Lostguy818

I'm really serious about this. When will people stop bugging me about college. I mean, really. If it's not about why I'm choosing UST over the university here at my hometown, it's about why I chose SLSU over UST. These people are just unbelievable. I already made my decisio. I'm studying here. Please. Everyone, just shut it, alright? It's exhausting, trying to explain myself for my decisions regarding college. They are now saying that it was such a shame that I chose a really good school over our school here which can't be even located at the map. Ok. I might be exaggerating but that's how it really sounds. But what I don't get is why do they have to express their opinions. They can have them but just don't say it right to my face. I'm still trying to adjust my thoughts and ideas about how i'm going to spend my freshman year in college. Why mess it up with lots of 'what ifs'? And one more thing. Please don't aske me if i'm okay. Don't worry cause I will be. Someday. Of course, i'm still a little disappointed with the unexpected twists but i'll manage to adapt. I always do. So don't worry, okay? This is what I love about my life. You never can expect too much. You'll know that there's always going to be that one expected 'unexpected twist'. And it so happened that I sort of saw this one coming. That has been a hobby for me since childhood. Expecting the unexpected. It really helps for it makes the unexpected sort of expected, thus, making things less painful when that unexpected twist comes.

Don't react negatively, alright? But I think i'm addicted to coffee. I don't know why but I think it's the caffeine. It just stimulates my creative writing. It's like a pre-writing habit to me. I drink coffee. Sometimes, accompanied with some biscuits or cookies. I'm just sharing this one little secret of mine to all of you. Hehehe. Right now, I'm doing it again.

We just had our CAT Graduation yesterday. We we're supposed to start at 3:30 pm but when we were all getting nervous about the last minutes 'til the start of graduation, heavy rain started pouring. We waited for it to stop so we started at about 4. So, the program started with the wrong introduction of Sir Salvanera. Even though we must have our serious cadet face on, I still grinned. I was really nervous shouting, giving commands and executing commands because I might screw up. And then there it went, "Pasa Masid!" Our Battalion Commander commanded. I turned to my right. "Shit!" I said to myself after hearing my executive officer that that's not the command for turning. Thank god no one in the grandstand was looking. Unfortunately, some college students, parents and school employees are watching beside the field. They saw me! That was just so embarrassing. But just as usual, I just laughed it off. After that my mind couldn't concentrate but I think we managed to get all things right after that mistake.

The second part of the program was the handing of the diplomats. We have to go up that stage, stop at front of the guest speaker, quick turn to the right to face him, step the left foot forward then let your left hand take the diplomat and your right hand to shake his hand. So, all of us got our diplomats. Next is the special awards. Okay. I have to admit I was a bit nervous about this since I want to get the Best Company Commander Award but I knew it was just wishful thinking. LOL. It was awarded to Niña. I already saw it coming anyways, so bitterness here. The Best Platoon Leader Award was awarded to Bernard. There were other awards. All of the officers got an award anyways but I forgot what's mine. They said it's the Loyalty Award. Well, that suits me.

Sorry for the lack of posts lately. I'm currently working on some projects and I barely had time to update you guys. I'm planning on finishing one of my works before the school closes. It's entitled The Homecoming of Stephen Wexler. It's about a group of friends in high school. It's center isn't high school but the life after high school, mainly them living as adults. I think I would publish it for my friends. But not publish as in publish. I mean, exclusive publishing for my friends. Don't y'all worry cause I'm going to post it here right after I'm done.

I also have two pending works, The Elites and Althera. The Elites is kind of like Gossip Girl and It Girl. It focuses on the main character Penelope who gets tangled up in a popular political social circle in high school while in the pursuit for the guy of her dreams. Althera is like the Chronicles of Narnia and Harry Potter. It's a fantasy. The story is about a country taken over by wizards. It's on the hands of the Humans to save themselves and their country from chaos.

That's all I got right now. Again, I'm sorry for the lack of updates.

After so many editing. Finally! My Thesis is done. Now, I only have a few things to get over with before I leave high school.


CAT Graduation

This one is really important to me. It's a different graduation from the regular graduation. Maybe because you'll feel honored, just standing there in the middle of the heat, commanding your troops in the big field. I mean, I'm the Headquarter's Company Commander for Christ's sake. It's a huge role in the graduation (Okay. Maybe not that huge. Let's say, uhm, 4th or 5th from the biggest role.) Nevertheless, I'm really looking forward to this and of course, Carla's promised baked macaroni right after the program.


