So glad to have a rest day today! And when I say rest day, I really do mean it. It's been a while since my sched wasn't filled with stuff that drains my brain cells out. Uh well, there is one though, but since I still don't have module 11, let's not talk about it here m'kay? Ahh, here comes the sun for people who don't have Monday classes like me. Wooters!~


i. atdogs

So yeah, we're (atdogs feat. Tots?: Yel, Jiah, Alenel, & Tots?) supposed to meet at Trinoma today. But since they all have their personal reasons on canceling such marvelous trip (haha), we'll have it next time around na lang; probably when Gel's here na from UK which is a mere month away. And by that, I hope Nel can still make it before going home to Dubai. Though impossible, I still hope we can ALL get together this year. :]

ii. teh game

You might have heard this over the news: FEU's star forward Mac Baracael was shot last Thursday in front of R.Papa's gym at around 9-ish in the evening. A lot of information was revealed to me by a senior player friend of mine, but I choose not to type away the details here anymore. Basta, the motive was to kill.

FEU rookie Robert Kave is feared to go back home in his hometown, Papua New Guinea because of the said incident. According to my friend who personally know Robert, his parents already sent him plane tickets upon knowing that Robert, together with Cabagnot, were the ones with Baracael during the incident. I really pity Robert cause he's such a good player on court. But despite everything, FEU Tamaraws still managed to beat UE Warriors last Saturday with a standing of 4-1 losing over LaSalle. Not bad, eh? :] As for ADMU, 5-0 is a woot! I'm still rooting for ADMU in the end.

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Moving on, the much anticipated NCAA Season 84's 1st battle between Letran Knights & San Beda Red Lions will land on Wednesday at Cuneta Astrodome, 4:00pm onwards. I am both a fan of these two different teams. But even though everyone's rooting for SBC Red Lions (needless to say, everyone LOVES cussing Letran), my heart still belongs to the CSJL Knights. I can't wait to see if Letran will still remain undefeated (6-0) after its first encounter with San Beda (4-2) on Wednesday. How I wish I can still watch it live with my Zab sitting on the Patron seat without me! Hmmp. Damn PHC-1, I find no excuse on cutting classes. And to think that I'll be beside Cuneta Astrodome doing star floats and back strokes during the noon time, it crushes my heart to hear the drum beats and cheers echoing and reverberating over the place. huhu!

Anyway, Arriba Letran! And oh, I really really really wanna see Pong Escobal! If in case San Beda will win on Wednesday (I'm not saying that Letran is a sure win either, for moronic war freaks out there), its oh-so-alright with me. Anything for you, Pong. xp
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iii. Cinemalaya 2008

Haven't I told you, my dear Cinemalaya, that we'll meet again this year, yes? Yes. 2 weeks ago, some of my beloved HS friends and I have been planning to go to Cinemalaya supposedly after my RLE class where everyone of us are available. But due to the suspension of classes, to no avail, Zab and I spontaneously headed to CCP for the Cinemalaya screenings.

Torn between ShortsB and Boses, we choose to watch the 2nd group of short films which includes HULING BIKTIMA, MY PET, PANGGARIS, TRAILS OF WATER, & TUTOS. But since the tickets for the former were merely SOLD OUT, we have no choice but to watch the latter instead. And OMG, Boses is definitely lala-love. It's a very inspiring and heart-warming story concerning child abuse which made Loren Legarda, who's right behind us, laugh and sulk at the same time. We got lucky because the casts were there too. To think that Ricky Davao is in front of us and the writers were sitting beside us, we feel so privileged (haha, pathetic). And oh yeah, the mentor in the film really looks like Sir Angel, my Prof in History. They have a lot in common, I must say, from the looks to being effeminate, and to being STUBBORN. haha. I was really curious if he really is Sir Angel not until I saw his name in the credits part. My, they are each other's carbon copy, could you blame me?

Too bad I didn't get the chance to watch the other films. Anyway, I'm still looking forward to Cinemalaya 2009 and by that time, I wish, my schedule won't be as loaded as it is now. And oh yeah, I wish ABC 5 will screen last year's entry na cause I'm sick of watching Tulad ng Dati and Saan ba nagtatago si Happiness? over and over again. :P


iv. teh birthdays

The title, as it is. :P Here goes the bullet-ing (the odds of making it a gerrund). haha

