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Curfew Night! >_<
12:12 PM December 01, 2007

Thursday.

My inconsiderate professor insisted on having classes till 7pm, despite the fact that everyone would have a really really hard time going home, given the political turmoil of that day. In case some of you don't know, there was a grand coup attempt late that morning, so the stock market was crashing, the nlex, slex and Edsa were getting check-points, everyone was being sent home, etc. It was so bad that I was standing in Katipunan after class waiting a long time for a jeep with room for passengers to pass by. It was 7thirty pm and already, everyone was going home. -_- There was a huge crowd waiting for jeeps as well, and almost all the jeeps had at least 2 men hanging from them.

Here you can find me thinking about the unfairness of the social gender system.. how come only guys can hang on to a jeep even when girls wear pants? Afterall, we women need to go places as well. @_@ The situation was so dire that a girl standing next to me asked me if I wanted to walk to Marikina instead of waiting for the jeep, cause it was hopeless. She wanted a companion, which was understandable, unfortunately, I wasn't really heading her way (or up to an insanely long walk), so I just waved her off as I watched her left. And all the while the men smoke their cigarettes (so inconsiderate) and then just hop on to the next jeep they see.

Anyhow, considering the situation, I was so glad to bump into a classmate, and together we headed for the line waiting for the FXs. To our shock, they were already shooing the people away, cause the FXs won't pass by anymore. Grr.. Then I get the text message that there would be a curfew that night! WAAAH! @_@ Getting panicky!

Why was I even in Katipunan given the situation? Because some cousin of mine seemed so excited and pushy about a certain plan that I didn't even know included her, (grabe!), I decided to go against my instinct and not cancel the plans for the night. Afterall, it seemed I was the only one who felt any possible problems. -_- And then that evil cousin texts me that she won't go afterall. -_- I was so furious I think I growled out loud. Not that anyone noticed in the noise of the crowd. Imagine the crowd was so big that only I could hear my own exclamation of frustration. ^^; nag "nxt tym nlng" pa sya! I was seriously tempted to text back that "There will be no next time." I didn't even know she was invited, and if she hadn't been so pushy, I'd have been safely at home where I should be instead of stuck in this crowd. >_<

Luckily, Tracy had been on her way home from school about an hour earlier, and was near the area. She offered to fetch me and we went to Big R with her dad and played the drums to vent off steam. ~_~ I then called my mom, and she suggested, as Tracy's dad had also suggested, that I sleep over. Imagine a situation where the parents themselves suggest such things. ^^;

Anyway, so there, slept at Tracy's. I was pleasantly surprised that sleeping in her room was almost exactly like sleeping in our old room in my lola's house in Subic (old room cause my sisters and I were forced to move rooms). We also played Harvest Moon on the Playstation and watched the opening songs of some favorite RPGs, and watched some anime and the Amazing Race Asia. Sorry, I didn't take any pics cause she also let me try on Selda's Gogo costume (from Kill Bill). And no way will I ever EVER let the world see me in that skirt. Ever. XD

They even cooked me dinner cause I had forgotten that I hadn't eaten dinner in the shock of the curfew. But I guess I was lucky that I was stranded in such a fun place. XD

come fly ~ gen