against the flow

i went to batangas with burns, mj, and two blockmates of his, zara nd charisse.

we left for batangas at 8am last monday. all of us havent had breakfast. we ate at mcdo lipa.

we got to the market at san juan, bought meat, calamansi, and other miscellaneous stuff.

yadda.

i dont feel like writing much so i'll use bulletpoints.

 

BEACH

-sunbathing (bitin coz sandali lang)

-hiking the mananang trail. there was this part where we had to swim or hang onto the rocks as we were being tossed around by waves. I THOUGHT I WAS GONNA DIE. i can't swim ya know. couldve been crushed by the waves. i have the scratches and bruises on my arms and chest to show for it.

-they jumped from the ship-like structure into the water. i might do that next time. i'm too chicken.

-hiked back to our beach. the tide lowered already so the once perilous rocks cant be hung on to anymore. we had to swim. after much hesitation, i jumped into the water. I THOUGHT I WAS GONNA DIE. i couldnt reach the floor! oops, i could. hehe.

-ate a little at the beach.

-went kayakking WITHOUT LIFEVESTS into OPEN WATER. i was terrified. but i was willing to try it out. THEN... there was this HUGE DARK SHADOW UNDER THE WATER a short distance in front of us. I THOUGHT I WAS GONNA DIE!!! it disapeared. so it was a living thing, that's for sure. being the aquaphobe that i am and being in front of the kayak, i steered the kayak towards shore. burns obviously didnt want to. I DIDNT WANT TO DIE.

-i get on ground and they left and ventured further till i couldnt see them. they came back and we packed up.

-had dinner and sing along and some drinks.

-i had a lot of fun. but i was TERRIFIED for real.

 

 till next time.

just some questions...

 

do i need a haircut? i think i want it long just for this summer, then chop it off when school comes. i've been toying with it, tying it up (well, attempting to) and looking at myself in the mirror.

do i need a shave? it feels so hassleful to keep shaving every other day so i just let it grow amock.

why do i eat so much junk? yesterday, i ate 2 bags of chips, a tub of sour cream, and 2 of those xl size pancit canton things. i ate more junk than real food!

why do i long for someone, yet not know who that person is?

why does my dad treat me like a kid?

why is the sky blue?

why, why, why delila?

as some of you know, i've been driving my brother to school these past few weeks due to summer classes. he flunked math. that gives me time to practice dota while waiting for him to get dismissed. but today was different. i chose to eat breakfast at the highschool cafeteria, a habit that went on in highschool from first to fourth year.

i remember being one of the first people to arrive in the classroom, usually with ivan already waiting anxiously for classes to start and niño doing some last minute reading. it was seldom that i would enter the room alone. first thing that i'll do, if there wasn't any cramming to do, was to sleep. i'd be usually asleep on the way to school and i'd still continue to sleep in the classroom, only to be roused when the breakfast club arrives at a unanimous decision to march to the cafeteria. half asleep and half awake, i march with them.

breakfast played a great part in my highschool life. it would be the first meal of the day which set the pace for the rest of the day. it also was the place for socializing, studying/cramming, and making the life of "hansam" miserable.

after eating, we trudge to class before flag ceremony begins.

not much has changed in the cafeteria. well, there was new paint on the walls and a few new stalls, but the staples in the cafeteria were there. mcbene, teazers, nestea, the metal tray place, and the school supplies corner were still there and still had the very same people attending to the stalls during the times we were still studying. you could tell they could recognize me amidst the long hair because they were all smiles as i was buying food. a little small talk with the mcbene guy and BAM. i get bigger portions. cool neh?

walked through edsa walk as well. didnt bother to check the rooms. i think classes started. the apsa office now had painted spots where students had to stand for posts. and there's a huge tarp of "mr apsa" assuming proper post position along with the proper rules and procedures of doing the post. i found it funny. "mr apsa" saw me and called my attention. small talk. i flicked my hair at him. hahahaha. he laughed and so did the two other apsa ladies. too bad mr. "arn arn" malilin wasn't there. haha.

that brings me here. blueskies. time for dotime.

i now officially feel how a driver feels. driving my brother to school, waiting for him to get out of school, and picking him up. only real diff is that A. i dont sleep in the car in the parking lot and enjoy a tabloid while waiting unlike some drivers. and B. i play dota while waiting.

yesterday was interesting. i've always been itching to go out of the house since summer started and i haven't done so much aside from driving my brother to and from school. i got a text from michelle at noon saying that she wants to go out. chaching. picked up mj, michelle, and bea and headed for carla's house. after some chilling time, went back to dlsu then braved the traffic towards qc. TRAFFIC. augh. it ruined our plans for the rest of the evening. we didn't hve time to do planned activities so we just headed home.

so basically i was driving the whole day, literally. i actually fell on my bed and slept like a rock. i never know that driving could take its toll on your body like that. now i know.

cheers to you drivers! life won't be the same without you guys!

isatiable hunger. that's one of the skills that Black Arachnia, The Broodmother, has. i just find the character and skill names all so cool. this is DOtA by the way.

speaking of hunger, i want to eat.

last friday night's party was a blast. a lot of i-boys came, most of whom i barely or havent seen or heard from since we graduated from highschool.

i really dont know what to say but, thank you all for coming.

thanks to:

michelle and cara - for being the only girls there and giving me popcorn.

richard ziga - dahil madaya uminom

joyas - for being allergic

jero - for being sick

jerome - for giving the idea

matt - for being out of town

mj - leaving us while chilling out. nag dota.

miro and ja - for being the steadiest steady people

alvin, burns, and sarte - for dropping by

pat - for tribu

everyone else - for being hansam

i just turned 21. not feeling any older. not feeling any younger either. gah. i think i'll take a trip down memory road at AHS later.

i spent my birthday sleeping all afternoon and watching tv. bleah. so uneventful. good thing miro invited me to sleep over at tina's condo at eastwood. man, it was real nice there. i could live in a place like that. well, all we did was sleep and watch tv. a lot like waht i would do in a normal day, except for the food intake. we had no money so we settled for the junk that they brought. last night we starved ourselves so we could pig out at Somethin' Fishy's breakfast buffet. we starved ourselves from afternoon till 12 midnight. haha. i ate sooooo much. sarap. i'll be going back there soon.

camp is gonna be in a few hours. as usual i haven't had any sleep the night before. it's either the excitement or that's just really how my body functions these days. you guys won't be hearing from me until monday. see you guys till then.