memories

Story Time: The Day The Jeep I Was In Almost Got Hit By Lighting

I guess the title says a lot about where this story is going, but yeah. It was around June 2013, I was on my way home from school at around 4-5 PM. Thunderstorms are frequent late in the day this time of the year in the Philippines as monsoon season is about to start. TheContinueContinue reading “Story Time: The Day The Jeep I Was In Almost Got Hit By Lighting”

Story Time: That Time We Walked Up The Infante Flyover

There was a time when Iloilo had no flyovers like the ones we have today. The first one, called the Infante Flyover (named for one of the streets it traverses over) was constructed from 2007 to 2008. I was in my fourth year of high school then. When the structure was finished and opened toContinueContinue reading “Story Time: That Time We Walked Up The Infante Flyover”

Story Time: Listen To The Universe When It Whispers

Back in high school, my friends and I would frequent a computer shop in a back alley near UPV-Iloilo called Backyard.Com (or simply Backyard or BCOM for short). We were at BCOM everyday after school (never ~during~ school because that’s skipping classes and skipping classes is bad… stay in school kids), whether to play PCContinueContinue reading “Story Time: Listen To The Universe When It Whispers”

Story Time: Boy Long Hair

Being a dude with long hair has caused quite a number of hilarious interactions with other people. I’ve been mistaken for a woman way too many times for me to count. One of my favorite ones, though, was during a random evening when officemates and myself had dinner at a Korean convenience store in JCenterContinueContinue reading “Story Time: Boy Long Hair”

Story Time: We Tried To Be Human Torch In High School

High school kids do the dumbest things, all the while thinking it’s cool. Granted, some dumb high school things really are cool, but for the best part dumb high school things are just that — dumb. One random story that recently popped into my head was a time in high school, around 2006 or 2007.ContinueContinue reading “Story Time: We Tried To Be Human Torch In High School”

Dancing Waiters of Yupihay

Today marks the 10th year anniversary of my class’ culminating activity for our Home Technology class — a formal dinner! Our section hosted the event for ourselves and the UP High School in Iloilo faculty. Some of the boys, namely myself, Dale, Alvin, Martin, Ace, Fama, and Niño acted as waiters (as part of the requirement to pass the class) and even did a little dance presentation to the tune of “Cherry Lips” by Garbage. The success of the event was the first step in our month-long journey to accomplish all requirements needed for us to graduate.