Late evening of March 27

It's weird... You're putting yourself in jeopardy, thinking that you'll walk the jagged path with no problem at all. And look, you've tripped, injuring your foot, and unable to go further 'cause it's still a long way, and decide to go back to the start and never do so again.

You're making a chain. For no reason, you've lost the ability the link another ring to it. You could have regained your skill easily since it's already your hobby, but suddenly your mind became blank. You completely forgot how to link more rings. You want to learn it again, but you were too afraid to fail, and instead, cowered beneath nothingness where everything not belonging to you was absent. Soon, you lost the ownership of your own dignity. Thus, it was replaced by disgrace. You're good in acting too. You gave an excuse as to why it happened. The person believed it. It's a wonder why you still have a lot of friends. You lie, they believe because you play it good, and trust you because they don't think your words are false.

You're pathetic. Yeah, you. It's disgusting. You might not read this soon, but there'll definitely be a time where your eyes would scan this entry and pass by these paragraphs... these words...

I know you learn easily from your mistakes, especially your personal flaws. One thing that I'll remind you: Don't ever do it again.

Hmmm... I think it's my second "rant" with a hidden target.

March 28

Went to school, unable to find Dom's CD player. I was thinking he brought it to school, so I prepared myself - I brought my batteries, the earphones, and the CD itself.

I was right. While sitting on a chair at the Marble Tables having some talking time with Lem, Dom came, giving me his bag and telling me to bring it back home when I do go home. I asked him where his CD Player was. It was in his bag. He did bring it.

I never thought that he, too, was a lifesaver.

Anyway, while talking to Lem again, Robel (Dabandan) passed by. (Oh, Von was with us too.) He told Von that there's a meeting (pending if it will go through or if it will be scrubed)) for Tanglaw members at 1000 hrs. Then Robel left. And Nyl passed by. I asked him if there was a meeting. He didn't know it himself. I followed him to the office. He left, saying that there will be at the mentioned time (1000 hrs.).

As usual, I'd arrive an hour before the schedule. Just playing my CD Player. Then I passed by the faculty room. There was one of the guys in the group. The group that bowed before me - their club president. We chatted too. Then Ms. Lanuzga stepped out of the room. "Hey, look, it's Joan", whispered my friend. We greeted her with a chorus. ^_^'

Anyway, after a few seconds, Mr. Bejar told me to follow him. He lead me to... The comupter lecture room. I don't know exactly what was going on, but when the overhead projector was turned on, I saw one of the worst things that a freshman would see in his academic position - GEOMETRY!!! There was a circle and in the circle was a hexagon (Not sure 'bout the Hexagon... what's the polygon with 6 sides? ^_^')... Gah!

"0950 hrs", said my watch. I left the room, and asked permission from Mrs. Benez because of the Tanglaw meeting at 1000 hrs. She did allow me, and I went back to The Exhaler and waited for a long period of time.

While waiting, I was also leaving the area. Ms. Abancia asked me if I'd like to join the CMLI this summer sometime in the end of April. I told her "Ma'am, I'm not sure about my schedules this summer. I'll check it out."

1100 hrs. Nyl told me that the meeting will start already. Approximately two seconds after that, Kyle called, telling me that he's already in Claret. I left behind that one-on-one with Ms. Puspos (thta was the meeting) and went to where Kyle was. His mom's gonna drop us at our house. Ven would follow 'cause he still has problems with his clearance.

1140 hrs. The first time that Kyle actually saw our house. We finished Megaman X 6. After, we ate lunch, then roamed around the subdivision.

Ven called, saying that he was at the gate of Loyola Grand Villas (our subdivision). We did see him. We roamed around, still, then went home. I let them play Counter-Strike.

Heheh. Here's a funny part. For those who don't know, "Bots" are the artificial players of Counter-Strike. Like A.I. In these bots, there is a file wherein you could place there names - any name you'd like (I've mentioned this file before). Then it's up to the computer (random) which name to use on a bot. While they were playing, Kyle saw a bot. He took notice of a bot's name. Then he said "What the heck is Ms. Gaborno doing in here?!" Heheh.

While they were playing, Kyle let me play his Megaman Legends 2. I went to the ruins to destroy reaverbots and collect money, and used it to upgrade his Homing Missle. It was very good! I gave two upgrades to the Range and two upgrades to the Special! It really helped in the next parts of the game!

They left our house at around 1800 hrs. Kyle left with me his Megaman Legends 2 CD. No, not accidentaly. He knows I really want to play that game. You know, I owe him a lot.

Another rant, not giving the identity of the target or the topic or whatever.

With all your heart, mind, and soul, you know what reality is. I'm sure you know WHAT specified reality I'm talking about. You know that God didn't make us perfect. Not even YOU are perfect. Still, you couldn't even bear to look at the person. You did not have the guts to greet her a simple "hello" or bade her goodbye. And even before arriving, you seem to have lost the reason to eat. Is that your way of facing reality?

I'm sleepy. I can't think straight anymore. Oh, and Kuya Elvin and Filbert and Voltaire are coming here tomorrow... I mean, today... Whenever Saturday is.

Okey, Sig already ranted about the small size of the font in the blog. (HEY SIG!!! CAN YOU READ THIS???!!! :) ) Heheh. Then came a conclusion that suddenly slapped my mind without warning:

My eyesight is really good, compared to most.

I mean, I could wear a graded glasses without ranting that my eyes are getting painful or something. I could read the blog without any problem with the size of the fonts. Why, I read the archives with that size.

Or maybe the rant was just because of... I don't know its term in English... ^_^' Oh well.

Gyahahaha! It will be changed ONLY AFTER I'VE PUBLISHED THE NEW TEMPLATE!!!

HAAAHAHAHA!!!

Heheh.

Ah, another unique day. This time, I was ready. I didn't leave my earphones anymore. 'Cause I left some other things (TAKE NOTE THAT IT'S PLURAL!!!). The batteries that I used yesterday. It still had some energy left. And my cellphone.

I arrived at the "Aura" of the school (what I just meant is just outside school) at around 0730 hrs. Before going inside, I bought first a pair of Energizer batteries for the CD player.

As usual, I'd standby on the couch in the lobby close to the Tanglaw office, while listening to the music CD that I had, waiting for practically nothing. Then hunger attacked my stomach. I decided to go to the canteen to eat.

While eating my bacon cheeseburger sandwich and taking sips from my can which contained lemon soda, John came. We chatted. Then I followed him to the Marble Tables, where some students from I-SJT were standing by. Then, he left, with me following him, going to the Snack Bar.

Then I saw Benjo and AJ. We went inside again, leaving John behind. And inside, we saw Anjo. And also, Lem. We went to CYBERDAMAGE to play some games. I spent one hour playing Counter-Strike. And I still know how to do so! And while I was playing CS, AJ was playing NBA. Heheh. he made a character. Bob Salvacion! Yeah, he kicked butt! He made 60 points out of the 74 that the whole team made... ^_^' Yeah, it's because he keeps passing it to Bob.

After, we went inside again. We separated. Inside I saw Benjo, Carl and Ven. We went to the Bee Hive. Then we separated again, but AJ was with me. 1200 hrs. We went to the kubo. We were talking about Command and Conquer - Generals, then Adrian (Mangi-Ob) came, and AJ left. We chatted for a while, until 1250 hrs. came - I had to go to Migs' house. Well, not really that I needed to do so, I just wanted to play Pocket Tanks with him. :)

Oh, an important note: Remember that I bought a pair of Energizer batteries? Ever since I used that pair, I used a stopwatch (my watch is capapble of doing so) to record how long the batteries would stand in the CD Player. You know, after five hours, I did not see a signal saying that the battery was running low!

I told Adrian about it. You know what he said? You know, Energizer batteries could last for 20 hours in a CD player.

WHAT???!!!

I mean, that is so long! Heheh. That's all for the note, now, to continue the rest of the day...

Migs' house. While playing Pocket Tanks, he taught me a cheat. Hehehehe! It was effective specially when seemingly useless weapons are present.

He also showed me some other games: Chicken Invaders, Island Wars, and something that I forgot.

1500 hrs. I went back to Claret, and thought of claiming that Megaman X 6 CD that Ms. Lavara confiscated. There was still a conference inside the office. So I waited... and waited... until I decided to go back to the couch in the lobby close to the Tanglaw office.

Oh, by the way, starting now, I'll call that couch close to the Tanglaw office as The Exhaler.

