My Best friend and his family will move out today. I'll surely miss him. Yet, nothing will change, he'll forever be my best friend here on earth and in heaven.
Take care, Best! God bless!
Friday, January 30, 2009
Moving Away
My Best friend and his family will move out today. I'll surely miss him. Yet, nothing will change, he'll forever be my best friend here on earth and in heaven.
Take care, Best! God bless!
Monday, January 26, 2009
1st day of Practicum
I was overwhelmed with the number of special students I mingled today. So tired. I need rest for tomorrow's day. Lord give me strength and patience to endure everything!
Thursday, January 22, 2009
What's wrong with me?
I feel that I'm losing my mind. I just can't think right at the moment and I feel that everything I do seems not right. I hate feeling this way. I abhor it. I have already shared my pent-up feelings with a friend of mine in the office yet I'm still not okay. I have not yet overcome the feeling. I feel that I need to find where my keys are. I feel that I need to put this into writing-- maybe, I pray that it would help.
Yesterday, right after taking a bath at around 4:30 pm, I received a phone call from Ms. Cherry (Hone's boss) and she interrogated me, "What's your message for Myke?" I had nowhere to find answers to her question. I might have freeze to death without answering her query. I was speechless. I knew that it wasn't only her listening to my voice, I knew that something's up... it's a phone patch. I was stuttering beyond words. That moment--- words run out of my lips and out of the parts of my brain. I didn't know what I was saying. I remember, I just said, "He already has everything and I just love him." When I hung up. I knew that I messed up. I kept thinking what went wrong with the words that I uttered. Then, two rides after, I realized that I wasn't able to say the two most simple words that I shouldv'e said which are: Happy and Birthday. Shoot.
Realizing my stupidity. Where did my head's neurons went? Okay, let me rationalize. First reason, Honestly, I felt like I was greeting Michael for almost 3 days. Considering that I work on a night shift, I have waited for his day to strike at 12am- that was the 1st, he even fetch me at around 5am. When I was about to go to work in the evening, we were about meet (which did not materialize) so I kept greeting him through text- that's the 2nd. When he picked me up the following morning on the 21st, that was the third day... and I felt like he was so devastated with the number of times I've greeted him before he left to work. You know, it just felt like I've said it a million times and to greet him over and over again, it's really too much. Second reason, everybody in that room who have heard my voice surely knew that it was his birthday, so it's granted- what I've said was for his birthday anyway. Third reason, I wasn't really prepared. I just came from the bathroom when I've answered the phone and I'm all wet with my towel on, dripping drops of water on floor and on the ear piece of the phone. They didn't know what I was up that time. So it sucks! Okay, enough with rationalizing... as Raph said, "it still boils down you missing two significant words--- Happy and Birthday." Alrightie then, enough! I'm only human. And I... have already felt bad. So is Destiny already happy with my situation?
I was out of bounce. I noticed that it has been for 3 consecutive days. Maybe it's because of the bad interview that I had with the Director of the school which I'll have my practicum soon. Followed by me texting my previous Grad School professor, addressing her the wrong name. But hey, I should get over those things. It's over. I won't cry over spilled milk. What I need to do is to keep the ball rolling. I should be back on the game.
Okay, once I've published this entry, I'm really over with my frustration in the interview, which was core of all these mishaps and out of bounces. Anyway, our professor would be formally endorsing us tomorrow. That would be the closure. That would be the end. And I will have a whole month vacation from work, away from computers and members and stuff in the office.
Oh God, help me!
Yesterday, right after taking a bath at around 4:30 pm, I received a phone call from Ms. Cherry (Hone's boss) and she interrogated me, "What's your message for Myke?" I had nowhere to find answers to her question. I might have freeze to death without answering her query. I was speechless. I knew that it wasn't only her listening to my voice, I knew that something's up... it's a phone patch. I was stuttering beyond words. That moment--- words run out of my lips and out of the parts of my brain. I didn't know what I was saying. I remember, I just said, "He already has everything and I just love him." When I hung up. I knew that I messed up. I kept thinking what went wrong with the words that I uttered. Then, two rides after, I realized that I wasn't able to say the two most simple words that I shouldv'e said which are: Happy and Birthday. Shoot.
Realizing my stupidity. Where did my head's neurons went? Okay, let me rationalize. First reason, Honestly, I felt like I was greeting Michael for almost 3 days. Considering that I work on a night shift, I have waited for his day to strike at 12am- that was the 1st, he even fetch me at around 5am. When I was about to go to work in the evening, we were about meet (which did not materialize) so I kept greeting him through text- that's the 2nd. When he picked me up the following morning on the 21st, that was the third day... and I felt like he was so devastated with the number of times I've greeted him before he left to work. You know, it just felt like I've said it a million times and to greet him over and over again, it's really too much. Second reason, everybody in that room who have heard my voice surely knew that it was his birthday, so it's granted- what I've said was for his birthday anyway. Third reason, I wasn't really prepared. I just came from the bathroom when I've answered the phone and I'm all wet with my towel on, dripping drops of water on floor and on the ear piece of the phone. They didn't know what I was up that time. So it sucks! Okay, enough with rationalizing... as Raph said, "it still boils down you missing two significant words--- Happy and Birthday." Alrightie then, enough! I'm only human. And I... have already felt bad. So is Destiny already happy with my situation?
I was out of bounce. I noticed that it has been for 3 consecutive days. Maybe it's because of the bad interview that I had with the Director of the school which I'll have my practicum soon. Followed by me texting my previous Grad School professor, addressing her the wrong name. But hey, I should get over those things. It's over. I won't cry over spilled milk. What I need to do is to keep the ball rolling. I should be back on the game.
Okay, once I've published this entry, I'm really over with my frustration in the interview, which was core of all these mishaps and out of bounces. Anyway, our professor would be formally endorsing us tomorrow. That would be the closure. That would be the end. And I will have a whole month vacation from work, away from computers and members and stuff in the office.
Oh God, help me!
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Bondage
The topic for our Cell group (Single women's group) is that if we are still bonded into certain things in life. Bondage is something like being in prison without seeing bars. It's like wanting to get out of a maze but you can't. Janet said, "We should free ourselves and just leave everything to God." So the question was posted, "Are you free from bondage?"
Ouch! I am not. Though, I have given God the pains in my heart, I feel that I am still inside the invisible bars of prison, boxed with hatred for particular people who have stabbed me and who I have killed in my mind. Of course I want to get out of this feeling but it takes a zillion courage to really forgive and forget. Wounds heal but it leaves marks. I don't know the way out of the maze 'coz I'm unable to see the top view of it. I'm inside the maze.
I don't know when I can get out of it and when I can really forgive those who have done me wrong. Maybe oneday, maybe someday. At the moment, I just leave it to the hands of God.
Ouch! I am not. Though, I have given God the pains in my heart, I feel that I am still inside the invisible bars of prison, boxed with hatred for particular people who have stabbed me and who I have killed in my mind. Of course I want to get out of this feeling but it takes a zillion courage to really forgive and forget. Wounds heal but it leaves marks. I don't know the way out of the maze 'coz I'm unable to see the top view of it. I'm inside the maze.
I don't know when I can get out of it and when I can really forgive those who have done me wrong. Maybe oneday, maybe someday. At the moment, I just leave it to the hands of God.
You Are the One
Artist: Lincoln Brewster
Album: Amazed
Title: You Are the One
You're the One Who made the heavens
You're the One Who shaped the earth
You're the One Who formed my heart
Long before my birth
I believe You'll always lead me
All my days have been ordained
All Your thoughts toward me are holy
Full of love and grace
You are the One You are holy
You are the One You are worthy
You are the One You are the One everlasting
You are the One
You are the One I will worship
You are the One I will serve all my days
You are the One You are the one everlasting
You are the One
Jesus You're the One
When I Speak Your Name
When I Speak Your Name
written by:Elizabeth Clark
VERSE 1
Jesus, the most beautiful name of all names
Jesus, the only name that brings healing and strength
When I speak Your Name, mountains move, chains are loosed
When I speak Your Name, darkness flees, it has no hold on me
CHORUS
Jesus, the most beautiful name that I know
You’re the exalt- ed One
Jesus, You have the power alone
You lift the lone- ly one, Je- sus
VERSE 2
Jesus, the most wonderful name of all names
Jesus, the only name that brings freedom and hope
When I speak Your Name, mountains move, chains are loosed
When I speak Your Name, darkness flees, it has no hold on me
(1st ending)
You lift the lone- ly one
(Repeat Chorus)
(2nd ending)
You lift the lone- ly one, Je- sus
CHORUS 2
Be exalted, be exalted, be exalted higher and higher
Be exalted, be exalted, be exalted higher and higher
Be exalted, be exalted, be exalted higher and higher
Be exalted, be exalted, be exalted higher and higher
written by:Elizabeth Clark
VERSE 1
Jesus, the most beautiful name of all names
Jesus, the only name that brings healing and strength
When I speak Your Name, mountains move, chains are loosed
When I speak Your Name, darkness flees, it has no hold on me
CHORUS
Jesus, the most beautiful name that I know
You’re the exalt- ed One
Jesus, You have the power alone
You lift the lone- ly one, Je- sus
VERSE 2
Jesus, the most wonderful name of all names
Jesus, the only name that brings freedom and hope
When I speak Your Name, mountains move, chains are loosed
When I speak Your Name, darkness flees, it has no hold on me
(1st ending)
You lift the lone- ly one
(Repeat Chorus)
(2nd ending)
You lift the lone- ly one, Je- sus
CHORUS 2
Be exalted, be exalted, be exalted higher and higher
Be exalted, be exalted, be exalted higher and higher
Be exalted, be exalted, be exalted higher and higher
Be exalted, be exalted, be exalted higher and higher
Thursday, January 15, 2009
My Great Day for 2009
It's my birthday today. I saw how the digital clock changed from 11:59 to 12:00 midnight!
With Lhen, Carla, Raph, Tin and Jinky- we ate my cake in the 11th floor at around 12:15 am.
I received birthday messages from friends and I'm thankful that they've remembered.
At night, I celebrated my birthday with Tier 1 and Tier 4- INV5, ATO, Suspension Appeals and Defamation Team together with our TL and Supe. Credits for Raph 'coz he's the one who arranged the food orders. Thanks, dude!
Defam andSuspension Appeals Team
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Myke's plate.
My plate.
Lovers.
My dad.
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With Lhen, Carla, Raph, Tin and Jinky- we ate my cake in the 11th floor at around 12:15 am.
I received birthday messages from friends and I'm thankful that they've remembered.
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In the afternoon, Hone and I met. We just ate our favorite burger and sundae in Burger King. The pictures will soon be uploaded. Yet, it's perfect for me. A simple celebration with my one and only soon-to-be life-partner.
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At night, I celebrated my birthday with Tier 1 and Tier 4- INV5, ATO, Suspension Appeals and Defamation Team together with our TL and Supe. Credits for Raph 'coz he's the one who arranged the food orders. Thanks, dude!
Just had palabok and pichi-pichi.
My friends at Night Shift. Vic is on his restday.
Defam andSuspension Appeals Team
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Raph gave this flowers and Carla gave me chocolates. I took a lot of pictures of the bouquet. It's beautiful and it somehow reflects my life... colorful as it is!
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I was also able to watch the "Twilight" movie--- after finally reading the book. Of course the book is incomparable!
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This is me at 25. Well, I don't feel 25 at all.
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An after celebration with my family at Sbarro, SM North Edsa. With my parents, lola and hone-- my birthday's complete!
My mom have ordered many foods for my Lola but she barely ate the delicious foods infront of her. Then, I suddenly realized that, "Children should treat their parents in fancy restaurants and make them eat the most delicious foods while they're still healthy and young--- for when, they're already old, they wouldn't appreciate eating the foods no matter how expensive they are."
Myke's plate.
My plate.
Lovers.
My dad.
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Thank you Lord for giving me another year to celebrate your goodness, grace and mercy! I love you God.
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
In to it
I have now finished reading the "Twilight" book. I can now watch the movie and compare it to what I have read. I bet, I'll be disappointed once more, having more fascinating imagination that the director's.
After watching the film, I plan to continue reading the series. There's -New Moon, Eclipse and Breaking the Dawn.
Sunday, January 11, 2009
What's in my mind?
I made it. I'm back at church. It feels good to be there again, to bless HIM, to praise HIM, to thank HIM, to ask for guidance. I miss my Lord so much and going back to the night shift is indeed a blessing in disguise.
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I'm on the 250th page of "Twilight". I need to finish it before my birthday comes. After that, I will watch the movie na. Yehey!***
I feel excited to start my Practicum which will be on the last week of January till 3rd Week of February. I'll be with Karla, Veron and Nantz in ILLC. Malapit na leave ko sa office!:)***
Khing said yesterday that she can't afford the Australia trip not even the HongKong trip. Anyone who wants to join me for a vacation on April or May? Please inform me. KKB ha?
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My birthday's getting nearer. Oh no!
Last Saturday, there was a "Kick-off" party in the office, which again, I did not intended to attend since it was my off. Anyway, I'm not a party-goer. I'd rather sleep, go to the mall, chat with a friend on phone, surf the net or spend my time with my love ones including my pet rather than going to parties. But, Maron told me that my name was picked in raffle which of course was forfeited plus the fact that I received a certificate for being a top performer. For all I care basta I enjoyed my Saturday night with my family and with Michael.
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20 Questions by Juan Ekis
I took this from Eman Manuud. It was nicely written. Exclusive for Psych Majors and only for those who can understand and appreciate literary pieces.:p
Twenty Questions ni Juan Ekis
MGA TAUHAN
*Jigs - Fresh grad. Kabarkada ni Yumi. Magtatrabahobilang researchersaisang financial firm
*Yumi - Commercial Model. Kabarkada ni Jigs. 2 yearsahead kay Jigs.
TAGPO
Gabi. Sa isang kwarto ng isang beach resort.Naglalatag ng kumot siJigssa sahig habang inaayos ni Yumi ang kanyang higaan.
YUMI: Sige na, Jigs. Huwag ka nang magpaka-gentle man.Naaawa ako sa¹yoe.Tabi na tayo sa kama.
JIGS: Hindi, okay lang ako dito.
YUMI: Huwag ka nang maarte. As if naman re-rapin kitano. Malaki naman itong kama e. Hatiin na lang natin sa gitna.
JIGS: Sure ka?
YUMI: Hindi mo naman siguro ako mamanyakin no?
JIGS: (Matatawa) Okay ka lang?
YUMI: Kung gusto mo, gamitin na lang natin iyang kumotna divider.
JIGS: Good idea.
Isasampay nila ang kumot mula sa kisame para mahati ang kama sa gitna. Magsesettle down ang dalawa. Ilalabas ni Jigs ang libro niya: ³Puppy Love and other Stories² ni F. Sionil Jose. Si Yumi naman ay magpapatugtog ng Japanese Zen Music habang nagsa-zazen.
YUMI: Do you mind?
JIGS: No, go ahead. I¹m just reading.Magsa-zazen si Yumi.
Magbabasa si Jigs. Pareho silang di maka-concentrate. Papatayin ni Yumi ang CD player niya.
YUMI: I can¹t believe our friends.
JIGS: Oo nga e.
YUMI: Dapat ginagawa nila ito sa mga bagong pasok sa barkada o kaya sa bagong...ay oo nga pala. Bagong graduate ka. Congrats.
JIGS: Thanks.
YUMI: So what¹re your plans?
JIGS: Kinukuha akong researcher sa ADB. Kinukuha rin ako ng BPI sa OTP nila.
YUMI: Wow naman. In demand.
JIGS: Di naman masyado. Who the hell invented thistradition anyway?
YUMI (Matatawa) You won¹t believe it.
JIGS: Ikaw?
YUMI: Malay ko ba na mabibiktima rin ako nito balang-araw.J
IGS: So why did you start it?
