Bring in the Rain

congrats fifi and joebz! you guys rock!!! OH YEAH!

HIGH FIVE NAMAN DYAN!

I’m a Dog and she’s a Dinosaur.

She’s the most beautiful dinosaur I have ever seen. She destroys things with her massive body, she eats other dinosaurs (those poor other dinosaurs), she roars loudly, and I watch her and I follow her wherever she goes and I wag my tail like every dog does.

I’m in love with a dinosaur even though she destroys things with her massive body, even though she eats other dinosaurs (those poor other dinosaurs), even though she roars loudly, and even though I watch and follow her like a stupid dog wagging its tail like every dog does.

I’m a hopeless little bastard dog. Sometimes I wonder if she actually sees me. I’m a hopeless little bastard dog. Who needs a hopeless little bastard dog when you have the whole world for yourself? But I kept on following this dinosaur like a hopeless little bastard dog wagging its tail like all the stupid tail-wagging dogs do. I always look up at her. But she never looks down. I make noises but she never turns her head. Sometimes I think she never hears me or maybe because she doesn’t understand my noises and maybe I should learn her language, the dinosaur language.

One day she finally looked down and I was wagging my tail stupidly like a bastard dog which I was and I knew that one moment that she knew I was there. It felt like nothing I’ve ever felt before. It felt more than just a glance though it was just a glance actually. It felt longer than it actually lasted. And then she looked back up and continued walking, destroying, eating and roaring. Maybe I should have stopped wagging my tail, maybe it distracted her. Was it my noise? Was it my fur? Maybe it was my tail. I blew that one chance. Damn it. Damn my stupid wagging. I’m doomed. I’m a hopeless broken-hearted little bastard dog.

But stupid and unreasonable as I am, I still followed her as she destroyed, ate and roared around the place. I followed her and made noises and jumped around and wagged my tail as I always do.

One day I had this idea of biting her tail. Maybe it’ll make her turn around. So I bit her and I gave it all my strength. I bit as if I am a dinosaur, destroying and eating and roaring mightily. I felt like a dinosaur for one moment and then I jumped away tired. But she didn’t look back.

And she continued to destroy and eat and roar about like she always does. And I dragged myself behind her like I always do.

Then in desperation I voiced out my words of endearment, my noise of affection, my sweet unclear nothings, my unintelligible language and meaningless cry. But I felt like all those disappeared before it reached her ears.

She can’t feel my bite, she can’t hear my noises and she can’t understand a dog’s bark, because I’m a dog and she’s a dinosaur.

Give me a fulcrum and a lever and I shall lift the world. But I’ll still be watching you. – Archimedes

With great power comes great responsibility. But I’ll still be watching you. –Spider-man, Spider-man

I never, said that I love you. But I’ll still be watching you. – JB, Maging Sino Ka Man

We’re bigger than Jesus. But we’ll still be watching you. – John Lennon

There were bells on a hill but I never heard them ringing, but I never heard them ringing, ‘til there was you. But I’ll still be watching you. – Paul McCartney

Back off! But I’ll still be watching you. – De Venecia

I’ll give him an offer he can’t refuse. But I’ll still be watching you. – Vito Corleone, The Godfather

I’m the King of the World! But I’ll still be watching you. – Jack, Titanic

I’d give myself a ten. But I’ll still be watching you. – Simon Cowell, American Idol

Love’s such an old fashioned word. But I’ll still be watching you. – Queen and David Bowie, Under Pressure

She loved me at my worst, you had me at my best. Pero binalewala mo lang lahat ‘yun. But I’ll still be watching you. – Popoy, One More Chance

I am he as you are he as you are me and we are altogether. But I’ll still be watching you. – The Beatles, I Am the Walrus

The name’s Bond, James Bond. But I’ll still be watching you. – James Bond

(Clueless dumb look, But I’ll still be watching you.) – Bella, Twilight

Hath Jew no eyes? But I’ll still be watching you. – Shylock, The Merchant of Venice

