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To forget is a regret, To remember is an honor forever…

Two years ago I entered a class which I knew was going to be entirely different for it was to be an honors class, a class with highly independent and hard-to-convince people because of obvious capabilities for logic and reason. This was also a class who barely knew and appreciated a sport that in this world too lacks the much needed attention it deserves in par with the other sports, it was volleyball.

Volleyball has been my sport ever since. It has been the sport I have engaged in for at least 4 years before I entered high school. I was introduced to it in Grade 4 and my class, 4B, became the eventual champions of the then “catch and throw” type of volleyball. Following that year, I became a varsity member of the school and in Grade 5 led my very first team to a very disappointing 8^th place finish. In Grade 7, my volleyball skills were boosted significantly as I got to be exposed with people more skilled than I was. My class, 7G, became the eventual champions of the year; it was my 2^nd taste of championship, my first real volleyball championship as we were led by volleyball legends of the batch such as Vian Serranilla and Vernon de Guzman.

I still remember that day when I thought, hey, this section needs a captain for volleyball and I’m gonna be that person! I’m gonna lead this team to something. Ofcourse, that was something to laugh at during that time since there was actually no volleyball team in existence for the honors class. I started scouting, even extending to lengths of people I don’t know and usually don’t socialize with just to get the right people for the right recipe. I started with a few people like Ino, Marc, Pim, MiggyM, and Ricoy with whom I saw some potential… (daw?) hahaha,… anyway, we practiced every morning in the FMAC honing our skills in digging and service, we started to become unified as a team. We started to become a TEAM. Yun ang di ko makakalimutan, ang early morning practices natin tapos pawis na pawis tayo during flag ceremony. Those were the days na block palang yata ang alam ko… hahah Anyway we had several practices, yung is from practice naging amazing race all around pasig just to look for a suitable volleyball court, nag jeep pa kami pauwi! For me that was really an important thing kasi isa iyong bonding moment for a team at lagi ko sinasabi sa ibang tao na iba ang pinagdadaanan ng volleyball team ng honors. It’s something worth remembering forever. In the end, we ended first year with a bang. Our practices paid off as we got top seed of our bracket in the eliminations but eventually bowed down to another section in the finals earning ourselves a silver medal. Not bad for people who never actually knew how to play volleyball.

1^st year volleyball

signi: we established ourselves as a volleyball powerhouse in the level

2^nd year volleyball ( we only reached the semis)

signi: recruitment of fresh new players and strengthening of skills, team chemistry

ANYWAY, after two years of waiting, we again reached the finals. It was as emotional as I expected it to be. I woke up early, took a bath and ate my breakfast. When I got in the car on my way to school, napag-isip ako. Wow, nandito nanaman kami sa spot na toh, hours away from a shining gold or a glittering silver. Hours away from being crowned junior champions or not. Hours away from giving 3E a show they deserve or not. A lot was going on through my mind and I dared not to show it to other people. Minutes seemed to drift fast and not long before I gain the right consciousness I was giving my final talk to my teammates gearing them up for our final battle. Only 3G stands in our way and us for them. There was a crowd watching us, 2 crowds so supportive for both sections. But only the 3E crowd (composed of 3e, 3f and other supporters of the team) for me, felt what we felt inside the game. They did not jeer, they cheered for us and they did it very well. In the simplest way I could, the game went like this: the first set was ours, the second was theirs and they prevailed to grab the 3^rd. We lost. But I’d rather say we won the silver. Silver is not bad. For me, we won. There was something in our team that made us winners all along. There are many things that we have accomplished.

1. We have established a well organized team with a good formation and a chemistry unparallel with others.
2. We have inspired our class to the sport that has not been given the attention it deserves. Our classmates trying to play volleyball was a sight for me that made my day in the semis.
3. We unified the class into cheering and backing us. 3E was a unified class then.
4. All our practices and strategizing worked. We won silver. We did our best.

After the last point, my world suddenly stopped…

I hugged my team,… I went to shake the hands of 3G players,… I sat down and tried so hard not to break into tears,… “tried so hard” being the operative phrase there,…  I didn’t care if it looked ugly, I let it all out, I cried,…

After that everything was just amazing.. I was very moved by everyone else’s response to the game.. I jut could not put into words how grateful I am to all the people who helped me recover from “our winning the silver” a new euphemism for losing,… Anyway, here it goes,…

God – Thank you for being with us every step of the way.

