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RollerCoasterLuck
10:10 PM May 15, 2006

RollerCoasterLuck

Superficial Superwomen -_-
Well, we were driving along Commonwealth when I sighted some billboards that I'd rather not bother describing here. -__- If you drive along the same highway though, you just might see it. I dunno. ^^ Anyway, it was about some concert or something. -_- Hmph. I dunno why, but another flaw of our entertainment industry, apart from all those forementioned in my Film 12 class (i think i have an entry on this~ ^^) is the fact that the pretty ones... say... a pretty girl, is suddenly given license to play host, actress (though my teacher insists on not calling them such), and then recording artist and whatever, despite the fact that the person in question may or may not have the talent for any. Thus a pretty face+ a little initiative to get noticed enough=passport to fame. Its plain silly. Beauty insistently tries to turn those girls into Superwomen, even if its just on the outside. They suddenly seem like they can do EVERYTHING, even if they sometimes can't. I sound mean and cruel. I know. But excuse me this once. u_u

Summer Fever
Honestly, how can a person get sick while bumming around at home? Really? -__- Anyway, I got sick and missied a lot of things because of that. Bah! XP

Untimely Ultimate Reunion
Untimely for me that is. It seemed to go smoothly enough for the others involved, which is a relief. :) A fortunate coincidence that the other cancelled when the other suggested a visit on this particular day. That a bunch of people were able to enjoy one another's company again after almost a year is great, especially when the particular people involved have only seemed to improve in each others' estimation. Also fortunate was that they now finally had the chance to go somewhere and see a good friend where she shines. And additional praise should be handed over to one of them in particular, who can now drive all the way across this cozy region. :)

But as fortunate the timing was for them, i was sick in bed and probably out cold even at the exact moment that they tried to contact me.

I know this part was weird, but it's not my story to tell. ^_^ I wasn't even there. So in the event of multiple retellings, mine will probably be less accurate anyway.

Ships of Age
May 12th was the day when the Sig-Dwelly-Ship turned a year old and the Kimmy-Lester-Ship gained yet another month to its age. Congrats and God Bless. (Don't you dare curse against that Sig! XD)

Big Storm Out There
There was a BIG storm brewing in here, but as far as I know, this part of the country survived it relatively unscathed compared to those down south. I was still halfway through recovering from the fever and my 'heavy-headed daze' wasn't helping to clear things out. And though it did little more than drizzle here in my happy little subdivision, we still experienced a short power shortage, which just so happened to be at the exact moments of the 5 short yet grueling minutes i spent on the computer burning files on a CD. Ahh the timing. The panic. X_x

Family Reunion
It was Mother's Day, so my dad shook me out of bed to accompany him to pick up the food we ordered because Bianca was studying and Bern was out jogging already.

Anyway, some of our relatives came over and after a few hours of broaching on a lot of topics, the conversation moved to work. And of course my aunt had to go and say AGAIN that she used to do bookkeeping work for their family business at the young age of 14. And then she says: "etong si Genina, mag*** year in college na, kumukuha pa ng accounting, tas di mapakinabangan." And the way she said it. Talk about the worst way of putting it, not to mention that i was there to hear it. X_X How pleasant.

And there I was surrounded by my unhappy thoughts about my apparent uselessness and my unreadiness to take on the necessary steps on the obvious path of my career life, and then i get to talk to Vigile and realize that she's fully immersed in hers. Not in a self-centered way, but in a good kind of enviable kind of way. ^^ Lucky. I wanna grow up to be just like Vigile. XD Well, no, not really. Hehe.. But I'd like to someday grow into my own path like she has. :D

Sig's House
I watched a really really nice anime in Sig's house last Sunday. Sig was right that I'd enjoy it. ^o^ Then we had a talk about the phoenix pendant, where we established how lacking in character celeste is. -_- Maybe I'll work on her side story, which we originally planned to do for each character after the entire story was finished. But oh well... No progress.

But I enjoyed the talk. ^_^

Big Day I: LTO
I went to LTO today, nervous with the pressure looming over this day. My student's permit would expire the next day (tomorrow^^), so if i fail now, it's good-bye for a while. And so i take the necessary steps, and i would have been finished before lunch, had i not encountered that anti-motivation guy on duty. Being as unconfident as i am with my driving skills (made worse by the burden of the pressure), i kind of worried that i would fail the practical exam, after all the trouble I've finally put behind me in this license getting challenge. X_x And I had to drive an owner type jeep. An the man on duty actually scared me with an: "are you sure...blah blah... pag tumirik BAGSAK ka na agad... mahirap i drive to... marami nang bumagsak...mas ok kung nagdala nalang kayo ng sariling kotse...babagsak" WAAAHH!!! X_x And I had to start the car and everything, and being unfamiliar with the jeep, I was worried.

