IM BACK, I'm back, I'm back!!!

Sa totoo lang, nung friday (oct27) ng umaga pa ako nakabalik, kaso parang nagka-GASC hangover ako, so... I decided not to post yet, unless magmukha at tumunog weirdo ako.  Ngayong (medyo!) lipas na ang pagka-fascinate ko sa aking (aming) Davao at GASC adventure ay magkukwento na ako.

Amazing man ang Davao, gyud (with the correct intonation pa yan)!   Ang linis, walang gaanong kalat, ang friendly at hospitable ng mga tao, hindi nanloloko ang mga taxi driver, at mura ang patak ng metro ng taxi (pag non-aircon, piso ang patak), mura din ang pagkain, maraming prutas, buhay ang nightlife (although di namin gaanong na-experience) at syempre... NO SMOKING in public places.  Hay happiness, sana lang ganun kaganda ang Maynila diba?... Ang sarap magroad trip at mag-enjoy.  Road trip nga kami eh (ako, ishi, jimbo, at noel).  Ang sarap ng feeling ng mawala for an hour or so (kahit semi lang since pwede naman kaming mag-cab anytime pabalik sa tinuluyan namin).

Pero syempre hindi lang naman kami pa-enjoy enjoy.  We went there for business.  Kaya on the second day, go UP Min na kami!  Ang layo ng UP Mindanao!  Malayo na nga ang Mintal sa Downtown Davao, eh kelangan mo pa pumasok sa kaloob-looban ng Mintal.  Pero ayos lang naman.  Kakaibang experience talaga para sakin.

So anong nangyari sa GASC?  Hay ang hirap magsalita ng patapos at bulgaran.  Basta, marami akong natutunan.  AT alam ko, ng mga councilmates ko, at ang iba pang mga tao na kaperahas ko ng paniniwala na... walang nasasayang kapag ang pinaglalaban ay ang tama at patas.  Hinding-hindi ako nagsisisi na ganun ang pinaglaban namin sa GASC.  No regrets, dahil iyun ang nararapat. 

Anyway, back dun sa part na marami akong natutunan.  Haha, ang dami kong mga natutunang bagay-bagay tungkol sa parliamentary procedures, etc.  This representation is overjoyed.  Ang saya, sulit na sulit.

At syempre sulit din ang last day namin dahil nag-beach kami sa Samal Island.  Ang ganda ng Samal.  White sand... malinis ang tubig... may mga maliliit pang isdang lumalangoy.  Beautiful!!! 

Ang pinakamasaya sa lahat, marami akong nakilala.  Yung karamihan taga-ibang student council.  At meron ding mga Davaoeña, tulad ni Myka at Joy na nagsilbing hosts, tour guide, at mga kaibigan, na sobrang babait at hospitable.  Thank you so much!!! You made our stay in Davao very memorable.

Hay, alam kong magulo, pero ayan ang kwento ng aking four day stay sa Davao.  Hindi gaanong descriptive, pagod na rin kasi akong ulit-ulitin ang sarili ko.  Pero pag naalala ko, grabe, ang saya-saya pa rin ng feeling.  What a hangover - not just of GASC, but of the entire Davao trip - sobrang wonderful!!!

"p.s." {kahit hindi naman sulat).  Nakasakay na akong habal-habal.  Haha so fun.  At the same time nakakakaba.  Something worth remembering and keeping in my happy storehouse. 

I won't forget this trip to Davao - so memorable, eye-opening, so refreshing, extremely wonderful.  I do hope that I'd be able to go back there someday.  Davao, wait for me.  Babalik man ako, mga gyud!!!

I'm off to Davao at 5 AM tomorrow morning... I'll be away for a few days for the GASC, which will be held at UP Mindanao in Mintal, Davao City.

Wish me a safe trip, everyone!

This isn't mine (it's by spiritual activist and author Marianne Williamson), but I think it's worth sharing.  So read on!

Bored again, Lei?

Somebody shake me, I am dozing off again!  Yes.  Amidst all these hell-ish requirements (that I surprisingly enjoy if only for the anxiety it brings), I am bored.  People, electrify me please!  (Note: electrify, as a word, may not exist**, but never mind).

Off topic:  Where has all the love, where has all the love gone?  Haha, ask Sheryl Crow (i so love ther song eh. sorry!).  As if naman, I wouldn't be caught dead asking that question (except in jest).

**or exists at infinity where the potential is zero.  What? Whatever. 
This is a senseless post, in case you haven't noticed.

I am getting fat in all the wrong areas these days.  It's because of my poor sleeping and eating habits.  Finals week is up and I've just been stress-eating and stress-"reducing-my-sleep" lately.  Aaaaah!  Must stop doing this.  I've got to be Miss Organic again!!! And I want to wear all the sexy clothes that used to look so good on me.

Oh my. What gayness.  But really, I tend to be so bakla in matters of size, weight, and body.  I have this dream of becoming Ms Body Beautiful (kahit sa NIP lang please).  Hehe.  But really, I want to look good.  No, I want to look great.  Honestly!

So there.  I guess I really have to make up for all my pigging out sessions...

GO LEI!

The CSSC had its team building activity last night.  It was ok, just ok, because a lot of people were not in it.  It can, and I do hope it gets better next team building.   But of course, it was a good start!

After the team building, Patrick, Ishi, and I then went to Ishi's house in Ortigas.  And then we talked, and talked, and talked until it was five in the morning.  I was able to realize a lot of things during our long conversation.  And, well I enjoyed talking to both of them.  Then we went to Something Fishy at 5 AM.  Then, sunrise.  Haha, sinikataan na kami ng araw.  After that we went back to Ishi's and slept.

I really realized a lot of things last night and it feels like I've come from an entirely different place, eager to face the world I am accustomed to with a better perspective.  I feel a deep sense of serenity and contentedness.  This is the way I want to live - to be at peace with myself and with everything and everyone around me.

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Ang sarap mabuhay kapag alam mong may saysay ang buhay mo.