Finally the week ends, albeit on a rather harrowing note.
Last weekend was one of my worst ever. I went home Saturday afternoon to check on Daddy. I was so worried that his abdominal pains would turn out to be cancer or something. As of last weekend, the doctors still hadn't quite figured out what was wrong, mainly because Daddy was not very helpful in describing what sort of pain it was and where it was radiating from exactly. All he knew was that it hurt in his general stomach area. Gawd. Ang kulit, I tell you! He was under medication then, and stubborn as he is (Yes, I think I got my hair and THAT trait from him!), he wouldn't take his medicine if we didn't bug him like hell to. We were pestering him to drink his water, and he kept on saying he'd already reached his quota for the day. Unforgettable line: "Bakit, dapat ba tuwing iinom ako ng tubig, ipapakita ko sa inyo?" Yep, that's Daddy for you. At that point, all the tests had come back negative for anything bad, but there were kidney and prostate tests results that were due Wednesday. I was just sick with worry the entire time I was up at 6am on Sunday. I went to mass with Marcus, Rex, and Dad then we all left for Alabang. I think they were going furniture shopping for the new house or something. I ended up taking a bus from Alabang to Philcoa then 2 jeepney rides to get to the condo. By the time I plopped down on my bed, I was tired as hell. I couldn't get myself to study for LocGov. I had a really bad headache. Psychosomatic. Later Sunday night, I met up with L.A. to have a beer to soothe my nerves.
Monday, I managed to go to all my classes.
Tuesday, Leonen gave us a free cut, but I was already in school in frumpiest outfit, no contacts and dripping hair. I decided to make the most out of my cab ride money and stay in the lib to study. I just hung out with Mitch and Rich at the Portia booth haggling people to guess how many jellies there were in the jar.
And then came Wednesday looming over my head. That was one of the few days I was actually ready to face Ma'am Beth and DanGat. I had marginal notes and all. Read everything twice over. Which is so not me. I had my digests photocopied and arranged already, ready to be distributed. And then I got a text that we weren't going to have PrIL. Ma'am Beth had pharingitis or something. I left the condo 1:45, which usually gives me 5 to 10 minutes leeway to chat. But no, on that particularly horrible day, there were ZERO available cabs along Katipunan. I finally got one around 2pm, and LocGov starts at 2!!! Traffic was horrendous, and I ended up getting to Malcolm at 2:30. Couldn't go to class THAT late, so I immediately proceeded to burn tobacco and inhale the smoke. Lucky for me I didn't get called. Oggs did though. For the cases I digested. We didn't talk for 2 days but I think we're friends now... At least I hope so...
Thursday, I was again prepared for our scheduled SpecPro quiz, but we never got around to it. Which is a good thing. I also found out Daddy had kidney stones. Or stone. I'm not very sure about the particulars. So now he's under medication. It's still never a good thing to have kidney stones, but given the fact that I was thinking CANCER, I guess that's fine.
Today, holy crap. I was again as ready as can be to go to class. But no, as my fate has it, even though I slept at 2 and set my alarm for 9am to go to PrIL at 11, I ended up waking up at 11. I somehow managed to cancel all my alarms in my sleep. I swear, it's a curse! So then I got out of bed a bit later so I could go to LocGov. I left the condo at 1:30. The past 3 or so years I've been in UP Law, it never took more than 30 minutes to get to school, and that already factors in rain, the time I spend waiting for a cab and walking to class. It was just drizzling, so I figured it wouldn't be too hard to get a cab. I was wrong. After 15 minutes of no available cab in sight, I decided to take the jeep. To cut the long story short, it took me an hour and a half to get to school, and by that time, LocGov was over. Again, I was lucky not to have gotten called. And then Danny Con gave us a free cut. So why am I still holed up in the fucking lib? I'm waiting for Chi and Rich to get out of CivPro with Avena. I hate this week, I swear! I don't know how these things happen, and why they seem to be happening to me a hell of a lot more than other people. It's Murphy's Law all over again. Damn damn damn.
I hope breakfast with Tito Iggy tomorrow morning will start a good pattern... Otherwise, I might as well shoot myself in the head and get it over and done with. But hey, with my luck, I'll probably just end up paralyzed for the rest of my life or get caught for possession of an unlicensed firearm.
Friday, December 09, 2005
Monday, December 05, 2005
Stupid questions
I just dug up this old email from college:
10 most stupid questions people usually ask in obvious situations and some equally stupid answers:(well,actually,they're more of "smart" comebacks...)
1. At the movies when you meet acquaintances/friends
Stupid Question: Hey, what are you doing here?
Answer: Well, it's so hot, there were no cool cabs so I thought I'd watch some advertisements in the cool comfort of the theatre.
2. In the bus: A fat girl wearing pointed high-heeled shoes steps on your feet
Stupid Question: Sorry, did that hurt?
Answer: No, not at all, I'm on local anesthesia...why don't you try again or should I try this time.
3. At a funeral: One of the teary-eyed people asks
Stupid Question: Why, Why, why him, of all the people.
Answer: Why? Would it rather have been you?
4. At a restaurant: When you ask the waiter
Stupid Question: Is the "blah blah blah" dish good
Answer: No, its teribble and made of adulterated cement.We occasionally also spit in it.
5. At a family get-together. When some distant aunt meets you after years
Stupid Question: Munna, Chickoo, you've become so big.
Answer:- Well you haven't particularly shrunk yourself.
6. When a friend announces her wedding, and you ask
Stupid Question: Is the guy you're marrying good?
Answer: No, he's a miserable wife-beating, insensitive lout...it's just the money.
7. When you get woken up at midnight by a phone call
Stupid Question: Sorry. were you sleeping?
Answer: No. I was playing cricket for India at Sharjah and just when you called Salim Malik was betting with me that Pakistan would win. What do you think?
8. When you see a friend/colleague with evidently shorter hair
Stupid Question: Hey have you had a haircut?
Answer: No, its Autumn, and I'm shedding......
9. At the dentist when he's sticking pointed objects in your mouth
Stupid Question: Tell me if it hurts?
Answer: And while I'm telling you, you tell me if I bite.
10. You are smoking a cigarette and a cute woman asks
Stupid Question: Oh, so you smoke
Answer: No, it's a miracle .... it was chalk and now it's in flames!!!
10 most stupid questions people usually ask in obvious situations and some equally stupid answers:(well,actually,they're more of "smart" comebacks...)
1. At the movies when you meet acquaintances/friends
Stupid Question: Hey, what are you doing here?
Answer: Well, it's so hot, there were no cool cabs so I thought I'd watch some advertisements in the cool comfort of the theatre.
2. In the bus: A fat girl wearing pointed high-heeled shoes steps on your feet
Stupid Question: Sorry, did that hurt?
Answer: No, not at all, I'm on local anesthesia...why don't you try again or should I try this time.
3. At a funeral: One of the teary-eyed people asks
Stupid Question: Why, Why, why him, of all the people.
Answer: Why? Would it rather have been you?
4. At a restaurant: When you ask the waiter
Stupid Question: Is the "blah blah blah" dish good
Answer: No, its teribble and made of adulterated cement.We occasionally also spit in it.
5. At a family get-together. When some distant aunt meets you after years
Stupid Question: Munna, Chickoo, you've become so big.
Answer:- Well you haven't particularly shrunk yourself.
6. When a friend announces her wedding, and you ask
Stupid Question: Is the guy you're marrying good?
Answer: No, he's a miserable wife-beating, insensitive lout...it's just the money.
7. When you get woken up at midnight by a phone call
Stupid Question: Sorry. were you sleeping?
Answer: No. I was playing cricket for India at Sharjah and just when you called Salim Malik was betting with me that Pakistan would win. What do you think?
8. When you see a friend/colleague with evidently shorter hair
Stupid Question: Hey have you had a haircut?
Answer: No, its Autumn, and I'm shedding......
9. At the dentist when he's sticking pointed objects in your mouth
Stupid Question: Tell me if it hurts?
Answer: And while I'm telling you, you tell me if I bite.
10. You are smoking a cigarette and a cute woman asks
Stupid Question: Oh, so you smoke
Answer: No, it's a miracle .... it was chalk and now it's in flames!!!
Sunday, December 04, 2005
Restless weekend
I've recently been proven wrong about a lot of things.
(1) I still know how to commute around Lipa.
(2) My dad hasn't been issued a clean bill of health yet. We're still waiting for 2 test results to come out. Darn. I swear, I'm going to die of anxiety before those results are finally released.
(3) It's complicated.
Can't elaborate now, I just got back from Lipa, and I have to rush through my Leonen readings and paper, Loc Gov, Pril, Corpo, and 3 digests for Loc Gov. Phew. Kill me, kill me, kill me.
(1) I still know how to commute around Lipa.
(2) My dad hasn't been issued a clean bill of health yet. We're still waiting for 2 test results to come out. Darn. I swear, I'm going to die of anxiety before those results are finally released.
(3) It's complicated.
Can't elaborate now, I just got back from Lipa, and I have to rush through my Leonen readings and paper, Loc Gov, Pril, Corpo, and 3 digests for Loc Gov. Phew. Kill me, kill me, kill me.
Thursday, December 01, 2005
The best hug ever
I just got home from school about an hour and a half ago. I dropped by the condo for a few minutes to freshen up before I went over to McDonald's to have dinner with an old friend. I haven't seen him in quite a while. As with most of my friends, our schedules rarely allow for rendezvous-ing. Even today, we only had half an hour to catch up before he had to go to class and all. I'm really happy we met up though. The past few days have been really stressful, with my dad getting confined in the hospital and all, and I glad (what a word) to see him. We had dinner, or, well, I did. He just watched me eat. And then we talked for a few minutes. And then I got the best hug ever. =) Just when I needed it.
School has been a bit more hectic than usual, what with Ma'am Beth, Dan Gat and Danny Con Mondays and Wednesdays, one paper due every Monday, Leonen on Tuesdays, Spec Pro and Tax on Thursdays, Dan Gat on Fridays. I got called twice for Loc Gov for cases I didn't read. First time, I sort of got away with it. The second time, I overread for Pril (I read til Page 102 when the homework turned out to be til Page 59.) and ended up not being able to finish the assigned cases for Loc Gov. We all thought class was over, as it was 3:05 or 3:10 already, and class was supposed to end at 3. I had put my stuff away and all, and then I got called. Dan Gat had skipped a couple of cases, and there was one case left at the end, so I thought, yeah, I can do that. But no, he went back to two of the cases he skipped. Gawd, the horror! I so have to make up for that. And Esguerra held mini-orals earlier today. It was okay naman. But I still hate exams. I'm just happy I actually have weekends free now. Not that I get to go out a lot. I usually just spend the two days I have free lounging around watching good movies I've seen, or the ones I missed.
My dad got out of the hospital earlier today. Thank God. I couldn't study for the longest time out of sheer terror that he had cancer or something of the sort. One of my great-aunts has colon cancer. My dad says it's only a matter of time. Last I saw her, she looked like Death himself.
Among other things, I don't want to become an orphan, you know. My overactive imagination went wild. I couldn't stop thinking of all the worst-case scenarios. And then I cried like I haven't cried in a long time. What if this, what if that...? I'm so scared of losing people I love that I sometimes overreact when anybody in the family gets sick, as we're generally a pretty healthy lot. My generation, anyway. And my dad's 51. More than half a century. Age really does aggravate things. I panic when Mama (my maternal grandmother) gets a headache. As for Mama, my concern is justified. She still smokes, is prone to hypertension and heart attacks and all. And our family has a long history of all sorts of cancer, leukemia, heart ailments, hypertension and even diabetes. You name it, we've got it. I think it's the cigarettes. Even I have some sort of a heart problem. I mean that both literally and figuratively. =p I get your run of the mill chest pains every now and then. Worst ones were when I was in college. I just make all sorts of excuses when they want to take me to the hospital. And when they finally convince me to go, I make all sorts of excuses to NOT get the test results. What I don't know won't hurt me. Besides, it's probably just stress.
Anyway, what really aggravated the whole situation is that they don't tell me what's going on in full detail. It's like asking for the time and getting the answer, "Morning." Hello? Could you please be responsive to the question? I know it's because they don't want me to get worried, but ironically, what results is the exact opposite. I'm going home after Corpo tomorrow night to check on them. I want to see the test results for myself, just to make sure they're not hiding something from me.
On the brighter side, Tito Iggy sent me extra moolah for books. I guess it'll get credited to my account tomorrow. We're having breakfast one of these weekends. Yipeedooyay.
School has been a bit more hectic than usual, what with Ma'am Beth, Dan Gat and Danny Con Mondays and Wednesdays, one paper due every Monday, Leonen on Tuesdays, Spec Pro and Tax on Thursdays, Dan Gat on Fridays. I got called twice for Loc Gov for cases I didn't read. First time, I sort of got away with it. The second time, I overread for Pril (I read til Page 102 when the homework turned out to be til Page 59.) and ended up not being able to finish the assigned cases for Loc Gov. We all thought class was over, as it was 3:05 or 3:10 already, and class was supposed to end at 3. I had put my stuff away and all, and then I got called. Dan Gat had skipped a couple of cases, and there was one case left at the end, so I thought, yeah, I can do that. But no, he went back to two of the cases he skipped. Gawd, the horror! I so have to make up for that. And Esguerra held mini-orals earlier today. It was okay naman. But I still hate exams. I'm just happy I actually have weekends free now. Not that I get to go out a lot. I usually just spend the two days I have free lounging around watching good movies I've seen, or the ones I missed.
My dad got out of the hospital earlier today. Thank God. I couldn't study for the longest time out of sheer terror that he had cancer or something of the sort. One of my great-aunts has colon cancer. My dad says it's only a matter of time. Last I saw her, she looked like Death himself.
Among other things, I don't want to become an orphan, you know. My overactive imagination went wild. I couldn't stop thinking of all the worst-case scenarios. And then I cried like I haven't cried in a long time. What if this, what if that...? I'm so scared of losing people I love that I sometimes overreact when anybody in the family gets sick, as we're generally a pretty healthy lot. My generation, anyway. And my dad's 51. More than half a century. Age really does aggravate things. I panic when Mama (my maternal grandmother) gets a headache. As for Mama, my concern is justified. She still smokes, is prone to hypertension and heart attacks and all. And our family has a long history of all sorts of cancer, leukemia, heart ailments, hypertension and even diabetes. You name it, we've got it. I think it's the cigarettes. Even I have some sort of a heart problem. I mean that both literally and figuratively. =p I get your run of the mill chest pains every now and then. Worst ones were when I was in college. I just make all sorts of excuses when they want to take me to the hospital. And when they finally convince me to go, I make all sorts of excuses to NOT get the test results. What I don't know won't hurt me. Besides, it's probably just stress.
Anyway, what really aggravated the whole situation is that they don't tell me what's going on in full detail. It's like asking for the time and getting the answer, "Morning." Hello? Could you please be responsive to the question? I know it's because they don't want me to get worried, but ironically, what results is the exact opposite. I'm going home after Corpo tomorrow night to check on them. I want to see the test results for myself, just to make sure they're not hiding something from me.
On the brighter side, Tito Iggy sent me extra moolah for books. I guess it'll get credited to my account tomorrow. We're having breakfast one of these weekends. Yipeedooyay.
Saturday, November 26, 2005
Saturday afternoon in the lib
I just uploaded a dozen or so new pictures to my Yahoo Photos and Friendster accounts. They're from my Sunday out with Kiel, Lianne's dad's birthday, and Saturday out with my roommates. =)
Anyway, right now, I'm passing time in the lib. Yes, I went to school but I didn't go to class. I was spent so much time pondering whether or not to go that by the time I had decided to actually go, class had started, and I didn't want to come in late. So I hung out by myself in the Winlaw room then decided to check my mail and upload pictures and stuff. I've been here almost two hours now, waiting for class to end so we can all have an early dinner. Yipeedooyay.
By the way, I cancelled my date for tonight. Not in the mood. Naiirita ako sa world today. And medyo ayoko siya makita kasi naiirita din ako sa kanya. Marie actually thought I was going on a date with -Ahem-. I wish diba? But no. Not him. Some other irritating little bozo na hindi ko gets ang strategy. Grrr...
Hay... I need a date for tonight.
Anyway, right now, I'm passing time in the lib. Yes, I went to school but I didn't go to class. I was spent so much time pondering whether or not to go that by the time I had decided to actually go, class had started, and I didn't want to come in late. So I hung out by myself in the Winlaw room then decided to check my mail and upload pictures and stuff. I've been here almost two hours now, waiting for class to end so we can all have an early dinner. Yipeedooyay.
By the way, I cancelled my date for tonight. Not in the mood. Naiirita ako sa world today. And medyo ayoko siya makita kasi naiirita din ako sa kanya. Marie actually thought I was going on a date with -Ahem-. I wish diba? But no. Not him. Some other irritating little bozo na hindi ko gets ang strategy. Grrr...
Hay... I need a date for tonight.
Wednesday, November 16, 2005
And the trouble begins...
I finally got around to advisement today, and lo and behold, my sched has been turned upside down, inside out. I have no complaints about the classes. For now at least. Ma'am Beth's still out of the country. My only complaint is that I already bought books for the classes I'm supposed to be taking this sem, goddamit! And I spent the rest of my book fund with the mistaken belief that I was done with that shit. Arrgh!!!
I was supposed to defer Corpo so I could take Agency. And since our Spec Pro class conflicts with my Agency class, I transferred to 3C. I also took an elective with Leonen. So now that I CAN'T defer Corpo, I have to drop Agency, take Corpo, and maybe go back to my block for Spec Pro. Oggs was allowed naman yesterday. Eh I didn't want to argue with her na. Now I have to borrow both Campos books from A.R. Please bear in mind that it's against my religion to borrow or to lend school books. It's part of this thing I've got going. So yeah, okay, fine. I'll take Corpo with my batch. I'll just have to take Agency next year with the Evening people. Ack. Ack. Ack. Double triple quadruple ACK!!!
