Apparently, it's been a while since my last post. :)) I'm not surprised really, there's just so much stuff going on. I barely even get to browse my friends' websites anymore. Ohwell. So at least I have some blog time left. :D So of course, I'm gonna write about my first week in college. First week in The Ateneo. I've really always wondered why there's "the" there. I learned I wasn't alone when my English teacher mentioned it yesterday. :)) I'm not exactly sure where to start. So yeah, I'm getting more and more familiar with the buildings around campus but I'm still not confident I can find my way on my own. So first day okay, first class was free cut. Oyea. :)) So let's see. Hmm. Let's break it down.

Place: Well, one of the reasons I went to this university because I love the place. The building's are really nice and the bathrooms! I love the bathrooms! Bathrooms in Holy weren't that good. I'm not sure if it's still the same as before. When I was in grade school, you had to pull this rope in order to flush. Yeah. In Pisay, some bathrooms are okay. My favorite's the one in the third floor front lobby which I didn't get to use much in my senior year because that area was locked down because of the fire. My second favorite, the newly renovated one, is in the SHB back landing. We didn't get to use it that much either because after the renovation they locked it down due to the vandalisms. So yeah. I love the bathrooms in Ateneo. They're so clean and complete. Complete with the stuff you need, hooks in the cubicles, ledge thingy, hand/hair blowers, soap dispensers, the works. Yeaah. It takes so little to make me happy. :)) Whee.

People: Whee, so new friends. So it was a relief to find out that there are a lot more people like me than I expected. It's so fun to meet new people. Totally new insights :)) New stories, new things to learn, etc. etc. They're all just great. Plus, I also get to be with some of my high school friends so yeah. I'm so happy I got to meet people who I'm really comfortable with. Even for just a week, I feel like I can tell them anything and they won't think I'm a freak or something. So yeah. The teachers are cool too. They're all very nice. They seem approachable so yaay. Oh and yeaah, of course, the ocean is big!! :)) "There are tons of fish in the water." It's very very true. :)) Waa. Superficial. Whatever, it's true. :D

Hmm. What else do I get to describe other than people and places? :))

Okay, experiences. Let's see.

WALKATHON
I think most of my energy is spent walking around the campus. Sad. :)) I started wearing ballet flats, until around Wednesday. I was already starting to have blisters and all. By Thursday, I already put a band-aid around my ankle because my wound wouldn't close. :| Sorry, overshare. It is kinda painful. My toes hurt all the time, and just the plain exhaustion from walking around too much. I guess I was never used to walking around this much. Or it's that I was never used to walking around without my comfy leather shoes. Also, it rains almost everyday. It sucks walking around in sandals/ballet flats. The water literally finds its way through my shoes and my feet get soaked. :| I had to take my shoes off and actually wipe my feet and my shoes. :)) Yeaah. I don't think I'm the only one who feels this way. My friend told me she's also so exhausted. I'm just not sure if it's because of all the walking. Ohwell. We got to eat out in Katipunan yesterday. Hilarious story. So as usual, we were telling the story of our lives, them my hanky was blown away. :)) Good thing, my friend noticed it so I picked it up. When we got to Red Ribbon, I realized my hanky's not with me anymore. It's one of my favorite hankies. Since it's just hanky, I told my friend... "No worries. Things have a way of coming back to me." =)) So after red ribbon and after talking about some telenovelas stories and eye-opening/paradigm shifting stories, we went to Kenny Rogers. We ate, then we left. When we were already walking toward the JSEC Frances realized her phone's not with her anymore. :)) So we went back to Kenny then found her phone. The people there are good and honest people. :)) They kept it. :) So yeah, we were already late for this meeting thing, on the way back, my friend saw my hanky!!! Just there on the grass. Oyea. I was so happy. Seeing my hanky made all the walking worth it. :)) Yeah, I just wanted to share that.

