and that is I actually PASSED THE LASALLIAN AMBASSADOR EXAMINATION LAST FRIDAY.
Hoping I can make it through the 1st round of Group Simulation test! ;)
and that is I actually PASSED THE LASALLIAN AMBASSADOR EXAMINATION LAST FRIDAY.
Hoping I can make it through the 1st round of Group Simulation test! ;)
In English, the above text means “I don’t know what”. Better known as my current situation.
I got rejected by The Lasallian three months ago, didn’t pass the first take of the qualifying exam for Literature majors, and now I got a “thank you and goodbye” from my application to be a Lasallian Ambassador (LAmb). If I don’t see my ID number on this paper containing the QLY-LIM results next week, then I’ve got two words: sore loser. Is it God’s way of telling me “You want these things but I have better things in store for you” or just part of my destiny to be turned down by almost all of the opportunities handed out to me? I am pretty much optimistic I will finally get to major next term, but the fact that I get rejected almost all the time makes me want to cry in a corner.
Seriously though, am I really that bad to get rejected everywhere?
Or am I too blind to realize those failures are actually blessings in disguise?
Everything happens for a reason, indeed. I can’t blame God or myself all the time. Just like the Lasallian alma mater song, “Never shall we fail”.
Come the next recruitment week of the SMO (Student Media Office), I will try my luck again in The Lasallian and probably Green and White. Let’s see if I am meant to be part of one of these publications (other than Malate of course). I cannot be a LAmb anymore because I will have three to terms left so I guess I have to accept I am not meant for it. Honestly speaking, I’d pick passing the retake of the Literature qualifying exam over the LAmb. Besides, I believe being a Literature major is written in the stars for me.
So dear God, please make me a bonafide Literature major so I could defy all the odds.
I just don’t want to feel like a plastic bag drifting through the wind anymore.
For once in my life I woke up thinking if at least one out of the seven billion people of the universe cared for my well-being. I wondered if there is someone in the shadows who imagined themselves in my shoes, put my heart into his / her sleeve, or simply concerned with what I will do and what I have done. Every time I wait for the Earth to swallow me whole while I’m in the middle of nowhere, I wish someone would rescue me from this living travesty. One day, I would fully realize that no man is a puppet to manipulate its emotions. It just saddens me that you would not know how much this person is so important to you once he / she is out of your sight. While you’re enclosed in this thought, imagine yourself being in the person’s shoes. How would it feel like if no one seemed to show their affections to you? To quote that man, it made him worthless and he wanted to point this out as a lesson to the rest of the world. If you want people to remember you fondly, make sure you show them how much you care for them. No one knows what will happen at the dawn of the new day.
October 5 was one of the best days I’ve had this year! That day was my dear buddy Tisha / Patutti Frutti’s 18th wherein she celebrated it with her friends and family at Makati Shangri-la and Greenbelt. To kick things off, we ate our hearts out at the Circles buffet in Makati Shang wherein we had about four to five plates each of dessert and main course! As for me, I was able to return to the smorgasbord four to six times to get seafood, roast lamb, roasted chicken, California Maki sushi, chocolate chip cookies, chocolate from the chocolate fountain…and the list goes on to describe how happy my tummy was during those moments! My appetite was so large my friends already teased me about it. For about an hour and a half, my friends and I were eating while talking about anything under the sun.
Following the lunch, we walked to Greenbelt and headed to Timezone. But right before that, Tisha decided to treat us to Taken 2 which was what we did after playing arcade games since the next screening was already about 4 in the afternoon. Now in Timezone, we all took turns shooting the zombies in House of the Dead 2 ! Defeating the boss in the game can’t get any more fun without the help of your friends. Monzie, Tisha and I also had our snapshot taken at the photobooth inside. The funny thing is, we actually fought over selecting the best shots because I accidentally chose the one where I was answering the phone to talk to my mom! It was a real LOL moment but at least we had better snapshots ahead!
When there was about thirty minutes into showtime, we all headed to Starbucks for a couple of drinks. I really missed the smell and vuluptous taste of mocha frappe! Speaking of Taken 2, it didn’t disappoint me despite never having seen the first movie. I don’t even know why a lot of people consider it as the “worst sequel ever” to begin with! Anyways, we met up with Tisha’s aunt and cousins after the movie for a dinner at California Pizza Kitchen. A shameless confession: I last ate at CPK in 2004 during my mom’s office Christmas party. Thank the lucky stars CPK and I crossed paths again after eight years. All I would have to say is that their pizza and pasta is just as good as ever. During the dinner, Tisha’s aunt and cousins were telling lots of stories which made us delightful the whole time!
Thank you so much to the birthday girl Tisha and her fam and our friends for this awesome day! Now the camera rolls in 3…2…1…there you go to do the talking!
Patutti Frutti and moi!
Tisha with the waiters singing “Happy Birthday” to her! What a lovely surprise!
After lots of begging, Monzie finally got to convince the forever camera-hating Kevs to have a photo!
Inside the Makati Shang CR! I am the “long-legged astronaut” - Monzie
Inside the photobooth (while Kevs played something else for obvious reasons lol)
Thank you Monzie for these shots even though I forgot my memory card at home! Still waiting for the pictures from Tisha’s new SLR!
***The next day was LASARE2 and it was fun! This week has been really hectic that’s why I only got to update Tumblr yesterday. But anyhow, school is going really well and my breaks are great especially when I’m with my friends!
Dear October, I would appreciate it if you make this month better than the last. September wasn’t exactly a disaster but it was an evidence of how bad things can it be sometimes. Many people were really disappointed with me because I didn’t meet their expectations. I already traded off a portion of my leisure time in order to be on top of the mountain again. So far, things have been looking better for me and I believe this would go on until Halloween. If things didn’t turn out exactly what I wanted before, please make this work this time because I’ve suffered enough the last time. My faith keeps telling me God will unfold His plans in due time - I hope He will this month. Overused as it may seem, October, please be good to me. I will do everything just to make things right.