Ahh... Well now. Since yesterday's post, life certainly has been more interesting than normal. Hehe!
Last night was Daisy's birthday treat. Jen, Chi, Nico, Oggs, Lianne, Mia, Daisy and I, being the pigs that we are, devoured the Gerry's feast like there was no tomorrow. I am not kidding. It was a wrestling match for the last piece of laing and the teeniest bit of chicken. After we were done, the table looked like two dozen 200-pound Vikings who had just come home from raids had decided to drop by for a quick fix. And that was SO not the end of the affair. We all went home for a while but Jen, Chi and I had Inihaw Rep drinking plans at 9:30 with Leo and the guys. Actually, it was more like 10 when the three of us got there, and it took the guys FOREVER to get there. They were still playing Dota in Blue Skies, see, and, well, you know the deal with guys and these video game thingies. They will NEVER get over this phase. So anyway, Chi, Jen and I had a couple of beers with J.P., Leo, Troy, Marlon, Kris (Troy and JP's friend from high school---Sacred Heart School for High Boys daw. Hehe!), and A.R. (who got there really late). I texted Franco but he decided to pass muna. So anyway, I think I got home at 3 or thereabouts, took a shower, set my alarm for 6:30 and slept.
Sorry, did anybody say alarm? What alarm? Hah. Apparently, my phone somehow got buried under my pillows, and I totally dozed through my alarm and 10 reminders every 5 minutes, and at maximum volume too. It's takes talent to do that, I swear! Anyway, embarrassing though it may be, I wasn't able to meet up with Franco, A.R. and Reena in school as we originally planned. They had to wait like 20 minutes while I took a marathon shower. Again. Second day in a row that I wasn't able to dry my hair. Darn. I looked like a drowned rat again today. So anyway, when I finally ran downstairs, we went to the Pansol Barangay Hall to observe Lupon hearings for CivPro. None of us had been there before, so it was field trip day. Felt like we weren't just 5 minutes away from Katipunan. It's one of those not-so-well-off areas where people dwindle away their free time just making tambay around, which, according to A.R. encourages criminal activity. Or was it Franco. I really can't remember. I'm so sleepy right now. My eyes are just about to fall out of their respective sockets. So anyway, there weren't any hearings scheduled for this morning, so we just interviewed the lupon members. After THAT trip, we went on yet another excursion, this time, to that place I call home: ATENEO. After an excruciatingly long respite from cholesterol (Yeah right. Who am I kidding?), I finally got to devour inihaw na liempo over at Manang's. Yay yay yay!!! Yum yum!!! Cholesterol fest!!! Haha!!! Too bad Reena was on a diet and just had fish and veggies. Well, Francesco, A.R. and I binged like crazy. Well, as for Francesco, it really doesn't matter as he's so thin. Well, wiry, according to him. (By the way, words for the day from Mr.Britanico: ESOTERIC and ADROIT. Who else can pull THOSE words off in a normal sentence?) Anyway, after brunch, we dragged Reena around campus for a senti walk. Gonzaga, EDSA Walk, Xavier Hall, Kostka, Colayco, the Quad, Faura, Dela Costa, SocSci, Eagle's Park, SOM, CTC, SEC, the Cafe, and, well, the parking lots, the High School (while pointing over one's shoulder). Post-senti walk, A.R. dropped us off at Malcolm, and Reena went off to the Portia Room, and Franco and I agreed to meet at the Lounge after freshening up. (VERY HOT DAY.)
Francesco is a VERY good conversationalist. I mean really. He's one of those people who seems to have preserved the long lost art of good conversation. And the vocabulary! Man oh man oh man! I swear to God, he recites the entire dictionary every hour. I am not kidding. Who else says ESOTERIC and ADROIT in a normal sentence with a straight face? Well, in any case, I again had a very interesting albeit intermittent conversation with Franco in Mocha Blends earlier interspersed with studying for Credit and CivPro. We left for Ateneo a few minutes after JP and Yang arrived and went over to Bel to get my diploma. That thing is BIIIIIIIG, I tell you. And it's in Latin. Can't even remember what the Latin translation of Legal Management is. I just remember the last word's NEGOTIORUM. Well, in any case, I wasn't able to claim it yet. I had to pay doc stamp tax (P15, which according to Leo and JP, I shouldn't pay because diplomas are exempt from doc stamp taxes), but when Franco and I got to Xavier, the line was so fucking long! Blame it on Ateneans and cramming everything. Oh well. Can't complain about cramming. It's a talent. So anyway... With nothing more to busy ourselves with, Franco and I searched the vendos, caf down and Cervini caf for C2 but ended up empty-handed so he bought Gatorade instead then we finally got down to business and went kite-flying. Well, we tried. An hour or two earlier, the wind was perfect for flying a kite, but it was scorching hot, so we put it off for a while. When the sun was kinder on us, mere mortals prone to sunburn and skin cancer, the wind had gone. And I mean GONE. We tried the soccer field at the back of the SOM, the space beside the MO, and finally the field beside Moro, but even after all the running around Franco did, the kite, cute though it was, just refused to fly for more than 15 seconds. There was absolutely no wind. Not even a slight breeze. According to Francesco, even the trees looked bored. Even the clouds weren't moving. Everything was absolutely still, like the earth had stopped revolving or something. Oh well. But I will fly a kite before the school year ends it if kills me. Or Franco for that matter. Hehe! Well, we gave up after a dozen attempts at getting that damned kite to fly and sat down dejectedly under a tree until A.R. and Reena came to pick us up a bit past 6. Again, VERY interesting conversation. Like listening to the encyclopedia. In a good way though. =) I learned quite a few bits of trivia today. BUT as I'm just about ready to nap away, I'll enumerate some other time. Anyhoo, after dinner in Kamirori and a short trip to Aeon Books, the four of us finally got to do the lupon thing over in Park 9. Juicy juicy juicy. Soap opera material. Details to follow na lang though.
I went home for a while then studied for a while in Mocha Blends with JP and Leo before they left to drink with Troy and Kris in Tribu then play Dota. Again. As for me, I had to pass due to my worsening state of sleepiness.
Oh yeah, one last thing. I'm going to Tagaytay tomorrow!!! Yay!!! Good night!!!
Friday, March 11, 2005
Thursday, March 10, 2005
And that was Wednesday.
