Way Home

slept during the bus ride so i wasn't able to see the damage in Albay by typhoon durian/reming.

tabaco & catanduanes though both looked BROWN & GREY. So much for typhoon damage. gloomy weather.

Home & San Roque not damaged; just the landscaping a bit. Sea Breeze yeah.

i love block A.

" i love block A."

i will really miss them. i've never been so attached in my whole life. i never thought that i will ever be. i never thought i'd be capable of being this happy, of loving & caring for these people.

these people changed my life. even if everything seems so down, i still feel happy because of them.

i learned to enjoy life.

Block Party

dec 12, tue - got ready for the block party after class. at a little past 7pm - met at BA steps. with blockmates. Commute to PEts' place at Tandang Sora. whew! 8-9pm. jeep to Philcoa, and it was weird at philcoa - people all over the streets, and no taxi. so tricycle to McDo somwer then taxi to Pets' Place. Lots of food - pizzas from Pizza Hut, pasta from Avenetto, cake rolls from goldilocks, & drinks. So many food, and we enjoyed a lot.

Exchange gifts- fun! =) amusing.

then at 10:30pm-Sir Manuel arrived with Jed. Hehe. then we played charades tila round 1 am. Then Sir went back home. So we had an open forum while we were at the garden (back lawn of Pets' house) til around 5 am.

loved the party. just didn't like the large butterflies. i love Block A. Sharlene gave us all gifts (keychains) with personalized messages. i love my new slippers from marj. kat gave me a gift too. grabe. sooo Sweeeeettttttt!

then 6-7 am -slept a little. i was teasing jed about his new crush/girl. hehe. others were sleeping, and the others were playing cards. =)

then out by 7am. commute again to UP -tricycle, jeep, jeep. whew. too tired. then just changed clothes, then slept 9-2 pm. then to BA at 3:30 pm til 9pm for BA 186. then so tired. didn't do accounting.

Party Mode! =)

Awitan.

dec.11, mon- last PI class dis year, no law class. =) 7.30pm at UP theatre with Kat, supposed to watch the Awitan to start at 7pm. But there was no electricity and so it was moved to 9pm. Kat & I went to SM north instead; bought some gifts. Then to UP Theatre at 10:30 to 12midnight. Had ate reign (room mate) fix my special late permit. Arrived when the MSS org before IE club was performing.

IE club (ate rox, a room mate) performed too. Karolyn, Pie, Rhett, & Pets were there for JPIA. THey were really good. Great performance! The common song was Fruitcake by eraserheads. IE club sang "Tindahan ni Aling Nena", while JPIA sang "Manila, Manila". Good choreography.

Rushed back to dorm after JPIA's performance. They were the last performer anyway. it was nearly 12mn already. I was with Kat during the whole awitan; i went back to the dorm with Ate rei (dorm mate, also a JPIAn). arrived at exactly 12mn.

results:

JPIA-3rd
IE- 2nd
CIEM- 1st. I don't think they were that good compared to the other two though - performance, songs, choreography, vocal quality.

normal.karma. normal karma.

Love doesn't see the pain.
But hurt is so strong.
Will you be there for me?
Love is distorted as I see it.
When can I feel loved?
Loneliness is becoming a part of me.
They see me as happy;
Glad that they do.

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Love is distorted as I see it.
When can I feel loved?
Loneliness is becoming a part of me.
They see me as happy:
Glad that they don't see the pain.
But hurt is so strong.
Will you be here for me?

culminating night

dec.8, fri- immaculate concepcion. We're supposed to have no class today. but ma'am acuna of 151 decided that we should have one no matter what happens. & so we did. actually, the group met at 10.30am for 186. i wanted to finish that darn thing. it's quite difficult pa nmn. we had consultation with sir after 151 class. then decided to revise it afterwards. had dinner at BA. then went to mass at 7-8.30pm. went back to dorm to fix myself, then back to BA rooftop for culmi nyt. block A supporting Pie, rhett, pets, saerom, & adrian. great performance. rhett practiced them the night before til 3 am. whoa. grabeh.

went back to dorm at 11pm with karolyn. =)

dec.9, sat- kat & I met at 12nn-2pm for 186. finished that darned thing. was so complicated, but we able to fix it up. it's better that only the two of us meet up rather than the whole group. it'll be so complicated then.