The Team – Thank you very much for everything, no matter what happens, we’re the best.

Dondi – Thank you for trying to make me feel ok.

Butch – Thank you for giving me words that lifted up my spirits.

King – Thank you for texting me the following night.

Gilbert – Thank you for the concern.

Ricoy – Thank you sa pagtyatyaga sakin (?)

Ben – Thanks for making me laugh again.

Guiller – Thanks for everything, ur the best coach.

Lex – Thanks for the text and the uplifting words.

3E – Thank you so much  for the support, the cheer and the concern, I really really appreciate all of you.

Ms Evan – Thank you for everything and the “it’s ok’s”

Pim and David – Thanks for everything and for making me feel ok.

3F Vball team – Thank you so much for believing in us.

Howie and Gibbz – Thank you for consoling me, I knew you were there...

Yancy – Thank you for believing in my team

 I hope wala akong nakalimutan, anyway, I’m over na rin naman with our “winning the silver” so I didn’t really put many details into this entry,… Yun lang,..

INO - MARC - RICOY - BUTCH - BEN - MILES

It’s not over guys, the torch of the 4A volleyball team has just been lit.

Let not the color of our medal stop us from believing we reached success.

We will come, we will see, and we will conquer. I love you all!

(spiking Miles,.. haha)

Signing off,

Miles

After that, maraming mga nangyari that helped me forget last Thusday, i had an overnight at Dave's then we went to have an overnight in Canyon Woods sa Tagaytay with my family,...

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WOAH! I forgot all about this thing,.. haha!  Sobrang tinatamad ako i-update toh kasi ang dami ko pang iniisip at dapat gawin kaya ngayon lang ulit ako makakapag-blog,... Anyway, so many things have happened over the past week and for me the week is generally ambiguous,.. naguguluhan ako kung dapat ba akong magsaya , malungkot , matuwa  o magalit ,... naghalo-halo nanaman tong mga bagay na toh sa utak ko and i can't seem to get hold of myself,... anyway, let's start running down the things that have happened,...

THE DAY BEFORE "THE DAY" - Monday, 12-06-04

We started the day with a surprise convocation  about college life and the things that go with it,... i wasn't very surprised though that it turned out that nothing new was offered to me except the "unlimited cuts" you get once you become a dean's lister to which I am really really interested in,... (hahah, asa pa!) So anyway there, we had two scheduled tests in English the following period and because of that I literally didn't sleep Sunday night going to Monday morning and to further reinforce my quest to just study and study for the day I took a bath at around 1 am and so by 2 am i was already in my uniform,... I studied in Social Science then Science then Social Science again then finally English which as far as i recalled included 10 topics,... That was the first time ever I didn't sleep the whole night for anything, anything for that matter,... and for that both tests were cancelled instead to be replaced by a Reading test na ang baba naman ng nakuha ko,... then SocSci we took the test and as of now alam kong may 2 mistakes na ako,... what's happening to the world? Then nagtest din kami sa science and I didn't fare well din kasi mali ako sa number 1 eh ang laki ng points nun,... then umuwi na ako at sa sobrang antok ko nakatulog ako sa FX at muntik pa akong lumampas sa binababaan ko,... i guess i paid too much for a whistle,... when i got home, i took a bath and no sooner did i find myself facing my pillow sleeping already,...

everything that has occured that day was nothing short of bad,  so much for this day,...

THE DAY THAT WAS "THE DAY" - Tuesday, 12-07-04

A close (?) friend of mine once theorized that in life, one of the natural orders is this: "when something good happens, something bad occurs and when something bad occurs, something good will happen..."

This day was the day everyone was waiting for... the INTRAMS,..