I finally got a good and LONG rest yesterday. I slept at 5am Wednesday morning after a couple of hours' worth of tinkering with the computer, then finally mustered up the strength to get up at 2. In the afternoon. After a quick shower, okay, not so quick. To rephrase, after taking another one of my long baths (READ: one to two hours), I headed out to get some real work done after having slept through most of the day. I was supposed to study in SBC but it was packed, so I decided to go to Mocha Blends instead. I wasn't expecting to see anybody familiar, but lo and behold, when I got there, it was a UP Law reunion of sorts. I ran into Marlon and his ex ex-girlfriend on the way there. (They look really good together. And they looked happy too. =) Leo, Troy, J.P., Yang, and Francesco were there. And that says it all. Hehe! I went with Kri to her final fitting for her grad dress, etcetera etcetera but I DID get some studying done. Late into the night though, I was too bored with Labor I finally gave up. As Francesco was doing some not-so-serious studying for SpecPro finals (well, not so serious by HIS terms anyway...), we ended up having a long and really interesting conversation about, well, anything. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Britanico is NOT deaf-mute. (Applause!) For the longest time, I was under the impression that he never talked save for recitation. Or orals. Anyway, by that time, Yang had left already. And Troy and Leo gave up really early. J.P. was seriously studying, so we didn't bother him with good conversation. An hour later, I went with J.P. to take Franco back to UP to get his car. As if I'd be of such good use if any horror story decided to inflict itself on us. Then when I got home, I was thrilled to find out my GenTxt card had finally arrived.
After the previous day's really long nap, I guess I can't complain that I only got 3 hours of sleep last night. I had to get up at 6:30 for court observation with Miguel, Cherry and Reena. I was able to observe a better hearing on a motion today, but I still haven't observed a summary procedure thingie and cross-examination. And the lupon thing, which I'm going to busy myself with tomorrow, if Franco deems it wise. Haha!
Anyway, hurray hurray, no more Admin and Labor forever!!! Today was the last day for both classes, and apathetic as hell as our block is, we didn't even bother to think of preparing anything for Carlots or Ma'am Daway. Well, that's why they don't really like us. But hey, that's how we are eh. We don't suck up to people, and we don't kiss ass. We're still basically intact as a block save for those who left to pursue greener pastures =p so I guess it's working out for us one way or another.
Bad news for Leo et.al. though. Their Corpo finals was moved to next week. Bad trip. Everyone was bummed. Oh well. That's law school for you.
Oh yeah, by the way, I was hanging out with Mario and Cherry kanina, and Mitch and Marie, and we were dreaming up all these really lewd stunts to pull off. Hehe! I wonder who our next victim will be... Cherry, Mario and I also passed an hour here in the lib checking out interesting Friendster pics and weird sites, and Google-ing our names. That, my friends, is called boredom with a capital B. As for me, I have half an hour more to waste away until free dinner courtesy of Daisy's 22nd birthday. We're waiting for Nico, Jen and Mia to get out of hell a.k.a CivPro with Ma'am Avena, who incidentally is going to be our Evidence professor next sem, or so I hear. I'm so dead. So anyway, tummy grumbling. I think I'm going.
After the previous day's really long nap, I guess I can't complain that I only got 3 hours of sleep last night. I had to get up at 6:30 for court observation with Miguel, Cherry and Reena. I was able to observe a better hearing on a motion today, but I still haven't observed a summary procedure thingie and cross-examination. And the lupon thing, which I'm going to busy myself with tomorrow, if Franco deems it wise. Haha!
Anyway, hurray hurray, no more Admin and Labor forever!!! Today was the last day for both classes, and apathetic as hell as our block is, we didn't even bother to think of preparing anything for Carlots or Ma'am Daway. Well, that's why they don't really like us. But hey, that's how we are eh. We don't suck up to people, and we don't kiss ass. We're still basically intact as a block save for those who left to pursue greener pastures =p so I guess it's working out for us one way or another.
Bad news for Leo et.al. though. Their Corpo finals was moved to next week. Bad trip. Everyone was bummed. Oh well. That's law school for you.
Oh yeah, by the way, I was hanging out with Mario and Cherry kanina, and Mitch and Marie, and we were dreaming up all these really lewd stunts to pull off. Hehe! I wonder who our next victim will be... Cherry, Mario and I also passed an hour here in the lib checking out interesting Friendster pics and weird sites, and Google-ing our names. That, my friends, is called boredom with a capital B. As for me, I have half an hour more to waste away until free dinner courtesy of Daisy's 22nd birthday. We're waiting for Nico, Jen and Mia to get out of hell a.k.a CivPro with Ma'am Avena, who incidentally is going to be our Evidence professor next sem, or so I hear. I'm so dead. So anyway, tummy grumbling. I think I'm going.
Wednesday, March 09, 2005
Nuff said.
(1) Ouch.
(2) Sordid affair. Beginning to regret it na.
(3) Stupid stupid stupid.
(4) Gotta go study. SBC, here I come.
(5) Goodbyes always hurt.
(2) Sordid affair. Beginning to regret it na.
(3) Stupid stupid stupid.
(4) Gotta go study. SBC, here I come.
(5) Goodbyes always hurt.
My longest post so far
I just put my affairs in order. =p I arranged my digests, shoes, cases, laundry, bed, books, etc. Not that they needed arranging. More like re-arranging. For a change.
So anyway…
Monday started out pretty dull. We didn’t have Credit. I got a text Sunday night that Buddy had a hearing in Bulacan or wherever. So I woke up at 11 to get ready for CivPro and left at 12:30 after a LOOOOONG shower. I got to school a bit before 1. Note that class was supposed to begin at 12, but please bear in mind that Sir Te is even more prone to tardiness than I am, which is to say that he’s almost always late. As for me, I just really have trouble waking up for class. Well, actually, it’s more like a getting-out-of-bed crisis. My love affair with my pillows and my bed seems to be getting more serious every sem… Seriously. Besides, my day begins at 12 or 1 and ends at 5, i.e. 12 or 1pm and 5am respectively. So back to my story… Sir Te was predictably late, and class started at 1:30 so I amused myself with the Cosmo March edition Bheng gave me. Lucky me we got dismissed early, i.e. on time, so I didn’t have to explain to Ma’am Daway that I’d come from CivPro. As for Labor, well, let’s just say that the doodles in my reviewer speak louder than words. I swear, that class will be the death of me. And my reviewer cannot be lent out to anyone for fear of retaliation from the victims of my boredom-incited wrath. I was so happy when class finally ended. I had a quick snack before heading to the lib to get copies of the cases I couldn’t find in Alan’s pile. I wasn’t quite willing to go home yet, i.e. tinatamad akong mag-commute (Understandably so, given the inconvenience.), so I stayed in the lib a bit longer than I usually do. Now in the midst of this tirade, I’ll segue to a section on commuting and on the lib…
First things first. For some reason I can’t completely comprehend, I’ve developed a dislike for commuting. I never LOVED it, mind you (I just wanted to use that phrase. Mind you. It’s so cute. Hehe!), but I used to have a fairly functional relationship with public transportation. I’ve never owned a car (And at the rate I’m going, it’s going to be a LOOOOOONG time before I get to own one. I do have a deal with my dad, but I don’t want to think about it until everything’s ready.), and since I’ve been dorming/renting an apartment for the past 6 years, duh?!! How else am I supposed to travel? Especially now that I’m single and no longer have a boyfriend to bully. (Haha!) He volunteered naman! I WAS a good girlfriend, although I did have my moments of insanity, i.e. PMS-ing really bad, picking fights when we hadn’t fought for a while---which really bothered me. Blame it on my fear of stagnation… So anyway, as I was saying… Let me just modify the topic sentence of this particular paragraph. The reasons I formerly thought I couldn’t comprehend are (1) I haven’t been commuting (besides taking a cab) much lately, as my life has really been restricted to the Quezon City area, and I’ve been hitching rides with friends, (2) The scorching summer heat has started, and I hate heat, (3) I was stressing over the Winlaw Ball the last time I really commuted. So there.
