Here's a poetry about my friendship with an extra-special person from cyber world...

MOO

Mere cyber friendship gone great,

Other than this, there's none yet,

Ours remains the best to date!

Musicians who "care"...

[First crafted back in 2010, only posted it later on]

One day when I was home, I was watching MTV when I suddenly came across this certain music video which appeared brand new to me. I was really shocked because I have known of this band in this music video for a long time, but they have not released a new song for a long time as well, and so I all thought they are not totally making music any longer, but here: they have a new song.

Kings and Queens. That is the title of the song being played in this music video. And this band I was referring to earlier is the one called 30 Seconds to Mars.

The music video is awesome! Well basically it is just a depiction of a huge group of people riding bicycles from the beginning of the video towards the end. Heh, it appears nonsense, doesn't it? But true enough, it is just that one cannot easily recognize that there is a hidden message behind such depiction aforementioned which is truly beauteous and highly significant.

I have been thinking about this for so long until I have proven myself I am right; This song, as well as the music video intended for it, is an advocacy in order to address one of the major problems not only the Philippines alone is currently facing, but rather the whole world - Global Warming. In other words, this is an environmental advocacy.

From my own perspective, I will attempt to explain how related this song as a whole is with global warming by itemizing each portion of the music video which I find noteworthy and striking because it may contain underlying important messages that need to be extracted which all aim to inform the audience about crucial matters.

=+ At  0:34 - 0:38, the video presents a completely reddish sky behind the buildings. This scene may indicate the reality that the level of seriousness regarding pollution of the environment (which is also a contributing factor to the warming of the Earth and the destroying of nature) is of that severity already at present. As explained in Chemistry, light absorbs particles, and the amount of particles absorbed affects the intensity of the light. As an application, the red color of the sky especially visible during late afternoon is an indication of a tremendous pollution on the world by that time. During sunsets, the sun goes down. The resulting distance from a certain area directed by the rays of the sun to the position of the sun itself during sunset is the total path length of  light from the sun which if we try to picture out the situation, shall be greater than the path length when the sun is still at a high altitude by noontime to early afternoon  Therefore, much more amount of particles (ie. dirt from tremendous smoke emitted by vehicles or from industrial houses from morning til dusk) are absorbed by the light from the sun resulting to the more intensified red color of the sky. In other words, red sky is a sign of pollution. The redder it is, the worse is the level of pollution. And in the video, it shows a  tremendously-polluted environment.

=+ At 0:39 - 1:09, a group of approaching people riding bicycles is seen. And they will be seen on most parts of this music video. At first, I was still really wondering why on Earth despite the many other vehicles that can possible be rode on by these people, BICYCLE was the one chosen to be used for this music video. Well there you go. There lies its most significant message - to be able to persuade everyone in this planet to frequently use BICYCLES instead as their means of transportation today because a bicycle does not ever emit pollution to the surroundings. Meanwhile people driving all these cars and sorts are merely show offs and displays on the roads. No matter how fancy or luxurious their vehicles may be, no matter how much people spend for them - they are all the same exasperation to the environment due to the fact they all similarly emit smoke anyway, and these smokes contain Carbon which mainly causes the heating of the planet as Carbon particles have the ability to absorb heat from the sun. By adopting such idea to use more of bicycles, somehow we are able to contribute to the combat to lessen at least, if not really fully eradicate, global warming which is the main cause of climate change, or the frequent and sudden changing of weather conditions which has been the main culprit for the abrupt arrival of numerous strong typhoons in the Philippines resulting to the horrible vast fatality and the increasingly severe poverty suffered by so many Filipino families as they lose their homes and their livelihood.

=+ That portion at 3:26 - 3:28  is also noteworthy wherein there is this man throwing something. It may not be real, but that thing can be considered a product containing Chlorofluorocarbon o CFC which destroys the ozone layer. The ozone layer, take note, is the one responsible for controlling the level of heat being transmitted by the sun to the Earth. This part of the video implies such message to avoid the usage of these products in our daily lives - just throw these!

=+ At 3:53 - 3:59, this is the part wherein one of the bicyclers is hardly bumped by a car which is a kind of vehicle. Then at 4:17 - 4:21, there is a unanticipated presentation of a white horse likely approaching the bumped cyclist who is lying on the ground still looking unconscious. The arrival of that horse may signify the happening of death. Accorded to this part are the lines in the song that say, ""The age of man is over. A darkness comes and all." What is implied here is the idea that due to the negligence and ignorance of human towards being concerned about the environment, they shall all deserve the same fate in return - death in this world, which was effectively illustrated by the consecutive typhoons that came to the country just recently. The reason behind the happening of these serious and terrible floods  leading to the death of many people is by itself the deliberate disregard of the victims of these floods themselves - just simply by their act of not throwing or disposing their garbage properly, thereby causing the continuous clogging of the canals which shall supposed to aid in sipping the water so the rising of water level will always be prevented. At this end, probably many have already learned and enticed to somehow care for the environment. Here now goes the lyrics of the song that say, "These lessons that we've learned here have only just begun." 

=+  But at 4:40 - 4:47, the unconscious cyclist earlier went back to consciousness, rising up and continues to cycle with his bike together with his original company since from the beginning of the video. This part conjures the idea that there is still hope for people to save the nature from its gradual deterioration. The sinking in the water of all land areas comprising the planet caused by the total melting of ice in the the world's polar regions as a horrifying result of global warming, can be stopped from happening if only the entire human race will cooperate with one another in order to reduce global warming. And then what is depicted towards the end of the music video starting from 5:39 wherein everyone in this group of bicyclers are shouting their hearts out altogether while still cycling, is just a representation of a that huge remaining hope of the people to save the world as long as they will remain communicated towards one common objective - to join hand in hand in taking care of the environment, particularly the continuous fight against global warming. At 5:31 - 5:37 are different faces of people. Meaning, no matter what the state of life is, no matter what race, EVERYONE on Earth can participate in this huge movement.

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I have not quickly realized it but true enough, the members of this American band are what are called environmental advocates, or those people acting to address the present complications relating to the environment. This type of people, I must say, deserves to be idolized. They create music which is by itself their passion, not only to be able to do what they want, but also to be able to help to this world as a whole. I truly am hopeful, especially during these times wherein the world is nearly tearing apart, that across the globe there could be more and more of them ---

... musicians who "care".

“Youth 2010… Boto para sa pagbabago!” The Presidential Forum… AND I WAS HERE! :)

I found myself awake at 6 AM on this day. This is not my usual wake-up time during school days, but well… I did not make the real effort of waking up this early to go to school JUST to attend a normal class. I woke up early this day because… I had to go to school really early to… fall in line… fall in line for the PRESIDENTIAL FORUM to be held in our school later on this day!

During events like this, it is already expected that many would really be desperate to make it inside wherever these events are set to take place. MANY, as in MASSIVE number of people. The settled place of the forum, which is in the DLSU auditorium, cannot accommodate all 10000+ students studying in our school, (or let’s just assume not everyone would be interested to see the forum, so let’s cut the number to 5000 at least) and so that’s why I had to come to school early so I could fall in line early and assure that I could really get inside the venue of the forum, because I’M REALLY DESPERATE to see the presidentiables in person, and of course to hear their respective sides, despite the fact that I will still not vote for this coming elections… HAHA. By the way, I was not alone; there were 5 of us together.

