My First Day Officially Off School!

Hello dearest Blogspot! Although I have been away blogging elsewhere, I still love you. You are still my Original Haven. I have been off blogging at Tumblr since it is very accessible, easy to use, and it fits my "busy" days. I can just drop in tidbits of rants and stuff. So there.

It's summer now, for a few days at least. I think in two weeks, enrollment for summer classes will begin. I've thought a lot about how my summer will be. 

• Summer classes (obligatory)
• Attend and sit-in in classes
• Exercise
• Get in touch with art once more
• Apply for a summer job (If my summer class schedule permits it)
• Go to the beach (obligatory with pleasure)
• Save up! Save, save, save!
• Have more freelance work done
• Hong Kong!

These are just plans, and it could change. Don't condemn me if I don't get to do them all, okay? 

Today I slept late, around 3am, but that's not new though. I got up for lunch and watched television in my sister's room until I fell asleep. I woke up around 3pm and had bread and coffee. What do you think? Productive start? Haha. Seriously, I want to exercise soon. Recently I've been weighing myself and the last time I checked I'm at 103lbs. I don't remember going over 100! Maybe there were times in  high school, but I don't remember it at all. 

My new school has got me busy. I've been adjusting and whatnot. Although there were a few subjects I didn't have to attend because I've already taken them up, and although most of my classes (after midterms) were half day, I still felt pretty beaten up at the end of the day. Must be too much rest, yes? But I still suck at time management, always been a problem I haven't really fixed. Also, driving really tires me so much now especially when it's traffic! Otherwise, it's pretty okay. I've also loved driving alone, I enjoy the solitude, if you can call it that. 

Three years! Elwin and I celebrated our third anniversary two days ago. I thought we'd skip the whole celebration thing since he had classes up until 8:30pm. I was home and dressed in my house clothes already when he called after his classes, he said he was on his way and that we had to celebrate somehow. We ate at AA's. It wasn't fancy, but I still enjoyed it. We walked from my house to AA's and walked back after we had our dinner date. He also gave me a chocolate! :D Thank you Lord for the three years. 

My batch mates will be graduating soon, but I have fixed my feelings on that. This is the situation I'm in right now and I've learned to accept it. I'm in fact happy, I've learned more than I could have in my old school and I get to go to the same school as Elwin! I do miss my friends from the old school, but I'll still get to see them. ;)

The whole flying off to America thing, it's a blur. I may or may not be flying off this year. I did tell my mom and dad if we could wait until I graduate. I REALLY WANT TO GRADUATE BEFORE I LEAVE. They said we'll see. 

My sister will be in college soon, she's graduating on the 26th of March. Would have been lovely if we graduated together, but then again, that's not going to happen and I'm glad my parents understand. :)  

This blog entry was just jumping from topic to topic. I was never really good with organizing my thoughts, I know that and that's just how it is. Haha. But it's my blog space and it's been a while. I'm home, once again. :D 

Thank you Lord for being faithful to me this whole semester. You are faithful even if I am not. Amen! Thank you for getting me, Elwin, my sister, and friends through. Elwin and the others still have until next week with their defenses and whatnots, but I thank you Lord in advance. :) 

Let your will be done.

-pringles08

2010: Boyf && Fam | Not Yet School-Ready

something cute from off the web

Yesterday Elwin spent Sunday with us. It wasn't his first time spending Sunday with me and my family, but it was a first that he went to church with us. I left with him the claim stub for mom's pants which she had altered at Magic Fit. Clumsy me, so boyfriend came to the rescue and got it for me at Ayala and got here early, before we left for church. We had my aunt's Fettuccine for snacks and we were off to church, Alliance of Two Hearts. we went on the afternoon mass since my mom wasn't able to wake up early, so it follows that I wasn't up early as well.

After church we went to Carmelite's and then to Ayala. Dad did groceries and Mom had her nails done. Elwin and I went to Taco's to grab some grub. Elwin was so sweet as to offer to bring my mother the food she ordered which was all the way down to the 2nd basement. I waited at Taco's all the way at 3rd floor and Holly arrived with her Seattle's Best food. Not later Elwin came back and we enjoyed the usual order.

