Bitter-Sweet Rivals, Where Was The Gang Green Back Then?

Where was the Gang Green in times the Blues & The Whites suffered a big-time loss 5 years ago that even took a toll on me after i got back-stabbed by a teacher in front of the entire class? Where was TY Tang when Chris Tiu decided to be the heir to the position of Team Captain from JC Intal who almost lost some fresh air after he cried too much? Where was my teacher who i know for 3 years who i found out she's 1 of my dad's friends from high school? It's like i need the teacher i know more than the teacher who back-stabbed me at the front of the whole class as much Ateneo needs La Salle, the Blues & the Whites need the Gang Green, as like Chris Tiu needs JV Casio, Jai Reyes needs James Mangahas & either Eric Salamat or Kirk Long needs Simon Atkins. When the Gang Green came back in 2007, a heated rivalry enters the stage or rebirth. With La Salle had their bows & arrows fixed to become durable, they will use it to aim it on their target, Ateneo. Like as i try to fix up the story from the back of my head, an arrow aimed on my arm, as i pull it out, traces of blue-colored blood covers the arrow's sharp tip. Pain was slightly bad but i have to get into it. Like an Archer needs to aim it's arrow on an Eagle. If only the Blues & the Whites escape from the Gang Green's attack.

The Blues & The Whites & even the Gang Green are welcome to my life, but as i try to tell to the teacher i know for 3 years about what happened on the darkest day of my life, in my DLSU or ADMU-related gear, over at Starbucks. While i would go for a Venti Cafe Mocha & a large chocolate chip cookie that reminds me of Sophomore Year HS. I know she is a teacher, but finding out the truth that she is 1 of my dad's pals from high school, i was like more surprised. Nah, i was not really trying to impress her with my new look, i was just trying to express who i am now away from who i am in the past. But the truth is, there will be some drama. But i guess i will found some inspiration, advice & tips from a teacher that i know thru the years. (Ok, so i should remind my auntie on my mom's side about the DLSU Goodies.) Anyway, where will the Blues & the Whites be without the Gang Green?

Sharing The Same Fate

Is it just coincidence or it's all by accident or it just happened but i didn't noticed at all, why? That was the question boggled around my head about what happened 5 years ago after i found out a shocker last night. The shocker: Myself & the Ateneo Blue Eagles shared the same fate of sadness during October 2006. The shocking defeat & the shocking backstabbing at the front of the class. It's like what happened back 5 years ago is like a tiger's claw scratching on my skin. But it would be better if there are some arrows aimed on me, an archer's arrow is more painful than a tiger's claw. During that time, i wish there could be a time i could pass by Katipunan Avenue, seeing the view of Ateneo De Manila University, the school by the hill, as heard in the lyrics of the Ateneo song, Song For Mary. My identity, my life story, my real reason of existence, all bothered by the darkest day of my life where a tiger's sharp claw sinking on my skin, creating cuts as small drops of blood come out. But it would be better for me to be aimed by more than 100 arrows from the archers, but not those ordinary archers, the Green Archers to be exact, hunting down the Blue Eagles, like the legendary rivalry in the hard-court, ever excited in Philippine sports. For me, i would rather die from an archer's arrow. Like Ateneo would be defeated in the hands of La Salle, or reverse. La Salle would rather be defeated in the hands of Ateneo.

