Bababa ba?

oftentimes when i don’t have a ride home, i take the jeepney. the shortest route from ateneo high school to katipunan (where i catch a jeep) is through miriam. most ateneans and miriamites know that within the borders of their school there is small bridge that connects our schools together (more popularly known as the “friendship bridge”).

between the two very large schools resides SAID (Southeast Asian Institute for the Deaf). this is where some of our deaf brothers and sisters study.

i find it kind of weird that whenever i pass by, it sometimes is actually very noisy. you wouldn’t expect that deaf people could produce voices (well duh, they’re deaf, not dumb). but still, it’s a weird experience because their voices are not like normal voices. of course they could not speak, but there is something special about the sounds that they make.

at first you would think that these sounds came from either autistic people or babies. since they lack the element of words in their speech, we tend to look at this as abnormal.

a trip home this afternoon changed my perspective.

as i was passing through miriam this afternoon i noticed 4 SAID students ahead of me. i watched them exchange hand signals and smiles. and after a while, they started laughing. they laughed a child-like laughter, like of a baby’s. at first i dismissed this as something very normal of, non-hearing people with non-speaking voices. i felt sorry for them for they were deprived of voice.

but as i walked further, i thought, “who is the one deprived here?” i noticed the freedom in their laughter. they laughed as if no one was listening to them, as if no one really cared. they laughed with a very careless laughter. they laughed with a laughter unblemished by societal standards of laughter.

then i realized that somehow they were privileged. they needn’t listen to the harsh judgements of the people around them. they simply turned a deaf ear whenever people would say nasty things about them. it’s as if they have their own world.

wait, they DO have their own world.

i admire these people…

i discovered that the girl on the upper part of my blog is also the girl on the upper part of ishi’s blog. hahahaha. wala lang.

mayroon kaming adjutant na napaka-hilig magbigay ng kung anu-anong sanctions. kahit simple lang ang offense mo (pagbigay ng reply slip sa maling tao), ipoposte ka niya. hindi lang isang oras, pero dalawa pa.

nainis ako lalo kasi kami ay kanyang ipinagbintangan sa kasong TRUANCY para sa CAT session noong ika-16 ng setyembre. and to think na nandun kami nung session na iyon!

feeling namin naiinis siya kasi napahiya siya nung ika-9 ng setyembre. noong araw na iyon kasi ay excused kami sa CAT dahil magpeperform kami sa Alay Kay Maria. may mga sulat pa nga kami mula kina sir pagsi at sir chris, na nabalitaan kong pinirmahan ng isa pang adjutant ng CAT. nawirdohan ako kasi narinig ko sa kaklase ko na habang wala kami nagsisigaw daw siya na hindi raw kami excused at ipapaposte daw niya kami. tsk tsk. wirdo. official school business yun, at hindi kami dapat kinakasuhan ng mga kaso katulad ng truancy/cutting classes dahil dun. duh, school yung nagpagawa sa amin nun. so ibig sabihin nun kakasuhan niyo kami dahil sa mga pinapagawa ng school?

ang ewan din kasi sept 9 yun, tapos sinasanction niya kami para sa sept 16. tsk tsk.

isa pang topak sa CAT ay ginagawang mandatory and panunuod ng UAAP juniors game bukas. naglabas ba naman ng sulat kanina na sinasabi, “in lieu of the CAT Training this friday, the cadets are to watch and support the Juniors Team at the Araneta Coliseum…”

oh siyempre, wow yun, school spirit!

pero what about the other events that also promote the school spirit? basketball na lang ba ang nagbubuklod sa mga atenista ngayon? naku, kung alam niyo lang, napakarami pang kayang gawin ng atenista! nung sunday sumabak ang glee club natin sa voices in harmony, tapos pasok sila sa finals. pero hindi naman pinansin ng mga atenista. ang soccer team natin champion last year! pero hindi man lang at binigyan ng malakihang parangal. dati-rati ay sumasali kaming INDAK sa mga kumpetisyon sa labas ng ateneo, pero minamaliit lang kami ng sarili naming paaralan (kaya medyo nawalan kami ng gana. pero ngayong taon papakitaan namin sila). bakit nga ba tuwing may larong UAAP basketball lang nila naiisipang putulin ang oras ng klase para manuod? tuwing champion ang juniors lang ba dapat tayo nagdiriwang? tuwing may laro ang juniors lang ba dapat tayo magsuspinde ng CAT?

it’s really flawed… tsk tsk tsk…

maling-mali ang araw na ito, sa simula pa lang. gumising ako na inaantok, kulang pa rin ako sa tulog (pesteng mga gawain sa school). masama pa rin ang tiyan ko, hinahyper-acidity ako. sablay ang panlasa ko, so di ko natipuhan yung ulam kaninang umaga at nagpaluto ako ng noodles na may sabaw. biglang napaidlip ako. nagtilt yung head ko tapos nabigla ako at biglang natabig ko yung bowl ng noodles at natapunan ako ng napakaraming mainit na sabaw (galing noh).

absent si lawrence, pero sinabay pa rin ako ng kotse niya (papasok pa rin si angelique). pero siyempre, nahiya ako, sabi ko maglalakad na lang ako pagdating sa miriam. wrong move, pagkadating ko sa ateneo sobrang pagud na pagod na ako (at masakit pa rin ang tiyan ko).

pasang awa yung long test ko sa math. as in eksaktong passing mark yung nakuha ko. nadale ako sa multiple choice. tulog ako nung recess, habang nagkakatuwaan lahat ng kaklase ko. nagpunta akong infirmary, at binigyan lang ako ng kremil-s at ammonium.

sabog yung lesson ko sa td. nagsermon na lang ako kasi hindi gumagawa ng homework yung mga bata. sabi ko, pag mahuli ko sila ulit na gumagawa ng homework para sa school nila sa hapon habang TD, may minus sila sa grade.

pauwi nag-jeep lang ako. matrapik, mainit. nakatulog ako, tas pag-gising ko pawisan na ako.

pagdating ko sa bahay tulog agad ako. kagigising ko lang nung mga 7pm, mahigit dalawang oras na ang tulog ko.

ngayon, marami pa akong kailangang gawin. physics homework, math homework, english notecards, waaaaah..

and i just realized that i wasn’t able to bring home my td books. kelangan pa naman daw aralin

oh well

if there is such a word. ;p tinambakan kami ng trabaho. as in sunud-sunod na gawain. oh well. just wish us luck.

everything’s functional, more or less. the tagboard’s up again! yeah!

so nawala yung tagboard… waaaaah

currently am in the stage of revising the theme. a little tweaking here and there and stuff. :P hahaha. ang hirap nito! waaaaaaah

there seems to be a problem when using firefox in viewing this blog. parang may topak yung thingy sa left. hahaha. oh well

test post. hahaha. tingnan natin kung talagang gumagana ito, tulad ng sinabi ko sa naunang post. ;)

yeah. the blog’s working. pati na rin yung tagboard. many thanks to my kuya (jangelo.racoma.net) and the one who made this theme (kung sino ka man)