Got this from Hasbeh. He forwarded this text message a week ago, pero nung isang araw ko lang na-internalize.

If a fish fell in love with a bird,

Could they live together?

Could one fly with fins?

Could one remove its wings?

How sad...

Love can't change whats not meant to be.

 

Sad, isn't it? We just all have to accept the fact that some things are simply not meant to be, I guess.

   To my 4A family, O. B. Montessori schoolmates, acquaintances and friends, UP blockmates, Oracle guildmates, Ragnarok acquaintances, DotA network friends, and everyone else, THANKS FOR THE GREETINGS kahit wala akong christmas. Advance happy new year na lang. Wishing you all the happiness this season... Much love, IA.

Okay, news tidbits:

- Angelica got her first semester grades, she got perfect score. Naka-kwatro si Bespren, and that's like UNO here in the Philippines. I'm so proud of you. Really, it made me happy. :) Galing. Ehem, birds of the same feather flock toge... Haha. You know! =) I'll blog about this anytime soon. Mas proud pa ko para sakanya eh. =p

- Yasmin just called me up awhile ago. Happiness. Nakakatawa nga lang.
Yas: "Eeeeyah! Merry Christmas!"
Ako:  "MERRY CHRISTMAS din! Kahit wala akong xmas... and teka, wala ka din xmas ah!"

Haha. It's always like this... every year. =) Argh. Yasu, next year ah... 3rd term! =p

- Kanina, we went to Hyatt Hotel already. We had lunch there, and mehnn, sobrang sarap. Haha! Great F&B. =) Tas yun, we already checked out their ballroom, kasi baka dun ako mag-celebrate ng 18th birthday. Pero, parang hindi sha ganun kalaki for the number of guests, kaya we'll still be checking out other hotels next week. Hopefully, we'll be finalizing hotel reservations already before the month of January ends.

- Okay, we're eyeing on Manila Hotel, Maynila Ballroom right now. I love the place, but I guess it'll be quite hard to book it for my debut kasi, Manila day yung birthday ko, and this is the "MAYNILA" ballroom of the MANILA hotel. Gets? Usually kasi, dito ang gathering ekek pag Manila day. ARGH! Pero what do you think? I think it's BEAUTIFUL. :)

   

- This made my day. REALLY MADE MY DAY. Biglang may nag-message sakin sa YM na hindi naka-register sa Address Book ko.

John Howie Ramos (12/24/2005 7:44:50 PM): hello!
prinsesa_ia (12/24/2005 7:45:22 PM): Who you?
John Howie Ramos (12/24/2005 7:45:50 PM): im Jowie po of rocksteddy...

YUP! The Rocksteddy band's rhythm guitarist and back-up vocals. Ambait nya, ambait talaga. Great, great. No star complex, whatsoever. It was as if I was just chatting with a friend. Siya pa nga gumagawa ng paraan para hindi ako mastar-struck and mas maging comfortable ako. Great. He's real. Anyway, he said he's currently doing the Rocksteddy's website. I'm sure maganda yun. :) Goodluck kuya Jowie! (Nga pala, their album is already out in the market, get yourselves a copy. Meron na ko, it's really great. I promise.)

- I'm missing someone. I miss you, I miss you. It may seem that I've totally forgotten about you, pero hindi... Hindi talaga. Heck, I know you won't care much about it anyways, but yeah, in case you'd like to know, well, I do miss you. =/ (Haha, shempre alam nyo na kung sino to... Ah eh, si Angelica? Haha. Nahhh. I miss you Bespren, but, I am missing him. =/ )

Okay, okay. Don't get me wrong. Masaya parin ako. Okay? :)

   Due to Yasmin's demand, eto na ang blog ko sa reunion: Ay teka, Yasmin, sorry kung natagalan. Nag-down ang server ng blogdrive. Anyway, ayun, nagkita-kita na ang 4A Pioneers kagabi sa Greenbelt 3. As expected, ganun parin naman ang mga tao. Maingay, magulo. Nakakamiss sila. Yun nga lang, nakakalungkot na kahit ilang buwan na kaming hindi nagkasama-sama lahat, may sari-sariling mundo parin yung mga grupo samin. Don't get me wrong, walang tension. Yun nga lang, parang yung mga close nuon, sila parin ang forever naguusap kagabi. Wala masyadong INTERACTION among groups. 

