Super human crumbles big time

It all started with me calling myself a super friend back in senior year in highschool. Super friend means a friend who is super. Duh! It doesn't take a genius to figure that out. haha! Kidding aside, in my dictionary, a super friend is someone who you can rely on any time of the day, comes rushing to you anywhere you are with a snap of a finger and defies the odds just to lend a helping hand, listen to you, a shoulder to cry on or just be whatever you want her/him to be.

I can safely say, that I am one hell of a super friend! :D If not, please stop reading this blog to save your time. For all those who know me best or atleast know me enough, would have to agree with me on this one. I am THE Super Friend.

I always think of others before myself. I often get in trouble with my parents each time I go home late from a gimmick or a rescue mission for a friend. That's cool. Better get a sermon rather than abandoning a friend who is in need. Yun ang motto ko. Minsan nahiritan na nga ako na mas mahal ko mga kaibigan ko kaysa sa pamilya ko. That's a bit unfair as I love both EQUALLY.

I was always or most of the time the one who would be rushing to a friend's side whenever she/he is in trouble, broken-hearted or whatever. I would take phone calls in the weee hours and listen to their problems. I would defy odds just to help out even if it involves me waiting big time ( I HAAAAAATE waiting). Minsan kahit hindi talaga pwede, pinipilit ko. Kasi ganun ako. Super friend nga eh. If it really is impossible for me to help out, I work other solutions to the problem.

I always and forever will think of others before myself. That's how I am built. But sometimes, you just get tired of all the same old sh*t that comes your way. You just want to relax for a bit and abandon your super friend personality. Not forever but just a time-out and take the pressure off you.

That's what I wanted. But some just don't understand. It really sucks.

From being THE super friend, I became THE super human. Not just human but super human. I realized that the term friend is "limited" so I changed it to human. Sounds more versatile right?

So I am THE Super Human. I can be whatever or whoever to everyone. My powers aren't limited anymore. I can do good to everyone. That is my life mission. :D

I hope I am doing a good job being THE super human. Please tell me the things to improve on. It's no easy task being one. So all suggestions are welcome. :D

But much as being the super human entitles me to do a lot of helping and what-nots, I also have my bad days. Or in this case, bad weeks. It's just too much to handle and I finally decided to write this blog.

I've been procrastinating doing this for days but now is the perfect time to vent out all my frustration and depression. I will not divulge anything further. Or at least not in this blog. Do wait for my next blogs, I will tell you why. :D I made this blog because I've been told in my FB account that God wants me to start living. This is my first step towards it. Each day, He has enlightened me when all else seem dark. Thank you Lord! :D

For all of you who have been reaching out, I don't mean to shut you out of my life. I just want to think and feel everything alone. I am saving you from a crappy drama. You'll be thanking me I promise you. ;p

For you, that despite the busy schedule, checks on me, I'm sorry for not telling you. I know you have a lot in your plate right now and I don't want to trouble you more. I hope you understand.

For you two, who I don't have trouble bothering when I am bothered, it's such a pain that you are thousand miles away. I know you are both busy and I want you to know I am sorely missing your presence right now. :(

THE Super Human crumbles big time but will definitely be back in action soon. I need all your prayers for that. :) Thanks! 'til then...

Confessions of a die-hard :D

Sept. 13, we weren't able to get tickets for the cheerdance competition this year so we had to watch everything on television. It's probably the most anticipated event before the finals. Tickets are really hard to come by since you are competing with seven other schools!

Ever since my freshman year in USTe, I have never failed to watch the pep rally for the competition and each year, the SDT (Salinggawi Dance Troupe) never failed to WOOOOOOW me and the rest of the Thomasian community with their routine. Hindi tao sa sobrang galing eh! :D

It's my first time this year to see their routine during the competition itself. Four years kasing pinapanood ko ang competition and would just see the replay they did back in the gym. So I was totally clueless about what they will do and they really surprised me! :D They always do during pep rallies.

Ang cute,cute ng outfit nila! :D Espadrilles beybeh! Aliw talaga. :D Don't even talk about the performance. The performance?? It was the best I've ever seen in five years! :D Grabe sa pagkakaisip. PANALO! NapaWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW! na lang ako sa buong performance nila. Ang galing talaga!

