wash away my fantasies

Forgetfulness and Chinese Computer.

Nakakainis! Nasa mood na ako noong umaga... nakasulat na 'ko ng dalawang kanta (para sa English.) Arghh! Nakalimutan ko iyong tune! WAAAAAAAA!

Sigh. Babalik din iyon.... eventually. o.O

Sa kabilang dako naman.

I survived 7 and a half hours of my life on only a stinking piece of bread and spam. Damn.

Halimabawa ng isa sa mga araw na kinasusuklaman mo nang buo mong pagkatao ang Chinese computer. ***sa

I mean... record it third period. Tapos due na ang project by dismissal? Hello. Subukin kaya nilang mag-record ng boses nang di nagkakamali-mali. Lalu pa't kailangang sakto sa video.

Iyon tuloy. Di ako nakakain ng recess o lunch. Naman. Hilong-hilo na ako nang Science. Kuamakalam na noong ECA.

Pero fulfilling siya tuwing nakikita mong sumasakto naman ang mga dinu-dub mo. Hahaha.

BTW. HEROES!!! Season 3. AGHH!

when you're all messed up...

Why'd I play the fool
Go through ups and downs
Knowing all the time
You wouldn’t be around
Or maybe I liked the stress
'Cause I was young and restless
But that was long ago
I don’t wanna cry no more

No more pain
No more game 

No more games messing with my mind
No drama

No more drama in my life

No ones gonna make me hurt again

No more
No more in my life

...with the same energy. the same emotion. the same passion. the same power. 2001

when the rain is falling down and my heart is hurtin

you got a fast car but is it fast enough so you can fly away?

Crazy Day and Google's Browser

Once again, I've chosen to blog. o.O Here we go cramming!

I think last night was the latest I've ever slept the whole school year. Past four. Wow. Bakit? Kasi naaliw ako sa paggawa ng kalendaryo. o.O

Anyhow. Today was crazy. Krezeee.

My Filipino report was postponed. Haha! But it's so crazy that everything seems so contradictory. What's up with Tasyo?

(Perps, where are you? Get well!)

Apparently, I didn't sleep much. That's strange.

Only on one subject. And only on the video NOT the lecture. :|

Oh yeah. Also when I was finished with both the seatwork and the quiz. But that doesn't count.

Anyhow. Chinese Oral Test. Argh.
I flubbed. Bahala na. It seemed convincing naman e. :D

What with all the dance moves and ewan.

By the way. Them moves we practiced over lunch in AVR 1. Grr.

First of all, it's the avr closest to public access. Next, mr avr man won't let us close the curtains. So we were under the humiliation of Ms. Chua, Stacey, Chrispy and friends.

At least... may fans kami!

Sigh. Any song can get stuck in my head even if I don't want it. But now that I need that damn Chinese song, hindi gumana ang LSS powers. Grr.

Wow. That was inchoherent. o.O

In other news, from Internet Explorer 7... I've downloaded both IE8 and Google Chrome.

IE8 has got a lot of issues. It slows my computer down. Plus, it's so rectangular and boring. I miss the old shapes and color. They were more eye-friendly.

I think I've moved over to Google Chrome. It's really cool. I love it all.

The only thing that's missing is an RSS reader. But I don't even read RSS so it doesn't matter to me. Hahaha.

Oh and the other problem is that the Tabs bar is right on top. Thus it interferes with my Start bar which is also on the top of the screen. So I can't use it in full mode.

Chrome gives you the impressing the screen is big. Dunno why. I like it. hahaha.

Also, it's got the BEST bookmarks bar. You can have it with pictures only unlike IE8 or Safari.

It feels like my google toolbar only better.

Plus, the searching tool is way cool and way easy to understand compared to IE. :D

Oh yeah... did I mention the cool page you get whenever you open a new tab? It shows your most visited sites, bookmarks, etc.

Oops. Too much techie talk. Hehe.

GTG cram. o.O

now this is the actual drop... if you know what i mean

Mooncakes, Dr. Cheng and Galleria

Today was love. *dances like a weirdo*

I think I should stick my mental post-it here: you talk to yourself out loud too much. Lol. La lang. Sorry, I'm schiz. hehe.

Anyhow. Here I go:

I woke up. Got dressed. Left. Boy there was a jam over at Ortigas. Grabe. I chose to sleep rather than watch the non-moving cars. :|

I finally arrived at tutor. It was... as usual. Hehe. But one thing made it special: MOON CAKE!
She gave me two of them small ones. Yey!

I've been craving for that piece of Chinese love since August. Hahaha. I even asked my classmates when was the moonncakefestival so that I'd find out when I get my moon cake. :D

If there's something that makes me love being in Xavier... it's for introducing moon cakes. hehehe!

I left tutor. Song barely memorized. Ate lunch at home. Left.

I went to Medical City. Finally... a cure to my sickness. Haha.
So I read Catcher in the Rye while in line. I'm beginning to like the book. :D

So I went into the clinic. My dad suddenly popped him a question. "How's being a doctor?" And I learned a lot. First of all, it disproved my persistent mom: medicine isn't lucrative. LOL.
Anyhow. I learned a lot more to. He's really, really good at it. Hahaha. You need connections and money. You need patience. Doctors will use your worries to get more money: greedy people. It's hard to find doctor's you can really trust. (Garces came into mind) Et cetera.
His advice: you only have one life, so pick what will make you happy.

Aside from the college-consultation session, he diagnosed me as he always did.

We left there... finally.

Went to National. Saw some Xaverians. Finally scratched them materials off my list. Finally got Noli pt.2 :D

Went home. Got dressed. Went to Galleria.

This is the first time I've been to Galleria alone. The first time in a long time in fact. The last time was last summer... the last before that was when I was very young. o.O

As I stepped in, thought of the snake-man rumor went into my head. Yeee!

For a first-timer, I was pretty good. I only climbed one escalator and found gmask right away! Yeah! I had my iPod gmasked! Woohoo! It looks cool and it's now scratch free. Smile!

I also bought birthday gifts. That made my life really accomplished. At least if I made a mistake with the first bday gift, I have this one pa. I also bought krispykreme for the soiree.

I left Galleria. I almost walked to Podium. I finally found City and Land. Gahd!

And as for the rest of the soiree.... uhh. Mas mainam na hindi ko na ikwento. :D Hehehe. Nothing bad naman. Nothing that good either. haha.

And that is how my day was. :D

the rain's objective: drench in water. walk through flood. cause blackout. not suspend classes the next day.

The Rain and Some Realizations.

Yikes. The Rain. Sigh. Here's how it goes.

So I came from an FX meeting. And grrrr. Just grrr. It was raining like hell. Their was this stream rushing down to gate one. And I mean a real stream dammit. o.O

So I got into the car... all wet. My first thought: sana hindi nabasa ang mga laman ng bag ko. My second thought: oh shit. Why????

Anyhow. Jam in Ortigas. Grabe. And it was flooding too. I could almost feel it enter the L3. o.O That'd be freaky if it did. Not to mention stinky.

It was at this time, I was already composing a song. I had all the bits and stuff. If I only had a pen to write it down. o.O So now, it's gone.

So we drove along till we finally reached Mariposa. And my jaw dropped. The whole street: blackout. If it weren't for the headlights, the whole street would be like horrorville. Wahaha.

Anyhow. As expected, my house was also blackout. Our whole street was.

As expected, I was drenched once more. Fully... right after drying up. o.O I finally reached my house.

But the evening wasn't all bad. It made me realize stuff. I skipped some parts, so here it is:

When I came out of FX and saw how strong the rain was, I waited by the water fountain on the ground floor, hoping the rain would calm down a bit before I start running.

Then, this man, coming from gate one, went all the way to where I am and offered to bring me down there with his umbrella. Although I still got drenched (the umbrella wasn't effective), I really smiled. Talagang na-appreciate ko iyong kabaitan niya.
Nakakataba ng puso. Minsan lang ang mga may totoong hangaring magdulot ng kabutihan. I'm really grateful. I'll do that whenever I see someone in need. Promise. For his sake. :D

Anyhow.... fast forward: home. It was heaven... kahit walang ilaw.

I took a lovely shower. I ate sinigang <3!!! The lights went on. I thanked the Lord for the experience.

Sana lang tinuloy-tuloy pa ng langit ang pagbuhos ng ulan... kahit hanggang 9am man lang bukas. o.O

por accidens. por mi.

Unwell.

Sigh. I'm sick. Fever. Sore throat. Headache.

I dunnno how. I just got it while sleeping. I fell asleep watching TV. My mom woke me up in the middle of the night to change my clothes. My throat started hurting then.

Sana I get well. I don't wanna miss school. Mas malaking iyang sakit sa ulo. Sigh.

Anyhow... I'm on my bed. Buti na lang my mom has her mini-laptop. Wahaha. Listening to ehem music. Ang sad naman ng mga songs. Lawl.

I think I should release my overdue Hal Castro blogs. Sigh.

And then maybe start with desigining my--ehem--pies.

Anyhow. Watch this: http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/348357 Finding Emo. Haha.

buti na lang sa pesto creams... walang disgrasya. part 2

Food Accidents.

I think midnight snacks are unlucky na. o.O

Last Thurday, I went down to make a PBandJ sandwich. (huwaw. sosyal. jowk.) And it was good. YUM!

Pero when I was putting back the bread and the spreads, my hand hit the cabinet. o.O

It hurts. I can't write well. Wahaha.

Plus, there are red marks on my hand.

Sigh.

pambansang alagad ng sining para sa panitikan

Sleepy.

God. I must be sleepy ain't I? Not only was I woken up during class twice today (Mr. Lapena, please come back!)... something else happened. Just a few minutes ago.

