MY SYMBOLIC eJOURNAL

>>before and on November 26, 2008

• Time is the greatest gift of life.

• When something agitates, it's difficult to see;but, when you allow it to settle, the answer becomes clear.

• A true friend knows who you are even though you're a little cracked.

• Silence is an opportunity for noise to barge in; Noise comes after silence.

• Time heals a wounded heart;but time itself cannot erase the past.

• Best friends will never last; but friends can be forever.

• To save means to lose; To lose means to win; and to win means to save.

• A head can never be a part of the body if the body itself doesn't recognize the head.

• Happiness makes everyone happy; but behind a happy person is discontentment.

• People think happy persons are carriers of joy and laughter; but they never know they heavily carry sorrow.

• The eye is the window of our soul; but our very own eyes can't see our very own soul.

• To see is to believe;but believing can never be seen.

• Some people say "I love my past";some people say "I want this future"; but seldom says, "I like the present".

• Being too fast means to slow down;being too slow means to go faster; when will someone say "You should stop"?

• Yesterday is history;Tomorrow is mystery;but today is a gift that's why it's called present.

• Some people hate their past and rejects everyone involved; but there are people, no matter how many times rejected, still, wants to get involved.

• Seeing ghosts means being extraordinary; but always consider that you are still ordinary.

• To be silent and to be noisy doesn't guarantee one's life's peacefulness; it's how you see it.

• People always ask for peace;does asking it attains peace?

• It's better to remain silent and let other think you are stupid than to open your mouth and prove it.

**I am always asking why but why would i ask why why am i asking why which is why I am asking why or why is it why am I asking why?

>>December 1, 2008

• Time takes care of itself.

• Someone came and opened me, now, there's so much more I see.

**I once thought of living in the dark and I did. But then someone came and expressed that darkness is the absence of light. 'There's no such visible thing as dark'! And so I felt the light.

>>December 4, 2008

• Honesty is the best policy but policies do not impose integrity.

• To build a barrier doesn't mean to protect; it's giving opportunities.

• Sometimes, what you can't see is meaningful; well, it's sometimes.

• Think about this: A volture eats the rat but when the volture dies, even a rat wouldn't eat it.

**Why am I always asking why? Why not why not?

>>Dec. 7, 2008

• When words fail to express, music becomes the language of the soul.

>>Dec.10,2008

• Live your life today and dream about tomorrow.

• The world is a stage where everyone has a role to play.

• A part represents a whole and a whole is subdivided by parts.

**The wind tells me everything; the sun shows me everything; the moon clears me everything; the trees listen to everything; the sea waves for everything; that's why I'm sure I represent something!

**I believe in the colors of the wind for I was born with the wind.

>>Dec. 13, 2008

• Naming yourself from one to another may change your personality preferences; but names are just names; You're still yourself.

• No one can escape the past but we can look forward for a brighter future.

• We may have a disgusted beginning but it's never late to mark a happy ending.

• Real gifts are for real people.

• People who are not valuable to you see you very important than those you do.

• It's better to close your mouth and let everyone think your stupid than to open your mouth and prove it.

**I hate the feeling when I'm mad or irritated because I feel heavy inside. But then, although I loved bearing the light feeling in which I'm happy and cheerful, I somehow regret because I knew I will feel heavy inside once the feeling ends.

**I'd rather walk alone than to have a companion and leave me alone; I'd rather take the road with strangers than take it with friends who'll forget me when I'm lost; I'd rather treasure a trash than treasure riches full of fools; I'd rather have myself talking to a mirror, to my dogs, or to myself than talking to others and then letting me feel I'm talking back to myself;I'd rather take the pain of a wound than to let a healer heal me by mistake; I'd rather want everyone to hate me than to hate someone I cared; I'd rather take the risk than end up hoping nothing; and, I'd rather be true to myself than seeing me untrue from the crowd.

>>Dec. 14, 2008

• An end will never be an end unless you have marked a beginning.

>>Dec.15, 2008

• Some people are covered by dust that's why they themselves share dust.

• When everything is almost perfect, imperfection interrupts.

**I really hate why something like this would happen in the moment when I'm changing my skin.

**I always thought of preventing myself from smiling. Now, I realized that many people loved my smiles and laughs. But during the moment I have known it, someone has to bid farewell. Should I stop smiling again?Or, continue smiling with a constrained feeling?

>>December 17, 2008

• Wishes can come true even without asking for it; it takes awhile.

• There are things more important than what you crave for.

• Giving something without expecting any return is just like going to church without asking any miracle to happen.

• Being alone firms independence; but too much can be hazardous.

**I thought that a present would let them feel my presence. I did not know it’s me whom they’re looking for.

**I don’t know which of the two should I choose: Go home and reunite with my family and friends or Go to another place and see, for the last time, a friend who has considered me a part of a special family? Whichever i choose, i feel half-hearted.

**No matter how high I think, my heart keeps on lowering. If I intend to raise my heart, my brain will surely collapse. When will I achieve mind-heart equilibrium?

>>Dec. 18, 2008

• Simple things are not simple at all. Making things simpler is not simple.

• Following is easier than deciding.

• Shocking things can really shock you.

**I need someone to lead me and be ahead of me. I also need someone who is somehow younger than me. And, I also need someone whom I can relate with just like me. Therefore, who will I choose? The one who's like my older sister, or, the one comparable to my younger sister, or the one who is like me?

(a notable message from Karlo Limuel Hora: I am becoming more and more like buses. Like them, I may change routes.)

>>Dec. 19, 2008

• You'll never know when things will happen except if you learn how to use your instincts.

• Trusting the will of the creator is better than thinking too much.

• There are things far greater than another.

• People are mere humans; though we are, we do not exactly know who we are and who are the people we are with.

• We often count what is countless for our own benefit.

**I'm thankful that I was born with the ability to see what the will of the wind is. Without it, I wouldn't know what should be my decision.

**I don't know why no one can really figure me out. But at least, I knew someone who opened me out.

**Why would someone tell me "Put me a small amount of spaghetti in my plate" when in fact, my measurement is different from that person? And so, conflict arises.

>>Dec. 20,2008

• Traveling means two things: Goodbye and Welcome.

• People keeps on judging you but they never knew that you have judged yourself before them.

• Lying doesn't pertain to an evil doing. Sometimes, it’s for good but still, a lie.

**How can I be surprised if I myself knew that there was a surprise? Premonitions.

>>Dec. 21, 2008

• Though new things function better than the old ones, sometimes, the latter become the more important.

• Vacation doesn't always pertain to going to other places but also going to a place where you know you are safe.

• Blood is thicker than water; but if we are thirsty, we prefer to have water than to be transfused with blood.

>>Dec. 22, 2008

• Anyone bids farewell to someone to let someone feel his presence for the last time possible; but the sad thing is, that someone is not aware of anyone's farewell.

• When things fade out, that's the time when things clear in.

• Doing nothing doesn't really infer being lazy; it's being in solitude.

• Let the cup overflow and the overflow will cause the flood; the victims shall be flooded.

**How shall I define 'home'? I'm with my family in a house considered to be one of ours. Though the situation depicts being home, I'm not contented and I wanted to stay in another house where I grew up. In fact, both houses are situated in same province and wherever I go, I have my family with me. Tell me then, how will I define home?

>>Dec. 23, 2008

• Not all quitters are losers; some are practical thinkers.

• People always classify things and it turns out that a classifier doesn't know where to put his self.

• In others' view, seeing an important person is not important at all.

• A writer doesn't really know what he is writing unless it was himself.

• Everyone is expert but expertise varies.

• It is illogical to compare low with high, and high with low; but comparing middle with middle still have differences by the low and the high.

**If someone has opened me, does it mean that that someone should close me? Sounds interesting yet hurting.

**A reflection from 74 64 81 75 78: I'm like a Universal Serial Bus. Like it, I know how to accept various devices yet I may recognize, and sometimes, I may not.

**When I wanted to see the bee, its butterflies surprised me. When I had the chance to call the bee, its butterflies made it busy. When another chance came for me to meet the bee, the hive blocked me. For the last chance I might see the bee, it was fuzzy and so I realized that being a bee above the butterflies is not easy just like me: A golden thorn of all roses.

**I realize that I'm like a wanted Operating System (OS). Without me, computer hardware is non-functional. But I don't understand why if I provide drivers, it still make errors. Could that be the reason why I hang?

>>Dec. 24, 2008

• The gush of the wind is colorful though it is colorless.

• Colors paint the brightness of one's life.

• God surely knows what you wanted and He will provide it if it's truly needed.

• Singing doesn't really matter in voice; though it may, it's the happiness it brings that counts.

• The beauty of Christmas is in the eye of the beholder polished by the scape.

**For the first time, a tree packed a volume of water for his self. If that tree was me, I will be happy because I know it's wholly given for me! But, I was the tree so should I be happy?

**I used to entertain everyone but I'm not entertained with myself.

**I know I'm tired but whenever I reach my limit, I just don't know why I energized and start pushing through the limit. Is it in my blood?

**I may not be bathed with water but my seed inside is replenished with blood.

**Giving is better than receiving. Some people complain when they do not receive anything. Well, I'm one of them in another way: I would rather receive an air fleeting with happy memories than a stone full of scars.

**I'm not the kind of person that waits for the spark to light the town. I can make sparks in different ways to let everyone experience light.

>>Dec. 25, 2008

• Just as you thought it's early, it has been already late; but it's better late than never.

• There's more of a shell than being a shell.

• A thousand can make everyone busy; a hundred can make anyone dizzy; but only one can make someone happy.

• The best part of Christmas is when you have not done your best--because it's hard to forget!

• Twist happens to make everything squeezed; Just like two candies twisted together to form a more delicious flavor.

**Than to see the outside with bliss, I'd rather be blind to know what I have missed.

**Just as I thought of having a jocund holiday, the one I'm waiting for has been already scheduled.

**With this unknown time and space, how will I know what shall I do? My mind is floating in various regions of different dimensions but in one occasion.

**A person can take one color. For that person to be complete, he must go to other persons bearing different colors but having the same tone. Looking at them is just like watching a rainbow in the sky. How proud is he to belong to a group? What about a person having all colors mixed? He sounds tough and complete. And because he is complete, he can deal a person of any color. He should have been the happiest person in the world! But because he is multi-colored, he can never fill in any missing color in a group--he can't belong. I'm so sure he could be happy but can never be the happiest. And so I ask, can anyone find him a colorless person for him to fill in? Or, find him someone with mixed colors of the same tone? Or, any person of a color who is willing to blend his color with his?

>>Dec. 26, 2008

• If you can't be a sharp pencil that can write happiness, at least be a good eraser of sorrow.

• The sands of time foretell the footprints of life.

• It's not only you; there are you!

• The road has many streets; each street takes you to a different path and you might be alone. Who knows? There might be crossroads.

**The snail felt humiliated. Thank you to those persons who did that. If it's not because of you, the snail won't come out of the shell and fight with bared skin. So feel its sting as the slime thoroughly creeps on your body. Then feel sorry for what you've done to the snail. Wear your shell as what the snail did when it was ashamed. Apology existed in the dictionary but never in the snail's vocabulary. Remember that!

**Though I'm charged with this enormous energy within, I wanted to get sick just like now. One of my happiest moments can be only achieved when I'm taken care of by another person. If it's me being well, I don't think anyone would do that.

>>Dec. 27, 2008

• Air allows us to breathe but too much of it may stop us from breathing.

**In the mirror, I saw a turtle. It was carrying a heavy shell. It walked to remember but it walked to forget; it walked to be happy but it walked sadly; it walked hoping to see someone but it walked strangely as if it's not seeing anyone; it continued walking until there was nothing but itself.

**If ever I forget myself, at least I can still recognize anyone special to me. If ever I change myself, at least someone would understand me. If I give myself, at least someone will truly care for me. But if I kill myself, at least someone would try to stop me.

>>Dec. 28, 2008

• You can only tell the differences if you have been observing ever since; Not just now!

>>Dec. 29, 2008

• Abstractions help an individual to open up things; but, too much of it may lead to confusions and misunderstandings.

**I observed that the sun shines towards earth but it doesn't know it was covering the earth.

**I was supposed to use a sharp tongue to clarify things but I was afraid that it may end up tearing everything. And so I used a twisted tongue so at least, I won't hurt anyone. Then, anywhere the wind blows.

**I wasted some sands of time. My seed was very sorry for causing drought in the bee's garden. I lied and hid some pieces of mirrors. I shall once spread the roots and bring spring for a moment as not to pave way for fall. The winter has almost come to an end and I can't leave my home in a dark summer. I shall set things at once! Then in the night, my eyes has summoned rain awhile while listening to the bee's notes.

>>Dec. 30, 2008

• If you are given an unusual gift from nature, develop it 'cause only a few have it. But still, it's unusual.

• The trace of time can only be traced by the marks of the trace; then we realized that everything was just a trace.

• Chickens are real chickens. They can't fight fair and square to the ones who treat them as 'chickens' because they are chickens until they fight back.

• The best part of a harvest is the fruit of the labor.

• Greater power means greater responsibility.

**The will of the wind was so good. Once again, it answered and redirected everything. All of my hoped plans came true in sequence and in a single time. It took me tears and conviction last night as an exchange. I never knew I could write events than just reading the premonitions with me as a precognitive. I realized this is the reason why the wind was blowing strangely yesterday. And that's why today, I went to the same place where the wind was strange---it has plans. It answered what I had wished yesterday. Thanks.

**Though I was given desserts, as sweet as the family who gave it, it was not its flavor that relished me. It was the time I spent with them that counts the most. That's why in the beginning of this journal, I said: 'Time is the greatest gift of life'. Giving time to write portions of my life will somehow remind me again of how I used my time.

**Speaking as a precognitive person, I may excitedly tell something about the future but never about the past because it has happened.

**Everything I see, I do, and I hear mean a lot for me. They're signs of something I predicted.

**As what I've heard in a story this day, a noble man was given a gift from another gifted man. When he was old enough to decide, he has refused to pass the gift to his heirs and has cursed the land taken from him in deceit. The man slept with all the conjuration effectuated. If his heirs just knew, it was not the deception that had set the man asleep. It was due to cursing since it was never a sign of nobility.

**A feather of a light mentioned that once you are gifted with an unusual talent, develop it. But that feather never knew that it's difficult to keep an unusual gift. Though it may be ordinary to the bearer, things will pop out over-the-top. So being normal is the best way of living life which is a challenge to a mystic.

>>Dec. 31, 2008

• Waiting can make everything into suspense; but, waiting for so long may strain everyone.

