Vow Revival.

After watching Hervacio Tubulan during first year, I vowed to watch all the Sibol plays for the whole time I was in the High School.
I did the exact opposite. I missed every single one until last night. Hahaha.

Why the sudden change?
Simple.

It was required. =))

I was reluctant to go at first, but eh. It would be okay, I told myself. Little did I know that this night would want me to revive my vow. I want to, but I might not. Don't really know right now. Hahaha!

Anyway, it was VERY fun.

Once I arrived, JP was recalling his very nice buzzer beating 3-pointer. I had the assist on that one despite the nail already being stuck in my foot. =)) Hung around before actually deciding to buy a ticket. :P

Then everyone goes in and watches. 30+ minute intro by Sir Pagsi, then Shylock's trial. It was... wordy and annoying. But the Shylock actor was quite good. Throughout the play, I had a feeling I would understand Ang Paglilitis ni Mang Serapio better. And it was a correct feeling! Hahaha.

Another 30 minute or so talk by Sir Pagsi. Then it was THE BEST PLAY EVER. Ang Paglilitis was extremely engaging, fun and has a nice story. I understood and enjoyed this way better than the first half. Gaaah. Awesome play makes me want to watch more. But only if they're going to be as good as that. :))

I really enjoyed that.

After, it's traditional Sibol choiring. 3 familiar songs from them and an extra one.
It's starting to get worn out though. Hahaha.

We get out, and just walked around. I was bored, so I hopped on Josh's back and rode him. Miggy wanted to mount my back while I was riding Josh. We tried to do the triple mount while Josh was on his the phone with his mom. Miggy and I surprise him, and he screams "OH SHI*!" into the phone. He proceeds to apologize to him mom after that. I couldn't stop laughing, along with Eric, Bryan and Miggy. Josh, we're sorry that we made your parents stop loving you that night. =))

We got a bit tired and settled down. I spoke to Niqui in tagalog, and everyone else made a big deal out of it. Hahaha. What's so wrong with me speaking in tagalog, guys? /:)

After that, I showed Myka the book. Penguin of Death is a nice book! The penguin loves you, don't worry. He's not as evil as he sounds. HAHAHA. :))

After that it was just random talking and walking, until the last 4 people left were Migo, Myka, Iso and I. We were walking towards the admin when Migo's car came (and my phone fell. Which apparently happened because of... something. Right, Myka? Haha.) , then we turned around and walked towards Sibol. The dark road was nice. :D

My guess was right, the car in front of Sibol that I first saw was mine. And Myka's was right behind it. Hahaha! But Iso had no way home yet, he had to wait for his mom to pick him up in a cab. There was an awkward moment when we were deciding if we were going to stay with Iso or not, then Myka reminds me that I had to wake up at 5 am the next day. Reason overtakes conscience, and I ride my car and go. I felt bad about leaving Iso behind, he was the only person left when we left. :(

So I get home and finish watching 300 on my PSP before sleeping, and I learned that Myka's pretty accurate when it comes to reading people. :))

.MrRobby.
The nail wound hurt more after this, but I couldn't care less. :))

Impossibly Lively.

At the end of the day, I still don't know how I survived...

NOPE, this isn't an emo post. Hahaha.
After I'm done, YOU TELL ME how I'm still alive, alright? :P

January 23, 4 am.
A click here and there, and I'm done with the Elections Primer lay-out.
I send it to people and then fall asleep.

Around one hour and thirty minutes later, I wake up.
Then stand up.
Then take a bath.
Then go to school.

Total sleep time: LESS than 2 hours.

I get there, we have a CLE Long Test I didn't study for in our first period.
That caused some permanent brain damage, I think. :))

2nd period, we have PE.
I play basketball for our team for 2 whole halfs. (Or a whole game, if you want to put it that way. 2 halfs from 2 different matches kasi yun. Hahaha!)
Also, something happens. Bad landing and my foot starts to hurt.

We get back to the classroom to find it locked. Jovin, the keeper of the keys, is out in a Math competition.
25 minutes later, the Janitor opens our door, some student council candidates assault our room and we try to put on our normal uniforms while trying to keep our hungers satisfied. Failure happens, all I get to eat is a crinkle. It was a good one, but I was still hungry. :P

English, then Bio, then Math. There's still pain in my foot so I go to check it out.
I find a dark brown splotch on my sock and find out that my foot was bleeding all that time. Oh joooy! =))
Checked my rubber shoes, and yep, found a nail. A rusty one at that. :D

Hop, hop, hop.
Down 2 floors, to the Satellite infirmary which was closed, then to the main infirmary.
That's about 300 meters on one-foot hops. :))
Well, not quite. Around 2/3rd of the way there, Mr. Dator spots me and assists me to the infirmary along with one of the cafeteria staff he called in. My view of Mr. Dator changed completely. Hahaha. He's a good guy with a love for the rules. That's it.
It was still freaking tiring.

Once I got to the infirmary, they patch up my wound and tell me to tell my parents of the event.
It was my choice if I wanted to get an anti-tetanus shot or no. I told my parents, of course, but I didn't want to get a shot. So, nay. =))

I get back to Math and panic with Matthew to solve the pairwork problem of the week. It was hard!

After that, I finally get to eat in my car as we were on our way to teach 5 year olds again.
Thank God this time Ma'am Cynthia was around to help us. It was so much easier with her around.
It still was tiring though.