I'm in the library right now. Hehehe.

Well, around 20 minutes ago I decided to read Noli.

Apparently, they turned all of the ACs off. :| So I settled on the coldest spot I could find. Correction. Coldest spot with a couch. That's right beside the Filipiniana.

With a dictionary (from the library. lol), I started reading. And you guessed it.

Funny. I was on the couch half lying down already. I wonder if anyone noticed. It seemed like no one passed by naman. The only other person in the area was reading and giggling with the Chinese comics. o.O

Anyhow. La lang.

Kailangang matulog nang maaga. But before that... kailangang basahin ang Noli... nang di nakakatulog. :| Wahahaha.

buti na lang sa pesto creams... walang disgrasya

Disgrasya

Que tonto! Hahahaha. At least natawa naman ako. tamad na akong mag-type... basahin ninyo na lang:

Luis: ang bobo bobo ko
Michael Lim: bkt bobo?
Luis: kasi
Luis: ganito
Luis: tinignan ko... may panggawa ng champorado..
Luis: so sabi ko gawa na lang ako
Luis: it's not the maggi kind ha. it's the other na nasa pouch
Luis: anyhow.... first i put it in a bowl and then i added hot water.
Luis: naghintay ng kaunti...
Luis: tsaka ko narealize... niluluto nga pala iyan
Luis: o.O
Michael Lim: :|
Luis: tapos... so sabi ko
Luis: naluluto siguro to sa microwave... so nilagay ko sa microwave
Luis: a while later umaapoy na ang loob
Luis: ang bobo-bobo ko
Luis: hahaha
Michael Lim: =))
Michael Lim: did u eat it?
Luis: syempre hindi
Luis: e hindi pa naluto e
Luis: :))
Luis: dagdag pa dyan.... i'm such a klutz
Luis: so sabi ko kuha na lang ako ng tinapay....
Luis: so while opening the container.. i knoced the kroutons tupperware and spilled all of it
Luis: halos di pa yon gamit... sayang
Luis: napawalis pa ako ng wala sa oras. :|
Luis: kaya to prevent anymore stupidity,
Michael Lim: :|
Luis: kumain na lang ako ng presto peanut butter creams
Michael Lim: :))
Michael Lim: kawawa k nmn

Lesson learned. :|

i'd mention all the numbers... but i forgot them all. basta i had 12's, 5's, 7's, 8's, 31's and 35's

Days with the Lord (syempre nakatago 'to from those unworthy. haha.)

Huwaw. What an experience. :D

Before anything, i'd like to quote my friend:

As you guys are well aware we aren't supposed to say anything about what happened during the Days right. But I would just like to write down everything that was going through my mind during The Weekend with Jess. So please, I trust you people well enough not to go around posting this and spoiling the fun for everyone else. So please, if you think of posting this, please don't. (Warning Long entry)

Alright.

So yeah. Thursday, the 28th of August.
I basically crammed shining my coin using the Glo I luckily bought. I crammed packing all my clothes. Crammer talaga. :| Since it was PTC day on Friday, hindi kami pinayahang mag-civilian. Sigh. Dagdag karga.

Basically, no feelings. Siguro kaunting pananabik habang nag-shi-shine ng coin. Syempre, proud akong napakakintab niya. Aside from those moments, wala. Blank.

Friday, the 9th of August.
Same old, same old. (I ate two bars of KitKat during recess.) I didn't help fix the classroom because (1) I was still being nosy and noisy, (2) i was still packing.

Anyhow, after lots of waiting--in hunger--I ate lunch with CJ and Kim at T-Boy. Syempre, we're such kids-at-heart, sinagot namin ung spot-the-difference na place mat nila. We couldn't find the last 2. :| While eating, CJ was giving out his advise na. Kaunting "spoilers." T-Boy basically made me broke. I only had a few more than ten pesos in my wallet.

So bumalik na kami nina Kim sa school. I bugged Perps a bit. Then we bugged Toshi. Then Perps wouldn't want to be bugged again. (Mr. Lapena deserves on half of the room. Dapat din mas marami siyang upuan.) We left an hour before dun-dun-dun.

So we went to the gs canteen. I changed and ran off into a corner so that no one would bug me whilst I polished my coin. Lumapit ako past 4, when as suspected, humingi silang lahat ng Glo. :|

Before 4:15, nothing. No emotions. Not really excited or scared or anything. Dunno why. Pareho kami ni Kim.

DOUBT THE FIRST

So iyon we lined up. Pinagalitan kami agad. Pinapasok ang first line. Ang lakas ng mga hiyaw. Habang pumapasok kami, saka lang nag-sink in. I got nervous. Really nervous. Noong nakapasok na ako, shit.

Natakot ako. I'm like.... fuck fuck fuck. When all that sank in, and I began to get tired, iba naman ang feeling. Nainis ako. I'm like fuck u fuck u fuck u. Anyhow, to rest my outstretched arms, I would make them lean on the grooves of the lecture hall walls when no one was nearby. (Iniisip ko rin kung anong klaseng pagtatakas ang pwede kong gawin... tutal memorize ko na ang lahat ng mga sikreto ng lecture hall. Hehehe.)

Anyhow, they made half our row do ten pushups. And because we didn't say thank you, ten more. (WTF would I thank you for giving me pain, master? was more like it, i thought.) Anyhow, nangawit ulit kami, but they sort of relieved us by shortening the wingspan.

And then we did more pushups. 20 raw for the whole row. By the tenth my arms started hurting. I have never felt my vein or muscle being strained. It was awfully painful. The annoying part is we forgot to thank them... again. 15 more! Pucha!

So there... Sindakan was over. We lined up again with their complicated system. And then we did a count off. I was friggin scared that I really memorized my number. (I dunno what it is na. But I think it's 12 or 11.) Then they made us walk heads down into the Louis Papilla Center.

And then there were people singing on the ramps. I swear I felt the presence of Marquis and Wesley. Lol. But yeah, I supposed they were our "dazers." Whatever that meant.

So there, we entered our room. Now peke lang pala iyon lahat. Everyone was nice na. :| So we surrendered our watches (their so watch-conscious they even covered the hall clocks with black trash bags. lol)

Okay. So first we went to the chapel a.k.a. Holy Daze Inn a.k.a HoDaI. On the way there we passed by KFC (Kitchen for Christ) with the scariest picture of Jesus I had ever seen.

So there. We were introduced. We were given nicknames. (with my dad giving out the strangest information. the only one i appreciated was the embarassing moment... everything else was kulang or untrue.) Somehow, I Kissed a Girl got stuck in my head. :|

We had a rest break. I think I was stil subconsciouly scared that by this time I still memorized my number and I was still facing down. Lol.

Back to the HoDai, Mr. Yu gave a talk on finding meaning in our lives. (all the while, Purpose from Avenue Q was ringing in my head--it's that little flame that lights a fire under your ass.) I didn't fall asleep here. Why? I was too paranoid about whatever and whoever.

After his talk was Mr. Pet. (Did I get his name right?) His talk was nice as well, he told us about his contrasting Mom and Dad. Sadly, I forgot the topic. :|

Anyhow, after both talks, we went to the Disco. Unlike most, I was not acquainted of the rumor of the dancing girls. In fact, I knew it meant discovery. Why? Blame the Days with the Lord book Fr. Mena wrote and left in the archives for me to read while in High One or Grade Seven. I knew we did pray there.

But what I didn't know that D'Boss Disco (Open 24 Hours) smelled really good. I didn't know that there was a table in the middle of the room with two candles. Not did I know there was a monstrance on it. (nor did I know what a montrance was till after the first encounter. apparently, i wasn't listening to the intro at the HoDaI. neither did i put it together to think that was a monstrance. i could be so stupid.)

Well. I knew about Jess already. (blame Allen for calling out to him in some of his blogs. i sort of figured out that Jess couldn't have been his physical best friend and had to be his personal nickname for Jesus. what I didn't know was that the name came from here.)

The experience opened my eyes a little bit more. But I never spoke while there... at least not on the first day.

We ate dinner at KFC. Fortunately, I didn't hear about the laxative rumors.
Either way, our class are like pigs. At the end of Days, I heard that we ate the most among the three batches.
Kim was a constant center of attention. ABU Sayyaf Shit Thingy daw.

Then we were made to sleep. Charles warned me that this was it. Na kukunin kami if we fell asleep kaya kailangan gising kami. So there I went. I laid down on my bed. Looking at the lights to distract myself from sleep. And then...

I was waken up. Damn. I'm bad at keeping awake. Why? Back to the story. I was awoken by someone with a harsh tone. (Jonathan told me later it took me a while. :| nothing new there) Then we went outside the room.

Fortunately, I was not informed about the rumor of shouting Praise the Lord, Alleluia! (Up till now, i crack up just thinking about someone shouting it.) So I was told to take off my top and they used it to blindfold me. Then we started walking:

He asked if I was sleepy. I answered yes. His voice was rough. I thought he was going to hurt me. Instead, he made me flap my right arm like a bird. o.O He asked again, thinking there still was a punishment, I used voice projection to blur my not-really-still-a-bit. Lol. Nagtaka na lang siya pero wala na siyang ginawa dahil we reached our destination.

Dahil halos memorize ko na ang EED. At dahil para akong paniki na may super powers. I knew we were in the canteen. The place was hollow e at nage-echo ang sound. I was made to sit down and someone interviewed me. He told me we were alone. But I felt a presence at the corner of the room. Walking. Coughing. Or maybe it was him from all the echoes?

Anyhow. There it went. I won't divulge what happened... basically it was a light talk. (all the while trying to conceal my fats. lol) But it made me realize how much I don't do for Jess. (gets ba?) Then, we made our BILs to be confirmed with shouting Basta Ikaw Lord!