The other schools' performances were good this year too. Nakakatuwa kasi nagstep-up na din sila. But I think we had a good shot for that title this year. Or so I thought. Or so the Thomasian community thought...

Oh well. We all knew that USTe should have won. Pero sige, pagbibigyan namin kayo. It's just a pity that they failed to see what an awesome performance is all about. They call the shots and not us and that's that. We will be back to give it another shot next year. :) I do hope that you will see what we tomasinos have seen.

To Gawi, wagi pa rin kayo sa mata naming mga tomasino. Even non-tomasinos think we should have won. Gawi, we will bawi, bawi next year. :D

Better than the Best :D

Fast-forward... We were facing admu in the final four. I reserved tickets for the game. This MIGHT be our last game this season. Turned out emong had limited tickets. Next thing I knew, I was on my way to dome the next day to buy us tickets for the game.

At dahil atat si she, isang oras ako naghintay para magbukas ang ticketnet. Wala ring pila. Adik lang talaga si she at adik din ako kasi nauto ako. :))

I got us four upper b tickets. That's the only seat available. Better than nothing right?

Sept. 20, come call time for the game, we were all late. She late ka pa rin kahit three minutes lang yon. At ket, panalo ka! Ikaw pinakamalapit, ikaw ang super late. Adik! Siyempre iritable na kami ni she sa kakaintay sa kanila pero nung nagkita-kita kaming apat, deadma na!

Buti talaga ket at sakto tayo sa pagdating. Kakalabas lang nila para magwarm-up. I miss hanging out with you guys. I really do. I feel sooooo lonely with you guys working. So since I am the world's smallest bum, I dressed up looking oh soooo professional. Para kahit sa get-up man lang eh kunwari working girl. ;p

We all cheered our hearts out. Cheered as if it was the finals already. Cheered like we used to. I super duper missed the hype, the drumbeat, the crowd and everything about UAAP. :D

As always, YJs were a sight to see. :D Yung mga kuya YJ (matanda pa kami sa kanila!) ang cute. Performance level ang pag-cheer! U-S-T, go fight UST! Nakakaaliw sila sumayaw. :D

It has been my life looooong before I entered college. I think it will stay with me until my dying day. Though we lost, I had one helluva time with my girls. :D Priceless ang moment lalo na at first uaap game ever ni ketters. Next year ulit ha?? Patron seats naman!

How far would a die-hard go?? All the way! Whatever it takes, wherever it maybe, we will be there. :)

Tigers, you did well this season. No one in the papers believed we were contenders for the final four but we proved them wrong. That's good enough. :) Next year, finals?? Kaya natin yun. I'll be watching you guys! :D She, joicey and ket eto ang tinatawag na matira matibay.

I super duper miss you guys! As in. :D

I miss going to school and watching uaap. That's what I call USTedyante mode. 'til then.. :)

Trabaho hard...

Almost three weeks ago, I got a call from a friend asking me to go to her office 'coz the boss wants to see me...

I told myself I didn't want the part-time anymore but I found myself on my way there after 30 minutes. I had a quick shower, dressed up and vanity fair all in 20 minutes!

I got in the office a little earlier than expected which was a plus and was immediately asked to join the meeting on board. I was like a kid on her first day in school. I didn't have any idea what to do so I just listened and took notes that I think were important for the event.

Fast-forward... the boss didn't interview me anymore 'coz the event was just pandemonium. Or she thinks it's pandemonium. I don't really know. So, I was hired for this event and I braced myself for what is to come...

And they came. I reported to work early the next day. I did what I was told to do. No sweat. Modesty aside, I've been doing this kind of thing since I was in highschool. I was to coordinate with the teams and bug them for life. That's an easy task. :)

I didn't go to the office the next day, 'coz I did what I had to do and I can do anything else at home. That was the perks of the job. I was mobile. I can work at home at my own pace and own space.

Then the long weekend came which I spent in Cagayan. I even extended my long weekend to super duper looooong weekend. Blame it on the landslide. :s

I reported back to work on a Thursday because I was told we were having pre-production that day. I was done bugging my teams, relaxing and thinking what else I had to do for the day...

They were oh sooooo busy and spotted me doing nothing. Next thing I knew, I was semi-jogging to make it to the cut-off time with the bank deposit. I went home at 8:30pm. I was sooooo relieved that the day was over.