We went around after eating. I thought of getting a DS for myself because I saw one in a cute blue green color and DS always struck me as a more kid-friendly gadget whereas PSPs are more for teenagers. But I'll still think about that, don't want to jump into something I know too little of. Also we went around looking for headphones for my sister and RAM for my laptop. Yes, I haven't yet got it, but mom gave me the money now. New RAM, real soon.

We had dinner at FoodChoices, the usual sizzling love. And then a bit more going around and Holly got new headphones, 600++php. Dad wasn't for it, but it was my sister's money to spend. After that, Elwin had to part with us as we headed down to basement parking. It was a pretty good Sunday. It's always a good day with Elwin, all the more with him plus my family. :)

Monday -- School just came too soon. Research1 was a less than 30 minutes and IT121 was a no show, after waiting 2 hours. Oi! Then OS was attendance only, and so I decided to ditch the rest of the day because of the 2-hour break and most likely no show teachers. It was not nice to leave Elwin in school, it would have been nice to just hung out with him since there was no class, but I was way too sleepy. Stupid me slept late again because I slept in during the afternoon. So there, also I though I'd be able to accompany my dad in bringing my sister and mom to the airport, but I just slept in again from around 1++pm to 6++pm. And now 11:20pm I'm still up. When will I learn? You tell me. :p

Mom and sister are off to Manila for my sister's interview tomorrow for a renewal of VISA. Please help pray she gets her VISA. I prayed hard that the interview will go on smoothly and that the Holy Spirit be with my sister and mother all through out. Now, it's in God's hands-- He'll surely now what's best for us all.

And an update on my flying off to States, I'm confused whether to fly in during summer or stay for summer classes and fly after. I'll surely have to prepare flying in Miggy. It will all fall into place early enough, I hope. Tomorrow another school day I will dread and am just not used to just yet. Oi! Physics, you are a prick.

So I rant a lot,

-pringles08

PS: Cheers to 2009 and hello to 2010. Let's make it awesome, ya? :) Happy lessed new year to all, may it be a properous year ahead for all of us. 

I Want to Blog

I wanted to blog yesterday, but I was preoccupied with uploading photos from my cellphone and laptop to my private multiply account. My poor laptop has been crawling since the virtual memory is almost full. :p I have a gazillion photos, I have to upload them so I can delete them. My photo albums aren't at all organize, and I am not happy about it. I can't wait to own my own external hard drive and also buy an additional RAM for better laptop performance. I told my mom instead of getting Christmas' and New Years' clothes like we always do, if I could trade that privilege in for RAM. She's considering it and I can almost see it happening. 

I want so badly to blog about how Sunday went, but I want to indulge in blogging, describing everything to the most minute detail so that when I read the entry again in the future, I can taste and feel the moment. :) I can't wait!!! Also I've got to put up photos on my blog entries, I can't easily do these since I have to watermark them and tweak them a bit (but most photos placed up are unedited though). Blog entries are a bit boring without photos.  

I'll blog for real tomorrow- hopefully. This entry is getting long so I better stop before it gets any longer. Haha. Anyways, research deadline this Wednesday, please pray our group will make it (flawlessly or with minor damage at least. Haha). I've got to skedaddle now to study for Math16 Pre-Midterm exam. Yes! I still call it pre-mid and not pre-lim. Haha. Deal with it! 

trying to be a good student,

-pringles08

The Original Haven

So Elwin suddenly said one afternoon, "You don't really like "the misfit place" do you?". Appalled, feeling a pinch of accusation but feeling more caught with the truth, I replied, "How did you know?". He said, "Of course, I'm your boyfriend, I should know."

Maybe the sigs after blogging gave me off huh? It did seem like a fit at first, but it turns out, the misfit is just a misfit to me. Another name thrown in the bag along with the other nicks I've had huh? The long lasting one being pringles. 

My multiply's home page says "MY LITTLE HAVEN" ever since its creation. And so I've decided to change my url to http://theoriginalhaven.blogspot.com. I'm hoping I won't have to change it in the future.

