The post-Valentine’s post about the week that passed.
BTW, before I start, I’d just like to give a shout out to Krei who ACTUALLY reads my stuff! Hey Krei! Thanks for telling me on LiveProfile that you enjoy reading my stuff. :)
Anyway, so yeah. GAHD. Last week was just…NGGGGGGH. Sunday, February 12, was the birthday of my sister. I sort of don’t remember what her age is. I think she’s 23 now. I wonder when she’ll get married…OKAY, so that day was just irritating kasi umuulan the whole day. Ang masama pa is that nilagnat pa ako nun. We went to mass, then had arguments in the car about where to go for lunch. Siyempre, gusto namin siya ang magdecide. E kaso, dalawa lang naman ang gusto niya e: Jollibee, or uwi na. Everyone was like, whaaaat? So we were like, okay let’s go to S&R, which was sort of a bad idea dahil nga naman may lagnat ako. So we got to S&R, at natuwa pa kami upon receiving a flyer saying P200 off sa pangalawa mong whole pizza if you order one. Kaso, after standing in line for a couple of minutes, we found out na we had to wait for an hour for our pizza. Hence, we sat down sa mga upuan dun sa eating area and FUUUUUUUU it was so coooold. After getting the pizza, umuwi na lang kami and then I slept.
Tuesday, Valentine’s, naisipan ko nang i-delete ang taong ‘yan sa Facebook, Twitter, at sa cellphone ko. Kasama na riyan ang messages namin sa LiveProfile at Viber, at ang pictures namin. I was supposed to burn yung regalo niya, pero maganda kasi e, kaya di ko na sinunog. I forgot to block, tho. Tuloy, tumingin pa ako sa profile niya. At dahil dun, binlock ko siya. And now, you will be just some person I used to know. Wala akong intensyong makipag-usap sa’yo, sorry.
Nakabalik na ako sa school nung Wednesday (medyo natanga ako sa pagspell ng Wednesday a), and at that time, napakasakit lang ng tonsils ko. Like, tuwing lumulunok ako, parang may bumubukang hiwa or something. Try doing that to your wound or something. Ang sakit di ba? Ayun, at sayang pa dahil hindi pa ako pwedeng maglaro dahil nga sa kadahilanang kakagaling ko lang sa sakit. I have to say, though, na kahit di ako nakalaro, masaya pa rin yung araw na ‘yun.
Sabi ko kay Coach, “Uy sorry bawal ako maglaro today, kakagaling ko lang sa sakit.”
He was like, “Ayyy o’sige. Sayang naman, may surprise pa naman sana ako.”
Naintriga naman ako, siyempre. I did my usual paperwork before org, then pinahuddle ni coach lahat ng mga tao, with or without attire. Sabi niya magkakaroon daw ng laban ang seniors against EVERYONE ELSE in the team. Kasama riyan sila Brendan, Santana, JT, Pao, Siat, at iba pa. So, we were separated: the seniors (Denz, Roxas, Galo, Mozo, Oxales, Filart, Templo, ako) stayed in one circle sa labas, and the undergrads.
Then, sabi ni Coach, “Hindi nga lang ‘to game a.” Dun pa lang, alam ko na. Either dogpile ‘to, or… “Magbu-bull ring tayo.” :| oh gahd. Nung narinig ko ‘yun, I was like, deeeeeyum nako. FYI, the bull ring is something that we linemen do. It’s when linemen form one circle, then merong isang lineman sa gitna. Then, each person from the circle will have to tackle the guy inside. Minsan, walang order. Minsan, yung iba, masakit pa magtackle. I remember nung first time ko, I had to do that with Mozo, Renz, Chino, JT, and the other fourth years na wala na ngayon. Tas sabi pa ni Coach, kahit alam na namin kung anong gagawin, na ito dapat ang gagawin…SABAY DEMO SA AKIN dahil nga naman ako yung na sa gitna. After 15 minutes of that, well, my shoulder muscles moved to my bicep. :| and after that, I had a 7-inch bruise with the dark purple hue of a raisin for 2 weeks.