Saging lang ang may Puso! But I’ll still be watching you. – Mark Lapid

I HAVE A CRUSH ON YOU! (But I’ll still be watching you.) – Pablo Banila

Close your eyes and I’ll kiss you, tomorrow I’ll miss you, remember I’ll always be true, but I’ll still be watching you. – The Beatles, All My Loving

Okay lang I-kebs nindo ako, basta dai ko kamo i-kebs. But I’ll still be watching you.– Ken Abante

Love is not a sprint, it’s a marathon, a relentless pursuit that only ends when she falls into your arms… or hits you with a pepper spray. But I’ll still be watching you. – Howard Wolowitz, The Big Bang Theory

Yes we can. But I’ll still be watching you. – Barack Obama

You’re still my idol. But I’ll still be watching you. – Manny Pacquiao

No, you’re my idol. But I’ll still be watching you. – Oscar de la Hoya

Mmmmkkkkaaayyyyy. But I’ll still be watching you. – Em

Harayuon man ang iniisip mo. But I’ll still be watching you. – Ate Monica

Tano man harayo, yaon ka man lang digdi. But I’ll still be watching you. – Agor

Your smile, your touch, your taste, it turns me on and on and on, that I fall in love with you all over again. But I’ll still be watching you. – Ronan Keating and Kate Rusby, All Over Again


therefore, di ako stalker.

Give me a fulcrum and a lever and I shall lift the world. But I’ll still be watching you. – Archimedes

With great power comes great responsibility. But I’ll still be watching you. –Spider-man, Spider-man

I never, said that I love you. But I’ll still be watching you. – JB, Maging Sino Ka Man

We’re bigger than Jesus. But we’ll still be watching you. – John Lennon

There were bells on a hill but I never heard them ringing, but I never heard them ringing, ‘til there was you. But I’ll still be watching you. – Paul McCartney

Back off! But I’ll still be watching you. – De Venecia

I’ll give him an offer he can’t refuse. But I’ll still be watching you. – Vito Corleone, The Godfather

I’m the King of the World! But I’ll still be watching you. – Jack, Titanic

I’d give myself a ten. But I’ll still be watching you. – Simon Cowell, American Idol

Love’s such an old fashioned word. But I’ll still be watching you. – Queen and David Bowie, Under Pressure

She loved me at my worst, you had me at my best. Pero binalewala mo lang lahat ‘yun. But I’ll still be watching you. – Popoy, One More Chance

I am he as you are he as you are me and we are altogether. But I’ll still be watching you. – The Beatles, I Am the Walrus

The name’s Bond, James Bond. But I’ll still be watching you. – James Bond

(Clueless dumb look, But I’ll still be watching you.) – Bella, Twilight

Hath Jew no eyes? But I’ll still be watching you. – Shylock, The Merchant of Venice

Saging lang ang may Puso! But I’ll still be watching you. – Mark Lapid

I HAVE A CRUSH ON YOU! (But I’ll still be watching you.) – Pablo Banila

Close your eyes and I’ll kiss you, tomorrow I’ll miss you, remember I’ll always be true, but I’ll still be watching you. – The Beatles, All My Loving

Okay lang I-kebs nindo ako, basta dai ko kamo i-kebs. But I’ll still be watching you.– Ken Abante

Love is not a sprint, it’s a marathon, a relentless pursuit that only ends when she falls into your arms… or hits you with a pepper spray. But I’ll still be watching you. – Howard Wolowitz, The Big Bang Theory

Yes we can. But I’ll still be watching you. – Barack Obama

You’re still my idol. But I’ll still be watching you. – Manny Pacquiao

No, you’re my idol. But I’ll still be watching you. – Oscar de la Hoya

Mmmmkkkkaaayyyyy. But I’ll still be watching you. – Em

Harayuon man ang iniisip mo. But I’ll still be watching you. – Ate Monica

Tano man harayo, yaon ka man lang digdi. But I’ll still be watching you. – Agor

Your smile, your touch, your taste, it turns me on and on and on, that I fall in love with you all over again. But I’ll still be watching you. – Ronan Keating and Kate Rusby, All Over Again

 see. di ako stalker.

