So. This isn't a good title.

So... LMAO. I'm lazy. :)) But I wanna blog just to keep this blog updated about things. I want to have something to look back to later :] I'm just gonna copy the one I posted in my Multiply. Some of you may have already read it but who cares :)) I'm gonna add some things anyway since I haven't been online for like two days straight! Would you believe? Haha! Yay me! I don't believe it :)) and Im gonna copy the blog I wrote on my MySpace blog but no one reads that so.. :p See how lazy I am :)) Haha! But hey, I edited this! :p

First week of being a sophomore student has been treating me well. I always get to class early and I hope it will stay like that for the rest of the year. :)) Being late can be really stressing. Trust me, I know. LMAO. Last Wednesday and Friday, I only have one class which was ORALCOM for 8:10-9:10 =)) I love the prof, he's soooo... gay! Haha. I think he's still not in the mood to teach so for the first two meetings(WF) so he just talked.. like A LOT about random things. LMAO. :)) It's fun though. He started his lesson kanina and it went well. LOL. It was really fun! He's really funny. Especially his laugh, it's like a villain laugh but in a funny way. Lol, I can't explain it. :))

Lots of things had happened over the weekend. After the first day of class, everything pretty much went to normal. I'd prefer being in school and be my normal self rather than stay at home, be a slob and be sad. :)) Cos I noticed that every time I don't have anything to do and I do the same things over and over again like a routine, makes me sad and feel bad. It makes me remember of things way back. I think about a lot of things and sometimes it makes me crazy.. in a bad way. :)) But not really bad, it just makes me really sad and nostalgic :]]

Sooo yeah, I had my first night class last Thursday. It was tiring waiting for that class cos we don't know what we should/could do in that 6-hour break. Thursday classes are really whoa cos I was in school from 8am to 8pm. Time went really slow that day. :)) Night class yo :]] It's BASICOM and I'm with my friends anyway so it's alll good. There are only like 18 of us in the class and I basically know everyone except for four people. :]] But it was fun, first meeting was but I don't know about the coming weeks. I'm looking forward to it though.





Pictures are from Cerisse. All in between BASICOM and after class. SDA building yo. :]] Tahimik at walang matambayan. :[ Unlike in Main, there's Plaza V. and Study Area. And other places. Malayo din sa mga kainan like KFC, Mcdo and Jollibee. And UM. And.. yeah. :]] I miss the Main building! Lol. But I really missed Taft! LOL.

I also had my first Saturday class which I totally had a hard time accepting. :)) But I had to take it or else I will be underload and I don't want that. It was okay though since I know a lot of people there and the class will be less boring since it is History of Art and Design. :)) And it was like the class was in an aquarium! :)) Since SDA's classroom designs are different but in a good way I think, uhh.. architecturically(whoa what a word! Where the hell I got that? Imbento! Haha.), we were in the classroom where one side is glassed. So people from the outside can really see us. :]] Butttttttttt, the prof wasn't there! We waited for one hour just to make sure cos after that it will already be a free cut. We all went for that 3-hour class and there's no proffff! And to think I only had one class for that day! Sayang sa gas :))

In other news, I'm turning a year older tomorrow! So well, what do I think about it? Nothing really. Nothing much will change anyway. I mean, I will just turn a year older but I will still be me :)) It's not like I'm gonna transform into a whole new human being or something, right? I will still go to school tomorrow. I will still be crazy and nice(Haha! But it's true! =p Right? Haha). I will still have the same crazy laugh and I will still be cute. HAHA! =)) Because if I won't be, I won't be Cha. :]] We'll be going to TriNoMa tomorrow to have dinner and I will be celebrating my birthday on Saturday with my HS friends I think and if ever, family friends. So yeah. I guess when you get older, you really don't care what will be given to you although you hope! LOL. Well that's just me. I just want my 17th birthday to be a happy one. And that'll be enough. :]

