Tibo Daw Ako

Sometimes I feel like blogging. Sometimes I don't. Its as if I have something to say, even though there's nothing to talk about. I register a new URL, try to maintain it...then poof. Total arghness.
Ok, so today I'll blog about being teased as "tibo". Grrr. Akalain mo. Kaya ako natamaan kasi one day, I was talking to my friend, sabi ko "Uy alam mo ba, tinutukso akong tibo ng nanay ko". Then this girl suddenly said "Actually, oo minsan, parang". We were at a seminar that time, lunchtime nun, so we were divided into groups. Groupmate ko yung nag-agree. I was like : O_O
Then I asked a couple of people, even some guys. The harsh truth, oo daw. Sa first impression, I was like a tomboy. Kablam. I decided to do some wardrobe check, my walking, my talking, everything.
But its starting to affect me, big time. Maybe its about time I loosen up and act more feminine. Sabi nila you can't please everyone, but I can't help but thinking maybe its for my own good if I try to tweak my style a bit. It wouldn't hurt to try.

Perfect Night.

Faspitch. The Ambassadors. Urbandub. Effinboiche. ImbueNoKudos. Kamikazee (but we left nung sila na, we feared the crowd)...ALL IN ONE NIGHT. LOVELY. At may onting kwento pa.

Ayet needed to buy food for her grandma, so nagpunta kami ng Jollibee. However, past 1 am na nung napadpad kami dun, business hours is from 7am yata till 1 am. Dumaan kami ng Mini Stop. Tumitingin kami ng siopao haha, tapos may pumasok na dude. Moments of silence. Aba, could it be? I thought. Gitarista ng Urbandub? Si John ba talaga yun?

My best friend and I exchanged looks,"Siya ba yun?"

"Siguro".

I was hoping for Faspitch to come inside, tapos sinundan nila Gab and Lalai with their manager and some other peeps with them. Nagfret kaming tatlo dun. "Picture kaya? Hala nakakhiya, anong sabihin naten? Pero how often do chances like these happen?!". Masyadong audible ang mild panicking namin, at narinig ata kami nung manager. He offered his hand and tatlong camera fone ginamit nya to take the shots. Grabe. What a night. Sumunod The Ambassadors, hala naman. Kumpleto sila! We also had a group pic taken with them. So yun haha.

Too bad umuwi na yung Faspitch, tapos wala yung drummer ng Urbandub. Grabe, idol! The peds, man :]

All in all, the concert was A-okay. As iiiin :]

Here's one pic with Lalai and Gab. I'll be posting the others in my Multiply :]

RELIVING THE WORST.

AT 3 YEARS OLD.
Hindi ko talaga to maalala pero laging topic sa mga kwentuhan pag may reunion ang mga matatanda. Bigla na lang may magpapaalalang nung 3 yrs old daw ako, at may business pa yung parents ko sa may Pag-Asa Market dito sa Olongapo, naligaw daw ako at muntikan nang masagasaan. Dahilan? May sinundan daw akong pusa, at umabot ako sa kabilang side ng palengke hanggang sa gilid ng kalye. Buti na lang, nahabol ako ng tita ko.

AT 5 YEARS OLD.
Iniyakan ko nang husto ang buhok ko. Halos madehydrate nako sa kakaiyak nang makita kong sobrang iksi ng buhok ko, sinisigawan ko pa yung nag-gupit. Sa edad kong yun, gusto ko nang mamatay. Nakasimangot ako sa class picture nung kinder 1 (gusto ko sanang i-scan, kaso wala kaming scanner :p ) dahil buwisit na buwisit talaga ako nun.

AT 5 YEARS OLD ULIT
Nako, maiksi lang ito. Hindi naman kasi ako mahilig sumali sa mga pageant sa school. Naman! Eh no choice, kinausap ng teacher ko yung nanay ko para isali ako sa school kasi walang rep ang section naman. Matapos lahat ng hustle and bustle sa contest, awards night na. Dahil hindi ako sanay maglakad ng nakagown, aksidente kong natapakan yung dulo ng skirt ko nang paakyat ako sa stairs. Napakapit ako sa teacher ko at naoff-balance kaming pareho. malas lang at sinusundan ng spotlight kapag umaakyat ka.

AT 7 YEARS OLD
Grade one. May bully sa room. I WON'T EVER FORGET THAT BRAT'S NAME. RYAN FAJARDO!!! Hindi ko alam kung pano, pero nadislocate yung daliri ko (forefinger) dahil sa kanya! Pesteng bata yun. Alala ko, science pa ang subject namin nun, last period. Pag-uwi, sinumbong ko siya sa nanay nya. :))

AT 10 YEARS OLD
Grade four. Nakikipaglaro ako sa kaklase ko, uwian ito. Pagbaba ko sa floor ng room namin, sinalubong ako nung lola ng classmate ko na yun at sinampal nya ko!!! Apparently, may sakit daw sa ulo ang classmate ko na yun at akala nya eh sinasaktan ko sya kahit trip-trip lang. Principal's office ang bagsak namin nun. Umaapoy sa galit si mudra, at na-ban naman ang lola sa school grounds habang buhay.