We started waiting at the line at 7 AM at the ground floor. We were a bit close to the very start of the line, so the efforts of coming to school that early were worthy enough. At 9:30, we even managed to have lunch while we were on the line. During that time, the line was really incredibly long, but of course we did not mind that at all since we’re all comfortable on our positions. And it was 10:00 when the line finally moved, and we were brought to the actual venue of the forum, which was in the auditorium. We were seated on the 2nd front seats, so we could clearly visualize the stage from our place. But it was on the 1st balcony of the auditorium, since the seats on the ground floor were reserved already for the VIPs of the event; DLSU professors, organization members, and even some from other colleges and universities.

The show was set to start at 2 in the afternoon, still so it was another 4 hours of waiting for us. Yes, I just said SHOW, because this forum was TELEVISED LIVE on ANC, a channel linked to ABS-CBN, wherein the host was Mr. Ted Failon, the most well-known reporter in ABS-CBN. That’s another great opportunity for me to hear it LIVE - that amazing good voice quality of his when he is reporting on TV.

While waiting, we started taking lots of pictures of ourselves, also the stage set and the stage facilitators. I even fell asleep for some while. Until it was 1:30 when a male voice was heard; we as the audience were reminded about the do’s and dont’s during the actual running of the show. Then next, a woman spoke to us, also gave us instructions on what must be done, like when we will clap. We were also told not to hide our faces when the camera spots us for formality, and also to be attentive to the entire forum, no one from us should be seen on camera sleeping, or thinking really far with our mouths opened wide, so we would not appear as laughing stock on the camera, haha. And before the show could get started, Mr. Ted Failon gave us some instructions also, like when he says his line, “Youth 2010!”, we would all respond to him, “boto para sa pagbabago!”. And we even gave that a try. That was awesome.

A short prayer, the entrance of colors, and the singing of the national anthem were all held first, and then after a few minutes, the presidentiables already came out one by one from the backstage! The loudest impact from us, the audience, was on Sec. Gilbert “Gibo” Teodoro, since he is a graduate from our school. DLSU was truly a huge fan base for him, as he really enjoyed waving his hands to us, then we cheered very loudly. There were also loud impacts for the most famous presidentiables Sen. Noynoy Aquino and Sen. Manny Villar. There were series of applause for Sen. Dick Gordon, while only moderate impacts were brought for Sen. Jamby Madrigal, (which is the only female among them) Bro. Eddie Villanueva, Mr. JC delos Reyes and Mr. Nick Perlas since these four are not much competitive when it comes to popularity. They all stepped onto the very front of the stage to wave their hands to us and create audience impacts for them, then after that, they all went back to their seats on the middle stage. One unoccupied seat was noticeable, then. It was reported by Mr. Ted Failon that former president Joseph Estrada was not able to come because he attended a very urgent meeting. We were dismayed a bit about that, knowing the fact that it was also a missed opportunity to see him in personal, and hear his side.

Then at 2:30, the show officially started running. Mr. Ted Failon started reading his lines, while we prepared ourselves for our main parts in the show. After some introductions to the viewers at home, the 1st portion of the forum was started, wherein a question was asked to each presidentiable by students representing different colleges and universities, (which were all planned to do the role) and each was given only 2 minutes to answer. I will not share here anymore every question and answer portion that took place, since I do not wish to be biased about my favorites among the presidentiables if I am to share something, for the sake of the readers with of course, different preferences of favorites. (Plus, it would take too much time and effort for me to share EVERY ANSWER from the 8 presidentiables, okay!)

And after that, the commercial break took place. I first thought while a show is having a commercial break, nothing’s happening new on the stage set; everyone is not moving on their original positions at all. But I was all wrong; during the commercial, everyone was rushing from bringing some materials out, and bringing in new ones to be used for the next portion of the show. I could see everyone really moving from one place to another, while the presidentiables just had their water break, while some were chatting with each other, or with other persons from the backstage that they know. And then the show returned.

The 2nd portion of the forum began. The presidentiables were faced to four students from our school which were tasked to ask the questions; 2 questions per presidentiable. But even Mr. Ted Failon managed to butt in follow-up questions coming from his mind (and not actually part of the script) to some of the presidentiables after they had answered. There were lots of cheers, and there were some boos also.

Then again, commercial break. This commercial break was where almost everyone on the stage was panicking as they brought out many props from the stage until the 9 podiums were left seen. While the presiedentiables were just standing still. Then the show returned. For the 3rd portion of the forum, it was a form of a debate, wherein one same question was asked to all of them 8, and when someone disagreed to what another someone answered, he or she rebutted to put more pressure to that someone who answered. Even Mr. Ted Failon contributed to the putting of the pressure to the presidentiables with his extra questions. And that same question for everyone, by the way, was something related to Pres. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, which is truly very interesting to talk about because you know… Pres. GMA = full of scandals. LOL. Anyway, after that portion, there was another commercial break, then as the show returned, Mr. Ted Failon uttered his final lines for the show. Then the 8 presidentiables were given a minute to address their final messages to us, the audience. After that, the show ended with the presidentiables shaking each other’s hands, and us leaving the auditorium.

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Oooops! This story is not over yet there, because THERE’S A LOT MORE! And this next sharing that I’m about to do is actually… the BEST PART to me. After leaving the auditorium, it’s not yet go home time! We stayed at the grounds, waiting for the 8 presidentiables as they exit those elevators, and make their way to the school exit… for the sake of SEEING THEM AT EVEN CLOSER LOOK, TAKE PICTURES OF THEM (and luckily have pictures of myself WITH THEM) and be able to SHAKE HANDS WITH THEM!

And these were really what we were able to accomplish here! Despite those total sufferings and hardships of getting through those people who were almost pushing each other already just to get closer to the presidentiable, I still enjoyed it. The presidentiables did not appear on the scene at the same time; one appeared, then another did after some minutes. And they had different respective routes to the exit, that’s why it really made us exhausted as we ran after one presidentiable to the other. DLSU is a very wide school, if you don’t know. It was really a chaotic and stampede-like scenario, especially when the more famous ones showed up, like Villar, Aquino, Teodoro and Gordon. But on the situation of Gibo Teodoro when he showed up was the most chaotic and wild scene! Since he graduated from our school, the La Salle schools like ours are his strongest fan base. While everyone surrounding him, including myself of course, was desperate to get closer to him, the Lasallian alma mater hymn was suddenly heard, sung by us ourselves. And Gibo even joined us, especially on the throwing of the fist part. It was really a proud moment for us, cheering for the running president who carries the name of our beloved school with him, and that’s the main reason why we were really cheering loud for him. it does not necessarily show that all of us Lasallians are totally in favor of him to be the next president.

After all 8 of them had left DLSU, we grouped together to see those photos that we were able to capture during the stampede moments, haha. Then we went our way to the school exit, with ourselves totally perspiring and very exhausted, but despite that, there were smiles on our faces, as we really did enjoy this day, for we were sooooo lucky that we made it inside the auditorium to see the forum. ( because not everyone made it, since as I said a while ago, the auditorium has not enough seating capacity for all DLSU students)

This is one golden opportunity that came into our lives that we will surely never forget, even though the irony of it is that; we are not voting for this election yet. Well, we were just interested to experience this one, so why should anyone care about that? At least, whoever wins the election… WE’VE ALREADY MET HIM or HER in personal! That’s a huge achievement that anybody must feel envious at! -_+

Mr. Ted Failon: “Youth 2010!”

