I await the arrival of my bebeh because she went out to City Beach earlier to meet up with her friend Stephanie. The way I felt when she left was less ordinary. I didn't want her to leave, but when does she ever get a chance to hangout with her friends. People think our commitment is over the edge. Whenever someone asks where Aivy is, it's not, "Where's your girlfriend?", it's more like, "Where is your wife?" I have no problem with the way people think, but I don't want to smother bebeh and think that I'm not giving her enough freedom. We are a couple that just loves do things together. Her friends are my friends, and my friends are her friends. But, about earlier, I watched her leave as she drove out of the parking spot and drove off. I miss her.
Chapter Three: The Rise
My involvement in Akbayan was more than I ever thought it would be. I was never late for a cabinet or general meeting. The Akbayan cabinet had the greatest chemistry. The organization consisted of socials, politicals, and a balance of both. This semester smoothed out greatly and our efforts from the beginning of the semester to the last day was near perfect. We involved all new members in events that kept that active, even after friendship games. Thinking back to this day, there was no faults in that cabinet. We communicated, we kept composure with any downfalls that came about. We had money in the account, the profits jumped into our pockets, and each meeting was a popular success. You would think that this cabinet could not be outdone by no one else. Well, that's what I believed. We had what every organization had that needs to survive. There was the cute guys, the sexy girls, the leaders, followers yearning for leadership, and responsibility that was beyond greatness. Although, there is always disadvantages to perfection. During that time, Akbayan cabinets lasted semesterly. You can already anticipate a downfall, but let's stick to this era.
I was taking a bunch of my prerequisites for computer science. I didn't see myself taking my education seriously because of my participation in the organization. There are regrets during this time of my life, but I can't really guarantee that I would take what I did back. I did everything that I wanted. This was my first semester living two blocks away from school, and loving it. I remember now; I took my American Studies class that semester. I met so many people from just one class. We studied a lot on the 3rd floor of the library. I would think I was one of the motivators when we were studying because I was constantly ask the others a particularly question that we would need to know for the midterm. So, during that time, my education was still an important part of my life. I was taking a lot of my general education classes. I didn't know that the mixture of ge and major classes should be made to balance out your grades. It makes one think that you should do seriously in your ge classes and poorly, yet average in your major. Balance out your classes.
Fall 1998 was interesting enough for me. I met a lot of cool freshmen. I met Jerry, Christigale, Armand, etc. They were specifically known as Markham Hall, I guess. The momentum of such freshmen made the school year very easy to bare with. I just remember my visits to Markham Hall was increasing greater and greater. Actually, I visited Jerry's dorm, over at Royce Hall, a couple of times to watch movies and ask him to burn me a copy of music. My friends over at Hoover Hall, second floor, were fading out of my life and I was moving on with new friendships that were involved with Akbayan. By this, I found out that my friendships happened to follow the semesters with Akbayan. Each cabinet that I was involved with was my new group of friends. My main friendships were with my AMS group, Leighton, and the dorm people. Although, these friendships weren't meant to last as long, but let's move on from that subject. Let's just say that I was still unhappy. I never had that group of people that I can just call and say, let's go out and kick it. I shrug and wonder if I'll ever be socially happy.
note: That semester was mindless and somewhat new.