My friends and I are the types of people who rarely go out to beaches, swimming pools, or go out drinking, but we still are very close to each other.
We would try to plan outings and overnights but it never really came to fruition. It became yet another "drawing" outing. Drawing means something that's been planned but never realized.
But then we realized that we wanted to spend time to bond together while we were still having online classes because once we go back to face-to-face classes, we would not see each other very often, so we made sure to go out before that would happen.
One of our friends, who was back from Davao came home and wanted to spend time with us, he offered to buy food and booze.
We only planned this at night, at we wanted to go out tomorrow morning, so we did not have a lot of time to prepare. We did not have plans for food or the things we wanted to bring, we just went with it.
All of us planned to meet up at our local 711 at 8:30 AM, and while waiting for everyone, we decided we were going to buy meat to grill and condiments to use for the marinade and our sauce.
Our initial plan was to commute, but thankfully, one of our friends who drove a pickup truck came, he arrived at 10 AM (classic Filipino time), but still, we saved tons of money from our fare so that was all good.
Due to us not planning things out, we forgot to bring rice to complement our food, but thankfully one of our classmates was nearby and offered to cook us rice, so everything worked out great.
Myself, my friends Remnant and Jeyzl could not contain ourselves anymore, and jumped at the very cold water to cool down from all the heat that day, especially because we were at the back of the pickup.
My friends did not know how to make fire or "haling" as we call it here, so I was in charge of that station. And my friend Clint offered to grill the meat, he was the grill master at that time.
We then ate our food and talked about life. Some of them drank beers, while most of us did not. But still, we had an awesome time talking and just telling our future plans. Just goes to show that we don't need to consume alcohol to have a great time.
We all swam in the pool, and constantly sled from the water slides, and pretty much enjoyed our time out together.
The pool was deep enough for all of us, but my friend Keannu did not find it deep at all. While all of us were tip-toeing to stay afloat, he was just walking.
Some of them left early, but most of us stayed and made the most of our time together. We talked about how long this outing was due, and what things to do better next time.
We then talked about how much we missed being together just like in high school, and how we would not forget about each other when we grew up and have jobs and all that.
I even joked that they should always let me borrow money when they were rich and successful because my future looks dark and bleak lol.
While walking towards the bus terminal, we still joked about lots of things, ranted about school, and how we all wanted to go abroad when we had jobs because our country is notorious for underpaying professional workers all the time.
On the ride home, we were pretty drained. We rode a multicab and my friend Jeyzl was beside me and we talked about how his life was as a college student studying Bachelor of Science in Marine Transportation. The whole ride we talked, and I really enjoyed every single second of it.
As we grow up, we tend to talk about things that are more mature, and those stupid things we did in the past only remain as memories that we laugh at and think of from time to time.
Growing up is for sure a thing that we all must experience, it may be sad but it's a part of life.
Walking home, I was very thankful to have spent that day with every single one of them. They are the people that will for sure be there for me when I am down, and I will always be thankful for them.
It dawned on me that it might take a long time again to see their faces again, or I might not see them again at all, but I'm thankful that I have them as my friends. And I would not change that for anything in the world.
In the past, I thought that being alone was a good thing. And to some extent, it is, being independent and learning to be happy on your own is great. But it does not hurt to surround yourself with an amazing group of friends who will be there for you when you need it.
To each and every single one of my friends, I want you to know that I love you and I hope you guys achieve everything you want in your lives!
To more outings and no more drawings!
hahahhaha, very familiar with this term. Sometimes we will even joke about taking a bond paper and assign someone to color the "drawing". Glad you were finally able to spend some time with your friend and catch up on life!
hahahahahha that's something that we joke about as well! Yes, it was such a great time!
Sameeee, but maybe because at this stage of teenage, a budget can be a little bit of trouble (from my experience before, hehe) But, outings like what you guys did is really a fresh of mind especially during this pandemic. Hopefully, your bond will growww.
Yes, I agree. Budget is the one thing that we constantly argue about, that's why we always chip in for everything. Yeah, that outing truly was a relaxing moment, just not caring about anything in the world and just swimming and swimming, kinda like Nemo and Dory hahahha
No worries, for sure as you guys develop your careers, the gate for a lot of outings will open <33
Yes! And I wish the same for you and your friends as well!
Is so good to see that you all still keeping in touch with each others. This friendship is the most sincere and happy time we all been through.. Wishing you this friendship will last forever too . As we grow older and step into the society , year by year we'll noticed that our friend getting lesser and lesser. End up from group of friends left only 2-3 friend accompany😓 i surely miss those good old times
I really hope that our friendship would last long too, but I think I would not see them often once we reach adulthood. The true ones I guess will remain. Thank you for stopping by!
You're most welcome my friend 💓💓
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Beautiful bonding moments with people that matter. Finally drawing no more, the drawing book has now been colored🤣
Yes! Na coloran rajud and drawing hahahahaha
that is a great moment with your mates, that time will be the moment in the future that you will love each other
Yes, it really was a great time together! Thank you for reading my post!
wow very interesting story. I'm the first to comment on your post friends. I'm very surprised because you guys are still very close after growing up. High school is a time when we don't have a burden and just want to graduate quickly when we are still in school, but when we realize that after graduating, everyone wants to repeat the time in high school. because for me high school has a lot of impressions as well as you and your friends, hopefully you can still get a reunion on certain days so you don't break the friendship. I'm also surprised because you are very similar to Indonesian people but it turns out that you are teenagers who are growing up from the Philippines. very nice vacation spot.
I agree, I really want to relive those high school days when we never really cared about anything in the world. We just wanted to have some fun and create memories together. It was also that time when I met the best group of friends. Thank you for stopping by my post!
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Absolutely amazing time with the gang. I wish I did the same when I was younger, but I choose a different direction spending time playing at the arcade and gambling machines.
It truly was! That's still great! As long as it brought you happiness and joy!
With so many friends, it seems like a lot of fun
It really is!
It's better not to plan in advance para dili ma-"drawing". hahaha Glad to see you enjoy spending time with your friends. Your story is so relatable to every Filipino barkada. It made me miss going to reunion with my high school friends. I do see some of them from time to time, but it's still different when the whole bunch is together. :)
I agree, not planning things are much better hahaha. I hope you also spend time with them in the future!
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