And oh, I was scared in my P.E. class awhile ago cos don't know people there, that's what I thought. And it's not like I'm scared of other people, it's just that I'm scared going out of my comfort zone. I'm working on that though. So my friends went with me and luckily, I know a few people, we're not close though, they're just familiar faces and one was one of my blockmates in my class last term. So I just had to be friendly. :)) And so I talked to my high school classmate's friend, who has a different major as mine, but might as well talk to her since I noticed she didn't know anyone from the class too. Good thing I remembered her :)) And my prof was my prof in PEFORTS(Basketball) back in 2nd term and he remembered me :)) So I guess it won't be that bad. :p I went back to the SDA building by myself(and I'm proud! Haha cos I'm used to have someone with me) and I found my brother sleeping in the lobby. ROFL. No kidding! He was sitting there and his mouth was slightly open and people were beside him but he didn't care at all. LMAO. Nakakahiya! I just laughed at him LOL. And I went up to get parking tickets and anyone from SDA would agree that the elevator comes in like 48 years so I had to wait for almost 15 minutes or so just to get on a not so full elevator. :)) So he had to wait again. He thought I only had one class! :)) So we left school and I persuaded him to go to National Bookstore since I need to buy something. And we're both hungry so we ate. :)) So yeah.

So far, I like my classes. There's only one class left which I haven't met the prof cos classes started last Wednesday and tomorrows Tuesday soooo...... ye. :] You get it. :))

Current LSS: Thunder by Boys Like Girls

Your voice was the soundtrack of my summer
Do you know youre unlike any other?
Youll always be my thunder, and I said
Your eyes are the brightest of all the colors
I dont wanna ever love another
Youll always be my thunder
So bring on the rain
And bring on the thunder

Who loves Marié Digby?

I'm lazyyy so I copied this from my Multiply.

I watched Marié Digby's live webcast concert at DeepRockDrive.com! ULTIMATE FRONT ROW SEAT!!! Hahaha. Loved it. It amazed me how DeepRockDrive was able to do the webcast thing without me even lagging. Well except for some times when my lan cable got unplugged. BAH. But it was okay. I was so excited :)) Hahaha. I slept earlier then woke up, only had 3 hours of sleep. Then took a nap for like 30 minutes while waiting.

I love Marié Digby! I love her songssss! Don't youuu? :] She's so pretty. Very beautiful inside and out. Very talented. Yayyy. Her album's on my list. I rarely buy albums nowadays but if the album is worth the price then why not. So yeah. It lasted for an hour. I really felt the communication! THOUSANDS of people were there I guess. I saw Peter Park's(the guy who won Marié's contest) shout out too. Haha. Very cool. Aweeee-someee! :]] There were lots of Filipinos too. I typed in "come to the Philippines!" or was it Manila? Hahaha. But anyway, Marié read it! HAHA. If it's me or not me, still at least she got the message from her Filipino fans. :p I hope to see more live webcast concertsssss! :D

I screencapped like crazyyy. Lemme share to you one screencap of the concert.





If you wanna see more, go to my Multiply account. It's only for contacts though so if you're not on my contacts, you won't be able to see it. Sooo! Add me! :]] Haha.

I had this set list copied from Anna's multiply.

SET LIST:
1. Fool
2. Say it again
3. Stupid for you
4. Umbrella
5. Miss invisible
6. Spell
7. Girlfriend
8. Paint me in your sunshine
9. Better off alone
10. Beauty in walking away
11. Unfold

Yay I thought she won't sing UNFOLD anymore! Glad she did! Love that song! :] Miss Invisible as well! I loveloveloveee her songs! :]

And as you can seeee.. I have a new layout! Haha. I like it. Because it has Marié Digby on it and as well as the lyrics to her song which I love, Say it Again. :] It's so pinkkk. LOL. I re-did this layout cos I realized I didn't like the first version much. This is wayyy better. What do you thinkkkk? :] I upped this a little late. YA. A "little". Haha. I said I'll upload this on the 19th but I did it on the 20th. :]]] It's cos I went out. YAY. I'm glad! I had a life today. Hahaha. Went somewhere, then to National Bookstore Quezon Avenue, then to BK stayed there for like 3 hours, then went to fetch my dad at the airport. I got home at 1am. I didn't think I'd come home that late so yaaa. K. :]]

OHHH. I'll make this a short one cos tomorrow's school already! Can you believe it? CAN YOUUUU? Schoolmates? Haha. SHOCKS. Too early. And I will go somewhere later. I hafta go to sleep early! I have lots of undone things that I need to do. SO YA. :]

Oh btw, I'm not using Haloscan for my comments anymore. I'm using the Blogger one. :]

I'm in love!

