my random UST memories:
There are some things i'd like to forget about UST and so many things that i never will. I don't understand why i left there actually. I was comfortable there. I had all my friends around me, and a somewhat secure position in the social hierarchy of the college. still.. past is past, so cest' la vie, there are still things i'll never forget like:
- Annies place: my #1 'tambay' spot. whether it was lounging on the couch singing with leo and the boys, or upstairs at area77 or amber playing dota with fifi and his boys, i will never forget annies.
- The Gazebo's. The burial place of my hopes of becoming an architect. I still blame Manuel Sityars poorly conducted class for fucking me over. Still, we had a lot of good times here. just bumming.. just bumming all the time.
- The smoking shed just outside the gate: when i started smoking, this is where i would go in between classes for a quick one. Kasama ko pa si leo mag yosi dito. damn i miss those days more and more now that i write about them.
- P. Noval: The best place to eat, period. I'll never forget the hobo with the beard who would scribble on the street. I sort of admired him for being a hobo who would write.. Incidentally, i was also held up near P. Noval. hahahaha.. the place of my lost naivete.
- The colayco: the place where i first tasted a street style fishball. I remember my shock when the guy told me that each fishball was fifty centavos! WTF! i went crazy and spent a hundred bucks right there, and even if i didn't finish those 200 fishballs, i felt that my money was sulit!
- Kenji: My first seatmate in college. I started talking to him in english, and when he responded uneasily, i started talking tagalog! man i remember when he told me he lived in project 8, i was so naive, i thought to myself: "oh my god. college is so different from high school. i'm breaching social boundaries here! I'm talking to a guy who lives in the projects!" man! i thought project 8 was like, a ghetto or something.. hahaha. what a maroon.
- Tong: I remember him as that kid in a lola's turqoise cardigan. the suck-up and the know it all, i felt very apprehensive toward him at first, but as time rolled on, we became really close friends. panalo moment - batangas. man i felt really moved when he shared his inner-most workings with us.
- Daryl: I seriously thought daryl was a bully my first few days at UST. I feared him just a little bit, but at the same time, i hoped he would try something. I remember the hairy legs of daryl the monkey-man. Glad we met man. glad we met.
- Leo: My number one kasabwat sa kalokohan. My accompaniment and the B.I. in my life at UST. still, he taught me some things that you can't learn in school. assault or abyss my friend?
- Anton: Felow intellectual snob. I remember most of all his pretentiousness, and how he finally let go of it when we all got close. I remember... a lot.
- McDonalds on Espana: we fucking owned that top floor. i remember this was where i fooled michelle into pretending she understood the penguin joke, which was actually a fake joke that everyone in the class was in on. Oh man. hillarious. "chocolate milk!"
- Fifi: my friend looking out for me all the time. I remember one time, a fight was gonna break out over DoTA and fifi just stepped in and told everyone to sit the fuck back down. goddamn that was bad-ass. i also remember the eternal white t-shirt he wore instead of a uniform. tarantado talaga yon.
- Rai and Rox: Yung dalawang gago. shit, these guys were a barrel of laughs times twenty! As long as they were together, you could be sure they would make everyone laugh. "Rox naman.." hahahaha.. shit. I also remember when they were better than me at dota.
- Iceman: the guy who taught me how to play DoTA. my DoTA mentor and the guy who had been at UST for a little over eight years because he kept switching course.I think his real name was Ernie or something. I'll never forget the first time he acknowledged that my DoTA skill had reached a point where he couldn't teach me anymore. I played an outstanding akasha, skadi, MKB, guinsoo, travel. End of the game he said, "Wala na akong matutuo sa yo yuf." man... i was so fucking proud at that moment. kababawan, pero it feels so good to be acknowledged by someone you hold in high regard.
- PTS: leadership training seminar in batangas. i never had so much fun being bitten by mosquitoes and not sleeping. This was my first time to get officially shit-faced drunk in my life. i recall vomiting in the toilet with anton. chuckie and tanduay do not mix well...
- That shitty uniform: That was a horrible fucking uniform. The guys had it bad, but Jesus H. Christ, the girls uniform was horrible. so much so, at times i wished the uniform wren't there at all.
- Anica something: My UST crush for the entirety of my stay at UST. If there was a light that broke from yonder window, it would be the east and Anica would have been the sun. grabe.
Man, memories are just flooding me. There are times when i wish i never left UST, but like i said, Cest' la vie. I think i was happy then. then again, herodotus said "never call a man happy until he is dead" so..