I really do not want to go. I was scared of these things. This would be my first time, and I was afraid of the stories I heard. They said it was full of crying and sentimentality. I would escape from crying and sentimentality as regards family the best that I could, but I guess I could not escape this peace retreat.

I decided to do away with the peace of retreat. I could have attended in other weeks, but that would only prolong my agony. I guess I just have to not take things in the retreat too seriously. In three days, it would be over.

As I gave my parents the letter from San Beda, I told them that they do not have to come. I could not tell them directly to NOT to come. I think it would sound offensive. I just want to dispense with emotional talks if indeed they would come.

I slept around 930 pm, woke up at around 12:20 pm today, slept again, and woke up at around 420 pm. (I think I could have slept just about anywhere, even in hard-surface stainless steel tiles.) I think I got hit by a flu, but I could not sleep all day, even if I wanted to. There are so many pages to read.

I took medicines already and drank a calamansi juice. I am feeling hot (not that kind of hot!) and coughing and my muscles are in pain. I do not know if this could be the result of overfatigue or the unpredictable weather. One day, it is so cold, and the other day, it seemed like we are in furnace filters.

It is kind of hard to concentrate with criminal law when one is sick. So I decided to just write here. I miss blogging and reading your blogs. I promise I will visit all your sites when semestral break comes.

Perhaps then, I would also sleep all day. Ang sarap ‘nun.

This is just about finding the right place to stay. Even before the start of the semester, my parents and I were already looking for a place to transfer. I even missed one of princess dyanie’s birthday celebrations because of that. We have been searching since then, and up to now, I am still living in my old apartment.

This old apartment is no longer a good place to stay. I need quietness when studying, and the neighbors I now have were all friends from the same office who do not bother to lower their voices even when it is midnight and or the volume of their radios or their videoke sessions, considering that we share the same hallway, and the rooms are only divided by a wall. Though I was the first to live here among all of them, all the old neighbors are gone now, and the place is full of people who work in the casino who fail to realize that some other people do not have the same schedule as them (most are in the graveyard shift).

Anyway, the primary consideration I had was that it has to be halfway from work and school. I spend 2 to 3 hours a day just traveling. Since there are plans to allow home-based work, I guess I no longer have to consider going to the office anymore. I cannot live in a dorm or share a room with other people. My parents come from time to time, so I really need a place all to myself. And, oh, I need a separate room! So that I would not be bothered by Tayong Dalawa whenever they are watching and I am studying.

The price. I cannot afford too high a price. There are so many expenses in law school, and I do not work as much as I can before. I cannot just let all my salary go to rent. haha. This is NOT my requirement, but Mom won’t approve of a neighborhood with people roaming the streets even at night, with people drinking outside of their houses. Is it because I’d drink with them? Kidding!