AWESOMENESS in the HOUSE!

Naisip ko lang.

Ang bilis ko palang magalit dati. Alala ko, nung Grade 6, nagstart akong magsabi ng bad words, and I'm really not proud of it. Nung 1st year naliwanagan ako, di na ko nagsasalita ng ganun ngayon. Kahit pag bad trip ako, sinasabi ko nalang "Grabe" or "Kainis naman" or basta yung mga ganun lang. Tapos, di lang ako pansinin ng mga kaibigan ko, maba-bad trip na agad ako. Sobrang high blood ko pa nun. As in sobra kong bilis magalit. Ngayon pinipigilan ko nalang sarili ko sa mga sinasabi at ginagawa ko. Hirap nga nito, eh. Pag nasasaktan ako. Di nalang ako nagsasalita dahil baka kung ano pang masabi ko. The down side, di nila malalaman na nasaktan na pala ako. Di ko naman masasabing manhid yung tao kung magaling naman akong magtago ng nararamdaman ko. Haha. May naalala ako. Yung last year. Grabe lang yun. Haha di ko na ikekwento dito, pero grabe lang talaga. Hay. Pero ngayon iba na eh. Tss di ko na magawa yung ganun. Oh well. Sana rin minsan maramdaman mo na nagseselos ako . . . :p

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Bangag.

(Icu-cut ko muna yung "My NLTSGO Experience" blahs because I really wanna update you of what's happening in my life, and baka di ko na rin ituloy yung sa NLTSGO dahil tinatamad na ako. Hahaha!)

Going back to school was . . . Well, it felt different. But I'm happy to be with Chofu again :') Oh how I've missed them! Haha! That was a Thursday, and the subjects were Drafting, CLVE, PE, English, Eco, Music and Physics. We started making a 2-part exploded drawing. Waaaa! But it was actually still easy because it was only two parts. Wew. In English we started making the wall for our project. Nagulat nalang ako, I found myself helping Doms, Karla, DM and the others with it. :)) Sir Renz gave us his time to continue the wall. Yey! :D Music time, we met the substitute teacher, Sir Melo. No Tr. Anna for two months :( My first thought was: Pano na sa Himig Harana?!?!?! ;( Sigh . . . Oh, and I learned that Sir Melo's from Rizal, like Tr. Joyce and Sir Garret. Haha.

Monday we had Calculus and Advanced Algebra, and I was like, "WAIT HOW THE HECK ARE YOU GOING TO DO THIS?!" I felt like walking into a battlefield without any weapon. Ahaha! Good thing the lessons were still a bit easy and I caught up with them easily. In Physics we're discussing pressure . . . Hydrostatic pressure, atmospheric pressure, hydraulics . . . Waaah? :)) Haha! Oh, and in GT we're learning engineering this time! :> Wooohoooo! I regret that I have not decided on engineering sooner or I would never have taken all those lessons and discussions for granted, knowing that I would need the knowledge on them in college. Oh well. There's still this quarter. :D

Speaking of this quarter, our 3rd quarterly exam will be on January 12-14, 2012. Yes, as in next year, as in we would have to study (kahit onti lang) during our Christmas break! Like how are we going to enjoy the long break (from Dec. 16 'til Jan. 6, I think?)? Well maybe some can do it freely, but I, as a nerd, would still have some worries during the vacation. But hey, there's nothing I can do about it now. At least the project for almost all subjects is that Eiffel Tower. But that's for us, Chofu. Haha. We started working on that one on Thursday. And I think we're finished now. Go Chofu! :>

So my classmates have been telling me I've been MIA a lot . . . And that sucks :(( We had a meeting yesterday with the batch presidents in the afternoon, then I roamed around to collect the diaries of those who need a haircut. And today Sir Chris met us editors and then I helped Meg and Jonina with their articles, then we had a meeting with the batch and class officers in the AVR, and then Meg finished her column and we also discussed for the Foundation Night and our other upcoming projects. :> I'm actually happy that we're busy, because we haven't been that for a while and I miss it. Haha! And the feeling that you're doing something for the good of many is really rewarding. :')

