it's nice to be home.

who'd ever thought i'd miss the hot humid weather, the trafficjammed highways, the glaring ad posters, the local tv, the general pinoy-ness of it all. but seriously, it feels good. it's great to be back in my environment. sure, the us is cleaner, safer, more advanced, more progressive, but nothing compares to that home sweet home feeling i get when i come back home. this is my world.

and speaking of my world... my world right now consists of the night made bright by my jetlag, where time stands still while i make an effort towards my long-ignored acads. i submerge myself in sugar-sweetened hot tea, which i have sorely missed, in an attempt to "increase mental alertness" and to "calm my mind naturally." yes, the pattern holds true, cramming is in my blood. and still, with *counts on clock face* 9 hours left before my return to upm, i still persist, pressing time even more. if you were here and asking me what i had already completed for later, i'd give a toothy smile and shrug it off. 9 hours is more than enough (i hope) to finish assignments for math and soc sci, study for zoology lecture and lab, and get ahead with my chem lab report.

and yet here i am at tabulas.