Me, and the entire audience: ‘Boto para sa pagbabago!!!”

Sinubukan ko lang........

[This is a blog post for encouragement, not a reflection to my experiences. ^_^]

Para sa aking pinakaunang blog ay nais kong bigyan-pansin itong mga taong ibinibilang ang kanilang mga sarili sa kilalang-kilala nang grupo ng mga nilalang na ang tawag ay mga EMO... yung mga madalas pa din magdrama sa mga GM nila, o kaya naman sa mga status message sa YM at mga posts sa Facebook... Woii, 2010 na! Mabuhayan na sana sila ng mga positibong pananaw sa buhay ngayong taon!

Hmmm... eh bakit nga ba kasi nag-eemo ang mga emong ito? Ito ba'y dahil sa mga kabiguang kanilang nararanasan buhat sa mga pumalyang marka sa paaralan, o maging sa pag-ibig pa iyan, at pakiramdam nila'y pasan na nila ang lahat ng mabibigat sa mundo na iniisip na lamang nila na tila mahirap na muli ituwid ang kanilang nakatiklop nang mga binti, tumayo muli at harapin ang buhay?

Nais kong ipaalam sa kanila na... iyang mga problema na iyan na hindi maiiwasan ninuman na dalhin dito sa mundo, ngayon lang iyan magiging problema. Bukas ay hindi na iyan problema. Bakit? Kasi... nagkaroon na ng solusyon ang problemang iyon eh. Ganun yun, at wala sila kailanman na magiging problema sa mundo na habang buhay nilang dadalhin bilang isang problema. Maaari nga lang talaga na matagal nila itong dadalhin, ngunit hindi kailanman ito magiging panghabang buhay.

At hindi kailanman solusyon sa problema ang pagpapakamatay, kung saan pinakakilala ang mga emong ito. Nang dahil lamang sa isang problema ay tatapusin na lamang nila ang kanilang buhay na minsan lamang nila matitikman at magagamit? Sana malaman nila na... Ang sarap mabuhay. Tandaan sana nila iyan.

At kung hindi parin sapat sa kanila na rason iyan para ipagpatuloy ang buhay, isipin na lang nila...... ang mga taong nasa paligid nila na nagmamahal sa kanila kapag sila ay nawala sa buhay ng mga taong ito...... Ang mga taong ito ang tiyak na masasaktan at magluluksa kapag sila ay nawala sa mundong ito. Walang nagmamahal sa kanila? Imposible iyon. Maaaring sila lang ang nag-iisip niyan, ngunit hindi lang nila siguro napapansin... May mga taong sinusubaybayan sila palagi, nag-aalala at nagmamalasakit sa kanila. Malay ba nila na mayroon pala silang napapasaya na iba kahit sa pinakasimpleng bagay lamang na kanilang ginagawa. Makita lamang sa kanila ang mga ngiti sa labi ay napapangiti na rin pala nila ang mga ibang tao na nasa paligid nila...

Hmmm... maaari naman nilang sabihin sa akin na baka naman kasi ako, walang pinoproblema na kahit na ano ngayon. Hindi... napakarami ko ring mga inaalala ngayon sa buhay. Ngunit bakit sa kabila noon ay nananatili pa rin sa akin itong positibo kong pananaw sa buhay? Kasi, meron akong inspirasyon para mabuhay. At iyon... ang aking mga pangarap sa buhay. Itong mga emo na ito na tila wala nang natatanaw na liwanag sa hinaharap... Bakit hindi nila subukan na umisip ng isang bagay na tunay na makapagpapasaya sa kanila na siyang gugustuhin nila talagang makamit, at hinding-hindi nila hahayaan na sila ay mawala sa mundong ito nang hindi nila iyon nakakamit? Hanapin sana nila kung ano yung partikular na bagay na iyon, at iyon ang magsisilbing ilaw sa kanila na magbibigay-liwanag sa kanilang mga saradong pag-iisip ukol sa buhay...

Lahat ng pangarap ay natutupad... basta't kanilang pagsisikapan na matupad iyon, at matiyaga silang maghihintay hanggang sa ang bagay na iyon ay mangyari. Higit sa lahat, lakipan nila ng pag-asa sa Panginoong Diyos. At huwag na huwag susuko, siyempre!

Haay... sana naman... wala nang mga emo sa mundo. Kung pwede lang sana na lahat ng tao ay... masaya sa buhay na ito talaga. Sana.... itong blog kong ito ay nakatulong sa kanila sa kahit anong paraan. Nagmamalasakit lang naman kasi ako sa kanila eh, kasi masyado akong naapektuhan sa mga pagdradrama nila na kanila namang ibinabahagi sa iba. Wish ko lang... na dumating din ang araw na... wala na akong matatanggap na anumang quotes o GM na sobrang madrama at pang-emo... Sana mahanap na nila agad yung bagay na magpapabago sa takbo ng kanilan mga buhay bilang mga emo ngayon.

Oo... "Sinubukan ko lang" dito na bumuo ng isang blogpost sa site na ito. Pero ang "sinubukan ko lang" talaga... itong bumuo ng ganitong klase ng blog na tunay na makapupukaw sa damdamin ng mga mambabasa nito...........

Do you know that? I’ve finally got inside the ARANETA COLISEUM!!!

It was Sunday afternoon, 3:00 when I just found myself standing at the entrance hall… of the Araneta Coliseum, waiting for my two other friends to arrive.

Oh yes…. I just said it right… A-R-A-N-E-T-A C-O-L-I-S-E-U-M Nobody knows how long I have waited for this opportunity to come… to get inside the big dome! Everytime we go to our province for vacation, the bus that we ride in always passes by the Araneta Coliseum, so with that, all I can do is to focus my eyes on it as it goes far and far to my sight,

But well, this day, I saw myself EXACTLY INSIDE THE ARANETA COLISEUM ITSELF! I was with my two other friends, which are both my blockmates in DLSU. We are about to watch the UAAP season 72 basketball game between our team, the DLSU Green Archers, against UST Growling Tigers, and we are watching it LIVE. ;P

We had already bought our tickets in DLSU prior to this day, so as my two friends arrived, since it was already 3:30 PM and the game was set to start at 4:00 PM, we immediately surrendered our tickets and got inside. But before I could get inside, our bags were inspected by the guard. He suspected from my bag the snack that I brought which was a chichiria (particularly “Cheese it!”) He told me that foods from outside are not allowed to be brought inside the coliseum, and so I had no choice but to just throw it straight to the thrash can. What a waste! But oh well, we got inside the coliseum, then.

We bought the upperbox A ticket which costs 150php, and so we climbed one stairs. Before we entered in the very inside where the basketball court is found, we took some pictures of ourselves first. Then we finally headed inside with full excitement, especially on my part because this was my only first time, while my companions have already experienced this before, As I walked further, I began to feel the cold environment since it is all air-conditioned inside. I began to hear the loud cheers from the audience. At the same time I began to hear the very loud drum rolls and beats. I tried to look at my left, then at my right, then on the other side… oh yeah… NOW I KNOW HOW IT FEELS TO BE HERE!

