time machine

I was cleaning my apartment last Saturday and came across a magnet pic of my ex and me which was hidden underneath the piles of pics on the refrigerator top. Looking at it, i reminisced the time that was taken and how it felt to be with him. Somehow, even with all the closure, a wave of sadness came over me. How is it that something so wonderful can end so easily and so suddenly? It wasn't like it was anybody's fault to begin with. Does the feeling die so quickly for some people? I can't help but be a little irked that i got so caught up so quickly by just looking at it though. :-P

Fast forward to yesterday. Had my first picture taken with Jason at the foto-me booth in Megamall. It was quite an experience, considering how many times we had it done over :-P It turned out pretty great though :-) I look at it and see myself reliving the moments, and get caught up with remembering. (Anybody can see my silly smile now)

Seeing pictures of yourself feels like being in a time machine. A physical representation of your memory is preserved, and just by looking at them you are transported back into the memory of what once was, good or bad.

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12 hours ago

had dinner at TJ's Morato with Melissa, Edel, Zaki, Kelvin and Jason. It was a goodbye dinner fro Kelvin who was going back to New York after about 3 years' worth of researching in Palawan (lucky him!) for his fullbright scholarship. He's pretty kewl, quite a guy. Since it was a sunday, hardly any people were around. Oh well, still it was pretty fun.

I quite envy their life, actually. I mean, travelling around the world for research doesn't so bad at all! It's even better when someone else pays for your expenses and you get to meet a lot of new people, see a lot of new faces, experience new things. Perhaps someday i too can do all those things. For now, I'm more and more convinced to get out of this place and seek out new things. Someday...

Anyway, we checked out Ice Monster afterwards, and convinced Zaki (and a few skeptics) on the goodness of its creamy and tasteful treats (it proved to have good results and a new set of followers, hehhee), before heading out to Big Sky Mind.

The place was jammin' by the time we got there. It being a sunday, i was expecting the place to be deserted. Turned otu to be electric guitar night (sweet!) and the place was packed with jammers and guitarists of all kinds of bands. Nix Puno was the gallery's exhibitionist, so we got to see some pretty interesting illustrations on pinoy games. Maggie came over to join us, and we pretty much smoked and drank all night. hehehe.

Jason and Zaki got into this whole reminiscing mode, talking about Middle school competitions and the awards they've won throughout middle and high school. Soon everybody was sharing their "stereotypical geek" stories, from taking summer music lessons to entering interstate competitions. Yup, these guys were pretty competitive! :-P heheh. Reminded me a lot about myself when i was young (yup, i was the bratty girl who thought she alone can change the world) It's fascinating though, to find out that what you thought to be the complex only you had was also shared by other people (in this case, nerdy brainiacs who had a thing for competition) :-P

The evening ended quite well, and Maggie, Melissa Jason and I shared a cab home. Ithink the whole night was made a lot more interesting going back home. We had the misfortune to get a cab with a somewhat sketchy driver (he looked and drove like he was stoned) and an equally sketchy cab. True enough, his engine died on us while we were on the way to UP. We had to take another cab whose driver was hard of hearing and presumably stoned too (he kept on insisting that we go to Libis, when we specifically screamed at his ear KATIPUNAN PO!!!) Oh well. Melissa, Jason and I had to keep ourselves from laughing out loud all the way to Katipunan. At least we didn't get into an accident.

Some night! :-P

Oh, got to purchase a Radioactive album! whoo-hoo! :-) Am so psyched about my purchase :-D