... Real Women Have Curves is that the title backfires. I can see the bitterness in it.
... PE class is that I am one cut away from dropping it since this morning I thought my class starts at 9am when in fact it is 8.
... Life is Entropy.
... Perspectivism is that it in itself is a perspective.
... getting fatter is that I have 2 weeks to gain 5 lbs
... saving up is that I also have 2 weeks to save a good amount.
... some boys is that they get insecure with a fictional character whose level is so low it's not worth swooping down at.
... the last statement is that it is ironic.
... Godzilla is that he's Godzilla.
... Quantum of Solace is that I expected too much from it.
... my labo blogs is that I think I'm making another one soon in contrary to my declaration of stopping to make them and I'm dropping the 7 People idea for I do not have permission from some of the seven people to write about them in my blog.
... tomorrow's sched is that it only cancels fil class.
... RAWR is that she's a dinosaur.
... me is that i'm a dog.
... RAWR is that she wants to give me away.
... me is that i think she wants to give me away.
... someone is that she said sorry.
... me was that I got scared when she said sorry.
... someone is that she told me to shut up.
... my foot is that i have a blister.
... Big Bang Theory is that there is no episode for this week!
... plurk is... nothing's wrong with plurk! let's all PLURK!

I hate to see you go.

I hate to see you. Go.

wala lang!! i miss ateneo de naga so much.

EWAN LINE NI RYAN:
*ipinapamigay mo lang ako? sabagay, ako'y isang choice lang sa multiple choice mo.*

You know that feeling when something you love turns out to be a disappointment?

Yes, that's how I felt. I watched Quantum of Solace today. It was good but it wasn't as good as Casino Royale. The chase scenes weren't that good. The Bond girl wasn't good, though she looks pretty (she looks familiar). I didn't feel the evil of the antagonist.

It was more of Bond moving on after Vesper's death. But I still liked some parts.

The only thing better than Casino Royale was the new gun-barrel sequence.

I liked it because it was a Bond movie. But it was a disappointment to critics and other movie watchers. I just hope Bond23 will be better.

 

I now feel how the Twilight fans feel.

(go on react)

(to renzo, mae and rex: THIS BLOG IS SO SARCASTIC!)

i got the idea from uncyclopedia.
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Ryan is Watching You. It's so easy not to care.
Obama won. It's so easy not to care.
Christmas is near. It's so easy not to care.
The world is under a crisis. It's so easy not to care.
Manny Villar is no longer senate president. It's so easy not to care.
Impeachment complaint is junked. It's so easy not to care.
Britney is a good girl again. It's so easy not to care.
Twilight got 70M in two days. It's so easy not to care.
I have a plurk! It's so easy not to care.
Ateneo is #1 in the country. It's so easy not to care.
UST rants about Ateneo's ranking. It's so easy not to care.
UST rants more. It's so easy not to care.
It's my birthday today. It's so easy not to care.
I stop messaging you. It's so easy not to care.
Boyzone is back. It's so easy not to care.
You don't care. It's so easy not to care.
My grades went up. It's so easy not to care.
I'm loving calculus. It's so easy not to care.
McDonald's still hasn't opened. It's so easy not to care.
I'm no longer a stalker but I'm still watching you. It's so easy not to care.
Someone falls n love. It's so easy not to care.
They broke up. It's so easy not to care.
Bob Ong has a new book. It's so easy not to care.
Someone marries a fishball. It's so easy not to care.
You're reading this. It's so easy not to care.
You actually care. It's so easy not to care.

***

Even care bears don't care bears don't care bears don't care bears don't care...

bears don't care bears don't care bears don't...

care bears don't care...

haiiiiii

Now even she is taken. (well just rumored -- with JOE JONAS. PFT of all the gay people in the world)

My only celebrity crush. ERGH

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Today we witnessed a mass for a couple who's been married for 57 years. When the woman told us 57, I thought they were 57 years old (i wasn't paying that much attention). It took seconds for the thought to really sink in. 57 YEARS!

The man has Parkinson's disease, and his wife takes care of him.

