Blueprints on Worksheets

Seeing you smile makes up for the time that I don't get to see you.

> Ma'am, magpapasa lang po ng appeal.  - Hah, bat ngayon lang? Di na kami tumatanggap ng appeal e. Sabi ni Doc. P wala na daw tatanggaping appeal. > Ganun po ba? Di na po ba talaga pwede? - Nasakanya na lahat  e, di na raw siya tatanggap. Teka, nandyan siya, hintayin mo, sakanya ka makiusap. + What do you need? > Sir, I'll just pass my letter of Appeal. I've been dism... + Sorry, I can't help you there. You had enough time to pass that appeal. You don't even know how to sign your name! > Sir, please give me one more chance. I waited for the line at the admin office that's why I wasn't able to pass it earlier. + OK, I'll give you a chance to defend your case. .... + Hurry up, I don't have all time! > I'm sorry sir, here's my situation. I was dismissed....blah blah. + You're lucky to have gone this far. Your grades are barely satisfactory. Swerte ka ngayon ka palang nadidismiss. Can you tell me why you failed these? > Sir...

I stood frozen after looking left and right and seeing who I was with on stage. I stared at the people down and realized what was happening. It was supposedly a photo opp for the resident members of an organization I'm now an alumnus of and there I was feeling like a resident again rushing to get a picture after everyone else had. Then again, the cameras started to flash so I just posed and dealt with the moment quickly. I nonchalantly went down the stage and started being defensive. "I worked for this, I deserve one picture. Hahahaha" It bothers me now why or how, back then, I suddenly felt torn. Was it OK to be too involved or should I have been a bit detached? Maybe I'm just over-thinking.

Every time you do that, you make me miss you more and more...

As people I know...err... know, I've been getting good results with my studies lately. Well, honestly, this is not as fulfilling as it would have been years or months ago. Still, it feels good to know I'm not a total academe failure. My first weeks at my new(4Th) school were a breeze since I was still adjusting to the new environment and I was lax. But I was too lax that I was getting average results on my quizzes. Then the wake up call came and the results thereafter were unexpected. Currently, I'm achieving grades my fresh-grad-from-high-school self would only dream of. While listening to my boring instructor; looking outside the classroom window; wondering what I would do after class. I have my failed 5-year-attempt-for-a-college-degree to thank for, and practically, all the people I met during those years. Right now, I'm looking at a piece of paper with the words "test" "I.Q." and something blurred and torn with the letters "S" and ...

Yesterday, our parents celebrated their 25th Wedding Anniversary. As a pre-celebration, we decided to have dinner the previous Sunday at one of the most famous restaurants in Angeles. C' Italian Dining is an Italian restaurant situated along Clark's perimeter road somewhere in between the red district and Korea town. Prices of the food were a bit steep for a normal dinner but for special occasions, it was fine spending a bit more. And every centavo was well worth it. For starters, we had a Kristina Panizza. This is their best seller and their specialty so we had it before the appetizer. Hungry that we were, it really didn't matter which came first      So, basically, it is a thin crust rectangular pizza without the tomato sauce. It's crispy on the edge and a bit soft in the middle and comes comes with arugula leaves. Before eating it, take a slice, put some leaves on and roll it like this . Next was risotto.  It's similar to lugaw only, it has a thicker consi...

And when the night is set to end  close your eyes and you will see  that bright spot glowing in the darkness still  as you are rushing into a bright dawn  hoping tomorrow would come out  with something different  chasing you from this monotonous darkness and still  it will ever grow bright  like it were tonight