YUMI: Wala ka pa sa tropa nun e. Freshman ka pa langsiguro noon. Wala lang. Napagtripan lang namin si Ronald. E may crush siya kay Meg. Noong unang beses magpunta rito ng barkada, sabi ko, magsimula kami ng tradition. Ilo-lottery namin ang pangalan ng mga lalaki at ng mga babae. Kung sino ang mabubunot, silang dalawa ang pagsasamahin sa isang kwarto sa loob ng tatlong araw. And then, we¹ll all see what happens. Pero dinaya namin noon yung kay Ronald at Meg. Puro Ronald at Meg ang mga pangalan na nakalagay sa lottery.
JIGS: (Tatawa) Ang sama ninyo!
YUMI: Kaya nga nakarma na ako e.
JIGS: So is our case, dinaya? O talagang lottery?
YUMI: (Teasing) Ano sa dalawa ang gusto mo?
JIGS: Feeling ko may nagtrip sa¹kin sa barkada e.
YUMI: Excuse me po, dalawa tayong biktima dito. I don¹t see any reason kung bakit tayong dalawa ang sasadyaing biktima this year, unless may crush ka sa¹kin na di ko alam at alam nila (tatawa).
JIGS: Baka ikaw (tatawa).
YUMI: The success rate of this tradition is 100 o far.
JIGS: I was here na the 2nd time. Si Chris at si Cia ang biktima.
YUMI:And last year were Rod and Kay. They¹re getting married kailan? Sa June yata.
JIGS: What do you expect? Ikukulong mo ang isang lalaki at isang babae sa isang kwarto for three days, imposibleng walang mangyari doon!
YUMI:That was exactly my point. (Ngingiti)
JIGS: E kung may madisgrasya?
YUMI: Ano¹ng disgrasya?
JIGS: Alam mo na ?yun!Hahawiin ni Yumi ang divider nilang kumot.
YUMI: Ano? Sex? Pa¹no kung magsex sila? Nakakatawa ka naman. Di mo masabi.
JIGS: Ang alin?
YUMI: Ang sex!
IGS: Hah!
YUMI: Sige nga sabihin mo nga?
JIGS: Para kang tanga. Tumigil ka nga.
YUMI: Shet, Jigs. Graduate ka na totoy ka pa rin!
JIGS: Excuse me?
YUMI: Sabihin mo nga: ³Sex! Sex! Sex! Sex!²
JIGS: Para kang bata, Yumi ha.
YUMI: You used to call me ate Yumi when you were in third year.
JIGS: Well, graduate na po ako, ate Yumi.Tahimik.
JIGS: Hmmm. I wonder if we¹re gonna last three days.
YUMI: (Teasing) Bakit? Ayaw mo sa¹kin?Di sasagot si Jigs.
YUMI: We¹re gonna survive this one.
JIGS: What makes you so sure?
YUMI: No offense, Jigs. I honestly find you very attractive pero I¹ve no time for this.
JIGS: Same here.
YUMI: Same here what? Na you find me attractive o you don¹t have time for this? (Matatawa)Di sasagot si Jigs. Tahimik. Io-on ulit ni Yumi ang CD player at ipagpapatuloy ang zazen. Itatabi ni Jigs ang libro. Nawalan na siya ng ganang magbasa. Pupunta siya sa ref. Bubuksan niya ito.
JIGS:Hah! (Sarcastic) Perfect! Red Wine! How very conducive.
YUMI: May chips ba diyan?
JIGS: Sa awa ng Diyos, may tsibog naman.
Papatayin ni Yumi ang CD player. Tatayo siya at kukuha ng chips sa ibabaw ng ref.
YUMI: Since we¹re gonna be stuck naman with each other for three days, might as well make the best out of it di ba? I-enjoy na lang natin.
JIGS:What do you mean?
YUMI: Get the wine, let¹s have a drink! 50 hours to go na lang and we¹regonna be the first failure of this tradition.
JIGS: Oo nga. (Kukunin ang wine. Maglalagay sa dalawang baso.) When they chose Cia and Chris, naiintindihan ko pa e. Lalo na sina Rod and Kay. Kung baga,tinulungan lang natin silang umamin sa isa¹t isa. Pero us...
YUMI:Weird ng barkada natin no?JIGS: To our barkada and our weird traditions!
YUMI:To us, the first failure of this tradition!Magto-toast sila at iinom.
JIGS: Sige, ate Yumi. Let¹s make our stay here more interesting...
YUMI: What¹s with the ate?
JIGS : Fine...Bubuksan ni Yumi ang chips. Uupo sila pareho sa sahig para magkwentuhan.
JIGS: Let¹s play twenty questions.
YUMI: Sige! Ano yon?
JIGS: Each of us will have ten questions each.Tatanungin kita, tatanungin mo ako, mga gusto nating malaman sa isa¹t isa. Alternate tayo. Pero the thing here is, you can¹t ask the question that I already asked.
YUMI: That¹s pretty interesting.
JIGS: At bawal magsinungaling.
YUMI: Fair enough. Pero whatever is said inside this room remains in the room. Ok?
JIGS: Of course. You wanna start?
YUMI: No. I want to ask the last question. (Ngingiti atkikindatan si Jigs)
JIGS: Smart move. Game. First question: Ano ang greatest frustration mo sa buhay?
YUMI: Nge. Ang korni naman ng tanong mo. Walang ka-challenge-challenge. Ask me something na mag-iisip naman ako.
JIGS: Simula pa lang e.
YUMI: Sige. Ano nga ba...?
JIGS: Akala ko ba walang ka-challenge-challenge?
YUMI: Wag kang maingay, nag-iisip ako...I¹m a frustrated ballet dancer.
JIGS: Talaga?
YUMI: I took lessons when I was six pero umayaw ako. Wala kasi akong disiplina e. Mas gusto kong makipaglaro sa mga kalaro ko. Pero I really enjoy watching ballet dancers. When I see them dance parati kong naiisip na sana, ako rin. There! Ang dali naman ng tanong mo. Walang thrill.
JIGS: Appetizer lang. Yari ka sa¹kin mamaya.
YUMI: We¹ll see. Ako naman: Did you ever have doubts about your sexuality? I mean, kahit minsan ba, naisip mo na bakla ka?
JIGS: Never.
YUMI: Bilis ng sagot a.
JIGS: Coz I never entertained the idea.
YUMI: Homophobe ka ba?
JIGS: Alternate tayo sa tanungan, di ba?
YUMI: So, not once? Kahit konti? Kahit what if lang?
JIGS: I¹m straight, okay?
YUMI: I'm not asking if you¹re gay or not. I¹m askingkung...
JIGS: Never nga.
YUMI: We all thought na you were gay. Well at least nung first few months mo sa tropa before you introduced your girlfriend to us.
JIGS: What?! You thought I was gay?!
YUMI: E pa'no kasi, masyado kang mabait. Ang pogi-pogi mo, pero parang allergic ka sa mga babae. Over ang pagiging gentleman mo. Too good to be true. You have a good body, it seems that you work out pero iniisip naming front mo lang yun. Kadalasan kasi front ng mga bakla ang pagiging maganda ng katawan nila at pagiging sporty...
Tatawa lang si Jigs.
YUMI: So we thought it¹s either that or you were planning to become a priest.
JIGS: What?!
YUMI: Well, you were always this goody-goody person. Pumupunta ka sa chapel. Nangungumpisal, nagsisimba...
JIGS: The way you said it, parang equivalent ang dalawa a.
YUMI: Of course not. I didn¹t mean that!
JIGS: I take my faith seriously. That doesn¹t make me gay!
YUMI: So you did want to become a priest...
JIGS: Hindi rin. Actually, I always wanted to raise a family...and be a father.Tahimik.
YUMI: So you¹re not gay.
JIGS: No.
YUMI: You never...
JIGS: Ilang beses ka ba ipinanganak? Kulit mo e. It¹smy turn.
YUMI: Homophobe ka no?
JIGS: Hindi kaya!
YUMI: Whatever...
JIGS: Ako na, daya mo naman e.
YUMI: Okay, okay. Shoot me.
JIGS: How do you see yourself five years from now?
YUMI: You expect to win this game? Ang kokorni ng mga tanong mo e.
JIGS: The object of this game is not to win.
YUMI: E ano pa ba?
JIGS: To get to know the other person.
YUMI: Sure. Basta ako, I will win this game. Walang thrill ang isang game kung walang nananalo.
JIGS: Sagot.
YUMI: May time limit ba ?to? (Tatawa) Wine pa nga.
JIGS: Sabi nga nila: in vino veritas.Magsasalin si Jigs ng wine.
YUMI: Masarap ang wine, ha? Saan kaya nabili ito? (Iinom) To answer your question, either maging entrepreneur ako, magsisimula ako ng sarili kong botique or bar, o kaya, magiging artista ako sa pelikula.
JIGS: Not bad.
YUMI: Pero mukhang malabo yung stint ko sa movies. Tough ang competition e. Saka mahina ang manager ko. Panay hosting at pictorials ang nakukuhang raket para sa akin. Papalitan ko na nga e. Pag nakaipon ako, baka magtayo na lang ako ng botique.
JIGS: (Magbibiro) Ayaw mo mag-bold?
YUMI: Yuck!
JIGS: Lahat ng gustong mag-artista doon dumadaan.
YUMI: May talent naman ako kahit papano a!
JIGS: Lahat naman ng bold star may talent a! Sa dibdib! (Tatawa)
YUMI: (Hahampasin ng unan si Jigs) Bastos ka talaga! Akala ko goody-goody ka...Hindi ko papatulan ang pagbobold kahit ano¹ng mangyari no! Kahit ganito ako, may respeto pa rin naman ako sa sarili ko.
JIGS: Ganito? Ano¹ng ganito?
Di sasagutin ni Yumi ang tanong.
YUMI: These producers think all the people want is sex, sex, sex! Kaya puro basura ang mga pelikula e. Wine pa nga!
JIGS: (Magsasalin ng wine) Bakit naman botique?
YUMI: Hoy madaya ka na ha? Hindi pa ako lasing. Ako na¹ng magtatanong. Ang korni mo namang magtanong. Bigatan naman natin nang konti...Inom ka muna.
Iinom si Jigs. Magsasalin siya ng bago.
YUMI: Who was your first crush in the barkada?Tahimik.
YUMI: Haha! Bingo ka no? Bagal mo naman sumagot.
Iinumin ang wine. Magsasalin ng bago.
JIGS: Lalaki o babae?Tatawa sila pareho.
YUMI: Dapat may time limit ito e.Tahimik.
JIGS; Hirap naman ng tanong mo.
YUMI: Iyon nga ang maganda e. Para may thrill. As if naman ibo-broadcast ko sa barkada kung sino.
JIGS: Wine pa?
YUMI:Di mo pa sinasagot yung tanong ko, nagtatanong ka na!
Magsasalin ng wine si Jigs kay Yumi.
JIGS: Yung crush ko kasi...siyempre, sino pa ba? E di yung pinakamaganda sa barkada.
YUMI: Nge. Subjective yon no! Para sa¹kin ang pinakagwapo si Joel. Sa babae, si Kay. Para kay Ronald, si Meg...
JIGS: Yung literally na may dating'walang tanung-tanong. Yung kahit sino¹ng tanungin mo sa tropa, objectively, siya ang isasagot.
YUMI: Jigs, twenty questions ang game natin. Hindi guessing game. C¹mon man. Play your own game. Pa¹no na kung truth or dare to e di pahirapan na. Dadalawa na nga lang tayo e.
JIGS: Yung commercial model.Matitigilan si Yumi.
YUMI: Wine pa nga.
Magsasalin si Jigs. Mag-iisip si Yumi. Iinom. Biglangmatatawa.
YUMI: (Tumatawa pa rin) Talaga?
JIGS: Sige, pagtawanan ba?
YUMI: You can say it to my face, I won¹t bite. Bakit hirap na hirap kang sabihin kung sino? Takot kang ma-reject? Parang tanong lang e...Wine pa nga!
JIGS: Okay, 1 point ka na...
YUMI: (Ngiti) Gee...thanks. Flattered naman ako. At kailan naman nangyari ito?
JIGS: Sorry, my turn to ask. (Ngingiti) Who is your crush in the barkada...NOW?
YUMI: E ginaya mo lang yung tanong ko e.
JIGS: Hinde no. May qualifier ako. Ang sabi ko, NOW. Ang tanong mo, first crush ko.
YUMI: Korni pa rin. Alam mo, kung basketball ito. tambak ka na.
JIGS: Just answer the question.
YUMI: Siyempre wala. I told you, I don¹t have time for these stuff. Kakabreak ko lang dba?
JIGS: Korni mo namang sumagot.
YUMI: E korni yung tanong e. Pero kung talagang-talagang kailangan kong sumagot.hmmm.teka.sino nga ba? Sino ba¹ng crush material sa barkada? Wala akong maisip e. Ikaw na lang.
JIGS: Yung seryoso naman.
YUMI: Seryoso ako. Ayaw mo yata e. Sige, iba na lang...
JIGS: E napipilitan ka lang e.
YUMI: Uy! Pa¹no ba¹yan? MU na tayo? Crush mo ko, crush kita...yiheee (Tatawa).
JIGS: Dati pa ?yon no!
YUMI: Ay? Di mo na ko crush? Bakit, na turn-off ka? Ano namang ginawa ko? Tsk. Tsk.
JIGS: Is that your question na?
YUMI: Oy, hinde! Ito naman...di ba pwedeng mag-follow-up?
Iinom ng wine si Jigs.
YUMI: Fine. Here¹s a little juicy question: Describe your first kiss.
JIGS: That¹s not even a question.
YUMI: Arte mo. O: How was your first kiss like?Matatawa si Jigs.
JIGS: Wet.
YUMI: Yuck!Magtatawanan sila.
JIGS: Alam mo, aksidente yung first kiss ko. Close kasi kami nung isa kong kaibigan. Pag naggu-goodbye ako sa kanya, parati ko siyang kini-kiss sa noo. E one time, sa gym habang nagpapahinga, nakaupo siya sa sahig. Tinatamad siyang tumayo. So bumaba ako nang konti para halikan siya sa noo kasi pauwi na ako. E siya naman, para maabot ko, medyo tumingala . E sakto, sa lips ko siya nahalikan. Pareho kaming nagulat. Pero di pa Kami naghiwalay agad. Weird nga ang feeling e. Parang may glue. Ayaw na naming maghiwalay pareho...
Tawa pa rin si Yumi
YUMI: Awww. Ang sweet naman. Parang sa pelikula. Si Krissy ba ?to?
JIGS: Hindi. Hindi mo siya kilala.
YUMI: So what happened? Nagkatuluyan kayo?
JIGS: Nope.
YUMI: Ha?
JIGS: Ewan ko ba. Complicated kasi yung situation naming e. May boyfriend siya noon. Ako naman, takot pa sa isang relationship. Pero at least, na-discover namin na pareho pala kaming may gusto sa isa¹t isa. Pero hanggang doon na lang.
YUMI: What happened after?
JIGS:We talked about it. We both decided na it wont work. Tapos, bigla na lang, hindi na kami nagkikita. And then, I met you guys, iba na ang barkada ko.
YUMI: Nakakatuwa naman.
JIGS: Ikaw, pa¹no yung first kiss mo?
YUMI: Ikaw ang nagturo sa akin ng game na ito di ba? Bakit ba lagi mong bini-break ang rules? Di mo na pwedeng tanungin ?yan!
JIGS: Tine-testing ko lang kung lasing ka na. (Iinom ng wine) Okay, naka-warm-up na ako: What was the naughtiest thing you ever did?
YUMI: Yan ang mga tanong! Ano ba¹ng ibig mong sabihin ng naughty?
JIGS: Bahala kang mag-define.
YUMI: Hmmm...marami e...(matatawa) baka maeskandalo ka.
JIGS: Kanina ayaw mo ng korni. Ngayong medyo exciting naman...
YUMI: Eto na...I had two boyfriends at the same time.
JIGS: (Nagulat) Hala.
YUMI: I was with Joel and Zach at the same time.
JIGS: Yikes. Alam ba ni Joel?
YUMI: Kaya nga kami naghiwalay nun e. Nahuli ako(matatawa).