The deviant share worried me a bit but I had it fixed in less than a minute. So, I'm just sort off documenting this change. Haha. Too insignificant for you? I don't care, it's my space to blog. :) 

feeling somehow relocated,

-pringles08

School Hopping Adventure

So it's a lazy Saturday and I told Elwin to rest instead of coming over. I really did want to see him, but a rest is but proper after running errands for his brother, riding jeepneys on a hot Saturday. There were a couple of things I had in mind to make this day productive:

• Try painting again - but it was cumbersome to look for my materials
• Come up with gift ideas - but I have no "budget" to even try and consider what to get
• Study JAVA online - my excuse is a text book is always better
• Go biking - I have no one to go with, my sister's going out with friends

And so you see how I have all the excuses in the world. 

I thought of blogging again, since I did owe my "school hopping adventure" an entry.

After 3 years and a half of being a Carolinian, I bow down and stop trying. I know I didn't give it my best, but maybe it's just not working for me. Miss P's method is just not getting through me, well for one I'm completely againts it- which contributes to my being stubborn I guess. She gives us a serise of lessons followed by a serise of exams on lessons which are from 2 weeks to a month old. And our minds' already focused on the current lesson. My friend mentioned Ms. P. just wanted us to be flexible. I go- flexible my a*s. Even sir L. was appalled by her method of teaching and he said that shouldn't be. Even the faculty is a mess and some teachers against Miss P. I bet a lot are just waiting for her to get scrapped, although I don't see the happening anytime soon. She is so proud of the "standard" she has placed, such a one-sided thing. If you look on the other side, she should question her teaching methods. Because of her students shift, transfer school, get disqualified from proceeding, go through 5 takes on her subjecgt, or worst- stop schooling. Seriously, doesn't she stop and question her ways? 

My failure was sad, it did hurt, but I'm honestly not at all bitter as people would expect. I accept the fact that my failure was my fault as well. And I am sorry to my parents. I am however blessed that they totally understand. Turns out, USC-TC was known for terror teachers and the like, apparently, my dad went through the same thing. Unlike my dad, I transferred and made a move just a little too late. 

So school hunting began. My mom was still up for convinicng me to stay at USC, her alma matter. She wanted me so bad to finish there, but my dad couldn't care less. To him, a school is a school, and it's up to the student what to make of himself or herself. True that dad!

I checked out TESDA, considering going to USC and enrolling at TESDA as well. That didn't work out. After a very upsetting day, holding up tears- Elwin went with me, I took the USP entrance exam on the spot. I remembered eating at AA's with him, he wanted to make me feel better. But I only felt undeserving. 

Dad was rooting for USP since I'd finish their earlier. My mom and I wanted USJR-Basak. I was taken aback by their impressive and not to mention intimidating IT prospectus. Their IT students got certificates at second year and at 3rd year, each IT student would have a specialization, a field they'd focus on. 

After a few debates and arguements I chose to stay out of as much as I could- it was USJR for me. 

Just a few weeks ago I reconnected with an old pal from 5th grade- Eduard Sy, and coincidentaly, he went to USJR. So after 8 years, we met again and he was really nice and he helped me through enrollment and all. It was a tiring process but I finally got in. I had my hair dyed to black to conform with school poloicies and I was determined to make this work. I really loved the campus, the library, and the students all seemed pretty serious. I honestly felt it would be hard to fit in, but I was in it for the studies right? But there was a glitch on the whole thing- there was no designated parking area for students with service. And dad wasn't very happy about that fact and still wanted me to transfer. I've had second thoughts of the school, maybe because I was awfully lonely and the environment was all too different. My friends also wondered why I didn't go to UC considering my boyfriend went there. But UC wasn't an option in the first place, I remembered that Elwin didn't want me to go there for certain reasons, and I know it is only what is good for me that he has in mind.

I've never fallen in such a deep abyss of confusion, and I'm not even exagerating. This decision was something that would have great impact on my future. I decided to stay at USJR, but dad fought back and won my mom over through safety issue. No parking meant I'd park outside school, at Barangay Quiot. It was known as the "killing fields" back in their day. And the way to USJR involved harassed drivers and accident waiting to happen. So it was decided, I was off to UC after 1 week of being a Josenian. 