Next day was really a-must to go to work since it was the last day to prepare before the big day. As expected, day in the office was oh so busy. I came to office after lunch since I went overtime the day before. Ang malas nga naman! Unang beses ko pumasok ng late, eh andun na si boss. Good thing she didn't mind?? haha!

I started doing my work for the day. I thought I did everything. Well I did what I was told to do. Yun pala may mga hindi nasabi sakin na dapat gawin. toinks!

I also did a lot of other stuff. I went home 10:30pm. I had dinner when I got home. I was too busy in the office to notice I haven't eaten anything for the past ten hours.

Next day was the big day. I was in the football field at exactly 6:30 am and was excited that this was finally IT! After that day, I'm done. weeeee!

There were flaws in the flow of the event that's just inevitable. After getting over the "minor" flaw, the futboleros and futboleras were out playing in the field and having the time of their lives. :D

Futboleros watching others play

Rain poured down but these athletes' spirits were not dampened. Instead, they even played with more intensity and heart. :D

After the day's worth of mud and the finals done, we all headed to the Officers' Club for the post-event partey! :D Booze outta control. Now were talking!

Still under my alcohol suspension, I passed up on all the toasts but was having fun socializing with the futboleros. *wink wink*

Hearing what they had to say about the event made everything at least bearable. It was heart-warming that the efforts of everyone from our team was worth-it. :D Nakakatanggal talaga ng stress at nakakagaan ng loob.

So there goes my not-so part-time stint. I'll see you futboleros next year?? Maybe by then, I will be joining you in the field. haha! I'll see you soon? ;p 'til then...

Cagayan Experience

*This post looks like a page from a journal so I beg your pardon. I can't think of any other way to tell you how my Cagayan Experience went except thru this. haha!

Day 1 --- September 06, 2009

We arrived in Baybayog almost 5pm. Everyone was exhausted from the trip but we went to see Tito Ambo one last time and extend our sympathy to my cousins, Tita Clarita and all the people in Alcala who will surely miss Tito. So we just unloaded our stuffs, rested a bit and went to talk to people.

I was cringing in pain no thanks to my lack of iron. gets niyo na yun. Itinulog ko na nga lang yung sakit. BOOOO!!! The pain eased away that night and I was able to socialize with people. It's tough being the "only" child these days. Oh well.

My cousins were drinking green apple vodka but I had to pass once again. My three months was still not over. So I was literally just hanging-out and enjoying the time with them. :)

Day 2 --- September 07, 2009

I felt sooooo much better and was back on track. :) Finally taking in the Cagayan vibe. I love being away from the hustle and bustle of the Metro for a change. Ang tahimik at simple talaga ng buhay sa probinsiya. I like to experience that once in a while. It was a perfect time to clear my head from all the things that had been impeding me from thinking clearly. :)

Oh my gosh! The food was oh sooooo yummy! Siguro tumira lang ako ng one week doon, tataba na ko. haha! Panalo talaga sa sarap. :D My Nillo cousins arrived early that afternoon.

Then late that afternoon, two piggies were sacrificed for the handaan that night and the thanksgiving the next day.

Emo shot at the bridge

Galey! I turned vegetarian for a day. Well not really. But I didn't eat any pork that day. Manok ang kinain ko plus veggie on the side. Nanghina talaga ko nung pinapanood ang piggy. I feel you. Sorry, isa kang piggy. :c

That night, a necrological service was held for tito. I was assigned to take photos and I was up for the job. Madrama na ang moment, when my cousin's monoblock chair broke down. As in major toinks! Hindi ko alam kung tatawa ako or tatahimik na lang...

The little boy did what no one else would have dared. He pointed at his uncle and laughed his a** off! Everyone else followed suit. Well we didn't point at Kuya Amby but we just laughed with Miggy. Nakakatawa naman kasi pag inisip mo. Sablay lang talaga ang timing! Kuya Amby, I think it's time to lose some weight. Konting-konti lang naman. :D

Panalo talaga si Miggy. :)) Yun ang highlight ng gabi.

I barely knew my Tito Ambo. Having grown in the Metro all my life and him in the province, there was no chance to know him more. But my mum would tell me stuff about their childhood from time to time and from there, I came to think that tito was a good person.