JIGS: Ano namang pumasok sa kukote mo¹t ginawa mo iyon,aber?
YUMI: Nag-eexperiment lang ako. E sa type ko sila pareho e. Ano¹ng magagawa ko? Saka para may thrill. Alam mo yon? Yung patago kang nakikipag-date sa isa para di mahuli. Everyday pa akong nakakalibre, kasi, alternate sila! (Tatawa) Akala n¹yo kayo lang mga lalaki ang pwedeng gumawa no¹n?
JIGS: How can you love two guys at the same time?
YUMI: Who said something about love? Walang kinalaman ang love dun. I was...having fun!JIGS: Nainlove ka na ba, ever?
YUMI: Nakakailang tanong ka na? It¹s my turn.
JIGS: Don¹t you want to answer the question anyway?
YUMI: My turn!
JIGS: Kulang ka pa sa wine. (Tatawa)Ubos na ang unang wine bottle. Kukuha si Jigs ng isapa sa ref.
JIGS: Ang bilis nating uminom a.
YUMI: Are you still a virgin?
JIGS: Whoa! Where did that come from?
YUMI: That¹s my fourth question.
JIGS: (Magsasalin ng wine sa mga baso). Ano sa tingin mo?Ngingiti si Jigs.
Tititigan lang siya ni Yumi.
YUMI: Don¹t tell me, wala pang nangyayari sa inyo ni Krissy hanggang ngayon? Ilang taon na ba kayo? Mag-tu-two years na sana next week.
YUMI: So virgin ka pa? I don¹t believe it!
JIGS: Mukha ba akong tarantado?
YUMI: Mukha kang nagpapaiyak ng babae e.
JIGS: Insulto ba yon?
YUMI: Compliment yon, tanga.
JIGS: Ah, okay. Thanks.
YUMI: Pero, you mean, you never felt the urge to do it?
JIGS: Alin? Sex?
YUMI: Wow! Nasabi rin niya!
JIGS: Of course I always feel it. Natural lang iyon sa tao no? Nasa iyo na lang yan kung ano¹ng gagawin mo sa urge na yon.
YUMI: E natural naman pala e. Bakit mo pinipigilan? I mean, pag naiihika, iihi ka. Pag nagugutom ka, kakain ka. Pareho lang yon, di ba?
JIGS: Pag naiihi ka, iihi ka dahil kailangan mong umihi. At hindi ka iihi kahit saan. Pupunta ka sa banyo. Pag nagugutom ka, kakain ka dahil kailangan. At hindi mo kinakain ang lahat ng pagkain na ihain saiyo. Pag di ka gutom, di ka kakain. Pag di mo gusto yung pagkain, di mo gagalawin. Ang aso, pag may nakitang pagkain diyan, walang tanung-tanong. Lalamon iyan.
YUMI: And sex is the same?
JIGS: Lahat ng bagay, nilalagay sa lugar. May context. At least, yun ang nagpaiba sa atin sa aso.
YUMI: Grabe ka namang magsalita. Para mo na ring sinabing lahat ng nakikipagsex, aso ah!JIGS: Sinasabi ko lang, pag wala sa tamang konteksto, mali.
YUMI: And what is that context?JIGS: Matanda na tayo. Ayokong maging preachy. Alam na natin yan?
Tahimik.
JIGS: Kaso, kahit alam na natin, minsan di pa rin natin ginagawa.
Tahimik.
JIGS: Masarap e. Sino ba¹ng ayaw nun?
Tahimik.
YUMI: (Medyo nairita) So feeling mo santo ka at dapat kang i-congratulate for being a virgin!JIGS: Sinasabi ko lang ang pinaniniwalaan ko. Ineexplain ko lang kung bakit di ko ginagawa. May kanya-kanya tayong dahilan. Di ko pinipilit kahit kanino ang mga paniniwala ko...No need to get so cross about it, Yumi.
Tahimik.
JIGS: It¹s not about being a virgin or not. It¹s about putting things into their proper places.
YUMI: I¹m not arguing with you.
JIGS: Me neither. I¹m just answering your questions.
Matagal na katahimikan.Ngingiti si Jigs. Titignan niya si Yumi na medyo nairita sa nakaraang train of conversation nila. Magsasalin siya ng wine para kay Yumi.
JIGS: Nasobrahan ka na yata sa wine e. (Tatawa) You still wanna go on with the game? Nine pa lang tayo, eleven more to go. (Ngingiti)
YUMI: Shoot me.
JIGS:Who was your first lay?
YUMI: (Hahampasin ng unan si Jigs) Ang bastos mo talaga! So inaassume mo Na hindi na ako virgin?
JIGS: E sabi mo kasi, walang thrill ang game pag walang nananalo e. So I guess I¹m winning. Saka wala naman akong inimply na ganun a! I¹m just hitting two birds with one stone. Kasi kung virgin ka, e di simple lang ang sagot: wala. Kung hindi naman, e di sino?
YUMI: Ang daya mo.
JIGS: Akala ko ba ayaw mo ng korning tanong.
YUMI: You think I¹ll answer that after giving your sermon, Father Jigs?
JIGS: Ano ka ba? Inexplain ko lang yung personal reasons ko. Kung anoMan ang sa iyo, I¹ll respect them as well as I know you respect mine. I¹mNo saint. I¹m just trying to get to know you better. (Ngingiti)
YUMI: How do you do that?
JIGS: Alin?
YUMI: I should have walked out on you kanina pa pero the way you say things...parang bumabaliktad sa¹yo...makes you more...charming. Kung ibang tao ka siguro, di na kita kakausapin.
JIGS: You can¹t walk out. We¹re locked here for three days except for meals.
YUMI: So I¹m forced to like you para di masira ang vacation ko. (Ngingiti)
JIGS: You don¹t have to answer my question if you don¹t want.
YUMI: I guess I¹ll be honest with you as you were honest with me...Tahimik. Iinom ng wine si Yumi.
YUMI: Di mo siya kilala. His name was Robert. He was my first boyfriend. It was Senior Prom Night. Alam mo na...typical senior prom story. Everyone wants to lose it on prom night. Everyone thinks na pag prom night, it was something special. We went out sa hall nang maaga. We made out sa kotse niya. One thing led to the other. Tapos, yun...yun na. We went back just in time for the awarding of the prom queen. Guess what, I won pa.(Mahinang tawa)
JIGS: What was it like?
YUMI: Now that I look back, it isn¹t as special as I thought it was. Pero it was different then. Back then, we were just led by our passions. Alam mo yon? Andun ka na. Hormones raging wild. Passions and Ideals are confused. Akala mo love, yun pala, curious ka lang pala. Akala mo yun na yon. Akala mo you are in-love at lahat ng gawin mo tama. Lahat ng gawin mo perfect. Everything was magical...well, almost.
JIGS: Almost...?
YUMI: Sa next question mo na ?yan. Ako na.
JIGS: (Pabiro) Wine pa? Kulang ka pa yata e.
YUMI: Nilalasing mo ko no? May balak ka sa¹kin no? (Tatawa)
JIGS: Is that your question? Sasagutin ko na. (Tatawa)
YUMI: Engot. Hindi yon. Here¹s something na curious lang ako. Kasi I¹ve been hearing things...saka you¹ve hinted on it na rin kanina...Are you still with Krissy?
JIGS: Hindi na.YUMI: Since when?
JIGS: Two, maybe three weeks ago?
YUMI: Sino¹ng nakipag-break?
JIGS: Pareho kami.
YUMI: Why?
JIGS: Maraming dahilan, actually. Naisip na lang naming na it won¹t work. Isa na do¹n, magkaiba kami ng gustong mangyari sa buhay. Magkaiba kami ng mga pinaniniwalaan.
YUMI: Like what?
JIGS: Marami.
YUMI: At ngayon mo lang nalaman iyon after two years with her?
JIGS: People change, Yumi.Tahimik.
JIGS: Right before graduation, she asked me to move in with her.
YUMI: Talaga?
JIGS: Sabi niya, doon na naman din daw papunta ang relasyon namin. Might as well practice na raw for the real thing. Tutal, she¹s working na naman, ako naman bagong graduate, we should try out na raw living together if it¹ll work for us.
YUMI: Natakot ka sa arrangement?
JIGS: Hindi naman sa natakot. If you love someone, ano pa¹ng ikakatakot mo, di ba?
YUMI: E bakit umayaw ka?
JIGS: It¹s just that, it¹s not my thing.
YUMI: Sabi na nga ba e, bakla ka no? Sinasayang mo ang opportunities! (Matatawa)
JIGS: Hindi ako oportunista. At lalong hindi ako bakla.
YUMI: Fine.
JIGS: Naisip ko lang na hindi pa pala ako handa sa mga ganitong bagay. Wala pa sa isip ko ang gano¹n. Na-shock siguro ako sa reality na iyon na nga ang next step sa relationship namin. I mean, two years of being together and knowing each other, we¹re practically ready to get married, if you know what I mean. Pero I realized, I¹m not ready for any of these. Narealize ko how immature I am. Na iba yung ideals ko two years ago sa ideals ko ngayon. I need to mature some more to get into this thing'I mean, getting married. Diyos ko, ilang taon lang ba ako...
YUMI: Maturity has nothing to do with age.
JIGS: But it has a lot to do with time.
Tahimik.
JIGS: So I thought, bakit kailangan ng practice mode? Ibig sabihin, pag sumablay kami, split na kami? Live like a couple minus the commitment? Pa¹no pag nawala na yung magic? Goodbye na?
Iinom ng wine si Jigs.
JIGS: Kung kasal na, kasal na. Wala nang practice. I think that¹s the real cowardice. Yung i-try muna natin kung it will work kasi takot kayo na baka hindi maging successful ang outcome. Saan na napunta ang excitement ng buhay? Kaya nga kayo in-love, para sabay kayong humarap sa totoong buhay, sa hirap at ginahawa, di ba? (Matatawa) Hindi yung pagpapraktisan muna ninyo para siguradong ginhawa lang.Magkikibit-balikat lang si Jigs.
YUMI: Are you always like that?
JIGS: Like what?
YUMI: So cerebral in everything. Kahit pagdating sa relationships.
JIGS: Life is too precious para lang daanin sa trial and error.
Ngingiti si Jigs. Tahimik.
YUMI: So, No hard feelings?
JIGS: Friends pa rin kami. She still calls me up nga sa bahay e.
YUMI: That¹s nice.JIGS: Kayo, bakit kayo nagbreak ni Carlo?
YUMI: That¹s your sixth na ha?
JIGS: Sure.
YUMI: Alam mo, ironic para sa akin yung break-up naming ni Carlo. And the funny thing was, it was about...sex. Uy, sa atin lang ito ha?
JIGS: Of course.
YUMI: Kasi nga, I was looking for that magic nga di ba? I wanted to be in a relationship na special naman. So of all the boyfriends I had, sa kanya lang ako walang sexual relationship. As in nag-aabstain talaga ako. Kasi parang naisip ko, para magkaroon naman ng meaning yung ³making love² di ba? Parang, dapat di mo parating ginagawa, at ginagawa mo lang when you are sincere with yourself and with your partner. So I was investing muna emotionally. And I was actually starting to care about, him. Yung, hindi ko na iniisip yung sarili ko. Yung siya lang ang inaalala ko. Akala ko perfect na...
JIGS: Ano¹ng nangyari?
YUMI: Patunayan ko raw na mahal ko siya. Magbigay daw ako ng proof. Pagbigyan ko raw siya. Sabi ko sa kanya, hindi pa ba sapat na proof yon? Na I¹m saving myself for that right moment, that special moment between us? Alam mo¹ng ginawa? Nilayasan ako!
JIGS: You deserve someone better.
YUMI: Talaga!
YUMI: Isipin mo, kung kelan naman I grew tired of meaningless sex, when I¹m looking for the real thing, saka naman mawawala. Ang ironic ng buhay no?
JIGS: That¹s the way we must learn.
YUMI: Alam mo, kung tutuusin, never ko pang na-experience yung tunay na Mag make-love. And I had to go all through those relationships para lang ma-realize yun. At least, ngayon, alam ko na ang hinahanap ko.Iinom ng wine.
YUMI: Ikaw ba, importante sa¹yo na virgin ang mapapangasawa mo? How do you see virginity ba?
JIGS: Alam mo, di ko pa napag-isipan ?yan. Pero now that you¹ve mentioned it...It doesn¹t matter kung virgin ang mapangasawa ko o hindi. Of course I value virginity a lot. I treat it as the only real gift I could give to my wife to be. Imaginin mo na lang di ba, kung wife ko ang una ko. It¹s like the perfect wedding gift I could give to her. Pero kung siya hindi na virgin, I wouldn¹t care. As long as mahal ko siya. Kasi I don¹t expect her to give me the same gift. I don¹t do something because I expect people to do the same to me. Ibigay niya sa akin ang sarili niya nang buong-buo, sapat na sa akin yon. Masaya na ako sa ganoon.
YUMI: (Mapapangiti si Yumi.) You know, that¹s the nicest thing I ever heard from a guy. That¹s why I always enjoy talking to you. You always say the nicest things.
JIGS: Wow. Salamat. E ikaw, is making love to you equal to love?
YUMI: I always took sex and love as opposite ideas. I mean, after the first time na...you know. sa Senior prom. Kasi afterwards, we broke up na ni Robert. Tapos naisip ko, yun na ba yung love? Baka hindi love yung naramdaman ko. Baka napagkamalan ko lang siyang love. I was just after the pleasure of intimacy. And then I felt empty. So empty. That¹s why I wanted to change. I wanted to believe in ³making love.² And I¹m still looking for it.ung magic. Yung feeling mo, tao ka pala. I never felt that kahit isang beses. Men have penetrated my body but never my soul. And I wanted that. I wanted someone to touch my soul. To make love to my soul through my body. Pero siguro, naging numb na¹ko sa dami ng relasyong pinagdaanan ko. di ko alam kung mararanasan ko pa iyon. That¹s why I envy you.
Tahimik.
YUMI: Sa tingin mo may pag-asa pa ako?But, you still have your soul...(Ngingiti)
Tahimik.
YUMI: With whom would you want to experience it?
JIGS: Of course, sa asawa ko.
YUMI: I mean, someone in particular. Take it as my seventh question. So give a name.
JIGS: A name? Hindi ko alam. Basta kung sino angmagiging asawa ko.
Tahimik. Magkikibit-balikat si Yumi. Iinom ng wine.
JIGS: Well, I always thought na it was Krissy. And then, it was just gone. Of course I loved her. And I still do. Pero the magic was just gone after we both found out na magkaiba kami ng mga prinsipyo sa buhay.
Tahimik.
JIGS: My turn?
YUMI: Shoot me.
JIGS: Tell me something...a secret. Yung wala kahit isang nakakaalam.
Matagal na katahimikan.
JIGS: You trust me naman di ba?
YUMI: Well, you¹ve earned it, alright.
JIGS: Saka wala akong tinatago sa¹yo. Sinagot ko lahat ng tanong mo as honestly as I could.(Ngingiti)
YUMI: I uhm...
JIGS: Yes...?
YUMI: I need more wine.Magsasalin si Jigs ng wine.
JIGS: Take your time. We have less than fifty hours to go.
Iinom ng wine si Yumi.
YUMI: I¹ll tell you something no one in the world knowsexcept one other person. And that person probably forgot all about me already.
JIGS: (Pabiro) What? You had sex with a stranger?
YUMI: Ano ka ba?
JIGS: Biro lang. Seryoso na.
YUMI: Promise ha? Hindi ito lalabas.
JIGS: Promise.
YUMI: If this goes out, I will hunt you kahit sa libingan mo. Huhukayin kita at papatayin kita ulit.
JIGS: Mamatay man ako ngayon.
YUMI: Okay...(Pause) I...I was with Joel then...(Magiging mas seryoso ang tono niya) ...and Zach. I wasn¹t really with Zach, I was just going out with him pag wala si Joel, alam mo na...making out and stuff...Well, anyway, I was kinda serious din naman with Joel that time. Joel and I were...you know...doing it. And...