After my former classmate decided to call me up the day before a UAAP Game, after i watched a feature about the DLSU Green Archers on TV last night, i feel bothered if i would attend the class reunion this December or not. Sometimes, i think twice like i would read at the back of my head. Like i would smell a disaster going on, telling to accept that it was my fault on what happened during the darkest day of my life. I said i don't want to, like the ghosts of the past is back to get me. My former classmates would rather tag me on the pics of the past field trips that they would love to upload on Facebook, they would ask me if i will show up on the class reunion, they would ask me if i'm ok. But i don't feel like i would love to talk to them. I would rather cry in the rain, like my former classmates did a destructive plan over Katipunan Avenue & Taft Avenue. Surviving a slight car crash like what happened to Vic Zhou, only suffering minor injuries except that he got cuts. & then, there were 5 Blue Eagles & 4 Green Archers (Bacon Austria, Nico Salva, Kirk Long, Oping Sumalinog, Justin Chua, Joshua Webb, Maui Villanueva, Simon Atkins & L.A. Revilla) Would rather rescue me to escape the trouble of my past life. They are coming to save me from the trouble of my past. Another story from the back of my head again.

College Basketball Celebrities

Forget hearing the news on the net, the TV or the papers about originally-made reality show-based celebrities who have gone into the wrong paths of their careers, this is ending up nowhere. Instead, this is a post which i will make it as a tribute to the collegiate basketball cagers who ended up treated like celebrities every time they don their school's colors in their basketball jerseys & fight for their school. Welcome to the world of the college basketball players.

When June rolls out, it's the kick off of the college basketball season. But as early as April, when every student takes a break due to the heat of the summer sun, pre-season tournaments rolled out to witness who will enter the college basketball scene by June for the NCAA & July for the UAAP. But it's like a heart-stopping NCAA or UAAP game even if it's not the college basketball peak months i guess, like an Ateneo-La Salle game on summer time where the entire venue, The Arena in San Juan is filled up, even though the crowd capacity is not more than the seating capacity of the Smart Araneta Coliseum. But that's always a sight of every Ateneo-La Salle game. The Blue & The Green dividing the venue into a sea of green & an ocean of blue. About last year, upon the arrival of the new decade. It was a year of Lions & Eagles. Ateneo aimed their 3rd straight tittle, a modern-day 3 peat for the Blue Eagles. While San Beda redeemed themselves in a perfect 18-0 standing to get the tittle back, the Red Lions roared louder with a pumped-up roster & we witnessed how Anthony & David Semerad started the road to redemption. That was an intensive year ever!

We don't just see the college cagers on the court, every July, Chalk Magazine, U Magazine & Rebound Magazine come up with features related to the NCAA & the UAAP, even the Young Star section of The Philippine Star has a feature related to both college sports leagues to fill the cravings of die-hard & novice college basketball fans. But it looks like both The Philippine Star & Philippine Daily Inquirer has a feature of both leagues in a special supplement or in their lifestyle supplements to give their readers a lowdown of who are these cagers on & off the court. As of this moment, i was a college basketball geek in-training since the return of the Ateneo-La Salle rivalry in 2007. On the net, Yahoo! Philippines has College Hoops, a special site related to the UAAP & they also post articles related to the UAAP & the NCAA on Fit To Post. So, every college basketball fan will never be left behind to get the real dish on their favorite college basketball teams & cagers. Anyway, if you're in to the world of college basketball, be in the know so you don't have to be left behind. 

Mind In Recall Mode

Do i remember the time my first Christmas gift days before Christmas day was a can of Campbell's Mushroom Soup? It's not a joke indeed now my favorite Auntie knows i was a mushroom soup freak. (That was before the start of the Christmas Day where i received some Manga Comics & Anime Posters as my Christmas gift.) That was quite shocking for me but it dated back 11 years ago when i was a 7th Grader, counting down the days i will say goodbye to my grade school life while i was trying to explore my real self. (Junior Year HS was the time for me i tried to explore the missing links of my life & it all began when i discovered the school from The Hill.) Or what about trying to visit the places where i visited during field trips back when i was in Junior Year HS? God, if only i know that Araneta Center has Gateway Mall & Shopwise where i bought my snacks back when i was in Junior Year HS, just a few walks or a drive away from the tension of the UAAP Games at the Smart Araneta Coliseum. So, you want me to go to either Shopwise-Araneta or Rustan's Supermarket Fresh-Gateway in my Ateneo Team Gear from either Adidas, Nike, Blue Crew or Get Blued in those places? What if i will be caught by my former classmates? Sometimes, i don't want to spell trouble anymore. I'll just be innocent instead. No fake smiles, please.

