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Dream Journal Part 5

After about two months, it's finally back! :D Yay! I love dreaming :)

06:51am, Sat Sep-17-2011
I dreamt that he was here at my house O_O =)))))) But we had to go back to school. I asked if he would still stay, and just when he was about to answer . . . Moves Like Jagger played and I was awake. Damn alarm. :)))

03:46pm, Wed Sep-28-2011
I dreamt that I was with Jessa and we were in the terrace of some sort of condo in Manila. We were talking about college and that when we get to college we're going to live there. Haha! And then there was another condo across us, and a much taller one, and from the top of that condo, a guy went skydiving to the pool of another condo. Dang :)))) Can you even get what I'm describing here? Basta =)) It was cool. :D

08:58am, Sat Oct-1-2011
It was our PE time and then we were going to play an unknown game with a ball :)) Then I heard someone calling me. Her voice was familiar so I looked for her, and then I went to her. She said we were classmates when we were in pre-school, but I couldn't remember her name :)) I tried guessing it but failed. Haha. She said Christine was her name! XD

07:50am, Sun Oct-2-2011
This one's a cool dream. xD It was weekend, and there were a lot of peeps shooting for the Physics project in our village :)) Our group wasn't included in those peeps because we were already done shooting. XD I took a stroll outside our house and watched those groups. And then I saw Emi, Meg, Margie and a few others, and it seemed like they were already done with their shooting. I went to them. Emi was holding some sort of ball like the one used in Sepak Takraw. Haha. We were playing it like it was frisbee :)) Like the vamps in Twilight, the way they play baseball, we were so strong O_O Seriously =)) We were running towards an open space, with surfaces like those of Mars or the Moon. Yes, that's how I'd describe it. :P There were dents and some like half-craters . . . And we played there. So cool. :D

07:56am, Sun Oct-2-2011
I dreamt another dream that day, and this time, I was studying at Yale :)))) I wanted to join a known sorority in the university =)) (FYI, I don't want to join any sorority or even fraternity when I'm in college. :P) And then I saw Tr. Jean looking at the announcement board! She was dressed like a preppy person :)) =)) And then I found out that she's a member of that sorority and she's recruiting =)) (Again, remember guys, this is JUST A DREAM!!! :))) She didn't actually see me. Haha! Then I went to the room where you want to apply for that sorority. Vielka and X were there :)) Even Meg and Micah and Val! =)) In the application form in the last part, you have to write the lyrics of the song Thank You For the Music that you remember. Weird =))

05:22pm, Wed Oct-5-2011
I dreamed that I was going home, and then when I was about to enter our house I saw the DB Pampanga boys :)) The ones we met during the Auxilium Provincial Day. :D Haha!! They looked so good O_O Lol =)) Too bad we don't have a provincial day this year :|

06:56am, Sun Oct-23-2011
I was in school, and I was in the 2nd floor. I'm not really sure why but I was there. Haha. And then I realized that it's almost time. I saw Valerie talking to someone, and then I told her we should go downstairs already if we didn't want to be late. She was just finishing her conversation, then I walked ahead until the lockers in front of the vacant room. And then, I saw Fr. Mario O_O I looked at him to make sure it was him, and then I asked for his blessing :))) Lol. Haha. Val came, and we went downstairs. The Miyazaki peeps were already inside their classroom O_O The Chofu girls were just entering, because it was our English period and Tr. Ching is usually late :)) :P And then I went in the classroom and told Kenneth that I saw Fr. Mario :)) Lol. (Oh BTW, since I didn't blog about our retreat, Fr. Mario was our retreat master this year.)

