...little soph year memories

While Justine and I were walking back from our oral prophy, we met Juan on the way, asking our suggestions for our Camia reunion. Which reminds me, how long had it been since I've been with them?

Although second year gave a heck of a stress with our over full sched, I have to say that I enjoy those ten months more than my first year. (No offense Dia. Peace tayo!)

Thirty corny students + cool Sir Mardan = a fun and happy Thy Kingdom Camia-land.

Third year isn't at all bad. Aside from some minor glitches, 3-K is fine. It's just that, you know, there's still this feeling of longing to be with people you grew fond of. Ahh, memories. How crazy can one be?

So anyway. Yeah. I miss Camia (2010, syempre!).

**By the way, I want another sleep over. Hindi ako nakapunta dati. Kainis!

...when lightning strikes again

Hmm... It's raining once again. Why does it have to be at night? It would've been better if it's daytime. I'd simply listen to the raindrops as they drip on the roof while I get a view of my teachers opening and closing their mouths. Or see them trickle on the leaves... (emo?!?!)

I can't believe I slept a few minutes during Bio. Maybe there's just too much carbon dioxide inside the room which caused my sleepiness during that time. (Dang! Did I hear those Bio facts while sleeping?) The only time I remember myself sleeping was last year during Art 2. (Duh! Who wouldn't be? With the lights out and and the air conditioner switched, Art room was definitely a very conducive place for sleeping.) So anyway, yeah. I find myself waking up dazed while Sir Chuckie was talking about some parabronchi (?) stuff.

Need I say, someone in class really is testing my patience ability. And slowly, day by day, I'm beginning to lose a bit and piece of what holds me back from getting mad. No need to elaborate on details, they're pretty much ANNOYING to recall. All I can say is that I super hate that guy right now. I would want to shout at him but I always end up thinking that I might start a fight. Damn it!

Good thing my friends were there to share some laughter with (Aww!) Those sessions as we often 'it' are actually stress-relieving. Come to think of it, it's a good exercise for the body as well as for strategizing. Hahah!

Aagh! Still have to do some stuff but I'm getting sleepy once again.

...someone is just so clueless that i despise him

I just finished watching Cardcaptor Sakura! Hahah! Sakura and Syaoran are just so kawaii (that's cute!) to look at, although Toya defines H-O-T. *crushing on anime*

Dorm Open House was just so tiring.

I still have to cram my Chem homework. Bio long test wtf?!

Sorry, stress building up.

...in three months

”The difference between try and triumph is only just an ‘umph’.”
-Sir Chuckie

Wanting to get more some sleep, I jumped in on my bed the very moment I reached my room. I closed my eyes and tried to take a siesta, but the more I concentrate, the more my weariness comes off. So I rummaged through my drawer and found nothing but spare plastic bags, two Nestea bottles and pieces of paper with Chem, Math, and Physics equations written all over – trinkets of the past quarter.

What have I now after a quarter had passed? Academically speaking, I got a failing grade in Math4, a low, low grade in Bio2 and Chem2, an okay-grade in Physics and STR, and fair grades in the Humanities subjects. Ah, but who cares? Grades don’t comprise the entirety of my life. So really, after almost three months, what I’ve got are the following: shorter hair, bulging eye bags, piled-up homeworks, a sublimed brain, more friends, a crazier mind, a long test in Bio, homework in Chem, reflection paper for Fil, and a whole lot more of requirements coming up. Aagh! And I haven’t started yet! What a life!

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So anyway, today’s family day, but my family didn’t really show up. Aside from me not totally wanting them to go, they are busy with some stuff, and couldn’t travel four hours just to see me and my low grades. I don’t mind, really. It’s not a big deal for me.

The family day itself wasn’t that fun when compared to what had happened two years ago. In my opinion, that is. I’m not quite sure if it was because the games were held by house and not by batch (when there is a not-so-obvious but still existing competition among the batches *ehem*Batch2010*ehem*2011*ehem*). So the two batch games were more of a hit than the two house games. Batch 2010 still holds the Championship title for Pass the Hoop, but 2009 (?) won the Cramming Time. I didn’t really care who won in the other two house games. The food they served for the batch lunch in ASTB was better compared to the previous two years (although I am still frustrated I didn’t have mashed potato as side dish). Aside from the not-so-long PTA announcements and raffle promo from Kenny Roger’s, the Dikum performances were shown as part of a short program.

