The people in my neighborhood

Chronologically speaking, they are:

Tobie

Hmmm... friend or non-friend? I have no idea. He's the guy Milcah and I would occasionally say hi to or talk to, the Nat Sci classmate who's technically our blockmate but with a different schedule, the block head who exists only in theory but not in practice. He did say hi this morning for once. We talked for a bit about the upcoming Econ exam. That's a good thing, I guess. Mission namin ni Milcah yan e, to befriend Tobie. HAHAHAHAHAHA! Why? Not for any special reason; we just wonder why we always see him alone (not that he's a socially-challenged creature or anything-- on the contrary, he seems like the very capable type). Naiintriga lang kami. Maybe when we're friends, we'll ask why he doesn't have the usual clique of guys. Cause isn't that weird? I rarely encounter solitary creatures in UP.

Geoff

Okay, now that I remember our first conversation, a supremely intelligent person could have pointed out the first time that Geoff is gay. I mean, Powerpuff Girls? Little Lulu? The topic wanders into cartoons and he's the one mentioning those. :)) I suck. HAHA! My gaydar does NOT work. :| Of course I learned about his gayness through somebody else, but the revelation astonished me. It took three days for it to sink in, and a few more days to get over my homophobia. I don't mind it so much anymore, as long as he doesn't mention Math. Or Chris Tiu. =))

Si ano... ung hindi ko kilala :))

Hindi ko pa rin siya kilala. Even the reconnaissance work I did a while ago was futile. I can tell you what he wore though. :)) If that helps.

This random person

So it was raining around 1 pm and I was walking. The narrow sidewalk made it awkward to move with umbrellas, and I was getting fed up with hitting myself with my own umbrella because I was trying to dodge somebody else's. And then suddenly, someone to my left said, "Ang sama ng timing ng ulan no?" And I swear, I had no idea who he was. But I talked to him anyway. We talked about the weather all the way to AS, without even asking for names. :)) Watisdut. That is the most random experience I've had yet. :))

My Socio prof

I hate to say this, but he is absolutely awesome to the point that I don't even want to like him, because if I do so then I'll be putting him on a pedestal. And what happens to people you put on pedestals? You worship them. And how do you react to people on pedestals? You become so awed you just swallow it all up. So anyway, because of his background in Debate, he says things with irrefutable logic. (Or maybe I'm just too unimaginative to see the loopholes?) He starts talking about imagined communities and history as fiction and my mind goes all soft and squishy like an overcooked noodle. That's what I feel when I sit in his class. I love the discussions, but honestly, if you measure my output per class--

Brilliant thoughts: 0

Profound insights: 0

Wala pa kong matinong contribution! And he knows such a lot. I sometimes wonder where he gets those theories; it's like he pulls them out of the air and says to us nonchalantly, "You know the concept of Neo-liberalism? Okay. It says that..." La la la la. And he connects that to the discussion and stuff. Of course it's enriching, but by that time my mind is so overstretched, it can barely comprehend his irrefutable logic. Somewhere in the middle of it, my train of thought stops, gets entangled and disappears. Later I find it dangling dismally in a corner of my brain.

And finally...

Julie!

Siya pala ung katabi ko sa jeep. =)) AHAHAHAHA! And I never noticed, until I was five minutes away from my stop. Kala ko ale siya HAHAHA. Sabi niya kanina pa niya raw ako tinitingnan. Eh. Her red jacket practically blended her in with the red paint. :| It was too bad I had to go down so soon.

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More people to appear in my neighborhood, I expect.

Especially since tomorrow,

I start my tambay debate. O_O