• Athena's debut was celebrated July 19, two Saturdays ago, at the Orchard Golf and Country Club. On the same day, we nearly gone nuts because it was also our Prelim exams for History, Statistics, & Anatomy. By now, I hope everyone of you knows that almost all of my dismissal was set 9 in the evening. So yeah, I finished answering Anatomy at 8:30pm, and arrived home at around 9:30ish. Paved way at around 10, and arrived 10:30pm. I didn't get the chance to be at the 18 candles (which I was first in the list pa naman daw) cause I was late. But despite the busy sched, I still managed to be there for her, right? The effort man, the effort. :p haha To my lecture #3, Belated Happy Birthday to you. You're little tears of endearment shall be replaced with roaring tunes of Boy Elroy and *coughs* of course, the presence of me. Hmmmm?!?! We're two of no kind, my friend. Love you loves! :}
  

• It was my Father's 54th Birthday last Saturday. He just got back from La Carlota last Friday and actually, we really thought that he won't be home for his birthday. But anyway, since all of us have our classes/works on Saturday, we celebrated his birthday yesterday in Max's instead. I really love him so much, making me a Tatay's girl, really. Nowadays, I've noticed myself to be more family-oriented than I was before. But then, that's another story. I really hope God will guide us always. :]

• Nhil (Leonilee), bitch, will be celebrating her debut with her psychedelic motif this Sunday. She's been bugging me for weeks now, and I always tell her that I won't be able to attend her partaay. lol Her birthday is really supposed to be on Saturday, but since I have Anatomy class on Saturdays (9 pm dismissal again), she moved it to Sunday. She told me that I was the main reason why she did that, and since then, I've been pulling jokes on her. xp

v. life's a bitch for bong bong

I dunno if you're familiar with the Pasalubong store in the Visayas which is Bong Bong's. Well if you, by one day, traveled from let's say Bacolod to Manila; You'll notice that almost everyone you'll see have Bong Bong's boxes with them. This blue and green colored boxes consists mostly of the ever so famous piyayas, butterscotches, garlic sticks, otaps and other delicacies. Just recently, I heard in Bubble Gang Michael V's segment entitled, Sumbong Sumbong kay Bonggang Bonggang Bong-Bong. Now why am I telling you this? Actually I find no connection at all. It just reminds me of someone I used to hate, no scratch that --used to hate is an understatement, loathe is the better word. To that bitch, if you don't wanna be sumbong sumbong to bonggang bonggang bong bong, stop bitching na m'kay? We're sooo sick and tired of your crazy and annoying hubbubs.


vi. blogger zab

Ok so he's not the guy who's in for some serious blogging. But since his prof asked them to use all the HTML & CSS knowledge they've discussed, a blog is expected of them as project. I helped him of course with the coding, and he just modified it to make it look prettier (yuck, so bakla haha). So yeah, go visit his blog here. It'll probably be his first and last post. LMAO.

i. birthday gossip

So how's my 18th birthday like? Well, its all wrapped up with a lot of issues and controversies. For a while I thought that the people I'm expecting not to come would live up to their word. They proved me wrong actually, and I bleeding love them for that. :} To be honest with you guys, I've been very very very depressed about my upcoming birthday days before it actually started. Why? Ok, here I tell you.

A girl, M, is ought to celebrate her birthday on the same day as mine. See, her real birthday was on May 21 and celebrating her day on MY day is pretty fine with me as she's gonna be having a traditional debut on a hotel. Seriously, I don't give a fuss about it at all cause like I've said, the whole thing is okaaaay with me and I understand her too, by the way. So yeah, here's the thing. My best friend, K, told me that she won't be able to come at my party because she'll be attending M's as she's a part of M's 18 candles. I was hurt. Things even got worse when guests started backing off because they'll be attending M's too. At this point of time, I'm already devastated. I'm a loser baby, so why don't you kill me. -beck I mean, of all the guests who can't make it, why them? Don't get me wrong here, I've nothing against M, but it kills me everyday just bearing the thought of her/our/my debut. :[

ii. the par-taay

So much for that, I celebrated my day the simplest way I can for I'm too lazy for an extravagant debut. Could you believe that I even spared some of time answering some of the questions for our RLE assignment found here before the actual party. That's how desperate I am in wanting it to be done in as short time as possible. RLE torments really, NOT. Anyway, the party started at 5:30 at our house when Kiesha claimed the title of being the earliest bird. lol. Followed by Kamae (K), which really surprised me cause she's the "K" in the gossip part of this entry. Guests started on coming afterwards and every thing's flowing smoothly as the night deepens not until it rained sooo hard twice that night. Kamae, Juj, & Echan headed to M's debut as the clock strikes 8 but they promised to be back at 1:30 am causing my supposed-to-be-dinner party to be a dinner-slash-slumber party. The party continues after they left. So did they returned at exactly 1am and bummed (ahhh The joy!) around until the wee hours of the day. They went home at around 10:30 in the morning. I, for my part, slept at around 11 in the morning until 6 in the evening of May 25th. Great Day!

iii. some deets

A lot of great things happened yesterday but unfortunately, I'm too lazy to write it all here in my blog. So I'll just give you random highlights of yesternight's happenings.