I just finished coding my next layout which will be up on the 19th. I was supposed to upload it today but just to make this layout up for one month, I moved it to the 19th. Just before class starts. :]




That's just a teaser of what my next layout will look like. :]] It's Marie Digby's Say It Again. Oh I just remembered, I have a free seat on her webcast concert on the 19th 6AM(Philippine time). Didn't notice that :p

Anyway, 3 days till school starts. T_T OMGZ. My summer has been boring. If not for some late night DVD series marathons with my brothers, my summer would have been ultimately boring. And also, of course, if not for Hana Kimi and Wu Chun, it would have been ultimately uber boring. LOL. Wu Chun is my pretend boyfriend. LOL. I guess he is everyone's pretend boyfriend.


With that face?! With that effin' pretty face? Who wouldn't want him as a pretend boyfriend? Hahahaha. Whatever his face looks, he still looks pretty. :]]] I'm in love! Hahaha! Sobrang takaw niya and vain! Iloveit!♥ Haha! :] I will feature him in one of my layouts someday. Maybe after my next layout. :] I love Asian dudes with cool hair and fashion style! Well, someone like him. Haha. :D AYAYYY. Kung may ganyan lang dito oh.. OMGZ. *faints* Hahaha. Jiro Wang is cute too. I love it when he smiles. And so as Danson Tang. :D Pretty faces. But like what my former schoolmate said, "The probability of meeting someone life him in our ordinary lives is...What do you think?" So what do you think? :]] Hahaha. I guess someone like Wu Chun will just forever be a dream, yes? I mean he's like every girl's dream guy. LOL. I mean, no not 'every'.. but you get what I mean. :] Well, you do, do you? Haha. :]]

Anyway, I'm just watching YouTube videos about Hana Kimi, Ella/Chun, Fahrenheit. Anything about them. LOL.

I hope I won't stay up too long here since we'll be going somewhere later. I'm having sleep problems. Yesterday, I slept at around 12mn. I woke up at 3am because the freakin' controller fell from my bed and it made a really loud sound. AGH. And after that, I couldn't sleep anymore. T_T I hate it when that happens. -__-

SO YEAH. K BYE. :]

You'll always be a fart to me.

Heyyyy! Just some updates. :] So it's exactly 8 days before school starts! YAY! Hello, sophomore year! Deym, time flies by reallll fast. It's gonna be all school work now beybbb! At least I have something to worry about and think about and yeah. I guess I like it better when there's school. I got things to do and I don't bore myself. I dunno but since college, I just want to go to school. Hahaha. Srsly! You know during HS when classes get suspended cos of some typhoons or other reasons, I get really happy cos there's no school. But now? I feel otherwise. Haha. Weird. But I think that's good. I love learning new things. Better yet, I love education. :]

Anyway, this one month summer has been treating me so-so. I felt different things. I felt melancholic, nostalgic, happy, and other kind of stuff. I, once again, learned new things. I guess that's something inevitable in life. Of course. We're here to learn, right? And those things we learn make us discover who we are. I've just realized a lot of things. Like, how things can change especially feelings, like 7 years ago you may not like someone but 7 years later you realize you feel something 'different' towards that someone; how you can terribly miss someone so bad(yeah, terrible na bad pa haha); how you can feel really stupid after getting mad angry about something and the next day you realize you were just totally carried away of what happened; how you get sad when you think that that someone was once yours but now is living another kind of life far from yours; and other things I can't put into words. There are just some things that's fairly impossible to happen now yet you still hope that those things will come back to the way it used to be. It sucks like that.

Also I have come to think that no matter what, no matter how many years have passed or how many things may have changed, I will always be that person's number one. I will always be that first. I should be thankful that we're still friends. And I'm glad that that person still keeps me updated about the things happening in his life. If you think this is some 'ex', no it's not. I haven't had any boyfriend since birth, it's just some 'past' thingy. OY. HAHA. Boink, drama much? LOL. I don't wanna elaborate more, that person MIGHT read this. Stupid, I gave him the URL of this blog. Who knows, haha, I just don't want that person to know YET. If ever I plan on telling that person someday. Maybe. So yeah, I just never thought I'd feel like this, that's why. LOL.

So enough of that. :p I went to school yesterday to get an adjustment form and a deferred payment plan. My course adjustment schedule is on the 16th, Friday! OMGZ. Cerisse and I doesn't have the same schedule! I should've went to school last Friday! BAH. I'm gonna add one subject since I'm underload and I don't want that. The only schedule I saw that will fit my already encoded sched is the Tuesday&Thursday sched for CATHWOR(Catholic Worship) subject which is. 2:40-4:10.... OMGZ. I just realized that it doesn't fit at all! HAHAHAHA. I thought it was a one day schedule. DEYM. WHAT A BUMMER. I have a Tuesday class 2:45-5:45! I just checked my sched again, OMGZ. WTHWTHWTH. Cerisseeeee, what naaaa? :o Take FREHAND? Hahaha. SHOCKS. SHOCKERRRR. Mannnn. :]]]]]] Why didn't I check my sched earlier? Stupid! :)) Grr. Okay, wait, imma calm myself down. Haha.

