Starting today, I am officially done with my freshman year of college! But before that, I would like to take time to dedicate this post with one of my amazing Theresian friends. Her birthday was actually on April 7, but due to schoolwork I wasn’t able to make this for her :( So to make up for working on our POLISCI video project, I finally made this just for this great girl.
Heyyy girl whatcha doing?? I used the first line of the New Girl theme song as my icebreaker because I am on a state of writer’s block right now. But I am not letting it overtake my effort to make my “online birthday gift” for this wonderful friend and classmate that I’ve known since we wore the same yellow-pink-or-green uniform more than a decade ago. Now I’ve made the icebreaker…
I am dedicating this post to Mariae (@mariaethenight), one of the friends / classmates I’m grateful God has given me in my life. She is an accounting major by day and the biggest Lady Gaga fan at night. Her admiration for the Mother Monster inspired her now-classic hair (haha!) and for everyone to be beautiful in their way cause they were born this way. Back in high school, she was always the first one to crack a joke that would make IV-3 burst into laughter in addition to tease any one about their lovelife =)) Thanks to her soprano voice, everyone became more interested in singing. What more could you ask for with her beauty, brains, humor, and style? With all of these qualities in intact, you’ve just met one of the greatest people you’ll ever meet. Now let’s get to business:
Happy 18th birthday to one of the most gorgeous, smart, hilarious, and kindest girls I’ve ever known my entire life! >:D< I cannot get over the fact that we’re so old already </3 It seemed like yesterday when we wore the same yellow-pink-or-green uniform in Prep, and now we are college students legal to do anything we want :)) First and foremost, I would like to thank you for being a caring, brave, unselfish, and thoughful friend and classmate who made me live life to the fullest. I am so lucky to have someone who accepted my flaws and motivated me to be more confident of myself. Thank you also for all those teasing about X, Y, etc. because it truly became a part of my precious STC memories ;) I have to admit that I enjoyed it so much because it made me smile ear-to-ear all the time because I knew you and IV-3 wanted me to be happy all the time. You don’t want to see Candice sulking in a corner, right? :) Whenever you cheer for me or congratulate me for my achievement, it always makes me feel special knowing there is always someone who can be your biggest fan. Thank you also for our vanity moments :)) Whenever there’s a class reunion, I always make sure that I take photos and upload them on Facebook the next day because everyone especially you is anticipating for them. Even though we faced a lot of challenges, we never intended to break our friendship apart. Everyone is fortunate to have met you at least once in their life because you brought them joy and comfort especially when everything is not on the right track.
I really hope you’ll appreciate this post I’ve made even if it is a belated birthday gift to you. I am really sorry for giving you this late since I was jampacked the whole Holy Week :( But always remember that I never forgot your birthday. Oh wait, I almost forgot! Let me share my birthday wishes for you even though some of them can be so cliche:
- Study well, survive the limbo of accounting, and graduate college!
- Continue to inspire and bring happiness to hundreds of people
- Finally get the chance to meet Lady Gaga in concert
- Good health
- Success in life
- More blessings and power to you <3
This took me two hours to write this thanks to my writer’s block but I guess everything will pay off in the end! I hope to see you soon because I have lots of things to catch up with you. I miss your jokes, your girlfriend advice, your likes on my DPs, your constant nagging of me to upload our pictures on FB, and your operatic singing! I hope we get to see each other before the end of the world. Remember that a lot of people (including me) love you for who you are. When you’re in doubt, I’m a message or tweet away and I will help you out.
So there, I already made my “online birthday gift” to you like I promised. Once again, happy 18th birthday ☺