We were handed a pair of a inflated long green stuffs with “Animo La Salle” written on them. That was for free, so it was cool, so while our team is scoring, we can cheer with those! Cute!

We reached the last minutes of the first game before our game. It was between UE Red Warriors and AdU Soaring Falcons as we got inside. It was already 4th quarter of the game, but unfortunately, it even reached to an overtime. I was then hoping that game to be finished quickly. That game ended with UE winning it. We were actually hoping for AdU to win because they would have to, based on the current standings. But anyway, the game’s over, so it’s our team’s turn!

As the seats were vacated by most of the AdU students and left the coliseum, we quickly looked for seats where we could view the game comfortably the most. Then while waiting for the game to begin, we had some picture-picture moments on our seats. Not long after…

Ladies and gentlemen, this is your UAAP season 72. And now here are the starting line-up for the University of Santo Tomas Growling Tigers! (loud cheers from the ustenians) And now here are the starting line-up for the De La Salle University Green Archers!

And we were on our feet, cheering loud along with the other Lasallians!

As the players flocked the court, I began to stare closely at the players. Simon Atkins, who is known to be our most handsome player, was part of our team’s starting five. With his very white skin color and muscular body, despite being not so tall, he’s oh yeah really handsome in personal! Woo!

As the jump ball was held and the ball started to move, I began to feel the pressure within me. Suddenly, the drum rolls cheering for both UST and us were heard simultaneously, depending on which team was currently winning at the moment. The pep squads standing near to us never looked at any single part of the game, while they were performing the different Lasallian cheers, engaging us, the viewers, to cheer. I wondered about that, until my friend sitting beside me explained to me that the reason behind is that for them not to be distracted in engaging or making us cheer, and they will keep doing the cheers even though the team is not winning at the moment. Wow, that was a new realization to me, huh?

The 1st quarter ended with UST leading us by just a single digit, while the 2nd quarter ended, and halftime went on with UST leading us with a bigger difference. During halftime break, the cheering squads of both UST and DLSU showed some performances. I actively participated in cheering with the Animo squad. It was also fantastic to see those girls being thrown to the air really high LIVE. It was the best part for me.

Then the 3rd quarter began, and this was the particular quarter wherein our seats almost swallowed our butts because UST kept on scoring, and we were not making points any longer, until UST’s lead reached to as high as 21. The UST students on the other side kept cheering louder and louder and in a very synchronized way, along with the drum beats. Go, uste! Go uste! Go uste! Go, go, go, go! While us on the other hand, were all quiet during that moment. I was even planning not to finish the game and just leave the coliseum already. I began to whisper with my friends beside, “hay talo na ito.”

Not until 4th quarter began wherein we suddenly tend to catch up to the game, as we tied the score 74-74. Then we scored and scored and on the last minutes of the game, we held on getting even farther, and we won the game! We could not even believe we did because we were totally dumped by UST earlier, and all of sudden we won. We quickly stood on our feet and even hugged ourselves really tight. Then along with the DLSU players, we sang the Alma Mater Hymn. While I was singing, I really felt the pride of being the victorious side in a particular game. And as I sang loudly the part, “Hail! Hail! Hail!” and threw my closed fist to the air, that was the only time that I truly felt proud… of being a Lasallian, that somehow, I can finally tell I am a Lasallian… by heart.

As we go on our way out of the coliseum, the Lasallians were cheering loud, “Beat Ateneo, Animo La Salle!” many times, and I cheered with them, hoping we really can, since Ateneo is our next opponent. As we three got outside and separated each other, I turned my eyes to the entrance of the coliseum for the last time before I left. I reminisced for somewhile the experiences that I had on this first-ever chance for me to get inside the coliseum. While I was walking away from the coliseum, with that pair of Animo La Salle inflated stuff, I was with a smile, thanking God for letting us win the game, and my very first time to get inside Araneta Coliseum was not spoiled after all.

Animo La Salle! My experiences during the 2-day orientation in my newest school, the De La Salle University (DLSU)

It was the night before the 1st day of the freshman orientation. I found myself lying on my bed, thinking about what could happen on my very first time that I will mingle with the people in La Salle. Yes… here I go again… meeting again new faces, and hopefully, new… friends.

I woke up later than the exact time that I should have woke up; at least 5:00 am. The orientation was set to start at 7:00 am. I’ve got a long long way to go to get there in the campus which is located in Manila. So from my home in Muntinlupa, the trip should last for more than 30 minutes. This was my first day, so I was still accompanied by my mom.

As we got there, we immediately looked for the Central Plaza (the meeting place) which I first thought was a place located outside the university already. I thought it was the same as the Harrison Plaza located just near DLSU. But heh, okay La Salle has their own plaza… so my mom and I had to get separated for a while. She looked for a bench to sit in and where she could wait for me.

There I was, looking for my block mates. I signed on the registration form, and I was assisted to where my block mates were, until i was able to join their line. I didn’t see any familiar faces; everyone seemed completely unfamiliar to me. We proceeded to the elevator, heading to the campus auditorium, the first stop.

Oh how amazing was that… La Salle has its own cinema house?! Yes, and it’s called the DLSU auditorium, with 3 floors. Our block occupied some of the seats on the 2nd floor. I sat down, just looking around. My seatmates? Oh, they didn’t mind to talk to me just yet. After a few minutes, the program started.

We were given a manual to serve as our guide for the flow of the program. We first had the 3 usual prayers of a La Sallian. Those were ought to be sung, actually, and I had fun when the hand movements and dance steps were taught to us. The songs were melodically beautiful. “Jesus, live forever in our hearts!” - once you happen to hear that particular line from someone, that someone is guaranteed a La Sallian.

Then we headed on to some long speeches. Speeches have always been the most tiresome part of any program, surely. There’s the speeches from a priest, a student, a lawyer, and the pretty student council president who certainly loves to smile even while she’s speaking, hehe!

We also viewed some video clips. Various dance clubs had their performances respectively. After the program, we had our first break, wherein the foods and drinks were free for the mean time. I just chose a seat beside anyone. i didn’t just care who my table mates could be. i just ate my snacks quietly.

Until someone called my name as she read my nameplate… “Hi… Chamy?” said a long-haired looking very modest lady named Alex. I greeted her back. And then we continued eating… sigh.

Next, we proceeded to a certain room. I chose to sit there at the back. There came Atty. Henry, the discipline office head. (usually known as the school guidance counselor) His real name is Hilario… okay, very close enough to his nickname Henry.

He first let us introduce ourselves briefly. Oh, what was my exact line? I recited, “I’m Charmaine Abes. I graduated from Muntinlupa Science Highschool. You can call me Chamy to make it sound more cute.” And nobody reacted… sigh.

Then, he had his next activity, which was the “getting to know” sort of game prepared for us, wherein we were asked to bring out a pen and a piece of paper, and write adjectives starting from the letters of our nicknames that will describe our personalities. We worked on with that for about 5 minutes. I was thinking about what to write when suddenly, the long-haired very tall guy sitting at my right asked some help from me to give him some adjectives. He was experiencing a mental block, he said. And so I gave him what he wanted. He was satisfied with what I shared… Heh, okay that should be my very first record of a good deed done in DLSU.