If in case I forgot to write, which is 100% probable by the way, some of the highlights here; just bear in mind that this party had been a blast, m'kay? :P

iv. like album inlays

I wanna grab this chance to thank all the people who remembered and greeted me on, before or after my birthday. You guys don't have an idea how much it means to me to be greeted on my day. I also would want to extend my gratitude on the following people (in no particular order) who made my day special: my parents (esp. nay) and the rest of our family, the Valero's, Zab, Kamae, Athena, Ten (Pau), Juj, Echan, JCe, Yana, Glenn, Toper, Kiesha, and of course, to Ate Mercy. :} Just like in album inlays, I wanna thank everyone for making me the way I am now. And of course, to God for giving me the strength and for being the Big guy I always cling on to. :}


Now Playing:
Split Screen Sadness - John Mayer

Imagine two lovers sitting on the grass waiting, just waiting, for the other one to make the first move --I'm this close to independence. Oh yeah, baby! Since I'll be having a "PM" schedule this semester, my parents finally give in and somewhat allow me to stay in a dorm. Sweet, eh? ;] I'm so excited! I can't wait to hear their final decision even though I've been telling myself lately not to fret cause I'll be staying in one soon (overconfidence huh? let's see) . heeee. But yes people, please pray for me still. No one knows what will come around. :}

Anyway, I received a group message yesterday from the institute. Here are the exact words.

Tomorrow's gonna be the day that I'll be turning legal. It sucks because I can be sued now unlike before when I can still use the excuse of being minor. :P But c'mon, look into the bright side, I can bear the responsibility of saving our country from severe economic and political crisis by simply voting for the right person (it still depends though, they are all the same anyway, but at least I tried right?). On the brighter side, turning 18 claims wide array of benefits from which makes us either good or bad people. I mean, c'mon 18 is just a mere number if you're not mature enough to deal with being 18. Makes sense, right? Right!

I'm back guys, and just like what I've promised, I'm gonna update you about: 1. Marren's Debut 2. Enrollment

Last saturday, we celebrated Marren's birthday in a private pool set in the heart of Pansol, Calamba, Laguna. The guests were composed of my college friends, Zab, her HS friends, & lots (when I say lots, i really mean A LOT) from the Matibag clan.

ii. programs, gatherings & whatnots

First things first--The venue is a not so large one, but it is enough to accommodate all of the guests. So yeah upon arrival, we're directed at once to our room (yep, one room for her college friends) for us to change, put our stuffs, etc. At that time, the guests were composed only of us & few of her relatives. But as the night deepens, visitors came one by one until the place is already jam packed. It took a while for us to adjust and be comfortable with the place. Anyways, we ate dinner afterwards and believe me, the foods were soooooo good, no scratch that, the foods were GREAT. Everyone of us is already full so we rested in our room for a while before hitting the pool but to our surprise, Marren had prepared a "surprise" program for her traditional 18's and whatnot. We then realized that the whole thing was a double celebration with her grandma, Umpe, who happens to celebrate her day on that day too. After the program, we finally got the chance to hit the pool and we're seriously freezing to death. lol But for some lame reasons, we decided to go rinse ourselves at around 12.

Kanya-kanyang trip na afterwards: may natulog, may nag-inuman, may nangulit, may nanampal XD etc. We're really laughing our asses of all the time especially when Fred got drunk sooo bad, he even hugged Leo, who is dozing off btw. :)) And oh, he even slapped Nikolas in the face!! hahaha! Birthday girl, Marren, also got tipsy that she even dived into the pool. :)) Seriously people, those who are drunk always do stupid things unconsciously. Good thing I don't drink that often, and yeah I didn't drink in Marren's debut. :) But hey, I'm no saint. I got drunk once too when I was in may HS sophomore years, and we did a lot of hell crazy things. :}} We tried to sleep every time but Bryan Del Norte & Kulas is always horse playing. :}} haha! I really can't sleep because: 1. I have insomnia 2. I'm with my Baby 3. Bryan is stupid. XD haha. But eventually, I've fallen asleep at around 5 in the morning.

iii. going home

Marren or I don't know who, woke us up at around 6 in the morning because its already time to call it a day. We had sooo much fun that weekend and I'm so happy because I got the chance to spend it with him. Its my first overnight, ever (excluding retreats, camps, etc.)! So yeah, we arrived in Manila at around 7:30 am and from there on, we started to part ways. Peter, Alex & Bryan David still had the guts to go to Charm's debut at Pampanga without sleeping. Leo, Marian & Eliya headed to LRT1 & 2 while Fred, Abel, Bryan Del Norte & Nikolas made their way to the overpass. Zab & I decided to have breakfast at Mcdo España because I was craving for cheeseburger, again, but ended up ordering Overload sa Jollibee (may accent to, promise. lol). Got home at around 10:30 am, and dozed until 6pm. What a day!


