Whoa, haven’t updated in the longest time. Hehe, now I have loads to make kwento.

Friday:

We didn’t have much scheduled for Friday. Just IW, the Mascarda play and Chem. Got hella pissed when they announced that we had to stay in school until four, because I told my mom that I would be going home at 11:35. Things got mucked up then, because I planned to do a lot in the span of time between 11:35 and 3:00, which was when I was supposed to return to the fair for PULSE Part I. I had a sort-of breakdown, because I just really wanted to go home, and I was having a hard time reaching my mom, and I wasn’t sure if I was still going to be allowed to the concert. I ended up crying twice. This is what happens when you mix stress, birthday anxiety, and feminine cycles. (Looking back, I’ve been on hyper bitch mode for the past week. Sorry to those I’ve offended.) Anyway, I got that sorted out, and cleared my head as well as I could. Then I spent the rest of the day with Anna and Yla. We had fun hanging out.

I went through two wardrobe changes in the span of the day. That’s three different outfits. Hehe, I came to school in long khaki shorts, my LnK homevisit rubber shoes, and a plain loose forest green V-neck. Really blah – it was Christa the Tamad. Come recess, I decided to join Ericka and Niann, and put on one of the jerseys I brought for Niann’s gag. So off came the V-neck, on comes a blue-green Miami Dolphins football jersey. I removed my glasses too, so I really looked like a boy. I became Christa “Abdul-Jabbar” the Guapo Guy. I’m not making this up. I really looked like a guy. I saw Mimi’s barkada of twizzletops really point and look at me. I walked like one pa kasi. The kada was cheering when I walked in. [Hehe, from my former “no-boys-but-one-pseudo-ex-girlfriend” status, I gained around… nine (?) new “girlfriends.” Haha! So now I have 10 in all! HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!] Then at around four, the weather got t me, and I was itching to change. I went to Galle to charge my phone, because my battery was dead, and bought a pair of pretty dangling earrings. When I went back inside the school, I got a nice white tee for P50 and changed. I looked like a girl again. Hehe. People kept commenting on my metamorphosis. It was funny. I had fun dressing up.

The variety show concert wasn’t bad. Here’s some of the bands that played.
KEPA - freshie band. Not too bad, needs better singers. They sang “Ayoko ng Torpe,” “Breathe,” and an original song. I can’t remember if they did four songs instead of three. Basta. Their lead singer was Perry’s class’s muse. Yla and Anna hated her voice. They were okay. Boring, at worst.
Migz Escueta - Good singer, kinda cute, but no stage presence. Boring. Can’t remember much of what he did. I think he sang “Bigger Than My Body.” I don’t like that song too much.
Paolo Santos - I think he enjoyed our crowd. He was good. Doesn’t have much stage presence though. But his voice is nice. And he has a good ear; his renditions of the John Mayer and Jason Mraz songs used the exact same chords. He made Yla want to play drums. He sang “Close,” which I hate, but also “You and I Both,” so that kept me happy. Yla didn’t mind, but Niann didn’t like that he sang “Don’t Dream It’s Over” though. Hehe, possessive with songs that Corner Drive plays.
Ephesus - AAAAHHH!!! I’m positively smitten with the bassist/singer. The guy came in a Poveda P.E. T-shirt and blue denims. He’s cute, has nice hands and he sings okay. Was disturbed when Niann pointed out that he resembles The Plastic Guy slightly, so I took a closer look. He did resemble The Plastic Guy around the eye brows, and the way he moved his head. But that’s okay, I still like this Ephesus guy. *biggrin* They didn’t sound so good, because of the sound system. We couldn’t hear any of their instruments. Sayang. The guy was so cute – he was like apologizing and stuff. I like them anyway. *biggrin*
The Band Upstairs - I liked the second song they played, “Inside You” or something. It was pretty. They improved from the last time I heard them at Love Notes.
Artichokes - I don’t remember much, except that they played Hole songs and Karla sang. I liked their first song. It was fun. They invited someone from the audience to play the drums for their last song. That was cool.
Mayonnaise - OMG!!! Ang saya! Grabe, fan na ako! It was so much fun! Ang sarap sana mag-mosh, pero olats yung crowd tapos masyadong mababa yung stage. Sayang! Ang saya pa naman. I want their album when it comes out. I <3 Mayonnaise!
Kenosis - Elem band, so mejo elem pa nga ang sound. It was too cluttered. They had a K-hon, bongos and egg shakers all playing at the same time, with only one guitar and a violin that couldn’t be heard. I felt terrible when they sang “Stranded,” I first heard that song with Icey at the Lounge acoustic concert at the fair in freshman year. Abyss performed it and it was so galeng! Tapos this year an elem band plays it and not well pa. Nakakasama ng loob. But their version of “Ironic” was okay na. The percussion tied together by then.
Napoleon’s Army - It was cool, they sang an Imago song that was really nice. I can’t remember what it’s called though… Alam ko lang the phrase “Sabihin mo” was in the chorus. Asteeg, Bagay sa voice ni Dani.
Sponge Cola - I was so tired na, when they were playing pero masaya pa rin. Hehe, they sang this new song “Una.” A string of Yael’s guitar snapped in the middle of a song though, pero tuloy pa rin. At the last song, they played Jeepney, and Yael kinda said a joke in the beginning but no one noticed. It was funny, but it sucked that I was the only one laughing, and people don’t get the joke when you try telling it. Pweh. Yla was really impressed with Chris, the drummer of the band. Niann also enjoyed their performance. I’m happy they did.

