How I Want To Be Remembered...

I know that I have a lot of mistakes in the past and I hope that people will forgive and accept me; after all, I think nobody wants to be remembered as the “bad guy in high school.” I want to be remembered in a way that people see the good side of me.

First, I want them to remember me as the guy who loves to make nonsense jokes. I want them to smile as they look back in the old days and remember that they used to laugh at my jokes not because it was a nice joke but because it was “corny” and nonsense. I would really like if they remember as the guy who sings in a different way because I have different style and a different tune in singing it. They may laugh at my way of singing but it is all right as long as I can put smiles to them as they remember me.

Second, it would be nice if they also remember me as the “soccer guy.” I admit that I am not good in playing basketball like most of the guys in the campus do, but I am quite good in soccer. I may not be the best soccer player but I always try my best to score for our team and have a nice game. I may be hot tempered at times, but I hope what they will remember in me is my passion in playing the game, my every fall and the way I run just to have a goal for the team.

As my batch mates would recall the days when we were younger, the times when we were in high school, they will remember me as one of the guys who always fall asleep during class hours. I would want them to laugh at the idea that I am sleeping safe and sound while the teacher is discussing a very difficult lesson and then, I only wake up when someone wakes me up to take up the test. I myself laugh at the thought that no matter how I rub my eyes and slightly slap my cheeks so that I cannot sleep, but still I fall asleep unintentionally. My girlfriend used to pinch me every moment she sees me sleeping during classes especially in our Practical Law class and during attending masses.

People may always remember my mistakes and the bad side of me, but I hope to find it in their hearts the right things that I have done and the good side of me. I hope that they will remember me as a tough guy with a heart. I hope that they will also appreciate the small things I have done. I hope they will remember me as me. I pray that they will remember RICHARD as a guy who wants to change for the better. I hope my friends will remember me this way (the good side of me) after so many years after finishing high school.