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Love, Life, and Luminescence

I just got back home yesterday from the Puerto Galera gimmick of the UPLB Swimming Team. We got bonded quite well, learning a lot of things about pretty much everybody. We know the little quirks now, some personal history, and we came out of the outing with a better idea of who each of us really are. We got really close over drinks, and we were able to enjoy time with each other as friends. It was all well and good while we were at Puerto Galera, but at some point in time you need to come back to reality. And that happened yesterday.

I'm already reeling from a very nice time with the Swimming Team when we got back to UPLB yesterday. However I had to find out what my grades were in my Computer Science subjects. To boot, I was having a blast enjoying time with my teammate who I'm currently courting. We discovered so much about each other in a span of 3 days, and we are really just enjoying each other's company. I love her though, and I won't mind spending more time with her.

I missed a lot of things while we were really close to unadulterated nature (at the beaches) but the things I missed were nothing compared to the sight of the beach at night, under the moonlight, being blanketed by the sky with stars, and the peacefully rolling waves. This sight is best enjoyed with the person you love by your side, cherishing the moment -- wishing that it would just last forever. Cheesy, but true nonetheless.

Surprisingly, I didn't feel the urge to blog (except right upon arriving to PG from a very freaky commute from UPLB) the whole 3 days we were in PG. I wanted so much to write about a lot of things, which I shall do in the coming days. I'm incubating the thoughts and sifting through memories I share with other people on that trip. I might even post pictures, if I could get my hands on them in the near future.

Talk about a reality check, this one is an escape into bliss. This showed a reality which said: "Life is life, Love and live, and Pray that you'll live to get back here someday". The time I had while in the company of friends and my loved one was so beautiful, I couldn't top it in the immediate future.

Not even the news of me flunking the CMSC 150 course I had been ranting about a couple of days ago could phase me and my happy mode. While I'm writing this, I'm in limbo -- I couldn't get any happier, and sad is not an option. I am in awe of the time I spent in PG, that I couldn't do justice by writing about it right away.

I just wish other people get the same privilege someday...

Chill...

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