I was given back my shirt to wear at nagpakilala ang aking interviewer. Galvin Ong. Salamat nang sobra! Talagang nalinawagan ako. He lead me to a bigger Disco on the second floor. It was pitch black and I was alone. When I entered, the sight was beautiful. I wish I had a camera.

I sat in front of the monstrance. Again, I didn't talk aloud. But I was talking in my head. Smiling, laughing ang whatnot dahil masaya ang usapan. May tatlo pang pumasok. Lumabas din sila. I was the last to leave.

Apparently, I was also the second to the last to enter the other room. Our staffers sang We've Only Just Begun in candlelight. Nakakasalang ng puso. :D Then, the interviewers were introduced. (I saw CY) Sadly, I was blind... wala akong salamin. We were then given Gonuts and Juice. :D BIL Night.

Back to room. I couldn't sleep what with all the sugar. Mykee showed me his rosary. And something inside me said... pray! So I did. While everyone was starting to sleep (I heard someone snoring), I was praying. I even prayed one whole decade in Tagalog. (I couldn't keep it up.) I fell asleep afterwards.

WEEP THE SECOND

Good morning sunshine! The earth says hello! o.O

I was freezing. Totally. But worst was we went into the Disco where it was colder. o.O (sa sobrang cranky--or as edric puts it, taray--ko, kinukutya ko na sa sarili ko na parang puro cle answers ang mga sinasabi nila.)

We left the room. Rest break. Breakfast. I LOVED THE HOT CHOCOLATE. Especially because it was HOT. It warmed me up and got rid of my colds. Thank you!

So there. We had a few more talks in the HoDaI and a few more visits to the Disco right after.

The first talk was on having a goal thanks to an alumnus whom I forgot. (i'm sorry. if it helps in identifying you, you just finished ur thiesis in your economics course at ateneo. you used to be in the basketball varsity. :D).

The second was from Arnie. He was probably the most convincing speaker... ever. I applaud him. He was both straight-to-the-point, witty, comic and learned. He told of the story of one of the candidates he was putting under BIL night. The kid amazed me... he was smart to keep a bad rep without hurting a fly. But his change also struck. This one was about taking off our masks.

The next is another alumnus (i'm sorry again.) as everyone is. He was holding back his tears but he sort of broke down. I was struck a lot by him. He read his mom's last letter and it made my eyes damp. (hindi pa watery) Affected ako.

Anyhow, after the Disco session (where I finally spoke). We were given the Confession of the Century. I chose the Atenean priest para bago naman. Nahihiya rin kasi ako sa mga Xavier priests.

Instead of following the normal routine, nagpakapasaway ako at indinrwoing ko ang aking mga kasalanan... symbolically ha hindi ung drowing talaga. So yun... the Fr. mananzan was very understanding. :D

BTW. I forgot to mention: we were showered with Spanish bread. Love. Hahahaha!
Also, Kim, Nathan, Mark and I played tug of war with my blanket. Saya sobra! Pero nang may nasaktan at nag-inarte (jowk! peace!), huminto na kami.

Hayun na... tinakot na kami. Sa board, inilagay: Project 3 ako. Yikes. I don't know where that is (malapit lang pala sa Cubao). Kasama ko si Kim, Dustin and Mark. o.O Paano kami nagkasama-sama? Ayoko.

Pero I was doubting this na. Kim told me CJ went to Project 3. But CJ told me he walked. AS far as I know, you cannot walk the whole way. Aside from that, I heard somone say they were just pseudonyms to parts of Xavier we have to walk blindfolded from.

But syempre, natakot pa rin ako. "Who knows Project 3? 2 or 4 man lang? Hello?!?!" "Hoy, para may pambayad tayo sa jeep, kakanta tayo ha." "Let's do the Crying Ladies technique." At kung anu-ano pa.

Si Kim nagpapatago ng 15 pesos na binigay ko na lang kay Mark. Si Kim, jumi-jingle ang paa. (Si Charles siguro nagsuksok ng bills sa damit niya. :| )

Sabi nila bawal ang medyas. Quick thinking kasi pinaglalaruan niya ang kanyang Old Spice deodorant na hindi pa niya nagagamit kasi mas gusto niya ang hard stick. (apparently, that came from the John Robert Powers talk from last year pa) He kept dabbing it on everyone a few hours ago. (kaya nag-amoy deodorant ang ulo ko habang nagco-confession)

Back to topic: I read the label ng deodorant. Anti-perspirant. At dahil walang nagdala ng foot powder. Naglagay ako sa aking paa. WAHAHAHAHAHAH! Pati rin si Mark nung nakita ako. Pero ikinahiya niya ako at nagtodo-deny nang makita ako ni Mr. Ang. Tawanan lahat. Pati ako. Pero tumawa sila all they want. Effective! The side that wasn't washed and dried (sa later portion) was still dry. :P

Anyhow. So yun. We got ready. We lined up. Tapos we went to a Special Classroom (the one we use for Chi Adv). Peke nga. Ngek. And then we went on the Way of the Cross. One more interactive and realistic.

I don't wanna go into much detail into it. But here are some stuff: Our feet were washed. (see foot deodorant) JCS was played. I noticed Wesley (halatang-halata talaga sa tayo kahit madilim). The fire was attractive. The mob was fantastic in shouting. The coin shining was wasted. (which I guess was the message on our part: to feel how it is to work hard on something only to be thrown away. or in the mababaw sense para maging true to the scripture na silver) One of the readers was amazing with his "purgation of emotions." Peace was lovely. The shadows were beautiful.

The activity was tiring. But it was worth it. I guess my favorite part was Mary's station. Not because of the aircon, but because the song was beautiful and the message was endearing.

So we went on to the Disco room with the Paschal candle this time. And we sang--albeit out of tune--beautifully. Deep in my heart I do believe we shall overcome. This moment was magic in my eyes. Priceless.

After this was Crow Bar night. Palancas. I thought Palanca means love like the Ilonggo Palangga (o see... i know ilonggo a bit from my maids. hehe) Mali pala ako. Anyhow... we went into a rearraged HoDaI. We were serenaded and we read the contents of our box. It was a beautiful moment almost everyone was in tears.

I read mine. Sabi nga, ung nasa envelope muna. I was teary-eyed (though it didn't drop... bakit ganito lagi? hanggang dito lang abot) when I read my dad's. It made me so so. omg. Sigh. Sota panira ng mood ung sa mom ko kasi it made me remember bad times pero siguro this is a reopener to what would happen mamaya. I got letters from people I didn't expect to get from and I was touched with what they said. My maids. My uncle from the States that I've never talked to. My two religious titas. My other uncle who's visiting. I had laughs with my "ate's." I enjoyed my "kuya's." (Apparently, kuya also went through it din---ateneo nga diba.) And I was deeply touched by my "sister's."

The first non-family I read was Paul's whose letter was placed right on top. I laughed the whole way through. Not because i wasn't affected by it... which I was. But because the letter was so Paul. I miss him na. I also read a lot of the other letters. Really heartfelt. Even from those I'm not that close with. :D Thank you so much!

That night was emotional. (though i felt i was missing palancas. which in fact, i found out, i was.) It was soo.... heartfelt. It made me realize the people in my life. How much they love me and what they mean to me.

So we had solo flight. I basically messed up their setup by moving the pillow and the movable banig to the other end of the room. :| I fixed it din no. That moment was very... ayoko nang pag-usapan.

Then solo way. GAHD! The cross was heavy. Lifting it off the shelf was like out of balance! Turning around was another story. And walking with it was even more. Annoying part was Kim didn't wanna switch sides so I had to bring it all back. (he tried carrying it but called for help kasi di kinaya) Syempre, dahil tinulungan ko siya I lacked time kaya rushed ang message ko sa cross. Edric kasi minamabilis ako. :| Peace!

Then, sleep.

TRUST THE THIRD

We were woken up by serenade. I think was the last to be awoken. :| But I heard their song in my dreams. I think I was drinking coffee in that dream habang may kumakanta. Gising was beautiful.

Disco ulit na kay lamig-lamig. Breakfast. Bath.

The next talk was from Harbo. He was part one of Brave, Loyal and Loving Hearts. His talk was very laid back and nice. I enjoyed a lot.

The next was from Rainier. I was way sleepy for the most of the start. But when he went on to the ending part, I was captivated. His story was beautiful and inspiring. As he was in tears reading his dad's letter, I was totally struck.

The Disco moment was really emotional. Everyone was crying. The talk really hit us all.

I finally figured out why I don't have tears. They go down my throat rather than my eyes. As such, no tears but my voice cracks bad. (Reminds me of the final show with Allen.)

I talked again. Voice all cracked. Really, really sad. (oh shoot. here i go again) I realized a whole lot during this event. A whole lot. It was the biggest truning point.

Quite sad that my seatmate Weston was NR. (if you know what i mean.) So there we were. After lunch, one more talk from Mr. Oliver. Beautiful speech.

Then, our last Disco. This moment was really beautiful for us. I sorely miss the Disco. I just wish I said more when I had the chance. :( Then we made our last ritual: we had our arms over Jess shouting Basta Ikaw Lord.

Then we wrote a letter to Jess. Then to our parents. God this was emotional for me. (and for the others too based on the tissue passed around the sniffs echoing out) This time, tears really fell. And it was intense for me. I'm not really a person who tells much about myself... but I just let it all out on this one. It was beautiful. It was emotional. It was sad.

Moving on. We had quite a feast for meriendacena. Yum! The staffers sang to us one last time then poured water all over Rector DJ :D. We then had one final talk. And off we went to the Mass.

It was really different. It was heart-warming to be with everyone. It was beautiful (how many times have i repeated that? archie costello. what a book.)

