Seize the Night!!!

It’s been a while since I last updated. Been suffering from another case of writer’s block lately. But it’s not that bad anyway. I just didn’t feel like anything important is worth telling.

Right now is a different thing though. It seems that ever since that I hoisted up my sails and left port, I felt more alive. I just feel so happy, especially with the people around me (as mentioned in earlier posts).

I just returned from a 2-day retreat in Tagaytay and I had the most wonderful time. I’m not really a religious person or anything, but the place was just so conducive for contemplation and inspiration. And best of all, I got to spend those days of learning with people that I really love.

Upon my return from Tagaytay, I’ve realized so many things. So many changes have happened to me ever since I got rid of my apprehension in taking risks and finally setting sail. I’m more mature in dealing with problems, learned to take responsibilty and realized my accountability in my own life. Taking the helm of my little sailboat helped me learn that "If everything we wanted out of life was given to us in a silver platter, what’s the point of living?"

Yes, I do experience a lot more storms in life’s treacherous seas than back at port. But it’s so much better than being stuck back at port, doing nothing but think about what-could-be’s. At least I know that by going on this journey, I am going to get somewhere; probably even find my own heaven.

I know I’m just rambling incessantly like a drunk-out sailor, but it is exactly how I feel. I’ve never felt so alive, so happy, and so strong. I feel like I can take on the world! And nobody is saying that I can’t.

I just heard from my friend and fellow Fatal Frame fan, Claire, that Fatal Frame 3 is finally out!

I can’t wait to play! I’ve been waiting for this game since like ever!

It’s been a really great week. I’m feeling extra happy these days because of the people around me. I dunno. Just being around them makes me so happy.

To make things better, a lot of my old skills are coming back to me. I can (somewhat) draw again and I’ve also been practicing some of my digi-art. Seems that my muse is starting to whisper in my ear again.

The only thing that could make this all perfect is if I get a job. Oh well… better start looking for one then.

Today was such a nice day. I had the most wonderful time helping my bestfriend, Elaigh, clean up her room. She’s been busy lately and really needed somedoby’s help because she has neglected her room’s cleanliness due to the fact that she’s being slave-driven at work. She took a leave so she could have the entire week off and try to just relax and get back to her life (and room).

I have trouble waking up in the morning, so Elaigh called up Ate Taleng (our crazy maid, but I love her because she’s insane) to ask her to perform the arduous task of trying to get my sleepy ass out of bed. After some prodding and probably some screaming in my ear, I finally woke up to smell the aroma of the new day.

I got to her house at around 1030. I went into her room and I just screamed in my head, "Damn!" She wasn’t kidding when she said that she needed to clean her room. I have a pretty messy room, but compared to hers at that time, mine was like it was maintained by the Fab Five themselves.

We never wasted anytime and got started cleaning up right away. It was so much fun rummaging through her old stuff. There’s just so much crap that she had to get rid off that I actually took some for me to keep. Talk about being a scavenger.

And so we worked on until we decided to take lunch. Her house wasn’t that far from a Mickey D’s, so we went there to eat (we were both too lazy to cook). It was so much fun just taliking about random nonsense. That is something that we haven’t done in a long time. It’s just so nice being able to hangout with her again without the burden of suddenly being bothered by a phone call from one of her suppliers, clients, or whatever. We even had our traditional Bestfriend Sundae’s: the Caramel/Chicana sundae for her and the Hot Fudge/Nigga sundae for me (no offense meant to any race by the terms used).

We went back to her house to continue working. And we had to work on one of the worst parts of her room: The wires of her PC Setup. It was a complete jungle of wires. Even Tarzan would think twice in Vine/Wire swinging in it. It was so friggin’ hard that we wasted around 2 hours to complete the whole thing. We even lost a little bit of our tempers for a moment, but it was OK. At least we got it done.

At the end of the day we were able to fix everything sans her closet because we didn’t have time. I was so tired that I slept on her floor after I took a shower. Although I really didn’t get much sleep because of her Shih-Tzu, Wuffles, always licking my face (Eyuch! Doggie slobber!).

Her mom then arrived from work. I’ve never seen Tita Julie in a while. Last time I saw her she had really short boyish hair. And now she’s sporting a ponytail. Now, that was quite a long time. She gave me some dinner and also gave me a shitload of paperbags because they have quite an abundance of it and it’s becoming a space-hog. Shitload of bags + Big bag of hand-me-downs = …

I went home looking a like a Downtown Baglady minus the stolen grocery cart. It was really hard to get a ride and when I did get a ride, I had to really squeeze myself to get in. I’m not exactly a small person, so my size combined with those two enormous bags of stuff resulted in a pile of scavenged stuff with legs.

I was able to get home in one piece; tired and very harrased but I don’t mind. I had a blast! It’s been a long time since me and my bestfriend were able to spend the whole day (and I mean THE WHOLE DAY) together. So this day goes down into my life’s history book as one of the days that I shall treasure forever.