Thursday, November 05, 2009
STUPID CRAP THAT I REGRET I EVER DID!!!
Tuesday, November 03, 2009
October
Oct 3 - classes resume from long weekend. everything's back to normal... it is a week from the quarterly exams. should i study now or should i do it later? ... LATER!!!
anyway, that's what i would have thought at that time. back from a week of suspended classes and the teachers sure do know on how to pay and get back all the lost days.
boring...
NEXT!
Oct 12-14 - EXAMS DAYS!!! ha! i have no energy to tell you guys the schedule of the exams which i did last time.
Oct 15 - SAGUTANG DAYALOGO! my partner would have left for the United States of Americs by the time our turn will come for this activity so we did it earlier at a perfect time when no one is watching in the classroom except for our Filipino Teacher! we did half great! half only because we weren't able to memorize our lines to the fullest and we weren't also able to practice together (okay, we did practice but that was without any formal arrangements--it's more of an on-the-spot practice). so we got a grade of 88. not bad.
after that...
HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL PLAY!!! we didn't actually redid everything, its just what we did literally that afternoon. the class was divided into two groups. one group had an all-english script and songs while our group had an all-filipino script and songs. so they are incomparable. they also had different story lines. anyway, more about me. i played as a boy who is broken-hearted; a significant extra for it turns out that some humor was added because of me. :D we did great and we had a grade of 92! we would've gotten greater score if we had time to practice but what we did was awesome and unforgettably unforgettable! it was a day to remember!
Oct 16 - ON THE JOB EXPERIENCE DAY!!! the seniors are divided into what course they will take in college. i am in the Accountancy group since i want to be a Certified Public Accountant someday. our group went to Banko Sentral ng Pilipinas where our money is made and where the national finances and accounting happens. the office was wickedly awesome and big in terms of area and volume. there was enough space to work and relax. i sure hope i'll be able to work there someday over the rainbow...
oh yeah, we weren't suppose to go to school on this day but we did. it was the feast day of St. Theresa of Avila on Oct 15. because of this there were no classes Oct 16.
Oct 19-23 - PRACTICES FOR DANCE PRODUCTION!!! we had to practice without a minute to spare--NOT! we had breaks of course. besides who wants to practice nonstop? actually our section kinda did and on that week, all our muscles were worn out. we had aching everything even our throats (not mine. i didn't want to waste it in class--preserving it for family day itself!). on this week, my money was wasted on food and drinks. but i don't regret it. the food were enticing and very satisfying!
Oct 24 - FAMILY DAY!!! the big day has arrived and here is what i got to say:
THE MOMENT WE’VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR
As I woke up in the morning last Saturday, 24th of October, the breeze was cold and everything felt different. There was the mixture of nervousness, excitement, and laziness.
OCTOBER 24th was the best day ever!!! It was the school’s family day. The main event for the seniors and the whole high school would be the High School Dance Production. Since much is expected from us seniors, there were many thoughts going in my head and feelings that were mostly evident.
When I finally got to school that morning at seven, I was expecting that the classroom would be filled with people, all ready doing the make-up. I was wrong and the thought of it made me feel lazy because everyone seemed to be in the resting mode. Two hours before the fourth year’s turn, our class decided to practice five more times in the basement. After the last hour practices, I was then excited to dance. Becauseof this, I encouraged everyone to do the make-up all ready and take advantage of the time left to relax, breathe and pray before our production. When we were called to go line up outside the covered court, I felt the nervousness of everyone which made feel the same thing. It was a blessing in disguise that we were dancing second to the last because if we were first to perform, our nervousness level would reach the highest level of power and we would not be able to dance well! Our class was supposed to dance first among the whole fourth year but we were moved to the fifth, for some reasons the class doesn’t know but I think that God did that for a purpose. Whatever the purpose is, only God knows!
The moment that we had all been waiting for has finally come. When it was our turn, body heated up! I thought that I was going to blow up the dance up. I thought that I’m going to do a big mess on the court and if the class wouldn’t win, it would be my fault. I thought that I was going to stumble down or get hit by other classmates while moving from one formation to another. I thought that we won’t be able to follow the timing of the music and the counting of the steps. In short, all I thought during our dance was all negative. I had a negative vibe and that was bad. It’s a good thing that time flew fast at that moment which made me forget whatever I did during the dance.
