just remembered...

...may utang pa pala ako kay sarah.

a month or so ago, sarah had this thing in her blog where she was given a letter and asked to write ten words that begin with that letter, along with a short description of each word. all those who wanted to do that also were instructed to reply to her post. the ones who replied were given letters. she gave me the letter h, if i'm not mistaken.

so here goes, 10 words that begin with h:

1. hope. they say that the worst thing that could happen to someone is to lose hope in life. right now, hope is what keeps me going. i don't know what the future holds for me, but whatever it is, i'll keep holding on.

this word also reminds me of this 50-page article by marcel that we had to read for calasanz's philo of religion class. title: phenomenology of hope. the sheer length of the article almost made me lose all hope of passing his class.

2. hard. thinking of words that begin with h is hard. damn you, sarah, of all letters! why not c or e or a?! :)

3. honesty. in our kris kringle last year, connie gave me a mirror because i am "very frank and honest...what you see is what you get."

4. hazelnut. i love hazelnut spread! nutella and crumpy are my tried-and-tested brands. :)

5. housewife. close friends have told me a couple of times that i'm "housewife material" because i can cook very well. however, they also say that "sayang naman ang talino mo kung magiging housewife ka lang". trisha andres has predicted that if i become a housewife, the only things that i will have to think about are what nice folds to do on the table napkins. papu, on the other hand, has threatened to kill me if i decide to go domestic full time. there go my dreams. haha... :)

6. happiness. through the years, my definition of happiness has evolved greatly. before, it usually involved me getting the highest grades in my batch. now, happiness for me means being with the people i care for and love.

7. hall. all the old buildings in ateneo are called halls. i have fond memories of most of them:

* bellarmine hall - i remember how everyone groans when they find out that they have a class in bel, which is as far as you can get from most of the college buildings. but the christmas lights in bel field more than makes up for the distance, in my opinion.

* eliazo hall - the ladies' dorm. i stayed here for one and a half months during ajss, which was before fourth year high school. the rooms were still done in a greenish tint that was reminiscent of hospitals, but i didn't care. i certainly loved my first taste of freedom, and i felt lucky that i had such smart and funny roomies - lou, kate and calai. we used to climb over the ledge outside our room to cut our travel time. once, we sneaked a guy into our room through the ledge. wahaha!

* cervini hall - the boys' dorm, where the chapel, recreation area and canteen are. there go my excuses for frequenting this particular hall. :)

* schmitt hall - named after a jesuit who died in recent years, schmitt, more popularly known as the chem building, is the site of many weird experiments. the most notable one that i have participated in involved gathering our saliva into a beaker and measuring one ML into a graduated cylinder. gross.

* colayco hall - the now nonexistent building that used to house most of the org rooms. this is where i met most of my college friends, who i still keep in touch with until now.

8. hugs. i love hugs! (both the gesture of affection and the chocolate)

9. hurt. a feeling that's been more than familiar to me lately. but i know that if i hold on a bit more, the pain will eventually subside into a dull ache that will easily be overshadowed by the happy memories.

10. heels. all my office shoes have heels that range from one to two and a half inches. do i really have a choice but to wear heels, with my 4'11.5" frame?


whew, i'm done! for those who don't have much to do or have much to do but don't feel like starting yet, reply to this post and i'll give you a letter to work on. :)