It's sad to think that soon it will all end, though . . . Three months to go and our term is over! :((( The Miting de Avance for next school year's ESC (NOOOOOO!!) elections will be on February, and, well, that marks the start of the, umm, deceleration of our term! (I can't think of any other term for slowing down other than 'deceleration,' okay?!) :'( Wew. Okay. So I'm sad about that, but I ain't sad about graduating or leaving the school. Maybe I will be (it's most likely that I'll cry on our graduation day or batch recollection or something), but as of now I'm excited. I'm counting the months, actually - four and a half months to go until our LAST quarterly exam. Woohoo! And we're freeeeeeeeeeeee!!!! :D

OH! By the way, I'm assigned to do our Class Will and Testament! It's the one where we get to pass all our skills and talents to the upcoming seniors. I'm doing it (and maybe - hopefully - reading it) for our prom! Hahahahaha! Yehey I'll get to be onstage for that! =)) Ahaha! Thank you for giving me the privilege :) Sana hindi boring yung gawin ko, because I'm gonna do it for like a hundred plus students. Wew! :D Wish me luck! :)

I think that's everything I need to tell you now. I need to rest because my stomach hurts (did I mention that I'm hyperacidic na?) plus I have a cold. What a life, eh? I hate having a cold. I hate the feeling. :/

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My NLTSGO 2011 Experience, Day 2

Waking up, I asked, "How many more days?" And including this one, since the day has just started, the answer is FOUR. Four!!! I was already tired then, and we still four more days to go like these?? Coming home late at night, getting about four or five hours of sleep, lining up and waiting for like thirty minutes to one hour for the meals, bumping into every person close to you because of the small space . . . I honestly just wanted to go home at that time. I couldn't remember if we ate breakfast at McDo or at Teachers' Camp (because we didn't have enough money anymore) although I think today we ate at Teachers' Camp. Haha.

We went to the Benitez Hall, but as always, the first floor was already full, so we went upstairs. We went to the right wing and looked for seats, but all the chairs were occupied, so we looked for vacant spaces. Luckily there were still spaces . . . Meg and Emi started falling asleep, but I couldn't, wanna know why? Because of the smelly feet - again. By now you know how much I hate anything that smells. I'm sorry, but my belief is that when I smell something strong (whether good or bad) that odor stays with me for a really long time. And who would want a bad smell stuck in her nose for like an hour or so? -_- (That's one of the reasons I'm attracted to guys who smell nice. Hihi!) So, yeah, I couldn't sleep because of that, and because I couldn't find a proper position to sleep sitting down. Haha!

But I fell asleep, eventually. Hahaha! :p And then they woke me up 'cause we were transferring to the wall so we could sleep more properly . . . But we couldn't anymore. Hahahahaha! We started listening to the plenary session. This time the speaker was Fr. Jboy Gonzales, and he was bringing up some really important issues. Meg looked for her umbrella which she placed beside her bag on our first spot when we came in, but forgot to bring with her when we went to the wall. Oh no! We tried searching and searching for it . . . But we couldn't find it :( And then, Fr. Jboy started talking about cheating and asked some students whether it's good or bad . . . And believe it or not, some took the stand that cheating is good and proudly announced that they do it in their school! They said, you couldn't survive high school without cheating at least once! And that, if you have a friend whom you caught cheating, just let it be because it's the right thing to do! Like what the heck?! We left the hall to line up for lunch, and I was honestly disgusted by their answers. Cheating, good? Gad, and I thought they were student leaders.

It'd been raining since we arrived on Friday (but they were just droplets then, this time the rain was really intense), and with the loss of Meg's umbrella, only Danielle, Joanna and I had umbrellas and shared them with the five who had none, all while waiting in line. And the line was really really long, but we knew a shortcut. :> We looked for the 'second line' again. And luckily enough, there was one, much much shorter than the other one. Mwahahaha! =)) So yeah, we waited in the rain, and we ate when we finally got in. Weeeee!