   But then again, masaya parin. MASAYA. Pinapunta nga kami sa smoking area sa labas ng resto kasi daw sobrang ingay namin at baka magreklamo yung ibang kumakain dun sa resto. Haha! Bakit ba, eh sa reunion nga eh. Malamang, maingay. Pero yun, shempre, hindi lahat nakapunta, pero ayus narin. I mean, majority of us still managed to go there, diba? I guess it's for Yasmin. More than the reunion per se, it's Yasmin's semi-despedida rin kasi kaya siguro lahat kami, nag-effort talaga pumunta. Pucha, nakakalungkot pala. Wala na nga si Bespren, aalis pa si Yasu. Basta Yas, keep smiling, keep shining, knowing you can always count on me for sure, that's what friends are for. Okay? :) Haay. I hate goodbyes. I HATE GOODBYES. But since babalik pa naman si Yas next year, sige, I'll save all the drama. 

   Ayun, happiness, fun naman ng lahat. Konting reminisce dito, kwento jan. Nagkagulatan na lang nung.... DUMATING YUNG BILL! Hulaan nyo nga kung magkano... HA? P2,000? Sus. Higher! P5,000? HIGHER! Haha. Yes, natawa na lang kami with excitement nung nalaman namin na ang bill ng lahat ay.... DRUMROLL PLEASE!

Yes, TEN THOUSAND (P10,000.00) freaking PESOS! Wahaha.
Ahem ahem, you know, it's a lifestyle! HAHA. Angas.
Deh, Bubba Gump kasi eh, exagg mag service charge. Nyahaha! =p

After that, nag-DOTA na kami with Ace, Jonathan, Tonio, and EJ, while the girls had their usual tambay sa grass sessions.

Eto ang pictures. Kitams naman, lahat talaga, sabik sa camera. Haha!

My highschool family. Happiness. =)

With my DOTA boys of 4A. (Ai, epaaaal.)


With the 4A ladies. Naks. Haha! (Ai, epal parin. Haha!)

Ganun parin ang ichura ng lahat. Ang nag-iba lang ay si Tonio na mukang Hesukristo/ Brownman Revival vocalist / Orange and Lemons vocalist/ F4 dahil sa kanyang hair na parang pinagkaitan ng barbero for 10 years. Ayus lang, gwapo parin. =p

PS: Salamat Ivan, Yasmin, and Jess. Salamat, salamat. :)

James, Marga, Carla, Jonas, Ako, Rizza, Tupe, Mi, Pat, Nat.


Jonas, Ai, Ako, Tupe, Marga, Nat, Ry, Pat, Mi, James

   We had our block party yesterday. Masaya, masaya. Yun nga lang, not everyone was present. Sayang nga, kasi shempre, kung complete yung block, mas masaya. Pero ayun, the party still pushed through. And yes, it was FUN. :)

   12:00pm ang meeting time nila sa UP. 10:00am ang meeting time namin nila Tupe and Jonas dito sa bahay. We had to prepare food for the party for our contribution kasi. FYI, after a long and extensive meal planning + budgeting the other day, we've decided to cook multi-colored kwek-kwek and prepare a refrigerator cake.

   10:30am. Dumating na si Jonas at wala parin si Tupe. Dinala ni Jonas yung dreamcast nya, at naglaro muna kami. Ansaya mag-tekken! Wahaha! Dati ko pa magusto matuto nun eh. Pero nung isang araw lang ako nakalaro nung tinuruan ako ni Jonas sa G-box. Pero take note, napatay ko sha! Oo na, chamba lang talaga. Pero sus, nakaka-chamba parin! Wahaha. Around 11:30, wala parin si Tupe, we already decided to go to the grocery.