Anyway, about the mushroom soup thing, the last time i hold a can of Campbell's Mushroom Soup was around March of 2008, god, back 11 years ago was quite shocking since my favorite Auntie introduced it to me before the end of the semestral break. 3 months later, before Christmas Day, i just got a can of Campbell's Mushroom Soup when my late grandma gave it to me from my favorite Auntie with love, i was just getting started to read a Japanese Manga anyway. Don't tell me this will happen again, this time on a higher note. IN MY DLSU OR ADMU TEAM GEAR? I would faint in a funny way if that happened again on December of this year. (New hairdo, Adidas or Nike-Ateneo &/or La Salle Team Gears from 2008 to 2011 & a real smile quite included, but a shocking Naruto-like face could be included.) So, maybe the free-spirited guys at Grandma's house where Grandma asks me when will be at her house for a vacation would turn me into a surprised grandchild at 23. Maybe it's just because i was the first grandchild doesn't mean i'm the favorite, i was just the flabbergasted one. Wow, that was great.

Well, my mind tries to remember me of the times i had fun on those times back in the past.

Never Blame The Sinister Of The Ateneo Madness

Sometimes, i don't want to let my former classmates at COLF blame my little sister of the Ateneo madness i was on since 2007, once a life-changing decision which university to go upon the start of the college life is now the madness i entered just to have a better life, away from the troubles of the past. It's not like i just want to wear an Ateneo retro jersey from 2007 just to be ok if i was pushed to the limits to attend the class reunion with my little sister aka the sinister of the Ateneo madness since 2007. Like if i would know that i smell some trouble, top the orange-colored Meteor Garden tee with a blue-colored Adidas-Ateneo 2007 Ken Barracoso Jersey in Blue. But i guess i don't smell trouble anymore, it's now the time of forgiving, not trying to heal the wounds of the past in a wrong way like blaming the people who started the dark days. Like reading what i thought at the back of my head like i would rather be killed by an Archer instead of a Tiger. An arrow's sharp tip could be painful when it hits the target, but an Eagle's claws is sharp, equivalent of 4 arrows. It's like i convert the Ateneo-La Salle rivalry in the pains of my reality since 5 years ago, blending some basketball rivalry with some hints of fantasy from reading too much books of different reference types & watching different Power Rangers teams of different plots.

Yes, all of the Ateneo madness really drives me nuts, for 4 years even until now. The boys from a school from The Hill known as Katipunan Avenue & Loyola Heights is been like a lair of Eagles. My life after the darkest day of my life is been like an eagle took flight on the top of the skies, trying to give me a sign that the solar or lunar eclipse will end as the sun will shine again or the moon will return it's white light after being tinted in red. The darkest day of my life left a mark on me, wounds from a tiger's claw, but wounds left from the arrows aimed by the bow of an archer would be more painful. As i would know, i was trying to make up an unforgettable fantasy-meets-reality Ateneo-La Salle tale of my life from entering the darkest day of my life to getting in to the Ateneo madness. The Hill is a place where my life changed for the better, if i didn't know that if my little sister will go to the school by The Hill, i didn't know she will spent her college years at Ateneo. But what i haven't know is what my mom told me that on the year i was born, the boys from The Hill won their first back-to-back UAAP Tittle which it was duplicated 21 years later during the sesquicentennial year of ADMU.

Sometimes, i would rather find out the links of myself to the school by The Hill. What was it all about? Is it just fate or just by accident? One way to find out is to explore.

