Where I Belong

“Clique” refers to a small exclusive group of people. It is the same as the words “barkada” in Filipino language. It is composed of different people with different characteristics but were grouped together to form a family.

I think each of us belongs to a group with a certain name like me; I belong to different organizations in school. First on the list is with my bestfriends. We call ourselves “JuNoSh” (Juna, Novy, Shedz).the name of our group is the combinations of the first two letters of our name. JuNoSh was founded when we were still Second Years. Since then, it was known to our classmates.

After JuNoSh, another group was popular to our batch. Give way to the “Royal Family!” Sounds cool right? As the name says, we are a family in this coterie. Each member of this group has a role. The members of this group includes: Czarina (great grandmother); Gayle (grandmother); April Mae (mother); Nico Antonio (father); Byron and Jezza (children of Nico Antonio and April Mae); Grace, Jessa, Brent, Jann, Doanne and Ralph (children of April Mae with unknown father); Shydel, JP and Juna (Jessa’s step siblings); Ernestine (April Mae’s sister); Christille (Ernestine’s only daughter and JP’s wife); Yolike, Gabrielle, Olga and Ella (April Mae’s adopted daughters); Lorenz (Yolike’s husband); Albert , Janua, Danesa and Richard (neighbors of the family); Mariel (Albert’s second wife); Daisy (Mariel’s sister); Nico Martin (Mariel’s husband); Kimberly(Nico Antonio’s legal wife); Carla (Jezza’s only daughter); Aiko (mayordoma of the family); and yours truly (the one and only niece of April Mae with unknown parents). We are really like a family. It is good to have a family not just at home but also in school.

Aside from JuNoSh and the Royal Family, I still belong to a cool group. All the members of this group are girls. The funny thing is that , we call ourselves “SJB” or “Samahan ng mga Junior Boys”. I forgot how this started but I’m sure that I was one of the founders of it. The other members of this group include Shydel, Juna, Jezza, Jessa, AJ, Aiko, Ella, Jann, Grace, Doanne, Yolike and Razel. This group was popular to our batch because of its name and as well as the members of it. But now that we are Fourth Years, we decided to change “SJB” into “SSG” which means “Samahan ng mga Senior Girls”. So far, SJB is more known than SSG. Our favorite hang-out is an internet café’ where we can play an online game called Counter Strike. All I can say is that, all the members of this clique are “pasaway”. Isn’t it?

It’s fun to have a group of your own where you can laugh and enjoy life together. With them, you can share your secrets and ask advices for your problems. They will never leave you alone through sickness and in health. They are always there for you. I thank God for having them as my second family. I will always treasure them for the rest of my life. I bet I will really miss them when the time comes that we will drift apart from each other. But I know, despite the distance, we will be friends forever!