The first second that passed after I turned 17 was utter silence. All you could here in the computer shop was the clink clink of the keyboard and the other sounds coming from what they're doing.
After 5 minutes. I couldn't stand it anymore. I walked up to my mom and kissed her.
Whew. At last, she greeted me loud and clear. Yey. The whole bunch of people in our computer shop at last, greeted me. I was happy of course, they sang for me.
Ok. So it's my birthday, now what?
I've had a lot of PMs from friends and other Tabulas users greeting me Happy Birthday that midnight.
So glad they remembered. Wasn't that sweet and thoughtful?
Anyway, we closed the shop at about 1:30 in the morning.
Walked home and stopped by at the sari-sari store to buy some drinks.
After that, went home and slept.
My siblings woke me up at about 6:30 am. That was to greet me. It was 6:30 and what were they doing in the house? They should be in school. So they're LATE for school. Mama woke up late and they're all late for school. Unfortunately, there are four of them preparing for school and there's only one bathroom. Some of them didn't even take a bath. But they surely brushed their teeth. :) Anyway, Mama have to go with them to school so that they won't be reprimanded about their tardiness.
Anyway, I was asleep at that time. Mama just gave some orders but then I was still really sleepy so I kinda forgot what they were about.
She was back home anyway, to maybe prepare for lunch then she went at G-Unit Net Cafe to open it. I think it was about 10 am. And I was still sleeping. She just asked that I should watch out for the arrival of Patrick and Trisha so that I could open the door for them.
About 10:30 am, I got out of bed. Still dizzy and went to the living room. Opened the TV and the DVD player. Switched the TV to DVD mode and then popped in F.R.I.E.N.D.S dvd. I'm nearly finished with series 2. After a few episodes, they arrived and I cooked barbecue in the oven toaster for lunch. Cool huh?
Anyway, after about 15 minutes, we're eating barbecue and rice for lunch in front of the TV watching F.R.I.E.N.D.S. Mikey came seconds later and asked him to cook his own barbecue. Gawd. I'm so addicted to F.R.I.E.N.D.S now.
Anyway, after watching. We all prepared ourselves to go out. I told them we're going somewhere coz it's my birthday.
After an hour we're ready. But before that, Mama dropped by and said that her cellphone was stolen and she asked Mikey and Patrick to go look for the girl who stole it. They're gonna look for her around the village. So Trisha and I left minutes after they went.
Anyway, Trisha was crying. I don't know. She's kinda depressed coz that's the only cellphone we have in our house and that's our only way to communicate with someone. And she also has this petty reason that her favorite cellphone games were there: Snake, Bumper, and Space Impact. *sigh* That's what kids really think. By the way, Trisha gave me a gift right after she came home. She said she has three gifts for me. The first one is LOVE. The second one was a Christmas card which was doubled as a birthday card and she wrote there so thoughtful words. She's sweet, I know. The last one was six Choco-Choco sticks. Haha.
Anyway, when we got in G-Unit Net Cafe, I immediately asked Mama what happened. She told me all about it and then she asked me to stay for a while so that she could report the incident. FYI, the barangay hall is just steps away from us.
Kids were also helping out, they were on a manhunt.
Anyway, no luck. She can't be found. Worse, the cellphone could never be retrieved.
After talking about it and refreshing I was asked to go home so that I could wait for Mariah to come home. So I went back to watching F.R.I.E.N.D.S and waited for her to come. Papa and Mikey came an hour later for no reason. Pa greeted me happy birthday. :) Anyway, I still went back to watching the series and it was about 4:30 in the afternoon when she came home. I immediately asked her to take a bath and dress.
An hour later, they're all ready and we went back to G-Unit Net Cafe. Mama, Mariah, Trisha, and I all went to celebrate my birthday. Since it's already late, we couldn't go to Makati anymore. Instead, guess where we went. SM Sucat.
We first stopped by National Bookstore, since maybe I figured that they could get me a book as a gift. But then we just decided to see a movie. We bought food first, and guess where. McDonalds.
So we went to the 3rd floor and checked out the movies. National Treasure. Bad Santa. Bridget Jones 2. And something like George and the Dragon. Bad Santa was the only one that was appealing to us. (though I was really checking out Bridget Jones 2, but they weren't interested in that) Turns out Bad Santa is R-13 so Trisha can't go in. We decided that we won't see a movie this time.
We went to the Food Court at the 2nd floor and ate there our McDo meals. Good thing we didn't go see a movie coz they didn't give us spoons and fork to use with our chicken meals.
Anyway, we had fun eating. Of course, it's McDo.
After that, we strolled a bit around the mall and decided to check out the shoes. Argh. They're so expensive. Besides, I think that the money I should be spending for my clothes, shoes, bags, and books would be well-spent if used for paying my siblings' tuition fees.
I was eyeing a lot of eye candy (chick translation as clothes, shoes, bags, accessories, and books) but have to hold myself back. I don't want to be reason if my siblings would be kicked out of school because we haven't been paying them anything.
So I said, maybe a shirt would do. But it costs more than books. And figured that maybe I could just reread my books 10 more times till I could memorize it and know all of them by heart. But then, I'm not that good. So I just bought myself a magazine, Seventeen's december issue. I don't know. I think it's kinda cute that I'm buying Seventeen on my 17th year on earth during the 17th day of december.
So instead, we went to KFC to buy dinner for my brothers. After that, we checked out GUESS coz it was on the way to the taxi line but then it's so expensive at GUESS so we didn't buy anything.
After getting inside the taxi. I want to sleep. I really feel so tired. And I feel so old. (that was just a side comment though).
whew. When we got to G-Unit Net Cafe, it was so damn full that I had to wait for like 3 hours to get a seat. And finally, here I am.
So far, a lot of unfortunate things happened today.
First, mama woke up late so all of my siblings were late for school. Second, my mama's cellphone was stolen. Third, we weren't able to watch a movie coz it's already late. Fourth, I didn't get to receive a birthday present aside from what Trisha gave me. Fifth, I didn't get to buy any book and I didn't get to shop either. Sixth, we ate at McDo so there was really nothing special. Seventh, the movie we could have watched was R-13 and we wouldn't want to leave Trisha behind. Eighth, we were at SM Sucat. So I better quit procrastinating.
But then, at least I get to go to the mall, browse books at National Bookstore, windowshop for clothes, shoes, and bags, eat McDo, buy a teen mag, watch FRIENDS early this day, and now get to surf the net.
Haay. I should just always look at the brighter side of life. But I really can't help looking on the dark side. I'm human after all.
Comments are very much appreciated.
Currently feeling: sad
Well, I'm not really in school so it doesn't count for me, but it counts for everyone else and especially to those who would be affected by the super typhoon.
It started early in the morning. We were not yet even taking a bath or a shower. But, who said it's too early to take pictures? So there I was with my sisters, Mariah and Trisha, with camera in hand. Oblivious to the outside world and the storm raging, we started taking pictures. So there we were like fools having fun. We were really being silly. Making faces to see what we really look like in the camera. Now the picture on the left is me with glasses on. I've always wondered how I would look in a photo with glasses on. So judge me by the looks. Do I look alright? I seldom wear my glasses. Reasons: 1) I don't think I look good with them on. 2) My grade is different now. 3) It's 3 years old. 4) The nose pads are missing. 5) I want contacts or maybe new ones with a fashionable frame. So tell me in the comments section how I look ok? I really wanna know.
