There’s nothing like going to a wedding to make you feel so…single

January 11th, 2003 with 162 views

I just arrived from my mom’s cousin’s wedding reception and it felt more like some sort of a reunion than a wedding reception to me. A lot of my relatives and neighbors from my old neighborhood–the one I grew up in–were there, and it was so strange how they all hardly recognized me. I think I have a very changeless face, and I wasn’t even wearing make-up. But I guess for them, I must’ve matured a lot, or changed or something. I mean, I said hi to one of my uncles and he obviously didn’t know who I was because he only said a polite hi back. But then he got a second look and he was like, “Lauren, is that you?” And once people realized that I was Lauren, the little kid who used to play outside and ride her bike a lot, they were all like, “Oh my gosh, ang laki-laki mo na! Very pretty! Are you in college already?” They kept saying how grown and pretty I was. I suppose I can still agree with the latter, but why do they keep saying how grown I am when I haven’t even grown an inch since I was ten years old?

The weirdest and probably most awkward part for me was when I ran into RJ’s parents. !!!!RJ!!!! My childhood friend and first, serious crush, and possibly my first M.U. (mutual understanding, which is when you both know that you like each other but don’t want to do anything about it) Ah, the early puberty days. Anyway, his parents were so surprised to see how (again) grown and pretty I have become. They were like, “Remember RJ?” and gave me these knowing, teasing smiles. Oh my gosh! I cannot believe that they know that I used to like their son! The horror! The humiliation! AHHHHH!!

It was so obvious that RJ’s parents were trying to set me up with him because his mom kept saying stuff like, “Remember the times when you used to go swimming together or take tutorials together and were partners in the Flores de Mayo parade? ” (view photo) Dead, decomposed things like that. And his dad said how tall RJ is, and how very good-looking he is (he is quite cute actually, from what I can remember), and that he’s the MVP in his school’s varsity basketball team, over and over again. Then they asked me what college I want to go to, and I was like, “Ateneo. I found out that I got in today.” And they said, “Really? That’s great! Congratulations. RJ wants to go to UST and study medicine, but I hope he can get into Ateneo too.” Uhhh…

I love that I can easily win parents over. Moms usually love me, for some reason. But why can’t it be the same with the guys?

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Still can’t get over how I got into Ateneo and so many others from my school didn’t. Among my school friends, I only told Angelica about getting accepted because she didn’t take the Ateneo College Entrance Test (ACET). (I got accepted on my first choice, Political Science). I didn’t tell anyone else cos I don’t want to sound like I’m bragging. Besides, I had forgotten to check Denilou and Marcris’ names. Not to be mean or anything, but they probably didn’t make it anyway. I mean, aside from myself, the only other girl I know who made it was our class salutatorian. Kriya didn’t even make it at all. Her, of all people! And although I saw Kapst’s and Patsy’s names, they were both only waitlisted. It was really surprising because the three of them get way better grades than I do, and Patsy and Kriya are on the Student Council and are very active at school. I guess grades aren’t a very good factor in determining what kind of university you’ll end up in. Whatever..I dunno what I did to make the admissions comittee at Ateneo like me, but I’m just glad I got into the school I really wanted. Congrats Tiff!

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11 Responses to “There’s nothing like going to a wedding to make you feel so…single”

BLOGGED ---at the-protagonist.net on January 11, 2003 08:15 pm
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sasha on January 11, 2003 09:59 pm
CONGRATS!!! hehehe. it’s weird, the people i thought would get into ateneo didn’t. I think they base entrace more on the acet and iq than on grades. I mean, a lot of people slack off in high school but are really intelligent.
Victor on January 12, 2003 09:20 am
congrats again lauryn! oh, some parents knowing you have a crush on their child, gee that is indeed very embarrassing…
Yoshi on January 12, 2003 10:32 am
LOL, I know how you feel about that. I’ve actually experienced it before when I went to my one of my ex crush’s home. Her parents kept smilling at me and treating me so diffrently from my other friends. I knew what was happening and I felt so awkward

Anyway, Congrats for gettin into Ateneo
kychie on January 12, 2003 12:51 pm
congrats lauren! i know you’ll get in!
pam on January 12, 2003 11:04 pm
Lauryn! Congrats sa ADMU results. Pasado rin me! And political science rin. Hehehe.
sara on January 13, 2003 04:23 am
yay, congratulations on getting your first choice

and thanks for explaning what “M.U.” is! my aunt mentioned that to me on the phone from the philippines, and i didn’t bother to ask, because i thought i would sound stupid. now it all make sense to me. haha.
diane on January 13, 2003 06:01 am
CONGRATULATIONS!!! that’s amazing, lauryn!!!
lauryn on January 13, 2003 08:03 pm
Thanks everyone.

Pam: That’s cool! I’ll be seeing you around campus then. Maybe we’ll even be blockmates.
dodo on January 14, 2003 12:05 pm
i thought you were gonna come to US.. maybe for master or ph.d?
BLOGGED ---at the-protagonist.net on April 3, 2004 08:19 am
[...] ple and Lara. I didn’t plan to invite him but I suddenly recalled that conversation with RJ’s parents a year ago. Well, since I didn’t feel like going to his house, I told my uncle’s maid to delive [...]