JIGS: And...?
YUMI: Uhm...I...uhm...I got pregnant.
JIGS: What?Tahimik.
Iinom ng wine si Yumi.
YUMI: I uhm...shit. Hindi ko naman talaga ginusto e. Uhm...Two months akong delayed...then I took that test. I found out na buntis nga ako...and Joel found out about Zach (maluha-luha na) and I didn¹t know what to say, you know? Maniniwala ba naman sa akin si Joel na naaliw lang ako kay Zach? Na I didn¹t really love him? Na wala lang iyon? And so he broke up with me and...I..uhm...I was afraid and uhm. (Magsisimula siyang magbreak-down)
JIGS: It¹s okay...
YUMI: I uhm...hindi ko na alam ang gagawin ko, Joel left me. I wanted to tell him about the baby to make him come back but I don¹t think he¹d believe me after the thing with Zach...and...my parents are gonna kill me if...shit. (iiyak)
JIGS: (lalapit kay Yumi para i-console ito) Ssshhh...you don¹t have to tell me this if it upsets you...YUMI: And so I went to a clinic...(hahagulgol) I didn¹t mean to, Jigs. I wasn¹t myself then. And I felt so afraid. So alone...
JIGS: Tahan na. Ssshhh...Iiyak lang si Yumi kay Jigs. Yayakapin ni Jigs siYumi.
JIGS: Alam ba to ni Joel?
YUMI: How can I tell him? The only other person na nakakaalam ay yung duktor sa clinic. God...(iiyak) Oh God...
JIGS: It¹s alright...
Hihimasin ni Jigs ang likod ni Yumi. Patatahanin niya ito. Matagal silang nakaganito lang. Matagal na katahimikan.
YUMI: Can you get me my yosi?Tatayo si Jigs. Pupunta sa may side table sa tabi ngkama. Kukunin ang Yosi ni Yumi. Magsisindi siya ng isa at iaabot kay Yumi.
YUMI:Thanks...Matagal na katahimikan.
YUMI: If we were...if we were the last two people on earth, would you consider doing it with me?JIGS: Doing what?
YUMI: Alam mo na...
JIGS: Alin? (Teasing ngingiti)
YUMI: Gago mo. (Ngingiti)
JIGS: Ngumiti rin.
YUMI: So? Would you?J
IGS: Alin nga? Di mo masabi no? Bakit di mo masabi? (Pagtatawanan si Yumi) Sabihin mo nga: Sex! Sex! Sex! Sex!
YUMI: Shut up nga!
JIGS: That¹s your eight na, ha?
YUMI: I lost count. Answer it.
JIGS: Why not?Hihithit ng yosi si Yumi. Tahimik.
Sasandal si Yumi sa balikat ni Jigs.
JIGS: If you could be something else, what would yoube?
YUMI: I dunno...maybe a violin...yeah. Violin siguro.
JIGS: Bakit?
YUMI: I always saw the relationship of a violin and its player as very intimate. Pag tumutugtog ang violinist, ang nakikita ko at naririnig ko, he strokes the soul of the instrument and the instrument penetrates the soul of the player. Para silang nagmi-make love. Di ba? Very sexy, very intimate, very sublime. Di ba? Pareho silang sincere sa isa¹t isa. Dahil kung hindi sila sincere, walang music na mabubuo. The violin surrenders her body to her player, her whole body and her whole soul, in full trust and sincerity. Di ba, compared to the sound of theother instruments, ang tunog ng violin parang isang naked woman? A naked woman in surrender? I want to be a violin. I want to be stroked in the soul. I want to make sincere music. I want to experience the sound of love.Tahimik.
JIGS: Lalim nun ah. (Ngingiti)
YUMI: Pa¹no mo malalamang in-love ka na?
JIGS: Paano? I don¹t think there¹s a formula to that. Basta malalaman mo na lang. I mean, ilang beses lang ba nangyari sa akin iyon? I¹d like to believe na yun na nga yon...yung kay Krissy...
YUMI: Kwento mo nga...paano mo narealize dati na mahal mo nga si Krissy?
JIGS: Alam mo nakakatawa...korni actually. Babalik na naman ako sa pagiging korni nito e. Di ba ayaw mo sa korni.
YUMI: Sige na. Hindi na kita aasarin.
JIGS: I heard bells.
YUMI: Ano?
JIGS: Seryoso. Bigla na lang, habang nag-uusap kami, may narinig na lang akong bells, tapos music. Ewan ko kung iniimagine ko lang iyon pero yunang nangyari. Nakakatawa nga e. Parang kanta ng Beatles.
YUMI: Seryoso ka ba?
JIGS: O baka naman nagkataon noong oras na yon, may nagkakantahan sa kung saan sa school. Basta may narinig akong bells. Tapos napangiti ako. Pagtingin ko sa mata niya, iba na ang nakikita ko. Hindi ko na siya nakita as kabarkada lang. Biglang parang may magic. Hindi ko ma-explain. Baduy pero ganun. Tapos I just seized the moment. Umamin ako. A week later, kami na.
YUMI: Korni nga. (Matatawa)
JIGS: Korni talagang pakinggan. Pero pag nandun ka na.Pag naranasan mo na, feeling mo, hindi na korni.
Ngingiti si Yumi. Tahimik.
YUMI: Alam mo, may times na parang tunog violin ang boses mo. O lasing lang ako?
Tahimik.
JIGS: I¹m into my last question.Iaangat ni Yumi ang ulo niya.
YUMI: Shoot me. Better make it good.
JIGS: If you were again to be the next victim of this tradition, if you were to be locked up in this room again...who would you want the next guy to be?
YUMI: (Mag-iisip) I want someone whom I could talk to... Yung makukwentuhan ko ng mga sikreto ko. Yung may sense makipag-usap. Yung may laman. The violin player who¹d stroke my strings...not even. Yung mapapatunog niya ang strings ko without even touching them. (Tahimik) Lumuluwag na ang dila ko...kung anu-ano na ang nasasabi ko. (Ngingiti)
Tititigan lang ni Jigs si Yumi. Tahimik.
YUMI: Siyempre yung masarap kausap.Tahimik. Hindi makatingin si Yumi.
YUMI: Yung kahit habambuhay wala kaming gawin kundi mag-usap. I think it¹s better than making love.Mapapatingin si Yumi kay Jigs.
YUMI: Gosh I want to kiss you so badly.
Matitigilan siya.
YUMI: I can¹t believe I just said that.
Tahimik. Titignan niya ulit si Jigs.
YUMI: Don¹t you want to kiss me?Pause. Titignan siya ni Jigs sa mata.
JIGS: Is that your last question? (Ngingiti si Jigs)
YUMI: Yes.
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This play won in the palanca awards, dulaang isangyugto category.Twenty Questions ni Juan Ekis
MGA TAUHAN
*Jigs - Fresh grad. Kabarkada ni Yumi. Magtatrabahobilang researchersaisang financial firm
*Yumi - Commercial Model. Kabarkada ni Jigs. 2 yearsahead kay Jigs.
TAGPO
Gabi. Sa isang kwarto ng isang beach resort.Naglalatag ng kumot siJigssa sahig habang inaayos ni Yumi ang kanyang higaan.
YUMI: Sige na, Jigs. Huwag ka nang magpaka-gentle man.Naaawa ako sa¹yoe.Tabi na tayo sa kama.
JIGS: Hindi, okay lang ako dito.
YUMI: Huwag ka nang maarte. As if naman re-rapin kitano. Malaki naman itong kama e. Hatiin na lang natin sa gitna.
JIGS: Sure ka?
YUMI: Hindi mo naman siguro ako mamanyakin no?
JIGS: (Matatawa) Okay ka lang?
YUMI: Kung gusto mo, gamitin na lang natin iyang kumotna divider.
JIGS: Good idea.
Isasampay nila ang kumot mula sa kisame para mahati ang kama sa gitna. Magsesettle down ang dalawa. Ilalabas ni Jigs ang libro niya: ³Puppy Love and other Stories² ni F. Sionil Jose. Si Yumi naman ay magpapatugtog ng Japanese Zen Music habang nagsa-zazen.
YUMI: Do you mind?
JIGS: No, go ahead. I¹m just reading.Magsa-zazen si Yumi.
Magbabasa si Jigs. Pareho silang di maka-concentrate. Papatayin ni Yumi ang CD player niya.
YUMI: I can¹t believe our friends.
JIGS: Oo nga e.
YUMI: Dapat ginagawa nila ito sa mga bagong pasok sa barkada o kaya sa bagong...ay oo nga pala. Bagong graduate ka. Congrats.
JIGS: Thanks.
YUMI: So what¹re your plans?
JIGS: Kinukuha akong researcher sa ADB. Kinukuha rin ako ng BPI sa OTP nila.
YUMI: Wow naman. In demand.
JIGS: Di naman masyado. Who the hell invented thistradition anyway?
YUMI (Matatawa) You won¹t believe it.
JIGS: Ikaw?
YUMI: Malay ko ba na mabibiktima rin ako nito balang-araw.J
IGS: So why did you start it?
YUMI: Wala ka pa sa tropa nun e. Freshman ka pa langsiguro noon. Wala lang. Napagtripan lang namin si Ronald. E may crush siya kay Meg. Noong unang beses magpunta rito ng barkada, sabi ko, magsimula kami ng tradition. Ilo-lottery namin ang pangalan ng mga lalaki at ng mga babae. Kung sino ang mabubunot, silang dalawa ang pagsasamahin sa isang kwarto sa loob ng tatlong araw. And then, we¹ll all see what happens. Pero dinaya namin noon yung kay Ronald at Meg. Puro Ronald at Meg ang mga pangalan na nakalagay sa lottery.
JIGS: (Tatawa) Ang sama ninyo!
YUMI: Kaya nga nakarma na ako e.
JIGS: So is our case, dinaya? O talagang lottery?
YUMI: (Teasing) Ano sa dalawa ang gusto mo?
JIGS: Feeling ko may nagtrip sa¹kin sa barkada e.
YUMI: Excuse me po, dalawa tayong biktima dito. I don¹t see any reason kung bakit tayong dalawa ang sasadyaing biktima this year, unless may crush ka sa¹kin na di ko alam at alam nila (tatawa).
JIGS: Baka ikaw (tatawa).
YUMI: The success rate of this tradition is 100 o far.
JIGS: I was here na the 2nd time. Si Chris at si Cia ang biktima.
YUMI:And last year were Rod and Kay. They¹re getting married kailan? Sa June yata.
JIGS: What do you expect? Ikukulong mo ang isang lalaki at isang babae sa isang kwarto for three days, imposibleng walang mangyari doon!
YUMI:That was exactly my point. (Ngingiti)
JIGS: E kung may madisgrasya?
YUMI: Ano¹ng disgrasya?
JIGS: Alam mo na ?yun!Hahawiin ni Yumi ang divider nilang kumot.
YUMI: Ano? Sex? Pa¹no kung magsex sila? Nakakatawa ka naman. Di mo masabi.
JIGS: Ang alin?
YUMI: Ang sex!
IGS: Hah!
YUMI: Sige nga sabihin mo nga?
JIGS: Para kang tanga. Tumigil ka nga.
YUMI: Shet, Jigs. Graduate ka na totoy ka pa rin!
JIGS: Excuse me?
YUMI: Sabihin mo nga: ³Sex! Sex! Sex! Sex!²
JIGS: Para kang bata, Yumi ha.
YUMI: You used to call me ate Yumi when you were in third year.
JIGS: Well, graduate na po ako, ate Yumi.Tahimik.
JIGS: Hmmm. I wonder if we¹re gonna last three days.
YUMI: (Teasing) Bakit? Ayaw mo sa¹kin?Di sasagot si Jigs.
YUMI: We¹re gonna survive this one.
JIGS: What makes you so sure?
YUMI: No offense, Jigs. I honestly find you very attractive pero I¹ve no time for this.
JIGS: Same here.
YUMI: Same here what? Na you find me attractive o you don¹t have time for this? (Matatawa)Di sasagot si Jigs. Tahimik. Io-on ulit ni Yumi ang CD player at ipagpapatuloy ang zazen. Itatabi ni Jigs ang libro. Nawalan na siya ng ganang magbasa. Pupunta siya sa ref. Bubuksan niya ito.
JIGS:Hah! (Sarcastic) Perfect! Red Wine! How very conducive.
YUMI: May chips ba diyan?
JIGS: Sa awa ng Diyos, may tsibog naman.
Papatayin ni Yumi ang CD player. Tatayo siya at kukuha ng chips sa ibabaw ng ref.
YUMI: Since we¹re gonna be stuck naman with each other for three days, might as well make the best out of it di ba? I-enjoy na lang natin.
JIGS:What do you mean?
YUMI: Get the wine, let¹s have a drink! 50 hours to go na lang and we¹regonna be the first failure of this tradition.
JIGS: Oo nga. (Kukunin ang wine. Maglalagay sa dalawang baso.) When they chose Cia and Chris, naiintindihan ko pa e. Lalo na sina Rod and Kay. Kung baga,tinulungan lang natin silang umamin sa isa¹t isa. Pero us...
YUMI:Weird ng barkada natin no?JIGS: To our barkada and our weird traditions!
YUMI:To us, the first failure of this tradition!Magto-toast sila at iinom.
JIGS: Sige, ate Yumi. Let¹s make our stay here more interesting...
YUMI: What¹s with the ate?
JIGS : Fine...Bubuksan ni Yumi ang chips. Uupo sila pareho sa sahig para magkwentuhan.
JIGS: Let¹s play twenty questions.
YUMI: Sige! Ano yon?
JIGS: Each of us will have ten questions each.Tatanungin kita, tatanungin mo ako, mga gusto nating malaman sa isa¹t isa. Alternate tayo. Pero the thing here is, you can¹t ask the question that I already asked.
YUMI: That¹s pretty interesting.
JIGS: At bawal magsinungaling.
YUMI: Fair enough. Pero whatever is said inside this room remains in the room. Ok?
JIGS: Of course. You wanna start?
YUMI: No. I want to ask the last question. (Ngingiti atkikindatan si Jigs)
JIGS: Smart move. Game. First question: Ano ang greatest frustration mo sa buhay?
YUMI: Nge. Ang korni naman ng tanong mo. Walang ka-challenge-challenge. Ask me something na mag-iisip naman ako.
JIGS: Simula pa lang e.
YUMI: Sige. Ano nga ba...?
JIGS: Akala ko ba walang ka-challenge-challenge?
YUMI: Wag kang maingay, nag-iisip ako...I¹m a frustrated ballet dancer.
JIGS: Talaga?
YUMI: I took lessons when I was six pero umayaw ako. Wala kasi akong disiplina e. Mas gusto kong makipaglaro sa mga kalaro ko. Pero I really enjoy watching ballet dancers. When I see them dance parati kong naiisip na sana, ako rin. There! Ang dali naman ng tanong mo. Walang thrill.
JIGS: Appetizer lang. Yari ka sa¹kin mamaya.
YUMI: We¹ll see. Ako naman: Did you ever have doubts about your sexuality? I mean, kahit minsan ba, naisip mo na bakla ka?
JIGS: Never.
YUMI: Bilis ng sagot a.
JIGS: Coz I never entertained the idea.
YUMI: Homophobe ka ba?
JIGS: Alternate tayo sa tanungan, di ba?
YUMI: So, not once? Kahit konti? Kahit what if lang?
JIGS: I¹m straight, okay?
YUMI: I'm not asking if you¹re gay or not. I¹m askingkung...
JIGS: Never nga.
YUMI: We all thought na you were gay. Well at least nung first few months mo sa tropa before you introduced your girlfriend to us.
JIGS: What?! You thought I was gay?!
YUMI: E pa'no kasi, masyado kang mabait. Ang pogi-pogi mo, pero parang allergic ka sa mga babae. Over ang pagiging gentleman mo. Too good to be true. You have a good body, it seems that you work out pero iniisip naming front mo lang yun. Kadalasan kasi front ng mga bakla ang pagiging maganda ng katawan nila at pagiging sporty...
