ang gasgas ng “EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED” ang theme ng araw na’to..

WARNING: NOBELA ito,BORING

12am..
..greetings came in..


3:15am..
..i was woken up by my board mates’ irritating voices singing the ever gasgas happy birthday..
i found out na barado ilong k0..rawr.! nice..i have colds..
then they told me that i would be the first one to take a bath to try the chilling water for them..
rawr..what a nice gift..what a nice way to start my day..haha.!


4:30am..
..went to the University Church to attend the “Misa de Gallo” [which i just knew that day] means ‘mass of the roosters’..

a li’l bit of trivia taken from the homily of the priest during the mass:
it is called ‘mass of the roosters because it is a mass for early risers like the farmers, fishermen, vendors and the like..
dawn masses during December 16 -24 in the provinces are midnight masses in Manila..
the schedule was just changed for the provinces because the workers i’ve mentioned earlier are not able to attend the midnight mass because they are already dead tired by that time because of the whole day’s work..if they would go to church at dawn, it would be much fit to their schedules because they are early risers, and it would be much nicer to start your day with Bossing..

..during the mass i was so bothered because i was inside and Naxcz was outside because she was kinda 30 mins late, just in time for the gospel.,haha.! toinx.!

..i went out after the homily and saw her with what i thought a missal [guide booklet during mass]..she said hawakan ko daw..of course i’m curious, i tried to open it but before i could, i was distracted because she lend me her jacket.,well..i have terrible colds that time..we argued again on who’ll use the jacket.,pinagbigyan k0 na..burtdei k0 naman eh..haha.!

..we have this tendency to fight over petty things that doesn’t really deserve our efforts to talk.,well..we just love fighting each other i guess..haha.!

..i finally opened the booklet…it was entitled “Curbside Sonnets”..it was a book of poems made by Naxcz Jacutan for her precious Christmas Pearl..[i was really speechless and at the brink of breaking down to tears that time] but i managed to hold it ‘til i finally got inside my room at the boarding house..the moment i started reading the first poem “be there” i didn’t stop for more than an hour reading ‘til the last poem “Kun Ako Minataram”..

..there are 24 poems in English, tagalog, and bicol but my favorite was written in the last part of the foreword..


9:00am..
..i shared my box of éclairs, barnuts, mallows and chocolates to CC11..i really didn’t know where it came from..it was given to me by an unknown girl that told me that someone wanted me to have it..the dedication on the card says: [Happy 18th birthday!] nothing more nothing less..

..eniwei, whoever gave it..THANK YOU..sumakit ngipin ng blockmates [mga pungit] k0..haha.!


11:00am..
..me, Kate and Naxcz had lunch together..jenn wasn’t there kasi wala siyang pasok pag umaga during TTH..ampf..

..everything seemed to be very boring and gloomy but still i tried to enjoy every minute of it even though there’s nothing to be excited or happy about..

..i had tons of greetings from familiar and even unfamiliar faces..messages flooded my inbox making me remember how LEGAL 18 is..haha.!


1:30pm..
..i had my class in Filipino..nothing exciting..no one knows..kuya grey was absent..naxcz also has a class in college algebra..we were just instructed by Mam Autor to read a lengthy article about pollution..one and a half hours..boredome..


3:00pm..
..went to the boarding house and took a shower..i felt really hot..feverish maybe..


4:00pm..
..went back to the Pillars office, no one was there, everybody was busy because it was presswork..

..went to CC for the “Pasko sa Covered Court” with Piwi..watched my classmates perform for the Christmas Carol chuchu specially Jenn, Nikko and Yo..Naxcz told me she won’t be there for a while because she had to come with her mama to the hospital for therapy..she’ll be back by 4:30..okei..boring again..

4:30pm…
5:30pm..
6:30pm..
..ni shadow ni Nakita wala..huhu..

..everybody was worried because it’s obvious that i’m not enjoying anything happening..

..i know..i can feel my blockmates giving their damn best to entertain me or at least make me feel fine..

..sorry if everything seemed to have no effect on me..well, alam naman kasi nila kung ano ang effective sakin sa mga panahong ‘yun but they seemed to be clueless on where to find it..

..Kate and Jenn decided that we go back to the office..everybody was busy..
..they were tryin’ to comfort me..then they had a misunderstanding..

Jenn : hay naku Nagj! walang excitement! bakit naman kasi presswork ngayon?at bakit ngayon pa nila naisipang mag-interview?!!

[she was talking about the Pillars]
ME : anu ka ba jenn? ayos lang yun..namindset ko na naman kung anong mangyayari sa araw na’to eh..don’t worry..i’m fine..

Jenn : hay naku..pag kay Kate talaga bongga!

Kate : i hate you Gang! ulitin mo nga sinabi mo..

Jenn : sorry Gang..sorry na Gang..

..i was confused..i was worried..what the heck is happening on my birthday??!!

..i tried to comfort Kate..she can’t be stopped crying over what Jenn has said..

..we went to the University Church..i prayed that the rain would stop kasi emo naman na burtdei mo tapos umuulan..duhhh..Naxcz also told me to pray for it..dunno why..

..after a few moments..wala ng ulan..haha.! ang lakas ko kay Boss!



BURTDEI PART I

7:00pm..
..we went back to the office..busy pa rin lahat

..i decided to talk to Chief [si kuya mama manong guard ng 2nd floor,Xavier Hall] wala lang..wala nanaman kasi akong magawa..

