Something interesting happened to me yesterday.
I got on this pretty Fx and popped my earphones on for a not-so-long ride to Delta where I’ll be riding a jeep to Tomas Morato for work. I got out Stephen King and started reading in the almost empty Fx. When it reached the Welcome Rotonda circle, the car doors opened and somebody uttered out..
“Nicole?!”
And there, I’ve seen the guy I haven’t seen in at least 5 years. Actually, he was my high school friend’s ex-boyfriend. (sheesh what a mouthful) He was smiling from ear to ear and I just had to laugh at the coincidence. So we spent the remaining short minutes of my ride laughing at the sheer chance of us meeting like that after 5 years. To give you a clearer view of how I must have felt at that time, let me show you a direct contrast of how I looked before and now:
Side note: Notice the UST High school PE shirt. (LOL) Not much difference? Haha to those who don’t know me, yes. But the years have changed my smile, I’d like to think that. (and also, I’ve gotten just a little bit thinner. haha) When I look at myself from before, I really wonder how in the hell did someone like me when I looked like uh… trash. Well anyway, so sitting next to a guy I haven’t seen for 5 years made me feel like I’m back to who I was during those times. It felt weird. It’s almost as weird as seeing those two people in that picture sit next to each other.
He tempted me to skip work. But of course, I couldn’t possibly do that now could I? Part of being who I am right now is the necessity of a necessity. I have to do the things I do first because I have to. Even fated things like this have to wait.
It was a weird experience but for those few minutes of the pretty Fx ride, I felt completely free of my worries. Like a high school girl again. Free from all the shit I’ve been faced with this past week. It felt nice.
But then as I got off the Fx, I had to lunge into reality again.
touch it?
6 responses so far ↓
Seihitsu // July 17, 2007 at 3:20 pm
Wow that really makes me nostalgic haha! ^^
It’s nice to beat the odds of meeting someone we haven’t seen for so long. ^^
Btw, yeah you’re thinner and you look prettier ^__^
Ade // July 18, 2007 at 6:58 am
Well, five years ago, I actually looked like a human.
Also, when was the first and only time I ever saw you? Was it three, two years ago? Can’t remember.
sorbetera // July 18, 2007 at 7:46 am
Seihitsu >> awww *gets the tingles* that means so much more coming from another girl. ahehe
sorbetera // July 18, 2007 at 7:48 am
Ade>> all those staying-up-till-the-sun-rises must’ve turned you into something else huh? haha it did something to me. haha
Oh yeah.. I believe it was my 1st year in college when I first saw you.. the only time too. haha! want a repeat? We can do the whole “oh my god I haven’t seen you in 3 years!” shit.
hahaha
donyaquixote // July 18, 2007 at 8:06 pm
On your before-and-after: Not much has changed… but you do look more… I don’t know how to phrase this… put together in the after. [That's a good thing, just in case hindi obvious. Haha.]
Running into people from my past is often unpleasant, because I forget their names or I don’t know what to talk about, but sometimes, yes, I do get some nice catching-up conversations.
utakGAGO // July 21, 2007 at 12:31 am
Five years ago? I’m a freshie! Arrrgh. Kadiri. Now I want to burn our 1st Year class picture. Hehe.
At least you’re improving. Me? Physically.. yeah. [LOL]. But… the rest goes down. Tsk. Very bad.