Birthday ng Adviser

It was our adviser's birthday. Nung pagdating co sa room, inaayos na ni Jayson yung mga upuan pa-ikot sa room. They didn't attend the flag ceremony para maghanda sa taas.

Pero wala pa yung pagkain at nandun na sa baba si Sir. Kung makikita ni Sir na paikot ang upuan pero wala naman yung handa, edi ang corny nun. Kaya pagkatapos ng flag ceremony, dali-dali na acong umakyat sa taas para sabihin ayusin muna ang mga upuan. Madali-madali kami sa pag-ayos e. Bumaba naman kaming mga officers para sa pagkain at sinabi namin sa mga classmates namin na parang ordinaryong araw lang pagpasok ni Sir.

Mga 20 minutes din kaming naghintay sa may gate. Nang dumating na ang pagkain, tumulong aco sa pagbubuhat ng pasta. Meron din kaming balloon at saka tarpaulin

While walking toward our room, we sang "Happy Birthday".

Honestly, the birthday itself wasn't that... lively. I mean, hindi ganun kasaya. But for me, the day was somewhat awesome dahil super kulitan kami.

Nandun lang aco sa likod, kasama sila Jette, Steni, and the others. Si Jette, tinotopak at ayaw magpa-picture kahit anung gawin namin. Naka-gala uniform kasi siya e, baka daw sabihin na may guard sa picture. Sus! Echos niya lang yun e! x)

Mr. Dela Torre, our adviser.

Muka kasing angek si Jayson e, umalis pa. Blurred tuloy.

Spaghetti at lumpia ang handa. Pero dahil ayaw co ng lumpia, yung maja yung ni-request cong kainin. Naghati kami ni Jette dun sa maja. Masarap naman kasi siya... basta 'wag mo lang titingnan. Pa'no kasi, mukang lugaw yung itsura ng maja. Haha.

Pero masarap talaga siya, pramis. Nagku-kwentuhan pa kami ng mga nakakadiring bagay habang kumakain, akala naman nila mahina sikmura co. Haha! Nakaubos pa aco ng dalawang servings ng maja. Yung spaghetti lang talaga ang halos di co nagalaw.

Aco lang ang nakatingin at nakangiti dito ah. Haha!

Kulitan na kami pagkatapos ng kainan. Picture-picture. Di naman na rin kasi pumasok yung ibang teachers namin e.

Jorvina looking like Haruhi Suzumiya. Hoho. Ankyut!~ Wengkz.

Nako. Si Jette ayaw tumingin! Alisin mo nga yung lobo!

Si Steni ang laki ng bunganga e! XD

Muka kang nangangarap ng gising! Sinong iniisip mo ha? ALAM NA! XD

Super effort aco para makasama sa picture o!

Yatta! Napicturan din si Jette (nasa likod co)! Itchura co naman dito, ang haggard! x]

Woot! Ang seductive ni Luis ah!

Eto pa isa!

Nagkakantahan kami sa may side namin ng kung anu-anop. Super birit aco e. Biglang may nagpatugtog ng "Careless Whisper" sa phone. Sayaw naman kami ni Luis! Haha, super giling e!

Muka kaming abnormal ni Luis dito! Careless Whisper!

Ni-video pa kami ni Koleen. Sayang, di pa naa-upload. Kapag na-ulpload na, ilalagay co yung link dito. XD

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Nagkuha ng participants ng Word Game para sa Buwan ng Wika ngayon. Sumali aco, at dahil kailangan e tatlo ang kasali, hinikayat co si Steni at Jette. Napasali co din naman sila.

Ang oras ng Word Game e 1:00-3:00. Ibig sabihin babalik pa kami ng 1pm kahit 3pm pa ang balik namin, Biniro aco nila Jette na sa bahay co sila uuwi para malapit lang kami. E ang kalat kasi sa bahay e! Okay lang sana kung di makalat, e siguradong parang dinaanan ng bagyo yung bahay!

Nung una, nagjo-joke lang daw sila. Pero nung nandun na kami sa may eskinita papuntang bahay namin, nauna pa sila sa'kin! E hinihintay lang daw ni Jette si Steni na magyaya na pauwi e, e game naman si Steni.. kaya yun, dun na nga sila sa bahay namin umuwi.

Wala si Mama. Sarado ang bahay. Yung susi ng pinto, nasa may bintana. E nakasarado yung bintana. Super effort acong sungitin 'yon para mabuksan yun. Pati sila Jette nakitulong na rin. Siguro may 10 minutes din kaming nagta-try buksan yung bintana, nang wala sa loob cong hinila yung isa pang bintana. Sheda, bukas pala! Nagpakahirap pa kami!

