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Name: Kars
B-day: October 20, 1984
Zodiac: Libra
Age: 20
School: De La Salle University

female. libra. roman catholic. music lover. broadway junkie. eccentric artist wannabe. avid movie-goer. internet freak. periodic drinker. non-smoker. chronic drunkard. class cutter. weekend bum. shoe collector. alias fanatic. trying-hard singer. frustrated ballerina. pseudo piano player. infrequent commuter. nonstop texter. former friendster devotee. current blog enthusiast.

Tuesday, August 24, 2004

blast to high school

so my ever-dreading accounting exam is finally over and done with! but i won't be talking about that because it would be a complete waste of my precious time.

i'm so happy that marianne is back in the philippines, well for 2 weeks at the least. it seemed like forever since i last saw her, and it's so surreal that she's actually here. when she texted me that she was in filinvest already (from the province) and asked me what day i was free so we could go out, i got so excited i wanted to shriek with enthusiasm. but eventhough i was overwhelmingly overjoyed (over over na yan ah!), a part of me also feared that when i'd look into her eyes, i won't see the same marianne that i knew before. we are strangers now. i was afraid that she was already conquered by those foolish american ways. you know how it is when people grow up in the states. they become so different. i've lived there, and i've seen how people shift their personalities and perspectives if you are not carefully watched by your parents. speaking in english with a twang and dressing up like britney spears (sorry she was the first thing that entered my mind) is one thing, but being detached to the filipino culture is another. teenagers there are so liberal and independent, not like us here who stick to our traditional centennial ways. i don't mean to sound condescending or anything, but it really is the truth. 'ts just two different worlds.

i immediately called up rissa to ask about our plans, and i told her to call marianne up. it turns out that we had the same concern. after much persistence, she finally called her up. she was talking to her while i was on the other line. and when she got off, she told me to overcome my own fear. and i'm glad i did. when i heard her say "hello", my heart went *kaboog*. but after that, things began to come out naturally. we were just laughing and laughing the whole time! i don't really remember the details of our conversation, except the filipino telenovelas(how judy ann is so panget when she acts, and that half-faced guy in HIRAM is just so hideous), and the time she referred to my driver as "tingting"(for those who don't know the name of my driver, keep it that way!). my conclusion based from that first-hand experience? she's the same marianne florendo. :)

we planned to go out on friday. just have dinner, and maybe experience the greenbelt night-life. marianne and i were initially meeting at around 5. however, i was just riding with the car which was going home after, so i arrived in makati at 3. i decided to just hang out in powerbooks. i was gonna stay there longer than i thought. after ten thousand years, marianne text me and told me she was gonna "try" to get there by 6. i didn't mind at all, except that the aircon of powerbooks was really ice cold, my nails were turning blue. i was reading a book, and i actually finished it. after that i was browsing through guiness book of world records 2004. oh, this freaky guy approached me and said, "uh hello, i'm really of no harm, but i just wanted to get your name." and i was like, "uh i'm not interested". do guys go to powerbooks to hit on girls? hehe. when i was hanging out there, there were so many people from different walks of life, just looking at books. and it made me think: were these people just there like me for a lack of nothing else to do? were they pretending to browse through the books and pretend to be interested in them? there was this guy even reading an atlas. i mean hello! weird...

anyway, my story is to be continued soon. i have to be a role model student again. :)