UC- I enrolled, fixed my sched and got in. They were going to have me sign a waiver, but after seeing my IQ result which reflected superior, they decided it wasn't necessary. At UC my IQ was superior - 133 I think, and at USJR it was above average - 119 I think. Odd. And I took the same exam, and they don't even show the results so I basically answered in the same condition. So anyways, in less than 2 days I was a UC student. My USJR printed scheds and my mind set to adapt the USJR environment were now futile efforts. I took a sudden drift.

• USC: 06300855
• USJR: 200904397-6
• UC: 091250**

From a Josenian with a 3rd year college standing, I am now a UC-ian with a humble 1st year standing. I don't have any hard core programming subject for this sem, only web-based programming. I am anticipating Java. I have to learn it myself since my Java 1 got creditted somehow so I go straight to Java 2. I'm looking to graduate in 2012 maybe? Plus there's the big possibility of me putting off a sem or two to fly off to America. Right now I'm not giving too much thought about it since it only gets me drepressed and discouraged. 

Most of my batchmates will be throwing their hats off this March to mark the end of their college years. Congratulations to you all! It saddens me I am not able to join them, but I'm proud of those who were able to push through the hardships. I'm especially proud of my friend Theodore T. who conqured IT26 and showed how hard work can really pay off. God bless everyone. 

Each failure is another opportunity to rise higher.

-pringles08

Sick.

I've been sick since Monday or Tuesday night I think. I felt this lump in my throat and when I woke up in the morning it was awfully dry and it did hurt to swallow. I had a cold sore in my mouth also from Saturday I think. I was removing my retainers that Friday night and it got hooked on my lower lip and wounded it somehow, it bled and the next morning I woke up- viola! There it was, the cold sore staring me right back at the mirror. It got bigger by the way, until Wednesday when my throat got all weird. Happy to report the cold sore is gone now.

[okay so while I was typing I was all "sh*t", I normally don't cuss but I panicked! My right foot cramped. And I just hate that! Even though it doesn't last that long, it scares the crap out of me! I mean the nerves get all weird and it feels like it's all tied up and it's just AAHHHH!]

So, for catching up's sake, I'll go by what happened for the past few days since I'm feeling better somehow. I've been trying to use my "sickness" as an excuse to put off blogging but I'm still facing the laptop watching shows and streaming movies. :p 

December 4 - Friday

So I've had this TGIF coupon worth 1000php right? A birthday gift from my good friends. They wanted Elwin and I to have a fancy dinner date. So that Friday we used it. I had dinner with my family and my boyfriend. My parents paid the excess amount of course.

Dinner wasn't as amazing as you'd think and expect it would be. You'd think since they charge triple the price from other fine dining restaurants like Mooon Cafe or Casa Verde- you'd be in for something amazing, but I quote my mom- "It's nothing special". It did however, pretty much reminded us of American food, but that was no shocker. But we all didn't regret trying out the place. We spent over 2500php there, just 5 of us. I don't think I'm going back there.

There was this saying on the frame which had a photo of a dead artist on it and I liked what it said, it might have been from one of his songs- "So long the journey there, so short the stay." It totally reminded me of the "bugsay" (rowing) sessions we had at Agta, Leyte. 2 hours rowing over there and we stayed for about 10 minutes to 15, and another 2 hours to row back. No photos, no proof that it did happen- just our funny memories.

December 6 - Sunday

Mom went Christmas shopping at SM and my sister and I almost went coo coo from hanging around. But eventually we got to do a little shopping of our own. All I got was a jacket and a little purse or pouch thing though, I didn't really feel like digging into the items.

After having Elwin wait for a little over an hour, we got to Ayala and finally met. I was able to give him his SAD book and we had snacks together at Taco's. After that Holly called us up and told me that we should catch up with them at Metro Cafe to eat. And so we ate yet again! :) That was dinner- some fancy spag for Elwin and some fancy-named ribs for me. But of course I wasn't able to finish it up so Elwin had to save me from that. 

December 7 - Monday

We met Kyle's girlfriend- Marga. Elwin and I ran late since Elwin still had classes up to 8:30pm and we were to meet at 7pm. When we got there, they were done eating. 

