Just about two days ago, I had a nice little conversasion with a good classmate of mine.
Me: Woe to those who are self-righteous for they have earned their “merit”. Woe to those who have lost their idealism for they are already dead and defeated. Let not the dead corrupt the living, and it’s an easy trap to fall into. Indeed, cynicism is the best weapon of evil, often veiled as realism. There are many good people in the world, and yes, bad people. This shouldn’t be the reason to be hopeless. Let not your minds be corrupted with this deadness. PRESERVE your idealsm — and even a small group of people can change society. 
Him: Bullshit. It won’t earn you MONEY, people! Get education and get a good business running. Shut the political thinking etc, the PRESIDENT and GLOBALIZATION won’t hear you.
Me: Puro ka pera, pare. Some people don’t actually live for it, believe it or not. No offense.
Him: ‘Wag mo suweldohan si Dr. Co and Atty. Bong. Do you think you would have learned what transcendentalism and Eminent Domain is?
Me: Hay, pare. Had you any idea what those professors are earning in UST compared to their counterparts in other universities… they have actually been offered higher salary abroad, only, they turned them down had they not been academicians. You misunderstood. Some people don’t live for money.
Him: You don’t live for it, it just makes your life worthwhile rather than computing for the formula to change the Philippines. Who will listen? Who? Wait and strike WHEN the iron is already hot.
Me: If at first an idea seems not credible, then there is no hope for it. Wala pang naihahain na solusyon, tinitira mo na agad na imposible.
Him: You will realize my point when you get to have your first born child in your own family.
Me: I understand that. You’re one of the best classmates I know, just don’t adhere to pessimism.
Him: I don’t adhere to pessimism. If I adhere to pessimism, then I wouldn’t be studying and hoping to be a successful lawyer in this impoverished country. It’s just not feasible to talk when you are only each other’s audience.
Me: No, not each other’s audience… I really meant to send that message to a select group of friends I know and trust. I know there’s a brand of cynicism going around the batch today, and knowing what (influential) professionals we’ll become someday, I don’t want my friends carrying that trash in mind when they work. It influences more people than you know. =C
Him: If you’re talking about [person], he was just drowned by emotions; he just got tired for a minute… nothing wrong with that. Jordan gets out of hand due to fatigue, but after a rest, he comes to his senses.
Me: It was all over his blog (pessimism, cynicism).
Him: Exactly. It’s our pathetic classmates who are one of the reasons why he wrote that on the night Ma’am Z and Ronna spoke and got humiliated by our EXCLUSIVE CLAIM of having thesis (in lieu of attending retreat). Listen and understand the details first before reacting people. We just shitted ourselves in the deans office by claiming sole ownership in the ENTIRE AB STUDENTRY of having thesis that’s why we can’t attend the retreat.
Me: Um, galit ka?
Him. No. I’m ashamed.
Me: Ok. Can I play defensive? Hehe. Sasama talaga dapat ako sa retreat, and I was poised to pay, until Friday when I learned that my members can’t attend due to thesis work. I decided not to come because those two can’t work without me. Not to brag, but I think I’m the glue that sticks both together. Hehe.
Him: Ok, taena ka. Akala ko sasama ka, ngayon ko lang nalaman, sa’yo pa nanggaling na di ka pala sasama. Hehe.
Me: Ako din eh, ngayon ko lang nalaman na di ako makakasama! Hehe! By the way, yung Tienchi na pinainom mo sa’ken nung Marriage class, ano ba ‘yun? SEDATIVE? Nakatulog ako!
Him: Inantok at nakatulog din ako gago.
Me: Eh nag OD ka kasi eh. Geh bro, tulog na’ko masakit na mata ko. Nite.
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