06:12am, Fri Oct-28-2011
Awarding ceremony of the Sports Fest in the field. That was my dream. They were giving out solo awards first, and then Tr. Jean was awarded for something O________O Weird =)) But she was nowhere to be found hahaha. And then AJ said she was absent. Lol. That's it :))

05:03am, Mon Oct-31-2011
Okay so I dreamed that we had 99 for our Physics project =)) Gad that was totally a dream =)) I don't expect our grade in that project to be high eh hahaha. But I saw myself in my dream and I was super happy :)) Too bad. It was only just a dream. =))

09:34am, Mon Oct-31-2011
I had another dream! Haha. Everyone in our batch who left came back to DB! Like Abby, Louise and some others . . . I didn't see Louise actually :( But I knew she was there. Hehe. XD I was walking past Miyazaki and I saw her in their classroom. Yes, Abby in my dream is in Miyazaki and that just makes me want to cry. =)) Haha!! Seriously though . . . I saw her, and she looked at me, and she smiled, and then I started crying in my dream :))))) Waaaa. :) I miss you Abby.

Labels: dream journal

Video of the Week: Teatro - 'Music Of The Night' Official Video

Since I've been listening to the Phantom of the Opera songs since Monday . . . I wish I could post the entire movie here but you're not gonna find it in one video hahaha. This is my 2nd favorite song in the movie (next to 'The Mirror') and David Cook actually has his own version of this that he sang in American Idol. ;) Then Emi told me about this version, and I like this one the best :) I would actually listen to this song when I need to sleep hehehe! But seriously, this song is awesome, I could listen to (and sing) this song for a whole day. The perfect lullaby . . . And the lyrics . . . Just listen to it :)

Labels: Music of the Night, Phantom of the Opera, Video of the Week

One Big Fight! Seniors!

Okay so I can't think of any awesome title. :))

Day 1
So the intrams started on Monday with the opening ceremony, with the torch-lighting, cheering, and raising of flags. After that the games were simultaneously being held. Karla, Regina, Cor, Djy and I changed our clothes into our soccer outfit. Hahahaha. Okay so I borrowed most of my gear =)) Thank you Cor for my long sleeves, Regina for my cycling, shorts and long socks, and Djy for the sunblock. :))))) Yaaaah :P After that we headed to the field, at the front of the IT lab and offices. Cor practiced me with my goalkeeping, because I was, as Reg said, "rusty." Yeah, it's been like nine months . . . O_O Anyway, so Cor practiced me. At first I was soooo uuugghh, because I'd been really depressed since the week before. Ehem . . . And then I was like, "Cor, give me some Physics terms" like projectile motion and force and collision . . . =)))))) It was funny, and then Cor said I improved when she did that. :))))

Our first game was against the freshmen. I was so nervous because it was my first game since those nine months after the intrams last school year. Good thing they weren't bringing the ball so close to me . . . Hahaha!! :)) And then, Reg scored a goal!!!! :> \m/ Oh yeah!! So the final score was 1-0, in favor of us. Yey! :D We walked through the lobby after the game. We saw some of the alumni! Ate Faith, Ate Nica . . . And Ron!!!! :)) I didn't even see him at first. =)) Haha!! But I missed him! :> Ssshh!! =)) Yeah. Haha. I even hit him with the gloves. Lolz. And then we said goodbye to each other . . . Aww. . . . :))

We waited the whole day for our game against the sophomores . . . only to find out in the afternoon that the game will be on the next day. Aww. So I changed into my PE uniform and went to the canteen to eat with Vielks. Then we headed to the Cimatti Dome to watch our girls' volleyball game against the sophomores. Haha. After the game (in which the seniors won), Vielka and I headed in front of the gym lobby to watch the game . . . I think it was the soccer game of the boys. Hahaha. I forgot :)) Waa. I'm really not sure :)) And then I went to the lobby to see Ate Faith :> HAHAHA. :) We hung out for an hour in the lobby . . . Lolz. :D Hung out, then I went home :) My body was tired. X_X Ahaha. But I still slept at around 11 because I played with my cousin :))

Day 2
I didn't know they included me in chess until the day before. At 8 in the morning, Meg, Jessa and I headed to the Suginami Hall. (And don't worry because I changed into my soccer gear before that, just in case they'd call me.) Jessa played first with a freshman, while Meg and I played with each other. Ang tagal nga eh. But she beat me. :)) And then Meg played with a freshman as well. I went with her and started singing HSM songs :)) And Phantom of the Opera songs because they were my thing since Monday. Haha! =)) I checked the field for any games and found out we were up in 15 minutes. So I took the gloves (that I've been borrowing from AJ since Day 1) in the Suginami Hall and prepared with the girls.

