Showing posts with label The Perks of Being a Wallflower. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Perks of Being a Wallflower. Show all posts

October 7, 2012

The Perks of Having Chicken Pox by Gab Mesina



October 5, 2012

Dear friend,

I found a bubble with water inside on my hand. I popped it. It felt really good. I found one on my back as well. I hope I don't have bacne. 

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After watching the King and I, we went to go eat. I was feeling cold so I buried my fingers in my hair. I felt two bumps behind my ear. They were slightly painful. I was mildly disturbed. I showed them to my family. They got grossed out which in turn made my skin crawl. Images of bot flies flashed in my mind and it was such a good thing that my sister told me that she couldn't see any 'eye' or holes in which any hypothetical bot fly could enter through. 

Love always, 
Gab
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October 6, 2012

Dear friend,

Jazz, Matthew, Russ, John Nhoel, Pau and I met up today for our ABR thing. On the bus to Manila, Nhoel and I talked about chicken pox and UAAP and German measles. I then had a splitting head ache. We rode the LRT to Tayuman and were met by Russ. I showed them the grotesque looking crater on my hand and once again, we talked about chicken pox. Russ told us about how he was advised to eat eggs to activate he virus and stuff. I got scared cos I did not want to be a human grape. The thought of me having the pox was pushed aside as we worked on our research stuff.

On the way home, I fell asleep on the bus since my head felt like it was gonna break in half. I drifted in and out of consciousness (I've always wanted to use that phrase hehe) and through my blurry eyes, I saw that the bus was cramped with people. When I finally woke up for good, I could feel the other passengers looking at me (perhaps because I have yet again slept with my mouth wide open), I frantically looked for my phone since my last memory was of me texting. I seriously thought I got robbed. I almost asked the people beside me if they saw anything when I had the good sense to look for it inside my bag. It was there, alright. After breathing a sigh of relief, I looked out the window to see where I was at. 

I. Was. Lost. Well not lost per se, but I sure did miss my stop. I was worrying and wondering if I was past SM Southmall, the next stop or not. Apparently, I wasn't (thank God). I got off at SM and tried not to panic. It really sucked since I just woke up at that time and everything was happening so quickly. I called my mum and they picked me up.

We went straight to the hospital and after sitting in the ER for a while, we got ushered to a pediatrician. Dr. Chang was really nice. I really liked his very chill persona hehe. After showing him my hand and my back, he confirmed everyone's suspicions. I had chicken pox. After all that, we asked about the bumps behind my ear. He felt around and had a very puzzled look on his face. He told us that it was like a bone or something  because it was hard but he couldn't be sure. The bumps are still under observation. 

I ate a ton of left over lechon for dinner since it was a coincidence that our viands were all not for me like chicken and seafood. After dinner, I got all the feels in the world with the people and my butt started to itch. I drank my medicines and was soon off to a peaceful slumber. 

Love always,
Gab
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October 7, 2012

Dear friend, 

Today is Russ's birthday. We were supposed to have our Physics project making here at mi casa but since I am deemed contagious, the plans have been remade and they had it at Russ's instead. I have done nothing but watch High School Musical videos (with lyrics mind you) on youtube and eat. The dots on my back have multiplied tremendously and I now have a couple on my face.

The dots. I swear in this moment. They are infinite.

Love always,
Gab

May 28, 2011

Reeves, Chbosky, Bauby

I went to National Bookstore (practically my second home) today, while my mum was grocery shopping. I was there to buy some school supplies but since my school's a bit different (they don't hand out lists of what to buy, rather, the teachers tell us on the first meeting what color of notebook to buy for their subject), I ended up buying a single notebook for taking down notes on the first day of school. After finding a notebook, I spent almost an hour going gaga over the reeves paintbrushes + the books on sale + different shades of yellow and blue poster paints.


I ended up buying a copy of The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Jean-Dominique Bauby for only P99! The sticker on the back says that it was originally for P505. I seriously think I have some sort of Samus x-ray vision when it comes to books on sale. I also bought The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky since it piqued my interest after reading an article about books written in epistolary form. 

I also bought this...in my dreams ha ha ha. This is just too amazing not to be shared with everyone. I bought one size 10 Reeves nylon paint brush last time we went to the mall and I have paintbrushgasms when I use it so just imagine when I went to the paint brush section earlier and saw a buttload of Reeves paint brushes! I only bought 2 today, a 6 and a 14, since they were quite pricey. Nevertheless, I'm still a happy happy girl.

Lastly, I bought 3 poster paints. 1 Reeves prussian blue, 1 Reeves gold and 1 Colleen yellow! It's not obvious but I love Reeves!