Autumn

Ang saya-saya... pero medyo malungkot din.

Sa wakas... Natuloy din ang Outdoor namin! haha! Nag-enjoy ako.


First Day, 11th March 2005
Ang sabi ko sa lola ko, gisingin ako ng mga 3 am kasi i need to leave the house at 4 am... pero ginising ako ng 2 am! Pero ok lang, marami naman akong nagawa, but it seemed na the time for preparations wasn't enough kasi... na-late na naman ako sa planned time na pag-alis ko sa bahay...! Well, nakaalis ako ng 4:30.

I arrived at BSU around 5 am. Halos lahat ng classmates ko nandun na. I'd like to admit that I wasn't that excited unlike months and weeks ago before our Outdoor. Ewan ko. Si Air kasi sabi niya panget daw yung place kaya hindi na rin ako ganun na-excite. Dahil sa pagmamadali, nakalimutan ko ang ilang mga bagay, tulad ng schedule namin na ginawa ko, pati yung bigas nakalimutan ko din. Haaay...! anyways nakaalis din kami mga 5:30 am.

Sa bus syempre ang masayang part. Kainan dito, tawanan dun… lahat! Actually nakakainis nga eh kasi hinati yung section namin into two. Isinama kami sa ibang bus ng ibang course, kaya pinasaya na lang namin ang sarili namin.

So nakarating kami sa camp site sa Mt. Makiling around 9 or 10 am. Hindi naman pala ganun kapanget! Na-appreciate ko naman yung place. Pagkadating na pagkadating namin, we took pictures of us everywhere. Mas nauna kami dumating sa iba naming classmates and kasama nila yung prof namin so we waited.

Then dumating na yung prof namin and the rest of our classmates. Pinapuntahan na kami sa appointed place na pagtatayuan namin ng tent. The only thing that annoyed me eh yung mga vendors! Grabe, malapit kasi kami sa street at pagtawid mo, ayun, may mga vendors… nakakawalang gana nga na nakaka-tempt. Parang wala na kasing challenge yung camping namin.

After namin magtayo ng tent, nag-lunch kami then we had our first activity: Hiking. Ito siguro ang masasabi kong pinakagusto kong part sa outdoor namin. Although kalsada ang dinaanan namin (do u consider it hiking? lol), in-enjoy ko na lang. Matatarik ang daan! Parang nga siyang Baguio minus the big air-con (lol). May isang part na nadaanan namin na sobrang sarap ng hangin… ewan ko, pero parang enchanted yata ang place na yun kasi iyun lang ang bukod tanging kakaiba sa lahat ng nadaanan namin. Hindi lang naman ako ang naka-notice eh, pati si Kuya Ferds at iba pa.

Then narating na naming yung medyo “tuktok” (na hindi naman talaga). Masaya.

Masaya rin nung pagbaba naming kasi hapon na nun, hindi na masyado mainit. Nakabalik kami sa camp site na pagod. Actually may parang camp meeting pa noon bago kami mag-dinner, pero hindi na kami pinatuloy ni sir kasi pare-pareho na kaming pagod. Syempre habang nagluluto ang iba’t ibang units, nangangapit-bahay ako at nangungulit! Hehe! Ang saya-saya.


2nd Day, 12th March 2005
Kailangang gumising ng maaga kasi tiyak na marami ang gagamit ng banyo… pero naisip kong huwag nang maligo kasi we’ll go swimming naman. Survival Swimming ang schedule namin for the second day. Ok, ok, ok… hindi po ako ganun karunong lumangoy! At syempre medyo takot din ako sa activity na yun. Haay, pero gusto ko rin nun na I-try, kasi adventure din yun di ba? Hehe! Pero…. Nung ginawa na namin yung activity, naglaro lang naman kami. As in parang parlor games. Disappointing, pero buti na lang. :D

Pagbalik naming sa camp site, syempre prepare na kami ng lunch etc. then yung iba pang activities like semaphore, rice cooking in bamboo at kung anu-ano pa. Secret lang natin to ha (duh) pero hindi na namin ginawa yung ibang activity kasi medyo tinatamad na kami nun at gusto na lang naming magkulitan… hehe!

