One down, seven more to go.
God bless my mother. All my prayers are zoomed in on her.
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Life and Lemons
We stand on a hill
Between the earth and sky
Now all is still
Where Loyola’s colors fly
Our course is run
And the setting sun
Ends Ateneo’s day,
Eyes are dry at the last goodbye;
This is the Ateneo way.
Mary for you!
For your white and blue!
We pray you’ll keep us, Mary
Constantly true!
We pray you’ll keep us, Mary
Faithful to you!
Down from the hill,
Down to the world go I;
Rememb’ring still,
How the bright Blue Eagles fly.
Through joy and tears,
Through the laughing years,
We sing our battle song:
Win or lose,
It’s the school we choose;
This is the place where we belong!
Mary for you!
For your white and blue!
We pray you’ll keep us, Mary
Constantly true!
We pray you’ll keep us, Mary
Faithful to you!
I can’t believe I’m an Atenean. Even when I paid the frickin’ expensive tuition it just felt like a sunk cost. Not like I am part of a brand new school. And my gosh, they brainwash you on the first day. The freshmen orientation was designed like so. But I’m sorry, this heart still belongs to UP. St Loyola can share, like 30% max.
I fell asleep standing on the train. That’s not an exaggeration. The girl sitting in front of me nearly jumped on her seat when my knee gave way and I was jerked awake. I am so tired. And it’s not even over something worthwhile. Don’t tell anybody, but we watched “Miss you like crazy” last night.
It wasn’t as awful as predicted. Although I still hate Bea Alonzo by just the right amount she deserves for being a maarteng artista. I think there were quite a lot of tear-jerking moments (imagine, a two-hour long Pinoy romantic drama featuring a time-tested love team. You’d be an idiot to expect any less). But we spent those moments laughing our asses off. Donna was pretty pissed, coz she was all for crying with Bea and Lloydie.
Well, to the deluded believers of serendipity, to people who believe in the shining glory of love and to people who have not experienced the psychotic turmoil of a relationship (these are, take note, subsets of each other), I only have one thing to say:
AUGGGUUUUUUSTTT!!! nyahahaha
In a few months I’m going to be financially challenged, a few notches up the stress levels, with no more free time. Whoopee. Hehe. The price we pay for our ambitions.
And she’s typing at her screen like so. I guess after 3 days it’s official.
And it’s not that big a deal. Trust me. Just more work. And a giant window where people look in on you while you’re answering to a memo.
–the moment we got home last night after a grueling eight-hour bus ride, depleting us of all energy and destroying all vestiges of fun and relaxation that we enjoyed while in chilly Baguio. And on it went come early this morning, when I was awakened by the dulcet sounds of her nagging. Oh mother, how doth thou keep this up?
Productive result: a list of goals for this year. Frankly, I’ve stopped believing in New Year’s resolutions. New Year isn’t even real, either. Time is just one continuous loop, marked by numbers in the calendar and events and memories and people. Anyway, the list:
1. stop swearing. I’m hearing my sisters use the F word too. I am solely to blame.
2. cut down on the late nights. Eyebags aren’t pretty.
3. spend less, save more. Good luck to me on this. I might have a Trinoma withdrawal.
4. focus on getting into school.
5. try very very hard to love my job. Concentrate, concentrate. Stop pushing the panic button.
6. find direction. I’m turning the big 2-5 this year. Not getting any younger.
7. document 1, 5 and 2, prioritized in that order. Deal with it.
8. tone down on the emo dramas. Although the rush is something else.
9. always always make time for friends. Kahit Jollibee lang. I have a feeling this will be a financially tight year.
Positive energy is important and elusive. Remember Paolo Coelho. And when that fails, Shun and Hyun Joong ought to do the trick. Ahhh, there you go. They made me smile again. 🙂
Who says I can’t get stoned/Plan a trip to Japan alone
Doesn’t matter if I even go/Who says I can’t get stoned?