Second point. As to the lib, I’ve never been comfortable there for some reason. It’s one place where I can’t seem to get any serious studying done. I can concentrate better amidst the Starbucks/SBC/Mocha Blends/San Fran/McCafe/McDonald’s buzz. Unlike Alan who seems to have acquired official title and permanent residence at this out-of-the way first floor table, and Mario who has a permanent seat at the third table from the door, also at the first floor. I liked the Ateneo lib when I was in college though. I don’t know. Law school changed a lot of things.
Back to my narrative… By the time I kinda wanted to go home already, it was dark outside and my fear of walking around UP at night had set in, so I made arrangements to hitch a ride home with CJ at 7. And so I quit reading for Admin and went to Ate Evelyn’s =p to check my mail. Thus my last post. Rich, Marie, Mitch and I hitched with CJ. I got home sometime around the middle of TV Patrol, spent a few moments rekindling my romance with my bed then had dinner with Lorraine in Chiggy’s. Then I got a text from Leo that they were studying in SBC. I WAS planning to study out anyway, and I get really miserable studying---especially studying out---alone (I feel like I’m the only one suffering, and everyone else is just hanging out.), so I decided to join their “study group”. Leo and J.P were studying for Corpo finals, so I was psyching myself to behave and not to bother anyone. But lo and behold, someone else was doing the bothering---Mr. Enerio, that suicidal maniac of a driver. After an hour and a half of talk and the first few Admin cases, we finally gave up studying and headed over to Troy’s for champagne. Yuck, cultured worms ba?!! Hehe! As it turned out, there was just one bottle of champagne for the 5 of us. Bitin. So after watching Sex and the City and that Meatloaf video (I would do anything for love), we decided to have a couple of beers over at Meatshop. Incidentally, that Meatloaf song has been playing in my head all day. So anyway, we ended up in Cantina instead of Meatshop. And then all hell broke loose. Just kidding. What I meant was “and then I saw my ex.”
Pertinent backtrack fact: Lately, I’ve been seeing things, by which I mean I’ve been saying hi to people I thought I knew but up close turned out NOT to be the ones I know, just look-alikes. It’s embarrassing, I tell you. ‘Happened like five times last week.
…So when I was standing with JP and Leo looking for a table (A.R. was changing in the car. He just came from the gym daw kasi, and, well, go figure what he was wearing. Troy was talking to someone on the phone.), and I saw two guys who were waving at me, I stared for a long time trying to figure out who they were. I told Leo and J.P., I think nandiyan ex ko but I’m not sure, di ko na maalala face niya… I know, I’m so mean, but really, I honestly couldn’t remember what he looked like. Which is weird, because I just saw him a few days after my birthday when he dropped by to give me my pecan pie birthday present. So I stared and eventually figured out that the two guys were L.A. (my ex) and Robbie (a common friend of ours) and waved back. Really small wave, just to be safe. I mean, if it wasn’t them, then I’d pretend I was just stretching my arm. =p Well, we finally got a table, and my ex came over to say hi and drone on about the fight thing they staged at his house Saturday night. I really didn’t want to hear about it, and according to JP, I seemed really disinterested and started looking for other people to say hi to. Haha! Oh well. I didn’t realize I did that. Lenny was also there with the T.A. people. So we all sat down and had a couple of beers, I introduced my ex to Leo et.al., blah blah, then L.A. and Robbie left, Kri joined us later on when Bam et.al. went home.
By the end of our drinking session, I was really tipsy. I wanted to get my act together before I went home so I went with Troy and Leo to eat. Well, THEY ate. I just sat quietly on the little stool pondering on blah blah blah blah blah. I got home around 3, and predictably, Chi gave me another long sermon on the mount. I swear, she’s turning into an instant sermon machine. But she means well, and I’m used to her extra long tirades when it comes to anything even remotely concerning my ex anyway. And that was Monday.
Tuesday came and went in a flash. Well, not really. I woke up at 11 to get ready for class, but at the last minute decided to cut Admin. See, I got out of the shower at 12:30, and class was supposed to begin at 12:30. BUT, like most professors, Carlots is consistently 30 minutes late, and insists that the classroom time is wrong, so I had half an hour of leeway. And then I decided to dry my hair. And that was the end of my attempt to go to Admin class. I just went to the lib to study. I was surprisingly productive, actually. Thanks for bullying me, Mario! =) Hehe! I love that guy. He’s the sweetest. AND he has the second-nicest ass in law school. Anyhoo, I’m done studying for Admin. Again, thanks to Mario. And as a reward, we went to the shopping center to eat at Rodic’s and had ice cream on the way back to Malcolm. Yum yum! I can’t remember the last time I ate there. Oh, and I finally replenished my Kleenex supply! =)
As always, Tuesday was relatively uneventful. I was in school the whole day but didn’t go to class. I cut Admin, and although I intended to go to Property, Labits didn’t show up, and by 7:30 (and the class was supposed to be from 6 to 8), we all decided to forego the whole formality. By the way, Portia was showing Eurotrip earlier. Funny movie. It was just weird seeing it in school. And so I hitched a ride home with Punch and Chi and joined Leo and JP in Mocha Blends. Again, I didn’t talk unless they talked to me. See, I’m a good study buddy. I distract myself, not other people. Hehe! We called it a night around 11. I again renewed my vows with my bed watching the evening news then put my affairs in order, amused myself with the new programs I unearthed a few days ago, and now this. So there.
Tentative plans for the weekend: (1) Puerto Galera with Ate Shirley, and/or (2) Tagaytay. =) Emphasis on TENTATIVE. (Underlined, italicized and in bold letters) I hope at least one pushes through.
ON OTHER MATTERS…
FIRST. Why do I always get into trouble because of stuff I write? I just found out that at least two people were offended by one of my comments. Oh well. Whatever. I say what I mean, and if people don’t like it, fine. It’s a free country.
SECOND. I’m still on an unnaturally natural high. It’s so weird. Kinikilig ako sa weather kanina…
THIRD.
WARNING: The following paragraphs contain really serious personal stuff.
There are some people that make such an impact on other people’s lives that they don’t have to stay long to make things happen.