The negative stuff ended anyway. The negative vibe died when the winners were announced. Nope, our section didn’t win but it was nice to hear that the section, where my best friend is, won first place! It was probably because they had more time to practice than to cram unlike what our section did. They were awesome and very deserving. I didn’t feel sad when we were not one of the champions but I was happy that all of that was over at last! Now, I have no dance to worry about for semester break.
After the dance production, it was time for the next segment of the Family day: eating lunch and riding rides. But that’s another personal experience, so tune in for more of my crazy life during the Family day!
***this was written for elective homework
that's what happened. here in my blog is where the continuation of the next segment starts.
so we didn't win and it's time to change clothes for the better half of the family day so no time for sobbing and tears for me. after changing clothes, i was suppose to eat lunch with my bestfriend but we weren't able to meet after the dance production announcement. so i ate my delcious lunch with my family. after lunch, my bestie and i met in front of the booth where the teachers make us shirts. we had our own design:
this one was printed in front and this nest one was at the back:
this was hand-made drawn by my bestie! LOVE HER!
we ordered two of these for the two of us which was awesome!
after that, we hanged in front of our ypm office and played Pinoy Henyo. the funny part was when we were guessing and guessing crazy things.
THE RIDES!!!
after that, we ate and waited for the sun to come down a little bit more so we can ride the Flying Fiesta. i was afraid to ride that thing first but my friends convinced me enough that i rode it anyway. it was fun!
but the most remarkable ride ever in my whole family day experience was the Dolphin Coaster. IT WAS THE BEST RIDE OF MY LIFE! literally, yes! the seats were swinging up and down as it moves in circular motion. it was a pain reliever--relieved me from all the school work that i had done for half a quarter.
after the rides, we saw some performance of the grade school faculty, the choir of both elementary and high school and the High School dance stream. then we rode the Dolphin Coaster again because of its awesomeness! then...
CONCERT TIME!!!
it was bamboo as the main act and hale as the opening act. before the hale performed, there were dancers which group name i forgot. they're not important anyway. the concert was a boo at first since we saw hale half away from the stage. but then, one of our friends discovered that we can upgrade our tickets. so we did. just in time for bamboo's turn to rock our night out!
it was all worth it and fun at the same time! it was the most memorable one for all of us escpecially since this is the last for us seniors... :(
Then...
Oct 25-Nov 4 - SEMESTER BREAK!!! we extended until november 4 as a pay back from oct 16. this break was not all boring! i had many time alloted for my Mafia Wars account in Facebook and also for my Happy Aquarium account. I fought and iced many other mafias and did many jobs to gain millions of dollars. add to that would be the properties that i bought which made me even richer (in mafia wars of course). about my aquarium, i have many fishes already and my tank has upsized and my corals are making my aquarium look really good!
aside from that, while my brother or father uses the computer, i read little by little the summary per canto of Dante Alighieri's "THE INFERNO"! it is really interesting unlike the other novels that we were forced to read. also, i have done already our homework in our elective (our elective facilitator gave us an assignment to be done during the sembreak! how uncool is that?).
so that's my october. i had fun and i'll make sure that this November will be more fun and more awesome!
that was a lot! even my september was a lot. i hope my november will be much more than the other two months... :D
what's going happen, i wonder?
can't wait for the future!!!!!!!!!
August 29 until the WHOLE month of September
i reviewed my posts for the last months and realized that i wasn't able to post in the month of September! it is really not cool to miss a month without blogging. so i am making up for that month.
My last post before October was all about Camp Math. Let me continue on what happens on the last saturday of the camp then i'll proceed to the happenings last September 2009.