It was their first month mark as a couple and we finally got to see who she was. She reminded me of Kristyl B. on her appearance, and the way she talks reminded me of Emmie T. Princess agrees with both of the observations I've made and Kyle only agreed on the latter. 

Dinner at Matia's. The usual awesome place. Sad news is they've increased their prices by a peso- but still, it does matter especially for students like us. (Except Princess and Junel- no longer students. *wink*) Kyle says we'd have to find a new cheaper place to dine at soon. But I still love their barbecues.

Attendance:

* Kyle T. *

* Marga *

* Emmie T. *

* Stanley L. *

* Princess A. *

* Junel C. *

* Elwin "macho man" M. *

* Allie *

We also discussed Christmas party plans. After Matia's, Emmie and Stan went home and we went to IT park since I was craving for ice cream. I had me some Oreo McFlurry (which I mistakenly keep calling SwirlyBitz. WTH?!) Dropped them off and Elwin accompanied me home. I was home around 11 on a school night and dad wasn't happy. But hey, my Tuesday class doesn't start 'til 12noon.

December 8 - Tuesday

A day I don't really want to talk about. first time I ever missed class for this semester. My auntie Anne had her baby and it's another boy! :) And half-jokingly I told my mom to ask the baby from her since she already had two boys and a girl- and as always my mom answered "Unsa na?! Baktin?" (What do you think of the baby? A piglet?) Haha. It would be nice to have a brother, or another sibling for that matter. :)

December 9 - Wednesday

I was craving for freshly fried fish for lunch, but that didn't happen. Later I craved for Shakey's- but it just wasn't in our budget. I think my period is coming anytime soon since I'm craving for food. :) 

So it seems as though we wouldn't have our English class, Elwin and I left and went to Country Mall (the mall across the new school) to check out some fans my sister wanted me to buy for her, but I didn't find any good one. I also bought Shawarma for snacks and munched on it at the Food Court. 

After that mom text messaged me to meet them at Ayala. It was drizzling a little bit and so Elwin went with me  since he had a two hour break. we got to Ayala and ended up having dinner at Shakey's. Hooray! Elwin got to eat before he left for school. It's always nice to have my boyfriend join me and my family for a meal. 

December 10 - Thursday

Math quiz I wasn't prepared for, but hopefully I make the 70% passing mark. 

Went with Harrison C., Jokas R., Daren O., and Elwin to have Jerseys done. I ordered one for myself as well. Elwin and I both chose number 16 for obvious reasons. :) The joy-ride back to school in Daren's car was fun too. 

December 11- Friday

I was too lazy to even try and get up to shower. I couldn't imagine driving to school. A good day I chose to be absent since there weren't any classes due to Teacher's day celebration. I missed our research group meeting though, but my group mates understood. I e-mailed them my contribution and I hope it was of use.

Stayed home all day- no shower! Had my massage sessions and now I'm blogging. the bad thing about today- aside from me being lazy, I didn't get to see Elwin. Poo. hopefully tomorrow, love. :) I miss you already.

To whoever is reading: I'm sorry this is a long post. No one forced you to read it, but if you did- thank you from the bottom of my heart. It is much appreciated. Especially if your name is Elwin. :)

not-so-sick after all,

-pringles08

MEEBO

So I spent the whole day moving all my blog posts from different blog hosting sites to here. I was ranting on to my classmate Clyde Paronda, about how I have all these blog entries from all over- but I want to keep this one for a lifetime. He was the one who gave me the idea to move all my blog posts here. I've done that with my old multiply account to the new one, and now I've done it here as well. So don't be surprised why from less than 20 blog posts, I now have 91. x) And still counting since I haven't imported my Tumlbr blogs yet (I'm having second thoughts about it).

So I basically spent the day sleeping and eating- pigging out if you will. Supposedly, Elwin and I had plans on biking, but he had to attend to puppy buyers and my mom was considering going to church tonight instead of tomorrow (which didn't happen).

But I was productive though on the whole "transferring of blog posts". (Trying to convince myself :p haha)

Also, today I had the YM thing in my phone through wiFi hooked up and got it running thanks to Tech Kid's blog.

What made my day you ask? 

Used meebo since my YM was being sucky and didn't let me log-in. Webmessenger now has a new name which is irrelevant since I can't find a way to YM with it either. So HOORAY for meebo! 

