I went to this youth gathering yesterday and it was something I thought wouldn't appreciate even minimally at least. To start with, I tried my best to get used to the whole atmosphere, it being quite alien to me in the first place. Their optimism and their God-has-blessed-my-life-so-I-should-be-happy attitude made me think. I thought on how and why these young people could be so strangely...happy. The whole thing was basically a Christian worship gathering/sportsfest/soiree. I played basketball and I even tried to mingle around with the people. My brother had the unfortunate experience of being taunted because of his purple shirt with 'ateneo' printed on it. They had so much fun playing around: parlor games, volleyball, & basketball. Now this doesn't get stranger: I was part of the...pink team. Wow. The girls told me I had to tie a piece of abnormally bright pink bandana on my head but then I thought I'd look pretty darn stupid, eh? So for the girls' sake, I tied the darn thing on my wrist. No one sulked or was more shy than I was. I began to reminisce on all those birthday parties I missed because I was too preoccupied with my weird toys. I was beginning to think I was the...odd one. Ok, back to the youth farce (hehehe...), I just had to exercise. So, I played one heck of a basketball game. Damn rigorous, in fact. I then got tired and decided to borrow this girl's guitar with which I played top 40 songs like 'harana', 'drive', 'huwag na lang kaya', etc.

But then this girl caught my eyes. I was involuntary staring at her. I didn't know what I was playing anymore. As weird as it could get, I was captivated by Jamie... I just had to talk to her. So I walked up to get some water but I fucking lost balance and I stepped on the princess' foot. I then said sorry and gave her water. Ahhh...I wanted to kill myself. I never felt so fucking humiliated, man. I introduced myself after and I got to know that she was from Assumption and that she likes to be really fashionable. She was great. Not only did she look beautiful, she had this innate kindness. She even gave me this lollipop which I have not eaten yet since I don't really enjoy candy. That ended the day quite well. I couldn't sleep because I just had to see her again. Noooooo!!!! I'm not supposed to be this mushy. It's against my character. Oh well, I guess this is what others would call normal. That night, I slept at 2:20 am and I'm still not satisfied I guess.