TWILIGHT
So it was English class. I forgot what we were talking about. I think about the different perspectives of people or something. She suddenly asked, "Who here are fans of Twilight?". I've never raised my hand up anywhere unless it was attendance checking. I seriously considered raising my hand or not. I'm definitely a Twilight fan but it seems that my teacher isn't. Well, I know I can be a hypocrite at times :)) but I decided I wouldn't deny that I actually like the story. :)) So I raised my hand up, pretty sure that majority of the girls would raise their hands up too. Then bam! Apparently, there were only two hands that were raised. Mine+some other girl's hand. It's a pity I didn't get to see who she was, we could be great friends. :)) I was pretty stunned I guess. I was so sure that at least 50% of the girls in the class liked that book. I mean, seriously. All I could think of was, ohnoes. Bad shot na. =)) Anyways, our teacher's really nice because she just said "Oh fine." :)) Then she asked about Harry Potter. Anyways, whatever. Proud fan. I would never pretend that I don't like that story even if it's all so "overrated" already, already a "fad" or "sellout" or whatever because whatever it is, I like it. =)) Oyea. Stand up for what you believe in!

THE ART OF COMMUTING
So my brother's morning classes are way earlier than my classes so I have no choice but to commute. Actually, I have a choice. I can go to school, sit on the bench for 2-3 hours, staring at every single person walking by or walk around for 2-3 hours until a friend arrives or something. So no thanks. I don't think I can stand it. All of my friends know I have a thing about being alone. So yeah. So I know how to commute, but only to familiar places. Well, so now, I'm in the process of being better at this. The first time I rode an FX to Philcoa, the driver got mad at me. I told him "Sa overpass po." Apparently, I told him too late. So he had to line up behind this long line of jeepneys even if he didn't plan to get any passengers there. I ignored what he said and then went down. Oops, my bad. I didn't know. I mean I thought it was automatic that FXs stop at the overpass in Philcoa. I mean hello. Well, apparently I'm not that pro at commuting to assume such things. I rode the jeep to UP, waited for the Katipunan jeep that didn't arrive. I walked to this place where everyone seemed to be walking to. I saw that it was already the way to Katipunan. I went out, not knowing if it's allowed to para there. I did, there was only three of us in that jeepney. So yeah. That was pretty lucky. :)) I had to commute home too and this time I wasn't the bad guy anymore. I was the good guy. I guess I was trying to make up for my booboo that morning. :)) There was this girl beside me who was sleeping. She wouldn't move even if we were all squeezed together already. She was taking up most of the space. She wouldn't even budge, I mean hello? Selfcentered much? This isn't your car woman. =)) So this was in the middle row of the FX. Some of the people on her side are passing money already but she wouldn't even pass it to the driver. So I had to stretch my arm just so the poor people at the back can pay their fares. Gosh. Ohwell. Then my mom didn't want me to commute Thursday, which turned out to be a very good idea. We left the house at 7 even if my class was still at 9. I already brought my ipod, some books, some stuff to do while waiting. Who knew the MMDA would change up the U-turns. We were literally not moving. :| We spent two hours on the road. Two hours!!! I ran to my ES class. When I got there, the bluebooks were collected and all and I thought I was so dead. Anyways, the teacher forgave us because apparently she suffered the traffic too. So yeah. Well, that's basically my public and private transporation stories. :))

IT'S COMPLICATED
I thought the It's Complicated status wasn't really a 'status' if you know what I mean. I always thought that people just chose that because it's a whole lot more interesting than 'Single'. One of the new things I've learned is that it actually does happen. And it happens a lot. :)) Most of the people I met, are in the "Complicated" relationship. And I also learned that it can be for different reasons. I thought that if ever this status was real it's just because the guy's just too afraid to make a move or something. Apparently not. It can be because of parents, or because of commitment issues, then the labels thing. I was pretty interested in this label situation. He told me "Mahal naman namin ang isa't isa so hindi na namin kailangan ng labels." Okay, something new. It's pretty interesting, don't you think? :))

Anyways, I wanna blog about a fifth experience because five is always good. It's more exact. :)) Like Coke Sakto. Plus it's always the 5 (insert something here) but ohwell, I can't really think of a fifth experience. Well I can prolly dig something up but it's already 10:40 so I have to sleep. :)) So yeah, basicaly, this is my first week of college. :)) So obviously, it's super fun. It is super stressful too, now that's a whole different story. But still, it's like a whole new universe, which makes it awesome. I think. :D :))