Well, I'll be chatting on with my boyfriend now. ;)

Don't you wish he was your boyfriend? haha! I know a lot girls in our school wish that- but sorry for you all, he's taken. :) 

someone's girlfriend,

-pringles08

different blog hosting sites I registered in:

http://tabulas.com

http://livejournal.com

http://multiply.com

http://friendster.com
http://tumblr.com
http://quizilla.com

(if there are any other accounts I've forgotten, I wouldn't be surprised :p)

Typhoon Ondoy

We're planning to pack up donations tomorrow and have it dropped off on one of the drop off sites here at Cebu. It's nice to see that at times like these, a lot of Filipinos help out. Nice to see most people still have their hearts. My sincere prayers go out to the typhoon victims.

I'm looking into volunteering this Thursday or Friday. I hope I'll be allowed to. But for sure we'll be donating, no excuse not to!

Check out this post Elwin showed me:

From Facebook

I hope the one who made the commet won't mind me placing up that print screen. :p If you do mind, if the owner is reading, let me know if you want me to take it down.

Also, there are those taking advantage of the situation and using this tragedy to gain more profit by increasing the prices of their goods even after price freeze was declared. It's so cruel, taking more from those who have lost a whole lot already. Sick right?

Let's pray for those in Manila, those affected. Also, let's help pray they can withstand the upcoming typhoon this Thursday. It is reported to be even worse, and that what happened last Saturday was just a "taste" of what is to come.

There's also this girl on Facebook, a Filipino, who said that "buti n lng am hir in dubai!maybe so many sinners bak der!so yeah deserving wat hapend!" (Good thing I'm here in Dubai! Maybe there are so many sinners back there [Philippines]! So yeah, they deserved what happened) Talk about ill-wishing. Repugnant much? Her name is Jacque Bermejo. Elwin told me about this person earlier. I found a blog about her too! Amidst everyone posting links to help out, instructions and numbers as to where to donate, she posts up this comment. Elwin said everyone reacted instantly and that they made a Facebook account against her. How can she say something like that? What's even more disgusting is- she is Filipino! More hate comments from two other people, I heard is worse than that of Jacque's. I didn't bother reading it. :P

Read a little more about Jacque and found posts that did defend her. What do you guys think? Amazing though how in less than 24-hours she's become an instant celebrity with a whole lot of haters already! And I also came across this Youtube account that kind off pissed me off.

A lot of blogs up out there for haters, for help, and for news. We are blessed with the Internet, information is disseminated so quickly. And it's now easier to ask for help.

For the victims, check out this online spreadsheet.

For Cebuanos who wants to extend their help:

Cebuanos can help Ondoy victims too.

Tabang para sa mga biktima ni Ondoy.

Some photos of the incident which I got from the net:

sincere,
-pringles08

Blogger Format

There's something wrong with Blogspot. How come every time I set the format of my blog- like captions under the photos in small font, and the font sizes of the other parts of the blog, it doesn't work?! After I publish it, the format changes. Ugh. Frustrating. This is one reason why I'd like to move to Tumblr. T.T

annoyed with the formatting problem,

-pringles08 

Tumblr: Pringles08

So I've been away for a while. I've created a Tumblr account, Pringles08, and right now it feels as if I've been cheating my blog Haven (here). 

It's tempting to blog there since it's so easy to manage and everything's just there. There's a tab for almost everything- quotes, photos, conversations, and all others. But I'd still love to keep blogging here. I have a more secure feeling with blogging here. I feel blogging at Tumblr is good for something short-term, but in terms of long-term plan, like really keeping my archives and saving each blog entries, I just feel it's safer here. I can't justify why, can't explain why, it's just how I feel.

So welcome me back my Haven! I'm coming home! :) 

I'll stick to the original plan, I'll blog here substantially and blog for the sake of blogging over at Tumblr. I'd like to see to it that I have an everyday entry over at Tumblr. 

Very tempting to move over there, but like I said, I feel more secure here, plus, I've made a commitment here. Check out my first blog entry for the said "commitment".

coming home, 

-pringles08

PS: Boyfie has a Tumblr account too. :D wee~ I kind of have something to do with it. hihi.