Tatawa lang si Jigs.
YUMI: So we thought it¹s either that or you were planning to become a priest.
JIGS: What?!
YUMI: Well, you were always this goody-goody person. Pumupunta ka sa chapel. Nangungumpisal, nagsisimba...
JIGS: The way you said it, parang equivalent ang dalawa a.
YUMI: Of course not. I didn¹t mean that!
JIGS: I take my faith seriously. That doesn¹t make me gay!
YUMI: So you did want to become a priest...
JIGS: Hindi rin. Actually, I always wanted to raise a family...and be a father.Tahimik.
YUMI: So you¹re not gay.
JIGS: No.
YUMI: You never...
JIGS: Ilang beses ka ba ipinanganak? Kulit mo e. It¹smy turn.
YUMI: Homophobe ka no?
JIGS: Hindi kaya!
YUMI: Whatever...
JIGS: Ako na, daya mo naman e.
YUMI: Okay, okay. Shoot me.
JIGS: How do you see yourself five years from now?
YUMI: You expect to win this game? Ang kokorni ng mga tanong mo e.
JIGS: The object of this game is not to win.
YUMI: E ano pa ba?
JIGS: To get to know the other person.
YUMI: Sure. Basta ako, I will win this game. Walang thrill ang isang game kung walang nananalo.
JIGS: Sagot.
YUMI: May time limit ba ?to? (Tatawa) Wine pa nga.
JIGS: Sabi nga nila: in vino veritas.Magsasalin si Jigs ng wine.
YUMI: Masarap ang wine, ha? Saan kaya nabili ito? (Iinom) To answer your question, either maging entrepreneur ako, magsisimula ako ng sarili kong botique or bar, o kaya, magiging artista ako sa pelikula.
JIGS: Not bad.
YUMI: Pero mukhang malabo yung stint ko sa movies. Tough ang competition e. Saka mahina ang manager ko. Panay hosting at pictorials ang nakukuhang raket para sa akin. Papalitan ko na nga e. Pag nakaipon ako, baka magtayo na lang ako ng botique.
JIGS: (Magbibiro) Ayaw mo mag-bold?
YUMI: Yuck!
JIGS: Lahat ng gustong mag-artista doon dumadaan.
YUMI: May talent naman ako kahit papano a!
JIGS: Lahat naman ng bold star may talent a! Sa dibdib! (Tatawa)
YUMI: (Hahampasin ng unan si Jigs) Bastos ka talaga! Akala ko goody-goody ka...Hindi ko papatulan ang pagbobold kahit ano¹ng mangyari no! Kahit ganito ako, may respeto pa rin naman ako sa sarili ko.
JIGS: Ganito? Ano¹ng ganito?
Di sasagutin ni Yumi ang tanong.
YUMI: These producers think all the people want is sex, sex, sex! Kaya puro basura ang mga pelikula e. Wine pa nga!
JIGS: (Magsasalin ng wine) Bakit naman botique?
YUMI: Hoy madaya ka na ha? Hindi pa ako lasing. Ako na¹ng magtatanong. Ang korni mo namang magtanong. Bigatan naman natin nang konti...Inom ka muna.
Iinom si Jigs. Magsasalin siya ng bago.
YUMI: Who was your first crush in the barkada?Tahimik.
YUMI: Haha! Bingo ka no? Bagal mo naman sumagot.
Iinumin ang wine. Magsasalin ng bago.
JIGS: Lalaki o babae?Tatawa sila pareho.
YUMI: Dapat may time limit ito e.Tahimik.
JIGS; Hirap naman ng tanong mo.
YUMI: Iyon nga ang maganda e. Para may thrill. As if naman ibo-broadcast ko sa barkada kung sino.
JIGS: Wine pa?
YUMI:Di mo pa sinasagot yung tanong ko, nagtatanong ka na!
Magsasalin ng wine si Jigs kay Yumi.
JIGS: Yung crush ko kasi...siyempre, sino pa ba? E di yung pinakamaganda sa barkada.
YUMI: Nge. Subjective yon no! Para sa¹kin ang pinakagwapo si Joel. Sa babae, si Kay. Para kay Ronald, si Meg...
JIGS: Yung literally na may dating'walang tanung-tanong. Yung kahit sino¹ng tanungin mo sa tropa, objectively, siya ang isasagot.
YUMI: Jigs, twenty questions ang game natin. Hindi guessing game. C¹mon man. Play your own game. Pa¹no na kung truth or dare to e di pahirapan na. Dadalawa na nga lang tayo e.
JIGS: Yung commercial model.Matitigilan si Yumi.
YUMI: Wine pa nga.
Magsasalin si Jigs. Mag-iisip si Yumi. Iinom. Biglangmatatawa.
YUMI: (Tumatawa pa rin) Talaga?
JIGS: Sige, pagtawanan ba?
YUMI: You can say it to my face, I won¹t bite. Bakit hirap na hirap kang sabihin kung sino? Takot kang ma-reject? Parang tanong lang e...Wine pa nga!
JIGS: Okay, 1 point ka na...
YUMI: (Ngiti) Gee...thanks. Flattered naman ako. At kailan naman nangyari ito?
JIGS: Sorry, my turn to ask. (Ngingiti) Who is your crush in the barkada...NOW?
YUMI: E ginaya mo lang yung tanong ko e.
JIGS: Hinde no. May qualifier ako. Ang sabi ko, NOW. Ang tanong mo, first crush ko.
YUMI: Korni pa rin. Alam mo, kung basketball ito. tambak ka na.
JIGS: Just answer the question.
YUMI: Siyempre wala. I told you, I don¹t have time for these stuff. Kakabreak ko lang dba?
JIGS: Korni mo namang sumagot.
YUMI: E korni yung tanong e. Pero kung talagang-talagang kailangan kong sumagot.hmmm.teka.sino nga ba? Sino ba¹ng crush material sa barkada? Wala akong maisip e. Ikaw na lang.
JIGS: Yung seryoso naman.
YUMI: Seryoso ako. Ayaw mo yata e. Sige, iba na lang...
JIGS: E napipilitan ka lang e.
YUMI: Uy! Pa¹no ba¹yan? MU na tayo? Crush mo ko, crush kita...yiheee (Tatawa).
JIGS: Dati pa ?yon no!
YUMI: Ay? Di mo na ko crush? Bakit, na turn-off ka? Ano namang ginawa ko? Tsk. Tsk.
JIGS: Is that your question na?
YUMI: Oy, hinde! Ito naman...di ba pwedeng mag-follow-up?
Iinom ng wine si Jigs.
YUMI: Fine. Here¹s a little juicy question: Describe your first kiss.
JIGS: That¹s not even a question.
YUMI: Arte mo. O: How was your first kiss like?Matatawa si Jigs.
JIGS: Wet.
YUMI: Yuck!Magtatawanan sila.
JIGS: Alam mo, aksidente yung first kiss ko. Close kasi kami nung isa kong kaibigan. Pag naggu-goodbye ako sa kanya, parati ko siyang kini-kiss sa noo. E one time, sa gym habang nagpapahinga, nakaupo siya sa sahig. Tinatamad siyang tumayo. So bumaba ako nang konti para halikan siya sa noo kasi pauwi na ako. E siya naman, para maabot ko, medyo tumingala . E sakto, sa lips ko siya nahalikan. Pareho kaming nagulat. Pero di pa Kami naghiwalay agad. Weird nga ang feeling e. Parang may glue. Ayaw na naming maghiwalay pareho...
Tawa pa rin si Yumi
YUMI: Awww. Ang sweet naman. Parang sa pelikula. Si Krissy ba ?to?
JIGS: Hindi. Hindi mo siya kilala.
YUMI: So what happened? Nagkatuluyan kayo?
JIGS: Nope.
YUMI: Ha?
JIGS: Ewan ko ba. Complicated kasi yung situation naming e. May boyfriend siya noon. Ako naman, takot pa sa isang relationship. Pero at least, na-discover namin na pareho pala kaming may gusto sa isa¹t isa. Pero hanggang doon na lang.
YUMI: What happened after?
JIGS:We talked about it. We both decided na it wont work. Tapos, bigla na lang, hindi na kami nagkikita. And then, I met you guys, iba na ang barkada ko.
YUMI: Nakakatuwa naman.
JIGS: Ikaw, pa¹no yung first kiss mo?
YUMI: Ikaw ang nagturo sa akin ng game na ito di ba? Bakit ba lagi mong bini-break ang rules? Di mo na pwedeng tanungin ?yan!
JIGS: Tine-testing ko lang kung lasing ka na. (Iinom ng wine) Okay, naka-warm-up na ako: What was the naughtiest thing you ever did?
YUMI: Yan ang mga tanong! Ano ba¹ng ibig mong sabihin ng naughty?
JIGS: Bahala kang mag-define.
YUMI: Hmmm...marami e...(matatawa) baka maeskandalo ka.
JIGS: Kanina ayaw mo ng korni. Ngayong medyo exciting naman...
YUMI: Eto na...I had two boyfriends at the same time.
JIGS: (Nagulat) Hala.
YUMI: I was with Joel and Zach at the same time.
JIGS: Yikes. Alam ba ni Joel?
YUMI: Kaya nga kami naghiwalay nun e. Nahuli ako(matatawa).
JIGS: Ano namang pumasok sa kukote mo¹t ginawa mo iyon,aber?
YUMI: Nag-eexperiment lang ako. E sa type ko sila pareho e. Ano¹ng magagawa ko? Saka para may thrill. Alam mo yon? Yung patago kang nakikipag-date sa isa para di mahuli. Everyday pa akong nakakalibre, kasi, alternate sila! (Tatawa) Akala n¹yo kayo lang mga lalaki ang pwedeng gumawa no¹n?
JIGS: How can you love two guys at the same time?
YUMI: Who said something about love? Walang kinalaman ang love dun. I was...having fun!JIGS: Nainlove ka na ba, ever?
YUMI: Nakakailang tanong ka na? It¹s my turn.
JIGS: Don¹t you want to answer the question anyway?
YUMI: My turn!
JIGS: Kulang ka pa sa wine. (Tatawa)Ubos na ang unang wine bottle. Kukuha si Jigs ng isapa sa ref.
JIGS: Ang bilis nating uminom a.
YUMI: Are you still a virgin?
JIGS: Whoa! Where did that come from?
YUMI: That¹s my fourth question.
JIGS: (Magsasalin ng wine sa mga baso). Ano sa tingin mo?Ngingiti si Jigs.
Tititigan lang siya ni Yumi.
YUMI: Don¹t tell me, wala pang nangyayari sa inyo ni Krissy hanggang ngayon? Ilang taon na ba kayo? Mag-tu-two years na sana next week.
YUMI: So virgin ka pa? I don¹t believe it!
JIGS: Mukha ba akong tarantado?
YUMI: Mukha kang nagpapaiyak ng babae e.
JIGS: Insulto ba yon?
YUMI: Compliment yon, tanga.
JIGS: Ah, okay. Thanks.
YUMI: Pero, you mean, you never felt the urge to do it?
JIGS: Alin? Sex?
YUMI: Wow! Nasabi rin niya!
JIGS: Of course I always feel it. Natural lang iyon sa tao no? Nasa iyo na lang yan kung ano¹ng gagawin mo sa urge na yon.
YUMI: E natural naman pala e. Bakit mo pinipigilan? I mean, pag naiihika, iihi ka. Pag nagugutom ka, kakain ka. Pareho lang yon, di ba?
JIGS: Pag naiihi ka, iihi ka dahil kailangan mong umihi. At hindi ka iihi kahit saan. Pupunta ka sa banyo. Pag nagugutom ka, kakain ka dahil kailangan. At hindi mo kinakain ang lahat ng pagkain na ihain saiyo. Pag di ka gutom, di ka kakain. Pag di mo gusto yung pagkain, di mo gagalawin. Ang aso, pag may nakitang pagkain diyan, walang tanung-tanong. Lalamon iyan.
YUMI: And sex is the same?
JIGS: Lahat ng bagay, nilalagay sa lugar. May context. At least, yun ang nagpaiba sa atin sa aso.
YUMI: Grabe ka namang magsalita. Para mo na ring sinabing lahat ng nakikipagsex, aso ah!JIGS: Sinasabi ko lang, pag wala sa tamang konteksto, mali.
YUMI: And what is that context?JIGS: Matanda na tayo. Ayokong maging preachy. Alam na natin yan?
Tahimik.
JIGS: Kaso, kahit alam na natin, minsan di pa rin natin ginagawa.
Tahimik.
JIGS: Masarap e. Sino ba¹ng ayaw nun?
Tahimik.
YUMI: (Medyo nairita) So feeling mo santo ka at dapat kang i-congratulate for being a virgin!JIGS: Sinasabi ko lang ang pinaniniwalaan ko. Ineexplain ko lang kung bakit di ko ginagawa. May kanya-kanya tayong dahilan. Di ko pinipilit kahit kanino ang mga paniniwala ko...No need to get so cross about it, Yumi.
Tahimik.
JIGS: It¹s not about being a virgin or not. It¹s about putting things into their proper places.
YUMI: I¹m not arguing with you.
JIGS: Me neither. I¹m just answering your questions.
Matagal na katahimikan.Ngingiti si Jigs. Titignan niya si Yumi na medyo nairita sa nakaraang train of conversation nila. Magsasalin siya ng wine para kay Yumi.
JIGS: Nasobrahan ka na yata sa wine e. (Tatawa) You still wanna go on with the game? Nine pa lang tayo, eleven more to go. (Ngingiti)
YUMI: Shoot me.
JIGS:Who was your first lay?
YUMI: (Hahampasin ng unan si Jigs) Ang bastos mo talaga! So inaassume mo Na hindi na ako virgin?
JIGS: E sabi mo kasi, walang thrill ang game pag walang nananalo e. So I guess I¹m winning. Saka wala naman akong inimply na ganun a! I¹m just hitting two birds with one stone. Kasi kung virgin ka, e di simple lang ang sagot: wala. Kung hindi naman, e di sino?
YUMI: Ang daya mo.
JIGS: Akala ko ba ayaw mo ng korning tanong.
YUMI: You think I¹ll answer that after giving your sermon, Father Jigs?
JIGS: Ano ka ba? Inexplain ko lang yung personal reasons ko. Kung anoMan ang sa iyo, I¹ll respect them as well as I know you respect mine. I¹mNo saint. I¹m just trying to get to know you better. (Ngingiti)
YUMI: How do you do that?
JIGS: Alin?
YUMI: I should have walked out on you kanina pa pero the way you say things...parang bumabaliktad sa¹yo...makes you more...charming. Kung ibang tao ka siguro, di na kita kakausapin.
JIGS: You can¹t walk out. We¹re locked here for three days except for meals.
YUMI: So I¹m forced to like you para di masira ang vacation ko. (Ngingiti)
JIGS: You don¹t have to answer my question if you don¹t want.
YUMI: I guess I¹ll be honest with you as you were honest with me...Tahimik. Iinom ng wine si Yumi.
YUMI: Di mo siya kilala. His name was Robert. He was my first boyfriend. It was Senior Prom Night. Alam mo na...typical senior prom story. Everyone wants to lose it on prom night. Everyone thinks na pag prom night, it was something special. We went out sa hall nang maaga. We made out sa kotse niya. One thing led to the other. Tapos, yun...yun na. We went back just in time for the awarding of the prom queen. Guess what, I won pa.(Mahinang tawa)
JIGS: What was it like?
YUMI: Now that I look back, it isn¹t as special as I thought it was. Pero it was different then. Back then, we were just led by our passions. Alam mo yon? Andun ka na. Hormones raging wild. Passions and Ideals are confused. Akala mo love, yun pala, curious ka lang pala. Akala mo yun na yon. Akala mo you are in-love at lahat ng gawin mo tama. Lahat ng gawin mo perfect. Everything was magical...well, almost.
JIGS: Almost...?
YUMI: Sa next question mo na ?yan. Ako na.
