Just like my sister, I never had a boyfriend (yet).
I was with a guy friend in a bookstore. I was busy searching for something when he handed me a book entitled, “No Boyfriend since Birth.” Ok!
I need to secure myself financially before having one. Who agrees with me? (o_o) I am just 16 years old. There are lots of years to come (maybe). I am just a freshman in college. I am just starting to build my future.
One of my closest friends has a boyfriend, two of my college friends have, one of my college friends has a suitor, one of them (again) has an ex-boyfriend and me??? Never mind…
Does one really have to have a boyfriend? Is it a part of society’s standards? It has been 16 years of blissful life being like this(?) I am happy with my friends and I lead a normal life.
*sigh*
Who’s like me, my sister and many other girls out there?
A thought from our professor in Sociology:
“Hindi mo lang pwedeng basta-basta magustuhan ang isang tao dahil sa physical feature niya, tulad ng magandang ilong. Ano ‘yon kapag nagpakasal kayo tapos wala na kayong makain, maisasaing niyo ba yung ilong niya? Hindi!” – Herrero
Thursday, August 31, 2006
Wednesday, August 30, 2006
A Student's Life
Sitting in an age-old wooden chair of our University, beside the wooden jalousies, near the painted door, far from the working ceiling fan, under the fluorescent lamp and while suffering from the morning warmth… I knew this day would be a routine.
I would normally take a jeep going to Cubao and alight at the foot of the overpass, buy a 14 peso single-journey ticket going to Pureza and insert it in a machine with a green luminous check, take the escalator and find the least crowded area. Balancing inside the train is quite hard so I need to hold onto the sticky poles of the train. Katipunan, Anonas, Araneta Center-Cubao, Betty Go-Belmonte, Gilmore, J. Ruiz, V. Mapa and at last Pureza. I opt to use the stairs when going down from the platform because it is faster than using the crowded escalator. Then I would take a tricycle going to the main campus.
I would hang my ID on my neck to show it to the guards and then take it off when I pass them, take the stairs near the dome, and stop at 4th floor’s wash room. I would then find myself walking in a red floor and looking at the room numbers and when I finally arrive at our room I seize a moment to think on where I will sit.
Some chairs are moist, some have distorted frames, some with wide desks, some with carvings, some with… Each chair is distinctive. The blackboard is not black, it’s green and it has brown border. Posted on its left are the map of 5th floor and the Vision statement of our College. On its both sides are the doors. I never inspected if the pot of the withered plant is still behind the left door. There is only one electric fan that hangs on our white ceiling, it’s on the right side of our room. Our room is a study area for lots of students from different sections and as far as I know we are the main occupants of our room.
Our classes would normally start late, take our lunch in/on time and be dismissed in/on time. Then I would go home together with my two block mates.
I would normally take a jeep going to Cubao and alight at the foot of the overpass, buy a 14 peso single-journey ticket going to Pureza and insert it in a machine with a green luminous check, take the escalator and find the least crowded area. Balancing inside the train is quite hard so I need to hold onto the sticky poles of the train. Katipunan, Anonas, Araneta Center-Cubao, Betty Go-Belmonte, Gilmore, J. Ruiz, V. Mapa and at last Pureza. I opt to use the stairs when going down from the platform because it is faster than using the crowded escalator. Then I would take a tricycle going to the main campus.
I would hang my ID on my neck to show it to the guards and then take it off when I pass them, take the stairs near the dome, and stop at 4th floor’s wash room. I would then find myself walking in a red floor and looking at the room numbers and when I finally arrive at our room I seize a moment to think on where I will sit.
Some chairs are moist, some have distorted frames, some with wide desks, some with carvings, some with… Each chair is distinctive. The blackboard is not black, it’s green and it has brown border. Posted on its left are the map of 5th floor and the Vision statement of our College. On its both sides are the doors. I never inspected if the pot of the withered plant is still behind the left door. There is only one electric fan that hangs on our white ceiling, it’s on the right side of our room. Our room is a study area for lots of students from different sections and as far as I know we are the main occupants of our room.