So since I attended Corpo with Danny Con for the first time earlier today, now I have to sit in the first row, right smack in the middle. Waaahhh!!! I swear, God hates me. Ah, and I bought books na for Spec Pro with Esguerra kasi nga I was supposed to be taking Agency, but no, since I'm not taking it anymore, wala nang conflict Agency and Spec Pro ko. But I already have books!!! Kainis talaga! Instead of getting Herrera for Spec Pro and de Leon for Agency, I shoulda just bought the 2 Campos books for Corpo. Darn darn darn. Nahihiya nako mag-ask for money from my dad naman eh hello, I SO cannot afford to pay for those books out of my allowance. Although okay din yun, papayat ako kasi I'll be eating Skyflakes for the rest of the month. Haha! I just paid for my glasses pati. I'm super kaduper broke na talaga!!! I'm so broke I could cry! And I want to watch Harry Potter. And Memoirs of a Geisha. And Just Like Heaven. (May pact kami ni Nico NOT to watch The Exorcism of Emily Rose kasi sayang money, eh we spend most of the time NOT watching the scary parts naman. I don't know what Nico's reason is, but as for me, I'm the scarediest cat there is. I end up dreaming of the scary parts, or thinking of them when I'm studying alone, and my imagination gets the best of me. I end up sleeping with the lights AND the radio on, blanket drawn over my head, and pillows packed on either side of my bed just to make sure na walang pwedeng tumabi sakin. Yes, all of this is true.)
Hay buhay...
Family reunion this weekend at Hillsborough. Tito Iggy's picking me up at 10:30am. I kinda have to go to this one, as I missed the February reunion. Kasi naman, ang layo kaya ng Polo Club! I went to the UP Fair with Lianne, Jen and Cesar na lang. Hehe! Tito Iggy prepared a bon voyage thing kasi for one of my other titos who was migrating to Canada or somewhere cold. =p Oh well, at least, I'll get to go to the one this weekend. And Sunday, I'm meeting up with Kiel. He'll be in Manila Sunday til Tuesday. May mangbubuwisit nanaman sakin. Gawd. I swear, I don't think he'll ever grow up. I CANNOT believe I used to be SO super hung up on him. I'm developing such lousy taste when it comes to guys, I swear! Well, di naman. Just one or two bad apples.
Again, help!!! Rescue me!!! God really shouldn't listen to what I say. Just the other night kasi, I was telling Chi na I was kinda regretting deferring Corpo. Ayan, sige lang ha. Be careful what you wish for kasi, you just might get it. As what happened to me. And I already bought books!!! Whattafucker!!!
I was supposed to defer Corpo so I could take Agency. And since our Spec Pro class conflicts with my Agency class, I transferred to 3C. I also took an elective with Leonen. So now that I CAN'T defer Corpo, I have to drop Agency, take Corpo, and maybe go back to my block for Spec Pro. Oggs was allowed naman yesterday. Eh I didn't want to argue with her na. Now I have to borrow both Campos books from A.R. Please bear in mind that it's against my religion to borrow or to lend school books. It's part of this thing I've got going. So yeah, okay, fine. I'll take Corpo with my batch. I'll just have to take Agency next year with the Evening people. Ack. Ack. Ack. Double triple quadruple ACK!!!
So since I attended Corpo with Danny Con for the first time earlier today, now I have to sit in the first row, right smack in the middle. Waaahhh!!! I swear, God hates me. Ah, and I bought books na for Spec Pro with Esguerra kasi nga I was supposed to be taking Agency, but no, since I'm not taking it anymore, wala nang conflict Agency and Spec Pro ko. But I already have books!!! Kainis talaga! Instead of getting Herrera for Spec Pro and de Leon for Agency, I shoulda just bought the 2 Campos books for Corpo. Darn darn darn. Nahihiya nako mag-ask for money from my dad naman eh hello, I SO cannot afford to pay for those books out of my allowance. Although okay din yun, papayat ako kasi I'll be eating Skyflakes for the rest of the month. Haha! I just paid for my glasses pati. I'm super kaduper broke na talaga!!! I'm so broke I could cry! And I want to watch Harry Potter. And Memoirs of a Geisha. And Just Like Heaven. (May pact kami ni Nico NOT to watch The Exorcism of Emily Rose kasi sayang money, eh we spend most of the time NOT watching the scary parts naman. I don't know what Nico's reason is, but as for me, I'm the scarediest cat there is. I end up dreaming of the scary parts, or thinking of them when I'm studying alone, and my imagination gets the best of me. I end up sleeping with the lights AND the radio on, blanket drawn over my head, and pillows packed on either side of my bed just to make sure na walang pwedeng tumabi sakin. Yes, all of this is true.)
Hay buhay...
Family reunion this weekend at Hillsborough. Tito Iggy's picking me up at 10:30am. I kinda have to go to this one, as I missed the February reunion. Kasi naman, ang layo kaya ng Polo Club! I went to the UP Fair with Lianne, Jen and Cesar na lang. Hehe! Tito Iggy prepared a bon voyage thing kasi for one of my other titos who was migrating to Canada or somewhere cold. =p Oh well, at least, I'll get to go to the one this weekend. And Sunday, I'm meeting up with Kiel. He'll be in Manila Sunday til Tuesday. May mangbubuwisit nanaman sakin. Gawd. I swear, I don't think he'll ever grow up. I CANNOT believe I used to be SO super hung up on him. I'm developing such lousy taste when it comes to guys, I swear! Well, di naman. Just one or two bad apples.
Again, help!!! Rescue me!!! God really shouldn't listen to what I say. Just the other night kasi, I was telling Chi na I was kinda regretting deferring Corpo. Ayan, sige lang ha. Be careful what you wish for kasi, you just might get it. As what happened to me. And I already bought books!!! Whattafucker!!!
Tuesday, November 08, 2005
Sickadoodledoo...
Can I just say, hindi ko na talaga kaya si Sam. He's so adorable, I swear to God!!! Hindi ko na talaga kaya! Marry me!!! Hehe! Just kidding. Not!
I am surrounded by viruses intent on attacking me. Honest. I feel like a nucleus, and the viruses are electrons and shit. Darn. Wrong timing. I haven't started on those Loc Gov readings for tomorrow yet... (I stole A.R.'s nicer copies. Hehe! Sorrreee. That's Grace tax for you.) Aw shit. I haven't been so exhausted for a long time. Well, not since finals, anyway. It's like someone dunked an anvil over my body and forgot to take it off. Reg was EXHAUSTING. It took me hours to get my Form 5 and THEN nagpaawa ako sa OCS so I could get out of Corpo. I'm taking it with the CivPro people next sem. Oggs and I are taking Agency this sem kasi and the only sched that wouldn't conflict with SpecPro was the 2C class with Chrissy (Wednesdays 8:30 to 10 and Saturdays 2:30 to 4). That would mean death for me, i.e. Chrissy, Ma'am Beth, Dan Gat and Danny Con on Wednesdays 8:30am to 4pm. Hello?!! Pwede mamatay? Well, luckily I was able to get out of it. I still have to go through assessment and all of that tomorrow. Haaaay...
In any case, I got a fun day out naman yesterday. Mario and I spent 8 hours traipsing all over Eastwood. We met up around 10:30 in school then decided to spend the day how we would SO not have the chance to for at least the next month and a half. Lunch at this really cheap but good place in the National Bookstore building (Sizzlers ata yun. I spent all of 65 pesos for lunch. =) And then we walked around, visited A Different Bookstore, went around, saw Zorro (Uber funny!!! Not a dull moment. Also reminded me of someone. Hehe!), hung out at Coffee Bean (NOT studying this time), then dinner at Gerry's with Jay. Ahhh... What a day...
And then there was today. Gawd. I saw Nanezze though. We spent the afternoon with Sands. And Lianne's mom treated us out to lunch at Little Asia Morato. Yumyum. =) Oh yeah, Lianne and A.R. are friends na. Hehe! Ask A.R. how it happened. What a weirdo. ANYWAY...
I have to get back to Loc Gov. Exaj. Inaantok nanaman ako. This doesn't happen naman when I don't have to read for school.
Lalalalalalala... Law school is back with a vengeance.
I am surrounded by viruses intent on attacking me. Honest. I feel like a nucleus, and the viruses are electrons and shit. Darn. Wrong timing. I haven't started on those Loc Gov readings for tomorrow yet... (I stole A.R.'s nicer copies. Hehe! Sorrreee. That's Grace tax for you.) Aw shit. I haven't been so exhausted for a long time. Well, not since finals, anyway. It's like someone dunked an anvil over my body and forgot to take it off. Reg was EXHAUSTING. It took me hours to get my Form 5 and THEN nagpaawa ako sa OCS so I could get out of Corpo. I'm taking it with the CivPro people next sem. Oggs and I are taking Agency this sem kasi and the only sched that wouldn't conflict with SpecPro was the 2C class with Chrissy (Wednesdays 8:30 to 10 and Saturdays 2:30 to 4). That would mean death for me, i.e. Chrissy, Ma'am Beth, Dan Gat and Danny Con on Wednesdays 8:30am to 4pm. Hello?!! Pwede mamatay? Well, luckily I was able to get out of it. I still have to go through assessment and all of that tomorrow. Haaaay...
In any case, I got a fun day out naman yesterday. Mario and I spent 8 hours traipsing all over Eastwood. We met up around 10:30 in school then decided to spend the day how we would SO not have the chance to for at least the next month and a half. Lunch at this really cheap but good place in the National Bookstore building (Sizzlers ata yun. I spent all of 65 pesos for lunch. =) And then we walked around, visited A Different Bookstore, went around, saw Zorro (Uber funny!!! Not a dull moment. Also reminded me of someone. Hehe!), hung out at Coffee Bean (NOT studying this time), then dinner at Gerry's with Jay. Ahhh... What a day...
And then there was today. Gawd. I saw Nanezze though. We spent the afternoon with Sands. And Lianne's mom treated us out to lunch at Little Asia Morato. Yumyum. =) Oh yeah, Lianne and A.R. are friends na. Hehe! Ask A.R. how it happened. What a weirdo. ANYWAY...
I have to get back to Loc Gov. Exaj. Inaantok nanaman ako. This doesn't happen naman when I don't have to read for school.
Lalalalalalala... Law school is back with a vengeance.
Sunday, November 06, 2005
I'm baaaaaack!!!!! =p
Yep. Your worst fears have come true. I'm back with a vengeance, new issues and all. Haha!
I just got back from Lipa earlier today. Long road trip with my dad, stepmom, brother the toddler, Lorraine and Tita Raquel through a good section of Batangas, Tagaytay and most of the South. Hehe! I love road trips. Anyhoo, I brought back with me a lotta bad memories, i.e. reviewers and digests from way back. Meaning freshman year of law school. I just realized I had 4 notebooks for Persons. I filled up 2 for my notes and another 2 for handwritten digests. Phew. I didn't know I was THAT masipag then ha! Excuuuuse meee!
And what did this genius do 2 minutes after the guardia civil drove away? (Don't get me wrong, I love my dad et.al., but a girl's gotta have some nicotine.)
(1) Ran to the convenience store and bought a pack of yosi.
- Can't smoke at home. My dad would kill me. Yep. Definitely kill me. Although come to think of it, since I was alone in the house with my baby (C.S. Lewis) for quite a bit, I could have sneaked a smoke or two.
(2) Bought prepaid.
- Been using my dad's phone since yesterday. I just deleted the evidence from the sent messages folder. Sneaky. Hehe! If he only knew I was texting the guy he hates most. You know, the one about whom he had this to say: "Break na kayo? Buti naman. Pag nakipagbalikan ka dun, sasampalin kita." Eh hindi naman kami eh. Texting so does NOT a relationship make. Duh. Anyhoo, nothing wrong with being friends. As long as there are no unecessary complications.
(3) Labeled my reviewers and arranged them in alphabetical order by subject.
- Still have to get one of my CivPro reviewers bound though. And Cesar still has one of my Property reviewers. It's oddly comforting (for me, anyway) to see things in such a state. It drives some people nuts. And others just find it hilarious that I actually do these things. (NICO, Nico, Nico and Nico. Oh, and my roommates, my barkada, and my new favorite guy---Mario)
(4) Arranged, rearranged, and re-rearranged all my stuff until I came up with the best arrangement.
- Which is also what I did with my stuff at home. Spent a good 3 days rearranging furniture around the house, cleaning my room (Nobody goes there. They say it's haunted. Which it is, I think. But I'm apathetic even towards ghosts. I blame it all on a hyperactive imagination. But I AM a scaredy cat if there ever was one. Which does not make any sense except to moi.), setting up the Christmas tree et.al., driving my brother the toddler nuts, trying to annoy my dad to tears (Hehe!), visiting relatives, reading, eating... Well, you know what sembreak is like for me.
(5) Long chat with Ngangi and Lorraine.
- Re: (1) Sam (Blush blush). Gawd, ang cute talaga niya, hindi ko kaya!!!, (2) Lorraine's Hong Kong / China trip, (3) Weird stories, (4) The bubwit, and (5) Shopping.
(6) Had dinner with Ngangi and Lorraine while talking about feces and puke.
- Seriously. Brother the toddler got terribly dizzy in the car on the way here and threw up. Oh gawd the stench!!! I am never going to have kids, I swear! But I love that little critter. Although he eats up like 90% of the bed when he sleeps in my room. AND he throws plump calamansi in with my reviewers as if he were playing basketball. He's such a cute kid, I swear. Quite a smartass for 1 1/2 years.
(7) Tada!
Oh yeah, we're moving to the new house sometime in December. We're spending Christmas there daw. Dad says he's still going to maintain the old one though. Our stuff's still going to be there. I'll probably be spending most of my time at the old house too. All my books are there. Besides, it's just a 5 or 10 minute drive away anyway. If I opt to commute, which I hate doing, it would probably take me half an hour or so. Factoring in the circumstance that I don't know my way around Lipa anymore. Shucks, sana may cute neighbors kami. I've only been there twice, and the only neighbors I've seen are not so appetizing. =p Oh well. As for my issues, happy ako ngayon. Tinatamad ako magrant.
Anyway, I'll go back to watch a couple of episodes of Stained Glass. Hehe! Gotta drop the cd's off at Picazo pa. I just borrowed them from Gwyneth eh. Au revoir!!!
I just got back from Lipa earlier today. Long road trip with my dad, stepmom, brother the toddler, Lorraine and Tita Raquel through a good section of Batangas, Tagaytay and most of the South. Hehe! I love road trips. Anyhoo, I brought back with me a lotta bad memories, i.e. reviewers and digests from way back. Meaning freshman year of law school. I just realized I had 4 notebooks for Persons. I filled up 2 for my notes and another 2 for handwritten digests. Phew. I didn't know I was THAT masipag then ha! Excuuuuse meee!
And what did this genius do 2 minutes after the guardia civil drove away? (Don't get me wrong, I love my dad et.al., but a girl's gotta have some nicotine.)
(1) Ran to the convenience store and bought a pack of yosi.
- Can't smoke at home. My dad would kill me. Yep. Definitely kill me. Although come to think of it, since I was alone in the house with my baby (C.S. Lewis) for quite a bit, I could have sneaked a smoke or two.
(2) Bought prepaid.
- Been using my dad's phone since yesterday. I just deleted the evidence from the sent messages folder. Sneaky. Hehe! If he only knew I was texting the guy he hates most. You know, the one about whom he had this to say: "Break na kayo? Buti naman. Pag nakipagbalikan ka dun, sasampalin kita." Eh hindi naman kami eh. Texting so does NOT a relationship make. Duh. Anyhoo, nothing wrong with being friends. As long as there are no unecessary complications.
(3) Labeled my reviewers and arranged them in alphabetical order by subject.
- Still have to get one of my CivPro reviewers bound though. And Cesar still has one of my Property reviewers. It's oddly comforting (for me, anyway) to see things in such a state. It drives some people nuts. And others just find it hilarious that I actually do these things. (NICO, Nico, Nico and Nico. Oh, and my roommates, my barkada, and my new favorite guy---Mario)
(4) Arranged, rearranged, and re-rearranged all my stuff until I came up with the best arrangement.
- Which is also what I did with my stuff at home. Spent a good 3 days rearranging furniture around the house, cleaning my room (Nobody goes there. They say it's haunted. Which it is, I think. But I'm apathetic even towards ghosts. I blame it all on a hyperactive imagination. But I AM a scaredy cat if there ever was one. Which does not make any sense except to moi.), setting up the Christmas tree et.al., driving my brother the toddler nuts, trying to annoy my dad to tears (Hehe!), visiting relatives, reading, eating... Well, you know what sembreak is like for me.
(5) Long chat with Ngangi and Lorraine.
- Re: (1) Sam (Blush blush). Gawd, ang cute talaga niya, hindi ko kaya!!!, (2) Lorraine's Hong Kong / China trip, (3) Weird stories, (4) The bubwit, and (5) Shopping.
(6) Had dinner with Ngangi and Lorraine while talking about feces and puke.
- Seriously. Brother the toddler got terribly dizzy in the car on the way here and threw up. Oh gawd the stench!!! I am never going to have kids, I swear! But I love that little critter. Although he eats up like 90% of the bed when he sleeps in my room. AND he throws plump calamansi in with my reviewers as if he were playing basketball. He's such a cute kid, I swear. Quite a smartass for 1 1/2 years.
(7) Tada!
Oh yeah, we're moving to the new house sometime in December. We're spending Christmas there daw. Dad says he's still going to maintain the old one though. Our stuff's still going to be there. I'll probably be spending most of my time at the old house too. All my books are there. Besides, it's just a 5 or 10 minute drive away anyway. If I opt to commute, which I hate doing, it would probably take me half an hour or so. Factoring in the circumstance that I don't know my way around Lipa anymore. Shucks, sana may cute neighbors kami. I've only been there twice, and the only neighbors I've seen are not so appetizing. =p Oh well. As for my issues, happy ako ngayon. Tinatamad ako magrant.
Anyway, I'll go back to watch a couple of episodes of Stained Glass. Hehe! Gotta drop the cd's off at Picazo pa. I just borrowed them from Gwyneth eh. Au revoir!!!
Sunday, October 23, 2005
My last goodbye...
Haha! Dramatic ba? Anyhoo, I'll be outta town for the next 2 weeks or so. I'll be in my treehouse in the province. Hehe! I'll be visiting family and friends I haven't seen for months. I'll be spending a week at my grandmother's in Biñan before I go to Lipa for All Saints' and All Souls' Days and a couple extra, to spend time with my dad, my stepmom and my two brothers.
So there. It's not THAT far from civilization, I assure you. I can still receive text messages, so if anything comes up or whatever, just holler. Or send smoke signals. Something. I won't be updating my blog or checking my mail til I come back though. Time to give my online life a bit of a rest too. I'll be back with my kwento in two weeks, or three weeks max.