Anyway, I was listening to my music, as always.

Oh, and another note: Nyl keeps teasing me that I like Quito. As if! And he also keeps sticking out his tongue to me.

Anyway, I kinda feel lonely, even if Nyl was sitting on a table two meters to the left, while facing a room wherein we could not see each other. He was calling my attention. I know what he's gonna do. So I raised the volume to its maximum to assure that I won't hear him.

Then, the force became stronger. I was feeling it again. They were about to overflow, but it maintained its level of water.

1610 hrs. I checked again the office. There was still the conference, so I decided to go home and get it tomorrow.

On the way through Gate one, I heard a chorus calling out.

"President!

No, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo did not appear. It was my position in our Co-Corricular Club. Yup. It was them. The fouth years. My fellow clubmates I said to myself "Hey, why not have a little chat with them?"

I sat on the last free chair. And we did have a chat. They were asking me where would I take my college life to, who my brothers were, what club would I join in next schoolyear, what music was I listening to, blah, blah, blah.

You know, I asked them "Is Ms. Lanuzga a good teacher?" ('cause she was a Physics teacher, and Physics is a fourth year subject, and assumed that she was their teacher).

Their reply?

Yikee!

Just as expected. ^_^' And you know, one of the guys there, the person whom I was closest to among the group, asked me "What time is it?" I told them "It's Four-Twenty." They rejoiced. I wondered. He told me "Say 'moi' repeatedly." (no, not the French word which you pronounce as "mwah"! Pronounce it as is - "Mo-yi".) I did. I asked too why. He told me that when it's Four-Twenty, I should say moi repeatedly, and I'll remember them. I asked again why would I remember them while saying it at that time. He told me that I'll learn it too when I reach Fourth Year.

1700 hrs. They had to go. I baded them a little goodbye. So we separated, and I was left alone again. I went home via commute. And like always, I'd stay in the Sunken Garden for a while. I don't care if Benjo, AJ, Ven, Kyle, and whoever, says that I stay there because I watch the people who are doing the PDA (Public Display of Affection).

Home. Kyle and Ven discussed with me on how they'd go here and vice-versa. Okey, it's all set! We're ready to rock and roll!

Ah... You know, yesterday and today was probably one of the most unique days of my life. And my stopwatch says that I have used the CD player for seven hours - and is still counting!

And I'm currently making a playlist for the second volume (the compilation)! I'm currently recording the long version of Pocket Tanks' Ingame.

March 24

Yup. I managed to finish everything. Well, everything that I would have to do. Mainly the academic subjects. The rest, will be our dear President Timbol's responsibility. These "rest" will be on Thursday. I'll have to come to ensure that everything will be okey.

While asking for Mr. Liwag's signature, Von came. He told me "You've passed the Qualification. Next is round 2 at 1:00 PM."

Wow... I passed the first part...! Then came the second and third.

Let's go straight to the next parts. Our next test was: We were given each a piece of bond paper. Then are task was to get as many signatures as possible from teachers within thirty minutes.

So we roamed around the campus to ask for signatures... I got 31. Special thanks to the Intermediate Faculty in their faculty room for signing my paper without even letting me finish my explanation! ^_^' Anyway, the highest number was Jobo (Patac) with a number of 41 signatures.

After that was the interview (second part). Heck, that was the most frustrating part. I even made a major (and lousy) mistake. They asked me "Are you willing to be a right-hand man?" I thought they said "right-handed"! So my answer was "no". Very foolish of me to say that... There were other questions that I was unable to answer. Not that I couldn't really answer it... They were trying to drill my mind with everything they had in order to fight. They were toying me. I guess that's how they screen...

Oh, and I haven't told you how they interviewed us! First, the qualificants that were not yet their turn (Agh! I fear a major grammar error!) were staying in the lobby somewhere outside the Tanglaw Office. Before we entered the Computer Lecture Room (veue of the interview), our face was covered with a red towel to block our sight. Next, an interviewer guided us to our seat. As we sat down, that red fog was blown away, and soon we regained our vision. Now, we were facing a brown piece of wood that was the back of the Whiteboard. There was no one there. Soon, whispers... No... Taunts came from behind. It was a teasing voice. We would naturally look back when we communicate with them, but we were forbidden to look at our backs. Then came the testing...

Gah... Whatever. One thing's fore sure: I hope they're Seniors. So next year I won't see them again. Except Nyl. He was partly on my side. He was giving me pieces of advice. Thanks Nyl. Wherever you are. I got major help from these tests. And that Literary Portfolio of yours. Thanks. Very much.

After the psychological torture that I was sentenced to, I left the room... You could see a "v" on my eyebrows... A signal of a negative reaction.

I'm tired... I cannot think any further. I'm sorry.

Early Morning of March 25

After checking out my website, I went to Blitwise to download Pocket Tanks. Yup. Migs was right. It is good. And o you know what cought my attention? The background music! Specifically the ingame music! At first, the mood would seem like the one in Bigfoot or Freestyler or maybe even yehat (only slower compared to the mentioned), then at a short period of time, it would go to a love tone...

Anyway, the game's cool. Similar to Scorch (Heheh. Maybe only a few people would know thatm including Enzo ^_^'), only that the graphics are way cooler, the players (tanks) are only at a maximum of two, the weapons (of course), the BGM (Yeah! BGM!), and there is no such thing as death in Pocket Tanks.

March 25

BELATED HAPPY BIRTHDAY, STACY!

No, it's not because I'm late in greeting. Well, yeah, I'm late. Because at least two hours ago, she visited my site, and I havn't posted this. ^_^'

I've burned a CD! It took me approximately an hour and thirty minutes to copy all the files. Like what I said before, it took long because something's wrong with the LAN. And you know what? The quality's good! I think it's the manufacturer of the blank CD... The only problem is I forgot to add Command and Conquer Sole Survivor's Drill and Hellmarch. Oh well. Next time!

And you know what? Nyl called! He told me that I'M IN THE STAFF OF TANGLAW! YEAHOO!!! ALRIGHT!!! There's another test tomorrow... ^_^' But don't worry. According to him, there will be no more people who would be excluded from the qualificants. The test is to determine which position we would hold.

Wow... After all that frustration and the hatred toward those people in Tanglaw... ^_^' I managed to hang on... Thanks, guys. Thanks, everyone. Especially my parents who managed to inherit their knowledge and skill in English to me... ^_^' They're both good in English. The difference is that Nny uses it more frequently compared to Tty.

Also, special thanks to Nyl for pushing me towards the starting line and still doing so while I was struggling!

Darn... in some way, I gotta celebrate...

Seems like luck's comin' to me. Maybe it's because of Stacy's birthday. ^_^'

That's all! Enough to give me some smiles. ^_^ :) Ü (",) =)

Early morning of March 26

An idea came into my mind... I hope I have the time.

Ah, I know now the technique when the CD won't go straight to a certain track number: First, play track one for 20 seconds. Then, change the track to what it is that you desire. :)

I find it strange that some music goes to the wrong locations. Like Fogger. What is a very depressing bgm doing in an action-filled destruction-swarming strategy game? (by the way, I'm talking about the game Red Alert, if you have forgotten in my previous posts or if you have no read those parts) And the bgm of Pocket Tanks in game. You know, it's depressing too, but more focused on solemnity.

March 26

Today was another unique day. I brought Dom's CD Player, along with my newly compiled CD.

On the way to school, do you know what I forgot to bring?

My earphones...

I decided to take action. My action? To go home, get the earphones, and back to school. 0730 hrs. I saw Carlu sitting down on a seat in Snack Bar. I decided to sit close to his position and have a chat first. You know, he gave me Mr. Sebastian's cellphone number! Nah, I'm not gonna text him.

Then, I did go home. Finally, I had my earphones. I arrived at school at 1000 hrs. (Oh, I forgot to tell you that the test today was at 1100 hrs.) While waiting, I was playing my music. And also, while waiting, I was also having a chat with Quito (Rosales) and Nel-Nel (Alegre).

Then came the test. The first part was rather confusing. Finding the errors of the sentences. And the frustrating part about it is the fact that it was based on the errors from our first test. The second part was easier. Create a poem about what we think about Tanglaw; their tests, their interview, blah, blah, blah.

