Fun moment: Starsky & Hutch! (go see it! Astig!)
current music: Roel's rock music.

Nag-sorry si Carla sa kanyang paglaglag. But only after some "pagpaparamdam". In truth, after what happened to me regarding this "incident" in school, I've put high stock on loyalty. Now I trust Carla. Sunday group kasi. Love ko yan. Pinatawad ko na bago humingi. Inis nga lang, kinailangan ko pang i-remind bago nya ginawa ito. Oh well. Either way, I'm happy. :)

Nga pala. Tomorrow, I'm cooking for Parent's Night! I'm excited. But I'm also in dastardly financial straights... I spent too much on lunch!! :( Then there was the "after lunch gimmick"... arg. Now I'm broke, and I even owe Eric and RaPao money for transpo... well, I don't really owe them because they're not asking, but still. Utang ng loob.

So eto. Gagawa ng pizza. And hopefully, lasanga. I also hope I can find enough basil and olive oil. Sent a message to Ate Tammy...she'll see it when she gets to America. Then there's the Lakers game. I don't want LA in the finals. I'm sick of Kobe Bryant.

Yesterday's good news: Pumasa akong 1st Interview! Take that sucka!
current music: Hey, nasaan ang... grr...

A pet peeve in my computer is when people use my username and open Windows Media to play whatever files. The big kicker is the "recently opened files" list. The kicker? Apart from being able to pry into the past few files I've listened to, anything new pushes songs I like (which I listen to again and again) further down, 'till I can't see them. Annoying.

Linaglag ako ni Carla sa 1-2-3-Pass kahapon! Grrr. Ewan ko bakit. I'm not perfect, and meron naman ako sigurong atraso dun. Pero please lang. I know for sure I didn't deserve that. And if we're counting faults, may kung anu-anong utang pa yan! But anyway, it's alright. We're not supposed to count faults because friends never do. And I am getting used to betrayal. :p

So fine. Nag-notes si RaPao sa logbook. Ayan. Dyan yung mga inisyu sa akin dati, and andyan na ang pangalan ng dalawang babaeng minsa'y minahal ko (at hanggang ngayon, mahal ko pa). Inis. Buti na lang wala pang prying questions. That sort of thing I'll prepare for later, when they come. At least wala sila sa LnK, and that only one or two people in LnK (apart from me) know them personally.

In a single day, your perspective on things can change so quickly. I discovered I passed TnT 1st Interviews. Yeah baby. I'm a rockstar! :D hehe. Now I've got to prepare a costume. This time, I must create my own superhero. But what? Worse, I'm the VERY LAST INTERVIEWEE, which puts LOADS of pressure to be good. Whoever's conducting this test must've seen dozens and dozens of ideas their brain might start bleeding if I flop. I've gotta do good.

Hehe. Kaya 'to. Showtime baby.

Midterms today. And if they're right, nood ng sine kina Honeypie after lunch. Fun fun.

I'm excited because: Tuturo uli ako ng catechism! Yey! Ca'te class d best. :)
current music: Nina - Foolish Heart

Today is a first in my LnK teaching career: one-page midterms! Yes, the fruits of my 'till midnight typing binge and missing the fun parts of A24's dear Mommy Tammy's "despidida"! One page! I jam-packed everything I've done in a single page.

That's sad. Either I've been unable to secure enough time to prepare tests, or I was such an evil sadist back in my early years. Gee. Maybe I've toned down. Either way, I'm sure this isn't too short. I'm always rattling the kids chains on being able to write, so now's their time to shine.

I love my co-tutors like family. I spend more time with them than my family nowadays. That being said, nakakahiya na maging kasama yung mga ibang co-tutors ko. I didn't tell you guys yesterday... for the past two weeks we're always the noisiest table in any establishment we go to. I wonder how KFC puts up with us. Hiyawan, sigawan, tugtugan sa gitara, laro ng baraha... ewan ko ba ba't ginagamit namin siyang parang beerhouse. Funky nga eh, pero wala lang mang hiya sa mga matatandang customer nasa katabing table. Pa-camera-camera pa sila sa isa't isa. As in they try to take candid shots of each other na 'isyu' para may pang-asar sila. Hindi lang man pinatay ang flash! And when I reminded them, they went "ayoko nga kasi di ko feel". So immature.