August 29 - AMAZING RACE DAY AND THE LAST DAY OF CAMP MATH! It was the last session of Camp Math XVI. The session is also known as the Amazing Race! The twelve groups of campers are going to compete against one another to gain the amazing prize of something that we didn't know then. The race started after we all ate lunch. There were of course twelve stations with problems that came along with each station. Some were hard some were not. Some needed some common sense and some were made just to have fun and has nothing to do with math (there was a station wherein we have put on some beach stuff and pose for a picture taking). Some needed strategies to complete (we were suppose to build a strong structure made up of straws) and some were a headache (there was a math problem that made us eat up a lot of our time). Some needed group work (we were tasked to do two jigsaw puzzles and it has to be fast) and some needed support for stations that needed only a member to accomplish (one of the group member has to eat the ampalaya gelatin all by him/herself... yup! AMPALAYA as in BITTER MELON not any other fruits). Some were gross (the ampalaya gelatin!) and some were slippery (when we are asked to run back and forth twice while the floor was wet because of the rain.)
Everything was tiring since the stations were far away from one another and imagine, we did this in Ateneo, a big school in terms of area. we had to run from one end to another and go up and down from bottom to top and vise versa. everyone was worn out and all sweaty (one group mate of mine smelled like puke because he had body odor!!! but i won't mention his name even though IT WAS AN AWFULLY AWFUL SMELL!!!)
We didn't finish first but our group (group 4) won the most stickers which we gained during group activities from the first day till the morning of the last day; before the Amazing Race. our prize was a loot bag of chocolates and a sticker of the logo of Camp Math! :D The prize of the winning team were a notebook from the big stationary of Ateneo and the chocolate loot bag.
When we were viewing the slide show of our pictures taken during the whole camp math experience, i was able to get my group mates' Y!M ID's so i can still keep in touched with them even after Camp Math.
Almost everyone was wearing their own Camp Math T-shirt which was sold for PhP180.00.
That was the end of Camp Math XVI...
and the start of September!
September 9 - CLASSES WERE SUSPENDED! It was also the day when our group in religion reported for the church encyclical assigned for us. and to tell you the truth, it's not a really plan to assign me as the leader when the group is tasked to report (heck, i don't want to be a reporter in the future!) not the point really. i can be a leader in anything but not in religion. teacher/adviser is freaking me out and is scary. religion is not my best subject and i would be really happy if god will allow me to study in the University of the Philippines (just found out then that they don't take/study religion :D) that's all about that day. nothing much has happened.
September 14-25 - GREEK MYTH WEEK! it was the week when the class performs individually or as a group (depending on the characters) for Greek Mythology! and i am blessed to be going solo as Dionysus (Bacchus) [since none of my classmates were Semele (Dionysus' mom) or King Pentheus (Dionysus' cousin)] if i were to perform with other gods or heroes, i would have been on the first batch list to perform. turns out, i was part of the second to the last batch. i was supposed to be Demeter (Ceres) but i didn't want to perform as a girl so i switched with my classmate. i didn't have any regrets because this is what happened when it was my turn on the spot light...
September 17 - IT WAS THE DAY WHEN I IMPERSONATE THE VINE AND WINE GOD, DIONYSUS or in ROMAN, BACCHUS! Since he is the God of vine, i had a headband-like made up of leaves; also, i had some fresh grapes with me which i ate somewhere in the end of my presentation. Wine comes from grapes so it was appropriate to have grapes as props. Of course, one prop will make me a real god of wine so i had a real glass bottle of wine. it was still sealed when i brought to school and still sealed until now, nov. 3. my costume was all black with a purple cloth slanting across my body, hanging from my shoulder and pinned on my waist. my classmates thought that i made a great presentation. my sloppiness was very effective since everybody thought that i was drunk. all i did was laugh when i forgot a word (my script is easy to memorize) and pretend to fall back when i walk. in short, i did well! and i am happy that that's done! :D (and to think that i only memorized my lines for two days)
September 19 - ATENEO COLLEGE ENTRANCE TEST! grabe! it's differently different from UPCAT. this ACET is easier compared to UPCAT and a little harder than USTET. I can say that i did better in this test. but i think i did my best in the USTET last august 23. anyway, taking the exam was not the only thing that i did during that day...
