Kids who were born at 50's, 60's and 70's

I was checking my email when I stumbled on this certain email message from my tita. Then after I read her message, I was strucked by an unknown force. I woke up in my deepest slumber. I just came with a meek realizations in life.

The following is the exact email message that my aunt had sent to me, two weeks ago. It may sound funny and absurd, but I tell you, you'll feel what I felt - the unknown force that hit my conscience.


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[x]First, some of us survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they carried us. ( sioktong ang inumin)


[x]They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, fish from a can (brand: Ligo), and didn't get tested for diabetes.


[x]Then after that trauma, our baby cribs were covered with bright colored lead-based paints, pati na yung laruang kabayu-kabayuhan.


[x]We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets and when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets, no kneepads , sometimes wala ngang preno yung bisikleta.


[x]As children, we would ride in car with no seat belts or air bags – hanggang ngayon naman, di ba ? (jeep)


[x]Riding in the back of a pick up on a warm day was always a special treat. (maykaya kayo pare!)


[x]We drank water from the garden hose and NOT from a bottle (minsan straight from the faucet).


[x]We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and NO ONE actually died from this, or contacted hepatitis.


[x]We ate rice with tinunaw na purico ( dahil ubos na ang star margarine), nutribuns na galing kay macoy and drank sopdrinks with sugar in it, but we weren't overweight kasi nga

WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING!!


[x]We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the streetlights came on. Sarap mag patintero, tumbang preso, habulan taguan.


[x]No one was able to reach us all day (di uso ang cellphone, walang beepers). And we were O.K.


[x]We would spend hours building our trolleys or slides out of scraps and then ride down the street, only to find out we forgot the brakes. After running into the bushes a few times, we learned to solve the problem.


[x]We did not have Playstations, Nintendo's, X-boxes, no video games at all, no 99 channels on cable, no video tape movies, no surround sound, no cell phones, no personal computers, no Internet or Internet chat rooms

WE HAD FRIENDS and we went outside and found them!


[x]We fell out of trees, got cut, broke our bones and teeth and there were no lawsuits from these accidents. The only rubbing we get is from our friends with the words…..masakit ba? Pero pag galit yung kalaro mo ang sasabihin sa iyo..

Beh buti nga!


[x]We play in the dirt, wash our hands a little and ate with our barehands…we were not afraid of getting worms in our stomachs.


[x]We have to live with homemade guns – gawa sa kahoy, tinali ng rubberband, sumpit, tirador at kung ano ano pa na puedeng makasakit pero walang nagrereklamo.


[x]We made up games with sticks (syatong)and cans (tumbang preso)and although we were told it would happen, wala naman tayong binulag o napatay, paminsan-minsan may nabubukulan.


[x]We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just yelled for them!


[x]Mini basketball teams had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment. Walang sumasama ang loob.


[x]Ang magulang ay nandoon lang para tignan kung ayos lang ang bata….hindi para makialam.


[x]This generation of ours has produced some of the best risk-takers, problem solvers and managers ever!


[x]The past 50 years have been an explosion of innovation and new ideas.


[x]We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned


[x]HOW TO DEAL WITH IT ALL!



And YOU are one of them!

CONGRATULATIONS!

(this message didn't refer to me but for all kids who were born at 50's, 60's and the 701's. My tita was born in '76.)

You might want to share this with others who have had the luck to grow up as kids, before the government regulated our lives for our own good.

and while you are at it, forward it to your kids so they will know how brave their parents were.

Kind of makes you want to run through the house with scissors, doesn't it?!


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Then, reality hit me.

My mom and dad also read this (both were born at '66 and '67 respectively) and both laughed at the message. They just remembered their childhood days and these facts presented in the email were all TRUE.


Iba na talaga ang kabataan [x]- NGAYON -[x]

Panic! at my semestral break.

Goodbye October.

Hello NOVEMBER


HAPPY HALLOWEEN EVERYONE!!