The grocery list:
•  2 packs of Graham crackers
•  3 little cans of Condensed Milk
•  2 packs of All-purpose cream
•  Peanuts (P10.00)
•  150 quail eggs (c/o Tupe) 
•  Food Coloring (c/o Jonas)
•  Spices (C/o Jonas)
•  Mangoes (c/o Jonas)

Kulang na lang eh yung quail eggs c/o Tupe na kinuha nya pa sa poultry farm nila sa Antipolo. Sobrang wala akong idea kung anong mangyayari jan. Si Jonas ang nagdada-dampot ng ingredients at sya din ang may alam kung pano i-prepare yan. As you may have guessed, wala akong alam lutuin at ngayon ko lang ginawa to. Tsk tsk...

Medyo madali yung preparation for the REF CAKE. It was easy on my part. Wala naman akong ibang ginawa kundi mag-crush (Crush, as in durog. Hehe.) ng graham at peanuts, at mag-slice ng mangoes eh. Ibang level yung kay Jonas. Haha. Sha nagtimpla nung cream and milk, sha nag-layer layer nung cake, at sha lang ang may alam nung procedure. =p Ayun, after an hour of preparing the cake, natapos din. Masaya, masaya. Yun nga lang, 12:00 na, wala parin si Tupe.
At dahil hindi naman namin kayang gawin ang kwek-kwek hanggang wala yung quail eggs, nag-dreamcast na lang ulet kami. And after 10 years, dumating si Tupe -- straight from Antipolo.

1:30pm na yun, so we started doing the kwek-kwek already. Dito na ko nalungkot. I thought it would be easy. Yeah, hindi ko alam ang procedure, hindi ko alam ang ingredients... Pero hindi ko naman alam na ang complicated pala gawin nun. Tupe and I were totally clueless of the 'kwek-kwek' procedure. So ginugulo na lang namin si Jonas while he was doing the kwek-kwek mixture. Sa food-coloring department ako, sa quail eggs department si Tupe, sa flour mixture and sawsawan department si Jonas. It was a trial and error thing. Something went wrong. Hindi ko alam kung dahil yun sa 2 kinds of flour na ginamit namin or it was because of the way we fried the eggs... Basta, hindi mashado nagmukang kwek-kwek yung linuto namin. Pero pinaka-mukang alien parin yung ginawa ni Tupe. His kwek-kwek looked more of a scrambled egg na ginawang sunny-side-up. GO FIGURE! Haha. MALALA.

After several trials (and errors), we finally made some kwek-kweks which are somehow, more kwek-kwek looking narin. It wasn't easy. Si Jonas nga, while frying the kwek-kweks, natalsikan pa ng mantika and got a minor burn. Tsk tsk. Yan ang ayoko sa pagluluto eh. The last time I got a minor burn from cooking was about 7 years ago... Simula non, hindi na ko nagluto... Until kahapon. BASTA, basta. Anyway, get the picture? We had a hard time preparing those kwek-kweks. Buti na lang talaga, the sawsawan complimented the quail eggs. If not for the sawsawan kasi, walang makakapansin na kwek-kwek yung linuto namin. Haha! The finish product? TENTENENEN:

Ang rainbow kwek-kwek masterpiece namin ni Tupe at Jonas.

After that, dumating na yung ibang blockmates namin. Nagulat ako, iilan lang sila. But since kasama ang blockhead, BLOCK PARTY parin. Haha. Labo. They started playing billiards at susmiyo, tuwang-tuwa ang mga bata! Super hyper nila... Basta may ma-shoot na bola, nagsisi-sigaw sila. Haha. Natatawa na lang ako. Kasi diba, you'll realize that simple things REALLY make people happy. ANG SAYA EH.