Again, if it's important, you guys have my number. Happy sembreak! (Well, until the grades come out anyway...)
So there. It's not THAT far from civilization, I assure you. I can still receive text messages, so if anything comes up or whatever, just holler. Or send smoke signals. Something. I won't be updating my blog or checking my mail til I come back though. Time to give my online life a bit of a rest too. I'll be back with my kwento in two weeks, or three weeks max.
Again, if it's important, you guys have my number. Happy sembreak! (Well, until the grades come out anyway...)
LINES FROM THE SONGS I’M LISTENING TO…
Again, these are just lines ha. They are not intended to mean anything or to get any message across. I just happen to be listening to my first MP3 cd, these songs appear in the first few folders, when alphabetically arranged. Don’t take me too seriously. I really don’t make THAT much sense.
“You are the perfect drug, the perfect drug, the perfect drug… / You are the perfect drug, the perfect drug, the perfect drug… / You are the perfect drug, the perfect drug, the perfect drug…”
“I want you all tattooed / I want you bad / Complicated / X-rated / I want you bad bad bad bad bad bad…”
“If you could only see the way she loves me / Then maybe you would understand / Why I feel this way about our love / And what I must do / If you could only see how blue her eyes can be when she says / When she says she loves me…”
“I’m a slut / That’s why you love me / That’s why you have me too…”
“And all we have to lose is time / And what we lose we leave behind..."
“Don’t look at me that way / Just close your eyes / Do you want to say it / I can make it on my own / I’m not alone / And if you go away you know…”
“All about chemistry / Won’t you show me everything me you know / Won’t you show me everything you know…”
“I have become cumbersome to this world / I have become cumbersome to my girl… Too heavy, too black or too white, too wrong or too right / Too rich or too poor…”
“There’s been time / I’m so confused / All my roads they lead to you / Just can’t turn and walk away / It’s hard to say what it is I see in you / Wonder if I’ll always be with you / Words can’t say and I can’t do enough to prove it’s all for you…”
NOTE: Obvious ba, tinatamad ako gumawa ng paper?
“You are the perfect drug, the perfect drug, the perfect drug… / You are the perfect drug, the perfect drug, the perfect drug… / You are the perfect drug, the perfect drug, the perfect drug…”
“I want you all tattooed / I want you bad / Complicated / X-rated / I want you bad bad bad bad bad bad…”
“If you could only see the way she loves me / Then maybe you would understand / Why I feel this way about our love / And what I must do / If you could only see how blue her eyes can be when she says / When she says she loves me…”
“I’m a slut / That’s why you love me / That’s why you have me too…”
“And all we have to lose is time / And what we lose we leave behind..."
“Don’t look at me that way / Just close your eyes / Do you want to say it / I can make it on my own / I’m not alone / And if you go away you know…”
“All about chemistry / Won’t you show me everything me you know / Won’t you show me everything you know…”
“I have become cumbersome to this world / I have become cumbersome to my girl… Too heavy, too black or too white, too wrong or too right / Too rich or too poor…”
“There’s been time / I’m so confused / All my roads they lead to you / Just can’t turn and walk away / It’s hard to say what it is I see in you / Wonder if I’ll always be with you / Words can’t say and I can’t do enough to prove it’s all for you…”
NOTE: Obvious ba, tinatamad ako gumawa ng paper?
RANDOM THOUGHTS (which came up while I was writing my tax paper)
*First of all, when I don’t name the people I describe, the descriptions could match at least half-a-dozen people. They are not named for a reason. No assumptions called for here. Nuff said. Some people can be so annoying sometimes.
*For the record, I’m tired of him na. Yauck, feeling. ‘Di nga. Time for a change. Time to switch. Masyado nang matagal yan. Nakakasawa na. Mario, I won our bet! Sabi ko sayo, by the start of the 2nd sem diba? See, I’m 3 weeks ahead of schedule.
*Like I said before, sometimes, I think people take me too seriously. That’s why I always get myself into trouble. Hello?!! What a weird world.
*Mario’s leaving na on Tuesday… =(
*I’m going home tomorrow. Yay! I’ll be spending a week at my grandmother’s in Biñan then I’m going home to Lipa with Joven to spend All Saints’ and All Souls’ Days with my Dad, my stepmom and my brothers. I’ll probably meet up with Kiel before I come back here for reg. Now if only I could finish this Tax paper…
*Another weird thing. The past few days, I’ve been saving text messages from an old friend. Nothing special. Wala lang, na-touch lang ako that he remembered. He’s still the same old weirdo from high school.
*I wonder when the grades will be out… The anticipation is killing me…
*I’m currently half-done with my bonus tax paper. It doesn’t make any sense though. It’s more like a PolSci paper than a Tax paper. Oh well. What can a girl do when her brain is on vacation?
*I love Gilmore Girls and Jack and Bobby. Jack kinda looks like Sam but thinner. But I am consciously preventing myself from fulfilling Nico’s prophecy that I’m going to end up marrying a foreigner. Ayoko nga. Baka mamaya he has hair up his ass pa. Or doesn’t wash. And leaves skid marks. Ewww… Gross!
*Nico is on a silent retreat in Tagaytay, but he broke his solemn oath of silence by greeting Punch Happy Birthday, texting me, and secretly watching TV with the maids. Haha! Funny kid. Lovers abound daw in Tagaytay.
*And the record holder for the most messages saved in my phone inbox is…NICO!!! Currently at 8 out of 16, though when I erase a couple of transient messages, it’ll probably be at 8 out of 10 or something. Ang cute kasi magtext ni Nico, may sense. Hehe!
* And the record holder for the oldest message saved in my phone inbox is…NICO!!! The oldest message here is from June 17, 2003 00:30:42. From Nico’s number from college pa, the phone with a little love letter insert for the magnanakaw. Hehe! We used to laugh at him when we were in college because of that.
*I’m rediscovering old MP3’s I’d forgotten about. Alana Davis, Tonic, Creed, 3 Doors Down, Anika Paris… College songs, mostly. Fun fun.
*Yesterday was Punch’s 20-somethingth birthday.
*Yesterday was also L.A.’s 24th birthday. Yep, friends na ulit kami.
*Up and coming birthdays: 24 – King, Pawie; 25 – Angie Uy; 26 – A.J. Paz; 27 – Tonyboy, Jenie; 28 – Anja, Jocs; 29 – Joven; 30 – Tanya.
*Bakit ba madaming taong may birthday ng October? Hmm… So minus 9 months, ginawa sila January. Onga naman, malamig pa nun. Hehe! Ako, ginawa ako July, rainy season. According to my lola, sa Iloilo daw. Mother! I really shouldn’t be privy to this sort of information! Puhleeeease!!!
*For the record, I’m tired of him na. Yauck, feeling. ‘Di nga. Time for a change. Time to switch. Masyado nang matagal yan. Nakakasawa na. Mario, I won our bet! Sabi ko sayo, by the start of the 2nd sem diba? See, I’m 3 weeks ahead of schedule.
*Like I said before, sometimes, I think people take me too seriously. That’s why I always get myself into trouble. Hello?!! What a weird world.
*Mario’s leaving na on Tuesday… =(
*I’m going home tomorrow. Yay! I’ll be spending a week at my grandmother’s in Biñan then I’m going home to Lipa with Joven to spend All Saints’ and All Souls’ Days with my Dad, my stepmom and my brothers. I’ll probably meet up with Kiel before I come back here for reg. Now if only I could finish this Tax paper…
*Another weird thing. The past few days, I’ve been saving text messages from an old friend. Nothing special. Wala lang, na-touch lang ako that he remembered. He’s still the same old weirdo from high school.
*I wonder when the grades will be out… The anticipation is killing me…
*I’m currently half-done with my bonus tax paper. It doesn’t make any sense though. It’s more like a PolSci paper than a Tax paper. Oh well. What can a girl do when her brain is on vacation?
*I love Gilmore Girls and Jack and Bobby. Jack kinda looks like Sam but thinner. But I am consciously preventing myself from fulfilling Nico’s prophecy that I’m going to end up marrying a foreigner. Ayoko nga. Baka mamaya he has hair up his ass pa. Or doesn’t wash. And leaves skid marks. Ewww… Gross!
*Nico is on a silent retreat in Tagaytay, but he broke his solemn oath of silence by greeting Punch Happy Birthday, texting me, and secretly watching TV with the maids. Haha! Funny kid. Lovers abound daw in Tagaytay.
*And the record holder for the most messages saved in my phone inbox is…NICO!!! Currently at 8 out of 16, though when I erase a couple of transient messages, it’ll probably be at 8 out of 10 or something. Ang cute kasi magtext ni Nico, may sense. Hehe!
* And the record holder for the oldest message saved in my phone inbox is…NICO!!! The oldest message here is from June 17, 2003 00:30:42. From Nico’s number from college pa, the phone with a little love letter insert for the magnanakaw. Hehe! We used to laugh at him when we were in college because of that.
*I’m rediscovering old MP3’s I’d forgotten about. Alana Davis, Tonic, Creed, 3 Doors Down, Anika Paris… College songs, mostly. Fun fun.
*Yesterday was Punch’s 20-somethingth birthday.
*Yesterday was also L.A.’s 24th birthday. Yep, friends na ulit kami.
*Up and coming birthdays: 24 – King, Pawie; 25 – Angie Uy; 26 – A.J. Paz; 27 – Tonyboy, Jenie; 28 – Anja, Jocs; 29 – Joven; 30 – Tanya.
*Bakit ba madaming taong may birthday ng October? Hmm… So minus 9 months, ginawa sila January. Onga naman, malamig pa nun. Hehe! Ako, ginawa ako July, rainy season. According to my lola, sa Iloilo daw. Mother! I really shouldn’t be privy to this sort of information! Puhleeeease!!!
RECONSTRUCTED ANECDOTES FROM COLLEGE AND LAW SCHOOL FRIENDS
RECONSTRUCTED ANECDOTES FROM COLLEGE AND LAW SCHOOL FRIENDS
(1) Girl borrows boy’s jacket, and is returning the jacket.
Boy: “I want my jacket back…with you in it.” (Hahaha! What a line!)
NOTE: Boy got his jacket back. Without the girl in it. Kasi naman!
(2) Girl and boy are fighting. Girl does not want to talk.
Boy: Why won’t you talk to me? What’s wrong?
Girl: Just give me a moment, ok? I don’t want to talk right now.
Boy: Why?
Girl: Basta, it’s one of those moments. I just don’t feel like talking.
Boy: Why won’t you tell me what’s wrong?
Girl: (Exasperated) Never mind, the moment is over.
NOTE: Nagbati rin naman sila eventually. Lesson, wag pilitin ang taong ayaw magsalita.
(3) Girl pondering the IF scenario of liking someone else.
Boy: Well, there will always be someone better looking, nicer, and all of that, but what matters is who you really love.
NOTE: Yan ha, may magagamit na kayo na line. Plus points yan. Just don’t dwell on the “better looking” part. Baka sabihin pa, sinasabihan mo siya na pangit siya. Hehe!
(4) Girl naglalambing, says she has a song na for the boy, I miss you by Incubus. Boy listens to song.
“Threefold utopian dream?!!” And boy immediately gets mad. Feeling niya may other boys girlfriend niya. Hahaha! Ano ba yan!
NOTE: Nagbreak din sila eventually, thank God!
(5) Unintentional confession. Boy and girl are walking back to the dorm past midnight. Cat meows, sounds like a baby crying. Girl, startled, jumps in fright.
Boy: You’re like Kyle (not real name).
Girl: (Medyo bingi, thought he said “You like Kyle.” Panicking.) Ohmigod. How did you know? Was I that obvious?
Boy: Uh, I said YOU’RE like Kyle, not YOU like Kyle.
Girl: Oh. Okay.
NOTE: Naging sila a few weeks after this incident.
(6) Boy is driving girl home from Makati.
Girl: You do know she likes you right?
Boy: Yeah, but I like someone else.
Girl: Ah talaga? Sino?
Boy: Ikaw.
Girl: Wushu! Whatever! Binobola mo nanaman ako.
Boy: You know, you should start taking people seriously.
Girl: Huh? What do you mean?
Boy: People who like you.
Girl: Huh? People like who? (Fishing na to at this point. =p)
Boy: People like me.
NOTE: Naging sila a few weeks after this incident.
(7) 3 girls, 2 guys walking to KFC for lunch.
Boy: Is the sun shining?
Girl: Huh? Abnormal ka talaga.
Boy: ‘Di nga, is the sun shining?
Girl: (Sarcastic.) No, it’s emitting heat and light.
Boy: Hay…
NOTE: May pagka-abnoy lang talaga siya. Pero naging sila a few weeks after this incident.
(8) Nico and Chi know this one by heart. Haha! Marketing paper overnight run in Eliazo. I brought rambutan for my groupmates. It was 5am, we were all sleepy. There were 2 pieces left, I think. Iyos ate one. Impe ate one. A third friend, itago na lang natin siya sa pangalang Therese. Nakakahiya kasi for her. Anyway, Therese was busy chewing.
Therese: Mmmm… Sarap ng rambutan.
Iyos: Ha? Eh dalawa na lang yun eh. Kinain ko na yung isa, kinain ni Impe yung isa.
Therese: Talaga? Open na nga siya kanina.
Grace: Ohmigod, kinain mo second-hand rambutan!!!
NOTE: Naging si Iyos and Impe senior year. And si rambutan girl, may boyfriend na rin daw, according to a common friend. Hehe! I think mas careful na siya kumain ng rambutan ngayon.
(9) Room 305 Eliazo Hall. A certain roommate was asking me something about Ma11.
Roommate: Grace, pano kunin yung y-interceept?
Grace: Bwahahaha!
(10) HUGE moth flying around the ceiling fan in our dorm room. That particular ceiling fan has killed a good many insectoids. Moth gets caught in the blades, and is thrown to the floor, apparently dead. Tanya approaches the remains and checks for signs of life.
Tanya: It…
The moth suddenly moves.
Tanya: …has been alive!!!
(11) Laya is memorizing the Our Father in Spanish in our room for Spanish orals the next day:
Laya: (Reciting what she thought was the Our Father in Spanish)
Laya: Ohmigod! Mali! Sinasabi ko pala, Our Father, how are you in heaven!!!
(12) Grace and seatmate Koko doodling in her notebook during Partnerships and Corporations class with Pio Batino. Sir notices them.
Atty. Batino: Ms. Torralba, would you like to show your drawing to the class?
Grace: No Sir, it’s ugly.
(13) Legal History class with Dan Gat.
Dan Gat: Ms. Gabriel, when was the Civil Code enacted?
Daisy: (Serious) Sir, sometime in the 20th century.
(14) Property class with Barry Barry Arbitrary.
Barry: Ms. Sebastian, how was the land acquired in this case?
Mia: (Frantically going through the digest) Sir, treason and rebellion.
Oggs to Nico: Hindi ako makapaniwala na sinabi ni Mia yun.
(15) Crim 2 class with Sir Te.
TOT: Ms. Sebastian?
Mia: (Stands up.) Sir?
TOT: I’m just checking attendance.
(16) Persons class with Ma’am Beth.
EAL: Mr. Cruz, why are you smiling? Did I say something funny? Stop smiling!
(17) Again, Persons class with Ma’am Beth.
Oggs: …Singalong Street… (pronounced /singalong/, not /sing-ga-long/)
Oggs: …Violeta Drilon… (pronounced /vÄ«oleta/)
(18) Moot court.
Mia (direct examination of plaintiff Mr. A): Do you have any proof of this?
Mr. A: Yes, I have a printout of an email from my sent inbox.
(19) Early Friday morning freshman year
Grace (while skimming through Dan Gat's article Eyes Wide Shut) to Chi: Haha! Malas talaga ng matatawag sa article na 'to.
During class...
Dan Gat: (Shuffles class cards.) Ms. Torralba?
NOTE: Hello? Bagong break ako nun!
(20)Another early Friday morning freshman year
Grace: (Thinking to herself in the cab while reading the opening paragraph on the article Bossism on the Mafia.) Di naman siguro ako matatawag today...
During class...
Dan Gat: Ms. Torralba.
Grace: (Recites the first article which she was able to read).
Dan Gat: Ok. Let's go to the next article.
Grace (in her head): Holy shit.
Grace (this time out loud): Um, sir... (Then makes up a long discourse on the Mafia in relation to the previous article.)
NOTE: A few minutes later, Chi, Jen and I were standing for recit. (Ron had previously recited also.) Dan Gat walked out.
GRACE: I can't remember the other law school anecdotes. Send nyo na lang sakin, para I can add them. May plan kami nila Nico gumawa ng compilation for the block. Wala lang. To remember our happy moments in law school. No matter how few there are. Hehe! Why do I think of all these things when I’m supposed to be writing a Tax paper?
(1) Girl borrows boy’s jacket, and is returning the jacket.
Boy: “I want my jacket back…with you in it.” (Hahaha! What a line!)
NOTE: Boy got his jacket back. Without the girl in it. Kasi naman!
(2) Girl and boy are fighting. Girl does not want to talk.
Boy: Why won’t you talk to me? What’s wrong?
Girl: Just give me a moment, ok? I don’t want to talk right now.
Boy: Why?
Girl: Basta, it’s one of those moments. I just don’t feel like talking.
Boy: Why won’t you tell me what’s wrong?
Girl: (Exasperated) Never mind, the moment is over.
NOTE: Nagbati rin naman sila eventually. Lesson, wag pilitin ang taong ayaw magsalita.
(3) Girl pondering the IF scenario of liking someone else.
Boy: Well, there will always be someone better looking, nicer, and all of that, but what matters is who you really love.
NOTE: Yan ha, may magagamit na kayo na line. Plus points yan. Just don’t dwell on the “better looking” part. Baka sabihin pa, sinasabihan mo siya na pangit siya. Hehe!
(4) Girl naglalambing, says she has a song na for the boy, I miss you by Incubus. Boy listens to song.
“Threefold utopian dream?!!” And boy immediately gets mad. Feeling niya may other boys girlfriend niya. Hahaha! Ano ba yan!
NOTE: Nagbreak din sila eventually, thank God!
(5) Unintentional confession. Boy and girl are walking back to the dorm past midnight. Cat meows, sounds like a baby crying. Girl, startled, jumps in fright.
Boy: You’re like Kyle (not real name).
Girl: (Medyo bingi, thought he said “You like Kyle.” Panicking.) Ohmigod. How did you know? Was I that obvious?