Our game was against the sophomores. I was even more nervous than our previous game because Julia's a sophomore, and everybody knows how damn good she is. So good, that, in the first 30 seconds of the game, she scored a goal past me. I even dived! But it was a major fail! I teared up right after that, so mad at myself for being so stupid like that. The next two attempts from them, I dived again, bruising both of my knees. Part of my skin was friggin' scraped, I couldn't stand properly. I still stayed through the first half, but during the break Reg told me to go the clinic. I had it plastered, and nurse gave me some ice, then I stayed with Vielka, Hanna and the others to watch. Yeah, I sat out through the second half, my knees couldn't stand it. :(

Julia was a 'hot trick.' That's what it's called (sabi ng soccer boys) when someone scores three consecutive goals in a game. Yes, that's exactly what Julia did in our game. XP 3-0, dang. :( I headed straight to the Suginami Hall for chess. I had a match with a 2nd year girl. It took us so long! Man. Haha. Guess what? I won. =))))) Sasha (Trinidad) told me if the girl hadn't blundered, she would've won. Awww. Right after that long match, Sir Allan put me up against my sister! Yeah. I won, but all because Sir Allan moved my pieces when Danielle thought I was check mate. So Sir Allan told us we could eat for 15 minutes, then have a re-match. And, yeah, she won. :> I don't feel bad losing to my sister . . . I know she's good. She's great. :))))

And then Reg called me for our game. Against the juniors. The game started. So first half. They goaled twice . . . But I dunno, those two goals didn't even look like goals, especially the 2nd one. I felt stupid, again . . . Tsk. Then it was time for the 2nd half. Change court. Ahaha. They didn't goal anymore after that. :> It felt good. :"> After the game Karla told me that Yani (3rd year's keeper) told her, "Ang mamaw naman ng keeper." Gosh, I felt so affirmed! :) Ganun talaga. :)))) Hahaha! The final score was 2-0, thanks to our attackers and defenders for keeping the ball away from me when they'd get the chance. :> Our soccer girls really improved this school year! So proud! \m/

When I got home, my body hurt even more and I can't move my legs properly because of my wounds. Wew! O_O And then I fell asleep listening to the Music of the Night by Teatro :) :">

Day 3
There were still games today. O_O But we had lay-outing first. Oh! And I had the plaster on both my wounds replaced before the game. Ang hapdiiii! Like seriously, ask Meg or Cor. I was holding Meg's hand to release the pain hahaha =)) Para ko siyang nanay :)))) Then she and I checked on the volleyball championship game (juniors vs. seniors) in the Cimatti Dome, when Wats told me our game was up next. I saw Reg and the other girls running from the corners and going down, while I called Eena and Rorie in the IT lab. It was soo rushed because the moment I stepped out of the IT lab, Reg called us and told us to hurry up. I was a bit thirsty pa. Dang. :)) But the game started. Game face on!

Battle for 3rd against the freshmen. Our attackers kept the ball in the freshmen's side of the field. There was a handball violation, and we had our chance for a penalty kick. Unfortunately, their keeper caught it. :( Ahaha! :P I caught an attempt, too. Yey! :D And then just like that, 1st half was over. I was about to go drink from the fountain, when Reg called me and told me there was no half time break. And I was like, "Whaaaaat?!?!?!" I was so friggin' thirsty! :O But the game had to go on. Wew. Second half.

The freshmen were getting the ball up in our side. We also had our attempts but as I had said, their keeper had great potential. :> Nicole had handball near the goal so it was a penalty kick. I positioned myself with what Cor had taught me two days before. I felt my hands shaking inside the gloves! Man. So the girl took a shot. It was outside. PHEW. :P Ahaha! Then, again, just like that, 2nd half was already over. I braced myself for the inevitable. No one scored any goals, and in soccer, that only meant one thing: PENALTY KICK.

