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Random. Weird. Fun.

Those are the three words that best describe us. Being random made us weird which made our adventures fun!

Fayne Bartolaba.

Fretz Circulado.

Rashid Macarambon.

Hamdi Pandapatan.

Elah Salamida

Sequence of Posts:

Mystery Case

(per person in alphabetical order)

About Me

Dream

Family Tree

Potion

#AWESOME #RamdomGroupDescription #WeirdButFun

Mystery Case

Back in December 5 2008, I and my fellow investigators were given a “Missing Children Case”. We went to the office to get the details of our case. We received the assignment and began to review it. The fire started at 2 AM where only the father, mother, a daughter, and a son survived while the other 4 children went missing during the fire. The house that set on fire was a two – story house with a fire escape window on the second floor. The fire erupted on the first floor. The only lead we had on the case was a CCTV camera that was recovered from the fire. It captured a short footage where they saw a man’s shadow.

After reviewing the case file, the first thing we did was visit the victims. We went to the place where the Boucher family was taken refuge and had an interview with Mr. and Ms. Boucher. I asked Ms. Boucher how the fire started. She told me that she didn’t know because when her husband woke her, there was already a fire. Next, we asked Mr. Boucher to tell us everything that happened and everything he did to help us in our investigation since he was the one who woke up before Ms. Boucher. He told us that in the middle of the night his son, Charlie, suddenly woke him up and told him that there was a fire. He didn’t take him seriously at first because Charlie was smiling and at the same time clapping his hands while he was telling him this. Mr. Boucher noticed that Charlie was holding a lighter. He got confused as to how Charlie got hold of a lighter when he kept all of his lighters locked up on his drawer. He got worried because what Charlie said might be true so he went outside to check. He was about to go downstairs when he noticed a huge, dark smoke rising from downstairs. He immediately ran towards the room of their eldest son, George. He woke George up and told him what happened. He told him to go wake up and save his brothers and sister. George started running towards his brothers and sister’s rooms while he ran back to his room. He woke up his wife and told her the house was on fire. He grabbed their baby and she held Charlie’s hand. They covered their noses to prevent them from inhaling too much smoke. They dashed towards the fire escape window and managed to arrive outside the house.

After they found a safe spot outside, Mr. Boucher went running back to the fire escape window only to see that it was suddenly chained and locked up. He tried to look for a ladder on their warehouse but he couldn’t find anything until he lost all hope. After a while, fire trucks arrived at the scene to extinguish the fire. Something bothered me about his story. It was about the lighter. I asked him if he knows how Charlie got hold of a lighter. He told me he doesn’t know because he always kept his lighters locked up on his drawer because Charlie was always playing with it and burning random things in the house so it needed to be kept hidden. He also told us that the lighter wasn’t even his.

We then proceeded to ask Charlie some questions. I asked him where he got the lighter. He told us he got it from John, who was his friend at school. He also told us he gave it to him last night as a prize for doing what he said. I continued by asking Charlie what John had asked for. He said John asked him to unlock the door so that he could get inside the house, then he told him to wait for his prize; John gave him the lighter and told him to light it up and burn a piece of paper. After setting the piece of paper on fire, John told him to throw it on the ground and he did, then everything suddenly caught on fire. After listening to what Charlie said, I couldn’t blame Charlie because he was just a kid and he didn’t know what he was doing. We had managed to gather new information from Charlie. We knew that John spread gasoline on the floor and let Charlie do the burning for him.

The next thing to do was to find John. We immediately left the room and went to Charlie’s school. We spread out and asked teachers and students if they know someone named John but sadly nobody knew him. We were out of leads and were desperate for anything we can find so we went to the burned down house to investigate.