Boy: Uh, I said YOU’RE like Kyle, not YOU like Kyle.
Girl: Oh. Okay.
NOTE: Naging sila a few weeks after this incident.
(6) Boy is driving girl home from Makati.
Girl: You do know she likes you right?
Boy: Yeah, but I like someone else.
Girl: Ah talaga? Sino?
Boy: Ikaw.
Girl: Wushu! Whatever! Binobola mo nanaman ako.
Boy: You know, you should start taking people seriously.
Girl: Huh? What do you mean?
Boy: People who like you.
Girl: Huh? People like who? (Fishing na to at this point. =p)
Boy: People like me.
NOTE: Naging sila a few weeks after this incident.
(7) 3 girls, 2 guys walking to KFC for lunch.
Boy: Is the sun shining?
Girl: Huh? Abnormal ka talaga.
Boy: ‘Di nga, is the sun shining?
Girl: (Sarcastic.) No, it’s emitting heat and light.
Boy: Hay…
NOTE: May pagka-abnoy lang talaga siya. Pero naging sila a few weeks after this incident.
(8) Nico and Chi know this one by heart. Haha! Marketing paper overnight run in Eliazo. I brought rambutan for my groupmates. It was 5am, we were all sleepy. There were 2 pieces left, I think. Iyos ate one. Impe ate one. A third friend, itago na lang natin siya sa pangalang Therese. Nakakahiya kasi for her. Anyway, Therese was busy chewing.
Therese: Mmmm… Sarap ng rambutan.
Iyos: Ha? Eh dalawa na lang yun eh. Kinain ko na yung isa, kinain ni Impe yung isa.
Therese: Talaga? Open na nga siya kanina.
Grace: Ohmigod, kinain mo second-hand rambutan!!!
NOTE: Naging si Iyos and Impe senior year. And si rambutan girl, may boyfriend na rin daw, according to a common friend. Hehe! I think mas careful na siya kumain ng rambutan ngayon.
(9) Room 305 Eliazo Hall. A certain roommate was asking me something about Ma11.
Roommate: Grace, pano kunin yung y-interceept?
Grace: Bwahahaha!
(10) HUGE moth flying around the ceiling fan in our dorm room. That particular ceiling fan has killed a good many insectoids. Moth gets caught in the blades, and is thrown to the floor, apparently dead. Tanya approaches the remains and checks for signs of life.
Tanya: It…
The moth suddenly moves.
Tanya: …has been alive!!!
(11) Laya is memorizing the Our Father in Spanish in our room for Spanish orals the next day:
Laya: (Reciting what she thought was the Our Father in Spanish)
Laya: Ohmigod! Mali! Sinasabi ko pala, Our Father, how are you in heaven!!!
(12) Grace and seatmate Koko doodling in her notebook during Partnerships and Corporations class with Pio Batino. Sir notices them.
Atty. Batino: Ms. Torralba, would you like to show your drawing to the class?
Grace: No Sir, it’s ugly.
(13) Legal History class with Dan Gat.
Dan Gat: Ms. Gabriel, when was the Civil Code enacted?
Daisy: (Serious) Sir, sometime in the 20th century.
(14) Property class with Barry Barry Arbitrary.
Barry: Ms. Sebastian, how was the land acquired in this case?
Mia: (Frantically going through the digest) Sir, treason and rebellion.
Oggs to Nico: Hindi ako makapaniwala na sinabi ni Mia yun.
(15) Crim 2 class with Sir Te.
TOT: Ms. Sebastian?
Mia: (Stands up.) Sir?
TOT: I’m just checking attendance.
(16) Persons class with Ma’am Beth.
EAL: Mr. Cruz, why are you smiling? Did I say something funny? Stop smiling!
(17) Again, Persons class with Ma’am Beth.
Oggs: …Singalong Street… (pronounced /singalong/, not /sing-ga-long/)
Oggs: …Violeta Drilon… (pronounced /vÄ«oleta/)
(18) Moot court.
Mia (direct examination of plaintiff Mr. A): Do you have any proof of this?
Mr. A: Yes, I have a printout of an email from my sent inbox.
(19) Early Friday morning freshman year
Grace (while skimming through Dan Gat's article Eyes Wide Shut) to Chi: Haha! Malas talaga ng matatawag sa article na 'to.
During class...
Dan Gat: (Shuffles class cards.) Ms. Torralba?
NOTE: Hello? Bagong break ako nun!
(20)Another early Friday morning freshman year
Grace: (Thinking to herself in the cab while reading the opening paragraph on the article Bossism on the Mafia.) Di naman siguro ako matatawag today...
During class...
Dan Gat: Ms. Torralba.
Grace: (Recites the first article which she was able to read).
Dan Gat: Ok. Let's go to the next article.
Grace (in her head): Holy shit.
Grace (this time out loud): Um, sir... (Then makes up a long discourse on the Mafia in relation to the previous article.)
NOTE: A few minutes later, Chi, Jen and I were standing for recit. (Ron had previously recited also.) Dan Gat walked out.
GRACE: I can't remember the other law school anecdotes. Send nyo na lang sakin, para I can add them. May plan kami nila Nico gumawa ng compilation for the block. Wala lang. To remember our happy moments in law school. No matter how few there are. Hehe! Why do I think of all these things when I’m supposed to be writing a Tax paper?
Friday, October 21, 2005
Clarity
Haayyy... The world has not been this clear in a long time. Hehe! I got new contacts kasi. Kaya pala ang labo labo ng world lately. Hahaha! Shet, ang corny. Anyhoo, I really have to start taking care of my eyes... The past year, my grade jumped from 300 to 375 (left eye) and from 250 to 325 (right eye). Astigmatism remains at 25. I may go blind someday if this vicious pattern perpetuates itself. Egad. Thus, as part of my campaign to regain my long lost vision, I will no longer write a tax paper. Hehe! Just kidding. Off to dinner I go. I'm done downloading more stuff to read. And then I'm going back to Clive Staples Lewis. Ano ba yan, kinikilig pa rin ako sa new pet ko (my new book). Abnormal!!!
Remember (Christina Rossetti)
REMEMBER
Christina Rossetti
Remember me when I have gone away,
Gone far away into the silent land;
When you can no more hold me by the hand,
Nor I half turn to go, yet turning stay.
Remember me when no more day by day
You tell me of our future you had plann’d:
Only remember me; you understand
It will be late to counsel then or pray.
Yet if you should forget me for a while
And afterwards remember, do not grieve:
For if the darkness and corruption leave
A vestige of the thoughts that once I had,
Better by far you should forget and smile
Than that you should remember and be sad.
Christina Rossetti
Remember me when I have gone away,
Gone far away into the silent land;
When you can no more hold me by the hand,
Nor I half turn to go, yet turning stay.
Remember me when no more day by day
You tell me of our future you had plann’d:
Only remember me; you understand
It will be late to counsel then or pray.
Yet if you should forget me for a while
And afterwards remember, do not grieve:
For if the darkness and corruption leave
A vestige of the thoughts that once I had,
Better by far you should forget and smile
Than that you should remember and be sad.
THE MORE LOVING ONE
THE MORE LOVING ONE
W. H. Auden
Looking up at the stars, I know quite well
That, for all they care, I can go to hell,
But on earth indifference is the least
We have to dread from man or beast.
How should we like it were stars to burn
With a passion for us we could not return?
If equal affection cannot be,
Let the more loving one be me.
Admirer as I think I am
Of stars that do not give a damn,
I cannot, now I see them, say
I missed one terribly all day.
Were all stars to disappear or die,
I should learn to look at an empty sky
And feel its total dark sublime,
Though this might take me a little time.
W. H. Auden
Looking up at the stars, I know quite well
That, for all they care, I can go to hell,
But on earth indifference is the least
We have to dread from man or beast.
How should we like it were stars to burn
With a passion for us we could not return?
If equal affection cannot be,
Let the more loving one be me.
Admirer as I think I am
Of stars that do not give a damn,
I cannot, now I see them, say
I missed one terribly all day.
Were all stars to disappear or die,
I should learn to look at an empty sky
And feel its total dark sublime,
Though this might take me a little time.
Lovely afternoon
Moot court pictures won't upload. Anyway, I have them naman in my Yahoo Photos thingiemajiggie.
In any case, I just spent the entire day doing nothing. Nothing productive, that is. I just spent the day reading C.S. Lewis, walking around the condo, watching local shows... It's a lovely afternoon. I smell like bubblegum. Hehe! Victoria's Secret Passionate Kisses.
It's Kiel's birthday today. The twerp's a good 24 years old today. Makulit pa rin. We're probably rendezvous-ing when I go home, as we've been doing every sembreak / Christmas break / summer since college. It's also Jappy's birthday today. Happy happy happy birthday guys!!! =)
Haaayyy...
Anyhoo, gotta start working on that Tax paper already.
In any case, I just spent the entire day doing nothing. Nothing productive, that is. I just spent the day reading C.S. Lewis, walking around the condo, watching local shows... It's a lovely afternoon. I smell like bubblegum. Hehe! Victoria's Secret Passionate Kisses.
It's Kiel's birthday today. The twerp's a good 24 years old today. Makulit pa rin. We're probably rendezvous-ing when I go home, as we've been doing every sembreak / Christmas break / summer since college. It's also Jappy's birthday today. Happy happy happy birthday guys!!! =)
Haaayyy...
Anyhoo, gotta start working on that Tax paper already.
Our first picture with Teddy Te
This was taken after Sir Te emphatically said in reply to our request to have our picture taken with him that he wasn't dressed to be photographed, i.e. a polite "No." Well. Sorry, makapal talaga mukha ng barkada namin. (Minus Nico, who abandoned us in this case for greener pastures.)
Change and all that comes with it.
It's fascinating how some things are bound to change
no matter how much one would have wanted to believe they never would...
I've been in touch with my ex for a couple of weeks now. We spent a good 2+++ years together from my junior year in college to early freshman year of law school. We had a brief interlude of sorts early sophomore year and early junior year. But now it's really over, and I know that for a fact. Tanya and I were just talking about this earlier. When L.A. and I were together, I was into the idealistic notion of "my first and my only". As things turned out, that wasn't exactly how fate had set my life out to be. After a river of tears and a dozen sleepless nights, we broke up going into my first final exam season in law school. At that time, I was admittedly a walking corpse. I was just numb. I couldn't study, I couldn't sleep, I couldn't eat. And it didn't help that he was basically my neighbor, that I see his family around the area basically everyday, and that we have so many friends in common, most of whom took my side, and still maintain it was his fault why things turned sour. We didn't talk for about a year after that. I never saw him too.
A year after that, we started talking again. It all started when I was hanging out in SBC with Bibay and Steph. A huge manatee (Teeheehee! Just kidding.) appeared by my side and said hi. When I looked up, it was him. I didn't realize I had just borrowed a chair from his brother, who had just recently come home from Canada, and whom I had previously seen only in photographs. Apparently, he was upstairs in the smoking area when we had checked if there were seats available. I did think to myself that he looked familiar, but by then, I'd forgotten what he looked like, so I wasn't altogether sure if it was him. So there. We met by accident in SBC a couple of times after that. We started going out regularly. He started inviting me to Sunday lunch and other family events, friends' birthdays... You get the idea. But then I figured the whole friend thing wasn't going to work out. I wanted much more. I wanted to get back what we had before. But that was impossible at that point. I broke it off a few weeks into the second sem.
Third year, we started chatting. I was wary of the whole melodrama thing at this point, but as it turns out, by this time, I was over the whole thing. I had gotten my c-l-o-s-u-r-e. And I think you guys know why. It's complicated, but yeah, that's it. So now, L.A. and I talk or text occasionally, have a beer, stuff like that. But as for strings formerly attached, I think they're all gone. I still care as I would for any of my friends, but at this point, it's all just, well, water under the bridge, so to speak.
...and how other things will always remain unwavering
in spite of how much time has passed.
I spent the latter part of the afternoon in Galleria today. I managed to drag myself out of bed today after sleeping around 5 or 6 in the morning already. I read the first few chapters of my new pet, see. Anyway, I got myself ready for my Galleria trip and was on my way. I remembered I had to get my eyes checked, so I walked into the first optical shop I saw. But good Lord in heaven, when I saw their sink, I said to myself, I am not letting any of these people anywhere near my eyes. Sarabia Optical in Galleria is dingy, if I may say so. The stainless sink is encrusted with the residue from a hundred handwashes. They use a slimy pink bar of Palmolive soap to wash their hands, and use a damp handtowel to dry them. The "doctor" told me I had to take off my contacts for half an hour before I could get my eyes checked, so I took 'em off and sat there blind, waiting for the sky to fall down on me. After 15 minutes and having finished off the last few pesos of my credits texting Tanya, A.R. and Franco, I decided to go over to Sabater Pascual, where I've been getting my eyes checked for the past 4 years. I left my contacts where they lay, and decided not to risk getting some dreaded eye infection from the yucky place.
I managed to find my customary eyecare shop with not much trouble, and blew a little less than 2000 on contacts and the downpayment on a new pair of glasses, which I'm picking up in a month, when I get back to the real world. Assuming I'm allowed to enroll.
I then went up to 806 to visit Tanya, one of my college roommates. Tanya's family is from Davao, and I only get to see her the once or twice she comes to Manila on business trips. I miss her and Carmi... The four of us (plus Chi) spent a good four years together (2 and a half in Carmi's case) in college. They saw me passed out drunk and barfing all over the bathroom floor of Tanya's Makati condo in our junior year after well, the first breakup. They were with me when I got the scare of my college life in my freshman year when I got into trouble when one of our substitute English teacher (when Doc Picart was on leave because of a slipped disc) got an article I wrote published in the Philippine Star sans my consent. We had a lot of crazy moments together with all our batchmates in Eliazo. Honestly, those were the best years of my life, by far. Life wasn't exactly a bed of roses. We all had our fair share of melodrama and all. But we were happy. I was happy. Today, though I seldom see Tanya and Carmi, when we do get together, it's no different than how things were in college. We never run out of things to talk about. The only thing that seems to run out on us is time.
Tanya flies home to Davao tomorrow morning at 10. I'm not sure if she'll be back beginning of November for Ken's debate thing in Ateneo. As for Carmi, I haven't seen her in over a year. The same goes for a lot of my college friends. And a lot of other people who mean anything to me. I've been so isolated from the world lately... One thing I'm thankful for though is that in spite of the very limited time I get to spend with my family and with my friends who are not in law school, nothing ever changes. We don't grow apart. We never run out of things to talk to. After years and years and years of not having seen each other, we still remain essentially the same people we were when we all met.
in spite of how much time has passed.
I spent the latter part of the afternoon in Galleria today. I managed to drag myself out of bed today after sleeping around 5 or 6 in the morning already. I read the first few chapters of my new pet, see. Anyway, I got myself ready for my Galleria trip and was on my way. I remembered I had to get my eyes checked, so I walked into the first optical shop I saw. But good Lord in heaven, when I saw their sink, I said to myself, I am not letting any of these people anywhere near my eyes. Sarabia Optical in Galleria is dingy, if I may say so. The stainless sink is encrusted with the residue from a hundred handwashes. They use a slimy pink bar of Palmolive soap to wash their hands, and use a damp handtowel to dry them. The "doctor" told me I had to take off my contacts for half an hour before I could get my eyes checked, so I took 'em off and sat there blind, waiting for the sky to fall down on me. After 15 minutes and having finished off the last few pesos of my credits texting Tanya, A.R. and Franco, I decided to go over to Sabater Pascual, where I've been getting my eyes checked for the past 4 years. I left my contacts where they lay, and decided not to risk getting some dreaded eye infection from the yucky place.
I managed to find my customary eyecare shop with not much trouble, and blew a little less than 2000 on contacts and the downpayment on a new pair of glasses, which I'm picking up in a month, when I get back to the real world. Assuming I'm allowed to enroll.
I then went up to 806 to visit Tanya, one of my college roommates. Tanya's family is from Davao, and I only get to see her the once or twice she comes to Manila on business trips. I miss her and Carmi... The four of us (plus Chi) spent a good four years together (2 and a half in Carmi's case) in college. They saw me passed out drunk and barfing all over the bathroom floor of Tanya's Makati condo in our junior year after well, the first breakup. They were with me when I got the scare of my college life in my freshman year when I got into trouble when one of our substitute English teacher (when Doc Picart was on leave because of a slipped disc) got an article I wrote published in the Philippine Star sans my consent. We had a lot of crazy moments together with all our batchmates in Eliazo. Honestly, those were the best years of my life, by far. Life wasn't exactly a bed of roses. We all had our fair share of melodrama and all. But we were happy. I was happy. Today, though I seldom see Tanya and Carmi, when we do get together, it's no different than how things were in college. We never run out of things to talk about. The only thing that seems to run out on us is time.
Tanya flies home to Davao tomorrow morning at 10. I'm not sure if she'll be back beginning of November for Ken's debate thing in Ateneo. As for Carmi, I haven't seen her in over a year. The same goes for a lot of my college friends. And a lot of other people who mean anything to me. I've been so isolated from the world lately... One thing I'm thankful for though is that in spite of the very limited time I get to spend with my family and with my friends who are not in law school, nothing ever changes. We don't grow apart. We never run out of things to talk to. After years and years and years of not having seen each other, we still remain essentially the same people we were when we all met.
Thursday, October 20, 2005
My first day out in a gazillion years
The other day, I set out for the distant land of Makati to spend a leisurely afternoon strolling around Rockwell with Mario and Lianne. After getting quite a shock awaking to people quarelling over the phone (Need I mention that it's extremely annoying to have one's slumber interrupted by cursing crazy people?), I decided I needed to get away from the world of perpetually warring lovers and get some fresh city air. After an oh-s0-unhurried bath (my favorite kind), with me singing to myself in the shower and all, I met up with Mario to have a quick lunch over at Jollibee before Lianne dropped by to pick us up.
