Skeletons in the Closet

I'm the kind of person that treasures memories, the kind of person that keep things to remind me that once I've been the young person that I was. For me, memories are too important. Memories are those you acquired from the journey you took. And in a journey, the most important thing is not what you achieved, not the end, and not the beginning. It's how you achieved your goals, what you did along the way, the people you met, the friends you made, the enemies that pulled you down, and the experience you had.

Earlier this evening, I opened the closet inside our master's bed room looking for some random stuff. The I pulled this built-in drawer inside and found some stuff from Junior Year, High School. Two candles from prom, a button pin from this computer shop where we used to go, some other things and a little stuffed animal(left) given to me by a friend.

Actually I stole it from her, I took it right under her nose while she's looking at me. She didn't take it back. The amazing thing here was that this stuffed animal still had her scent. I remember three years ago, when we're still juniors, I use to smell it because it has the scent of her cologne. I just love the scent of her cologne. And three years after, it still has her scent.

While looking at the things I found, memories began to flood in my head. I can almost see it right before my eyes. Memory lane. I miss being 14, I miss being young. I miss the days when I don't have to worry about the things that bothers me now. I miss being carefree. I miss the good old days.

I returned all the stuff inside the drawer and closed the closet. I didn't find the thing I was looking for, but I found something else - memories of the past.

High school will always be the best years of your life.

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Si Amang Czar

Nahahawa kami ni Dengz ngayon sa 11-7 duty ni Ama. Haha. Nakawifi kasi si Ama sa hospital kaya kausap namin siya sa facebook ngayon.

Dapat nga ang ibinoblog ko ngayon ay yung ginawa namin sa faculty room at paghihintay namin sa kanyang dumating sa hospital o yung lumabas kami nina Hazel at Dengz for dinner.

Lately may nangyayari kay Ama. Hinahigh blood, at sabi ng mga estudyante niya ngayon sa community naiiwan siya sa staff house dahil sa sakit niya, tapos noong nakaduty kami noong Tuesday yata sabi ng isang faculty kay Sir Kaybee na parang nagnanumb daw yung kalahati ng katawan ni Ama. That same night nagpacheck up siya sa hospital at nakita siya ni Steele. Alam niya naman na alam namin that night na nandoon siya. Hindi kami makapunta sa kanya dahil abandonment of post yun. IR at extension duty yun.

Ang hilig kasi sa baboy at sa matataba. Kinukulit namin sa gulay ayaw talaga. Daig niya ang bata. Ang hirap kumbinsihin. Parang si Papa(yung tatay ko talaga), matigas din ang ulo kapag pinapatigil namin sa sigarilyo ni ate. Ang hirap talagang kumbinsihin ng matatanda. Sabi naman daw niya wala namang nakita sa MRI niya sa SLU-HSH. Nagulat pa ako noong sinabi sa akin yun ng mga estudyante niya sa kabilang block. May MRI na pala kasi sa SLU-HSH?

Nag-aalala kaming lahat kay Ama. Si Ama kasi, malaki talaga ang naging impact niya hindi lang sa group, kundi individually narin sa bawat members ng group namin. Hindi lang siya basta basta haligi ng group namin, actually, we see him as a member of our group. A1, siya ang 12th member. Alam naming medyo may something na kay Sir Kaybee noong talagang bukambibig namin si Ama, kaso hindi talaga namin maiwasan. Malaki din talaga ang impact ni Sir Kaybee sa amin, pero si Ama kasi... iba eh. Ibang iba talaga. Hindi ko maipaliwanag. Dahil narin siguro sa kaugali namin siya, ang trip niya ay trip din pala namin. Compatible kaming lahat.

Alam kong ginagabayan siya ng Diyos kaya panatag akong walang mangyayaring masama kay Ama o sa sino man sa grupo namin. Alam kong nasa mabuting kamay si Ama.

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Pork for Dinner

STEAKS AND TOPPINGS AT SESSION ROAD, Baguio City!

Pork Barbeque

Pork Chop

It's supposedly a review night - solemn, serious, madugo at buwis buhay na pagrereview for finals. Yet here we are, 10 in the evening, eating dinner outside.

With only 85 pesos, busog ka na, kaso ang mahal naman ng drinks, 22 pesos. What you see is what we got for 22 pesos. Hay. Hindi man lang natisod ang uhaw ko. Ang daya! :(

Food blog na ba ang nagaganap sa blog ko? Puro restaurant naman ang setting halos ng mga blog ko, or basta kumakain kami. Naku-naku. Hindi nakakapagtakang nadagdagan ako ng apat na kilo sa community duty. Kasalanan ito lahat ni Ama! Haha. He trained us to eat and not to stop. Sira ang diet ng girls, sira ang pagtitipid naming boys. So our wallet turns out to be like onions, we cry when we open it.^_^

Galing kasi sa youth night si Dengz after PE niya ng 7pm, umuwi naman na si Hazel after their PE. Ako kahit 4:30 wala na akong pasok, hindi pa ako nagdinner, pero nakaluto na ako ng kanin. So when the three of us are talking that night sa facebook, and nasabi namin ni Dengz na gutom na kami, ha! Wala nang isip isip pa, labas na! Wala nang bihis bihis pa.

Ang usapan namin ni Dengz ay magkikita kami sa may convience store sa may labasan sa amin, then dadaanan namin si Hazel. But because it's cold outside, I've decided na sunduin nalang si Dengz. Pagdating ko sa tapat ng gate, may dalawang teenager, magboyfriend ata. Nag-uusap about something. When I tried to push the gate, it was locked, eh sa setting kasi ng boarding house nina Dengz mahirap marinig ang kumakatok. So I just texted her. Luckily, an old man opened the gate at lumabas. Papasok sana ako kaso baka isipin nung dalawang magsyota na akyat bahay ako. Sus, pababa naman yung boarding house, wala akong aakyatin.

I heard the door open sa loob and heard someone climb the stairs. Sumandal ako sa pader and saw Dengz got out. May kahoy silang iniipit sa gate para hindi bumukas, ewan ko kung bakit hindi nalang nila gamitan ng susi. I didn't move, but I seriously thought of making her gulat. But making gulat is as natural as breathing to me. I didn't do anything and when she looked up, she literally jumped to her feet! Pagdating naman namin sa convenience store, nandoon na si Hazel. Nagulat na naman si Dengz (as in humiyaw), inaasahan namin kasi na dadaanan namin si Hazel sa boarding house nila. So yeah, we almost tried to give Dengz a heart attact that night, twice.

 So we sat there for hours, ate and shared stories and laugh, take pictures and all. Tapos pag-uwi bago kami matulog, kausap namin si Ama sa facebook, gusto na naman ng pork chop. Sabi namin mag-gulay siya, once a month daw. Naku naku. Sus, sumasama akong pagsabihan siya pero ako naman tong katulad niya. Bwahahahaha.

It's just now that I realized, naeenjoy ko na ang college life. Nakukuha ko nang umuwi ng pass 11pm, which is maaga pa nga para sa karamihan, nagagawa ko nang lumabas ng gabi. And we do it just for fun. We live, we're young, wild and free.

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Twilight Sky

Twilight sky. View namin bago pumasok sa rooms ng patients namin kahapon, 3-11 shift. Natuwa lang kami ni Alex ang ganda kasi ng langit. Kita pala sa photo yung kabilang annex ng hospital at yung bridge na dadaanan.

Cool ang view sa labas kapag dapi't hapon. Sayang hindi ko nakuhanan ang city lights. XD

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