The Social Night
Para sa kin, eto yung highlight ng second day, ang Social Night. Dito nagkaroon ng mga presentations ang bawat sections. The wackier, the better. Pero nagkaroon kami ng isang malaking problema: Wala kaming ipe-present.

Ok, so unahin muna natin ang “cheer”. Sabi ng MC, kailangan daw may cheer ang bawat section. We were told prior to the activity na may mga cheers and presentation na gagawain ang bawat section… pero we took it for granted. Kaya ayun, nagkukumahog kami sa kaiisip ng kung anong cheer at presentation ang gagawin namin! Si Kuya Ferds na Presidente namin, syempre mukhang nataranta na yata.

“Kuya Ferds, anong gagawin natin? Isip tayo!”

Ah, bahala na. Iyun na siguro ang nasambit namin pare-pareho sa sarili namin. Then nung tinawag na yung section namin, narinig ko si Kuya Ferds na sumigaw “SINO’NG MAGALING SA MATH?!!!!”

Syempre sagot kami “COE 2A!!!!”

“SINO’NG MAGALING SA DRAW?!!!!”

“COE 2A!!!”

Then pinagtawanan na lang namin ang mga sarili namin! Hehe! Pero meron pa nga kaming isa pang problemang natitira nun: ang presentation. Actually dun lang namin pinag-isipan ang pwede naming gawin. The first idea was to act like masculados… at sinama pa ko! Talagang tumanggi ako. Game ako sa mga ganung bagay, pero kapag hindi planned at hindi ako prepared hindi mo ko maaasahan. Sabi pa ni Fhey “Les, sige na dito mo gamitin ang pagkakwela mo…”

Hindi ako nakasagot.

Nagkaroon ng sandaling katahimikan ang section namin. Hindi ako sanay sa ganun na tahimik ang COE 2A. napaka-helpless namin nung mga oras na yun. Dun ako na-pressure. Gusto kong makatulong.

Lumapit ako kila Kuya Ferds sabi ko “Open ba kayo sa suggestions?”

Dun ako nabuhayan ng loob. Alam kong makakaya namin.

So nabuo na yung idea, kaso may naunang nagperform sa ‘min na halos kamukha ng idea namin. PATAY!!! Kailangang mag-isip ng bago!

Habang nag-iisip kami, wala lang, napansin ko na may isang tuyot na dahong nalaglag mula sa puno. Parang tag-lagas ang paligid.

Napagkasunduan namin na mag-deviate sa mga gingawa ng lahat. Naisip naming gawing seryoso ang presentation namin. Handog namin ang kantang wherever you will go ng aking fave band, The Calling sa mga classmates naming magshishift. Nakakalungkot pero para kaming mga dahong nalalagas mula sa puno (kakaiyak naman). Si Eric ang kumanta, si Gat ang naggitara.

Pero nung magpeperform na yung mga classmates ko, bigla naming na-ground yung mga mic. Mga 30 mins yata bago naayos. 12am na ng natapos ang Social Night.

Akala namin ay makakatulog na kami ng mahimbing ng biglang nakakita daw si Tinsay ng AHAS!!! Waaah!!! At malapit daw sa tent namin! Syempre ipnagbigay alam namin yun sa mga prof. Ni-raid namin yung ahas, pero hindi namin nakita. Dala na rin siguro ng pagod kay natulog na lang kami.


3rd Day, 13th March 2005
Halos wala na kaming ginawa ng day na to kasi 1pm lang ay naka-sked na kami to leave the place. Kumain, nagkulitan at saka nag-ayos lang kami ng mga gamit.

Iba pa rin talaga kapag kasama mo ang mga kaibigan at kaklase mo sa mga ganung activity. Maaaring hindi na maulit yun kaya sinulit na namin. Pero parang bitin pa rin eh! Hehe! Nakakalungkot nga lang kasi magshi-shift yung iba.

So iyun nga ang nangyari sa OUTDOOR namin. Hehe! I’ll post pics kapag scanned na!

Ooops, What the f--- SORRY!

I had my very first accident yesterday. Don't worry guys i'm not injured.

