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Clad in Blue Skirts No More
8/13/2017
August 7th, 2017: Women wearing white blouses tucked inside their navy blue skirts while sporting black high heels sprouted back on the streets of Taft Avenue. Yes, that day was the start of the school year for St. Scholastica's College and weird enough, I wasn't one of those women clad in blue skirts. I was wearing a pair of jeans and a simple shirt and instead of walking towards Leon Guinto, I stopped in front of Jollibee Vito Cruz to wait for a single van to carry me towards P. Campa street for another day of review classes. That's my new normal I guess but, as I watched the women clad in blue skirts, I couldn't help but feel nostalgic. Yes, I am still living around Taft area. I am still seated beside my college blockmates every single day and we still eat in the same restaurants but, we will never be required to wear the blue skirts and heels ever again. Why? Because, as weird as this may sound, we finally graduated.
It has been two months or so since my batchmates and I strutted our way up the stage of PICC to get our well-deserved diplomas thus, signifying the end of our college life. However, that day felt like one of the many graduation practices we had a week before. The only difference was that we were already wearing our togas and our faces are painted with makeup. And, in a snap of a finger, the ceremony was over. We graduated. But, it wasn't the same for me and my blockmates because after that graduation weekend was the beginning of our review classes for the CPA board exam.
Honestly, I really don't know why I am writing this. It has been two months since I graduated and two months since I began my review classes. I guess this post has been long overdue. Obsolete even. But, I guess I am writing this because I needed to stop. To rest. To think.
The past two or three months have gone by so quickly that I hadn't processed the fact that yes, I graduated. It may not be so different as compared to the others' journey as I am still technically a student. I am still surrounded by my college professors and college friends but there will never come a day that I will enter St. Scholastica's College as a student who is required to wear the signature blue skirt and high heels. I guess this is my opportunity to say adieu to the humble institution. Thank you for making me the woman that I am today. Thank you for letting me discover that I, too, can be a leader. Thank you for empowering me to speak up and fight. But, most of all, thank you for teaching me the value of Ora et Labora and that we must glorify God in all of the things we do.
That said, I will no longer bid you good luck in your endeavors because more or less, your life after college has already begun months ago. However, let me tell you to just trust the process. Have fun. Go with the flow and don't be frustrated. Our adult lives has just begun and sooner or later, we will be able to grab the goal we are aiming for and even the next.
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