turning back time

I had a conversation with a friend. We talked about our lives during our freshmen years in college - funny how it brings back memories of how immature and young we were. At 16, we learned to be on our own. Our friends became our support.

We have made great decisions that affected our life now. We transferred campus – from the highlands of Baguio, we moved to a small town of Los Baños. Took me 7 years to finish college, my friend, up to this time is still hoping to finish her degree.

I asked her if one day we would wake up at the past, when would she like it to be. She told me that she would want to be back during her freshman year. That was exactly what I would want myself to be. We could be doctors by now if it happened. But contemplating on our experiences, we really never wanted to be back. Everything that happened to us made us what we are now – stronger, wiser, experienced. The past is past. It is time to wake up for another day.

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25 years of my life have passed. I can say that I have already lived a third of my existence in this world. At my age, I could say that I haven’t reached anything yet. I have my ambitions, but I have faltered more than once in trying to reach my goal. Hey, I’m just a person. I am not perfect. But I try my best to learn from my mistakes and be a better man.

Failure – it is not something that I consider myself. I know that in the end, I will still be a winner of my own game.

I am just starting.