So the freshmen were the first to kick, and that meant I had to block it. I looked at the people in front of me, and I saw Reg, and she was screaming, "Denise, hindi mo yan papapasukin sa'yo! Kaya mo yan!" And the others were screaming too. I felt myself shaking again, I thought I was gonna fall unconscious. Wew. But their first shot was outside. Phew. Then, it was our turn to take a shot at the goal. Reg went first. Ha! Guess what? She goaled!!! :D:D Wooooooh!! \m/\m/ The next attempts of the freshmen, I blocked. :> Woopee! :) The final score was 1-0, in favor of us. Yeeeesz :D

After that we proceeded to lay-outing again. Hahaha. We watched the championship soccer game of the freshmen and seniors. Haha! Both teams were so good! We can't even hahahaha :)) No one scored and they had the penalty kick as well. Their final score was 3-0 :> Yes!! \m/ Haha. But we lost to the juniors both boys and girls in the volleyball championship. Oh my. :O Haha. Yeah. There was no awarding and they said that the other games will be continued when classes resume. Wew. And then we went home :) No gala for our tropa :'( Ahaha! Oh well. I welcomed sembreak sleepy and with a really tired body.

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I'm trying to smile through everything nalang until it's over. I can wait. Oo na, kakayanin ko, kasi matatapos din to. I'll prove to everyone I can. Haaaaaaaaaaaaaayy. Bakit kasi.

Labels: journal, school, Senior Year

Video of the Week: LAUREN'S LETTER (with Director's Commentary)

It had been a long and rough road, but it’s finally here and I’m proud to present an original story for our Physics project: Lauren’s Letter.



Writing the story was hard because I had to think of all the factors—location, time, manpower, equipment, how Physics comes into play of everything—everything in the story has to agree with all these factors. The concept was simple. Since we were assigned to concentrate on the Grand Carousel ride in Enchanted Kingdom, all of us in the group agreed on making a love story. Thus, Lauren’s Letter.

There were only two settings for this video: in school and in Enchanted Kingdom, where most of the scenes are shot. The whole video starts as happy and actually a tad High School Musical-inspired, but slowly we start to realize that something had happened that really traumatized the way a high school student shouldn’t have been traumatized. It’s a paradox, young high school students experiencing an adult’s loss, and it is made that way to show that life, no matter how young or old you are, is full of paradoxes.

Each time Christian reminisces his memories with Lauren, this is where we get to ‘read’ the letters through his eyes. The feelings and essence of the letters are in these flashbacks.

His friends also symbolize unity. Having different eccentricities, the three of them, together with Christian and Lauren, had been able to come together as a group, and the three of them decide to help their friend to move on from an inevitable situation. And for me, this is what good friends should do :)

The main agenda was to involve Physics in the story. I had not yet been engaged in Physics-related topics by the time I was writing the script, and so it was kept simple: a box with a lock containing Lauren’s last letter, the lock containing a combination, which was the centripetal acceleration of the carousel. It is honestly the one thing I regret—that I had not involved enough Physics in the story. If only I had been allowed to edit some of the lines I would write cheesey lines involving Physics, just to let the viewers (if there are any) catch a drift of the subject, because that’s the main reason for everything here.

The music also plays a major role through the course of the video. The songs used are familiar to everyone, yet they still underwent through a long selection process to really set the mood right in the scenes.

Ultimately, I made the story end the way it ended, because I believe that when a relationship ends, something new and more beautiful is bound to come into our lives. The wait may be short or long, but there will be always something beautiful in the end. I hope the girl at the end represented that beauty in the viewers’ eyes. :>

Labels: Chofu, Enchanted Kingdom, Lauren's Letter, Physics, school, Senior Year, Video of the Week

The key to success is having a little bit of everything.

