The CSB Experience: Just Before Graduation (The Last Pictures of Benilde)

With only less of a day left before the big commencement, I decided to make the most of my last day as a student walking in the halls of De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde. From the moment I stepped into the school at noon to have lunch until leaving the premises a quarter before four, I spent every single minute reliving the moments that shaped my life for the four years that I stayed here.

I started by buying myself my last meal as a student from Chef's Station. To make it even memorable, I brought with me my camera to savor the moment. I even asked the CA guys doing their practicum there if they could pose together for me to take a picture (including the lovely pair from KOI).

I then went to SDA to also relive some moment there. Unfortunately, I didn't shot every floor though but I did manage to meet some very important people there. There was Chuck, Sir Zhan, Kim, and a few more others.

Shortly afterwards, I headed towards AKIC. It's been a while since I last stepped my foot there. First thing I did was checking out the ninth floor, take a picture of it then headed downstairs to go and see if Chef Delia is in the SHRIM office. She was, after-all, my only professor coming from the School of Hotel, Restaurant and Institution Management. Later I happened to get bumped into Bea who I haven't seen in a really long while since our frosh days as classmates in FILIP13. I took one more stop in the AKIC Caf where I happen to chance upon Mikko who is finally doing his practicum as one of the chefs of Chef's Station AKIC (lol redundancy).

I finally left Taft to go for my other commitment of that day, a job interview. Quite funny thinking that a lot has indeed changed since I started going to school and how often these changes will shape life studying on this side of Taft. Among the changes: A refurbished UM is no longer a smoker's haven, McDo-La Salle is finally getting that overdue facelift, that old parking besides Kenny Rogers is now home to Mang Inasal, Jollibee had a slight facelift from the inside. Along Vito Cruz, a condo building next to SDA is now half finished (to think that same property used to be a series of small internet cafes, eateries and mini-dormitories), the old building housing a printing shop, a grocery store, an inn and a few more establishments have been closed down by the owner while the building next to it became a condominium-slash-outdoor food court.

Hay, I can't imagine what will happen to me now that after tomorrow, I will lead life after Benilde.