• Relatives existed because they can relate though not all.

• There's always an irony of 'for free'.

**I thought this year's celebration would be the same or at least better than the last year's. Well, it turned out it's the worst!

**Why the more I think about a positive result, it suddenly turns out into something bad? And the moment I think negatively, something just pops out and make things as happy and good as crazy.

**The wind was there but it has no spirit. The trees were there but they have no spirit. The lights were bright but they glow like no spirits. The people were there and I saw in them the wind, the trees, and the light. I had the spirit but it was asleep.

**This day could be the last but will surely trigger a beginning. If I was asked to paint the next year's scheme of my life, I'd like to reverse this year's scheme.

**I have to become true just like someone else did.

I ended this day with GOODBYE. At first, I was happily eating Takuyaki (one of my favorite foods) since it's for free. After, I was chatting with my cousins and took a lot of pictures in every spot that we find nice to pose at. Then, I had a little chat with the family of my best buddy and was asked to take their family picture with the backdrop. My buddy wasn't there so I think that's the sad part when I met his family. When dinner was ready, of course, I ate (Hehe. Ako pa!). While eating, I noticed there was something happening near the playground---popcorn and cotton candy for free! So as gluttonous as I was, I didn't miss the chance to eat those snacks. When I saw the ice cream container displayed, I reacted like a kid and did the same thing again--eat. Several hours later, games for kids and bingo and card games for adults were started. During this period, the people slowly decreased its number and so as the New Year’s welcoming spirit. Since my cousin Ann and I have noticed the songs were somehow slow and boring, we burned the latest disco songs hurriedly in a cd and played it in a loud volume. Then after, I realized that 'things will be boring unless you do something' so I volunteered as the number caller for the bingo game. When the game was finished, I looked for a place to relax in and I the saw the playground. I stayed in the playground with all the lights off. While sitting down near the seesaw, I listened to English songs and some songs of incomprehensible language which my buddy shared me. I left the place when my cousins called me up for the New Year’s countdown. I have observed that people were slowly coming back to the club for the fireworks. The fireworks were cool and it really lit up the sky!

It lasted for several minutes (Thank God it didn't rain). After it, everyone started disco dancing (with the newly burned songs) and that includes me! For the first time, I didn't last long on the floor due to a headache and the cause--- I ate too much. While in a pain, I saw a new set of foods was displayed in the buffet table and I didn’t help myself to stop going near it (Nagtilaw-tilaw pa jud. Hehe). When the party was over, we headed to F9 (Momi Beth's house address in Kalsangi). I kept on twaddling about defecating while some of my sobered uncles were whining about stupid things which are indeed irritating (Dli daw ko suko :D). Due to this, I decided to stay in the room near the CR (in which I can't also hear the sots) so that if the poo-poo time comes, I do not need to rush. I have Fe and Ate Joy, both are my cousins, with me in the room. Fe sounded asleep and Ate Joy was cleaning up her things while I was listening to my v2 (an mp3 player). The v2 got its battery almost drained and yet, the special time didn't come. I decided to eat more so that I'll feel heavy and force that special time to come out! Here, I saw spaghetti (Hehe :D). After eating spaghetti and drinking cola, it so happened that I got sleepy. I went back to the room and before I slept, I checked my phone. It was almost 1.30 am of Jan.1, 2009 and it appeared that I had a message from my buddy pleading me about returning 5 empty soft drink bottles in their house (situated in Polotana Phase 2) . He mentioned that the bottles were in our house in Polotana (Phase3). I somehow felt excited and funny. Excited because I have something to do for the first day of the year and I'll get to see a buddy. Funny because I can't imagine the first thing I'll be doing is to return bottles of soft drinks. Isn't it funny? (u)LOL. After confirming to the message, I decided to go to sleep while listening to my v2 with a song that my buddy shared to me--GOODBYE. Then the battery got totally drained including me!

GOODBYE 2008!

HAPPY NEW YEAR! WELCOME 2009!

>>Jan. 1, 2009

• Always start your day with a smile.

• To see changes, you must first learn how to initiate change.

**I started in a bang and so I ended up feeling hanged.

**I named a new tree. Its name is Wisp. I wanted to become like it this year. Someone who is big but then being seen attached to the ground. Someone who is deeply rooted and strong. Though Wisp looks scary, it's not! It allows vines and ferns to creep in its body. Wisp also helps others with his large shades. And so I found a new spirit.

The first thing I did when I woke up this day is TOUCH. I touched my phone, my v2, and my face! Since I was still in Kalsangi, I can't fulfill my suppose-to-be first-day-of-the-year task which is none other than TO RETURN THE SOFTDRINK BOTTLES. I was really fired up in doing this because I want to make a difference! Totally different from how boring last night's party was. I kept on asking anyone about what time we are going down to Polotana. Then I have been overheard that as long as everyone's ready and as soon as Momi Beth wakes up, we will. Well, the second condition didn't really allow us to go home directly. When Momi Beth woke up, she asked us to clean the car, bathe the dog, cook for breakfast, and sweep the floor. Of course, I volunteered to bathe the dog! When everyone has eaten, everyone has readied, and when Momi has finished her bath, and every chore has been finished, we traveled back to Polotana. I was happy that I was back to the real home! Without further ado, I looked for 5 soft drink bottles. According to my buddy, the bottles' label is SPRITE and a volume of 1Liter. Yes. I found same bottles near our kitchen but it was very dirty and old. When I asked my sister about seeing new bottles of SPRITE soft drink, she said they were sent to F9 (Momi Beth’s house in kalsangi). And so instead of going back to Kalsangi to get the bottles, I cleaned the old bottles and left home to return them. When I reached my buddy's house, he was asleep! And so I did nothing but just returned the bottles. I was somehow disappointed with my day. But since I didn't want to end the day just like that, I went back home to get my bicycle. Though I decided to bike around, it ended up again as me in a certain garden--a plaza that has a large tree(Wisp) in the middle of grasses.

I sat in the bench not facing the basketball court but the tree. While watching the tree, I listened to songs with my v2. I did that for four and a half hours. I don't know but somehow I was enjoying it (Just like what I do in Calderon Park). During those hours, especially somewhere between 4-5pm, people slowly filled the court and played basketball. There was also a kid playing kickball near Wisp. There was also a moment when two kids were chasing after a dog of poodle breed. Ivy Jayme, a high school classmate of mine was also there having a date during the time range mentioned. She even commented that what I was doing was totally weird! She also said something about the class reunion last December 29, 2008 and felt bad that I didn't come. Chat ended when she left. Well, I'm not leaving yet until the song being played by my v2 is 'Goodbye'. Since it was almost 6.30 PM, I decided to skip the next tracks, looked for and played the song 'Goodbye'. And so when the song was done, I went home. When I was home, I felt as if this day was a retreat. I'm renewed but this day is not complete. Happy New Year???

>>Jan. 2, 2008

• There's a rainbow after the rain.

• Scenes that are forgotten are somehow scenes that can make you remember.

• A picture could be a souvenir of a happy moment; but, being there in that moment is the happiest.

**When I took a glimpse at the calendar, I became like a gas tank---pressured inside. The day to change my clothes is very near and once that day comes, I have to leave all the colored baggage behind. I may not bring those baggage but the memories that I had with them will always be with me. After all, I might acquire new baggage when I get back to my school-reason destination.

This day, I was pressured because Jan.5 is fast approaching. That would be the day that I'll be going back to Davao for school. Sigh. So this day, I decided to wash my laundry so that when I get back in Davao, I won't be sparing time to do this thing. After doing the laundry, my mother asked me to go with her to Gensan to buy groceries in KCC Mall. When I was there, I kept on reminding her about the time because I didn't want to go home later than 2 pm. And so, after buying all the consumables we need in our house, we directly went home. When I was back at home, my siblings together with my cousins were having fun, that is, karaoke.

Since I'm not interested, I grabbed my bike and went to the plaza again to see Wisp. Of course, I passed by the house of my buddy (As in agi lng..) because he told me that I should pass by their house whenever I'll go off somewhere. I didn't stay in the plaza for long because it's hot! So, I loaded the smart bro kit with P30 and headed back home to surf the web. I was supposed to update my blog but then the network connection was somehow slow. Since I was very eager to update the blog, considering the last time I updated it was on Dec. 28, 2008 , I waited long for the page response. While waiting, my buddy texted me with 'Yankee doodle' phrase. I firstly thought that he's Just letting me know that he's free. But on my second thought, I realized that he got his phone back! This means that I can text him. He told me that he was about to go in our house but it suddenly rained so he went back home. So, hearing this, I have to see him. So we decided he'll wait in their house while I wait for the blog page to finish loading. Since the connection has somehow timed-out, I logged off my account and shut downed the computer. Then, with my bicycle, I went to see him. Since he wanted to wander anywhere in the streets, it could mean that one should take the bike and one should walk. So, when I had mentioned something about another bike in our house, he asked me to get the other bike so that both of us will be riding a bike. When I headed back home to get what I need, my cousins were asking me why I need the other bike knowing that a person can only occupy a bike. So, I made an excuse that my friends were there in my buddy's house and that it would be fun if there are as many bicycles as we can ride. I have to tell an excuse because everyday, I always go off somewhere and if I keep on repeating the same reason, they might not allow me to go out. So that's it. I managed to get the other bike and headed back again to my buddy. Now, that we both have a bicycle, we went anywhere we would like to go. We left all possible portable things such as phones to ensure that if it rains again, nothing will get wet and damaged. We biked anywhere until we reached the pineapple fields.

Then it rained. Since somehow my buddy wanted to get wet, we just walked in the field with the bikes being held. We just talked and talked until we reached the main road where trucks pass. I was very happy during that time because it was my first time to do a crazy thing that it was not me who planned it. Well, when we had reached the road, we biked again. Since we are wet, we decided to warm ourselves by the sun. So we headed to an area where the sun is brightly shining.

The place was very scenic so we stopped there. When we were observing the beauty of the place, we were amazed with what we saw in the sky. It was a rainbow! No. Not just a rainbow, but rainbows! Two rainbows appeared at the same time! The clouds have divided them in between. It was my first time to see two rainbows appearing at the same time. My buddy wanted to take a picture of it together with the place where we are in. But, since we left everything including his phone that has a cam, he has to get back to their house and get it. But, If he'll be doing that, it would be time consuming and the rainbows might be gone once he gets back. So, rather than missing out the rainbows by getting the cam, we decided to watch it until it fades. So that's it. After that rainbow watching, we stayed awhile in the corner of the road and chatted. When I knew that the place near to us was known as Balabat, I began to wonder. As far as I knew, there was also a place in Polomolok called Balabat where a classmate of ours in high school lives. My buddy cleared my mind about that place. He said that place where our high school classmate lives is not the Balabat which is near to us. But, we can reach there by passing through the pineapple fields.

And so, due to my curiosity, we went to that place by biking. I just wanted to know if the road will really take us there. I really enjoyed with all the humps that we passed by especially those in big and deep areas. By doing that, I thought of being like a bike exhibitionist (Considering my bike has no brakes!)! So it was true! We reached the place. Since, the sky is almost becoming dark, we have to head back to our individual homes. It took us a lot of energy in order for us to go back. When we almost reached the crossing street, in which my home and my buddy's home are in the opposite directions, I let my buddy waited for a while, while I return the bike I'm using. I can't just let my buddy go to our house because my excuse in getting the bikes might be in question. When I returned the bike, my cousins asked me where have I been to and where's the other bike and why was I wet. I just told them that I got wet because of the rain and that I have to hurry because I have to get the other bike from my friends who were waiting in the corner of the street. I also added that they didn't like to go with me in returning the bikes since they'll be riding a tricycle in the main street. And so hurriedly, I ran out of the house. Then, when I went back to my buddy, I didn't just grab the bike and leave him. I walked him to his home. I have my bike with me so it would be easy for me to go back home. Since it was already dark, I decided to turn on the back light of my bike. Geez. It wasn't there! It could be that it fell somewhere when we went to Balabat. Well, it's okay since at least I totally enjoyed this day. Then when we reached my buddy's home, we bade farewell and I headed back home. When I had reached home, I went in rush to my room and see myself in the mirror. Whoa! My shirt was dirty because of mud. So I took a bath and groomed myself as not to let any sickness come into my body. Then after, I called it a day off! Whew! What a day!

>>Jan. 3, 2008

• Happiness doesn't only come once; it may be twice!

• The mind-draining problem of a man is thinking what could be his problem.

**Though my joy can be measured by how I see myself, the real joy in me can be attained by how happy I see others being with me.

They say if you're blessed once, it's not impossible to be blessed once again! Just like this day, I invited my buddy to go to our house to eat kropek (i don’t know if it's correctly spelled) since I have mentioned it yesterday. It also seemed that he wanted to eat kropek yesterday. And so, that's it. Since I was not sure if I could hear his shouting voice when he'll arrive, I went to the roof and waited for him. And so, he didn't need to shout because I can see him from the roof. When he arrived, it appears that he's not comfortable. Hehe. Me too because I seldom bring friends in our house except if I wanted to share something. Hehe. But anyways, I think I did my best to entertain him. I guess asking a pencil and a paper for him to draw something (he drew a bus) was his way of making himself at ease. When we had finished eating and when I had asked him about his time of leaving, he suggested about biking. And so, we left and biked around. When we were somewhere near the pineapple fields, we have thought of how flat the tires of our bikes were. So we decided to have it aired in Polomolok. Guess where did we pass? Hehe. In the pineapple fields leading us to Balabat. Then we ventured. While biking, we still kept on talking. When we reached Balabat, I had him lead the way to the vulcanizing shop. Just leaving this thing to him somehow gives me a premonition about him wanting to see the buses. And so it was true. We had the tires aired in a vulcanizing shop in the opposite side of the bus terminal. When we left the shop, he asked me a favor that we'll be waiting for at least five minutes for a YBL bus to pass by from either GenSan or Koronadal City. What a lucky guy he was. There were a lot of YBL buses that passed by from both city mentioned. Some of them parked in the terminal for a while that somehow made him excited. Due to this, he couldn't help himself from going near to the buses that had parked. I was just happily watching him from a corner in the waiting area of the bus terminal for passengers going to Koronadal City. When his excitement was over, that was the time we headed back home. Oh my! We have biked too far! It would be okay if the slope going back is downward. Well it's not! So, we really exerted a lot of effort (I'm not sure if he also did but since he was whining..) . So again, we headed back by passing in the pineapple fields near Balabat. And, again, I enjoyed biking so fast in areas that have creeks and big humps. Then when we reached my home, we returned the bikes and I walked him up to our street corner only because I have to load the smart bro kit in the near store to update my blog. And so that's how my time for this day was consumed. I realized that this day was like a deja vu---a repetition of a happy moment!

