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Ah… it’s so nice to be able to relax after a hard-played game. Well, not exactly hard-played since most girls were otu of shape. But I can definitely say it wasn’t our worst.

We arrived late for the game because we came from the AFP Theater where we watched Kanser, Jose Rizal’s Noli-Me-Tangere. The play was okay. I especially liked the last parts, those with the creepy red light. Kudos to the woman who acted as Sisa for playing the part well! The whole play experience was alright. Thing is, there’s one huge flaw in the package.

I’d like to commend the HedCen students for being…HedCen students, for the lack of terms to use. Everyone except for us (no, I am not being biased about this) was making a hell lot of noise. Especially when that guy who plays Padre Salvi enters the stage. Geez, there was an uproar. Man, they just liked him just ’cause may mas pangit pa sa kanya (as a classmate said)! I mean, dude, our boys are - ahem! - acceptable enough generally better-looking.

Kinda pathetic if you ask me.

So we went to Xavier afterwards with our new uniforms on (the neon blue ones that glow in the dark) and played against the Miriam 11-aside, born-1990 girls. Our first half wasn’t the ideal first half. I knew we could do better. Everyone knew we can do better. And so we did. The second half was much okay than the first and we won with a score of 2-1 (c/o Mary Rose and me).

Oh, and hey, I’m number 14!

On the way home, we passed by Jollibee then scared each other with a couple of ghost (stories that still give me creeps till now) in the car. Since Ate Joan and I were the only ones who would actually get off at school and stay there, we were, normally, scared (scared so much that nature decided to make a call) and our bags were in our respective classrooms where it was dark and scary and, well, dark. After those stories, we were not exactly willing to go back to our classrooms and retrieve our things. Thank God for the guard, the manongs who helped us out. Yeah, and Kevin who helped Ate Joan get her stuff in her classroom.

So here I am, typing at God-knows-what-hour when I should be sleeping. Hmm…

Alas, shall we ever find reprieve from this neverending rain?

For the past two to three days, it has been raining so much. Sometimes they come in droplets that just make a soft and relaxing pitter-patter sound on the roof. Most of the time, however, they thunder from above and make entirely an raucous festivity of thunder, lightning and ice-cold water.

At about our Comm. Arts period, it was terribly chilly that we turned of the fans and were still perfectly content without them. Grabe, Art (my seatmate) and I were shivering, cold arms and all! Our class barely heard each other over the violent downpour outside. We were dismissed early, the rationale behind it being: we could barely hear each other, what use would the discussion be?

I do love the rain, especially its sound, be it the gentle pitter-patter or the raucous fesitivity of thunder, lightning and ice-cold water. Unfortunately, it has its disadvantages too.

Our PE time was spent inside classrooms where we had stretching exercises, push-ups and abdominals.

I guess the varsity practice was cancelled. I didn’t see anyone in the fields. Maybe it’s because the fields are muddy onslaughts of utter “muddiness?”

Another thing, the rain makes sleeping more of an inviting prospect. Under the blankets, cuddled up with your fluffy pillows and cute stuffed teddy bear, wouldn’t that make you want to just go and lapse of into dreamland? Most of the time I spent in school today was not for studying but for trying to keep myself awake. Oh the temptation!

How many days have I not gone to varsity? How many days have I skipped out on my responsibility?

In all honesty, I really, really want to go. But there are more pressing matters like my homework. And the damnable rain. Rain, rain, rain… Afternoons usually consist of wet fields, sloppy weather and noisy guys playing cards and ringing bells.

Good thing I have other ways to spend my time when I’m not attending varsity! Like reading, doing Kumon, reading, doing my homework, and reading.

And the first week of school is done.

Personally, I thought it was just like any other first weeks of school. Except for the fact that the usual excitement accompanying first days of school was gone, our curriculum was different, and I was not late for five consecutive days. And yeah, I attended varsity practices faithfully. And washed my soccer clothes afterwards, and arrived home fifteen minutes past six… Well, fine. This isn’t like any other first week of school. It’s busier and more eventful and busier. Or am I just imagining things?

Needless to say, I am cutting time from completing my Chemistry activity sheet to update this blog since I am about 90% done (take note: 90% done; I am not shirking away from my responsibilities).

Yesterday’s general assembly was alloted for signing up for our preferred clubs. Boy, were the lines long! Good thing I immediately went in line for the IT Guild so I was able to sign up third in the club of my first choice after Ate Joan and Ate Samantha. Next was the very long line for the Ping-Pong Club. The first choice slots were full, but thank goodness the Ping-Pong Club was my second choice or I would’ve been disappointed. Sir Leo even extended the list for first choice from sixteen to twenty-four! And my third choice was the production group of Performing Arts. It was either that club or Cartooning but since the line for the latter was long, it was the former I went in line to.

Oh yeah, yeah. Since this blog entry is entitled Agenda For The Day, I must include my to-do list since…it is possible that I forget what I should be doing and be enraptured with some other task entirely. So here it is:

• Chemistry Activity Sheet
• Geography (4 cycles; can be done tomorrow)
• Fil/AP Homework
• Fix Biology Materials for Monday
• Fix Chemistry Materials
• and if possible, read Chapters 1-2 of Chemistry book

 So there, I have updated my blog again and it is 99.99% sure that my next update date would be next Saturday since it’s school time and I can’t afford to lag behind my studies. Ciao!

It has come to my awareness that the last time I updated my blog was a month ago and it is the middle of May that I am making a come-back at blogging. To justify all those long days gone, I shall put the blame on the excruciatingly scorching (disregard the fact that I am exaggerating a wee bit too much) Philippine summer temperature. Since our PC is not inside the Master’s Bedroom where we (pertaining to my little brother and I) find our sole reprieve from the unbearable heat everyone is suffering from, I could not possibly find any time to spare to go online and update some things which should have been updated a long time ago. It is of course due to my extreme exasperation to the opressing bouts of heat that I have gone so far as to type my entry in my mom’s laptop inside the Master’s Bedroom and save it to a CD, which I can load into the PC and copy-paste here. Thus, the end to my update-less-ness (though another factor to such an occurence is - ahem! - laziness; but let us not dwell on these things for now).

So yesterday was an important day for competitive soccer schools, which includes ours. There was a tournament for different boys and girls’ divisions sponsored by Mizuno at the Manila Polo Club, with its properly managed fields and goals a fraction of an inch too small ( I won’t even start complaining about the heat and the budget that has to be in your wallet to eat a hotdog). But anyway, the HedCen girls ‘94 group was, much to my chagrin, unable to compete since a couple (or more) of its players were unable to attend. So instead of going home to bore my brains out, I decided to tag along with the guys to give them the moral support that I was supposed to give but unfortunately was not able to do so as avidly as was customary because of…certain activities taking up my time. And so the whole morning was spent, half-cheering them on and depleting my water supply. Dad and my little brother (who went with him to his office) picked me up at about one in the afternoon and my last update was a bronze for the ‘92 guys and a championship game for the ‘96.

So there: after a prolonged vacation from the throes of blogging, I have yet again posted another entry for the public to consume. I shall now whole-heartedly depart without any regrets after fulfilling my duties to the internet nation (I find a twisted sort of entertainment in making certain things more complicated than necessary ).