Memoirs

Lazing around makes you feel so lonely yet it frees your mind to some certain events that reminds you a lot of feelings. May it be happiness, sadness, frustration, joy, anger but the thing is, they are all important and memorable events in your life.

Just a simple chat from your long time friend really brings out those memories of the past. A simple "hello" and "how are you mah friend?" sure makes you feel important and reminds you that you have had a good time with these people.

I really missed those days where everything was just so fine. Everything we think of is just about our self enjoyments. No masks, no face shields, no pandemic. Everything was just a roller-coaster of events. Those friday night outs with your buddies, the daily teasing with your classmates, trying to have eye contact with your crush where your friends are at your back, waiting to tease you after and the daily enjoyment of just being young, wild and free of the things we want to do.

"Hey, what's up?"

"Have you seen last night's episode?"

"Do you have any assignments? Can I copy yours please?"

"Hey, Joe had just confessed to her yesterday, yiiieeeee"

"Do we have classes today? Lez go to the internet cafe and ditch the class"

I really missed these lines and other phrases that starts and really makes your day. Its just those carefree days where you wouldn't worry about your future and just enjoy the current things as it is. Days where "love" was a very blurry concept but still you would risk to ask out the most beautiful girls even though you know you wouldn't stand a chance against her but still courage, or rather, stupidity pushes you to do so, hahaha.

But still, it makes our youth really lively and beautiful. These are just the vivid memories of mine so allow me to continue further more.

Younger days really thought as to risk things and dream high at the same time. We do have our hopes always at its peak.

Some of us are focusing on their studies in order to land a scholarship or to have a better chance at entering to a university of their choice and be a full scholar there but some of us, like me, would be just messing around and enjoy the things as it is. (But I did not fail any of my subjects and somehow made it to the honors lists. Wink, wink) We are not bothered about academic pressure and sometimes messes with those achievers making us the black sheep of the class. Despite our being idiots at times, we tend to help those who are in need especially during quizzes and other academic matters. We give them answers, correct or not, from the bottom of our knowledge and makes sure that no one will be left behind.

Of course, there those who catches us and tells the teachers of what we are doing. Hate those guys though, haha. Most of them are the honor students who establishes their “pride and dignity” but still we do not care about it.

The times passes by and we had reached our graduation rites. Despite the differences we had, we love all of the class members, and also those we hate, bid out farewells and good lucks to each other. I just miss being a teenager back in the day.

Today, we still have contacts with each other. Checking everyone if we have some spare time since most of us are working adults, full-time parents and others with their own busy lives. If we have time, we tend to have a get together and reminisce those beautiful memories that we have shared back in the day.

The memoirs of my youth will remain in my heart and would never cease to share and discuss with my mates whenever we see each other.

Enjoy things, especially your youth for we have a saying “Dahil minsan lang sila bata” meaning we would just be children once but still, don’t let that kid within you wither. Have a nice reading everyone.