3-5pm- at cubao! got so lost! i was supposed to go to the bus terminal to get my ticket to catanduanes on 16th. but my gosh. i entered different malls, and i was so confused. then i also bought my plane ticket back to manila for jan 3rd. agh. i got lost, i entered smelly places, and i rode the MRT.

i was on my way to cubao when karolyn texted that rhett's got a concert at glorietta. actually, a free choir performance at g4/oakwood. met up with pie & rose ann & kat. 6-7pm. nice. i love the OPMs.

toured glorietta.went to greenbelt.seattles til 11.30pm. rose-ann's birthday the next day.then kat & i back to UP. it was awkward back there. reached dorm at exactly 12mn. wasn't late for curfew! haha.

-so bothered. i hate this guilty, anxious, hurt feeling.-

varied.

dec 5, tue- it's karolyn's 19th birthday. got no classes. cancelled. SR convolcation 1-4pm. our class is at that exact schedule. great. hehe.

6pm- went to church. after mass, talked to Father Jboy. Learned he was from Catanduanes too. We talked in Bicol. He was asking for help/donations for the people there. 90% property damage.

8 pm- got allergies. it started itching yesterday afternoon. i didn't mind it then. it was tolerable. then at after i went to church, i saw some red spots all over my body. texted papa, then went to ER at infirmary.

they gave me an injection and a tablet. i slept from 8.30 to 10 pm. Papa, marlon, and uncle evan arrived. the doctor gave me medicines for five days.

then back to dorm. slept. was so tired.

dec. 6, wed- morning i saw offline messages from rhett. -bacbacan- haha. later on he was performing with nica for Mr.& Ms. Bacbacan. good performance! =) (kaya pla "see u in bacbacan")

bacbacan til 4pm. movie afterwards.sir called.

dec. 7, th- no class in accounting & law. made a multiply site for block: http://bestblocka.multiply.com. password: *******. i informed some of my blockmates about it. everyone can access it, and customize.

went to mass afterwards & attended an immaculate concepcion lecture at the dorm lobby.

BACBACAN 2.

Wednesday - @ DAR gym, we were having our sportsfest. Bacbacan 2 is all about competition with other BA-based organizations. We had fun watching Mr& Ms Bacbacan. Rhett & Nica were representing JMA, but since we were blockmates, we support them! haha. JPIANs may actually hate us for that. But we kept on cheering for JPIA (Junior Philippine Institute of Accountants) too.

Then basketball games..it was ok. our team was losing last time i checked.

At 4 pm- we were bored already so we went to SM north. actually we walked to philcoa then someone suggested we watch a movie, so we went to SM. haha. watched "a good year" of russell crowe. it was ok. i wasn't affected in any way. it's just wala lang. Not pretty good if it has no effect. Quite a love story anyway. There were JPIANs too. What a coincidence! Stan's group was also there.

Then at 7:30 at UP already. Someone called. I have to make a plan. Fast. I think it is for the good of everybody so I lied. If I made the wrong decision, and everybody puts the blame on me, I think I have the comfort of knowing that I did it not because I wanted it. I did it not for me. I lied because I think everybody would benefit from it.

That makes me quite a hero, don't you think?

>But such thought made me feel worse than a liar...<

The thought of sacrificing one's self for the good of everybody; like a martyr if you may say so.., it has to be done voluntarily, freely, for the love of others, for the love of God and fellowmen,... and not for the love or thought of one's self that in the end you will be praised by your fellowmen.

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alumni homecoming.

9 am- at BA with Kat. assisted in registration of the guests.

helped in seating arrangements, photography, and other small details such as holding the mic for the JPIA choir.

done at 2.30 pm. at dorm before 3 pm. got some roses from the flower arrangemnts at the tables. had lunch there too. food's ok. got dessert from the guests. hehe. nice.

enjoyed it. met lots of people. oldies, profs, etc.