Hard Court performed also. They were so galeng! Grabe, I wanted to dance after. Alexi’s so good at dancing!!! Wah! I wish I could dance like that. They also danced with Xavier’s dance troupe and that was okay. I liked the contrast, pero hindi ganun ka cohesive sila as a group. Dancers from Don Bosco also performed. Ang galeng ng routine nila. Yung props nila basketball. I got short clip of them with my digicam, but I don’t get the super galeng parts. Oh well.

Chino and I left the school at around 11:20, we got home at 11:30, but they didn’t open the gat until 11:50. We waited outside our house for 20 minutes. I was so tired pa naman. I got to sleep at around one na. I was in school for a good 17 hours of the day.

Saturday:

I didn’t go to school until around two. I got caught by the makeover booth. Whatever. It wasn’t so embarrassing. I even got picture of myself for posterity’s sake. I met up with Bobbie and we hung out. It was fun and strange. She met my friends, and pronounced the Lechugas “scary.” I was proud. I saw a lot of people. It’s like yesterday was rehash day or something. You know, just a little reminder of my year being fifteen before I turn sixteen. First, Bobbie and I saw The Plastic Guy, who I think didn’t recognize me without my glasses, but kept on looking at me anyway, probably because I looked familiar. I didn’t come up to him na, even though we passed by him around three times (not on purpose, mind you). It would’ve been odd. Then I saw some other people from my group at the interaction, notably Element 103 *coughhotbutnotwholesomecough* and Jarryd, who met Lechugas and hung out wth them for the rest of the fair. (Can I just note that I’ve become immune to 103? *biggrin*) We also saw Joseph Yeo – reminded me of the lovely UAAP days. He is tall. But he isn’t that good-looking to me anymore. Hehe, no more chinitos! During PULSE Part II, the singer of Shading Circles remarkably resembled my last serious crush. It was so weird. Same hair, same look when performing… Grabe. But he sings really well. Ang galling! I’m smitten with him and the Ephesus guy.

I left the concert really early though. I didn’t even get to catch Corner Drive. :c That sucked. I was really bummed about it. That’s why I couldn’t appreciate Shading Circles – they were the band performing before Corner Drive. I feel like such a flake tuloy. Oh well… I went with my parents to Malabon to see the person who would be making my prom dress. She’ll send over the fabric swatches on Monday maybe.

Used the PC for a while after I got home, but I got disconnected from the Internet kaagad. So I called up Raph. We talked for a short while, until my dad made me get off the phone to sleep. Weh.

All in all, it’s been a tiring weekend, and today’s still not over.

And a belated greeting:

HAPPY FIFTEENTH BIRTHDAY, CHINO!!!