Pero tsk. Sponsor ko di dumating. Nagtaka-taka pa ako sa nag-proxy. Sana sinabi niya nang mas maaga (like during the entrance or at least sa communion) nang di ako nag-aalala. (Gahd! nakakahiya! I don't know the guy but he knows me and he did all this sponsor-work for me. Baka kilala ko. He's somewhere in there. Yikes.)

Finally. It was all over. It was a feautiful experience. I loved Days. But wait... there's more.

We made what could've been the class's best (and maybe only) attempt at a group hug. We said our goodbye's and thank-you's. We laughed together. We felt united. :D We walked in shying away, but we were about to exit better and stronger.

LIVE THE FOURTH

The exit was done one by one. And it was beautiful. Everyone was cheering us on. Mine felt wonderful. Something more than a graduation march. (I can finally take that out of my "greatest achievement" on guidance counselor sheets.)

Most of all, (although so corny and cheesy) it felt like the prodigal son running back to his father. My parents and Trisha were waiting for me at the end. It was beautiful. Really beautiful.

We had dinner at Amici's (food was GREAAAAAAT!) with the rest of my family. I feel so blessed to have them and see them. And I can't believe we were actually celebrating my days. Hehehe. But it truly is worth celebrating.

Days was priceless. It was life-changing. I'm proud.

(the CD was a let down though. it didn't have the good songs. we've only just begun (hearing it on acoustic guitar is better than the carpenter's), we shall overcome (god it's hard to find a decent version), the updates mass songs... and Most of all.. Day by Day, Shalom and Gising
Oh yeah... does anyone remember the song we sang for the staffers during the Mass?)

all i wanna do is BANG BANG BANG BANG and KKAAA CHING and take your money

Coke, Coins and other rambles

Coke is bad for your body. (and i mean Coca-Cola... not cocaine. although cocaine is bad too)

In an attempt to make my coin shiny, I left my five peso coin inside a mug of coke overnight. The next day, it was whiter than normal. Not shinier... whiter. Also, if you don't already know, the five-peso coin features five stars on Emilio Aguinaldo's shoulder. After leaving it in coke, it disappeared. :|

Coke = death. o.O How ironic. An old Coke ad for Sakto featured Emilio Aguinaldo drinking Coke.

Anyhow, I went to Mercury Drugs during dismissal. I checked if they had Glo... to shine my coin. Well, the pharmacist said they didn't. Damn. So I showed Kim rat poison called Dora the Rat Killer. Anyhow, when I put it back, I noticed something... TADA! GLO! Lol. Thank you, Mercury. Also, they gave me a shiny five-peso coin in exchange for a dull one. Yehey!

In other news, we lost a round of volleyball in today's intrams. We seemed to have the lead until we weren't able to return a ball. Then, Sanchez went crazy and started murdering us. :| By the way, Mrs.X came over and cheered. Hehe!

In more news, I evaded two punishments this week. I'm so good!

On the other hand, section c pulled off the worst music video for english. :| It's a good thing Mr. Legaspi really wasn't there.

Also making the rounds... someone ruined my day. But it's alright na. :D

DAYS NA BUKAS! =o

i could wait all night and day to go to a party sit down and wait

Dulaang Panradyo and Report Card

Okay. I am very satisified. WOOOOHOOOOOOOO!
Where was I? Oh yeah.

Before I go introduce the results, lem'me start with the worrying. :|

Okay. Dulaang Panradyo.
We never, ever had one real and straight practice. Not a single damn practice. Our prod was seemingly hopeless. The script was still empty. And most of all, I kept screwing up (which would usually end with me exclaiming p--)

Just when I was writing the script... I'm like. Damn. It's soo.... empty. o.O But I take pride that I successfully wrote out the narrator. (Don't you just hate them?) Lol.

In the most unfortunate twist of events, Direk Julian came down with a fever the night before. Gahd. How crazy was that? So it was just all nuts the night before.

On our final practices. I still kept screwing up. We still kept stopping to point out what sounds effects came next. Ms Cuevas's comments were along the lines of "pwede na" and "uhh." Classmates' reviews weren't as favorable as well--or maybe it's just me.

So the moment came. We were preparing for the event during lunch. What I planned as a small practice in the AVR turned into a no-practice-at-all in the MPH. However, we did clarify some stuff. o.O

By the way, I played the DJ who introduced the judges and the scoring system. I kept making mistakes as though I were being warned. Anyhow, the moments that led on to the event seemed to pass by with me either worrying, criticizing or going nuts.

So there it was. I was shaking the whole way. I couldn't hold the script with only one hand... I shook too much that I couldn't read. I made a mistake somewhere in the start. Bulol. What most alarmed me was that I felt my accent--rather my voice--was really inconsistent. I kept hearing some weird sounds from the audience. I dunno if it was laughter, mockery or something. Or maybe it was just me.

I was happy with my non-main roles. I enjoyed doing Bunso. It was fun. And I'm glad I was able to say the dialogue between him and the main straight. I usually made mistakes. Wahaha. I love bunso.

Anyhow, the ending went all... bad. I missed a line which cause TJ to skip over. He uttered his last line too early which led to blank lines for me. The bottle of coke didn't break too. Damn.

Overall though, when it was done, I felt relieved. I guess we made a "pwede na" performance. Nothing I would keep the radio on for myself... but it was good. I felt relieved. I think I gave an 'okay na' performance as well.

I missed most of the next section's play since I went out to get a drink. I dunno if it was jsut me because I missed most of it... but I thought it was awkward. What with the gangstah topic. I'm like... in the Philippines? Anyhow.

After them was awesome. Totally. I applaud them! Great job, baboy! Congratulations, Adrian: you totally stepped up from the practice the night before. Baboy, babaeng-babae ka talaga!

Anyhow, after some awkward intermission numbers, time came. I felt nervous... I dunno why.

So there... it was overwhelming to win Best Cast. I didn't expect much, but wow. Ang'galing ni'yo, TJ, Jan and Ezra. It's worth it being batch enemy. We upfront were quite overjoyed amidst the jeers of the crows. Haha! And third place too. Again... unexpected. Hahaha.

Wow.

Congrats to all the winners. You too, CJ. Grabe ka... I was looking at you when they said your name. Sobra-sobra ang tuwa mo. Hahaha. Congrats!

What quite made me laugh the day after. As in today. I was taking some stuff out of my locker when Mr. Gabriana passed by. Then he said something along the lines of, "You're a really good actor. You should join Stage FX." Natuwa ako sa first line... syempre sino ba naman ang hindi. Natawa naman ako sa second line. "I already am."

And then, another comment from a batch mate while in Ash Creek. :D

What next? Right.

If you haven't read my previous blogs... I've been quite worried these past few days because of... well... my underwhelming scores. o.O Most of all for Social Science what with the line of eight QT and low quizzes.

Anyhow... the week passed by so fast I barely bugged about report card day. It only fully came on to me this morning. o.O Gahd.

Surprisingly and thankfully. I STILL HAVE HONORS! Yeah! Thank you, Lord. Thank you. You have no idea what it means to me to still be in the honor role. Lol. But wait... you do. :|

Filipino: 96 (grr qts. sayang to!)
English: 94
Mathematics: 93
Chinese: 92
Science: 91
Christian Life Education: 90
Social Science: 89

I got V's for everything including Advisory. (Hey! I sing naman everyday a! I also try my best to take an active part in the class, diba?) The only exceptions are Soc Sci conduct and Filipino effort, on which I got O's.

Anyhow, I have to commit myself more. All my grades are on the lower 90's. I even have one line of 8. I really need to work on those. I want to try for first honors again. Nothing lower than 91. Basically... two subjects. Hehe.

In other news. WELL DONE, LUIS! *pats self on the back* You survived... mostly. Good job!

(wow... that was long. and so english-y)

someone's being consistent in ruining my day.

FX Night, QT, Balikbayans and Radio Play

Wow. It's been a really long time since I last blogged. :| (Castro has suffered too. Hihi.) I guess this one will be filled with rambles.

I've finished a couple more movies. I'll write about them once I have the time to actually remember them. Lol.

It seems I haven't blogged about FX Night. Can I just say it was really fun and get it over with? I can't can I. LOL. It was fun, although I was sleepy for the most part.

I've been drinking semi-black coffee. (which means the coffee had both sugar and cream but still tastes like the not-3-in-1-coffee I've been drinking every recess.) On my last cup though, CJ taught me how. Finally, it had taste. Yikes baka di na ako tumangkad. :|

I kept running around like a lunatic. Not my fault. The EED just creeps me out. Whenever I'm alone in a closed hall, I start running halfway through. Really, I feel the presence of a... Brrr.

We watched Cats. It's really bizaare. I'm wondering how that lasted so long on Broadway. The only song that seemed solid was Memory.

Singing in the shower. LOL. To a whole new level!

Thanks, Pika for the cam lessons! I need more though.

Is there anything else? Nah. I guess CJ already spoiled everyone about everything that happened sans all the R-rated stuff. :D (joking.)

Where was I? Okay. QT Scores. Yikes. They make me nervous. Especially that I have two line of 8s. That's like a first since a very long time. All I'm aiming for is second honors. I hope I get it, but Soc Sci just freaks me out. Here they are:
CLE - 94.92% (90 in the card)
English - 94%
Filipino - 92% (kakainis. if this was perfect, everything would've been perfect)
Math - 92%
Science - 89%
SocSci - 88% (funny, i made it into the top 10.)
Chinese - Laoshi says the lowest is the card is an 88 so I'm safe for honors kahit na I failed MT2 miserably.