The Forgiven Ones

With all of what i've heard, thought & felt since the year 2007, sometimes, some events of the past could be linked on what will happen to the present, so before the ber-months roll out next month, let me just spill here of what i thought of the events from the past 3 years during the last decade, what will happen is what we will know in the new decade:

Maybe now, the gods are still not going to forgive Sandara Park's ex-boyfriend a 2nd chance after he got involved on a car accident. Yes, i admit i cussed him too much & this happened, at least it wasn't my fault after all. If he doesn't like K-Pop, fine, but the gods forgive Lee Min Ho a 2nd chance in life, just to end up playing a challenging character in the K-Drama, City Hunter. Wearing a mask & ending up being an assassin of sorts. Yes, i've been raving for City Hunter upon hearing buzzes about the shower scene, the car accident & the character that could make a mark. I could turn his character as a secret weapon against the only one who hates K-Pop due to that he left his Korean ex-girlfriend behind while i witnessed the return of the DLSU Green Archers to give the ADMU Blue Eagles a pain in head back in 2007. Sometimes, i would end up getting in the know inside the UAAP universe instead. But in life, you will encounter some personal demons, but you will also end up some personal allies. Ok, now this makes me excited to watch City Hunter.

In 2007, we said goodbye to Sandara Park, (SCREW HER EX-BOYFRIEND!) but we said hello back to the DLSU Green Archers, we just forgive them to give the ADMU Blue Eagles a deep breather for now. But this is about the return of the legendary rivalry in Philippine sports after a year of silence. (TY Tang is back to give Chris Tiu his nightmare!) We said hello big-time to Chris Tiu, everyone knew that he will end up as modern-day Atenean, being a man for others. But during his last 2 years as a Blue Eagle, leading the way of the Eagles as the Team Captain, they would rather be hit with arrows more than anything else. Arrows aimed from a Green Archer to be exact. But during the years of 2007-2010, we witnessed the bitter rivals upon their transformations, like finding out that Ryan Buenafe goes to Ateneo, Justin Chua confessed on national TV that he's heading to Ateneo, Joshua Webb aimed his arrow to give the DLSZ Junior Archers the crown from Kiefer Ravena, Von Pessumal, Juami Tiongson & the ADMU Blue Eaglets, Kirk Long shined high upon his heart-stopping buzzer-beater against the UST Growling Tigers, Nonoy Baclao is not letting Rico Maierhofer aim that shot during the ADMU-DLSU finals circa UAAP Season 71, Jai Reyes tries to repeat history for the Eagles in 2009 circa UAAP Season 72-Finals despite the Ondoy aftermath, Ryan Buenafe's promise become a reality in 2010 circa UAAP Season 73-Finals & the rise of Kiefer Ravena as the Phenom & so on & so forth. Phew, so many stories, so little time.

Maybe i admit i was no entertainment freak, since i had some time to watch some celebrity talk shows on TV, i would end up instead reading magazines related to college basketball like Chalk, U & Rebound. (Oh, i just got my Rebound magazine latest issue after waiting for almost a week or 2.) I could rather wait for Thursdays, Saturdays & Sundays for the UAAP or Wednesdays & Fridays for the NCAA. & instead of forgiving Sandara Park's ex-boyfriend a 2nd chance, i wish i could tell Lee Min Ho's character from City Hunter to just kill him because of what he did. It could be desperately scary, but i have no choice after all. Never mind, life could let you know who are the demons & the angels. But in the UAAP universe, the Archers & the Eagles are just on-court serious & off-court friendly, rivals on-the-court, friends off-the-court. Let's just forgive Simon & Kirk's teams after all.

Bonamana Mode

This means this is the start where i found out for myself that my little sister, my favorite auntie & i finally joined in the Hallyu aka the Korean Wave & it all began when Super Junior's energetic track, Bonamana played on the TV last night.