After looking around for a while we found foot prints on the backyard. We followed it which led us to a ladder, a wheelbarrow, and car tracks on the dirt. We followed the the tracks of the car until we eventually ended up in an old warehouse. We went inside the warehouse slowly and searched around together until we saw George with his arms, feet and mouth tied up. We removed the shirt tied on his mouth. As I was trying to remove the rope tied on his arms, he suddenly screamed that there was someone behind us. A guy struck me with a stick on the head where I blacked out for a couple of seconds. Luckily, my friends were there to help me and they even managed to subdue the guy. We tied up the guy really tight. I asked George where was his brothers and sister. He told me they were being kept at the opposite room. We fetched them, and then I called for back-up. While the kids were being taken to a safe place I noticed that they had bruises everywhere. The guy was taken into custody and the kids were taken somewhere safe. After thorough investigation on finding the identification of the guy, we found out he was John. We tried asking him some questions but he wouldn’t talk, instead he was shouting. He was psychotic. The last question we asked him was why he did it. Finally he answered and told us he was just bored. We left his investigation room because we knew he wasn’t going to tell us anything.

After the questioning, we went to where the Boucher family held refuge. Upon arriving, Mr. Boucher and Ms. Boucher showered us with thanks for saving their children. I went up to George to ask him what exactly happened that night. He then told me what happened. He was going to his brother’s and sister’s room to save them. As they were about to get out they got block by a random stranger who was wearing a mask. The stranger knocked out the 4 of them. I guessed that John tossed them down which explains the bruises, and then he used the ladder to go down. He can’t go through the fire escape window because he locked it to prevent the father from disturbing him. He then used the wheelbarrow to transport the kids to his car and proceed to drive to the warehouse where we found them.

#mindblown

Fayne at her finest

10 Facts About Me

► Name: Rhynvyll Fayne Pilapil Bartolaba

► Birth place: General Santos City

► Hair color: The roots are black and the rest is blond-ish brown

► Age: 17 years old

► Eye Color: Black

► Birthday: September 28, 1998

► Gender: Female

► Lefty or Righty: Righty

► Single or Taken: Taken. Joke. I’m single.

Of Me and the Likes of Me

What ONE word best describes you?

One word is not enough to describe me. Kidding! Uhm, maybe, DIFEERENT.

Do you prefer reading books or watching movies?

I prefer reading books.

Name the title of your favorite film or book.

This is hard. I’d say The Age of Adaline for the film and Twilight series for the book.

Name your favorite band/s or singer/s and their songs that you love best

Jessie J is the best. I actually have all of her songs on my phone. And some of the best songs of hers are, Who You Are, Masterpiece, Who’s Lauhghing Now, Nobody’s Perfect and may more.

Write lyrics that apply to my current situation/mood.

“Don’t lose who you are. In the blur of the stars. Seeing is deceiving, dreaming is believing it’s okay not to be okay.”

Put these in order of your favorite movie genre to least: Horror, action, thriller, adventure, superhero, romance, drama, comedy, musical and dance?

Romance, Comedy, Musical and Dance, Drama, Adventure, Superhero, Thriller, Action, Horror.

What are the top 5 movies to make you cry? (Or at least make you sad!)

Up, Hachiko, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, If I Stay & One More Chance.

If you could choose which age/era/century would you be born in which would it be?

The 90’s.

The Deeper Side of Me

What is the most unusual food you’ve ever eaten?

Banana with powdered milk.

What’s the most expensive gift you’ve ever bought for someone? How much did it cost and who was it for?

Honestly, as cliché as this sound but in giving gifts the price doesn’t matter it’s the thought that counts. So I’d rather share the sweetest gift I had given to one of my best friends which was a jar full of folded colorful papers with messages written inside and also random small cute stuff that she likes.

What’s the freakiest dream you’ve ever had? Describe.

I can’t clearly remember the exact details but what I could recall was that my grandmother was killed by my father in front of me. She was begging him not to kill her and I can’t do anything I don’t know why. It was horrible. I was actually crying when I woke up. I know it’s impossible but I can’t imagine it happening in real life.

What is the biggest injury you’ve ever sustained and how did you do it?

Thankfully I’m not really prone to injuries even if I’m into sports. So I think my biggest injury happened when I was 8 or 9 years old I got this deep cut on my right hand specifically the space between the thumb and the forefinger, medically it’s called Thenar Space. Anyway, I got this because I was trying to remove this glass bracelet I wore but I really don’t know how it happened but as it came off, in an instant a lot of blood spurted out like a tiny fountain out of my hand. Coincidentally I was in the hospital that time so I was immediately rushed to the emergency room and then stitches were done.