So there, for 3-E the first scheduled game was Basketball at 8am but I asked Ms. Evan if the Volleyball team could leave earlier to get ourselves ready for our 9am match against 3-A, she told me naman that i was to call the shots and so at 8:20, the team went down na to change, do our prayer service (heheh...) and then do some little warm up drills,...  then after that we started the match,... 3-A provided some stiff resistance and as a result, i had to dive for the ball several times kaya natanggal yung balat ko sa tuhod,... nako! we we're playing and ang hapdi hapdi na ng mga tuhod ko! The game was pretty good, magaganda yung mga palo ko and our rotation and plays were at its finest,... we got a taste of first blood when we won the game and we now had to turn our attention to 12:30's game against 3-G, a gifted yet an unsportsmanlike team, sa totoo lang,... during our long break, Pim, a close friend and the captain ball of 3-A accompanied me sa clinic to get treatment for my wounds,... the nurse asked me kung bakit siya pa ang nagdala sakin sa clinic and all i could say was "ewan... napaka-supportive ng mga teammates ko eh..." so ayun,... I applied betadine and some kind of cream to my wounds and ang sakit talaga... anyway, after that nagpahinga lang talaga ako and i was contemplating on what to tell my team to get them fired up against tough opposition coming up,... the team met up 12pm and i did some "sermon/pep talk" that we badly needed and guiller was with me all the time helping me prepare psychologically and strategically the team,... anyway, the game started and dahil nandoon ang buong 3-E at cheering squad nito, it was naturally the noisiest game inside the gym and pati yung mga players sa kabilang court na may laban din napapatingin na,.. hehehe  It was a stiff competition and a very tense one but we prevailed over them 25-23, 25-17,... Victory was sweet,... I did some things i never thought i could do,... Ang ayos ng mga palo ko,...  After that game we just won ourselves a seat in the semi-finals as the top seed of bracket A,.. It was good!

Thank you Lord! Thank you Lord! --> that was what I said before we got our winning point...  

And I have to thanks lots of people:

GUILLER --> Napakagaling mong coach! Salamat sa lahat lahat ng nagawa mo for us,... Hindi mo ako iniwanan at lagi mong pinapalakas ang loob ko at ng team,...

THE TEAM --> Ino, Butch, Ricoy, Ben, Marc, Jase, Jonathan,.. thanks for putting up with me always, thanks for giving your best and for playing well,.. Kaya natin toh!

DAVID --> thank you so much for everything! for everything! for believing in my team kahit may sarili ka! hahahah ui selos 3-F! hahaha...

VIAN and YANCY --> Maraming salamat sa lahat ng suporta nyo nanaapreciate ng team namin,.. Thanks for all the strategy tips and the encouraging words,...

MIGGY M., LEX, Ms. EVAN and the rest of the 3-E people --> Thanks so much for attending our games and for loudly cheering for us, nakakainspire kayo,... gagalingan namin!

Sa lahat lahat ng tao na bahagi ng napakasayang at matagumpay na araw na toh for the volleyball team, maraming maraming salamat!!

The heat is on now as we look ahead to the semi-finals on Wednesday...

3-E vs 3-H and 3-F vs 3-G

shall battle it out for the 2 coveted seats of the finals on Thursday,... Goodluck to 3-E and 3-F,... 

After ng intrams bagsak ako sa kama! Ang sakit ng mga legs ko puro cramps! Tuhod ko! Low back pains! Buong katawan ko ang sakit,... hahahaha

THE DAYS AFTER "THE DAY" - (skip Wednesday) Thursday and Friday, 12-09/10-04

NAKAKABADTRIP! --> self-explanatory...

I would like to attribute  and express my deep gratitude for my being pissed off to the following:

Cooking class

Ang DAKILA kong seatmate, may araw ka rin,...

At sa lahat ng taong in their small way dumagdag pa,..

Salamat!

(Friday --> i went out to Greenhills with Martin and David to do some Christmas shopping para maibalot na lahat ng dapat maibalot... I was thinking na dahil konti lang pera ko at i didn't want to spend lots talaga and so i told myself ilalabas ko na ang lahat ng ka-cheapan ko hahaha,.. but still nothing happened,.. ang laki ng gastos ko! sa mga kaibigan palang na gift,... paubos na pera ko wala pa akong regalo sa iba pang friends at family...?!

patay na! patay na talaga!!!)

Anyway I'll end my entry here,.. Happy Birthday Ms. Arr, mahal ka naming lahat!  Till next time, ya'll take care,.. im outta here,...

