Stuck in Twelve-tide, Third to the Seventh Day of Christmas

26th December, Wednesday

I started on some of the things that I should have started a few weeks ago. Finally had the will to fight the urge to slack off. Don't really remember much of what happened that day but what I cannot forget is that I missed an episode of Born to be Wild because of a sudden, unannounced power interruption. Huwaaah~ Garduch-samaaa!!! I didn't really mind having to eat a candlelit dinner, and I was wishing, praying hard that the current will be back in time for the show but... But... Oh! Darn, Meralco! Grrr...

27th December, Thursday

(...) Ellipses. Tuldok. Tuldok. Tuldok. 'Di ko maalala. The end. Hehehe.

Oh, yeah. Suddenly felt like hiking. I asked some of my friends if they want to join me. I want to do some physical activities this Christmas break [nainggit ako sa ibang tao jan, hehe] and I've been wanting to climb Batulao since sem break. Hahaha. The plans aren't polished yet but, yeah, we are definitely climbing Batulao! I wanted to join the make-up climb but it would be less expensive than joining them though I still might join the make-up climb. Hehehe

Got an invitation to a friend's birthday party, and bored as I am, I would never miss out on an opportunity to party with my friends. It was of short notice, but, hey, I have nothing to do so I decided to go. Partyaaay!!!

28th December, Friday

Been having sleeping problems since the Christmas break started, so I woke up late in the afternoon. Fixed myself right away and went to meet my friends for the party. I was so much looking forward to going to this party knowing someone I've been wanting to see lives within the area where we're going. I wanted to belive that the place is calling me, wishing he'll only be a few blocks away and somehow, he'd feel my presence and go to see me there. But that's just too weird to actually happen. Anyway, so, yeah, I met up with my friends and most of them were actually late because they went to play CoD.

So we got to the place. Ayos, ang daming pagkain. My fave was the chopsuey with very fresh veggies and the lumpiang shanghai. Yum! And there was everybody's all-time favorite, videoke! Hehehe. Loved the two-layer cake too, pineapple chiffon and, my favorite flavor, mocha. Everything was so good except for one of the dishes that tasted weird. Hehehe. Me and a friend thought that there was something neither fishy, porky, beefy, nor chicken-y about it. We were thinking... Hehehe, nevermind. Must be the way it was cooked or at least we'd like to think it that way. Anyway, so we sang the night away. We ate, we sang, we ate again, we played Patintero like little kids, we shared jokes, ate some more, sang again. We stayed up till morning of the next day.

29th December, Saturday

It was a sleepover without the 'sleep' part. Some of us strolled while the others watched Code Geass. When we got back, we ate some more, we started noticing that the moon was forming a big arc around it.  We called the others to see it too. It was becoming more and more visible as the night [or day, since it's past midnight]. The sky is clear, and the moon was so bright, the stars were too. I wished, again, that I had an SLR. We brought out a sheet to lie on and watched the moon and stars. Yosh, I imagined this scene more dreamy and even romantic, if only HE was there, and we were above the mountain, under the stars, Awww... Dreamy-eyed child being TOO dreamy again. So there, everyone was wide awake, not a blink of sleep. We talked about our own theories on the 'halo': 1) the ozone layer has opened, and the end has come, 2) it is a portal in which a Kuuma gunship will penetrate and start invading earth, 3) the moon is starting to form its own icering like that of Saturn and other planets, 4) it is a blackhole, and it going to suck us all in 5) it is a window to another world, and aliens are going to suck us in, 6) it is an aura borealis in Asia?, 7) A new galaxy is forming, and lots more stuff. Yes, we all came up with weird-enough-to-be-funny conclusions on how that ring came to be. After stargazing, and the others, playing PlayStation, we went to the playground and talked about more stuffs, theories, and philosophies. We went back to the house and raided the kitchen, and made something up for breakfast. I ate cake. Hehehe. The others are still playing PS. Very few had a chance to doze off a little, but most of us were very up and very much alive. Had this mini-meeting about G-Ken while the others were still glued to PS. A few more games and then we're off. We were each given freebies since it was a debut we went to. Then we went to another friend's house and stayed for a while. Still no neither blink nor wink of sleep but up and almost-still alive, with the thoughts of seeing him again still wide awake inside my head. Then we went to 7/11 for breakfast then Migueebytes for a game of CoD and DotA. Till we finally went home with circles under our eyes and happiness in our hearts and sleepiness in our heads, hehehe.

Got home at about 5pm. I was away and awake for more than 24 hours. I took a bath, got dressed, brushed my teeth, and then slept right away. Woke up 9pm. Ate dinner and stayed for a few more hours. Got the details for the hike and I am very excited. I started writing this post until it was 3am again and I didn't finish so I decided to call it a night and continue writing the next day.

By the way, I'd like you all to meet Leonidas, my dæmon. See that flash animation below, that's him. If you wanna know more about dæmons, read His Dark Materials [The Golden Compass/ Northern Lights, The Subtle Knife, The Amber Spyglass] by Philip Pullman, watch The Golden Compass or just go to goldencompassonline.com. Hehehe Cool, neh?

30th December, Sunday

I woke up a few hours past noon. Finally had the sleep I missed for a day. Still have my trademark under-eye circles but I look better now than last night. Not sure I remember what I ate for lunch or dinner, after that I watched tv, did a little vocalizing, took a bath then went back to sleep. Got a message from a friend informing us that the phenomenon we've witnessed the other night is called 'moon halo'.

I woke up at 11pm and made something for late night dinner or midnight snack? Watched Strong Words. Went online to continue writing this entry and search for more information and pictures on moon phenomenas. Had conference with friends about our Post-New Year trip. Up to this hour, I am still writing this post. Haaay...

So it's morning again, and it the 31st of December, Monday. A few more hours and it will be 2008. My brother still hasn't come home since he went somewhere a few weeks ago. The boy has issues and... Uhh! Never mind! He's old enough to know what's good for him. Anyway, I did this little Friendster thingy out of boredom and it turned out, well, quite amusing. Here are the results:

1 7 - my lucky number
2 5 - no. of people I like
3 **** **** - the one I love
4 **** - person I care most of
5 **** - person who knows me very well
6 **** - my lucky star?
7 ****** - person I like but relationship cannot work
8 Downpour - song for person no. 3
9 Somewhere - song for person no. 7
10 Memories - song that most tell about my mind
11 Inconsolable - song that tell how i feel about life

Gazing at the skies was quite an experience. It made me think of a lot of things, a lot more things than I usually think of. Like things I do, places I want to go to, places I want to go back to, that person I care about, those kind of stuffs. Everything's vague actually. I mean, I like this person but I was thinking if it's finally time to let go of the hopes that I'll ever see him again or that we'll even be together, plans after graduation, will I even graduate, things I wanna buy for myself, stuffs I wanna do in life. Those things... Can't really think straight when i talk about these kind of things. I was also thinking of ways on how I can raise the fund I need for my major climb this January [Pulag, beybeh!] and buying the gears and equipments I need. Oh, man! Now I need a job! Hahaha.

Oops, long post. Hehehe.

A Good morning and a Happy New Year, everyone!