Anyway, while they were playing billiards, Mian and James had to cook hotdogs and prepare drinks for us pa. And since andito sila sa bahay, sinamahan ko sila sa kanilang cooking adventure and left the billiards room muna. Haha. Parehas daw silang hindi masyado marunong magluto. Ang kulet! Pero ayus lang, ansaya parin. Jonas also helped us. Ang gulo naming apat. We were already 'making puslit' some kwek-kweks while cooking. (KONYO AMP! HAHA!) Basta. Tas yun, ginawa na namin ni Jonas yung fruit salad habang nagluluto ng hotdogs si Mian and James. Ganun lang pala gumawa nun? You just mix ALL the ingredients, tapos... May fruit salad ka na! :p Ansaya. Haha. Tas yun, after preparing all the food, shempre, "tinikman" muna naming apat ang lahat. Haha. So by the time na inakyat na namin yung food para sa lahat, shempre, BAWAS-BAWAS NA! >:)

So ayun, kainan. Nahulaan naman nilang kwek-kwek yung linuto namin... Natuwa pa nga si Rizza sa 'alien kwek-kwek' ni Tupe eh. Tas after a while, VIDEOKE! Nak ng AMP si Carla! Sobrang sabog. Talagang walang ka-keme-keme na unang kumanta sa Videoke! Super fuuuun! Tawa kami ng tawa. Ginagaya nya si Jaya with matching performance level na acting. Haha! FUN! Tas yun, nagsikantahan naman sila. Tas yun, while Videoke-ing, linabas na yung REF CAKE masterpiece namin. Haha! Ansarap! Wahaha. Di ako makapaniwala na nakagawa ako ng cake! Well, yah, si Jonas yung MAS gumawa... Pero kahit na, gawa ko din yun. Haha!

Ayaan... Ang SUPER REF CAKE na ginawa namin ni Jonas.

Tapos yun, linabas na yung fruit salad. Err, it's too SWEET. =/ Sayang. Kala ko kasi success story na yung cooking adventure ko eh. Haha. Kaso, hindi parin masyado. Pero where did we go wrong? Eh pinaghalo lang naman namin LAHAT ng ingredients na binili nyo ah? Bakit kaya sobrang tamis nun? Is it because hindi ko masyado na-mix? O dahil may hindi masyado natimpla ni Jonas yung cream? Ang tamis amp.

Anyway, they left around 8:00pm already. Pero shempre, si Jonas and Tupe, hindi pa. Naglaro pa kami ng tekken. (BTW, napilit ko din si Jonas na iiwan yung dreamcast sakin ng buong xmas break! Wahaha! Makaka-practice na ko! ANSAYA!) Anyway, anyway, F NA F nila na super at home sila dito. Haha. Nung umalis nga yung mga blockmates namin, si Mommy and Tatay, umakyat na sa bilyaran, tas yun, family bonding kami with Tupe and Jonas. Haha. Walang ka-angal angal sila Tatay, kasi nga, everyday naman sila andito. So parang hindi na 'bisita' tingin sakanila. Pucha, at home na at home eh noh? Haha. =p

O xa, yun lang. Basta masaya magluto, masaya yung party. :p

Our block won second place in today's POLSCI event. Yes, not bad for a VERY impromptu performance. Sabi nga nila, PARTIDA na yan. Kaninang umaga lang kami nag-practice at 30 minutes before the performance itself lang namin na-kumpleto ang choreography. Well done, block four. Naubos man ang kahihiyan, at least, 2nd place naman. (At take note, yung announcement nga ng practice at outfit eh text-pass lang, diba? Lakas chamba. AMP!)

Anyway. Dapat masaya ako. Pero hindi eh.

Mag-aaral na talaga ko. Kanina, nakilala ko na lahat ng bago kong Professors this sem... Ang SADISTA nila! Gawd. Lahat sila, "I'm very strict about the attendance, I give students singkos, Turn-off your phones, I hate distractions, I give surprise quizzes, you have to recite in my class, be aware of the university rule on absences, if you don't like my subject, drop it asap." Blahblah. Tapos, lahat sila, parang galit sa tao.

- Bading ang Prof ko sa CommII. Masungit sha. Mahilig mambara, galit sa babae, pinag-iinitan ang mga maganda, may favoritism -- mahilig sa gwapo.

- Si Sir Jal ang Prof ko sa PolSci11, ang aming Major subject. Mabait sha, pala-kwento, pero stricto din. Mahilig magpa-recite, andaming requirements. Pero dahil bahista sha ng Sugarfree, sinisipag parin ako sa subject nya... Hindi rin ako inaantok dito, sa sobrang starstruck.

