the past and the present world.

The first day of this semester started today.  It was swell and I felt like I didn't have any break. 

I saw my blockmates again and can't help but compare them from my highschool friends whom I've seen once in a while during the sembreak.  My college peers are a lot different from my highschool friends.  They are more serious!  All they think about it school as if they don't have a life other than studying.  When we are on our breaks, all we do is talk about school.  When I was in highschool, we only talk about school about once a week and with no intense discussion about it.  "Kamusta exam?" might be the only word of school during highschool.  My highschool friends can be described in one phrase: "down to earth".  Their personalities are so varied and even though you can't really think of something to talk about, there is no awkwardness going on.  They are more fun to be with.  There is no "plastikan" with them because you've seen them in their worst.  In college, you can't help but fake a smile and fake interest in a chosen topic that is both irrelevant and useless.  I'm not saying I hate my college friends, they are responsible and their interest in studies exceeds a normal human being's.  They are also able to really help you out when you have problems regarding school.  But highschool friends are a lot cooler, although they can never help in Accounting.  They can, however, help you in your emotional rollercoaster and actually make you feel human.  They are more concerning and understanding about your well-being.

College is academic, highschool is personal.

That is, when it comes to people.  I would like to have my highschool friends in college.  College is a lot more fun because of the different activities and opportunities it imposes but hey, the people are snobs.

It might be because I spent four entire years with the same people during highschool.  We were all experiencing the exact same hardship highschool had to offer.  Being in school for nine straight hours with not much as an hour of a break, highschool people would really be of the best comfort.

I don't know.  I hope that in due time, before I graduate, I would be able to feel the same emotional attachment with my college peers.  I hope that we not only develop "office" relationship with each other, but also personal relationship.