Blog Version 12:
Butterflies/Flutter
1:03 PM
September 30, 2006
"What remains when tragic avalanche has swept by? The world remains.
Tragedy is an episode; it passes, and the general life resumes its course."
-Greerson (on Macbeth)
My country has just been ravaged by a really bad typhoon. So bad that a lot of phonelines, powerlines, cablelines, and transformers were cut or destroyed. In fact, as of today several buildings in my college have been locked up because of the lack of power. I wonder if there'll be school on Monday. Also, the death toll has been rising. My sister also told me that several of the ancient trees planted around the University have been uprooted. T_T
I hate brown-outs. Being forced to go to bed at around 8 o'clock because you can do nothing else isn't exactly wonderful. I have a hell month ahead of me, and I really really need to study.
So in remedy, I rang up Vigile and we went to study in some fastfood place with my sisters. Shockingly, Jollibee and & 7-eleven were closed. McDo and Wendy's were too full, it only had standing room left. So much for the establishments near my house. 0_o Fortunately, the McDo near Vigile's had room and power. So we headed there and studied till around 11:30.
And this is where the story gets interesting. Sometime while studying, my sister noted some creepy looking guy "na nanlalaki ung mga mata". Based on her experience, this hinted at the guy's scary nature. A snatcher or hudlum or something... And of course Vigile reprimanded her.
So we continue to study in peace, and the guy moved to the table another table away from our own. He wasn't eating but was just staring around. Several times I caught him staring at us. Freaky. Then he transferred again, and again, and again. Till he was sitting in the table next to ours. 0_o So my sisters were getting tense, cause when my sister stood up and brought her bag, he seemed to think she was leaving and made to follow her. But when she only went to the counter, he pretended to look at something behind the counter and resumed sitting (and staring freakily) in his seat, less than a meter away from us. @_@ So even Vigile was getting spooked, we finally stood up to leave. As we were getting into Vij's car, we were kidding her that she should hurry lest the guy follow us and steal her car. As soon as she went to the other side of the car to open the driver's door, my sisters started shouting at her to hurry. To my shock, the guy DID come out and was heading our way. Eek. How obvious a mugger can you get? So we jumped into the car and as soon as he saw that we came with a car, he (quite obviously) changed his route. I figured that that mcdo was his stake-out place, and he mugs people as soon as they leave by following them out and catching up with them as they get ready to commute. 0_o He was freaky. His getup, his face... T_T Gawd.. and his open staring. 0_o
Also, I noticed that I have a strange and unfortunate tendency to sound mean... even though it isn't my intention. T_T For instance, I say: "Buti pumasa ka pa" when i meant "Buti ka pa, pumasa." --> cause I didn't pass. But it comes of so mean. T_T Huhuhu... And I only realize it later on. Shame shame... T_T I apparently have a lot more in common with Vigile's Ryo that I thought.. @_@
BTW, I hear another typhoon will arrive on MOnday. T_T
come fly ~ gen
Vigile |
September 30, 2006 7:24 PM