- Papa drove me to UP 7-7.30 am. heard news from radio: 6 people died, some injured, some missing. from a small boat that was at the sea during the typhoon. stupid people. the details were sent be gov. verceles. there was no other news. that was all. still frustrating.-

typhoon

nov 30, thursday-no classes. actually, it was announced the day before that classes were cancelled due to typhoon. i also learned yesterday na signal #4 na sa amin (virac, catanduanes). i hate it. centro n nmn kami.

mama called up 7.30 am thru the dorm's landline phone. there was no more signal in virac. she couldn't contact me na. she told me to go to san juan because it's going to be a very strong typhoon. it'l be difficult if i get stuck in this dorm. i was opposing it actually. i have to bring a lot of things. she told me to go to san juan quickly before it starts to rain. the typhoon (reming/durian)was already starting to get heavy -rains, winds, etc. the path was supposed to include metro manila. so she was worried too. but i was worried more. my god, my dad is here. so who were left? my mom and four younger sisters. great.

i reached san juan by 9 am, taxi. i read 151, some law, 142, did some 186. actually, i think i was pretty productive that day. i did a lot of things.

dec 1, fri- holiday.

i was supposed to go out with my HS classmates today (miriam, jane, etc) but got cancelled due to bad weather. it wasn't raining, but the sky was gray and gloomy. i watched TV whole day waiting for news. NONE for catanduanes!!!! i hate it! all they said yesterday was that it's signal #4! but nothing nothing now! i hate the Tv stations! everything's down there - electricity, water, communication lines, cell sites, net, radio, everything!!
there is absolutely no contact!

i tried to read something but it was no use. i was worried, and that was it.

good thing there are also some people equally frustrated as i am.

dec. 2, sat- i just finished reading a chapter during the morning, and i did nothing else but watch TV the rest of the day. there is still no news! my gosh~! i was reading newspapers everyday, the TV was on the whole day, i kept on dialling the phone for every few hours, i tried calling them on their cellphones evry few hours, and i'm on the net regularly to check for updates.

this is really frustrating. there is no single news on TV whatever happened to catanduanes. they kept on mentioning albay. thing is,they already know what's happening and what happened there! same thing being repeated! same news, same videos. damnit, they were feasting on the same news the whole darn day, since yesterday pa.

couldn't the government at least send a chopper or a plane there? no volunteers or relief goods (because they'll bring news if ever)? my god.

i just want to know, are they still ok? are they gonna be ok? darn TV stations. darn gov't. u two covered everything, every place the typhoon hit,..all except our province.

my dad said about 6 people died. he said from the radio. that was all.

adidas.

nov.28, tue- i went to galleria because of the adidas check i have to get. from 4.15 to 5.30 to galleria, then waited until about 7. the office was in the 38th floor, equitable tower. i got messed up in the elevators. hehe. there were floor arrangements pla. certain elevators on a particular range of floors.

i went back to UP after getting the check. did some 186.

nov 29, wed- @ BA for the TFI (tuition fee increase) lecture by the student regeant. honestly, his arguments aren't that good. there was a lot of loopholes, and illogical or irrational arguments, whatever he is trying to point out.

12 noon- Avenettos at Visayas Ave. for lunch with groupmates (Carlo, Ash, Kat, Karolyn,Rhoma, Wow, Mayeen),Pie, Nina, Rhett. Nina & Rhett got cars so there we went. Food's great! ok ambiance, similar to TOSH. we ordered two large pizzas (bacon cheeseburger & new york), 4 pastas (2 red & 2 white). haha. we didn't finish them, so take-out. then to BA. group meeting for 186. gosh, discussion.

then gave some pizzas to ate guard, sir manuel.

6 pm- Sir called up. He talked about a lot of things. He said he's a little annoyed that his birthday landed on sunday, same day for the alumni homecoming event he was organizing. oh well.