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My Senior Year in High School

I found this article I wrote in an old bag of mine. This was written when I was in my fourth year in high school. I think this was published in The Beacon (SBC's official paper). It's unfinished however, I could not find the next page. :( Sorry about my wrong grammar!




February 6, 2008
11.29PM

I finished answering my test early. I put down my pen and covered my paper. I looked outside the window of RM 406. The view seems higher now than before. The houses look like gigantic doll houses, the sky was blue with few cirrus clouds in it. I can see the billboard; I can see the castle-like building over there. I just can't help but feel that in a matter of several weeks, I would be leaving this campus together with my batchmates. As I look back on my freshman year, I realize that it just seems so old now, like I had spent already all of my years here in this school. That's for me, but how about those who had their elementary education in this same institution? How would they react? How would they act?

Half of my life I've been trying to find one, half of my life I've found it here in Saint Bridget College. It's so easy to forget days and dates but it's just too hard to trash away the memories. Four years is a very long span of time but as I think of it now, it seems too short. It makes me feel that I want more, that I should have done better. Can you feel that? ...the desire to lengthen the time or extend our fourth year. If you're a senior, maybe you can also feel this; if you're not, you'll feel this when you reach the final stage of your high school.

Some students find it so dramatic to emote over having to leave this school, some are even excited to graduate and receive their diplomas so they could abandon or escape this school of torment and hardship. Well, you know what? I pity those kinds of students. I pity them because they don't know what high school really means. High school is not about getting one's diploma or certification that he just passed the curriculum. It's not just the stepping stone for college; it's not just years before every vacation. 

High school is a time, a place, an event in every senior students' lives. It is the major boundary between being a kid with a tucked-in shirt or stubby dirty fingers and being a teen with fashionable clothes or a more sensible appearance. This is where we began letting others finally know us. It is where the students finally realized that they could not always depend on others. We, seniors, have learned to stand up on our own feet and wipe away the milk on our lips and raise our voices. We began to raise our voice.

Now, I must say, we, seniors, are the BEST. The former fourth year students had their chance and the future will have theirs. But now, it is us who rule the high school department. I am proud to say that we had withstood the trials that have always been there to kick us on our asses since the very first year of high school. We have found solace from our fellow seniors. We have proved that no trouble is big enough to make us stop fighting and sink to the ground.

Yes, not all students who started their first year in this school made it to their fourth still as a Bridgetine. But still I salute them. What they have shown was real. Maybe being a Bridgetine was not their calling but they would always be Bridgetines in their hearts. i know that whatever school they will graduate at, they are having a freaking good time and may God bless them...

...and it ends there. The next page/s is/are missing. Sooooo.. yeah. We, IV-Perseverance (my section in 4th year), just had our reunion last December 23 and 31, 2011. It was A LOT OF FUN. I missed those guys. And I love them so much. Haha. I could not explain how I feel right now. Just... (^_______^)


January 2, 2012
2:12AM

IV-Perseverance batch 2008

Halo-halong klase ng tao.

Lahat mahilig uminom! :))

As I was typing this blog, I was listening to Sarah McLachLan's "Angel". Damn. I feel like crying. :'( I miss you, Perse.

Freaky.

These aren't birds. Not bats either. They're weird-looking plants or whichever you call it that grew on our kitchen ceiling.  FREAKY RIGHT???!

There are some fairly odd-looking plant-like.. er.. stuff growing on our kitchen ceiling. And also on our living room floor. I don't know if they're plants or what, they freak me out! I mean, there are no visible soil so how come these plants (if that's what you call them) grew there? I have a wild guess that they grew there because these surfaces get wet when it's raining, especially on the kitchen ceiling but! Somebody please explain to me how really this happened. Are these mushrooms? They're freaky. I'm freaked out, I'm telling you. >.<

Same plants on the ceiling. My mom already removed those on the living room floor but I BET THOSE PLANT-LIKE STUFF ARE GONNA GROW THERE AGAIN! I BET MY.. MY.. BUT SERIOUSLY! >.<

ARE U MAD???!

Things to do Before U Die So U’ll Leave

an Annoying Mark on Ppl!! XD

1                 Leave your turn signal on all throughout your drive.

2        Stand someone up.

3        Watch a movie. Watch it again. This time, tell the person sitting next to you what will happen.

4        Step on the backs of people’s shoes then apologize.

5        Applaud for no reason.

6        Mispronounce people’s first names.

7        Be sarcastic. It’s fun.

8        Set every clock you see ahead one hour.

9        Be too nice.

10      Reply to everything someone says with “that’s what YOU think.”

11       Loosen the tops of condiment containers at restaurants.

12      Shake up somebody's can of softdrinks before he/she drinks it.

13      Barge in rudely on people’s conversations.

14      tYpE l!k3 tHi$!!