- Bading ulet ang teacher ko sa NatSciII. Sadista personified. 10 minutes late, may punishment ka na. Nagpapaluha daw ng dugo sa test, mahilig magpa-recite, nakakatawa, moody, maraming pinapagawa. Pero mukang magaling magturo.

- Prof ko sa Psych, medyo nakakaantok.

- Prof ko sa Philo, parang speakers na tinubuan ng tao. Kahit asa pinakalikod na ko ng classroom, buong-buo ang boses nya sa tenga ko. Kahit sarili kong konsensya, hindi ko na marinig dahil sa lakas ng boses nya. Pero muka naman shang alive magturo.

- Bata pa ang teacher ko sa Math11. Mukang mabait. Nakikipagkulitan. Di ko lang alam kung magaling na sha magturo.

- Prof ko sa PE, hindi parin nagpaparamdam.

... Sa sobrang expectations at pagka-sadista nila, parang napipilitan akong mag-aral at sinisipag ako. Kaya simula ngayon, magpapaka-GC na talaga ko. Wala munang dota, wala munang lalake.

   Balak ko nga rin palang ipaputol ang DSL ko, at i-surrender ang dalawang cellphone ko kay Mommy. Kelangan ko mag-concentrate. Dapat talagang walang distractions.

Kakalimutan ko muna na lagi akong kinikilig dahil sakanya, kakalimutan ko na malapit na ko mainlove, kakalimutan ko muna na nalungkot/nasaktan parin ako, kakalimutan ko muna na ang internet ay ang buhay ko. Aalisin ko muna sa priority ang dotA.

Sana, wag ako tamarin. (So help me God.) Pero wag din sana ko masiraan ng bait. =/

   I finally got all of my classcards for the first sem. It's pretty surprising though, that I had good grades. I mean, God knows how much I've taken my acads for granted. I enjoyed cutting classes, I got used to cramming major projects, and yes, I only studied for departmentals and finals. No more, no less. Kaya nga nakakagulat na okay bigla ang grades ko.

   I wasn't really so concerned about my grades eh. Usually, pag ayoko yung subject, hindi ko pinapasukan. But whenever I attend a certain class, I really listen to the prof intently -- PERO, no note-takings or whatsoever. Ang tamad ko nga kasi talaga. At lalo pa ko naging tamad nung nalaman ko na wala palang pakialam ang mga prof sa attendance -- as long as during exams and finals eh maganda ang grades mo.

   Haaay. It's really surprising. Compared to the efforts I exerted during my HS years, sus, sobrang wala akong ka-effort-effort ngayon. Isipin nyo na lang: Unlike my GC (Grade-conscious) blockmates na nagbabasa ng libro during break time, kami laging nakatambay lang sa Rob. Before the SocSci test, nag-dotA pa kami. The night before my Math DepExam, umalis pa ko at nakauwi na ng 11:30 ng gabi. Sa P.E. naman, dalawang beses lang ako umattend ng class and nag-participate lang sa presentation na considered as finals. Nung Comm1 finals nga, hindi ako nakapag-aral eh. Considering these facts, nakakagulat talaga yung grades ko. Thanks to the UP system -- grades are only based on 1 area -- TESTS. Buti na lang, walang attendance, "PD", at homeworks. Ganun naman talaga dapat diba? They should grade you based on how much you've learned. ..And not by mere attendance, your 'love for work', 'relationship w/ peers and adults', and especially NOT by how complete or beautiful your notebooks are. KALOKOHAN EH! Haha. (Diba Angelica? Tyress? :p)

Thank you for the happiness you've brought to all of us. For all the good morning kisses, for the enthusiasm during our picture-takings, for never failing to amaze me everytime you play pinball in the PC, for accompanying me in the grocery, for always making me feel special, for being so behaved and  'bibbo' when you had your haircut in the salon -- where you became the center of attention... For all of these, and a whole lot more... THANK YOU. I hope that a year apart won't make you forget us, "young man".