an old photograph dropped off my book.
it was in my Purpose Driven Life which i have not touched since the last time we used it.
as you would know, that was long, long, long time ago.

that photo was taken probably 5 years ago during this period of time. i remember it was a few weeks before valentine's day and my class set up this photo booth which has interesting heart shapes decorate as a backdrop. it is a polaroid photo priced at $2. it seemed wasteful then to capture that moment with $2; but now, i am thankful we did it.

because then, i can remember i used to be 15 once. and was then, so hot.
first of all, i was so tanned because i was training for my footdrill competition that time. so with a dark complexion, of course i would look skinnier (it is true, friends). and i had such fuss-free hair then! i looked rather immaculate. and i thought my school uniform was quite preppy (i believe many would object to that) too.

i always think that i looked better last time.
you know, when you start thinking that, it means you are growing older. don't all your parents think that too? my mom used to tell me she looked prettier last time. and then when some time passes, she would think that she looked better the last time. and the last time and the last time. she never said she looked better NOW. i am really getting older, am i.

and it does not help that everyone around me seems to be as young as an egg. but you know, i am not lamenting about my age now; because then, many older bodies would come squeeze me to death with their wrinkles. i am merely reminiscing the time past and the changes i have gone through. all of which, is a beautiful memory.

i just want to immerse in that beauty and then continue moving forward in life. but just for this blog entry, let me just do so. my young, young past.