TLE-SOLE Celebration

Not that this one isn't important but this is more like a responsibility to me since i'm the president of the SOLE Club. The TLE-SOLE Celebration is the celebration for the subjects English and TLE(Home Economics, Drafting, etc.). If this had been scheduled by January or December I could've been more excited but school's almost closing. The celebration will be at April 1 and how would we gather students just for that. I don't even know if the students are looking forward to it. I, myself, don't really look forward to it. It's going to be lots of work and preparation.


Clearance

At the end of the school year, teachers really know how to be a bitch. They always come up with these tasks and requirements for clearance to get the report card. Geez...Talk about getting even for those days that we doze off in their classes.


After all these are done. I could finally go up that stage and turn that tassel after they hand me that diplomat. A quick snapshot and then to the afterparties thrown by the honor students and some rich kids.

Here is a quick run down about my college applications in my senior year:


UP - Manila

For me, this is the test that I was the most nervous about compared to the other schools. Aside from being this one being my first ever college applications test, the proctors are really scary. We took the test at Enverga University (did i get the name right?), Lucena City. Our schedule is at 1 pm, i think. or 10 am or 11 am. I forgot. I do remember that we left here already eating our lunch really early. But whatever, it doesn't matter. The test was pretty hard as expected. But still, I managed to do good. I'm a bit confident with most of my answers. What made me worry is the 'right minus wrong' thing. It totally contradicted what our tutors told us. The tutors said that don't ever leave a number blank because, sometimes, it messes up the machine that checks the papers, causing some examinees that really does good to fail. However, while taking the tests, the proctors said that if we don't know the right answers it'd be better to leave it alone because all the wrong answers would be deducted to your total score. That really confused me for quite some time during the test. My mind was battling over guessing or giving up from answering the questions I can't answer.

Result
Well, in the end, I became my risk-taker self. It turned out great, I guess. After all, I passed. The results came out ealr on 2009.

Embarrassing Moment
Don't find it weird but every college application tests I had, I had at least an embarrassing moment. Here, what happened is that after the tests, the proctors gave us some instructions to pass the paper. There was this specific order. I didn't listen. That's why I passed my papers in the wrong order. The next thing I knew, one of the proctors was shouting at me. These people are like really serious. They've got to calm down!


Maritime Academy of Asia and the Pacific

I know what you're thinking, this one heck of a post must be really long. And you know what? You got it right. Hahaha. I compiled all my application tests experience. I think it's greater than telling each on separate posts. Now, for me, this one stoodout. Well, if I considered the test with the interview. The test was easy. We took it at Quezon National High School (did i get the name right? again?) Except for the part about gears and stuff. We just didn't go that far regarding gears in our Physics class. I was hopeless but I managed to make a few right guesses. The test was long, especially the psycho-whatever test(sorry. can't remember the name). It was like a hundred and fifty questions that are just about you and your intincts. It took time before we knew the results but I managed to get in for an interview. There were five of us: Me, Patrick, Cyhron, Danilo, Grene.

Interview
I forgot when, but I do know that it's one of the Ber months when we went there for our interview. Each of us brought along our mothers and Cyhron has his father as our driver. They also brought this "Rene" that acted as our 'tour guide'. She has a son that just graduated there. She's annoying, actually. She just can't shut up about how the school is better than others. How his son is so filthy rich right now. His son that bought him this and that. Ugh. Really. She made it seemed like listening to metal music is actually better than her stories about her amazing son. The trip was very long. We left here at about 12 in the midnight then arrived there at almost 6 am. The place was great. At a moment there, I really wanted to go and study there. It seemed so glorious. We had the physical examinations first. We had to do these stuff for a few minutes. In the latter part of the day, it was revealed that the requirements are 40 push-ups for three(or four... or five?) minutes, 30 sit-ups for two minutes, and at least seven(or ten) pull ups. I managed to do 32 push ups, 34? sit-ups and... pull-ups, none. What? I was tired! Then it was time for the other tests which includes the Ishihara Color Blindess Test(of Doom!). So we waited in line. It was my turn and my heart was pumping. I think I am color blind but I am not yet sure by that time. I just thought that maybe I'm not and I'll pass the test.

Result
Failed! Huhuhu.

