The CSB Experience 2: The CSB Halloween Special Year 2

Aha! It's the 31st of October and it's that time again of the year were spooks, witches and ghouls rule the land: Halloween. As always, I'm quite amazed if not surprised on how the students here in CSB celebrate this very important occasion.

Given though that today is a half-day in preparation for the upcoming All Saint's Day holiday, there weren't much people in the SDA today. But as few as they are, they still come to school in gothic Halloween fashion. I see some girls wearing dark make-up and whiteb foundation, some wearing extra-gothic costumes, and while others were wearing pumpkin hats, witch hats, and other Halloween-ish headbands in the for of red and black horns (It'd be extra cool if you wear glowing red horns). Have I mentioned that the school goths were extra-gothic today?

I remember last year (The DV1 Halloween Special), some of my blockmates were wearing costumes in lieu with the occasion, one was wearing a trench-coat, another wore a red horny head band, the other was wearing a "Cat in a Hat" hat, black gloves, shades with light bulbs and long dark scarfs.

 It was also that time when I first met Dione, a friend of Alyssa and company. She's one of CSB's resident goths (people/mostly girls, clad in black dresses and boots, make-up etc.). I remember seeing her at the CSB Caf in Main wearing a large pair of black wings. She was really, really nice. Today we would often bump each other every now and then, usually at the SDA Caf. 

For the occasion, she was in her usual goth gal clothes with the addition of a one-half of a pair of black horn band. The other half being worn by a friend of hers.

Also at the Caf I saw also quite a number of people wearing black, and no they're not emo. Probably they wanna dress for the occasion but don't have the budget to really clad themselves in true "Old Hallow's Eve" fashion. Like this guy I know who wore a long-sleeved black shirt, and a freshman whom I caught wearing a black-not-so-emo t-shirt.

If today marks the day of the Undead, then tomorrow and Sunday would be the days of the Saint's and Souls.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

The CSB Experience 2: Held Back (The Jamer Connection)

       Last night, I was supposed to start enlisting my subjects for next term right in the comfort of my home. But something went wrong....really, really, REALLY wrong!

     When I clicked on "Enlistment" on the Student Info System website, it went directly to the "Clearance" webpage and it says there I have a pending requirement that needs to be met at the soonest time possible. That means I have to go to school on a classless Wednesday, AGAIN! Arghhh...And I thought this Wednesday would be different than the past Wednesdays I had for the first half of the term.


Aghhhh....!

      So I left for school around 11:30 am and arrived in CSB at 12:40. According to the SIS, I should go to Window 18 of the school registrar but it's closed for lunch. In the meantime, I stayed at the LRC to read some newspapers, periodicals I haven't read for the longest time like Manila Standard Today, Manila Bulletin, and Philippine Daily Inquirer.

     Just wehn I was about to leave to get some grub, I chaned upon Calayag (Okay, that his surname. his first name is Francis but I'm more fond of calling him by his surname)! Him and I are batchmates from high school. he aksed me if I was able to enlist and said to him that I can't. He aksed if it was something about the transcript and I said "yeah!". He told me that I'm not the only one with this particular type of problem, but it's also the problem of our other batchmatesm like Maan, and Carol.

      Sometime around 1:30, I went back to the registrar area and there was alreadyn a line forming out from Window 18, comprising of students eagerly awaiting the return of the registrar people from their lunchbreak. I so happened to be lined behind Maan, who's pursuing BS-HRIM. I shared to her my dilemma and so we lined up together to wait in line. Eventually, Calayag joined in.

     It took more than hour, about a quarter hour before 3 when it was my turn in line, I had my ID surrendered and I have to wait for a few more minutes for processing time. The guy at Window 18 told me that my Form-something-something a.k.a. my transcript is being withheld by my old alma mater, Saint James Academy. They've already called the school several times since February but no one from SJA took care over the matter. The result: Quite a number of us fromSJA who are in CSB cannot enroll for next term.

 So the guy gave me an envelope addressed to SJA's Registrar/Principal. This should urged them to give CSB what it wants or else, it's the affected alumni who'll get the boot.

Photoshop Set: For Comgrap's Sake

Baago!!

Pearl'N'Beans

Something I wrote just now. Enjoy reading:

“Pearl’n’Beans”

 

            Once upon a time, there was once a farmer boy named Awiyao. He loves planting rice and dreamt of becoming a farmer like his father. He lived in a hut on a barrio called Mapatiuacal. He is loved by many because he is nice, friendly, and good in cockfighting.

            One day, while coming home after a long day’s work, Awiyao saw in the fields a girl planting beans. He has a thing for beans that’s why he liked the way the beans are being planted in the soil. Awiyao approached her and complimented her bean-planting skills. She was flattered by it so she introduced herself to him. Her name is Lumnay.

 Awiyao then invited her to his house where they ate dinner together, talked about beans together and eventually slept together for the night. The next day, Lumnay woke up to see Awiyao’s hut a mess so she cleaned it up for him. He would wake to see his house clean, all thanks to Lumnay. He felt a sudden attraction because of she can do.