What else? I need to start going on a diet. Starting on Wednesday. I've eaten too much.
Why? Relatives from the States came over this week. I remember eating: Kare-kare, Gloria Maris, Pandesal, Cake, Albergoo's, Cafe Breton, Jollibee, Dencio's and a whole lot more. Puke.

Radio Play was successful. Ms. Cuevas comments I was great. Lol. It's not that bad after all.
Now, I'm worried for the contest. The script (which I wrote) lacks the drama I need (which my play had). It might not do so well. :(( And we haven't PRACTICED!

I've taken soooo much pictures because of the States people. Can't wait to post them. The twins are so much fun! I can't wait till the babies are that age! I wish I had children. (?!) LOL.
By the way, Robin's sooo cute! He keeps calling me. And hindi pa rin nawala ang paghabol niya sa akin. (Except that he likes his yaya--technically mine first--more. :|) Every time he sees me, he's like: WEEEE! WEEEE! (That's Louie without the Lou. Yeah, that's what everybody at home calls me. Louie.)

I need to Gmask my iPod and my cellphone. That's around 1,400 + 900. I have to save 2,500 for my funds. :D Is there still one in Shang?

I've become addicted to this emoticon: :| Thanks Michael Lim.

Did I mention FX is going.... nowhere. C'mon people! We need the adrenaline

Is that it? I know I've missed a lot of stuff. Oh well. :|

fire and dust

QT, Schoolwork and Resolutions

Okay. Here we go. One about the QTs. Quite funny.

SOC SCI: Not as hard as I was expecting it to be. But it still was quite hard. Basically, I think I did well enough. Hehe. it had so much trick questions. But what I likd about it is it had clues. One question can help you answer another. Lol.

SCIENCE: Again, not that hard. but still hard. I hope I did better. I usually do bad in Science.

ENGLISH: I was very, very satisfied with English. I loved my essay. It made me really proud. Wahaha. And most of it didn't seem that hard. Hehehe. I hope I'm right.

CLE: God. It was sooooo long. My arm stiffened right after it. I kept writing and writing and writing. All the long sentences. :| My hand was tired. I was unsure of some of them, but I think I did well.

FILIPINO: It didn't seem that hard. I guess I was wrong... Nooooo. Anyhow, I'm hoping I did well. :| Siguro pampatas lang to sa mga matataas kong scores. Waaaa/

MATH: It was quite easy. Or maybe it was a trick. (The math department usually does that) Hehehe. I also loved my lat part. The sort of proving thing. Hehehe. I hope I didn't make it too much. Wahahaha.

Anyhow...I still need to do some sh*t. Waaaa. Chinese computer. Aaagh!

And by the way... the Filipino radio play turned out well... enough.
So here's my say. I still believe my story is better read than acted out. But the script turned out fine even if it was, well, disagreed upon at first. Of course, I'm the only one who can see things the way I do... LOL.

So we did it in Charles house, with me late. Lol. Starting at 3, we ended at 10. :| Dinner and breaks included. Lol. (By the way, I took pics of Charles' bathroom... you should see how OC he is. Also, I've been seeing a growing trend in Tsinoy houses. Hmmm.)

Back to the story... We start off quite ugh. And then we build it up slowly. Then, we take take the punch and it's a good hit. But then, we end on the worst note, literally. If you want to listen to it, here it is: http://dewe52.multiply.com/music/item/76/Madilim_na_Liwayway
I find it a notch above pwede na. Lol.

In other news...
Since I'm starting a new quarter, I want to change my ways. Change my bad habits. This, I am making my New Quarter Resolutions. (wow, that sounds like sh*t)

1. I will sleep earlier... ibig sabihin:
2. I will start work earlier... ibig sabihin:
3. I will stop procrastinating. I will stop getting distracted
4. I will cook more of my own food. (this should be delicious)
5. I will not miss my evening rituals
6. I will not miss breakfast
7. I will improve my posture
8. I will exercise more
9. I will stop eating unhealty sh*t
10. I will drink more water
11. I will religiously learn Spanish (with the help of my new book... which needs wrapping. hehe)

Phew. basically, that's most of my New Year's resolutions. I guess, I just needed to restate them, I guess. Lol. I've been keeping off-track.

Here I go... second quarter. BTW. please give my high QT results. :|

oevenideladespedirme

Departure

After passing four pesos of load, Paul left the Philippines. Alas singko ng hapon. (Coincidence. Halos ganoon din ang oras ng aking kwento.)

That was quite sad. Syempre, hindi ko pa iyon iniisip noong oras na iyon. Abalang-abala kasi sa dulaang panradyo e.

Noong patapos na kami, saka lang pumasok sa ulo ko. Bakit? Napakalungkot ng huling kanta sa dula namin. Nilapatan ko pa ito ng kantang Adios.

Ang lungkot nga naman. Emo.

Totoo nga ang salawikain. Kaya mas malungkot ngayon kaysa sa noon.

Sana mas mabuti ang idinulot nito.

....

Nakakatawang isipin. Sinabi ni paul na kailangang kaibiganin ko ang kaibigan niya roon para pag namatay siya, mas magsasabi sa akin. :|

they all come to an end.

Movies.

Okay, I apparently have the time to watch more of them. There's only around 3 movies left for me to watch. Wahaha.

Anak. It was beautiful film. There were times I felt Vilma's rage was too much. But then there are more times when it was ang galing. I hated Claudine soooo bad, meaning she was really good. Wahahaha. The message was heartfelt too. I especially liked the moment the bunso gave Vilma a frog. Sabi ng teacher ko, pag pinapagalitan ka ng magulang mo, ibig sabihin mahal ka niya. Galit na galit ka sa akin kaya ibig sabihin mahal mon pa rin ako. Kaya ako masaya (Okay that wasnt exact. My wording was ugh. But ang ganda ng pagkakagawa.) The story was beautiful but I just wish the ending was more happy. haha!

Tanging Yaman. I wanted to continue the Filipino family thing, so I watched this after. This movie was in ways great, in ways not. Acting was inconsistent. When they're in the moment, they're really good, when they're not, they're gone. But praise for Edu Manzano and Johnny Delgado... they kept the same the whole way through. As I was sayinng.... pwede-pwede.

The Last King of Scotland. This one, though quite sad, was a really good film. Congrats on the awards. Nuff said.

Titanic. Okay. I get annoyed every time leonardo dicaprio would end with sentence with Rose. Kate Winslet isn't all that beauty. The fiance's looks are too scary. Why did the lights go off only by the end? How is it she alive and kicking at 101 years?
But this film I watched straight. I guess the really, really, really strong story just kept me captured. Really beautiful.

V for Vendetta. This was quite a good film. Very inspiring. (Hala. Anarchist na raw ako.) I enjoyed it a lot. Wahaha.

Zodiac. I haven't been as satisfied with a movie not seen in a cinema since Little Miss Sunshine--more than a month ago I think. It was AWESOME. It deserves its high critics ratings. I just wonder why no Academy nods. All the actors were convincing. The story kept me absolutely hooked. It kept me wondering, made me think. It ended on a light note.
Grabe, when he entered the cinema owner's house. Natakot talaga ako. I kept pausing the movie. I was really scared. And the hooded Zodiac still haunts me. Wahahha. I think I enjoyed this one a few bit more over Juno. (Woah... is that possible?) Bravo.

you never know what you have till it's gone

Paul's Despedida and First Real Jeep Ride

You know what, I have three possible moodies for this day. But I chose happy. Yeah, I chose happy.

Anyhow, since Paul is leaving tomorrow--I mean, later today--gumimik kami sa prome. Kinda short-notice. We planned it, then cancelled. Then back again the day before. Wahaha.

So let's start from school. Coming from QT's some problems before taking off. The meeting with Mr. Legs, which I skipped after much waiting. Hehe. Sori.

And then our problems with the seventh grade workroom. First, Ms. A wasn't there and the door was locked. Then, she arrived but she didn't have a key, which was with Ms. Fainsan. Then, Ms. fainsanw as still giving a speech. Anyhow... we finnaly got our stuff. :|

I'd like to express my disappointments. but nevermind. I think I got it out already...

So there, we went to Prome na. :D

Anyhow, we ate at Via Mare. Adobo Flakes. <3. (But sweet Gerry's has better) Bibingka too!

While waiting for the food, I made my errands. Bought stuff I didn't eventually use (Stacey!!) at National. And I boughat card too. Hehe! Then, I went to Fully Booked and bought the Berlitz Essental Spanish book. Finally! I love it. Hehe.

So yeah... back to Via Mare. Funny conversations. lol.

So Starbucks next. Hindi gumana si Fri. (Binasa ba namang Fry?) Next time, Sail na nga lang. "Coffee for sail!"
Anyhow, pictorial to the max. LOL! Iyon nga lang, lowbatt ang cam ko. :|
Ran and Germs went to Time Zone :| habang nagkwekwentuhan kami nina CJ and Paul.

Sadly, our time ended. Goodbye on the road with a hug and a card. I gave a gift din... but I was thinking of myself when I bought it. Wahaha!

So here's the worst part of the day...I guess.

We went looking for a taxi and ended up all the way in Unimart. Because we couldn't find one, Ran called his tito. (No offense but gee, can't you have done that earlier?)

Anyhow, it was getting too late and I feared for my life and my stuff, so we had to leave him there. Sinamahan na lang siya ni Geremy while CJ and I took a jeep. Guilt anyone?