Sa wakas, nakapasok na rin kami sa bahay. Buti hindi ganun kakalat. Bumili na lang sila ng pagkain sa Jollibee kasi kulang yung ulam na nakahanda para sa'min.

Nang mag-1pm na, bumalik na kami sa school. Susme, ang aga pa nga namin e! Kaya nag-ikot-ikot na lang muna kami.

Maya-maya, nagsimula na rin yung Word Game. Muka lang kaming mga tanga dun. Haha. Pa'no kasi, ang bilis ng oras. Nakaka-shock. Parang mga na-"trauma" ang itsura namin pagkatapos ng isang word.

Sa huli, we ranked 3rd. As expected, 1st ang Basil. Naka-2nd naman ang Gregri. Ang mamaw e, ang daming nasusulat na word! Sayang nga kasi yung dalawa lang na iyon ang kuha para sa Final Round na inter-level na.

Nagpa-ikot-ikot na lang kaming muli sa school. Pwede namang tumambay yung dalwa sa HQ dahil CAT officers naman sila, e kaso kasama nila aco. edi kung sa HQ sila, wala acong makakasama. Weet! Haha! Kaya super tambay na lang kami sa may tapat ng internet room at sinamahang sumimoy si Steni sa kanyang irog. Haha!

Sumali din aco ng Pagsulat ng Tula nung hapon. : )

Nakakatuwa ang araw co. It was awesome. I'm beginning to find new friends. : )

NCAE Dry-Run

Today was the dry run for the NCAE of Fourth Year. I honestly didn't review last night. I stayed until 1am in front of my computer. Wala. Parang wala lang.

It was already 6:10am in our clock when I woke up. E sabi dapat 6:05 e nasa school na e! Grabe, super madali aco papuntang school. Akala co nga nagsisimula na. Buti na lang nagrosary pa at nakapila ang mga fourth year sa may quadrangle.

We went to our designated rooms after the rosary and some reminders. We answered our Presonal Data Sheet, then, finally, we answered the NCAE reviewer-questionnaire.

Madali-dali lang naman yung NCAE reviewer-questionnaire, well, compared to UPCAT (syempre!). Well, of course, beside Math. Actually, yung mga unang items e madadali lang sagutan. Okay na sana e, panira lang yung sa dulo. I've already forgotten the formula of the areas, and other various stuff that I cannot solve. Potek. Kahit kelan talaga, panira ang Math sa buhay co!

After Math, we had our recess. Tapos maya-mya, sabi mag-lunch na kami kasi isa na lang yung break. Sheda, sinabi dati dalawa daw yung break kaya mamaya pa dadalhin ni mama yung lunch co.

Bawal pumunta sa canteen kasi dapat talaga may baong pack lunch. E yung lunch co nga mamaya pa dadalhin e. Kaya kasama si Nanon, tumakas kami papuntang canteen. Luka-luka talaga aco. E kaysa naman magutom. Haha!

Hindi rin aco nakakain ng maayos yung binili co kasi nag-time na. And we continued answering the reviewer-questionare.

Siguro mga past 1pm na kami natapos. After that, we exchanged our answer sheet to the other room so we can check it.

After the checking, the ten students who got the highest scores were announced.

At the eight position, our section's name was said. I was honestly assuming that it was Jayson dahil may mga items na parehong-pareho dun sa NCAE reviewer ng ate niya. So I was really surprised when Mrs. Suinan called my name.

Wow! Akalain mo yun! Naka-eight pa aco. Sa buong fourth year 'yon ah. To think na hindi co naman pinaghandaan 'yon (Geez, I sound conceited! Haha!). Ka-tie co pa nga si Ablay e.

And as expected, Adrian got the highest score. : )

I was "congratulated" and teased by my acquaintances, classmates, and friends when we got back to our room. Si Jette todo asar sa'kin e. Actually, dalawa kami ni Idul ang galing sa Alphonsus, 5th pa nga siya e. Pero nakakatuwa kasi super bati sila sa'kin. Wala lang. Haha! Thank you, stock knowledge!

UPCAT

This is one step toward a new beginning in my life. The life I would enter in a few month's time. The thing I both dread and excite about. College.