My mom would be turning 50 on the 28th if she were alive. I miss her. I wonder sometimes how life would be if things had turned out differently. It’s been 12 years since she died, and I’ve lived more than half my life without her, but Mommy will always be Mommy. It’s at this age that we’re supposed to be buddies, and it’s sad that I never got the chance to sit down with her and talk to her when I was growing up. I lost her a few days before I turned 10, and I was hardly what you’d call mature. I guess I’m just lucky I’m a self-raising child (Just add hot water.). I seem to have turned out pretty well… I mean, I’ve always been the responsible one. Really. I’m not kidding. I never gave my dad any problems. Well, nothing major, anyway. Just a few minor tiffs. I’m still single, much to my dad’s relief. I don’t have any kids, illegitimate, legitimated or legitimate. I’ve never done drugs. I drink and I smoke, but that’s it. My dad doesn’t know that I smoke though. He gave me a REALLLLY long lecture when I told him that I had TRIED smoking. So anyway.
It’s just that I’m 22, and I need her, but I know it’s hopeless. There are so many things I wish I’d said, or I wish I’d done for her, or I wish we’d done together. She never saw me graduate, except from kindergarten, which doesn’t really count. I never got to go home at the end of the sem and show her my grades. We never got to go shopping or have coffee together.
It still pains me to remember that morning when I woke up and she was gone. It’s just one of those days I’d much rather forget. From that point on, life was never be the same. From that point on, I was no longer a child.
I’m just really lucky that although my mom didn’t stay very long, her time with us was well-spent. The memories she left us will last me a lifetime and more. I know my mom was no saint, but everyone loved her. I loved her. And I still do. The less than ten years I had with her made me.
Well, this is how it is, and nothing and nobody can change how things are. I’m happy with where I am and with who I am now. I think. But sometimes, I can’t help but wonder how it would be if I could call her up at the end of the day.
Well, it’s 5am. And so my day ends.
So anyway…
Monday started out pretty dull. We didn’t have Credit. I got a text Sunday night that Buddy had a hearing in Bulacan or wherever. So I woke up at 11 to get ready for CivPro and left at 12:30 after a LOOOOONG shower. I got to school a bit before 1. Note that class was supposed to begin at 12, but please bear in mind that Sir Te is even more prone to tardiness than I am, which is to say that he’s almost always late. As for me, I just really have trouble waking up for class. Well, actually, it’s more like a getting-out-of-bed crisis. My love affair with my pillows and my bed seems to be getting more serious every sem… Seriously. Besides, my day begins at 12 or 1 and ends at 5, i.e. 12 or 1pm and 5am respectively. So back to my story… Sir Te was predictably late, and class started at 1:30 so I amused myself with the Cosmo March edition Bheng gave me. Lucky me we got dismissed early, i.e. on time, so I didn’t have to explain to Ma’am Daway that I’d come from CivPro. As for Labor, well, let’s just say that the doodles in my reviewer speak louder than words. I swear, that class will be the death of me. And my reviewer cannot be lent out to anyone for fear of retaliation from the victims of my boredom-incited wrath. I was so happy when class finally ended. I had a quick snack before heading to the lib to get copies of the cases I couldn’t find in Alan’s pile. I wasn’t quite willing to go home yet, i.e. tinatamad akong mag-commute (Understandably so, given the inconvenience.), so I stayed in the lib a bit longer than I usually do. Now in the midst of this tirade, I’ll segue to a section on commuting and on the lib…
First things first. For some reason I can’t completely comprehend, I’ve developed a dislike for commuting. I never LOVED it, mind you (I just wanted to use that phrase. Mind you. It’s so cute. Hehe!), but I used to have a fairly functional relationship with public transportation. I’ve never owned a car (And at the rate I’m going, it’s going to be a LOOOOOONG time before I get to own one. I do have a deal with my dad, but I don’t want to think about it until everything’s ready.), and since I’ve been dorming/renting an apartment for the past 6 years, duh?!! How else am I supposed to travel? Especially now that I’m single and no longer have a boyfriend to bully. (Haha!) He volunteered naman! I WAS a good girlfriend, although I did have my moments of insanity, i.e. PMS-ing really bad, picking fights when we hadn’t fought for a while---which really bothered me. Blame it on my fear of stagnation… So anyway, as I was saying… Let me just modify the topic sentence of this particular paragraph. The reasons I formerly thought I couldn’t comprehend are (1) I haven’t been commuting (besides taking a cab) much lately, as my life has really been restricted to the Quezon City area, and I’ve been hitching rides with friends, (2) The scorching summer heat has started, and I hate heat, (3) I was stressing over the Winlaw Ball the last time I really commuted. So there.
Second point. As to the lib, I’ve never been comfortable there for some reason. It’s one place where I can’t seem to get any serious studying done. I can concentrate better amidst the Starbucks/SBC/Mocha Blends/San Fran/McCafe/McDonald’s buzz. Unlike Alan who seems to have acquired official title and permanent residence at this out-of-the way first floor table, and Mario who has a permanent seat at the third table from the door, also at the first floor. I liked the Ateneo lib when I was in college though. I don’t know. Law school changed a lot of things.
Back to my narrative… By the time I kinda wanted to go home already, it was dark outside and my fear of walking around UP at night had set in, so I made arrangements to hitch a ride home with CJ at 7. And so I quit reading for Admin and went to Ate Evelyn’s =p to check my mail. Thus my last post. Rich, Marie, Mitch and I hitched with CJ. I got home sometime around the middle of TV Patrol, spent a few moments rekindling my romance with my bed then had dinner with Lorraine in Chiggy’s. Then I got a text from Leo that they were studying in SBC. I WAS planning to study out anyway, and I get really miserable studying---especially studying out---alone (I feel like I’m the only one suffering, and everyone else is just hanging out.), so I decided to join their “study group”. Leo and J.P were studying for Corpo finals, so I was psyching myself to behave and not to bother anyone. But lo and behold, someone else was doing the bothering---Mr. Enerio, that suicidal maniac of a driver. After an hour and a half of talk and the first few Admin cases, we finally gave up studying and headed over to Troy’s for champagne. Yuck, cultured worms ba?!! Hehe! As it turned out, there was just one bottle of champagne for the 5 of us. Bitin. So after watching Sex and the City and that Meatloaf video (I would do anything for love), we decided to have a couple of beers over at Meatshop. Incidentally, that Meatloaf song has been playing in my head all day. So anyway, we ended up in Cantina instead of Meatshop. And then all hell broke loose. Just kidding. What I meant was “and then I saw my ex.”
Pertinent backtrack fact: Lately, I’ve been seeing things, by which I mean I’ve been saying hi to people I thought I knew but up close turned out NOT to be the ones I know, just look-alikes. It’s embarrassing, I tell you. ‘Happened like five times last week.
