Horror - Struck

 after one month's worth of preparation, our Halloween Party finally came to life. the main theme was Horror - Struck with two sub-themes Movie Madness for grade school and Lights Out for high school.

(c) Carlo San Vicente


the day practically began with us, the SCO, cramming to get the decorations done. i volunteered to fix the stage and the catwalk with some help from Jacob, Marciano and Sam. Andrei fixed the hallways by sticking the "sabit-sabit" we made. thank goodness, we finished on time. Adriel and the others took the pre-schoolers trick or treating while the rest of us prepared for the party proper. at around 8.30AM, we started the grade school party. Mignon and James were the Masters of Ceremony.

they made the kids go up the stage and have their picture taken.

The 5th Graders

after that, the games started. grabe yung init! as in! parang nasa giant oven kami but we managed. as long as the kids are enjoying then i guess we should too. =))))  we had some new games like Halloween QnA and Skeleton Post Off. we also had them play Blind Musical Chairs which was played two years ago. the party ended on a low note because the Senior's Horror Booth (which is another story) already opened.

 

 Camille, Jezelle, Ira, Mike, Santi, Nico and Denzel

 Jae,Camille, Rebecca and... someone in a mask.

Charles and Ira

 Bianca

during lunch, Ms. Diane (our principal) cooked Adobo for us. :"> it's been 4 years since she cooked her specialty for the council. anyway, the laughing gas inside our HQ kicked off again. Mignon, Gelai, Adriel, Kim and I were laughing our butts off for no apparent reason. then we got bored and did other stuff and just waited for Lights Out.

finally, it was time for Lights Out to start! Thea and Sam manned the entrance. i should have been with them pero nagpabalik-balik ako sa paglilinis ng Horror Booth at sa pag-aayos ng Food Booths sa Quad habang naka-skirt. kamusta naman yun? :D  natapos din ang paglilinis at pinabihis ko na ang Seniors. Adriel and Mignon were breaking the ice. pinakanta ata nila si Dillian and Venice. ewan... =))))) anyway, nung naka-settle na lahat, sinimulan na ang BLIND MUSICAL CHAIRS!

nagpaikot-ikot ng mga contestant. lalo na si Danielle! gumagapang na sa Quad! LOL. after that, nag-start na yung performances. DA BEST sina Daniella at Janna! Taylor Sweep-the-floor! :))

Adriel and Bianca also performed.

after the performances (of which the Seniors performed last), Party2X started.

unlike the grade school party, this one ended at a high note. umuwi silang lahat ng may ngiti sa kanilang mga labi. nakakataba lang ng puso kapag yung pinaghirapan mo ay naappreciate ng iba at lalong lalo na kung nag-enjoy sila ng todo-todo. ito ang isa sa mga dahilan kung bakit ayaw ko pang grumaduate. masaya sa high school. masaya maging SCO ng JASMS. masaya sa JASMS. masaya kasama ang JASMITES lalong lalo na ang mga taong kahit anong mangyari ay nandyan para sa'kin.

 I LOVE YOU TEAM CHONKEE!

Look Around and See

 here's the canzone i made. =)))

All you people of the world look out bound

You’ll see a little girl roaming around

Talking to kids or teachers

Or to her friends at the bleachers

You’ll see her strumming a guitar

And singing to some old/new songs

Along with her awesome best friends

That’s how, with them, she rolls

She’s the kind of girl you’ll usually see

Up on the stage, a leader to be

She may be OC at times

She diminishes all crimes

Who is she? You ask

Roam your eyes around to see

If you still haven’t got a clue

Please don’t be blue

World of Dismay

 this is a Stev i wrote for our English class.  hope you like it. =))))

Everywhere you look, you’ll see

People suffering, people dying

Without a cause, without a motive

People’s lives ended, reason not knowing

Rich people always get away

With everything they do and say

What about the people lower than you?

Can they voice out what they may?

I think that is not the case

Injustice runs in this world of dismay

Hope and peace are breaking apart

I do not know what to say

I don’t get how these people can take

To do all these crimes without feeling ashamed

Do they have any conscience at all?

They are to be blamed

I pray that they will realize

How wrong it is to put people aside

We are all equal in God’s sight

So why shouldn’t we all abide?

it all ends

last Friday, my friends and i watched Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part 2. it was pretty awesome. the lines were well written. it was fit for the ending of one of the most amazing ages. at the end of the movie, i felt like crying. but i stopped the waterworks from starting coz i know that once it starts, it's hard to end. the next day, i watched some BTS clips of the deathly hallows. the director's line had me crying at the end of the clip. he said: we always knew we were coming back, and this time we knew we weren't. i cried partly because, my childhood movie series finally came to an end. but mostly because it was fit for me. i'm graduating from high school this school year and from my past blog i said i'm not yet ready to move on, to go on with my life and leave home. i'm not really good at goodbyes. not goodbyes after a family gathering or after a day-out with friends but goodbyes that mean not seeing each other for quite a long time; goodbyes that mean see you on the flip side; goodbyes that mean "hey, i won't be able to be there for you anymore.". i hate those goodbyes.

about 5 years ago, i faced the same kind of goodbyes. i got depressed. i always cried. i was convinced that i'm all alone in this world of dismay. sometimes, i thought of killing myself. but after some time, i realized it was not worth it. i'm afraid that i'll face the same kind of depression after high school., maybe even worse. i mean, it was just after 6th grade when i got depressed. i still have friends at school. i still go to the same school. but after high school, i'll face a different world. my friends wouldn't be there anymore. they wouldn't be there to encourage me; they wouldn't be there to tell me everything will be all right; they wouldn't be there to make me laugh when i'm blue. i will be -this time- all alone. that really scares me. everything i knew will finally come to an end. just like Harry Potter. we wouldn't be coming back. we are getting closer to never doing what we've grown used to doing. it wouldn't be the same anymore.