I think we were only 10 in the mass. I was smiling when I saw the man react while The Lord's Prayer was being recited. I knew he knew what's happening, his wife was holding his hands and I knew he was happy. I wasn't even saddened by what I saw. I too was happy.

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then you go back to the depression of names and missing names and missing people who keep on making you hurt yourself for you look for them and do not find them and even if you find them you'd still feel hurt so maybe i'll accept the hurting.

all i wanted was to know if he's a nice person.

ang saya ng mga sagutan nila! hahahaha

Quotes of the Day:
-- Never give your heart to a wild thing, the more you do, the stronger they get, untiol they're strong enough to run into the woods or up a tree and then to a higher tree and then to the sky. -- Holly Golightly, Breakfast at Tiffany's

-- Yna: (stat) omg. ayoko na ng twilight.
   Ryan: bakit ayaw mo na ng twilight?
          yada yada yohoooo... blah blah chat chat
   Ryan: Okay lang yan, You've seen the light. Welcome to the light.
   Yna: (smiley rofl)
-- I never... said.. actually hindi siya quote for the day wala lang.

here comes the real blog:
    i've moved to another site, but i'm still using this. i dunno, probably for the last week. so that's it for the blog.

    i'm watching breakfast at tiffany's. natulugan ko siya sa una pero mas maganda sa kalagitnaan. di ko pa siya tapos. ang sad ng theme song. sabi ko na! yun yung theme na pinapatugtog sa lovers in paris. kaya pala familiar. anyway, so i'm watching classic movies now, this one first, then the godfather series next, i don't know what i'll watch next.

    i suck in basketball.

    i had this dream yesterday. admu students turned into zombies and only a few remained human, i was with 2 high school friends and the other 10 i think were strangers. the mission in the dream was to escape school without being harmed by the zombies. so yun, one of the strangers said that there was a short cut but we had to pass a cemetery. to go to the cemetery we had to pass by lots of zombies. so that we wouldn't be recognized, we had to act like zombies (parang Shaun of the Dead haha) tapos yun, paglabas namin ng school, nalaman namin na may mga zombies rin pala sa labas tapos nagtago na lang kami sa bahay ng isang stanger tapos narinig ko sa radio na mas maraming schools pa ang ginugulo ng mga zombies sa buong pilipinas, narinig ko rin nga ang Ateneo de Naga eh. haha

    i did something stupid on plurk.

FINAL NOTE:

    this is what happens when insensitive bad guy meets sensitive other person.

    the only way to end this is for one to stop living the happy life and grow up. i'll try but i've tried it before and it didn't work. i know that with my attitude, being sarcastically mean, i've hurt a lot of people's feelings. i have a pretty acceptable solution though.

    i'll use my invisibility cloak. it cloaks me for me to be invisible and unless i remove it i'll stay invisible. astig no?

some things are beyond man's understanding.

my blogs are.

tomorrow i'll blog about today. i'm just too depressed to type something long, serious or labo blog-ish.

isang hirit na lang.

si john lloyd lang ang napapagod.

akala ko ba wala munang labo blog?

oo sabi ko wala muna, pero ano to? duh? meron na naman. saka si kenneth, sinusubaybayan ata ang mga kalabuan ko. alam niyo ba na ang bicol term for labo is libog? anlabo noh? haha kaya pala ako pinagtawanan nung first yr high school nung sinabi kong, malibugon tubig ang bicol river, how was i supposed to know?! i was young!

alam mo ba kung anong nasa isip ko ngayon? hindi mo alam. pero sasabihin ko... ang nasa isip ko...

