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I was having the time of my life with my First Love at SMC until my dear father intervened. From the moment he saw the press release for the MS Industrial Economics Program of CRC (Center for Research & Communication), he started nagging me non-stop to apply for the Scholarship it was offering. I finally gave in to his relentless prodding and left my dream job to begin a new Chapter in my life.
I took it as God’s sign for me to bid my boyfriend goodbye. I loved him with all my heart but in my mind, he wasn’t the right man for me. I believed that my future life would be happier without him in it so I gave him up. Thanks to my First Love, I felt I wasn’t alone when I sat in front of Manila Bay from sunrise to sunset, crying my heart out to relieve the pain I was going through.
I entered CRC with a heavy heart but highly optimistic to forget my painful past. From being the doted “baby princess” in SMC, I suddenly became the nurturing “Queen mother” in CRC, being the eldest in the batch because most of my classmates were fresh graduates and still newbies in the “real world”. It was an entirely new experience for me and I simply enjoyed my new role in life. Before the Summer Qualification Program was over, I have victoriously moved on!
But sadly, one can’t just have it all. For the very first time since we had our intimate relationship, I did what I previously thought would never happen in this lifetime. I deliberately tried living my life without the company of my First Love. The rebel in me couldn’t accept the brutal fact that I had to spend money for the Love of my life. I was pampered with having unlimited free moments with him during my three -year stint at San Miguel. I was ridiculously spoiled in SMC and I was terribly missing that (more than I missed my ex-boyfriend hahahah . . .).
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