…So when I was standing with JP and Leo looking for a table (A.R. was changing in the car. He just came from the gym daw kasi, and, well, go figure what he was wearing. Troy was talking to someone on the phone.), and I saw two guys who were waving at me, I stared for a long time trying to figure out who they were. I told Leo and J.P., I think nandiyan ex ko but I’m not sure, di ko na maalala face niya… I know, I’m so mean, but really, I honestly couldn’t remember what he looked like. Which is weird, because I just saw him a few days after my birthday when he dropped by to give me my pecan pie birthday present. So I stared and eventually figured out that the two guys were L.A. (my ex) and Robbie (a common friend of ours) and waved back. Really small wave, just to be safe. I mean, if it wasn’t them, then I’d pretend I was just stretching my arm. =p Well, we finally got a table, and my ex came over to say hi and drone on about the fight thing they staged at his house Saturday night. I really didn’t want to hear about it, and according to JP, I seemed really disinterested and started looking for other people to say hi to. Haha! Oh well. I didn’t realize I did that. Lenny was also there with the T.A. people. So we all sat down and had a couple of beers, I introduced my ex to Leo et.al., blah blah, then L.A. and Robbie left, Kri joined us later on when Bam et.al. went home.
By the end of our drinking session, I was really tipsy. I wanted to get my act together before I went home so I went with Troy and Leo to eat. Well, THEY ate. I just sat quietly on the little stool pondering on blah blah blah blah blah. I got home around 3, and predictably, Chi gave me another long sermon on the mount. I swear, she’s turning into an instant sermon machine. But she means well, and I’m used to her extra long tirades when it comes to anything even remotely concerning my ex anyway. And that was Monday.
Tuesday came and went in a flash. Well, not really. I woke up at 11 to get ready for class, but at the last minute decided to cut Admin. See, I got out of the shower at 12:30, and class was supposed to begin at 12:30. BUT, like most professors, Carlots is consistently 30 minutes late, and insists that the classroom time is wrong, so I had half an hour of leeway. And then I decided to dry my hair. And that was the end of my attempt to go to Admin class. I just went to the lib to study. I was surprisingly productive, actually. Thanks for bullying me, Mario! =) Hehe! I love that guy. He’s the sweetest. AND he has the second-nicest ass in law school. Anyhoo, I’m done studying for Admin. Again, thanks to Mario. And as a reward, we went to the shopping center to eat at Rodic’s and had ice cream on the way back to Malcolm. Yum yum! I can’t remember the last time I ate there. Oh, and I finally replenished my Kleenex supply! =)
As always, Tuesday was relatively uneventful. I was in school the whole day but didn’t go to class. I cut Admin, and although I intended to go to Property, Labits didn’t show up, and by 7:30 (and the class was supposed to be from 6 to 8), we all decided to forego the whole formality. By the way, Portia was showing Eurotrip earlier. Funny movie. It was just weird seeing it in school. And so I hitched a ride home with Punch and Chi and joined Leo and JP in Mocha Blends. Again, I didn’t talk unless they talked to me. See, I’m a good study buddy. I distract myself, not other people. Hehe! We called it a night around 11. I again renewed my vows with my bed watching the evening news then put my affairs in order, amused myself with the new programs I unearthed a few days ago, and now this. So there.
Tentative plans for the weekend: (1) Puerto Galera with Ate Shirley, and/or (2) Tagaytay. =) Emphasis on TENTATIVE. (Underlined, italicized and in bold letters) I hope at least one pushes through.
ON OTHER MATTERS…
FIRST. Why do I always get into trouble because of stuff I write? I just found out that at least two people were offended by one of my comments. Oh well. Whatever. I say what I mean, and if people don’t like it, fine. It’s a free country.
SECOND. I’m still on an unnaturally natural high. It’s so weird. Kinikilig ako sa weather kanina…
THIRD.
WARNING: The following paragraphs contain really serious personal stuff.
There are some people that make such an impact on other people’s lives that they don’t have to stay long to make things happen.
My mom would be turning 50 on the 28th if she were alive. I miss her. I wonder sometimes how life would be if things had turned out differently. It’s been 12 years since she died, and I’ve lived more than half my life without her, but Mommy will always be Mommy. It’s at this age that we’re supposed to be buddies, and it’s sad that I never got the chance to sit down with her and talk to her when I was growing up. I lost her a few days before I turned 10, and I was hardly what you’d call mature. I guess I’m just lucky I’m a self-raising child (Just add hot water.). I seem to have turned out pretty well… I mean, I’ve always been the responsible one. Really. I’m not kidding. I never gave my dad any problems. Well, nothing major, anyway. Just a few minor tiffs. I’m still single, much to my dad’s relief. I don’t have any kids, illegitimate, legitimated or legitimate. I’ve never done drugs. I drink and I smoke, but that’s it. My dad doesn’t know that I smoke though. He gave me a REALLLLY long lecture when I told him that I had TRIED smoking. So anyway.
It’s just that I’m 22, and I need her, but I know it’s hopeless. There are so many things I wish I’d said, or I wish I’d done for her, or I wish we’d done together. She never saw me graduate, except from kindergarten, which doesn’t really count. I never got to go home at the end of the sem and show her my grades. We never got to go shopping or have coffee together.
It still pains me to remember that morning when I woke up and she was gone. It’s just one of those days I’d much rather forget. From that point on, life was never be the same. From that point on, I was no longer a child.
I’m just really lucky that although my mom didn’t stay very long, her time with us was well-spent. The memories she left us will last me a lifetime and more. I know my mom was no saint, but everyone loved her. I loved her. And I still do. The less than ten years I had with her made me.
Well, this is how it is, and nothing and nobody can change how things are. I’m happy with where I am and with who I am now. I think. But sometimes, I can’t help but wonder how it would be if I could call her up at the end of the day.
Well, it’s 5am. And so my day ends.
Monday, March 07, 2005
Friendster survey thingie.
1. You are mostly known as?
Grace, Gracie, Gracia, Evil evil evil (Hahaha!)
2. Most people think you are?
Evil. But I'm SOOOOO not. I think I'm a good friend naman but I can be really apathetic, which to some people is evil. And I quote my profile which says -ahem- "I admit I'm very picky when it comes to my friends and the people I hang out with. Call me a snob or whatever, and I'll accept it as a compliment. I'm so mean, or so apathetic, to people I don't like or couldn't care less about but when I love, I love. And that's it. I'm very loyal to the people I care about, sometimes even to a fault." Nuf said.
3. Do you believe in soulmates?
Yep. I'll give the concept the benefit of the doubt. ;p
4. Do you think love is always enough?
Well now. Speaking from experience, I KNOW love is not enough. It takes a great deal of commitment and, well, balls, to make a relationship work.