For the first time in history, we will not go to the cemetery today because my dad's car hasn't had any license yet but he's working for it and we can use it probably by next week.

Okay. Thirteen days left. Thirteen SWIFT days left before the second semester starts. And it really sucks. I mean, I couldn't believe that time really flies in a fast manner. Next week, I'm gonna go to school again, arrange some things, get all of those pesky clearances and have myself enroll for the second semester.

But then again, I'm not excited. Going back to my "geeky" lifestyle isn't that easy. Though, I want to prove myself that I can make it to the top - to be one of the dean's or better, the chancellor's lister.

And I do hope, the second semester wouldn't be as hellish as the previous semester. For this year, we only have 1 month of class and lectures, and after that, it would be our CHRISTMAS/NEW YEAR HOLIDAY

Yahoo.

Here's my final list of subjects and my final class schedule:

we only had 19 units so I think it wouldn't be an the same as inferno, sana nga! keep your fingers crossed!



And again, we don't have MONDAYS. Yes!

I fervently hope that I could attain my goals for the second semester.

13 days to go. Gonna play UNO STACKOS for the next semester. Gets niyo ba? Hahahaha.

IF THE PICTURE IS BLURRY, SIMPLY CLICK THE PICTURE! (I don't know if this works at Multiply. =])

Buhay UP

I got this from Cha's bulletin on my friendster account. And I think this is quite cool when I repost this on my blog. Check this out! =]



1.) Anong student number?

- 2007-69959 - ba't puro six and nine (don't bother number 5)??

2.) Anong first choice course mo?

- Actually, my first choice of course and campus should be in UP Manila, BS Biochemistry. But then again, my parents became a hindrance on my dreams to pursue my college years in Manila. Hay naku. Ouch. =(

3.) Second choice?
- BS Biology, UP Mindanao

4.) Anong course mo ngayon? Why?
- BS Biology. Because I love life sciences. Haahaa.

5.)Nag shift ka ba?

- I love my course, so why shift?? Or pwede shift ng ibang campus?? Sa UP Manila?? Yes!!! Definitely.

6.) Naka Dorm ka ba?

- Nope. I just lived 10 minutes away from UP. Hahaha. Tagabukid!

7.) Gusto mo ba mag-Dorm?

-YES and NO. Yes because enjoy, you have a chance to mingle with others, and I'm away from my parents and through this, it would surely test or train my independence. No because pangit ang dorm ng UP (no offense). Mainit, clogged toilet bowls (eew..), and yeah, super strict ng dorm. Pasaway kasi ako eh =p. Pasaway dude with a big heart naman din. =p

8.) Naka UNO ka na ba?

- Uhm, yah almost. 1.25 Bio-1 Lab/Lec (General Biology 1) ko! Ayyy. ba't di pa kasi yan na-UNO! Hmmm.

9.) Eh, naka TRES?....

- So far, lowest grade ko is 2.25. And hopefully that would be my lowest grade 'til I graduate. Haay. Sana. This would be the greatest challenge for me. Kaya ko toh!

10.) Eh SINGKO?

- Gusto mo akong patayin ng nanay at tatay ko?? Besides, I don't want to have a dreadful five(s) on my transcript of records. So humiliating sa family ko kaya! I've made a promise so I shouldn't break it.

11.) Ilang units ka ngayon?

- 19 units this second semester.

12.) May Scholarship ka ba?

- Nope!

13.) Nangarap ka bang maging Cum-Laude?

-Sana! Haha. If I can maintain my GWA of 1.75 from 1st year to 4th year second sem, then cum laude na ako! I strongly believe that when you have an ambition, you must work with it! Nothing's impossible in this entropic world naman. Every darkness has a tinge of light, and that's HOPE. (Sosyal!)

14.) Fave prof mo ngayon?

- Any profs basta they can give me a grade of flat one. Haahaa.

15.) Worst prof?

