.: intramurals :.

another intramurals has come and gone. for us seniors, our last great chance to leave our mark as winners in events other than academics. people don't know how much the intrams mean to us. it's something talked about since july and prepared for since the the start of the ber months. to us, it's the most antici[ated event of the year. and each year, again and again, our section falls short of winning.. anything. why? maybe we are just a bunch of nerds who should just stick to academics. haha. screw that theory, we could've [we should've] rocked everybody.

three main sports matter. basketball, soccer, and volleyball, respectively. i participated in volleyball and basketball. since the early days of this year, we basketball-ers have been preparing, playing in pick-up games, analyzing our games and styles of playing, etc. [yup, career development talaga] and we had the notion that we would win at least once. we hadn't won a game since 1st year. this year would prove to be more of the same..

basketball. we lost both our games and failed to advance. here's the thing, we always start the game well, we lead the game, dictate the pace, play well all-around, but it's the last 10 minutes, goodness, is it that hard to finish a game?! haaay. we lost our first game to our close friends, the semi-honors class, 4B. hehe. our next game, we went against 4D. the team to beat, the projected champions, the baddest boys in the batch. if we beat them, we'd have pride to say that we sent the 'champions' home. haha. and we were holding up actually, leading half the time. but then, we crumbled in the last 10minutes. oh well. pics are posted in my other blog. refer to the previous entry please.

volleyball. haha, this might sound weird, but i can play volleyball! haha. not well, but hey, i can play. haha, but with gello and mico [haha, gay] in our team, we had good chances of winning. and what do you know, we won our 1st two games.... then lost our next two, eliminating us. haha. there it is again, the good start, bad finish syndrome. hahaha.

soccer. if i could've, if the cocky [hihi, kidding] soccer players would allow it, some of us basketball-ers could've joined in soccer. yup, take chino for example, back in gradeschool, he had one paved path to soccer glory. if he had taken that path, he'd be one of the best in school right now, unfortunately, he didn't take it. nevertheless, he's still got game. so do some of us basketball-ers. hehe, may biruan nga eh, soccer team of 4A vs. basketball team of 4A in soccer! wahahaha. lalang. anyway, the soccer team, on its own, was shaped in championship caliber. too bad minalas sila in the alst two games ulit, finishing the season 1-2. argh.

anyway...

of course, we still have the individual sports. speed climbing, track and field, swimming, badminton, table tennis, etc. and from what i heard, we're in the finals in badminton c/o kiel. haha. so we still have hope of bringing home a little bacon. hehehe.

.: realizations :.

i have come to realize..

1) .. i'm having trouble making money.

---> yes. for once, i'm finding it hard to get by my everyday expenses. i dunno, ever since, i've always found a way to make money, whether it be dealing drugs, selling myself at quezon ave. to a financially capable papa, mugging an old lady, etc. kidding aside, i'm really having trouble. see, i'm always used to the hoard-and-waste method. save up a lot of money, then spend it all, kaboom, one time big-time. see, i only get allowance once very other week, and i don't get bonuses and stuff for gimmicks kaya it's hard talaga. all the money i've saved up before is almost used up and saving up would take a whole year or so ulit. plus, i don't ask for anything for any achievements i get. lalang, parang diyahe eh. i just quietly hope that it'll come back to me some time in the future. haay, christmas pa naman, wala akong pambili ng gifts. haha, the otehr day, i was at the mall, window-shopping, i saw a lot of stuff i really, really wanted. okay, i'll admit, at some level, i like getting stuff. but then again, i can live without stuff, but this is ridiculous. the other night, i couldn't afford to buy myself taho. how pathetic. hehe. sana matuloy yung printing biz.

2) .. most of us use holidays as an excuse to go on vacation. hence, we lose value of the holiday and we forget the basics, what it's all about.

---> i don't wanna leave the country this christmas. sure, this will be our last family trip and all [my sister's gonna take her second master's degree at NYU next year and my other sister's getting married] but i just have this feeling that we lose sight as to what christmas is all about. where we're going, it'll be all about the sight-seeing, the traveling, the tight schedules, the family togetherness. at some point, there isn't anything wrong with that. but where's the christmas tree, the noche buena, the simbang gabi, the christmas day mass, the novenas, the picture of the nativity, the birth of Christ? you know? i just feel that we shouldn't lose sight of what the holiday really means, you know?

3) .. we, the privileged/capable ones, should do what we can to help others. even more so during this time of crisis.

---> grabe. it's all over the news. death, destruction, hunger, suffering, people losing homes. i keep imagining myself in their shoes, you know? here we all are, raving over the suspensions of classes when almost 500 people have already passed away because of flash floods and landslides. lalang. i just wanna be able to do something about it. tomorrow, i'm gonna go volunteer at school. donate goods and stuff and help pack them. and i think they have a volunteer program at hands-on manila too. at relief centers and stuff. haaay. i really wanna do something, you know? i dunno. and if all you people have hearts, do something as well. be it a sincere prayer man lang. it's Christmas season and these people aren't gonna have a Christmas at all. think about that.

4) .. the Christmas spirit isn't evident... yet.

--> with so much other things going on, i can barely feel the tingle of Christmas. and i really want to. the fuzziness it brings makes you feel lighter no matter what ordeal. crime is at its lowest on Christmas day [as opposed to its uber high rating right before Christmas. pambili daw ng regalo. haha.] i've been trying my best to feel it though. i've been listening to a lot of Christmas songs [see my 'currently' list], planning on Christmas gifts, etc. pero wala eh. if everyone around you doesn't feel it, you won't feel it. hehe. oh well, may 20+ days pa naman eh.