when the earth was young and the dinosaurs were young *a** *****e was old. yun, ang epic 'no? yes, it all started with that joke! now marami na. like, bakit hindi bumalik ang crow nung pinalabas siya ni noah? or sino ang first love ni saint ignatius? or ang the legend of the continents, one day *a** *****e was playing with soil. parang chuch norris jokes, pero mas astig, mas makatao mas malapit sa puso. gets nyo? hahaha

anyway, ano nga ba. labo blog to diba? dapat walang makagets. saka bakit tagalog? ai FILIPINO pala. ayaw kong mag explain ang geeky nun. anyway, oh my god! OTAP, nakakita ako ng otap sa ref kanina. oo tama, malamig na otap, malamig at matamis at maasukal at matamis na matamis na malamig na otap. isang malaking plastic ng otap ang nakita ko sa ref. kinuha ko. nag assume na lang ako na sa amin, kasi may 4 pa akong kasama sa boarding house. pero wala naman silang masyadong contribution sa ref kaya kebs na lang, kasi walang cooking oil di ako makapag luto ng hotdog, wala nang kape, wala na rin yung donut kasi kinain ko na kagabi lahat, wala na rin yung yakult, inubos ko na rin, wala na rin yung sliced bread, ako rin ata umubos nun pero i remember may tinira pa akong mga 2 slices para sa tita ko, tapos wala na rin pala pati yung puto, pero di ko yun kinain, malamang si tita, shit naman oh, di ako tinirahan ng puto, otap tuloy natira sa akin.

so kinuha ko, dinala ko sa kwarto, binuksan ko ang pc, pinapanood ko yung sobrang habang movie ni leonardo dicaprio. hindi titanic, the aviator, tungkol sa bilyonaryong may OCD. anyway, so umupo na ako sa harap ng pc, dumukot ng otap and yun! nahulog yung mga crumbs sa floor pagkagat ko. shit ang kalat. i need something na sasalo sa crumbs so di ko na kailangang maglinis. so kumuha ako ng plato. inilagay ko yung plastic ng otap sa plato. di pa ako nakuntento. kumuha ako ng papel sa drawer ko. sakto! may handout sa fil11! yun na lang, wala naman na yung use eh. so inilagay ko ang plato sa papel. at kumain ako ng otap habang pinapanood si leonardo dicaprio na magka OC sa movie niya. shocks. OC siya.

bumunot pa ako ng maraming otap. shit ang sweet naman. sige go lang ng go. masarap eh. nakaka adik. bunot lang ng bunot. nood lang ng nood. nguya lang ng nguya. sipsip lang ng sipsip ng tamis ng asukal sa mga otap na malalamig. nung mauubos ko na sabi ko "ay shit mauubos ko na." so inalis ko ang handout sa fil11, inalis ko ang plato, inilatag ko sa mesa, pumunta sa ref, itinali ang plastic ng otap, at ipinasok ang plastic.

binalikan ko si leo. OC pa rin siya.

nang biglang... may kumatok sa pintuan.

paglabas ko, madilim na. wala namang tao, lumingon ako, sa left, sa right. wala talaga. may pusa pero walang tao. pagtingin ko sa baba, may gumagalaw, nakabalot sa puting tela. gumagalaw talaga. ginalaw ko ang tela. may bata. may baby sa loob ng tela.

shit naman! simabahan ba to? lord, nanonood lang po ako ng bilyonaryong OC at kumakain ng otap. naman oh. i cant be a dad!

tiningnan ko ang bata, ang cute niya. mukha siyang anghel. so pupulutin ko na ang bata, nang aktong kukunin ko na, dumilat ang mata niya. nasindak ako. grabe siya makatitig. bigla na lamang nanliwanag ang paligid, lumaki si baby, ang baby na mukhang anghel lumakhi. holy smokes, anlaki niya, mas malaki pa akin. lumabas ang mga pakpak niya galing sa likod, nagka damit, parang ewan, nagkadamit. anghel nga siya, at lalaking anghel, tiningnan niya ako, tiningnan ko siya, nasindak ako sa pagtingin niya, mukhang mampapatay. binunot niya ang espada niya. oo may espada siya, na shock nga ako may espada siya, di ko yun nakita. na shock ako may espada na siya, lalaban na siya, parang kailan lang baby pa lang siya, parang kailan lang aakayin ko sana siya dahil baby nga, ngayon scary na siya.

binunot niya ang espada niya. mamamatay na ata ako. huwag po!

teka lang, ikaw ba yung nasa tatak ng ginebra san miguel? yung anghel na may espada? woah! san miguel! ikaw nga! hindi ako si lucifer! freshman student lang po ako ng ateneo, ab mec, meco sa iba, pero mec yun. nanonood lang ako ng the aviator, at kanina kumain ng otap. huwag niyo akong patayin, kung gusyo niyo sainyo na ang tira kong otap. nasa ref po. malamig yun, matamis pa, pero konti na lang.

hindi po ako umiinom ng gin mr san miguel. huwag niyo po akong patayin, kunin nyo na po ang otap please.

