I have to accept the fact that I am FINALLY leaving Ateneo. The four years I spent in the university were like a roller coaster ride...full of unexpected turns, ups and downs and yes...the ride was memorable.
So this is my chance of expressing my gratitude, learnings, unmet expectations and angst all-rolled into a lengthy stream of consciousness to the institution that helped in making me who I am...right now.
1. First day of Classes
2. the immaculate white uniform
3. 7:40 class
4. First year orientation
5. shoes with no socks
6. the rooms in D Building
7. the labs in R building
8. the CR in the 3F in C building
9. the enrollment process
10. falling in line at the Finance Office
11. coming to class late
12. Being the class Beadle
13. Photocopies, photocopies
14. Kuya and Ate of the Elevator
15. Maam Jo of Humanities Division
16. Manong E and Kuya Bogs of HumDiv
17. Sundays spent in school doing assignments and other stuff
18. The smell of the freshly-mowed grass in the open field
19. the anticipation of seeing your name as a Dean's Lister at the SAS Bulletin Board
20. although I hate the smell of the foodcourt, I will miss it
21. those times that i use the flight of stairs up to the 5th floor
22. the secret stairs to the 6th floor
23. the Humanities division
24. Humanities Sound Booth
25. the Humanities lounge
26. the UBER chic Humanities Editing Bay
27. The Radio Room!
28. The 5th Floor Finster Building--Home of the Humans
29. Wednesdays in Ateneo
30. Mondays in Ateneo
31. Saturdays in Ateneo
32. City Tri
33. Roxas Gate
34. Jacinto Gate
35. Claveria Gate
36. The guards whom I like so much (esp. the Jacinto guards!)
37. Falling in line for Cheerdance and Sayawten during Fiestas
38. Parades!
39. Pressure of deadlines!
40. The Adrenaline rush during exams
41. the library
42. The Periodicals
43. the hi-hellos with people you were introduced to..but not necessarily your friends
44. the teachers and their trademarks (hahaha)
45. the anticipation of knowing your grades after the exam
46. the quizzes and the feeling of uncertainty when you did not study AT ALL
47. the quizzes and the feeling of CONFIDENCE when you KNOW you got the answers RIGHT
48. TANGA-moments in the chapel...until...nadapuan ako ng higad...
49. Simbang gabi in Ateneo
50. Tambay moments in the Foodcourt
51. Tambay moments at the Gazebo
52. NCCC Express
53. Division spirit during Fiesta!
54. Speech Choir, play, show during 2nd Year for English21
55. Tawanan sessions with classmates
56. Libakanay sessions with friends (HAHA)
57. PE 1--aerobics, tae-bo and some dancing
58. PE 2--Folk Dance (I danced during PE Night!)
59. PE 3--Volleyball (Champion kami neto!)
60. Transport strikes then either manood ng movies or ikot sa Mall instead
61. Essays, essays, essays (I wonder how many essays I made in college...)
62. NSTP (although hindi ko masyado gusto yung teacher, I had fun with classmates)
63. TV Production and the overnights
64. Being the leader for a group project and able to pull everything off!(saya!)
65. the pretty girls in Ateneo...pero sasabihin ko agad sa sarili.."Pre, mahal ka ni Lord.."
66. the cute guys of Ateneo..there are A NUMBER of them...
67. the scary teachers of Ateneo..
68. the fear of passing through the Faculty Lounge (ewan, nakakatakot dun..)
69. the fear of Sir Rikki (dati..yung hindi ko pa siya teacher...hehehehe)
70. Sir Bong Eliab as my teacher in Film Appreciation
71. The movies in Film Appreciation (hindi ko kinaya ang Jan Dara..promise!)
72. Journalism classes--because I got to go back to the reason why i took MassCom in the first place..(of course, wala akong below 90 sa aking write-ups! hahahahaha)
73. 6:00 to 9:00 PM classes..yung wala ng elevators at kayo na lang ang students sa school
74. KALASAG (i will dedicate another blog entry for this part...*__*)
75. the rainy days in Ateneo
76. airconditioned classrooms
77. yung malangsa feeling after a PE class (hahahaha)
78. Journalism Lab (Journ classes and web design...nagnenet lang kami!)
79. Yung class plays, reportings, presentations and kung anu-anong maisipang irequire ng teacher mo...
80. Having to go home late and coming to school really early the next day...
81. Splurging after a stressful (kahit wala talaga akong pera..)
82. Other friends from other divisions...yung nakilala mo dahil naging kaklase mo sa isang minor subject
83. yung bigla mo lang nakita yung crush mo for the season...tapos bigla kang ngumiti...
84. yung nakita mo yung crush mo kasama ang pangit niyang girlfriend!
85. laughing hard with friends until i almost cried...which, thank God, happens all the time kasi kami naman sa MassCom have our ways of amusing ourselves...
86. Learning new words in gay lingo
87. Covered court building offices (SAMAHAN, ATENEWS, GACP, COMELEC..yung mga kapitbahay namin sa Kalasag)
88. Mini-aud...(first year when I had my first hosting stint with Ian..)
89. My MassCOM friends and lovers who are with me all through out! (I want to special mention some names..pero sosobra na at baka may ma-hurt..hehehe)
90. My teachers in the Humanities...you are all great! kahit na minsan ay binibigo nyo kami...okay lang yun...nobody's perfect.
91. times na nilalabhan ko yung uniform ko (hehehehehe...which happened quite a few times)
92. having to meet wonderful and inspiring people...and even weird and annoying people...
93. meeting students that i wonder why they even go to school..
94. meeting arrogant students (nachachallenge ako eh...sarap nilang...)
95. mababait na Ate's sa mga offices ng Ateneo who make my life a little easier...
96. reading and finding my name in the long list of students with account balance dun sa may roxas benches...yung mga hindi pa nagbabayad ng tuition! (hehehe)
97. Admissions Office and their staff...
98. OSA and their staff (lately lang kami naging friends)
99. my locker back in first year...nasa 2nd floor ata yun...
100. F213 and 7th Floor Amphitheater
101. The other 101 things i will miss is Kalasag-related (, ")
These are just the 101 things I will miss...i believe the list can go on forever...pero eto lang sumagi sa isip ko.
I had fun writing this entry! It sure brought a lot of memories...i wish i stayed in the Ateneo longer..pero ok na yun..dami na akong natutunan..I learned more than my transcript would say..more than the grades, it is with stress and a lot of experiences, disappointments that made the whole journey fun, exciting and yah...
Everything is all worth it.
xoxo
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