I know it's unlikely for me to pass in the most prestigious university in the country. Having not reviewed seriously and all. I know for a fact that I shouldn't keep my hopes high, yet inside me, I wish that I will pass. I think that I can pass.

Armed with my faith in God and faith in my luck I journeyed to Diliman, Quezon City for the University of the Philippines College Admission Test. I'm counting on my stock knowledge, pure luck, and on the Good Heavens to be on my side today.

Mama and Iverie accompanied me. On our way to UPD, Mama and I talked about college. And she said I could go to Pamantasan ng Maynila, or Philippine Normal University. Yay! College in Manila is possible now!

I was actually thinking about PNU since Mr. Luna's taking his masterals in there. But the university I really target is PUP Sta. Mesa. I told that to Mama today, but she doesn't agree because that's too far and all. I suggested PUP Taguig, and she half-agreed.

Pero PUP Sta. Mesa pa rin talaga ang gusto co. Siguro mapapapayag co rin si Mama, ngayong nakumbinsi na siyang sa Manila aco mag-aaral.

It was drizzling. We're already in PHILCOA and just a ride away from UP and several teenagers were in the same jeep we're rode. I'm sure those are UPCAT takers too.

I was awed and dazzled when we reach the UP campus. It is so... big. I mean, hanwalak niya! Wow. I really dreaded college because I'm not yet ready to leave high school and all the things I love about it, but seeing UP, I was like... "Wow!". I suddenly became excited about college, being into a big community, meeting new people...

But as I saw other UPCAT-takers--intelligent-looking teens, sophisticated girls who wore dresses and miniskirts--I suddenly felt fear. I could see girls that looked like they'll be attending a party, mature-looking fourth year high schools who talked with each other in English in a well-articulated tongue. There are no gangly high schools boys like those in my class, but instead, males who wear eyeglasses that made them look genius and ready to be a college.

For an awkward moment, I feel so simple and gauche. Wearing pants and simple shirt and plain single braid, I feel ordinary. I sure look pale beside those girls. Kung bakit kasi hindi co naisipang magbihis ng bonggang-bongga ngayon e!

I feel so "little". I feel that I look like a "probinsyana" that stepped in Manila for the first time. I don't feel smart at all. I could almost see what I look like and what I could be like in college: a loner girl in a corner, so plain and simple that one wouldn't mind to take a second look. On that awkward moment, I felt insecurity. Fear in college--not the fear I felt before, but a new, uncomfortable fear.

For a moment, I remembered Jette and Steni, who would be taking UPCAT is UPLB. Would it be different if I'm decided to take UPCAT in Los Baños? Would I feel this kind of insecurity and fear? Perhaps not, because I'm not surrounded by city-bred teenagers. For a swift moment, I wished I decided to take UPCAT in Los Baños, so my self-esteem won't be a liitle shattered like this.

But the thought quickly went away. I want and I would be taking my college in Manila, in the city of Manila. This is just a foretaste, I told myself, and there is yet more to come. It's better this way so I know what I will expect on college.

We still waited for a couple of minutes. At 12:30, the guard asked us to line up, and we went up to our designated room.

I was expecting a normal room--just like what high school does--because that's what I saw in the second floor window. But we entered an air-conditioned room, the floor was stair-like like the one in American colleges. Yay! Ang cute, pang-college na pang-college talaga! (Yeah, I know I sound so childish).

So this is it. The UPCAT.

I was the first in line so I was seated on the corner at the back, the highest step in the stair-like floor. The proctor talked kinda fast while giving us insturction especially on the Personal Data Sheet so I end up shaking the wrong circles for my middle name. Inulit co pa tuloy.

Language Proficiency was the first subtest. It was actually okay, though I didn't answered about three questions. I concentrated on the "sentence arrangement", almost trying out every choices. Tapos biglang 20 minutes na lang ang natitirang oras and there were still about 40 questions left. I was panicking a bit, but I told myself to calm down. I rushed in answering the questions, but it seemed that I wouldn't make it on time.

When the proctor finally told us to stop answering, there are still 10 questions left. Shit! Hindi co nasagutan 'yon!!

Next was Science. Di co lang talaga alam yung mga tungkol sa Chemistry dun. Salamat sa naging teacher co sa Chem nung Third Year, wala talaga acong alam. Stock knowledge na lang rin yung iba.

Then the bloody Math. Gawsh, grabe! Puro radicals! E hindi co nga alam yun e! Tapos puro find the value of the variable chuva. May iba pang mga symbols na hindi co maintindihan. Naghihintay aco ng mga isi-simplify na algebraic expression (dahil iyon lang ang alam co XD), but to my dismay, wala. In short, I guessed most of my answers.

