Another year has passed. And between January and December are a lot of additions to my life. But of all the new things that happened, whether good or bad, I have been very thankful to the Lord that my old friends are still with me. Thanks to the social networks, I am still in contact with my snakey college friends. Also all year long, the communication with my bestfriends is constant. It wasn’t an easy year for them but they still found time to be a friend to me and for that I am grateful.

But aside from my old friends, this year God blessed me with new friends that I am definitely keeping for good. He gave me not one, not two, but seven awesomely good friends that made my college life better.

It all started as two groups. Jhuli, Lovely, Tom, Alom and I are a pack of old classmates from the ES who got along together because we share the same major. Jhuli, Lovely and I belonged to the same group of friends back in our early years and Tom and Alom were not different to us, too. It was never hard for us click and get along. Ven, Marie and Danica are the inseparable tres marias but since they are honest-to-God friendly and very easy to talk to, we would often talk to them during breaks. We even shared innumerable meals together (lunch and dinner, mind you). But we were still not together as a group. We were still a group of five, and they were still the thressome. I don’t know when it started but we just began to be close. As in very close, you know?

And then my quiet, boring, college life is over.

It first started with frequent dinner around the campus, nonstop kwentuhan every single day and chilling at the lovers’ lane til the lights went out. And then it levelled up to movie marathons and dinner at Marie’s house. Another level up to a sleepover, an overnight, uber relaxing swimming, plus an out-of-town getaway at Enchanted Kingdom. Really guys, were we that adventurous? I seriously cannot believe it all happened in just one year. I love you, college life.

But it’s not only the fun that I had with them that made me love these people so much. They came during a time when I was down and empty. I was very much unstable. It was when I started drinking and cussing; saying every bad thing that I could find in a person as if I were perfect. The bottom line? They came at a time when I was getting worse. I could not even keep up with myself but they managed to catch up. There were times when I was so moody at class, losing my temper and shouting my bad heart loud. In the end I will always feel guilty, but still they understood. I do not have a prudent tongue so I am 100% sure that there came a time that I have hurt EACH of their feelings. But they still remained as understanding and accepting as they were before.

I do not have an intention to take advantage of their accepting hearts, that’s why, God knows I am trying to improve. On all terms, I am trying to make myself better. These new friends have taught me a lot of things that I do not want to say because they might get uber-flattered. Heh. Had I belonged to a different set of friends, I might’ve lost my grip and never try to improve myself again.

Jhuli, Lovely, Tom, Alom, Ven, Marie and Danica thank you for sticking to a spoiled, haughty, hot-tempered and moody person like me. I’m sorry that you had to meet me like this. (If we guys met two or three years earlier, I swear you would surely meet a better me). Thank you for being such good friends. I am very, very much grateful.