Worse, this candid camera thing spills over to teaching time. This to me is a bit too far. Di ba dapat simple lang tayo sa kids? Bakit pa natin winawagayway ang mga digital cameras natin? Nobody watches who enters the church. The last thing a StudCom head needs are reports/complaints someone (usually isang kid ito) entered the premises, rifled through bags and got the camera. Pasalamat sila nasa probinsya si Kikay.

Minsan nga, nandyan sa Jollibee kami. I was with Wowie, Angel and Issa in a separate table from the newbies as they yelled trying to 'hotseat' one another. I stood up to say hi to Ching, a friend from high school who was sitting alone. It was a nice enough chat, save for it being punctured with extremely loud laughter from - you guessed it - my "friends" and their usual rowdy selves among each other. You can tell it was getting out of control; patay na sila sa mundo. Everytime they yelled, lilingon ang buong Jollibee, at nababahala na ako kung kailan tatawagin yung manager. Ewan ko ba. Siguro sinasabi ko lang un kasi miss ko na si Ching, at kung kailan daw ako "nagmaka-warrior" eh sila rin naninira. :p

Eh si Ching un. Mabait si Ching. Kung nanay ko yon, baka nagalit. Sabihan ako "Raph, mga kaibigan mo yan??" O paano kung crush ko? Nyo? Di ba nakakahiya rin? Yeah, that's how it is.

I dunno. I'm sad because I feel I'm putting so much into this STP while I watch the others have fun at the expense of the organization's reputation. And at the expense of "air-time" with Ching. :p

What I learned: the art of saying "Wow":)
current music: Athena Cage - You, Akafellas - Beside You

haha. kakatuwa si Paul kanina sa McDo... :) ask Cy. Siya magaling mag-explain.

I got to visit Ate Tammy. Met Ate Mia (her kabarkada), along with some of the other A-Days all-stars na kabarkada nya (Ria, Bobs, Erix... sina Kaia at Anj kilala ko na). Kumanta si Cy, nagtinginan ng pictures, kumain ng biko... ok araw ko! So much fun. I'll upload pictures sometime soon. :) Thank you Paul for making this possible.

May issue na ang mga ibang Days batchmates ko!! weee! fun fun.

Sayang lang hindi ako naka-stay ng matagal pa. I have stuff to do. Like make midterms and tease my fellow LnK'ers on their own isyu. :)

Which reminds me: RaPao is making a bet. He says he won't tease pie from today until Monday. He says Pie's getting ticked off by his ceaseless picking on her. Or something. At kung talo sya, i-lilibre nya ako (at ni Dani, at ni Paul) sa KFC! Cool cool. Basta hindi ko siya pwedeng i-lure na asarin sya, we win if pie is pissed off, and not counted pag di naasar.

Payag lang! kaya 'to. This'll be fun.

Promise me somebody will REMIND ME NOT TO USE THE ^hottie story around Pie, Pau and Kat. The temptation to tell the story is too great because it's a great story! And it all happened @ Eric's house.

BTW, I left my shades there. Somebody please help me. :)

last night's dream notes: staffing for A-Days, seeing my crush, someone telling me to blog in English, sweeping the floor with those big brush brooms with long wood handles.
current music: Everything - Lifehouse

Yes, the music brings back memories of a certain letter. If you're privy to this information, you may now nod and smile. :D

Guilt is the motif of the day. In 30 minutes I'll head back to Della. I don't feel like a responsible tutor. I don't seem to discipline myself in making lesson plans for my kids. While H. Shaw's book on english has guided me through some tricky moments in teaching my first class, it's not enough. I feel like running though motions of "pwede na 'to", just gabbing some miscellaneous information while not trying to tie together all the lessons.

I will, however attest that I do a pretty kick-ass Cathechism class. :D I dunno why I can say that. Methinks it's the rapport I get from the kids as I talk about virtues and God and stuff. Buti na lang walang mala-Bojit na tatanong na matinding doubting questions. :)

And Math class... I like it better. I'm just too 'hands-off'... as in I give them something to do, and leave them be. I'm not too keen on gauging their knowledge. But hey, they get the lesson most of the time.