Then, we were asked to form 2 circles, one inner and one outer circle. Each of us was matched with a partner. Within around 2 minutes, we were tasked to share what we wrote to our respective partners, and after 2 minutes, the circle rotated, so we had different respective partners again.

I had to be confident showing my work to those new faces and explain every single adjective that I wrote to describe my personality. Hey by the way, here were those adjectives that I’d come to think of;

C-heerful, H-umble, A-miable, M-usic-addicted, Y-EHEY!!! (I couldn’t think of any perfect adjectives that start with letter Y… just to make fun, you know. =p) I hope anyone who has known me a lot eversince doesn’t comment about these adjectives that I wrote! You know it really describes myself!

But how come I wrote “amiable” for letter A… if I know to myself I can’t just be… to these “too matured” gals who happened to be my block mates… You see, I am CHILDISH; still much of a kid about to study in La Salle. Do I have to change my old self just for them to be my friends? No… I won’t. My long-time friends will surely miss the usual Chamy that they’ve known, so I won’t change.

Back to my story now. I didn’t have to speak to them in English, but it was still a lot of pressure. I tried to overcome this shyness… I guess it worked out for them. “I’m Chamy… sana maging close tayo” and then I shook cold hands with them - that was the same thing I did to every partner that I had.

After that, we left the room and took our lunch which was all free again. I happened to sit near my 3 wacky block mates; one rich girl, (because she studied in Miriam college before) and two boys. (one chubby guy wearing eyeglasses and a slim guy with a charming face) They were making fun of the plastic spoons and forks that DLSU supplied for our lunch wherein the ulam was pork chop, and the rice was as hard as cement! And there is this fact that we couldn’t just eat the pork chop using our hands so we could still eat those hidden laman-laman because you know… sosyal dapat sa La Salle. Well, I joined these guys on their jokes! “Kapag kinamay mo ung pagkain mo, ma-D-DO ka!” I said while boistering slightly. What I mean on ma-D-DO right there is completely similar as saying “maguguidance ka.”

Well, I was able to make them laugh with my joke. But… it didn’t mean they’re my friends already… At any point, they could have surely forgotten that particular moment. They only don’t know I can give them hundreds of that joke. I wish they could be my future barkada… sigh. Anyway, these barkada seemed like they’ve known each other for so long, but one of them said they aren’t.

Next, we headed to another room. Oh, I forgot to tell you that each block has its facilitators. On our block, we had Ate Apple and Ate Yan with us. They were the ones who came to think of a game just for fun while waiting for the time. We played the game called “Do you love me?” Heh, how’s that sound?

Here are the rules of this game; The players are in circular form. There will be a taya. He or she will choose anyone who has to be OPPOSITE his or her sex, and he or she will, then, ask the one he or she chooses, “Do you love me?” When the one being asked says yes, everyone shall leave his or her original seats and look for his or her new seat to change everyone’s positions. But when the one being asked says no, he or she will have to say the line “I want someone…” then think of your own descriptions. For example, he or she says ‘I want someone wearing eyeglasses.” Those who are wearing eyeglasses are the ones who will have to leave their original seats and look for new position. The one who is left in the middle with no seat will be the new taya.

The tall long-haired guy that I mentioned earlier, (the one who asked some help from me to give him some adjectives) was our very first taya. He was upset there in the middle, looking for his “victim”. Remember he’s a male, so his options should just be among us, the girls. I-I was totally surprised and frozen up when… he suddenly rushed in front of me, EVEN KNELT INFRONT OF ME, and asked me “Do you love me?” Then everyone just cheered “uuuuuuyyyy” C’mon, this is just my first day! I can’t have a lovelife this early yet, okay!!! I said a big NO, of course! (Oh, that may hurt to him, hehe! He’s busted? Joke!) I even responded delayed, thinking of what description to give! It was really humiliating! Until I chose to say those who are wearing pink, because I suspected they were a lot of them wearing pink. So many had to change their positions. They were “victimized”, hehe!

On those new positions, he was again the one sitting beside me. Soul mates? C’mon! “I was completely surprised there, huh?” I whispered to him. He smiled. I said that there’s nothing serious about that, and the only reason that I see why he had to choose me was because I was the only one that he knew at that point. And then we did a high-five. We’re rooting for a friendship now there.

And then we had this taya; a white guy with Chinese eyes but not a Chinese, actually. He first turned around there in the middle and looked for his victim. He first chose the girl beside me who was one of our facilitators, but she insisted he could not choose her because she got victimized earlier, and so… his eyes just went straight on ME! I heard what he whispered; “Ikaw na nga lang!” Ah, so he chose me just because he couldn’t just choose no one… BUT ME? Well, whatever! Of course, I replied him NO! Then, change positions!

But I was still actually thinking about why he chose me… well anyway, that was one of the most memorable experiences I had… full of surprises!

Okay, I will just fastforward my story to the last activity that we had which was the campus tour, wherein the different buildings in La Salle were introduced to us. Well, it’s totally confusing. It’s so easy for me to get lost in my own school!

That ended the day. It was nearly 5:00 pm. I approached my mom who was sitting on a bench having conversations with a mothe, too. Home sweet home!

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Now, I’m about to share my experiences on the 2nd day of the freshman orientation, wherein we were required to wear only white or green. Our block decided to wear white to make it uniform. And this time, I was not accompanied by my mom anymore; I was able to travel my way to DLSU ON MY OWN!

I saw some of my block mates hanging out on one corner of the Central Plaza. I first signed in the registration, and I decided not to join them. I chose to be alone just 1 meter apart from them. Suddenly, I got surprised… to see LEVON, my highschool classmate, and one of my closest friends! I actually thought he chose to study in St. Benilde, but how come he was there? I was just happy about it. I called his name aloud, and I ran to him with such excitement that I even managed to hug him, haha! He joined me for some while. We shared stories about our respective block mates. After a few minutes, he had to go and follow his block mates. And so I was alone again.

We started the day with the discussions of the campus rules, which was actually made into a game wherein we were grouped. I didn’t contribute much to my group. Our group had no points, so heh… what a good start! =p

After that, we had the mass. I was supposed not to join there since I’m a non-Catholic, but ate Apple asked me to just join there because I’d got nowhere to go aside from the mass, so i had no choice. I was able to experience how a normal Catholic mass goes. Heh, lots of songs of praise and recital, huh? I was even wondering about another male block mate sitting beside me, because like me, he didn’t also know what to do next, but I asked him if he’s a non-Catholic like me, and he said he is a Catholic! But he said he has never attended to mass eversince because he doesn’t mind to, anyway! Heh, oh I see! I was even laughing about that guest priest (or I mean just a simple brother, as he mentioned about it) who mentioned some nasty stuffs about studying in Ateneo! You know… it’s like GMA and ABS-CBN, nagsisiraan… Heh!

After the mass, it’s lunch time. Thank God our ulam was not to be chopped anymore like the one on the 1st day, so no more victims of broken spoons and forks this time! Our drinks? It’s FAB! You can compare fit and right to that…

Next, we continued the campus tour, where we were brought to the buildings outside the campus but still La Salle buildings of course. We were brought to the Andrew building. It has 21 floors. Wow.

