bleh. this is probably going to be one of the worst christmases i’ll ever have to endure but whatever. 

in the philippines, christmas starts way early–specifically when the -ber months start to roll in– and ends way late–early february most likely. it’s ingrained in every Pinoy system. 

must. celebrate. christmas. as. soon. as. possible.

and usually, that’d be the case for me. i’d go along with the flurry and celebrate with the whole world. 

but this year, it’d been different. i don’t know if it was because of the stresses from exams, duties and anything related to school but i just didn’t feel it. 

last december eighth, kat, fred, nic, chen and i went to 168 to have a go at our christmas shoppings. not a very good way to spend the feast of the immaculate conception, but we knew deep down that we owed it to ourselves to splurge a little. besides, if we didn’t do it back then, we wouldn’t have had another chance to do it. 

it was in the divisoria area in christmas season. naturally people flocked to 168, deeming it as the new “it” place of the year. to it’s credit, the items really are cheap and the stocks are quite nice. and as i shoved and stepped on other’s shoes and got mine stepped on, i didn’t feel the usual christmas feel i get whenever i do my christmas shopping. oh, of course i loved every minute of it; i’m still a girl, right? and what kind of girl doesn’t love to shop?

then the rest of december just flew by in a blur, muchos thanks to the school and our college. we have exams on the last three days before the start of the christmas break, by the way. it felt like squeezing myself in an eye of a needle just so i could get to have a little fun.

then it ended. and i attended three parties, namely:

a.) our class christmas party. it shouldn’t have been fun because from my experience, every class party i’ve ever attended had been painful. but it was fun. probably because it was held right after the last test? or probably because of our newfound blockmates who livened up our class? i don’t know. but it was fun.

b.) the paskuhan celebration. now for some weird reason, i found the paskuhan a drag. oh sure, this year they actually had the fireworks but still. so many people littered the campus but there were so very few that i knew. the only benchers i ran into that night were marj, angeline and aiza. it sucked so much that my room mate (steffi) and i were back at the dorm by 12. bleh.

c.) the benchers’ christmas party. as usual we weren’t complete this year, thanks to paolo’s trip to china. but still, he made it to dinner so that’s something. after a late dinner at this italian restaurant that resides at abs-cbn tower(s), we moved the party to greenbelt. it took a while before the dancing got started and i think at one point i actually got drunk. it was fun, save for the fact that the boys didn’t even try to step into the dancefloor. -_-*

yun. three christmas parties down. i’m not at home sleeping the bags under my eyes off. the condemned ones have planned something big, literally speaking and i’m glad. that’d be one more excuse for me to coop up inside my room for the rest of the christmas break. i’m in one of my moods again so bleh.