Signing Off,

Miles

Oh picture gallery muna,.. hahahah (Pic 1 --> w/ 3-E Vball Team Pic 2 --> w/ Closest friends (barkada "kuno") Pic 3 --> w/ Friends) 

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Howdy! Over the past few days na marami sana akong nasulat dito dahil maraming mga nangyari ay medyo tinamad ako... It's only now that i found time and ngayon lang din ako nagkagana mag-blog...  Today, i wanna say thanks, ginaganahan lang ako mag thank you sa mga tao at hindi pa po ako mamamatay, bow!...

David:

Thanks for keeping me company always... you're always there when i have problems, when i'm excited, when i'm depressed, when i'm happy but most of all for being there during the most boring moments of my everyday life... in short, boring ka talaga! ulol! You'll always be that DA i always knew, thanks friend! hahaha,... kidding,...

Migen and Martin:

I never thought na "game" kayo sumayaw ng totoy bibbo in front of others,... astig kayo! hahaha,... Thanks for being there sa ating mga gimmicks-slash-shopping hahaha,... Saya nyo kasama! Yung spaghetti mo pala Martin ang sarap! Dalan mo ako sa Christmas party? hahaha...

Miggy:

Thanks for irritating me last night,... very much appreciated!

Lex:

Thanks for irritating me the other nights,... and for patiently chatting with me always, you're one of the best chatmates...

Ate:

Thanks for hanging out with me the other day watching DVD and eating some snacks...

Gio:

Thanks for always laughing even if there's nothing funny... Natatawa na rin ako...

Dad and Mom:

Something happened last Tuesday night that i didn't expect but both of you were there to help me.. i could not articulate how i felt when i saw how concerned you were...  thanks din to Mom for giving me lots of money...

Lord:

Thanks for always being there...

On the other side....

To The Filipino Nation:

Pray... and help others in your own small way. We are all but brothers and sisters after all. I hope this teaches us something.. and eventually unite us. Let it be known that if there will be no action done on the account of the hundreds who died, what then makes us as a people? Ang problema kasi satin, pagkatapos natin umiyak, maawa at magalit, lahat tayo natutulog lang ulit at parang panaginip lang ang lahat... i hope there's change and let change start with.........................

Those Bastards Sitting in Congress:

!

It's about time you feel guilty about blocking the passage of the law against total log ban and for protecting illegal loggers.  Legal logging and illegal logging are not different! Both of them are logging! It doesn't make any difference!  You have to pass the law on total log ban! Or else mag resign nalang kayo! Sana multuhin kayo!

Anyway, i would like to say sorry to the Filipino people for i have been very selfish... I have been wishing that the typhoon would leave our country so that our intrams would push through when in some parts of our country thousands have been wishing that the typhoon soon leaves so that they could live... I'm so sorry,...

~ ~ Our soiree has been moved to next Saturday the 11th of December while the intrams will push through on Tuesday December 7th...

~ ~ Ang dami kong bagsak this quarter at ang magandang gawin nalang ay tumawa  at matulog!\

Yun lang, bye!

signing off,

Miles

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This is officially the last day of the second part of our sembreak, it's raining outside and i can only wish that they suspend tomorrow's classes not only because im too lazy to study but also to prevent the pending "1st time" i'll be havin tomorrow,.. They say there's always a first time but i think tomorrow's not the right time for me to commute for the first time with this rain goin on,.. I don't wanna get sick! Intrams sa friday noh! I have to be in perfect condition that day,.. and I'm so excited!

Yesterday, after hearin mass we went to Powerplant to watch Alexander,... it was a big disappointment to realize that all the fuss about this movie ended up just like most of the fuss a movie gets until i see it... a flop! The movie drove again and again the message: Alexander was great. Alexander was fabulous. Alexander was a bisexual. I didn't like the movie, the editing and cinematography were horrible and the sounds and sound effects didn't amaze me that much,... I guess the only thing that will remain in my mind about this movie was Angelina Jolie shouting: Alegzandurr! Alegzandurr! again and again,... so much about the guy who wanted everything,...

I just came home from the barber shop, nagpagupit na ako finally! After ages of hide and seek with Mr. M,... I hate my hair short but anyway at least it will grow back hopefully by Christmas break mahaba na ulit toh,... I have to finish lots of things today because i did nothing but bum around the past few days,... which was kinda stupid because i had all the time in the world to do what i was supposed to do and not cram just today, it's amazing even that i found the time to blog,. hahahah  labo talaga,...