Part one muna to. If I remember others, post ko agad. Hay, para akong magnet ng misfortune noon. :

A Day at the Arcade

I wish I knew his name and see him again.
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You might be thinking I bumped into a prospect loverboy of some sort, but no. Let's burst that bubble and say I met a little demon in the form of a child. Sorry to sound so rash, but he really got on my nerves.

We were at the arcade, around 6pm, to kill some time since the friends I'm with weren't really in the mood to go home with the sun still bright. One of my buddies asked me if I wanted to race with her. We chose the street racing themed one because I'm liking the Fast and the Furious feel. There was a little boy sitting in one of the seats but seeing that he's not using it and he's got no tokens with him anyway, we asked him nicely to give way so me and my friend can get on with the game. Just as my buddy sat, that boy started bugging us and probably thinking we're some dufus who don't know how the thing works.

"Ilagay mo...ganito oh..ayan oh, tapos pindutin nyo...kasi nga,lagay mo na muna yun!" He kept pestering us for about 5 minutes until his mom pulled him away. Its not yet a happy ending, though.

After we played (and I won haha),the Obnoxious Evil Midget returned. Too bad I was the victim this time. He had a token with him so malakas na ang loob niyang maglaro. I was sitting at the other racing game thingy waiting for my friend, just next to the boy. I was just watching him, and strangely, he kept looking at me as if to say "ganito maglaro. watch and learn" but before he started, he kept tapping me and said "Ikaw tumapak ng pedal". Wait, did I say tap? More like hampas yata. He was too short to reach the 'gas' so just for laughs, thinking he would suck at the race, I gave in.

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I couldn't believe it.For a 5 year old kid (just an age approximation), he was good. But it still didn't give him the right para buwisitin kami ng ganun. My foot was on the gas the entire time until he finished (he was better than me).So call me uto-uto. I say I hated that kid, but in the end, I realized, fifteen ako and he's less than half my size. Annoying?Absolutely. Harmless? You guessed it. So maybe he was a little demon in the form of a child. That's it really, he IS a kid. :]


I just hope he grows up a gentleman.

One Good Deed?

This happened last week. I was walking towards Video City, crossing the ped xing, when a boy probably one or two years younger crossed with me, and said "Ate, baka may extra kang pera diyan, nawalan kasi ako ng pera...kahit pamasahe lang...Sige na po..."

I was about to enter the video store when I came to a halt, and thought for like, only 5 seconds. He looked really desperate so I took pity on him, and gave him 10 pesos. What the heck, pwede na rin pamasahe yun and besides, I didn't have much money with me either.

I don't know, but for some reason, it does feel good to lend out a helping hand. Although within that 5-second thought of mine, the idea of him being a beggar and using the I-Lost-My-Money-Can-I-Have-Some-of-Your-Spare-Change tactic entered my mind (shame on moi) but he didn't look like one so I gave in. Besides, he was so polite and he made eye-to-eye contact with me, so I guess I sensed his sincerity.

Wala lang. I just remembered this encounter and believe me, I feel proud to have done that because the words "What Would Jesus Do?" came flowing in my head, as that boy came to me, at a point of desperation :))

Partners in Crime.

This can't be. I remained in the first section (Platinum) but my best friend of 6 years didn't.

She got demoted. And I thought we would spend the whole high school together.

I'm so sad right now. Our last year of high school, and we won't be enjoying it in each other's company. The news was so devastating. I know we would still see each other, considering that our school isn't that big. But come on! I'd rather be demoted too.

Sad, sad, sad. I miss her and my other classmates this summer alone, what more when we won't be able to do the freaky stuff we usually do next school year?

I just hope she'd still be the same and that despite this separation, it would actually make us closer. Damn it.

Me, Nursing?

Aha. I don't plan on resenting this thought, because I never really considered this course until yesterday. This is the effect of watching too much Grey's Anatomy and the article I read in an old issue of Candy magazine entitled "So You Want to be a Nurse".

Let's say na-engganyo ako. Course ng Bayan? Ha.

The effect of Grey's Anatomy is just secondary [you know, the being-able-to-help-others thing], because even the article from the mag sort of promotes the course. It says in the end that if I'm looking for a lot of opportunities, nursing is the way. Brilliant. I promised myself never to be involved with any medical courses because I wanted to remain loyal to Communications. Heck, new choices will always pop-up.

There's money in writing if you're that good, determined and blessed with talent. I want to harness this talent and passion so I could make that money doing what I love the most, but sometimes I fear that I'll end up sober for choosing comm arts. And this word "nursing" which is often associated with "going abroad", "great salary" and stuff comes out of the blue, like a stuffed toy with a button in the middle saying "Try Me". Now what?

One thing's certain: I NEED CAREER GUIDANCE.