Still on friends, I found this poem that I made years ago and reading back to what I wrote made me realize what an amazing life it is that I have. It is hard to believe how to complete strangers that happens to be in the same place, at the same time can become what the world calls them friends. I guess that's why they told us to be nice every time, right? Because you just might not know that the strangers sitting next to you might be your best friends later on.  Might be a little bit cliche here and there but it really made me realize how valuable are my once-a-stranger friends. Hope you guys enjoy them :)

That's What Friends For

Sometime we are alone.
wandering what will comes next,
but before we knew it,
the time just had past.


there's a story about a girl,
who had never had a friend.
then she start to talk to a star,
and began to cry because a lonely life.


from somewhere a nobody comes to her,




asking why she's so sad




they began to talk and chat,






without realize that time had past.










time had past,




moment by moment




they goes together,




flowing just like the feather.






when it came for saying good bye,


the girl cry again,


wondering why they have to go,


and be gone forever.


A friend doesn't need to be seen,
because they already in our heart.
if you cant saw them,
then just look at them in your heart.




because a friend is like a star,
sometimes you can see them,
and sometimes you can't.




But when you are sad,
that star will shine only for you.




and if you asked why,
they'll only said










"that's what a friend for" 

Thanks for reading,

Your friend,

ALJ

And So It Started With an End

I guess I have to make the story straight, and for that  let me begin by telling you the end...

I am changing the scene, going away from the place that I grew, developed and learned for the last four years. Why? Simply because I'm starting to feel like I am trap in a place, locked up in a dungeon to say the least. May be something like what Rapunzel feels in the tower: happy to be alive but then again sad to be stuck. Not to say that my school is bad, it's just that one feeling  that you have when you feel that there's something more out there. Cliche? Yes...

To be honest, moving school is a long term plan that I have been planning about ever since, say two years ago, but I don't regret not moving until now. This year has been a roller coaster ride. I've been doing things that is completely out of my mind. I'm doing things that I thought will be impossible. I've done lots of crazy things and the best part is my friends are right next to me when it all happen, taking part in each whatever madness we're about to do. My last year was amazing. Nothing more to add to that. It was simply...beautiful.

I have never actually say goodbye to my friends partly because I know this is not a final goodbye, but it is also because I don't want to say goodbye to them. Saying goodbye means forgetting and forgetting turns everything into memories, and sometime memories are lost with time. I don't want to forget about my friends and everything that we do. I don't want my friendship to become nothing but a memory. Because without them, my life would just be a blank piece of paper wanting to be colored. 

June 18, 2011. I began to read my year book comments and the Book. I was reading them in my car and that's when I stop and I cry. I cry because I realize that it all has end. I cry because I don't want all of this to be over. I cry simple because I've said goodbye. I know that that will not be the last time I met with my friends, but realizing that I've said goodbye and not knowing when will we meet again, saddens me. So I cried.

I guess the reason why I am writing this is to say a proper goodbye. 

"Oh clock, just stop for a second
I still see the kid inside the mirror
I'm all grown up, moving on
life feels short, it used to feel long
the flying birds, reminds me
that sometimes we have to go

Goodbye, don't change a thing
I promise, I'll be back someday
I'll miss you, please don't fade away
don't fade away."

-David Choi, Don't Fade Away

Dear friends,

Know that I'm not letting go of anything, of any memories or any friendship. Please know that it has been my greatest honor and privilege to be your friend, and I shall never forget about you and I shall forever be grateful for a friend like you to be in my life.

Till we meet again,

Hugs and kisses,

ALJ

A Beginning

They say when a chapter in our life close, another one is just waiting to start. And I guess mine start here.


I'm always unsure about where I am going, not to say that I do know where I am going now, but I'm taking chances. Finally going to do something. 

Things you should probably know about me: I am a dreamer at mind, a thinker at heart, a traveler at soul, and the least of all I am a writer. I always hope for something new to happen but there's no more time for that. I'm not sure if it is the right thing to do (I sure have not got over the goodbye part) but I guess I'm just going to enjoy the ride, taking in every precious moments along the way.

"I believe everything happens for a reason. People changes so that you learn to let go. Things go wrong so that you learn to appreciate them when they're right. You believe less so eventually you trust no one but yourself. And sometime good things fall apart so that better things can fall together"

Marilyn Monroe

I'm not sure where this is going but all I know, I am on my way to somewhere away from where I'm standing right now.

Let the journey begins...

smiles and cheers,

A.L.J