A few nights ago, as I was on my way to the gym, I bumped
into one of my oldest friends (not by age) in UP. We haven’t seen each other or
communicated for months. We were both in a hurry for our appointments so we
quickly agreed to meet again in a couple of days. That happened last night.
We met over dinner and I realized how much I missed his
company as well as our other friends. They were one of the reasons why I moved
back to my college apartment despite it being eight (8) LRT2 stations from
school. But because I was so busy with schoolwork and other stuff, I still wasn’t
able to see them (my college friends) that often.
So we started catching up with what's new and upcoming in our lives. We talked about his job, my med school, friends from UP, our new set of friends, how biologically old we are getting (I couldn't stand up because of my first weight training session in the gym an hour before), and how much things are the same yet a lot different.
Then we talked about UP culture vs the culture in our current situations. And how we met UP graduates who are sell-outs in their careers.
After dinner, since my legs hurt so bad, we chatted in the lobby of my building for a while. It was very refreshing to finally talk to someone who gets me the way only this set of friends get me (Sometimes even He-WHo-Must-Not-Be-Named does not get me too, but I think its more of the age gap, although he catches up soon enough).
We laughed and shook our heads and laughed and made plans to meet again sometime soon, hopefully with a few other friends.
