I’m still with Mica, who basically keeps things together for me. And I must admit, I’m a bit of a handful to her, but she sticks around. No matter how bad things got, she still stuck around. And not only that, she does a lot awesome things for me that are just too much to mention. So thanks, Mica, for everything in 2011. As you’ve said, here’s for more years to come.

In other news, the first half my practicum has concluded and that my days in Manila are quite over. As expected, I was challenged. I was pushed.

When that is over, we would be sent to Communities the following year for six weeks. While there, we will be tasked to gather and assess a community’s nutrition status. From there, we will be formulating and implementing a program as to how the nutrition problem of the community would be solved.

Also, in December, I will be taking the NMAT which now makes me really nervous because I really don’t know how well I’m going to do there. I really need to sharpen up my knowledge and hopefully, I would be able to do well enough that I would get into a really good medical school.

These three are just a few major things that are going on in my life. I really want to pull through so that my life would go according to plan. I will soon graduate from UP. I will be leaving a place where I’ve been for the past 6 years. God, that sounded really nice. ‘Til next time!

With that said, I do have something to change that. I am now enrolled to Gold’s Gym and will now start to go there three times a week. Not only that, thank the Lord I am now back in climbing. As a matter of fact, I now go there three times a week, and planning to compete again as soon as possible.

I don’t really expect anything from the competition, much less winning. All I want to know right now is if I can still be competitive. Also, if I did good in it, I’m even thinking of competing in the Nationals.

Let me just make it clear, I will not do anything to create more strain between us. However, I will not lift a finger to patch things up either. Yes, I still won’t acknowledge your presence. And yes, you will never be a friend of mine ever again.

I’m sure you understand why I do this. I didn’t do anything to deserve what happened in the end. You may not admit it, but you know that you owe me, big time for the hell you raised.

If you really feel bad about what you did, I’m willing to forgive you. However, my position will remain the same. For that, I really am sorry. I just can’t do it.

As I walked to her house, it felt that I was going home. When I arrived, we just sat in the couch and just spent the afternoon watching a movie. I felt so relaxed that I actually felt that I could just rest there and take a nap.

As I thought that the day would just be a nice afternoon at home turned into a double feature when we went to a mall and watched another movie.

Everything was flawless. Everything just came out right. I hope this would be a start of things to get rolling and things would be this relaxed. I just wish that things would start to finally pick up and just be something good.

The moment I woke up, I instantly knew that it will be a good day since I knew that she would come and visit me so I called her up to tell her that I am awake and we would meet up in the same morning.

We hung out at Gilmore for the morning and I just couldn’t believe that she would do that even if she is not that interested in computers and she was there with me.

We finally hung out at the cafeteria and just had some drinks and just talked before I walked her to the station so she can go to her thing.

Thanks, Mica. 我愛你

From, 鄭小籠

I slowly get to see her inner circle, the circle she told me then was incompatible with me. I know I am working my way slowly, but hey, I got the time to meet every single one of them. I’ll get there.

After Bette submitted her application to Bukas Palad, we went our separate ways. It started raining and I lent her my jacket. I must say, she looked good in it as we walked to the train station.

I kept insisting that we change our plans, that we eat at an earlier time, that we would go somewhere else instead of going to Greenhills for several reasons.  One, it was getting late, and two, what I needed to see was very trivial.

Little did I know that she was scheming.

She kept looking at her phone and kept on telling me that it’s ok or it was her mom telling her to go home. The very trusting me just believed her blindly and I just went on with it.

And we went to the place. Charlie’s. Home of one of the best burgers that I ever tasted.

We ordered.

We waited.

All of a sudden, a dark man in white came.

Un-freakin’-believable. She actually got my friend to come and have dinner with us. Now this is why she was upset when I commented about a surprise party last Wednesday. She thought that I actually knew about this.

The burgers from heaven all of a sudden tasted even better since I was so satisfied. Either that, or maybe because she gave me half (relationship gut, here I come).

My day with her ended with me walking her to the station. And I could not thank her enough for the things that she did. She may see it as something very small since there were still hitches in the plan. Yes, there were. But the fact still remains, she gave me a small birthday celebration with my friends.

Thank you Mica for the week. The other birthdays should be ready because this will be quite difficult to match.

Also, thank you for the wonderful acting of my friend, Mr. Andre Co for covering it up, and of course, you too Mica. I really did not see this one coming.