Big Day II: Precaution
And so I went home and arranged with my mom to practice my driving for a few hours and take the test on Tues. It seemed like an ok arrangement, save from the fact that my mom isn't exactly the type that teaches well. She tends to shout a lot before things happen, and it throws me into a kind of not so pleasant mood. Her scolding, aside from throwing me into a moment's shock, also GREATLY helps my confidence. -_- Really, she expects that I should know how to drive like a pro and reacts so depressingly when I prove that I don't. WHat does she expect from me? I haven't driven for a whole year, and have only practiced a scant 4 hours since. And so this goes on...

Big Day II: All Hell Breaks Loose
And it does go on. We were parking, and my mom freaks out and screams at me to stop. And kknowing my tendency to easily panic in tense situations (like in that neopets game, remember?), I panicked at the intensity of her reaction. (Drivers out there: never sit a very dominating person with the tendency to shout beside you, because screaming isn't a good thing. 0_o) I PANICKED.

I don't remember what happened, and before I knew it, we were speeding up and then a sickening thud sounds from something in our rear, and then we jerk forward and CRASH into something. The bump was closely followed by two big thumps as something fell heavily on our trunk door. X_x

Then there was that sickeningly silent moment that followed the crash. And then my mom starts freaking out at me. I guess this time it was well placed. Apparently, we went all the way up a high sidewalk cause we were fast enough and then we crashed unto a cement post.

I totally wrecked our bumper, it was so deformed I could actually see the layers inside it. 0_o Then our trunk door apparently got warped out of its hinges too and wouldn't close properly. Plus our left tail light was broken too. I was shocked and panicked and scared and pretty much almost hysterical. My mom moved the car, and it was almost comical to find a weird lizard smack dab in the middle of that spiderweb pattern of fiberglass, paint, metal and what not on the bumper.

She drove home very angrily, and when we parked in front of our gate, I got to look at the wreck. The lizard, with its ever comical timing, somehow found itself propped up regally on top of the trunk door, in the center, no less. And then my mom suddenly drove off, to my shock, and I had to call her back to take me to LTO.

Big Day II: Resolution
I made up my mind in that moment without even realizing it. I'd take the damn practical test today. Pass or Fail, it wouldn't make a difference if i do it now or tomorrow, since there wouldn't be a car for me to practice in anyway. If i pass or fail now, I'll get the same results tomorrow, so throw out all caution to the wind. So after a few chores, with a very dreaded call to my dad about the car crash, we went back. T_T

About the call, my dad seemed to take it surprisingly well. Maybe cause by then my words were starting to get warped up. Warped by dread and fear and guilt and whatever. But i can imagine the news just sinking in after he puts the phone down. Or the silent anger the entire house will probably sense when he finally sees the actual damage. T_T

Anyway, annoyingly, i just drove in with the car, and then they said ok na. -__- After all the trouble. Although I admit that the few hours of practice did help me turn the car back out of the place.

So in the end I got my license anyway, on the exact same day that I got into the first (and hopefully only) car accident I'll get in. How ironic. So despite the fact that I have a license I've probably lost my chance to borrow the car anyway.

It's not like I'm a bad driver. I'm really not. I just can't handle it when the passenger in the passenger's seat freaks out and panics more than me, the driver.

And my mom somehow managed to tell the next several bunches of people what I did. Including people in LTO and a bunch of other anonymous people, and my grandparents. 0_0 Something more for some relatives to talk about. T_T

And so there goes this bizarre up and down cycle of luck. Although it has a big chunk of bad luck at the end, there were still lots of happy good stuff every now and then in the middle to keep me sane. ^^;

come fly ~ gen

grow up like me? err. of course you dont want to do that, (and you took it back, btw. :D) but my mom's offer still stands. :) and your auntie was probably very much exposed to storekeeping to have been emersed in bookeeping by 14. i have a cousin like that, only because her parents are very into their little convenient store business and forced her to keep watch of the store after school.

(btw, my moms offer still stands ha)

see i told you the practical exam is so blah you'd think it was a joke. >__> *huggles*

for some bizarre reason, i can imagine your mom freaking out. lol. ^_^ at least you ahve your licence. ;) you can always borrow sig's car. lol. just make sure she doen'st read this. (probably too late already. XD)

~ Vigile | May 17, 2006 12:53 AM