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I miss the sound of your voice...

If I could walk on water...

If I could tell you whats next....

pull me down hard and drown me in love...

make you believe...

make you forget...

~borrowed poetry from Matt Nathanson (come on get higher).

Enrollment done.

Promise, this time, I'll keep this post short and brief.

Today, I officially finished my registration process for the second semester. It's been a tiring 3 days and I feel for those who are still registering and lining up for prized subjects.


My message to you, Kaya yan! You'll get through it.

Our problems are man-made, therefore they may be solved by man. And man can be as big as he wants. No problem of human destiny is beyond human beings.

~John F. Kennedy

lessons.

I had a very interesting day today. As the song Five candles plays in the background, I look back on the things that happened in this day only to realize that this day was not one of those "just-gonna-pass-by" types of days. A lot of things happened today and it seemed safe to say that I learned a lot - whether essential or otherwise. :) so as the chorus of the song now runs through my head, I guess it is proper to just state what happened today.

"You were there when I needed you. You were there when the skies broke wide wide open"

When I woke up today, it seemed that it will be just one of those registration days filled with nothing but fatigue and the usual bother of lining up for hours. (note: I only went to UP today to get my form5a and hopefully to get advised because I believed that I was on probation - meaning my grade in econ was lower than 2.5 :-s) So when I got to UP this morning, there was really no excitement in me being there. I thought that I would just go straight to the office for advising (note again: In UPSE, there are no advisers for regular and non-delinquent students. There is no pre-advising and advising sessions, instead students put "self-advised" in thier form5s). I don't know what got into me but I just decided to check the masterlist just to make things official to me. 'Til that point, I am still certain that I would not be in that master list. To my surprise, MY NAME WAS THERE. Good Event #1!

I met up with a friend, Cholo to check things with regard to his enrollment - subjects, schedules ETC. He was also surprised to find out that I was not on probation since I got a low grade in econ 131 the previous sem. (okay...not fun) So I accompanied him in his line to get his form5a since the lines for the juniors and the freshmen were on the other side of the building and the line was practically nonexistent due to the small number of juniors and freshmen. After lining up, we contacted our friend, Angelo who was in the other end of the world trying to get his grades in Trinity. Anyways, we all decided to meet in trinoma to watch something fun - 500 days of Summer. Good Event #2!

I already watched 500 days of summer at home and I would really want to watch it at the cinemas so I was excited to watch it. I guess I really can relate to that movie. The plot, which aimed to deconstruct, or strengthen further (well I leave the deciding to you) the concept of "fate" really touched my heart based on personal experiences. Plus, the story really had a good twist to it. It's like it was based on a true story, not the typical "this-would-only-happen-in-the-movies" scenario. The movie felt, well, I don't know...real. The humor within the movie can appeal to anyone and it delivers a deep message that would only be appreciated when you understand the situation the characters are in. I'll leave a line in the movie later in this blogpost for everyone to appreciate.

After the rendezvous at the mall. We decided first to check the movie schedules and then all the usual stuff. A weird and funny thing happened to us near the Jack's Loft store outside. For a weird reason, we somehow came upon a couple making out in daylight at the corner of a mall. Okay, I know PDA but what they did was hilarious. They were apparently hiding behind a column or a pillar and if it hadnt for Angelo going to the direction of the Pillar, we wouldn't have noticed them doing anything. When the two people emerged from the column, we can't help but laugh and we kinda felt sorry for the two. I guess somehow, we ruined their moment of "PRIVACY". It was really surprising how they could fit themselves behind the pillar with a space big enough for only one person. Oh well, pag init ka nga naman. GO GET A ROOM OKAY?

Next up, some gay dude suddenly barged into our conversation when it hit the topics of gay guys. I guess the poor dude was apparently affected when we stumbled upon that topic. But who is he anyway to barge in right? We were talking and the topic was not really about gays we just stumbled upon an example who was apparently gay. oh well, we just laughed at the situation but that was really weird and bothering.

So after stating what happened, I learned a few things...(to my surprise)

1.) STUDY STUDY STUDY. You cannot afford to give yourself unnecessary stress come enrollment time especially with your majors subjects, even more so if it meant your staying with your college.

2.) EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED. Sometimes, your worries aren't really worry-worthy after all. You are better off trying to accept whatever will come your way. As a movie stated, there is no such this as fate - everything is coincidence and its up to us to make do with whatever coincidence will come our way

3.) NEVER EVER HIDE BEHIND A PILLAR IN A PUBLIC PLACE. Come on. There has to be a better place than hiding behind a pillar doing things that should be done in private. Please please, not in broad daylight. GET A ROOM

4.) NEVER BARGE INTO ANYONE's CONVERSATION. This is self-explanatory. Don't be rude. It really reflects your personality. Plus, if you're only trying to attract attention, go jump off a building for crying out loud. Pft.

5.) LONELINESS IS UNDERRATED. Nah, i didn't learn this by myself, it was stated in the movie. well, it made sense actually. You really can't understand loneliness unless you've experienced it...

so there...

au revoir!