My little sister even said that we, as in her & i would go to Korea, Japan & Taiwan, to try their yummy food, sight-seeing, shopping for stuff & souvenirs & maybe go chase the stars. Like i would chase Vic Zhou of F4 in Taiwan in my Ateneo team gear from Nike. Yes, some of us become a part of the Korean wave. I would rather eat yummy Korean food the next time my family go to the mall on a weekend of shopping, listening to my favorite Asian pop tunes even if it's either Korean, Japanese or Taiwanese on my favorite portable music devices when i feel depressed, like i would ignore the world & start listening to the music of my choice, reading copies of Sparkling K-Pop mag, Popped or the Myx Mag K-Pop Special issue which i admit i have a hard time finding it around last year & i finally found it even if i would lose my breath just to find that & maybe, learning something new like cooking the yummiest Korean cusine. Of course, learning how to speak Korean & Mandarin are still included. (How can i make both Lee Min Ho & Justin Chua happy, huh?) Ok, i'll just do my best after all. Even if i could have 1-2 LG phones like the Etna/KS360 & the Lollipop/GD500 both in Ateneo Blue.

Anyway, what happened last night just make me realized that i just entered the Korean Wave. Maybe it's not because i just peeled a label from a can of corned beef just because the recipe is Korean, it's not just the Korean or Chinese-made stationery that i bought in most bookstores, maybe it's just about exploring that Asia can dominate the world with the interesting of stuff like music & entertainment. The Asian entertainment scene is quite dominated by the Koreans, the Japanese & the Taiwanese, although i would think that the Chinese Music Scene's biggest news right now is the rivalry between F4 & Super Junior-M, the Ateneo vs. La Salle of the Chinese Pop Scene. (Super Junior-M means La Salle? FTW!) Ok, so this means it's time to fix up my life, trying to admit that i was a big fan of Japanese, Korean & Chinese pop music, huh? Ok, fixing will start by October. But for now, whatever happened last night was an eye-opener for me.

Salva Special: Pasta With Red Sauce & Cooked Chicken Breasts

"Nico, if i didn't read an article about you in the UAAP Magazine last December, i didn't even know that i was craving for pasta with red sauce & cooked chicken breasts, you make me hungry for that."

Yes, it's been a very long while when i finally got the copy of the UAAP Magazine since December 2010, i know that my little brother told me that he saw some copies of the UAAP Magazine that are sold like hotcakes at National Bookstore, since the price was cheap, only P120, i started to buy 1. It took me a few days to have that, just because he told me that Nico Salva was on the cover. No, don't tell me i want to buy the UAAP Mag because of Nico Salva. I've seen his face on the pages of Chalk Magazine for 4 consecutive years during the month of July. Now, maybe aside from the basketball balloons that he holds on when i saw him again on the latest July 2011 issue, maybe there was more than the balloons or those thoughts in my head that Nico reminds me of my favorite Red Sentai Hero. But this time, it's about hunger, should i crave for a pasta with red sauce & cooked chicken breasts? Oh my god, i am so hungry right now.

Quite trying to crave for that, like how my mom did when she cooks yummy pasta dishes that i would end up being the only one who will crave for that, i was thinking of when will i have the chance of eating a plate of pasta with red sauce & cooked chicken breasts by the side aka the Salva Special? If they could ask me why i craved for that, let me say do not blame Nico Salva for this. No, i don't blame him for that, i just want to say thanks to him for letting me try a new meal in the so-called Blue Eagles Menu. Haha, i was quite hungry now, so, maybe i will have that soon, huh? Hopefully. Maybe the next time i eat lunch at World Chicken, that will be my treat, even i would go for a near-red sauce. God, i'm hungry right now. ^_^

Found The Perfect Short Hairdo

"I am so liking this hairdo! I swear to myself that mom won't freak out if i told the hairstylist that i want this hairdo! Hopefully, i know mom won't freak out after all! Well, now i found the perfect hairdo, i will wait for the right day where i will go to the salon & have this haircut come to me! ARGH! Wait up, i need to print the pic so i can tell the stylist that i want this hairdo! Now, i know what to do, all i need to do is to wait. ARGH, i really need a haircut right now, i just hate my old hairdo now...... Like when will i have this haircut now?"