So yeah. I didn't know that yesterday was the FOP(Frosh Orientation Program)! Haha. I went and I didn't know. I wanna be an orientor next year for incoming frosh. It's fun really! Haha. Oh well. My mom and my brother went inside the SDA building, by the way. Haha. My brotha parked in the carpark, LOLZ. The guard asked him, "Estudyante po?" He said, "Graduate na." HAHAHA! Too bad I wasn't able to like tour them around since we're going somewhere after. Maybe on Friday. They said they'll just stay in the cafeteria. And oh yessss I got to wear slippers inside the SDA building! Hahaha. Slippers are banned inside our campus. If you get caught, uh-oh, hello Disciplinary Office! I got caught once in the main building. Bah. :]] Never wore slippers since then :]] After school, we went to my brother's school since he'll get a form to get his Transcript of Records and Diploma. He just graduated last March so I'm the only one left in the family studying. Yayyy. Then we ate at KFC then went to Ortigas to fetch my brother's girlfriend from work.

AND we got home at around 10pm! WTH. It's sooooo traffic! We were in the QC Circle at around 7pm? But we were almost there for like an hour! I just slept. Haha. It's prolly because of the transport strike. People were walking in the streets, bunch of them! Walang masakyan. Yay. To think it's raining, so hassle! I think it's good that I haven't been in front of the PC for one whole day. Natiis ko. Hahaha.

Anyway that's it for now. I'm trying to figure out why I can't view blogspot sites. Google keeps on telling that it's "404 FORBIDDEN". WTH? Some virus crap daw. Blah. Why do you think it's like that? Grabe, napahaba nanaman post ko. Betta get going before this gets longer than this already long one, haha. :]

That I love you
I have loved you all along
And I miss you
Been far away for far too long
I keep dreaming you’ll be with me
and you’ll never go

--
You'll always be a part of me
I'm part of you indefinitely

On a lot of things. :)

Some things here, I've already said on my previous post but this one's from my Multiply blog I just posted today. Might as well post it here. :) BTW, I mentioned below that I want to change my layout, but I dunno. The blog part of the site has small width, which makes it hard for people to read. Whaddyathink?

ON BEING A BUM:
I need to stop being a bum in front of the pc all the time. I'm hating it already. Doing the same things all over again. Though I'm having fun with Photoshop, it's not all I do. I turn to MySpace, Facebook and Friendster all the time. Especially Facebook and MySpace! BOO! It's so damn addicting! And this blog, I get lazy updating it. I feel like I wanna change the layout again. I have one ready, already coded and all that, but I'm just too lazy.

ON GOING OUT:
Now I need to go out. I wanna go out with my gerlssss. Deym I need to talk to them! As in NEED. Lots of things I wanna tell them. o_o And I miss my high school friends. If one of you are reading thisssss! OMGZ! Let's go out! :( I'm missing them badlyyyyy. Supasupasupafriends, haven't hung out with y'all for quite some time now. Makes me sad. :(

ON DVDS:
I need to buy DVDs, the series of Gossip Girl and the O.C. Koreanovelas too! Like Hana Kimi, and other good stuff. You know other Koreanovelas that you can call 'good stuff' you can recommend me?

ON BOOKS:
I also need to buy the books I've been wanting to read for the whole past year. Like the last Harry Potter book. I'm a loser for not having one yet. The Twilight series! Migadddd, I've watched the trailer and it's so effin' awesome. 12/12, Twilighters! And this year's also the release of the last book in the series. Other good books to recommend, people?

ON PROJECTS:
And I also need to finish the website I've been doing for the past weeks. BAH. I dunno, it's just that whenever I think, I get headaches. LOL. I like thinking though.

ON THINGS:
AND.. I like preoccupying myself with thingssss to do.

ON TIME:
Man, time is running out. School's almost near, atleast for me. Cos yknow how time flies by real fast? Yeah. Yeaa. Boohoo.

