hOw dO i wAnT tO bE rEmeMbErEd aFtEr gRaDuAtiOn???

Many people say that high school life is the best. I guess it's true. So far, from all I have experienced during my four years in UP, I have already experienced how to laugh, how to cry, how to have real friends, how to express my true self and most especially how to love.

I guess everybody really wants to be remembered by the people or by the school they have graduated right after they graduate in high school. Admit it. Who doesn't want to be remembered after graduation? I mean, whether they may be remembered as the black sheep of the batch or as the popular guy it is not really that important. But the most important thing is to leave some imprints or remembrance for the people to remember.

I'm not the type of girl who's really popular, nor am I the girl who is active in student affairs or whatsoever. I am also not the type of girl who is a nerd, nor the girl whom everyone considers as the silent or shy type. I am just a simple student. A student who finds happiness in every little thing she does. I am also the type of student who just like other students who talks loudly sometimes and laughs most of the time.

I know that with this description that I have, I don't think people will really remember me. I don't even think they will remember the things that I have done while I was still in high school. But despite that, I also think that I have already left some important imprints of myself and I have already touched the lives of other people in some ways. With that, I am already contented but there are still more things that I want the people to remember me.

First of all, I want the people to remember my name. (obviously!) Well, it may be funny but I want them to at least remember my name because I want them to remember who I am.

Secondly, I want the people to remember the things that I have done for them. I want the people to remember the things I have done for them because I also want to leave something about me which they will remember forever. Though I may not be an official adviser of anything or whatsoever but I want them to remember the advices in which I gave them and remember the things which I shared to them. In short, I want to let the people remember how I touched their lives even in little ways.

Next, I want the people to remember me as the person who usually composes songs for the batch. Composing is one of my hobbies. I compose songs usually for presentations and for requirements. I also compose songs for no particular reason or whatsoever. Sometimes when I compose songs, I see to it that people could relate to it and I also make sure that it could be easily sang by the people so that they could jam with me. I don't know if many people likes and appreciate my compositions but I hope they do. For me, the most important thing about a song is how you relate it to people and how it will touch them in any way. As a composer, that has also been my goal but I don't know yet if I have already achieved that goal.

Lastly, I want the people to remember me as their friend. The friend whom they usually ask for advices about love, the friend whom they lean on when they have problems. The friend whom they usually laugh with and the friend whom they love for who she truly is. For me, having a friend is important because they are the people whom you could share your true feelings and also your secrets. They are also the people whom you can truly trust. No man is an island and I believe that a person will grow more if he or she has a lot of friends.

Being remembered in high school is not really important. What's important is how you spent your high school days and how you touched other people's lives during that short span of time. I know many people don't agree with this but we are getting old. As we grow old, we will still be able to meet a lot of people a long the way. And as we grow older with time, I know many people will especially me will never ever forget their high school years.