Our classes would normally start late, take our lunch in/on time and be dismissed in/on time. Then I would go home together with my two block mates.
Saturday, August 26, 2006
And she was Abegail †…
I refused to put this in my blog for some reasons... And now, I gathered enough strength…
It was last Tuesday (August 22) when we knew about our classmate’s death. We thought that it was a joke, a bad joke. Five text messages and a call confirmed it that she died because of Dengue*. She even took our Departmental Exam in Accounting last Sunday (August 20). Some of my block mates saw her and she looked very weak. She was obviously frail for a couple of days but I thought it was due to stress or the like.
They say that she even primed to go to class because she prepared her uniform. Her mother did not know about her actual situation because she told her that all she needed was Biogesic, Neozep and Strepsils.
Some of my block mates went to the morgue (I think) to see her for the last time. She was not yet put in a casket due to financial constraint. They were able to collect P5000 (I think).
She even told one of our block mates that, “May taning na ang buhay ko.”
She’s nice and beautiful… I felt her dedication to learn…
Let us pray for Abegail †… May she rest perpetually in the comforts of our Creator…
*Erratum
Posted: September 1, 2006 (Friday)
Her death was due to some sort of heart disease and not Dengue...
It was last Tuesday (August 22) when we knew about our classmate’s death. We thought that it was a joke, a bad joke. Five text messages and a call confirmed it that she died because of Dengue*. She even took our Departmental Exam in Accounting last Sunday (August 20). Some of my block mates saw her and she looked very weak. She was obviously frail for a couple of days but I thought it was due to stress or the like.
They say that she even primed to go to class because she prepared her uniform. Her mother did not know about her actual situation because she told her that all she needed was Biogesic, Neozep and Strepsils.
Some of my block mates went to the morgue (I think) to see her for the last time. She was not yet put in a casket due to financial constraint. They were able to collect P5000 (I think).
She even told one of our block mates that, “May taning na ang buhay ko.”
She’s nice and beautiful… I felt her dedication to learn…
Let us pray for Abegail †… May she rest perpetually in the comforts of our Creator…
*Erratum
Posted: September 1, 2006 (Friday)
Her death was due to some sort of heart disease and not Dengue...
Monday, August 21, 2006
Siya si Jose
May naging kaklase ako nung nursery at kinder sa Little Jewels Christian School (LJCS) na nagngangalang Jose Tolentino. May glaucoma siya at hirap na hirap makakita. Mga siguro 16 o 17 years old na siya ngayon at 12 to 13 years na kaming hindi nagkikita at nagkakausap. Ayun yung mga panahon na wala pa kaming pakialam sa mundo kasi bata pa kami noon (4-5 years old pa lang kami noon).
Wala na akong maalala sa kanya kundi nung graduation namin. Medyo blurry ang vision ko nung graduation pero ang alam ko hinihila niya ako papunta sa upuan namin.
Sinubukan ko na rin siya hanapin sa Friendster kaso bigo ako. Tulad nga ng lagi kong sinasabi, maraming Jose Tolentino sa mundo. Kung anu-ano na rin ang naisip ko, baka tuluyan na siyang nabulag dahil sa sakit niya (sana ‘wag naman) o baka naman hindi niya lang naisipan mag-Friendster.
Gusto ko lang magkaroon ng update tungkol sa kanya.
Wala na akong maalala sa kanya kundi nung graduation namin. Medyo blurry ang vision ko nung graduation pero ang alam ko hinihila niya ako papunta sa upuan namin.
Sinubukan ko na rin siya hanapin sa Friendster kaso bigo ako. Tulad nga ng lagi kong sinasabi, maraming Jose Tolentino sa mundo. Kung anu-ano na rin ang naisip ko, baka tuluyan na siyang nabulag dahil sa sakit niya (sana ‘wag naman) o baka naman hindi niya lang naisipan mag-Friendster.
Gusto ko lang magkaroon ng update tungkol sa kanya.
Saturday, August 19, 2006
Saan ba nilalagay ang eye shadow?