- Kung sinong prof ang bumigay ng tres or singko na grade sa akin even if I worked too hard sa kanyang either interesting or lame subject. Haay. Why should they exist in this lovely planet?? I hate those type of profs ba naman. Huhuhuh =(. Unfair.

16.) Fave subjects mo?

- Bio 1, Chem16, uhhm, yun lang ata for the 1st semester.

17.) Worst Subjects?

- Philo 1 or SSP5 and Math 1 or MST3, lowest ko eh, 2.25! Arrgghh. Ay pati chem16 ko, lowest ko rin, 2.25. But FYI, it's very difficult to have a grade of at least 1.75 in chem16, ang hirap kaya!

18.) Paboritong kainan?

- Sabing's A-K-A 1108 cafe! Haahaa. At 15 pesos, you're already full! Yumyum.

19.) Mag kano pamasahe mo sa taxi?

- 200 siguro. Di kaya uso ang taxi doon! HH or Jeep may replace this damn question.

20.) Lagi ka ba sa library?

- Yap! Kasi air conditioned and it's quite peaceful, hahaha (except during FINALS where students flocked in this room, doing some last minute cramming on certain subjects.)

21.) May crush ka ba sa campus?

- SECRET, as in ESS, EEEE, CEEE, ARRRR, EEEE, TEEEE! Bleh.

22.) Anu-ano ang mga nagging PE mo?

- PE1. Arrghh. Hit-Mary Sucks.

23.) Pinaka paborito mong PE nyo?

- Ewan. I don't like PE subjects and baka NSTP! waaa.

24.)Kamusta naman ang Block nyo?

- Masaya. Enjoy kasama mga blockmates ko (except sa block leader namin). S/He sucks!

25.) Memorize mo ba ang Alma Mater song niyo?

- First and last line ng song. Haahaa. I still have 7 semesters to memorize it naman eh! Yikes! Baka sa graduation ko, di ko pa rin memorize and alma mater song namin. Nakakahiya. Degrading. Humiliating.

26.) Varsity member ka ba?

- Nope! I'm not a sporty dude.

27.) Naka-perfect ka na ba ng exam?

- Of course! It's an utopian feeling to have a perfect score on long exams, and when your name's posted on the common bulletin board, announcing that you got a perfect score. Also, it adds the glory when somebody makes a vandal on the paper and puro compliments ang nakasulat. Haahaa.

28.) Naka itlog ka na ba sa quiz nyo?

- Of course! Sa chem16 pa yun! 0 over 44. Bwahaha! I didn't study because long exam ng Bio and Math 1 namin. I can't blame myself. The lesson was given just yesterday. And take note, I didn't cry nor become upset, I just laughed the whole thing.

29.) Anu ka mas nag enjoy? High school o
College?

- Is that a question?? Of course! Highschool!

30.) Sino pinaka close mo sa block nyo?

- All of them except one - you already knew that if you really internalize this post. =p

31.) Sino best buddies mo?

- Of course. My friends in highschool. Though, seldom nalang kami nagkikita because we don't have the same courses in UP.

32.) May ayaw ka ba sa block nyo?

- MERON! And he's already scaring me! Nightmare on the loose.

33.) Sino?

- SECRET baka maspread. You ask nalang my blockmates and goodluck if they'll answer your lame question =p.

34.) Sino pinakamagulo sa klase nyo?

- LAHAT kami, magugulo! Bwhahaha. Mga Pasaway. But enjoy silang kasama!

De Prende des Décisions

what's on my mind right now??

I felt terrible (it's only me who knew this and not everyone else, of course except for those who read this blog post). Anyways, I attended Kissa's Eighteenth Birthday !! Haha. Happy Birthday Kissa!!

