pieces of phoebe: weekend reflections

before anything else, id like to share this story..

INSTALLING LOVE

Tech Support: Yes, Ma'am.... how can I help you?

Customer: Well, after much consideration, I've decided to install Love. Can you guide me though the process?

Tech Support: Yes. I can help you. Are you ready to proceed?

Customer: Well, I'm not very technical, but I think I'm ready. What do I do first?

Tech Support: The first step is to open your Heart. Have you located your Heart, ma'am?

Customer: Yes, but there are several other programs running now. Is it okay to install Love while they are running?

Tech Support: What programs are running, ma'am?

Customer: Let's see, I have Past Hurt, Low Self-Esteem, Grudge and Resentment running right now.

Tech Support: No problem, Love will gradually erase Past Hurt from your current operating system. It may remain in your permanent memory, but it will no longer disrupt other programs. Love will eventually override Low Self-Esteem with a module of its own called High Self-Esteem. However, you have to completely turn off Grudge and Resentment. Those programs prevent Love from being properly installed. Can you turn those off, ma'am?

Customer: I don't know how to turn them off. Can you tell me how?

Tech Support : With pleasure. Go to your start menu and invoke Forgiveness. Do this as many times as necessary until Grudge and Resentment have been completely erased.

Customer: Okay, done! Love has started installing itself. Is that normal?

Tech Support: Yes, but remember that you have only the base program. You need to begin connecting to other Hearts in order to get the upgrades.

Customer: Oops! I have an error message already. It says, "Error - Program not run on external components " What should I do?

Tech Support: Don't worry, ma'am. It means that the Love program is set up to run on Internal Hearts, but has not yet been run on your Heart. In non- technical terms, it simply means you have to Love yourself before you can Love others.

Customer: So, what should I do?

Tech Support: Pull down Self-Acceptance; then click on the following files: Forgive-Self; Realize Your Worth; and Acknowledge your Limitations.

Customer: Okay, done.

Tech Support: Now, copy them to the "My Heart" directory. The system will overwrite any conflicting files and begin patching faulty programming. Also, you need to delete Verbose Self-Criticism from all directories and empty your Recycle Bin to make sure it is completely gone and never comes back.

Customer: Got it. Hey! My heart is filling up with new files. Smile is playing on my monitor and Peace and Contentment are copying themselves all over My Heart. Is this normal?

Tech Support: Sometimes. For others it takes awhile, but eventually everything gets it at the proper time. So Love is installed and running. One more thing before we hang up. Love is Freeware. Be sure to give it and its various modules to everyone you meet. They will in turn share it with others and return some cool modules back to you.

Customer: Thank you, God.

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why did i share this? well, i guess i havnt installed love in my system yet.. and someone out there might also realize that love is something we need to have and share.. there.. ;)

friday night: i went out with my friends.. we ate in aruba in metrowalk ortigas.. it was so much fun.. i really missed them.. macy already has a boyfriend.. wow! the nbsb in our group has already been outnumbered! mia, the eldest in our barkada and phoebe (thats me!), the youngest.. haha.. and then.. joy is having trouble with his guy.. i think that is normal.. but then what the guy did is really unforgivable to me.. but hey, how would i know if i havent fallen in love yet right? so i have no right to judge.. hehe.. bianx and faith seem contented and happy right now.. mia and i? well, we are waiting for the right man at the right time.. no rush whatsoever.. i just realized that.. well, we arent getting any younger.. and time seems to be soooo fast..

we saw our 1st year teacher, ms carpio, in aruba.. she was with her friends.. she just finished law in UP i think.. she gave us free nachos.. haha.. thanx miss!!!

after our drinking and story telling, i had to head home.. before leaving, i had this crazy craving.. i wanted this sticker of VISA.. and so joy gave it to me as a gift.. haha.. thanx joy.. il give u a gift if i find one..

saturday: in the afternoon, we had to go to ateneo for poj's 1st communion.. then we had dinner in burgoo, morato.. after eating their scrumptuous food, we all went home.. but then i had to go to Arbi's party.. so i went.. there was a lot of singing and eating and drinking there.. but i was full so i just drank and sang the night away.. it was very evident that joy was trying to hide her sadness.. then i heard her talk to anton del.. i actually liked his insights.. this guy is really cool when he is drunk.. all the things that he says are very insightful.. hahaha.. at around 3am, we all had to go coz the penthouse was closing.. so... we headed to burger machine in shaw.. i dint eat coz my tummy was really hurting.. it was around 4:30am when we all got tired and decided to go home.. i slept in joy's house.. damn i missed sleeping there.. maybe because i was soo used to sleeping there before.. actually, the last time i slept there was summer time last year.. that was after goin to boracay.. then we had this misunderstanding.. and so i dint sleep in her house for more than a year.. it was in mia's house that i slept at that time.. and so there.. haha.. i slept in her house once again..

sunday: i went to my aunt's house with joy.. i had to fix her phone.. then we went to the house of joy's grandma.. we had to eat lunch there.. then joy left coz her friends invited her to tagaytay.. so i was left there with mia.. then we were so bored there so we decided to go to galle to watch a movie.. but damn! there were so many people!!! so we just decided to eat ice cream in metrowalk.. we both ordered ice cream with kahlua.. yumm!!! and we got to talk about stuff.. awww... nbsb unite!!! hahaha.. so there..

i really had a blast.. and i decided that when my blockmates would invite me out.. why hesitate? there's nothing bad in going out.. haha.. i realized that fun is really needed in a person's life.. and what if i get to meet THE ONE in those nyt outs? i also realized how important my friends are.. and no matter how long you havent seen each other, there is still this certain unexplicable bond that you have that no one could take away.. not even time.. one thing made me sad though.. i realized that people have to grow.. and sometimes you get to grow apart.. i missed the time when they got to cry on my shoulder and i got to give them advice.. i just wish that we get to go out more often.. haha.. i dont know.. i think nuff said..

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