EPS

Let me start this by saying that I didn't grew up like a normal kid like playing patintero on a full moon,playing in the rain and all the usual games a regular kid would play with their neighbors,why, simply because my mom has been so protective of us due to some circumstances in life. I remember seeing my supposed to be childhood friends playing but me and my sisters were busy collecting the leftover foods from our neighbors house so we could use that to feed the pigs we were taking care of to sustain our elementary education as my father's income is not enough to bring us to school; everytime I see them I feel jealous and wanting to have a better life right then and there. I started going out and kept on joining the youth in our place when I joined as a liturgical volunteer in our church, at that time I still feel so aloof and not really part of the group as they crack jokes that I can't even relate to, sing songs that i barely knew,they all acted as if they've known each other for ages( well i guess they really do). The journey was never easy,but I guess the only key for someone to accept you is just simply be yourself,by showing them who you really are and that the friendship you are offering is not temporary but rather it's like a lifetime commitment that you will always be each others backbone like how you are to your family. Not like the others who wants to wake up when September ends, I am the exact opposite coz this is the month that I get to spend it with this people I call "gat", "shunats","EPS","chunats" and "barkada",where age does not matter and social status is not even an issue.The month wherein we can drink not minding next day's hangover,where the streets is our stage and we can be as crazy as we all want to be. I will forever be thankful to this people I call friends,some may be related by blood but who cares to those who aren't coz I love them just the same related or not.

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