how sweet it is...
how sweet it is..."as for me... college life is just peeking around the corner... that is, if i get in (hopefully i do...). i'm kinda excited yet anxious as well. it is to be expected, i guess, but still, somehow it still keeps me up nights... and even days, worrying... nay... pondering about it. i can only do so much. the rest is up to fate. sigh... i do hope and pray that i do make it into the big blue one.
oh well... whatever will be... will be. i guess, these are the times and moments that give life more color and make living this life a whole lot more exciting. to be waiting with much anticipation the outcome of things where and when one doesn't really have much control over... and learning how to live, survive and even thrive when the outcome, whether or not it is to one's liking or not, comes out."
i wrote this little piece here in my blog a few weeks back... and i wrote it with a knot in my throat. somehow, i seriously thought that my chances in getting accepted into the ateneo were slim to none. however, right now... i've never been so happy to be so wrong. because reality is...
i got in.
how sweet it is! in this case, the outcome is exactly what i wanted. however, you have to understand that before i did find out, i first had to endure about 6 months of anxiety, eagerly awaiting the results. yes, exciting and colorful, i know... but nerve-racking as well. but now... life is good. and what makes it even sweeter is when and how i found out!
it happened when i, along with a bunch of my friends, was in a packed van, halfway between roxas and caticlan, on route to boracay. amidst the humidity, the bumpy ride, the unpredictably unstable driver and making sure that we had good music on our way to bora (i was the designated dj), i was already falling in and out of consciousness. suddenly, with no warning whatsoever, my phone began to go off, playing moony's song, dove (consequently my ringtone), signaling that a text had arrived.
half asleep, i automatically reached for my phone and began to check the text out. it was from my mom. and it read...
"hi nikko! ateneo called. you're accepted na daw - communications. you have to confirm. congrats!"
at that moment, everything just stopped. suddenly, i wasn't so sleepy anymore. it wasn't so hot anymore. and the cramped space and the sweat didn't seem to be as menacing. in fact, everything seemed... perfect. after a moment or two of just staring into nothing and trying to grasp the news, i just burst into a shout in the van and yelled at everyone... "i got in!"
hahaha... what a perfect way to start off your vacation in bora?! i mean, my admission, or rejection, to/from ateneo was basically the only thing that was keeping me hanging in anxiety, concern and doubt these past few months, and now that i had no more reason to worry about it... well... it just made my bora vacation so much sweeter! ya'll just have no idea how thankful i am right now.
*sigh*
life is good...
ps - i just arrived from boracay after a week and needless to say, i am exhausted. happy, fulfilled, satisfied... but exhausted. i'll tell ya'll about it soon. and expect more pics at my multiply. as for now, i'm gonna sleep my head off! hahaha...
posted by nicolas @ 12:27 AM
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