Onga pala, galit ako kasi tinanggal nila si KC at Bebs,... it's a preposterous decision! 

Right now,...

My patience is short,...

My temper is high,...

Bear with me,...

signing off,

Miles

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This day has been very kind to me...

I really really enjoyed my day today! Seryoso,... eh sino bang hindi matutuwa ang dami kong binili! hahaha,.. at kasama ko pa ang mga kaibigan ko,... true friends, might i add,... I am very thankful because i have friends like them who make my life really pleasant,... Ben, Martin, Migen, Jase, Dave,... salamat! Napaka-astig ninyong mga nilalang! You guys are such a good treatment because whenever we bond together nawawala ang problema ko,... thanks really!  

So this is how my day went,...

THE GATHERING:

So there, at the exact time we were supposed to meet as a group, there were only two of us who saw each other, mabuhay ka Ben! Ben and i met up sa may harap ng movie house and not so long after, we found ourselves roaming theater mall,... Then, after ten minutes, we found ourselves roaming theater mall for the second time, this time, with Migen and Martin already while the last guy we were supposedly waiting for was still in Camp Aguinaldo daw,... asus,...anyway, after second round dumating na siya,.. then it's on to our favorite bonding moment,.... it was time for us to eat!

AND THEN THERE WAS YELLOW CAB:

So obvious na siguro kung san kami kumain,..  Mmmm we found ourselves salivating to this 18 inch pepperoni and mushroom pizza and hot chicken wings,.. ambilis naubos parang dinaanan ng bagyo yung table namin,.. haha at nagkasipon kami ni Ben dahil sa hot sauce with pepper,... hahaha

I DIDNT WANT TO SPEND, I SPENT:

Sa aming anim, after everything was said and done, ako ang may pinakamaraming binili at therefore ako ang pinakamagastos na nilalang,... Even now as i run down the things i bought, all i can say is oh my... tsktsk,.. ohwel,.. hahaha

Here goes:

The first thing i bought was a *****  which i can't name,.. haha but it cost me 150 pesos,...

The second thing i bought was a cool black belt for 100 pesos,...

After that i bought a cool shirt and perfume in oxygen which cost me 650 all in all,.. haha good buy toh!

Then we bought this jacket na sobrang astig!  4 of us bought jackets of the same astig design,... I bought the white, green for dave, blue for migen and black for ben,.. haha barks jacket ba yon?! hahaha,... It cost me 800

Di pa rin ako nakatiis at i just had to buy this cool visor for 275 pesos,...

I had to spend rin for my food pa,...

So ayun,... nako! nako! nako!,... This day is not money-friendly and i certainly gave in to the temptation of buying and buying things,... I didnt want to spend, but i spent,... hahaha,... ohwel,... i have to start saving up na nga pala,.. the other day i was writing a list of the people whom i will give christmas gifts to,.. p*ch*?! ang dami netoh! waaaaaah! patay na,... haha,.. patay na talaga!

WORLD TOPPS TRADITION:

For the second time, we reconvened on a restaurant we have previously dined in,... We ate again in World Topps and i ordered Adobo Flakes,.. ang sarap sarap! Mmmm,... At syempre lahat kami sinulit ang bottomless iced tea,... si Jase naka lima or anim yata,.. haha nalugi talaga sila samin,.. ohwel,... May significance rin nga pala ang dinner na toh dahil napagkasunduan namin dito na sasayaw kami ng TOTOY BIBBO sa wednesday! hahaha,.. astig! patay na,... patay na talaga! 

Everything that has a beginning has an end, so whatever cool thing i was doing and whatever happiness i was feeling just had to end when the clock hit 8:00pm,... so there hinatid ko si Jase sa Metrowalk and then i went home,... yun,... yun,... yun,... yun nga!

The end,...

Thanks to Ben, Jase, Martin, Migen, Dave,...

Ang saya nyo kasama,...

Nakakawala kayo ng problema,...

Kaya lang meron na ulit ngayong tapos na,... anyway

I look forward to more,...

Signing Off,

Miles