And then we proceeded to the sports center of DLSU, where we had to use the stairs and climb more than 10 floors because we were disallowed to use the elevator to make it more organized. Yes, you heard it right… 10 FLOORS, with no “time first”, no break muna! So when we got there, we were all wet chicks!

We were able to experience the very warm welcome of the different organizations and clubs in DLSU… as in WARM WELCOME, because they have really prepared it well; different styles, different costumes, different set-up of the setting, and different souvenirs that they gave us freely. I really enjoyed it!

And finally, we headed to our very last stop. This was the main highlight of my day, actually. We’re in the ANIMO building! To be able to be understood by the non-Lasallians what this ANIMO building is, it is simply the basketball home court of the DLSU basketball team, the DLSU Green Archers!

First, the cheer/yell prepared by different blocks were heard. And then there were some question and answer portion, then some fashion shows promoting the chromosome bags, and then the blah blah blah’s…I was already half-asleep on this part, actually… OKAY I’ll just fastforward this to the most memorable experience to me… Some of the DLSU athletes appeared on the scene, along with the cheering squad… They are going to teach us the different cheers of DLSU! (which are used during a basketball game in the UAAP, for example)

First, the different cheers were taught to us one by one, step by step. After learning them all, it’s time for us to experience it real… They had set-up something that will put us freshmen into an actual DLSU game! The drums were set. The drummers were in and started hitting their drums. The ANIMO cheering squad came out. They led us to the cheering, and we began!

D…LS…U… ANIMO LA SALLE!!! (with matching hand signs…)

Woooooooooh….. GO LA SALLE!

There were more cheers than these two, but these are my most favorites! We really cheered as if we were in the Araneta Coliseum, cheering for the Green Archers! It was so great for me to be able to experience that… I have actually watched some basketball games of DLSU on TV before, most of the time against the Ateneo Blue Eagles, their archrivals forever. Before I was only seeing those people wearing green and white, cheering aloud for DLSU, at this point… I saw myself being one of those people now! Really really a wonderful moment!

And after the loud cheers, the DLSU alma mater hymn was sung. All of us raised our right arm with closed fist, that is what is usually done. Whenever we pronounce the line “Hail! Hail! Hail!” we will move our fist… wah, it’s hard to describe thru words how it is done, but whatsoever, everything just felt so real to me… especially after the hymn being sung, there was a pop sound heard. The green and white balloons fell down from the ceiling, and the green and white confetti rained down the court… as if it’s a ceremony for DLSU’s victory.

Woo! I really had fun sharing these experiences I had during my first two days in my new world. I decided to share this one for my friends during my highschool days in MUNSCI to be able for them to know what has happened to me during these times that we are no longer seeing each other because we all have our own new lives by this time. I guess a lot of them should be missing me now… Well, I miss you all! You heard a lot from me, I wish to hear from you very soon, my dear Munscian friends!

And of course, to the other readers, I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did! Thank you for allotting some of your time to read my story. Bye now!

Animo La Salle!

The Best December I’ve ever had in my life…so far…

In every single year of my life, I’ve always anticipated only one same month…the month I’ve considered already “my month”… D-E-C-E-M-B-E-R

Well, this December that had gone was my best, so far…

And here are the dated experiences that I had that made myself consider it “best”…

-+ 10 Dec: A one memorable December day and night, where I witnessed probably one of the most perfect blue sky in the morning and at noon, and a night sky filled with stars at night…

-+ 11 Dec: I already received from the printing shop my pink Westlife t-shirt and yellow Alex Frei t-shirt! (wherein I myself designed the prints)

-+ 12 Dec: I officially turned 16 during this day, and I celebrated my birthday on someone else’s birthday party! Haha, really funny, right? Well, here’s the story; Dec 11 was really the true birthday of this someone I was talking about (my classmate Pia to name this someone) but she eventually had planned to set her birthday party on Dec 12 before I could finalize my own birthday party on the same date. So after classes, we headed straight to Pia’s house and enjoyed her birthday party there! I really enjoyed most when my classmates chanted the birthday girl (on that party only, I was the real birthday girl actually right?) “happy birthday Pia”…and then “happy birthday CHAMY”…alternate ways, hehe! And afterwards Pia blew the candles on her birthday cake, and surprisingly she didn’t blow the one remaining lighted candle there…for me! I was the one who blew the last candle of someone else’s birthday cake! Haha! And after that, everyone clapped and cheered loud. Haha, that’s how i enjoyed my day, then!

-+13 Dec: Actually, I never planned to have my own birthday party any longer since I enjoyed my birthday anyway at Pia’s birthday party. But surprisingly, I got home last night seeing over there on the kitchen loads of uncooked pasta, uncooked chicken, paper plates, spoons and forks…signifying that I”LL BE HAVING MY BIRTHDAY PARTY THE NEXT DAY TO THAT. I was at first a sort of irate, for I was sure I won’t be expecting a huge number of visitors since I won’t be able to invite my classmates any longer that time because this day was Saturday, a weekend…when people mostly gather at malls or somewhere else to relax. So who can I invite to my party, then? Well it’s good that we had our last sesion of MTAP in our school early morning on this day, and I was able to invite most of those who attended there! I had them in our house, plus some of my mother’s colleagues in our church, and some of the ministers in our church, too, wherein my most special guest among them probably was Ka Alex, the pastor of our locale

—Strictly Filipino mode na dito! Nahihirapan nako eh, putek! Ska pra mas mabilis!—

Next story; Eto mron pang patawa pro super pang-asar tlg skin eh…biro nyo, dumating ako kasama yung iba sa mga kaklase ko s bahay (kc hndi kmi nagsabay-sabay eh…may mga nagmall pa muna.) HINDI PA LUTO MGA HANDA KO?! Lang ya oh…kakahiya, pro naintindhan nman nla yun, kht hndi ko naintndhan bkit gnun, haha. Ayun, sa kwarto ko muna sila pnagstay, pnagdiskitahan tlg nila agad ung PC nmen, palibhasa may internet n un,haha! Yung iba nman humiga nlng muna s kama nmen. During the party, first kumain muna sila. Eh mga nagutom s nkakabagot na 2-hr session ng MTAP eh. Tpos kantahan mode na with the videoke na kadadala lng sa bahay ni papa. Xhet, sobrang daming kanta nun! Pti ung mga super latest songs nandun n, kya pinagdiskitahan tlg ng mga kaklase ko eh! Yung ibang boys nagbasketball sa mini-basketbolan sa likod ng bahay nmen. (at yung iba kapal muks p tlg, nanghiram p ng tsinelas smen, hehe) At yung iba, ayun kumpulan sa kama, babae lalaki, halo halo n un, bhla na sino sino mgkakayakap, hehe!