Yesterday, after i had written my two posts, I decided to go to the gym (believe it or not, i'm enrolled in a gym). When i was on my way, i noticed that the traffic was so slow, and i was kind of in a hurry cuz it was already 5pm then and the gym closes at 8. I was stuck for a while on a bridge because there was a moderately damaged truck which was involved in an accident that had to be towed away. After that, the traffic went on smoothly. Then there was this tricycle that was SO slow. I wanted to pass that one, and when i had the chance, I immediatley went on take over and... CRASH! I hit a scooter on the side (btw, i'm riding a scooter too). The driver immediately jumped off his scooter to avoid being hit by me, but still he had very few bruises. Luckily, i did not have any bruises.

I admit it was my fault. I did not lose my coolness, though i was kind of speechless. Well yes, I was so speechless while the driver immediately approached a pay phone and I had no idea who he was calling. Then after he called he approached me and said "Pare, ano ba nangyari ha... blah blah blah". After a while, a big guy with a big scooter arrived followed by some few persons (the "uzis"). Everyone was looking at me like a criminal and i was like "hey, i only hit a scooter and he's not dead... yet!" (LOL). Later we found out that the scooter was kind of damaged in the engine. The gasoline leaks. So the driver said "Pare ano na gagawin natin dyan... hiniram ko lang 'to.."

Then I heard a person saying "Bayaran mo na lang yung parts nyan"

I said to my self "P-parts...?" then to them "Magkano po ba yun?"

"Mura lang naman."

I felt kind of relieved when i heard the word "mura" (lol) cuz i really had a few bucks left and my mom is not yet yet remmitting. The big guy with a big scooter said "So ano, pag-usapan nyo na lang yan... hindi ko na kayo ibabaranggay?" And so i found out that he was actually the brgy. chairman.

We immediately went on to the nearest motor shop and bought the part. It was worth P250. The driver said "Wag kang mag-alala, yung kasama ko na ang magbabayad ng service fee nung gagawa." Maybe he realized then that he too had a mistake in the accident.

I was really late and i wanted to leave. But then i patiently waited. Then at last the scooter was done... fortunately, the part that i bought was not used and they had to refund it. They gave me back my money and they told me to just pay the service fee worth P50.

So the lesson of the accident is:

1. If you have plans for the day, make sure you finish it on time.

2. Don't be late. (i really have to work on this one)

3. It pays to be patient. (See, i saved P200! LOL)

So that was my first accident... and hopefully my last.

Ang Bagong Kwento ni Eba

Ok, so it’s been a while since I wrote my latest post. Yesterday, we went to Kuya Ferds’ place just to chill out since we didn’t have our Computer class (buti na lang). And I must say that we had lots of fun. I was actually having second thoughts going there cuz I just didn’t feel going there (and I had few bucks left) and I wanted to take a break and sleep for the rest of the afternoon cuz that week was SO hectic. But then I thought that even if there would be nothing to do there, we might just end up doing something… and hey, just being with your friends and talking bout anything = fun.

So as usual, namili kami ng kakainin and we had our lunch. Tapos, nood ng Survivor Palau, then MYX, MTV… gitara doon, gitara dito, then nood ng One Piece and Spongebob…. Kahit Showbiz No. 1 pinatulan namin.

Nung padilim na, nagkwentuhan naman sila ng kahit ano. Si Mandap nga may bago nang prospect… si Jill (HAHA!!!). They were also asking me kung ano daw ba yung “darkest days” na nabanggit ko sa comment ko sa post ko na From There, hindi ko nga lang nasagot… la kasi ako sa mood nun magkwento. Then habang nagkakakwentuhan, gumawa naman sila ng wallpaper sa PC ni Ferds. Hehe! Ang cute nga eh.

Ang hindi ko makakalimutan eh yung “Ang Bagong Kwento ni Eba”. Kung ano yun, huwag nyo nang itanong, baka magkasakit lang kayo sa PU……..SO (‘kala nyo kung ano ha).

Malapit na OUTDOOR namin… excited na ko! Buti pa si Air nauna na.

So there, ‘til my next post!

I MISS YOU.

I want to be next to you.

I want to tell you everything.

I want to hold your hand.

I want to stare at your face and make you feel my need to feel your lips with mine.

I want to know how it feels to wrap my arms around you.

I want to lay my head on your lap and fall asleep.

I want to take care of you.

I want you to feel that I’m still here and still existing… but I just can’t do that every time. I think you know why.

I want you… and I need you.

… I guess I’m just missing you.