Anyway, so ayun, Roxas went first. Malas niya e, no. Yun pa naman yung time na ganado pa lahat ng tao, at mapayat pa siya a. Each of us had to be tackled by around 30 people (minus the seniors) plus coach. I was second to the last, and everyone was just…excited. :| I’m like…tangina may galit ba kayo sa akin pwede naman akong madaan sa usapan ha :)) then, the tackling started. Most, talagang I faced. I remember the strongest ones were (siyempre) Santana, Pao, JT, Siat, Chino, at kay Coach. Some, I pushed away parang aikido. Yun yung mga maliliit. :)) yung iba naman, I dodged, like Buban. Yung iba naman, umulit pa sa akin. Then came His Royal Coachness (I don’t mean any offense there. I just thought it’d be funny), and at the end, I thought na yun na yung huli ko for high school. :( at hindi ko pa nakukuha ang jersey ko. And I got a bruise, yet at least it wasn’t as big as before. Then he told me, “Salamat talaga, Benjo, as in sobra.” At siyempre, I was just…wow hahahaha you’re welcome I didn’t think I’d be like this. Grabe talaga. I love the team.Tas nung nagbibihis na lahat and I was packing up, dumaan sa akin si Provido na kinainisan ko nang kaunti lang naman kasi ayaw niyang kunin yung survey form. I gave him the finger, and he was saying sorry. Well, I was just joking around, so I smiled. Gave me a high five and said good luck in college. Other people in the team did the same.
Then, I decided to just stay there for a couple of minutes. I looked at the field, and Coach watching the first years play around. I watched, too. I wonder what will happen after I leave. Not like I’m anyone important, pero I just wanna know kung anong mangyayari, lalo na’t magkakaroon na nga ng limit ng members sa org. When I first got to the org, I was just there to play. Well, yeah, I wanted to socialize too, but it was hard. Ngayong naging secretary ako, I was able to talk to everyone and bond with people. Kahit yung mga simpleng, “Benjo, kanino ‘to bibigay?” was aight for me. At least nakakausap di ba? Tas ayun, kapag nakikipaglaro ka rin on the field. Everytime na magkakatinginan kayo nung lineman na katapat mo, tas after that down, magsosorry ka kasi baka may nagawa kang mali or kakamustahin mo or tatanungin mo kung okay ba yung nagawa mo. You know, those small things. I was making the portfolio, and there was one thing na ayokong bitiwan (but I had to): yung “Flag Football” sign na binigay sa amin during the org picture taking. I kept that scratch paper. It was some short bond paper talking about debate matters sa likod. Sa harap, nakasulat ang “FLAG FOOTBALL” in red marker ink. Oh yeah i remember that day! Wala akong uniform that day kasi nakalimutan ko. The team was about to be flashed on, then they started to call me before the picture was taken. I hurried to the front, and they told me to hold the sign. Isang formal daw, at isang wacky. PAgdating nung wacky, gahd, nagtulakan, and napa-upo ako sa putik in my uniform, still holding up the sign. :-< all of that, naalala ko. Then, my phone vibrated. Si ate na pala yun, to tell me na nandun na siya, and I should hurry to the parking lot. So, I said bye to Coach and Chino, and the other people remaining there.
Thursday naman, pweh, shit happened. I don’t really want to say anything, but…I TOLD YOU, GUYS. I HATED THAT GUY FROM THE START. Period. Tas may tonsillitis pa rin ako at that time. NGGGGH sakit ng warm saltwater gargle. Guys, akala niyo di masakit pero SHIIIIIT talagang napaluha talaga ako. Like, mas mahapdi pa siya sa alcohol sa sugat. Heck, I put alcohol on my wounds for the hell of it! Ito talaga…shiiiiit sakit odk ayoko na mabuhay
Friday, we had debate, and it was sad kasi gusto ko mag-opposition. Closing Opp, to be exact. Well, Itos did a better job doing closing opp than what I would have done. Kinain niya ako e. :)) gahd. I took points I weren’t able to answer! I had POI’s in mind, pero naisip ko na ako na yung pinaka mukhang tanga sa gov side, so I just shut up. Ang hirap din magsalita dahil sa tonsils kong parang gago.
About the weekend, well, it existed for me. E pa’no, di naman kasi ako nakapag-aral. :)) I just finished Fallout 3. Ganda nga, actually. I want to play naman Fallout: New Vegas. I actually memorized the songs in Galaxy News Radio because of playing that shit. And then, I stopped listening to “Maybe” by the Ink Spots, because you are now just somebody that I used to know.
Well, that was the week. Now, wapaks na lang ako sa pag-ibig. My tonsils have healed a bit (SALAMAT AT PAPURI SA DIYOS SA KAITAASAN), and it’s hell week! :D sometime within the week, I’ll prolly post a link to our project, which I will be leading (reluctantly hahahaha).
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