Yes, after the tension of finding the perfect hairdo, i admit that i found this coolest short hairdo. The hairdo of Hana Kimi-Japan mainstay Maki Horikita. Well, she looked cute in this hairdo when she played the role of Ashiya Mizuki, a girl who disguised herself as a boy as she enters an all-boys school. I really love watching Hana Kimi although i only watch several episodes, including episode 1 that i watched back last May 2009. I was even trying to save up some moolah to buy the Manga series which is published by Chuang Yi Publishing & sold on a reasonable price, below P100. It's a must-read for those lazy days or just trying to be awake when not asleep or dreaming to be a girl disguised as a boy & explore the life being in an all-boys school. Nah, i was just after the hairdo & the Manga. But having the DVD of the series will be fine, if my favorite Auntie could found 1 along with the other tittles i raved, mostly on the side of Asian shows from drama to action/adventure/fantasy to Anime, to concerts of assorted Asian pop acts. So, i guess i'm happy to be an Asian, huh? Yeah. Even in the modern times, the rich culture & traditions remains.

Now, about the hairdo that i want to have, i was trying to look of a short, thin & layered hairdo which is girl-friendly, i don't want my mom to freak out when my picked hairdo is worth only for the boys. So, i don't want that to happen again because back in 2009, my mom freaked out when i don a Vic Zhou-inspired haircut since i would love to don short hair more than donning a long hairdo. Now, i won't let mom freak out again. I would rather forgive her now since she could not freakout on the short hairdo i picked now. But the best part is, my dad's relatives love it when my hair is short & thin, my favorite auntie thinks that i look like an Anime character, my uncle says short hair is manageable for me, i could do anything i want to look stylish & my grandma says it looks better for me. I admit i was so vain with my hair, i still follow the lessons of my former teacher to use a volumizing shampoo & condition to keep my hair alive & full of bounce. That was the biggest lesson a teacher told to me far from the usual academics. (Yes, indeed true.) So, let me wait for the right time for me to get this hairdo. Hana Kimi Manga is just optional.

A Different Oreo

I remember last March, i munched in to a different Oreo that i haven't tried for a long time, it turned out to be Oreo Ice Cream Blueberry, of course, 2 chocolate cookies sandwiched a blueberry ice cream like filling in the middle. When i took a bite, i felt like the banging of the drums, the loud cheers & the cheering routine of the Ateneo Blue Babble Battalion. (Like i remember back 2 years ago when i took a bite of the Krispy Kreme-ADMU Doughnut for the first time on the hype of the UAAP Season 72 Finals between Ateneo & UE) Just because it's blueberry, it's colored blue & it's associated with the Ateneo Blue Eagles. Get it? Blue has a calming effect, like the calm waves of the blue waters by the shoreline on a clear sunny day. So, i asked myself right now when will i crave for that again, maybe before this year ends, i was even craving also for the Oreo Strawberry Creme flavor since i could be a big strawberry freak like i would eat a big box of Pocky Strawberry. But ok, i need to buy 2 different Oreos with flavored cremes. Maybe around this month, hopefully!

As i would know, we usually twist the top cookie so we can lick the creme filling & then we put the top cookie back we dunk the Oreo in a glass of milk. Hmm, i wish i could do that, if only i could buy some milk, especially Anlene, the milk that my dad & i drink back in the past decade, i remember i told to myself that if i drink Anlene, i don't just have strong bones, i can be tall, like the players, mostly the forwards from the DLSU Green Archers & the ADMU Blue Eagles. Nah, i just want to drink milk anyway. So, now i know what snacks & milk i will buy aside from the Pocky & Collon i'm craving now, while reading a English-Chinese-Filipino Basic Conversations book related to the world of how to speak Mandarin. Now, i'm hungry. 