The jeep ride was amazing. Aside from the driver and the "tawag-girl" who didn't want to leave till the jeep was full, it was quite a pleasant ride. I was so good at picking jeeps--among the 3 keeps to pick from, ours was the first to leave. (Well duh, I basically helped. People will always ride the jeep with more people kasi iyan ang unang aalis. Wahaha)

That was my first jeep ride alone. Well, technically I wasn't alone. That was my first jeep ride with out a maid. Lol. There we go. So basically, I was in charge of myself. It was fun. I noticed some stuff.
CJ's really conspicuous. He spoke in English too much and he was shades and tones away from every person in that jeep. I was lighter than most but I still blend in. Wahaha.
I actually spoke in almost street-Tagalog. Lol. And I was listening to myself. It didn't sound like I had an english-spokening accent. Weee. Wahaha. Weirdly, three people kept looking at me. Wahaha.
CJ was entertainment during the trip. He kept asking me questions. "How do you know which jeep to take?" "There's a jeep o!" "Are we leaving soon?" "When are we leaving?" "Did you tell the driver where to stop?" "How do we know when to stop?" "(we were approaching jollibee) Tell him na to stop!" Wahaha. Thanks, CJ. lol.
Lastly, first time kong sumigaw ng para. That was fun. Nagamit ko ang voice projection. Haha!

Anyhow, we ran to Xavier. The End. (FX Night to follow)

Goodbye, Paul. We'll all miss you. Sob. 2 years.

cranberry juice and kurant

More Movies.

I forgot. I also watched American Adobo. I was flipping channels and I saw it on Cinema One.
It was a really good movie.
I just it when they speak in English. Most--not all--of them can't act while speaking in English... they're too conscious of their accent, which still sounds bad. But I'd rather they act better because bad accent shows you're (the English as second language type of) Filipino.
But it was still really good.

Anyhow, I just finished Atonement. Beautiful movie. Saoirse Ronan was intense! (amazing little girl) And so was James McAvoy. Sad story though. But stil beautiful.

I think I'm going to watch Anak now (not now-now. but now as in when i have time). wahaha.

zombies. in my head. zombies.

Movies

Okay. I don't wanma do homework yet. :| Let's blog about the movies I've watched!

Aside from the ones I've watched in the cinemas, I've watched quite a lot from my iPod. Wow, torrents.

Let's see.. on my iPod, I have: Chicago, Crying Ladies, Hard Candy, Into the Wild, Juno, Little Miss Sunshine, Ratatouille, Sukob, This Christmas, Gladiator, Anak, Atonement, Dekada '70, Feng Shui, The Last King of Scotland, Tanging Yaman, There Will Be Blood, Titanic, V for Vendetta and Zodiac. Everything before Anak, I've watched.

I've also seen The Terminal because of CLE. I've also watched Jose Rizal for Filipino. And I watched The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor.

The Mummy. It was well. I dunno. Not so good, I guess. At the end of the movie, I went That's It? It's too straightforward. Walang kwento. Kumabaga, it's just a shallow Man vs. Man (wth? why am i analyzing plots?) movie. Kulang eh. And I get weirded out by Brendan Fraiser's voice... someone give him a caveman movie.

Jose Rizal. This is probably one of the greatest Filipino films I've watched. Scratch that. I just realized I haven't watched much great Filipino films. o.O That's why my iPod is filled with them. Maganda siya! Performances were really good. And the story was beautiful.

The Terminal. It was a nice film. It wasn't the best, but it's lovely. I really felt for Victor, sad talaga situation niya. Did you know that was based on some visitor who got stuck in NAIA?

Gladiator. Mr. Lapena made so much repeated references to this film that I couldn't relate. :| There we go. It was a really good movie. Not much to say about it.

This Christmas. I loved this film. It's so family-y. It had a heartwarming story. And the music was fantastic. Wahaha. Love.

Ratatouille. All the reviews are true. This one's another really good movie. Heartwarming. Beautiful. Hands down.

Into the Wild. This one is a sad, sad movie. Wahaha. But it was really, really good. I like how things progressed. And in the end, okay, at least masaya siya.

Crying Ladies. Ah. Another beautiful movie! Ang galing! Wahaha. It's got a beautiful story and excellent actors too. Very heartwarming talaga. And I recommended it to Paul for his Filipino mini. So much you can learn about Filipinos (and Tsinoys too).

Chicago. Fantastic movie. Wahaha. Everything's just so--as Mr. Legs would say it--pulido. The music was great. The dances were perfect. The actors were really amazing!
My favorite scene is probably Call Block Tango. Grabe, timing na timing ang lahat ng galaw nila, down to the hair flip. Na-a-amaze ako. Tsaka, may power at character ang mga boses. Lalung-lalo na si Catherine Zeta-Jones. Woohoo!
Catherine Zeta-Jones was a showstopper! Ang galeeeeng niya! Really, wow! She deserves her Oscar. Lol. I mean, I kept waiting for her scenes kasi na-amaze talaga ako sa kanya. I wish Queen Latifah and John C. Reilly won theirs too. They were really good!

Right now, I'm still watching Atonement. I'm not yet done with it, but it's definitely a great film. Okay then, back to homework. :|

gooo mooorning!

Blogging at 4am, Stress, Time Quintet.

Wow. This is a first. It's a quarter till five and I'm awake. Wahaha. No, I didn't go all the way through.

I started reading the Jose Rizal thing (on my bed. wahaha) at a few to 11 and fell asleep. Lol. I was repeatedly woken up. I repeatedly tried reading it. I repeatedly fell asleep. :| Ms. Cuevassss!

Anyhow. La lang.
I just noticed. I must have been so stressed these past few days. Yesterday, I had a headache, back pain (mostly from bad posture :| ) and foot pain. I felt so weary. Then, the day before that, all water taste like tap. I kept wanting to puke.

Well, I think I'm fine.

I keep forgetting to mention: I have the book! (after soo much searching.) Look at the collection:

Kulang na lang ng isa pang book. Wahaha. (BTW. I got my favorite one..Dypu know what it is?)

I feel sooo at peace. I should do this more often. Wahahaha.

goodbye. sometimes it's just hard to say

Hell Week.

Yep, it's started. It's 12:51 am. Why the hell am I blogging?

Today started... is it be good or bad?

Woke up late. Almost late for the school bus.

Don't you just love the weather? It's been keeping me chipper and calm.

Huag Acong Salangin Nino Man.

Weird. I'm beginning to appreciate one teacher.

After chatting with Michael Lim, I noticed: Ms Cuevas has some kind of magic. She's the only one who's managed to keep me awake.

Plus... I hate racists! All of you.

Hooray for the birthday and cake.

I hate Soc Sci. It's my only line of 8 quiz average. Why the hell are they so hard?
I miss Mrs. Lugay.

Josephine Bracken deserves a part of the inheritance!

So stupid. I fell asleep in the afternoon. Woke up late.

Procrastinated too much. Cramming.

Hate the habit. But I can't stop.

Jose Rizal is a copycat. He copied Jesus' last words.

Weird. I've only checked my Multiply now. I usually do it earlier.

I need a hug.

And maybe more time. Time turner anyone?

I think I've been stalking Jose Rizal. WTF?

Why do we have homework? I mean, normal jobs don't have literal homework. Just overtime homework for teachers who wanna check at home, architects who don't have a fixed schedule and them other non-office jobs. o.O

Can I die?

Let's dye spirals.

Skip the habit.

Makamisa.

Procrastinate Now!

(wow. that was random. x.x)

i know that you'll be back, girl

Xuedi, Leather Bound and HAL CASTRO

So... today was Xuedi day. I was a faci. And I managed... after less than 2.5 hours of sleep. Yeah, i'm procratinating and cramming too much. Sigh.

Anyhow, the day started out great. But ended up quite shitty.

So we won first place during the amazing race. More than that, parang bonded na talaga kami. That was real fun.

However, it went wrong once we stepped into the classroom. The thing is there were two groups in one classroom... and this only led to mayhem. NO ONE LISTENED. Sigh.

Everybody was doing... ... what were they doing? Anyhow, I resigned myself into just hanging out with sina Charles, Babsi, etc. We played the finger game (where I won) and killer (where i was the only kilelr that won).

Kahit ano talaga ang gustong gawin. So in the end, parang nasira iyong bond.

I also took the time to edit CJ's Filipino composition. I can't make it pass the first paragraph. God! I know... right? (no offense, dude)

Anyhow, we had the bands right after. As usual....
The real amazing part was Leather Bound. The band of Mr. Lapena and Mr. Mark Que.

Mr Lapena's voice was a fresh alternative from... well... Napakaganda ng boses nya. "Su voz es hermosa." Lol. And he wasn't try hard on the high note. Lol.

Ang galing din ni Mark Que. After the bridge, I thought they had backup singers. It was actually him on the guitars and I'm like WOAH! Amazing. And the rest of the solo was just WOW! Rockstar talaga. Hehe.

Anyhow that's most of my day. I better run off now. Lol. I have a feeling I'm going to drop dead once I arrive home.

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Oh yes. What is it with Hal Castro.

If JK Rowling writes about Harry Potter, does that mean that she's an expert at magic tricks, became an orphan and hates a certain teacher who turns out to be his guardian?

If JRR Tolkien writes about Frodo Baggins, does it mean he's short and has an actual ring? (Sorry... not familiar with the story.)

So why is it that if I write about some angsty teenager, I'm automatically him?

Grabe... kay daming intriga sa blog niyang iyon. (Four teachers have asked/told me personally) Can't I make my own contemporary interactive novel (asa) without all the assumptions that he and I are the one and the same person?

I'm Luis Marcelo and he's just another figment of my imagination. Just like the guy who like sorbetes. And the guy whose girlfriend died. And that other story I forgot but I wrote. (lol)

But if you really wan'na who the teacher really is... highlight the next sentence and spoil your reading pleasure of the next few blogs I am to make about him. (mind you, i've been very sleepy these past few days. in fact, i've planned most of the rising action already.)
Spoil yourself: Humanities Teacher = Hal Castro's widowered Father

Did you know global warming f***ed the Philippines up?