Hello! What's up? :P I'm here to update you guys with my life. Hahaha. So, last Friday we had an overnight lay-outing in the school!!! Yeah! :D It was pretty awesome. Hahaha. We got to order from McDo, eat at the lobby, stay in the IT lab until past midnight, sleep in the clinic, walk in 3B at around 8 in the morning (me and Meg), eat in the bench outside the clinic looking like evacuees from a flood, hmmmmm what else :)) It was a nice experience, but more importantly, we had major progress when it comes to our lay-outing. The date of release is so, well, outdated already . . . So so sorry for the delay :( But it will come out! We'll release three issues this year! Go Echoes! xD

And, yesterday was the Math Acoustic contest!!!!! Jessa, Cor, Steph and I regrouped and recruited Rorie as our new beat-boxer for the XYZ Band. :D Yes! If you don't remember, we joined last year as well, with Karen on piano and Louise on vocals with Jessa (Cor played the beat box then), and we won 1st runner-up, following Kuya Carlo's band and their Dyut Dyut Song. Yes, and we were reborn this year, and guess who has plus five points in the exams in Advanced Algebra AND Calculus?! Heck yes! XYZ Band!!! :) Girl power! :D

All the bands were really great, especially STOKED, composed of Xander, Ranie, Zach, Paolo and DP! :D We were really nervous at first because, the contest started without the seniors!! Grabe. It wasn't the nervousness of performing onstage, it was the nervousness that we're going to perform without our best supporters - and who better than our fellow seniors? I was almost crushed at the thought of them not seeing us. We were checking every five minutes in the Suginami Hall if the seminar on calculator (a.k.a. Sharp calculator advertising), and finally, they started going out one by one. Hopes were regained. It didn't matter now, winning, the seniors were there with us. :)

We have a gift check! :)) Gift checks, really. :)) From SM!!! P1,200!! Haha! Nice xD That was a nice prize. I'm so thankful for XYZ. Thank you for letting me part of the group and to share the music. :) Speaking of music - and good music at that - Kuya Carlo and Kuya Zach performed the Dyut Dyut Song yesterday as an intermission number. I missed them! Kuya Carlo is really a musician and an artist, and we're blessed to know a guy like him. :>

The quarterly test will start on Thursday and end on Saturday, then sembreak starts October 27. Classes will resume on November 3. HAHA. What an awesome sembreak, eh? Saktong one week pa. Thanks, admin. Wew. BUT here's the thing, we ESC officers are going to Baguio for the National Leadership Training for Student Government Organizations (NLTSGO). Yeaaahhh! I can proudly say it now because sister's already approved us and the PTC is going to shoulder a part of the registration fee, too! Plus, we've already faxed our registration form so there's no turning back now. Wahaha! Yay! :D

Oh my gosh and did I mention CHOFU WON the MATHRATHON? Yeeeess!!!!! :> Go Chofu! :')

Labels: Chofu, ESC, journal, school, Senior Year

Video of the Week: How Harry Potter Should Have Ended

A comic take on an alternate ending of the epic series, Harry Potter. If you're an avid HP fan, you're gonna enjoy watching this one! You'll end up thinking, "Yeah? This ending is more sensible!" :)) Watch it. Haha. It's really funneh. xD

Labels: Video of the Week

Run away with me?

I'M SCARED. Chai's just been admitted into Asian Hospital this afternoon because she'd been vomiting . . . My sister suspects it's stress and over-fatigue. Yesterday was our Community Day, and Chai had a lot to do that day - helping out at the midway point at the EnviRUNment, preparing for the fun games which were cancelled due to the rain, and leading her batchmates in the chant contest, which they won. Plus she still had to do a few edits of an article when she got home. . . .

It's so hard. Most of the time I wish I were just a normal, 'average' student. I'd just always be in 'petiks' mode, not worrying about getting perfect scores in quizzes, or aiming for a high grade in a project or even in the card, not caring about my conduct grade and I could do whatever I want . . . Life seems easier and a lot less stressful like that, when you don't give a care about anything at all. But people like me aren't expected to be that way, are we?

I've seriously been thinking about running away, not showing up for some time, going to a far away place all by myself. I just need to take a break from everything that's causing me stress right now. If I run away, I would come back all fresh and renewed. I just want to start all over again, start clean. I have to get my mojo back, 'cause currently it's on vacation, calling me to go on vacation, too. I feel like running away is the only way.

Labels: rant, school, Senior Year