Curiousity Makes The Daydreamer Silent

I was quite a daydreamer, i could be silent on writing a diary, writing down the events of the day in my planner or doing my usual things like listening to music. But the daydreams that were stuck in my head are just all about me, but i was quite curious of what i always see, i could even quite jot it down in my diary & my planner. Ok, what happened yesterday was quite surprising, Auntie Maya told me that i will have the latest issue of Rebound magazine within this week, but they forgot to give it to me yesterday, but never mind, i will have that within this week. A perfect filler for my medium-sized blue-colored paper bag that i just got a few weeks ago, before the end of July. (Although i admit that last month was more insane than July of 1 year ago.) Even though this insanity that i got really began on the start of June, commonly the start of school & the rainy season. What to do this month before this month ends & the ber-months will kick off by September? Just get started to commence the plans i started since last year. (Wow, that was such a long time, ne?)

While i could wait for a few days just to have the latest copy of Rebound magazine that Auntie Maya told me yesterday, kicking off the brand-new College Basketball season, i would even thinking about getting started to get moving, keep my heart beating fast to be active & at the same time, trying to get a makeover like getting a haircut, i guess i need to follow what my dad's relatives think of me having a short hair, manageable yet stylish. I almost forgot begging Auntie Maya about the DLSU goodies, yikes! I forgot to tell her about that yesterday! Ok, i'll tell her about that by next month instead, since she will have a birthday party at her home in Alabang by next month, around the time for the UAAP Final 4 & Finals games. So, i would rather get started on commencing plans like buying a 2nd 2GB Micro SD Memory Card, i told my dad that i love music & i need to listen more to my favorite tunes. Anyway, when all plans are commenced successfully, came December, the holiday season is on. Ok, i'll enjoy August of this year with a smile.  

Cold Breeze, Chic Thoughts

So the weather looks gloomy & this means one thing, it will be rainy. As i woke up today, i feel the cold breeze, after all of that sunny days since Thursday. I need to turn on my chic mode since i said to myself that i want to have a haircut around this month. I guess i really miss those times sleeping in my favorite bed, beside the door, on the bed where when i was a kid, i used to tie a blanket on the 4 top ends to resemble a canopy cover. Instead, i'll just try to find the perfect cloth to make it more vintage chic, like the ones i used to see on my grandma's old magazines like Victoria. (Lace will be perfect!) As of yesterday, i started to read my old copies of Candy & Seventeen that i got since 2003, ah, those memories where i got started to adjust to a new school like a rookie fresh from high school, getting started to adjust on college. (That was the time i got started to look girly, like wearing earrings, just because i haven't wore earrings for a long time, maybe during my entire grade school life!) Anyway, talk about having chic lessons for the entire month of August!

I told my mom that i want to have the Nokia C2-03 Dual Sim Touch & Type Slide Phone since i want to have a cheap yet chic dual sim touchscreen slide phone, the Golden White color variant looks chic to my sight, but since it's a dual sim, i need to buy the Smart Buddy Sim. But since i need to choose over 3 dual sim phones, this will be hard, but if i go with the C2-03 over the one that i've been aiming, the X1-01, it will be just fine for me since i was raving for a touchscreen phone now. Hmm, now the ber-months are quite near, maybe i should get started on turning my chic mode on, just to make sure i'm still a girl, even before this year ends.

Archers In The Eagle's Lair

Ok, i guess i don't want to carried away from the tension of last month after i posted 'Arrows That Don't Bend'. Instead, let me just admit something about what i just knew since the start of the 2nd half of last year. I got informed by my mom that i will have a cousin of mine will be bound for DLSU for college. So, what was the first thing rushed in my head? DLSU Goodies. (Like when i found out that my younger sister is bound for ADMU back in 2006 when she told us in the family that she will take the ACET, the first thing that rushed in my head was the ADMU goodies, during the pre-trauma times before the darkest day of my dear life) 4-5 years later & many Ateneo goodies come, i will get started to have some La Salle goodies, now i will welcome the Archers in the Eagle's Lair. (Just because my love for the bitter rivals has been deepened since 2008 when i found out that my new Green Archers Bias is Maui Villanueva, who i could admit he just looked like my favorite Male Japanese Superheroes i've seen on TV & the net.) Blue Eagles Bias will be determined yet if it's either Nico Salva or Justin Chua.