Which would you rather out of these 3 options? A: Be good looking and extremely intelligent but so poor you live on the streets. B: Be extremely intelligent and a millionaire but what society classes as ugly. Or C: Be good looking and a millionaire but extremely academically challenged? Why?

For me I’d have to choose option A. So what if I’m poor, if I’m extremely intelligent and good looking. I mean, being intelligent is enough for me to escape from poverty. I could apply for scholarships for me to be able to go to school and for my other needs to be accommodated for free and by then I could top, impress big persons and eventually get a decent job for me to be able to live a better life. And being good looking is just a plus factor.

Who are your best friends?

I actually have 12 best friends. Namely, Blaise, Kezzy, Yy, Janel, Cessa, Ethel, Kirk, Aidz, Jm, Macky, Aeron and Pito. It may seem a lot more than usual but it’s true.

Are you the kind of friend that you would want to have as a friend?

YES. But I’d really have to exert an effort just to be friends. Because I’m that person who doesn’t really show her true identity unless you’ve proven that you’re worthy to be friends with. But when we’re friends already you’ll know what a true friend is like.

Which is easier, to forgive or to forget?

Both are hard to do. But in my opinion, forgiving is less harder than forgetting. Because you forgive so than you can let go, move on and prevent them from destroying your heart. But you can never forget what they did even if a long time has passed. As they say, the heart forgives but the mind never forgets.

Have you ever met someone who has completely altered your way of thinking? Who?

· Yes. My older sister. She made me see that there’s more to life than just some crappy teenage things. She made me care for things I didn’t think worth caring. She made me appreciate more the important persons in my life. She made me realized that what I think life is, really isn’t.

What Ifs…

If you could be talented at anything instantly what would you choose?

I’ve always wanted to be musically inclined. I wanted to be the person who can sing majestically at the same time naturally amazing with different kinds of musical instruments.

If you could live in any fictional universe which would you choose?

I’m a big Twilight fan since high school so as weird as this seems but I wanted to be in the Vampire world. How cool can it be if you’ll have the characteristics just like a vampire has? Immortality, beauty, strength, speed and if lucky a special ability. Who wouldn’t want that?

What have been the top 3 most brilliant days of this year? Describe them in as much or as little detail as you like.

2 months had just passed for the year 2016 and it’s still a very short time to be able to choose the top 3 most brilliant days. But I have one; I can’t consider it one of the most brilliant but for now it will do. It’s January 1, the first day of the year. New feels, new breathe, new chances and same dreams but fresh start. And I am hoping and believing that this year is going to be my year.

If you could Eliminate one of your human needs which would you get rid of?

Sleep. Because sleep is for the weak. As much as I love sleeping, but can you imagine having those extra 8 hours you’ll get if you don’t have to sleep? Extra movie time, reading time, music time, study time, project time, assignment time and lots of extra time to procrastinate at the same time be productive.

Heart To Heart

Do you believe in soul mates?

I do believe in soul mates. Because a soul mate doesn’t mean you’d end up with him. For me, a soul mate is the person who would completely change your life, either he’d damage you or bolster you. It is someone who could create a better and stronger person out of you.

Your best friend confesses that he/she has feelings for you more than just friendship. He/she is falling in love with you. What do you (or did you) do/say?

I have a few guy best friends and I can’t imagine one of them falling in love with me. But if they do, honestly I don’t know how to react. I don’t want to destroy the strong friendship that we currently have but rejecting him would create a wound on our friendship. On the other hand, accepting his confession even though I don’t have any feelings for him would not just destroy our friendship but would also hurt him. Even though I don’t want either of that to happen I’d have to choose one and act on it. So I think I’ll just gently explain to him, that I’m really sorry but I can’t reciprocate the feelings that he has for me. I can’t force myself to feel the same way as he does because that would hurt him more. I wish he’d understand my decision because I can’t afford to destroy our strong bond, I can’t afford to hurt him and I can’t afford to lose one of my best friends.

What is more difficult for you, looking into someone’s eyes when you are telling someone how you feel, or looking into someone’s eyes when they are telling you how they feel?

For me, it’s a lot more difficult looking into someone’s eyes when confessing because it’s embarrassing and soul-sucking. Isn’t it mortifying enough to confess to someone personally? What more if I’d have to look into his eyes and declare my feelings for him!