After the bloody Math, Reading Comprehension naman. It was quite okay, medyo nakakalito lang kasi halos lahat e possible answer.

Ranking of the subtests for me ("easiest" to the most diffucult):
1. Reading Comprehension
2. Language Proficiency
3. Science
4. Mathematics

Actually, hindi siya naman talaga ganun kahirap. I mean, marami kasing nag-iisip na super hirap ng UPCAT at mga brainiacs lang talaga ang makakapasa. But it was actually the kind of exam you would expect in a university like UP. It's difficult, but not impossible to pass. Actually, kung nag-review ka talaga, hindi magiging masyadong mahirap 'yon para sa'yo.

E kaso ang problema, di naman aco nag-review. x[

Hindi na rin kami nag-ikot sa UP kasi gumagabi na at umuulan pa. Sabi co, hindi kumpleto ang UP experience co kung hindi co makikita ang Oblation. Wah, di co na ba talaga siya makikita?

Pero nung palabas na kami sa UP campus, habang nasa jeep, I saw the famous Mr. Oblation. Yay! My UP experience is complete!

Super traffic sa may Bicutan, kaya nagtagal pa kami sa byahe. It was already 9:30 when we reached Festival to eat our dinner in KFC. At habang kumakain, sabi ba naman ni Mama na baka daw mag-board aco kung makakapasa aco sa UP.

Ack! Bakit ngayon niya sinabi, kung kelan tapos na? Sana pala nag-aral aco! Sheda!

Maybe the only thing I feel sorry about is that almost 10 items in Language Proficiency that I was unable to answer. Madali na kasi yung dulo kasi Filipino na lang, di co pa nasagutan! Sayang yung points! Maybe, just maybe, if I were able to answer that, may kahit maliit at katiting na chance acong makapasa kahit LB lang. Tutal, English-related ang course co. Malay mo, pumasok sa quota.

Pero hindi co nasagutan. : (

College. College. I dreaded you but you excite me too. What kind of surprises and experience will you give me? Ah, I somewhat fear you. I guess I'll just savor my high school life 'til it lasts.

The Day Before UPCAT

They say that if you're going to take UPCAT, you should relax the day before the actual test. Well, the word "relax" was far from what I did today.

Because I didn't really reviewed seriously for the test, I was still cramming. I'm trying to feed my brain every information that I can read, and together with Jette and Steni, we reviewed for the exam.

Well, cramming actually works for me. I honestly don't believe that I need to relax. Maybe that only applies to people who had reviewed for the test so that they won't lose information in their mind, and people who becomes uber-anxious about the exam that they experience anxiety-attack during the actual test. I am both not like that, so I think it's okay for me to cram. 8D

Today was the tryouts for Black Pillars, which is my team this Intrams (thankfully, because I was able to complete all the colors!). Yesterday, I was sure I won't be joining any event in the Intramurals, until Steni and Jette told me that they might join.

Blame Steni for this. She was the one who got the idea of joining. Sabi ni Jette, sasali daw siya kung sasali ang sinuman sa'min ni Steni. Kahit gustuhin co mang sumali, ayaw talaga sa'kin ng pagsasayaw. But since naisipan ni Steni na sumali at niyaya niya rin si Jette, hinikayat na rin aco ng dalawa.

After thinking about it and asking them, "Sasali ba talaga aco??" several times, I decided to join too. Wala rin naman kasi acong masayang kausap kung sasali sila since sila ang pinaka-kalokohan co sa room.

Audition will be at 1pm on St. Basil's room, at sabi nila, malamang daw na automatic nang kasali ang mga fouth year, tutal e last year na namin 'to. Pero parang nag-aalangan pa rin aco o hindi, not because I lack confidence, but because I honestly, really, seriously can't dance.

Pero pumunta pa rin aco sa school ng 1pm, going straight to St. Basil's. Wala pa sila Steni at Jette, and I told myself that I won't join if they won't come. But shortly afterwards, I saw them, and with our hearts pounding hard in our chests, we entered St. Basil's room.

We were separated into groups; Jette and Steni were in the same group while I got seperated, sadly. Pare-pareho na kaming nagdadalawang-isip. Ah, bahala na.