>>Jan. 4, 2009

• There are always angels in disguise. And since they're disguised, it could mean two things: devils or angels for real.

• Sometimes, things just come and you just have to ride in. Be careful not to fall!

• Just when you thought things have to end in a way, there are still ways that cannot just end.

• Pressuring oneself may help finish a task. But isn't it lowering the pressure clears out the mind?

**Someone's always saying goodbye and I believe some hearts don't survive.(kanta :D)

**A melody that I listened the most is shrouded in the mist of farewell; but the differences of the notes tell that it's not broken.

**I sensed again the will of the wind. It was there. It helped me when I was unaware of what situation I've been in. So it sent a special someone to guide me. And so instead I'll worry, I was happy.

Being at home, with my family, with my cousins, with my friends are about to last the most this day. Early of tomorrow morning, I will be leaving my hometown for school reasons. I have to go back to Davao to resume my studies. Since I have mentioned that this day would be the last day that I'll feel as good as being home, I really did a lot of things to enjoy myself. Firstly, I went to church so I woke up early. My mother, my younger sister, and a cousin accompanied me. Then, at around 10 AM, I went to KIM's internet cafe with my younger sister to update again my blog. Since friendster won't allow me to save an edited version of my blog and my buddy said that it won't allow him to add comments, I decided to transfer my blog in blogspot.com because it's more convenient to use. And before I logged out, it's always been a routine for me to check my horoscope. It said: "What you need, that is lacking within yourself, will be discovered today. Though you may not notice it, but, it's there!" Around 11 AM, we went home and had our lunch. After lunchtime, I went to Fe's house. I accompanied her in going to GenSan's bus terminal. I let her rode a bus going Davao and when she left, I was alone in the bus terminal. Since the buses going to Polomolok has not yet parked, I waited in a bench for about five minutes. Then, two YBL buses parked in. Their signboard tells that they were going to stop in Polomolok and Tupi before reaching Koronadal City. At first, I was confused where to ride. But since the bus on my right (facing the parking area) has a better appearance than the other, I rode in it. I observed that the inside was the same with the bus I rode to get in GenSan. But I wasn't sure if it was the same bus number. I was the first passenger at that time so I seated at the right front seat next to the senior citizen's. Then here goes another woman passenger. First, she asked me if the bus will really stop in Tupi as what's written in the signboard. And when I had confirmed Yes, she asked me where's my destination. "Polomolok", I said. So she came in the bus and sat right next to me as if we're very close. I thought, by uniting my two eyebrows into one can leave her an impression that I didn't want to talk further. Or if not, will trigger her to transfer to another seat. But then, further inquiries followed. She asked me if I had spent my new year in Polomolok. During that time, I wondered why is she asking me about that considering she's not even related even in just a single drop of my blood. So thinking about the common rule during childhood years, that is, not to talk to any strangers, I gave her a short response-- yes. Then, she shared me something about a lady that she just met. She said, the lady celebrated New Year not in her hometown with his dad. And the reason was, her dad physically assaulted her oftentimes because of bringing a man in their house. Then, the woman that I just had met advised the lady that she shouldn't have done that to her dad. She added that what she did was not good and any father would be mad if his daughter would do that. She has also said to the lady that she must learn how to apologize to her father. And when I had heard enough, something went in my mind that sounded like this: "The hell I care!". Her story telling was interrupted when an old lady with her two grandchildren came in the bus. I was shocked when she asked the old lady to sit in the senior citizen's seat (which is in front of us) and told the kids to sit on the seat opposite to ours. What a woman! And then, she was about to resume her story telling when she saw a woman with a weird phone. She asked me if that was a real phone. But since I can't see, I told her that I don't know. But she insisted! So I told her that I couldn't see it. I was shocked again when she pulled my shoulders just to see it! Good thing I wasn't in a bad mood or else that woman could have ran out of the bus freaking out. Well, it didn't end there. When the grandchildren of the old woman were whining about food, again, she interfered. She asked the old lady to buy the kids something to eat because they might be hungry. So when the kids wanted sugar-coated peanuts, she looked for peanut vendors going near our bus. She even asked me to help her out. When a boiled-peanut vendor was near our bus, I called her. I was surprised when she called the vendor and asked to look for sugar-coated peanuts! It did shock me again! Sigh. So much shocks. Well, so much about her. The other bus (next to ours) has left the terminal so I expected that sooner, we'll be leaving too. Whoa! The new bus that has parked was better than ours! Its signboard also stated that it'll stop in Polomolok and Tupi. Since I was in a hurry and I wanted to go home, I'd stayed in the bus where I was in, expecting that it would leave the terminal in a minute. When the bus has started moving, more passengers came in causing the delay of the travel. I was surprised when I saw the new parked bus right next to ours is leaving! And it was not fully occupied! How could that be? So I wondered. A few minutes after the bus right next to ours has left, the bus I was in started moving out of the terminal. When we were somewhere in the road going out of GenSan, tickets were given by the conductor. I was shocked (again) when the punched hole in the ticket was 50. 50-peso fare from GenSan to Polomolok? So I hurriedly approached the conductor that I'll be going down in Polomolok. I was shocked (again and again) when he told me that the bus was non-stop Marbel (Koronadal City)! Well, at least this time, it's not only me that has been shocked! Also the woman right next to me! We both complained that when we have rode in, the signboard stated that the bus will stop in Polomolok and Tupi. The woman was really mad and made some loud noise. So, the driver has decided to drop us in crossing Makar for us to ride other buses. During the time we have waited, she drove off every van conductor that persuaded us to ride in. She also cared for me in a way of reminding me to be cautious with the surrounding. When she had seen the Husky bus, I was terrified with what she did! She ran and stopped the bus in front of it! The bus did stop in a full brake! I wouldn't know what to do if she got bumped! When we were in the bus, she entered with hot saliva mentioning about what has happened to us. When the tickets were issued, she strongly told the conductor that she's stopping in Tupi and me in Polomolok. When we reached Polomolok, before going out from the bus, I thanked her for everything. For the last minute, her words were telling me to be cautious and be careful with the people I'm dealing with. And so, that's how it ended. I don't know why I can't remember the bus numbers of the buses that I have ridden. When I told this experience to my buddy, he told me to check the bus tickets. I was surprised when the 2 tickets (1st from Polomolok to Gensan and 2nd from Gensan to Polomolok) have no date and bus number punched. And so I have thought that the will of the wind has accorded everything. Then, I had remembered what the horoscope in my friendster stated. I realized that what I needed was someone to protect me and befriend with me. That's, maybe, because I was always on my own ever since a best friend has turned into a greatest friend removed of the title as my best friend. So this was the circle of my life on this day!

>>Jan. 5, 2009

• We may depart ways and it may be sad; but, we may depart for good.

• Oftentimes, first days are busy; but somehow since they're first, everyone is tired.

• Greater challenges awaits for a great person. So strive hard to become the greatest!

**Though the bee has become far from me, its buzz will always remain as noise in my mind and ears. As I traveled with a claimed to be a yellow bus, that the bee has considered as one of his precious appurtenances in his other hive, I have always heard of the bee buzzing about bus' characteristics. And so, I was happy when I left because although the bee and its buzz will be a distant from me, it made me felt it was a special bee for me. And so special, I realized I've known a weirdo just like me but in the form of a bee: A bee that buzzes about buses.

Starting this day, I will be jotting down events in list instead of writing the whole story. This was due to my school-related busyness.

~I woke up at around 5AM and that's already late since I have to meet up with my buddy at the bus terminal at around 5.30 AM. Thank goodness I was just in time when I arrived at the terminal. The bus, one of the likes of my buddy, has parked in and my buddy has been worried about me for being late. But we have ridden in the bus at the end. Then, as what I have promised that as long as I travel with him around, I paid for my buddy's fare. He even joked about bringing me to Isulan so that I'll be paying his fare too which is I didn't know if expensive. Then, we chatted.

~I rode in YBL's A-125, which one of the newest units of YBL. It also happened that buses that looked like this, A-12x, became my favorites because of their appearance and comfy seats.

I bade farewell to my buddy while he was walking and slightly rushing out of the terminal. I wasn't that sad at all though I'm not going to see him for weeks or months. That's because he made me enjoy my Christmas break and I was happy my break didn't turn out as boring.

~When I traveled, I slept well because I was comfortable with the seat. I also listened to my v2 when songs were not sounding nice. When I arrived in Davao at around 9.30 AM, I asked the conductor to stop the bus in SM. That's where I rode a jeep (since there were no taxis) going to Malvar Street. When I reached Malvar by 10 AM, I ate in Ante Milan's carenderia and then made my physics report for two hours. Then, I went to school at around 12.30 noon.

~In school, instructors didn't hold a normal class instead distributed the exam results. We didn't also have lab in the evening because there were no topics discussed in the lecture (Monday is our lab and Tuesday and Thursday is our lecture schedule).

~At around 5.30 PM, I fulfilled my promise to Jennifer and Zhannel. I promised that I'm going to give them a treat since I have no gift and I have not brought any 'pasalubong' for them. Since it's already evening, I decided to treat them with a meal in Gaisano South Citimall in the 5th floor's food court. We ordered three breaded pork chops, a plate of French Fries, and glasses of cookies 'n cream shake. Since every order came with a free red tea, we got four glasses of red tea in total. Since the shake was buy one take one, and we're three, we got four glasses of shake in total. So an overall total of four glasses of red tea and four glasses of shake made our tummy full. When we're finished eating, they thanked me and told me it was fun so we should do it again, with me treating them. (Pagsure ui)

~My buddy asked me to appear online in YM, telling me that he has something to say very important. At first, he told me about his experience this day in the terminal then shared me 2 bus pics, which he longed to have.

But the real thing was, he wanted to share the pictures of the places where we have been to during the break. The odd thing there was, it's just the place. We're not in the pictures. He made me happy because of his efforts. He even took a picture of Wisp which made me felt the spiritual feeling again.

We haven't taken any picture when we have wandered anywhere which was his reason of sharing me the pics. The two same things that lacked in a pic focused in the sky were the two rainbows.

But anyways, Thanks.

~Before sleeping, I fixed my things in the cabinet. Then slept with earphones in my ears.

>>Jan. 6, 2009

• Cleanliness is next to Godliness.

• To be tired, means needing sleep. Once awake, we do something to be tired so we can sleep afterwards.

**Being alone in paths, both in building and in road, somehow make me feel of being part of a small society in a big community. But what makes me feel lonely is, in truth, I'm alone.

**To be back again in a place where I can forcefully consider as home, is also telling me to forcefully live like being at home.

~As what I commonly do during school days, I woke up at around 10 AM and had my brunch. I spared a little time to wash my white polo shirt that has a lot of mud stains, acquired when my buddy and I were soaked wet in the rain during the break. Then after, I bathed and went to school. The teachers for this day didn't hold any class; instead, they gave the exam results and gave us a discussion outline for the midterm.

~After school, which was around 4.30 PM, I went to Gaisano South Citimall's supermarket to buy shampoo, toothpaste, toothbrush holder, pain killer, tissue, laundry and body soaps, and canned goods. After, I went to Farmacia Southern Pharmacy at the back Entrance of the mall to buy a pad of Potencee (vitamin-c tablets) and Katialis. I almost went inside Jollibee to eat my all-time favorite B1 (burger with fries and coke). But since I have spent a lot of money for the groceries and medicine, I didn't went inside and resisted my urge by going back to the boarding house straightly. When I got back, I unpacked and put to the right places the things I have bought. Then, I decided to clean the room since I really saw it very crowded because of my sister's and cousin's mess--not my mess. I hate mess. Since I'm allergic to dust, I hurriedly took a bath after the cleaning. Then, I went to the internet cafe just to check my friendster account and yahoo mail inbox. I have not updated my blog since my cousin Louie borrowed my flash disk. When my primary tasks in surfing the internet were done, I watched bubble gang videos in YouTube just to kill the time left. I really laughed hard in the internet cafe. When I was done, I went back to the boarding house and wrote something again in my blog. After, I cleaned my bed and slept. What a short day I had.

>>Jan. 7, 2009

• When friends are together, it's always sunny weather.

• Strength comes not in physical appearance but within.

• Love can always trigger a heart and that's the best thing it does.

• To be noticed by a person of a hundred people, is just like you being thought as gold.

**Odd feelings are truly odd. When I am alone, sometimes, I do things that are beyond a normal human's doing. Just like in a mental hospital, ill-minded persons are happy as you look at. They're many but the fun that a person does is only intended for his self. Though they're happy, happiness is the reason why they're stuck and out of their minds. So, if I'm like them when I'm alone, therefore, I accidentally make other people happy by making myself appear crazy. Well, it's all about me! And I'm only one. One is odd therefore I'm odd.

**The will of the wind is a pure light. And I have proved its existence within me. But, I don't think I'm that pure. Am I chosen?

~I woke up at around 9:30 AM. I hurriedly ate my breakfast and changed clothes (bathed first) because I have a PE class at 10 AM. I was 15 minutes late when I arrived in school. Good thing, most of my classmates were also late and arrived later than I did. We played volleyball and I got fired up because we'll not be playing basketball anymore, though I got perfect score during the exam. I contributed a lot of score in our team because I was good at service. But then, because I can't control my force in striking the ball, I also contributed a lot for the other team's score. Well, at least they enjoyed playing with me. I also enjoyed because someone was watching me (:D). At the end, our team lost the game by 2 points.

~Classes resumed at 1PM and I was sleepy. My classes for this day were CSCI08, ENGL04, MATH03, and NSCI03 (Physics 2). My CSCI08 teacher was discussing in front while my mind was floating in a different dimension. When we were asked to jot down notes, I grabbed my notebook from my bag. Instead of notes, I drew my favorite bus as good as I can. I also drew kuro-chan, an anime black cat. When everyone was busy solving a permutation problem, my teacher suddenly asked me if I had any ideas on how to solve the problem. I simply answered "No Ma'am" in a very confident manner. Then, without hesitation, I resumed drawing. The class ended, with me, not understanding the lesson, but at least, I did something to prevent myself from sleeping. Anytime, I can learn an unlearned topic, but, sleeping in the class? The teacher would never forget it.

~During our English period, I was asked to lead the class in our speech choir practice. Unlike my English section last semester, most of my classmates this semester have a tongue of a carabao-- so hard to twist. They couldn't follow correctly the way I project my voice in a specific line. And also, some of my classmates were absent. So I got tired and at the end, the practice wasn't successful.