I’m planning to start working on my Chem, but I’m guessing I wouldn’t be able to do so. Oh well. As the famous Pisay quote says, “Everything is crammable under the heat of the sun.”

...life does not end in your books and tests

A pretty long post.

Attending the Interaksis Conference this morning was certainly something I would never regret. Corny as it may seem, but it surely changed my view on a range of certain issues going on in my mind.

Rob Roque, a Batch '07 graduate of Pisay and a current sophomore in BS Chem MSC in Ateneo, first spoke about realizing one's goals, and working through with it on the way to making it a reality. Paolo Medina who graduated last 2002 and is now on its 7th year as an IntarMed student in UP, did a sort of follow-up on what Kuya Rob had said. Kuya Lopao, as he is more fondly called, also shared his insights on being a leader.

On the second part, three (Joaq Almirante, Merlynn Baterina and Christian Esguerra) of the fourteen delegates in the recently held Immersion with the Aetas in shared their experiences and stories they had learned in their overnight stay in Sitio Target in Mabalacat, Pampanga. Aside from the interesting anecdotes they gave, we laughed our hearts out as we view some pictures and videos they had as they were adopted by families, slept in nipa huts, froze in the old night, and hiked in mountains. I tell you, some were scandalous videos of Sir Martin. Hahah!

This was followed by Joker Asis and Lance Co Ting Keh who shared their experiences as they went to Austria and Singapore respectively. The former competed in the 5th Voice Choir Competition as part of the Kilyawan Boys Choir and brought home three medals from three different categories. Meanwhile, the latter flew to the Lion City to attend a Youth Leadership Summit sponsored by a primier high school in the said country. Honestly, looking at their pictures made me feel a bit envious. (I've been yearning to go to Singapore, plus almost any European country.)

Lastly, Gaby Santos told a short story of her life and how she was inspired by Pisay to become a leader. And of course, there's Sir Martin, who both gave the opening and closing remarks. Luis Estrada hosted the event, while Mica Perlada, Ate Criselle David, and Joker Asis acted as chairpersons for each panel. Other Aksis officers like Mia Pangilinan and Franco Macaspac as well as the members were also present in the conference. And their was free food (Munchkins and juice). So it's not all about me, and never going to be about me. That's leadership, and that's what's going to lead us to reaching an end goal for the common good. And what part does Pisay play for us? Well, for one, it made us realize our strengths and weaknessess, and learn how we can work out with what resources we have.

Late in the afternoon, right after the fashion show, LC, Hanna, Roger, John-John, Lobitz, and I started talking. We started about how batch 2010 is starting to leave a legacy (woah! that's for both good and bad) then we went to how John-John experienced a hold-up twice then we talked about bloody experiences, and then some ghost stories, and then some other topic, and so on until we end up talking about the year 2012 and how the world will end and such. Which led me to think, could it be that 2012 really is the start of the end of the world? That's when reality hits me: life REALLY does not end in our school books and our long tests. An entirely different story.

*Sorry for my excessive use of 'and' as well as having wrong spellings and grammar (if ever there were any). I'm too lazy to reread this post. I also hate rereading long stuffs. :)

...you have to do something when you're bored

You just have to. Inspiration struck me as I lay awake in my bed for almost an hour so early in the morning, trying to get back to sleep. I opened my laptop, double-clicked notepad and started typing random stuff until I realized I was able to come up with a rather silly little poem.

~~
Unlabeled, I Am

I ran through the grassy hills,
Wind whiplashing gently on my cheeks
Murmuring faintly in my ears
As I rush through the verdant meadow.
And what beauty does this world
So mightily possess!
Swaying with the wind, I dance --
Dance and frolic all around
Where butter-colored dandelions
And azure forget-me-nots lay.
Ah! What splendor does this world
So wonderfully possess!
Jades and emeralds draping down
On trees spiced up with glaring jewels,
Where birds twitter and cheep
As they sing for me a melodic dance.
Oh! What glory does this world
So breathtakingly possess!
~~

So, yeah. It's VERY corny and VERY stupid. Sorry. But I have nothing else to say.

*Time check: It only 5:09am! What? I still want to sleep.

