December Diary

Drama, feelings, trips and Christmas parties later, I am finally back. Not only did I think I’ll get out of all the changes of experiences these past few days—I also thought I could answer the why-did-it-happen’s and how-did-it-happen’s behind them all. I just kind of ran away without really doing the thing that should’ve been done. I did a major escape.

However, that ‘escape’ was so freaking fun and exciting. I had been with a lot of different people instead of those I was (am) always with so the inner social part of me was working through. In all honesty, I didn’t think being with new people would work out for me since I am more of an experience-person, if you get me, but boy did it work out too well.

The following will be a timeline of some sorts that happened since the start of December. I thought this would be too boring, like writing in a girly and flower-y diary, but that’s the point of it. This is one kind of diary to me and anyone’s thought about this won’t really matter at the end. It’s mine that will.

December 4, 2014

            It’s Yabe’s birthday, but what kept me awake was the dreams I kept on seeing in my mind every night. I am not saying it out bluntly, but let’s just say it falls on the category of the whole drama and confusion that happened.

December 5, 2014

                We had a very awkward dinner at Yabe’s with Gian (see them here) and three other people. But hey at least Gian was there, so the two of us got to talk while Yabe was helping in the kitchen. It went smooth actually (Yabe asked me if I was going to do a blogpost about this. Surprise!). The most important thing that I have learned that day was—don’t give two shits about what people think of you; you may give one, but that’s the end of it. Don’t think of what they think because that’s just so dumb. Period.

December 6-9, 2014

            Long weekend for me. A kind where a storm was suspected to come to your area, but didn’t landed hard—I still thank God—and classes are suspended, and you go to a café twenty minutes away from your house because YOLO while the trees are swaying and the sky was dark, and you talk to your friend about some people through phone, and you don’t take showers because it’s too cold, and you get so bored that you just talk to that robot thing in your phone, and you do your homework on the last day of suspension of classes. Yep. Thanks.

December 10, 2014

            This was the day when I was torn between going with Alpha or with circle. Things just turn out the way they have to, I guess.

December 13, 2014

            Vem just lead me on about going to the mall :( It was an unfortunate time of the day (10 AM) for me because our plans were destroyed. I wasn’t mad though, although I didn’t expect a heavy rain coming when I went out to do my grocery shopping for the field trip the next day so I was soaked from head to feet. I was fine. Really.

December 14, 2014

            Vem and I got in the bus late, all thanks to me, so we didn’t get the best seats in the bus unlike what we expected. It was so fun, alright. From the junk and food that were passed to each, to the tour bus and driver that almost seemed annoyed at us for having our own worlds, to the long lines outside the uncomfortable-looking restrooms, to the trip to the zoo and the twenty tigers that were never there, to the 5D thing I didn’t get to try because of the crew’s reason I couldn’t understand—I made sure to do a refund (others told me I got a little too violent for raising my voice and stuff; I thought I did a nice gesture), to a LOT of sleeping photographs, to the two tigers that were never beside us, to the adventure of the five of us to the nearest McDonald’s (farthest from our bus)—kudos for running like mad shits and having 15 minutes left and for those long traffic light intervals and for the guard who has no chill, to the long stop-over (being stranded is the best part), to the corny jokes and laughs that were thrown, to the camera flash that we were reprimanded to use during the ride home, to the people who couldn’t sleep because of our noise, and to that jeep who almost got one of our classmates in serious trouble (he jumped like a ninja, based on the information I gathered). This field trip deserves a whole blog post. 

December 15, 2014

            A hangover from the field trip. I went to school at like, 9:30 and got there at 10:00. Most of the time was spent sleeping. And taking selfies using Yabe’s phone.

December 17, 2014

            Diane, Vem and I went out to buy gifts and stuff. At the end, our feet were so sore. We didn’t know where the stores are, so we kept on walking. And walking. From the hour of trying to find Penshoppe for the coupon I thought I could use, to Kultura down we went. Can you imagine this scene? Add every student from school we saw (most the two of them greeted) and my classmates I wasn’t so surprised to see.I was stoked.

December 18, 2014

            We had our Christmas party at school. I was still stoked (emphasizing the incredible awards that were given).

December 20, 2014

           Let’s just say, night strolling is still the best thing ever. My aunt (she’s v cool aye) and I went out to buy things and I stayed at their place for the night (morning). It was one of the best nights I had ever spent away from home.

December 21, 2014
           It was heart-warming to watch children have fun and perform on stage, really. Their big grins and cries of joy were enough to make my day. It was the Christmas fellowship we prepared for; I wasn’t that big of a help for the preparation, but at least I did my part of being there and helping out a bit. After that, I tried to talk my brother into teaching me to ride a bike. I fell off that incredulous (-to me) vehicle and scratched myself a couple of time, but at least I tried. The after party for the youth servers was even better (I had been to two parties, what about you).

It’s funny how time moves too fast. I don’t know if time does move quickly, or we just move too slowly. Whichever the right thing is, I am damn grateful this year is ending in an ass-kicking way. This is way better than what I expected.

I hope the diary strips did not annoy you too much (I’m suspecting these did, though)—I am not even sure if you’re still reading this part so ya whatever I type right now won’t matter. What a good thing. Not. Eat my shorts. I’ve been hooked to The Simpsons lately. That’s all.

Informality aside, I wish you all a very merry Christmas! You can share your December “strips” to me, too, if you’d like. Comment below and tell me stuff. Thanks for this year. You’re an awesome human.