I always say this to the talents I direct and the people who seek advise from me;
"Acknowledged the problem, so that you shall Overcome it"
as for me, I choose not to acknowledge this issue; Me Graduating, because I never wanna overcome......
for the past 3 days, the batch has been practicing the graduation rites and never have I been really interested. up until earlier during the recognition rites that I feel so burdened being there..............
it's been a running issue actually, since the start of the school year that I hated the thought of graduating..... I hated the thought of everything being tagged as "last"; "last" recollection, "last" acquaintance, "last" bilib, "last" everything...... >.<
well because, I don't wanna leave. if only I could be a student forever, if only I could have my friends with me forever, if only I can tambay at the MassComm lab forever; I will.........
but then, time runs and I have to catch up with it.......
honestly speaking, graduating is a CHOICE. I can choose not to...... but then, I have to choose to graduate......... choosing the opposite would be an insult.... an insult to my parent, an insult to my teachers, an insult to me, an insult to society (what???).... but joking aside.... of course I should graduate in the right time to keep my dignity intact.....
but then again, here I am...... afraid of the world beyond school..... it's a world where I have to force myself to survive, a place where I have to force my 5-year-old alter ego to grow into a 20-year-old in a snap of a finger, it's a world where mediocrity is a mortal sin......
I love school... though requirements are a serious bitch..... I just love the thought of having friends, where playing immature is acceptable, where although mediocrity is unacceptable it's not a mortal sin, where making mistakes is fine.......
it's not that I'm not ready; I know you'd say I'm more than ready compared to almost 30%of the graduating students this year... but I don't wanna.......
I don't wanna leave my friends...... [yes, clingy ko bala!]
meet the awesome pack.... ABCO4
but then again, the world is expecting great things from me............ a "me" who has been achieving despite the unwillingness to achieve; a "me" who has been leading despite the unwillingness to lead, a "me" who has been expected despite the unwillingness to be expected........ I have a lot of weight on my shoulders and a lot more to prove
so here I am, sweet-lemoninng over the fact that I am graduating...... feeding off the happiness of the thousand others who are happy to graduate with me.......
this sunday, almost everyone will be crying off their happiness, then I'll be crying off my loneliness.......
if only choosing not to graduate is not so taboo......
I know someday I'd cut out of this immaturity and accept the reality....... but I say, it's NOT TODAY.......
nevertheless, allow me to say this......
Graduating Batch of 2014, CONGRATULATIONS!