Who is that one person that you really like and what makes them unique from the rest?

By like, you mean liking someone romantically or idolizing somebody? But whatever I’ll answer the “someone you like romantically” because why not? Well there’s this guy I like, I wouldn’t say his name. I like his personality, his voice, his hair, his eyes, his humor and the way he smiles. He’s different. He’s my guy.

What do you believe us as human beings take most for granted in this world?

The privilege of death. Because people tend to notice and appreciate one person when he’s already gone.

Say, the semester has ended, what valuable NON-ACADEMIC Lesson would you want to learn from your teacher/s or classmates, if given the chance?

Acceptance and friendship. From elementary to high school I’ve always had the same group of friends and classmates so I didn’t exactly know how to socialize in college and add up the factor that I’m sort of a socially awkward. So at the end of the semester, I’d like to see strangers becoming friends. I’d like to know that even though you’re from different places, you have different personalities; different status and a lot more differences, there are people out there who are willing to accept and be friends with you.

Déjà vu

Dreams are a mystery. There are dreams which I can’t even remember. Dreams I could remember but just for a few minutes. And then there are dreams that can’t be easily forgotten, dreams that are worth remembering.

I can still remember this one dream I had way back in third year high school, during that time our team was having intense trainings for the NDEA Inter-Area Meet, a school competition, because we received information that all the opposing teams were regional players and unfortunately we’re not. That’s why we had to double our effort during trainings. We were training from 7:30 in the morning until 7:30 in the evening a week before the competition. Yes it was a school week but again yes it was possible because we were excused from our classes. Jogging, plays, drills and tune up games were done every single day. At the end of every practice, our coach would always remind us that every sweat and effort of ours will definitely pay off. Anyway, maybe I was really into the trainings that time, that my dreams during that week were always almost the same. Our team winning the championship game, a lot of people cheering for us, different kind of plays were properly executed, good floor defense, and strong attacks. To sum it up, in my dreams our team was the bomb. In my dreams we always win. In my dreams we were the champions.

Every morning that week I would wake up asking myself if it was possible to happen. Could our team really win? But instead of doubting my team’s capability, it made me believed and feel more determined that it can and will happen. The competition came and we were amazing! It was like déjà vu. We were undefeated. And we were able to execute plays, defenses and attacks just like in my dreams. I wasn’t dreaming anymore. It was real. We were proclaimed as the champions after all.

They say dreams can never happen in real life. But I don’t think so. Dreams will never happen if you’ll wait for it to happen. Dreams will happen if you want it to happen. With determination and hard work it is possible. Dreams do happen.

This is my family. It’s not the typical one, we’re not perfect, and we’re just unique. Obviously the persons on the topmost picture are my parents. Papa works as a distributor while mama is a housewife but you can also consider her as a cook, engineer, architect, and seamstress or let’s just say she’s an all-around woman. On the bottom left picture, that’s my eldest sister, she’s a TV host in Gensan, she’s an awesome sister. On the center, that’s my older sister, she’s currently a medical student and she’s a great companion and lovable sister. And well yep, that’s me on the bottom right picture.

Septoir Potion

Lying is so easy; it’s so hard to know the truth. Everybody wants to hear the truth but not everyone gets what they want. There are people lying and there are people being lied to. There are people who wants to know the truth but doesn’t know how to. Lying must be stopped; the truth must prevail. Thus, Septoir potion is invented.

Septoir potion is a metallic-like concoction created to extract the truth out of a person. When consumed, a twisting and squeezing sensation on the tongue may be felt but after seven seconds it will slowly subside and the concoction will immediately take effect. It will last for seven good minutes, so time must not be wasted. On the first minute, the person will try to resist the potion thus should not be questioned yet. Violent reactions and constant murmuring or worse yelling are to be expected. Do not touch nor talk to the person, it could adverse the effect of the potion. On the second minute, the person would eventually calm down. Get ready and patiently wait because the truth is about to be revealed. On the next three minutes and thirty seconds the potion would fully kick in the person’s system and thus ready for questioning. This is your time to ask any questions. In this moment, every single word uttered by the person is the truth. Every question will be answered honestly. No restrictions and no lies. As the time is running, the potion is also wearing off. On the last thirty seconds the person would again try to fight off the potion’s effect. He would remember every question you had asked and try to give you different answers. You must not be fooled. Remember, you should always be aware of the time. After the seven minutes, the person will black out for seven seconds and will immediately regain consciousness. No worries must be felt because the good thing about this potion is that no questioning happened will be remembered at all by the person.

