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Monday, November 30, 2009 @ 7:14 PM
You might've been wondering why I barely post in this blog anymore. Number one, I don't have the time. Number two, we only get to go home in the main house during weekends (yes, we still are renting the apartment even if the flood has drained since a month ago). And three, I don't want to use the dirty keyboard and the mouse of a computer in the nearby computer shops.

I actually don't know where to start. Maybe I'll start with the Outbound first. It was held in Mt. Banahaw, Quezon Province. It's not the usual Banahaw side we've been two years ago. We went in the "religious" part of the mountain. No, I think they consider the whole mountain "religious". Why "religious"? Many sects or cults are based there. The facilitator told us because someone went there years ago and...I've forgot on what happened. I wouldn't tell the whole part of the sects. I don't want to expose their religion anyway. Why, I didn't know what they were really "worshiping" not until I saw a video on TV. Fast forward. Trekking in the forest. I thought the trekking I did in Palawan going to the underground cave would be my last one. But, it wasn't. And the trek in this Outbound was like hell. I'll tell more later. Then, we went to this really tiny cave wherein you really have to squeeze yourself to get through it. I'm not kidding, I really did find it hard to get out of that cave. Thanks to the facilitators of ours who helped us on how to get out of there alive. I almost forgot, we went inside without any shoes or sandals. Seriously, you need to find someone who has been there thousands of times. Next was mountain hiking. Not exactly a mountain, but I think it's the mini-version of Mt. Banahaw. They call it the "Kalbaryo", and yes, it should really be called as that because it took us two or more hours to get to the top. But the view from the top was absolutely gorgeous. Although I really didn't feel the "wind" because it was past noon, I just looked at the view from there. And since we went by foot on top, we have to go by foot again to reach the starting point. I remember how my classmates wished we were just birds so we could just fly all the way down. Luckily, we hiked all the way down safe, yet, very (10x) tired.

Although I did enjoy the Outbound, something lacked in it. I barely can tell what that is. It isn't a camera (for the first time, I didn't bring my camera with me during an Outbound) or a friend to be with me all the time (I was switching myself with different people - whatever that means, but I did get stuck with my bus mate all the way home), but it was the "ending". Its good that we went to the cold water, but, it wasn't that worth it. I wanted something more, like, jumping off the falls (though there are no falls there) or kayaking in the rapids (yet, there weren't rapids). Bah. I guess the hiking, caving, and trekking were just the adventure they gave us.

Second to the Outbound experience, was knowing my grades for the Second Quarter. Remember the time I told you about doing so badly in Math and got a 73? I might call my grade the past quarter as a miracle. I got a 77. Although I was aiming for a 78 or 79, I'm already okay with 77. But, it wasn't just Math that I passed, I passed all of the subject. The co-curricular is the only thing in my card I'm not really contented with. An 81. Just great. Where had the club days that I was always present with? I must admit that I didn't attend the Sector Conference last September, but, I was bored and was still tired after the ACET. Whatever. I'm still thankful for doing "good" last quarter. Thank God Math was the only line of 7. :))

I guess those two are just the ones I can share right now. I actually don't like where I am. In a computer shop. But, I really need to be here. I still have to add three Related Literature(s) in our Thesis (yes, we're doing our thesis right now, in English). Let's just hope that I'll post something over the weekend. Although I'm not so sure. I have to take both the FEU and Mapua CETs on Saturday (YES, TWO TESTS ON THE SAME DAY) and I have to finish a project on Saturday or Sunday. That's what you get when you don't like to do the task given to you immediately. :P

(I posted this a day late.)

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A Very Late (and Lame) Post.
Friday, November 20, 2009 @ 9:11 AM
So, I was again, away for a long time. I would've actually posted a week ago, but laziness stopped me from clicking "Publish Post".

A week ago, we had our Catholic Life in the Spirit Seminar. I will not be posting the whole thing but all-in-all, it was great. It was great in a way that I've learned a lot than the usual retreats I've been to in the past years. I have also learned a lot from that Seminar. Probably it was more about love for family, friends, the people around you, and with God. At first, two days in that Seminar would be tiring (since I have to wake up at around 4:30 AM and go home past 8 PM), but it really wasn't. The fun songs, jokes, lessons and memories I had with that Seminar made those two days filled with energy.

Tomorrow will be our Educational Outbound Program (EOP) or popularly called as Outbound which will be held in Mt. Banahaw in Quezon. And tomorrow will also be the scheduled Mapua On-Site Testing at our school. Since our Outbound will be on the same date as well - I'm going to reschedule the test. Only that I will pay an additional PHP 100 (the application fee was PHP 550). Geeze. I told myself that I should not have agreed with taking the Mapua test. Me, who want to become a doctor, wants to study in Mapua? :)) That was before that I decided to become a doctor anyway. Speaking of application stuffs, I'm guessing of adding St. Louis University of Baguio in my list as well. Probably because I'm getting sick of the city and I want to try studying in the province. That's how weird I am.

I guess now that would be all for now. Off for me to watch a movie that is our school project.