"I love how she makes me feel. Like anything is possible. Like...I don't know...Like LIFE IS WORTH IT."

the day before the revolution

As promised, a new post. :)

I woke up early today after a 10-hour sleeping marathon which was somewhat a luxury for me (and yes, my kind as well). The last days of october are really the most tiring for me each year. It has proven itself to be nonstop, intense, and absolutely draining. Yeah maybe I'm just overreacting on that part but really, it is tiring like hell. It has always given me 40+ hours of no sleep apart from the fatigue it will give me. It has always started during October 31 wherein my ninang and I usually go to the cemetry early to fix everything there with the caretaker (leave some stuff, tents, ETC). Afterwards we would usually go to the grocery to buy food or whatever item we would need for the night. Usually, during October 31, my ninang and I would spend the night in the cemetery. We would be the official guards of lolo's grave for the night. Call it night-shift. For the past 3 or so years, I've been making a run of not sleeping through the night, and also, for that same 3 or so years, my ninang has been sleeping through the night so its always me who'd stay up late. (I digressed sorry) Anyways, before going to the cemetery on October 31, I would usually do my own stuff for the day since at night, I won't be at home so I don't get the chance to sleep or rest for that matter. After the night watch at the cemetery, since we would likely be the first (my ninang and I) to be at watch, we would be the first to leave when my parents arrive. We would only stay around 45mins after my parents arrive then we would set sail for home. After settling in for a few minutes I would begin preparing for the visit to my other lolo's grave. (Mother side) and that's basically the day I guess.

Well, the tiring part is not really that bothering to me. I love being on the move and being productive. Its just that I so love to sleep and not sleeping turns my mood in all the wrong places. Pft. I guess that I really don't have much of a choice. There are bright sides to not sleeping and going to various cemeteries after all. to start things off and maybe the most important is well, you get to spend time paying respects to relatives who have passed on. next is you get the time to appreciate what you have, trust me, you will have a moment. For the last one, I guess I will only say "LOOK UP". Well thats basically Halloween for me.

On to an interesting thought... nowadays, trick or treating has became somewhat of a fad and I really don't understand the reason why people are forcing that culture into our own. Seriously speaking -

DO FILIPINOS EVEN KNOW THE TRADITION OF TRICK OR TREATING?!?

This is what I know about trick or treating: Trick or treating was based on souling, or the visiting of poor people and children to people to say prayers for the dead in exchange for food. This tradition, from what I know, originated in Ireland and Britain. And this tradition migrated to the US by means of the Irish settlers. That's everything I know about trick or treating.

So you may ask about why am I writing about trick or treating? A few days ago, while I was watching a movie, kids knocked on our gate and said trick or treat. OKAY. TRICK OR TREAT!? then a thought came into my mind, my professor 2 semesters ago told a really interesting story. His story told of how he asked children about the trick or treat they were doing when children knocked on his gate. The children were apparently dumbfounded by my professors question and they ran to their parents. The children's parents then confronted the poor professor and in reply he asked the same question to the parents. The parents were also dumbfounded much to the surprise of the class. So we asked our prof what was his question, it turned out to be a simple one -

"Pano pag trick? Alam niyo ba yang ginagawa niyo? (So what if it was trick? Do you know what you are doing?")

Yeah, that was the question. So apparently the children and their parents have a reason to be dumbfounded. I guess, they really don't understand what they are trying to do. The professor explained the reason why he asked that question and I guess the parents understood what he was saying - that trick or treat is not truly "Filipino" and us doing it is somewhat trying hard to be westerners. My professor was right.

Now as that thought came running to my minds I wanted to say the same thing to the kids saying trick or treat outside the gate. Well, I guess my laziness pushed through and spared the kids of a dumbfounding question they won't forget and saved me a branding by other people. So come to think of it, people are forcing trick or treating into our culture. I'm not saying that it is wrong, but please do let the people understand what they are getting themselves into. Its a weak argument but its the kids who will suffer a somewhat embarrassing moment when they would come upon a witty professor or a moody guy who will ask them questions about what they are doing.

I think we should have our own identity when it comes to our halloween traditions. I know there are but nowadays its the western traditions that are becoming mainstream and seriously, its saddening. But i guess that's globalization and there's no stopping that. I just hope that someday our traditions will be embraced as well by our own fellow. Who can blame the kids by the way, instead of singing their lungs out during christmas only to be rewarded by at most, 5pesos, they only say 3 words, then they get candies in return. In econ terms, the indifference curve of trick or treating is on a higher level of satisfaction than that of the caroling's curve. Plus it is more efficient in terms of effort, a song vs 3 words?! give that to me and i'll take it ANYDAY.

So there. that's basically my weird halloween. I just hope the carolers wouldnt show up at our gates soon. It's a totally different story when it comes to carolers. Just the first line of that famous caroling song ticks me off bigtime. but that's another entry. so there thanks for reading

au revoir!


(note: this blog was written in 2 parts. :))
(P.S. I did tell the kids that I don't have candy and they should move on to a house with decor rather than a mundane apartment which looked like it could need a treat of its own. Their costumes were okay though, dressed up as some dead guy and some bloody girl (with chaperons casually dressed for a party hahaha) and they were really expecting candy from me. Sorry!)

I'm back :)

I'll promise Ill post something worthwhile tomorrow sorry. My head is still in the clouds after around 48 hours of no sleep. so...yeah. i feel like im surfing while im hitting a muffler of a car. damn. humithithit ng tambutso hahha oh well sorry sabaw.

a demain!

au revoir. bonne soiree



P.S. Upon further thinking its not 48 hours but around 40 or so hours only. hehehe. i did sleep 4 hours 2 nights ago.