And after this, on to the lunch-out, then Mcdo w/ A24 wherein we head for Tammy's house.

and more to follow when I get home.

current music: the usual collection of mp3's.

Piniga ako ni Ate JenTan kanina sa McDo. aYan. kung nandyan lang kayo, malalaman mo lahat. LAGLAGAN. sobra lang. :p So sorry na lang JenTan...may pagka-slow talaga ako sa girls. :) For the record, I've not done anything yet... and I like it that way.

Bahay ni eric ulet. saya! talunan na talaga ako sa PS2! :p NBA Live, Tekken, Smackdown... lahat! walang sense! :D Hindi na ako adik sa computer games! (or more specifically, sa PS games. :D) Pero nanalo naman ako sa Tekken ng isang beses. Happy. :)

right now: the usual YM! "tambay" of the LnK'ers. Sana lahat kayo maka-LnK kahit minsan lang. I've never seen it more fun than it is now. :) imagine 12 friends on conference, one on voice playing Imago for everybody to hear while everybody else is "dropping each other's secrets". :) Wacky fun na masaya. :)

Although to be frank, I'm grateful wala sa kanila may kilala sa "real issue" ko. Or rather, grateful na hindi siya kasapi ng LnK. Baka naman naasar lang yun. :D Pero kung andyan sya, ok lang...matatanggap ko kasi magiging fun ang kada-araw ko sa Della...kahit medyo weird na 'open game' ka sa asaran. :)

Tomorrow, more teaching, then troop to Tammy's house. :) Yey! Sa mga iba dyan, kung gusto nyong ma-kwento, set an appointment, maging sa YM or sa friendster or wherever... I'm not telling everything, but I'll tell enough. :)

Lalo na sa iba diyan. I won't tell all. Why? 'cause it's too early. :)

Post #3. So much work for so little output. Well, not too little. Medyo madugo lang naman talaga ang early phases of creating anything. Methinks I ought to use the space yahoo.geocities offered me long, LONG ago for any photos/pics/links I may have neglected. Either which way, I'm pretty happy with what's here.

A nice, white, clean look. And some red/orange touches. Yeah... It really reminds me of my bed. :) It'll do until I can get a better layout with some blue in it so it'll look more me. That and I'll try to tweak to adjust the tiny font sizes. For now, everbody just adjust your computers... sorry! :(

Still too early to sleep, so maybe I'll plop another post later. Pathetic. :p That's what sucks in my house. It's too far away from everybody, so I can't visit you.

Despidida ni Mommy Tammy on Tuesday. I better be there... :) Or more like I'll drop by to say my thank-you's and goodbyes. :p

Oh yeah, nanalo ang Nuggets. Yey, exciting na. :)

current music: My CD of hip-hop + Waiting in Vain

My second post of the day. I'm slowly re-learning my HTML, and this blog is somehow (albeit very slowly) developing itself into something workable. Links aren't done, but I like 'em. Pwede na. Wala na akong gana o lakas ng loob ayusin siya sa frames. Bahala na si Batman.

I hate Sundays not only because they herald the start of another work week, but because they feel like your hand trying to scoop up hundreds of little diamonds each as small as grains of sand. That's because you can hardly have enough, and when you think you're OK, you'll still feel short-changed.

I better remember to return I Kissed Dating Goodbye to Den. I just don't have time to swing by school anymore. Drat. Maybe if I pass TnT 1st Interview, I'll have an excuse. 'Till then, I'll review the book's salient points some more.

Time to try this template fixing thing again.

If you're reading this, then yes, may blog na rin si Raph... :p

May as well. Andami kong papractisang writing dito. Malamang dahil wala na akong pasensyang magsulat sa papel. Minsan kasi masyado nang mabilis ang iniisip ko kaysa sa naibababa mula sa utak...

Hehe. I love the sound of Filipino sometimes. :)

Meanwhile, I've got to work on this layout. I've got most of Sunday, and some of tomorrow. I'll just juggle it with making tests for my English students. But knowing myself, I'll end up catching up on the sleep I didn't do all week.