Will miss. Will cry. Will.

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I just got my yearbook yesterday. And I'm leaving for college. TODAY.

Frightening, no? And to think that I was oddly calm these past few days... I knew, however, that the present will catch up to me soon enough - and once it does.... I will panic. Oh so very much.

Much like now, actually.

Come to think of it... these past four years of me schooling in Pisay... I don't remember much. everything seems like a blur. I can pinpoint specific days... specific happenings... those moments in time when I feel like I'm at the top of the world... or at the bottom of it... Yup. Besides those, it's all a blur to me.

A LOT of things happened in Pisay.. I experienced my first HOPELESS moment in that school... you know that feeling that you're trapped in a corner, with nowhere to run, and that doom and despair are the only things that await you? (read: research). It isn't a pleasant experience, let me tell you that. And it could've been avoided too, if only we had thought about following the Techno path when it comes to choosing a research topic.

I also experienced my first BORDERLINE PASS grade. (read: 2.5). I cried over it too. Geez. Pathetic, aren't I? Ah....... if only we thought of doing a techno project...

And lol @ the Dahlia play. Yes, I know I suck as a scriptwriter. But it was all a series of unfortunate events which led to..... well, I'd rather not. really. I can't remember much of it anyway. (and it's just as well)...

Oh! Oh! And what about the various dances? Cheerdance... Sci camp dance....... waah. grabe. Those work out days.. Fun, but they cost me my health and a sprained foot.

And my missed opportunities of course. Grabe. Ang sayang talaga ng 2nd year ko..... T_T

But then again, the experiences.. the memories I now share with friends are ones that are priceless treasures to me..... I wouldn't trade them for the world! I daresay that these moments are the ones that made my Pisay stay worthwhile. I say that now as I flip the pages of my yearbook..... (and I sometimes wonder why indeed did it take me 2 and a half years to know everyone in the batch. T_T)

My high school experience wasn't that perfect and peachy. It could've been better. Heck, it could've been worse. But given the chance....-WILD THOUGHT- would I do it over, and perhaps attempt to prevent all those -ugh- bad things from happening?

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Would YOU? My answer would be HECK NO! High school is fun and all, but there's no way I can live through all that stress a second time! :)) Come to think of it... I would've done what I did (procrastinating and all... Yes I know, shame on me..) anyway. And I probably would feel the same way as I am feeling now.

Fate is a funny thing.

The present has finally caught up with me. (I was shocked during our Graduation... didn't even cry. Pft.) I'm finally leaving Pisay. Probably for good, this time. And I have no regrets.

..at least not in the academic category. :P

"On clear and peaceful nights like these,
There's nothing more I'd like to do
Than to lie down, under the heavens,
And to gaze at the stars with you...
-nEOnIX

Summer days!

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This entry features me and my sister... doing crazy things. And yes, that's the PSHS PE shorts I'm wearing. Bwahahahaha. Loyalist ata ako!

..so.. leik we went to da beach..

and we did st00pid stuffs

FAIL'D impersonation of ♥ David ♥ Cook.

"Hello.... is it meeeeee you're looking for??"

"Tooo horrible 4 words"

Okay, let's try flying next.

Watch me do it!
Jana: PURE WIN!

Ok, first mold your chakra... DBZ style!

Go Jana you can do it!

Yay we did it!!

Fwoooooooooooooosh!!

Let's fly towards the sea!!
Jana tries her new skillz..

Even mum joins in the fun.

PWNED by the camera bag..

So how was YOUR summer like? :D Post your entry!


"On clear and peaceful nights like these,
There's nothing more I'd like to do
Than to lie down, under the heavens,
And to gaze at the stars with you...
-nEOnIX

tagged by BO... salamat ha.. -_-

Agh.. I got tagged. T_T Cge, I'll play your little game.

Rules:
1. Each blogger starts with 15 random facts/habits about themselves.
2. Bloggers that are tagged need to write on their own blog about their 15 things and post these rules.
3. At the end of your blog, you need to choose ten people to get tagged and list their names.
4. Don't forget to leave them a comment telling them they're tagged, and to read your blog. P.S, you're not allowed to reject a tag or to ignore it!

