Ghost

The radio plays the theme to the movie "Ghost", honestly I have trouble remembering the title of the song. It's just funny because that song brings back too many memories from my university days. The gift of friendships, the fun of being in university (including home works, projects, case studies, and exams!), the pains and stress put upon our shoulders being with a "well-known smart-ass" class, the joys and pains of young-adult love :) Surely, my very closest friends would pick it up why the song and the movie is meaningful... not to me, but to the circumstances brought by the movie and the song... the hurt I felt realizing that no matter how good you are or no matter how smart you are or no matter how loving you are, you'd still feel pain when it comes to the matters of the heart. Like the movie's title, I am sometimes haunted by the ghosts of my past... not that my past is bad, but the struggles I had to go through when I first fell (like really fell) in love. But just as I've said, they are just plain memories. It doesn't bring back hurts, pains, nor bitterness... I feel just joy and peace knowing that our past shaped our present... we can turn every experience to make us better or worse... it all depends on how we look at every situation we have been into. The song only brought back memories that I would love to dwell into every now and then, no regrets for being so naive because I learned to take care of myself , more than I should.

I still get in touch with my friends, we had a few reunions, and I remained best of friends with Gina, one jewel I got from those days. Some has left us, Anna and Rosanna (a.k.a. Osang) has passed away and they brought bits and pieces of pain in my heart with their passing away. All I can do now is look at our pictures together, think back of the precious moments we had from overnights, out-of-towns, and just plain fun in the corridors of our alma mater, playing Word Factory.