What You Get In College

"College is a fountain of knowledge. And the students are there to DRINK."

CONCEDED!

The time is 2am. And here I am at FRB, staring at the blaring computer screen. I spent the last seven hours to gazing at the beautiful moon, blowing smoke AWAY from me, and listening to seniors talking. It's a good thing there's no class tomorrow/today.

Last Friday, we had no classes. (There's a mass.) Today, the classes shortened. And tomorrow (Immaculate Concepcion Day), will be another class-free day.

Ah! The joys of Jesuit schooling.

Anyway, Pam and Me watched Happy Feet this afternoon. Err.. Don't read me wrong. I DO understand the film. But I can't help asking myself for the META behind the movie. Hehe.

Sorry for the avid fans, but the movie is really FOR KIDS. It lacks the "insightful and profound" ingredient I'm looking for in every movie. Nevertheless, if you just had your worst day ever (ie your new car fell on a ditch, you found out your father was the postman, etc) and you just want something that may act as a forgetful potion, this film is right for you.

After the movie, I had my usual ADC people hang-out time. Karla, Lotty, Ate Marj, Sam, Rex and moi went to Bora. I had been fattening myself! I bought Burger Steak even if I already ate for about five times that day. For the sake of staying. But then, Karla and Lotty, those two turtles, left me with the beer-thirsty seniors.

Nevertheless, it was fun. Then someone named Goeffer (I don't know the right spelling) came. He is Rex's friend. He's an ex-debater from Xavier and is currently taking up Law here in AdDu. And he teaches Philo at James Dangas' class.

It's fun hanging out with adults. Sam was constantly shaking his head everytime Marj offers him a glass of booze. A mini-debate issued just because of a Metaphysics paper. I adjed using pies for analogies. They were throwing green jokes. I have to swallow my tongue whenever I don't seem to get the quip (which happened most of the time) so as not to destroy the punchline. Ate Marj and Sir Goeffer got wasted. Rex maintaining his poise after all that's been happening. Goeffer stared when he learned that I'm seventeen. He thought I'm 21-22 years old. Grr. I was looking at them for four hours straight. I was zapped away from the minors comfort zone. I was forced to take a look on what is happening inside an adult's mind. And they said that they find it funny how I gaze at them with a vivid glow of innocence.

Tsk.

Adults never did fail to amuse me.

Awe

Awe.

Tsk.

Grabeh.

Ahahahaha. Ad Majorem Wieman Gloriam? Hehehe.

Ignatian's kanina. Tsk. Naghihimala pala talaga si St Ignatius! Wala lang. Big Deal kasi sa akin. Igno kasi. First-timer. hehe.

Bitaw. Shax. Di pa ako nakakarecover hanggang ngayon. Sobra-sobrang paglobo na ng atay to. ^^;

"Loyola Cup.. where dreams begin. Ignatian's Cup.. where dreams end." <- joke yan ni Kuya Andrew. hehe. Salamat sa Tribute kay Miss Benny at pagiging member ng Closing House. Special Mention sa lumilipad na lapis, boses na parang inipit na ipis, yellow pad ni norlene na kinuha nang walang paalam, pilikmata ni Kuya Sam, reaction ni Kuya Andrew, outfit ni Kim the Supreme, at baliktad na bulsa ng damit ni Kuya Donni na hindi namin mahanapan ng logical explanation. Weeeeeh! Nabuhay ang diwa ni Susy at Dionisio. hehe. Char au Kuya Donni! Yey to Ate Donna! Ano ba ang gusto kong tumbukin? Ha? Ha? Ha? Kanina pa ako nagsasatsat dito! Err.. kwan kasi.. SECOND kami sa Loyola! BWAHAHAHAHAHA! Breaking? Sunod kina Kuya Pansit (Unbeatables). Tapos pasok kami sa Top Ten. BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! O ayan. Nasabi ko na. hehe. Wala lang. I-treasure ko muna tong moment. Mage-expire din ito. Tsaka ONCE in A LIFETIME lang to. Kaya please lang, WALANG KOKONTRA. hehe.

Highlights

"WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? That's GIBBERISH! If you slap me, of course I will slap you too!"
"You are fighting fire with fire. That is not good!"
"She used the term AGGREVATE four times and the word YET twice."
"When the Administration said that they would hold on together so that the opposition would not get through them, PGMA herself did not hold on because her hands are so short."
"You are saying that GAYS are discriminated? NOOOOOOOO! Take my partner as an example. He is not 'BULLIABLE' so he is respected."
"I didn't understand a single word in your POI so I would not answer it."

Yan daw ang mga highlight ko sa 2nd Loyola Cup ayon sa mga kapwa Weiman ko. Har har. At ako na naman ang nakita nila. Gawin pa ba akong stand-up comedian! Di na ako mag-mention ng names. hehe.

Marami rin kaya akong nalistang HIGHLIGHTS sa iba.

"It would CRIPPLE their economy" - Earl *TRIVIA: The word CRIPPLE is used 8 times*
"I would say MAJOR. Capital M-A-J-O-R." - Sanimar
"SURPRISE, SURPRISE!" - Partner
"Sit down Mr JAMES! Do not talk to me when I'm still talking!" - Eseng

hehehe. O, kala nyo ha! Ahahaha. Aha. Aha. Ahaha.