And here's something I did not like: I was going to the lobby close to the Tanglaw office. As I opened the door, I saw Ms. Chua (Intermediate Teacher) and Ms. Puspos discussing something while sitting on the couch. I smiled, thinking that they saw me. Then, I sat down too. After, Ms. Puspos told me "Good morning, teachers", as if she was sending a message to me. She was. I forgot to greet her. Startled, I just replied "Oh! Hello, ma'am." What's worse is that she told it to her fellow Tanglaw staff! Nyl told it to one of the staff while we were taking the test! Badshot...

After the exams, we (Me, Quito and Nel) chatted and chatted, while doing their own buisness. Quito was talking about his academic life, the CBS election and its biases, etc. Nel was more on is academics too. I can't believe he got an NI in Maths... A person like him? Being recommended to have improvement? It was weird.

I really expected that i'd be alone while waiting. One of the primary reasons why I bought along with me the CD Player. Quito... Nel... Thanks a lot. I really appreciate you guys unintentionally providing me some company. And Migs came too. He was looking for Ms. Pascual for him to be able to submit their activity compilation. Heheh. Thanks.

I forgot to mention: At 1600 hrs, one of the staff told me that the people who took the test won't have to wait for anything else for the day. I was waiting for the results. When what I really was waiting for was nothing at all... ^_^' But it was okey. I still had the time to talk to the people mentioned above. Actually, after hearing that, I still didn't want to leave... I still wanted to stay.

But Quito left. Followed by Nel. Migs was gonna leave the same time I would. It was around 1630 hrs. when I decided to do so.

Like always, I stayed for a while in the Sunken Garden. It was almost perfect. I had my cellphone. I had my CD Player with Red Alert - Fogger and the Ingame bgm of Pocket Tanks. I was very close, yet something was still missing... Someone was missing...

While watching the Soccer Players do their thing, I saw a figure in red running towards me. The blood-stained shirt was familiar. Same with the figure itself... My eyes focused on his face and gave a conclusion.

Benjo!

It was Benjo! He was practicing for the Varsity or something like that. I forgot that he mentioned that he was going to U.P. at 1600 hrs. He was also with AJ.

Heheh. After twenty minutes, I bade goodbye to them and went home.

Then I went to my computer and started typing.

Oh, I just bought a Blast Prepaid card. There was no I-TIPID or Bonanza.

Gah! Nyl hasn't mailed my poems yet!

March 23

Today's a nice day. Before lunch, we went to Valley Road. We ate there. Then we went to Robinsons. Nny needs her contact lenses to be polished. She said there's a lot of scratches already.

You know, the glasses there are cool. Different frame shapes, various colors... I wanna buy one... ^_^'

Anyway, I also bought Coldplay's A Rush of Blood to The Head. Currently, I like Amsterdam, In My Place, and of course, the All-Time favorite, Clocks. Somehow, I regret buying it.

Enzo also bought his mp3 cd (and some others, I thik) player for his graduation gift. It's cool... Especially the color. :) Blue.

Then we went home. Thirty minutes after we arrived, I slept until 8:30. Waking up, I went outside and saw that Tty was fixing the LAN. Yipee! Yup. It worked. But there's still something wrong... The file transfer speed's extremely slow. It even cuts most of the time... Just like before. I was making a list of files to burn. It became useless because it couldn't even transfer the files...

Then Migs called. He was talkin about some games he's currently playing. First, he was playing Pocket Tanks. He gave me a little background... Then he was asking me what to do. It was like I was the commander and he was my right-hand man. He was asking for the angle, power, weapon to use... Heheh. I asked him where he got it. And I'm gonna download it. As soon as I post this...

Tomorrow's Clearance Day... I hope I can finish it off... Before I do so to the teachers themselves...

March 21

Summer has come... The classes have left... A long rest is waiting. The First year... the test of our wits, our guts, and our minds are done... The results will be comin' soon. It's just too bad that we still have to go to school next week for the clearance...

Heheh. On a part of the English test, I just gave it some taste of my buckshot 'cause I'm too excited ot the freedom that awaits... Besides, I really didn't know the right order of those sentences...

After exams, I was waiting for I-SDS' Farewell Party to end (at 1300 hrs). We (Ven, Carl and me) would go to Kyle's house after that.

Since it was 1000 hrs. yet and there's still a long way to come before my watch would say "1300", I frolicked (spelling?) around wherever I could. Lucky for me I found... Dimaranan (I forgot his first name... ^_^'). He was giving gifts to teachers. Suddenly, he went to the class of... Ms. Navarro... He handed out to her a book wrapped in a... wrapper. (of course) She was very happy that she received it. :) Oh yeah, it was because she was finding a book like that (or something like that)

I followed him towards the faculty room...

What?!

No students are allowed to go inside the faculty room.

And it was weird... A lot of students were loitering just outside the faculty room... Nah, they're not loitering. I'm sure they have an important buisness with the teachers. Specified are the Clearances.

Anyway, Dimaranan decided that he should find other faculty members for his own Clearance. He went to the property custodian.

On the way, a surprise came to me.

Go to the marble table. The test will be held there at 11:00.

It was Nyl! Nyl Lim! The English Literary Editor of Tanglaw! He was talking about the test for people who want to apply for board members of the Tanglaw, may it be for literature, graphics and drawings, or something else.

"Sure, I'll try it out," I replied. But before we left, he gave me a little note...

Don't tell anyone I told you this, but... the number of steps from the first floor to the fifth floor is 88.

I found out its imporance in the test... On the trivia area, a question was "How many steps are there from the first floor to th fifth floor?"

Anyway, let's go to the test. First, we ran from the marble table to the corridor of Mr. Cuya's office (fifth floor), then towards the stairs of the other building, then going back to the first floor, then towards the Library.. in the Library, crew members were waiting for us.

You might think it's weird, but I think it's to test us if we could still think straight even if we're pressured (physically).

As we sat on the arranged chairs, we were given papers to answer. Darn! A lot of them were hard for me to answer. Most of them were in essay form. Two of the essays required a spacific topic that I myself could not elaborate: Current events, and Current sport events... And for the rest, the contents were few...

Anyway, for the rest of the things that happened today, it was mainly: we went to Kyle's house. We (more of I) played MMX6 and MML2 (Megaman Legends 2).

Also, the Atenean Seniors had their grad ball tonight. Hey Enzo! Congratualtions! For the ball and the (incoming) graduation itself! Next up: Miriam's Prom! Good luck! Don't worry about anything! You've made the ball, so why not the prom? ^_^'

March 22

Hmmm... Today, I woke up at 0900 hrs. I opened my computer. I opened Winamp. Then the next thing I did was to play some Counter-Strike. It didn't take long before I played something else. And it didn't take long before I had nothing else to do.

Yup. Summer. The time that boredom will attack you mercilessly. Actually, I really want to play Metal Fatigue again that's why I was unable to play for a longer span of time. ^_^'

Then Mia texted. She said that she was on her way to KFC. We would be discussing about the next gimik.

Present: (Arranged in whom Enzo and I saw first) Vig, Mia, Stacy, Sig, Vince, Kuya Rion

So we came there after lunch. We were supposed to discuss the next gimik, right? It turned out that it was our next gimik. We went to Blue Skies to play.

The people who followed us to Blue Skies: Mia, Sig, Vince, Kuya Rion, and came Kimmy. :)

The first thing I saw was... Command and Conquer - Generals. Woah... It was cool! I played after a few minutes when someone left his chair and logged out. I tried it out. Traning first. It was really similar to Red Alert. The differences are: Extreme graphics, Sides, source of money, units (of course), and many more! The country used for the traning was USA. After a little training, I went straight to the skirmish. I used China. I was attracted by the double-cannoned tank. ^_^' I liked a lot of things in China. The bunker (place inside those rocket troopers for anti-vehicle), gatling turret (perfect anti-infantry and anti-aircraft), and of course, that dounble-cannoned tank: The Overlord. Not only it packs twice (thrice, to be logical... maybe even four times) the punch of ordinary tanks, but it also has an add-on, may it be a gatling turret, a speaker (for auto-healing, etc.), and... I forgot the other one...

I didn't like the GLA much. The building defence isn't that good, and the units aren't either. I think the only "anti-tank" tanks were the Scorpion (not my choice) and the Marauder (I'm not sure 'bout the Marauder... Haven't tried it). The only thing I'd like about it is the Rocked Buggy.

Hmmm... I don't know what I'm feeling right now... No, it's not emotional. It's physical. Might be fatigue... Oh well. This must be enough.