PSS: I have a lot of blog entries to make up for. :) Want to keep those memories for future reading. ;)

Odd Day, Sad Ending

The day started out with us going to our downtown adventure. Anne and I took the cab to USC main to meet up with Mara, Chang, Fritz, Vanessa, and Chinchin. Mara's friends, most of them we just recently met. Anne was able to buy 3 bracelets, for birthday presents. I wasn't able to buy anything at all. I had in mind F.R.I.E.N.D.S. DVD but I wasn't able to find any.


After the short trip, we again rode a cab home for lunch. I thought there'd be six of us but there was only 4- Anne, Mara, Fritz, and me. We over prepared lunch I bet, oh well. We also watched Iron Man on HBO while waiting for lunch.

Miggy getting comfy with Fritz

We were off to main in Anne's car, which I drove (I love driving for her of course). Fritz's hands has been itching to get his hands on the computer to play. We played Counter Strike. It was my second time playing the game, technically first since when I played with my cousin it was all blurred out and I think lasted for a split second. We played Left for Dead first, then Counter Strike. I did enjoy it, but other guys went in our "private server" with Fritz's 123 password. I really hated the trash talk, especially the ones by the two young boys. Boo!


Pass 2:30pm, Mara, Fritz, and Sarah were late for their German class. Anne and I went up to the Law Building's library and before we were able warm the seats, we left for USC-TC. Elwin text messaged me about attending my class, I wanted to skip it but he said I shouldn't. We don't really do anything significant, no attendance, and he sends out the ppt to us anyways. Before going to school we picked up Jon and went to buy dog food at Dog Palace.


4:30pm, I was at our room and class is about to begin. I didn't have Anne and Jon sit-in since I wanted to just go out by 6:15pm. We all planned to watch UP 3D at SM, 7:25pm show instead of the originally planned 9:05pm last full show since Mara needed to get home early. After answering the activity for IT32, I went out and we were rushing to SM.


I dropped off Anne and Jon at the entrance and I went to park the car. I met with them at KFC, we all ordered take out. We went to the movie house and got our tickets. Rice meals weren't allowed inside so we had to eat them just right out the movie house. That was definitely something new! After the meal I decided to order a hotdog meal or some sort at The Big City, we were late at seeing the movie because of that and because I had to leave and turn in my camera. Boo! I'm so sorry. Mikko went with us to have dinner outside the cinemas and see the movie with us too.

eating outside the cinemas

UP 3D was okay, nothing amazing. Mara slept through some parts of the movie and I closed my eyes in some parts as well. The ticket for that cost 250php, more than the usually ticket price.

Group Shot: Filipinos on the left, Chinese on the right

Jon, Allie, Mikko

After the movie we didn't know where to go. We are quite a bunch of indecisive people. We did "twenty one" to see who'd choose. Anne was 21 and chose Cabanas for karaoke, we've been wanting to hear Elvis sing. Mara said Fritz really isn't into those, but we wanted to change that. Plus, he doesn't have to sing, he can just listen. Cabana's was packed, no parking and a lot of waiting customers. Anne decided we'd go to their place. She text messaged her auntie Zenny, sudden change of plans. We were off to my place. Anne's ama was in a really bad mood. After everyone got in my room, Anne left hurriedly to avoid a more heavy scolding from her ama.

Kia: Elivis and Mara

Pajero: Jon and Fritz

Yaris: Anne and Allie

I ordered 2 boxes off pizza from Gustuso's and played the F.R.I.E.N.D.S. DVD for them to watch. Laugh here and there. Pizza just arrived and Fritz just got online with my laptop, he's mother suddenly called asking for him. He did say her tone of voice was calm, but it was unusual that his mother would look for him. Although I still think it would have been better if he mentioned to his mom earlier about where he was. Elvis, Mara, and Fritz left. Mara was also in danger of scolding. Jon finished the two slices of pizza left, I had Fritz bring home the unopened box Elvis was already able to eat a few slices before leaving. After the two slices and after some quality time with Miggy, he took a cab home.


I was alone now, feeling sorry, sad, and depressed. Boo! Just sad.




not so happy after all,
-pringles