5. Single or taken?
I'm as single as single can be. Nobody on my mind right now. No pleasant distractions. Hehe! And I'm okay with it. =)
6. Are you still friends with your ex/s?
We tried out the whole friend thing, but it didn't work. But he gave me pecan pie for my birthday last month, and we text each other on special occasions. That probably counts for something though not friendship. I'm still friends with his friends and his family though.
7. Unforgettable letters that you received?
Well, there's the palanca I got from Jingo and his sister Heather when I was in my senior year of high school. Jingo and I were at war, and both were trying to make peace with me. I'm so ma-pride kasi.
8. Who is your biggest crush?
Right now... Hmmm... Can't think of anyone in particular... Like I said, I'm as single as single can be.
9. First crush in college?
I'd rather not say. ;p Basta blockmate ko nung first year. Haha!
10. Give one word that best describeswhat you're feeling now.
Happy. I've been on an unnaturally natural high lately. And that's a good thing. Hehe! Kinikilig ba naman sa weather!
12. Person who is always there when you're bored?
Uh, me? Hehe! Probably my roommates.
13. Name 5 people you saw yesterday...
Yesterday was a Sunday, so I just saw my roommates (Chi, Kri, Lorraine), Ngangi, Sands, the McDonald's staff, the 7-11 staff (READ: My life revolves around 7-11.)
14. When you were little, what did you want to be?
I wanted to be a nun. Hehe! I thought it would be cool to wear the whole head thing. But when I finally figured out what they did, I ditched the idea in favor of more reasonable mundane pursuits.
15. Who did you last go out with?
I had dinner with Kri, Lorraine and Ngangi in McDonald's last night. Does that count? Before that, I had a couple of beers in Dencio's Rockwell with Chi and Punch after the ball. And before that, I was at the ball with Jen, Chi, Punch, Lianne, Mia, Oggs and Marie. And Mario et.al.
16. Who was the last person to text you?
Franco. =) Hehe! I texted him to ask what time we're meeting up at the RTC tomorrow.
17. What time did you sleep last night?
4 or 4:30 am. My roommates are in college. That explains it all. We had another movie marathon last night. (the first 10 minutes of Dreamboy, Raising Helen, Uptown Girls).
18. What's your happy thought?
The Winlaw Ball is sooooo over. =)
19. What makes you happy?
hugs, kisses, a good meal, Ateneo on Sundays, good weather (READ: sunny---but not hot, windy days), rainy days, walking in the rain, an extra thick vanilla milkshake at Pancake House, random personal texts or emails from friends, sincere compliments, a really good book, free cuts, good recits, studying with other people who distract me a lot with their antics, getting my allowance, shopping, hanging out with my friends, meeting new people =)
20. What makes you sad?
Law school (Harhar!), studying alone, boredom, being broke, bad hair days, when any of my friends is sad, family stuff
21. What would you like to have right now at this very second that seems totally impossible?
I'd rather not think about it.
Grace, Gracie, Gracia, Evil evil evil (Hahaha!)
2. Most people think you are?
Evil. But I'm SOOOOO not. I think I'm a good friend naman but I can be really apathetic, which to some people is evil. And I quote my profile which says -ahem- "I admit I'm very picky when it comes to my friends and the people I hang out with. Call me a snob or whatever, and I'll accept it as a compliment. I'm so mean, or so apathetic, to people I don't like or couldn't care less about but when I love, I love. And that's it. I'm very loyal to the people I care about, sometimes even to a fault." Nuf said.
3. Do you believe in soulmates?
Yep. I'll give the concept the benefit of the doubt. ;p
4. Do you think love is always enough?
Well now. Speaking from experience, I KNOW love is not enough. It takes a great deal of commitment and, well, balls, to make a relationship work.
5. Single or taken?
I'm as single as single can be. Nobody on my mind right now. No pleasant distractions. Hehe! And I'm okay with it. =)
6. Are you still friends with your ex/s?
We tried out the whole friend thing, but it didn't work. But he gave me pecan pie for my birthday last month, and we text each other on special occasions. That probably counts for something though not friendship. I'm still friends with his friends and his family though.
7. Unforgettable letters that you received?
Well, there's the palanca I got from Jingo and his sister Heather when I was in my senior year of high school. Jingo and I were at war, and both were trying to make peace with me. I'm so ma-pride kasi.
8. Who is your biggest crush?
Right now... Hmmm... Can't think of anyone in particular... Like I said, I'm as single as single can be.
9. First crush in college?
I'd rather not say. ;p Basta blockmate ko nung first year. Haha!
10. Give one word that best describeswhat you're feeling now.
Happy. I've been on an unnaturally natural high lately. And that's a good thing. Hehe! Kinikilig ba naman sa weather!
12. Person who is always there when you're bored?
Uh, me? Hehe! Probably my roommates.
13. Name 5 people you saw yesterday...
Yesterday was a Sunday, so I just saw my roommates (Chi, Kri, Lorraine), Ngangi, Sands, the McDonald's staff, the 7-11 staff (READ: My life revolves around 7-11.)
14. When you were little, what did you want to be?
I wanted to be a nun. Hehe! I thought it would be cool to wear the whole head thing. But when I finally figured out what they did, I ditched the idea in favor of more reasonable mundane pursuits.
15. Who did you last go out with?
I had dinner with Kri, Lorraine and Ngangi in McDonald's last night. Does that count? Before that, I had a couple of beers in Dencio's Rockwell with Chi and Punch after the ball. And before that, I was at the ball with Jen, Chi, Punch, Lianne, Mia, Oggs and Marie. And Mario et.al.
16. Who was the last person to text you?
Franco. =) Hehe! I texted him to ask what time we're meeting up at the RTC tomorrow.
17. What time did you sleep last night?
4 or 4:30 am. My roommates are in college. That explains it all. We had another movie marathon last night. (the first 10 minutes of Dreamboy, Raising Helen, Uptown Girls).
18. What's your happy thought?
The Winlaw Ball is sooooo over. =)
19. What makes you happy?
hugs, kisses, a good meal, Ateneo on Sundays, good weather (READ: sunny---but not hot, windy days), rainy days, walking in the rain, an extra thick vanilla milkshake at Pancake House, random personal texts or emails from friends, sincere compliments, a really good book, free cuts, good recits, studying with other people who distract me a lot with their antics, getting my allowance, shopping, hanging out with my friends, meeting new people =)
20. What makes you sad?
Law school (Harhar!), studying alone, boredom, being broke, bad hair days, when any of my friends is sad, family stuff
21. What would you like to have right now at this very second that seems totally impossible?
I'd rather not think about it.
Friday, March 04, 2005
One last thing...
We've confirmed that ex-Evil Bitch is no longer Mother Superior.
On another note, we're all civil now. Things will never be the same though. It's as if the air were tainted with some sort of spirit-damper. We talk and all, but it's just not the same. I don't know if things will ever go back to how they were before the whole war thing. And honestly, I really don't care that much. As long as she doesn't tread on my territory, we'll be fine.