Oh, and another thing. THe LAN on my computer's finally been installed. The problem is that I think something's wrong with the LAN. I mean, that hardware that is linked by all the computers. I mean, no computer can detect another, so I (and Enzo) theorized that it's the main hardware that has the problem.

Early morning, March 23

I've just finished one of the major projects of the GIF company! Hmmm... Some results didn't come off as desired... I'll re-edit it.

After taking some time to read an entry, I've discovered something: People who are really open to what their fingers are pressing on the keyboard for the charachters to appear on the screen show their true face, may it be ugly or beautiful, beneath a mask.

Those smiles... glittering teeth on those smiles... The ever-bright and blinding whiteness of your teeth on those killer-smiles... Okey, enough about the smiles... ^_^' Those smiles that you wear... Are similar to those pieces of cloth, linen, or whatever material it's made of, that you're wearing. You may dress like a queen and turn out to be a slave. You may dress like a servant and hold the duties of a king. Your clothing may look like that of a bum, but that cup you're holding to beg from the people passing by and being good in acting that no one's around may contain more than what Bill Gates has. You may appear like an innocent bystandard and after they take their skin-piercing eyes off your own pair, you take from your coat a death-holding armament, and show them that your weapon is sharper that their sight.

Oh, and something I'd like to rant about:

You. Yeah, you. You've been trying to hide something. My conscience would understand that you refused to answer correctly the first question. Then you called me. The call wasn't like you being stuck in a matrix. I asked why you did. It was so simple. A few explanatory words would end up a simple curiosity, yet nothing came out of your mouth, nor did anything came into my ear then to my mind. If you had told me, would you have the loss? Would I have the loss? No one would. I gave you a little "hello". You gave me a mere "yo." Then I brought us back to the same question. Your were too stubborn to an extent that you still wouldn't explain it. Even if it was insolved, I now leave the case closed, the same way I'd do to the door towards my world. Before I did that, I left yours.

My mind is almost empty. I cannot use the last drops of knowledge in orating you more of what the scene is around the landscape... I hate to see poetry on my prose (well, not really) when what I see on my poetry is prose. ^_^'

Okey, I've written a lot of stuff on only two paragraphs. No reason to remind you.

Continuation of March 20

I spent some time surfing... Checked out Bobbie's blog and Mia's site. Beneath Bobbie's, I saw a promise broken just a few months ago.

As always, I would rely on what we call stock knowledge, that's why I'm not reaching what anyone would want to reach.

And beneath Mia's, I saw a lesson Mr. Dividina (CMLI teacher) taught me that I wasn't practicing.

That's all.

Yet another continuation of March 20

That's total BS man!

For English, the lessons to be taken up are Prepositions and Phrasal Combinations.

Guess what's my score on the Phrasal Combination Quiz?

9/15.

Guess what I'm gonna do about it?

I'm gonna study 'bout it.

Guess where's my notes?

Not in my English notebook. In my comic notebook.

Guess where's my comics now?

Under my table.

Guess where that table is?

At school.

Guess what's gonna happen to me?

I'm gonna die...

Rico... This is your last gauge of energy for increasing grades, yet it's still at stake... Good luck. Finish it off!

Oh, by the way, just a minute ago, somebody called, and I was the one who answered it.

Me: Hello?
Caller: Hello, may I please speak with Enzo?
Me: May I know whio this is?
Caller: Criselda.

......That was the first time that I witnessed Selda calling Enzo... ^_^'

Oh, and also, I received a mail from Bobbie. On the mail was practically a list of activities she'll do for summer... Damn... So many things to do... ^_^'

I guess I didn't review too much... Science was quite easy. I think I never halted long on a single number just to think of what the answer is. As for C.L.E., well... I needed more sources for my review... C.L.E.'s at stake.

After classes, the films (project on Filipino) were finally shown. It was weird. The makabago group wasn't finished with their film. They had no choice but to submit it today.

Then after the preview, I roamed around the school before I left for home. Then I did leave for home. In the Sunken Garden, I reviewed some A.P. The Constitution... I managed to memorize all the articles.

You know, I saw two people whom I think I knew before. One: Carla. No, not my cousin. My busmate before. Back at the time that I was grade 5. Two: Kuya Bryan. One of the JC-Neb. (high-ranking officials of Children's Museum and Library, Inc. They were the leaders of Commision DIscussions). Heheh. He was smoking. Bad Kuya Bryan... :)

I slept after eating merienda. Woke up again just a few minutes ago.

Text messages recieved: One from an uknown source saying "I LOVE YOU". I think that person texted me before... I decided not to mind it since its identification is uknown. I'm positive that it's a prank. Another one is from Ate Justine. He asked if I'd like to request for a music compilation worth P70.

Dang, it's hot! Good thing I didn't get toasted in the Garden! The clouds were embracing me to protect me from the Sun's rage and the wind was whispering to me, saying "Don't worry. We're here to make your stay easier". But now... Gah.

Yep. That's summer. Scorching your skin, leaving it burnt. The scar will remind you that you shouldn't be working anymore 'cause it's already summer. But I guess I got scarred on the wrong time... Two more days to go! And I want that Metal Fatigue CD!

Continuation of March 19

After posting my previous blog, I did some other stuff in the Net. First, I checked Vig's site for her blog. On one of her entries, I checked the comments. In it, she told me that my post was very poetic. ^_^' Yes, it's true. :)

As I always say, My prose is poetic but my poems are like prose. ^_^' It's hard to form figures of speech in poems when you're not free to put just anything. My poems are not in a blank-verse form, so it's really difficult.

Compared to that of prose (short story, to be specific), you could put anything almost anywhere.

Speaking of poems, I've halted creating 'em for a long time. I don't know why I stopped...

After that, Migs mailed me. Then I mailed him the HTML tutorial I used in my web pages.

Dangerous pa rin!

-Migs, countering their opponents in their debate

Also, from Kazaa, I downloaded 98 Degrees - The Hardest Thing. One of the best love songs I've heard. Probably the first one was their Because of You.

It's the hardest thing I'll ever have to do... To turn around and walk away pretending I don't love you...

2340 hrs. I couldn'r sleep, nor could I study... I openead a file "Mails to Vigile.doc". Yes, it's a file composed of my mails to her and vice-versa. Last summer, we were sending those quite long mails to each other. I copy her mail to the file and type my reply there. I save it. Then send the newly composed message to her.

So I've practically saved all the mails to her and all her mails to me.

Somewhere in a point of time, the flow of mails was cut off... I forgot why. No, it was not because of a conflict with each other. We never had a conflict.

Wow! It rained! Did you see that?! It rained! It actually rained!

A few moments ago, tears were dropping from the sky towards the ground. I hope the green pastures of the Sunken Garden had a nice drink. The grass is mainly dry because of the lack of rain...

Anyway, yesterday was the "cycle" (Science and C.L.E.). Today was the "Fill up The" (Filipino, A.P., T.H.E.). Tomorrow is Mateng! (Maths, English) This will be easy. The test today were quite easy.

After the tests, Benjo and I went to the T.H.E. Room for him to submit his Activity Compilation. There was Bernard (Salas). He had a book that contained 4 volumes of Love Hina! Darn! I read a part of the second volume. (SPOILER INCOMING!!!) Heheh. There was a part wherein they stared at each other again... ^_^'

After exams, I went home via bus. It will be the last time I'd ride there for this school year. At first, you would think that Time has lost its energy to walk, making it slow... But you know, you're right. It IS walking slow. 'Cause after a few paces, it'd already be reaching the end.

One more day... One more day... I wish to give a little goodbye to my teachers, even if we'd see each other after three months...

Gah. You know, I'm starting to acquire solitude again... Even just last night. I texted Vig in an effort to get rid of it. Like always, I needed to exert more. The mere conversation ended after approximately three text messages.

Solitude... Solitare! These days, I play Solitare often. Heheh. The rootword suits with what I'm experiencing... No, it's not really solitude. It's more of melancholy.

Let's see... Where could I find someone to talk to...?

Oh, and before (back in the second quarter), we had a lab activity: it's about comparrison between students. We analysed our Age in days, Height in cm, Mass in kg., Skin color, Hair color, Hair texture... Pulse rate... One of the questions was: What characteristics make you different from one another? The answer: Lem - Skin color (he's dark), Ryan - mass in kg. (His weight is 36.06 kg!), Rico - pulse rate (My pulse rate is at an average of 82 bpm! Compared to 66 and 64...).

