Showing posts with label depression. Show all posts
Showing posts with label depression. Show all posts

Sunday, March 8, 2009

the art of being solitary

ALONE

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"We could be a beautiful, unbelievable miracle instead of just invisible..Like shadows of a faded light..I am invisible..." --- Invisible by Taylor Swift
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This line from Taylor's song makes me just nod and smile in agreement. At times i feel like this shadow of faded light. I am alone. I wake up every morning, get to work on my laptop, chat for a few hours, watch a little TV then sleep. That's how solo my everyday bore is. Even my cellphone is mistaken for a mute since it seldom beeps messages from friends keeping in touch. And I mean REAL keeping in touch not just the usual forwarded quotes.
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A little more years to come then maybe I can be a hermit; detached from the social world. (hehe!) But then again, maybe I am just born to be in this state. Even my relaxation oddity involves listening to old songs, reading a good book or writing. The point? They are solitary activities! How anti-social of me. Which made me think, maybe I am this evil witch who is killing every social scene there is in my past life, that's why I maybe "cursed" in this state. Its not that I refuse company. I love company. But I feel like there's this invisible force shield that I have yet to break (or maybe they should break).
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LONELY
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I'm single. Need I say more? 21 years of love life as clean as a pure white sheet of paper with no littlest piece of dust in it. (Told ya..Stupid Cupid is cruel on me.) I believe in destiny, soulmates, serendipity and all things love but skeptical as me, will it ever happen in real life? Will my ideals transform into teeny bits of reality?People always ask when will the right man come along? as for me, the question remains the same, will just a guy ever come along?? Unlucky me, Shallow Hals outnumber Lucas Scotts. You can read my post on From Bridesmaid to Beachbabe for its entirety...just click the link.
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FORLORN
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Aahh...The classic People Always Leave....By now, if you have traversed the entire Patches of Frecklesnoot journey (which I doubt you have), you may find out that I am the only one in my world which has the most monotonous routine of all-- be left and left alone. Oh yeah..People leave when i feel close to them. It's how cruel life can get. You get attached then it breaks you off. "Sometimes they come back"...I interpret that line along with the fact that even if they come back, they are not just the same as they left off. It's only "sometimes" that they are still the same person that they used to be. But then again, it's not their fault. Leaving where they want to go is the best thing to do. And I'm with them.
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Not only that, I also realized that cousins of my generation are also mostly working abroad now. When Mama celebrated her birthday, most titas told me that "wala na di mga kabatch mo ho..ara na tanan sa gwa..dugay dugay ikaw naman"
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There's nothing more hurtful than being left invisible. People might think you're fine that's why they don't bother to greet, invite, call, ask, give or just to be with. Little did they know that you want them to BOTHER. Its hard to explain. But maybe I just need the security of friends to find its way for everything to be back or to be the way it is. Or on second thought, I just want to feel that they need me too.
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Love and bliss frecklesnoots!

Sunday, February 1, 2009

the MESS that was last week!

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  • i hardly have time to finish my homeworks since i'm processing my NCLEX application
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  • there's no new episodes on TV tuesdays!!! aaarrgghh!!
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  • my right index finger(of all fingers) was cut by an oyster shell..(this is what i get from being an oyster glutton!)
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BADDER .
  • i need to cancel my california NCLEX application last minute (i'm so, SO SORRY for those i bugged). since i may not get my license activated in 3 years after i pass the exam since you need to have an SS number. ( the rest is history! will post them at a later time)
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BADDEST .
  • i can't get over the mess that was last week..i still feel bad and i will still feel bad, for lack of a better term...
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  • BUT.....
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  • GOOD: i finished my homeworks
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  • GOODER: i cancelled my application before it can be a hassle later...and had quite a laugh yesterday with my "grad school family" (eew.)
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  • GOODEST:im trying to cope with the hulaballoos that i had caused for myself and for others...haaaayyyy.....
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love and bliss amigos!

Thursday, November 13, 2008

from bridesmade to beach babe

August 19, 2008; 12:41 pm At my desk

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Just had my lunch. (cough! cough!) hay..i’ve been snoozing all day for 2 days now. I’m sick! Ginapatulog gid ko ya sang neozep. Right now, daw ok na gawa since I’ve switched meds yesterday. I also had my first dose of HPV vaccine yesterday. My flu has improved but I think gasugod na ang cough. nagulpihan lang ko guro since I barely had any rest last week.