~During my math subject, statistics, I placed my bag (as a pillow) in my armchair and slept until the teacher went in the room. He made us copy some notes and left the room for a while. During that 'a while' period, I slept again until he came back. I just listened to his explanations and jokes. When the class ended, I went out in the room in a tired manner.

~During my physics 2 class, our teacher has posted visual aids in the board and asked us to copy. I slowly copied what's written in the cartolinas because I was talking with BJ, a Muslim friend of mine. We talked about our Christmas break. He mentioned that he went to Marbel (Koronadal City) then in its near places. This was the reason why I was lured to talk though I'm sleepy. When the teacher came back, I didn't finish copying. Since I was tired, I closed my notebook and pretended listening to my teacher. When the class ended, I went out of the classroom telling my classmates I'm tired. After I said this, I also made an act. I said to them "I'm tired of schooling," then dropped my bag in the floor without doubt of getting it dirty then walked down the stairs. They were shocked of what I did. They picked up my bag and threw it back to me (I caught it of course).

~ Jennifer, Zhannel, and I went down in the 2nd Floor to check things in our locker. I haven't noticed what the two did in their locker but I certainly left my bag in my very own 26-numbered locker. Before leaving the second floor, I passed the AVR. Engineering students were there. A friend of mine, Daxiee, has glimpsed at me and so I called her out. She went out of the room though the teacher was there. When she got out, she asked me, "What?”. I just said to her, "Hi!". Then she laughed because I tricked her. She said I was crazy (:D). Since I was responsible for taking her out of her class, I courted her going inside though I know there was a teacher. All of her classmates were shocked when I went in and so I hurriedly went out. Then I left the floor with my two friends.

~Since our class will resume at 6.30 PM, we decided to go to Capcom Station Arcade, located at the 5th floor of Gaisano South Citimall. At first, we wanted to dance with the dance revo. But since each player needs two tokens, we backed out. So we decided to sing with the karaoke machine. Only Jennifer and I sang because Zhannel didn't want to. The highest score we had was 100! And it was me who got it. (hehe :D) After singing, we ate waffles in Waffle Time then headed back to school. We even rushed in the streets because we were already late. Thanks to my buddy who reminded me about the time and no thanks to my phone that has a wrong time. Though we knew we were already late, we stopped by the ice cream station, situated before our school, to buy ice cream. Then we went inside the building.

~Before entering the lab, I asked Kevin to teach me some Chinese translations of English words and phrases. Even my buddy asked me to ask Kevin about a Chinese phrase (Ji de wo men shi peng you) that meant "Remember we're friends". I kept on kidding Kevin and he always fell into my traps until the lab started. During our laboratory, we were given an activity. I finished early so I browsed the internet. I checked mails and logged into my yahoo messenger account. Since the internet connection was not stable, I shared my Christmas and New Year pics, from my flash drive, with my seatmates Jennifer, Zhannel, and Kevin (Liang Sun). Then, when our teacher mentioned about making a crossword puzzle with Javascript (a Scripting Language), I was challenged. I made a very simple crossword puzzle in a web page and had Kevin answered it. Well, it turned out he's not familiar with the phrases that served as the clue for the answers. It could be due to his nationality--Chinese. When my seatmates has finished, we went off the lab and bade farewell to each other at around 8.30PM. Jennifer and Zhannel passed at the back gate of AMA while Kevin and I passed through the front gate leading to Malvar street. I bade goodbye to Kevin when we reached his boarding house.

~When I reached my boarding house, I got hungry. So when I had known that Fe and Louie have not yet eaten their dinner, I invited them to eat. Fe wanted to eat in Chowking and Louie wanted the same too. I didn't complain since I wanted to eat burger and French fries in Jollibee. So we decided to eat in Times Square since there is a Jollibee and a Chowking situated in. Then, we walked in Malvar Street going down to Ilustre Street. When we got in the Times Square, only Chowking was left open. So, I went to McDonalds to buy what I wanted to eat while my cousins ordered and waited in Chowking for me. After we have eaten, we planned on eating pizza in Greenwhich. We came across with Levy, a schoolmate of mine both in high school and college. Since he's hungry, he decided to eat with us. Though our individual contribution to buy a Double pizza will be lessened since we're four, we'll surely not get contented and full. A Double Pizza only has six slices, therefore, we can't divide it evenly. So as the acting leader of the group, I decided we're not going to buy pizza. So we headed home, that was until I wanted to go the internet cafe since I forgot to update my blog and my buddy wanted to read a new content of my blog when he'll wake up at 12 midnight. So I went to the internet cafe and did what I have to do. I was lucky to chat Rev. Chris, formerly Bro. Chris when I was still retreating. Then, when an hour has elapsed, we paid and went back to the boarding house. As usual, I faced the computer added something to my blog. Then when I have finished everything, my buddy and I texted for a while. My cousin Fe interrupted me when she asked me a favor. A favor that tells about having my skin injected with real injections--skin test. Since she looked pitiful, I allowed her. I was injected twice because the first was a failure. Then in the second try, it was a success though there was an error. That error was, the needle inserted in my skin was almost a centimeter before it penetrated the dermis. Ouch. I finally slept when my buddy and I ended texting.

>>Jan. 8, 2009

• Though it's late that you captured a picture, at least, you got a remembrance.

• Using another language is somehow more interesting than using the common one.

• "Rain, rain, go away. Come again another day"; but when that day comes, we sing it again.

• Some of us were scared of thunder but never with the lightning.

**I felt like nothing this day as if I was a symbol of yin-yang. I felt like crying but I wanted to laugh. I was laughing but something triggers me to cry.

**First In First Out is not just a studied method. Once someone said something first, must be accounted firstly. Not like a crazy dog that doesn't know what's first and second.

**I respect the bee. It didn't want to buzz maybe thinking I'll get buzzed. Hasn't it realized that everyday, I am buzzed? Because it buzzed me not so long ago, the noise in me got cleared. Then why should it be scared of buzzing me? It could either be the buzz is somehow echoing me. And so I say to the bee, you kept on buzzing but then you were not buzzing at all. I was your friend, no more, no less so BUZZ!

~Early in the morning when I woke up at around 6.40 AM, the first thing I held was my cell phone. My buddy texted me about him having an upset mood. When I asked him why, he did not directly tell me. That time, I was still sleepy. My class will start at 1PM so it’s better for me to sleep longer. But I can’t sleep because my mind was thinking about what my buddy texted. It bugged my mind. So I kept on pleading to my buddy to tell me the reason, so that my mind will be cleared of thoughts then I can go back to sleep. So it was until he told me that A-125, a YBL’s new bus, had a minor accident—bumped. I remembered that was the last bus I rode from GenSan to Davao City. Then, after knowing this, I went back to sleep.

~I woke up again at around 10.30 AM to start my daily routine. As an exception for this day, my buddy and I texted again. So, though I was awake, I was still on my bed lying just texting. At around 11AM, I had my brunch. My buddy asked me to appear online after school. I stopped texting when I had run out of load, but I allowed my buddy to continue texting me if he wanted to share something. Then, I took a bath and changed clothes. It was still 12PM so I decided to edit my blog. It was 12.45PM when I realized I have a class at 1PM. So I saved my work and hurriedly arranged things in my bag. I left the boarding house at around 12.55PM.

~I arrived in school at 1.10PM; therefore, I was late again. (I don’t know why this new year I’ve been oftentimes tardy). Good thing the instructor hasn’t been in the room yet. When the class started, our teacher grouped and assigned us reports all about software. Then after a few discussions, the class ended.

~In our Object-oriented programming class (CSCI17), we took pictures of ourselves when the instructor has not yet arrived. When the class started, we were asked by our instructor to look for a pair. He assigned us to various companies for us to make an ordering system which will be submitted on Finals. Since Zhannel, Jennifer, Kevin, and I were seatmates as always, and more than that we’re friends, we decided that Jennifer will pair with Kevin while I’ll pair with Zhannel. Then suddenly, our teacher told us that the four of us were not allowed to pair with each other; mentioning about giving others a chance to pass. I courageously told him that it’s not the pairing that counts in passing the subject; it’s in you. Then Jennifer added that the reason why we wanted to pair with each other was simply due to the fact that we knew each other, we knew we’re responsible, and we knew that we’ll pass. And so, after she told this, I asked Zhannel to pass the paper with our names written as pairs. I didn’t care about our instructor’s ‘illogical words to ponder’. And so, it ended up in our own way—not our instructor’s! Then, our much loved instructor started his discussion, that is, in the form of reporting. Most of us even thought of it as reading rather than reporting. So as usual, we didn’t listen because everything he said could be read in the photocopies. So we (the four of us) made a little secret conversation in 2 pieces of paper. We were mentioning about our instructor’s way of discussing.

When the buzzer sounded, most of my classmates went out for their other subjects while the four of us remained since we still had class in the same room and with the same instructor—were ill-fated. And so, we started our Data Structure class. Jennifer took a stolen pic of our teacher while writing on the board.

Then after, we somehow listened to him—pretended listening; because he explained something on the board. Then when the class ended at 4.30PM, we (Jennifer, Zhannel and I) went to Gaisano South Citimall in Ilustre to buy balloons for our lab experiment tomorrow and take pictures of the arcade station where we sang. Since my buddy has expected me to appear online by this time, I loaded my phone and texted him to wait for a while. The balloons in Gaisano were out of stock so we bought in Felcris. After, we parted ways and I directly went to the internet café. My buddy and I chatted. He shared me new photos. I also allowed my buddy to chat and know Kevin; and Kevin, since he was online, to know my buddy. I did this so that the two of them will not get bored because I can’t quickly respond to their messages. The reason was blog. I was editing my blog at that time. When my buddy knew about this, he asked me to buzz him if I was done editing because he’s going to say something. So, when I was done editing, I buzzed him and asked him what he is going to ask me. It turned out I was faked. But then, at the later time, he mentioned that the bus accident (he mentioned this morning) wasn’t the real reason why he was troubled. So I asked him what his problem was. I didn’t understand him because he didn’t tell me directly the problem. I even said to him my personal problems long hidden inside when he kept on asking me and taunting me. I asked him repeatedly and his answers were also in repetitions. Most of his answers always contain the Chinese phrase “Ji de wo men shi Peng you”. And so, I got tired and got hungry (since I last ate at 11PM). So I decided to log-out and went home. Before doing the latter, my buddy said sorry and asked me not to get mad. Well, I was not. It’s just that, he made something again to trouble my mind. How could I do things well if there were unclear thoughts in my mind? Just like what he did this morning. Sigh. When I arrived at the boarding house, I saw my cousin Louie outside. I asked him to eat with me in Ante Milan’s carenderia. While we ate, I saw a kid that was a relative of my buddy and later, I saw her holding plastic cellophane with a match box in it. She was playing with Kyla, a granddaughter of Ante Milan. I texted my buddy about this, just to share. Then we texted until I finished eating and faced again the computer to edit my blog. When I entered the room, Fe, ate Honey (my sister) and Jill(Fe’s friend and classmate) were playing with the injections (since they were nursing students). Fe made a loud scream and cried a lot (because it awfully hurts) when she was injected. I turned back from the computer for a while and took stolen pictures of Fe (crying). Then a few minutes later, when she calmed down, she interrupted me from editing my blog and asked me to do the same favor again—skin test. I allowed her but it ended up she backed out. Then when I had finished editing my blog at around 12.10AM of Jan. 9, I texted my friends “Good morning and good night” then slept; leaving Fe on her own studying.

>>Jan. 9, 2009

• Making yourself busy is the best way to forget boredom.

• Two heads are better than one. But a head can be better than any twos.

• Talking with someone who grew up in your loved land is also visiting the land.

• New things mean new experiences.

• Being able to seek answers means clearing out your mind when you were seeking for an answer.

**I hate it when the more I refrain from seeing someone from the back of my heart, the more it shadows in front. Though I may see that someone in front, it seemed that someone was a reflection at the back of my heart. But when I see that someone’s shadow, I always see that someone for real. So that’s why I kept my heart because it was full of shadows—nothing is clear!

**Just when I realized that I have to save, expenses came after.

~It was 7:52AM when I woke up. I rushed to the bathroom and changed clothes. The reason—class starts at around 8AM. For a record break, it only took me 15 minutes to groom myself. And, 5 minutes to go to school by walking. When I reached the physics lab located in the 5^th floor, I was thankful – thankful because only Zhannel was there. My classmates, too, were late. Zhannel and I can’t perform the experiment because Jennifer had the balloons we bought yesterday. Since I have not eaten my breakfast, I, together with Zhannel, went down the building and went to canteen to buy Kopiko, a coffee candy. Then, when we’re about to get back inside the building, we saw Jennifer rushing towards us. So the three of us went back to the lab and performed an experiment about electrostatics.

The instructor gave us a nice neon green colored keychain that has an M’Lhuiller (a pawnshop) logo. The instructor’s husband was working in that pawnshop and got a lot of keychain which was the reason why she gave some to us. The lab ended as early as 10PM instead of 12PM because the experiment was easy. Having electrostatics as my report on Jan. 5 helped me a lot in answering the questions.

~I returned to the boarding house to get some of my notebooks for the afternoon class. Then after, I ate my brunch in Ante Milan’s carenderia because I was very hungry. Since it was still 10.30 AM and I still had plenty of time before 1PM, I decided to finish my blog for the yesterday’s story. I ended at around 12.35 PM then headed to school. My classes were CSCI08 (Discrete Mathematics), ENGL04(Speech Communication 2), MATH03(Statistics), and NSCI03(Physics 2).

~This time in school, I wasn’t late. I listened to my teacher in CSCI08. And then we answered some sample problems presented.

~During the English period, I stood up again in front of the class and held our speech choir practice. This time, my classmates were somehow participating. Maybe because I scolded all of them, telling them that each should bring his/her own copy and no one should talk unless I tell them to do so. In addition, I also stared to the persons at the back who were not participating. I told them that they should exert effort in our practice because it’s unfair to others who did so. So we ended up having practiced the right pausing and pronouncing of lines.

~During the math period, I was called out of the class to attend the meeting of SCIema club (Science and Math Club). Of course, I was exempted during the class. I thought the meeting would be all about the events during the SCIema day. But then, I was surprised when the moderator (an instructor) said that all persons that were present in the room would be joining the quiz bee and the quiz bowl competition. Whaaat!! I never entered in such competitions even way back in high school or elementary! The quiz bee will be participated individually while the quiz bowl will be a team of three—one 2^nd year student and two 1^st year students. So to pick our allies for the quiz bowl, we had drawn lots. I’m happy that I ended up with a first year student that became my friend during the intramurals. Since there were only a few freshmen who attended the meeting, the third member of the teams will be temporarily unknown until the moderator has gotten a new set of first year students to join in. So that’s how the meeting ended.

