abnormal. 'ab' meaning not or above or something like that. ab+normal = abnormal = not normal or above normal. but for these events, it's just simply not normal. not blogging for a very long time is abnormal.

i've been busy since last week. hell yeah... busy..

the sportsfest was fun, really, but i couldn't totally enjoy it. or i just didn't really enjoy it. the feeling of getting straight wins was not that exhilirating anymore. i mean, it was like "no chal" for some games (to be honest). or maybe i was just not feeling it. damn, i was hoping it would be the BEST sportsfest ever, but i was surely wrong.

the only highlight, for me, of the sportsfest was our SECOND TIME IN A ROW TO CHAMPION THE CHEERDANCE COMPETITION. yeah, we won the cheerdance competition when we were in 3rd yr, then again in our senior year. but we actually sucked up during the dance part because of that stupid cd. we would've performed superb if the ipod was used. anyway, we didn't anticipate it so we were amazed with the result. despite the fact that the sophies had a choreographer plus "wow"-ing stunts, and the juniors' somehow intimidating performance, we won. that was the surprising thing. the freshies, on the other hand, well.. performed as what we expected... and i guess that was the main highlight of the sportsfest --the cheerdance (for me of course.)

and yeah, i should say this sportsfest was a bluff (no offense to the sports council. remember i'm stating what i felt during the activity, not your way of organizing and managing it). i felt so down that a lot of games/events were taken away. there were no mr/ms/couple sportsfest, no softball, no mastermind, etc. no SPECIAL EVENTS! and to think this was our last year! i wanted it to be memorable. and hell yeah, that was memorable.

bad memory.

we never got the chance to champ the basketball boys. at first we were enlightened w/ the fact that we were twice to beat. then came issues about debunking that 2x to beat rule since we had 9 players (daw.) but it didn't push through. during the 1st game, all other players got fouled out except for glendon and emman. great... 2 against 5! our hopes were flactuating during the game because of the 3-point difference between the scores of the sparrows and us pteryx. then suddenly we would tie-up because of emman's amazing 3-point shots. then they would be ahead again, so on so forth.. but quantity prevailed. the juniors won by 5 points. during the second game, then again, there was a 5-point difference. damn. but this time, none of them "graduated". grr. it could've been a good sports story (the 1st game..)...

but it's not it. i didn't enjoy the sportsfest as much as last year because we were assigned to document the boring games. haha. mind games and the table tennis games. though the table tennis was actually a bit of a challenge, it was still boring 'coz we weren't out nor on the field. hehe. and the mind games, of course, was..boring.. :)

anyway, yah, that was abnormal. and apart from the responsibilities of being the eic, i'm a debater (or at least i think i am). we started our training for the NasHDC (a 5th natinal debate competition in la salle) on the first day of the sportsfest. (or was it the second day?). 5:30- pm until 7 or way past 7 pm.. and yeah, that was excruciating. the UPians were good. but not until kuya lievj came into the picture. the atenistas are waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay better.

idol!

yeah, kuya lievj came here to tacloban to train us. and also because it was his birthday (aug.24).. what a great way to celebrate his birthday. anyway, yeah, he's way better. my jaws dropped when he started talking. and now he's giving me the creeps since he's an atenista and we'll be competing against his fellow schoolmates. well anyway, he's really good. seriously. he taught us the basics, fundamentals, etc. and how to bitch people. bwahaha. >:)

and seriously, i learned a lot from him. he's a good trainor and a good debater. way better than the upians (frankly speaking..).. and he taught us how to ACTUALLY debate! something we actually didn't posses!

anyway, i've checked my grades. and as expected, i didn't make it to the DL. this is my worst performance in pisay (yet). but i expected it. its reasonable. hello?! reality check: i was lie low.. realy lie low.. low enough to get..... 1.66?! but still ranked 5.5 in our class. pathetic.

hmmm.. so anyway, that's how i've been spending my days and nights... i've been abnormal.. really abnormal.

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