After eating lunch we looked for Quirino Hall, because that day would be the start of our break-out sessions with the Ateneo CODE. An old man told us to ride the jeep to take us there. We thanked him and looked for a jeep with the sign board 'Quirino Hall.' Unfortunately there were none, but there was one that said 'Albert Hall,' and the driver kindly agreed to take us to our destination. Emi left us because he's assigned to Romulo Hall, that one's for the presidents. Haha. We were dropped off, the fare was free yey! :p There was a huge hall, but you had to climb what looked like 100 steps to get there. Wew O_O We were about to go up there when Paige stopped us because it might not be Quirino Hall. Thankfully there was a sign that said it was Albert Hall. Phew!

A few fails when we were dropped off: the others who were dropped off with us left, so we were kinda sorta alone in that spot. And then Paige was like, "Oh my God we're lost!" and it echoed all around us. Haha! Embarrassing. :)) And then, it was raining diba, and Meg and I were sharing my umbrella, and my umbrella closes itself automatically when you push the button, and she accidentally pushes it! :)) And it was raining :))))) Wahaha! We started walking towards what we hoped was Quirino Hall, then some went to the CR first. Haha. A girl approached us and told us that she could get us front seats if we wanted. She's so nice. :) That girl was Ate PJ. :)

Emi came to us and told us that he's gonna join us instead of the Romulo Hall peeps because he asked the facis where Romulo Hall was and he could join us, Quirino Hall. Haha! So, yeah. When we got inside, we saw that the place was already packed! The students were divided into two, separated in the middle, where there were three facis talking to the ones nearer to the back. We were included there. The guy seemed really nice and friendly (and cute) and one of the girls seemed really crazy! Hahaha! Kebs? Jebs? :)) Later we learned that the guy was Kuya Nico and the girl was Ate Jaz. :D

They presented a dance to us, the dance that they also performed the day before, when Mr. Abendan introduced the facis for the different halls. There was a sort of hot guy, and his name was Kuya Dash. Haha! The girls were screaming for him, but they screamed even harder for Kuya Nico! Waaaaaah! :""""> He was really cute! :"> I hoped to be in his group . . . but unfortunately we weren't. :'( Oh well. Haha! So, yeah, we had a different faci, and she's Ate Jonah! :D She's such a cutie! :))) She's super nice! Haha! And she really explains to us the evaluation of the games we play. :)

Yeah, we played different games, but I won't tell you because some of them will be part of our re-echo of the whole thing. :) Hehe. Yup. At the end of the break-out session we took pictures with our faci, Ate Jonah. :D The other girls took pictures with Kuya Dash, and Emi took a picture with Ate Jaz. Wahahahaha! :)) After that we went near Albert Hall to wait for a jeep to come. It was already like, like past 6 already. When we got to the Parking Lot Tent we ate dinner at Abada Hall first, then called Sir Chris and Tr. Tina to go home. Yes! We were ditching the guest celebrities for the night. 2 hours din yun of waiting for them and we might not even get to see them (like Enrique Gil, huhu) when we could have bonded in our ESC home. Haha! So that's what we did. :D

It was a Sunday, and we were lucky enough to watch Gandang Gabi Vice. Hahaha! Good vibes ;) Then Emi fell asleep watching :)))) Haha! And then Meg and I were the only ones awake, and we watched a few shows, then we turned the TV off and talked about stuff. Then we heard an orchestra =))))) Inside joke. Wahaha! Meg fell asleep first, then me. Haha. Wew!