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The Jail Experience
Monday, November 09, 2009 @ 5:03 PM
I never imagined myself of visiting a jail once. Especially when I have someone related to or that I have met that is in the jail. But, today, I experienced it, but for a different reason - it was for our outreach.

Two years ago, I've shared my experience regarding our outreach within a barangay here in Pasig City. Last year, it was in a drug rehabilitation center for teenagers here in Pasig as well. But, this year, it was a different experience. Like what I've mentioned above, it was in a jail, a real-life jail.

At first, I was scared. No, terrified. Me? A 16-year old, entering a jail. It's just unbelievable. Especially when we reached the place. Its surrounding was really like a jail because of the circular barbed wires. But once I've entered and saw who the inmate who would be my partner (yes, we were paired with an actual prisoner), I was somehow felt relieved.

Ate Ligaya was the inmate I talked with. A nice and a jolly person. She's 41, married with three children (3 adults and 1 teen). Her husband has another woman now, though I'm not actually sure but she said he has his own kids with that woman or whatever. She's from Cebu City, stopped school when she was Grade 6 then moved to Bohol. I'm not sure why she really stopped school but she said it's because she married her husband. And since her family's in the province, they cannot visit her. It's because the fare's around PHP 2,500 or more. They communicate each other through cellphones and snail mails.

She said, the reason why she was imprisoned is because of drugs. I think it was shabu. Her family was poor, so she got involved with selling illegal drugs. She was put to jail last 2005, first in Bohol, then last year, she was transferred to the jail we visited today. What amazed me was that she was thankful that she was jailed. She said it was God telling her to change, reflect, and become a better person. She also told me that it was an opportunity for her to become closer with God even more. Every person in that prison is required to pray every morning or so. And, that just made me grateful. That even in that place, God's love still spread among them. And, that's just what they need, God's love and words.

When the talk and all of those things that we did ended, I thanked her and hugged her. It was the first time I hugged someone I just met an hour ago. But, I know she needed a hug. I mean, no one in her family visits her (because of the fare). And it's just one of the things she need - a simple hug from a person she just met. Even though she didn't give me a gift (she would've had actually, but we didn't pass by their dorm/a bigger prison cell), I was still happy that I met someone like her. Although I may not visit her in the future, I still hope that she'll remember me through the gifts I gave her and the prayers that I will offer for her.

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I Passed UE.
Saturday, November 07, 2009 @ 2:36 PM
I took the UE College Entrance Test today. It was fairly easy and the examinees were only required to answer it for 1 1/2 hours. And since the results were immediately released after I took the exam (although we waited for 30 minutes for the results), I already learned that I passed. It wasn't shocking (although I was grinning at the woman who told that I passed), I mean, it was easy. In short, I already expected myself to pass the test already. :))

(Can't show a pic. I didn't bring the digicam with me. >P)

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A Midnight Post
Monday, November 02, 2009 @ 12:51 AM
First of all, it's not anymore midnight (12 AM). But, it's merely past 12 and 10 minutes before 1. For some reasons, I still want to call this post as a midnight post (got that from midnight snack though).

Wondering why I posted? I just want to post :)) Look at this blog, it's not even updated for like...more than a month. And, it looks like it's dying as well. Dying, sheesh, it's still Halloween. Anyway, I really don't have a topic to share. Except that I super miss the apartment we are renting (since we've been staying in our own house since Thursday), and although we went there around 5 hours ago, I still miss it. It's a weird feeling if when I'm there, I'll be missing this house (which has the computer, the Internet, the TV with cable, and THE FREEDOM). But, when I'm here, I'll be missing the apartment (in which I really don't have anything except the empty laptop and my books to read). And speaking of our houses (that's how hard to have more than one house XD), I also miss our rest house, which is in Laguna. Wonder if it was flooded too. Wonder on what the caretakers did to our house, if it was flooded. Did they raise the things too? Or did they just left them like we've left them when we were there. Too bad only Mom's going there tomorrow (one of the reason why I'm still awake). HOPEFULLY OR WHATEVER, she'll take me...or us with her. Or maybe not. I want to stay here to do THE FREEDOM. Lol.

Another reason of why I'm still awake is that, like everyone says, I CANNOT SLEEP. I've actually slept...for only ten or whatever minutes. Then I woke up. It's like God woke me up (since I really wanted to pray - but I fell asleep) to pray. And, yes, I did pray. And it was longer that I expected. It was just like talking to God, but only of course, a "spiritual" talk as what I like to call it. It has been weeks, or probably during Ondoy, that I haven't have that talk with him. And, since I didn't go to hear mass (blame me for violating commandment number 2 >.>), and have only read the Gospel through the Internet (which still did not satisfy me), I just decided to pray to God. And, it did feel great praying and talking to him. And since I did it, with all the tear-jerking, I can't sleep anymore. Bah. And the last reason on why I can't sleep is it's because of my sister. She's using the laptop, and you know that laptops have lights on them that makes the room not dark but still lighted up. Hopefully, I wish she's sleeping now. And with that, I want to sleep now. Blame me for this post, I seriously just want to update this lonely blog.

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