A Little Bit of Nostalgia
I welcomed the new year doing something that I’ll probably doing for most of the first quarter of 2009: cleaning up and packing away stuff. It’s not my new year’s resolution, but since we’re moving out soon, I have no choice but to pack up and get organized.
Honestly, I don’t mind cleaning up and organizing stuff. The O-C in me actually enjoys this chore. Sifting through loads and loads of junk might not be a great way to spend an afternoon, but it did bring me some laughs and nostalgia. Some “treasures” from my highly-unorganized filing cabinet:
The letters on the top of the picture are my admittance letters from U.P. College of Law. I tried to justify keeping this for the longest time because I wanted to put them in a scrapbook, but it’s been four years since I graduated and I haven’t done a single page of my intended scrapbook. So (*sniff, sniff*) these have to go. Meron naman akong U.P. diploma (wait, where did I put my U.P. diploma?!?) Anyway, seeing those letters brought back memories of what I was doing when I heard I passed. I was watching Miss Congeniality in Robinson’s Place Ermita when a friend texted me I had qualified for interview. Syempre I couldn’t concentrate on the movie after that (not that anyone would need to concentrate to watch THAT film!) And I was in church for our pre-board mass when my mom texted me that I had been admitted to the College of Law.
The paper on the bottom left is my enrolment form in my very first semester in U.P. I have no idea why I kept this. The worst part? I’ve kept every single enrolment form in all my eight semesters in U.P. And every single class card too. My goodness, tuition was just P6,000.00 back then. I’ve spent more than that amount for a single pair of shoes. Yikes.
The tickets on the lower right are my favorite find, never mind the uselessness. Those tickets are for Game 3 of the 2001 UAAP Finals between La Salle and Ateneo. We were never able to use those tickets, because the game coincided with our final exam for Legal History. Humabol pa kami sa Araneta, pero tapos na ang game when we got there. The ride to Araneta was memorable in so many ways. We had to call someone to give us a play-by-play over the cellphone. Unfortunately, that someone had never watched a La Salle game before, and didn’t know any of the players, so her play-by-play went something like this— HER: “Naka-shoot yung kalbo! US: “Sino?!?” HER: “Ewan ko, lahat sila kalbo!” LOL. We were cheering inside the taxicab like lunatics and the taxi driver probably thought we were crazy. Thankfully, La Salle won.
That’s just from one row of my filing cabinet, there are two more rows to go. And I haven’t even started on my books. What will I do with my Sweet Valley Highs and my Christopher Pikes? Abangan.
Honestly, I don’t mind cleaning up and organizing stuff. The O-C in me actually enjoys this chore. Sifting through loads and loads of junk might not be a great way to spend an afternoon, but it did bring me some laughs and nostalgia. Some “treasures” from my highly-unorganized filing cabinet:
The letters on the top of the picture are my admittance letters from U.P. College of Law. I tried to justify keeping this for the longest time because I wanted to put them in a scrapbook, but it’s been four years since I graduated and I haven’t done a single page of my intended scrapbook. So (*sniff, sniff*) these have to go. Meron naman akong U.P. diploma (wait, where did I put my U.P. diploma?!?) Anyway, seeing those letters brought back memories of what I was doing when I heard I passed. I was watching Miss Congeniality in Robinson’s Place Ermita when a friend texted me I had qualified for interview. Syempre I couldn’t concentrate on the movie after that (not that anyone would need to concentrate to watch THAT film!) And I was in church for our pre-board mass when my mom texted me that I had been admitted to the College of Law.
The paper on the bottom left is my enrolment form in my very first semester in U.P. I have no idea why I kept this. The worst part? I’ve kept every single enrolment form in all my eight semesters in U.P. And every single class card too. My goodness, tuition was just P6,000.00 back then. I’ve spent more than that amount for a single pair of shoes. Yikes.
The tickets on the lower right are my favorite find, never mind the uselessness. Those tickets are for Game 3 of the 2001 UAAP Finals between La Salle and Ateneo. We were never able to use those tickets, because the game coincided with our final exam for Legal History. Humabol pa kami sa Araneta, pero tapos na ang game when we got there. The ride to Araneta was memorable in so many ways. We had to call someone to give us a play-by-play over the cellphone. Unfortunately, that someone had never watched a La Salle game before, and didn’t know any of the players, so her play-by-play went something like this— HER: “Naka-shoot yung kalbo! US: “Sino?!?” HER: “Ewan ko, lahat sila kalbo!” LOL. We were cheering inside the taxicab like lunatics and the taxi driver probably thought we were crazy. Thankfully, La Salle won.
That’s just from one row of my filing cabinet, there are two more rows to go. And I haven’t even started on my books. What will I do with my Sweet Valley Highs and my Christopher Pikes? Abangan.
2 comments:
Mel please sa Multiply ka na lang magblog para ma-update ako. Teehee.
haha same request!hmm mahanap nga ang admission letters.i also keep tickets to great events.golda
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