The lone La Salle goodie i got is a DLSU Keychain my mom bought at Jay C. Designs at SM North EDSA back in the year 2001 when i was an incoming 7th Grader, prepping up for the tension of the last year of my Grade School life before entering the tensions of High School. It was my 2nd year back then to watch the UAAP. But maybe, after a decade, there will be more DLSU goodies, although it cannot surpass the count of the ADMU goodies that i got since 2007. The goodie i was watching out for it the White Knit DLSU Green Archers hoodie that i've been seeing on TV since June. But how about the jerseys, it's only applied to the Archers & the Eagles. So, what i need to do right now is to get a freakin' haircut, i decided to get my Vic Zhou bedhead 'do back for the sake of this legendary rivalry. The next thing i would do is to find out when will be the game day of the 2nd ADMU-DLSU face off. But let me admit, having a bunch of DLSU goodies aside from the ADMU goodies is not just i approved, it's what i called 'Approved by the bitter rivals'. So, before this year ends, there are now some Archers entering the Eagle's Lair now.

Welcome To The Rivals Zone

 

It's been a while, since after i posted my emotional entry mixing in the bitter part of my past life with the legendary rivalry of Philippine Sports, life wasn't the same again for me. I know i was quite curious if my fantasy of creating stories, mixing the pain i suffer from reality will be combined with what i fantasized like college basketball cagers. After i posted the entry that was titled 'Arrows That Don't Bend' & other entries related on what will happen next to me in a class reunion if it's gone wrong, reading it at the back of my head, i suddenly thought about a story, related to the Ateneo-La Salle rivalry, if this happened centuries ago, when an Archer started to hunt for an Eagle. But what i posted on 'Arrows That Don't Bend' was surely a starter. I said i want to killed by a Green Archer using his arrow more than getting pissed in class. That was the beginning of a story of how the legendary rivalry in Philippine Collegiate Basketball began a new turn in my life. (Oh god forbid, what was i thinking about? But good thing a DLSU student said that 'Arrows That Don't Bend' is a sad but quite poetic blog entry that i did.)

God, i suddenly found out for myself that i was abused by a teacher verbally. After 5 years, the pain of what happened 5 years ago still remains & it affected me a lot. But i was just getting started to recover, like when a Green Archer aimed it's arrow on me, it hit on my arm & suddenly, there was blood, blue blood. I was fated to be along with the Blue Eagles, i found out the truth that the Green Archers are back to get the Blue Eagles. In real life, the girl who cried wolf last October 16, 2006 was killed by just 1 aim of an arrow from a Green Archer. A sign that La Salle is back to get Ateneo. A sign for me to redeem myself. I even wished on the day where an eclipse occurred & the day becomes night suddenly like the darkest day of my life began, i even wished i was aimed by an Archer's arrow instead of being verbally abused in front of everyone in class. But as when the light came back, i pulled out the arrow that was stuck in my arm, there were traces of blue blood, i was 1 of the Blue Eagles. The Archer's name is Simon Atkins.

I don't want to remember the pain anymore, maybe i could forgive the people who gave me pain. But in the zone of the bitter rivals namely the Ateneo Blue Eagles & the La Salle Green Archers, an aim of an Archer's arrow using the bow or the sharp claws of an Eagle can defy identity. I guess whatever stories mom told me about myself, finding out that my parents stayed once in Katipunan Avenue will tell me the truth that there was some blue blood rushing in my veins. 1 aim of an arrow & the truth is revealed.