Well, Kissa's debut is not really a big problem or issue to me. Guess what?? It's my damn stupid long sleeve. That's right. MY ATTIRE'S FAULT. Alright. I have so many casual shirts and pants in my closet (like I need another closet to accommodate my other clothes and pants) but once again, scarcity ruled me when it comes to formal attires. I don't have much formal attires, thus I only had limited choices. Arrggghh. I was screwed before I went to the Apo View Hotel. Damn. First, I wore a blue long sleeved polo, and it was large - pretty large that it didn't accommodate my chiseled-toothpick-like-body. Damn. Then I went to my second choice, an olive green long sleeve - the long sleeve that I wore last year's prom. The size was small, but I didn't liked it. So I'm screwed for the second time around. Next, I decided to borrow my dad's long or short sleeves. He had many of these but the problem is, IT'S TOO DAMN BIG FOR ME!! Arrghh. Nothing happened. Then, nauwi nalang ako sa short sleeved brown polo ko, which was right and the fit was good. The only problem was, it looked like neither semi-casual nor semi-formal. 50-50. But I had no choice. So I hailed a jeepney, then went to SM, then hailed a taxi until I arrived in my destination.

The feeling was awkward. I was quite nervous. I got lost a bit in the hotel, found the elevator, saw my two former classmates, Eeva and Liz and finally pressed the 9 button on the elevator.

The moment the elevator door opened, everybody was surprised (well, primarily because of Eeva and Liz), but then they were all surprised to see my face again.

And you guessed it right, we did the "kamustahan stuffs" - how's my life in UP and everything. We waited for so long. The party should have started around six, but as what we all knew about Filipino Time, the party started around 7.30pm. An hour and a half late. I had some minor regrets regarding my attire. I should have worn a long sleeve rather than this. I should have worn slacks instead of maong pants. But I look decent though, with my black leather shoes. I don't know, I felt really awkward. But as time goes by, everything went on a smooth pace.

Everything was on a state of nirvana when my pesky dad called me. He was at the lobby already. It was eight in the evening and the party had just started. I just told (or texted) him to wait. Then after 15 minutes, he called and texted me again. Then, the horrible cycle repeats until I decided to leave the party. It was quarter to ten. The reason?? He's already sleepy. He can't take it anymore. Damn. Damn. Damn.

Back then, during dinner, my friend Luigi told or shall we say "convinced" me to transfer in Diliman or in UP Manila, with of course, the same course in UP Mindanao - BS BIOLOGY. But I tell you, if I opened this topic to my parents, they would certainly not allow me to shift any campuses outside Davao. Eh keshyo raw malayo, mahal (I understand this excuse) mahirap, hindi ko raw kaya ang buhay sa Manila.. WHATEVER. I don't had any problems with UP Mindanao, but what I really wanted was independence. As if, I'm their only child, their youngest child, or a fragile child with a heart ailment or leukemia and the list goes on and on and on.

Alright. If they will stick to their decisions, I would take the second option. Continue my stay at UP Min, then I'll take Medicine in UP Manila. By that time, I'm 21. But then, If they will not pursue my medicine proper in UP Manila, ay naku, does this means rebellion? Naah. I'm not a rebellious child. But the thought that I'm just wasting something precious within myself. I could excel if I'm in Manila if I wanted too. I wanted to have an opportunity to feel how to make decisions in LIFE.

But I realize, even making simple decisions could be a tough one, like what I did on choosing the right polo or long sleeve that I'll wear in the party.

But then, when I make decisions, I stand for it. It's my own fault if I made a wrong turn in life and I should deal with its consequences. Please. Give me a chance to prove myself that I could do such things like these. I'm old enough, biologically, physically, socially, psychologically and mentally.

Oh please, oh please, have mercy, give me independence. I hunger for Independence.

Test Thyself

And I really don't know if this is TRUE . =p

Reasons why we love KIDS

I just really adore kids. They're so cute, innocent and most of all, FUNNY. Here are some collection of anecdotes about children's innocence in different situations.



1) NUDITY I was driving with my three young children one warm summer evening when a woman in the convertible ahead of us stood up and waved. She was stark naked! As I was reeling from the shock, I heard my 5-year-old shout from the back seat,

"Mom! That lady isn't wearing a seat belt!"

