the summer just started to become fun...

monday, got my new semikal haircut (totally living and loving it!).

tuesday, a mall gimik/hangout/sleepover with adelfa people. this was actually a surprise, since the get-together was planned over the course of the weekend, with more than a few hitches along the way. even more surprising was the sheer number of people who showed up. there were 19 of us all in all, which is about the number we would usually get during *really* planned outings. and even if we didn't go out of town (which i would have preferred, if not for time, planning, and financial constraints) the day and night proved more eventful than usual.

i started out the day by meeting a high school friend, ria, at my house. we went to up dil to get her classcards, where we met more adelfa people. we then headed to gateway mall, for a short *side* trip. see, the overall agreed plan was to meet at sm north around 2 pm. but since we were already together as early as 10 am and we had to kill time, we decided to head off to gateway mall. i particularly enjoyed this part since it was my first time to go to gateway, as well as to ride the lrt2 line. the katipunan station was killer, reminded me of the train station in the matrix movie. anyway, gateway mall, me and ria, then we met dino who got there a little bit before us. we walked around a bit, then settled down by the cinemas because we planned to watch a movie before the 2 pm call time at sm north. wyna arrived around 12, and joaqs 12:30, but by then the movies had started and we decided against entering at a late time. we just had lunch at the super bowl of china, then made our way to sm north.

at sm north, there were around 9 of us already there. we waited for nearly an hour for the others before we realized that none of them were coming to sm north anymore, since the ateneo enrollment system crash thing took up most of their time. we went over to my house to wait for cholo to come home, where we would be having the sleepover. around 6, cholo came, the people left, and i went out a bit to get my sutures removed by the dentist.

this was a great part of my week too, believe it or not. by that tuesday, the external swelling had completely disappeared and the internal pressure and discomfort had reduced to an ignorable minimum. when my dentist finally came (after 30 minutes of waiting), he just looked at my teeth, snipped around a bit, and voila, it was over. he even commented that the wounds had completely closed, and that the swelling had gone down faster than he had expected. turns out i'm a good healer myself.

returned to the house then went to cholo's, for a night of pure fun and relaxation. dinner at jollibee philcoa, then some people went out to buy the *hard* drinks, with whom i tagged along. chatting, games, shots, rounds, laughter, dizziness all followed in the next couple of hours, where we sat around the living room and had our fill of shots and chasers. it was actually my first time to drink alcohol in significant amounts, and though i didn't get drunk (fortunately) i discovered one thing: no low alcohol tolerance for me. that was pretty much the agenda for the whole night, until midnight struck.

by then, the people had dispersed, to each their own little chats and activities. we had to accompany ria outside, since she was the one with an allergy to alcohol yet one of the bravest drinkers in the group. we went to ministop around 1 am to fetch yet another classmate, then dino treated me to a bottle of mudslide, unexpectedly good and refreshing without the throat-burning sensation. blah, blah, blah, dino vomitted on the corridor since he was the one who drank the most that night. chat chat chat, tried to sleep around 4 am, succeeded and woke up 8:30 am. we stayed at the house for another hour or so, until the maids had to clean up, and that ended the sleepover.

after that *sorta* wild night, i was obviously sleep-deprived. but with another activity lined up for that wednesday evening, i had to grab as much snores as i could that afternoon, then left for ana's debut around 6 pm. the place was beautiful, ana was beautiful, the food was good, the entertainment adequate. too bad not too many imed people came, with just around 15 of us squeezed together in 1 table. nonetheless, we still managed to have fun, catching up with each other from the short break and in general, entertaining ourselves with the event. my 18 gifts spot went well, i was able to come up with a decent speech for the book i got her. now hopefully gift-giving will not be a problem for quite some time.

all that fun in the span of 2 days, then back down to earth this morning. yep, that's right, enrollment. it went ok because of the fact that the processing of the papers took shorter than usual since the schedules had already been planned beforehand. but our grades weren't complete yet, and i couldn't avail of my scholarship right away so i had to pay off my tuition for the summer. the line was helll, but at least we had a group together which helped pass the time, not to mention an unknown cutie who got in line behind us (just eye candy, nothing more). and the worst part is, summer classes are actually gonna happen.

oh yeah, i got xenosaga 2 this week, another positive thing, but there won't be a ps2 over at the condo during the summer classes. and i have to get my lower right wisdom tooth extracted tomorrow, meaning i'll be attending the first day of school with a bloated profile. now that adds to the fun.

just when things were looking up.