~Our physics subject today was just fine. When the instructor has entered, we showed her the keychain she gave us this morning. Some of my classmates, who arrived late during the lab this morning, wondered where we got the keychain. I answered them that our instructor gave us such thing because she loves us for being early in the lab (They didn’t know I was late this morning because they arrived later than me). Like CSCI08, problems were presented by the instructor and after, a seatwork has been given. It was already 5.15PM when we left the classroom.

~Since our lab this evening would start at 6.30PM, the three of us (Jennifer, Zhannel and I) went to convenience store to buy siopao, corn chips and drinks as our 5-6.30 meal. It was a meal though it really sounded as snacks as what my buddy mentioned me when we texted. At first, we wanted to eat in the gym. But then, the ‘kubo’ were occupied so we decided to eat in the 4^th floor because there were less students there in the time range and there was a table there for us to eat. So we eat and chatted while I stole some minutes to text with my buddy. We were into talking that we forgot the time. When Zhannel checked the time, it was already 6.30PM! We rushed as not to get late in the laboratory.

~During our CSCI17 (Object-oriented programming) lab, we were asked to photocopy a program code. Since the three of us were late, we didn’t catch the one who was assigned to go out of the campus and have the program code photocopied. So, we went out of the campus and photocopied. After, we encoded the program in the computer and tried to run it. Then, our instructor made some modifications of the program which was up to us to find out. At the end, only some of us got the proper modification code. That some included me, Zhannel, and Kevin. Jennifer only got some of the right codes. When the instructor has dismissed everyone, all of us went home. I texted my buddy that I’ll be online later than 9.30 PM to make my blog for this day. It’s already 11.25PM in our computer (in our room in the boarding house) and I guess I have to end this now since my buddy is waiting. Goodbye!

>>Jan. 10, 2009

• Ceasing discovery is the best way to discover new things. On other hand, to cease discovering halts development.
• Being blank doesn’t mean you’re empty; it’s plainness.
• Prevention is better than cure; but because of prevention, we imbalance the regularities, thus, needing cure.
• Leaving a page blank for a day, means, giving opportunities to come in a rushing way.

**Who would know my real past? ­­—I do. Who would know my uncertain future? —I do. Who would know my present? —Everyone; but, I do it!

**The more I give myself a break, the greater I berserk and break. The more I calm my body and rest, the greater I miss things that do not rest. The more I release my energy within, the greater I build up the boredom from within. The more I treasure precious times, the greater I reminisce and kill the ongoing time. The more I think about myself, the greater I discover that I didn’t know myself. So, when I decided to become more real, greater works of insanity proved I am insane for real.

**After sleeping for a century, the prince has awakened from its dreariness. Upon finishing his yawn, darkness blinded again his sight. In the darkness, everything was colored and the gleam and spark of dust can always be seen. Everything was, until light struck and opened his eyes. Though it was opened, he lived as if everything was still in dreariness.

My day was so full of energy and full of activities. So full, I haven’t done anything for this day except for one thing, laundering. I woke up at 8.20AM. I was still sleepy because I left the internet café last night at around 2.30AM then went asleep. Well, since Saturday has been my launder-day, I have no reasons to postpone this task (considering I had accumulated a lot of laundry for this week). As usual, it took me two hours to do the laundry since I had a lot of whites to thoroughly wash. After, I ate my brunch in Ante Milan’s carenderia, again, at around 11AM. I ate a lot due to lost of energy in my body after doing the chore. It was already 11.20AM when the surrounding started heating up. And so, I thought of bathing. But since I was still sleepy, I slept instead of doing what I have thought of. I woke up at around 1.30PM when Fe screamed because of a lizard that passed through her legs while she was watching an anime series in a DVD. I felt alive because of the scream. So, I decided to listen to songs with my v2. Since I didn’t enjoy it, I turned on the computer and sang with the karaoke software. I did this until it was around 3PM. At that time, I sat right beside Fe and got entertained with the anime. When almost 6PM struck, I took a bath and changed clothes. Since I got bored with what I did for the entire day, I went to the internet café to see what else can entertain me in an hour. I checked my friendster profile and yahoo inbox but there were no new mails. So, I listened to songs in imeem.com just to kill the time left. I went back to the boarding house after. When I was back, Fe, Louie, and I decided to eat. This time, we decided not to eat outside or in any carenderia. Fe cooked rice and prepared the plates we needed, Louie volunteered to wash the dishes after, and I opened the canned goods I shared. (Hehe :D). We ate tuna flakes in oil, sardines, and Lucky Me’s pancit mami. After eating, Louie listened to songs for a few minutes then slept. Fe and I watched an anime from Louie’s flash disk. After the last episode of the anime, Fe slept and I started making another day of my blog. Well, as of now, I think this would be the shortest day story of my blog. It’s 12.48 AM of Jan. 11—Goodnight!

>>Jan. 11, 2008

• More much as possible, treasure happy moments because it’s rare to find than sadness.
• Pretending to be nice is not nice. But to a person who’s nice, pretending nice is better than regretting not returning the favor.
• Always remember that beneath the wings are still two things: feather and skin.
• Time for reviewing the past is wasting time to foresee the future. Nothing else is ever wasted than the present.
• Lying could mean two different thoughts: Lie to bed and Lie to others. So act upon while using ‘Lie’ so no one shall think you tell a ‘Lie’.
• Revenge is like the law of conservation of energy: Hate is neither created nor destroyed but can be transferred from one form to another.

**I think in this world, the real essence of education is to learn—learn, not pure objective but subjective.

**I was somehow integrating the law of electrostatics within me. The law says same charges repel while different charges attract. But since I was neutral and hard to become single-charged, all I can do is polarize—shift a charge to a side without losing any of me.

Early in the morning, I was bothered with an alarm. A few minutes after it stopped, it alarmed again. On the third time it alarmed, someone turned the alarm off, Fe. We were supposed to go to church at 7AM but we were late—as late as three hours! When I woke up, I thought of studying for my quizzes tomorrow, memorizing the speech choir piece, going out in the streets, and etc. But, it all ended as thoughts. I already stood up at around 11AM when I had to go out with my sister to have brunch. This time, Ante Milan didn’t cook since it’s Sunday (sometimes she cooks). We ate in ‘Tagalog’ (since the couple who owns the carenderia speaks tagalong) which is located nearby the boarding house. After we ate, my sister bought snacks such as barquillos, milky knots, and etc. from Ante Milan (her carenderia sold stuffs like in sari-sari stores). When we got back in our room, all of us watched television with ABS CBN’s ASAP 09 tuned in. Since I’m not really used to watch TV, my eyes were on it but my ears were listening to songs in my v2. A few minutes later, someone gave my sister a phone call—our mother. Since my ears have phones in it, I didn’t hear their conversation. But a moment after they talked, my mother spoke to me. She asked me to go home this Saturday, Jan. 17, to accompany my younger sister at home. She’ll go to Cebu City this Wednesday, Jan.14, with my aunts Momi Beth and Mama Doods (Fe’s mother) and with my cousins Manay Doll (just arrived from Turkey last December 2008) and Ate Ann. Manay Doll was actually the one who planned the trip because she wanted to see the Sinulog Festival to be held on Jan. 18. They’ll be going home by Jan. 19 which will also be the day that I’ll go back to Davao if I go home this Jan. 17. Before I confirmed, I reminded my mother that I’ll be going home by Jan. 24 to attend Fe’s debut party. And, I would be spending much (since I have a habit of saving money) if I go home consecutively for two weekends. Without any doubt, maybe because my mother was excited to go to Cebu, she told me she’ll give me money for the fare this Saturday. Hearing this, I gladly confirmed, OKAY! Though I felt happy that I’ll go home, I think going home would blur my brain from schooling. But it has been decided so I have to go with the flow! After that phone conversation, I was back again listening to songs while watching TV. When ASAP 09 ended, we watched an anime from Louie’s flash disk. It was 3.30PM when my sister groomed herself then went to the internet café. Right after she left, I took a bath and groomed, then back again watching the anime. When the anime’s last episode finished, when my sister came back, we decided to go to Gaisano South Citimall to withdraw money from the ATM. Louie didn’t go because he’s busy with the computer. I grabbed my sling bag and touched its hidden pocket inside to check if my ATM card was in there. Since my hand felt a rectangular thing, I didn’t mind to see if it really was the card. When we reached the ATM, I felt so stupid when I didn’t find my ATM card in the bag. I began to wonder what thing have I touched when I checked my bag a while ago. I felt stupid when I realized then saw that the rectangular thing was the folded YBL bus tickets. Sigh. Since it would be tiresome to go back and get the card, I borrowed 500 pesos from my sister, repaying her after I have withdrawn tomorrow. Since it’s already evening, we got hungry. Since we can’t expend less due to the closing of carenderias during Sunday nights, we decided to eat in Merco. After we ate, when we were heading back to the boarding house, we stopped by the convenience store. My sister and Fe went inside to buy something while I waited outside because it’s air-conditioned inside—cold. When they have gone out of the store, they bought a 16-day balut (I don’t know if that’s how should I describe it) in a corner. What I’ve only heard in the conversation of my sister and the balut vendor was this:

Balut vendor: “Naa kay piso?”

My sister: “Wala baya kuya. Cge na lang kuya. Salamat.” Then we left.

We were somehow 5 meters away from the vendor, when Fe asked my sister how much did she pay. My sister didn’t count until Fe reminded her that a balut costs 13 pesos. “HALA! Naa mo’y piso?!”, my sister asked suddenly then ran back to the balut vendor after I handed her one peso. When she came back, Fe and I wondered so we asked her why she rushed back. She said: “Duwa man gud ako gipalit. 25 pesos lng diay ako gihatag. Hehe”. A big “HAHAHA!” was Fe’s and my reaction. I couldn’t imagine she said “Cge na lang kuya” and “Salamat” though it was her who lacks the one peso, not the vendor. So we went home laughing all the way! When we reached the boarding house, I told Louie about this and had the same reaction too—laugh! A moment after, I felt bad inside my tummy since I ate a lot. So I went to the CR and defecated. After, since my v2’s battery got drained, I charged it with the computer’s USB port. So while waiting, I decided to make my blog for this day since it’s already 9PM. When Fe saw me again doing this, she said something like she wanted to read my blog because we’re best cousins and that she knew she’s included in it. I declined of course because I don’t want any relatives of mine to read this unless they discover my site. The reason I didn’t want them to read this was, I don’t want them to use this as a weapon against me. I mean, weapon in a way that they’ll use this to tease me, to comment me about the things I have done that they didn’t knew, and some sort of pain that I feel inside. I don’t want them also to hesitate (if ever they read this) doing the usual things to me like making me laugh when friends aren’t around. So I rather have my friends read this than them. After all, not all my friends read this because those who read this are those who were special and close to me. So much about it. So the writing of my blog for this day entertained me in a way of reminiscing little happy moments a while ago. I guess this will be the end of this day’s story since I have to upload this one to the internet. Bye.

>>Jan. 12, 2008

• An ordinary day reflects its adjective ordinary.

• Sometimes, we mistaken series of dropping sound as rain. It could be the sound of the wind.

**In a certain place, around me are nonetheless than pieces of junk. No matter how hard I fix them, join them, or make use of them, they still give me the meaning of their word: CRAPS!

**The bear in my mind was a brown bear—huggable and warm-hearted. But since I saw a lot of humans covering the environment with snow, the bear in my mind suddenly became the cold and wild polar bear I used to know. Thus, it was not me who awakened it. Be prepared those who helped in the production of snow!

**The problem of old persons may be this: They’re old to feel young. Just like some people who entrusted me to lead, but then, I found out that they’re just afraid of being young.

~Since it’s Monday, I didn’t see anyone upon waking up. It was 9.30AM and I can hear the grumbling in my stomach early in the morning. So I washed my face then went to Ante Milan’s carenderia to eat my brunch. After eating, I went back to the room and faced the mirror. In the mirror, I saw myself staring at the eyes of myself. My eyes had somehow changed. It has a little glow though it was deep as always. Well, when I remembered what my buddy said, that I should stop talking to myself, I stood up and fixed my bed. After, I took a bath and changed clothes. Since it was still 11AM, and my class would start at 1PM, I turned on the computer and sang a song, Thank You for Being a Friend by Andrew Gold. After, I realized that the clouds were gray and that it rained a while ago. So when I secured my umbrella, I found out it was broken! Since a lot of things bothered my mind, I made a checklist to do:

Withdraw Money
-500 for ate
-75 for washing machine

Buy
-zipper
-hook for ceiling
-cloth or wrapper to hang

Fix
-umbrella

Assignment
-COMP04 application – games
-COMP04 existing apps

Blog
-Check Jan. 10
-Add Jan. 11 and Jan. 12

Let me explain what’s on the list.

Withdraw Money

I have to withdraw 500 pesos and give it to my sister since yesterday I borrowed 500 pesos when I left my ATM card. The 75 pesos is our contribution for the use of washing machine in the boarding house.

Buy

I have to buy a zipper since the zipper of my pants broke just the beginning of the January schooldays. I love that pants. I have to buy hooks to hang the cloth or wrapper to the ceiling. I wanted to hang cloth or wrapper from the ceiling so that the light won’t be that bright when I sleep (I’m sleeping on the top bed of a double deck) especially useful when someone still needs the light. The reason why hooks and not staple wires is simply due to easy removal of cloth or wrapper (to unblock the light) when I’m not yet asleep like when I’m studying in my bed.

Fix

Since some wires of my umbrella broke, I must have it fixed because I don’t have any other umbrella with me and that umbrella was my first bought umbrella.

Ass

I was assigned to report about current trends in game applications (or games only). Since I was the group leader, I must make sure that all applications presented by my group mates exist so I must search for existing applications.

Blog

Yesterday, Jan. 11, I forgot to upload the Jan.10 blog maybe because I was time pressured. So, I have to do it today and add the last part of Jan. 11 and a new entry for this day.