STAAAAAART!!

uhh..
1.Kasali ako sa: PisayFC, YFC, Pearlies,Dahlians,Calcites[lol],Neutron[ian?]s for SYs 2004-2008. You do the math. Effort kasi. :3

2.I am a geek by heart. I like sci-fi films. And sci-fi stuff. In general. I watch Star Trek, and I'm a huge fan. I like Physics. Especially the time travel stuff. Mmmm.

3.I play Star Craft! And DOTA! zOMG! I also play online games... which don't require cash..

4.Bookworm = me. I even read kiddie books. ^_^

5.I was born outside of the Philippines. I came from my mom.

6.[SEXTA ESPADA WOOT]English was my first language. Bisaya was my second. I think HTML was my 4th.

7.My memory sucks. Names, places, dates, events, PEOPLE, you name it!Exception: schoolwork. W.T.H.

8.My computer is my best friend....... except I don't have one of my own..

9.I have no fashion sense.

10.I am music illiterate. I can prove it.

11.hopeless romantic fool.

12.#11 does not exist! ^_^ Kent is my role model. -salute-

13.I have always hated math. ALWAYS. and Research too.

14.I keep a diary.

15.I have NEVER watched a horror movie. NEVER. And I don't plan to.

My tuuuuuuuuuurn!!
I tag..
1.Joemar
2.Arie
3.Beth
4.Cinds Maam Jane
5.Gabby
6.Kentoi
7.Tara
8.SM
9.Lea
10.Karla
11. myself

weird... bakit wala si Kim sa list ko? T_T
Have fun~!
~NeoNix

Nostalgia

My head is still spinning from the Mindanao State Convention for the Knights of Columbus we attended last April 25-27. Well.. as long as you interpreted being part of the registration team as 'attended'.

The whole ID printing system is automated, and I was among those tasked to man the workstations. There were 4 of them, plus my dad's laptop which controlled the printer. Take note: 1 printer vs. anywhere from 700-800 participants. Expect total and utter mayhem.

And so it was that the crowding, the yelling, and the chaos ESCALATED... Get this: even my supervisor during the SSIP [Fr. Junar] helped [the Chancery was nearby], in what seemed to be a vain effort to control the crowd. T_T If the mob crowd isn't at the printer, it would be over at the other table [giving out kits and stuff].

Even Anna stepped in to help. [after lunch] Still. The crowd... the HEAT... ugh.

Now that's what I call community service! :D

But that's not the point I'm trying to get across.

You see, the convention was held at the [where else?] Davao CONVENTION center. The very same place we held our JS Prom. When we were juniors, that is.

OMGZZFLASHBACKMEMORIESPROMWHEE!!

People who know me have probably noticed something.... weird about me. I EASILY FORGET. I forget the important things in life... like names, faces, dates, events... [Yes Arie, I'm SORRY!!! T_T] There are exceptions to the rule, but it mostly applies to a lot of things. Mundane things... laags... special events... the so called 'MEMORABLE' moments... Interestingly, I remember school stuff more than I remember the important stuff.

So there. It's one of the reasons why I keep a blog running, actually... I might miss a whole chapter of my life just because I traded my memories for some Chem/BIo/Phys jargon I probably wouldn't need/care about in the future. gAH. Stupid bad memory.

That's why I was ecstatic when I found myself remembering that PROM night as if it had happened yesterday! Like a video set in fast forward, I could practically see what I saw, what I experienced that night - a year and some months ago.

I tested it out again when I visited Pisay last May 2. And... it was just... wow. I caught myself thinking: 'Haha.. grabe ang paghihirap ng officers namin dyan...' 'I used to wait there for my sundo in first year...' 'Dito pala ako dumadaan kapag late na..' 'Kapag naririnig ko na ang boses ni Maam Palicte, late na ako!! T_T' 'Waah.. dito nag tambak ang mga Assumptionista nung 1st screening...' 'lol Health interview' 'Boohoo, pingpong..' 'Pearl... Dahlia.... Calcium... Neutron...'

..and so much more.

Nostalgia... seems to be the perfect word for it.

Well, I'm just glad that I'm not really suffering from memory loss. :P

So.. I guess I'll have to revisit Men Seng and the Cursillo(sp?) house, eh? :D
-nEOnIX

*posted late. XD

Bokbokbokborokbokbok

...let's do da chicken pox dance!