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Last Friday I attended my cousin’s wedding. I was one of her bridesmaids (dress#1 and counting…) I remembered 27 dresses while the whole thing was going on. From the look of the groom while the bride is walking to the 27 dresses themselves. it was a nice wedding. Everybody thought we would all cry but thank god the speeches were just light to the ears, and eyes! I for once looovve weddings and I even cry during one. Well, being a drama queen doesn’t come from my experiences but it runs in the entire family blood! Bingit kami tanan, in short.

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It’s really good to see a wedding wherein you really know the couple and had witnessed their relationship even for a short time. Being here in Iloilo doesn’t allow me to spend most of my time with them. But it was my first time to attend a wedding where I really feel close and i really enjoyed my time and not just barely imagining myself as the bride.

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I came home Sunday afternoon just in time to unpack then pack anew for our boracay trip the next day. Nagpuli lang ko di para manghimos. No kidding. That is really the reason why I came home..hehe! I can go with them first trip on Monday galing la pa ko ka himos so nagpuli ko una.

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Boracay was fun! It was also modern and expensive. Hehe.. we were like a bunch of tourists on our oversized sunglasses and flip flops who do not know how to get about the island! Mga manol! The last time I was there was like 6-7 years ago. There was no port and the only way to get to station 2 is to ride a bangka then arrive on the beachfront itself. Now, we rode a fastcraft and arrived on a port where mini vans await to bring you to your destination. We even walked a block since the car can’t pass thru a street going to the beach. Hay, boracay! After 5 hours of travel, gutom2 na kami..hehe! we arrived at around 3:30. Anyways, I had fun with my cousins. Our second cousin from austrailia and his friend also came along with us. Kasadya sang friend ya kay daw na amaze gid sya sa mga little things that is so pinoy. Hehe! And oh! I love my name on aussie accent!! Lingaw gid ko ya sa conversations nila with all the aussie slangs! I just love accents! And one thing I also realized even when I was still in bacolod is that I can’t live without accessories. Daw matunaw ko if can’t wear one. Miskan relo lang na basta may gakabit sa wrist ko and/or my ears and/or my neck..hehe!

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Would you believe una pa ang crocs store sa boracay rather than in Iloilo? Hehe! Sosyal nga isla! Pro indi gid ta to kakadto without a handy parent..hehe..la may ma finance sa aton. Taga hulag mo bayad!

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I got cornrows there. We also went snorkeling. I am really mother nature’s baby ever since so I really, really love the wonders of nature that’s why I’ve always wanted to snorkel. Oh my! I can do that all day! One hour in the water is not enough for me to see those corals and swim with the little fishes. Nami2 gd ya!!! I was afraid at first that the fishes might nibble or bother me pro wala man..it’s as if ur swimming in a giant aquarium. It’s a must try!! Ma extend pa kami tani one day galling la man kaapas ang isa ko ka cousin so puli kami by Wednesday. BITIN!

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A little time off in bacolod and boracay is what’s best for me since I was feeling so alone in the last couple of weeks. It really sank into me when I came home after the 2h reunion. I literally cried to sleep because I was feeling some sort of this madness that I never imagined would hit like this.

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I was in a people-always-leave mode. Alone. Lonely. Subo. I was questioning myself what am I doing why people always leave when I get so attached to them? I know it’s not my fault but I just don’t know why it always happens. Only this time, the leaving is not total. I just feel alone. La ko d upod sa balay and whenever I wanted to go out, sin-o updon ko? Wala gyapon.

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I just missed those times badly when queencie & I are going on reviews while I can still say hello to the rest of the world. Right now, ako naman bilin sa tabtaban. Hehe. Ga-ileskwela sila tanan. Ako ya ga couch potato. At least all of them have companies that is so close to the servien spirit. Ako ya? Yab-ok pirme tubang ko di.

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I just feel nga daw la gid ko ya upod. Wala man may gatxt sa akon. Chat lang eh.. kami ni nang kim last tym halos everyday kag kis-a c flora. The fact that la ko upod mag pa PRC or other professional matters makes me feel more like a “loner”. Feeling ko ako nlng gapangita kun sin-o updon ko. But still, the fact that you’re in doesn’t mean you’re accepted. or you belong. May lain man na cla ya nga world after this. Nagpahagad nlng ko gani kay nang kim last time if they have plans for nclex review kay feeling ko lumutan lang ko d la my masapak sa akon.