6:00 PM sila umuwi, pro naiwan ung apat kong kaklase na niyaya ko magsleep-over smen. YUp, nag-invite ako for sleep-over, at 1st time lng yn tlg n pinayagan ako ni mama. Eh actually, yn lng tlg plano ko pra s birthday ko eh…wla tlgng bday party at all. Una nming gnawa, tinuloy nmen ung kantahan s videoke n mraming kanta, hanggang sa namilipit n mga lalamunan nmen. Minutes later, dumating n yung mga matatandang mga kasama ni mama sa pananalapi, hehe! Kaya pumasok na kami sa kwarto at nagkulong na doon habang nag-iingay ang mga gurang sa labas, hehe! PAgkauwi ng mga yun, ska kami nagdinner. Pgktpos mghilamos, mgtutbrush at mgbihis ng damit pantulog, ayun deretso agad sa kama, konting forum bout sa ilan sa mga controversial classmates nmen. Eh ksma p nga s mga plano nmen ung gumawa ng term paper s El Fili eh, pti mnood ng DVD. Pro ayun, deretso tulog n agad kme, tabi-tabi kming lima, mdyo siksik pro ok lng dn, and sweet dreams n…:)

-+ 14 Dec: Good morning, sleep over-mates! Pgkagising nmen eh reklamo agad kmi, ubo nang ubo ung isa nming ksama nung gabi, hehe! Nagharutan p kmi konti sa kama, hampasan ng unan, hgaan sa knya-knyang pwet, tpos tnawag na kami ni mama for breakfast…Sopas mode kmi, at hbng kumakain, ang madaldal 4evr kong ina, ayun bumuo ng srili nyng forum tungkol sa mga karekla-reklamong nonstop bayarin sa MUNSCI, hehe! And then after nun, nkiligo si Lou, at nag-ayos na sila. 8 AM nun, umuwi na sila…with a smile!

-+ 16 Dec: Concert for a cause ng MUNSCI teachers and staff for Ma’am Renz na ginanap sa Sports complex! Grbe khit super paos ako nung araw na ito, todo pdn pagtili ko with my classmates sa bwat song and dance numbers ng mga teachers! Lalo nman nung nagjumbo-hotdog ung mga lalaking teachers nmen! Xhet nagtopless pa sila grbe laglag panty ko dun,hehe! At syempre, pnakamemorable para sa Pauli ung moment ni MA’am Carol, adviser nmin…ntanggal ung isa nyang sandals nung sumasayaw siya ng “sway”, woo!

-+ 17 Dec: Biglaan pero super blessing tlg skin…Nkakita ako ng isang itim na DVD s mga concerts s Oddysey, title nun “10 YEARS OF WESTLIFE LIVE AT CROKE PARK STADIUM”…Woo walang kaeffort-effort! Ngkroon ako agad, ang saya! (Nauna pa sa unang ngrelease na WESTLIFE OUR STORY n libro eh, tsk2)

-+ 19 Dec: Christmas Party sa school na ginawang ordinaryong party nalang actually gawa ng may mga KJ na tao smen na bwal se religion nila ang pasko (prang smen, pro umaattend pdn ako x-mas party, hehe) at para lng mapasama ung mga un, ayun tnanggal ung mga x-mas decors ng room nmen, ung mga pinambalot s regalo wlng konek s x-mas…ordinaryong party nlng, oh db! 9 AM dpt kmi ngsimula eh. Sobrang late nman ung adviser nming si Ma’am Carol. Sinalubong xa ng buong Pauli sa gate ng school eh, pang-asar lng hehe! At pinagspeech nmen pgdating s room bkit xa late! During the party nman, naggames muna. Ah, sinalihan ko halos lht ng games eh, at pinakaexciting xkn tlg ung pasukan ng lapis sa damit, bsta ksama un s mechanics ng game n un. Lang ya ung isa kong kagrupo dun, muntik nko mahipuan sa -toot- ko! Padalos-dalos na pinasok ung kamay nya s pantalon ko pra abutin ung lapis, hehe! Then after nun, xmpre ngutom n kme kya kainan na! Lang ya ung Shakey’s na inorder nmen, bitin tlg, wlang gravy ung chicken, liit ng brownies, tpos zesto lng inumin?! Toink. After kainan, exchange gift n kmi! Ayun, ung nsa wish list ko nga ung niregalo skin ng nkabunot skin; Yellow hooded jacket!

Next stop; Dretso ako ksma ng mga kabanda ko sa jammingan…yup, mmber ako ng isang kabubuo lang na all-girl-rock band para makasali kmi sa battle of the bands ng school n mngyyri mmya nang gabi, kya polishing kme nito. Xa nga pla, “Girls Like Boys” ang naisip nming pangalan ng banda. Eh kme lng kc tlg mga baklang ksali sa battle eh. Lam nyo un…yung foreign rock band n ‘Boys Like Girls’, binaliktad lng nmen. Korni nuh? Toink. 6 bands kming lht n mglalaban-laban. 3 songs each, wherein mron isang contest piece; isang nkakabagot na pampaskong knta ng Apo Hiking Soc, nirock nmen! Nung gabi, balik school kmi. Ayn, bhla na si batman sa performance nmen, hahaay.

Last portion of the day; BANDAGE (battle of the bands ng MUNSCI) Kmi ung 2nd to the last performer eh. Bago kmi mgperform, todo pray-over kming lima sa likod, woo! Tpos it’s time for Girls Like Boys to rock the stage! Todo cheer mga classmates nmen s pnkaharapan eh. Ayun 1st n pnerform nmen ung contest piece, wherein ako ung s rhythm guitar. Wow, infairness inenjoy tlg nmen ung pagtugtog eh. Next dun ung 1st chosen song nmen, ung “Ang Pag-ibig kong ito” version ng Moonstar 88. Mbagal un pro ok xa pangbandage. And I got the bass n nga pla dun. (ako sa bass guitar) Tpos ung huli nming kanta, ung ngpabuhay tlg sa audience; “Breathless” ng The Corrs. Oo, super old song n un, pro at least lively nman. Napalakpak nmen ung mga nanunuod nang sabay-sabay! Mdyo sumablay nga lang kming lima s outro, huhu. At pgktpos smen ung banda na super supported ng section nmen; “Very Sweet Caroline” pangalan ng banda nila. Xhet, perfect ng performances nila as in prang pro band ung ngperform eh! Tpos hinaluan p un ng vocalist nun ng kwela, dinawit p mga pngalan nila FPJ, Rico Yan, at Marky Cielo? Hahahaay! Aftr nlang mgprform, picturan sa baba. Ako? Ayun…naging emosyonal ako bgla. Narealize ko kc bgla na…sila, naibigay nla ung best nila tlg sa last bandage experience nla, (Kasi last yr n nmen s MUNSCI db?) ako ang dami kong mistakes s pagbabass ko eh. Nahalata pa nga ako ng vocalist ng VSC paluha n. Then, umupo ako sa tabi ng vocalist ng banda nmen, mdyo nag-eemo dn. Intermission numbr nun, tnugtog ung ‘Tuwing umuulan at kapiling ka”…xhet, nkakaiyak sobra. Bumagay sa nafifeel ko nung mg oras n un…haay

Minutes later, AWARDING n! Hanep VSC, binakaw lht ng awards eh! Best vocs, best guitarists at drummer, s banda nila lht galing! Eto pa, sila dn People’s choice at hgit s lht, best band! Eh di nagdiwang na mga kklase ko! Eh dpt ako mgng msaya dn pra s knila kc mga kklase ko un eh, at karangalan ng section nmen un…pro ayun pdn ako, in tears. Pro pgkaannounce ng 2nd runner-up na band oh…”Ang gaganda ng members nito…GIRLS LIKE BOYS!!!” Xhet, napatakbo agad ako s hrapan eh pra kunin ung certificate! At may consolation prize money p kmi, 300 php hehe! Lalong bumuhos mga luha ko eh…unbelievable tlg! Npangitan ako s performance nmen eh, pro bait tlg ni God, woo! Kya todo party nung gabing un eh, lalo na ng section nmen, lht ng representatives, may award!