Now, where'd I get all that energy? I don't know. :))
But once I got home, I collapsed. I just fell down on the bed and DIED. HAHAHA!

.MrRobby.
I living off the energy that everyone's emitting! :>

626

Yesterday, I found out that teaching Prep students is way more tiring than a session in the gym.
It's amazing how those kids made me sleep from 6pm to 6am.

So let's skip the more boring parts of the day (like getting chased down, interrogated and smashed into a basketball court's pole) for the story of our first service at the KBF Escopa 3 Day Care Center.

Roughly 30 students were assigned to us, and that day we were supposed to teach Road signs. Josh, Matthew, Russ and I were pretty psyched up since we had a lesson plan that was prepared already and we knew we just had to follow it.

Then things happen.

When we get to the center, our teacher faces us up with the news that she wasn't going to stay with us. She said she had to go to one of the other centers to assist our classmates there who had no teacher with them. We were left to teach the kids by ourselves, and we thought "Yay, we get more freedom to teach." We missed the fact that this meant more freedom for the kids too.

So I have 5 tips for anyone who has to do the same thing as we did. :))

1. Never bring toys to a class of kids this young. It's a fact that they love the inanimate objects more than they love you.

So our ice breaker activity involved each of us pointing at a chosen kid with a toy to have him or her tell his or her name to us. This part got hard even before it started because all the boys would grab on to your hand and start screaming, "KUYA, AKIN NA LANG!" Try carrying 5 boys around with one arm. Wahahaha.

2. When separating two boys in a fight, make sure they're far enough from each other. They have ranged attacks too.

So boy A pushes boy B off his chair, and boy B retaliates by punching back. I get in the middle of their fight and pull boy B away from boy A. Boy A decides to spit at boy B, who had my arm around him. Result: My arm was covered in saliva after a few shots by Boy A. Ten seconds later, boy A and B's tempers have cooled off and my arm felt violated.

3. Carry a picture of a girl in your wallet, just to prove that you're straight to a kid who won't listen to you.

Obviously, a tip for guys. One kid was calling Russ gay, and couldn't be convinced otherwise. She wants a girl's pic in your wallet as proof, and nothing else will even count as valid to her. Hahaha!

4. Use your height to your advantage. It's one of the only things you can beat the kids with.

Store the things which they shouldn't be getting in high places. There's a downside to this though. They'll start grabbing onto you and begging you to lift them up so you can get the items for them. Good luck resisting, I have no tips for that. HAHAHA!

5. Your only way to be heard is to scream.

Screaming is tiring. 2 hours of screaming is more physically draining than it seems. =))

So that's it. Hahaha. It was still a very enjoyable activity, and I can't wait for next Friday. Okay, maybe I can.

.MrRobby.
Kids are tiring. But I absolutely love them.

Nothing.

I'm not going to promise anything anymore to this blog, since I really haven't been feeling like updating. And I guess nobody would care anyway. Hahaha!

So there, I decided to update my blog about what happened today.

We left late for school again, so I had to walk from Gate 3. Yaaay. Haha.
Then I get to the classroom 20 minutes later to find out that I forgot about the Bio lab report. I felt bad to be seen doing it right in front of our Science teacher. Mrs. Abito is really kind, and you'd just feel bad everytime you abuse her leniency.


Classes go on, and we finished the movie in Media which was about advertisements.
It's old, but quite amusing. Honest ads are funny. =))

More more more happens.
AP, we had a Long Test I didn't study for. Also, I made a mistake in understanding one of the questions in the Essay and wasted time writing something that wasn't even supposed to be there. Wahahaha. It wasn't so hard. But I'm not getting high, and I think that's just right.

During Filipino, I thought I had last 2 copies of the same book within a week.
Good thing Jay realized that he had the copy I was using.

In Math, we learned about FCP, Factorials and Permutations. Mr. Dizon explained that Scientific calculators have the function for Permutations. When I found where it was and pressed it, I blurted out, "Oh! It's the thing I used to spell Poop with last year!" P00P. Hahaha!

We had English where a lot of people laughed at Gab for following directions incorrectly. This includes Paulo, who later on finds out that he was also doing what Gab did, but only realized when everyone was checking. Yan ang napapala ng mga nakikitawa. =))

During SSP, we tried inventing new games to play with a chess set. There were creative ideas, but they all failed for the most part. Yeah, we'll learn to stick to normal chess next time.

Yesterday, I got 4 hours of sleep in the car. One moment, I'm in school and next thing I know, I wake up in our car which was then right outside our house. Today though, I only got 1 hour and 30 minutes. Boooo. Hahaha.

I got home, and tried Skype out. It was really fun to talk to 4 classmates at the same time with a Voice over Internet client. It's clear and nice. Everyone should try it out, seriously. Hahaha. It has so much potential and uses. Plus, Skype has a lot of games and plug-ins. Fuuuuun.

That's all. I'm alone now, and have nothing to do.
I'm quite satisfied with this blog post. :)

.MrRobby.
Finally, a proper post! :D

Near Miss.

I said I would post for the 1st of the year, but I guess I missed it. Oh well.

My recent posts are such wastes.
I have to get my blogging back on track.
Arrh.

Forgive me, self. I've been lying to you. :|

.MrRobby.
Come on, come on, come on.