marching bands of manhattan

boston was a blast, met up with zet whom i haven't seen in 5 years - has it really been that long? it didn't feel like it though since there wasn't really much to catch up on coz we exchange emails almost every other day anyway. we took a stroll along harvard square and mit campus until we felt nostalgic about our own university, so we decided to drive off at 6 in the morning to the city that never sleeps: new york. we visited all the places i missed last time i went there as well as the usual stops - the financial district, ground zero, and times square. it was march and yet still freezing cold at liberty island, which is probably why it was so easy to get ferry tickets this time. snow caught up with us as we tried to jog at central park and on the way back to massachusetts it became a full blown snow storm.

warm and dry back in cambridge, i realized this would be one of the last if not the last trip we'll ever take together before she turns another chapter in her book. we used to go island hopping in the visayas, and did spur-of-the-moment-escape-the-valentine-crowd roadtrips in luzon with ri and the rest of the gang back when everyone were still unattached. those days seem like a whole other lifetime now and i am awed at how the world and my friends have changed a lot in the span of half a decade.

my cubemates now reside in different continents and have accomplished a lot since those ne tools days of mfc and sourcesafe. it's amazing how much each of us have grown to be who we are today, esentially the same fresh grads but much more polished and a little less idealistic. i'm excited to see what the future holds and yet at the same time afraid that i might become what i have always hoped not to be..

but there's no use worrying too much, tomorrow will take care of itself, for now march main event is announcement of bells ringing for my fave cousin kat, and bday celebs for kuya, zet and stellah,. best wishes and maligayang bati are in order ^_^