2) OPINIONS On the first day of school, a first-grader handed his teacher a note from his mother. The note read, "The opinions expressed by this child are not necessarily those of his parents."

3) KETCHUP A woman was trying hard to get the ketchup out of the jar. During her struggle the phone rang so she asked her 4-year-old daughter to answer the phone.

"Mommy can't come to the phone to talk to you right now. She's hitting the bottle."

4) MORE NUDITY A little boy got lost at the YMCA and found himself in the women's locker room. When he was spotted, the room burst into shrieks, with ladies grabbing towels and running for cover. The little boy watched in amazement and then asked,

"What's the matter, haven't you ever seen a little boy before?"

5) POLICE # 1 While taking a routine vandalism report at an elementary school, I was interrupted by a little girl about 6 years old. Looking up and down at my uniform, she asked, "Are you a cop?" "Yes," I answered and continued writing the report. "My mother said if I ever needed help I should ask the police. Is that right?" "Yes, that's right," I told her.

"Well, then," she said as she extended her foot toward me, "would you please tie my shoe?"

6) POLICE # 2 It was the end of the day when I parked my police van in front of the station. As I gathered my equipment, my K-9 partner, Jake, was barking, and I saw a little boy staring in at me "Is that a dog you got back there?" he asked.

"It sure is," I replied. Puzzled, the boy looked at me and then towards the back of the van. Finally he said,

"What'd he do?"

7) ELDERLY While working for an organization that delivers lunches to elderly shut-ins, I used to take my 4-year-old daughter on my afternoon rounds. She was unfailingly intrigued by the various appliances of old age, particularly the canes, walkers and wheelchairs. One day I found her staring at a pair of false teeth soaking in a glass. As I braced myself for the inevitable barrage of questions, she merely turned and whispered,

"The tooth fairy will never believe this!"

8) DRESS-UP A little girl was watching her parents dress for a party. When she saw her dad donning his tuxedo, she warned, "Daddy, you shouldn't wear that suit." "And why not, darling?" She said,

"You know that it always gives you a headache the next morning. "

9) DEATH While walking along the sidewalk in front of his church, our minister heard the intoning of a prayer that nearly made his collar wilt. Apparently, his 5-year-old son and his playmates had found a dead robin. Feeling that proper burial should be performed, they had secured a small box and cotton batting, then dug a hole and made ready for the disposal of the deceased. The minister's son was chosen to say the appropriate prayers and with sonorous dignity intoned his version of what he thought his father always said:

"Glory be unto the Faaather, and unto the Sonnn, and
into the hole he goooes."

10) SCHOOL A little girl had just finished her first week of school.

"I'm just wasting my time," she said to her mother.
"I can't read, I can't write and they won't let me talk!"

11) BIBLE A little boy opened the big family bible. He was fascinated as he fingered through the old pages. Suddenly, something fell out of the Bible. He picked up the object and looked at it. What he saw was an old leaf that had been pressed in between the pages.

"Mama, look what I found," the boy called out.

"What have you got there, dear?"

With astonishment in the young boy's voice, he answered,

"I think it's Adam's underwear."


Hahahaha.

Questions and Inquiries

Call me makulit, but I had so many questions and inquiries about LIFE. Of the following, here are some questions which really intrigued me:


Can you cry under water?

How important does a person have to be famous before they are considered assassinated instead of just murdered?

Why do you have to "put your two cents in".. but it's only a "penny for your thoughts"? Where's that extra penny going to?

Once you're in heaven, do you get stuck wearing the clothes you were buried in for eternity?

Why does a round pizza come in a square box?

How is it that we put man on the moon before we figured out it would be a good idea to put wheels on luggage?

Why is it that people say they "slept like a baby" when babies wake up like every two hours?

If a deaf person has to go to court, is it still called a hearing?

Why are you IN a movie, but you're ON TV?

Why do people pay to go up tall buildings and then put money in binoculars to look at things on the ground?

Why do doctors leave the room while you change? They're going to see you naked anyway.