Lem said that of your pulse rate is high, either you're fat, or you're depressed... I think I'm in the second selection. ^_^'

I guess I didn't review too much... Science was quite easy. I think I never halted long on a single number just to think of what the answer is. As for C.L.E., well... I needed more sources for my review... C.L.E.'s at stake.

After classes, the films (project on Filipino) were finally shown. It was weird. The makabago group wasn't finished with their film. They had no choice but to submit it today.

Then after the preview, I roamed around the school before I left for home. Then I did leave for home. In the Sunken Garden, I reviewed some A.P. The Constitution... I managed to memorize all the articles.

You know, I saw two people whom I think I knew before. One: Carla. No, not my cousin. My busmate before. Back at the time that I was grade 5. Two: Kuya Bryan. One of the JC-Neb. (high-ranking officials of Children's Museum and Library, Inc. They were the leaders of Commision DIscussions). Heheh. He was smoking. Bad Kuya Bryan... :)

I slept after eating merienda. Woke up again just a few minutes ago.

Text messages recieved: One from an uknown source saying "I LOVE YOU". I think that person texted me before... I decided not to mind it since its identification is uknown. I'm positive that it's a prank. Another one is from Ate Justine. He asked if I'd like to request for a music compilation worth P70.

Dang, it's hot! Good thing I didn't get toasted in the Garden! The clouds were embracing me to protect me from the Sun's rage and the wind was whispering to me, saying "Don't worry. We're here to make your stay easier". But now... Gah.

Yep. That's summer. Scorching your skin, leaving it burnt. The scar will remind you that you shouldn't be working anymore 'cause it's already summer. But I guess I got scarred on the wrong time... Two more days to go! And I want that Metal Fatigue CD!

Hmmm...

*reads guestbook*
*sees new entries*
*sees entry from a new spectator*
*startled*
*couldn't think*
*finally thinks*
*deeply thinks*
*comes up with a conclusion*

No remorse. No regrets.

-Claret School Teachers' Day SY '02-'03

Gah. Maths we reviewed again. Then Mr. Liwag returned the projects. I never got mine. And he didn't sign my clearance. I don't know why. Then on English, free time again! Hmmm... Science, a new lesson. About... something... ^_^' It's about the composition of elements - the number of neutron surrounding the Nucleus... am I right?

It's weird. Considering that tomorrow's already the exams and we're just taking up a new lesson WHICH IS EQUIVALENT TO TEN POINTS OF THE EXAM.

A.P., Ms Ongsansoy cut off Mr Sebastian's period to give evaluation forms. It was to evaluate teachers namely Mr. Liwag and Mr. Sebastian. Damn. A lot were targetting Ms. Pascual, including me.

It's also weird that Mr. Sebastian told us to give him a 1/2 sheet of paper crosswise to give him ANOTHER EVALUATION! We even did that back in the 2nd quarter. I think he's too self-conscious.

Hehe! Another thing that me and Benjo noticed: Mr. Sebastian seems to like Ms. Dela Fuente. While Ms. Dela Fuente was going down the stairs, Mr. Sebastian was following her! True, that the clues may be too simple. But I have two more. First, Ms. Dela Fuente went up the same stairs that she went down a while ago. And Mr. Sebastian was still following her! Last, in our '02 Yearbook, there is a part wherein cutouts of pictures of teachers are compiled in one page (title of page is "The Mentors"). On one picture, Mr. Sebastian is caugh in the act being beside Ms. Dela Fuente Again! Well, not really again, but... You know what I mean. :)

Another thing I'd like to share about teachers!: Some teachers form itno groups wherein they are real friends with each other. A group: Mr. Liwag, Mr. Hipolito, sometimes Mr. Bejar (Maths I) and Mr. Tubelleza (Science II I think...). A group: Mrs. Baesa, Ms. Suplito, Ms. Dela Fuente, Ms. Untalan. Another group: Oh, this is based from a picture located on the table of Ms. Pascual. We submitted the compilation to her and I saw these girls on the picture: Ms. Pascual, Ms. Lanuzga, Ms. Suplito, Ms. Gaborno, Ms. Navarro... Hmmm... I think I'm missing someone...

I managed to finish the frame for T.H.E. Grade is 42/50. Heheh. I was in a rush.

Nothing else happened after dismissal. One thing's for sure: I finally rode the bus. I'm not sure if I will tomorrow, since Janno's class will still watch the movie (project) rather late after classes.

P.S. I haven't studdied yet... Bad Rico.

Oh, and news about grades: If I got 60% on my Maths periodic exams, I'd get a 76 on my card grade. Mr. Liwag posted a notice on the wall in our classroom.

Ah, what a day! Computer, we were given free time (we were moved into the Computer Lab instead of going to the Lecture Room)! And on Filipino! And on English! And on CLE! But not Maths and Science.

Science, we had another long test. 36/55. Not good... I didn't study... As usual. She also instructed me that I answer it (the 2+2/15 Lab group activity) myself. Well, not really. She just told me to answer it. And you know what? There' still a different lesson tomorrow.

Maths, we had a review. Just an oral review.

Hmmm... You know, I've been having a sugar rush for a long time. Well, I really don't know what "sugar rush" exactly means. What I mean is that I've been eating chocolate more often than before. Before, it was Tofiluk. Now, it's Demolino.

After dismissal, I started my journey home, passing by National Book Store and Shoppersville. Here's what's on my shopping list: photocopies of paintings, cutter, yellow plastic folder, White (not morocco) folder, glue sticks. What I was unable to buy: Cutter. What I was unable to put in my list: Periodic table of elements, new pair of scissors.

You know, there's something I did not mention on my shopping spree. A certain something hidden in my list. It was written on it "...You know. But it seems impossible" Actually, I saw it before, but I was doubting that it was it. But now, I'm sure of it. 'Cause I bought it.

Okey, I won't talk about it anymore. A few seconds ago, I was tying some things about it. Then I decided to delete it.

Going back to the topic... Wait a minute... the day's done already... ^_^'

The day seems to be rather short. I'll tell you the things that happened.

Since Nny and Tty will going to Tita Ives' son's Baptism, They had to drop me at Benjo's to wait for them when it's time for me to be fetched. Me and Benjo went to the mass at the same time. I was assigned to read the Responsorial Psalm (again!). I did quite well. Only I forgot the pronunciation of one of the words there...

After the mass, Ziggy, Larla, Rachel and P4 (fourth "Paolo" of the Junior Com-Lec) went to a barbeque stand. Benjo and I went along. While eating, we chatted for quite some time.

Correction: They chatted for some time. I was only practically talking to Benjo. It was good that I had him to talk to. It was the first time that I considered myself "out-of-place". Although it wasn't the first time that I was.

After that, Me and Benjo went to their house. Gegs (his younger sister) told me about their batch night. He was there. Some of her batchmates asked for his number. ^_^' Specified is Mich. I bet it's because these girls have a crush on him. :) Hey, don't get me wrong. I know of at least two people who do. :)

Hey, guess what's on my playlist? Aiko! It's technically not classic, but it's been rotting in my folders for a long time. Hanabi... Kabutomishi... Power of Love... And the all-time solitude song - Futari no Kage...

Anyway, back to the story. Benjo taught me how to cook rice. ^_^' Yes, I don't know how. :) He also told me that every night, when he's alone, he gets depressed. He did mention that he doesn't want to remember Rachel... She might be related to December 26.

After that came 1900 hrs. Nny and Tty had arrived. So I baded goodbye to the Magnayes...

I arrived at home... I'm also down... Don't ask me why. I just don't know.

You know, Futari No Kage reminds me of a particular feeling back in the past... Was it my extreme solitude back last summer? Was it my young heart exhaused from all the love it's getting...? Or was it from the definite infatuation that I've been slapped with before...? It might be somewhere when I was taking SEP... (Summer Enrichment Program) Nevertheless. Go away from me, sensitivity!

Okey, it's back to Red Alert - Fogger...

In an effort to get rid of it, I experimented with GIFs. I've failed in a part... I think I forgot to add a pixel in the image and resulted in not being aligned with the first blade... Gah. I'll finish it after exams.

I woke up at 0630 hrs. for a shooting in the Filipino project. Heheh. Jonathan really looked like a girl. Wearing that costume and all... ^_^' And Von's good in dressing him! She knows girls' fashion! We're lucky to have him in the group. FInally, we finished everything today. Special thanks to the Fontes and JC himself for letting us use their residence as the venue of our practices!