Global Warming and Coffee

According to Ms Cuevas, the Philippines was colder during the time of the Spaniards. That was why they always wore them Americanas, hats, baro't sayas and barongs. (They say you're naked without a hat, so you have to wear them whenever you go out.)

She said something to the effect of Manila was Baguio now. ARGH!
So what was Baguio like then? Did it snow?

I want the cold weather back. It's always so friggin' hot.

In other news, did anyone see the gloomy weather around 5? It made everything sepia-colored. Kewl.

In more news, I feel asleep while doing the science achievement tests today.
That's why I decided to drink my first cup of school Nescafe during recess. (The one I bought from last blog.)

God that was... bitter.

Of course there isn't any hot water in Xavier--at least hot water I can use--so I got water from the third year fountain, which apparently wasn't that cold. I mixed it in. and Blah!

Actually, it wasn't that bad. But it wasn't that good either. o.O

What's more the mug was stupid that it spilled on me. Hay. Good thing it wasn't hot. Wahaha!

why so serious?

The Dark Knight

Side note: I've downloaded 10 movies and put them on my iPod. Woot. Lol.

Hands down: Best Summer Flick EVAR! Ang galing. It's not your ordinary comic book superhero movie. It's way beyond that. Plus, the title's the clue. It's a dark movie.

So yeah, I watched this one with my dad, Pats, Ate Kaye and Kuya at Shang.

I've gotta say: GRABE! In all my years of watching movies at Shang this is the first time I've ever joined a LOOOOOOOONG line. The only other movies I know that had a line are those free ones during the French and Japanese festivals. Amazing. I usually watch first weekend and this is the only one with the line.

And my we were lucky. There were no more seats for the 9:30 show. The 10:00 show only had seats at the front side and some holes at the back. The only one left was the 10:30 show where the seats weren't as good either. We were separated into two groups at the very side.

Side note: I bought the Giver (again) and I reserved Swiftly Tilting. :D

Anyhow, there was even a line going into the theater. Wow.

So I have to admit. For most of the first half I was dazed about the movie. And they hyped up anticipation for it went like... Wah? But that's mostly because of the headache I've been having since I entered Shangri-la. Blame it on my glasses.

The cool part was when everything was starting to turn around. And I was like... Oh yeah!

I've got'ta say for a superhero film, the villains were the real stars. Harvey Dent and--OF COURSE:--the Joker were the interesting ones in this film.

Aaron Eckhart was real good. And he set himself aside as another villain in the film rather than a copycat. Morgan Freeman--who again has another god/big boss role--was cool too. And Christian Bale and Maggie Gylenhaal were cool too. (Maggie Gylenhaal reminds me of Kirsten Dunst. I dunno why.)

But AMAZING... the Joker. Heath Ledger. Wow. It's like goddamn. He's the best part of the movie. Crazy. Maniacal. Evil. Cunning. Smart. Deranged. Amazing. Amazing. Amazing.

It's so sad Heath Ledger died. How would the best friggin villain ever return for the third film and the fourth and the fifth and the...? I don't think anyone can beat that. (Not even Jack Nicholson--who is complaining he didn't get the role.)
What's more, how would he accept his Oscar? (he better win.)

Gahd. FANTASTIC movie. Woohoo. Made everything drop a spot. Wahaha.

am i sick?

no seriously...

I slept in all my classes today taht didn't involve the use of a mac desktop. that's basically 5/8 of my classes. :|

I usually have trouble sleeping at night.

Then again... it could've been the fact that I drank coke an hour or two before I slept, and that's like my first can of coke in weeks. :|

Anyhow. Why did I bring this up? I just bought 5 sachets of 3 in 1 from 7/11. And I'm already planning to bring one of them insulating mugs to school just in case. :|

You know what? While paying at the counter, I was thinking: "You're going to be addicted."

Am I crazy?

I also bought a pack of peanut M'n'Ms. That's not the crazy part. This is:

I was biting it like I was going to murder someone. uttering words I don't usually say in a voice so subtle and scary that I only do when I act like a madman.

Or maybe it's because I watched Hard Candy. Damn cool film. Bittersweet ending though... not the kind I wanted. But hey.

my attempts at being emo.

Little Miss Sunshine and Shang Gimik

Why's everyone so angsty. I just opened Multiply a while ago to find all of the most angsty entries :|

Is it because it's almost-but-not-really hell week? I've got a Chinese LT tomorrow, I've barely studdied and it's already 12:45. Don't see me emo/angsty. Hehehe. Lol.

Maybe it's because I just watched Little Miss Sunshine. Lol. Yeah, I saw it on Star Movie a few hours ago. Hehe.

I like it. It reminds me of Juno. It's not that strong comedy type. But not the drama type either. It's light and fun to watch. I think most relate with Dwayne in the sense that... lol. Abigail Breslin was fun too. The dance sequence had me laughing sooo much. I'm actually downloading the torrent right now. Haha!

If someone has the soundtrack or can get one... PLEASE SEND!
Again, it reminds me of Juno. It's the kind of music I feel like listening: slow and paced but not a ballad or senti song. (The other would be the super pop dance hit... and who knows where to get that? These are the two albums I'm missing on my iPod.)

In other news, I put full-length stuff onto my iPod. I have Spring Awakening, Duwa and Juno. Soon to add Little Miss, 21, Speed Racer and The Happening. Maybe Wanted and the Hulk.

Wow. I feel so light today. SOO LIGHT. Thanks to the movie :D

This one's quite overdue. But if not now, then when?

Last Sat, went out with friends: Paul, Ran, CJ, Jerold and Germs.

I finally completed my birthday list: portable iPod speakers and the last CD.

We ate lunch at Kimono Ken. (NAKAKAHIYA KA CJ!) Then, we did whatever errands. Had a peechur. Bought Paul 'Bakit Baliktad'

We then watched Mamma Mia. It was so-so. Quite random. Umm.... I dunno how to describe it :|. But at the end, I enjoyed it naman. Hehe.

Then Starbucks... and powerstation. WOOHOO! Ang saya dun. Lol. Same games pa rin... the racing thing, the shwing-shwing thing and the picture thing. Lol.

Basically, same staples: picture, movie, powerstation, starbucks.

I had fun. Really nice to have fun with friends. Sayang I didn't get a pic with Paul. Oh well papel. Sa sunod na lang.
Discovered things. (tsk... it's...)

God, i need to cram. Walang tulugan na toh. Hahaha.
God, help me with chinese. tsamba tsamba.
God, don't pick me for English.

I've been trying to be emo since a while ago, but I always end up smiling.
damn the lightness. love them movies. :D

Kwento ni Rey: Ilaw ng Umaga

Gabi na pala, kay rami pang taong gumagala o nakatanga.

Baka mahuli pa ako sa curfew, makauwi na nga.

Hindi pa nga ako nakakaalis mula sa plaza, parang may ginagawa na akong masama’t tila sermon ang titig ng mga tao sa akin. Bakit kaya? Hindi naman marumi ang tisyert ko. Bakit parang lumalakas ang mga bulungan? Nakakabingi na.

Si Kuya! Narinig ko ang pangalan niya. Uuwi nga pala siya ngayong gabi. Minabilis ko na ang aking paglakad tungo sa bahay. Baka’y umalis agad siya’t di ko maabutan. Ngunit paano nila alam na narito siya? Kung hindi man, bakit siya ang pinag-uusapan? Tumakbo na ako palayo sa plasa bago ko pa malaman ang sagot sa aking katanungan.

Nang malapit na ako sa may kalye naman, halos walang laman ang mga lansangan. Maliban sa ilang taong dumaraang parang may tinatakasa’y napakatahimik ng lugar. Naaalala ko ulit ang gabi ng karumal-dumal na pagpaslang kay Putol: lahat ng tao’y tahimik nang hindi masuspetsahan ng mga tuta ni Marcos.

Napakagulo ng katahimikan. Walang tigil ang mga tanong sa ulo ko. Binabagabag na ako ng iba’t ibang tanong na dumaragdag lamang sa pagkabagabag ko. Nababalisa na sa mga eksenang nangyayari sa aking ulo. May sona ba talaga? Sinaktan kaya si Nanay? Nakauwi kaya si Kuya? Kinuha kaya siya ng militar? Ligtas ba ako? Nakakabulag ang katahimikan. Hindi ko na pinansin ang kapaligiran. Ang bahay na lamang ang tangi kong nakikita. Nagmadali na ako’t kung ano pa ang maisip kong masama. Kailangan ko nang makauwi.

“Umalis ka mula rito! Wag na wag mo akong pagsalitaan nang ganyan!” Nay?

Nasa tapat na ako ng bahay.

“Akala mo kung sino ka! Huwag mo akong hawakan!” Si Kuya!

Nag-aaway lang ulit sina Kuya at Nanay kagaya ng dati. Kaunting lambing lang iyan mamaya at mawawala rin. Salamat naman at hindi totoo ang mga iniisip ko. Salamat at wala namang nangyaring—

"Tumahimik nga kayo!" Kaninong boses iyan?

"Nay, tumabi k—————"

Iyon na siguro ang pinakanakakatakot na tunog na narinig ko’t napatago ako sa may tambak ng basura. Sa isang saglit, napatahimik ang buo kong pagkatao. Isang tunog na nakamamatay, tunog ng katahimikan. Isang putok ng baril.

Dehins. Hindi ito pwede. Sana'y walang namatay. Sana'y nananaginip lang ako.