We left for Rockwell sometime between 1 and 2pm. When we got there, we trooped over to the recently opened Zara where Señorita Lianne promptly went shopping. Hehe! Just kidding, Lianne. I found myself falling in love with suits and jackets and tops that went all the way down to heaven. =p Whew. Much MUCH MUCH better than Mango. For me, anyway. I find Zara a lot less pretentious. ANYWAY, after an uber long and drawn out hiatus from the cinema, I finally saw a movie: Dungeons and Dragons 2. Don't ask me how it was. I was so excited to see anything I would've been quite content watching Letters from a Killer (which, incidentally, is one of the worst movies EVER made). Mario, Lianne and I basically laughed through it all. It was hilarious in a post-final exams sort of way, which isn't saying much good about the movie. Lucky moi I wasn't quite in the mood to whine about a sucky movie, so I was smiling when we got out of Cinema 5. We walked over to Fully Booked where I again fell in love. There was a 2-volume compilation of all the Calvin and Hobbes comic strips ever made (at 7000 per), hordes of Batman comic books, an entire shelf on medieval history, and just when I thought I could not have possibly fallen more deeply in love, I chanced upon a one-volume compilation of The Chronicles of Narnia. After that, my fate was sealed. 840 for all 7 books, with all the original illustrations by Pauline Baynes. Phew! Despite the state of my finances at the moment, I could not have possibly let the chance pass me by. I was so giddy I was grinning all the way to the counter. The book didn't leave my side until the next afternoon when I got out of bed. Haaay... Kinikilig pa rin ako.
Anyhoo, we had a quick snack-slash-dinner in KFC, where Mario and I chanced upon yet another incompetent cashier (the first one was in Jollibee earlier). Quick trip to the supermarket so Mario could buy this new soap he discovered, then off to FIC to get some ice cream. And then we dropped Mario off at Jay's office. And Lianne and I got somewhat lost on the way back home. We made it through the rush hour traffic and back to my home sweet home (Loyola Heights) in about an hour. I bought my beloved new pet clothes (plastic cover, for the less inept), and promptly got started on my favorite task of dressing Aslan up. (I mean I love covering books, ayt?) All this before I had even changed out of my outside world clothes into my more comfy lounging around the condo outfit.
Ngangi and I watched a couple of soaps, then I met up with an old friend.
To be continued...
We left for Rockwell sometime between 1 and 2pm. When we got there, we trooped over to the recently opened Zara where Señorita Lianne promptly went shopping. Hehe! Just kidding, Lianne. I found myself falling in love with suits and jackets and tops that went all the way down to heaven. =p Whew. Much MUCH MUCH better than Mango. For me, anyway. I find Zara a lot less pretentious. ANYWAY, after an uber long and drawn out hiatus from the cinema, I finally saw a movie: Dungeons and Dragons 2. Don't ask me how it was. I was so excited to see anything I would've been quite content watching Letters from a Killer (which, incidentally, is one of the worst movies EVER made). Mario, Lianne and I basically laughed through it all. It was hilarious in a post-final exams sort of way, which isn't saying much good about the movie. Lucky moi I wasn't quite in the mood to whine about a sucky movie, so I was smiling when we got out of Cinema 5. We walked over to Fully Booked where I again fell in love. There was a 2-volume compilation of all the Calvin and Hobbes comic strips ever made (at 7000 per), hordes of Batman comic books, an entire shelf on medieval history, and just when I thought I could not have possibly fallen more deeply in love, I chanced upon a one-volume compilation of The Chronicles of Narnia. After that, my fate was sealed. 840 for all 7 books, with all the original illustrations by Pauline Baynes. Phew! Despite the state of my finances at the moment, I could not have possibly let the chance pass me by. I was so giddy I was grinning all the way to the counter. The book didn't leave my side until the next afternoon when I got out of bed. Haaay... Kinikilig pa rin ako.
Anyhoo, we had a quick snack-slash-dinner in KFC, where Mario and I chanced upon yet another incompetent cashier (the first one was in Jollibee earlier). Quick trip to the supermarket so Mario could buy this new soap he discovered, then off to FIC to get some ice cream. And then we dropped Mario off at Jay's office. And Lianne and I got somewhat lost on the way back home. We made it through the rush hour traffic and back to my home sweet home (Loyola Heights) in about an hour. I bought my beloved new pet clothes (plastic cover, for the less inept), and promptly got started on my favorite task of dressing Aslan up. (I mean I love covering books, ayt?) All this before I had even changed out of my outside world clothes into my more comfy lounging around the condo outfit.
Ngangi and I watched a couple of soaps, then I met up with an old friend.
To be continued...
Tuesday, October 18, 2005
Officially on vacation =)
Hail, fire and brimstone, I'm FRRRREEEE!!! =)
First of all, YES, law school is that bad. Check my blockmates' comments to my last post. BUT they'll have to drag me out of Malcolm Hall kicking and screaming.
I submitted my last final exam around 11am today. Takehome final exam for Transpo. EXTRA LONG takehome exam, might I say. Took me all of oh, say, 10 hours to write. Roughly an hour per number, what with the thinking and hand stress involved. Gawd. But at least it's over. I'll just have to slug it out with myself until the grades are released. No security whatsoever til then.
Haaay...
In any case, I haven't gotten any sleep yet, but I'm not complaining. I slept til noon yesterday, got up to get ready to go to Coffee Bean Eastwood with Mario at 2-ish. Snagged 2 Gonuts Donuts (Pastillas de Leche and Choco-hazelnut. Yumyum! =) then headed over to our favorite caffeine-watering hole. As could have been predicted, our daily trek to Eastwood paid off yesterday. Mario and I were honored with the title Customers of the Week at Coffee Bean. Hehe! I have to go back to check if they've posted our picture already. We were both distraught with the thought of being mistaken as a couple though. Hello?!! Ano yun, lesbian action? Hehe! Mario really is my favorite guy in law school. He manages to put up with me even when I'm murderous / majorly PMS-ing, like yesterday. I managed to get zero work done in the two or three hours we were there. I basically just bored holes into my yellow pad, traipsed around the mall and people-watched. When I got home, I was so exasperated with myself I had given myself a migraine. I was literally breaking out in cold sweat, so I went straight to bed after watching the evening news and a couple of soaps to drive myself to sleep. I woke up feeling a teeny bit better around midnight at started working on my Transpo final exam. That thing is LOOOOOONG, I tell you. Roughly 20 questions. I filled up an entire blue book, both sides of all the pages (Well, almost.), and you know how small my handwriting is. By the time I finished 6 out of the 10 numbers, it was 7am. I decided to go to school early to meet up with Mario and just rush through the last 4 numbers in the lib.
So I was in school pretty early, 8am I think. The lib was basically deserted. Even the staff hadn't arrived yet. I breezed through the last 4 numbers in record time, given the number of yosi breaks I took in between paragraphs. Cut me some slack here, my hands aged 10 years overnight from writing. =p Anyhoo, I was done before lunch, so I took my time to wander around Malcolm aimlessly. Unfortunately for me, I ran into my nemesis: A.R. I am going to kill him someday, I swear to God. He makes up stories about this guy I've been hung up on FOREVER (I now call him The Protozoan. That single-celled asexual little twerp. Not very sure about my description of a protozoan here.), then when I start feeling bad, he takes them all back and makes up another story. Sometimes I just want to wring his neck out of sheer frustration.
After Oggs finally finished cramming his exam, Lianne, Chi, Oggs, Daisy, Mario and I headed off to Bento Box for a pseudo-celebration lunch. Everyone else went home after lunch. Daisy, Mario and I pretended to get some research done at the neighboring Econ lib. (I still haven't gotten the hang of saying "Econ". I'm more comfortable with "Eco"...) Mario and I made plans to go drinking but nobody else was interested so we both ended up hanging around law school for longer than we probably should have. After a bit of hesitation about where to leave our bags, we finally dumped them with Ria (and Al, Hardy, and Karra, who, incidentally were about to take their Property orals with Sir Labits. Which reminds me, he hasn't given me a grade yet...) and took a jeep to the nearest isaw place. Hello carcinogens! =p Yumyum. We did get a teeny bit of exercise walking back to Malcolm where we passed the time dreaming up obscene things to do if we could stop time. Hehe! Now THAT I can't tell. =p Jay picked us up just before it got completely dark. I didn't want to intrude on their moment, so I walked back to Prince David from Rustan's na lang.
Seems like I'm fated to be the eternal third wheel. Not that I don't like being with Mario and Jay. I love those two. It's just weird that I'm always the odd one out. Well, something like that. Kasi naman, The Protozoan is so difficult to read. Talk about mixed signals. And I'm the girl here. Allo? Anybody there? Ayayay...
So there. Lianne says Succession grades will be out tomorrow. Good grief.
First of all, YES, law school is that bad. Check my blockmates' comments to my last post. BUT they'll have to drag me out of Malcolm Hall kicking and screaming.
I submitted my last final exam around 11am today. Takehome final exam for Transpo. EXTRA LONG takehome exam, might I say. Took me all of oh, say, 10 hours to write. Roughly an hour per number, what with the thinking and hand stress involved. Gawd. But at least it's over. I'll just have to slug it out with myself until the grades are released. No security whatsoever til then.
Haaay...
In any case, I haven't gotten any sleep yet, but I'm not complaining. I slept til noon yesterday, got up to get ready to go to Coffee Bean Eastwood with Mario at 2-ish. Snagged 2 Gonuts Donuts (Pastillas de Leche and Choco-hazelnut. Yumyum! =) then headed over to our favorite caffeine-watering hole. As could have been predicted, our daily trek to Eastwood paid off yesterday. Mario and I were honored with the title Customers of the Week at Coffee Bean. Hehe! I have to go back to check if they've posted our picture already. We were both distraught with the thought of being mistaken as a couple though. Hello?!! Ano yun, lesbian action? Hehe! Mario really is my favorite guy in law school. He manages to put up with me even when I'm murderous / majorly PMS-ing, like yesterday. I managed to get zero work done in the two or three hours we were there. I basically just bored holes into my yellow pad, traipsed around the mall and people-watched. When I got home, I was so exasperated with myself I had given myself a migraine. I was literally breaking out in cold sweat, so I went straight to bed after watching the evening news and a couple of soaps to drive myself to sleep. I woke up feeling a teeny bit better around midnight at started working on my Transpo final exam. That thing is LOOOOOONG, I tell you. Roughly 20 questions. I filled up an entire blue book, both sides of all the pages (Well, almost.), and you know how small my handwriting is. By the time I finished 6 out of the 10 numbers, it was 7am. I decided to go to school early to meet up with Mario and just rush through the last 4 numbers in the lib.
So I was in school pretty early, 8am I think. The lib was basically deserted. Even the staff hadn't arrived yet. I breezed through the last 4 numbers in record time, given the number of yosi breaks I took in between paragraphs. Cut me some slack here, my hands aged 10 years overnight from writing. =p Anyhoo, I was done before lunch, so I took my time to wander around Malcolm aimlessly. Unfortunately for me, I ran into my nemesis: A.R. I am going to kill him someday, I swear to God. He makes up stories about this guy I've been hung up on FOREVER (I now call him The Protozoan. That single-celled asexual little twerp. Not very sure about my description of a protozoan here.), then when I start feeling bad, he takes them all back and makes up another story. Sometimes I just want to wring his neck out of sheer frustration.
After Oggs finally finished cramming his exam, Lianne, Chi, Oggs, Daisy, Mario and I headed off to Bento Box for a pseudo-celebration lunch. Everyone else went home after lunch. Daisy, Mario and I pretended to get some research done at the neighboring Econ lib. (I still haven't gotten the hang of saying "Econ". I'm more comfortable with "Eco"...) Mario and I made plans to go drinking but nobody else was interested so we both ended up hanging around law school for longer than we probably should have. After a bit of hesitation about where to leave our bags, we finally dumped them with Ria (and Al, Hardy, and Karra, who, incidentally were about to take their Property orals with Sir Labits. Which reminds me, he hasn't given me a grade yet...) and took a jeep to the nearest isaw place. Hello carcinogens! =p Yumyum. We did get a teeny bit of exercise walking back to Malcolm where we passed the time dreaming up obscene things to do if we could stop time. Hehe! Now THAT I can't tell. =p Jay picked us up just before it got completely dark. I didn't want to intrude on their moment, so I walked back to Prince David from Rustan's na lang.
Seems like I'm fated to be the eternal third wheel. Not that I don't like being with Mario and Jay. I love those two. It's just weird that I'm always the odd one out. Well, something like that. Kasi naman, The Protozoan is so difficult to read. Talk about mixed signals. And I'm the girl here. Allo? Anybody there? Ayayay...
So there. Lianne says Succession grades will be out tomorrow. Good grief.
Sunday, October 16, 2005
The end of the longest losing battle of my life.
First of all, thank you so much to everyone who took the time to affirm my uh, talents. =p
This has been the longest semester of my entire life. By far. I'm so tired and worn out and burned out and all of that. I just hibernated for a day and it still isn't enough for me to recoup what I lost during the sem: my sanity, my peace of mind... If I could sue UP Law for moral damages, I would. Hello?!! Sleepless nights, besmirched reputation? How many hours of sleep have I lost?!!! Well, apparently, not enough. I think I'm just about to get kicked out.
This sem started out with yours truly working my ass off trying to raise funds for Winlaw. It's a thankless job, but it was my duty. I started contacting alumnae early in the summer while I was working with Picazo. After months of constantly worrying about whether or not I was going to be able to meet my target, I finally was able to smile. The barristers would have their goody bags and flowers.
And then there was September. The month when I had zero weekends and zero time to spare. Weekdays, as if they weren't hectic enough with law school, Mario and I had to huddle over preparing the goody bags and other Barops-related work. Saturdays after Tax, we had to rush over to Q.Ave. to do last-minute fruit shopping, traipse through the puddle-ey alleys of Dangwa to pick up the roses, then stay up til mid-morning on Sunday attending to deliveries and buying food and manning the HQ. I'd sleep til Sunday afternoon then study whatever I could for Monday's Nego-PIL tag team. The week would go by, same pattern. For a month. And when we breathed our last breath in Sheraton, it was time to take the finals.
Like I said, this has been the longest sem of my life. Literally and figuratively speaking. We started finals early with Nego. It's been about two weeks, and I firmly believe I've taken and failed IPL, PIL, and Tax finals. I thought I passed Nego finals, but I was wrong. JJ just emailed us our grades today, and they all suck. Nobody got higher than a 2.25, from what I gather. Professors hate our block, I swear. We all thought Nego would pull up our grades, but apparently, we were all wrong. If I failed a final exam that I thought was pretty goddamned easy compared to the other exams I took, how could I possibly pass the rest? I got a 2.5 final grade for Nego. That's all because I got a 1.5 recitation grade. I flunked both midterms and finals. Plus 5 absences. Gawd. I have no idea how I flunked. Man. This sucks.
Yesterday's Evidence moot court was humiliating. But we didn't exactly lose. Sir didn't grant relief to either party. No relief granted to our group as counsel for the plaintiff, but no relief granted either to the opposing group on their counterclaim. Oh well. In the criminal proceeding, no verdict was rendered, but thanks to the presumption of innocence, at least it was resolved. Prof. Theodore Te is one of the smartest and the most inspiring professors I've ever had. It was a pleasure being in 4 of his classes in law school. If ever I do get kicked out, at least, I'll have THAT in my pocket. It's just disheartening. This is what I've always wanted to do since I started seriously thinking about what I wanted to be, and I suck at it. Sometimes, I just want to cry, to scream at the world for being so mean to me. Why, God, why?!!
Well, there goes my sembreak. More sleepless nights to document to sue UP Law for moral damages. I'm off to take out my frustrations on the fridge. Not to eat what's in it, (which consists basically of air and water) but to clean it.
Like Nico said, the worst is yet to come. Finals season isn't over yet. There's still Transpo takehome finals and a Tax paper to contend with. By then, the grades will most probably be out. And I'll find out whether I'm still eligible for enrollment in law school. And there goes my peace of mind.
Reality does not bite. It clamps its teeth, draws and tears flesh from the bone, gnaws and crushes bone until there's nothing left but the memories of a battle long lost.
This has been the longest semester of my entire life. By far. I'm so tired and worn out and burned out and all of that. I just hibernated for a day and it still isn't enough for me to recoup what I lost during the sem: my sanity, my peace of mind... If I could sue UP Law for moral damages, I would. Hello?!! Sleepless nights, besmirched reputation? How many hours of sleep have I lost?!!! Well, apparently, not enough. I think I'm just about to get kicked out.
This sem started out with yours truly working my ass off trying to raise funds for Winlaw. It's a thankless job, but it was my duty. I started contacting alumnae early in the summer while I was working with Picazo. After months of constantly worrying about whether or not I was going to be able to meet my target, I finally was able to smile. The barristers would have their goody bags and flowers.
And then there was September. The month when I had zero weekends and zero time to spare. Weekdays, as if they weren't hectic enough with law school, Mario and I had to huddle over preparing the goody bags and other Barops-related work. Saturdays after Tax, we had to rush over to Q.Ave. to do last-minute fruit shopping, traipse through the puddle-ey alleys of Dangwa to pick up the roses, then stay up til mid-morning on Sunday attending to deliveries and buying food and manning the HQ. I'd sleep til Sunday afternoon then study whatever I could for Monday's Nego-PIL tag team. The week would go by, same pattern. For a month. And when we breathed our last breath in Sheraton, it was time to take the finals.
Like I said, this has been the longest sem of my life. Literally and figuratively speaking. We started finals early with Nego. It's been about two weeks, and I firmly believe I've taken and failed IPL, PIL, and Tax finals. I thought I passed Nego finals, but I was wrong. JJ just emailed us our grades today, and they all suck. Nobody got higher than a 2.25, from what I gather. Professors hate our block, I swear. We all thought Nego would pull up our grades, but apparently, we were all wrong. If I failed a final exam that I thought was pretty goddamned easy compared to the other exams I took, how could I possibly pass the rest? I got a 2.5 final grade for Nego. That's all because I got a 1.5 recitation grade. I flunked both midterms and finals. Plus 5 absences. Gawd. I have no idea how I flunked. Man. This sucks.
Yesterday's Evidence moot court was humiliating. But we didn't exactly lose. Sir didn't grant relief to either party. No relief granted to our group as counsel for the plaintiff, but no relief granted either to the opposing group on their counterclaim. Oh well. In the criminal proceeding, no verdict was rendered, but thanks to the presumption of innocence, at least it was resolved. Prof. Theodore Te is one of the smartest and the most inspiring professors I've ever had. It was a pleasure being in 4 of his classes in law school. If ever I do get kicked out, at least, I'll have THAT in my pocket. It's just disheartening. This is what I've always wanted to do since I started seriously thinking about what I wanted to be, and I suck at it. Sometimes, I just want to cry, to scream at the world for being so mean to me. Why, God, why?!!