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My NLTSGO 2011 Experience, Day 1

We woke up super early today! Well, that was what it felt like, because we ate breakfast at Jollibee and it was still dark outside. When we arrived at Teachers' Camp, while waiting for the morning program to start, we slept for at least 2 hours! But not continuously. :)) But yeah, we were sooo sleepy! Wew. Haha. And then there was a morning program, and then we had lunch, and then the advisers' group and the students' group were divided. The advisers went to the Baguio City National High School (I think that's what it is) while we stayed at Teachers' Camp. Oh yeah, and Meg and I looked around for my MyPhone prize. Haha! I gave my number to a woman in the backstage, but then a guy told us to look for it later after the morning program. Hayz.

We scored some seats in Benitez Hall upstairs for the afternoon program. Meg and I looked for the woman backstage, but we couldn't find her anymore, so we went to the Office of the Secretariat. They told me to put my contact information in a form, and then they told us they'll contact me later. Meg and I went back to Benitez Hall, and I was BV that I still couldn't get my phone. Lol. Plus I couldn't see anything from my seat because of the girls in front of me. And then, another group of girls told us that they were seated there and if it was okay (for those girls in front of me) that they stay in front of them. So, we went even farther behind, and I couldn't see anything anymore. I'm not someone who likes crowds much, and gets pissed especially if I don't know the people around me, so I went behind and slept my BV-ness off.

I would wake up and then sleep again, on and off sleep. Anyway, the program wasn't starting yet. I turned off my phone because the battery meter was one bar less (and I'm one of the many who panic when their battery meter isn't full) and then I slept again. Haha. I couldn't help it! I woke up 30 minutes later, and I could already hear someone's voice through the speakers in the hall. I turned on my phone again. I waited for it to load, because it was normal for it to kind of lag when loading when it's just turned on. After about 10 minutes, I tried pressing keys, but the screen wouldn't even light up. I was getting nervous. In panic I pressed some more keys, and a ray of hope shone on me when I saw that numbers appeared on the screen, the ones on the keys that I pressed. But that was it, it was just those numbers. The background was white, and there was nothing else but those numbers. I tried to turn it off and then on again, but it was no use. My Nokia phone was doomed.

They introduced the facilitators of the Ateneo CODE per hall. All of us, except for Emi who was assigned to Romulo Hall, were assigned to Quirino Hall. But we weren't going there that day, they just introduced the facis. Haha. After that the program was over, and people were starting to vacate the hall for dinner. But not everyone. Meg and I went downstairs to reserve seats for the evening's program, but there were already a lot seated in front. Luckily we saw a few free seats near the right side of the hall. We reserved them (even if it wasn't really allowed, but eh, since a lot of others were doing that too) until the others arrived. My phone was sooo dead, but thankfully Emi lent me his own because he didn't have a textmate then, and then Meg and I looked for the guys at MyPhone, because someone texted Meg (I gave them Meg's number instead of mine because it couldn't be reached anymore) that I could already claim the prize. We went to the Executive Office and waited, they told me to confirm if it really was me, and the guy gave me a box. Wooh!!

We walked back to Benitez Hall, and Sir Chris and Tr. Tina were already there, back from Baguio National High School. I handed the box to my sister, haha! I opened it, and it was a sliding phone. It's actually the collector's edition "I am Ninoy, I am Cory" phone. It's super patriotic, really yellow, and it has a sort of app all about the Aquinos and their fight for democracy. There's also a prayer there - all the MyPhones have prayers in them. Yeah, so I used it right away because my Nokia was dead. Hahaha! Yeah. :) Oh, and I gave back Emi his phone. :p

In the schedule given to us, we could see which people would be the speakers for the day, where we would go to for the sessions, and of course, most importantly, the celebrities we would be seeing for the night. There was a change of list of celebrities who would come, and it was on Day 0 that I learned that ENRIQUE GIL would be guesting on the night of Day 1! Which was this night! Hahahahahaha! x))))) I first watched him from Good Vibes, and I actually didn't like him at first. But as the weeks went by, I developed this crush on him . . . x)) He's a good dancer, too! :"""> So you couldn't tell my excitement when I learned he would be coming to the NLTSGO, and that I would actually finally get to see him! x) So, I waited.

