come what may

So I walked to college today, elated that I've made up my mind to attend AUSMAT night with the best friends after all. Why I didn't consider going in the first place will be explained some other time, for this post is about the last day of college, or more specifically, AUSMAT. I have always known that this day would come, but its meaning has never hit me so hard, until I woke up this morning with a bitter slap of realization that indeed, the dreaded day was here. No classes were held today, as students and lecturers alike were too busy bonding and taking photos to capture the last moments that will be spent together.

It makes me sad, really. Only when we can tell with confidence that something is slipping away, we get scared stiff and we try so hard -maybe a lil too hard- to keep that from happening. We hold on to time tighter, willing it to stay just a bit longer. We run about frantically, arms flailing around madly, gadgets in hand, beckoning people to come into the photo, so that that moment in time -of togetherness and warmth and camaraderie- will be frozen, able to be cherished and reminisced about in the future. But I guess that's just human nature, to not really know what we've got till it's gone. Or almost gone.

This year, I have gained new experiences and learned many things. Patience, tolerance, acceptance and encompassing everything else, friendship. If it had not been for the many good people I've met this year who have touched my life in one way or another -some maybe more than the rest but have shaped me all the same- I honestly cannot imagine how I would've turned out. So I just wanna thank you, all of you. For making yesterday worth remembering and tomorrow worth anticipating. You guys know who you are. :)

I would do AUSMAT all over again if it means we'd see each other everyday, as it had always been, for the past give or take 10 months.