JIGS: (Pabiro) Wine pa? Kulang ka pa yata e.
YUMI: Nilalasing mo ko no? May balak ka sa¹kin no? (Tatawa)
JIGS: Is that your question? Sasagutin ko na. (Tatawa)
YUMI: Engot. Hindi yon. Here¹s something na curious lang ako. Kasi I¹ve been hearing things...saka you¹ve hinted on it na rin kanina...Are you still with Krissy?
JIGS: Hindi na.YUMI: Since when?
JIGS: Two, maybe three weeks ago?
YUMI: Sino¹ng nakipag-break?
JIGS: Pareho kami.
YUMI: Why?
JIGS: Maraming dahilan, actually. Naisip na lang naming na it won¹t work. Isa na do¹n, magkaiba kami ng gustong mangyari sa buhay. Magkaiba kami ng mga pinaniniwalaan.
YUMI: Like what?
JIGS: Marami.
YUMI: At ngayon mo lang nalaman iyon after two years with her?
JIGS: People change, Yumi.Tahimik.
JIGS: Right before graduation, she asked me to move in with her.
YUMI: Talaga?
JIGS: Sabi niya, doon na naman din daw papunta ang relasyon namin. Might as well practice na raw for the real thing. Tutal, she¹s working na naman, ako naman bagong graduate, we should try out na raw living together if it¹ll work for us.
YUMI: Natakot ka sa arrangement?
JIGS: Hindi naman sa natakot. If you love someone, ano pa¹ng ikakatakot mo, di ba?
YUMI: E bakit umayaw ka?
JIGS: It¹s just that, it¹s not my thing.
YUMI: Sabi na nga ba e, bakla ka no? Sinasayang mo ang opportunities! (Matatawa)
JIGS: Hindi ako oportunista. At lalong hindi ako bakla.
YUMI: Fine.
JIGS: Naisip ko lang na hindi pa pala ako handa sa mga ganitong bagay. Wala pa sa isip ko ang gano¹n. Na-shock siguro ako sa reality na iyon na nga ang next step sa relationship namin. I mean, two years of being together and knowing each other, we¹re practically ready to get married, if you know what I mean. Pero I realized, I¹m not ready for any of these. Narealize ko how immature I am. Na iba yung ideals ko two years ago sa ideals ko ngayon. I need to mature some more to get into this thing'I mean, getting married. Diyos ko, ilang taon lang ba ako...
YUMI: Maturity has nothing to do with age.
JIGS: But it has a lot to do with time.
Tahimik.
JIGS: So I thought, bakit kailangan ng practice mode? Ibig sabihin, pag sumablay kami, split na kami? Live like a couple minus the commitment? Pa¹no pag nawala na yung magic? Goodbye na?
Iinom ng wine si Jigs.
JIGS: Kung kasal na, kasal na. Wala nang practice. I think that¹s the real cowardice. Yung i-try muna natin kung it will work kasi takot kayo na baka hindi maging successful ang outcome. Saan na napunta ang excitement ng buhay? Kaya nga kayo in-love, para sabay kayong humarap sa totoong buhay, sa hirap at ginahawa, di ba? (Matatawa) Hindi yung pagpapraktisan muna ninyo para siguradong ginhawa lang.Magkikibit-balikat lang si Jigs.
YUMI: Are you always like that?
JIGS: Like what?
YUMI: So cerebral in everything. Kahit pagdating sa relationships.
JIGS: Life is too precious para lang daanin sa trial and error.
Ngingiti si Jigs. Tahimik.
YUMI: So, No hard feelings?
JIGS: Friends pa rin kami. She still calls me up nga sa bahay e.
YUMI: That¹s nice.JIGS: Kayo, bakit kayo nagbreak ni Carlo?
YUMI: That¹s your sixth na ha?
JIGS: Sure.
YUMI: Alam mo, ironic para sa akin yung break-up naming ni Carlo. And the funny thing was, it was about...sex. Uy, sa atin lang ito ha?
JIGS: Of course.
YUMI: Kasi nga, I was looking for that magic nga di ba? I wanted to be in a relationship na special naman. So of all the boyfriends I had, sa kanya lang ako walang sexual relationship. As in nag-aabstain talaga ako. Kasi parang naisip ko, para magkaroon naman ng meaning yung ³making love² di ba? Parang, dapat di mo parating ginagawa, at ginagawa mo lang when you are sincere with yourself and with your partner. So I was investing muna emotionally. And I was actually starting to care about, him. Yung, hindi ko na iniisip yung sarili ko. Yung siya lang ang inaalala ko. Akala ko perfect na...
JIGS: Ano¹ng nangyari?
YUMI: Patunayan ko raw na mahal ko siya. Magbigay daw ako ng proof. Pagbigyan ko raw siya. Sabi ko sa kanya, hindi pa ba sapat na proof yon? Na I¹m saving myself for that right moment, that special moment between us? Alam mo¹ng ginawa? Nilayasan ako!
JIGS: You deserve someone better.
YUMI: Talaga!
YUMI: Isipin mo, kung kelan naman I grew tired of meaningless sex, when I¹m looking for the real thing, saka naman mawawala. Ang ironic ng buhay no?
JIGS: That¹s the way we must learn.
YUMI: Alam mo, kung tutuusin, never ko pang na-experience yung tunay na Mag make-love. And I had to go all through those relationships para lang ma-realize yun. At least, ngayon, alam ko na ang hinahanap ko.Iinom ng wine.
YUMI: Ikaw ba, importante sa¹yo na virgin ang mapapangasawa mo? How do you see virginity ba?
JIGS: Alam mo, di ko pa napag-isipan ?yan. Pero now that you¹ve mentioned it...It doesn¹t matter kung virgin ang mapangasawa ko o hindi. Of course I value virginity a lot. I treat it as the only real gift I could give to my wife to be. Imaginin mo na lang di ba, kung wife ko ang una ko. It¹s like the perfect wedding gift I could give to her. Pero kung siya hindi na virgin, I wouldn¹t care. As long as mahal ko siya. Kasi I don¹t expect her to give me the same gift. I don¹t do something because I expect people to do the same to me. Ibigay niya sa akin ang sarili niya nang buong-buo, sapat na sa akin yon. Masaya na ako sa ganoon.
YUMI: (Mapapangiti si Yumi.) You know, that¹s the nicest thing I ever heard from a guy. That¹s why I always enjoy talking to you. You always say the nicest things.
JIGS: Wow. Salamat. E ikaw, is making love to you equal to love?
YUMI: I always took sex and love as opposite ideas. I mean, after the first time na...you know. sa Senior prom. Kasi afterwards, we broke up na ni Robert. Tapos naisip ko, yun na ba yung love? Baka hindi love yung naramdaman ko. Baka napagkamalan ko lang siyang love. I was just after the pleasure of intimacy. And then I felt empty. So empty. That¹s why I wanted to change. I wanted to believe in ³making love.² And I¹m still looking for it.ung magic. Yung feeling mo, tao ka pala. I never felt that kahit isang beses. Men have penetrated my body but never my soul. And I wanted that. I wanted someone to touch my soul. To make love to my soul through my body. Pero siguro, naging numb na¹ko sa dami ng relasyong pinagdaanan ko. di ko alam kung mararanasan ko pa iyon. That¹s why I envy you.
Tahimik.
YUMI: Sa tingin mo may pag-asa pa ako?But, you still have your soul...(Ngingiti)
Tahimik.
YUMI: With whom would you want to experience it?
JIGS: Of course, sa asawa ko.
YUMI: I mean, someone in particular. Take it as my seventh question. So give a name.
JIGS: A name? Hindi ko alam. Basta kung sino angmagiging asawa ko.
Tahimik. Magkikibit-balikat si Yumi. Iinom ng wine.
JIGS: Well, I always thought na it was Krissy. And then, it was just gone. Of course I loved her. And I still do. Pero the magic was just gone after we both found out na magkaiba kami ng mga prinsipyo sa buhay.
Tahimik.
JIGS: My turn?
YUMI: Shoot me.
JIGS: Tell me something...a secret. Yung wala kahit isang nakakaalam.
Matagal na katahimikan.
JIGS: You trust me naman di ba?
YUMI: Well, you¹ve earned it, alright.
JIGS: Saka wala akong tinatago sa¹yo. Sinagot ko lahat ng tanong mo as honestly as I could.(Ngingiti)
YUMI: I uhm...
JIGS: Yes...?
YUMI: I need more wine.Magsasalin si Jigs ng wine.
JIGS: Take your time. We have less than fifty hours to go.
Iinom ng wine si Yumi.
YUMI: I¹ll tell you something no one in the world knowsexcept one other person. And that person probably forgot all about me already.
JIGS: (Pabiro) What? You had sex with a stranger?
YUMI: Ano ka ba?
JIGS: Biro lang. Seryoso na.
YUMI: Promise ha? Hindi ito lalabas.
JIGS: Promise.
YUMI: If this goes out, I will hunt you kahit sa libingan mo. Huhukayin kita at papatayin kita ulit.
JIGS: Mamatay man ako ngayon.
YUMI: Okay...(Pause) I...I was with Joel then...(Magiging mas seryoso ang tono niya) ...and Zach. I wasn¹t really with Zach, I was just going out with him pag wala si Joel, alam mo na...making out and stuff...Well, anyway, I was kinda serious din naman with Joel that time. Joel and I were...you know...doing it. And...
JIGS: And...?
YUMI: Uhm...I...uhm...I got pregnant.
JIGS: What?Tahimik.
Iinom ng wine si Yumi.
YUMI: I uhm...shit. Hindi ko naman talaga ginusto e. Uhm...Two months akong delayed...then I took that test. I found out na buntis nga ako...and Joel found out about Zach (maluha-luha na) and I didn¹t know what to say, you know? Maniniwala ba naman sa akin si Joel na naaliw lang ako kay Zach? Na I didn¹t really love him? Na wala lang iyon? And so he broke up with me and...I..uhm...I was afraid and uhm. (Magsisimula siyang magbreak-down)
JIGS: It¹s okay...
YUMI: I uhm...hindi ko na alam ang gagawin ko, Joel left me. I wanted to tell him about the baby to make him come back but I don¹t think he¹d believe me after the thing with Zach...and...my parents are gonna kill me if...shit. (iiyak)
JIGS: (lalapit kay Yumi para i-console ito) Ssshhh...you don¹t have to tell me this if it upsets you...YUMI: And so I went to a clinic...(hahagulgol) I didn¹t mean to, Jigs. I wasn¹t myself then. And I felt so afraid. So alone...
JIGS: Tahan na. Ssshhh...Iiyak lang si Yumi kay Jigs. Yayakapin ni Jigs siYumi.
JIGS: Alam ba to ni Joel?
YUMI: How can I tell him? The only other person na nakakaalam ay yung duktor sa clinic. God...(iiyak) Oh God...
JIGS: It¹s alright...
Hihimasin ni Jigs ang likod ni Yumi. Patatahanin niya ito. Matagal silang nakaganito lang. Matagal na katahimikan.
YUMI: Can you get me my yosi?Tatayo si Jigs. Pupunta sa may side table sa tabi ngkama. Kukunin ang Yosi ni Yumi. Magsisindi siya ng isa at iaabot kay Yumi.
YUMI:Thanks...Matagal na katahimikan.
YUMI: If we were...if we were the last two people on earth, would you consider doing it with me?JIGS: Doing what?
YUMI: Alam mo na...
JIGS: Alin? (Teasing ngingiti)
YUMI: Gago mo. (Ngingiti)
JIGS: Ngumiti rin.
YUMI: So? Would you?J
IGS: Alin nga? Di mo masabi no? Bakit di mo masabi? (Pagtatawanan si Yumi) Sabihin mo nga: Sex! Sex! Sex! Sex!
YUMI: Shut up nga!
JIGS: That¹s your eight na, ha?
YUMI: I lost count. Answer it.
JIGS: Why not?Hihithit ng yosi si Yumi. Tahimik.
Sasandal si Yumi sa balikat ni Jigs.
JIGS: If you could be something else, what would yoube?
YUMI: I dunno...maybe a violin...yeah. Violin siguro.
JIGS: Bakit?
YUMI: I always saw the relationship of a violin and its player as very intimate. Pag tumutugtog ang violinist, ang nakikita ko at naririnig ko, he strokes the soul of the instrument and the instrument penetrates the soul of the player. Para silang nagmi-make love. Di ba? Very sexy, very intimate, very sublime. Di ba? Pareho silang sincere sa isa¹t isa. Dahil kung hindi sila sincere, walang music na mabubuo. The violin surrenders her body to her player, her whole body and her whole soul, in full trust and sincerity. Di ba, compared to the sound of theother instruments, ang tunog ng violin parang isang naked woman? A naked woman in surrender? I want to be a violin. I want to be stroked in the soul. I want to make sincere music. I want to experience the sound of love.Tahimik.
JIGS: Lalim nun ah. (Ngingiti)
YUMI: Pa¹no mo malalamang in-love ka na?
JIGS: Paano? I don¹t think there¹s a formula to that. Basta malalaman mo na lang. I mean, ilang beses lang ba nangyari sa akin iyon? I¹d like to believe na yun na nga yon...yung kay Krissy...
YUMI: Kwento mo nga...paano mo narealize dati na mahal mo nga si Krissy?
JIGS: Alam mo nakakatawa...korni actually. Babalik na naman ako sa pagiging korni nito e. Di ba ayaw mo sa korni.
YUMI: Sige na. Hindi na kita aasarin.
JIGS: I heard bells.
YUMI: Ano?
JIGS: Seryoso. Bigla na lang, habang nag-uusap kami, may narinig na lang akong bells, tapos music. Ewan ko kung iniimagine ko lang iyon pero yunang nangyari. Nakakatawa nga e. Parang kanta ng Beatles.
YUMI: Seryoso ka ba?
JIGS: O baka naman nagkataon noong oras na yon, may nagkakantahan sa kung saan sa school. Basta may narinig akong bells. Tapos napangiti ako. Pagtingin ko sa mata niya, iba na ang nakikita ko. Hindi ko na siya nakita as kabarkada lang. Biglang parang may magic. Hindi ko ma-explain. Baduy pero ganun. Tapos I just seized the moment. Umamin ako. A week later, kami na.
YUMI: Korni nga. (Matatawa)
JIGS: Korni talagang pakinggan. Pero pag nandun ka na.Pag naranasan mo na, feeling mo, hindi na korni.
Ngingiti si Yumi. Tahimik.
YUMI: Alam mo, may times na parang tunog violin ang boses mo. O lasing lang ako?
Tahimik.
JIGS: I¹m into my last question.Iaangat ni Yumi ang ulo niya.
YUMI: Shoot me. Better make it good.
JIGS: If you were again to be the next victim of this tradition, if you were to be locked up in this room again...who would you want the next guy to be?
YUMI: (Mag-iisip) I want someone whom I could talk to... Yung makukwentuhan ko ng mga sikreto ko. Yung may sense makipag-usap. Yung may laman. The violin player who¹d stroke my strings...not even. Yung mapapatunog niya ang strings ko without even touching them. (Tahimik) Lumuluwag na ang dila ko...kung anu-ano na ang nasasabi ko. (Ngingiti)
Tititigan lang ni Jigs si Yumi. Tahimik.
YUMI: Siyempre yung masarap kausap.Tahimik. Hindi makatingin si Yumi.
YUMI: Yung kahit habambuhay wala kaming gawin kundi mag-usap. I think it¹s better than making love.Mapapatingin si Yumi kay Jigs.
YUMI: Gosh I want to kiss you so badly.
Matitigilan siya.
YUMI: I can¹t believe I just said that.
Tahimik. Titignan niya ulit si Jigs.
YUMI: Don¹t you want to kiss me?Pause. Titignan siya ni Jigs sa mata.
JIGS: Is that your last question? (Ngingiti si Jigs)
YUMI: Yes.
Friday, January 9, 2009
To My Future Other-Half
I have taken this from soemone else's blog. I wish I could quote him, but It's been 3 years since I've gotten this... so I can no longer remember. I just admire how it was written. I felt it was exactly how I felt when I was still unattached. But now, I already found my future other-half. Just sharing this beautiful thing with you!
