The things I owe my blog

Like blog posts, for example. I have a gazillion topics I have yet to hash out, but that's not possible with the time I have, so I'll just have to put a quick word in and such (which is really unfair, but that's the way it goes). I might as well do it now; I think I just hurt my blog's feelings with the slow updates. So anyhoo.

IV-1 Baguio Retreat
Suffice to say that I loved every bit of it, down to my cold blue toes and the creepy things that go bump in the night. The pictures are still in my camera. As it is with my digital photos, I most probably won't upload them... yet. HAHA! (Perhaps by our 3rd monthsary?) Anyway, I think the Retreat was a great way to relax and just chill. Also, I think it brought out the best in us. My section's not so bad when you take them out of the classroom setting. It's more bearable for all of us that way. The only downside to it though is that I've seemed to run out of things to say to them, and that oddly enough, I don't really feel like conversing much.

IV-3 Baguio Retreat
I missed you guys SO MUCH!!! Ack! I even woke up early morning to check the time and say a little prayer for good weather as (I knew) you guys were leaving. And though you might not know it, I was thinking of you guys most of the time. I could envision all of you in my head, and creepy as this sounds, I had this BELIEF-- that I knew that I could BE THERE if I wanted to, in a less corporeal form. (The universe told me. Shhh.) I knew it would freak you more than it would scare me if it did happen, so I desisted and went to sleep instead. But really. I engraved every inch of that retreat house in my memory so I could somehow be with you when you were there. *Wuv hug :D*

Fair and Variety Show
Backstage privilege is heavenly. And Sandwich was freaking awesome. Sa wakas nabawi ko na rin ung pictures na hindi ko nagawa nung nagperform sila sa AC (cause I didn't bring my camera then). Grabe. Huling fair at variety show na to. In spite of all my complaints about how boring it is (and it's the truth!), I felt really sad when the variety show ended. It was the only time it SANK IN. Ayan na. Kahuli-hulihan na. I've just passed another landmark in my senior year.

On a side note: The bands were supposed to return the backstage passes to us once they left (so it could be used again next year), but we lost a lot of them. Since I was in charge of the backstage gate at that time when Tansan ni Gaston was leaving, I had to run after them and politely ask for the passes. Chris was like, "Aw shit," sabay balik ng pass. Sinosouvenir pala nila. : :)) Anyway, we let him keep one, out of the three they returned (dunno where the other passes went. Hm.).

Neil Gaiman at the Ad Congress and Fully Booked event
I didn't go, but I'm glad to hear that he enjoyed himself immensely. I was too dead tired to fret about it really, what with having sore feet and all from the variety show. Also glad to know that Andrew Drilon won, which doesn't really surprise me. Ah, there is such a lot to learn from the lives of creative people! It makes my little heart swell with happiness. Teehee.

Eco Week Oratoricals
It's either me or Maika, though Maika's the priority since she wrote the piece. I'm sort of her understudy, as I've explained to countless people who stopped short of congratulating me when they heard that, and then let a moment of awkward silence pass. It's fine really. I sort of like performing soliloquies (spelling? omaygad, I'm so cerebrally incapacitated right now) in fancy costumes and stuff, but it never entered my mind to enter speechfests. Soliloquies require some degree of acting and pretending, and I actually like playing around with the whole hoopla. But with speechy things? I dunno. I'm not sure if I WANT this one. I needed three days of soul searching before I finally convinced myself to believe what I was saying. I reasonably think it's within my powers to perform this, and I'm sure winning would be a nice feeling, but the pressure is turning my stomach weak with just the thought of it. With the unbearably shaky hands and jittery knees, it's even worse than the recital madness I put up with every year (which is being betrayed by my foot by running horrifically, insensibly, off the piano pedal).
Ah well. We'll know tomorrow. Whatever happens, I just want to WATCH the event. That's about the most concrete thing I've decided about the whole shebang.

Pan's Labyrinth
FINALLY! I watched it! On pirated dibidi of course. I watched it with my sisters, and I actually thought that it had no title menu, cause it went straight to the movie. Sabay Korean subs ung lumalabas. And the movie is in Spanish! I wanted to watch it badly enough to sit there and try to figure out what they were saying. By then the only progress I made was understanding "Gracias!" and "Ofelia!" Well anyway, we sort of found out that the thing actually had a menu, and that you could change the subs afterall. Holy hallelujah!

I loved the movie! It's creepy and beautiful at the same time. Watch it! Watch it! I wish Stardust was as dark as that.

Chronicles of Narnia, books 3-6
I've read them all before, back in Grade 4, but I had no idea it was a series then, so I started it all wrong, and read them in the wrong order. I actually began it at the last book, because I liked the picture of the unicorn. The faaaancifuuul unicorn! *twirl* So anyway.
Now that I'm actually paying attention to what I'm reading, it actually reminds me of Enid Blyton's books. Or is it the other way around? Whatever. The books are pretty simple, but the character I love best is Aslan.
Wish I could hug a huge lion too.

On decorating the house for Christmas
We're still not done. It's taking us so looooong, because we're taking the task to heart and we just had to come up with a unified theme for all the decor. The tree looks wonderful though. I'll try posting a picture sometime.

Strange. I feel highly excited about Christmas this year. (Could it be because I'm dressing up as Willy Wonka on Christmas Eve? Could be.) Nothing like cold air, hot chocolate and Ryan Cayabyab's Filipino Christmas songs to make for a perfect evening.