I told Nny and Tty to fetch me at around 1330 hrs., but since we finished it at 1300 hrs., I decided to go to Benjo's to rest for a while and wait for them. Benjo showed me his... OUR website - B-O-B onlyn (by Hardsofware Corp.!). It hasn't been published on the net yet. It's cool... He also added links to his brother's band's site, my site, and Mia's site (Mia's, because in there are the pics of the barkada, as mentioned in the links page). Its main feature is the Mel Comics. Hehehehe!

Nny and Tty fetched me at 1345 hrs. We went to Sanville to visit the Gatdulas. Then we went home to celebrate Enzo's High School Graduation (Congratulations, Enzo! :) ).

Oh! Oh! Another thing that I havn't mentioned for a long time!: Chemical magazine is gonna have an edition which will feature J-Pop (Japanese Pop). Tita Marife volunteered that Enzo would represent as a Japanese fan. He's perfect! He loves anime, knows how to read and write some Japanese characters, and he has lots of Japanese music! And he has a lot of paraphernalia (spelling?)! You know, he had to take the CD of Aiko and Countdown: JPOP 2000. He even took the wallscroll of Squall and Rinoa that Kimmy and Yaten gave me! Oh well. As long as they return everything... >:( Heheh. :)

Finally, I spent the rest of the time making the new template of the blog. It's nice.

I forgot to tell you: It seems that my new favorite color is red. My desktop's red, the new template of the blog's red, my Chamelion Clock's red, and my blood's red (DUH!!! ^_^')...

Another news: Remember (if I mentioned it) the constellamp that was considered as our lab experimentation? And remember the fact that we were given a plus in our grade because we were complete in the instruction? Well, there's a problem: I didn't hear Ms. Pascual's instruction to answer the questions! I even thought she told us to answer it later! There wasn't a single dot of ink present on those blanks... our score was 2+2/15... I lost the mood to retype it (our assignment)... I'm gonna, but before I submit it, I'll have to ask her first if we will be allowed not to submit it... But I doubt that she will...

Heheh. This post will range from March 3 'till tolday, March 14. Don't worry. I missed to blog some days, so it may be fewer than you think. But still, there's a lot of content that fills this post, so again, Brace yourself!

March 3

Heheh, I passed the first set of homeworks using bespren hp's capabilities. The problem is that on the Science homework, I forgot to convert it into a graph... ^_^''

Note: You know, this is cute. - ^_^' Yep. The smiley.

Another note that was supposed to be for Saturday: Rina, our maid, went back to her home. Bye bye... She was replaced by someone of the first day.

Today... Hmmm... Highlights... English. We had a quiz on Prepositions. 12/20. Yup. It sucks.

Then, after lunch: Paalam by the seniors. It's like Grade seven's Pasasalamat. There was a dance/prayer, then followed by the national anthem, then some dance numbers. Like always, the dances were good, although I think it needed more choreography...

Then, some song numbers... I don't like that...

You know, the end of the program was a dramatic part. There was a video. (Darn! The background song was sooo good...! It was rather depressing...) Generally, it was about students of Claret. It portrayed athletes, student teachers (who were bombarded by pads and pads of crumpled paper :) ), gays, students who think they're VIPs, students being bullied, students who were so conscious of their look (in the end, the guy was splashed with a bucket of water, ruining his uniform - and his hair!), and some others that I may have forgotten. But despite all this, they circled (semi-circle, should I say) the statue of Claret guiding a child, and faced it with pride... After that, the video ended...

During the Paalam, Janno said that he told Tito Bong that we should be picked up between 1630 and 1700 hrs. because the program might delay the time of dismissal.

And it did. We were released at 1600 hrs. - giving me free time. Before I roamed around, I checked Snack Bar to make sure they weren't too early. Then, I went to the quadrangle to find something to kill time.

Fortunately, I did. First, I found David (Tocayao). He was talking to... John! So I went to them. On my way, I looked at my right and saw... Miggy! He was going towards my destination! It seems that there's a reunion of former bus riders... Yeah, we got to chat for a while. Miggy gained some pimples. Before, his face was practically flawless...

After some time, Janno came to us, then we departed. Janno and I went to the Snack Bar to check for the bus. Dom was already waiting. Then we went home. Tita Angel wasn't in front of the bus like usual... She just had her operation today, at 0900 hrs. It was good to hear that she's okey. But she's weak, but I wouldn't be surprised, since she just came from an operation...

Thank you, God.

At home... Enzo can't come to Cravings this Saturday. Aw, that's too bad...

For the rest of the evening... Oh, yeah! I found my book! It was placed beneath the books in our mini-library in the study room... ^_^' And my pen's there too! Yes!

Two final things: I surfed Lawrence' website. It's practically empty... ^_^'' There were already things prepared there. All he needed to do is to edit the contents. And, I also surfed for the math puzzles for the Math Project. The puzzles that I got were cool... I was amazed myself that I have solved it... ^_^''

I think this was on March 5...

Today... Hmmm... What I can remember is that I was drawing robots again......

Okey, after classes, I didn't ride the bus. Instead, I made my way to myself: Commute. So I went to the National Bookstore to look for/buy some immportant stuff: (Styrofoam balls (there weren't any... Curse it!), 1/4 pad paper, WITCH Comics 1st-3rd issue (There weren't any too.), and... I guess that's all.

I also went to Filbars to look for the WITCH comics. There were, but it was only the 7th and 8th. Kyle had both of those already. So I just bought myself a Love Hina (1) comics.

Upon going home, I just went though Ateneo, and went through Murphy's walk. While on the way, there were a group of Ateneans. Some of them seem to be staring at me... Heheh. I wouldn't be surprised. Seeing a Claretian inside the chain-linked fences of Ateneo...

Before I went down the long steps of Murphy, I stopped at the balcony. I sat at the parapet, and read my newly bought comics.

After reading, I went home and read it again. You know, there's a funny part:

WARNING: This may contain spoilers. This may also contain text not suitable for "young audiences"

(After tensions became hot at the dorm, they cooled down and discussed it...)

Naru: (to Keitaru) This is an all-girls dormitory! I can't let a pervert like you stay here, even for just one day! Peeping at a girl's naked body, touching a girl's breast, stealing underwear, after doing so much bad things, then you let Shinobu see that thing! What would happen if she's emotionally damaged because of this incident?!
Shinobu: I... I'm alright... It's too small, I did not see it clearly, so it did not affect me.
Keitaru: ....
Mitsune: (to Shinobu) What you're saying is really not comforting him...

Hehehehe! It was sooo green... ^_^'' There's another part, but this time, it wasn't funny. It was... romantic. Yep. So much that a few minutes after I saw it, I wanted to play Red Alert - Fogger... I did. Then... the walls on the end of the waterfall got demolished, and it flowed once more... I don't wanna type the part... It might be too much of a spoiler... :)

Oh, yeah. A "special issue" of Tanglaw was given today... Heck, where's the things I've given to them...?

Evening... I made a simple "sketch" of Mia. According to my psychology, it does look like Mia. Hmmm... I've said that he looks like this and she looks like that and blady-blah-blah a lot of times on different people, but most disagree with my statements... I better ask Austell... ^_^''

Blogged just in the morning of March 10

Let's start with Saturday. It was Mia's birthday. BELATED HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU, MIA!!! Heheh. Wait a minute... I NEVER greeted her personaly...! The shame... The shame... Gah. Anyway, the gathering was at Cravings. 1230 hrs.

But before that, there was a practice at school. The scheduled time was 0700 hrs. But a few were presesnt at that time. And you know the bad news? Students were now forbidden to go inside! Heck, was I frustrated...!

Oh, by the way, Spikey lost his video camera, disabling us to film anything. He lost it somewhere in Cubao.

It was around 0900 hrs that we decided to practice on one of our member's houses (the distances should be walking The first one was Benjo's. But since the space was too small, we decided to go to JC's. It was just a discussion, but it was a major one. We ended it at 1130 hrs.

So I went back to the Snack Bar to wait for Austell. I texted him to come ASAP. He replied, saying that he was sick. So I went ahead when Nny arrived.