Well, there goes my sembreak. More sleepless nights to document to sue UP Law for moral damages. I'm off to take out my frustrations on the fridge. Not to eat what's in it, (which consists basically of air and water) but to clean it.
Like Nico said, the worst is yet to come. Finals season isn't over yet. There's still Transpo takehome finals and a Tax paper to contend with. By then, the grades will most probably be out. And I'll find out whether I'm still eligible for enrollment in law school. And there goes my peace of mind.
Reality does not bite. It clamps its teeth, draws and tears flesh from the bone, gnaws and crushes bone until there's nothing left but the memories of a battle long lost.
Thursday, October 06, 2005
Pre-Evidence post
I'm supposed to be working on my Evidence takehome exam right now. But since I'm printing out the IPL sample final exam and emailing it to Lianne, I thought I'd sneak a post as well.
Yesterday's Nego final I took sans sleep. I spent the good part of 2 days annotating Perez's Quizzer and Reviewer on Negotiable Instruments and Related Laws. I finally gave up around 2am the morning of the exam, and began skimming and scanning through the book instead. 8am, I decided I needed breakfast if I were to survive the day so I went over to McDonald's to have pancakes. Didn't want to eat a full meal and risk throwing it all up. So after breakfast, 2 cups of coffee and a long blackout, I went to school to face the consequences of my 5-month long hiatus from substantial effort to study. JJ was, as usual, really weird. He took a picture of us while we were taking the exam. Hello?!! I don't know how I did though. It's one of those things that don't really feel like they sucked. Those things could go either of two ways: one, it really did suck, but I know so little that I've led myself to believe that it didn't, OR two, because I know the subject matter so well, it was not so sucky.
After the exam, the barkada went over to A Veneto Visayas to have lunch before getting the Evidence fact pattern and instructions for moot court, and the questions for the takehome part of the final exams. (Which, incidentally, I really have to start working on already.) Man, I hate finals! As Punch says, mas madali maging driver kesa magtake ng exam sa law school. Yeah. Anything is easier than this. But I'd much rather be taking finals than the bar. Yikes. 46 weeks to go for Mario, 98 weeks for me. Dumdeedum... And then when I got home, I put of my plan to reacquaint myself with my pillows (I miss you guys so much!) so I could tidy up the place a bit. It looked like an oversized trash can, i.e. like a guy's place. Nakakahilo. But it's nice and clean now. I rearranged my stuff and created space for next sem's books. I have to pass THIS sem first though. Next sem is already expected to be EVIL EVIL EVIL. Imagine PrIL, LocGov and Corpo in one afternoon?!! That's Ma'am Beth, DanGat (but the grapevine says he's leaving to accompany his wife abroad on a scholarship) and Danny Con! Sheeyet. Might get the returning professors pa. Waaaaah!!! This whole Malcolm experience really is like a 4-year-plus-plus-long
bad joke.
Oh, and PIL got moved to Monday. Still haven't made up my mind if that's a good thing or a bad thing... We have 5 final exams next week already. PIL Monday, Tax Tuesday, Succession Thursday, Transpo Friday. And THEN Evidence moot court Saturday afternoon. Yikers!
So the gist of this is: GOODBYE CRUEL WORLD!!! Bleh! =p
Gotta go start on that final already...
Yesterday's Nego final I took sans sleep. I spent the good part of 2 days annotating Perez's Quizzer and Reviewer on Negotiable Instruments and Related Laws. I finally gave up around 2am the morning of the exam, and began skimming and scanning through the book instead. 8am, I decided I needed breakfast if I were to survive the day so I went over to McDonald's to have pancakes. Didn't want to eat a full meal and risk throwing it all up. So after breakfast, 2 cups of coffee and a long blackout, I went to school to face the consequences of my 5-month long hiatus from substantial effort to study. JJ was, as usual, really weird. He took a picture of us while we were taking the exam. Hello?!! I don't know how I did though. It's one of those things that don't really feel like they sucked. Those things could go either of two ways: one, it really did suck, but I know so little that I've led myself to believe that it didn't, OR two, because I know the subject matter so well, it was not so sucky.
After the exam, the barkada went over to A Veneto Visayas to have lunch before getting the Evidence fact pattern and instructions for moot court, and the questions for the takehome part of the final exams. (Which, incidentally, I really have to start working on already.) Man, I hate finals! As Punch says, mas madali maging driver kesa magtake ng exam sa law school. Yeah. Anything is easier than this. But I'd much rather be taking finals than the bar. Yikes. 46 weeks to go for Mario, 98 weeks for me. Dumdeedum... And then when I got home, I put of my plan to reacquaint myself with my pillows (I miss you guys so much!) so I could tidy up the place a bit. It looked like an oversized trash can, i.e. like a guy's place. Nakakahilo. But it's nice and clean now. I rearranged my stuff and created space for next sem's books. I have to pass THIS sem first though. Next sem is already expected to be EVIL EVIL EVIL. Imagine PrIL, LocGov and Corpo in one afternoon?!! That's Ma'am Beth, DanGat (but the grapevine says he's leaving to accompany his wife abroad on a scholarship) and Danny Con! Sheeyet. Might get the returning professors pa. Waaaaah!!! This whole Malcolm experience really is like a 4-year-plus-plus-long
bad joke.
Oh, and PIL got moved to Monday. Still haven't made up my mind if that's a good thing or a bad thing... We have 5 final exams next week already. PIL Monday, Tax Tuesday, Succession Thursday, Transpo Friday. And THEN Evidence moot court Saturday afternoon. Yikers!
So the gist of this is: GOODBYE CRUEL WORLD!!! Bleh! =p
Gotta go start on that final already...
Monday, October 03, 2005
2 days to go...
Man, this sucks. I've been dumbfounded all day. It's just grotesque. I know absolutely nothing. Zero. Nada. Zilch. I think a kindergarten student would more likely pass finals. Why, God, why?!! =p
Hay nako. Today was another study day. Got up at 7, left for Coffee Bean Eastwood with Mario at 8:30. Just Mario and moi. Lianne's still sick. We were there bright and early. The tables outside hadn't even been set up yet, and the morning maintenance crew was busy cleaning up. I dropped my stuff off with Mario and headed off to have breakfast with myself: my standard breakfast fare on the very few days I actually DO have breakfast - McDonald's longganisa meal and coffee. And then I found out that I didn't have cash in either of my bank accounts. No allowance yet. Tomorrow pa daw. How is a girl to survive finals? Ayayay. Well, I had enough to buy myself a pack of smokes to kill my lungs with and to pass the time during my hourly 5-minute breaks.
It's fascinating being up to actually experience the morning. I think I'll be doing this more often.
Anyway, I cut the last meeting of Tax today. Spent the day in Coffee Bean again. I finished a bit naman for Nego, but not enough. I hate finals, I swear to God. As for my daily turf patrol, nothing interesting happened. It was just your regular run-of-the-mill daily Coffee Bean week day crowd. Nobody interesting came in. Well, there WAS Snorty guy in the morning til around lunch, Chinese Oldies In Red also around the same time, Cute White Boy around 11, Blondie with her Boytoys around 5, and Squeaky Quack Girl and her Boytoy around 6. But it was basically uneventful. Boring. If Mario and I didn't have occasional blabfests, I would've died of sheer boredom.
By the way, I changed my blog's name. I just figured it's time for some change around here. Yes, I'm talking about THAT too. Aww man, talk about crap. That godforsaken idiot has to go get lost somewhere.
In any case, Mario, Marie, Daisy and I (and maybe Lianne, if she's well by tomorrow) are heading off tomorrow morning at 7 to go warm up the seats in Coffee Bean again. I'm having tea and no sympathy for the meantime.
Ack. Ack. More ack.
Hay nako. Today was another study day. Got up at 7, left for Coffee Bean Eastwood with Mario at 8:30. Just Mario and moi. Lianne's still sick. We were there bright and early. The tables outside hadn't even been set up yet, and the morning maintenance crew was busy cleaning up. I dropped my stuff off with Mario and headed off to have breakfast with myself: my standard breakfast fare on the very few days I actually DO have breakfast - McDonald's longganisa meal and coffee. And then I found out that I didn't have cash in either of my bank accounts. No allowance yet. Tomorrow pa daw. How is a girl to survive finals? Ayayay. Well, I had enough to buy myself a pack of smokes to kill my lungs with and to pass the time during my hourly 5-minute breaks.
It's fascinating being up to actually experience the morning. I think I'll be doing this more often.
Anyway, I cut the last meeting of Tax today. Spent the day in Coffee Bean again. I finished a bit naman for Nego, but not enough. I hate finals, I swear to God. As for my daily turf patrol, nothing interesting happened. It was just your regular run-of-the-mill daily Coffee Bean week day crowd. Nobody interesting came in. Well, there WAS Snorty guy in the morning til around lunch, Chinese Oldies In Red also around the same time, Cute White Boy around 11, Blondie with her Boytoys around 5, and Squeaky Quack Girl and her Boytoy around 6. But it was basically uneventful. Boring. If Mario and I didn't have occasional blabfests, I would've died of sheer boredom.
By the way, I changed my blog's name. I just figured it's time for some change around here. Yes, I'm talking about THAT too. Aww man, talk about crap. That godforsaken idiot has to go get lost somewhere.
In any case, Mario, Marie, Daisy and I (and maybe Lianne, if she's well by tomorrow) are heading off tomorrow morning at 7 to go warm up the seats in Coffee Bean again. I'm having tea and no sympathy for the meantime.
Ack. Ack. More ack.
Sunday, October 02, 2005
Griffin and Sabine
Analogous to Griffin and Sabine. One of my favorite series of all time. =) Hehe! Yauck, feeling!
Dear friendly friends, please save up for my Christmas and birthday gifts naman. Here's my list so far:
(1) Griffin and Sabine series (Nick Bantock)
(2) Chronicles of Narnia series (C.S. Lewis)
(3) Time Quartet (Madeliene L'Engle)
(4) Tintin
...this is getting long. Please just see my list of favorite books, i.e. the ones my allowance can't fathom.
(5) a new phone (Dad? Father in heaven? Helloooo? Are you there? =p)
(6) the long camel Banana Rep wallet I've been drooling over
(7) Coffee Bean certificates
(8) Estee Lauder Pleasures
(9) White Musk (Body Shop)
(10) Calgon Morning Glory
...I'm running out of cologne / perfume.
Well, so far, that's that. You could also make me get good grades, take me out shopping, or treat me out to dinner and a good movie. Basta something special. The list is not exclusive.
Sige na nga, back to the books na ulit.
Dear friendly friends, please save up for my Christmas and birthday gifts naman. Here's my list so far:
(1) Griffin and Sabine series (Nick Bantock)
(2) Chronicles of Narnia series (C.S. Lewis)
(3) Time Quartet (Madeliene L'Engle)
(4) Tintin
...this is getting long. Please just see my list of favorite books, i.e. the ones my allowance can't fathom.
(5) a new phone (Dad? Father in heaven? Helloooo? Are you there? =p)
(6) the long camel Banana Rep wallet I've been drooling over
(7) Coffee Bean certificates
(8) Estee Lauder Pleasures
(9) White Musk (Body Shop)
(10) Calgon Morning Glory
...I'm running out of cologne / perfume.
Well, so far, that's that. You could also make me get good grades, take me out shopping, or treat me out to dinner and a good movie. Basta something special. The list is not exclusive.
Sige na nga, back to the books na ulit.
Oh well.
Para dramatic?!! Huh? Hoy, hindi na uso yan. I'm blabbing like a fool while some people comment anonymously. I'm just kidding. Hehe! =) It's a free country. Anyway, at the rate I'm going, I guess it's apropriate. It's your call anyway. I'm just curious. People very seldom leave comments kasi. It's a new thing for me. I'm still just getting used to the fact that people actually read my blog. Conversations sometimes come to a dead stop for me when the conversee (new word!) mentions something I distinctly remember NOT telling him or her about. And so I ask, uh, how'd you know about that? And the conversee replies, "I read your blog, " or "Uh, Friendster?" I really should stop saying so many things here. I've been getting into trouble already. But then again, I'm used to getting into trouble because of what I write. Or say. (Bribe: I'll tell you about my college freshman year booboo in exchange for, uh, less drama. Hehe! Nah. It's fine.) I'll just pretend you're this guy Mario and I have been swooning over. Haha! Half truth spotted there. Guess which half it is.
As for my college freshman booboo, I'll write about it during my next break from studying tomorrow night. I'm cramming again, see. All the work I should have done over the past 4 months but didn't do, I'm rushing to finish now. Bad bad bad person. Well. At least I'm not evil like Mario. Friday, we were studying in Starbucks. He was reading my messages. A few seconds after he returned my phone, I got a message that was supposed to be from this guy asking me out to dinner and a movie. I completely lost it and turned to Mario astounded, "Ohmigod! You texted him! Ohmigod! Ohmigod! Mario! What did you tell him?!!!" I think I got the message when Mario's evil-er than evil look turned into a wide grin and eventually into uncontrollable guffaws. I turned back to the message after that and realized that the guy it was supposed to be from SO does not text like that. I won't describe it. There are a precious few people I know who text that way (and I really appreciate that. Impressive, actually.), and I am not giving THIS one away. Mario still hasn't gotten over my reaction to this very day. (Hey, that rhymes!) Priceless daw. Bleh! =p Evil ka talaga.
Yesterday, I woke up after too much sleep and tripped on everything that was in my way the short distance from my bed to my desk. And then Mario started his text tirade telling me to rush so we could study. Hello?!! Moe and Joe! (For those who don't know, that was an allusion to our Nego midterm which involved a guy with a personality disorder, switches personalities from Moe to Joe and vice versa.) We didn't have plans kaya! But Mario is Mario. He's the cutest thing there is. Hehe! So I rushed through my bath (although nobody ever believes I sometimes rush, as the rushed version takes at least half an hour), put on my contacts, went through my post-bath lotion et.al. ceremony, (note that at this point, I still wasn't REALLY rushing) and then Mario started texting and calling like mad, so with hair dripping and all, I grabbed all the school stuff that happened to be on my desk, not even bothering to stuff them into my bag, and ran to meet them downstairs. And then we were off to Coffee Bean Eastwood.
I SO love Coffee Bean. (And Eastwood.) Quoting someone I know, it's MY turf. Hehe! Well, not really. I won't even pretend that I have even a minor claim. But Chi and I were one of the first to discover Coffee Bean Eastwood. We used to study there a lot early freshman year, when the City Walk wasn't even done yet. Starbucks was under construction, and there was dust everywhere outside. We were there so often the manager / owner knew us na, and they would turn down the airconditioning for us at our request, even if the other customers complained. Now everybody goes there na. Darn. Oh well. Goodbye secret study place. I lost Coffee Bean. Then I lost San Fran. I wonder when people are going to start studying in our tub. Hehe! Just kidding. I'm just very territorial when it comes to study places. And a lot of other things. You get the picture.
In any case, I'm officially done with my Succession digests. All 102 of them. Each painstakingly handwritten. My hands are about to fall off. God help me. I'm just taking a break before I hit the books again. Due to my previous preoccupation with Succession digests, I haven't started studying for finals yet, and I've got a large void to fill... I didn't read a substantial portion of everything I had to read. So. It's Campos and Perez tonight for Nego. Tomorrow's PIL and IPL day. Tuesday, my final run for Nego and a pseudo-review for Evidence. Wednesday, Nego. Thursday, Evidence take home written finals. Friday, PIL. Saturday, IPL. Phew! Then a couple of days off before Succession Thursday, Transpo Friday and Evidence moot court Saturday. Ayayay.
I think I'm degenerating into an inarticulate blob. I can't even write anymore, and I've always loved writing. I was going over my blog entries a few minutes earlier, and I couldn't help but cringe at how crass and unpolished everything is. It's like reading the diary entries of a functionally literate 3-year-old. Well, except for the melodrama. Maybe I used up all my energy early on and now I'm running the prime of my life on the dregs of my so-called intelligence. I did excellent in grade school and high school. Way above average. I was grade school valedictorian, and I graduated 3rd in my high school class. Would've graduated with honors if I hadn't had a Technical Drawing disaster the second quarter of my junior year. College, I did okay. I think a 3.12's not bad, given the fact that I almost never studied. I used to wake up 2 hours befroe finals to cram and still get good grades. Enough to impress my English professors and those people whose opinions mattered to me. But law school, ohmigod. It's like an eternity of marvelling at the guillotine that's sure to sever my head in the end. I don't know if I'm just not exerting myself enough (which is probably the case) or if I'm just not meant for this (which is also highly probable and highly possible). I'm confussed. (That's a word I invented a few months ago, pronounced /con-fust'/, meaning a degree of confusion that's almost incomprehensible.) I did fine initially. And then there was Barry. And it was all downhill from there.
Anyway, I gotta go study. Please leave a comment about WON (for the non-law people, that's short for whether or not) I write like shit. I need affirmation here, people! And puhleeease leave your names. =p (No pressure. Haha!)
As for my college freshman booboo, I'll write about it during my next break from studying tomorrow night. I'm cramming again, see. All the work I should have done over the past 4 months but didn't do, I'm rushing to finish now. Bad bad bad person. Well. At least I'm not evil like Mario. Friday, we were studying in Starbucks. He was reading my messages. A few seconds after he returned my phone, I got a message that was supposed to be from this guy asking me out to dinner and a movie. I completely lost it and turned to Mario astounded, "Ohmigod! You texted him! Ohmigod! Ohmigod! Mario! What did you tell him?!!!" I think I got the message when Mario's evil-er than evil look turned into a wide grin and eventually into uncontrollable guffaws. I turned back to the message after that and realized that the guy it was supposed to be from SO does not text like that. I won't describe it. There are a precious few people I know who text that way (and I really appreciate that. Impressive, actually.), and I am not giving THIS one away. Mario still hasn't gotten over my reaction to this very day. (Hey, that rhymes!) Priceless daw. Bleh! =p Evil ka talaga.
Yesterday, I woke up after too much sleep and tripped on everything that was in my way the short distance from my bed to my desk. And then Mario started his text tirade telling me to rush so we could study. Hello?!! Moe and Joe! (For those who don't know, that was an allusion to our Nego midterm which involved a guy with a personality disorder, switches personalities from Moe to Joe and vice versa.) We didn't have plans kaya! But Mario is Mario. He's the cutest thing there is. Hehe! So I rushed through my bath (although nobody ever believes I sometimes rush, as the rushed version takes at least half an hour), put on my contacts, went through my post-bath lotion et.al. ceremony, (note that at this point, I still wasn't REALLY rushing) and then Mario started texting and calling like mad, so with hair dripping and all, I grabbed all the school stuff that happened to be on my desk, not even bothering to stuff them into my bag, and ran to meet them downstairs. And then we were off to Coffee Bean Eastwood.