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I am wondering at this very minute if you are thinking of me. If like me, you are wondering what is taking us so long to find each other.
Many times I thought I finally found you only to be disillusioned by the fact that my wait has not yet ended.
I get up each morning hoping, dreaming, longing to meet you. I am thinking of how we will meet, would it be as romantic as the ones I have seen in movies?
Or is it possible that I have known you all my life but we have yet to realize that we are meant for each other?
Oh how I wish you were here right now because you are the only one who has the answers to all my questions.
Sometimes I ask myself if I have ever really known "love". I do not have the answer to that question either but I believe that, more often than not,
we will never really know what love is until we find that right person.... and since I have not found you yet, then maybe I do not really know what love is!
You just don't know how often I dream of finally knowing what it feels like to be in your arms.
Even at this very moment I am imagining how you will simply sweep me off my feet!
Perhaps I would be drawn to you by your smile, or your eyes, or maybe even how you manage to make me laugh by your silly little ways!
I don't really know for sure but I am praying that God will help me recognize you when the right time comes.
I think of all the pain that I have gone through in the past and of how much I have cried since the day I began my search.
I just wanted you to know that I find my strength in clinging onto my vision of the beautiful life ahead of me ---the life I shall spend with you.
In my mind and in my heart I know that you are worth all that pain and sacrifice.
After all, the tears have become a part of my life and I believe that they are slowly washing away my flaws so that I would become perfect, not perfect in its truest sense, but perfect --- for YOU!
I wonder if you've gone through so much pain as well. I wonder if you've been hurt so many times along the journey.
But my dearest one, please don't ever give up because I am right here... patiently waiting for you!
I assure you that when we finally find each other I would slowly heal those wounds by my love.
At night, I would look out my window and stare at the beautiful sky, hoping that somehow you are also looking up and wondering about me.
I utter a silent prayer and send all my cries to the heavens above thinking that in time they would reach you.
And when I feel impatient, I just close my eyes and believe that you are on your way and that you are longing to see me as well.
It is funny but when I finally fall asleep, it is still you that I think of, for you are always in my dreams.
It seems that, for now, that is the only place where I can hold on to you, long enough to tell you how much I love you.
In my dreams you would kiss away my fears and wrap me with your arms of love.
And this, all the more, makes me want to wake up and face the new day ahead with the hope that soon enough, you will no longer be a dream but a reality and once again I am assured that you are worth the wait.
And when that time comes, everything will fall into its place, just as I had imagined, just as I had thought and dreamed, just as I had believed it would be!
By then, I would simply look back and smile at all that I have gone through, in spite of the pain and amidst the simple joys of life --- and I would be very thankful because they all led me to you!
In the meantime, take care of yourself...
Thursday, January 8, 2009
More about Me
Name: Rachelle Villanoche Mosquera
Nickname: Ashelle (for closest people to me);
Chel (for classmates and churchmates);
Rache (workmates)
Pen Name: yUmi Aspene
Age: turning 25
Birthdate: 15 January 1984 Time of Birth: 1:15 pm
Goal: To be joyful and successful in all aspects of life.
Dream: To play a lead actress role in a theater play
Purpose in Life: To touch lives and help souls
Describe yourself: 5'4" in height, not so fair complexion, has long brown hair, my eyes and ears are taken from my Dad; my nose and lips are from my Mom.
Favorite Color: White, Yellow, Brown, Green
Favorite Song: Many to Mention (classic answer!)
Favorite Song Artist/Band: Spice Girls, Backstreet Boys, Lea Salonga
Favorite Artists: Bea Alonzo, Alicia Silverstone,
Books I've read: Sybil, Kokology, Purpose Driven Life and many others
Movies I've watched: Serendipity, 50 Firsts Date, A Walk to Remember, The Notebook, Ghost, etc.
Favorite Food: Filipino, Italian and American foods
Favorite Veggies: potatoes, beans, cauliflower, broccoli
Favorite Candy/Chocolate: Skittles, Toblerone white, Snickers.
Favorite Drink: Water, Magnolia Chocolait
Favorite Parts of the body: Hair, lips, legs, shoulders
What is Love? "Love is a many splendid thing."
Friends: I have many set of friends. Go and check my friendster nalang!:p
Unforgettable Moment: When I was the last candidate called for the TOP 10 of Miss Psychology in Year 2003. It was sweet and really unforgettable. I became the 2nd runner up.
Most Embarrassing Moment: When I fell in the stairs in the University. When I reached the ground, there were many other students because it was the door leading to the restrooms.
What you need to know about me: I'm an only child; At times, I don't talk to people when I don't know them yet, when I see that they're okay, that's the only time I'll begin talking to them. I used to be a tambourine dancer in church.
Likes: I love nature and I like stepping on crunchy leaves in the aisles of PNU going to SM; I like people who are thoughtful. I like MRT-I find it very useful. I love my parents so much.
Dislikes: I hate bad odors. I hate riding a bus and a tricycle but now, I needed to.
Random Questions:
--->>> Hahaha, I roll my eyes (though, I've learned to control it since I graduated in college).
Nickname: Ashelle (for closest people to me);
Chel (for classmates and churchmates);
Rache (workmates)
Pen Name: yUmi Aspene
Age: turning 25
Birthdate: 15 January 1984 Time of Birth: 1:15 pm
Goal: To be joyful and successful in all aspects of life.
Dream: To play a lead actress role in a theater play
Purpose in Life: To touch lives and help souls
Describe yourself: 5'4" in height, not so fair complexion, has long brown hair, my eyes and ears are taken from my Dad; my nose and lips are from my Mom.
Favorite Color: White, Yellow, Brown, Green
Favorite Song: Many to Mention (classic answer!)
Favorite Song Artist/Band: Spice Girls, Backstreet Boys, Lea Salonga
Favorite Artists: Bea Alonzo, Alicia Silverstone,
Books I've read: Sybil, Kokology, Purpose Driven Life and many others
Movies I've watched: Serendipity, 50 Firsts Date, A Walk to Remember, The Notebook, Ghost, etc.
Favorite Food: Filipino, Italian and American foods
Favorite Veggies: potatoes, beans, cauliflower, broccoli
Favorite Candy/Chocolate: Skittles, Toblerone white, Snickers.
Favorite Drink: Water, Magnolia Chocolait
Favorite Parts of the body: Hair, lips, legs, shoulders
What is Love? "Love is a many splendid thing."
Friends: I have many set of friends. Go and check my friendster nalang!:p
Unforgettable Moment: When I was the last candidate called for the TOP 10 of Miss Psychology in Year 2003. It was sweet and really unforgettable. I became the 2nd runner up.
Most Embarrassing Moment: When I fell in the stairs in the University. When I reached the ground, there were many other students because it was the door leading to the restrooms.
What you need to know about me: I'm an only child; At times, I don't talk to people when I don't know them yet, when I see that they're okay, that's the only time I'll begin talking to them. I used to be a tambourine dancer in church.
Likes: I love nature and I like stepping on crunchy leaves in the aisles of PNU going to SM; I like people who are thoughtful. I like MRT-I find it very useful. I love my parents so much.
Dislikes: I hate bad odors. I hate riding a bus and a tricycle but now, I needed to.
Random Questions:
1. When are you most alert morning or night?
--->>> I'm a morning person so I'm most alert during the day. I don't easily get sleepy in the morning even if I only have 3-4 hours sleep at night, it would be enough to sustain me throughout the day. Though, I'm also capable of working at night especially with the nature of the job I have.
--->>> Oh! I love veggies but I also love meat. I eat equal amounts of both. I believe our body needs the nutrients coming from both. Just don't eat too much of something.
--->>> That's a very general question... inside and outside of what?
--->>> I'm most comfortable in a Normal temperature only. I have allergies so I can't last long in a very cold place neither in a very hot place 'coz when I do that's the time my allergies comes out.
--->>> Get wet when? Of course if I'm near in a pool and I'm really about to swim, I'd love to get wet and stay on water! But, you know, if I'm in a formal clothes and I would be for example having to attend to something, why would I like to get wet?
--->>> If I'm new to a place or the people are new to me, I'm the quiet person. Also, when I'm busy, I'm the quiet person. If I'm not in mood, I'm also the quiet type of person.
However, if I'm already familiar in the place and familiar to the people around, I'm the very active and jolly type of person. Also, when I'm happy, you can see me and hear me actively.
--->>> I give time for myself alone... it's when I have things to think about. At times, I would like to be with only few people around 1-3 to have better conversation. There are also times that I like mingling with a big group. Therefore, I can be with everyone and I can be by myself.
--->>> When I'm nervous, I make it a point to it or else, I know that it wouldn't result any better. So, I release my tension in anyway I can by stumping my feet, tapping something, or by massaging my hands.
--->>> It depends. When I can control myself, I just make it a point to show how pissed I am then keep quiet for a very long period of time or worse- I walk out.
When I can't control myself, then, I shout. Worse, I throw away things.
--->>> When I'm happy, I smile at everyone and do good things to other people.
--->>> I don't talk. If I can no longer take my sadness anymore, I then, cry.
--->>> Hahaha, I roll my eyes (though, I've learned to control it since I graduated in college).
Blast from the Past
I'd like to have a run down of some of the events in my life when I was still studying. I just thought of reminiscing the past 24 years of my existence. I'll hope I'll do great on remembering.
SCHOOLS
Elementary: Little Merry Hearts Montessori Center (Kinder, Grades 1 to 6)
Awards Received: I was a 3rd Honor Student when I was in Kinder.
I was accelerated to Grade 1.
I received a certificate for joining & winning a Choir Competition for Girl Scout in Gr.6.
Memories
Kinder (1989-1990)
*I started admiring the opposite sex when I was in Kinder. My crush was from the morning class. His name was Sherard. Yet, when we grew up, I learned he became sward. hahaha!:p
*Little girls, including I were guessing the color of our panties. Onetime, I raised my skirt and and tried to see what the color of my panty was, When I lifted up my head, one of my classmates was looking at me and my panty! Jeez! I felt deeply embarrased. He was a service-mate of mine named Francis. Our paths met when I was in my intermediate years and I prayed much that he have already forgotten that incident.
*I had a lunchbox which had a sticker of a Chinese womman who holds an umbrella. Whenever it's breaktime, I hated putting it out because I felt it was ugly especially when my classmates' lunchbox were beautiful ones.
*I danced "Labamba" twice. First, all girls of both morning and afternoon classes danced altogether. In the second performance, only 4 students were chosen... And I was one of them.
* My teacher's name was Ms. Garcia. The last time a I heard about LMHMC, she was no longer teaching in Pre-School, she's now teaching in Grade 1.:p
Grade 1(1990-1991)
* I was placed in the first section.
* I met friends- Indira and Charlene.
*I was sickly during this school year. I acquired mumps, chicken pox and other child's common diseases during this time.
*I was always being bullied by my table mate in school. His name was Patrick Villaruel. However, it turned out that he became my crush.
*I played much in the tree together with my classmates.
*The Mt. pinatubo erupted, there had been an earthquake. I was at home that time with my Tita Zandra and I just woke up from siesta.
* My teacher's name was Ms. Coning, who married and became T. Lara. Oh! I got a chance to talk her when I was already in college 'coz it happened that she is a workmate of my cousin Ate Pat.
Grade 2(1991-1992)
* I was placed in the second section.
*I started becoming a Girl Scout. I was given a privilege to participate in a ceremony, which I needed to say something in the microphone.
*I was very good in playing Chinese Garter. Oneday, my mom caught me playing "Ten-Twenty", she was really mad because days and days prior that she was already asking me why my socks gets always dirty. she was thinking if there was a hole in my shoes or if I was taking off my shoes at school. I didn't answer her question and made her think. Well, she got the answer to her question naman.
*There was a Program in school, we were wearing costumes, but my mom wasn't there to watch me dance when my classmates' parents were all there. ;(
* I cried when I wasn't getting the dance step, "Scissors". Then, I mastered it and showed off to everyone who saw me crying.
* I met Rose Scarlet N. Orquiza, she gave me a letter-note saying, "Rachelle, sana hindi mo ako makalimutan." I didn't. I'm looking for her in friendster but I can't find her.
*My teacher's name was Mrs. Renico, she happened to be the mother of one of my classmates, Loujene.
Grade 3(1992-1993)
*I was again placed in the second section.
*I met and became friends with Pauline.
*I brought the seashells I took from my vacation at school. The boys were too noisy playing at it. Then, our teacher took it and and asked my them to eat it. We were all laughing that time, but my teacher was mad.
*I joined a Math Contest. I only reached the 3rd Elimination round.
*I was busy chatting with my seatmate Pauline 'till I saw an eraser flying and I moved myself, so it missed me, When I lifted my head, my teacher was in staring mad at me. He planned to hit me pala and he was even biting his lip. Then, I stopped talking and pretended I didn't know what happened.
*My teacher's name was Mr.Ferrer. His girlfriend was the Librarian that time whom I saw together with Ms. Fabregas when Michael and I were eating.
Grade 4(1993-1994)
* I was placed in the Third Section this time 'coz it was a first come, first served basis daw. Whoever paid the tuition earlier was placed in the higher section.
* This year, I met and became friends with Jerfield Bahaya.
* I enjoyed being a grade 4.
* I liked my classmates and teachers. We had different teachers in different subjects.
* My mom got angry when I got 2 hammer-grades in the 1st grading. One in Math and the other in Music... Oh yes! Music! My mom talked to my teachers and they gave more time to me.
*My dad was working in Saipan during this year. I felt how lonesly my mom was.
* I memorized a drama. I even brought a stick as props but when I and my partner, Andrew performed, I didn't used it.
*I was always being told that Abby and I looks the same. Abby is my classmate when I was in Grade 1 and became my closest friend during highschool.
*I started blurting out answers when the teachers asks questions. I realized that I'm learning on my own. I was little by little becoming grade-conscious.
*I loved our PE subject, there were lots of activities.
* I can vividly remember our performance in the convocation which turned out really beautiful.
*My girls classmates and I cried when one of my classmates started to raise that the Grade 6 students are soon to graduate and they're leaving us.
* I was given an award by our Homeroom Teacher as "Most Industrious" before our school year ends.
*My teacher's name was Ms. Villaruel, she was also our HE teacher. Her husband is the brother of my mom's previous co-teacher. She's one of my favorite teachers.
Grade 5(1994-1995)
*Before the school year started, I didn't want to go back to LMHMC. Why? Because I felt I will be deeply embarrased once I go back to it. I remember, I spreaded a news that I will continue my studies in Saipan since my Dad is getting me and my mom. Yet, something happened and my dad was the one who just went home instead.
*Again, I was placed in the Third Section.
* I noticed that one classmate of mine always meets my eye. His name was Ademar. I began liking him.
* I made friends with Elaine, Rassel, Mia, Ria.
* We had a very strict teacher in Filipino. They hated her but I liked her 'coz it made me feel that I'm learning a lot, besides, my classmates were too loud and I thought that she'll discipline them, and that's what she did.
* I love playing "Agawan Base" game.
*In PE, our topic was about Basketeball and our teacher started asking where it started,who started it and the rules of the game. Prior to that, I have read our notes so I answered him and he was amazed that I knew the answers.
*My adviser's name was Ms. Macanas.
Grade 6(1995-1996)
*Hmmf, again, I was placed in the Third Section.
*My friends during this year are Abby, Elaine, Rassel and Jessica. We were called T-Rex.
*I was hospitalized due to Dengue Fever. Ivan and Argee visited me in the hospital.
*We graduated in Elementary and the theme song was "I'll be there" by Martin Nievera.
*Our teacher was T.Vic.
Secondary: Sto. Niño de Novaliches School, Inc.
Awards Received: None
Memories
1st year(1996-1997)
*Rassel and I was wrongfully placed in the section but my mom appealed and the HS Coordinator, T. Jean transferred us to the 2nd section.
*I had always been a part of the Top 10.