Why do toasters always have a setting that burns the toast to a horrible crisp, which no decent human being would eat?

If Jimmy cracks corn and no one cares, why is there a stupid song about him?

If the professor on Gilligan's Island can make a radio out of a coconut, why can't he fix a hole in a boat?

Why does Goofy stand erect while Pluto remains on all fours? They're both dogs!

If Wile E. Coyote had enough money to buy all that ACME crap, why didn't he just buy dinner?

If corn oil is made from corn, and vegetable oil is made from vegetables, what is baby oil made from?

If electricity came from the word electrons, does morality derived from morons?

Why do they call it an asteroid when it's outside the atmosphere, but call it a hemorrhoid when it's in your butt?

Did you ever notice that when you blow (not the punch or suntok thing..) in a dog's face, he gets mad or annoyed at you, but when you take him for a car ride, he sticks his head out the window?


Some questions that were raised are quite stupid. But I can't help it. Ang kulit ko talaga. =]

The Inevitable gemstone - CHRYSOLITE

Tomorrow, it's my day.
I'm going out to see the civilized world.
The outside world. Nyahaha. Just kiddin'!

Me and my barkada will have a party! Yeah! A SLUMBER party, just the four of us. Yes. We decided to meet at a certain rally point, our school, STELLA MARIS ACADEMY of DAVAO. It's my one and only alma mater, in fact, it's my second home! Everyday, I woke up early to eat my yummy breakfast, catch the early flight (cge na nga, jeep! haha), or if I'm fortunate, ride at my dad's car and got home at around 5-6pm. I did this all over, again and again for like almost 13 years. Imagine, thirteen wonderful years of joyful memories, tears, laughters, pain-in-the-ass-because-of-tedious-homeworks and a whole lot more.

The feeling is yet nostalgic.

Thus, my last year in SMAD was truly a memorable one.

IT ALL STARTED WHEN:...

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It was summer. As usual. I slept late, and woke up at around lunch time. It was 10am when my mom woke me in an urgent manner. I thought something happened bad, really bad. But then, she announced the greatest news of my life - I belong to CHRYSOLITE. And what's the greatest deal of it? Almost classmate ko lahat ng kabarkada ko! Weeee. I'm so happy at that certain moment of my life.

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.

Well, it's the first day of school and I arrived at school quite early. Maybe I was uber excited at that time. Yeay. I did the usual kamustahan stuffs with my friends and things alike. Then after an hour of announcements, recognitions (that's the thing what I've hated during first days, I mean, we need to clap, stand for a long period of time), and flag ceremonies, we went inside the classroom. I can still remember that Ma'am Bello got angry with us. Eh kasi naman, ang pasaway na si Kate Rojas, didn't followed what ma'am instructed to her. I think, if not mistaken, it's the chair arrangement. Haay. First day pa lang, sermon na. And of course who would never forget when Rafael "Chucky" Palma Gil discovered that his name was nowhere to be found out of the four sections posted. Haay kawawa. A clerical error from the registrar could cause pandemonium. Another thing was, when Harry Palileo mistakenly thought he belonged to our section, so he went inside our classroom, but he later discovered that he belonged to Diamond. Haay. What a goofy first day.

After that, we met on our different subject teachers like in Math (Mrs. Melita "Dooby" Buladaco), Physics (Ms. Shella "Shengy" Cascaro), English (Mrs. Juvy S. Palo) CL (Mr. Ronald Añong), Filipino (Mrs. Arlen Lasay) and our adviser as our Economics teacher.

Back then, the usual thing that a teacher will do is to have a "getting to know stuffs." It's like you'll introduce your name to your class (for the gazilionth time) and sometimes the teacher would interrogate some intriguing questions to us like:

"Are you the brother/ sister of this and that?"
"Are you related to this and that?"
"Are you new in this school?"

Haay.

In Physics, we just introduced our names, then we defined Physics in our own words. Too elementary.

