As I woke up at around 6:45 AM just to get everything done before the 8:00 AM call time, I merely haven't noticed that time was ticking away and what do you know, 8 AM is here. Mom was still taking a bath, while I was downstairs, patiently waiting (yes, patiently) for her to be done in a minute. Like that would happen, kidding! :)) I was pacing back & forth while listening to the raindrops that were hitting so hard against the roof. Nature's wonders, I consider that as peaceful, even though many people were devastated by "Bagyong Ondoy" , I hope everybody that was affected would recover as swiftly as possible. I'm extending my prayers for all of you.

Moving on...

I arrived at school at about 8:40, I think, and first went to Ms. Rosas where she holds the registration form thingys. So there, I thought I was super duper late & I'm glad I wasn't because if I was, I would freak out, like hello, 8:00 to 8:40? What a difference.

I entered the St. Saraguel classroom w/ me and Enzo having to walk together because we arrived at the same time, and because I don't want to walk by myself, I tagged him along. Then started wondering, why wasn't it starting? DANG, apparently the Brothers were stuck in traffic because of the heavy downpour. Yes, downpour. It was raining quite hard for Laguna, it probably was more disturbing in other areas.

*Knock, knock* The Brother entered the room w/ all his props and other churvaaloo, then introduced himself. His name was Eric, though he said his full name, I can't vividly remember what it was. Anyways, he did some introduction & yadayadayada. He told us a story about a kid named Diego who was very mayabang and maangas. Then told us that our recollection was in our hands, not his. He definitely got that "quotable quote" from the story. Afterwards, we went to have our break, then back to our discussions.

Brother made us play "paper dance" w/o the music and without the "Okay, GAME!" part. Kinda unusual, but still fun and full of laughter. Then he asked us to form a circle and do the sharing. Questions were "what have you learned from the activity?" and "are you happy with your life right now?" I swear I wouldn't cry, but I did. Too late, before I knew it, my eyes were starting to glare, and tears were running down my face. W/ Alfredo at my left side, I knew I would cry because he did his thing and started sobbing. All of the others answers were real tear-jerkers, except for the ones which were kinda senseless. I was second to the last, so I did confess everything. I said,

Sa question #2, masaya ako, pero di masyadong contented. Maayos naman ang family life, pero dito lang sa school ang medyo may difficulties. Mahirap kasi, oo, ako din maraming insecurities, at madalas akong maging envious sa mga bagay-bagay. Lahat ng patama, syempre masakit. Pero after mga 5 minutes, tatawa na ko, tas okay na. Ayun.

Alfredo was last, and his answers were the most unexpected things that you could imagine coming out of his mouth. I cried at the part when he said,

That was Jamie. And yup, it made me cry even more when he said that. I didn't want the sadness rub off me because I still wanted to enjoy everything before dyxy leaves & I don't want to think of that cause that would just bother the hell out of me. That fact was still hard to absorb and take in. I wish that she wouldn't leave, but I guess everything is settled now. The date is in, and all I have to do is enjoy what's left to enjoy. Loveyou Jamieee!

I was sick of crying and my eyes were swelling. I didn't want to do that again. Unfortunately, that was just the beginning. Crying ONCE MORE started when the parents arrived in the chapel, have them face to face w/ us, then told everything we didn't thought we would tell. Said sorrys, told them what we like & don't like about them, and stuff. I cried my eyes out, up to that point where I couldn't talk, and they couldn't understand what I was saying, until the moment that I just giggled to relieve everything. How wonderful, that was a first & hope it would be the last. But the opening up part was a good thing, it made me feel more at ease sharing stories to my parents.

We went home with the rain still pouring, and my heart feeling relaxed as ever.

Labels: Bagyong Ondoy

As I woke up at around 6:45 AM just to get everything done before the 8:00 AM call time, I merely haven't noticed that time was ticking away and what do you know, 8 AM is here. Mom was still taking a bath, while I was downstairs, patiently waiting (yes, patiently) for her to be done in a minute. Like that would happen, kidding! :)) I was pacing back & forth while listening to the raindrops that were hitting so hard against the roof. Nature's wonders, I consider that as peaceful, even though many people were devastated by "Bagyong Ondoy" , I hope everybody that was affected would recover as swiftly as possible. I'm extending my prayers for all of you.

Moving on...

I arrived at school at about 8:40, I think, and first went to Ms. Rosas where she holds the registration form thingys. So there, I thought I was super duper late & I'm glad I wasn't because if I was, I would freak out, like hello, 8:00 to 8:40? What a difference.

I entered the St. Saraguel classroom w/ me and Enzo having to walk together because we arrived at the same time, and because I don't want to walk by myself, I tagged him along. Then started wondering, why wasn't it starting? DANG, apparently the Brothers were stuck in traffic because of the heavy downpour. Yes, downpour. It was raining quite hard for Laguna, it probably was more disturbing in other areas.

*Knock, knock* The Brother entered the room w/ all his props and other churvaaloo, then introduced himself. His name was Eric, though he said his full name, I can't vividly remember what it was. Anyways, he did some introduction & yadayadayada. He told us a story about a kid named Diego who was very mayabang and maangas. Then told us that our recollection was in our hands, not his. He definitely got that "quotable quote" from the story. Afterwards, we went to have our break, then back to our discussions.

Brother made us play "paper dance" w/o the music and without the "Okay, GAME!" part. Kinda unusual, but still fun and full of laughter. Then he asked us to form a circle and do the sharing. Questions were "what have you learned from the activity?" and "are you happy with your life right now?" I swear I wouldn't cry, but I did. Too late, before I knew it, my eyes were starting to glare, and tears were running down my face. W/ Alfredo at my left side, I knew I would cry because he did his thing and started sobbing. All of the others answers were real tear-jerkers, except for the ones which were kinda senseless. I was second to the last, so I did confess everything. I said,

Sa question #2, masaya ako, pero di masyadong contented. Maayos naman ang family life, pero dito lang sa school ang medyo may difficulties. Mahirap kasi, oo, ako din maraming insecurities, at madalas akong maging envious sa mga bagay-bagay. Lahat ng patama, syempre masakit. Pero after mga 5 minutes, tatawa na ko, tas okay na. Ayun.

Alfredo was last, and his answers were the most unexpected things that you could imagine coming out of his mouth. I cried at the part when he said,

That was Jamie. And yup, it made me cry even more when he said that. I didn't want the sadness rub off me because I still wanted to enjoy everything before dyxy leaves & I don't want to think of that cause that would just bother the hell out of me. That fact was still hard to absorb and take in. I wish that she wouldn't leave, but I guess everything is settled now. The date is in, and all I have to do is enjoy what's left to enjoy. Loveyou Jamieee!

I was sick of crying and my eyes were swelling. I didn't want to do that again. Unfortunately, that was just the beginning. Crying ONCE MORE started when the parents arrived in the chapel, have them face to face w/ us, then told everything we didn't thought we would tell. Said sorrys, told them what we like & don't like about them, and stuff. I cried my eyes out, up to that point where I couldn't talk, and they couldn't understand what I was saying, until the moment that I just giggled to relieve everything. How wonderful, that was a first & hope it would be the last. But the opening up part was a good thing, it made me feel more at ease sharing stories to my parents.

We went home with the rain still pouring, and my heart feeling relaxed as ever.

Labels: Bagyong Ondoy