Yeah, okay. Whatever.

Have I told you how stressed I am of my life again?

Well, okay, I'm saying it again. For all the whole world to see. (As if the whole world is even interested in reading MY blog)

Bestfriend of the Day

Anyway, enough with the shittalks, I'm currently doing some note-taking for English and my brain's very much tired, thank you. My paper's all about ADHD and how behavior modification can probably "heal" it.

Since my social life's been really flopping during the past few weeks, all I did was face the laptop for all I care. It has never been much of a stress reliever, though. My online activities always revolved around my English paper's topic, programming tutorials (which, btw, never helped me), Facebook and Twitter.

On another note, the weekend's gonna be really... busy too, I guess? I'm gonna try out thrift shopping for the first time on Saturday! :D After, we're going to have a medical mission at school. It's not that really, like, a medical mission when natural calamities happen. As what I understood, though, some people are gonna perform in front of the hardworking people (namely the maintenance) who generously clean our school every hour of every day.

One Way's also here already, may I add. I'm not really a fan of theirs but since they're a KPop group, I'll surely find a way to go to that mall tour over at SM Megamall on Saturday.

Sorry if this post's a little bit draggy or whatever but yes, I still laugh....

Life is more fun with the "F" word around.

Okay, so I'm pretty much stressed right now and the last thing I want to feel is my back hurting. Looking at the brighter side, though, there are things that I should be happy for.

1. Blockmates

Last Friday, another night-out for us, we planned on having this large buffet dinner at Saisaki/Dad's/Kamayan in Megamall. We didn't eat breakfast and lunch for us to be "prepared" for our mission.

I had three plates + some ice cream (yeah, 6 scoops, I guess?). All of which consisted of steak, sushi (this is making me hungry), barbecues, yakisoba and whatever food there were. I wouldn't dare take note of the foods' names if I were THAT hungry.

Photo credits to Dale Ligon and Raniel Hernandez.
2. High school friends
The next night, after the huge buffet, I went to yet another buffet... a debut! Damn, I really regret I ate too much the night before. It was uber crazy since Parokya ni Edgar held a mini-concert there too. Plus, the debutante was also gorgeous!

Happy Birthday, Jam! :D

Photo credits to Alyssa Cabel

I want to eat some cake now. Ciao!

Para akong na-rape!

Ako? Hindi ah ngunit iyan ang narinig ko sa babaeng kasama kong nakipagsiksikan sa pagpasok sa istasyon ng MRT Shaw kahapon.

Natapos ng bandang 4:30 ng hapon ang Networking subject namin kaya't mga 20 minuto pa kaming nanatili sa paaralan para... wala lang, tumambay habang unti-unting lumalakas ang ulan na dulot ng bagyong Basyang. Gustong-gusto ko nang umuwi nang mga oras na yun kaso tinamad ako at ayokong gumastos para lang sa taxi. Pasalamat na lamang kami at inalok kami ng isa naming kaibigan na sumabay sa kanya papuntang Edsa Shangri-la at Megamall. Napakaluwag pa ng mga daanan nang kami'y umalis sa paaralan. Nang kami'y dumating sa J.Vargas patungong Megamall, sobrang puno lang naman ng mga daanan doon dahil sinara yung daanan papuntang EDSA. Inabot kami ng sobra sa 15 minuto kakaantay na umandar ang mga sasakyan.. wala namang nangyari. (Buti, hindi malungkot sa sasakyan habang kami'y nagkukulitan kami) Kaya naman, bumaba na lang kami sa gitna ng kalsada.

*fast forward*

Pagkadating ko sa MRT, mga 6:30 PM, nag-panic ang puso ko. Bakit? Jusmeh, tinigil ang pila sa pag-inspection ng gamit at pagbili ng mga ticket. Punong-puno ang istasyon ng mga oras na iyon at naghintay nanaman ako ng 15 minuto para makabili ng ticket patungong North Edsa (6:45). Nang makababa ako sa istasyon para sa mismong dinadaanan ng tren, sobrang punuan lang lalo na sa sakayan ng mga babae. Nagtutulakan, nagsisigawan at nagmumurahan ang mga tao nang dumating ang unang tren patungong norte. Tumingin-tingin ako sa paligid ko at napansin ang kabilang parte ng sakayan (patungong Taft) na kaunti lamang ang sasakay dito kung ikukumpara sa lugar kung nasaan ako. Naisipan kong gawin muli ang "eksperimentong" ginawa namin ng isa kong kaklase: ang sumakay muna sa tren patungong Taft at antaying umikot ang sinasakyan patungo sa norte. Yun nga lang, inatake nanaman ako ng aking katamaran kaya't nag-desisyon na lang akong antayin ang ilan pang tren... parehas rin lang naman ang oras na lilipas, napagtanto ko.

Habang naghihintay sa ikalawang tren, inoobserbahan ko ang mga kasama kong mga kababaihang nakikipagsiksikan din. Mayroong dalawang babae roon na nagpapalitan ng opinyon nila kung paano papipilahin ang mga tao sa MRT at kung anu-ano pang mga bagay na nagsisimula sa "dapat... dapat" at "dapat". Pakiramdam ko, kung nandoon ka, imbis na sumang-ayon ka, maiisip mong tanungin sila kung sila ba ang batas. Parang ganito, "Talaga? Batas ka?"

