FRESHMEN
I remember 5 years ago, I’ve read that infamous quote from our University Paper editor-in-chief that left me with both a struggling cry and inspiration that made me who I am today. He said “No matter how you try to fake it, no matter how you try to hide it, there’s always that something with those freshmen that gives everyone the impression that they are merely freshmen.”
To tell you the truth, that struck me for such a reason that I can not deny… I was once that freshman he was talking about. I’ve tried to fake it, I’ve tried to play it nice and cool like everything around me is just what it used to, like nothing was new and strange… but I knew it even before that everybody knows… I’m merely freshman. Playing it hard enough to keep everything cool but the tension was so hot… heck! Ya know what I mean – right?
But those days are gone now. I earned my degree, passed the National Board exams and now working in my so-called “dream job”. And whenever I see freshmen, those new faces in the face of the giant university here in a spinning city, I couldn’t help but smile with nostalgia as I remember the once was “me” in my lifetime. Their innocence they are trying to hide but in their eyes reflects the truth… they are merely freshmen.
They are always in groups like those bees you could picture in your brains that could never fly alone, like those ants that could never work alone. They play it hard (just like me) to impress the faceless crowd, trying to stand out… but everybody knows… and I know… they are merely freshmen.
So I sigh knowing that those bygone years were just so yesterday. I’ve built dreams and was able to make them tangible enough with my bare hands. I have been to abyss but was able to surmount the dungeon and was able to step again on the pedestal. I’ve learned and gain a lot of things which I thought, once were just meant to be just merely dreams. I know that my time belongs to yesterday now and now it is their time, but their faces, their laughters, their timid stares gives me that feeling that in a way or another I still belong with those freshmen… because I was once was. I was once one of them though in different time. But who knows about the time that could only come and go so swiftly for eternity… infinitely.
The edifice I used to go to worned out and was made new. The uniforms I used to wear I see them now worn by those innocents.
So I once again sigh and smile and wonder how long it has been since yesterday… when I was once a freshman… merely freshman.
To tell you the truth, that struck me for such a reason that I can not deny… I was once that freshman he was talking about. I’ve tried to fake it, I’ve tried to play it nice and cool like everything around me is just what it used to, like nothing was new and strange… but I knew it even before that everybody knows… I’m merely freshman. Playing it hard enough to keep everything cool but the tension was so hot… heck! Ya know what I mean – right?
But those days are gone now. I earned my degree, passed the National Board exams and now working in my so-called “dream job”. And whenever I see freshmen, those new faces in the face of the giant university here in a spinning city, I couldn’t help but smile with nostalgia as I remember the once was “me” in my lifetime. Their innocence they are trying to hide but in their eyes reflects the truth… they are merely freshmen.
They are always in groups like those bees you could picture in your brains that could never fly alone, like those ants that could never work alone. They play it hard (just like me) to impress the faceless crowd, trying to stand out… but everybody knows… and I know… they are merely freshmen.
So I sigh knowing that those bygone years were just so yesterday. I’ve built dreams and was able to make them tangible enough with my bare hands. I have been to abyss but was able to surmount the dungeon and was able to step again on the pedestal. I’ve learned and gain a lot of things which I thought, once were just meant to be just merely dreams. I know that my time belongs to yesterday now and now it is their time, but their faces, their laughters, their timid stares gives me that feeling that in a way or another I still belong with those freshmen… because I was once was. I was once one of them though in different time. But who knows about the time that could only come and go so swiftly for eternity… infinitely.
The edifice I used to go to worned out and was made new. The uniforms I used to wear I see them now worn by those innocents.
So I once again sigh and smile and wonder how long it has been since yesterday… when I was once a freshman… merely freshman.
