echoknowmix

  Officially going down the hill, so just this once, let me be on time rather than late. Sometimes you make the right decisions on a whim. You make a choice that is beyond grasp, beyond rationality, and beyond your own understanding of where you should be. I spent a lot of years thinking that I'd be bleeding maroon. I spent even more years thinking that I'd be stuck in my hometown. I chose Ateneo despite that. As soon as I saw the course description in the college viewbook, I knew what I wanted to do. Screw expectations. Screw finances. Screw literally all of the friendships that I had built in the past six years. I put myself on the other side of Katipunan, and I was alone. I reflect on this early, lonely start to my college life a lot. Now I can finally say that it's over. The space above my condo's desk isn't just post-it reminders about schoolwork anymore; it's pictures of me and my friends, art and poetry that speak to me, and keychains of my favorite anime