Bsta…ako ngng pnakaemosyunal na tao during that night…Haay grabe un.

-+ 27 Dec: Finally, after contemplating for so long pra lng matuloy, natuloy na dn s araw na ito ang PAGMIMEET-UP NG MGA ORIG LIFERS NG WILD WEST BUFFS, ang clan ng mga Westlife die-hard fans na last year p mgkakakilala at sa txt lng tlg ngkakausp, pro today ay nagkita-kita at ngksma-sama ndn, woo!!! Sino-sino mga kasama dapat? Ako, si Khriszy n bestfrnd ko s clan evrsnce, si Mich na best kakwelahan ko nman, cna ate Leah, ate Mitch at ate Lala. Pro sino-sino lang mga nksma? Ako, si khriszy, si ate Leah, at si Mich na pnkasurprise tlg s EB n un! Eh kc…bsta ang dming ngng complications, ayoko n i-cite. Cguradong may mgagalit. Pro at least ntuloy xa! First story dyn, sbay kmi ni Mich na pumuntang SM Mall of Asia (Hndi tlg dpt jn ang usapan eh…sa SM NorthEdsa tlg kng saan pwd tlg kming lht, pro dhl nga s cnasabi ko knina na complications, ayun nabago…bsta! Pro hndi tlg alam ng iba na mkksama itong si Mich samin, kc ang alam ng lht bukod xkn, nsa probnsya n xa. 1PM ang uspan eh, pro pgdtng nmin dun wla p ung dlwa, sina Khriszy at Ate Leah. Kya ayun, nglakad-lakad konti s npkalaking MOA, kumain sa Jollibee, nagWestlife soundtrip, hnggng sa mgstay kmi s Baywalk dun at doon n kme nghntay. Grbe, naenjoy tlg nmin ung view dun eh…kakarelax. Dun kme ngkabonding ni Mich nang todo; kwentuhan both private and West-lives. Around 4:00 PM un nung mgtxt si Ate Leah n nsa MOA n xa. Oo, super nalate xa pro di bale n, at least dumating xa nuh! Sa national bookstore nmin xa tinagpo. Pro nung una eh d nman xa mhanap! Pro thre is this suspicious girl na prng may inaantabay dn eh, kala nmen nung una xa n un. Eh may Westlife Our story na libro dun (at un dn ang unang beses tlg n mkakita ako ng aktwal na WL Our story book, woo! Pro wla akong pera nun eh, huhu) Plano nmen. mgpapansin sa girl na un gmit ung libro, xmpre kng xa nga un eh papansinin kmi agad nun, Pro nyokz, may ksma pla xang mtanda, kay imposible nang xa un. Kya gnawa nmen ni Mich, nagpapage kme sa loob dn ng National bookstore…pangalan ng pinapage nmin sosyal; LEAH BYRNE! At hndi p mbsa nang maayos ng ngpapage dun ung word na Byrne eh…Bryne p unang pgkbasa nya,hehe! After nun, nghntay kmi pro wlng sumipot. Until papalabas na kmi ng bookstore, at napansis ko may sumusunod na babae s likod ni MIch. Aba! Si Ate Leah n pla yun oh! Umepektib ung papage nmen s knya, haha! Tpos tambay kme s event center kng saan ngcoconcert si Charlie Green, toink. At nung msabi ko k Ate Leah na si Mich tlg ung ksma ko at hndi si “Em” na una kong pakilala s knya, at first no reaction at all eh. Tpos konting gap…ayun, nagulat dn, hehe. Tpos ayun, todo kwentuhan at picturan n kmi! Hnhntay lng nmen si khriszy na s mniwla o sa hndi, 7PM na dumating! Sa national bookstore dn nmen xa tinagpo. Nung una, mron dn kming ngng maling suspetsa na xa, kc nman ang daming nkaitim ang damit at bag na tao dun eh un dw pra mkilala nmin xa, hehe! Hnggng s tumambay muna kmi dun sa shelf kung san nktgo ung WL Our story book. Un muna pnagdiskitahan nming tatlo. Until sumilip ako s entrance ng bookstore at…ayun, nkita ko na xa! Ngtago ako agad pro nkita dn pla nya ako! Xhet nung mgksma-sma n kmi oh…pra akong nalantang petsay na bgla n nmang pinagimbabawan ng hiya! Ayun, sbi ko dumeretso n agd kmi sa last agenda which was ung pgvivideoke kc super late n xa eh, hndi n tuloy mggwa p ung mga nauna kong plano dun. Oo, tampo ako s knya kaya hndi ko muna xa mxdong dinidikitan nun. Hbng hnahanap nmin ung Timezone kng saan kmi ngvideoke, ayun ginugulo nya ko; kalabit nang kalabit s likod ko, haha. Akala nya kc gnun tlg galit ko s knya eh. Until mkrating kmi s Timezone at nabakante ung isang videoke booth dun. Takbo agd kmi s loob, bumili ng card na nainosente nman ako kc hndi gnun s ibang vdeoke booths s mga malls n npuntahan ko eh, haha. Tpos s loob ng booth, ayan nkabonding nko ni Khriszy! 5 songs nga lng na xmpre puro Westlife lht ng nakanta nmen. Pinakawacky ung “When You’re Looking Like that”, pinakasenti ung “*Us Against the World”. (At nga pla, nasira ko pa ung plug ng mic dun, nputol ko, hehe!) Pgktpos ng kntahan na may halong todo picturan pa un, konting kulitan at twanan, tpos bglang humirit si Ate Leah, nilabas ung Westlife poster nya na pingkaguluhan nmin agad. Pinasulat nya kmi dun ng dedications nmin s knya. Tpos pgkalabas ng booth, ayun time to say goodbye n kay Khriszy. Hinug nya ako, at bago xa tuluyang makaalis,inabot ko s knya ung isa kong picture ni Shane n may message s likod. At pgkalabas ng MOA, ayun ngknya-knya n kming skay pauwi. The best ang EB ntoh, grbe! -_+

-+ 31 Dec: Eto, during this day, nsa probinsya n kmi, Dun kc kmi nagbagong taon. Pnu ko inenjoy ang New Year’s Eve kht ulan nang ulan nun, hmft? Xmpre nkipapak sa Litson at iba png handa dun, tpos pgsapit ng alas dose, ayun tambay sa labas at nanuod sa mga pinsan ko at ung tito kong kano na gsto yta tlg mputukan eh 1 centimeter apart lng s mga pinapaputok! Ayun ngpaputok sila! Grbe hrap huminga nun, puro usok n! Pro enjoy mnuod ng mga fireworks kht nkabingi tlg ung iba n bgla nlng pumuputok kht hndi inaasahan! Biro mo fountain puputok n kasing lakas ng pla pla? Haha! Pti ung Kwitis na hindi lumipad at pumutok s baba? Grabe! Pro enjoy tlg ang lht, gandang pangfinale s December kong ito…

NOw you know! I’m happy to share all of these to everyone so i hope you guys enjoyed my stories! This has been much longer than expected, haha!

Oh panu? Next December n nman ulit ha! Bye bye, 2008! Welcome, 2009!