i decided it was time to put in some hours to research for my strategic management paper and so i took today off and made my way to la salle taft. waiting for the light to turn green as my car slowed down with the traffic along the buendia intersection, i couldn't help but remember how many times i took this road going to school back between 1991 to 1995. except for the skyway and the buildings sprouting left & right, the roads were all the same. i lost count how many times i passed by filmore and estrada and remember how bad traffic was in the early mornings. as i approached the taft campus, my head was racing trying to figure out where i should park but after one turn, it was surprising i got a parking space right at the university mall (yipee!).
walking through the hallways of the la salle building, the memories of college came flooding back - those insane times i took the LRT to school, the EDSA Rotonda jeeps, the floods, the alay-lakad when there were no transportation available. la salle has changed so much from how it was back in the 90's it felt strange being back there. i walked through the corridors and the pathways and made my way to the library. kids walked around in their shorts & flip-flops making me wish i could have worn something more akin to trendy - but i still had class that night, so i had to make do not exposing any of my toenails. i love wearing flipflops (blame it on trixy's havaianas addiction).
i managed to finish my research 3+ hours after and decided i was already tripping down memory lane, might as well try to relive the old days. i trekked to the college canteen to get some waffle and sago't gulaman and was disappointed that they were no longer selling either. those were replaced by much more chic big chill and dulcinea churros. gone were the tables where we made "tambay", where we reigned supreme during our senior years. those were really happy times. i miss being that carefree.
i'm really happy that quite a number of friends and even people i've only known recently sent words of encouragement, with a few offering to donate blood. hopefully, we get a lot of healthy volunteers since my sister is going to have blood transfusion tonight. there's some good news (so far) in that if the results of her ultrasound is good that she might not need to go under the knife again. i'm hoping and praying really hard for that. To those who are praying and who are planning to donate their blood, thank you. I can't say it enough but the amount of support from everyone has been overwhelming. You don't know how comforting and how much this means to us. please continue to pray for my sisters recovery and let me know if you need any info to donate blood (8am-9pm, makati medical center, 2nd floor).
class was as usual a lesson in terror. nothing much to talk about that. the only good thing to cap my evening was a fattening quarter-pounder with cheese, a large coke light and TWISTER FRIES. I love twister fries. Back then, i drove-thru mcdonald's every day after work just to have twister fries. Ahhh, i love twister fries!
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