my shedule was in the afternoon from 1pm to 5pm. i was accompanied by my younger brother, and my daddy-o. we found many divisions of lines leading to the rooms where we will be taking the exam. there were many people most particularly students from different schools. Some were intimidating knowing that they are chinese and from a chinese school and in my opinion, a little bit better than us. then i saw this theresian. she isn't my classmate but she is a batchmate. we are in the same division of room but not the same room number. she is from another section in school and to be honest, that was the first time that i'll be talking to her. i have to say. she is really talkative and her mouth never stopped until we part ways, going to our exam rooms. i can't even break in when she was talking to me. it was also hard to understand her probably because of the way she talked. if i talk fast like what my best friend says, this girl talks way faster and all she talks about is school, schoolmates specifically batchmates, teachers, and some tips in taking the ACET. at some point during our conversation while we wait to go in our own rooms, i found her annoying already and i wished she would stop but i can't tell her that because that would be rude. she has an accent which made me understand her less. she is like that but i guess that i am partially thankful that i didn't have to stand in line all quiet without anyone to talk with; just like the others standing steadily being patient because the army-dressed college students were holding us back for a long, long, long, time!!!
(i am very sorry if ever the person, that i am talking about in the paragraph before this, will read this post. please consider this as something that i'll have to tell you eventually when we get to meet and greet in school :D)
then finally we went in our rooms and took the exam. there was another theresian who was in the same exam room as i am. she was quiet so it was cool. because of her, i felt relaxed just like the way she was. :D
our room finished the test at about 6pm to half past 6pm. what made this was the other room's fault. we had to wait until the late comers came before we can start with the test.
that's it for that day for me at least. while i take the ACET, my dear companions did something even fun than what i did that day. my father and my brother went to getway and had some uber fun by eating really scrumptious foods and playing at timezone. they spent at about a thousand pesos at that day while i spent my sweat, blood and chills when i took the test. NOT FAIR!!! :(
next event:
September 21-22 - CLASS RETREAT! it was AWESOME! the place was a garden of eden. very relaxing and revitalizing. i wished that i was living there. There gardens outside and an old "Bahay Kubo".
anyway, in this retreat, the main concern that i would talk about would be the sentiments of friendship. if there were words to describe what happened in this day, then my retreat journal has the right ones.
Significant Experience
Having lots of friends has its many advantages and disadvantages. Like when you have many friends, you won’t have to worry about being alone in the corner because you know that there is someone who will be there to be with you. The disadvantage is that you don’t know who to pair with when given a chance to do so because there are many to choose from. And you know that choosing only one in your group of friends will hurt the others whom you didn’t choose. Anyway, this is where my significant experience starts…
It was tragic that Belay wasn’t my roommate during this last retreat. But I guess things were meant to be like that because I wouldn’t have fun if she were my partner and she would think of being partners with someone else. So she wasn’t my partner and I was the friend who got hurt because she didn’t choose me. It was cool because an angel, Bea Bayani, caught me when I was about to fall. Though my partner and I are not that close, I had fun with her. Because of her, I talked and interacted with other classmates who I am not close with yet. Now, in between class hours when the teacher is not yet around, I get to talk with them and have interesting conversations.
Then there was one thing that I never thought that would happen. Since Bea and I are in a different circle of friends from Belay, it was fate that made Belay and I juxtapose with each other during the whole retreat (except when we were allowed to sit anywhere on our malongs). Speaking of the malongs, the activity which made us sit on our malongs, the night on our first day was very significant especially the part when we were suppose to choose a classmate who is either our best friend in the class, or the person who we ignore when offering help, or the person who we want to get to know more. I was expecting to receive the tag of best friend in the class from Belay but instead she gave me the tag who she ignores when offered help. I felt unfair because I gave the tag as the one who is my best friend in class but at the same time fine because of the written message on the paper. It was very sincere which made me cry. Also about the other friends that I was close with, I never thought that I would receive something from them so I felt that I existed when they tagged me.
Knowing that there are people who I don’t expect to care about me, I thank God for they came and were revealed in my life. If it wasn’t for this retreat, I wouldn’t feel any better from the thought that I was not acknowledged by my supposedly closest friend in class. Also, if it wasn’t for those people who have showed their concern, I would have fallen down and be broken apart.