In English, we had an extemporaneous speech. We stood in a broom box, hold the microphone, speak until you have a nervous breakdown, literally. Who could never forget when Helen Guy-uyco cried when she recounted her worst experience of her life - last year's JS promenade. Of course, I could still remember when Therese Yucamco showed her prowess on taekwondo to Nicolo Munda when Nixmo revealed that she's a b**** b****r. You'll figure this out okay? Also, when it was Louie "Cocok" Vergara's turn, he said that our former english teacher was one "HELL" of a kind. We laughed at him since he was, again, exaggerating. Sheesh.

I remembered that, during our first meeting on math, the surroundings changed abruptly and the aura felt in a gypsy manner. Okay. Ma'am Dooby chanted a spell (or a prayer to God =p) in an eerie-freaky voice. It goes like this:

COME HOLY SPIRIT I NEED YOU,
COME HEAR OUR PRAYER
COME SEND US YOUR POWER
COME HEAR OUR PRAYER..

Ah ewan ko bah! I think I jumbled the lyrics, basta that's the song. It's a prayer. Harr. During lunch break, we couldn't forget that chant.

Time flies so fast until we realized that it was already July.

We started to practice on our Mo. Candida Song Composition. Lyrics and melody was composed by yours truly =]. As usual, Alvin Paulin showed to us the real meaning of perfection. But hey, because of determination and hardwork, we grabbed the first place and lambasted other gemstones. =]

As days went by, friendship grew inside the classroom. CTJ squared was established and here are the original members:

Yours Truly, Daniel Fortades, Jaimelynn Cabrera, Meiko Suzuki, Camille Uy, Beatrice Padilla, Kate Rojas, Paul Colendres, Patrice Tan, Louie Vergara, Christie Cruz (pasensya na sa mga hindi ko nasali, I OWE YOU.)

And we will not tell kung ano ang meaning ng CTJ squared. SECRET.

We had our mangrove planting and that was truly amazing. In fact, it's an undiscovered Boracay-like haven situated at the southern tip of Matina Aplaya.

By September, we had our Retreat, and mind you! It was really a memorable one. Before our retreat proper, flocks and millions of letters from friends and even from the lower years came and we totally appreciated it. One thing for sure, I remembered when Romeo "Bolbito" Fernandez taunted Kissa Atabug about her **toot. Censored. Haay.

When I was in the upper garden, I called one of my classmate, but then, shouting is prohibited, I just did some goofy posing of superman until everyone noticed me. Kesa naman I'll make some noise dibah? Haay.

Also, Alvin and Alden reputedly said that Chokie Inumerables fell and tumbled down in the hills but when they discovered it, Chokie was found walking and communing with nature, as if nothing happened!

At night, we shared our ups and downs in our lives and we had an open forum. Then we shifted to only one topic: Bullying to Robin Bongas. Haay. At least some of the dilemmas in the classroom were solved because of that activity.

It turns out that our retreat went into a totally different way, that is puro GHOST STORIES ang pinag-uusapan. First, we were only 5 of us in a room when Alvin Paulin started to tell some ghastly haunted stories. Mind you. It was until almost everyone flocked inside the common room. Masikip yet we felt cold. Dead serious.

Then everyone shouted, gasped and held their respective breaths. Haha. And we all got frightened. Nikki Eser ran and even wounded herself, I think in her arm, good thing, Paul Colendres helped her. I retired at 2.30 am but others didn't slept at all! Yikes, but that retreat was truly a memorable one.



[:x:] Pee.Es: [:x:]

Haaay. I think this is too long but hey! This isn't the end. May part two pa of course. Hehehe. Well, may part two pa.. and expect the following memories to be reopened by me, nnyahaha:


-FUNNY memories on GREEK MYTHOLOGY presentation =]
-Christmas Party
-Culmination
-Stress and Hardwork
-Graduation Practice
-Goofy moments on career talk
-kabuangan sa classroom


and a whole lot more!

Sayonara! Abangan. Tune in to the next episode! Hehehe =]