Ano nga ba ang nagaganap?

Well.. marami ang naganap! Magaling, magaling, magaling! Hindi na ko nakakapag-blog kasi feeling ko wala naman sooobrang significant na kailangang-malaman-ito-ng-buong-mundo level na nagaganap sa buhay ko. Pero naalala ko na konti lang naman talaga ang nagbabasa dito. As in super friends lang (Naks naman, swerte mo kung nababasa mo to). Besides, this site is some sort of a extended memory because it’s really not a wonder that there are many things I’ll forget in the future. Neurons, once they die, don’t regenerate. Sa sandamakmak na nikotina, alkohol, polusyon sa buhay ko, malamang, matsugi ang brain cells ko noh? hehe

Speaking of memory, I read somewhere that ‘Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind’ is now possible. The drug called U0126 can erase a single specific memory. In mice for now. Of course there are many moments that I just to forget but given the chance, I’m not really sure if I want to do that, tsaka di naman ako daga e.

Speaking of memories, naalala ko si Tin. Tin, di ba we’ll collect and dwell on good memories. Like last Friday, some Tyrone-loving Econsoc (sounds like Tyrone is a pet) met up at KrocGrill. Rollcall: Tin, Son, Gabe, Tristan, Ralph, Emil, Rain and moi. Of course, it’s a typical get-together walang humpay ng chikahan at planning ng summer get-away. By the way, we ate Ostrich Bistek (which I prefer to call Ostek since Bistek is coined Beef Steak and it is obviously not beef, so technically it is Ostrich Steak, thus Ostek). Anyway, I did not file for Vacation Leave that day but I was there. Hehe.. Log-in, takbo sa Shang, kain, balik sa office, e-mail, early lunch break, takbo sa Shang, inom, balik sa office. Define pasaway na empleyado! Walangyang soc, sinisira nyo buhay ko! hahaha. Di ko na talaga ulit gagawin to (sana mapanindigan ko na this time)! Ako na talaga ang pinaka-sutil na empleyado samen.

Speaking of sutil na empleyado, 45 minutes late ako kanina. Well, honestly, I hate late (promoting Pizza Hut delivery… hehe). I’m rarely late at work. In fact, for the past six months I was never late even a single millisecond. hehe. E ayun, si tanga, di nagising sa alarm kaya 45 minutes late ako. Ang galing noh? Parang inipon ko lahat ng pwedeng i-late ng kalahating taon. hehe.. Paging Sony Ericsson, di effective ang alarm ng phones nyo kahit maximum ang volume.

Dahil kanina pa ko speaking of nang speaking of ay di na gagawin ulit yon.

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By the way, (naks, for a change daw) I received a text message from my HS buddy Kimmy. I felt a sudden sense of nostalgia of my high school days. Most of the times, I blog about college life and how I miss my college friends but I’ve never said much about my high school life.

For some, high school life is the best. For me high school and college lives are two different incomparable experiences. Both are remarkable. It’s just that the latter is the more recent past that’s why easier to relate with. Also, I rarely see my bestest high school friends because of differences in geography (Mae in the US, Icy is in the US the last time I heard, Kimmy is in Australia), priorities (Patty is now a proud momma to Dada) and well time zone perhaps (Rica and Kat work in the morning while I am on graveyard shift). Alexie, though also on graveyard shift, works in Makati so I guess I can let geography be our reason. I feel guilty for not exerting much effort or go out of my way to meet them(at least Patty, Rica and Alexie). Sorry naman!

In fairness to all these girls, everytime we talk, there is no sense of hesitation in our stories. We talk for hours and giggle like we used too (perhaps even louder this time) as if the last time we saw each other was yesterday. Sigh! High school days… The Dawson’s Creek hype, the telebabad craze, the Brigetine blue jumper uniforms. Anyway, I’ll write the random moments I remember (in no particular order)

* Our sleep-over party at Kimmy’s place - Ang hirap pang magpaalam non. Effort talaga. Patty had to cook their family dinner. We had to tag along with Mae to her mom’s office. I remember asking my mudra for two weeks daily to allow me. Haha! Before we went to their place we all had our hair cut short. The following day, we used all the hair leave-ons to set our hair. That day, we looked like we had stiff  necks because we were very conscious one wrong movement will mess a strand of our hair. Plus, who will forget Icy’s ‘Plak’ high-dive plunge to the pool.