May sidewalk sale ang BigR sa may amin kaya pupunta kami. Napagdesisyunan namin ni ate na mag-mall. Sabi naman nung lagi kong kasabay, na si Jep, na gusto niyang makita si ate. Eto naman ako at binalita ko kay ate at sinabihang mag-ayos siya…
Dumating na ang araw na iyon. Nagkataon na uuwi agad si Jep at hindi na sasabay sa akin… Ay mali… Hindi na ako makakasabay sa kanya… Mali pa rin pala… Hindi na muna kami magkakasabay…
>> Fast forward >>
Pauwi na kami nang… Napatingin ako sa mga mata ni ate.
“Bakit may glitters? Pamilyar ang make-up na ‘yan ha!” -> naisip ko lang…
Ayun pala todo ayos si ate. Nagmake-up siya kahit hindi siya marunong. Naglagay siya ng eye shadow (ata) sa mata niya pero sabug-sabog yung glitters. Yung lepistik (ay lipstick pala) eh hindi na effective pero sabi niya naglagay siya… Hehehe!!!
Dumating na ang araw na iyon. Nagkataon na uuwi agad si Jep at hindi na sasabay sa akin… Ay mali… Hindi na ako makakasabay sa kanya… Mali pa rin pala… Hindi na muna kami magkakasabay…
>> Fast forward >>
Pauwi na kami nang… Napatingin ako sa mga mata ni ate.
“Bakit may glitters? Pamilyar ang make-up na ‘yan ha!” -> naisip ko lang…
Ayun pala todo ayos si ate. Nagmake-up siya kahit hindi siya marunong. Naglagay siya ng eye shadow (ata) sa mata niya pero sabug-sabog yung glitters. Yung lepistik (ay lipstick pala) eh hindi na effective pero sabi niya naglagay siya… Hehehe!!!
Wednesday, August 16, 2006
Iris
by Goo Goo Dolls
And I'd give up forever to touch you
'Cause I know that you feel me somehow
You're the closest to heaven that I'll ever be
And I don't want to go home right now
And all I can taste is this moment
And all I can breathe is your life
'Cause sooner or later it's over
I just don't want to miss you tonight
And I don't want the world to see me
'Cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am
And you can't fight the tears that ain't coming
Or the moment of truth in your lies
When everything feels like the movies
And you bleed just to know you're alive
And I'd give up forever to touch you
'Cause I know that you feel me somehow
You're the closest to heaven that I'll ever be
And I don't want to go home right now
And all I can taste is this moment
And all I can breathe is your life
'Cause sooner or later it's over
I just don't want to miss you tonight
And I don't want the world to see me
'Cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am
And you can't fight the tears that ain't coming
Or the moment of truth in your lies
When everything feels like the movies
And you bleed just to know you're alive
Saturday, August 12, 2006
Nangungulangot ka 'di ba?
Tama ang iyong nabasa... Lahat ng tao ay kailangan mangulangot para guminhawa ang paghinga... Booger... Snot... Kulangot... Bogart... Ano mang tawag mo sa duming nakasabit sa ilong mo ay may mahalagang mensaheng gustong iparating sa iyo...
"Mariin ba ang pagtutol mo sa pangungulangot ng kaklase mo?
"Mariin ba ang pagtutol mo sa pangungulangot ng kaklase mo?
E di, may cultural essence ka... (biruin mo iyon)"
Tulad ng ibang kulangot, nakadikit ang poster na iyon sa pader. Nakatutuwa nga eh. Natulala ako sa harap ng poster. Hindi ko inaasahan ang poster na iyon kasi ang mga sikat na poster sa amin eh yung mga tungkol sa pag-oust sa pangulo ng Pilipinas kaya medyo stand-out ang poster na iyon sa lahat.
Medyo tine-take for granted natin ang activity nating ito... Hay... Pero biruin mo iyon... Mula sa Miss Universe, mga pangulo, mga kilalang personalidad at mga simpleng tao ay ginagawa ang activity na ito... Hehehe... Ü
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