Level Up!

Two years have passed since I entered college and until now, I still hate the course my dad forced me to take. But that’s not what I want to talk about. In that span of two years,I’ve already mastered the right time and which jeepney to take to get to school at the right time. As an evidence, I’m pleased to tell everyone that I have a clean attendance record. No tardiness, no absences. Unless you would count that instance (I think I’ve mentioned it before) when I was marked absent during my Philosophy class because our instructor only entered our room with only a few minutes to go before dismissal with no notice that he would still meet us.

Back in my first year, I used to take a jeepney-jeepney-jeepney-jeepney ride. That nearly drove me insane, transferring from one jeepney to another was really a hassle. That was when I still gave more importance to money than time (less expensive but time consuming). The previous school year, it became jeepney-jeepney-tricylcle ride which was more expensive but faster. In just a few weeks days, I will be a junior student and that means I’ll be spending more time in school which could also be equated to less time for blogging and surfing the Internet, and not to mention less time for sleeping. I’m not sure if the usual ride that I take would be enough to bring me to school at the right time. I can’t really afford to be late for my classes. Besides, getting late is not in my vocabulary.

That’s why I’m thinking that I should get an apartment somewhere near the university. With that, I do not have to wake very early (I do not need the early worms anyway). I could also dedicate more time for resting since that would mean that I don’t have to spend 1.5 agonizing hours on the road.

But then again, there are a lot of complications. Actually, I could think of more disadvantages than advantages. Like, how will I survive? Where would I get my food? Fast food chains? Well, I’m old enough to stand on my own, but I really prefer going home everyday. Do I have to share the room with someone else? I prefer to be on my own, though. Where would we get the payment for the apartment? Electricity? Water? My parents have enough on their plates and I don’t want to give them another helpings of not-so-appetizing bills. And then, I have my biggest problem… Internet. You know that I love surfing the Internet and as a student, I will surely need it. Where I would get an Internet connection? SmartBRO? Thanks. I’ve read a number of bad reviews about their services, and I don’t want to be included in their fast growing number of disappointed customers.

See? There are so many disadvantages that I could think of. Haha. Call me pessimistic, but renting an apartment doesn’t sound good to me. Besides, if I were to get myself one, I would surely miss the stretch of road that I take, the numerous banks (especially the branches of Banco de Oro), gas stations, churches, branches of Jollibee and McDonald’s, the single flyover that I know of here in Pampanga, the irritating passengers in the jeepney, the passenger versus driver matches, the crazy tricycle rides, and everything else that I see every time I go to school and back home. What’s more, that means that I would have no time to review. Lol. You see, the only time I review (most of the times) is during when I’m in the jeepney. Hahah.

Of course, I could change my mind. XD

PS: I know, I’ve already blogged about this before, not as specific, though. So yeah, forgive me. There’s really nothing interesting that happened to me lately. I’m just stuck here in our house, but I’m definitely enjoying every bit of it. And I just felt that it’s time that I had to update this blog. Haha.

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On My Way Back Home

For me to get back home, it will be either I have to hop on three different jeeps. Jeeps in Angeles City could be really confusing especially if it’s your first time to take a public vehicle there even though they are color-coded (e.g. If you are in SM City Clark and you want to go to the City Proper, hop on to a blue jeep). Or I have to ride a tricycle and one jeepney.

I prefer the latter option because with that, I can get home earlier. Traffic in Angeles City, especially in the City Proper is terrible!

I spend thirty pesos just to get back home. Pretty expensive, eh?

On the jeepney ride back home today, we (that’s I and some of my blockmates) were talking about our latest topic in Ethics… family planning. Our voices were a little bit louder than usual, but I didn’t notice if the other passengers were looking at us. You know, we were talking about various methods of contraception. And what we’re discussing is like crackers, everybody likes talking about it. So it was a bit strange that nobody was looking at us.

Christian: Alam mo ba na puwedeng tawaging prophylactic1 ang condom? (Did you know that you can call a condom as prophylactic?)
Digi: Talaga? (Really?)
Ruiz: Ay, gusto ko ng ganun. Matagal na akong hindi nakakatikim ng ganun! (Hey, I like that. I haven’t tasted that for a while).
Christian: *shocked, eyes are bulging* ANO? (WHAT?)
Ruiz: Ang sabi ko, gusto ko ng Tofi Luk. (I said that I want a Tofi Luk.)
Christian: Ah, prophylactic or condom ang pinag-uusapan namin at hindi Tofi Luk. (Ah, we were talking about prophylactic or condom and not Tofi Luk.)

That conversation was really crazy. I thought my friend was missing the taste of a condom. Haha. But it turned out that he misheard me and thought that what I said was Tofi Luk (it’s a chocolate bar, by the way for those who don’t know it) instead of Prophylactic.

*****

I’m back at home, in our kitchen, surfing the internet. Roar. I really hate this. If you’ve been following me on Twitter, you might have noticed my complaints about my loss of privacy.

Recently, our phone line was busted. It looks like those people who fixed our gate had cut our phone line accidentally. My father reported it, and it took PLDT’s linemen two or three days before they got here. They said that they can’t do nothing with our phone line (Eek! Excuse me? You can’t? Why? You are incompetent, right?) so they created a new line.

And now, since we can’t use the old line, I have to go downstairs in our kitchen, where they put the new line just surf the internet. I hate it because I don’t have any privacy. My siblings could see what sites do I visit. And my parents are complaining why I am using my notebook, Snidget, for hours in just a single day and my father is asking my what sites do I visit. On the other hand, my mother has been asking me if I still study because I use my laptop excessively.

I badly want our old line fixed. What’s more is that I can feel my back aching because I don’t have a backrest here in our kitchen. It’s really uncomfortable!

  1. I’ve known about this back in summer when I was watching Daniel Radcliffe’s performance in Extras where he played as a boy scout. In a particular scene, he was holding a prophylactic. It was really funny. []

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