Wednesday, April 20, 2005
What I posted in the barkada page:
Keepin' you posted
posted by Slash on 14 Apr 2005 on 03:02:42 am
Just had dinner, and it's 7PM over here. ^_^ I wish we went to Tali beach with you guys! :O
Honestly, I'm beginning to wonder why we're still here, when we've done all that we had to. We have already visited Aya and a few distant relatives, and had gone shopping tons of times already. My parents have even already gone to Paris for three days for a business meeting of some sort.
So anyway, here I am, in chilly London, armed with a blue iPod mini, a box of watercolor pencils, a sketch pad, a thick jacket, and some cash, following a schedule seemingly unconsciously for practically a week now. In short, I'm getting bored. XD
The usual practice is that I get waken up by the hotel's wake-up call (what else? XD) at seven in the morning. By that time, my roommate, Sak (or Sara, whatever), would be fully awake. She'd be watching television, or fiddling with an iPod (either hers, or mine, but it's usually mine she's playing with) or a laptop, or still fixing her hair. Apparently, it takes her a whole hour to fix herself up (yes, she wakes up at six... I hear you gasp XD), whereas it takes me around fifteen minutes.
So at around 7:30, we go down to meet our parents and have breakfast. We usually finish eating by 8 to 8:30, so after that, we plan for the day. Sometimes, our parents just tell Sak and I to go to a designated place for lunch and/or dinner, and let us plan our own day. And then they'd occasionally call us on our phones to check us up. XD
Oftentimes, I hang out at this park which is a block away from our hotel. It's pretty big and... I still don't know it's name! Haha... but anyway, in it, I've claimed a bench, and there, I sit as I draw, and listen to music, and eat, and read, and talk to whoever's talking to me (usually strangers), and watch people. People-watching, listening to music and eating are what I do the most. Next is talking to strangers. I swear, these people talk to anyone about anything, and they are so opinionated! It kinda freaks me out, but I can manage to look unfreaked-out, so I guess it's all good. XD When they would ask for my name, I would tell them it's Calvin (like what our tourguide in Europe used to call me, remember? hehe... do I look like a Calvin ba?), and when they would ask for my nationality, I would say American. At first, I'd say Japanese, but that would solicit weird stares. XD
So what does Sak do? She goes shopping. Which makes me really think that we would have to shell out money for overweight suitcases!
Oh yeah, I got the guys their stuff yesterday. And I got stuff for the girls too. It cost me a lot! XE Haha, but it's alright. :) We'll be home in five days or something like that. See y'all... ^_^
That saves me from typing all over again. XD And yes we paid for overweight suitcases. XD So now, here I am, back in Las Filipinas, adjusting to the timezone. I'm rather sleepy, but I'm fighting it, so as to get rid of jet lag faster. I slept at 8PM yesterday and woke up at 6AM today, in fact, and I didn't take sleeping pills or anything (hah, beat that Kai!). XD Well, guess that's it for now; I'll post more maybe another time. ^_^
{8:46 PM}
Saturday, April 02, 2005
One last entry before London (be prepared for incoherence)
Dad and I are here in some kind of waiting area in the airport. We leave in three hours. I plan on typing for a whole hour, than posting it as an entry to pass time. I don't think I can... but I'll try. I'm getting very bored over here. T_T
Dad's talking to some colleague guy who found him when we were checking-in our luggage. And I'm checking out Dad's new laptop. It's really nice because it's got this wireless internet whatever service. I asked my Dad for his old laptop, to which he said no. >:( He says it's really really broken. Rawr. Oh well, I've got my own PC anyhow. XD
Just a question; do I really really look like a foreigner? As in really really? Because when I was buying a snack earlier, the old lady taking my order thought I was some outsider guy. She was trying to start a conversation by asking me which country I came from! I was like, "Uh... taga-dito po ako", to which she replied, "Ahh, akala ko taga-ibang bansa ka! Mukha ka kasing foreigner eh!" She makes me want to wear my brown contact lenses. I was told before that I looked fairly nationalistic in them. I don't have them though... and I'm not allowed to, because I won't fit my description in my passport. XE
I'm getting even more bored. Sigh. Oh yeah, I remember Sak telling me that whenever we're in the airport and she's bored (and she doesn't want to talk to me because I'm too busy with my GameBoy-- which I forgot to bring!), she examines her outfit and the outfits of other people walking around. So...uh... let's see... XD My outfit basically consists of a shirt, a jacket, a pair of denims, sneakers and accessories.
My shirt is black with some red architectural-whatever car design in the lower right corner. The neck and sleeve parts are lined with gray. It's short-sleeved and semi fit. XD My denim jeans are dark dark indigo and not cargo. Hehe. XD My jacket is plain black inside-out. There's this little white Nike check on the left, and a hidden folded hood connected to the collar... basta the sporty casual kind. ^_^ My sneakers are the Converse ones, plain black with white shoelaces. ^_^ I'm also wearing a black canvass belt (my belt's actually covered by the ends of my shirt so it's not really seen), and I've got a silver chain hanging down my pocket (for my wallet). I'm wearing a matte silver wristwatch, and a black necklace with a surfboard-like silver pendant (the rubber or plastic tube kind of necklace). I've also got a black corduroy Jansport backpack with pins of all sizes (the circle ones with designs) on it. My schoolbag, yeah. XD
Yeah, my key colors are black, dark indigo and silver for tonight. XD The accessories are a bit of a hassle, because I have to remove them every time I go through a metal detector. Shame, I didn't think of the metal detector when I was dressing up.
On the other hand, my Dad's wearing his usual business attire (probably because he's going to London partly for business reasons). White polo, tie, black belt, black pants, black coat, black leather shoes. It's pretty boring, but I'm used to seeing my Dad this way. XD
Wow, the outfit thing took more than twenty minutes. Hehe... Sak, you're good with battling boredom. XD
Yet... argh. I'm getting tired of typing. A little more than two hours, and we're off to board the plane. I reckon I shall go for a walk and get coffee, or something. I wonder if anyone I know is here. I wish I would come across a classmate or a batchmate or any acquaintance for that matter so I'd have someone to talk to. Or maybe I can play with this little boy pulling on my jacket collar. See y'all. XD
{3:49 AM}
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