Tonight I Can Write

I missed my blog. I even posted something on my chatterbox to prevent it from expiring. Does anyone even read my blog still? Bahala na. I'll just go on writing...because tonight I can. :D

In a few days, I'll be done with college. I just have to submit the hard-bound copies of my revised thesis, some kind of promo poster, and get clearance from different laboratories and offices. In a couple of weeks, I'm supposed to have no official business in Ateneo.

I can't believe it. I'm leaving the school that I've spent five years in. Five gruelling years. Ten semesters. Four summers. Countless overnights. I'm surely gonna miss Ateneo. I'm currently going through what I would like to call the "super senior's syndrome". This one is different from the popular senior's syndrome in that the super senior finds more meaning. The departing senior experiences nostalgic sentiments for fellow the fellow seniors he will not be seeing anymore; the departing super senior experienced that last year. This time, he has been given one full year to appreciate the splendor of the university...alone. He observed many fellow students and criticized them for taking many of their youth's benefits for granted. He found meaning in interacting with the security guards, janitors, cashiers, and other school personnel. He probably has made use of most of the school's facilities. He has criticized issues regarding the university with more maturity. He has reminisced his freshman and sophomore days more than ever. Over the past year, the super senior has developed more love for the school! (Shit what's with the third person discourse! Philosophy has kicked in! Haha!)

Many of you are still probably not convinced how different the senior is from the super senior. But different or not, both seniors and super seniors will find it hard to part ways with Ateneo. After all, Ateneo is one exceptional school.

(P.S. I've spent 5 years here already, but I'm still not going to call it The Ateneo.)