I apologize, my friends... I realize na matagaltagal na rin since my last blog update. Eh kasi naman, ngayon ko lang natikman ang FREEDOM OF COMPUTERING [if there is such a thing...]. Medyo na shock ako na SUMMER na [at karamihan sa inyo ay hindi ko na makita sa college :((] and so nag babad ako sa manga, sa anime, sa 91ers.com [ui visit niyo naman para hindi mamatay ang site..], sa YM, at sa aking "summer job"?

I just had my Singapore Interview last April 24. It was... scary. I was scheduled to be interviewed @ 5pm... so I was the last one there. I only met Wayne when he was heading out of Marco Polo! And so I was forced to wait there in the lobby... with Anna for company... and that Pisay photographer guy [yes, we saw him. don't ask.]

April 24 is exactly a week after my chickenpox blisters came out. And chicken pox takes a week [give or take a few days] for it to heal. Waaah. I almost canceled the interview... for fear that my interviewers might be sprouting blisters the very next day [thus effectively marooning them here in the Philippines]

My english wasn't very good [thanks to my four year stay in Pisay and a certain John S*..] and so I wasn't exactly confident when I entered the room. They asked me stuff about academics... my family... etc.. etc.. etc.. The KILLER question was the CURRENT EVENTS one... Gah... I really need to start watching the news...

I shook both their hands on my way out, and met Anna in the lobby. Nag explore kami sa Marco Polo. And... well, what do you know, nakasabay ko ang isang interviewer ko sa elevator!

"Hello." -singaporean

"Hi!" [high pitched squeak] -me

"...friend mo na siya??" -Anna

LOL.

We [Anna and I] explored for around 30 minutes... Yes, we went up to the 18th floor.. ahh... how relaxing...

what WASN'T relaxing was the fact that I am a member of the registration team for the 14th (er.. I THINK it was the 14th..) Mindanao State Convention for the Knights of Columbus the very next day. T_T

But that's for another blog entry. :D

"An act of inaction is an act itself." -Janille
-nEOnIX

*joke lang john s... peace!

After graduation........

Ow. My thighs hurt. And so does my back. And my arm. All because of the insane combination of painting and paintball.

After hours of grueling practice, we officers are sentenced to finish the MURAL PAINTING community service the ETHEREAL batch started. Yup, we even painted those spans which extended deep into the heart of the PISAY JUNGLE. Grabe talaga.

Nagka-problem kami kasi bumaha na yung place... nag dry na ang paint [TO DEATH] at nauubos na ang officers. Biruin mo, 30 kaming OFFICERS, pero hindi nag abot ng 20 ang dumating! Wa. HELP. Tapos ka luod pa talaga ng stagnant water na ilang weeks na atang naipon doon sa green bucket. YUCK. EW.

In short, MAHIRAP MAG PAINT NG WALL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE JUNGLE.

To release our frustration sa paintING... nag paintBALL kami... Lingaw gud... kahit na first timers kaming lahat [save Enzo, who has the only non-officer player] therefore takot kaming magpaputok/tumakbo. In short... for very long periods of time sa aming game... DEAD AIR LANG. Hehehe. Naubos nalang ang bullets ni Enzo, wala pa rin. Buti nalang nadoon si Linus, Tomi, Godfrey [and Clemen?] at sumigaw sila ng instructions sa BLACK team. Whoohoo. Kaya natamaan ko si Chardi. Sorry bai, kung masakit yun..

Lucky for me, hindi ako natamaan... directly, at least. Grabe, sniper ata ito si Kim L, nag talsik gud ung fragments ng bullet niya sa akin.. near miss sa ulo ko! Whew!

Grabe gud ang sweat... kahit wala kang ginagawa sa game, pagpawisan ka pa rin. Nice gud siya na team building activity.... sana makaulit pa kami [sana hindi kami banned doon.. hehe]..

So that's why my thighs hurt [too much crawling and crouching] my back hurts [same reason], my right arm hurts [heavy paintball gun + naglaba ako ng marumi kong jeans].

Pero lingaw. AS IN. I will miss all the times we had together, CAT OFFICERS!!

LONG LIVE CAT! ~^..^~


-nEOnIX

Death by Singapore Scholarship Exam

Oh the emo-ness of the world cannot compare to what I am feeling right now...