Creating a truth-inducing potion is very hard .It requires accuracy, precision, effort and bravery. Every little thing is important. One mistake would lead to a bigger consequence. If done and prepared correctly, the potion would work the way how it should work. But if not, at the end of the seven minutes the person may not just have no clue about what happened but will lose her entire memory unless an antidote would be taken, which is a lot harder to make. So you should be extremely careful in preparing one. Preparing a septoir potion is somehow easy, in a clear glass pot place water, two gold bars, a drop of your blood, and a drop of the other person’s blood, a unicorn blood, a flavouring you prefer so that it would taste like a normal drink and then put it into a boil. Continue stirring until it slightly thickens and afterwards immediately place it into a clear vial. But the most important ingredient you’ll need for it to be effective is your pure intention and soul. One cannot create this magical potion if ones intention isn’t clean. But be careful because it may seem simple but it’s extremely dangerous. However, if knowing the truth is in return, it will be worth the risk.

Honesty is more than not lying. It is truth telling, truth speaking, truth living and truth loving. Simply, honesty saves you even if you fear it.

#thetruthshallprevail

A Glimpse on Me

10 Facts About Me

► Name: Fretz Marie L. Circulado

► Birth place: Iligan City

► Hair color: Currently torn between black and brown

► Age: 17 years old

► Eye Color: Light brown (according to Elah)

► Birthday: August 27, 1998

► Gender: Female

► Lefty or Righty: Righty because I’m always right jk

► Single or Taken: Proud to be single and happy!! HAHAHA

Of Me and the Likes of Me

What ONE word best describes you?

Peculiar

Do you prefer reading books or watching movies?

Wanted to answer both but I guess I need to pick one so I’d choose reading books

Name the title of your favorite film or book.

It’s The Selection Series by Keira Cass because 5 is better than 1 (this is aside the Harry Potter Series)

Name your favorite band/s or singer/s and their songs that you love best

Secondhand Serenade is always perfect for “maoy” moment as a result; I could not pick a favorite song from them. Second would be Ed Sheeran because of his amazing voice maybe that’s why I find him attractive. Last but definitely not the least, Taylor Swift.

Write lyrics that apply to my current situation/mood.

“makes me wish that I was never brought into this place”

Put these in order of your favorite movie genre to least: Horror, action, thriller, adventure, superhero, romance, drama, comedy, musical and dance?

Romance, Comedy, Musical and Dance, Horror, Action, Thriller, Drama, Adventure, Superhero.

What are the top 5 movies to make you cry? (Or at least make you sad!)

The Last Song (I really cried myself to sleep), Up, The Little Prince (I can’t name the remaining two lol haha)

If you could choose which age/era/century would you be born in which would it be?

I would still pick the century am in now.

The Deeper Side Of Me

What is the most unusual food you’ve ever eaten?

Isaw covered with flour (Bohol’s kind of isaw)

What’s the most expensive gift you’ve ever bought for someone? How much did it cost and who was it for?

The most (but not so) expensive gift I bought were 3 cupcakes and a pot of balloons amounting to almost 400 pesos and that was for the birthday of my mother.

What’s the freakiest dream you’ve ever had? Describe.

This freakiest dream started one creepy evening with me walking to IIT from Brg. San Miguel together with my blockmates. Along the way, I was caught in a trap (the one Chichay from Got To Believe was also caught). While I was hanging upside-down, by blockmates laughed hard and left me there hanging (I don’t know why). I then started to look for help. When I reached 85 degrees, I saw a house with people inside. I shouted for help and then realized that the house I was currently seeing was the house of the “guy” ( you know what I mean). I guess I shouted too loud that the “guy” came to me and rescued me from the trap. Together we got inside their house. We passed through the living room where his parents are sitting while watching TV. His mother then said that the “guy” should prepare me food to eat. I don’t really get the point but I actually ate in their dining area. Because of all the happenings, I was brought back to reality. *The End* (This is aside from the dream where I found myself trapped in a place with snakes)

What is the biggest injury you’ve ever sustained and how did you do it?