...an inevitable side of life

I don't want to comment much on our Dikum performance. In my opinion (and in everyone else's), we are in the bottom half of the rankings. But hey, we need to experience losing once in a while, it's a part of life. I remember Sir Mardan's words last year. It goes something like ...it's not the end, but it's the journey that matters the most...

To be honest, I don't feel too bad losing even if we end up as the last placers in the competition. Not unlike last year when most of us took it so seriously (that some even cried when Camia'010 landed 4th place in the Katutubong Sayaw), this one's a bit more easier to accept.

My arms are still aching from yesterday's TaeKwonDo and have been sleeping for 10-minute intervals for the past two hours. I hope this will pass out tomorrow.

EDIT 9/9/08: I was wrong! Potassium ended up as the 6th placers. Woah! Cool!

...now i feel the pain (all over the body)

I was right. It's gonna be a painful day for me today.

I do random stuffs when I get bored. Here's a proof. But I find it cute despite its 'emo-ness'.

hahah.. un lang.. Guess I'm bored as well today..


*Disclaimer: I didn't actually do the drawing. Just the editing (background and color scheme change).

...i think my right foot's almost broken

-->Again, this was supposed to be yesterday's post but this time with a different story. I slept even before 9. I guess I was really that tired.

And before anything else, I'd like to greet some people:
Belated Happy Birthday Keanu!
Happy Birthday Paul Andrew!

02.September.2008

The ACLE FORA was not what I had expected but it was pretty much okay. iKeepLoveReal. There were three speakers. I forgot their names except for Miguel Escueta who aside from talking about real love, performed one of his songs in his album.

Taekwondo was fun as our second ACLE with black belter Mike Zulueta as our instructor and brown belter Kuya Ed as coordinator. I've always wanted to learn any martial arts since I was six but never did so. Only the basics were taught, as usual. The six tenets, basic kicks, and basic drills. Then we played touchball and step-the-foot-of-your-opponent. Hahah. Sir Mike and Kuya Ed also did a sparring before we end. So cool. This day's defintely better than yesterday.

As an AKSIS member, I was also one of those in charge preparing for the KKKwiz held in the afternoon. I was also one of the proctors of one group, but it wasn't too hard a job.

Our practice was better this time as compared to yesterday. I hope we'd do good tomorrow.

The only thing I hate right now is my right foot. I can't bend it that much when I walk or climb up the stairs. And I'm guessing that my whole body will be aching by tomorrow.

...all i need today is rest and chocolates

-->This was suppose to be yesterday's post but all thanks to Pisay, internet connection was out. (Only Pisay's website was actually working.) How sucky (Is there such a word?) can yesterday be?

01.Septemper.2008.

What was supposed to be a fun and stress-relieving Hum Week became the exact opposite, all thanks to the COCCs!

*sarcastic mode here*
Come on guys, they were just doing their job imposing discipline on us. I think we deserve to be soaked in heat for five hours under the intense heat of the sun! I mean, it's not like we got dizzy with aching heads and almost blinded eyes and all. I'm pretty sure we definitely had a damn good time on that instance.
*end sarcastic mode*

Yeah, cool huh? Do we really deserve that kind of treatment? In those few (not to mention H-O-T) hours, we experienced how it feels when someone takes away your freedom to drink and eat and pee and go under a shade as though they hold your life and fate in their hands. Haven't they realize that what they did was so unfair? Buti sana kung sila rin umupo sa ilalim ng araw. Pero hindi eh. In fact, ang saya ng buhay nila. Paupo-upo lang sa gazeebo. How sad could this be? They implement something, but they themselves violate the law. And how dare them threat us with an I.R.? An I.R. versus our health? Wow, what a choice. Come to think of it, since when does eating and drinking became a major (or even minor) violation of school rules? I wish they had at least shown some consideration.

So after burning us all, they finally set us free. The exhaustion, the hunger, the thirst. Good thing we were able to buy lunch at once. I consumed my food in more or less, five minutes and drink two bottles of Nestea simultaneously. That's how starved and dehydrated I was. And also, thanks to an AKSIS meeting, my body was able to cool down and refreshen a bit.

Our practice wasn't as good as last Saturday. Maybe because we were stressed, tired, all drained up. I hope everything (and everyone especially) will be alright comes tomorrow.

Headaches. Nose bleeds. Hazy visions. Almost fainting. We were all so close to a heatstroke. Whatta day this was!