Sunday, May 13, 2007
I Don't Feel Too Well4/8/07 Around 4:30 AM, Somewhere between India and Singapore
It's utterly surreal how perspective changes everything. Here I am, 38000 feet above the ground, I look outside my window and see a vast spectacle of celestial spheres that are actually parallel to me. I needn't strain my neck and gaze up (as I would if I were on Earth), all I have to do is look outside to see countless stars, so close that I could just open up my window and pick them off with my fingers. Shooting stars from the ground dart across the sky, but up here, they actually look like they're falling. They fall so magnificently. Maybe they're shooting stars from the ground but are falling stars when you're up here.
And yet, the harsh reality suddenly strikes me. The stars outside my window aren't close enough to pick off with my fingers. For what is 38000 feet to the reality of millions of lightyears? What I consider as close is not as close as others may think. What I perceive as real is, to others, just as fantasy as the fairy tales I seem to try ever so hard to base my life on.
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Big Guy, help me on this one. Please.
Sigh.
Ah, screw it. I promised myself not to get bothered by such trivial things and it's high time I begin keeping my promises. Let's talk about something else.
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PRESCHOOL
1. Ano ang sinasabi mo noong bata ka pa na gusto mong maging paglaki mo?
- Weirdly, I wanted to be a paleontologist. Dino-freak.
2. Ano ang isang bagay na na-enjoy mong gawin noon?
- Bully the other kids. Flirt with the chicks.
3. Bakit?
- I was a bully then. And, um, I was enrolled in St.Paul College Pasig for pre-school (all girls).
4. anong age ka pumasok sa school?
- 3 or4 if I can remember.
5. Sinong 'buddy' mo noon?
- Kim Austria. Where are you now? Carmela Tumala. Lance Reyes. These two, I, amazingly, still know now.
6. Anong pangyayayari ang hindi mo makalimutan?
- When Kim confronted my mother because I destroyed her costume for the play. "MRS. ABASTILLAS! Iyang anak ninyo! Sinira ang costume ko na pinaghirapan ng nanay ko! Pagsabihan niyo nga!" It was adorable. Kim was always a bit bitchy and maybe that's why I liked her so much then. It was cute.
7. Kilala mo pa mga teachers mo?
- I don't remember her.
8. Iyakin ka ba noon?
- Yeah, a bit.
GRADE SCHOOL :
10. Sinong principal nyo noon?
- Ms. Emma Encarnacion.
11. Anong paborito mong laro?
- Teks. Ice Ice Water. Basketball. We didn't have PSP's back then.
12. May club ka bang sinalihan?
- Young Inventors' Society. Basketball Club.
13. Maingay ka ba sa klase?
- Yes. I got Sad Slips all the time.
14. May kinakatakutan ka bang teacher noon?
- Not really. I was a bad-ass. But I was afraid of Sad Slips, so that nullifies my bad-ass-ness.
15. Bakit?
- Because my mom would get very angry with me.
16. Pano ka pumupunta sa school?
- Driver! I miss being driven around.
17. Marunong ka na bang mag-commute ng panahong ito?
- Not 'till highschool.
18. Paano ka mag-aral?
- What? I studied?
19. Mahilig ka bang kumain ng tusok-tusok?
- Yeah! And the two-peso siomai!
20. Responsible ka bang estudyante?
- Nope.
HIGH SCHOOL:
21. Saan ka nag-high school?
- La Salle Greenhills.
22. May-CAT ba kayo noon?
- Nope. Lack of testosterone = surplus of homosexuals?
25. Kumakain ka ba habang nasa klase?
- Every now and then.
26. Tamad ka bang pumasok?
- Sometimes. But I never had it in me (until college) to not go to school just because I felt like it.
27. Sinong principal nyo noon?
- Brother Belleza.
28. Kilala ka ba nya? Ano tawag nya sa'yo?
- Yup. Mr. Abastillas! Haha.
29. Paano?
- Through SACB I guess.
COLLEGE:
31. School mo?
- Ateneo de Manila
32. Meron ka bang org na sinalihan?
- Association of Communications Technology Mgt. Kythe. AMA
33. Naniniwala ka ba na pag college ka na, matatagpuan mo ang true love mo at hindi sa highschool?
- No, not really.
34. Pano gumalaw ang mga tao sa eskwelahan mo?
- Everyone's got their own thing.
35. Sosyal ka ba?
- I'm told so.
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Two Names You Go By:
1. Jay
2. J (Do those count as different? Fine, make #2 "Jay-Ar")
Two Things You Are Wearing Right Now:
1. Bohol Shirt.
2. Shorts.
Two Things You Want in a Relationship:
1. Understanding.
2. Trust.
Two of Your Favorite Things to do:
1. Write.
2. Travel and Eat. (It's a tie!)
Two Things You Want Very Badly At The Moment:
1. See preceding article.
2. A Vacation.
Two pets you had/have:
1. Black Labrador.
2. Belgian Shepherd/Mongrel.
Two things you did last night:
1. Went to Greg's brother's book launch.
2. Went to Greg's brother's gig. (two different brothers)
Two things you ate today:
1. Chinese food.
2. Chicken curry.
Two people you Last Talked To:
1. Andre.
2. Jorel.
Two Things You are going to do tomorrow:
1. Go to mass.
2. Finish everything I need to finish.
Two Favorite Holidays:
1. Christmas.
2. My birthday? Haha.
Two favorite beverages:
1. Iced Tea.
2. Mama's Favorite from Bubba Gump's.
Two favorite TV shows:
1. How I Met Your Mother
2. The Office
Two favorite food:
1. Japanese food.
2. Thai/Italian food. (It's a tie!)
Two of your least favorite things to do:
1. "Intensifying" (Why keep doing it, then?)
2. Math.
Two things you want to do before you die:
1. Save the world.
2. See the Aurora Borealis
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Oh Oh Oh! Funny thing happened about this blog. During Greg's little brother's book launch, I told Mon and Andre that if (in the off-chance [knock on wood]) I die any time soon, they'd compile the blog entries I've written and publish it. So I'm set! Hahahaha. Mon said he would want to take care of the title though. Hmmm. I wonder what he'll come up with.
Anyway. It's a busy/big weekend. Let's get through it!
the adventure ended at 12:50 AM