*Jao and I had a silent war because of the group project in Science.
*I remember my crush was Joseph Salazar but it turned out that Michael John was the one who courted me. It didn't became us, we just had a "Mutual Understanding". It turned out that we both realized and liked the idea that we were better off as friends.
*My closest friends were Abby, Rassel and Marga. Elaine has somehow parted herself maybe because he liked Michael John that time.
* I was joining the cheering squad but when we were about to perform, I got been sick so I wasn't able to. I was hospitalized after for Dengue Fever again. Joining the cheering competition remained my frustration in life.
*A guy from the other section courted me, and it became "us". He gave me a ring but I lose it. We broke up after 10 months.
*Our section danced "Coco Jumbo". Our costume was the Igorot dress.
*We performed "Ibong Adarna" in our Filipino subject.
* Our teacher's name was T. Thess Bruan, also our Science Teacher.
2nd year(1997-1998)
*I was now placed in the 1st section.
*I joined the Drum and Lyre Band.
*T. Jean was our Adviser, she also handled the Biology class.
3rd year(1998-1999)
*T. Thess handled us again.
*I met my best friend, Jason U. Sumang before the school year started. I asked him if he can be my best friend and he answered with "Yes".
*I failed in Math and my mom was so angry that they needed to send to me to remedial classes, plus the fact that my best friend is tutoring me. I hated Math!
* I won a trophy for joining the oration contest.
* I started liking the cousin of Michael John, Mark.
*We had this fair and the assigned booth for us is the "Marriage Booth". I was also trapped in the same booth I handled.
* Michael John's cousin became my boyfriend.
* We had our JS Prom in Edsa Shangri-La Hotel, Isla Ballroom. I was partnered with the heathrob of 4th year people, I forgot his name. He didn't ring a bell on me. Actually, it was Miss Irene who told me that she'll partner with a cute guy.
4th year(1999-2000)
*During the vacation before I became a 4th Year student, I splitted up with Mark learning that he had a Third Party with someone who happens to be my classmate, Leslie, who also happens to be their relative; who also happens to become the girlfriend of my friend Jerome after she broke up with Mark. whew!
*T. Lara was our adviser and our teacher in Filipino.
* Mark and I reconciled the year after that. He told me how sorry he was and how he missed me. We ate somewhere and he gave me a ring with our names on it.
* We were trapped in the Marriage Booth again. This time we were given the Marriage contract which he kept.
* We had our Js Prom in Westin Philippine Plaza Hotel.
Tertiary: Philippine Normal University
Awards Received: Cum Laude
Memories
1st year(2000-2001)
* I met Lina, Mary, Carlene and Helen.
* I performed as a bird in "Biag ni Lam-ang".
* I can't remember how it happened but my PE teacher pushed me to join the Miss Intramurals. I won an award- Best in Filipiniana.
*My classmate Shyla gave me a textmate, who became my boyfriend. His name was Ryan.
2nd year (2001-2002)
* Strengthened my friendship with Lina and I made friends with Jinna
* I joined the athletic team for our department.
* I turned 18. I celebrated my debut in Kowloon West located in West Ave. There were around 150 guests.
* I broke up with Ryan during the vacation.
3rd year(2002-2003)
* I've been friends with Jeslie.
* My favorite professor was Dr. Obias and Dr. Gines.
* I joined the Miss Psychology and won 2nd runner up and a minor award for Best in Rave costume.
*We had our thesis in Clark and Bataan. I was grouped with Sigrid, Jemmabel and Joan who were just a mere classmates of mine but became my friends after the thesis. There was a showcase of the thesis. We swept all the awards from Best in Lobby Presentation, Best in Oral Presentation and the Best Thesis. Our thesis was also sent to compete other universities' theses.
4th year(2003-2004)
*I joined the Miss PNU and became 3rd runner-up.
* There was a day that I did so many things, it was a Psych Week that's why- I emceed a Debate in the morning, then I performed my speech in our Drama course, then I emceed a dance competition in the lunch time, then I needed to go to the rehabilitation center in the afternoon together with my groupmates, and then on the evening, I, being a Miss Psychology need to attend the competition in the evening for Miss Psych of that year to transfer our crowns. Thank God for givving me the strength.
*We had our thesis in Bataan. If my previous research the Best in Thesis during my Junior years in college, I felt that my thesis this year was the worst thesis.
*I got terribly sick after the first semester.
* I met new friends when I had the Practicum in St. Therese Rose of School (school of one of PNU's Guidance Counselor)- Christy, Joy and Eman.
* I graduated Cum Laude.
Post-Graduate: De La Salle University-Manila
Awards Received: None yet and I don't think they're giving out awards.
Memories:
I started studying in the 2nd Term of S.Y. 2007.
Right now, it's my 5th Term there and I'm now taking my Practicum. Yehey!
SCHOOLS
Elementary: Little Merry Hearts Montessori Center (Kinder, Grades 1 to 6)
Awards Received: I was a 3rd Honor Student when I was in Kinder.
I was accelerated to Grade 1.
I received a certificate for joining & winning a Choir Competition for Girl Scout in Gr.6.
Memories
Kinder (1989-1990)
*I started admiring the opposite sex when I was in Kinder. My crush was from the morning class. His name was Sherard. Yet, when we grew up, I learned he became sward. hahaha!:p
*Little girls, including I were guessing the color of our panties. Onetime, I raised my skirt and and tried to see what the color of my panty was, When I lifted up my head, one of my classmates was looking at me and my panty! Jeez! I felt deeply embarrased. He was a service-mate of mine named Francis. Our paths met when I was in my intermediate years and I prayed much that he have already forgotten that incident.
*I had a lunchbox which had a sticker of a Chinese womman who holds an umbrella. Whenever it's breaktime, I hated putting it out because I felt it was ugly especially when my classmates' lunchbox were beautiful ones.
*I danced "Labamba" twice. First, all girls of both morning and afternoon classes danced altogether. In the second performance, only 4 students were chosen... And I was one of them.
* My teacher's name was Ms. Garcia. The last time a I heard about LMHMC, she was no longer teaching in Pre-School, she's now teaching in Grade 1.:p
Grade 1(1990-1991)
* I was placed in the first section.
* I met friends- Indira and Charlene.
*I was sickly during this school year. I acquired mumps, chicken pox and other child's common diseases during this time.
*I was always being bullied by my table mate in school. His name was Patrick Villaruel. However, it turned out that he became my crush.
*I played much in the tree together with my classmates.
*The Mt. pinatubo erupted, there had been an earthquake. I was at home that time with my Tita Zandra and I just woke up from siesta.
* My teacher's name was Ms. Coning, who married and became T. Lara. Oh! I got a chance to talk her when I was already in college 'coz it happened that she is a workmate of my cousin Ate Pat.
Grade 2(1991-1992)
* I was placed in the second section.
*I started becoming a Girl Scout. I was given a privilege to participate in a ceremony, which I needed to say something in the microphone.
*I was very good in playing Chinese Garter. Oneday, my mom caught me playing "Ten-Twenty", she was really mad because days and days prior that she was already asking me why my socks gets always dirty. she was thinking if there was a hole in my shoes or if I was taking off my shoes at school. I didn't answer her question and made her think. Well, she got the answer to her question naman.
*There was a Program in school, we were wearing costumes, but my mom wasn't there to watch me dance when my classmates' parents were all there. ;(
* I cried when I wasn't getting the dance step, "Scissors". Then, I mastered it and showed off to everyone who saw me crying.
* I met Rose Scarlet N. Orquiza, she gave me a letter-note saying, "Rachelle, sana hindi mo ako makalimutan." I didn't. I'm looking for her in friendster but I can't find her.
*My teacher's name was Mrs. Renico, she happened to be the mother of one of my classmates, Loujene.
Grade 3(1992-1993)
*I was again placed in the second section.
*I met and became friends with Pauline.
*I brought the seashells I took from my vacation at school. The boys were too noisy playing at it. Then, our teacher took it and and asked my them to eat it. We were all laughing that time, but my teacher was mad.
*I joined a Math Contest. I only reached the 3rd Elimination round.
*I was busy chatting with my seatmate Pauline 'till I saw an eraser flying and I moved myself, so it missed me, When I lifted my head, my teacher was in staring mad at me. He planned to hit me pala and he was even biting his lip. Then, I stopped talking and pretended I didn't know what happened.
*My teacher's name was Mr.Ferrer. His girlfriend was the Librarian that time whom I saw together with Ms. Fabregas when Michael and I were eating.
Grade 4(1993-1994)
* I was placed in the Third Section this time 'coz it was a first come, first served basis daw. Whoever paid the tuition earlier was placed in the higher section.
* This year, I met and became friends with Jerfield Bahaya.
* I enjoyed being a grade 4.
* I liked my classmates and teachers. We had different teachers in different subjects.
* My mom got angry when I got 2 hammer-grades in the 1st grading. One in Math and the other in Music... Oh yes! Music! My mom talked to my teachers and they gave more time to me.
*My dad was working in Saipan during this year. I felt how lonesly my mom was.
* I memorized a drama. I even brought a stick as props but when I and my partner, Andrew performed, I didn't used it.
*I was always being told that Abby and I looks the same. Abby is my classmate when I was in Grade 1 and became my closest friend during highschool.
*I started blurting out answers when the teachers asks questions. I realized that I'm learning on my own. I was little by little becoming grade-conscious.
*I loved our PE subject, there were lots of activities.
* I can vividly remember our performance in the convocation which turned out really beautiful.
*My girls classmates and I cried when one of my classmates started to raise that the Grade 6 students are soon to graduate and they're leaving us.
* I was given an award by our Homeroom Teacher as "Most Industrious" before our school year ends.
*My teacher's name was Ms. Villaruel, she was also our HE teacher. Her husband is the brother of my mom's previous co-teacher. She's one of my favorite teachers.
Grade 5(1994-1995)
*Before the school year started, I didn't want to go back to LMHMC. Why? Because I felt I will be deeply embarrased once I go back to it. I remember, I spreaded a news that I will continue my studies in Saipan since my Dad is getting me and my mom. Yet, something happened and my dad was the one who just went home instead.
*Again, I was placed in the Third Section.
* I noticed that one classmate of mine always meets my eye. His name was Ademar. I began liking him.
* I made friends with Elaine, Rassel, Mia, Ria.
* We had a very strict teacher in Filipino. They hated her but I liked her 'coz it made me feel that I'm learning a lot, besides, my classmates were too loud and I thought that she'll discipline them, and that's what she did.
* I love playing "Agawan Base" game.
*In PE, our topic was about Basketeball and our teacher started asking where it started,who started it and the rules of the game. Prior to that, I have read our notes so I answered him and he was amazed that I knew the answers.
*My adviser's name was Ms. Macanas.
Grade 6(1995-1996)
*Hmmf, again, I was placed in the Third Section.
*My friends during this year are Abby, Elaine, Rassel and Jessica. We were called T-Rex.
*I was hospitalized due to Dengue Fever. Ivan and Argee visited me in the hospital.
*We graduated in Elementary and the theme song was "I'll be there" by Martin Nievera.
*Our teacher was T.Vic.
Secondary: Sto. Niño de Novaliches School, Inc.
Awards Received: None
Memories
1st year(1996-1997)
*Rassel and I was wrongfully placed in the section but my mom appealed and the HS Coordinator, T. Jean transferred us to the 2nd section.
*I had always been a part of the Top 10.
*Jao and I had a silent war because of the group project in Science.
*I remember my crush was Joseph Salazar but it turned out that Michael John was the one who courted me. It didn't became us, we just had a "Mutual Understanding". It turned out that we both realized and liked the idea that we were better off as friends.
*My closest friends were Abby, Rassel and Marga. Elaine has somehow parted herself maybe because he liked Michael John that time.
* I was joining the cheering squad but when we were about to perform, I got been sick so I wasn't able to. I was hospitalized after for Dengue Fever again. Joining the cheering competition remained my frustration in life.
*A guy from the other section courted me, and it became "us". He gave me a ring but I lose it. We broke up after 10 months.
*Our section danced "Coco Jumbo". Our costume was the Igorot dress.
*We performed "Ibong Adarna" in our Filipino subject.
* Our teacher's name was T. Thess Bruan, also our Science Teacher.
2nd year(1997-1998)
*I was now placed in the 1st section.
*I joined the Drum and Lyre Band.
*T. Jean was our Adviser, she also handled the Biology class.
3rd year(1998-1999)
*T. Thess handled us again.
*I met my best friend, Jason U. Sumang before the school year started. I asked him if he can be my best friend and he answered with "Yes".
*I failed in Math and my mom was so angry that they needed to send to me to remedial classes, plus the fact that my best friend is tutoring me. I hated Math!
* I won a trophy for joining the oration contest.
* I started liking the cousin of Michael John, Mark.
*We had this fair and the assigned booth for us is the "Marriage Booth". I was also trapped in the same booth I handled.
* Michael John's cousin became my boyfriend.
* We had our JS Prom in Edsa Shangri-La Hotel, Isla Ballroom. I was partnered with the heathrob of 4th year people, I forgot his name. He didn't ring a bell on me. Actually, it was Miss Irene who told me that she'll partner with a cute guy.
4th year(1999-2000)
*During the vacation before I became a 4th Year student, I splitted up with Mark learning that he had a Third Party with someone who happens to be my classmate, Leslie, who also happens to be their relative; who also happens to become the girlfriend of my friend Jerome after she broke up with Mark. whew!
*T. Lara was our adviser and our teacher in Filipino.
* Mark and I reconciled the year after that. He told me how sorry he was and how he missed me. We ate somewhere and he gave me a ring with our names on it.
* We were trapped in the Marriage Booth again. This time we were given the Marriage contract which he kept.
* We had our Js Prom in Westin Philippine Plaza Hotel.
Tertiary: Philippine Normal University
Awards Received: Cum Laude
Memories
1st year(2000-2001)
* I met Lina, Mary, Carlene and Helen.
* I performed as a bird in "Biag ni Lam-ang".
* I can't remember how it happened but my PE teacher pushed me to join the Miss Intramurals. I won an award- Best in Filipiniana.
*My classmate Shyla gave me a textmate, who became my boyfriend. His name was Ryan.
2nd year (2001-2002)
* Strengthened my friendship with Lina and I made friends with Jinna
* I joined the athletic team for our department.
* I turned 18. I celebrated my debut in Kowloon West located in West Ave. There were around 150 guests.
* I broke up with Ryan during the vacation.
3rd year(2002-2003)
* I've been friends with Jeslie.
* My favorite professor was Dr. Obias and Dr. Gines.
* I joined the Miss Psychology and won 2nd runner up and a minor award for Best in Rave costume.
*We had our thesis in Clark and Bataan. I was grouped with Sigrid, Jemmabel and Joan who were just a mere classmates of mine but became my friends after the thesis. There was a showcase of the thesis. We swept all the awards from Best in Lobby Presentation, Best in Oral Presentation and the Best Thesis. Our thesis was also sent to compete other universities' theses.
4th year(2003-2004)
*I joined the Miss PNU and became 3rd runner-up.
* There was a day that I did so many things, it was a Psych Week that's why- I emceed a Debate in the morning, then I performed my speech in our Drama course, then I emceed a dance competition in the lunch time, then I needed to go to the rehabilitation center in the afternoon together with my groupmates, and then on the evening, I, being a Miss Psychology need to attend the competition in the evening for Miss Psych of that year to transfer our crowns. Thank God for givving me the strength.
*We had our thesis in Bataan. If my previous research the Best in Thesis during my Junior years in college, I felt that my thesis this year was the worst thesis.
*I got terribly sick after the first semester.
* I met new friends when I had the Practicum in St. Therese Rose of School (school of one of PNU's Guidance Counselor)- Christy, Joy and Eman.
* I graduated Cum Laude.
Post-Graduate: De La Salle University-Manila
Awards Received: None yet and I don't think they're giving out awards.
Memories:
I started studying in the 2nd Term of S.Y. 2007.
Right now, it's my 5th Term there and I'm now taking my Practicum. Yehey!
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