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Maybe, just maybe, this is one of the reasons why I don’t want friends to take a second course. So that we could trek the road together?? Ambot. Nag tuhaw mlng sa conscious mind ko one time. Pro indi guro ah. Super evil na ya for me to become possessive. Hehe…it’s really the additional studying that so eew! I love learning but I never liked studying.

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Sometimes I think that what if it’s my time to “leave”? will I be of a greater loss??

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You see, this is why I don’t want to be hard on myself because I can get pretty nasty and I could affect my own esteem. I am a very reflective person but sometimes, its just too much nga ga buangit na ko. I guess I just need some social time and cut off some alone time with me, myself and i.

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As I reflect on this, being alone and left alone is also a reason my I want a boyfriend. It may sound silly for me saying this and I feel silly saying this but I know I want to have one. I am quite confident of my needs, wants and desires and I think a love life is the missing piece. It has been 20 long years pro wala gid gya gyapon. Not even a speck of dust in the whitest paper. I know I’m still young and only time can tell but I’m starting to think that love won’t happen. No one had ever courted nor noticed me. Miskan pabatyag mlng wala gd. Mayo na ya ang iban nga NBSB since ila gd ya decision not to have one even if a queue of boys is waiting. They could really have one. All they have to say is yes. Ako ya? Alone in the dark… alangan mamakal ko laki? Eew. Not that desperate!

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It may seem a joke pro I just want someone who would be my bestest best friend who would never leave. I just want someone who could cheer me up and give me company. Some would say that I have family and friends who would. I know that. But it’s not forever that they could perk me up. And, I just can’t imagine being an old maid and dying a virgin. Hahaha!!

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For so long, I wanted my life to be patterned on movies and novels. I always wanted to be the girl who got the perfect man and live the best life. I wanted “something wonderful.” This made me very idealistic and cynical on almost everything. This might be the reason why at times I refuse to believe that this is how the world goes; this is what love is now as opposed to the medieval times. By know, u have known that I have high standards for life itself that’s why u always caught me complaining. Hehe. I am always envious of people who have found love while I lie blank.

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I am not in a hurry since I have only been ready for only a short time now. But what plays in my mind is the dreaded “what ifs”. What if no one will ever show me love and what it’s all about? What if I’ll never have my perfect man and live the best life? What if there is no “something wonderful”?

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Let’s face the fact that I am unattractive and/or intimidating. And unlucky me, Shallow Hals outnumber Lucas Scotts or Dan Humphreys. I am starting to get hard on myself and I don’t want this to go further. It may seem like my bestfriends are the hotties and I’m the nottie. (you see how movies get to me?! Hehe) No one could blame me for being hard on myself. I am in a worse scenario. I am starting to enter the life of a single woman. Starting with chapter 1—people can’t stop to ask if u have a boyfriend. Chapter 2- always a bridesmaid never a bride. Chapter 3, anyone? Huhu..indi ko ya mag la-on!

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I believe in destiny, soulmates, serendipity and all things love but skeptical as me, will it ever happen in real life? Will my ideals transform into teeny bits of reality?

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People always ask when will the right man come along? as for me, the question remains the same, will just a guy ever come along??

first day blues..

  • its the first day of school and i’m feeling all wrong. i feel like my soul was trapped in melancholic solitude. i was kinda spaced out and lost. i was not wrong on my vision about myself sitting alone while the rest of the world is chatting with their seatmates. i feel like i suddenly don’t belong. this is not me! i am not a loner! being alone never felt this bad..
  • i just want my super friends back!
  • what was more disheartening is that there would be a group activity in one of our classes and we have the option to group ourselves with our "best friends" as what the teacher had directed. i feel like screaming that "i have no best friend here!!" at that moment! i am not very comfortable with my new section to be honest.
  • i just need my super friends back!
  • i feel like a part of my being was stripped off of me. i know i’m just being a drama queen here but i have to release all these tensions or else its gonna be worse. i just can’t get over of the thought that we’re not classmates anymore but i understand that i have to do it soon. i have to be happy and comfortable just the way it is even if its going to be hard. i have to unleash the semi-social butterfly in me though its going to be a little tough.
  • this is the first time that i don’t feel like its the first day of school. i did not care that it was the first day. i did not feel like i had a break in the first place so i did not feel any difference since i spent my break on on-call duties. hehe.
  • speaking of which, all the while i thought i had already completed my scrubs. this morning, i was informed that my last case which is supposed to be a minor operation is now considered a major one. shucks and smuckers! what a bummer! i have to get another one. the question is, when? since i really don’t want to do it on weekdays which is our lecture days and on weekends, its our board review time..tsk,tsk..pity me.
  • i know everything will be fine soon..i just know..and i still, just want to be with my friends. i am now sipping a cup of coffee which also reminds me of my coffee buddies–them!
  • breathe hazel, breathe…
nov 5, 2007

