How Fast Things Were Last Week - Day 5

i woke up at 2 o'clock in the morning. i did not know why. i went back to sleep. for the seond time, i woke up at an earlier time, 4 am. grabeh!!!!
when i woke up at that time, my heart was beating very fast. maybe because, i knew from the very start that i will really receive the worst comments from the panelists. but, i made a pact with myself. i will accept their comments, however harsh they are. after all, i am still a first time writer.
i took a bath at six in the morning. just imagine what i did for the two hours. of course, i still went back to sleep. i woke up before six.
after taking a bath, i did not yet go to the dining hall to take my breakfast. i stayed in the room, looked at myself in the mirror. for quite a while, i did that. after realizing that i am back to the real world, i went downstairs to take my breakfast.
i ate a lot. i made it sure that my stomach is very much full if i were to have myself "katayed" by the panelists and the fellows.
i went back to my room to get the things that i would be needing for that day.
i was a little tensed.
when i went into the conference hall, Paul tried to put much pressure on me. he kept on reminding me that it's really the day that my works will be "katayed". lol
when the discussion started, i was able to keep myself calm.
i was happy that after all that has been said, the panelists liked my idea in "Kasakit sa Posporo".
all i needed to do was to revise it and submit it to the panelists for another set of comments. Ma'am Gen even gave me assignment which i thought at first was a joke. but, she really meant that. so, right now, i am still trying to revise the poems that i submitted for the workshop.
after discussing my work, i was relieved.
after revealing my identity, even though it was very much obvious who was the author of those poems, i was given the chance to speak for the collection that i submitted. they had fun listening to me, i guess, because they were laughing while i was explaining my side about the way i wrote those poems. i also had fun sharing it to them.
we had a short break. SNACKS.
after the break, the next work was discussed.
honestly, i was not able to pay much attention to the discussion because all the while i was thinking about the works that i submitted.
when the morning ended, i was happy. (happy mode)
i kept saying to myself that i really made it through the entire morning without being wild. /lol/
we had our lunch after the morning's discussion.
after lunch, i went to my room to give myself enough time to take some rest.
after the resting period, i prepared myself for the afternoon sessions because we are about to face the two lengthiest works submitted for the workshop.
i tried to read the one with the most number of pages. but i decided to stop upon reaching the fourth page. as i scanned through the pages, i found out that there was a second story composed of only 14-15 pages, so i decided to read that one instead.
when i went back to the conference hall, i was still reading the second story entitled "Topheth No More". i liked the story.
after discussing the first one, we went to the second set of short stories. the main star was Gingging. we had lots of fun talking about that story. at the end, we had a great time during that day.
before we had dinner, we were told that the following day, we will be having a culminating program to be participated by all the panelists and the fellows. we were also excited for that day.
while having our dinner, someone proposed another tagay session since we had only two days left before the end of the workshop. i suppose everyone made a positive response at that time.
But, Dr. Tan made a more appealing proposal. we will first go to Calea(i'm not sure of the spelling) Cakehouse, spend some time in there, then go to the tagay session.
as expected, everybody responded positively.
after dinner, we prepared ourselves for the fun.
we rode on a public vehicle going to the cakehouse.
upon arrival, we arranged ourselves at the tables that we connected. we somehow occupied a larger space in the cakehouse, which somehow made the other people look at us. we were like stars. after all, we were together with Rowan ATkinson(Gino), Tiger Woods(Noel), and Enchong Dee(Arbeen).
we had a great time in the cake house. i would definitely remember that time for the rest of my life.
we talked and talked.
a rengga(not sure of the spelling) was made. the poem and short story will be used for the culminating program that we will be participating into the next day.
we somehow managed to make a plan on what will we do for the following day.
after spending almost an hour or more in the cakehouse, we decided to leave after paying for the food that we ate.
we then went to the tagayan place. this time, Dr. Tan was still with us. he was such a nice person. he even ordered something for himself. he was totally with us during the entire evening.
when we arrived at the place, the owner seemed to have remembered us, and even welcomed us again into his den.
we ordered much, drank much because Gian and Jordan were so eager to drink more. we also wanted to give Rhodge a headache by giving more to drink. and he totally gave in, i guess.lol
we ended at beyond midnight. imagine how much we drank. ahehehehe
some of us were totally "sabog" during that session. but, we had again a great time spent with each other. it's definitely something i will miss from this group.
while going back to the house, we bought some food from the same convenient store.
after buying, we went inside the campus, then to BK.
we went immediately to our rooms, where, i guess, everybody decided to call it a day.
i still had the nerve to take a bath at midnight. it was cold, but i need to freshen myself before going to bed.
after taking a bath, i crawled to my bed and then went asleep.
this day was April 29, 2010.
How fast things were last week.