anak ng…

dianne: "ate tumataba ka." 
jacqui: "do you have to be so honest all the time?" 

i just finished my proposal.  as in the revised, pre-defense draft, biblio and all.  and now i’m sitting around, twiddling my thumbs, with absolutely nothing to do.  this is soo weird. 

if you see me now matatawa ka sa ichura ko.  so i have this huge blackandblue on my left arm, my right knee is taped up, and i’m limping.  mukha akong galing sa rambulan or i fell down a flight of stairs or something.  kulang ko nalang eyepatch para kumpleto na emote ko.  mikah suggested i wear big dark glasses to give the impression that i’d been crying and i’m trying to cover red puffy eyes.  yeees ksp.  the world is full of chismosos y chismosas pa naman.  aba let’s give em something to talk about! 

ballet moms: "napano ka??" 
jacqui: "masakit po.  dito, buong tuhod." 
tita lynn: "ano yan nagkaka-edad ka na rin?"

chloe: "teacher jacqui what happened?!"
jacqui: "my knee hurts." 
chloe: "did you break your leg?"
jacqui: "no it’s just painful.  i’ll rehearse with you tomorrow." 
chloe: "but… you might break your leg!" 

tito rene: "anong nangyri sayo?"
jacqui: "nabugbog."
tito rene: "ano, ufc." 

haaay pucha ang dami kong hagdan na aakyatin bukas. 

received a text message from dr. dr. robles earlier today –

‘Grading Intlaw is giving me a headache.’

to which i replied –

‘Haha.  W/c reminds me, i also have to chk testpapers.’

so i start going through the kids’ shortanswerquestion essays.  after a while i wanted to text dr. robles –

‘Grading eurofor is giving me a headache.’

wala lang.  maka-text lang.  dr. robles and i are textmates.  my gad.  my gad. 

the only reason i haven’t left lasalle and am still at it even if i hyperventilate everytime i hear the word ‘publication’ is because the IR god believes in me.  submit the final draft by next Friday?  di na dadaan sayo at derecho na sa panel?  aba aba at aba.  peanuts. 

ok so it’s exactly 1:23am now and i’m still up, writing out my proposal.  1:24.  my deadline was actually last monday and the master plan was to work on it sunday afternoon when i got home from the studio and to not sleep until i finished.  such was my strategy when i was still doing my coursework, writing and perfecting robles essays til the sun came up and people at home came out of their rooms to find me still in front of the computer.  naks sipag.  hinde procrastinator lang.  hypervigilance is the key.  unfortunately, my tried and tested strategy failed me last sunday as i’ve been missing out on sleep for a while now, whatwithall the family socials and labas-labas late at night, and my teaching sked that no longer permits midday naps, and my tuesdays and thursdays off being spent either shopping for my unicorn or daydreaming about my unicorn.  and this lack of sleep is further compounded by wushu pre-eval training and rehearsals for this weekend’s show.  so pagod + puyat = (you betcha) no proposal.  it only took around an hour before my bed started to beckon. 

good thing i didn’t see dr. dr. robles monday.  i believe he’s at some conference.  so i didn’t have to ask him for an extension.  but just the same i would want to get this thing over and done with as soon as you can say ‘cornflakes!’  so that i can no longer say that i can’t watch the bloomfields play at strumms coz i have stuff to do.  so that i won’t have an excuse to ask joelle to give my dog a bath.  so that i will finally have to buy a guitar coz i already have time to learn my 3 songs. 

back to work. 

question to joelle: so are we on the same level of cute-ness? 
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what lucas has to say about my unicorn: aanhin pa ang damo kung patay na ang kabayo?
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retort to kuwags: i do not have long legs.  ok?  i don’t.  do i?

when you’re down and feeling olats count on your new friends, and old friends alike, to cheer you up:

"miss you look pretty today, very nice haircut." - the korean sunshine twins kim and tina

"o jacqui balita?  ate fe anong problema nito?" - neil

"ate dahil pinublicize mo na ako masyado kay henson magwuwushu na ako ngayon nang may supot sa ulo na may nakasulat na NEW CLASSMATE" - dianne

ivy, giggling the whole time i was talking to her on my cel, listening to me rant about my stupid life

and just the sight of eurofor A53 making a career out of their exam1a was enough to make me count my blessings after this long and disturbing day.  thank you God for the wonderful people who surround me everyday.  amen.

ay nako pumuputok ang buchi ko sayo.