Nagpa-request kaming magkakasama na lang kaming mga Alphonsus, at pinagbigyan namana kami. So magkakasama kami nila Jette, Steni, Jorvina, Luis, at Glor. I forgot what the music is. Freestyle ang step. Nung una, muka kaming mga tangang nakatayo lang dun. Hanggang sa nagsimula nang "magwala" si Jorvina.

At nagulat na lang kami nang sumunod na ring "magwala" si Steni. Grabe, kala mo nakahithit ng katol at nakainom ng droga kung makasayaw! Akala mo kawayang hinahampas ng hangin. Grabe! Ibang klase talaga si Matete kapag na-high. Daig pa XD

At aco, kasama ni Jette, wala nang nagawa kundi humalakhak. Konting sayaw lang ang ginawa co, pero wala, hindi talaga siguro para sa'kin ang pagsasayaw. Okay lang, tanggap co na. 8D

Sa huli, di rin aco natanggap sa audition, pati na rin si Jette. At ang naka-drogang si Anastasia Matienzo, nakapasok! Akalain mo 'yun! Isang taksil! Traydor! Haha! Magwala ba na naman e.

Jette and I went back to Main Building. Ang kambal na Aranas, naglalaro ng table tennis at nakigulo kami. May nakita acong raketa ng badminton, and I played with Fuelas before our afternoon classes. Kaya ayun, pawis na pawis na aco.

We continued playing badminton even inside our room; I'm now playing with Jayson, Jette, and Ruiz. Kung saan-saan na tumama yung shuttlecok, lumusot pa nga sa may electric fan pagkapalo co. Mrs. Suinan went to our room we she just let us play, parang walo lang naman kasi kaming natira e.

Nang napagod na sa kakalaro, nagyaya si Jette mag-canteen. Super pawis na kami. Nag-canteen na rin kaming lahat. Dinaanan namin si Steni sa room ng Basil. Matapos tumambay dun sandali, dun na lang kami sa quadrangle nag-stay at naglaro ng badminton. Wala namang teacher e. : )

When we finally got tired, we went back to our room. Matapos magpalamig sa tapat ng electric fan, nagbasa-basa ulit aco para sa UPCAT. Pero tinamad na rin aco. Bahala na. ; )

Naglaro kami ng Pepsi-7 Up. Parating si Fuelas ang natataya e.

Pagkatapos nun, nagbente-uno kami. Sa loob ng room.

We also played hide-and-seek inside the room, too. Wala namang matataguan. Pero dahil maliit aco, kung saan-saan aco sumiksik. Under the teacher's table, between the chairs, and in the bookshelf. Oo, kaysa aco sa bookshelf! At aco ang parating huling nahahanap! XD

After playing all those games and getting tired, medyo nagpahinga-pahinga na kami. Nagpalit din aco ng shirt kasi ang dumi ng ng P.E. shirt co. Kung saan-saan kasi aco sumusuot e. 8D

Pero hindi pa rin natatapos ang aming trip. Para kaming naka-drogang nagsasasayaw. "Party people" e. Nakipagharutan, nakipaghabulan, nagsayawan, at akala mo e mga taong nasisiraan na ng bait. Kahit nang mag-uwian na, mga bangag pa rin kami.

Before going home, I went to PEAC to pray. I also lighted a green candle, because green candle is for studies. I prayed hard for my UPCAT exam tomorrow, and for my friends who will take the exam too.

Ang saya ng araw co. Parang first time cong sumaya ng ganito sa room. I know what we did sound childish, pero masrap talagang bumalik sa pagkabata, playing those childish games. Yeah, my day before UPCAT was far from relaxing. I just hope that Heavens will grant me some miracle for tomorrow. : )

Hi Thar!

Hullo. Long time no post. : )

I just wanted to say that I am still alive. I have been not posting for.. two weeks. So unlikely of me, eh?

Well, I've been busy for the past weeks. I had lots of things to do *shot*, and my internet connection is so effin' annoying. It's so slooow, and the connection is reset almost every five minutes, plus it shows a message like, "certificate error". Hell, it irritates me to death. >__Click here to be directed to my WP blog. Some post are password-protected, but you could ask for the password from me thru YM or e-mail.

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I've been into series of troubles and mischief for the past few days, but I still don't have time to write it in here. But I will post my updates soon, don't cha worry!

My UPCAT is already on Saturday, and yet, I haven't really reviewed seriously. I'm not expecting to pass, though it will be good if I will. Gaah, I am just relying on stock knowledge and pure luck. ;__;

Unnecessary Worries

I am completely broke today. Mama and I aren't still talking, and I didn't ask money from her because I know she won't give me any and we might just end up yelling at each other. Yep, that's how bad things are weheneer we're in "World War".

