I am a Paulinian since Grade One. My parents enrolled me at St. Paul College of Pasig for three main reasons- it was near our house, it has high academic standards, and it was cheap. But after I graduate from being a grade school, I will be enrolled at Siena College Taytay. Why? Well because it’s cheaper, nearer our house and my dad could come home from Saudi. You see, we moved to Cainta. Since then, I have to wake up at 4:00 am in the morning. We miss our dad, and I guess it’s time for him to go back to the Philippines permanently. We’re not rich, rich enough to fill in the tuition fee in St. Paul. Siena is co-educational, so I could be trained to be with boys. I don’t wanna be shy on my first day in College, right?


Whatever school I’ll be enrolled to, I’ll still be a Paulinian by heart. I was already planning to visit very often, and go to our school fair next year. Don’t worry about me, I might change a bit, but I’m still Meg, the person you’ve known for years. I know it would be difficult for my part, because it’s very hard to move on. I loved St. Paul, and I will still love it. I have a lot of good memories left in every single building in the campus. I will miss my teachers, the people who molded me into the Meg you know in the present. I will also miss my friends, because they made my life happier and easier to live with. They made me smile when they see me frowning, made me laugh when I almost burst into tears and gave advisable advices when I feel lost.


Now, when I’ll be visiting them, I should now go to the High School building, since they’d be High School freshmen already. Too bad I wouldn’t be there to see my batch mates step up in the new building, the building which I was longing to come in, to step up. Too bad I’m not there to see each of them grow. Too bad I’m not there to experience new things as a High School Paulinian, with the necktie. It’s just so awful not to be with the people I grew with for ages. Now I just gave to cry in the videos and pictures we had, to cry on the songs we sang together. I didn’t plan to get close to anyone this year because I know it’ll be hard for us to say goodbye. But we did get close. I’m gonna miss this.

That’s why I said to myself that every single second left for me in St. Paul, should never be wasted. Because it’ll be a waste if time comes and goes without memories, without meaning. This is a bit funny, coz I’m like writing my last testament. But I didn’t laugh while typing, I was crying. It’s just too hard not to cry, because I’ll be leaving very soon. So now, I’m doing my best in everything and thanking everyone. Because I’ll be leaving VERY SOON.