The biggest injury I’ve ever sustained would be the time when I stumbled over a rock and caused a hit near my right eye. This resulted to a bundle of blood and a number of stitches. (This is aside from my ultimate heartbreak HAHAHA just kidding)

I’d definitely choose option A. With all those gifts, I would probably be able to gain money and sustain myself for the rest of my life.

Who are your best friends?

They’re too many to mention (I’m not kidding)

Are you the kind of friend that you would want to have as a friend?

Definitely maybe

Which is easier, to forgive or to forget?

I think it’s easier to forgive because it lightens your heart and to forget needs a lot (like a lot) of things to remove your focus on that certain thing.

Have you ever met someone who has completely altered your way of thinking? Who?

I guess, I can’t pick one so my answers would be my friends and the “guy”. They made me realize a lot of things and widen up my perspective on a lot (like a lot) of things.

What Ifs…

If you could be talented at anything instantly what would you choose?

This is one hard question but if I were to choose one that would be singing or be able to play a lot of instruments. (I would be so awesome!!)

If you could live in any fictional universe which would you choose?

That would definitely be in the Harry Potter World

What have been the top 3 most brilliant days of this year? Describe them in as much or as little detail as you like.

January 21 –I somehow felt “kilig” after one million years

January 24 – Water Safety with CWTS A31 and A32

February 23 – We were able to make a brilliant scenario for the prelim mystery case

If you could Eliminate one of your human needs which would you get rid of?

Sleep would be the most awesome answer. (because sleep is for the weak)

Heart To Heart

Do you believe in soul mates?

Unfortunately, I do haha joke. Yes, I do. (How amazing would that moment be when you finally found your soulmate?)

Your best friend confesses that he/she has feelings for you more than just friendship. He/she is falling in love with you. What do you (or did you) do/say?

I have somehow experienced this and the result was not that good. I guess I should first talk to him rather than shutting him down.

What is more difficult for you, looking into someone’s eyes when you are telling someone how you feel, or looking into someone’s eyes when they are telling you how they feel?

I would probably say that both are ultimately hard but I’d rather talk while staring than listening while staring.

Who is that one person that you really like and what makes them unique from the rest?

Currently, I have none but the last time was because of the way he treats me. (I should really keep his name to myself only)

What do you believe us as human beings take most for granted in this world?

Time. Everyone wastes all their time on something that is not that important without keeping in mind that we cannot retrieve this when regret comes.

Say, the semester has ended, what valuable NON-ACADEMIC Lesson would you want to learn from your teacher/s or classmates, if given the chance?

It would be best to learn how to value things in accordance to their worth and importance.

#weirdo Iknow

Desiderio

Indeed, our dreams are sometimes driven by the last music we listened to or the last movie we watched or even to the point of the emotions that we buried deep within our souls which we sometimes forget.

One of the best dreams which I could still recall started in a crowed and weird train station. There were a lot of parents bidding their goodbyes to their kids and a few were running to catch the train. Caused by the happenings, I too went inside the red steam-engine train. As I saw the structure of the train, I remembered the “Hogwarts Express”. With a lot to doubt within me, i started to walk slowly pass the long and narrow train hallway and found in one of the rooms the “Golden Trio”; Harry, Hermione and Ron. The whole trip then came to a blur which somehow made my dream a puzzle I could never solve, pieces sometimes pop out like the moment I saw the Headmaster and Hagrid but some details remained unremembered.

From the great land of Harry, I then found myself in a beautiful garden on the side of a hill. As I marvel around, I saw treasures more expensive than Easter eggs or even a pot of gold, they were my friends, friends who I don’t get along with a lot now. A burst of happiness then arrived within myself. The best part was when everybody gathered inside a cottage and then spend time talking to each other.

Just like every story, everything was shut and I was brought back to reality. I found myself inside a familiar room with no one inside besides myself. I stared at the wall for a few minutes to recover myself from my dream. After a short while, I realized that I was far from Iligan and the dream made me miss Iligan a lot especially my cousins who were by my side while watching the 8 movies of Harry Potter and my friends who went to college which made them more busy. From this experience, I can say that a dream is truly a wish our heart makes.