I forgot to blog. As if it's obligatory.

Well, we all enjoyed PSDC. We got to see you, you got to see us here in manila, we had fun in Trinoma, though nawalan ng phone si gwen. But still we had fun, lalo na nung sa national bookstore. Katja, sorry, iniwan ka namin sa gift gate. Mae, sorry iniwan ka namin kasama sina jana. Fifi, keep the jokes coming (always, forever, eternity). Girls, next year, tidy up your room. hahaha

at huwag kayong matakot sa ADMU! intimidating ang environment, but it still is fun.

see you soon guys! we miss you! Congratulations sa Team A: Em and Fifi! Next Year ulit!

(reminder pala. huwag nang mag shopping 5 minutes before departure. to em and johanna)
(and pics are posted on jana and gwen's sites! view them!)

si john lloyd lang ang napapagod.

nakita namin si jamito after years. 4 years ata. mas tumangakd siya (duh?) saka iba na boses.

tapos nagpicture picture kami nina chy saka merce with him sa gateway, ang gulo namin, parang superstar yung nakita.

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big bang theory (series) is turning me more into a geek. super funny talaga! sulit ang 20 mins per episode. na o OC na rin ako dahil dun. nagagaya ko na mannerisms ng mga geeks pati pagsasalita. ergh!

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birthday ni pooch kahapon. wala namang nangyari. stuffed pig siya eh. alangan namang bilhan ko yun ng damit or pagkain. yung nanay niya, walang load, di naka greet.

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sa teachers, math namin, mas okay sa dati. lab, minura kami sa first day kahit late siyang dumating. ang rason niya sa pagmumura, ang bagal daw naming gumalaw. sa physics lec, astig! rhyan andrade! mukhang mabait. good thing physics nakuha ko. sa pe, wala pa, pero basketball ako kebs na sa iba. english prof ko, parang yung isang teacher sa harry potter. lit okay lang, fil kebs.

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psdc!!! i had a great time with the adnu kids! i really missed you! but you all know that everyone needs a lot of improvement pa. fifi (you're the man! go team FiFi). fifi and em, congrats! enjoy naman ang psdc diba?

baka may ibang na trauma sa admu environment, pero di naman lahat ng tao dito suplado, meron ding gaya ko. lol

i still hope to see you here in my school in the future!

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no more labo blogs until further notice

evening. inside a car. she was there. in front of me. i was looking at her. she took my glasses off. and said. i missed your eyes.

my eyes.

their yours to look at.
and they're for me to use to look at you.

deep. in the spaces of my mind i must have been asking. is this a dream for it feels like one of those dreams and it wasn't like anything i've heard or seen or experienced before for it was her taking my glasses of saying she missed my eyes and i was wondering if it was a dream for it felt so heavenly and i was speechless and i just smiled ans she smiled and i left the car and that was it and i slept and maybe dreamt of it and in the morning i asked was that a dream for it felt like dream but i'm sure it was true and i know it was true and i was happy and all the questions like did she really mean it? or was that really her? or what made her do it? are all out of the picture now for what's important is it happened and that she was there and that i was there when it happened and my glasses are off when it happened and she was looking at my eyes when it happened and it was my eyes she was referring to at least in how i understood what she said.

and yes that was among the peaks of those weeks. maybe the highest.

It was an eternity.

 

It was an eternity as she walked towards him. Her white jacket on and its hood upon her head.

 

He was on his blue jacket. Nothing on his head. His hands on his pockets.

