the only ones who could understand you (more than anyone else. not your parents, brothers or the loving partner). they are the ones who help you define who you are. they are half of who you are.
well for me friends are the people you need when you're down and the best thing about them is when they make you laugh and make you do silly things. but also i love my friends for being always there when you needed them the most.. i love my college friends better than my highschool friends because college is the next level to the real thing. =)------- jowie fugoso
high school for me was so fun and yet so sad...way back some of my friends went to go to another school because with some issues in school. they have record in the office...but now when we get together or got the chance to be with each other we update with our own lives and laugh out with what happened before...my friends and i we even argue before and worst we got seperated because of other people want us to go different ways but god is so good i find true friends and honest ones like them yes, we patch things up, we forgaive...i guess that that was true friends is all about that no matter what happen ups and downs thick and thin they would always be there for each other..
kathrina cardenas
High school life, on my high school life
Ev'ry memory, kay ganda
High school days, oh my high school days
Are exciting, kay saya
There are times, may problema ka
Kung ang homework, left undone
Pray ka lang, 'wag tawagin ka
Upang di pagtawanan
High school love my one high school love
Not infatuation or crush
Tunay 'to s'ya ang buhay ko
Di n'yo lang alam ako'y nagba-blush
Bakit nga ba ang first love ko
Ay di serious, so it seems
Kung alam lang ng first love ko
He is always in my dreams
Ang saya ng high school
Same in yours and my school
Di na mapapantayan
T'yak ganyan ang buhay na sadyang makulay
Alaala kaylan man
High school life, on my high school life
Ev'ry memory, kay ganda
High school days, oh my high school days
Are exciting, kay saya
High school life, ba't ang high school life
Ay walang kasing saya?
Bakit kung Graduation na'y
Luluha kang talaga?
High school life, ba't ang high school life
Ay walang kasing saya?
Bakit kung Graduation na'y
Luluha kang talaga?
Ang saya ng high school
Same in yours and my school
Di na mapapantayan
T'yak ganyan ang buhay na sadyang makulay
Alaala kaylan man
High school life, on my high school life
Ev'ry memory, kay ganda
High school days, oh my high school days
Are exciting, kay saya
High school life, ba't ang high school life
Ay walang kasing saya?
Bakit kung Graduation na'y
Luluha kang talaga?
Nicole Perez
highschool was definitely a blast for me! Too cliche, but it is so true--for my part, that is. That was the time where i lived practically crazy! Well, of course, i have to be responsible at the same time. But those were memories that i think i would never ever get tired of retelling. I could never forget how equally unforgetttable our teachers were (they were all uniquely weird), all the more moments with intoxicating laughter shared with those who are as crazy as you are. I think what makes highschool that important to us is not merely the fact that we enjoyed it, but we miss it as well.
Friend=Life that is the meaning of friend for me.. If i lost my self i lost also my life. Coz friend makes me feel happy in my life. i had i problem usually go to my friend to forget my problems. We dont drink to forget our problem or to take drugs. Being with each other is the key to all of my problems. My Friend is My Life. My Friends is one of the reason why i'm still living in this world..
-Filmar Aquino (*o*)
finally! it's me...this is lyk my first tym to chek up on blogs.seriously!
Soleil Angeles
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