#weird

At the looks of this family tree, you can see an ordinary family but just like a candy, there’s a distinct flavor placed inside. My mother, Melva Lopena, came from two Boholanos, which are my grandparents, Ireneo and Alfreda. In the other hand, my father, Isagane Circulado came from Negros Occidental. With this information, I can say that maybe Iligan is really the perfect and destined place for us. My father, who is now an engineer, works at Holcim Lugait while my mother stays at home to focus more on us. Me being the eldest, has all the pressure. As a result, my brother, Bryll doesn’t feel any of these pressure. Weird things, like how destiny did its job on my parents, resulted to a great one.

Selfia Potion

There will always be a point in our lives where we’ll let the society define ourselves. Those times wherein we ask ourselves, “When will I be enough?”. Those striking words of “Be Yourself” but found within are rules to follow. When will we finally get to the point where everyone learns to accept their own personal being without changing a bit in order to get that sense of belongingness? I, a person who believes that going against the flow of the society sometimes may result to a greater and better thing, have finally found an escape from this forgotten problem and I call it the “Selfia Potion”.

The aim of this potion is to increase the self-appreciation of a person. I, myself believes that the ultimate solution to this problem is acceptance and love towards one’s self. Human as we are, we intend to give people love and expect to receive the same in return but unfortunately, life doesn’t work that way. As a result, we somehow forget our own worth. With the help of this potion, the person using it would eventually avoid bitterness, hate and self-degradation.

As I went through the process of creating this potion, I found these side effects. The volunteer had a different glow on the outside which resulted to an increase of self-confidence. With this certain “glow” appearing, she experienced a short memory loss. Indeed, you can’t get something without losing something else.

For those who want to know the ingredients I used to avoid certain allergies, here are the things used: a picture of yourself, sugar, cream cheese, hair from both eye lashes and eye brows, a petal from your favorite flower and last but definitely not the least is a bundle of faith. Blend everything and believe!

If you have any questions and clarifications, don’t hesitate to ask yourself. You might have missed something out.

#BeYourself

Rash-ID

10 Facts About Me

► Name: Abdul Rashid L. Macarambon Jr.

► Birth place: Manila City

► Hair color: Black

► Age: 16 years old

► Eye Color: Black

► Birthday: September 12, 1999

► Gender: Male

► Lefty or Righty: Right-Handed

► Single or Taken: Single

Of Me and the Likes of Me

What ONE word best describes you?

I think the word “interesting” best describes me. Telling random, corny jokes is one of my many specialties. People find me fun to be with because they almost never get bored when they’re with me.

Do you prefer reading books or watching movies?

I prefer watching movies. Whenever I watch movies, I can easily relate or understand the characters and the plot of the movie unlike when I’m reading.

Name the title of your favorite film or book.

Deadpool, the movie is definitely my favorite film of all time. I have been waiting for this movie to come out since last year, 2015. I love how the character knows that he is in a movie and a comic book character. He makes trending jokes that most of us in this generation knows.

Name your favorite band/s or singer/s and their songs that you love best

Paramore is one of my all time favorite bands. I love most of their songs especially their song entitled Last Hope because it makes me happy. The song is very inspiring in a way that it can actually pull you out of your misery.

Write lyrics that apply to my current situation/mood.

The lyrics’ “It’s just a spark but it’s enough to keep me going” and “because I’m happy” best describes my current situation and mood respectively.

Put these in order of your favorite movie genre to least: Horror, action, thriller, adventure, superhero, romance, drama, comedy, musical and dance?

My most favorite genre to least favorite are action, thriller, adventure, comedy, horror, musical, dance, superhero, drama and romance.

What are the top 5 movies to make you cry? (Or at least make you sad!)

There’s actually no movies that made me cry but there are 2 movies in particular that made me sad and those movies are “The Blind Side” and “Hachi: A Dog’s Tale”.

If you could choose which age/era/century would you be born in which would it be?

I would choose to be born somewhere around year 2200 because there is sure to be massive improvement and developments in technology. There is a huge chance that a time machine is already invented at that time.