Paige was coming down with a fever, so Joanna and Tr. Tina accompanied her home, and Emi went with them as well. Also, part 2 of Marcelo Santos III's "Baguio Love Story" was shown, and a lot more people were screaming with each new line of the story shown. Haha :p And then, the hosts called the first guest of the night. I was like, "This is it, this is really is it!!!" And then he said the name . . . Bret Jackson. I didn't even stand up to see him, although a lot of people did. Someone at the back even started yelling, "Walang tatayo! Walang tatayo!" and eventually, everyone in front sat back down on their seats. Haha! Now that's leadership! But even so, I couldn't see his figure if I didn't look at the LED screen. Oh well, it wasn't him that I wanted to see anyway.

The second guest was Morissette, a 15-year-old diva . . . I was actually surprised she was that young! Dang . . . But she was super ultra mega good!! \m/ And then Bret comes out and sings Price Tag with her and I was like . . . EH. :p When they left a lot of people in front were starting to vacate the seats. The hosts at the Parking Lot Tent were doing some sort of game. Giselle told us that we should go in front. I was so excited! I was going to see Enrique Gil and I'd be in the front seat! It was a jungle because there were so many chairs. We even stood on them to get to the front. The worst thing was when we got to the front, it smelled a lot like feet! Gad! No one knows how to be polite anymore! Earlier that day we learned that people don't even know what 'Excuse me' means! Like what the heck?!?!?! My biggest pet peeve is bad smell. I really hate it!!!! But I tried to endure it, just to see Enrique Gil.

And then, we heard the hosts say, "Okay that's it for the night, we'll see you again tomorrow" blah blah blah. I was like, "What the friggin' heck?!?!?!" We endured getting bumped into people, walking on chairs, and smelling really bad feet for nothing?!?!!?! Damn you, Enrique Gil! Why you no come?! It hurts!!! :'((( Oh well . . . So we went home sad . . . Ugh. I took a shower and then slept bitterly. Tsk.

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My NLTSGO 2011 Experience, Day 0

Since it was my (all of us, actually) first (and last) time to attend the National Leadership Training for Student Government Officers (NLTSGO), I was not expecting more than 4,000 co-delegates, the big slopes in the roads in Baguio, the change of celebrities that were to arrive, the aircon-less SM Baguio, and a lot more. You see, we rode the bus at Victory Liner Terminal in Pasay going to Baguio. It was I think a 7-hour road trip to get there. There were two bus stops, and I caught some sleep on the way there, because we left school at around quarter to 3 (supposed to be 2a.m. but Meg was late) and arrived at the terminal at around 3:30a.m.

When we got off the bus, I thought we were in a room because the air was so cold you could think you're just in an air-conditioned room! It was so amazing, the Baguio breeze. x) We rode the jeep to Teachers' Camp and filled out some forms while Emi, Giselle and Sir Chris went to the registration. A guy took a picture of my writing on my registration form. Haha! I feel like a star! Joke. :p Anyway, after the whole registration process (which wasn't like the one in Iloilo, because even if it was a bit long and we just stood there - and got to discover where the CR is along the wait - it wasn't super long and boring) Sir Chris told us that we'll be staying at a small house owned by Kuya LJ's family. We rode the taxi on the way and ate breakfast at Jollibee, and then we went outside and waited, then a woman welcomed us to what would be our own home for the next six days.

It was small, yes. Our home was two rooms divided by a wall; on one room stayed Danielle, Inah, Giselle and Tr. Tina (who was to arrive the next day), on the other stayed Sir Chris, Joanna, Paige, Emi, Meg and me. The first thing we did is search for outlets to charge our phones and turn on the TV. :)) There was a TV in each room, which was very fine for us. Hahaha! After we settled our things and luggage in our home, we went to SM Baguio. We waited for the taxis, but there were none approaching. So we walked - yes, walked - all the way to SM Baguio! In Caritas Bosconian terms, the distance we walked I would say would be from CDBS to McDo Bel-Air, with all those uphill slopes and intersections and stuff. I might be exaggerating, but that was how long I felt that walk was. :)) We passed through Burnham Park and Session Road, and walked on a steep slope at least four times. Emi, Meg and I were panting and actually sweating when we got to SM Baguio. Dang. :))