Enrollment

i. 05.19.08


As you can see, we have a tactic in getting schedules kasi. We have a list of student numbers & birthdays of our classmates so that if any sort of conflict occurs (like the block doesn't appear to other computers, one of us got late, etc) we can enroll them on our own. This tactic is not permitted so we had a hard time sneaking out. I mean yeah, getting schedules was like bidding in the stock market. Chaotic. We're all nervous & pressured because every thing's on a first come first serve basis. It's either you got it or you don't. So yeah, as I enrolled myself on A06A14, I told them to get A14 at once because it doesn't have a Monday class (I didn't even bother to scan the schedules & subjects because I focus on on a no Monday sched). So as I was enrolling Karlo, the AHSE president warned everyone of us, ALOUD, that enrolling our classmates is an offense. Of course, I don't care. :}} But when he said that he's serious and really meant what he said that we'll be brought to the dean if caught red-handed, I got scared. XD haha. I mean, the guy is serious man. lol. Abel and Eliya, still had the guts to enroll some of our classmates but to our surprise, the block is already full! WTF. C'mon! 5 minutes ago, the block still have 30 slots! I'm so guilt-stricken for not enrolling Marvs & Kulas. :[ Fred and Konrad didn't even got the chance to be a part of A14 too! :[ See you guys next sem. :[

After that we headed to the cashier to pay for our RLE uniform and shoes because we can't get our schedules printed if we haven't done so. And man, the line in NRH bldg. is 5-folds! So we decided to pay in the Admin Bldg. because paying in Arts Bldg. & EB is hopeless. We fall in line for like 3 hours, and the heels of my shoes are already scraped unevenly causing my knees to literally shake. The whole situation is really killing us! It's already 5 pm when we headed to NB for our body measurements which killed us too, because of the long line. We waited patiently only to find out that we have to go back the next day, at 8 am, for our shoe measurements & COR. Man, WTF! Went to Mcdo Morayta (cheeseburger & fries, finally) to eat. Tiring day.

ii. 05.20.08 (Cybill at 18)

Woke up at around 6:15 am, and I am soooo rushing but luckily, I arrived at school before 8 am (phew). Happy Birthday Cybill! She's so pissed because she don't want to spend her birthday in long lines of enrollment. Anyways, we got our shoe measurements and COR printed so fast that day. :} We're so happy because we didn't end up crying in long lines again. For the final procedure, we have to go to the clinic to schedule our medical check-up (a prerequisite for our PE3, swimming). But the stupid guard told us to pay for P110.00 first at the cashier for our x-ray before getting the schedule, so off we went to fall in line in the Admin Bldg. once more. I was wearing pumps then (because the shoes I'm wearing the day before was literally scraped off already) causing my feet to swell so bad because we stand there for like 2 hours! gaaaw. Everyone of us are already hallucinating, and its nearing lunch break. tsk! Then, one of our friends told us that getting schedules for the medical check-up was held in Pav1, not in the clinic! She also told us too that she didn't pay for P110.00 to get her check-up scheduled. Effing guard. grr. We went to Pav1, and get our schedules for less than 10 minutes. Grrr. So yeah, we still have to go back on May 29 for the check-up.

We went to Mcdo Morayta afterwards to have lunch but some immature bitches sang "Happy Birthday" in chorus upon seeing Cybill's bday cake, so we just went to Jollibee in Ever instead to celebrate Cybill's day. We had fun, filled our hungry stomachs, and laugh. Abel and I are still teasing Fred about the incident last sunday. haha! We part ways afterwards, but Croi, RI, Camz, Jhesan, Abel and I went to a dormitory near Mcdo and KFC in España to inquire. Dorm updates tomorrow. :P Went home afterwards and got home at around 4pm. Dozed off again, and woke up at around 8pm.

iii. The "Sched"