Embarrassing Moment
So I sat there in front of a woman holding this booklet with circles filled with colors that are supposed to form an number in the center. I really can't see anything. Well, i can see but it's sort of not forming a number. Almost like i'm missing a few dots that i can't seem to connect. Then the woman told me that I got 3 out of 15. I didn't know how to react so I just laughed. She was just like , "Yeah. Isn't it funny? You didn't pass and you're laughing." Inside, I was like, "Crap! I screwed up." Then she said some stuff about how I failed the test and I could leave right that very moment. But you know what's really funny. On that very moment I pictured Tyra Banks saying, "I'm sorry but you're no longer in the running towards becoming the next Maritime Academy of the Asia and the Pacific student. Please return to the house, pack your belongings and go home." I walked out the room with my eyes really teary. People were just staring. It was really a weird experience. What's worse is that when I went back to the room where the parents waited, they were not there. So I just sat there at our table, alone. People started coming to me and asking me if i'm alright and what are my plans in the future. Someone even asked me if I planned to undergo a surgery. I was just like, "Please. Leave me alone for them moment." I felt really vulnerable.


University of Santo Thomas

This one was also fun since we get to leave the province to take the test. We took the test in the actual university itself. We had a glimpse of what environment we will get to experience if we study there. Not a single moment there existed that I didn't think that I really like to go to that school and that I feel that i belong there. The test was the easiest. But at least, it was harder than the examination here in our school. The test wasn't really the biggest deal about this trip. It was the mall. It got really fun when we started to realize that we're lost. After almost an hour of finding our way to our van, we managed to get there.

Result
Passed!

Embarrassing Moment
It was during our test. I was sitting near the door because i was last on the alphabetical order. Someone turned the knob but can't seem to open it. The truth is I didn't even even care but when I turned to my right others were saying that I should open the door and so I did. When I stood up and open it, there was no one there. So I sat down. Then the knob turned again, I stood up quickly to open it. When I opened the door, there was no one there then the other door by the end of the room opened. There entered the girl who was trying to get in. I glanced at some angles and found some examinees giggling. Weird.


Southern Luzon State University

I wasn't nervous at all about taking this test. It's my school. My father works there. How could I possibly fail? Thinking I was already late, I hurried to school. I saw some of my classmates who just finished the test and they were like, "It was easy. Just had not much time. Be sure to start even while the proctor is explaining." Then another added, "Why are you so early?" Then it hit me. I was early. I mistaken the schedule thirty minutes earlier. Then as i about to turn back to some place else other than the examination room, i came across our Guidance Counselor and told me to go inside the room. So there I went and sat myself down and waited for others to come. The test just had 75 questions . It was really easy.

Result
Passed! Passed! Passed!

Embarrassing Moment
This happened when I got in early and I sat down to the center of the room. Examinees started coming. I just held my head up high. This is my school. I got this one in the bag, i thought to myself. In the middle of my overconfident thoughts a proctor approached me. "Is that your seat?" Others started looking at me. I just made a face then I shrugged. "Go over there and check your assigned seat." I felt a slap to my face. Was I just humiliated in my own turf? I walked around trying to avoid people's stare. I can feel them whispering. Ahrgh! Stress! My head got really heavy. I went to the direction where the woman pointed but there were no seating arrangement whatsoever. Can't handle the pressure, I decided to go down the stairs. Then the proctor rushed to follow me, shouting, "The list is here by the door! Not downstairs!" I just improvised an excuse, "I'll just go to the bathroom." I smiled to look calm and natural, like I was really going to the bathroom. When I got back up, there I faced my punishment. Lots of stares and whispers. I literally wished for God to take me away!

Those are the schools that I have taken the opportunity be qualified. I managed to pass all the Admission Tests. The reason why I didn't get into MAAP was because of my color-blindness. I know that that sucks but I have to move on. Anyways, I'm supposed to be studying at UST. My mind was already made up then I got this phone call. Then there it went, I'm now going to study at our own university, SLSU. Before I forgot to mention the Magsaysay(I forgot the whole name of the school. But it's also a maritime academy) and the Seminary. Like I would like to go to both of those schools. It was not optional to take the test. We must take the admission test in these two schools because they sent people to our school to let us take the test so it became compulsary. And yet again, I passed.

As I have read, Hilary Burton(Peyton) would not be returning for Season 7. I went to YouTube and found this video:








Here's the link, just in case:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_mw-PQ8vdo


I also went to OTHFans.com and it's confirmed there. I have to admit, even though I had been waiting for Peyton to be gone so that Brooke and Lucas would have another chance, I felt kinda sad. I'm currently listening to the songs that she, sort of, listens to. I don't know why but I guess that those songs remind me of her. And you know what, I just realized that she influenced me in my love for music. You know, those bands and songs that are not necessarily popular but those kind of songs that has deep meaning in them and those which would just make you feel alive. Hahaha. I'm sorry. I can't believe that I really like Peyton. I'd always been on Team Brooke but I guess hearing the news of Peyton leaving the show made me realize how amazing Peyton is.