So when I finished making this list, I went to school. Nothing really happened nice in school. We had a seatwork in CSCI08, Quiz 2 in English, lecture in Math, then quiz again in physics. During the English quiz, I was the one asked by my teacher to facilitate. The task was simple: “Let each of your classmates recite the first 5 paragraphs of the speech choir piece. 1-2 paragraphs, grade of 75; 3 paragraphs, 85; 4 paragraphs, 90; and 5 paragraphs, 95.” It was not easy for me to grade my classmates since I was also a student just like them. But since I was the leader, it was also a chance for me to know who truly memorized and participated during the practice. Well, it turned out that only four or five students I guess, got 85 and above out of the 20 something students. What about others?—I HATE THEM. I couldn’t believe they were practicing in front of my eyes but then the truth was, they were just killing time and relaxing because there were no discussions. Well, they better be ready. They asked for it so I’ll be giving it. I actually asked my teacher that during midterm exams that will start in Jan. 22, each of us should memorize the entire piece. I asked her that if ever there were persons who did not memorize the piece, they will not be included in the speech choir competition (during Kamalayan 09 this Jan. 28) since they’ll just ruin everything. The speech choir is our real exam in English. I know I must feel sorry for what I did but did they ever do something to improve themselves? I didn’t think so. If they just knew it’s not easy to stand in front and lead the class.

~During our one and a half hour break before our lab this 6.30-9.30PM would start, I started clearing my list. First, I went in a corner of San Pedro Street, which was the Jollibee Express. I didn’t eat in Jollibee but rather I went there to have my umbrella fix outside of it. Then after, I went to Felcris to buy hooks. My last destination was Gaisano South. I have withdrawn money there. I didn’t find a zipper that’s the same with my pants. I didn’t also find nice-looking cloth or wrapper in the school supplies section. So, I headed back to school. Since I forgot to eat, and I only got 20 minutes left before the lab starts, I hurriedly went to the convenience store to buy siopao. I was lucky there were few customers falling in line. After I ate, the lab started. We encoded a program but then it turned out that the program that our teacher prepared couldn’t be executed because of the lack of libraries (a computer term so never mind). So we were all sent home at around 8.30PM, and again, I walked home with Kevin. When I reached the boarding house, I installed the hooks on the ceiling then made the blog for this day in the computer. Not so nice day I had.

>>Jan. 13, 2009

• Doing nothing doesn't mean you're not doing anything. It's just like thinking that you're not thinking at all, but you do!

• There are two ways to be influenced: bad or good.

**I feel my spirit is coming back. The spirit, that keeps me going if I'm alone. The same, that I use to face the everyday challenge. So go spirit go!

~This morning, I woke up at around 9AM when the closed window beside my bed suddenly opened due to the rush of wind. Because of agitated blood, I couldn’t sleep back. Upon seeing the viands of Ante Milan’s carenderia outside, I got hungry then ate. After, I took a bath then studied for our quiz in Object-oriented Programming and Data Structures. I was singing with the karaoke software in the computer then listened to my v2 after, until it was 12.30PM. I went to school.

~There were no sparkling moments that happened in school. In my three subjects for this day, our first subject instructor discussed some matters then for the next two subjects, we had a quiz. The class ended as early as 3.40PM.

~I was very lucky to have my umbrella fixed yesterday because it rained. Since it’s still early and I have nothing to do in the boarding house, I decided to go to the JDM kubo and attend the fellowship. I was hoping to see Kuya Jesse because he’ll be leaving to Korea this somewhere Jan. 22-24. When I reached the kubo, Kuya Jesse wasn’t around due to fever. I seldom see him since this 2nd sem, I seldom attend the fellowship due to my class schedule. The fellowship starts at 4PM and ends at 4.30-5PM, and my class ends at 4.30-5PM. So I won’t make it unless if my class ends early.

~I left the kubo at almost 5PM heading to the boarding house. When I arrived, my sister was doing something in her bed while Louie was playing Tekken in the computer. Since I have nothing to do, I joined Louie in playing. Around 6PM, when Fe just arrived, the four of us decided to eat. Since it was very cold, and I last ate this morning, I ordered a lot of viands and ate a lot of rice. Same, too, went for my cousins and my sis. After eating, Fe realized that her day was boring and that she wanted to go to Gaisano South Citimall in Ilustre. So, Louie and I went with her. Along the way to Ilustre, we were amazed to see a YBL bus in that street. The bus was a deluxe one with 67 as its bus number. Due to my excitement, I typed in a message to my buddy that I saw a YBL bus in Ilustre Street and it was empty (I guess). I felt stupid when the phone beeped and displayed “Check Operator Services”. Sigh. I forgot I didn’t load.

~When we reached the mall, Fe withdrew money while I was just tailing her. We even came across with her two classmates. Louie went home after loading his phone in the mall which was the reason he came there (he just wanted to have his P500 changed). So it was only Fe and I who were left. The two of us went to school supplies section to buy a wrapper (the one I needed to hang from the ceiling). We were supposed to buy goods in the grocery after but then there were plenty of people falling in line so we headed back to the boarding house. Before reaching the boarding house, Fe wanted to surf the internet to search for birthday invitation card designs. At first, I refused because usually, I have to make my blog first before I’ll go to the internet café. But since she was eager and it has been weeks since I last accompanied her to the café, I agreed at the end. So I just left my buddy a comment in his friendster that I couldn’t update my blog for this day due to Fe and that it would be tiring to go back to the café again just to update my blog. It just took me about 15 minutes to check my yahoo inbox, my friendster, and my blog account. Since there were a lot of time left, I made the report that was supposed to be submitted on Thursday. Then when an hour elapsed, we headed straight to the boarding house.

~Since Louie was using the computer for school reasons, and the same reason too when Fe substituted him after, I studied for my quiz in Mathematics and CSCI08. Since Fe took a long time doing her homework in the computer, I decided to memorize another 3 paragraphs of the speech choir piece. And so, it was already 1:20AM when Fe finally finished her work. It’s already 2AM of Jan. 14 and my PE Class will start at 10AM so I’d better get myself to sleep. Good morning and sweet dreams!

>>Jan. 14, 2009

• The truth about energy is it does energize. The use matters on the beholder.

• Surrendering things for better is better than for worse.

**Running is my favorite sport. Some people say running away doesn’t result to any good. Well differ me! I always run but never away—towards!

~In my dream, I saw a mailbox. I stared at it then said to myself: “Tapos? Sunod ani kay mag-ring murag cell phone?” Then it rang! I picked the mailbox and it somehow turned into a cell phone. I even saw the name of Momi Beth on it. Then, I started talking to Momi Beth. She said she’ll be arriving here in Davao City to buy stuffs for Clubhouse. She was also asking me who was vacant after lunch. I said that Louie is vacant and that he can have him to accompany her to the malls. Then after, I forgot everything.

~I woke up at around 9 AM because my PE class would start at 10AM. My sister asked me about Momi’s arrival here in Davao. Huh? So after all, it was true! I thought it was just a dream. Then every detail of our conversation became clear and told my sister about it. Before leaving the room, I made sure that I had my towel with me.

~During our PE, we played volleyball. I was very hyper that time. I kept on running around and never stopped. Even some watchers were amazed about the overflow of my energy (:D). We actually had a game again and the winner gets 100 and the loser, 80. Well, I didn’t know if fate was with me because we won! Our team won! Yeah! (Hehe). I scored a lot back there that’s why I was so happy!

~ During the lunch break, I studied for my quizzes on subjects Discrete Mathematics and Statistics. In our English class, I held a practice for the speech choir. This time, my teacher helped me because she somehow realized that I’m keeping magma inside for my classmates. Well, during the practice, when some were not opening their mouth, and some where standing yet leaning on the wall, I didn’t help myself from being the real me! I scolded them and told them: “Isa! Cge, dili mo magstorya? Panumbagon jud tamo isa isa karon..” with a straight face to those persons who were not participating. My teacher was there and I didn’t care. And so, it was effective. They started participating.

~During our last lecture for this day, Physics 2, the instructor gave us the solutions for our quiz last meeting. Then after, she wrote in the whiteboard a topic which was about electrical fields. When she finished writing, she went out for a few minutes then came back. When she got back, she didn’t start discussing. She was just observing the class. I was talking with a classmate back then. When I somehow mentioned that I wasn’t afraid of the dark, my teacher interrupted. She asked me the reason why I wasn’t afraid. I told her truthfully that it’s due to my paranormal experiences. She was roused about this then asked me to give a sample of that kind of experience. Well, it seemed that the whole class listened to me. I told them about a black shadow that greeted me when I was still occupying my old bedroom. Then after sharing this, my teacher told me that she believed in it because her mother used to tell her paranormal stories in her work. She also added that some students before in AMA saw a ghost in the room where we were in—ENERCON. Then after, we exchanged a lot of stories but as usual, it happened that I had more experience than them. The teacher then told us that it’s a gift and it must be developed. Just like intelligence, the only way to use the most of it is to culture it. Then I was somehow reminded of what my buddy’s mother said. It was the same. Then after, I felt that strange feeling in my head and body again—the feeling that I couldn’t describe every time I talk about something like that. It was as if that something in my head got stimulated. The class ended at 5PM with all of us, including our teacher, talking about paranormal things.

~Since our lab would start at 6PM, and it was cold outside, I decided to go back to the boarding house. I was shocked when my sister gave me a big bag of cotton candy. It has five big cotton candy balls of different colors. Each of us had one bag. Since the color was nice, I ate it right away. I stopped eating when there were only two balls left.

~Since it was very sweet, my tongue wanted to taste salty foods. So, I went outside and ate pork barbecue. After, I headed back to school with the cotton candy balls. I actually gave the cotton candy to Michelle and Liang Sun though it was intended for Zhannel and Jennifer (since they weren’t around and the cotton candy got compressed). A few minutes after, the lab started. It was timing when it was only my computer unit, for some reasons, that has an internet. My teacher wondered about it then I haven’t stopped my mouth from telling him: “Gisuyop n nako ang connection sir..wla na.”. It was my first time to joke in his class and I was lucky he did laugh. When I was done with the dynamic HTML exercises, I asked my teacher if there were any ways to have my codes copy-proofed. He was about to teach me when the buzzer buzzed, of course. So he told me he’ll teach me next time. So dismissed!

~When I got back in the boarding house, my buddy texted me using his mom’s number, again. Since I was not busy anymore with school works, I decided to load his and my number for us to text each other. I also decided not to go to the internet café for this day because the weather was cold and I’d like to stay in the room. We texted up to now and that texting ended my day. It’s 12.09AM of Jan. 15 and I’ll be on my bed, still, texting while listening with songs in my v2. Good Morning!

>>Jan. 15, 2009

• Understanding is better than memorizing but memorizing can cover up everything than plainly understanding.

• Being off alone helps in concentrating what you have to do. Having a companion around may break the silence and it may possibly include concentration.

• Sparing time for something is somehow something to be spared.

• Busyness comes in businesses.

**I have learnt to hollow my eyes; I have learnt to open my eyes; I have learnt to use my eyes; and so I have learnt I had two eyes!

**When I looked into the mirror, I saw a stick turning into a piglet. Everything it did was to eat—eat in the name of food, souls, and body.

~This day was a very rainy day! It hardly rained when I woke up. The last time before I slept, I alarmed my phone at 9AM so that I could make my COMP04 group report summary. It ended up just alarming because I woke up out of the bed at 10AM. My buddy and I texted each other at that time. My sister reminded me that Momi Beth had deposited P2000 in my ATM account to buy some grocery items that she forgot to buy in Gaisano Mall(GMall) yesterday. My sister knew those items since she was with Momi yesterday but couldn’t buy those items herself since she’s going to Tagum City for her out base by 12PM. She was supposed to bring me to GMall as early as 10.30AM for me to know the items but then I strongly refused because it’s still early and I still had a report to make. She didn’t argue with me since she took my suggestion that she’ll just take pictures of those items with her phone then have it seen to me after.

~At around 10.30-11.00AM, I ate in Ante Milan’s carenderia for my brunch then loaded the SmartBro Kit with P15 to get some portions of my report from the internet. I couldn’t go to internet cafés since it was hardly raining and the streets were sunk in waters. The amount loaded lasted only for 30 minutes that I didn’t have a chance to update my blog.

~I took a bath and changed clothes for school at around 12-12.30PM. My sister by that time came back from GMall and showed me the pics. Then she went off to Tagum afterwards. I left the room at around 12.45PM. I wanted to ride in a tricycle going to school since the rain was strong and I didn’t know back then if my newly-repaired umbrella would survive the rain’s strength. That want just ended as a want because I have walked out of the street not seeing any tricycles around. Since my shoes and the lowest area of my pants got wet, I decided to walk going to school. I was lucky that my umbrella survived the pouring rain.

~I reached the school with wet shoes and some wet areas of my pants. At least, I made it to school without looking badly wet. In our subjects for this day, there’s nothing really sparkling. We had a group reporting in our first period and my group ended up as me, reporting a lot of topics since some of my group mates were absent maybe due to rain. Then as usual, in the next two subjects handled by our much loved teacher who loved to discuss in a reading manner, we didn’t listen. The three of us, Jennifer, Zhannel, and I (since Kevin was absent due to settlement of some papers regarding the immigration blah blah), told our much loved teacher that we’ll be attending the Business Day meeting which would start at 4PM—time, which is still a part of his lecture time. Reasoning that I was a ComScie officer, Jen was a KCB treasurer, and Zhannel was a Vice-President of JDM club, he dismissed the class at 4PM. But the funny thing there was, the three of us didn’t attend the meeting—we went home.

~Actually, I didn’t go back to the boarding house. I went to SM City Mall to buy a book about Philippine Cuisine which Momi Beth forgot to buy. Then, since I was in SM, I checked their pasalubong stall near the grocery if there were Lola Abon Durian Candies. When I saw there were, I didn’t hesitate to buy considering that it’s a must find durian delicacy. I also bought durian twists though its brand was not Lola Abon’s. I bought those foods for pasalubong since I’ll be going home this Saturday. After in SM, I went to GMall to buy the grocery items that Momi Beth needed for Clubhouse which I’ll be bringing this Saturday. After several minutes of falling in line, I was attended by the cashier. After in the supermarket I got hungry so I ate Cheesy Bacon and Aloha Pizza with Pizza Hut’s Double Delight Promo(buy one take one pizza). After munching every bits of the pizzas, I went home.

~Louie and Fe were in the boarding house when I arrived. Fe slept when I came then Louie asked me if I wanted to go in Gaisano South in Ilustre to eat something. Since I was burping with a pizza odor, my taste buds got slimy and my tummy became emptied. So, I went with him in Gaisano Ilustre to eat something but that something ended up as my all-time favorite B1 of Jollibee’s Burger Value Meal (it comes with French Fries) at Times Square which is just located right next to Gaisano.