So I went to school without a single cent, literally. Sheda, ang purita co ngayon!

I was worrying for so many things today. First, I don't have money. So how can I possibly go to Aica's house to have our body measurement taken for the SSG uniform? Then, there was the conflict between the Basil and I. I'm still feeling guilty, and I'm still embarrassed to face them. At hindi co alam kung paano nila aco pakikitunguhan.

But of course, I wouldn't let those stupid, petty conflicts defeat me. I've already been into LOTS of issues, but I am still standing. These are nothing compared to what I've been to, and I know there's a hell lot more to come.

So to sum it all, I went to school, carrying my gift to Remo. I had made the "special box" for him before going to school, btw. (I've made sure I used brown paper and ribbon for it. XD)

I saw Adrian and Arnold along with my other choirmates in the locker area. My cheeks were heating up; tension was curling up in my stomach. It was somewhat impersonal, the way Adrian told me that we're going to sing in A Capella because Sir Bay won't be around, though maybe he's just busy with his phone. Maybe it was just paranoia or something, but at the back of my mind was the nagging thought that they're mad at me.

There was a silent conflict inside me, a mixture of guilt and embarrassment and paranoia. After some few minutes of hesitating, I said, "Uy, Eday, sorry ah."

"O, bakit?" he asked, surprised.

"'Dun sa.. sa.. 'di ba nga late si Ayyah?"

"Anu ka ba, wala yun." He assured me, his tone was the don't-worry-it-doensn't-matter tone that I know.

"E kasi... kasi..." I choked, a lump of tears in my throat.

And then it just happened. The tears that I managed to held back the other day showed. I know I looked stupid, but I didn't bothered to wipe those tears. Attempting that would be futile; my tears couldn't be held back anymore.

"E kasi... kasalanan co naman talaga. Nakaka... ano kasi, kasi... wala na nga aco sa inyo, tapos... tapos... nagdadala pa rin aco ng malas sa inyo.

"Okay lang 'yun. OA lang talaga si Jesta 'nu. 'Lam mo naman 'yun."

Arnold assured me, too. Somehow, I felt better. Wala naman acong nakitang kaplastikan sa pang-aalo nila. Siguro naman mararamdaman co kung nagkukunwari lang silang may concern, but it sounded genuine.

I could feel my addiction is sucking me in again. I know--I could feel--that I couldn't kept the promise I made out of depression.

Maya-maya, Remo approached us, who was previously on stage practicing some dance steps with Aica. I hugged him tightly, and then gave him the box.

"Happy birthday ulit!" I greeted him. "Syempre, may laman 'yan. Pero nasa labas." Then, I took the plastic bag of the pillow I had bought in Clipper. At si Remo, tuwang-tuwa. Nakakatuwa yung reaction niya. At least, all of my efforts paid off. : )

"Thank you!" pasasalamat niya. Pero nahalata yatang umiyak aco dahil namumugto yung mata co kaya nagtanong. E aco naman si todo deny. ^^,

Sinabi co sa kanya na si Ayyah yung kasama co sa pagbili ng reglao co para sa kanya, kaya na-late si Ayyah nung Thursday. At ayun, in-okray pala niya. Kaya sabi niya, magso-sorry daw siya pagdating ni Ayyah.

Binasa na agad ni Remo yung birthday message co. By the way, the "special box" was actually a letter which contains my birthday message. At sabi niya, hindi naman daw totoo yung nasa 5th and 6th paragraph. I don't know, siguro nga. Sana nga.

Hindi na rin kami nag-practice dala ng katamaran. x)

Sila Adrian, Ablaya and Arnold ay umalis at pumunta sa gotohan para mag-merienda. And when they get back, may "surprise" daw sila na para sa batch namin. May kasama silang babae, nakatakip pa yung bag ni Eday sa mukha nung babae.

At si Rinnel pala yun! Dating choir si Rinnel at kaklase namen, pero lumipat siya sa school nung third year. Ang adik , ang ingay tuloy namin.

Pumunta na rin kami sa simbahan. Aica, Arnold, and Rinnel were with us in the choirbox. Ampness nga, ang gulo na naman ng kanta namin.

After the mass, nagkayayaaan na naman sa 7-eleven, our usual tambayan after choir. Pero puro kami walang pera. As in. Grabe. Ramdam na ramdam na talaga ang global financial crisis.