Come to think of it, it has been a while since I’ve had a good birthday. I think the best birthday that I’ve ever experienced was when I was grade four. There wasn’t any school that day even if it was a weekday since classes were suspended, so in the morning, I was greeted by my entire family to greet me a happy birthday. It is there that they gave me my gifts which were an electric motor k’nex kit and another one that is solar powered. My aunt also gave me a Zoids kit that I had to build, but I like doing that anyway.

We had dinner in a Chinese restaurant somewhere in Binondo, and then went home. After which, led to an early break since the next day didn’t have school as well.

This was by far, the best birthday that I can remember. It was just so simple. No parties, just with my family. Hopefully, the next one would come near to that year.

This is what I wrote approximately a month before but I wasn’t able to post it. And I really can’t explain it. I know that it is still one hell of a stressful week since I still had something to do. First, I have to finish my journal for my practicum, and I have to get my certification from Yoshinoya.

But I thought what the hell. I’ll allow myself to indulge. After all, it is going to be my birthday in a few hours. So I headed out to Marikina to hang out with a girl that I really really liked.

At this point, I already got a new phone and a new lap top. I’m already jumping from wall to wall. I honestly could not think on how it can get any better.

Then I saw her on the McDonald’s ready for a run while I was wearing blue jeans and a red collared shirt. She was kinda complaining why I was wearing red since she was also wearing red. Well, I just replied, “whose birthday is it?” Hahaha!

We then hung out at the Marikina Sports Center. After walking a la around the 400 m oval track, we just sat and talked on the ground and took a few pictures.

It is there when I said something as a joke that she took seriously; I just said that I thought that maybe my friends are in her house waiting to surprise. I swear to God I was just kidding. That led to quite a panic for her for some reason. I would know about why later on as the week progressed. We then went to her house but before we went there, I insisted on buying something for her mom and family since I was a new guest, I just thought it would be a nice gesture to give something to the household. I thought of giving wine, the good wine. However, she said it would be better if I would give some chocolates, so that’s what I got. Still that was one hell of a negotiation and in the end; I got the family some Van Houten Chocolates.

Once we get to their house, I saw that the house is quite small, but cozy. It was finally nice to visit where she lives since I thought that I never thought that I would ever see her house because of the way she talks about it. She says it’s her own personal space and once and for all, she trusts me enough to let me in.

The dinner was a simple grilled pork belly accompanied by grilled whole tomatoes with rice. In her dwelling place, we had a nice quiet dinner, and it was dim lit so it felt even more intimate.

After dinner, I got to spend time with her on their garden listening to some tunes such as Walking after You and Naive. And while doing that, we were just watching Joaquin (if that’s the correct spelling) the beagle run around the place. We just talk under the moon and stars and I just thought that it was the right time to say it so I asked her.

She couldn’t answer me. Hence, I just let it be since I know that she didn’t want it. I can be stubborn like this. However, I heard that yes. My eyes quickly lit up and looked at her and smiled.

That made my night and my birthday which was already great, perfect.

I know you may not be reading this anymore, Mica. Yes, I’m mentioning your name here. Thank you for what you did. This is just the first part of this series. I’ll never ever forget it. Period.

Thankfully, lately, I had something that kinda relieves the stress just a bit, and I am really thankful for that. I have this short time in almost everyday that I can just drop everything and I guess just find peace. Added to that, a friend celebrated his birthday, and there was a small get-together in his house. I must admit, it’s nice to see familiar faces again and just hanging out with a full set of music instruments, I just want to make clear that we did not play rockband. We played with actual instruments.

Now I have more on my plate, I must say, I got my batteries charged and ready for the coming few weeks. I have a couple of exams, papers to finish, etc… All I know is, I will survive this; I have to. And as long as I have my support system with me, I’ll be fine I guess.

Anyway, about a month into the school year, and I must say, it’s getting interesting. New characters are entering the show since the summer. Some did guest spots, and some are recurring characters. I guess we’ll see their significance as the plot thickens. Also, some old characters are being reprized, and I must say, it’s nice to see a familiar face. Also, my sister is joining the cast this season, so I really am interested in what would be her first year here.

Like in any new season, there are a lot of plot lines to follow in this one. There’s the practicum at a restaurant that’s yet to be named. There’s also the affiliation where it will take me in certain areas. Obviously, I will not spoil every plot line and twist here. Hell, I don’t even know them all yet, so I won’t spoil them all. I will say this, I’m sure that I’ll have a few adventures this season. We’re in for a roller coaster ride.

All in all, I think this will be a good season. I know I say that every single time but I embrace the possibility of something great will happen. All I can say is, I just can’t wait to see them.