Those people who knew him best painted a picture of him in my mind of how good of a person he was. :) He was indeed a loving husband, great dad, generous kuya and just as humane as he can be.

Day 3 --- September 08, 2009

We had a Mass in the morning before finally laying tito to his final resting place. Waterworks for everyone. Pero siyempre may patawa moment pa rin. As Tita Clarita was saying goodbye, ang bilin niya mamimiss niya daw si tito pero 'wag na daw bumalik kasi matatakot siya! Moment na eh, sabay toinks. hehe!

After the interment, we went back to have lunch and rest for a bit before finally heading back home.

We will surely miss you Tito Ambo but we are comforted of the thought that you are in heaven and watching over us. At least you can now partey hard with all our dearly departed. :) 'til we meet again tito! So that's my Cagayan Experience. 'til then...

My longest roadtrip...

* September has been extremely action-packed and in a week's time will be over! Oh no! So I beg your pardon if my blogs are a bit late. There will be a series of blogs to cover everything that has happened to me the previous weeks. Please bear with me. Thanks and enjoy reading! :)

...ever. I have never travelled by land for more than three hours. So when the clan went on a roadtrip to Tuguegarao, I was a bit anxious. I am the world's biggest biyahilo. I get dizzy with a one-hour trip! What more a 12-hour drive?? I have never outgrown motion sickness nor will I ever outgrow it. :(

Luckily, we got the trip in ten hours. :D We could've made it eight if we didn't get lost. The driver took a shortcut which made the trip longer as he had the direction all wrong. tsk!

The farthest I've been to is in Iba, Zambales when I was a kid. I barely remember the trip but I know we go there every year for my mum's office outing. Siguro tulog ako sa biyahe kaya 'di ko matandaan.

I didn't sleep before the trip ( I came from a chill-out session) and I was so sleepy. I finally slept around 8am. We already left my turf, and all I can see was green, green. green. Tinulugan ko na ang biyahe. Pagkagising ko bukirin pa rin. Ewan ko nasaan na kami. Basta alam ko malayo na sa Iba yun. :)) I was told we were somewhere in Nueva Vizcaya.

Lunch came and we had to stop to eat and off we go again. I took photos from time to time adoring the scenery. Ang saya malayo sa gulo at ingay ng Maynila. I took some zzzz again and was surprised that we were still not in Tuguegarao. Actually, we were Alcala-bound. It's 45 minutes (taking a bus) from Tuguegarao. It's really a big thing that we had a van for this trip or I would've died of the loooooong trip. Yung private trip nga nabaliw na ko, ano pa kaya kung nakabus ako??

Around 5pm, we finally arrived and it was such a relief to stretch my short legs and stand up. :)) I did turn around every two hours. I don't want any butt sores. haha!!!

Fast-forward to two days later... We were home-bound. It started to rain when we left. We could've arrived in Manila 3am. That was the worst scenario. We were travelling on a private van naman kasi. But NO!!! Despite having a private ride, we got stranded!

No thanks to the landslide in Nueva Vizcaya we had to wait for eight, painfully boring hours! I've never had problems being in total darkness. But that time, it felt sooooo eerie. Siguro kasi nasa kawalan kami. Hindi ko alam ang lugar at sobrang dilim talaga! Siguro ganun ang nararamdaman ng mga bulag. Madilim lahat. Nakakalungkot talaga. The place was sooooooo quiet thus making me double insane. I hate silence! Thanks to my mp3 and dawn's trusty ipod I made it thru.

BOOOOO you landslide!!! Mother Nature reacts...

The road was opened 7am and we didn't waste time. Singit kung singit. We finally escaped hell and spotted the nearest food chain in sight. Everyone was staaaaarving! Good thing we had a looooot of stock of food during this trip. We managed to survive. :D

We got home 4pm because we stopped in Manila to have lunch. The trip almost took an entire day! Grabe talaga. whew! Si kuya talaga yung pinaka-kawawa samin. He took the bus going there 'coz he had to work on a holiday! His trip took 22 hours and then 22 hours back. Two hours lang siya nagpahinga. My cousin said he was on unli-trip. hahaha!

So there goes my longest roadtrip ever. I hope getting stranded won't happen again. At sana hindi ganun katagal ang biyahe to Baguio. Take me there. :) 'til then...