Thank YOU!!!

On living a life that is about bearing the unbearable “in spite of and with hope.” On life that is having to deal with thorns for the sake of saving precious petals. That pain and fear always get defeated by courage and love. 

I am writing this because I had a happy week that I almost forgot how I made it. I feel thankful to still be in school pursuing something I have always dreamed of (which I thought was impossible given certain constraints). I feel triumphant for having endured a tough (not just academically but emotionally) semester, with and without the people who inspire me most, with the people who pulled me down and judged me like I have never been judged all my life. Tough semester, it was tough.

I am writing this because I would love to express my gratitude (in writing) to the people who served as my strength to continuously strive (and who would have been my strength had I not made it).

Because I really miss you, Joyce. Thank you for being such an awesome friend. Thank you for helping me get through with everything – from being a constant companion, to a thoughtful blockmate, to the person who would spend some bucks to treat me to dinners after terrible ObliCon and other classes when I would not have sufficient funds to buy myself food (HAHA that poor my being broke goes down to that level). Thank you for letting me sleep over your place. You are so awesome there is nothing I would not give to have you back.  I miss you everyday though sometimes I try to forget. Unbelievable how I had freshman nights when I could count  the number of times I would go home alone, and have sophomore afternoons when I could count the number of times I would go home with someone. It is a bit painful experience to go in and out of Plant’s door without a friend in front or behind me.

Because I also miss you Maxine. Thank you so much for always having words of wisdom and optimism you always share with us. I am not a touchy person (I hate people giving me hugs, actually) but your hug is one of those hugs I would never resist. I love you for always sharing with us everything and for introducing us to your wonderful family. Thank you for always inspiring us to do our best no matter what. Thank you for believing I would make it through last semester when I was ready to find impossible ways of explaining how I (would have been not able to make it).

I think this is the only picture that we are complete. But thank you. I will forever love you: for being always there; for having been the friends who were there when I first burst law school tears.

To my dearest friends and/or sisters whom I spend most of my time with, Ate Hye, Gay, Febs. Thank you Ate Hye for being such a nice person. You are one of the nicest people I have ever met. [Salamat talaga Ate Hye sa pagiging napakabuting kaibigan “in spite of.”] Thank you Gay for being like my bestfriend in law school. Thank you Febs for being a good friend and a source of laughter when everyone else is down. Let us be POWER FOUR 2012 [And we can have Operation SP Sneak Peek on TTh until our fourth year, if you know what I mean HAHAHA] Pardon me for writing such an emo post tonight [wala kasing PIL readings eh]

Thank you for the friendship even if we are already “apart,” Ate Con, Al, Richard, Chanchan, Franz, Edward, Joter, Bernz, Pau, etc.Thank you for listening to endless rants.

I am forever grateful to accommodating and friendly people who would extend help to me/us whenever they see that I/we need help from them. You made a tough semester bearable.

*  Blogging because I have no readings for tomorrow and I have time.