I live for DREAMS.
I die for MEMOIRS.
I hunger for SUCCESS.
I pray for LONGEVITY.

A very old blog post

I found my very old blogspot site in my classmate's links. I forgot it's password and email. silly me. HAHA :))

It has only one post. An article I've submitted in The Laboratorian (high school publication) way way back then. Just giving a shot HAHA

LABORATORIAN BANDWAGON

Want to organize a band? The band that plays for school activities and balls? Problem is, you don’t know how. That’s easy! Start strumming those basses and guitars and beat those drums for some tips in how to keep that music starting.

First, in organizing a school band, you have to have your members. Be it your classmate, batch mate, schoolmate or a student who excel in any instrument in hand. It depends on how you want your group to be. It may be an all-male group or all-female group or on a mixed gender-basis.The following members you need are:

The vocalist- she/he may be a chorale member or anyone who have a ‘band voice’. Don’t look for someone who have a high-pitched voice. You’re organizing a band, not an opera.

The guitarist- you may have two of these. They may be someone who have their past time strumming their acoustic guitar in the corridor, pergola or even in their room.The bassist- that someone who knows to play the bass guitar.

The drummer- if he’s a DLC member, the better. If she’s a she, and knows how to get along with the tempo, that’s way too cool! Imagine, a girl beating those drums?! Astig!

The organ player- it’s optional. That someone may be the one who takes piano lessons every Saturdays.

Now you have your members (be sure you’d be one of those... hehe...), the next step is to discuss on what type of music you’d guys be playing. Rock, punk, heavy metal or whatever blows your mind that is. And of course, don’t forget…naming the band is a must! Here are some tips:

Name of your section- if your group consists of students in the same section. 3G for example stands for III-Gold.

Food- in any way you want it. Examples are Sandwich, Mayonnaise, Sugarfree, etc.

Name of the band members- sometimes, intitials will do.

Others- as long as your band sounds cool, you do your options.

And now you’re ready. Make sure you have a regular practice and of course, the instruments. Let your teachers supervise in every performance in any affair. And taa-daa! Welcome to the Laboratorian BANDwagon!

AN ISSUE ON A TISSUE

I still love him.
Do I?
Crap. NO.
I'm a denial queen.
He's not existing anymore.
How could i love someone whom I can't even feel any presence at all?
I have a boyfriend.
Stop that.
I have a boyfriend... but i don't love him.
I miss him.
Damn, it hurts.
So near yet so far away.
Now, he's a friend.
No. A stranger.
I want him back.
He left me, he'll be leaving.
I'll just stay here.
...foolish.

HUNGRY

I scream for ice cream,
Come melt with me,
'Coz you're my chocolate sundae.

You tickle my tongue.
You freeze me up.
I'll sip you up my slurpee.

Really finger-lickin' good
Make me crave for more
My love, you're my cheese fries.

I levitate, I fly
Drink to that till the last drop
You make me float, oh! Coke float!

You're a mixture of everything I want
Your sweetness, your taste
You fill me up
I'll gobble you up
I'll empty you
You're everything I digest for
And makes my heart burp for more.

Fire Exit

I have a friend whose name I would not mention. She's with me the other day and admitted that she's recently into something: SMOKING.

"Isang stick lang naman araw-araw. Pero 'di ko 'to ginagawa sa loob ng campus."
I was really shocked by her confession. And what made me more appalled was when she said, "Madami akong crush sa (her University's name), mga magaganda." Then she smiles.

Knowing her since high school, I'm facing the complete opposite of my friend. Back then she was the feminine, smarty and disciplined type of girl. But now, she just collapsed, I guess.
I'm aware of her situation. She comes from a broken family. Her jobless father splitted up with her OFW mother. When she was in high school, she stayed with her father along with her sister she's not really close with.

And now, she transferred here in Manila. She gained her total freedom and independence. No father, no mother. Just her clueless grandmother as her guardian.

As I've analyzed it, my friend is experiencing psychological problems. She turned her burden and faced it with seemingly unusual things.

She smokes. Cigarette is her stress reliever. When she smokes, she gets satisfaction from it. As the way she sees it, a person becomes stronger, powerful, and more or less "in control" when they puff.

She's fond of girls. She likes girls because she's looking for that mother figure that lacks in her family and finds it on other girls. (Her mother's beautiful, that's why she crushes on beautiful girls.)

Another thing is, this friend of mine has a boyfriend. But she doesn't really love this guy.

"Boyfriend with benefits", as she says. She just experienced a bad relationship from her first and recent boyfriend which made her think that "there's no such thing as love...it's only a game." And she plays it very well just to win.

Some of the people in my age range might be experiencing the same thing as hers. They find ways to ease the pain of their problems but actually, they're building up another one..and another one... until it doesn't solve anything at all. Or yet, it worsen it.

As they say, "Huwag mong ayusin ang problema mo sa pamamagitan ng isa pang problema."
It's like when your house's on fire, you resort to the fire exit instead of finding a way to stop the fire from burning the whole house and turning it into ashes.

Maybe, just maybe, their parents must've not oriented them well and pointed where the fire extinguisher is.