Insights
- Friends are always there whenever you need them just like the waters around us. They refuel, replenish rehydrate and quench our thirst. Whenever we are thirsty for happiness, laughter and smiles, we don’t have to look far because friends are always there to quench it. Whenever we need strength to move on and continue to journey life to the fullest, we stand and walk with the refuel that our friends give us. Whenever we are about to fall and lose hope, our friends are there to catch and replenish us with lots and lots of hope. And whenever we are dry, dull, and sleepy because of boredom, they rehydrate us through their funny jokes and keep us awake with their stories of inspirational life experiences. Just like the water, they will keep us alive and kicking, physically and mentally.
- It is the unexpected things that make one’s life have reason to live just like the creation of fire. These are surprising things that can either make us hurt or happy. Like when you accidentally put up a fire; it hurts you when it burns you but it makes you happy for the light it gives you. Because of the hurt that we feel, we learn to become stronger and tougher. This feeling of added energy makes us think that we can conquer anything that’s why we continue to live. And because of the light that fire gives us, the beauty and kindness of our surroundings are being revealed to us. Seeing the wonderful side of everything motivates us to strive harder in life.
- Everything can change when you least expect it just like the direction of the wind. Changes, like how hard will the wind blow and the direction it will take, are hard to control. It is as if it has a mind of its own. Sometimes, when it blows too hard, we tend to let go of what we are hanging on so the wind won’t have to give us more bruises due to our resistance to change. This happens when we have no choice and when we don’t like any more troubles. And sometimes, letting go is much easier than holding on.
Response
Since there is much water around us, we shouldn’t take advantage of it and abuse it. We should use only what is enough for us because water is irreplaceable, just like our friends. We may make other friends, but we are not able to have the same kind of friend that we lost; for everyone is different from one another. We should take care of them like the way they take care of us. For the unexpected things, we should get used to it, since we don’t really know what will happen to us. There will be more surprises in the future, some would be big and some would be small. The wind always changes and whatever path it would take, we should keep moving forward. Just accept the changes that are happening and prepare for them always. If not, we better have a good explanation and have much strength to hold on.
there we go. that summarizes what i learned and what had happened during those two days.
not quite!
September 22 - MY PARENT'S 18th ANNIVERSARY! HA! i was not at home because, d'uh! i was in the last half of retreat! and you what i figured out? my parents didn't go to work on that day! that means they had delicious home made foods which i like, lobe and will forever eat! and thinking this thought, made me feel unfair because they have a good time when i am not at home! i'm having a good/bad time in retreat while they are at home having a good time with my younger bro!
who cares! at least i got to read my best friend's retreat letter last which made everything great! :D
oh yeah, i wrote an anniversary letter for them when i was in retreat. by the time i got home, i posted it on the refrigerator. they read it when i was asleep so i had no idea on how they reacted when they read it.
September 24 - PALIHAN COMMUNITY BASED! the batch was divided in different communities for palihan. we visited the assigned place in this date. the community that i am in is the CAMARIN community. houses there were like squatters only cleaner and more orderly since they have their court and there barangay chair. I met kids who were really playful (i never thought that i would hang out with kids since i have once said that i don't like kids--except for my adorable dear cousins :D).
September 28-October 2 - CLASSES WERE SUSPENDED FOR A WEEK! this was because of the typhoon Ondoy or internationally: Ketsana. It was so strong that we didn't have electricity for two days from sept 26-27. all we had at home were candle lights! i didn't know how i'll be doing my homework on time if we didn't have lights at home. on that weekend, i went to the internet cafe with my dad and my bro. visited facebook and had this as my stat:
Daryll Joyce in the internet cafe doing homework because we have no electricity at home and meralco's phone is still busy! we have no dial tone and i was planning to go to a friends house where i can do the many homework that our section has but here i am instead surrounded by noisy DoTA players... :( no offense to my friends who plays DoTA :D
September 27 at 5:07pm
yup! it was also the day when i played DoTA for the first time! and... I DIDN'T LIKE IT! now that we have a copy of that game at home, i ignore it and let my bro play it all by himself...
AND THAT"S ALL FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER!
see ya later for more posts...
K! BYE! :D