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      Lesson learned: drinking coffee the night before a 7:30 exam = bad idea. I can't sleep na hinuon. Yeah. Little bits of Bisaya have been finding their way into my conversations lately. "It's like this man gud." Maybe it's because I've been thinking so much in Bisaya ever since I wrote my paper about language last Saturday.       You heard me. I actually did some work over the weekend, because I knew I wouldn't have time to write during finals week. Hooray for productivity, right? :)       WRONG. The deadline got moved to AFTER the finals. :| Ohhhhh as flies to wanton boys we are to the Gods of Deadline!      Right. Anyway. Chem exam is later, 7:30 AM. That's six hours from now, but the caffeine in my system refuses to let me rest. So here I am, online. (MY BRAIN IS FULLY SATURATED I CAN'T LEARN ANY MORE CHEMISTRY)     . . .      I can't believe I'm going home this week...

           Hello, dear reader of mine! I'm sorry for not having posted anything insightful, relevant or revolutionary in the past few days. Or in the entire course of my life, for that matter. But anyway, that's because I've had neither the time nor energy to write a "real" post in a while. So here I am right now, hoping to change that. We got a lot of catching up to do.            There was a brownout in the dorm last night, at about eleven o'clock. It didn't seem like a big deal at that time because my laptop was fully charged, and so was my roommate Jean's, and so when we had them on, the light coming from the screens kept the room sufficiently lit (not that I don't have a flashlight). Also, the room was still pretty cool (literally, cool) because the aircon had been on full blast for over three hours until then.            But then Jean decided to turn in before me, and I couldn'...

Last Thursday night (and early Friday morning), I wasn't able to get any sleep at all, so I was actually able to go with Dad at 5 in the morning to the airport to drop off Mommy, who was going to Cebu for a business seminar of some sort. This is what part of my house looked like in the early morning light. 8D After that, my dad scolded me for not sleeping, but can I really be held responsible for the strange things my body does? I mean it's not MY fault I have delayed sleep phase syndrome. Anyway, he sent me to bed right after we dropped Mom off. And thankfully, I was actually able to sleep until 12 in the afternoon. I woke up just in time for lunch and a quick shower. Then it was off to Limketkai Mall for some bonding time with the Rotary Youth City Council! (photo courtesy of Nadine 8D ) After that, I took a taxi home to grab a quick dinner, and then it was back to Limketkai with Dad, Caitlin and Lola to catch the Apo Hiking's Farewell Concert! They were AMAZING!...