She had an amazing story, from a self-centered cheerleader to a passionate music lover. But I still hate her for being with Lucas. Hahaha. I mean, it should be Brooke but, hey, she's going to leave the show, right? Might as well let it be. I don't know how would she leave. the show but there are speculations that it's gonna be because of the cancer. If she delivers the baby, she's gonna die. But the thing that really bugs me is that Chad Michael Murray(Lucas) hasn't signed the contract yet either. From what I've heard, he likes to pursue movie careers instead. WTF? It's One Tree Hill! How could he leave the show? How about Brooke? It's a shame because I really look up to Lucas. He's sort of the person I want to be but then he's leaving the show. I can't imagine the show without Peyton and Lucas. Where's the story line going to concentrate? Brooke, Nathan and Haley? I love them but without Peyton and Lucas, together or seperately, it's a huge change. I also heard that maybe the Lucas and Peyton love story is always tragic and it might follow the Romeo and Juliet story line. Even though I don't like the sound of that, it makes sense. I mean, Lucas would go insane if Peyton dies. Nevertheless, still hoping for a good Season 7. Please, Mark, come up with something amazing like you always do, okay?

Just a few days before our final examination in high school. I'm stepping up my game for a bit. It's not that I want to be in the honor roll. I just want to see my report card with higher grades than ever before. I'm just doing a quick post. I still have to cram for the mastery tests tomorrow. I'm just doing my usual routines for reviewing. My usual routine is:

That's what I've been doing since junior year. I don't know if it really works but I think, at least, it works for me. LOL. But i'm not encouraging you to do it too. I'm just sharing. Bye now. Stay in touch for the posts about Hater High and the Junior and Senior Prom '09. Also for the University Blues.

This had just happened recently. I don't know if things are starting to change or things are starting to fall into place. Robin is mad, like, really mad. He's not mad at all of us, just at some of us. With us composed of Jiru, Virgi, Christine, Me, Jeffrey, Mark Paul?(I'm not sure), Charmine, and Roxanne. I guess that's it but i'm still not sure of who he's mad and not mad at because he is so unpredictable. Well, here's the E! True Hollywood story:

Last Friday, before I went out of town for my interview in UST, Virgi and Christine are supposed to go to Niña's house for they will use Niña's computer. Jeffrey said that he'd like to join them so the rest of my friends who live near the area of the marketplace joined them. Those include Jiru, Rubio and Bernard. Then, Kim and Roxanne joined Christine. Lochi also came since she's with Christine at that moment. Meanwhile, Robin went to Fatima's house with Raina to get the wine glass(I forgot if it's just one or two) that we took from our Prom. It's sort of a remembrance. I was just at our house preparing to leave since I have to go to Lucena that evening so that early as three am we could leave and go to Manila. Fatima first called me. She asked me if there are already lots of people here, I was like "Why would there be people here?" but I just said "No. Why?" I forgot how the conversation went through because Raina also called me. But I am sure that someone asked me that question and I said that, "I think they already went home."

I left the town and on the way to Lucena, Virgi and Lochi told me the story via text messages. I'm not sure about the details but here goes:

Fatima or Raina,or both of them, called Niña. I think they asked her the same question. I don't know but she answered that the one's that were there was Christine, Roxanne and Kim(Maybe with Meng). (I'm really sorry if there are mistakes with this story, i'll just edit it later.) But then again, they also called Meng who included Virgi in her answer of who's in Niña's house. Maybe they smelled that something's up since Robin went there himself. According to Niña this is the sequence of events after he came in:

Robin ascended the stairs, mad yet calm. He paused before he finished walking through the stairs. "Oh. I thought you were umuwe na. (I thought you already went home.)," he said as he held his cellphone with one hand, sign of pride. No one talked. No one was looking at him. Rubio was laughing. At first, Christine and Jiru was looking but then, they turned away. "Nasan si Pax(Christine)? (Where's Pax?)," he's voice sounded firmer. He looked around then said, "Oh well." He went down the stairs and the last words they heard was, "Nice strategy."

It then came this Monday, he was really mad. I don't know when this will end. To be honest, i don't know if this is gonna end but what i'm sure of is that it's almost graduation and if this doesn't work out, I'm at least out of town for college.