Awiyao took the courage to propose Lumnay marriage and eventually they tied the not. The relationship started out happy and strong but as months and years passes by, Lumnay is unable to conceive a child for her husband. This made Awiyao angry, very angry.

Frustrated for her wife’s inability to bear children, he left her. It was never his intention though to leave her but Awiyao wanted to have a family, complete with a husband, a wife, and children.

He thought of ways of how he could impregnate his wife, Awiyao sought the help of the barrio babaylan, Madukmay, in finding a way to make Lumnay fertile. The babaylan said that in order to fulfill his wish, Awiyao must do the impossible. Madukmay told Awiyao that he must look for a pearl that could make a woman pregnant when swallowed. This particular pearl can only be found at the deepest of the deep blue sea that is filled with numerous sharks, eels, and piranhas.

Awiyao said he is willing to do anything for the sake of Lumnay, his ever undying true love. He then set forth towards the sea and swam using a bamboo mouthpiece encased with oxygen that could last for two hours. He went past the sharks and the eels but got critically injured by the piranhas. Fortunately he was able to retrieve the pearl and swam back to he surface before returning to land. He then had Lumnay swallow the pearl and weeks later, she had successfully conceived with Awiyao’s child.

Nine months later, a baby boy was born. The new bundle of joy was named “Madukmay” by Lumnay. Awiyao and Lumnay, after all the hardships that they had faced, are now living peacefully and their love grew stronger than ever.

A the sun began to set, they looked at each other and shared a kiss together.

WAKAS

Na-Pikon

I wasn't really serious about my YM stats "I'll be blogging about you". But circumstances led me to write down one anyway.

Just around 10PM, I sent a PM to one of my old grade school friends to remind him about two of our friends' having their birthdays coming up later this month. At first we were all laughing until I made a supposedly funny remark on his profile pic.

I only said "Ano ba naman yang profile pic mo?! :D :))" (Note that I put en emoticon to emphasize that I was only kidding). I just don't know what happened suddenly he replied on a somehow not-so-friendly manner.

"wtf do you care?" or so he said on YM.

Fearing he may have misunderstood what I just wrote, I said to him that what I said was meant as an innocent joke. So why being such a bad sport, I asked myself about him.

So to make him feel better, I lied to him and said I greeted him and many of our former classmates in grade school when I guested on a radio show a week ago. He's only reply..."So?". I'm not sure though but I think I sent him a PM on that day inviting him to listen to the show I was guesting. Just so to forget about the mess, I made him believe that I did greeted him on-air. He didn't replied afterwards and went offline since then.

Bad sport! Oh well, just so to believe that I did even if I didn't, I'm planning on sending him e-mailed pictures of me during my stay in DZMM, just so he would realized that what I said were actually true, or at least half it is true.

I think in YM, one should know the difference of what's an insult and what's an innocent joke, especially when one is trying to clarify that it is a joke and that he had no intentions of hurting anybody.

If all else fails, I just send him a simple PM saying "I'm sorry" if I did hurt his feelings.

I Looked Too Young

This happened a few hours ago. I was in the gym working out and there was these two men who went past me and took some dumbbells. They were talking to each other so I I really didn't mind much.

But that was until, one of them looked at me and asked I was old enough to hold this pair of 15-pound. dumbbells I was carrying. I said "Yes...". He asked for my age and was surprised when he knew that I'm eighteen years old. So he was like "Really? You looked too young to be 18, though".

I don't know if what he just said was a compliment. And I ask you guys, do I really looked that young for my age?

He told me that he used to be like me when he was starting out. Then he asked me from what school I attend to, I said to him that I go to CSB. 

"CSB? Dude, alam mo iyung CSB?" He asked his friend.

"...CSB...Iyung nasa harap ng La Salle..." His friend answered.

"Mmmmm..." I just said to myself.

Laughing matter yes. I just couldn't see myself younger than my actual age in front of a mirror. I mean, 18 year-old guys have varying looks, some looked too old while the're those who looked too young. But never do I considered myself as looking too young for my age.

Weird!

The CSB Experience 2: Out From the House

I bumped across an old friend while I was walking out from UST in Dapitan. Unexpected meeting so I waved my ahnd and yelled out his name. Then we talked, trying to update with each other and knowing how we both are doing since the last time we've met.

He already graduated quite recently, about 2-3 weeks ago. Nice to know that he's done with life here in college and now he's hellbent on facing the corporate world. (Wow!)

I asked why he was in the area in the first place and found out that he's running a business in the locality and that he was on his way on another one. 

It has been almost a year already since we've last seen each other. We both used to be in an org but we all got too preoccupied with other things that time that we left (Him leaving weeks before I followed). He's one of the few friends I've made in CSB outside my block, and one of the nicest non-107 people I have ever met. We were present during our first training session being conducted by the org if I could recall correctly, orienting us about some stuff and the rest is history.

I wish him the best of luck in his career. I just hope I, too, could also survive this thing called "college". ^V^