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I forgot the PAWS volunteer orientation was today. Instead of signing myself up and learning the ropes around the Animal Rehabilitation Center, I spent the whole day in my dorm, playing Pokemon Leaf Green on a GameBoy emulator. And to think that this was the day I'd been looking forward to since classes started! :| alsdfj aslf jas; zas a[sklf as; Looks like I'll have to wait until next year for the next orientation. :| In other news, it's been two weeks into the semester and it's still been pretty good. Mr. Pulan actually complimented us ("us" being the whole of my English block) on a job well done writing our personal essays. He said something along of how he could see why we were placed in Advanced English, and that we had some real talent. But then he said that we can't just be satisfied with knowing how to write well. He said that we had to push ourselves intellectually and take on more complex topics. This, I think, is one creative ploys of ...

       So it's the night of October 30, which means I've exactly one week of sem break left to enjoy in Cagayan de Oro before it's off to Manila again for school. I've done nothing productive at all these past two weeks, and actually I don't intend to in the next week. But you know what? I've got absolutely no  regrets. My thinking is that the unproductivity of my sem break will compensate for all the hard work I'll be putting into my second sem! :D Ehh? Ehh? :D         Anyway. Halloween's coming up, and just what is transpiring in the Capinpuyan household this time of year? Well, like most Pinoy families, we're not doing anything. However, I can't say the same for the city of Cagayan de Oro, which seems to have suddenly joined in on the Halloween festivities.        See, my worst nightmares have come true, for today in Cagayan de Oro City, A STARBUCKS WAS BORN. It sprouted up from the ground in the midd...