Remembering friends who went in and out of my life

October 29th, 2003 with 230 views

Friendster really is something. Today I found a long-lost grade school friend of mine through my friend’s Friendster page. *sigh* We only got to know each other when I was in sixth grade and she was in seventh grade. Both of us would be moving to new schools the following year–she to a coed school in Quezon City and me to CSR Makati. She was very hyper, funny, slightly rebellious, very outgoing girl. A lot of fun to be with. We wrote each other a few letters when the school year ended (I still have her letters with me) and then for some reason, we lost touch.

I instantly recognized her because she has a very unusual name, and aside from the really cool pair of glasses she now wears, she still looks the same. Her whole pop-culture-sucks and I-don’t-give-a-shit-about-what-people-think attitude doesn’t seem to have changed either. I bet If we went to the same school or kept in touch throughout high school, we’d have been really great friends. I sent her this really dorky message asking if she remembered me and if maybe we could hang out sometime. Even though I have this knack for recognizing the faces of people I haven’t seen in years, I never really know what to say to them. I mean, what do you say to a girl you haven’t seen or spoken to since the sixth or seventh grade?

After I sent her the message, I looked at her page again and kicked myself for being a stupid moron because I failed to see that she now lives in Mexico. Funny; I had no idea that she’s half-Mexican. No wonder her facial features stood out among all the other girls at school. Anyway, I felt a little sad after that. Even though we haven’t spoken in years, her being oceans away from the Philippines makes me feel like I’ve lost a really good friend. Among all the friends I have made and lost, it’s my friends from my grade school and childhood that I miss the most. I probably won’t feel this loneliness when I lose touch with my high school friends. There’s just something about the friends you made when you were a kid–they’re really, truly special. I think the innocence children possess make the bond they form with their friends stronger and more genuine than the friends they make when they grow older.

I miss my childhood. I miss my childhood friends. *sigh*

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3 Responses to “Remembering friends who went in and out of my life”

r0v!3 on October 29, 2003 07:23 pm
ur blogs is kinda sad, but i know how u feel. i travel a lot, and its kinda hard for me from places to another places, coz i gotta find another sets of friends, and missing my other friends, especially my friends back to philippines. well i hpe u guys get in touch to each other
nikkiana on October 29, 2003 08:25 pm
At least you’re finding folks you know on Friendster… I only have two folks on my friend’s list, and they’re people that signed up around the same time as me and we discussed joining friendster on AIM and such, I found two other people I knew from high school, but neither of them would approve me to add them to my friends list, nor join mine… Which is making me feel like high school again, because I’m somehow not cool enough to be associated with certain people even though I really do know them, and I know they know who I am, it’s not a question of them not recognizing me. Hard to build a network when the people who really do know you won’t even acknowledge your existance. Funny how if they saw me on the street they’d still come up and talk to me though.
angela on October 31, 2003 01:00 am
got ur link from new maria. ^_^ i know what u mean about finding long lost friends in friendster. i found my “big sister” back in high school, there too… i was a freshman and she was a senior and there was this sisterhood thing… anyway, i’m blabbing… sorry… hehe… nice site you got here by the way. take care!!!