 

They walked towards each other. Slowly. It was an eternity.

 

It was an eternity of waves. Sliding past the sand. Crashing on the rocks, on their feet. The sound of crashing, sliding. The monotony. It was all they can hear. On and on and went. The sliding and crashing. On sand, on rocks and on feet. On and on the sound the sound went. It was an eternity.

 

It was an eternity of moonlight. There was a moon hanging lonely above. There was one on the water. The moonlight shone on her face. On his face. On her eyes. On his too. It was an eternity of moonlight as it shattered as the waves break. As it formed as the water pulled back. As it broke again on rocks and sand and feet. It was an eternity.

 

It was an eternity of footsteps. The feet on the sand left imprints of their convergence. They walked towards each other. Slowly. With footprints behind them. With waves sliding past foot-printed sand erasing marks of their convergence. Yet they walked towards each other. With footprints made and erased and made and erased and made and erased. It was an eternity.

 

It was an eternity of smiles. One smile across her face. She smiled first. A smile he longed to see. A smile that painted another on his face. He smiled a smile he never smiled since she last smiled on her. It was an instant she smiled. It wasn’t a second before he did. But it was an eternity for he asked. Is this hello? It’s been long since I smiled a smile like this. Only she could smile like that. Only she could smile like that and make me smile like this. A million hellos and million smiles and I will still smile this way for her smile never changes, may it be under moonlight or sunshine, or over waves and sand or grass and dirt or with crashing sounds or gentle carousel music. A million hellos and a million smiles I’d still smile this way as if it’s a stimulus as if it’s feather on feet or pepper on my nostrils or thorn on my fingers or a needle near my eyes. Is this hello because her smile is the same and my smile is but a stimulus of hers of some sort I can’t explain but I smile when she smiles and no other person’s smile can make me smile like this? Is this hello for I longed for one. Her face has grown. Her body has grown. But her smile stays the same. And I longed for it. One smile that says hello.

 

But is this goodbye? For after she smiled and I smiled she walked and I walked, her eyes were not smiling and my eyes were just confused and so they weren’t smiling. And we walked and there were footprints and there were waves sliding past the sand to the rocks and to our feet and they broke and made crashing sounds, shattered the moonlight on the water as they crashed and they pulled back and there was the moonlight on the water once more but the footprints were gone and new ones were made behind our feet but they vanished as eternity went on under us as the water was brought back to the moon in the middle of the sea as the smile on my face vanished and I wondered if the smile on her did too. Is this goodbye?

 

A million hellos and a million smiles. One goodbye and a single smile. It almost felt like the first time. It somehow felt like the end.

 

But it couldn’t have been the end. It was an eternity.

Congratulations! It was pseudo-obvious that after numerous wins and places, the Ateneo de Naga Contingent would bring home the over-all trophy!

CONGRATULATIONS TO ADNU A the first Team A from Ateneo to WIN THE DEBATE CHAMPIONSHIPS in recent years. Starting at least from the 2004 batch, ADNU A has not been able to bring home the Debate Championships, to the point of saying that there may be a 'curse' on ADNU A. But, no. TEAM DWIGHT-FIDEL-MEA had to break the curse by WINNING.

Special mention to Fidel Ayo - this tournament's best speaker, and STILL the final's best speaker (cf. last year). Even adjudicators coming from UPDS believe that FiFi should have been given a grade of 79 on the final round. Great whipping coming from his finals speech.

CONGRATULATIONS as well To ADNU B and C. Especially, ADNU B who went to the semifinals against USI-B. You guys all had high speaker scores. Especially, Merselle, who is hailed as the tournament's THIRD BEST SPEAKER, below USI's Miss Orbita.

CONGRATULATIONS as well in winning other awards : ESSAY (FIRST PLACE, c/o Fidel), IMPROMPTU SPEAKING (SECOND PLACE, c/o Dwight), QUIZ BEE (SECOND PLACE, c/o Eos and company) and, uhm, the poster as well.

Anyway, here's hoping to holding that trophy for ANOTHER year to come in order to OWN it.

See you next year! :p