Pagkatapos niyo’y nakita ko na lamang na kinakaladkad si nanay palabas ng bahay ng ilang taong naka-uniporme. Kitang-kita sa kanyang mukha ang napakaraming damadamin: paghihimutok, pagkabigla, takot, galit. Halos binura nila ang dignidad niya’t nag-iwan ito ng pulang marka sa maruming lansangan. Bigla-bigla lamang, nakasalubong ng mata ko ang mata ng kanyang mandarakip. Walang pag-aalinlangan niyang tinuro ako sa kasama niya. Nakita rin ako ni nanay.

“Rey, TAKBO! TUMAKBO KA! TUMAK—” Matinis ang kanyang tuloy-tuloy na pagsigaw habang mabilis siyang nawawala mula sa aking paningin.

Walang tigil ang aking pagtakbo. Malalalim ang aking mga hinga. Pilit na lumalayo. Walang hinto. Walang pahinga. Lumalayo para lamang makalaya.

Makalaya? Mula sa saan? Mula sa lipunang siyang nang-aapi sa sarili niya? Mula sa pamilya kong nasaan na? Mula sa aking sarili? Ano ba pa ba ang halaga ko rito sa lipunang walang kahihinatnan? Anong pamilya pa ba ang babalikan ko? Ano pa ba ang punto ng pagtakbo kong ito?

May katuturan ba ang ginagawa ng mga militanteng kumukontra sa gobyerno? Ano pa ba ang halaga ng lahat ng paghihimagsik na ito kung kamatayan at kalungkutan lamang ang magiging bunga? Hindi ba’t wala naman talaga tayong magagawa sa sitwasyon ng bansa natin ngayon? Hindi ba dapat ay nagsasayang tayo ng oras sa paglibang sa isang plasa? Wala rin naman tayong magagawa kung magrebelde tayo.

Doon ko naisip tumigil. Napadapa ako sa pagod. Hiningal ako. Ano pa ang punto ng lahat ng ito?

“Reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeyy!”

Sa sandaling narinig ko ang boses ni Nanay, tumigil ang oras. Halos hindi ko na siya nakilala. Iba siya. Iba ang tono. Tonong ni minsa’y hindi ko narinig. Bagamat sinasapawan ito ng ingay ng humaharurot na sasakyan, dinig na dinig ko pa rin ang tono kanyang boses. Dinig sa kanyang pagsigaw ang pagtatakip sa kanyang bibig at ang kanyang pagpilit na balaan ako. Halos tinatago ito ng lumalakas at lumalapit na ingay ng makina ng isang sasakyan, ngunit nakilala ko ang tonong iyon: pagmamahal.

May nakabubulag na ilaw na nanggagaling sa likod ko.

Humarap ako sa ilaw.

Michael Tan, Luis Marcelo, Timothy Chua
PS. sori kung mahaba.

eternal ecstasy. w00t.

Clubs

Who's da man? It's me. Lol.

Okay. After the great long struggle, i can now finally and proudly say.

I'm in FX again! w00t. Oh yeah.

My other clubs are Peer Faci (again) and FunXSions (math club)

Yeah... i know. Math club? Well I admit. I could be in Math advanced if I (1) wasn't so careless with practically everything and (2) didn't sleep often. Nyek.

Also, I'm part of prom comm. Lol.

Watch out world: I'm coming! (wtf)

vertigo and bliss.

Migraine and Birthday Part III

Hay carajo! Headache. I call it a migraine. (Because some clinic website says so. lol.)

Don't you just love Nyoy Volante's Heartstrings? Pampa-relaks. Hahaha.
I sorta feel better though after the bath plus the music.

In other news, here's birthday part III. (Hanggang four 'to.)

Last Saturday, we went to Shang. We returned the headphones and got my... ten-ten-tenen... IPOD! Woohoo! I spent the whole midnight fixing its contents. :DD

Also, we watched Hancock. I enjoyed it more than most of the summer flicks. But it doesn't go up to the ranks of my four faves. Lol.

So last Sunday, we were finally early for Mass.
As usual, still distracted. (Yes, I think of all sorts of things during Mass: problems, homework, the future, the history of..., how stuff work, plans, etc.) This time though, it was different.

There were these two sisters who were right in front of our pew. Hahaha.
I was just... (okay I can't find the words.) They aren't what most consider hot... i think. But they really attracted me with their mestiza-tanned skin and unique flowing hair. Sigh. I don't think they go to Mass often. Pang-birthday lang talaga?

Anyhow. We went to Greenhills right after to buy food.
Then, we went to Pasig where we had birthday lunch with Mama and Tita Beth. Trisha was there. Haha. Apparently, she had stomach problems.

How lovely that Red Velvet cake was. Yum.

So yeah, we went to Shang right after. Shopping! Woohoo.
So I got 100 worth for CDs. I got KC Concepcion, Usher and Nyoy Volante. I love the CDs.
I also got myself an iPod case.... after a great, long search.

And then Trisha wanted to go shopping. We found ourselves in the American imports area of Crossings. Since she wanted to use her money, she bought us shades. Lol. Thanks, couz!

Then, we ate dinner at Clawdaddy together with Ate Kaye, Kuya Ricky, Mommy Fim and Daddy Rey. I was soooo happy! I saw the babies again! BONDING! Woohoo.

I'm also happy that Robin would still only go to me. Lol. Kyut! Si Alex din, kinakalaro ko. Woohoo. Miss them na.

Anyhow, we went to Bench right after where they bought me two jersey polos. Yehey! lol.

Well. That's mostly it. Gotta go cram. Happy Birthday!

kayong dalawa talaga! almost burned the school.

Science Lab.

Science class was... interesante. :|
Also, it was near-death. Hahahaha.

See the picture? The wave?

Now, imagine that wave heading for you. Now imagine it wasn't water: it was fire. Ble flames to be exact. Creepy?

I was just washing the test tubes when suddenly: BOOM!
Next thing I knew, I was telling myself: HOY, LATE REACTION! MOVE BACK OR YOU'LL GET BURNED!

Grabe talaga. Babsi and Jus almost blamed the school.

The story? Babsi left the gas valve open. Jus just happened to be playing with the matches. Next thing we knew, Jus burned his hair and a flame wave was coming to my direction. When the wave finally "disappeared," only the part under the valve was flaming.

Mr. Chua extinguished it. Phew.

Anyhow, right after, there was this weird sensation on my right hand.
The sink was at the very end of the canal. And it so happened I was right there. My left hand was inside the 'bowl' but my right was still exposed.

It's probably nothing. Caloy's theory: na-trauma lang kamay mo. Hahaha.

Wow. That was interesting. Thank you Jus and Babsi for almost burning my hand or the school. :D

there's a moment you know your f***ed.

Birthday pt. 2: Math Club, Paul, Spring Awakening, Spanish Club, FX, Alexie!

Friday was wonderfully awesome! Lol.

Do you know Mrs. Hernandez invited me to the the math club? Lol. I love her na sooo much! Hahaha. It's not that I wan'na be in math club--coz I don't, and if I did, I wouldn't have the time either.--it' just that someone finally recognizes I can be good at math.

Paul came to visit! He did.
So excited. So happy. Sana he comes everyday! Lol. (oh yeah, i gave him his tagalog dictionary na. lol. he better start reading dekada) This, for the most part, was the highlight of the day.

Paul gave me my birthday gift--the one I've been waiting for a year in the making: Spring Awakening Vocal Selections. AWESOME! lol.
I've already been playing some songs (i know na the notes for the start of totally fucked.) but I really need piano lessons: I dunno how to play the notes for the left hand. Yamaha organs only teach me to play steady chords with my right not those weirdly fluctuating ones.

Also, Sean lent me his Spanish Club worksheet. Amazing! Something to practice on. Some more teaching. But nothing will beat being taugh Spanish--especially by Mrs. O--since the worksheet is kinda vague. I hope the club's still open next year. (Who could be the moderator? I only know two Spanish-teaching teachers and both won't be here next year.)

Stage FX is <3. They brought in cupcakes... shaped in a letter L.
That was another highlight. Then they sang me happy birthday too. Speechless ako sobra with my mouth open. Lol. I love you guys! Thanks soo much.
No wonder Stacey kept asking: "Are you going?"

By the way. I'll correct my other blog. Someone did sing me a decent happy birthday. (no, not cj and his "hoops & yoyo" version in the patio) It's Alexie. Ang cute nya over the phone. I miss her terribly! I wanna hug her and squeeze and carry her. So if you ask me, she's my favorite but I still love Robin as much. (Who wouldn't if he kept sticking to you?) Buti na lang I'll see her tomorrow.

you're my PUSTISO 'coz i can't smile without you.

Sweeter than 16

THANK YOU, KARL SEE! Grabe that IM came from nowhere. But I'm laughing until now. you're my pustiso... :))
Oo na, am'babaw ko. But I guess I really needed that laugh.

Anyhow. Today was quite an okay birthday. Last night ended kind of... bland. But things are looking up since then. And thank God for the long hours of sleep.

Thanks to everyone who greeted! (trivia: stacey was the first one to greet me at around 12am. he was also the first person na nilibre ko.)

You know what. My day could have been perfect. But it wasn't. And I guess, I loved it that way... imperfect.

I really, really like the new shirts I got. And I got new headphones, which I will trade for my new iPod classic. (Yes!)

Probably another sweet birthday gift would be watching a movie with friends. I can't wait to see Paul! Lol. Magpakita ka na! An dami mong utang na kwento. Gusto na rin kitang tuksuin. I miss the nasal congestion! (because it affects your hearing.)

Oh wow. The radio (rx) just greeted happy birthday. Not to me directly of course. Pero kahit na. Wahaha. Wag ka nang manggulo pa.

You know what. No one has sung me a decent happy birthday yet. I'll do it myself. :D Good night.

Okay. My last birthday gift. I hope I get it... 'coz I'm not going down without a fight.