I SO love Coffee Bean. (And Eastwood.) Quoting someone I know, it's MY turf. Hehe! Well, not really. I won't even pretend that I have even a minor claim. But Chi and I were one of the first to discover Coffee Bean Eastwood. We used to study there a lot early freshman year, when the City Walk wasn't even done yet. Starbucks was under construction, and there was dust everywhere outside. We were there so often the manager / owner knew us na, and they would turn down the airconditioning for us at our request, even if the other customers complained. Now everybody goes there na. Darn. Oh well. Goodbye secret study place. I lost Coffee Bean. Then I lost San Fran. I wonder when people are going to start studying in our tub. Hehe! Just kidding. I'm just very territorial when it comes to study places. And a lot of other things. You get the picture.
In any case, I'm officially done with my Succession digests. All 102 of them. Each painstakingly handwritten. My hands are about to fall off. God help me. I'm just taking a break before I hit the books again. Due to my previous preoccupation with Succession digests, I haven't started studying for finals yet, and I've got a large void to fill... I didn't read a substantial portion of everything I had to read. So. It's Campos and Perez tonight for Nego. Tomorrow's PIL and IPL day. Tuesday, my final run for Nego and a pseudo-review for Evidence. Wednesday, Nego. Thursday, Evidence take home written finals. Friday, PIL. Saturday, IPL. Phew! Then a couple of days off before Succession Thursday, Transpo Friday and Evidence moot court Saturday. Ayayay.
I think I'm degenerating into an inarticulate blob. I can't even write anymore, and I've always loved writing. I was going over my blog entries a few minutes earlier, and I couldn't help but cringe at how crass and unpolished everything is. It's like reading the diary entries of a functionally literate 3-year-old. Well, except for the melodrama. Maybe I used up all my energy early on and now I'm running the prime of my life on the dregs of my so-called intelligence. I did excellent in grade school and high school. Way above average. I was grade school valedictorian, and I graduated 3rd in my high school class. Would've graduated with honors if I hadn't had a Technical Drawing disaster the second quarter of my junior year. College, I did okay. I think a 3.12's not bad, given the fact that I almost never studied. I used to wake up 2 hours befroe finals to cram and still get good grades. Enough to impress my English professors and those people whose opinions mattered to me. But law school, ohmigod. It's like an eternity of marvelling at the guillotine that's sure to sever my head in the end. I don't know if I'm just not exerting myself enough (which is probably the case) or if I'm just not meant for this (which is also highly probable and highly possible). I'm confussed. (That's a word I invented a few months ago, pronounced /con-fust'/, meaning a degree of confusion that's almost incomprehensible.) I did fine initially. And then there was Barry. And it was all downhill from there.
Anyway, I gotta go study. Please leave a comment about WON (for the non-law people, that's short for whether or not) I write like shit. I need affirmation here, people! And puhleeease leave your names. =p (No pressure. Haha!)
Thursday, September 29, 2005
Today's musings
Well. Today wasn't so bad. I woke up late for IPL but Ma'am Villanueva was late anyway. We RUSHED through patents but we managed to finish but class was extended til 1 so Mario had to hide out in the Law Center til Lianne and I were done with class so we could head over to Eastwood for our planned study session. I also found out there's a Matahari na in Eastwood in front of the cinema ticket booth. Yay! I've been craving for cassava chips for so long na kaya lang I don't go to Megamall anymore eh that's the only place I thought they were in. Nainggit tuloy si Lianne, bumili din. Hehe! Anyway, we had lunch in Fazoli's with Neil (Italian chicken! Yumyum!) then we headed over to my favorite hideout: Coffee Bean. I swear, I love their double vanilla tea latte. It's sweet, but I like it. =) We got some studying done naman. I'm now on my 60th digest for Succession. Around half done. Lianne left around 6, but Mario and I stayed til around 9:30.
Mario discovered a new highlighter brand today. It's 9 pesos cheaper than the brand we use now (Staedtler). See, Mario and I have this thing with highlighters and highlighting. We have to use the same brand and highlight the same way. And don't judge us ha. It works for us eh. =p It's Faber Castell for yellow (although Mario uses the old variety and I use the new one), and Staedtler for orange and pink kasi they're the most flourescent. Well, at least we thought so. Highlighters are so expensive na. Anyway, Mario ran out of pink so he headed over to National Bookstore and discovered a brighter pink and a brighter orange. I think the brand's Scriva or something. Now he's bugging me to switch brands too, but I have a month's worth of highlighters pa (and Mario sold me his new orange Staedtler highlighter for 5 pesos. Hehe!) kasi I bought na finals supplies 2 days ago so I wouldn't have to trudge over to National Bookstore na. Next sem siguro.
Oh, and my sched next sem is purrfect. No morning classes AT ALL. But Mario's only taking PRIL and Tax with us... =( And there are only 18 of us in Pril kasi half our block dropped CivPro with Ma'am Avena. Oh well. May deal na kami ni Mario to be seatmates again though. =)
Anyway... Jay dropped by Coffee Bean din kanina. He treated us out to dinner in Teriyaki Boy pa. Yay! =) Hay Mario, you and your issues. And your lines. Which work, incidentally. Hehe! I swear, Mario and Jay are so cute together! And fun. Honest. And they're both super nice. And smart.
Anyhoo, I gotta run. I've exhausted my 30 minute break from Succession already. Tomorrow's Starbucks day with Lianne and Mario.
Mario discovered a new highlighter brand today. It's 9 pesos cheaper than the brand we use now (Staedtler). See, Mario and I have this thing with highlighters and highlighting. We have to use the same brand and highlight the same way. And don't judge us ha. It works for us eh. =p It's Faber Castell for yellow (although Mario uses the old variety and I use the new one), and Staedtler for orange and pink kasi they're the most flourescent. Well, at least we thought so. Highlighters are so expensive na. Anyway, Mario ran out of pink so he headed over to National Bookstore and discovered a brighter pink and a brighter orange. I think the brand's Scriva or something. Now he's bugging me to switch brands too, but I have a month's worth of highlighters pa (and Mario sold me his new orange Staedtler highlighter for 5 pesos. Hehe!) kasi I bought na finals supplies 2 days ago so I wouldn't have to trudge over to National Bookstore na. Next sem siguro.
Oh, and my sched next sem is purrfect. No morning classes AT ALL. But Mario's only taking PRIL and Tax with us... =( And there are only 18 of us in Pril kasi half our block dropped CivPro with Ma'am Avena. Oh well. May deal na kami ni Mario to be seatmates again though. =)
Anyway... Jay dropped by Coffee Bean din kanina. He treated us out to dinner in Teriyaki Boy pa. Yay! =) Hay Mario, you and your issues. And your lines. Which work, incidentally. Hehe! I swear, Mario and Jay are so cute together! And fun. Honest. And they're both super nice. And smart.
Anyhoo, I gotta run. I've exhausted my 30 minute break from Succession already. Tomorrow's Starbucks day with Lianne and Mario.
Wednesday, September 28, 2005
Thanks. =)
Hey, for the last person who posted a comment here, thanks. Really. I really appreciate the thought. =) Why do people not leave their names though?
On relationships et al.
Hay relationships. Sometimes I don't know if it's a good thing or a bad thing, or even if it even classifies as a thing, that I'm unattached to anybody in particular, i.e. single, not "in a relationship", however you'd prefer to call the evaders of the L-word. Well, maybe not the L-word, maybe just relationships. There's just so much to it. The first part's fun, but it gets old, and sometimes its just downright boring and tedious and cumbersome and all that crap.
First you meet a guy. Sometimes you just know there's something, sometimes, you're just practically oblivious to the fact that he exists. And then you get to know him, maybe a few official dates. May also be unofficial. You just happen to be together someplace. Or maybe by some weird twist of fate, you just somehow end up at the same place at the same time. (In my case, it was more like I was set up pala but I didn't figure it out til much later. Oblivious. Naive. Whatever you want to call it.) Then you get weird feelings and shit. The tingly sort and all. Whoever denies it is lying. You feel like "Ohmigod." Just that. Nothing more. Just ohmigod. And leave it at that. You don't really like him naman din kasi. Ok lang, flattering, but just ok. Nothing special. Just the run of the mill kinda hanging out thing. And then stuff starts to happen. He texts you the oddest things at the oddest moments. He invites you out with friends but spends most of the time talking to you. You kinda figure he likes you a teeny bit more than other girls because of the extra attention but you don't want to assume anything. You start to get the hang of the whole attention thing, but still no fireworks. But the kilig starts to grow. Next thing you know you look forward to seeing him the next day or find yourself checking your phone every 10 seconds to see if he texted. Still no fireworks. Then he starts inviting you out to a movie or to dinner, just the two of you. And you have fun. But it doesn't feel like you're just hanging out with a friend. You're comfortable with him but it's different. You start going out together more often, texting, chatting and talking on the phone regularly. You're by now familiar with each other's schedule by heart. You really like him na and you're just waiting for him to pop the question. When he does, it's just magic.
The first few months are just heaven. You're perpetually giddy and live from one date to the next. Well, not really. You just really look forward to seeing him after (or before. or in the middle of) a really long day. You start doing everything together, and everything's different.
A few months later, things begin to change. Every now and then, the routine seems to get boring. You find yourself getting tired of doing the same things. You start to fight over the smallest things. Every so often, you consider the thought of breaking up, and occasionally you do, but you somehow always end up realizing that that's not really what you want either. These fits come and go. For some people I know more often than others. And man, when they start ranting, it's hilarious!
As for me, I had my share of hissy fits, but I really appreciate the little things, which I find really sweet. I'm a sucker for stuff like that. I mean, I like the occasional grand gesture, but I'd take a hug over a long litany about the moon and the stars any day of the week, if you know what I mean. =p Although relationships in general don't run themselves, in the end, just knowing that someone affirms your existence and that you affirm his, and the whole extravaganza that comes with it, is worth it. Really. And although sometimes it just doesn't work out, I still think relationships are not more trouble than they're worth. They're trouble sometimes, but a little excitement never hurt anybody anyway.
AND A FEW THOUGHTS FROM HERE AND THERE...
I was actually concious at 7:30 this morning, (bow) thank you very much. I'm making up for all the work I should have done but didn't do during the sem by giving myself hell for the next 3 weeks. I was up bright and early for a pre-Evidence and PIL study session with Mario in Starbucks. Nobody interesting there though.
I'm officially turning my finals effort full blast tomorrow after IPL class. I'm not sure if I'm cutting Transpo to go to Coffee Bean Eastwood. But I'm leaning more towards a Tall Double Vanilla Tea Latte. Hehe!
The only two professors I ever remember clapping for at the end of the sem were Prof. Te (Crim 1, Crim 2, Civ Pro, Evidence. Phew!) and Prof. Diaz. (Crim Pro), and they well deserved it. Prof. Te especially. In this day and age, and soon to be profession where honesty, integrity and morals seem to have been reduced to accessories people can shed in a heartbeat, it's heartwarming to know that there are lawyers/professors who are successful by conventional standards yet are still essentially good people; who go to mass and pray, and are not ashamed of it, and actually tell students to pray before going to court; who have a heart and put their heart into their work, And at the very least seem to care. In theory though, I'd clap for Ma'am Beth too. I think I was too terrified to clap for her the last day of Persons class. Ma'am Daway was really nice din.
Hay. Well. Here's to my fifth semester in law school. Which is still not over. 3 weeks of hell to go. Hey, I'm going to be holed up in Starbucks Katipunan or Coffee Bean Eastwood (or if I'm pulling an all-nighter, probably McDo Eastwood). If anyone wants to join me in my effort to pass, just text. Anyway, I'm off to, um, binge. I want a warm mug of Swiss Miss. There's a humongous tub of it in the condo. Yum yum.
First you meet a guy. Sometimes you just know there's something, sometimes, you're just practically oblivious to the fact that he exists. And then you get to know him, maybe a few official dates. May also be unofficial. You just happen to be together someplace. Or maybe by some weird twist of fate, you just somehow end up at the same place at the same time. (In my case, it was more like I was set up pala but I didn't figure it out til much later. Oblivious. Naive. Whatever you want to call it.) Then you get weird feelings and shit. The tingly sort and all. Whoever denies it is lying. You feel like "Ohmigod." Just that. Nothing more. Just ohmigod. And leave it at that. You don't really like him naman din kasi. Ok lang, flattering, but just ok. Nothing special. Just the run of the mill kinda hanging out thing. And then stuff starts to happen. He texts you the oddest things at the oddest moments. He invites you out with friends but spends most of the time talking to you. You kinda figure he likes you a teeny bit more than other girls because of the extra attention but you don't want to assume anything. You start to get the hang of the whole attention thing, but still no fireworks. But the kilig starts to grow. Next thing you know you look forward to seeing him the next day or find yourself checking your phone every 10 seconds to see if he texted. Still no fireworks. Then he starts inviting you out to a movie or to dinner, just the two of you. And you have fun. But it doesn't feel like you're just hanging out with a friend. You're comfortable with him but it's different. You start going out together more often, texting, chatting and talking on the phone regularly. You're by now familiar with each other's schedule by heart. You really like him na and you're just waiting for him to pop the question. When he does, it's just magic.
The first few months are just heaven. You're perpetually giddy and live from one date to the next. Well, not really. You just really look forward to seeing him after (or before. or in the middle of) a really long day. You start doing everything together, and everything's different.
A few months later, things begin to change. Every now and then, the routine seems to get boring. You find yourself getting tired of doing the same things. You start to fight over the smallest things. Every so often, you consider the thought of breaking up, and occasionally you do, but you somehow always end up realizing that that's not really what you want either. These fits come and go. For some people I know more often than others. And man, when they start ranting, it's hilarious!
As for me, I had my share of hissy fits, but I really appreciate the little things, which I find really sweet. I'm a sucker for stuff like that. I mean, I like the occasional grand gesture, but I'd take a hug over a long litany about the moon and the stars any day of the week, if you know what I mean. =p Although relationships in general don't run themselves, in the end, just knowing that someone affirms your existence and that you affirm his, and the whole extravaganza that comes with it, is worth it. Really. And although sometimes it just doesn't work out, I still think relationships are not more trouble than they're worth. They're trouble sometimes, but a little excitement never hurt anybody anyway.
AND A FEW THOUGHTS FROM HERE AND THERE...
I was actually concious at 7:30 this morning, (bow) thank you very much. I'm making up for all the work I should have done but didn't do during the sem by giving myself hell for the next 3 weeks. I was up bright and early for a pre-Evidence and PIL study session with Mario in Starbucks. Nobody interesting there though.
I'm officially turning my finals effort full blast tomorrow after IPL class. I'm not sure if I'm cutting Transpo to go to Coffee Bean Eastwood. But I'm leaning more towards a Tall Double Vanilla Tea Latte. Hehe!
The only two professors I ever remember clapping for at the end of the sem were Prof. Te (Crim 1, Crim 2, Civ Pro, Evidence. Phew!) and Prof. Diaz. (Crim Pro), and they well deserved it. Prof. Te especially. In this day and age, and soon to be profession where honesty, integrity and morals seem to have been reduced to accessories people can shed in a heartbeat, it's heartwarming to know that there are lawyers/professors who are successful by conventional standards yet are still essentially good people; who go to mass and pray, and are not ashamed of it, and actually tell students to pray before going to court; who have a heart and put their heart into their work, And at the very least seem to care. In theory though, I'd clap for Ma'am Beth too. I think I was too terrified to clap for her the last day of Persons class. Ma'am Daway was really nice din.
Hay. Well. Here's to my fifth semester in law school. Which is still not over. 3 weeks of hell to go. Hey, I'm going to be holed up in Starbucks Katipunan or Coffee Bean Eastwood (or if I'm pulling an all-nighter, probably McDo Eastwood). If anyone wants to join me in my effort to pass, just text. Anyway, I'm off to, um, binge. I want a warm mug of Swiss Miss. There's a humongous tub of it in the condo. Yum yum.
Sunday, September 25, 2005
C'est la vie...
I swear to God, the Bar is an annual tradition of torturing ALL law students in general, not just the ones taking the Bar. I'd much rather do a million BarOps shifts than be the one taking the Bar though. Thank God it's over. I don't have to see Sheraton until next year. Yahoo!
Anyhoo, Saturday was so not what I expected it to be. Bad news just keeps on coming like there's no tomorrow. And I'm not talking about THAT unfortunate incident. This is something else. See, I'm stuck in my godforsaken rut again.
Some people never change talaga no matter how much I'd like to think they have, or that they even can. It SO does not pay to be idealistic. (Yeah baby, bring on the angst!!!) Gawd, it sucks to be me sometimes. Seems I was wrong about a lot of things, and a lot of people. I'm generally a pretty good judge of character, see. Seems I was wrong about that as well. At least three things turned out WAY different from how I would've liked them to. The world is against me. =(
I firmly resolve at this point that I will quit all this crap about that shithead. He will never change. I should have learned that a long time ago. Well, I did, actually. It's just that I'd still like to believe that somewhere deep, REALLY deep down in his soul, he's still the good person and the friend I thought he was. (Gawd, this is so f-ing melodramatic.) I don't know what's happening na talaga. I could jump to all these conclusions about what brought about this uber unfortunate chain of events, but I hesitate because I really don't want to start thinking so much about it, promising myself so many things then end up breaking them and recanting all my self-proclaimed truths. Ack!
Hay... Just to highlight how cruel the world is being to me, a few nights ago, I sent out a text message to all my close friends and family. Um, hello, it was so not a depressing message. I thought it was actually funny. And my cousin Shirley thought so too. My dad and my stepmom didn't even consider it halfway sad to even bother to reply. But lo and behold, my favorite uncle called me up around 4 in the morning to check if I was ok. I was really touched by the gesture, but I found myself wondering if it was really all that disturbing. And then the tears came and I couldn't stop crying til sunrise. I ended up realizing how much I miss my family and all the people who have ever meant anything to me. I cried myself to sleep that night. When I woke up the next morning, er, afternoon, I was still feeling bad. And my eyes were swollen like melons. I didn't want to go to school like that, so as was my habit, I cut class. When Chi and Ngangi came home, both of them asked me if I had been crying, as my eyes were really swollen. I made up this lame excuse about not being able to sleep (which was true, of course) and allergy attacks, which I did get the day before. Lucky for me, both of them bought it. I still haven't told them the truth. Apparently, Chi heard me sniffling but she was feeling bad as well.