I went back home first. Of course. We had to pick up Enzo. And I also had to eat, 'cause the first time I ate for that day was at 1200 hrs... ^_^''

We arrived at schedule. 1230 hrs sharp, should I say. The first person I saw was Stacy. Next was Sig. Then Vince. Then came Selda. Then still came three more people - Vig, Gen, and the birthday girl. :) We were caught playing Snakes and Ladders... :) It was the first victory in my whole life. ^_^''

Anyway, the food was good, but I don't know why in the middle of my meal, I lost my mood to eat... My "gift" was a card. Heheh. The only thing I could brag about the contents of my card is the drawing of the Ur-Quan Kohr-Ah. I practiced - and mastered it. Now I can draw with ease!

Important note about the gathering: There was a time when Stacy and Gen were away. Mia, Vig and Sig were playing Millionare's Game. (flashback... Nyahahahaha!) Vince and Selda were left on the table. You know, they were talking to each other... And I mean they were talking. I think what Sig's mother told to Nny was right... Hehehehe! Going back to lunch at home, I heard that Selda, too, was Vince's date in their Graduation Ball... :)

1500 hrs. I had to leave for the Community Service for A.P. Gyah! They were ahead of me! They did it already. But we improvised. I cleaned a little, while they were taking pictures of me for the documentation.

Home, I arrived... From the fatigue I had, I slept until I think 2200 hrs... Then, there was the street party... Enzo and I passed by, but didn't go... I decided to go to Mik's 'cause I heard that Carla was there - and she was. Then Mik was upstairs, playing NBA Live. After their game, we went downstairs 'cause he asked for assistance in his website. Although he managed to solve the problem himself... Then, came an evil scheme... Hehehehe! It was almost perfect...! I asked for a copy. But for the while, he just gave me the screen shot. :)

Then, Austell texted. I'm not allowed to say this. I don't even know much about this. And even Gen forbid herself to say much. Anyway...

Then came Sunday. The first thing I did was to finish the Maths project - Practical problems. I was able to. Next... The A.P. write-up. I just had to edit some stuff before bespren hp does his job. Next, the Summary of Claret: Ang Misyoneryo. I was not able to finish it. I suddenly had eye straint. I was unable to finish the job...

Continuation of March 10

I managed to do a lot of things in the comics... I'm in the part wherein the search party will contact the headquarters for the results of the search.

English. We had a quiz on Phrasal Combinations. I got a 9/15... That totally sucks...!

And here's a story.

Maths. Mr. Liwag lost his mercy towards us. He became strict in the schedule. He told us that the deadline of the project was today, at 1600 hrs. And I though my project was done... it wasn't! I forgot the Introduction part and the Analysis...

So came dismissal. I asked Gino if the shooting could be postponed for the day so I could go home and finish off the project. He allowed me. So I left for home ASAP via taxi. Oh by the way, Nny was there for Dom's conduct case. I asked permission before doing so. At home, I ran upstairs and printed what I must print, and typed what I must type. Also, Marcelo gave me some things for printing. But what he typed was beyond the margin... Gah. That's his problem...

Anyway, after that, I walked from our home until the gate of Miriam (the one closest to the Kindergarten). Then a tricycle came by. I rode with them. Upon reaching the gate of La Vista, I continued my journey via Taxi again. I arrived on school at 1630 hrs... Mr. Liwag left already... Damn! Migs was there... and Benjo. They told me that they just left their projects on sir's table. I did the same thing. I just hope he'll accept it.

Then, Dom and I went home via taxi... Again?!

Home. I was so exhausted that I slept from 2000 'till 2200 hrs. Then I surfed the net for a while. And you know, I changed my desktop settings. It's mainly now of red. Bloody red... ^_^''

I just remembered. This Saturday, I found a MOD file format of Dan Nicholson - Melee!. The original version! I decided to record it... and managed to do so! Heheh. It's been a long time since it was alone in my list...

Another thing. This may sound weird to you guys, especially the ones who know this person. Ready or not, here I go...

I've been thinking a lot about Gen these days...

Ever since I looked at their group picture again (Sig, Three Molecules of Carbon, Mia, Vig, Gen, Kuya Rion), I seem to have been slapped on the face with something...

I think it was the reason why I texted her yesterday...

Seeing that I may have forgotten Three Molecules of Carbon, the next question might be "Am I in love with Gen?"

Nyah! Okey, I really don't know if it's true or not. Maybe not. But then again... I'll keep you guys updated! :)

Tsk tsk tsk tsk... Austell's gonna be heartbroken when he discovers that he's not the only one cherishing Gen... and he's gonna kill me when he sees this... ^_^'' Hahahaha!

March 12

Before I go on with today, let me go back to... I think Monday... In the far left side of the door through the Grade School Principals' office is a "bulletin board" of faculty members. Since our yearbook was last year, and the most significant teachers came to teach Claretians this year, it really helped me a lot with the names of the faculty members. One is that I discovered that I made a mistake with Ms. Gaborno's first name. it should have been Perly, not Pearly. The most significant was Ms. Lanuzga's first name. I never had an idea as to what it was! Joan... No wonder Austell asked back on Saturday if "Joan" would come... ^_^'' (by the way, Ms. Lanuzga is the one that looks like Gen ^_^'')

With that, I added a lot of teachers in the "BotNames.txt" (the file wherein POD bot takes the names and uses it for bots in Half-Life: Counter-Strike) namely Ms. Lanuzga, Mr. Sebastian, Mr. Hipolito, Mr. Liwag and probably every first year teacher.

TODAY... We had our final lecture in A.P today! And so is English! Ah... Computer, we had our hands-on exam. It was on making a flowchart and another comic strip. Luckily, I managed to get a perfect score (you AUTOMATICALLY get a perfect score if you're complete with what is asked, may it be ugly or not).

Then on English, Ms. Regalado gave the period away as free time. Most of us crammed in the project for Science. Some did the homework that Mr. Liwag gave.

While discussing with JC about the project, Anjo sat on my chair. I didn't shooo him away 'cause he was reaading Migs' comics. And besides, I could also sit on his chair, which I did. I took my notebook, 1/2 crosswise paper, pencil case and Maths I book, and moved to his desk.

While working, I sometimes would look at the stairs beside our classroom to look for teachers. You know. The same way guys look for girls... ^_^'' Then passed... Ms. Lanuzga. I don't know if it occured to me precisely at the time that she passed, but... Then came a strong gust of wind that blew away the mere light standing on the wick of a candle... The luminous ember did not fall... But it did disappear. Followed is a trail of smoke that would smog my vision...

Anyway, for short, after she passed, depression struck me again...... Then it was lunch time... I never saw her pass the stairs again... I assumed she was in the Physics Lab (No, not the Add-on of the Science Facility in Starcraft!). Before I left, I decided that my destination would be at the Libary to finish the Maths assignment. I passed the path where most students would rarely pass. I peeked at the lab... she was there... Then, continued my journey towards the library...

Then, I took a seat. While working on numbers, words and letters, I saw a book of compilations of plays that Shakespeare wrote. They were all beautiful. Then, I went back to working on the assignment. I was procrastinating... Just because my happiness is roaming around and not staying put...

Anyway, T.H.E., I managed to paint the glass! Although the skin of the Kohr-Ah was quite dark 'cause there was no grey available, and I had to use black... the rest are good.

So we went back to JC's for the shooting. Heheh. I became an imporant part again. ^_^'' Oh, by the way, I'm now King Adriano (originally King Salermo), the father of the protagonist. All in all, we've made 7 minutes out of the minimum 40 minutes. We're inching closer and closer...

Then I went home via comute. You know, this is a very unique day just because of this.

Just like the usual, I would walk from Claret to Philcoa. In Philcoa, there was a face that I recognized.
Mike!
Yup. Anthony Ong. So we chatted for a few seconds... What was I doing there... How will I go home, bladdy blah blah... Oh, and along with him is this pretty girl. I thought that she was a part of Mike's (and Alec's) workshop in acting.

So they asked where I lived. I told them I lived in LGV, inside La Vista...
"In katipunan?", his femenine companion asked.
"Yup", I replied.

They seem to be relieved of something... They asked if I knew "The Barn", a restaurant in Katipunan. I told them that I did... It was their destination... So they followed me in my journey home.

Inside the jeep, Mike told me "By the way, this is Dhakki..."

Dhakki? I saw that in Alec's script! Yup. It was her. Anyway, we chatted inside the jeep. We arrived in U.P., we rested on the Sunken Garden for a while. There we had the longer talk.