Meg bought some stuff in Watsons and then we just chillaxed in the food court. While she and Emi were taking pictures of themselves, I took the time to catch up with my Zzzz's. Yey! :)) They actually woke me up because we were going to meet up with Sir Chris and the rest of the peeps going to Teachers' Camp. When we arrived there we just waited at the tent for the program to start, and then, I saw my cousin Ryan! Hahahahaha! :)) Nice XDXD :p And then we realized that there was a long, a really really really really long line outside the Abada Hall, where we would be eating our meals. It turns out that that really really really really long line was for dinner already! Daaaang! As I have told you, more than 4,000 registered in this event, so we would really have to fight for our way if we want to, well, go our way. Wew!

But we had a dilemma. We wanted to get inside the Benitez Hall because that would be where all the celebrities would come out, and the people outside, the people under the tent (a really really big tent) would just see a live update through the really really really big LED screen. And since it was our first day, we wanted to see the celebrities first-hand. But we haven't eaten dinner yet, and there was a really long line both at the Abada Hall and at Benitez Hall. So, Emi, Paige and Joanna took take-out for dinner while we waited at Benitez Hall. We waited for an hour, and finally, they were allowing everyone to get in. Luckily we scored some seats at the back, but we were by the aisle and could see the stage (if no one would stand). While waiting for the program to start we ate our dinner.

And then finally, someone went to the stage and called for some volunteers. Some were really highly confident and flamboyant there. Haha. :p We just cheered for the ones from Region 4A. Lol. :)))) And then someone sang a song, and the name of the singer is Jeff Singson, who would also be one of our hosts for the whole event. Wee! Then he called with him a guy named TJ, I don't know his surname, but he also looks good! Haha! :))))) Also there were Kuya Jess and Ate Viel, also our hosts during the event. They introduced to us a 21-year-old story writer that posts his story on YouTube with just words and music, and this guy is Marcelo Santos III. I've known him for about a year now, and I've been watching his stories online. But that night was the night I learned that he's just 21 years old!! And when he came on the stage, he was actually kinda cute!! :') Waaaaah :')

The reason they introduced him is because he made a web series called "Baguio Love Story," a story for us NLTSGO delegates. The people were screaming with every line we saw, and it was an ear-sore. But the story was nice . . . and long that it had to have a part 2, and part 3, until part 5. Wew. Haha! And then they also told us to update our Facebook and Twitter accounts with the hash tag NLTSGO, and someone will be checking the tweets and award the selected peeps with a brand new MyPhone. Then they introduced the first guest of the night: Gab Valenciano!! Man. He was truly awesome! He was dancing and dancing and he also sang a bit . . . Plus he keeps his feet on the ground and his heart rooted to God! :') He's one of the best out there. Truly wonderful.

The second guest was . . . Makata Tawanan! :)) And he lives up to that stage name, because there was not a single minute when he was talking to us. Gad he was so funny! :)) There were also Newborn Divas and the acrobat couple, and the last guest was Beat Box Robert. If you haven't heard of him, you might want to check him out! We want to hire him for our Foundation Night and he'll just make some beats all night and you wouldn't even notice! Hahahaha! He's that amazing! :)) The program ended at around 11 in the evening. Yes, that long! :p Before ending they announced the night's winner of the MyPhone promo . . . And I won!!!! Yes! Can you believe it? Hahaha!! \m/ We looked for the people in charge but we couldn't find them, so we decided to look for it the next day instead. We rode the taxi on the way home. I took a shower first because I knew I'd be lazy in the morning to get up and prepare my clothes and take a shower then and blah blah blah. So yeah :D I slept after that due to extreme sleepiness and fatigue.

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