if the Harry Potter age says: We destroyed the stone, found the chamber, freed the prisoner, won the tournament, helped the order, knew who the prince was, and saw the demon die... This is the Harry Potter age! Peace, Love, Potter. we say: we conquered our fear of the next level, got through NAT, gave the Seniors a memorable prom, and are living the most out of everyday. this is the Spartans age... Peace, Love, Spartans.

high school politics

so, next week is our campaign, miting de avance and elections. i'm not dwelling on the fact that i might lose too much. i've already given everything to God and so i feel content. of course, it'll hurt. who wouldn't be disappointed with losing the most important election of his/her life in high school? but, i really don't get high school politics. students vote out of popularity rather than the person's capacities to be in a student government. popularity tends - actually it really does - over shadow capability. there are some students who get in the government because they're popular, not because they have what it takes to run a government for the students. and thus, the SG will head towards a trainwreck. hence, the negative view about the government. and so, these people who think that the SG is nothing but a sore loser, will run to try and make it better. but in reality, the student government will never be as good as people would want them to be unless the people who run it are the people with initiative; people with feelings; people with experience; people who care and not people who use being in the SG for their own good. in my honest opinion, the principal should just appoint the students who she believes and the whole faculty believes to be efficient to be one of the main officers, like the president, vice, secretary, treasurer and auditor. to still keep the spirit of high school politics, the students would get to vote their batch representatives. forget the questions, forget the protests, forget the want of the students. what we're talking about here is for their own good. so i suggest, they should just shut up and enjoy the ride. =)))))))

forever in my heart

it was one rainy Sunday night. Raya and I were demurely walking back to the Gazebo to get some water when she asked me the question most people ask me nowadays.

Raya: excited ka na mag-college?
i smiled, shook my head, then replied: ganun siguro kapag sa iisang school ka lang lumaki.
Raya: siguro nga.

that had me sighing. i mean, it's not like i've never imagined being in college before. it's just that i never thought it would be so soon. i'm not yet ready to leave home and i'm not sure if i can be ready in just nine months.

i've never had a life outside JASMS. a passel of people can testify to that. my classmates usually tell me: binubulok ka na dito baka pati sa college gusto mo dito ka na rin. mostly, i take it as a joke but every so often, those words had me thinking. what am i gonna do once i graduate? what will happen to me?
where will i go? I'M SCARED. 

i don't know what to do, what i'll do or what will happen to me. all i know is, i'm gonna enter a new field, face new battles, and meet new warriors. but no matter what happens to me - if i fail to win those battles, if it so happens that those warriors become my enemies - one thing will always be clear and true: i will forever be a JASMITE. and a JASMITE knows how to fight. a JASMITE will somehow find solutions to problems. A JASMITE WILL NEVER GIVE UP NO MATTER WHAT LIFE THROWS AT HIM.

we always say bad stuffs about our school (mostly about the facilities), even if it's just a joke, the intention is clear. what we don't realize is, the school we're criticizing, the school we think is "such a loser", when the time comes, we'll miss it. we'll wish we were back there, sitting inside the classroom, listening to T. Otchie or Sir Manrique, or T. Teena, or Sir Giron or Miss Mo. i know i will. even if i still have a few more months to enjoy JASMS, i'm already missing it.

leaving home will probably the hardest thing i'll ever do in my life. but i have to do it. i'm not doing it empty handed anyways. i have with me the things JASMS has taught and gave me and i will forever be grateful for that. i will never forget my home... and my homies. =)))))))))) JASMS will forever be in my heart.

Route 56

four nights ago, my cousin asked me if my brother and i would like to come with him to visit our youth pastor and i said, "sure, sure."

so i thought we were just going at our pastor's house last Saturday. but on our way there, he asked if we had eaten dinner already. of course we haven't coz he picked us up at around 7.20 or something which was dinner time at our house. so he said: kain na lang tayo sa Mercato sa The Fort. pero KKB. we've never let this kind of bonding moment pass so we said: oh sige! pero kukuha muna kami ng money sa bahay.

after a fruitful visit at the Castillos, we headed home to get some money. but while driving at the Elliptical Road, Kuya Jem said: wag na kayo umuwi! dadagdagan ko na lang pera niyo. pupunta pa kasi tayo kina kuya eh. so, we agreed. NEXT STOP: CTS

i haven't seen Camila in weeks so i was pretty prepped up to see her again but she was asleep when we got there. aww... >.< it was a boring event... kuya Jem and kuya Jr just talked about their business. before we left, we went in the bedroom to see sleeping Ellie. :))) and then, the adventure started!

<----- one of the hottest place i've ever been. parang niluluto ka! :P but has some of the tastiest food ever! naka-tikim na ba kayo ng burger na may Crispy Creme na bun? or kahit naka-kita man lang? well, you'll see and taste it at Mercato! :D kuya Jem and kuya Joel ate that burger and i ate a chicken... stuff. =))) for dessert, we ate a banana cake shiiz which was so heavenly!


after eating, we went home via Kalayaan. we got home at around 1AM. :)))))))

it was the funnest bonding we've ever had! seriously. =))) we talked about random stuff... mostly about Justin Bieber. haha! :D we've never talked that much... EVER! probably the longest talk we have ever had since i was born and it felt sooooo GOOD! thank you, Lord for my kuyas! i love them so muuuuuuch! :"> :*