Umuwi na yung iba, pero pumunta pa rin kami kahit walang datung. Haha. Aco, si Eday, Ayyah, Remo, Arbu, Mae, and Aica ang magkakasama sa 7-eleven. Si kuya Kim na nakita namen after mass, sumama din sa'min. Si Ayyah ang bumili ng chitchira, tapos share-share na lang kami dun. Sila Mae naman, nilibre kami ng slurpee na maliit. Waw. Grabe, ang purita namen!!

Pero okay lang. Halakhakan ng halakhakan. Si Mae at Aica, may sariling mundo at mukang nagtu-"tour" sa 7-eleven. I was thinking of ways to earn money for the leadership training in Baguio, when out-of-the-blue, Adrian said this obsence suggestion.

(Censored 'to. HAHAHA! XD)

"********." He said out loud.

I stared at him for a nanosecond, tapos humagalpak ng tawa habang sinasabihan siya ng, "luko-luko". Tawanan kami ng tawanan. At dahil may sayad din aco, naki-ride naman aco sa suggestion niya.

"Oo, tapos ******!" sabi co.

Tawanan na naman. Yun pala, dahil napalakas yata ang boses ni Eday, narining ni kuyang crew ng 7-eleven yung usapan namen. Ah sh*t! NAKAKAHIYA!!

Pero actually, di naman talaga kami nahiya dahil wala kaming hiya. Nagtawanan na lang kami habang si kuya, iiling-iling na nakikitawa sa'min.

Halos 7:30 na rin kami nakauwi. Pero masaya naman. All of my worries vanished, they're now seemingly useless. : )

Chaos

The heaven wasn't on my side today.

It was Remo's 16th birthday today. This school, I've promised to myself that I would give not just the personally-made "special box"--a box that was actually a letter to them--I gave to my closest friends last school year, but I'll gonna buy and give a gift to them.

So Remo was my first close friend who will celebrate a birthday this school year. Ayyah and I had already canvased a gift for him last Saturday, and she suggested the pillow we saw in Clipper, or the brown alkansya. But I'll probably buy him the brown pillow, though my budget wasn't enough.

Good thing Eirish lent me a hundred pesos yesterday. Great.

On our recess time, I went to the Basil's room to talk to Ayyah, and to greet Remo as well. I haven't bought a gift for him; I will do that later on during our lunch break.

Upon seeing Remo, I greeted him a cheerful, "Happy birthday, Remo!" and hugged him tightly. He hugged me back, and thank me for greeting him.

"Alam mo palang birthday co!" He said, smiling.

"Syempre naman!" I said to him. Bibili pa nga acong regalo mo eh. My inner self thought.

I saw Ayyah and we talked and planned on how we're going to buy the gift. I told her that I will buy it this lunch break, come what may. Kaya lang, they will practice for their play in Odyssey, and she's the director. So how can we possibly go to Festi?

Nag-iinarte lang talaga acong nagtatampo, but I've made up my mind to go to Festival, rain or shine (literally), with or without Ayyah. Ayokong i-postpone pa ito. Dapat mamayang uwian, mabigay co na yung regalo.

Ayyah talked with Adrian about their practice, para masamahan niya aco. And they agreed to move the practice on quarter to two. Nyaha!

Actually, pwede naman acong pumunta sa Festival ng mag-isa. Pero, hangga't maaari, gusto co ng may kasama. Honestly, I've never been to Festi alone. At naiilang naman acong pumunta ng mag-isa. Also, Ayyah can help and suggest the gift I could give to Remo, so mas mabuti na rin ang may kasama.

Immidiately after our dismissal time, I went staright to Basil's room. Pero naka-uwi na daw si Ayyah sabi nila. Nyay, bakit umuwi yung babaeng 'yun? So, pupunta aco ng Festi ng mag-isa. x(

English Report

The started of my day was... irksome. I had an encounter with a... disgustingly perverted man on my way to school. Grr.. It was totally annoying and disrespectful to me, as a person and as a girl. It was an harassment! That made me scowl for the start of my day.

But I didn't let that encounter ruined my day. Mr. dela Torre checked our Pondo ng Pinoy bottle; I used Mirinda bottle instead of C2 because I texture of Mirinda was better. I wapped it with several layers of tissue paper, then painted it with poster colors.

(Sorry for the low quality of the photos. I used the webcam for these.)

The front of my PnP bottle. The girl wearing the LDSP uniform is holding a globe on her right hand and a cent on her left.

