Surprise!

Today is my blockmate's birthday. Organized by Clari and his ate, they manage to pull off one fun surprise birthday party for Lance. This is actually no ordinary birthday. There's something special with his birthday.

It was actually the first time in a long long loooooooong time when all (well, most) of my blockmates were gathered in one having fun as one family. We kinda missed this feeling that a lot of my blockmates were actually there to show support and greet Lance for his birthday. A whole lot of people were there singing and laughing and just giving Lance some love for his birthday.

Recently, the block has been pretty much divided with their cliques and especially now that we (technically) are not a block anymore and we don't have classes together anymore, we spend less time as a block that we normally do. It is the first time, in such a long time, that I saw my blockmates goofing around just they way we used to.

Some blockmates just hanging out

This makes me think about the good old days where we used to hang out every break time waiting for our class to start. Either we stay in the Caf or in the CovCourts, we just find ways to goof around and not worry about academics. Now that we're pretty much older, we don't get to do that anymore. Staying to survive Ateneo has taken all our time and effort to have fun again.

But its in times like these where you get to realize how much you love your block and blockmates because you'd sacrifice your time from studying just to spend a few hours with your blockmates. It was the first time in a long time when I actually got to bond again with blockmates that I don't normally see in school. We just laughed around and made up for lost time and tried to spend as much time together because we really don't do this that often.

More pics with the birthday boy

I missed their presence so much. I've been hanging out with the freshies recently and its now I realized what I miss already... MY BLOCK. I missed our 2-hour break escapades as we would go out along Katipunan and eat wherever. I missed the times that we'd hang out at Manang's and talk about stuff.

Now, we're all serious because of school and other endeavors. Some have developed relationships, some focused on school so much, some had other org works, some had rehearsals. Its like we're living our lives as if we're working in the outside world already. I finally realized how much these people mean to me and how I missed hanging out with them. I missed us being a block again.

Cheers to you, Lance, for your birthday today. You made me realize that I still have another family to go to... BLOCK S 2012. I love everyone and missed you guys so much. :D Til next time!

Cheers,

Rye