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

empty but the rest is still unwritten..

the drama never stopped..it has been an exhilarating ride over the past two weeks..

i have been staying up late to study for the series of exams..last week, we had our comprehensive exams which covered all we had learned since first year..i thought, how the hell am i supposed to study all that?!i doubt if i can pull it off. it was the super full blast of third year study time..i have been up until two in the morning for the whole week..i can hardly believe i did it.. I DID IT! it was tiring but it was worth it..too bad i watched too much TV at that time..i haven’t studied much but it was ok..at times,i feel just a bit bad since i’m such a lazy bum and i don’t study as much as others do but i can still pull it off and get higher than them…i got high in 2 subjects..i even bet my friends that i won’t comb my hair if i can’t get 90 or above in one subject…luckily,i got 91!i was too close to getting uglier! (haha!)

this week, we had our final exams..it was also tough but i guess, prayers saved me..i got good results..however, one thing left my whole dreams,well, shattered; gone with the wind..actually,only one quiz did it, one freakin’ quiz, one tough, freakin’ quiz, one stupid, tough, freakin’ quiz, ONE WHATEVER-YOU-CALL-IT QUIZ!

im furious..its amazing how one single quiz can change everything…i got a whooping 60 in that particular quiz and it pulled my grade down..how the heck am i going to pass that whatever-u- call-it (aaargh) quiz if the instruction says that u have to select all that apply and if your answer is wrong, or lacking or exceeds, you don’t get a point..i only got 5 out of 25 items..that’s a 60..so that’s it..that made me fail my Pharmacology… i was so happy that i passed the midterms..but because of that quiz,i did not make it to the cut off in the finals..i did not even think that i could pass the final exams then..but i got 85, so that only shows that if they would drop that quiz, i could pass…i could pass with a grade that would still qualify me for the honors list,hopefully…see, i haven’t had a grade below 86 since my first year…and you have to get a grade of 85 and above to be qualified for cum laude…this nearly made my world fall into crumbs, or worst, dust; almost nothing. i found this out the day before the last day of the exams and i can hardly concentrate that night when i was studying for the next day..i can’t believe this is happening. this could not be happening, i thought..i’m like going into the stages of grieving and right now,im in the stage of denial with a dash of anger…WHY NOW?! WHY?! WHY?! why now when i am this close to getting it? why me? what’s in it for me? LORD,HELP ME SEE THE MEANING OF THIS. i don’t get it. this is like my whole motivation to keep going.. so now,what’s left of me? somebody give me a very convincing reason for me to get over this. because i don’t think i can do it very soon. it will take time, a long one maybe… i feel fine if i’m in school or chatting with my friends about this..i don’t even think this is a big situation. however,by the time that i get home and i’m in touch with my self and when i reflect on this, i realized how i mixed-up i got. its not OK. its just NOT. all i ever have to do is study. i never have to cook for myself, do chores or do my laundry or watch my siblings. i only have to study. and i can’t do it well enough. i’m such a schmuck! you think you know,but you have no idea..you have no idea how this thing can get into people’s nerves and unleash intrusive thoughts and paranoia in them. luckily, i passed NCM and pathophysiology..i feel so ambivalent..its fine but its not…it’s ok since i only have to repeat only one subject,unlike the others. now,i’m sour graping!gosh, this is pulling my hair out!! i hope this would be the last devastating thing left in my academic life..i just can’t take another one. im just thankful to have friends to talk to. they are probably the closest to understand my drama and sentiments. currently,im listening to india arie’s just another day and natasha bedingfield’s unwritten. these two songs are just so powerful that it could still push you to go on inspite all the negativities.

just for today, i’m not gonna worry what tomorrow may bring. i put one foot in front of the other and keep on moving forward and let God do the rest.

we could feel so empty now but the rest is still unwritten..

whew! i don’t know what i’m going to be if writing never existed!

march 23, 2007