Classmates, friends, readers, and anybody in the vicinity,
I'm going to give you a warning.

Don't take the green 21B with the plate number: GWW 364.

It has green and white paint inside, plastic-covered foamed seats, with a rusting steel for a tight grip as one moves along the 'hallway'. It is about 4 meters in length and about two meters in width, excluding the driver's compartment. under the seats there are two rectangular chairs made of wood. Plus, a stubborn driver and an insensitive barker/conductor.

i tell you, take my heed. it's not easy to be in there with everyone crammed inside the jeep!! What are we, sardines? The conductor was not even hospitable. He thought we could just jam our butts all at the same moment without feeling any discomfort? Oh, if i had the chance, I'll let us exchange places and see how far his patience would go. I was really annoyed; he was insisting each column to have about eighteen passengers when the capacity was supposed to be fifteen only! plus, the center aisle was completely blocked by four passengers, all holding tight on their seats or else they'd fall off over the edge while resisting inertia. There were also four men hanging at the very back of the jeep. And they didn't even finish their route! they dropped all of us at the highway and dunno where they'd gone! out of annoyance i walked the whole block from the Shell station to Chowking highway and it was there where i finally hopped into a jeepney. I felt relieved after doing that moody walk. :) It actually made me more alive and my presence of mind was stronger that afternoon after a busy day in school. talk about a periodic outlet. but really, i actually got calmer after that.

so, so annoying... what a tiring day. wished i had eaten chocolate first thing in the morning...

Having good friends really fattens the heart.

This happened last Wednesday, the same day i had my vaccination:
Like i said, i've wanted my bed badly that night, so i've prepared to have my night bath for a warm and blissful sleep. when i was about to do my routine, my silent phone started vibrating and i luckily saw it when i glanced askance before leaving the room. i hurriedly picked up the line and in came the voice of a very close friend of mine since high school.
"Hi Bem."
"Uie, hi pud Ma!" I call her Ma, though she's the youngest in our small close circle of four friends.
"Bem, ara ko ha? ok ra?" Our houses have been in walking distance since i moved three weeks ago.
"Ari ka? sure, sure!" I was ecstatic!
"Tagbua ko ha?"
"Ok! kaw ra usa?"
"O, ako ra. ha? tagbua ko."
"Yup2!"
"Padung na ra bah ko."
"Ha?? o cge, mugawas ko after ani."
"Ok. cge bem, bye!"
"Cge!"
now burning with energy, i rushed downstairs and into the pouring rain, waiting for my friend to show up. and she did.
But she was not alone.
My other close friend was with her!
At first i didn't recognize them when they were quite distant because i wasn't wearing my glasses. i was quite speechless for seconds when they showed up! i wasn't expecting for Cherssy to drop by at that time of the night, knowing that she's a home buddy when it comes to studies and school stuff. I haven't seen her in a month! I once visited Ma D (the D stands for Danielle) before but Cherssy was quite a surprise. THEY surprised me. I knew very well that our respective schools have been very demanding and...nuts, so i was really happy to have them even for just an hour. we chatted the whole time, laughing at silly jokes, reminiscing momentous memories, linking faces to different names and others. It was fun, i tell you. though we just stood outside chitchatting, oblivious to the unpleasant weather, just talking about anything under the sun, i mean rain (hehe!), we had enjoyed each other's presence in that short visit without worrying 'bout anything that kills. They've given me additional vital energy to move forward and meet the world as they also do the same.
Chers is in USC-TC, Ma D in USJR, Shayne in CNU (SPED), and I in CNU too... well we all have our own dreams and aspirations and goals to follow and reach. but then, the thought of them still standing by me is something...precious and touching. WE know it's a new world out there, yet we never forget about each other. we may sometimes fail to keep in touch, but we know we still have each other and we can stay under each other's umbrella, sticking out 'til the end. (char!) bitaw, it's true.
I may have sounded sentimental, but it's so true. it's all thanks to them. :)

I actually had my Hepa vaccination two days ago, i think. can't quite remember the date... oh no! memory loss! huhu... that's totally a bummer!
LOL. just kidding. it was exactly two days ago. no joke this time. :)
well, it was ok. i'm not trypanophobic in any way. in fact i love being injected, either to be extracted with blood or for vaccination purposes, unless if the case is being diagnosed with a fatal disease. (tap tap! hope that's not going to happen.) seriously, i didn't feel that worn out and stressed because of it, though my injected forearm had felt numb after sometime (but i just ignored it. hehe.). I watched how Doc Plasubas did his thing, his routine, from the beginning 'til end without blinking in order not to miss a thing. I even laughed when he told me that he felt the needle touch my bone (really? i didn't even feel anything at all when he said that.). I talked to him as he pushed the syringe so that the vaccine could penetrate my skin and he said that it's normal for the arm to feel heavy because that would mean the medicine's starting to climb through one's system to authorize protection. well, that made sense. :) hehe...
but when i got home i actually hurried for bed. i guess i had a long day...