first impressions

out of plain boredom, a day before the lingering exam, we all decided to give out first impressions for each and everyone. i am not the one who instigated such activity so i am not the perpetrator this time.

our class comprises of a myriad of personalities. i, on the other hand, am a bit on the reserved side. i guess, whenever i meet new people, i don’t divulge a lot of information about myself unless i know for sure that person can be trusted or not.

it is a no holds barred kind of thing. and i’m glad to say that i chose my words so as not to offend anyone. in short, nicer comments came out. see… i can be nice too! 

my classmates commented on how prim and proper i was… really? i don’t seem to notice. do i look like i went to boarding school or something?! hahaha! and since i am from a different department, i just joined their class for the training. on our very first day of training, i came in later than all of them. when i entered the room, they all thought i was lost or something. some even mimicked what i did the very first day when i entered the room! it was funny! 

but one of my classmates did something unexpected… one commented on thinking that one of our classmates was mentally retarded!

nung una talaga akala ko… yung parang… sabi ko sa sarili ko, may pagka-mongoloid ata ‘tong taong toh…

i could not believe my ears! everyone heard! i could not contain my laughter! good thing i was seated at the back row so they couldn’t see me laughing. i felt sorry for my classmate who got such first impression. but you see, if you got nothing nice to say, just don’t say it right? but then again, it was one’s first impression on that particular person… no holds barred remember? we really can’t blame them right?