~When we came back to the boarding house, I started memorizing the entire speech choir piece while Louie played with the computer. I took a chance to text my buddy that I’m not going to go to the internet café and update my blog for this day since it’s cold outside. I then promised that I’ll update my blog tomorrow evening. After, I started memorizing again. When I finally managed to memorize the piece, I drove Louie away from the computer to get me started in making my blog for this day. And so I did. Good night.

>>Jan. 16, 2009

• Don’t play with fire.

**There are two known methods—FIFO (First In First Out) and LIFO (Last In First Out). It so happened that the latter applies for me especially in laboratory classes.

~Louie woke me up this morning as early as 7AM. I immediately took a bath though I knew that my class would start at 8AM. When I checked my phone at almost 8AM, I have read a text message from my buddy and it was 6.30AM when he sent it. Since I was in a hurry, I decided to text him after class, that is, after 5PM. I left the boarding house at around 8AM since the instructor allowed us to come a little late. When I arrived in school, only one classmate, who was unknown to me, was present in the physics lab. So, I went to my instructor’s desk, sat down, and then read some magazines about Bonsai plants. Those were the only available magazines because my instructor was a Bonsai-lover. Then, my instructor and I chatted about plants and related etc. We ended the conversation when some of my classmates arrived. Then we started the lab experiments.

~After the laboratory, which ended at around 10.30AM, I hurriedly went back to the boarding house to wash my laundry. My wash-day has always been Saturday this semester and since I’ll be home that day, I have to do it today. After washing, I had my brunch then groomed myself for the 1-5PM class. I left again the boarding house at around 12.45PM.

~In school, nothing notable has happened. As usual, we had lectures and during our English period which was intended for the speech choir practice, I wasted again a lot of efforts but didn’t know if my hard work truly paid off. Sigh. Then after our last subject, Physics 2, I went to Gaisano South in Ilustre then withdrawn money from Landbank’s ATM. After, I loaded my phone to text my buddy then went back to the boarding house.

~When I was walking in the street, heading towards the boarding house, I came across with Louie, Levy, Romar, and Odilon. It was last semester when I last walked with them. I somehow wondered about Odilon’s mood that time because he was the one who firstly called me out. Usually, he’ll just stare at me then make some face gestures. Odilon went in the opposite way since his boarding house was situated in Marfori Heights. Since Levy and Romar lives in Malvar Street just like Louie and me, we walked together then parted ways when we reached a corner street.

~I was actually late, as late as almost 7PM, when I came back to school for the 6.30-9.30 computer laboratory. Louie’s plan was the reason. I was persuaded by his words that we’re going to eat Purefood’s Corned Beef and Century Tuna Flakes in Oil in the room since they have bought a lot when Momi Beth came here last Monday. So, he asked me to cook rice. I waited for the rice and it was already 6.20PM when it got cooked. I hurriedly ate but I slowly walked as not to give reality about a rumor of appendicitis, that you’ll get it if you run or walk fast after eating. So that’s why I was late. Though I was late, I encoded the program swiftly that I finished earlier than those who were not late. Maybe it was all due to my blogging. Since I was typing everyday, my typing speed increased. I also managed to fix the errors of the program that our instructor intentionally gave. And so, at around 8.10PM, I was dismissed together with Zhannel since she was my partner.

~I got back to the boarding house then took a bath because I’ll be leaving tomorrow as early as 3-3.30AM. After, I prepared all the things I need to bring to my trip then started making this day’s blog. I think this would be all for this day. I have to fulfill my promise to my buddy that I’m going to update my blog tonight. Bye.

>>Jan. 17, 2009

• Like a ring, you can never say it is wonderful unless it’s shaped like a circle.
  

Since we went to the internet café last night, and went back to the boarding house at around 2AM, I have to begin the events for this blog as early as 2AM.

~When Fe and I were back at the boarding house, I was supposed to entertain myself with the computer, considering that I’ll be off to Davao’s Ecoland bus terminal at around 3AM. But since Fe needed the computer to make her research, I decided to sleep for an hour. I even asked Fe to wake me up if she’s done with the computer. Before sleeping, I set my phone’s alarm at 3AM then told Fe not to turn off the lights.

~When I woke up, the outside was slightly dark, the room’s light was off, and the alarm symbol of my phone has gone. Wondering about the alarm, I took a glimpse of my phone’s clock. It displayed 7AM. Since my clock has been always one and a half hour advanced, my mind made some time calculations. After equals, WHOA!! It was 5.30AM and I was still in the room! I hurriedly jumped out of my bed, grabbed my things, and before leaving, I shook Fe’s bed because she didn’t wake me up (but she didn’t wake up)!

~When I was in the street, I hurriedly walk towards Davao Doctors Hospital hoping the Maligaya Taxis were lining there. My mind went crazy when I didn’t see even a single taxi! So, I rushed to San Pedro Street through a pedestrian lane near Bankerohan, with the hope of seeing a jeep with route that includes Ecoland Terminal (Route 2 jeeps). Again, my hope ended as a hope. I haven’t seen any Route 2 jeeps. When I noticed an empty taxi on the other side of the road, I called out the taxi. Even though the walk lights of the pedestrian lane told not to walk, I crossed the road then hurriedly went inside the taxi and told the driver to take me to the bus terminal.

~It was already around 5.45AM when I arrived in the bus terminal. Since my buddy wanted me to ride in a YBL bus, I checked the bus units parked. I was so unfortunate when the signboard said it’s 1Stop Digos and there were no other YBL bus around. Also, there were no buses going to GenSan displaying a nonstop signboard. I was even more unlucky when the bus happened to be an ugly one. Though it was, it’s not really the appearance that I’m taking into consideration when riding, rather the seats (since I’ll be sitting for three hours). Since I was left with no choice, considering that there were only few passengers, I rode in that bus—A-80. A few minutes after I was in, another YBL bus parked—A-84. When I saw the curtains and the seats were the same as the bus I was in, I didn’t transfer. So at around 6-6.15AM, I headed to GenSan with A-80 carrying me inside. After my ticket was given, I listened to mp3 songs with my v2 then fell asleep.

~I arrived in GenSan at around 9-9.20AM. The A-80 seat really gave me a souvenir—a back pain. I also noticed that the right earphone of my v2 got damaged because its wire got bent when I slept with its uncomfortable seat. I just bought the earphones two weeks ago, sigh. When I got out of the bus, I rushed to the parking area of YBL bus going to Polomolok. With hand gestures, I stopped the A-1963 bus from going out of the parking area. Then, I rode in it. I finally rested my back when I sat in the comfy seat. That bus was my buddy’s dear these past few days.

~I reached Polomolok at around 9.40AM. I planned to pay a tricycle to take me home directly but then since I wanted to eat fried chicken, I walked until I reached the tricycle terminal to Alojado. But when I got there, there were still frying chickens so I went home. I was home by 10AM and the dining table greeted me with corned beef and baringon, prepared by Dave, a cousin and my younger sister Joyce. I ate a lot and farted a lot too because I was holding the air inside my tummy since I was in A-80. After all the things that happened this morning, I finally rested then slept. I woke up at around 2PM since my mother called me through phone and reminded me to give my older sister’s solicitation form to Momi Beth. Since Momi Beth was around, I went out of the room then gave it to Momi. We chatted for a while then after, I fixed my things.

~I wanted to bike in the streets but since Momi Beth was still in our house, I have to tell an excuse so that I can go out. I told her I’ll be going to a friend in Cannery Housing (not true). She allowed me but reminded me to go home before the sky darkens, as if she’ll still be there in the house at that time. So, I hurriedly grabbed my bike and some of the pasalubong I brought(for my buddy), then went out of the house. I texted my buddy that I’ll be going out. I actually planned first on going to Ligtas Subdivision to visit my cousins. Along the crossing of Polotana Phase 2’s main road and the street where my buddy lives, I came across with a blue car. It was their car, my buddy’s. I slowed down because I saw my buddy’s mom waving her hands. When the car stopped for a while, my buddy’s dad opened the car window and said that my buddy was in their house. So, I answered him that I’ll be passing there later since I have to go to Ligtas Subdivision. When I almost reached the street where I need to turn right to enter the Ligtas Subdivision, I stopped. I realized that I was bringing with me the pasalubong for my buddy. If I’ll reach Ligtas with this thing around me, they’ll surely do something to get it. So, I turned back and headed towards my buddy’s house. But before that, I passed first in the plaza since I wanted to see Wisp.

~My buddy was alone in their house at that time. I gave him the pasalubong then chatted after. I also helped him something about their printer ink cartridges. I was amazed when he got the cartridges out by dismantling the printer’s cover. He didn’t know so I explained to him how to get it without using screw drivers. I also explained about refilling cartridges since he refilled the black ink cartridge with an incompatible ink. Not so long, we alternately sang songs with a microphone. To determine the first to sing, we used jack ‘n poy. At first, my buddy selected a disc of English songs. But then, he switched it with OPM songs since he didn’t know most of the English songs (as what he said). Most of the OPM songs were somehow related with LOVE such as ‘Kailangan Kita’ and ‘Ikaw’. Some of it too included ‘Kay Sarap’ and ‘Aray’. After singing, we went to the roof then ate peanuts. We saw Dodong (Gab), a friend I met because of Arvey (another friend of mine), and also happened to be a neighbor of my buddy. We called him then joined us on the roof. We exchanged conversations until it was almost 6PM. Dodong and I left, leaving my buddy alone in their house. When I reached home, no one was around. My feet were red because of the roof’s rust and the roof’s red paint. When I was about to wash my feet, I realized I was wearing the slipper I borrowed from my buddy when we went to the roof. So, I rushed back with my bike, returned the slippers, and then got my slippers back. I was rushing because I turned on the DVD and the TV at home.

~A few minutes after, Joyce and Dave came back. They came from an internet café in Polomolok. The three of us sat for a while then after, cooked meals for our supper. After eating, since there were no nice shows, we sang with the mp3 songs I played in the DVD. We also sang karaoke songs from Joyce’s karaoke CD. When I remembered that I had bubblegang videos in my flash disks, we stopped singing. I plugged my flash disk in the usb port of the computer then we watched the videos. When it was about 10PM, I wanted to make my blog for this day but since Joyce and Dave were still having fun watching the videos, I couldn’t. So I texted my buddy for a while. When the videos were all played, I started blogging. And now is the time to end it since it’s already 1.25AM. Good morning and good night!

>>Jan. 18, 2009

• There’s money in trash.

• Blood is still thicker than water though water can satisfy our thirst.

**To be awarded is somehow gratifying and flattering; but, I was awarded with sermons. So, should I be glad? No.

~I wanted to go to church this day. Since the mass starts at 8AM, and I woke up at around 9AM, I decided to go back to sleep. I thought that Joyce and Dave went to church. When I went out of my room at around 10AM, I saw them outside doing nothing. They, too, overslept. Joyce wanted to go to GenSan to buy a gift for Fe since it will be her debut (birthday) this Jan. 24. Since Dave will be going home, I accompanied my younger sister. While on our way riding in a van to GenSan, I saw the YBL bus that passed in Ilustre in Davao—67. It was as speedy as the time I saw it in Ilustre. When we arrived in GenSan, we met up with Fe’s female siblings Erika and Donna. In the malls, I only bought zipper for my pants in Davao because my favorite pants’ zipper broke. And, I haven’t seen the same kind of zipper in Davao malls except in Gaisano Mall in GenSan. For the remaining hours that we spent in the mall, I did nothing except for one thing—tailing them wherever they go. At around 3PM, we went home. We arrived in Polomolok at around 3.30PM.

~When we got home, Momi Beth was around. She somehow gave us an award stating that we went to GenSan without proper permission. Since I was very sure that we told the couple Tita Nennen and Tito Dennis that we’re going to GenSan, I answered back and said that we properly left the house. Then, Momi Beth told us that we should clearly speak to our aunt and uncle because they’re deaf. After, we went inside our house and sat. Joyce and I were somehow mad because of that award. A few minutes after, I got this urge to bike around since it’s becoming boring. I had a problem with this since Momi Beth just awarded us. In addition, she might also remember and scold me that I went home late yesterday and that I just went to GenSan then go off somewhere again. My buddy texted me during that time about biking somewhere (that somewhere is in the market of Polomolok). Since I could’nt get out due to Momi’s presence, I told my buddy to wait for a while until Momi leaves. I somehow felt bad about it because my buddy waited outside the house. I couldn’t bring him in because I felt anxious due to the situation. When Momi was done playing with Mahjong with some of her friends and my relatives, she was about to leave until when the kids, my cousins, asked how to play the game. So instead of leaving, she taught the kids how. And so, another time consumed. This time, I could not bear any longer the urge of going out considering that my buddy was waiting. So, I pretended biking around the house with Dave and Joyce. I was also making some noise such as telling Dave that it would be nicer to bike outside. Then after, I told Momi Beth that we will be playing outside with the bikes. But the truth was, I just planned it all so that I could let the two bikes out of the house. Thanks to my accomplices, I got out of the house then my buddy and I went to Polomolok to have some pictures printed. On our way back home, we also had the tires aired. Then after, we headed back to my house to return the bicycles. After returning the bikes, I planned on going to Louie’s house to get the money that his father told me this afternoon. Since my buddy wanted to accompany me, we went first in his house to ask permission. Then after, he grabbed their newly repaired motorcycle, and then we went off. After getting the money, my buddy somehow wanted to go to our house. So I accepted the proposal. When we reached my home, I just talked and talked then let him watch some videos of Ang Spoiled of Bubble Gang. Then after, he went home. We texted and texted and then reminded me about going to the terminal early tomorrow morning. I guess, that would suffice the story for this day since I have to fix my things and I have to sleep early. Early to rise, early to bed and so I say that early to bed means early to rise!

>>Jan. 19, 2009

• Bidding farewell is essential to mark a proper goodbye. But if ever you forgot to bid, just remember it’s not the end.

• To be comfortable is sometimes the reason why we feel the pain.

**I traveled down the road and back again.

**Left or right, whichever direction I choose, there’s always something to lose and something to gain.

~I woke up 10 minutes earlier than my phone’s alarm. Since I didn’t want to be late, I decided to lie in bed awake. When my phone’s alarm sounded, I immediately took a bath, changed clothes, and carried out of my room my bag. Before leaving the house, I made sure that my younger sister, Joyce, has awakened. It was 5.20AM when I left the house then rode a tricycle going to Polomolok’s bus terminal. As usual, I walked a distance because there were no tricycles passing in our street.