Dhakki. 18 years old (looks younger...). Lives in Batangas. (if I was right) But looks like she lives around. I mean, the way she dresses... Not rich. (that's what she said) Smokes (She smoked two sticks one after the other! She said she was depressed...). Married (according to them, when you're "married", you have a boyfriend/girlfriend :) ). Anything else?

You know, she doesn't know the Internet. It was really hard for me to believe. Oh well. Couldn't blame her.

Anyway, at 1650 hrs., we rode the jeep going through Katipunan. Then, we dropped approximately ten meters from The Barn. I escorted them to the door. Then, we departed, and baded goodbye...

I reached home at around 1830 hrs. Then on dinner, Nny discussed with us Dom's case, and what happened with the discussion with the parents involved with the case and Ms. Lavara.

That's all, I guess. ONLY TWO PROJECTS REMAIN!!! English - Film Analysis and Science - Model of Phases of the Moon.

March 13

Let's start with...... With...... Maths. Now I knew what was happening. Paolo sticked his tongue out to Mr. Liwag, and he gave him a conduct slip. (I think his penalty was a 4-day suspension... That's what I overheard...)

A.P. Mr. Sebastian wasn't present. The one who substituded was... Ms. Suplito!

Okey, let's take some practicals first. Naturally, in a class, we would greet a teacher in this way: (watch out: this is a formula) Good+T+t+n=G wherein T=time (Morning, afternoon, evening), t=title of the teacher (Ms, Mr, Mrs, Brother, Sister), n=name (If it was Ms, Mr, or Mrs, it would be followed by the teacher's surname. If it was Brother or Sister, it would usually be followed by the teacher's first name), then you add them all up in order, and you form a G=greeting.

Since the teacher was uknown to most of us, we greeted her by this formula: Good+T+tg=Gi wherein tg=title based on gender (applicable to married women, Brothers and Sisters) for example, if the uknown teacher was married, we would greet her as Ms. instead of Mrs. because we didn't know she was married in the first place), you sum that all up in order, and form a Gi=incomplete greeting.

But since I knew who she was, I (along with some former variety show volunteers who knew her name) followed the first formula. Then, Ms. Suplito wondered why some students knew her. And why the variety show? She also was a participant in the show. She was Aisa (spelling?). Hehehehe!

Since we had nothing to do, and since Mr. Sebastian told her that we weren't finished yet with Filipino's film, she decided that we use her period as practice and filming for the project. We all went to the kubo to discuss.

By the way, before she started talking, something happened. I don't wanna talk about it. It's not about me, but I was surprised that I would hear something like it from a teacher - especially her type.

The period was about to end. She asked us if we would like to stay in thr kubo for whatevr we will do for the project or if we would go back to the classrom and do it there. We consulted sir president. He decided that we will stay in the kubo. Hearing that, she reminded us to work on the project before she left. And then she did. Before she was out of my voice's range, I gave out a "Bye, Ma'am!" Her ears have picked up the message. Her head turned towards to where I was. Then her eyes were sketching an image of my lean body. I gave out a smile, and baded my hand. She responded the same way I contacted her. She also baded, smiled, and said "Bye."

You might think that I'm in love with Ms. Suplito. Hahahaha! In case you are doing so, let me explain: I gave her a little goodbye 'cause it would have been rather rude if we just let her go away without even showing a mere appreciation to what she's done. She took over Mr. Sebastian, she let us practice in the kubo... Somehow, I had to thank her... and that was the only way left. As simple as that. And the fact that she smiled back... True, that all teachers smile when we greet them in the corridor, while they're passing through our classroom... But when they leave, and we greet, they don't respond that way... as if they really wanted to leave. (hmmm... seems like us ^_^'' ) And the smile was bigger than usual (when I mean big, I don't mean exaggerated)...

Besides, the only teacher I know that responds with a big smile when we greet them is Ms. Lanuzga (by the way, I forgot to show her position in the faculty: Physics IV) (Heheh... I guess Physics is automatically in the fourth year...). Wait a minute... Include Mrs. Condecido (Language, grade VII). :)

Okey, back to reality... I went home via comute. Nothing unusual. And when I was very close to the La Vista gate, I saw Dom! Yes! Minus 6 pesos in the fare! ^_^''

Darn, I'm tired... I'm gonna end this. Don't worry. Nothing else happened.

By the way, Enzo and I switched computer tables.

March 14

First was Science. We were able to submit the project today. Ahhh... it was a relief to have removed such stress. Oh, and it reminded me of... typing that lab group activity... Growl! Followed is A.P., wherein we practically had free time. And in Filipino, Mrs. Ramos gave the period as practice and filming for the project.

English, I went down to the T.H.E. room to paint the frame (Ms. Regalado allowed us to do so). C.L.E., I went back to classes. There wasn't much that Brother Karl and us did.

T.H.E., continued on the framework and finalization of the glass. I inverted my signature with a certain technique. And finally, on Maths... we had a quiz... There were parts that I was stuck... and I was sleepy... I surrendered without finishing the seventh number (out of eight items). Definitely a false move.

Homeroom... It was election time for the CBS (Central Board of Students). Actually, I went to the Faculty Room to look for Ms. Pascual to ask quetions about the homwork before I remembered that we were supposed to elect on that period.

On my way to the room, I passed by Ms. Lanuzga. Like always, I would greet any teacher that I would pass by. Then I saw her smile again... ^_^'' Heheh. Okey, never mind about that. ^_^'

Eventually, I did. She was checking the project of Sirjo and their group. Since there was no power outlet (they had a light bulb and christmas lights for enhancing the realism), they brought it down to the classroom. While checking, the group had a little chat with her. Here's some of the extracted data:

Ms. Pascual. Around thirty years old (she didn't want to say exactly how old she was). Her province is in Laoag, Ilocos Norte. Her middle initial was Co. Her father's name is Federico! (did I hear that right, or did I not clean my ears yesterday not too well?) Heheh. I joked that we might be relatives, along with Troy. :)

Anyway, after that, I decided to go home. Along my way is Alec. He was gonna give a letter to Ms. Dela Rosa (High School Principal) asking permission to let us use the school for practices on the Filipino project. She declined because there wasn't any teacher present to guard us. She gave a sample. It was the case that Dom was involved! I never thought it was that famous...

Anyway, so I went home via comute... again... I stayed in the Sunken Garden... again... but this stay was rather unique. First, I stayed there for a span of time longer than the usual. I guess it's because I'm rather exhausted. The sun was really coming down. Second, I brought with me my cellphone. Yes, that means that the security of Claret were unable to detect my cellphone (I know where they don't search at all - in my second bag). So third, I was texting those people who were finished with the exams. Namely the Maryknollers. I texted Sig, Gen, Mia, Yaten, Bobbie, Stacy and Vig. Only Stacy and Gen didn't reply. And to those who did reply, only Vig and Bobbie had a little chat with me. But nevertheless... To those who replied... Thanks. It was only the second time that I had someone to talk to while daydreaming in the Garden... ^_^'

By the way, NO ONE WILL TELL MY PARENTS THAT I BROUGHT MY CELLPHONE TO SCHOOL!!!

I reached home at 1830 hrs... The first thing that was good news was... The CD writter! It was finaly installed on Enzo's computer! But the LAN> (Local Area Network. Used to connect computers to each other and transfer files, play games together, etc.) hasn't been fixed yet...

Oh, and I've bought this ISP - Bonanza. also 20 hrs=P100. There was no I-TIPID available... Hope it works... 'Cause there are no instructions available.

......

Okey, so it did. You know, I just opened my inbox, and one of the messages was from Sig. In it contained a gateway to the site to teh Phoenix Pendant. Although I didn't read it (I will when I'm connected to Citibank and not to a limited time ISP), the thing there that I was amazed the most was... The image containing the title of the fanfic... Heheh. It's red! And I'm sure it was made from Adobe Photoshop... I really want that... but it's too expensive...

Tsk tsk tsk tsk... Now's computer classes. A few minutes ago, I was playing Warcraft III single player. Alec saw me playing. He invited me to their game. There was... Wyrol d'best... Gah! Wyrol! He kicks behinds good...

The game started. Beside my place was a red cluster... NOOO!!! It was Wyrol...! Two minutes after the start of the game, Wyrol attacked... A hero and several units... I was defenseless... Well, with the exception of a single Grunt...

So I went here. Hey... Why didn't I think of that? Save my blog text in the folders in my website, then publish it here.... Oh well... The though's almost gonna die... The schoolyear's about to end...