A BAYWALK TO REMEMBER

nothing's better than spending a sunny afternoon and then watching the sun set at Baywalk with your friends, family and barkada - III-BURBANK.

an afternoon highlighted with the sun's early setting, probably because Patrick was around, and the burbz' surge of memories and fondness, it was surely a Baywalk to remember.

We met up infront of the school at about 9:30 in the morning where we all planned to submit late requirements which were needed for our clearance, but unfortunately, the teachers were not interested in accepting requirements then so kuya Japo decided that we all pass on Friday.We headed to Rob to be able to catch up with the first screening of The Passion of The Christ, which, by the way, happened to have it's first day of showing here in the Philippines yesterday. At about 10:35 pm, we all had our tickets already, and since we still had enough time to still buy some refreshments (read: BAON!), we dashed to the supermarket where almost everyone spent only about 50.00 or less, a considerably cheap amount compared to what it'll cost us if we had bought from the cinema rob-my-pocket store. We went in at 10:50 and waited for 11:10, the first time slot for the show.

2 tearful hours passed and we went out of the movie house with a couple of wet hankies and some revitalized hearts. Jesus surely spoke to everyone who watched. I love Jesus now more than I ever did before.

I won't write a review about the movie since admittedly, I've never tried doing one on any movie before, and I really don't think I'll be good at it. I'll leave it for Vincent (panda!) to do, since he's really good in doing reviews. I liked his review on Gothika.

To continue with my story, we went to Gbox where the Dance Maniacs (us) danced our booties away infront of the machine that had been a witness to too many dance freaks and trying-hard geeks alike. Yep. We again gathered around the Dance Maniax, the ultimate machine for frustrated people. Just kidding.

We then headed for Baywalk. We first had some picturetaking in the park where we all posed infront of the fountain and the monument of some rajah.
We ran like children having their first fieldtrip outside school towards the walk... The sign which told the civilians when to walk or not to walk across the street even had a timer... It was my first time to see one, and I was so amazed! (Talk about a technology wastebasket.. haha..)

We spent the next four hours just sitting on the tiled borders of the walk. Mainit ung iupuan namin, naka nga magka-kabag kami e. But we couldn't care less. It was non-officially our last day. Hay. The sunset was really beautiful.

Nga pla.. the place was awesome, specially when night came.. The neon lights from the nearby lamps and the multi-colored fountain across the road blended perfectly with the darkness which visually and silently reminded us that there is still a hope for III-Burbank. As everyblody knows, we were divided into 3 sections for next year - Newton, Faraday and Moseley - which, by the way, are the first, second and third section of fourth year batch '05, respectively.

At about 7:30, tita Rexie came and conducted a feeding program for the very much impoverished people of iii-Burbank. Really! The last time we ate was about two o'clock in the afternoon. Could anyone blame us for being so hungry and for finishing a tray-full of lasagna and a box of cake?! hahaha..

Hmmm... We left baywalk at 8:00 and Azalea, Randolph, Donalyn and I got on the jeepney headed for Espana at 8:30. Nilibre kami ni Randolph!!! Hahahaha.. It's a good thing that he did not become pressured (prrrt...) or anything of the sort...

I reached home at about 9:00 and talked to EJ for a while on the phone. My conversation with Vincent over the phone was cut twice - first, because of an urgent phone call that my mom needed to make (video city), and the second, because my dad got mad at me. Mind you, he pounded the phone's most crucial part (read: ung pinipindot pag ibababa mo na ung phone) like a mad person. I did not even get to finish my hurried "ei pinapababa na ni dad ung phone." That's not all. They (my mom and my dad) kept blabbing all night about this, about that. That I'm this, and I'm that. That I shouldn't have done this, I shouldn't have done that. That I must do this, I must do that.

PARA AKONG BASAHAN. I felt so low... I even had to tiptoe to their room and use my mom's phone like a criminal trying to break away from prison to text somebody and apologize for what had just happened.

There are just too many crappy things going on in my life right now.

That is why I am thankful for people who have stayed and for the friends who have managed to bear with me. Not the one who pretends to be my friend, and even make an award-winning drama out of it, but in reality just wants to prove that he/she is better than me and makes his/her motive discreet by playing the role of a "friend" magnificently and almost unsuspectedly. But I've just unveiled your cover... thanks to my real friends who unknowingly provided me the checklist (not literally) for determining a real friend. And I think that you are not one of them. YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE. Stop acting as if you really care or something.

I want to thank the following people:

III - Burbank: need I state the reasons for doing so?... hehe.. bsta, Mahal na mahal ko kayo.. :)

Ate M: for everything.. may next time pa naman for our bonding e.. mahal ko kaio ni jobel.. diyosas rule!

Kuya Omar: for always, and i mean ALWAYS, being there. I wouldn't know what to do pag wala ka.. lab u po.

Vincent: for the support.. and for the staying power. sorry for last night. wab u.

EJ: for all the fun and for the friendship.. :)

IV - Moseley: for being so nice to all of us.. for the fond memories sa YMCA... for the support sa Burbank.. for upholding delinquency.. role models!!! we love you all..

and lastly, but definitely most specially, to GOD: thank you for sending your son Jesus Christ to save us from all our sins. I love you Lord.

Kahit pala ganito ako, may konsensya pa rin.. at may Diyos na nagmamahal sa akin.. hay.. Thank you Lord.

BURBANK DOMINATION!!