~About 5 minutes of waiting in the terminal, my buddy arrived. Then, A-9208, a YBL bus, came. Since it didn’t park in, we ran to the highway and there, we got inside the bus. I happened to see a cousin who is working in Kalsangi in the bus. Like I promised, I paid for my buddy’s fare. Then, I asked him about him wearing shoes. I asked because I also noticed, the last time I went home, he was also wearing shoes while as far as I can remember, he seldom wear shoes. PE was the reason. Then after, I felt tired because we ran. That was the reason why I couldn’t come up with a topic to share. And lucky I was, my buddy was somehow sleeping. So, I took that chance to sleep also. (Hehe :D) . When we reached GenSan’s bus terminal, I was lucky to ride one of my favorite YBL bus units, A126 (the units were A122-126). I bid farewell to my buddy as I went inside the bus. Since there are a lot of vacant seats, I sat in the right side. But though I did, I kept on looking at the left’s side to see my buddy from the outside. I didn’t see him. When the bus started moving out, I still kept on looking for him from the left. Since I didn’t see him, I looked at the right. But then, I didn’t see him. I thought that he was busy with his bus-businesses or he left early for school. But it was okay since I’ll be going home again next weekend. During my trip, I slept comfortably because of the seat. I also listened to songs with my v2 though there were songs played in the bus through radio stations.

~When I arrived in Davao City, as usual, I went down in SM City Mall. There, I rode a jeepney going to Quirino then dropped near to Malvar Street. Then I rode a tricycle going to 477 Street and walked towards the boarding house. Sigh. I was back again with this city life. After fixing my things, I planned on making my assignment for the 1PM class. But since I didn’t know how to solve it and my calculator was lost (just last Friday), I went to school as early as 11.30AM. Though I happened to borrow a calculator from Louie, I still long for my calculator since I’ve been with it, through thick and thin calculations, ever since I was in third year (I’m second year now!). Since I still didn’t get the problem, I decided to visit my favorite book in the library—Computer Viruses and Data Protection by Ralf Burger. I spent at least 30 minutes to read some part of Chapter 6 since the library will close at 12PM. About my assignment, I didn’t make it since I couldn’t comprehend the question. My classmates didn’t also get it so I decided not to pass an assignment. After all, it was just an assignment and not a quiz nor exam. Some of my classmates also followed me. It was my first time not to pass an assignment in my 2 years in college and I didn’t know it was somehow fun though it’s wrong.

~Again, in our English subject, I lead the class for the speech choir practice. I got drained because of it. Most of the students, those who were not truly participating, argued to me. They told me that it would be better to practice with actions. But then, I countered them by saying that it’s better to present in front of the crowd with a memorized speech than presenting in front full of actions yet doesn’t know what to say next. After all, it’s a speech choir so the way we deliver the speech is much important than having actions. I also stressed to them that they kept on arguing while in fact they couldn’t even memorize just a paragraph of the piece. And so, at the end, my decision was followed and they did nothing but follow my instructions. When I almost wanted to faint because of tiredness, I was saved by the bell.

~The following subjects, that is, after English, there were nothing special happened. During the one and a half hour break before our 6.30-9.30 lab, Zhannel, Jennifer, and I went to the internet café to download a linked-list program from planetsourcecode.com. It was our assignment for the lab. When the lab started, I managed to download the right program and so, our instructor dismissed us early though we were allowed to stay to surf the internet in the lab. So I stayed for free internet browsing. It also happened that my buddy texted me and asked me to appear online. Using the new yahoo mail, I chatted with my buddy. Since he wanted to say something that could be important, I went to an internet café, thus, leaving my classmates in the lab. During our chat, there were three topics. The first one was about not seeing me this morning when I left the terminal (when I was riding in the bus). Actually, he was there but in the right side. My buddy also told me that he saw me looking at the left side and he knew that I was looking for him from the left. And so, we didn’t see each other. The second one, he told me that the A125, one of my favorite bus units that had an accident last Jan. 5, 2009, could never be fixed again. I was shocked upon hearing this so I further asked why. My buddy told me that it actually tumbled when it had the accident and there were a lot of damages. I felt sorry for the bus. It was the last bus I rode before I went here in Davao to start the New Year’s school days. The third but not the least, my buddy started the photo sharing feature of Yahoo! Messenger. He shared me pics of A1963 (a YBL bus) with its driver. Those were the pics that he got printed in Polomolok yesterday. My buddy told me that the driver, Mr. Catimbang, was happy when he received the pics. Of course, who wouldn’t be happy with that? And so, since he was done and there was still 30 minutes left for me to surf the internet, I shared about my day. Then, when the computer timer started counting down to zero seconds, I hurriedly typed then said goodbye then log-out every account I signed in. That included yahoo mail and friendster.

~When I was about to leave the café, I saw Fe doing some research in a computer unit. So instead of going home alone, I waited for her to finish (that was about 20 mins). After, we stopped by the convenience store to buy water and siopao since I was hungry. Then, when we were back in the boarding house, my mother and I had a chat regarding about transferring to an apartment since our room in the boarding house is not enough if Ate Ann, a cousin of mine, will stay here in Davao. The room was only good for four which means having 5 persons inside would somehow make the world smaller. Then after, I slept early because I’ll be attending the ScieMa (Science-Math) Day’s quiz bowl tomorrow morning.

>>Jan. 20, 2009

• Matters that you thought have been settled are sometimes matters that settle but never settled.

• Though leaving the old baggages behind is the way to move forward, you can’t stand just seeing those baggages back again.

• Inventions are created through concepts but concepts are not inventions. The real invention is something that is applicable to our needs.

• Missing out because of something is better than missing out because of that thing.

**I hate this feeling inside me—the feeling that comes back whenever I see that flower in my eyes. I couldn’t resist its scent, its beauty, and most of all, its PRESENCE. Though I was with the flower mingling with it as if we’re close for real, I still can’t deny the feeling that comes from inside. Cold feeling, can’t look straight in the eyes, and wanting to see it always are few auguries of that certain feeling.

**The will of the wind was working again. It redirected me without doing any single move. Though I was to do an important thing, it redirected me to a thing more important than any other—praise the creator.

~This day, Louie awakened me at around 8.30AM. This day is the SCIEMA day in our school and the quiz bowl starts at 9AM which was why I couldn’t be late. But then, since I moved slowly, I departed from the boarding house at around 9AM. I arrived in school at around 9.15AM. When I got there, everyone was busy preparing their section’s booth and the staffs for the event were busy dressing the stage. I also happened to see my crush (before) holding some t-shirts—SCIEMA tshirts. When I remembered that I ordered one (since I’m a member of the club), I went to her and asked for my t-shirt. My friends were also there so nothing to be tensed about. After having the t-shirt, I went to the booth of my friends (my ex-classmates and they’re of a different section than mine now). Since I observed that a lot of booths were around, I asked them about it. They said that the booths were competition by different sections. And, the thing/s that must be displayed in a booth must be, somehow, an invention/creation (science-related and regardless if it exists or not). When I heard it, I was astounded until I realized that our section didn’t put up a booth. Our instructor didn’t tell us about it. So, when I asked why every section joined in the booth competition, they told me that the result of the competition, particularly the scores, will be their scores in Midterm’s lecture exam. Upon hearing this, I remembered that our instructor told us that our lecture exam will be this Friday. Therefore, our instructor wanted us to take the exam than putting up a booth. So frustrating. Then after, the quiz bowl participants were called (that included me). During the competition, I kept on laughing because of my teammates (we’re a group of 3). The way we converse about our ideas on the answers was the reason behind our laughs. For example, we find letter A as the answer. But since the feeling of a teammate tells that the answer is Letter B, we go to letter B and say things like “kana na lang.. kusog bya imong powers.. let’s pray na mao na..hehe”. And so that’s it. We actually lost but we didn’t mind because we enjoyed the competition. After, I went back to the boarding house.

~When I got back in the boarding house, I made a letter for Kuya Jesse. This day is the last day that he’ll be coming to school for JDM fellowship because he’ll be going back to Korea this Jan.23, Friday. Since today, Jan. 20 is Kuya Benjamin’s birthday (he got back to Korea last December 22, 2008), I made a letter for him. I gave it to Kuya Jesse for him to give it to Kuya Ben if they’ll see each other in Korea. I was about to print the letter but then I accidentally hit the computer’s plug which turned off everything. Since it was almost 1PM and based on the program of SCIEMA day, the quiz bee will start at time, I rushed back to school. When I got there, the emcee called the name of quiz bee participants to prepare. During the call, I haven’t heard my name. So, I thought that I wasn’t included after all which was great! The quiz bee didn’t start immediately after the call. Instead, they had the booth competition started. Since our section didn’t have one, I helped the section CM (my friends’ section coz I’m section CO) particularly Princess. I helped them on how to explain and defend their tobacco-garlic pesticide from the judges. I also helped in carrying out the experiment since very few were left in the booth. I also went to other booths to check how the judges raise questions. I also happened to see other booth’s creations. During that time, my crush (before) was there. We also talked and smiled to each other. Then as the judges move to the next-in-lined booths, I also did the same thing too—move. When the time came for section CM’s booth to be judged, I was standing at the left side of the judges to somehow give hints to Princess if she’s troubled with the judges’ questions. While I was there, standing, my crush (before) suddenly popped out from my right. Then, when I took a glimpse at her, she smiled (as if laughing) so I also smiled as if laughing too. She was very near to me that our face could almost touch each other’s! Then, she talked to me then laughed again. Though I was talking normally, I truly felt the tense inside. I also observed that heart-shape thing in my body starts beating fast in gradual. I really had a hard time calming down myself after. And so I hated myself because of that feeling. Maybe because she let me fall in love again which means a crush before would become a crush again. But I don’t want to! But I also don’t know up to when can I stop myself from falling into that crazy thing. I’m already crazy and falling in love might make me crazier than before. So much about it. After the booth competition that ended at around 2.30PM, I went home to print the letters I made. I went back to school at around 3PM. Along the way, I received a text message from Louie telling me where I am because the quiz bee competition started. Huh was my reaction. When I got inside the school campus, some people asked me why I didn’t participate in the competition. So, I told them the main reason—my name wasn’t announced during the call. But still, they insisted that my name was called when the event started. Zhannel and Princess were my witnesses during the call. At around 3.30PM, Kuya Jesse and other visitors (also Koreans) arrived in school. So instead of wasting time staring at the participants, I went to the JDM Kubo to attend the fellowship. After the fellowship, we gave letters to Kuya Jesse (that includes me) and took pictures afterwards. Kuya Jesse and I also talked a lot since it has been weeks since I last saw him due to my schedule. He was also sick when I visited the Kubo last time. I also happened to know a Chinese that joined JDM which is a Christian-based community. I was amazed with it because as far as I know, China rejects Christians and that bibles were prohibited from that country. He maybe possesses a strong Christian spirit. After the fellowship, I helped in touring them in our small campus. After, I wanted to go to NCCC Mall to buy Fe a gift for her debut this Jan.24, Saturday. Since it was around 6PM, I decided to head back to the boarding house and slowly start making my blog. I took a break for 30 minutes to have my supper at around 7.30, then resumed after. I will be studying a lot of quizzes and exams that’s why I started my blog early. I also haven’t updated my current editions of my blog starting the last weekend. Maybe I’ll be updating it tomorrow night. I think this would be for this day. I’d better start studying!

>>Jan. 21, 2009

• Busy, busy, BUSY! All means being busy.

• Clocks always tick fast when you need a lot of time. On the other hand, they tick slowly when you don’t do anything.

**I am so busy! In that state, I ignore things that should not be. But at the end of the day, those things just don’t come ignoring me.

Since I was very busy this day, I didn’t have the time to make my blog in the evening. Sigh. But anyways, a few details would describe about this day.

~I woke up at around 8AM though my PE class would start at 10AM. Before leaving the boarding house, I ate and made sure that I have my towel with me.

~When I arrived in school, I helped setting the court for the first time. Then after, we played volleyball. It was our Midterm Exam this day. I played too much that I kept myself energized until the 5th set of the game—yes, I played consecutively the 5 sets without resting even just for a minute. At first, my team (as usual, I’m with Zhannel and Jennifer and others) won the 2 sets. But then, when late comers arrived, our teacher told us that we will play another set. If my team won, we will have the grade of 100 and the losers 75 (though the real score of losers is 85). If the late comers win, we have to play another set. It so happened that the late comers were athletes. We lost 2 sets! So, another set was declared to break off the tie. Since the three of us (Zhannel, Jen, and I) were pumped and very eager to win, we didn’t allow ourselves to be substituted by other classmates. So, due to this, we won the last set. We got the highest grade!

~There’s nothing really nice that had happened in the afternoon classes. As usual, we practiced our speech choir during the English period. I even declared that we’ll not be having any actions because it would be a waste of time considering that my classmates were older than me, and due to it, their heads were really hard to hold. Why would I waste time with those nonsense people? After the classes, that is, during the 5-6.30PM break, I standby along the pathway facing the parking lot. While sitting and eating ice cream (with some friends also), I watched my friends from the other sections practice their speech choir. They were somehow ignoring us maybe because of what we’re eating. After the ice cream craze, I somehow remembered spaghetti. I miss spaghetti! So, Zhannel and Jen tagged along with me to Maq’s(a restaurant) to eat spaghetti. Then after, we headed back to school for the lab.

~In the evening, we had our laboratory and it’s about a crossword puzzle created through Javascript. I was the one who finished the web page during the lab. After, I went back to the boarding house and edit some of the codes of the web page. Since I was busy, I forgot to check my phone. It was already 10PM when I noticed that my buddy texted me. His texts were, I think, in Chinese (but not in characters of course). I didn’t understand. I have no load and the stores were close so I borrowed my sister’s phone and texted him but he didn’t reply (maybe because it’s already late in the evening). Since I need to go to an internet café to upload the web page to our yahoo group, I texted my buddy that he could appear online if he wants because I’ll be online. But then, it was already 11.15PM when I went to the café. I just logged in for an hour. I haven’t seen my buddy appearing online in the yahoo messenger. So, when the computer alerted that my time was about to finish, I then remember my blog. I forgot! I haven’t updated my blog. I went back to the boarding house at around 12.20AM. When I checked the time my buddy texted, it was 8PM! Geez! I replied too late. Well anyways, it’s better late than never. Louie was still awake playing a game in the computer. I joined in playing that game. Since the TV was on and was tuned to ABS CBN, I decided to sleep after the TV network has signed off. It was already 1.30AM when the network signed off and so I lied down to my bed and slept.