(not) like college

Last Thursday felt like college again. Then again, it felt so “different.”

It felt like college for different reasons. We met in Katipunan, near our alma mater, where we have formed many memories together. It felt like not much have changed. Even our looks look the same to all of us, and the behaviors are still the same. There still are the teasing and the arguments and the “insults” to each other. haha. We still laugh at the same old jokes, or at the same person.

Deeper into the night, the conversations turned serious, not politics serious, but life serious. One already established a life abroad. A number of us already have a steady career path, whereas others are still pursuing a chosen profession. Some were already married. Some want to marry soon. Some already have children.

Two of my closest girl friends were not able to come, but marriage and baby announcements were made. I am so happy for both of them. The one pregnant was married last year, and I am so excited for her and his hubby that they are now expecting their firstborn. The one getting married is going to have the wedding bells in New York and live there. I am also very happy for her, but I will surely miss her.

If I have regrets, it is that I seldom see them because of various reasons. I know that things aren’t really like before. And last Thursday, I came face-to-face again with reality that time moves so fast. That much has changed. That we were no longer children. And that our future is already here. Or, for me, already coming.