Subject To Change

Tipsy at Katips
If all people happened to be tipsy, then this world will be full of honesty.... but it will also be surely noisy. This is what i can conclude after soaking my guts with lots of alcohol last night. This is the first time that i ever did that with my friends. I do drink but I only do it within our house for some relaxation once in a while. But last night was different. It was more than relaxation that made me forget about my liver (not lover, mind you). It was the thought of freedom.
6 plastic cups of San Mig Light (about 3 bottles) + 2 plastic cups of Antonov (a 80% proof vodka/ 40% alcohol) + 2 plastic cups of Mudshake vodka (this tastes great) + 2 cups of Vodka ICE + 3 plastic cups of chasers = the malfunctioning of my consciousness. I was awake and i knew what i was doing. I was just subconscious. I didn't exactly know what were happening around me. What i just felt was the world was centered on me. I don't know if that was normal or if that was just my own personal tendency.
I couldn't control my mouth. I just couldn't shut up. As they were around me (at least that was what i felt), they asked me so many questions. Stupidly, I answered most of them because as much as i didn't like to answer them, my mouth couldn't just help it but speak. Some were too personal; some weren't. Some were damaging; some were revealing ( I even said that a classmate was gay right in front of him.... and he's on my blog links right now). It was as if i was in DJ Mo's radio show. I felt like i was a celebrity and I needed to reply to them right away.
But what amazed me was I was speaking in English all throughout the night. And according to them, my grammar was great. They even said that they had a hard time speaking to me since i was that fluent. I don't think all drunken persons are like that. It was just my inner self. I do talk to myself in English in public but only discreetly. But last night was different. My thoughts were all amplified.
I thought that I'd forget all the things after i wake up. I was wrong. I unfortunately remembered most of them. But there were things which i couldn't exactly remember. They told me that i knelt in front of the mirror, i slept standing while i was washing my face, i talked about nonsense things with my "co-tipsy" friend.... All of them were oblivious to my memory.
Last night was really as fabulous as it should be. I owned 70% of the noise (as what they told me) but I didn't care. Up to now 9:44 in the evening, almost 24 hours have passed, but i can still feel some haziness. Pardon me if my thoughts are not well-organized. May tama pa rin ako.... tingin ko....

Last month we were brought by one of my friends to a vegetarian restaurant for lunch. (because, in our barkada also known as lunch crew, we take rounds in choosing where to eat ... afterwards, we rate and evaluate the food that the diner serves). I thought it'd be great since I love eating vegetables. But then I found out that I will never be a vegetarian. Never in my entire life will I eat veggies alone in my diet!

Before I cite why I won't be a vegetarian, let me give you some interesting but twisted facts on vegetarianism taken from some sources over the net....

• The word "vegetarian" was coined in 1933 by Adolf Hitler, as a combination of the German word "Vegeta" ( old German: Power) and the word "Aryan". So the word vegetarian is an obvious reference to his thoughts of white power. This is why there are few Jewish vegetarians.

• Vegetarianism is like bisexuality. Teenage girls always have a stage of it, but then they realize how lame it is and go back to meat.

• Although some rich folks are vegans (such as Weird Al Yankovic and the band Rise Against) most vegans are poor students or poor college professors, who probably couldn't afford more than soup noodles anyway.

• Hitler was a vegetarian. (This is true.)

Now, before vegetarians hunt and kill me, here are my reasons:

1. I am a hardgainer, a person who gains weight uneasily. I've eaten a lot this vacation but I didn't gain a pound or two. Eating veggies alone would worsen this problem since it's hard to obtain protein from veggies. Though there's gluten (protein part of wheat), its protein is insufficient to build muscle mass.
2. I wasn't born with a silver spoon in my mouth. I only belong to the 30% of our country's population. If anyone wants to be a vegetarian, he/she must avoid meat, which is a basic commodity in our country. Avoiding meat is like avoiding cheaper food since other goods are more expensive. And, if one's a vegan (a pure vegetarian), he/she must avoid all animal products and byproducts... What is there left to eat?... Grass? (I know this argument is stupid)...
3. I have a discriminating taste. I always like distinct flavor on my food and sadly, gluten is not for people like me. Pardon me, but i think that it's too bland. I'd rather eat lots of MSG and die of cancer than eat tasteless food (I'm not serious on this one).
4. Humans are born omnivores. We were given by God the ability to eat meat. Disregarding this ability is like lowering down your niche in the food chain.
   

So those are why I'm not becoming a herbivore in the days to come. BTW, to all vegetarians out there who might have been offended, forgive me (for I do not know what I'm doing)... hehehehe.... EAT ME!!!

As a freshie, I have always anticipated to experience Upian traditions for the first time. One event that I was really looking forward to was the most-awaited Lantern Parade. I was excited to know why all colleges seem to prepare for it and why all students seem to be eager about it. But to my dismay, the Lantern Parade, which has already been a tradition since 1946, has been cancelled last year by the Administration.

During that day, December 15, I missed the Oblation Parade since I had to run an errand for my sister’s application for high school. I just promised to myself that I should not miss the much-anticipated Lantern Parade. So hurriedly, I went home and rode a bus to UP. I brought our digicam and lots of excitement with me. But when I arrived, I found my classmates under the AS lobby wearing thwarted faces. They told me that the Lantern Parade had been cancelled even before I arrived. My level of excitement really plummeted from ten to zero. Had I known that it would be cancelled, I would have not gone to UP that day. That was the only reason that I went to school. I asked myself, “Is this what I was waiting for? Is this what they call fun and joyous?”.

It took me a while to realize things. I calmed myself down and pondered. The decision of the administration was definitely not right.  Their justification, which was for security purposes, was not even acceptable. No one exactly felt threatened that day except maybe themselves. They were afraid that students might rise up against their decision to increase the tuition fee and other expenses in the campus. They were selfish. They only thought of themselves. They hadn’t considered the expenses and the efforts spent by the students to prepare for the parade. They hadn’t considered the spirit and the significance of the tradition. They hadn’t thought of the disappointment that people might have. They only considered the thought of saving themselves from the unrest that might have happened if they allowed people stage the parade. They betrayed us not only with their decision to increase the fees but also with their decision to bring the Lantern Parade to a halt.

Though there were some laudable colleges who defied the administration’s order, the exuberance of the event was subdued. Now I know that even if the event is momentous, under the current administration, it can suddenly be terminated. I learned not to trust the UP administration anymore. Nevertheless, I am still as excited as before for the things that I have not experienced yet like the Valentine’s Day celebration.