A very hectic schedule this semester, I'll be having 5 school days and one rest day (Monday). 4 days with a 9 pm dismissal. But hey, I only have one subject during Thursdays (9am-7pm). Got a 5 unit Anatomy class, and 7 units Health Care as my major. And oh, I also got a swimming class two times a week. Isn't that amazing? I'm so grateful, kill me now.


now playing:
If You Find Yourself Caught in Love - Belle and Sebastian

Sweat dripping all over my body as I type my thoughts away--Ahhhh the scorching heat! I like summer for the fact that I won't be wasting my time struggling with boredom on times that I don't feel like being inside a four-cornered room, dealing with numbers or something that doesn't dance along with my interests. But I really hate it when I got all sweaty and perspiry at the same time. I, for the fact, am loving tan lines so much, yet getting one is really not my thing (ironic wierdo). Anyway let me get started before randomness take its toll on me, again.

i. la fiesta en Paradiso (The party at Paradiso)

We celebrated Kamae's debut yesterday at Paradiso Terrestre. It was an overnight swimming party actually, but there is no doubt that we all had fun. I'm gonna start babbling about yesterday's happenings now before you hit the [x] button. Tee-hee. :} So yeah, when I woke up at around 10 o'clock in the morning, I read Mike's message regarding about the party yada yada. Ten & I went to Kamae's place at around 3pm to supposedly help her and her family prepare but upon arrival, she just told us to accompany her because she wanted to thank God for another year gone by. So off we went to the nearest church but to our surprise, a wedding is currently going on. lol. 411 people: I've never been to a wedding before, and I never expect my 1st time to be like this. LMAO. Good thing it's almost over when our brave souls made our way inside the church. So much for the experience, we went at our house afterwards for me to pack my things to get my bag and go.

We arrived at the venue around 5:30 or 6 pm and at this point of time, everyone in her family - including her, is already going ballistic because they're reservation starts at 5pm and they haven't even started with their fixing. Things got even worse when visitors' started backing out because teeny tiny drops of rain began pouring. Kamae is starting to feel frustrated already, and I can tell that she's really sad. I feel for her so deeply so I just helped her by texting our friends to come over cause its already getting late. In an instant, visitors started to arrive one by one by one until there's no more space for another one. haha! Just kidding.

So yeah, Kamae's party has turned into a big success after all. Went home around 2 in the morning and slept at around 3. When I woke up, my body is really swelling. Ouch! But I'm glad cause I've done something worthwhile. :} I really love being with my HS gang xp and I'm sooo looking forward to seeing them the next time around. Lei you're next, we're sooo on. ;]]

ii. los visitantes, yo quiero (The visitors, I love)

The visitors are composed mostly of our HS friends, a little bit of her DLSU-D friends, & lotsa familias. yeah! ;] HS friends include: me, Zab, Paulo, Athena, Juj, Glenn, Echan, Vice, Lei, Adrielle, Hezel, Angie, & Edray. Even though some of them have summer classes (and some, almost dying xp), we're really glad because everyone expected came. I'm not familiar with her college friends though, all I know is that they're all boys. lol But hey, I know some of them too like Oliver and Mike which happens to be Zab's HS friend too, small world huh? He got to chance to tag her girlfriend along, Dana which happens to be Zab's neighbor too. :}} haha. I also got the chance to mingle with her family days/weeks/years ago before her birthday, so yeah she really had a cool family. I've met a lot of new faces last night, but nonetheless, we all had fun!

iii. etcetera

Yesterday was special because its the first time that I went swimming with him. :} What makes it even more special is when the clock strikes 12 because we got the chance to be with each other on the first few minutes of our 29th month of being officially together. Randomness strikes! I just love Zab (boyfriend/beshie), Kamae (bestest), Athena (labs), Ten (my #1 fan) & Juj (besifafi). lol They're my bestfriends. aww. ;}} mushy much. Notice that I'm writing this as if I was the one who celebrated the debut. lols. It's my turn on the 24th don't worry, expect longer post/s. ;]


Now Playing:
Moon Over You - Cynthia Alexander

1st day of May, labor day. Woke up at around 5 am because of my freaking dysmenorrhea and I must say it really really really sucks. Things get even worse at 6 fucking something am because a brownout occurs. My father invited me for a breakfast in Jollibee or McDonald's because it was really hot but I just asked him for a tablet of pain killer instead --Arrgh the pain is really killing me!! Anyway, enough about cramps.

When I logged onto multiply, I saw Martin having a list of May celebrants in his blog. I was about to that too (naunahan lang ako cause I woke up late na rin) because I also know a lot of people (including myself) who'll be celebrating their birthday this month. So here I am coming up with a list of May celebrants at hand. Hooray for my birth month! ;]