* Nung mahilig kaming mangotong. Nanghihingi kami ng P5 sa mga makakasalubong namin at yung naipon namin ay binibili naming ng scramble.

* Nung nagrereview kami kuno kina Mae pero wala kaming ginagawa kundi magkwentuhan, manood ng tv, magtelebabad with matching Hard to Say I’m Sorry sa background mala-MTV.

* Nung nagrereview kuno kami kina Kimmy pero in reality, nagbi-billiards at nagbo-bowling lang kami.

* Nung nagrereview kuno kami sa bahay namin pero sumasayaw lang si Mae sa bintana (ala Babae sa May Bintana) ng room ko kasi may perfect view to sa room ng kapitbahay namin na crush niya.

* Nung nag-cut class kami 2nd year para lang manood ng walang kwentang sine. Sa bahay pa namin ang meeting place at walang nagawa ang mudra ko.

* Nung tinakasan namin ang guard. Bawal lumabas ng campus non pero nagcrave kami ng KFC, bakit ba?!

* Nung tumambay kami sa bahay nina Rica. Nakakita sila ng shooting stars kaya pala nagsisigaw sila while moi, in my paranoid self thought there was a manananggal whatever who was going to abduct me. haha. Binalot ko tuloy ang sarili ko sa kurtina.

* Nung naging idea namin ni Partner Alexie to have fishes as Christmas gifts for a change kaya nagsleep over ako sa kanila para maprepare namin ang sangkatutak na fighting fishes.

* Nung lahat ng teacher halos nagalit, nagwalk-out, umiyak dahil saken at kay Mae. Minsan pa e clueless na kami na kami pala ang dahilan kahit alam na ng buong klase. Kaya naman kami ni Mae ang lowest sa Character among girls. Ako syempre among girls and boys. hehe.

* Ang almusalan trip namin sa hallway na kami lang ang alam kong nakakagawa sa tanang-batch.

* Nung umiyak ako kasi pina-squat ako sa CAT. hehe.. Maarte ako e, bakit ba?

* Nung pinalo ko sa pwet ung teacher ko sa Physics.

* Ang makulay na buhay ni Ma’am Cordero aka Baby Girl whose topics in class come out of nowhere.

* Ang Accounting teacher namin na tumawa ka lang e papasa ka na (Classified info na nalaman ko sa ibang batch kaya sinabi ko sa mga katabi ko na dapat sabay-sabay kami tumawa with matching palo sa desk kulang na lang mag-tumbling)

* Ang Shakey’s customer of the Months days namin kung saan kachokaran namin ang managers at crew kaya kahit pagpalitin namin ang Sign ng Female at Male sa CR at mambiktima kami ng customers ay di sila nagagalit samen. Those were the days na kapag Friday na at wala na kami allowance ay nagka-Capt. Shakey Meal na lang kami. hehe

* Ang ultra-pasaway moment ng Station of the Cross around campus ng section namin. Habang ang very obedient classmates namin nina Mae ay masisipag na naglalakad papunta sa next station, kami ay nag-iisip ng short cut para mauna kami sa next station kaya naman tinangka naming magluksong-baka sa napakataas na halamanan ng mga madre. At talaga naman dalawa na lang kaming babae with the pasaway boys e nag-uunahan pa kami kaya naman humandusay kami sa hardin ng kamulatan habang clueless ang  teacher namin bakit kami napadpad sa ganoong sitwasyon.

Napakarami pang iba alam ko. Marami rin nagyari after grad: Debut parties, Kasal ni Patty, random get-togethers, et cetera et cetera. Haaaay! Kailangan ng ultimate get-together mga shufatid! Isama natin si Sister Catalina!

Salamat sa inyo. Kayo ang unang nagmulat saken sa mundo ng kabaklaan, kabalahuraan, kapasawayan! Miss you all! Mwaaaaah!

Too bad eto lang ang pic na nakita ko! Pucha! Umuwi na kasi kayo!

DISCLAIMER: Sa ibang mga makakabasa, nawa’y hindi kayo magkaroon ng impression na sutil kami. Ipagpalagay natin na eksahirado lamang ang mga nasabing eksena at marami dito ay dala lamang ng kamnuduhan ng aming kabataan.