15      ALWAYS TYPE IN UPPERCASE.

16      Dont use any punctuation

17      Pay for your meal with coins.

18      Repeat everything someone says, as a question.

19      Stand over someone’s shoulder, mumbling, as they read.

20      Write a very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, long sentence with no sense.

21       Steal people’s pens in front of them and deny you did it.

22       Ask people what the word “the” means. Never cease in asking.

23       Stop talking in the middle of

24       Laugh at stuff that isn’t funny at all.

25       Don’t laugh at stuff that is funny.

26       Walk really slowly.

27       Watch DVDs with your friends and have the volume really low and say you like it that way.

28       Watch a boring movie with friends at a special get-together and act as if you’re really enjoying.

29       Spank someone and say it’s an arm spasm.

30       Sigh incessantly.

31       Say “Duh!” after everything someone says and walk away.

32       Pretend you don’t understand whatever someone is telling you and walk away.

33       Don’t talk for the whole day.

34       While your guy friend is talking to a girl, yell and tell him that his results have just arrived and it’s negative.

35       Say mean things to friends, preferably those that are untrue, and ask them, “Are you mad???!” then smile and walk away.

Joy Tumbling's How To!

A Girl's Guide on How to Be A Professional Stalker 

(School Edition)

Sorry, boys. Guy stalkers are basically downright creepy.

So you've been eying on this cute guy you've seen play an electrifying act on his electric guitar on a rock show you and your girl friends attended at. And somehow you are not contented with just seeing him eating at the school canteen with his back turned on you or just plain seeing him pass the hallway. You haven't the guts to approach him at to be actually friends with him.

You want more but you think it’s impossible, what with all the school work to do and your mom constantly bugging you to go home early. Sigh. You may be right but you’re absolutely wrong. It is possible to see him more, hence, this guide.

So here’s how you do it.

Tip #1. Have all the knowledge you can get about the target (may be called Mr Perfect or Hot Guy or other cheesy names you and your friends can think of). Information isn’t that hard to attain. There is always Facebook (if he doesn’t have a Facebook page, you might want to forget about this dude. If he really is a dude, you’ll know it on Facebook. LOL, just kidding about the forgetting part).

Know his personal information such as his birthday, where he lives, who his relatives are, and also his hobbies, his favorites, his usual hanging out places, who his closest friends are, and who his past girlfriends are even.

If his profile is private, then add him up. There’s no harm in trying. If he’s the friendly type of guy, he’ll most likely accept your request. But if he’s not, then that’s another story, but this rarely happens. Most guys accept whoever adds them up on Facebook, especially good looking girls like you. 

See who your mutual friends are and maybe you can squeeze some gossip out of them about your dreamboy.

Tip #2. Once you’re armed with all the information you got about him, the next tip is to be alert. Increase your sensitivity and widen your perspective. He might have passed by in front of you but you bent down to pick that handkerchief that you dropped. Use your ninja skills and catch that hanky just before it hits the floor with just a quick glance and immediately recover and continue on the surveillance, I mean, the observation.

Tip #3. Tell your friends to be alert. In public places, such as the library, it is very essential that you look to your left and right (neck pains are felt normally after a few hours) in case your crush actually visits the library.

But there are cases that you really have to focus on those notes that you are reading and being alert just won’t do the trick. This is where your trusty girl friends can help. When they spot your crush, tell them to nudge you gently or utter a secret code like “Mr Perfect 6 o’clock (pertaining to where your adorable crush is situated).”

Tip #4. When you’ve spotted Mr Perfect, drop everything and use your secret agent skills ala-Sydney Bristow. Be sure to keep calm and be yourself so you won’t look like someone who has just sat on embers. Keep your eye on the target and follow him to his next class or something.

Don’t be too obvious. Keep distant. And don’t run. You might want to use some accomplice, one or two friends walking with you while actually stalking your beloved gives the impression that you’re just a bunch of schoolgirls going to the washroom. Continue this and it may lead to making up your own list of his schedule.

Tip #5. Once you know his schedule, your life gets better. All you have to do is to be present where his presence is. Just always remember that you are the girl who is just “passing by.” You don’t want to be called a “freak” by your crush because he sees you staring at him frozen on one part of the hallway and scare him off, do you?

You can pass by him and either eavesdrop on what he’s telling to his boy buds or let him hear you telling your girl friends of incredible and almost real things about yourself. And remember to keep the volume of your voice normal for it may sound fake and intentional to your crush. That’s super fail.

With all the observations you have done to your crush, it is now time to decide whether he is worth being your friend or just not deserving of your attention.

Did he prove to be a good-natured guy? Is he the kind of guy who respects others? Does he boast about being part of a band? Were you able to meet someone who commented that your crush has terrible body odor?

Ask yourself these questions and once you’ve decided that you want to be friends with him, kindly check out A Girl’s Guide on How to be Friends with her Crush She Just Previously Stalked.

I hope this guide helped you a lot the way it did to other girls. Thank you and be sure to stalk professionally!

Check out my YouTube video! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1iBs70Y-ms