True friends are a thing of the past
The true test of friendship comes when it’s your turn to have your debut. Anyone who doesn’t show up without telling you is not your true friend. 
I mean, come on… Your friend obviously invested so much money in debut stuff and if you don’t even have the decency to tell her that you can’t make it…it’s unfair.
Gide was one of the most popular girls back in high school. She is actually some sort of a legend; (in)famous for the number of girlfriends she has acquired throughout her high school days. I don’t know any bisexual girl at school who has never gotten a crush on her (err..myself included). Grade school kids gave her chocolates and sandwiches. Freshmen would take stolen shots of her during the annual Intramurals. And yet…only fourteen seniors attended and four juniors attended her debut. Out of the twenty or so girls in her barkada, only six showed up. And I could tell that she didn’t know that the others weren’t coming because she said, “Wow..I can’t believe that you’re the only ones from the barkada who are here.”
See, that’s one of the reasons why I decided not to have a debut next year. I don’t think I wanna know which of my friends aren’t really true friends. It will just break my heart.
But in spite of my earlier misgivings though, I had a pretty good time at Gide’s debut. I wasn’t very close to the seniors who attended, but at least they didn’t ignore me or anything. It was weird though because I was very shy around them. Sometimes I can be really talkative to people but when I’m with people from school I just shut up.
Two good things happened tonight. First was when Jo Elize said that I lost weight. (I hope she wasn’t just flattering me.)
Second was when Nenok asked me what school I will be going to.
“Ateneo. You?”
“UST.” She made a face. “Congrats. I really wanted to go to Ateneo…”
I tried my best to look sympathetic but inwardly I was gloating. See, that’s what you get for shouting at me like a palengkera for not joining cheerleading practice, and treating many other people like crap. Justice has been served.
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[...] w up without telling you is not your true friend. [read more?] lauryn @ 11:45 am [...]
Er, I don’t understand. Are you bisexual? Because I’ve had an entirely different impression thus far!
I guess I used to be. I got attracted to a few girls, which is a fairly common occurance in all-girls schools here. But I’ve never been in a relationship with a girl or anything like that though.
Laur, I hear ya on the bisexual thingie. I mean, it’s fairly common in all-girls schools. And in all-boys, it’s also common to have LOTS…and I mean LOTS..(hehe…*coughLASALLEcough*) of gays in the school. It’s somewhat a psyhological thing, you’re deprived of the opposite sex so you naturally target the members of your own sex.
About the Ateneo thing…Go Laur! Hahahaha! I have friends (yeah, right), who didn’t pass ADMU…man, I was gloating inside (but you can’t really show that…). She’s like the biggest manipulator in the batch. UGH. She’s going to Miriam…Hehe. ADMU wouldn’t reconsider her. Buti nga. (Ooops. Pau, be a good girl.)
I’m sorry about your friend. I guess people just lose contact with each other. I hope no one will come at this ‘friend’ of mine’s debut…But I guess not, she’s a big manipulator. She whines and snivels until she gets her way. It’s like…do this…come to my party…or ELSE. UGH. Tee-hee…And I’m on her 18 candles list. Gah!
Lastly, I think Jason would love to laugh at the comment made by Bev. Tee-hee! =)
Lauryn, what’s a barkada? Is that tagalog for “group of friends”? And what is a debut? What happens at a debut?
From many years of reading Lauryn’s journal, I believe bakada can most easily be defined as your circle of friends, and a debut is like your ‘becoming of age’ party.
Barkada - close circle of friends. People whom you hang out with often..People whom you go out with to clubs, movies…Basically, a support group…Hehe.
Debut- somewhat a big deal here in the Philippines. A party when you turn 18. In the US, girls celebrate their Sweet 16th birthday, in the Philippines, when we turn 18.
Hey! i checked out you’re site (obviously!. about Gide’s debut, well, it was sad nga. Anyway, i wasn’t trying to flatter you with thw weight thingie. It’s true.. (lucky you!) About Nex, she had always been that way. kaya nga, I ignore here na lang. anyway, see you in Ateneo! meet muna tayo before orsem, ok? (i really think you should’ve stayed in pol sci… he he he!)