our last day

*sigh* finally, it's our last day here in APFTI. i don't know whether to be happy or not. happy because our 120 hrs. writing practicum is over (all we need to accomplish is the manuscript and it will all be over), sad because we will terribly miss APFTI, or quezon city in general.

here are the things that ill miss in apfti.. Huhu...

1. our breakfasts every morning with tita marlyn, mam ester, sir mervin, tito jun, mam charisse...

2. kulitan with sir mervin..:D

3. discussion and brainstorming with sir vince..hehe...

4. the 'sosyalang' events...

5. lunch at kuya angeles' canteen...

6. laptop which i used throughout my days in apfti...(grabe! parang pilay na pagong kabagal pero utang ko naman sa kanya ang buong apfti life ko...hehe...)

7. our cubicle...

8. the freebies (food, souvenir items na binigay ni mam ester (thanks po!) and the internet to the max!!!haha!!!churi po!)

9. the warmth and kakulitan ng APFTI family...:D

well, more than the things that i'll miss and the memories i'll always keep with me (yuck, drama) of course, the most important things are the those i've learned. what matter are the things that i'll bring with me forward, rather than the things that will be left behind di 'ba... well, in that case, sobrang dami. what makes our stay here extra special are not the things that we learned regarding our fields but the ones na hindi namin maaaral if we had our practicum somewhere else. the advocacy, the exposure, the stories, the principles will all be kept in my mind. i may forget the tastes, texture, and colors of the products whose history i've learned, but their story will always be my inspiration para hindi tumawad (haha!!)... kidding aside, yeah, those stories will always inspire me.

also, this practicum made my views on writing different... because i'm used to writing fictions, it was quite different for me when asked to write stories about true people. i was pressured and honored at the same time. Sabi nga ng prof ko, 'you write not what you want to say, you write what your readers want to know.' sobrang applicable sa mga ginawa namin dito, lalo na sa monologues. una ko talagang kinonsider yung mga possible things that the readers, or audience of our works would want to know about the lives of these people we wrote about.

so now, here i am, looking at the clock, counting the minutes left before we leave.

APFTI...salamat!

- mafe