I don't know what went wrong, what I did wrong, or where I went wrong, but everything seems to be militating towards a not so encouraging future. I've been rethinking my entire life plan for fear that something got screwed up somewhere along the line and I'll end up penniless on the street or worse, Gawd, I don't even want to consider the possibility.
I really need a good cheering up. The world has not been very kind to me lately.
Anyhoo, Saturday was so not what I expected it to be. Bad news just keeps on coming like there's no tomorrow. And I'm not talking about THAT unfortunate incident. This is something else. See, I'm stuck in my godforsaken rut again.
Some people never change talaga no matter how much I'd like to think they have, or that they even can. It SO does not pay to be idealistic. (Yeah baby, bring on the angst!!!) Gawd, it sucks to be me sometimes. Seems I was wrong about a lot of things, and a lot of people. I'm generally a pretty good judge of character, see. Seems I was wrong about that as well. At least three things turned out WAY different from how I would've liked them to. The world is against me. =(
I firmly resolve at this point that I will quit all this crap about that shithead. He will never change. I should have learned that a long time ago. Well, I did, actually. It's just that I'd still like to believe that somewhere deep, REALLY deep down in his soul, he's still the good person and the friend I thought he was. (Gawd, this is so f-ing melodramatic.) I don't know what's happening na talaga. I could jump to all these conclusions about what brought about this uber unfortunate chain of events, but I hesitate because I really don't want to start thinking so much about it, promising myself so many things then end up breaking them and recanting all my self-proclaimed truths. Ack!
Hay... Just to highlight how cruel the world is being to me, a few nights ago, I sent out a text message to all my close friends and family. Um, hello, it was so not a depressing message. I thought it was actually funny. And my cousin Shirley thought so too. My dad and my stepmom didn't even consider it halfway sad to even bother to reply. But lo and behold, my favorite uncle called me up around 4 in the morning to check if I was ok. I was really touched by the gesture, but I found myself wondering if it was really all that disturbing. And then the tears came and I couldn't stop crying til sunrise. I ended up realizing how much I miss my family and all the people who have ever meant anything to me. I cried myself to sleep that night. When I woke up the next morning, er, afternoon, I was still feeling bad. And my eyes were swollen like melons. I didn't want to go to school like that, so as was my habit, I cut class. When Chi and Ngangi came home, both of them asked me if I had been crying, as my eyes were really swollen. I made up this lame excuse about not being able to sleep (which was true, of course) and allergy attacks, which I did get the day before. Lucky for me, both of them bought it. I still haven't told them the truth. Apparently, Chi heard me sniffling but she was feeling bad as well.
I don't know what went wrong, what I did wrong, or where I went wrong, but everything seems to be militating towards a not so encouraging future. I've been rethinking my entire life plan for fear that something got screwed up somewhere along the line and I'll end up penniless on the street or worse, Gawd, I don't even want to consider the possibility.
I really need a good cheering up. The world has not been very kind to me lately.
Wednesday, September 21, 2005
SORTING HAT RESULTS
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My once a week going to class stint
The f-ing picture won't upload. Darn. Anyway, I'll upload it when I find the energy to. As for the annotation... This was the last time my blockmates saw me prior to my Nego cameo role today. I've only been going to class Thursdays since last week, see? And that's because I'm on deck for IPL, and it would take a grand ass of an idiot not to show up for THAT.
I just saw Land of the Dead with Nico, Oggs, Jen and Nestor. It was so high school it was fun. Hehe! It's nothing spectacular, of course, but it's enough to keep me awake but not staring down at my feet like I did when Nico, Titit, Lenny and I saw Amityville over the summer. I like zombies more than I like ghosts. And that isn't saying much. Zombies, I cannot for the life of me imagine as real. Ghosts, well, let's just say I've been having trouble sleeping for 3 weeks now. And taking the elevator alone, and generally being alone in the condo.
I just saw Land of the Dead with Nico, Oggs, Jen and Nestor. It was so high school it was fun. Hehe! It's nothing spectacular, of course, but it's enough to keep me awake but not staring down at my feet like I did when Nico, Titit, Lenny and I saw Amityville over the summer. I like zombies more than I like ghosts. And that isn't saying much. Zombies, I cannot for the life of me imagine as real. Ghosts, well, let's just say I've been having trouble sleeping for 3 weeks now. And taking the elevator alone, and generally being alone in the condo.
Thursday, September 15, 2005
Lalala...
I'm passing time in the lib lang... Lianne will drop by around 7 then we're going to Oggs' place for his birthday partay thingie. It's 7. Why am I in the lib?!! Even worse, I didn't have class today. Sir Te and Danny Con gave us free cuts for Evidence and Succession respectively. As for IPL, well. Some people are allergic to rain. (Like moi, for example. Well, with respect to going to class lang, anyway. Hehe!) I had a really good feeling that SDV wasn't going to show earlier today, but just to appease my blockmates, I got up at 8:30 and was at school way before class was scheduled to start. (I can imagine the bloodshed if I hadn't shown up when I was on deck for recitation today. Harharhar! I might as well have hung myself. Okay, bad joke.) Anyhoo... Free cuts are free cuts are free cuts. I never complain about them.
So. The past 9 or so hours I've been here, I've had lunch, shared chismis and hung out in the Winlaw room, cut and tied gold ribbons, arranged goody bags and other stuff, watched Ateneo lose another game to La Salle---Darn... =( ---checked my mail, downloaded and uploaded pictures, blah blah blah blah blah. Oh, and Mahalay looked pristine as usual. Hay... Oh well.
Oh, good deed for the day. I treated out 3 kids to fishball today. Kawawa naman eh. They were soaked to the bone na and it was freezing tapos Mario, Migs and I were standing there munching on. Talk about social sin. Wala lang. Nahappy naman sila. I felt happy but a tad guilty afterwards. My God, super babs ko kaya lately! If I see them tomorrow, I'll buy them something ulit siguro. They really appreciated it too. Heartwarming but nakakaguilty pa rin...
Anyway, I was going to make kuwento about freaky stories and my Sheraton weekend, but I think Lianne's dropping by to pick me up anytime soon. Might as well say my I do's. Oops. I meant my goodbyes. Hehe! Couldn't help myself. Today was a good day. =)
So. The past 9 or so hours I've been here, I've had lunch, shared chismis and hung out in the Winlaw room, cut and tied gold ribbons, arranged goody bags and other stuff, watched Ateneo lose another game to La Salle---Darn... =( ---checked my mail, downloaded and uploaded pictures, blah blah blah blah blah. Oh, and Mahalay looked pristine as usual. Hay... Oh well.
Oh, good deed for the day. I treated out 3 kids to fishball today. Kawawa naman eh. They were soaked to the bone na and it was freezing tapos Mario, Migs and I were standing there munching on. Talk about social sin. Wala lang. Nahappy naman sila. I felt happy but a tad guilty afterwards. My God, super babs ko kaya lately! If I see them tomorrow, I'll buy them something ulit siguro. They really appreciated it too. Heartwarming but nakakaguilty pa rin...
Anyway, I was going to make kuwento about freaky stories and my Sheraton weekend, but I think Lianne's dropping by to pick me up anytime soon. Might as well say my I do's. Oops. I meant my goodbyes. Hehe! Couldn't help myself. Today was a good day. =)
Monday, September 05, 2005
Day 1, Unpromising week # 3456
As per my previous post, last week ended with a bang, and not a good one. More like my shin hitting the corner of my desk in the flurry of rushing headlong into bed after a looooooooong night (and day) doing BarOps for Winlaw. Plus the fact that I got called for Tax again last Saturday.
Winlaw BarOps was uber exhausting, if I might say so myself. Aside from being holed up in Sheraton for X number of hours (I wasn't even able to visit the Portians or meet up with the Ateneo Law people...), I had to go to Dangwa pa with Mario to buy roses and ribbon and shit, and then attend to the task of getting the flowers ready for distribution. And then there was buying dinner, breakfast and lunch for the barristers, and delivering goody bags, tips, and food, wakeup calls, organizing, etc. etc. etc. The list does only gets longer. It was ok though. I think we did a pretty good job naman the first weekend. And I had an excuse to sleep the whole day yesterday.
JJ was majorly bitching earlier today. I wonder what got into him. Or what he didn't get into. Haha! Major PMS attack. I won't go on for fear of retribution. I don't know if it was a good thing or a bad thing informing him when he asked me during my recit about some Agency thing that I haven't taken Agency yet... In any case, he was super kaduper annoyed with the world at large. Aside from the time Dan Gat walked out on our block in freshman year, I don't think I've ever seen anyone so annoyed AND annoying.
Anyhoo, I WAS able to attend both PIL classes today. But Mario cut our afternoon classes because (s)he's pregnant and was having morning sickness earlier. The poor thing...
It's been a long past few days. I'm tired. And I don't seem to have the strength or stamina or the drive to do anything. Not even watch tv. And apparently, not even to write a halfway decent blog post. Aw man, this sucks.
Oh, one last thing. My ex has been texting me, but I haven't been able to reply even once due to, um, a deep temporarily irreversible state of unconsciousness. Oh well. Too bad. =p
And now I'll float / drift / hover back to the condo... Wheee!!! (Still no drive to do anything except hover around like a you-know-what...)
Winlaw BarOps was uber exhausting, if I might say so myself. Aside from being holed up in Sheraton for X number of hours (I wasn't even able to visit the Portians or meet up with the Ateneo Law people...), I had to go to Dangwa pa with Mario to buy roses and ribbon and shit, and then attend to the task of getting the flowers ready for distribution. And then there was buying dinner, breakfast and lunch for the barristers, and delivering goody bags, tips, and food, wakeup calls, organizing, etc. etc. etc. The list does only gets longer. It was ok though. I think we did a pretty good job naman the first weekend. And I had an excuse to sleep the whole day yesterday.
JJ was majorly bitching earlier today. I wonder what got into him. Or what he didn't get into. Haha! Major PMS attack. I won't go on for fear of retribution. I don't know if it was a good thing or a bad thing informing him when he asked me during my recit about some Agency thing that I haven't taken Agency yet... In any case, he was super kaduper annoyed with the world at large. Aside from the time Dan Gat walked out on our block in freshman year, I don't think I've ever seen anyone so annoyed AND annoying.
Anyhoo, I WAS able to attend both PIL classes today. But Mario cut our afternoon classes because (s)he's pregnant and was having morning sickness earlier. The poor thing...
It's been a long past few days. I'm tired. And I don't seem to have the strength or stamina or the drive to do anything. Not even watch tv. And apparently, not even to write a halfway decent blog post. Aw man, this sucks.
Oh, one last thing. My ex has been texting me, but I haven't been able to reply even once due to, um, a deep temporarily irreversible state of unconsciousness. Oh well. Too bad. =p
And now I'll float / drift / hover back to the condo... Wheee!!! (Still no drive to do anything except hover around like a you-know-what...)
Friday, September 02, 2005
Para que?!!
This week has been so bad I could cry. It started with me working til dawn on out part of the Transpo midterm paper which was due Wednesday and it was all downhill from there. Went through all the hassle of opening a bank account, withdrawals, solicitation and shit. And I think I just lost a friend. I hope we're able to patch things up eventually, but seeing as we're both so preoccupied with our separate lives and super ma-pride, I don't think it's going to happen. I'm not going to apologize either. Kainis ha. Feeling! My God! As if naman! Mukha naman siyang ipis! Termite! Lowlife pile of poop! &(#&$&(#$^*&^$!!! Ewww!!! My fate seems to be stuck in an uber deep trough with no hope of ever climbing up. Darn. I never see him na nga, the only time I see him pa, nag-away pa kami. Shit talaga. Again, it's Murphy's Law gone wild. Anything that could have possibly gone wrong this week did go wrong, and in the worst possible ways. I hate it, I hate it, I hate it. Did I mention I hate it?
Wednesday, I had to cram big time for Nego and cut PIL for like the hundredth time because I hadn't read even a word of the readings. Well, that's IF the titles don't count.
Thursday, for the hundred millionth time, I found myself sleeping through class. I even tried to go to class though late but I chickened out at the last moment and ended up cursing myself. I went to hang out in the Winlaw room and found Mario there sleeping. When C.J. dropped by, I left my stuff with her and trudged over to the ledge near the Law Center where I always smoke. As my luck had it, there was an uber territorial cat there and he/she/it was bitching big time. I didn't want to assert my superior right over the space at the risk of having to get rabies shots like Al did in college, so I relinquished the space to the bitching cat and sat down on the steps alone. Again, just my luck, yet another professor, in the tradition of JJ Disini, Carlota, et.al. caught me smoking. I ended up dropping my cigarette like a hot potato when I saw him, and only later realized that my pack of Marlboro Menthols was right smack in the middle of his line of vision. Goddamn. I lit another one and began amusing myself with the supposed faculty statement re: GMA and the political crisis bonanza. Troy came along with the news that he just dropped his Foreign Investments class with Leonen. We went back to the Winlaw room where I isolated myself in one corner of the couch to engage in some self-torture. I swear to God, I could almost knock myself out! I have a problem na talaga. I have the worst sleeping habits, if any at all.
Around 12, Lianne drove me over to the Bahay ng Alumni where I opened an account for Winlaw. Oggs, Lianne, Chi, Daisy and I were supposed to have lunch over at Heaven and Eggs Timog, but the bank thing took so long I decided not to go anymore. I was hungry and tired and irritated with the world. I was broke as usual, but faced with the choices of (1) going back to school to eat cold oily food in the caf, or (2) have a leisurely lunch by myself in Chocolate Kiss, I opted for the latter. To hell with my budget. As it happened, there weren't so many people, as it was 2 o'clock or so in the afternoon. So there I was sitting alone at a table, having my puttanesca. Towards the end of my meal, I invited one of my college friends over but he was in class and couldn't go. (He texted around 2am though. I think he wanted to have a beer or something, but I was fast asleep and could not have possibly gone.) After dessert, (And yes, I had dessert. I wanted to be happy. And Devil's Food Cake makes me happy. So I had Devil's Food Cake. I don't know it the fact that I like Devil's Food Cake is any indication of my predisposition towards being evil.) I got the bill and decided to walk back to Malcolm to burn off at least a small portion of what I had previously ingested. I didn't know it was so far. I again went back to the Winlaw room and preoccupied myself with thoughts of self-destruction. Well, not exactly, I was just mad at the world.
Anyway, Sir Te gave us a free cut for Evidence so I hung out with C.J., Marie, Cherry, Mario (and later on, Lenny, one of the Winlaw apps from 1D, and Dionne dropped by) til we had to go to Succession. And THAT class took all of 15 minutes.
I went home and fixed my stuff as I always do, and ended up spending a good 320 getting my laundry done. I swear, I'm the brokest of the broke right now. I watched tv and fell asleep in the middle of the evening news. When I woke up, it was 4:30am, so I went back to sleep. My alarm went off at 7:30, but instead of getting out of bed and getting ready for class like a good student should have, I went back to sleep, and by the time I regained consciousness, it was 10am. Let me just point out here that I was supposed to have PIL 9-12 today, and if you've been paying attention, that's the class I've cut a million times. So you can imaging how sucky I felt when I checked for the time on my ancient phone. I still went to class though. REALLY LATE. And then it was off to lunch with the barkada in A Veneto. I know for a fact that I seriously feel bad because I wasn't in the mood to eat. Everything tasted like what old socks and crumbly rubber must taste like in theory. Nico, Oggs and Chi went home, while the rest of us decided to go to Transpo.
And then my life turned into living hell. I went to the bank to withdraw cash for this weekend's Winlaw BarOps, but as it turned out, Cherry had signed the wrong blank on the slip. It was 1:45. I had class 2-4. The bank closes at 4. Cherry was at work and couldn't leave til 4. I was down to my last 2 texts, and my phone was dying. AND I had no idea where Cherry's office was or how to get there. I got in touch with Cherry while I was pacing back and forth across the hall, and ended up taking the wrong jeep to Quezon Hall. This I realized when the jeep turned into some unknown street which did NOT lead to that naked statue of an exhibitionist. I got off, took another jeep which this time dropped me off a short distance away from my target destination. I found Cherry's office, got the new withdrawal slips signed, then tried to figure out a way to get to the bank then back to Malcolm. It was 2:30. With no cabs or jeeps or whatever in sight, I was about to panic when I decided to ask these 2 lovers for directions. I didn't completely understand what they were saying, as they were talking in this weird species of Tagalog which only what Mel calls "kanto boys" use. I got the gist of it (right, kinda left, cross the street) though. Why do people find it so difficult to give directions? It doesn't take a rocket scientist to say walk to the first corner, turn right, walk south and cross the street to the Bahay ng Alumni. Duh?!!
Anyway, I felt like I was about to cry while I was walking to the bank. It was hot, I was getting all sticky and sweaty. My hair was all over the place, and I didn't have a comb or tissue or alcohol, hand sanitizer, cologne, an umbrella, an extra shirt, or ANYTHING. All I had with me were my wallet, a bank passbook, enough money for fare, and blood, sweat and tears. I was tired and frustrated and mad and irritated. I had just had a really bad tiff with a guy friend I had previously missed to tears and then when I finally met up, we ended up fighting like we never had. =-( I had just gotten lost and had to walk along these roads I knew not... I could have died there and that would have been a good thing.
I finally got to the bank, withdrew what we needed, and walked back to Malcolm. I figured, since I'm already sweating like there's no tomorrow, lubusin ko na. Die die die. And then when I got to the Law Center, this BAD BAD BAD BAD BAD BAD EVIL EVIL EVIL EVIL ant bit my arm and it hurt like hell! Don't know where it came from either. And the welt was getting bigger too. I fixed myself up a little then went to class. A nonexistent class. My blockmates were still there waiting for Avila but he didn't show. So we, well, most of us, went home. And now I'm ranting here so I don't end up committing mass murder.
Like I said, it's been one hell of a week, and it's over yet. Judging from how it's been the past few days, I'd say I should kill myself now and spare myself the trouble.
My last thoughts...
(1) Winlaw is killing me.
(2) I feel so fucking bad.
(3) I need a beer and a good long smoke.
(4) Shit, BarOps na bukas.
(5) I'm still not going to apologize.
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