Sunday, November 05, 2006
Un-grounded at last!
If you think that being an adult won't get you grounded anymore, think again. Apparently, I have been on a 10-day hiatus from texting, IM-ing, blogging--anything that had to do with communication--because I have been grounded for something I would've been grounded for doing either at 13.
And so last Friday when my high school barkada got together to go to Yani's mom's funeral (that was the only time I saw them for the sem break), Juds pulled off a joke: Whose parents ground their eighteen-year-old daughter during the sem break? While the other found it funny, it had not affected me at all. It was simply normal on my part of the universe.
Yes, my parents are really strict. You may think they've always been too hard on me. But my parents explained everything--that teenagers more often than not aren't wise enough to make great decisions yet, especially because the teenage years are the times when one is most vulnerable.
And so the rules of my lovelife have been presented to me once again--no boyfriend 'til I'm 21, no entertaining of suitors AND potential suitors, no dating, yada yada. And so I put off a potential lovelife for the next three--well, two and a half--years.
But yes, that wouldn't be so bad. I remember Clauds telling me I badly needed a break anyway. Lovelife ko na lang ang family, friends, and "karir" ko. Olrayt.
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Registration starts tomorrow! The Psychedelics will be glad to assist you in white shirts and ties tomorrow. Cheers! ;)
I can't believe sem break's over! And worse, Bio's about to come back into my life!
Well, at least someone's not grounded anymore.
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Because I didn't have my cellphone and Internet access for the past 10 days, I've been forced to do a couple of things I definitely would've chosen the two over. You may think I was bored to death but the days eventually turned out to be too short.
In the past 10 days I have:
01. Had boxing lessons--yes, finally. (But I still gained! I still gained!)
02. Gotten my temporary driver's license--can't wait for the card!
03. Driven home from LTO--yeah baby, nothing like the open road!
04. Assisted in Margot's labor--career shift na ba ito?
05. Finished Wei Hui's Marrying Buddha and Paulo Coelho's The Zahir
06. Started reading Rick Warren's The Purporse-Driven Life--my mom asked me to, for inspiration
07. Played with a dermatograph and cheap watercolor to come up with my own quirky "works of art"
08. Played photographer out of sheer boredom--my mom's poor, poor cam!
09. Promised to buy myself speakers for my iPod, a mouse pen, an SLR (or I can compromise with my dear dad, meaning I would have to get sky-high grades) when I finally be able to save up
10. Rediscovered the joys of being a couch potato with no problems in the world as long as I was in front of the TV
Who would have thought I'd survive for more than a week without the two things I just couldn't live without? Who would have thought spending quality time with family and friends without any distractions was even better?
So how would you have spent your sem break if you were to be grounded for 10 days?
