For the past two or more weeks, bum ako. Not officially. I still get to do things for the org. Pero most of the time, bum talaga. Kumarzi, M, another M, and I have created the perfect bumsquad. We've been asleep during the day and out walking, smoking, drinking, reading, or whatever it is we don't actually plan to do during the night. I've met more new friends in two weeks than my usual three months. I've been tipsy twice or more during sessions, and have done stupid things I wish I didn't do. Nilulubos-lubos ko lang kasi ang pagiging hindi estudyante. Malapit na ulit pasukan. Baka hindi na mauulit 'to for a while din.

Yesterday, nanood kami ng Cine Europa sa Shangrila. Syempre, andaming tibak na andun kasi libre at may substance ang karamihan sa mga films. Anyway, we got there much earlier than the scheduled showing kaya another-M suggested na uminom. So pumunta muna kami sa inuman katabi ng Shang. Pero guess what? Dahil hindi na ako nakakanood ng balita, natanga ako nang sinabi ng babae dun na may LIQUOR ban daw. Leche. Kung kelan kelangan mo, dun mawawala. Pagkatapos naming manood, we rode the bus to Philcoa and from there, we walked home. Naghanap kami ng alcohol sa Mercury, Ministop, Grill, Saras, mga tindahan. Pero wala talaga. Hay. Hanggang ngayon, wala pa rin. Kaya maghihintay na lang kami hanggang matapos ang bilangan sa eleksyon saka maghahappy happy.

Looks like ggraduate ka talaga ngayong sem. Huwow. Congratulations. Board exams--make Aggrelito proud.

Kanina naman, around 11 AM ako nagising kasi nagtext si Don. We talked, I started reading Jun Cruz Reyes' Tutubi, Tutubi, Huwag kang Magpahuli sa Mamang Salbahe (nice book, by the way. Satire. Makes you laugh and think at the same time). I slept again two hours later. Dinalaw (at ginising) ako ni Kumarzi at around 4. Pumunta kami kina M. We walked around the campus for a while. Whenever I walk around the acad oval, wave after wave of memories come rushing in. It was only then I realized how big those little walks have become. I never would've been looking back with a smile or an escaping tear without people I walked with on that cracked cement path. There always seems to be something significant about some specific bench or tree or rock on that oval. And eventually, I'll be walking with more people and creating even more memories as I struggle along here. I'll be preparing a bigger memory bank, then.

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Irrelevant comment: Ang hirap palang maging in demand, no? Hindi na ako nasanay. Hahahaha.