On another note, we're all civil now. Things will never be the same though. It's as if the air were tainted with some sort of spirit-damper. We talk and all, but it's just not the same. I don't know if things will ever go back to how they were before the whole war thing. And honestly, I really don't care that much. As long as she doesn't tread on my territory, we'll be fine.
Procrastination tactics in the lib - Day 4,503
Since my last post, I have managed to drive myself crazy with NOT preparing for the ball at all. In just a bit more than 24 hours, I will be making a complete and total fool out of myself in front of the UP Law community. I just wish this throat thingiemajiggie of mine would get worse and render me physically incapable of going to the ball dateless and a fashion disaster. This is my karma for all those times I've driven daggers into people whose fashion sense I couldn't fathom even in my wildest dreams. Now I have 24 hours to find a way to escape this dreadful hellhole I've dug myself into. It sucks being a girl!!! But then again I love being a girl. Oh well.
So anyway, for the record, I DID go to class yesterday, although I was desperately late for Admin because of the traffic and my overturned decision NOT to go to class. I finally dragged myself out of bed around 11:30 after I realized I had 2 digests to make. I crammed away until 12:30, took a marathon bath then tried to weave through the traffic to school. Well, not exactly. I took a cab. But when I do get a car, (hopefully by the end of law school, if everything goes well) I'll probably be a maniac on the road. Or maybe not. I don't want a driver though. I want to be the one maneuvering that scrap of metal around the city streets, hitting people and leaving roadkill everywhere. Hahaha! Just kidding. So back at the ranch (last phrase syndrome c/o A Series of Unfortunate Events Vol. 2 - The Reptile Room which I just finished, incidentally.), I got bored to death from 1 to 4. As usual. Before and after class, I had a quick snack with Mario then went to the Winlaw-sponsored career talks in Sta.Ana. Oh yeah, by the way, seems like all the 3A guys got haircuts this week. I didn't even recognize Leo yesterday. Anyway... Because of my desperate attempt to counter my innate drive NOT to go to class, I ended up contact-less, i.e. wearing glasses today, so I felt like I was hovering through Malcolm. I'm so not used to wearing glasses anymore... My only happy thought yesterday was that well, there was free food after the talk. And... -AHEM- sorry Mario, (name deleted). Res ipsa loquitur. Sigh...
Anyway, Nico, Mario and I hitched a ride to Katipunan with Jen and had dinner at Bento Box. Note: Cute little Japanese kid at the next table. =) I mean REALLY young though. After dinner, I settled down in the condo and watched the soaps on Ch.2 with my roommates then headed over to Sands' (2 doors down from the condo) to, well, procrastinate some more. Kri and I went to 7-11 to buy our supply of lung cancer inducers and snacks then we both went back to the condo to fiddle with the computers. I unearthed so many programs last night! It was fascinating! Hard to imagine how nobody knew those programs were even in there. Oh well. That's what I get when I'm bored.
And as for today, I got up at 11:30 for CivPro but I still ended up late for class. My throat still feels like hell... I think I'm getting my annual bout of tonsilitis again... Darn. I hate going to the doctor...
It's such a drag being poor.
On another note, I talked to Tito Iggy last night, and he's going to see if he can get me into Feria for internship. Yay! And I'm getting -ahem- financial support for the summer! Double yay! And if my instincts serve me right, I think I'm getting a landline along with the package. Yahoo!!! So there. I just emailed Tito Iggy and Joven my CV and the respective cover letters. I really hope everything goes well. I SO do not want to rot away at home again for 2 months.
So anyway, for the record, I DID go to class yesterday, although I was desperately late for Admin because of the traffic and my overturned decision NOT to go to class. I finally dragged myself out of bed around 11:30 after I realized I had 2 digests to make. I crammed away until 12:30, took a marathon bath then tried to weave through the traffic to school. Well, not exactly. I took a cab. But when I do get a car, (hopefully by the end of law school, if everything goes well) I'll probably be a maniac on the road. Or maybe not. I don't want a driver though. I want to be the one maneuvering that scrap of metal around the city streets, hitting people and leaving roadkill everywhere. Hahaha! Just kidding. So back at the ranch (last phrase syndrome c/o A Series of Unfortunate Events Vol. 2 - The Reptile Room which I just finished, incidentally.), I got bored to death from 1 to 4. As usual. Before and after class, I had a quick snack with Mario then went to the Winlaw-sponsored career talks in Sta.Ana. Oh yeah, by the way, seems like all the 3A guys got haircuts this week. I didn't even recognize Leo yesterday. Anyway... Because of my desperate attempt to counter my innate drive NOT to go to class, I ended up contact-less, i.e. wearing glasses today, so I felt like I was hovering through Malcolm. I'm so not used to wearing glasses anymore... My only happy thought yesterday was that well, there was free food after the talk. And... -AHEM- sorry Mario, (name deleted). Res ipsa loquitur. Sigh...
Anyway, Nico, Mario and I hitched a ride to Katipunan with Jen and had dinner at Bento Box. Note: Cute little Japanese kid at the next table. =) I mean REALLY young though. After dinner, I settled down in the condo and watched the soaps on Ch.2 with my roommates then headed over to Sands' (2 doors down from the condo) to, well, procrastinate some more. Kri and I went to 7-11 to buy our supply of lung cancer inducers and snacks then we both went back to the condo to fiddle with the computers. I unearthed so many programs last night! It was fascinating! Hard to imagine how nobody knew those programs were even in there. Oh well. That's what I get when I'm bored.
And as for today, I got up at 11:30 for CivPro but I still ended up late for class. My throat still feels like hell... I think I'm getting my annual bout of tonsilitis again... Darn. I hate going to the doctor...
It's such a drag being poor.
On another note, I talked to Tito Iggy last night, and he's going to see if he can get me into Feria for internship. Yay! And I'm getting -ahem- financial support for the summer! Double yay! And if my instincts serve me right, I think I'm getting a landline along with the package. Yahoo!!! So there. I just emailed Tito Iggy and Joven my CV and the respective cover letters. I really hope everything goes well. I SO do not want to rot away at home again for 2 months.
Tuesday, March 01, 2005
More stuff to rant about
Well, like I said, I'm back to square one. I'm still happy though. Besides the fact that I'm so not ready for the Winlaw ball, I seem to be on an unnaturally natural high.
