Völker des gutenabends!

My one talent, speaking German! hehehe...thanks brain. and thanks babelfish.

Y'know my dad said na our descendants were Germans. But I highly doubt that...hehe. My dad likes to invent stuff for our amusement. Once he said he had an IQ of 300. And I believed him, that is, until grade school. I remember, I got so upset because I thought that I had such a low IQ, I mean after all, it was out of 300 right? Oh well.

These past few weeks, though ridiculously hectic, had been full of pleasant surprises. I didn't expect much from the retreat, in fact, I was sorta planning not to go (though I constantly had to remind myself na nakabayad na ko dun)...but then it turned out to be one of the most enlightening moments of my life. Thanks to Caluruega. And to Fr. Stephen. And to my classmates. RLE including, of course. And then, right after we had to go through our Psych protocol (our last one), and it just so happened that I was the leader and I had to act like a decent one, even if I really wasn't. Making a layout for a wall sized tarpaulin, and using that computer murderer program Adobe Photoshop, literally turned my brain into mush. I was never really good at making stuff from computer programs. Glad that was over. I was kinda worried, but our protocol turned out well. Psychiatry turned out to be really interesting. Then of course, the finale. Our thesis, which had been the biggest source of headaches, stress, heartaches, tears, and basta, all of those things bad for the body and soul, nanggaling dun sa paggawa ng thesis namin...well, it turned out to be so worth it. Worth the three week long cough and colds we all endured dahil walang pahinga. I'm happy, and it's not just because of the feeling of having the first honors, and because parang mga superstars kami this week, but because of that other blessing this thing has brought us. It's ironic to think that this thesis, which had once threatened to shatter us, break us apart, is now bringing us closer and closer together. Like old times. But with more respect for each other, and more depth of friendship. And what's funny is that hindi yung retreat ang gumawa nito but yung thesis namin, haha :) It's so nice!!! I hope it lasts though. Dahil...mabilis ang mga exacerbation periods ng mga tao. Especially in our group, hehe. For now, I'm hoping that we get that other kind of blessing. The monetary kind I mean. We had one, but I want MORE!!! Our thesis is groundbreaking, fer crying out loud! Our miracle tool will work its magic! It's going serve millions of temporarily nonvocal, intubated patients and their families! So it's just right we to ask for a bit of material compensation. I am really not kidding. And now I couldn't help but realize how greedy I am. And I don't feel bad about it. HEHE :)

Anyway...tinatamad nako now that I think the heaviest part of our troubles have passed. Still have tons to do, but definitely lighter. I think. I hope. But knowing myself...I'm one prone to eating my words. Sad but true :) Supposed to be doing requirement stuff, but instead, nag-ayos lang ako ng blog. Ang tamad ko talaga...