ON ACDC:
Lately, we[yeah, Cerisse included hahaha] have been obsessing with ACDC[Adam/Chu Dance Crew]. And their shirt's on sale now!!! Mr. Chu made it available werrldwide! Butttt, it's worth effin' $21.70, shipping included! Whathebuckkk! I don't have that kind of money. I even told my friend from Cali to buy me an ACDC shirt, his gift for my birthday! He said, "haha maybe". I was kidding though. But I was kidding! I just hope he's not reading this. LOL. Yeah right, like the ACDC shirts are selling like hotcakes. LOL. Last time I checked, there are only two pieces left. I just hope they print more! So by that time, I already have money to buy it cos I just spent my money on online shopping in Multiply! LOL. The ACDC shirts are for charity anyways! But Cerisse messaged Mr. Chu if we can print ACDC shirts here in the Phils., we made our own designs. But he didn't reply, he just read it. Booooo. Maybe it's bcos they made it available worldwide and he of course, assumed that the info already spread on us, so no need to reply. Soo even if we'll have our own ACDC shirts printed... STILL! I want their ACDC sherrrt! FOREALLLZ! I wanna be part of the crew. Hahaha! That's what Adam Sevani said on his bulletin on MySpace! "Be part of the crew." That's why I'm loving MySpace. You get to talk to them! Like Cerisse, he got to talk with Harry Shum, Jr.(Cable on Step Up 2)! HAHAHAHA! Anyways, nuff with the ACDC talk. My brother told me I'm obsessed wit dem already. And so as my friend from Cali. So I guess, I am obsessed with them! Haha.

ON YOUTUBE:
Does anyone of you know Nigahiga of YouTube? HAHAHA! His vids are sooo funny! The result of boredom I guess. But heck, he's got like a million views for every video he have on his channel! He's got like 271,450 subscribers! Include me on that. Haha. PLUS! He's cute btw! :p Hahaha. Youtube crush, LOLZ! I've also subscribed on Jon M. Chu's YTube channel and as well as the Miley&Mandy Show. And I'm wonderin', what's up with singing and ukeleles in the U.S.? I dunno, it's like very popular. I love this one though, Windward Skies cover. Thanks to my friend for showing that to me. And I saw this very kawaii video too called Animal Idol. Yeah, an American Idol for animals. Lol. So maybe you figured out what I do whenever I'm online. I just don't get how I can spend my whole day just doing all these. Sux000.

ON MUSIC:
I just realized my taste for music has uhmm, how do you put it, broaden? I dunno, I just like listening to country songs lately. Thanks to MySpaceeeee! I just realized how I love praise songs too. Hillsong United will be having a concert here on the 26th! A day just before my berrrrthdayyym. I would love to see them live. And oh, I love hearing old school songs lately! It lights me up, brings a smile to my face. Imma download Backstreet Boys songs. What other good old songs are there? Make me remember. :D And I had my seat reserved on Marie Digby's online concert on the 19th, 6am, our time. That's veryyy early so I have to like get up at around 5am. I bet there'll be a massive site traffic. I just hope my PC won't crash. I want to buy her album! As well as Taylor Swift's album. I heard her songs on MS and I loved it. Anywaysss...


ON AGE:
I feel like I'm 17 already. HAHA. :)) I still have 19 days left to enjoy my sweeeettt 16. Was it sweet? Ionnooo. LOL.

ON AMERICAN IDOL:
Top 4 finalists are the 2 Davids, Syesha and Jason Castro. After their performance? I bet Jason Castro will go. So top 3 are the 2 Davids and Syesha. My top 2? The 2 Davids. David Archuleta and David Cook. Whoever wins, it's okay. They're both good. :)

ON REALITY:
Reality slapped me once again on my face! LIKE IT ALWAYS DOES! :)) After I read Anna's S-S.org blog! Haha. Ooh, Imma post this on my blogspot too. I need to like, update that from my random blahs.

ON RENZ:
I'm sorry I wasn't able to give to you your vectorrrr! Haha. Sorry talagaaaa! But you can wait more right? Hehe. Thanks Renzzyyy! :)

The weak week.

