[busy signaL]
[Sunday, October 10, 2004]
the following events actually took place between thursday and saturday last week. i did not post them immediately since i wanted the following topic to be illustrated:
i. going straight
thursday, kimber convinced me to let her straighten out my hair since lod* had his relaxed. being the adventurous sort, i obliged her, and even went so far as to wear the same look the next day at mica's birthday celebration, which called for me to "wear something unusual". needless to say, i was one of the more unusual people there, but reggie was hands down most unusual, thanks to his toast, "sana balang araw, maging mas maganda ka kaysa sa 'kin."
ii. kinarir ng comorga
"half-adders? 'wag na! wala namang ganyan sa reviewer so hindi s'ya itatanong."
pakshet.
iii. tremors
i was the only one standing when the first wave hit, and must have said something when it did, since nearby people turned to look at me. they must've thought i'd been drinking and suddenly lost my balance as a consequence. luckily for me, the second and third waves hit soon after so it wasn't that awkward after all. vince even texted me to inquire what i was doing when the quake hit [it was probably stronger down south]. strange how people are so fascinated by their doing mundane things when world-changing events happen.
iv. videoke kings
mica had arranged for a videoke machine to be brought in again, but it broke down so we parted ways earlier than expected, around 1am. reggie, cara and jomic invited themselves over so we walked home [from the big fella bar and grill on doña soledad avenue, better living]. the rain picked up as we traveled instead of weakening, as we had hoped. in response, reggie and i started singing songs such as rivermaya's ulan and the eraserheads' tuwing umuulan at kapiling ka. ironically enough, the rain abated with our singing. beat that, mariah.
v. the great hunt
since reggie knows his way around marcelo [he has friends here; but then again, doesn't everybody?], he proposed that we leave cara and jomic behind and have them locate my house on their own, giving them only my house number as a clue. this having been agreed upon, we hid behind a parked van and waited for them [ube-ing as usual] to pass us before cutting into a side street and working our way home from there.
around ten minutes after we had arrived, jomic texted for me to go pick them up at the commercial complex. i gave him my street name as an additional clue instead. he then replied for me to stop laughing and start walking. i should've taken this as a clue since when i opened the front door they were sitting on our front porch. turns out they saw us cut into the side street and once they identified our house, they simply waited a while before messaging. the prey that hunts the hunter is always one step ahead of him.
in any case, reggie and i stayed up until around six, when i saw him off at the 7-11, from where he was picked up by his friend conrado tabuena [of the marcelo tabuenas, who were once on my sister's "to do" list]. cara meanwhile slept with jomic. iww.
vi. in dreams
renz has been getting some strange ideas lately.
he worries me sometimes.
sige ingat.ü
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lod: a cse student who resembles me, such that professors often confuse one of us for the other. since he's also friends with kimber, she constantly arranges for us to 'face off' in gox.
posted by stani at 11:41 AM
i. going straight
thursday, kimber convinced me to let her straighten out my hair since lod* had his relaxed. being the adventurous sort, i obliged her, and even went so far as to wear the same look the next day at mica's birthday celebration, which called for me to "wear something unusual". needless to say, i was one of the more unusual people there, but reggie was hands down most unusual, thanks to his toast, "sana balang araw, maging mas maganda ka kaysa sa 'kin."
ii. kinarir ng comorga
"half-adders? 'wag na! wala namang ganyan sa reviewer so hindi s'ya itatanong."
pakshet.
iii. tremors
i was the only one standing when the first wave hit, and must have said something when it did, since nearby people turned to look at me. they must've thought i'd been drinking and suddenly lost my balance as a consequence. luckily for me, the second and third waves hit soon after so it wasn't that awkward after all. vince even texted me to inquire what i was doing when the quake hit [it was probably stronger down south]. strange how people are so fascinated by their doing mundane things when world-changing events happen.
iv. videoke kings
mica had arranged for a videoke machine to be brought in again, but it broke down so we parted ways earlier than expected, around 1am. reggie, cara and jomic invited themselves over so we walked home [from the big fella bar and grill on doña soledad avenue, better living]. the rain picked up as we traveled instead of weakening, as we had hoped. in response, reggie and i started singing songs such as rivermaya's ulan and the eraserheads' tuwing umuulan at kapiling ka. ironically enough, the rain abated with our singing. beat that, mariah.
v. the great hunt
since reggie knows his way around marcelo [he has friends here; but then again, doesn't everybody?], he proposed that we leave cara and jomic behind and have them locate my house on their own, giving them only my house number as a clue. this having been agreed upon, we hid behind a parked van and waited for them [ube-ing as usual] to pass us before cutting into a side street and working our way home from there.
around ten minutes after we had arrived, jomic texted for me to go pick them up at the commercial complex. i gave him my street name as an additional clue instead. he then replied for me to stop laughing and start walking. i should've taken this as a clue since when i opened the front door they were sitting on our front porch. turns out they saw us cut into the side street and once they identified our house, they simply waited a while before messaging. the prey that hunts the hunter is always one step ahead of him.
in any case, reggie and i stayed up until around six, when i saw him off at the 7-11, from where he was picked up by his friend conrado tabuena [of the marcelo tabuenas, who were once on my sister's "to do" list]. cara meanwhile slept with jomic. iww.
vi. in dreams
renz has been getting some strange ideas lately.
he worries me sometimes.
sige ingat.ü
---
lod: a cse student who resembles me, such that professors often confuse one of us for the other. since he's also friends with kimber, she constantly arranges for us to 'face off' in gox.
posted by stani at 11:41 AM