..then next thing i noticed..everything was dark..nilagyan na ak0 ng blindfold ni Kuya Fuy .![managing editor] haun na un! after maybe 5mins of waiting in the dark [wo0h! emo!] akala ko pwede ng tanggalin..at hayan tinaggal ko nga yung blindfold..

..si Nagie na ang pinakamalaking tanga sa Earth! hindi pa pala pwedeng tanggalin..at feel na feel ko yung disappointment nila ng sinabi nilang “Boring..” shame..shame..yan na nga yata title ng blog na’to..”Boring…”

..akala nila naiyak ako sa surprise na lahat sila may hawak ng red roses..honestly, ang iniiyakan ko eh yung katangahan k0 at yung feeling na may inaasahan kang makita sa pagtanggal mo ng blindfold..pero..wala siya..

..one by one they gave me the roses..lahat ng editors..staff at apprentices..pati SSG President,si [beer_duhh_dear_oh my love] Kuya Verdz na alam ng lahat na crush ko..huling nagbigay ng roses eh si Kuya Grey..ang bet ng lahat para sakin..creepy clones lang naman kami..no more no less..some people are just plainly pushy..

..nakain na naming yung cake at pizza and everything pero wala pa rin yung gusto kong makita..

..actually, kanina pa sila text ng text ni John na naiwan daw yung wallet ni Naxcz sa boarding house ni John and Naxcz badly needs it and i’ll be the one to get it for her..

8:15pm
..okey..nagkaroon ng sobrang daming confusion kung sino ang susundin ko..but it all ended up na hinatid na ako nila Jenn, Kate at Ekai sa boarding house ni John coz i forgot how to get there..


BURTDEI PART II..

..sinamahan nila ako hanggang sa second floor pero wala dun si John..sabi nila malamang daw eh tumatambay sa rooftop..well, malamang nga kasi dun naman kami madalas tumambay kasi masarap magpahangin..

..hindi na sila sumama sa rooftop kasi it won’t take too long for me daw na kunin yung wallet ni Naxcz..

..bakit pa kasi ako yung nautusan ng babaeng yun eh ang dilim dilim pa naman paakyat dun..

..inalalayan na ako ni John pag-akyat..

..lights-off ang drama..at pagkaakyat ko eh yung kanta ng Secondhand Serenade na “Vulnerable” ang tumutugtog..

..lights-on naman ang drama....may pop-up tent na panay tali sa paligid sa gitna ng rooftop..lumabas sa tent yung kanina ko pa hinahanap sa CC,UC at office..

..i don’t wanna be speechless at that moment kasi baka matuloy yung iiiyak ko sa sobrang pagka-gulantang.. “Wow! tent na may sungay!”, i blurted out..alam ko napaka non-sense but at least may sinabi ako keysa naman mag-dying ako dun..haha.!

8:30pm..
..marami pang ibang nangyari kasi may mga extra sa main scene ng pelikula..haha.!

..pumasok na kami sa tent..at hayun..hayun..kumain na kami ng niluto niyang carbonara at mashed potato tapos yung binili nyang barbecue..yum.yum.yum.! sige maglaway kayo..

..first time kong may nagluto para sakin..first time kong nagkaroon ng ganitong surprise..

..soooo romantic..ng biglang humangin ng malakas at tinanong ko siya: “Lilipad na ba tayo?”
haha.! nagpakabusog kami sa pagkaing inihanda niya para samin at sa isa’t-isa..^~,
10:55pm..
..before we went down the stairs, she gave me a ring..engagement ring daw..while saying “wear this ring as a sign of my love..” yun lang..haha.!

..mga 11:30pm na ako nakauwi nun..masasabi kong lampas tenga yung ngiti ko pag-uwi at alam ko i had the same smile on my face hanggang sa pagising ko next morning..

12:00am..
.. i can tell that this is my most wonderful birthday so far..^^,



BURTDEI PART III [December 17, 2008]

..pag-uwi ko ng Ligao ng Wednesday eh i was kinda late for Church kaya din a ako masyado nang-usisa sa bahay..pero nagtaka ako ng Makita ko si Lolo at Lola sa kusina kasi hindi naman sila taga-dun and everything..tinanong ko si Love na busy sa paggawa ng plate [arki kasi siya], ang sabi niya lang eh ipinagluluto nun si Ria at Faye kasi Christmas party nila kinaumagahan..


7:30pm..
..i went to Church with Ate Meg..

9:00pm..
..Lola Linggay distributed some food coz it’s her birthday..
..Kuya Jun made some announcements..
..we went home..

..then i was kinda surprised when i saw some brothers in the community going with me to our house..i didn’t bother much coz i’m used to being accompanied home by some..

..lights-off nanaman ang drama..

..upon entering our house [lights-on] i was surprised by the giant poster made by Love which reads [“Happy 18th Birthday Manai”], booming birthday greetings by my relatives and community members..i didn’t know that they prepared a simple and neat agape for me..

..awww..another surprise..i also had a cake..wo0h.!

..i had a small appetite though coz seeing everybody there celebrating with me was enough..their happiness and love for me was worth digesting..


…..days before, i’ve already expected my birthday to be a disaster or not actually a disaster but just another ordinary day..or so i thought..coz Mama already talked to me that they don’t have money for a celebration..i understood them..it was okei with me..well, for me, my happiness or my birthday doesn’t depend solely on money..i can celebrate even though i don’t have cash to waste..

..this only proves that i was right..

..this only proves that it’s not money that matters..

..it’s the people around me that puts the effort to make me happy that matters most..

..well, much has been said,
..this day only proves my theory that my birthday gets more exciting every year..^~,

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