WARNING: Long post ahead. :p

Okay so it's been almost one week since I updated my blog. WTH I can't believe it's already May 1! OHGOSH. May 21 pasok na namin!!! BAH. I should finish the things I need to do and want, as well. :p I need to go to school on days 14-17, whenever during that week for course adjustment. I don't wanna be underload! Grr. I want to watch DVDs which I haven't been able to buy yet and read books like Twilight. Yeaaa. I still have like 91 days to read all three books before the last book comes. Hahaha. I saw the movie behind the scenes and some fan-made trailers and it's all awesome. I'm getting excited though I haven't read the book yet. I mean, it's a romantic vampire story, who wouldn't want that? Everyone is like in love with Edward and Bella. Hahaha. Today's my brother's girlfriend birthday and yesterday we bought gifts for her. So I suggested my brother to give her a book. We were supposed to buy the new Nicholas Sparks book since she said she'll buy it, might as well give her the book. But it wasn't available in that National Bookstore branch. So we bought another book which is, Twilight. Wah, if I get my pay I'd surely splurge my money on books but still save something for erm, things I need in school later on.

Last week, I was having a hard time. It wasn't my week last week, I was just really sad. No, actually I wasn't. I was moody! Sobrang nakakainis kasi sobra yung mood swings. One minute I'm happy, then another I'm sad. I hated it. It got to the point where I cannot feel anything anymore. I cried because of that. I'd rather feel anything, even pain, than not feeling anything at all. I felt dead. But the next day which is Monday, I had this dream. Imma paste this from my Multiply.

I woke up earlier than what I expected, I thought it was already 11 am, but I looked at the clock and it was still quarter to 9am. So I turned on the PC, checked my myspace, friendster, facebook, multiply, mail and blog hopped. I DLed songs and..

My mom, someone else I don't know who and I were talking and suddenly, I couldn't speak. I tried so hard to speak but I couldn't. Tapos na-realize ko may nakabara sa throat ko so tinanggal ko. That was really weird. When I did, I started to bleed. Nagsusuka na ako ng dugo. Then I didn't know what to do. And my nose also started to bleed. I was helpless. I asked God for help, I prayed really hard. And I was thinking if I should go to the hospital already or what, but I thought it would end soon. But it didn't. All I can see is red blood. I thought I was dying! I called my friends using my phone and we went to see each other. I texted Jesy, she told me to go to FEU-NRMF then find her there. I said, "it's too late."

Then I woke up.

It's weird cos I rarely experience dreams in my sleep. When I woke up, I can still remember the feeling of not being able to speak. But I thank God that it was all just a dream. I was freaked out! I was really freaked out. It got me thinking through out the day even the meaning of it. I searched for a dream dictionary online since I don't know where our old dream dictionary is.


Blood

To see blood in your dream, represents life, love, and passion as well as disappointments. If you see the word "blood" written in your dream, then it may refer to some situation in your life that is permanent and cannot be changed.

To dream that you are bleeding or losing blood, signifies that you are suffering from exhaustion or that you are feeling emotionally drained. It may also denote bitter confrontations between you and your friends. Your past actions has come back to haunt you.

Throat

It shows considerable powers of imagination and signifies a successful venture.

Nose

Instinctive knowledge. It reflects great powers of imagination and creativity, but also difficult relations with a partner.

Red

This is an indication of great passion and sensitivity in your emotional relationships.

Help

To dream that you are calling or signaling for help, suggests that you are feeling lost, overwhelmed, and/or inadequate.

Helpless

To dream that you are or feel helpless, suggests that you are experiencing difficulties in confronting a situation or relationship. You feel that you are unable to take charge of yourself.

Silence

To dream that you are silent, indicates an inability to express yourself. You may feel inhibited in voicing your opinion and how you really feel.

So that's it. Maybe that's what I'm feeling for the past week that I couldn't exactly explain what. What my dream meant was actually true in my reality.

So yeah, but I'm better now compared last week. Way way better. Going out helped a lot.

Speaking of going out, mom, dad, my brother and his girlfriend went to a Jap restaurant along Panay Avenue to eat last Tuesday. There, we talked about the past, how we got here, why we went here, and everything back then.

So now I know the real reason why we moved here to Manila from Cotabato.

I was born in Cotabato City but I am in Manila for like 11 years already. Almost half my life so basically, I grew up in Manila. Quezon City, specifically. I was 6 when we moved here. Before, I thought the reason why we moved here is bcos of my brothers who then has a band. They had an album and their song became a hit. So the recording company, which is Polycosmic Records then but Universal Records now, said they should come to Manila already. So we did. And they did TV guestings and all that. I was with them all the way. It was such a challenge moving here cos when we moved, we had no house at all! And our furnitures and all are still in the ship. LOL. That was around April 1999, a month after I graduated kindergarten.