Since my last post, I haven't really been up to much... I spent a leisurely afternoon in Shang with Mario last Saturday after Credit. We binged so much my tummy felt like a rock after. God, the puttanesca!!! =) Well, it wasn't as good as -ahem- my erstwhile significant other's mom's puttanesca, but it was ok. I also finally rekindled my romance with Zagu after a long drawn-out LQ. Hehe! And the ice cream!!! My god, Double Dutch!!! Yum yum yum!!! Mario and I finally got to watch a movie at the new Shang cinemas. It's actually a pretty good cinema, but the prices are pretty steep... More expensive than Eastwood and Rockwell, I think. My second viewing of A Series of Unfortunate Events cost me 150. It was fun though. =) Then after a long respite from REAL honest to goodness commuting, I finally got to ride the MRT again. Hehe! Well, first of all, the farthest I'd been before our Shang trip was Eastwood. I've basically been living in the Malcolm to Eastwood area (plus a few trips around Quezon City) for 2+ months. Secondly, my definition of public transportation has alternated between taking the jeep to Malcolm and back or taking a cab to Malcolm and back. Or Eastwood. And I wonder why I'm perpetually broke... Oh well... When I got back, Kri and I had a movie marathon and made fools over ourselves crying over 13 Going On 30, sighing over the guy in Princess Diaries 2 and well, sleeping through parts of Van Helsing. Well, okay, the last one was just me. Hello?!!! It was 5am!!!
Sunday was a basically uneventful day. I slept til my head ached then I finally got to cleaning the bathroom. It's an oddly therapeutic job, but then my muscles (whatever's left of them anyway---blame it all on law school. Hehe!) still ache like hell to this very day... =p I was so spent by the time I was supposed to study so after watching Feng Shui with Kri and Ngangi, I took a nap which turned out to be a looooooooooong loooooooooooong affair with my dreams. I got up at 10 am the next day, so I ended up cutting Credit again Monday morning. I've been cutting half my classes this sem... I'm such an irresponsible student... Oh well... Anyway, Sir Te was late again for CivPro. We started at 1:30, I think. If he wasn't so damned cute, I'd strangle him! Teeheehee! Oh yeah, the legal luminaries of the world were in school yesterday afternoon. Imagine all the justices of the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeals, plus the Presiding Justice of the CTA, retired Supreme Court justices, Estelito Mendoza, my god, I was so starstruck! But I still got bored 5 minutes into Justice Puno's lecture so I left and had an early dinner with Punch and Chi in McDonald's. I studied in Starbucks with Kri for a while but she left din. I got home around 1:30 after a long chat with Trisha and then had a looooooooong talk with Chi. Slept for an hour then took a shower and headed over to Malcolm to meet up with A.R., Reena and Miguel for court observation.
A.R. is a suicidal maniac!!! God, with the way he drives, he'll be lucky if he gets to live past tomorrow! I'm so happy to be alive right now after hitching with him.
Anyway, I had a fun lunch with A.R. and Franco today in World Chicken. I finally got to try out the egg seat. =) Oh, and I finally got a good recit day for Admin. I almost fell asleep in the middle of it though. After class, we all (except Jen and Daisy) went over to Bento Box and I had a rootbeer float. I've been craving for one for so long!!! I attempted to watch The Bourne Supremacy but I was so sleepy I ended up taking a 5-hour nap. And now the world seems to be a better place to be in. Hehe!
Ahhh... Tomorrow's Wednesday. March 2. I have to be up by 9, in school by 10:30 to 11 for my lunch libre for the barkada in A Veneto, then at the UP Church for the Winlaw mass at 12nn... Ohmigod, the ball!!! Gag me and stuff me in the closet please!!!
Since my last post, I haven't really been up to much... I spent a leisurely afternoon in Shang with Mario last Saturday after Credit. We binged so much my tummy felt like a rock after. God, the puttanesca!!! =) Well, it wasn't as good as -ahem- my erstwhile significant other's mom's puttanesca, but it was ok. I also finally rekindled my romance with Zagu after a long drawn-out LQ. Hehe! And the ice cream!!! My god, Double Dutch!!! Yum yum yum!!! Mario and I finally got to watch a movie at the new Shang cinemas. It's actually a pretty good cinema, but the prices are pretty steep... More expensive than Eastwood and Rockwell, I think. My second viewing of A Series of Unfortunate Events cost me 150. It was fun though. =) Then after a long respite from REAL honest to goodness commuting, I finally got to ride the MRT again. Hehe! Well, first of all, the farthest I'd been before our Shang trip was Eastwood. I've basically been living in the Malcolm to Eastwood area (plus a few trips around Quezon City) for 2+ months. Secondly, my definition of public transportation has alternated between taking the jeep to Malcolm and back or taking a cab to Malcolm and back. Or Eastwood. And I wonder why I'm perpetually broke... Oh well... When I got back, Kri and I had a movie marathon and made fools over ourselves crying over 13 Going On 30, sighing over the guy in Princess Diaries 2 and well, sleeping through parts of Van Helsing. Well, okay, the last one was just me. Hello?!!! It was 5am!!!
Sunday was a basically uneventful day. I slept til my head ached then I finally got to cleaning the bathroom. It's an oddly therapeutic job, but then my muscles (whatever's left of them anyway---blame it all on law school. Hehe!) still ache like hell to this very day... =p I was so spent by the time I was supposed to study so after watching Feng Shui with Kri and Ngangi, I took a nap which turned out to be a looooooooooong loooooooooooong affair with my dreams. I got up at 10 am the next day, so I ended up cutting Credit again Monday morning. I've been cutting half my classes this sem... I'm such an irresponsible student... Oh well... Anyway, Sir Te was late again for CivPro. We started at 1:30, I think. If he wasn't so damned cute, I'd strangle him! Teeheehee! Oh yeah, the legal luminaries of the world were in school yesterday afternoon. Imagine all the justices of the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeals, plus the Presiding Justice of the CTA, retired Supreme Court justices, Estelito Mendoza, my god, I was so starstruck! But I still got bored 5 minutes into Justice Puno's lecture so I left and had an early dinner with Punch and Chi in McDonald's. I studied in Starbucks with Kri for a while but she left din. I got home around 1:30 after a long chat with Trisha and then had a looooooooong talk with Chi. Slept for an hour then took a shower and headed over to Malcolm to meet up with A.R., Reena and Miguel for court observation.
A.R. is a suicidal maniac!!! God, with the way he drives, he'll be lucky if he gets to live past tomorrow! I'm so happy to be alive right now after hitching with him.
Anyway, I had a fun lunch with A.R. and Franco today in World Chicken. I finally got to try out the egg seat. =) Oh, and I finally got a good recit day for Admin. I almost fell asleep in the middle of it though. After class, we all (except Jen and Daisy) went over to Bento Box and I had a rootbeer float. I've been craving for one for so long!!! I attempted to watch The Bourne Supremacy but I was so sleepy I ended up taking a 5-hour nap. And now the world seems to be a better place to be in. Hehe!
Ahhh... Tomorrow's Wednesday. March 2. I have to be up by 9, in school by 10:30 to 11 for my lunch libre for the barkada in A Veneto, then at the UP Church for the Winlaw mass at 12nn... Ohmigod, the ball!!! Gag me and stuff me in the closet please!!!
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