I was reluctant to leave my cozy bed this morning to prepare for the Singapore Scholarship Exam. Effort kasi. And to think that I spent the last few days cramming in the library. Unfortunately, wala atang nag sink in, so patay pa rin ako. Sige lang. I mentally prepared myself for the barrage of INSANELY difficult questions that were sure to appear.

I arrived at around 8:32 am and I found myself wandering aimlessly at the Marco Polo Hotel lobby. Good thing somebody thought about clueless people like me - a sign greeted my eyes: Singapore Scholarship Exam... Level 3, Jade Room 3 & 4. I walked towards the elevator, [considerably calmer] and found Daniel S. and Geno waiting just outside. Whew. So I'm not lost.

The few people already present were cramming. NAks. Good thing Math is after lunch. :D I registered and found my seat number [28]. Wow, 22 out of 33 people pala ang galing sa pisay! ^_^ We were allowed inside the 'examination hall' at around 8:50am. Ka-table ko nga pala si Jan David at si Anne Go. Nasa harap ko si San.

Weeeeeee... ENGLISH! I spent the greater part of my time composing a 350 word essay on the dangers of plastic surgery... I loved the reading comprehension part - PAY-PER-CLICK advertising! Whoohoo! Nainis ako slight sa fill-in-the-blanks... But overall, it was an okay exam. I felt the first signs of hunger at around 10am, however, and by the time the exam ended (11:30am) , I was STARVING!

Me, Arie and Farrah went to Gmall for lunch... There, Arie's dad oh-so-kindly treated us to a KFC bucket meal! Thank you so very much!!! :D I ate more food than Farrah daw... hm. ewan ko ba. Basta I could hardly waddle towards the exit, due to the unnatural amount of food I consumed.

We got back to the hotel at around 12:40pm... people were still cramming. Naki cram nalang ako - malay mo, may makuha pala ako. :D Besides, I totally expected na wala akong ma-answer...

...and what do you know... it REALLY was INSANELY difficult.

You have to answer 4 questions, just like what our sample test told us. Unfortunately, it forgot to mention that there were only 4 questions to choose from, unlike the 5 the sample test made us solve. In short: ANSWER EVERYTHING.

Even worse, our answer sheets booklets resembled empty yellow filler notebooks. The only text you can find within was "Question Number...". In short: SHOW YOUR SOLUTION.

And REALLY worse, out of the 4 questions, it seemed to me that only #s 2 and 3 were written in English. It was something like this..

1. Assume that (b/a)^n is insignificant/very small when n = 4, 5, 6... Show that (a+b)^1/3 - (a-b)^1/3 = 3b/2a x a^1/3 [!*&^#$!&$#*]
2. You have 7 differently colored shirts. You have a ton of durian fruits. And dice. And chemical engineers. What is the probability of you getting this right?
3. Some guy died sometime ago. We found him 2 hours ago when he was 30C [degrees Celsius], but now he's 28C. Ah? We found him at around 8pm... So... when did he die, Detective?
4. Cartesian plane Argand Diagram complex numbers integrate y = cos^2c + 3 .......what?????

I spent the first 30 minutes (of the 2 hour exam) staring blankly at my paper, while the others where frantically writing their answers. I was seriously considering turning in a BLANK answer booklet!!

waa help. -headdesk--headdesk--headdesk--headdesk--headdesk--headdesk--headdesk--headdesk--headdesk-

Only then did I realize that differentiation and integration is so super EASY AND SIMPLE. Only then did I appreciate the piece of cake that our 4th Quarter math exam was. I knew, right then na BUGO AKO SA MATH. WAYNE............... IS LIKE THE SMARTEST EVAR. This......... was HELL. INFERNO. SPARTA. by comparison. WHATDIDIDOTODESERVETHIS???????????/

In compensation, nag pool at nag rooftop kami. We found out na off-limits ang rooftop [kuno, hahaha] but we went there anyway... at natakot kami kasi mag-open na ang elevator...(oh noes, makita tayo ng executive!!) Buti nalang nandoon si Baula. HA! We're saved!!

Tapos nag visit din kami sa ADDU for like 10 minutes. And yes, I managed to get lost in that place in that short period of time. Grabe no? Feel ko nabuang na talaga ako dahil sa Singapore exam.

And to think na may Physics [and Chem, para sa mga special people] pa kami bukas.

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!
"An act of inaction is an act itself." -Janille
-nEOnIX