Back in Cotabato, business was really good. Meron kaming video games store(all over Cotabato), movie rentals(back when vhs tapes and laser discs were very popular haha) store and an all-in-one bar, restaurant, club, videoke named after my name. LOL. Business was really doing well. Kami yung unang may ganun dun. Hindi pa tapos yung construction, pina-open na. Lots of artists went there like Manilyn Reynes, UMD Dancers, Streetboys, Yano, etc etc etc. I can't remember though cos I was still young. Nung in-open yun, sobrang dami raw ng tao. Naubusan pa ng food and beer. LOL. Tapos may mga G.R.O. pa daw, hahahaha! And they held contests there like dance contests, costume contest every Halloween and all that. Pinauso din dun yung Ladies Night which is every Wednesday, Ballroom night, and etcetera. Yung restaurant, sobrang okay yung food. I remember nakaakyat pa ako sa kitchen. Yung videoke, may 5 private videoke rooms and a big videoke room outside it. The 5 videoke rooms were all named after our Zodiac Signs: Aquarius, Capricorn, Gemini, Taurus, and Libra. Lahat yun nasa isang building. It's a big lot cos from what I remember, it's only one floor. Tumugtog din dun mga kuya ko. Then dad told us na nabilib yung manager ng isang band na nakasabay nila kuya and sinabi niya, "Grabe, malayo mararating nito." Tapos masayang-masaya sila after kasi may sweldo sila, 50 pesos! Pero mind you, malaki na yun nung time na yun.

Though business was really good, my parents had been receiving death threats even before the bar was opened. Three all in all. Two before the bar was opened, and another one when it was already opened.. I guess. Basta tatlo. They didn't mind it. Hindi sila nagbigay ng kung anong money kahit na pinagbantaan na ng kidnap and all those shits. 50k ang hinihingi nun. To think, malaki na yung ganung amount dati dba? The military said na wag magbigay. Yeah, we had military escorts. I was like, whoa! "Parang secret service, haha.". They showed the first two letter threats to the military and so ayun. Kinekwento ng mom ko na looking back, parang nakakahiya daw na may sumusunod sa'yo na military kahit san magpunta. Kahit mag-grocery lang or what. Hindi ko matandaan yun, seriously. Of course, bata pa ako.

Dun pa nabaril yung asawa nung auntie ko, kapatid ng mom ko. He was just outside then a drive-by happened. I still remember that! I was in the hallway, just near outside, talking to my brother and mom. Then we heard the gun shots. Then bam! Ayun. Grabe yun. Dun na kami natulog. Sa videoke lounge. To think that all of us were there! My cousins, my brothers, everyone. Grabe yun.

I don't know when the third death threat came, before or after the incident, but it involves us, the children. Sabi dun, alam kung saan kami nag-aaral and all that. E natakot na si mommy, so sinabi niya kay dad na umalis na kami dun. E sakto, okay ang band nila kuya, may album tapos sakto pinapapunta sila dito sa Manila. So ayun, we've been here ever since. Hindi kami bumalik dun for like I don't know how many years. Mga year 2005 yata nung bumalik kami.

But even though, those were the good times. Mga Christmas Party ng clan nun, hindi ko naabutan talaga. Tapos yung bawat branch ng movie rental and video games shop namin may presentation. That was fun. I can still remember that. Sumayaw kami nun e. Kaming magpipinsan, younger ones. I was like 3 or 4 that time. Haha!

But hands down to my parents that they were able to handle all that. Nung lumipat kami dito, dala-dala nila aside from us, their children, are my four cousins(included din sa band) and my uncle, my mom's youngest brother. Alala ko nagpupunta kami ng ABS-CBN nun at kung saan-saan. Mall tours, bars and all. Those days when bars were really really popular. So bata pa lang ako, mahilig na ako magpuyat. Haha. Naalala ko dun sila sa Art's Venue sa Taft tumutugtog dati. Karamihan ng big bands that time, andun. And they were the youngest of all. Sobrang hanga ako sa mga kuya ko e. They have the talent. They have the gadgets every band would want to have. And with just one incident and should I say, person, BAM! Nasira lahat. Banda, pati na rin pagsasamahan ng fam, ALMOST. At least hindi totally. But we can't do anything about that anymore. Those were the past. It was just fun reliving all those. And I bet we learned a lot from that, all of us.

Thank God, walang nangyaring kahit ano sa 'min.
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