Back. The PnP logo that I painted. (I used Google to search for it! XD)

The use of placard--or now known as Class Pass--was implemented. It is a laminated paper as big as a short bond paper. Each section was given two class pass and no students--excpet those under special conditions, like activtiies--will be allowed to leave the room without a class pass. This was implemented when we were in first year and second year, but was "forgotten" on third year. But I think this one's better: the class passes provided by the school would be taken good care that those provided by each section. And, it will lessen the unnecessary going outside the room during class hours.

Our class pass.

At lunch time, I didn't take a nap so I could finish our powerpoint presentation in English. It was already finished actually, I was just adding something on it. And it is a group reporting. I was the only one who took the iniative to research and do the powerpoint presentation. I asked my groupmates to report it with me, but I would probably be the one to explain it. >_<>battered, abused seatmate) about the lesson, and I didn't notice that I was pointing on the board obviously. It was already late when I realize it because I heard Mr. del Rio's loud, booming voice.

"O, Nobleza, anong sinasabi mo d'yan kay... Loyola?" He asked me in such terrifying voice.

"Roldan po.." My classmates whispered.

"M-May tinatanong lang po aco." I said in a tiny voice.

"O, anong tinatanong mo kay Loyola?"

"Roldan po.." We whispered audibly again.

"O, kay Roldan.."

If I could just see Jette's face, I bet his sweating bullets already. Haha, super napaka-mahiyain pa man din nun, ayaw natatapat sa spotlight. And I bet he would like to strangle my puny neck at that very minute.

So I asked my question to Jette to Sir. And he explained it to me, and to the rest of the class. After explaining it, he said, "Kung may tanong kayo, sa'kin kayo magtanong. Hindi naman aco nakakatakot!!!" He said again in his loud, booming, terrifying voice. So, we shouldn't be afraid of him, huh? Hindi nga nakakatakot.. Haha!

But really, I wasn't afraid of him. I mean, afraid in a negative way. he was a good and great teacher, and he was one of those that I salute and would want to be like.

After Math time, we went to St. Thomas' room for English, because it is one of those room that has built-in projector. I would be the one to "take-charge" of the class, Mrs. Lopena said.

Mendoza was with me to read the presentation. Read, because I would do all the discussing and explaining and everything. Our report was about the Adventures of Odysseus, by the way. I added Greek Mythology, Epic, Homer, and Iliad to our report to lengthen it because we--or more appropriately, I--would be reporting until Friday. Well, maybe it would be just until Wednesday, because we would be watching the moview version of Odyssey (I borrowed Jayson's DVD, but we've already watched that on third year).

So I discussed the presentation. I was able speak in a straight and proper English, thankfully, but I've spoken some Tagalog to be able to explain it properly. I tried to use the chalk, like a real teacher, and ask questions from my classmates. They had cooperated, fortunately, though it wasn't entire quiet because I could still some buzzing noise, especially from those on the back. And the Rufo and the other girls were eating something during my discussion.

Most of them were listening, though there were some who were not. I was tolerant at first, but when the noise grew louder, I became somewhat stern.

I stopped talking. Then with my arms crossed (that was involuntarily, I just realized it when I'm speaking already) and raised brows (I'm really being mataray these past few days), I said:

"Please respect... someone who is talking in front of you. If you don't want to listen..."

I trailed off and paused when I realized it was like Mrs. Lopena's dialogue ("Those who are not interested to listen, you may go out."). I smiled, and my classmates giggled. And the discussion continued.

Abot four slides to go, Mendoza suddenly "vanished". So Mrs. Lopena was the one who clicked for the next. Nakakahiya naman. Later, I learned that Mendoza suddenly get dizzy.

When my report for the day ended, I recieved lots of compliments. Luis even said, "Sana ikaw na lang English teacher namen!". And Mrs. Lopena complimented me too, I think, because she said I did good and told Jayson's group, which would be the next one to report, that she hope they'll do good as me.

Of course I felt flattered and proud. But still, I wasn't that contented with myself. Well, compared to an avarage students, I did well. But if I were compared to a teacher, medyo kulang pa rin. I sometimes stutter, and I also do the "panic-dance" when I can't say the right word. And sometimes, I can't fully explain some things. Well, it was a shotgun report. I just read it but didn't prepared for the explainations beforehand, so on-the-spot ang pag-explain co.

But I'm glad. Recieving those compliments tell that I did well. Maybe I need some practice, and I could really be a teacher. YATTA! The thought was wonderful! =D