4am and smiling

earlier today i was late for some presentation skills workshop for that hsbc competition, with my head hurting, what with all the stuff i was doing hours before--

saying no to a towel-after-a-shower request being one of them.
earlier today too was my witnessing, for the last time, of an induction ceremony for the next set of officers of the org i truly love.

sentimental, yes (heck the ride home with gabe was full of sentimental takes of my future)
but sweet and swell nonetheless.

the world is a better place
with student trainers in it.


the workshop earlier that i was late for proves that.
the ceremony we were singing for proves that.
the not-so-innocent post-ceremony drunken sharing proves that.



one of those days that
i can look back to and say:
karl can smile and he can smile well.

just in case he forgets how to. which i doubt.
smiles. woohoo

heres to hoping judges like lance gokongwei and rajo laurel
will be nice to us (full list of whoa-y hsbc contest judges here)