Mayroon ding mga taong nagsasabing sana pinalalabas na lamang muna ang mga nakasakay nang dumating ang ikalawang tren. Tama nga naman... ngunit sa tingin mo ba, kung ikaw ang nakikipagsiksikan sa mga panahong katulad ng ganun: pawis na pawis at init na init ka na sinamahan pa ng mga taong nagtutulakan at atat na atat pumasok sa tren, di ka pa ba papasok kaagad? Kahit sobrang tinutulak ka pa ng malaking babaeng tulak na tulak sa'yo patungo sa loob, aatras ka pa? Kahit gustong-gusto mong palabasin muna ang mga taong lalabas, hindi mo iyon magagawa. Seryoso, subukan mo pa (except na lang kung may super strength ka. Haha, corny.).

Nakalagpas na ang pangatlo, pang-apat na mga tren tapos may isang "skipping train" na wala namang laman. Natuwa lahat ng tao sa mga oras na iyon ngunit nilagpasan lang kami nito. Alam niyo yung pakiramdam? Yun bang antagal-tagal mo nang naghihintay sa crush mo, nagpaganda ka pa naman, at nang dumating siya parang wala lang. Ang pinagkaiba lang mas masakit yung sa crush mo pero masakit din yung lagpasan ka ng treng walang laman. Bakit kami nilagpasan? Sabi ng guard, "Walang aircon yun! Tsaka mabagal!" May isang matandang babae nagkumento na "Okay lang kahit walang aircon! Pwede namang buksan yung bintana eh." Ganun na lang kadesperada ang mga babae sa mga oras na iyon. (mga... 7:15) Inakala kong makalipas pa ng isang oras ako makararating sa istasyon ng North.

Sa panlimang tren, ako na mismo ang tumulak sa kanila at buti naman, nakasakay na ako.

Unang pagkakataon kong maranasan ang isang pawising paglalakbay patungong TriNoma. Literal yun. Dun ko rin napagtanto na sa MRT, makakasalamuha ko ang iba't ibang tao. May mga swapang, walang pakialam at mababait na nagpapadaan. Desisyon ko na lang iyon kung papatulan ko ang mga naunang grupo ng tao.

Natutunan ko rin ang isang mahalagang bagay sa buhay: sa kahit anong bagay, paunahin ang mga lalabas. Huwag magpumilit kung hindi na kaya at kung mayroon pang laman.

Awzam.

I'm anxious to go to this conference :3 I'm starting a new life, people, with seminars. lol

Thank God. It's Friday! And it's Pasig Day.

Inspiration doesn't necessarily come from a person. A thing I've been pondering on for the past couple of days. School work hasn't changed much, the same old, but it's cool that me and my blockmates still have time to enjoy non-school related stuff and of course, to bond. What made this week unusual was that my schoolmates and I were left with only 3 days of school because of the Presidential Inauguration and Pasig Day.

I and my parents celebrated their 21st wedding anniversary last Monday. It felt really sad that they were on a really shallow fight that day because of my father's "driving skills" nonetheless. During our dinner at Luk Foo in Commonwealth, we shared stories about our day and whatnots. So as we were eating, I felt like going to the past and reminiscing about the days my aunts and uncles were still here in the Philippines (they migrated to the States in 2004, I think?) but my tears didn't stop from falling that I needed to hide them from my parents. Too many flashbacks and here I am (again!) with that state of mind. The saddest parts were the smallest things. The times when we would just stroll in Megamall and eat some cinnamons at Cinnabon after and the weekly family dinners in whatever we could think of. Maybe the bottom line of all these moments is just the feeling of missing them and the memories that will happen once again one day, hopefully.

Although a really sad night have passed, the next day was better. As they say, "there's always a rainbow after the rain." We celebrated EJ's 19th birthday. The original plan we had was to not greet her first in the morning but yes... we failed... and instead, she was the one who surprised us with those 3 huge boxes of Yellow Cab pizzas! The feeling that the people who were there over the year with you were reunited after so many things and issues have happened was really one of the best... aside from the one you always get after you sleep. Haha :P College friends will always be the greatest thing during the present.

This is awesomesauce! Cheers over those Krushers samples! Hahaha.

Last night, I went out to with a couple of my blockmates to Gateway. The plan itself was so sudden that only 4 of them chillax-ed with me. We were supposed to watch the nation's most anticipated movie this month, Eclipse. Sadly, though, Gateway's cinemas were jampacked with people lining up for it, most probably, so we just decided to play some arcade stuff and laugh out loud during the games. The next thing we did was splurge over food at Teriyaki Boy. There went our appetites and a chance to reminisce! But some stories have to end since it started to get late.

Renzo, Irms, Chris and I during a sabaw moment after class.

These people served as my inspirations over the past weeks and hell yes, I'm looking forward to more!

(Thank you, Irmay and Liz for the raw pictures!)