Dati akala ko seryoso ang members ng Debate Community. tsk, tsk. MALI talaga. Eto ang mga nagpabago ng pananaw ko. Mga trivia ng ADC.


*Mga paloko rin pala. Yung MERZO-whatever ni Kuya Andrew na CHAR LANG pala! grr.. Nagulat talaga ako dun bah! hehe.
*May mga BROKEBACK rin dun. As in. MADAMI. hehe. (Hala, SINO kaya yun?)
*Normal na masyado na topic ang Pornography at Sex. Ang mga tao na masyadong nagrereact sa bagay na yan ay yung mga, well, ayoko na magsalita.
*Favorite place nila ang KEBAB.
*Uso ang NOSEBLEED dito. Lalo na pag nakaharap mo yung mga Seniors.
*Hindi enjoy dito pag magkaroon ng SWING ang OTHER HOUSE.
*Weiman is to Gryffindorks, Bellarmine is to Hufflypuff Girls, Canisius is to Ravenklutz, and Finster is to Slytherinstones.
*Ang official color ng Finster ay SLIME green.

Basta yan. Pero ang pinakamahalagang nalaman ko, da best ang mga tao dito. Hehe. Kahit na ise-scrape talaga nila ang utak mo, bawi ka pa rin sa kulitan, picture-picture, tips, at corny na mga jokes.^^

Pahabol: Ang bolpen ko na bagong bili ay talagang nangisay sa loob lang ng isang araw. Naubusan talaga siya ng INK. PROMISE!

Talk is Cheap. Debate. (Sa Mata ng CCSPC-LHS Batch14)

Whew! Brain Drain! Ngayon lang ako naubusan ng opinyon sa mga bagay-bagay. Talagang napiga na ang utak ko sa sari-saring mga issue. Hanep. Nakakapagod. Pero tulad nga ng sabi ni Ate Marge, NAKAKAHIGH.

Oo nga, pero nakaka-exhaust naman. hehe. Ganyan talaga siguro ang reaksyon ng mga taong BAGONG salta sa mundo ng DEBATE. *insert CCSPC-LHS Batch 14 reaction (ha? tsk, tsk.. toonai! ows? di magaga..)*

Opo. In-emphasize talaga yung BAGO. Kasi po, yung "debate" na alam natin ay PANGKANTO.

*insert Lluvians VIOLENT REACTION*

Haay. Naalala ko na naman yung mga highschool moments natin. Yun ngang alaala ng mga "debate" natin. Yung paborito kasi natin INFORMAL. How so? Eto po..

First Point: *flashback debate sa filipino with ma'am toñacao* Di ba, na-highlight pa yung ACUSSACION PROBATA (whatever) ni Angelle kay Armieyah? hehe. Yun bang, siguro kung wala yung mesa sa gitna ni Cathy at Jessa, baka nagsampalan na sila. hehe.

Second Point: Yung "one-on-one debate" sa Values Education ni Ma'am Guerrero. Topic: Kawalan ng Hustisya. O diba? Namiss ko tuloy bigla si Delson. Ang walanghiya. At ako ba naman ang hinamon. Grr! Tapos unfair pa talaga si ma'am. T-T

Third Point: Yung groupings natin habang nagbabangayan tungkol sa issue ng CIGARETTE SMOKING IN PUBLIC PREMISES sa Chem. (Err.. Chem ba yun o Bio? Di ko na masyado maalala. Pero parang 3rd year man ata tayo doon.)

Fourth Point: Dalawa lang ang classification natin ng debate. Yung FORMAL at INFORMAL. At ang definition ng FORMAL ay isang nangingislap na B-O-R-I-N-G. Bakit?

*flashback Euthanasia & Abortion Issue ni Ma'am Villarin* Diba gi-group nya tayo? Tatlo-tatlong speaker. (Yun pala my friends, ang tinatawag na Asian Parliamentary. Nakalimutan lang niya siguro i-explain. Hindi ko sure kung nakalimutan niya or di rin niya talaga alam ang tawag. hehe.) Basta yun. Tapos madami ang nagreklamo. Kesyo, LIMITADO masyado ang sabihin, tag-ISA-ISA, tsaka HINDI pwede MAGSABAT ang audience. In short, BORING. WALANG THRILL.

Mas gusto natin yung DYNAMIC. Yun bang lahat makapag-voice out ng opinion. Yun bang pwede ka magsabat. Yun bang malaki ang chance na magpatayan ang magkabilang panig. Yun. Da best. PangKALYENG DEBATE. Pero masaya.

Hehe. At heto, pagtungtong ko ng college, saka ko nagets ang totoong debate. Oregon-Oxford yung una kong napanood. AdDu vs SCU. Boring ito siya. hehehe. At nalaman ko rin na meron palang Parliamentary Debate. May dalawang uri ito: Asian Parl atsaka British Parl. Yung Asian Parl, tatlo; tapos yung British Parl, apat.

hehehehe. Nakakatuwa noh? Kagabi ko lang ito naisip habang kausap ko si Norl about sa mga present events. Wala lang. Nagreminisce lang kami ng highschool memories. Basta kitakits nalang sa alumni. hehehe. Bantay lang may mga mang-indian! Diyan pa naman magaling ang Batch14.^^