The Deeper Side Of Me

What is the most unusual food you’ve ever eaten?

The most unusual food I’ve ever eaten is a Japanese themed food that tasted really awful.

What’s the most expensive gift you’ve ever bought for someone? How much did it cost and who was it for?

The most expensive gift I’ve ever bought for someone is a t-shirt. It cost about 500 pesos. I gave that gift to a girl I liked back in high school as a Christmas gift.

What’s the freakiest dream you’ve ever had? Describe.

I had this freaky dream where I was being chased by a dark figure into a building. I went inside the building climbed to the top until I reached the highest floor. There was nowhere to go so I was cornered. The dark figure pushed me and I fell down the building then I woke up. I could still feel the sensation of falling down on top of something high school

What is the biggest injury you’ve ever sustained and how did you do it?

The biggest injury I had was when my arms were fractured. It was back when I was grade 5. I went to the plaza near our house to play with the kids there. I climbed the swing and swung myself back and forth. I continuously did this until my hand slipped and I fell down. I blacked out for a couple of seconds. I couldn’t feel my arms so I asked my brothers for help. They assisted me in going back home. I was then brought to the hospital the next day to have my arms cemented.

I would choose option A where I will be good looking and extremely intelligent but very poor. I could let myself be discovered by huge scientific research company where I will eventually be recruited because of my extreme intelligence. I could earn a lot of cash and eventually buy a house and be able to live a happy life. I could also win a Nobel Prize. Being good looking is just a bonus as to when I think about if I want to get married.

Who are your best friends?

My best friends are Spike, Juneil, Mamad, Ryan, Klint, Milky and Den. These guys have been with me since my high school days. These guys help me whenever I need help. I am sure both of them will be there whenever I develop new problems.

Are you the kind of friend that you would want to have as a friend?

Yes, because I am a very fun person to be with. Although I criticize or judge people sometimes, I would still want to have someone like me as a friend.

Which is easier, to forgive or to forget?

It is easier to forgive because when you forgive someone you become friends again but you will never forget the mistake he/she did. This is a quality most people have, to not let the other person make the same mistake again.

Have you ever met someone who has completely altered your way of thinking? Who?

I have met a guy named Juneil who completely changed how I think about things in a positive way. He has helped me in some situations where I didn’t know what to do.

What Ifs…

If you could be talented at anything instantly what would you choose?

I would choose to be talented at playing all instruments. I’ve always wanted to play different kinds of instruments especially guitar, piano, and drums but I can’t seem to find the time to practice playing them.

If you could live in any fictional universe which would you choose?

I would choose to live in the anime world. Ever since I was in my 2nd year of high school, I’ve always streamed anime in the internet whenever I had free time. I sometimes have dreams that I am in the anime world and It is awesome.

What have been the top 3 most brilliant days of this year? Describe them in as much or as little detail as you like.

For me, the most brilliant day of this year is the first day of school on the 2ndsemester because that day is where I got to see familiar faces again. The second most brilliant day is the beginning of the year because that day is where all people expect good changes this year. Lastly, the day where I got to ride with my crush.

If you could Eliminate one of your human needs which would you get rid of?

I would eliminate the need for sleep. We spend almost half of our lives sleeping to regain energy. If I could remove the need for sleep then I could have more time for everything I want to do and possibly do everything there is to do in this world.

Heart To Heart

Do you believe in soul mates?

I believe in soul mates. A soul mate is someone who is perfect for you but It doesn’t guarantee that you will end up with your soul mate. There are some cases where we don’t end up with our soul mate like forced marriage, etc.

Your best friend confesses that he/she has feelings for you more than just friendship. He/she is falling in love with you. What do you (or did you) do/say?

If my best friend confesses to me then I would most likely say yes. Your best friend is someone who understands you best. He/she will most likely know almost everything there is to know about you. If you will marry your best friend in the future, then you will be guaranteed a very happy life.

What is more difficult for you, looking into someone’s eyes when you are telling someone how you feel, or looking into someone’s eyes when they are telling you how they feel?

I find looking into someone’s eyes when they are telling me how they feel more difficult. If you decide to tell someone how you feel, then that means you have a clear sense of duty in your mind; unlike when someone tells you how they feel, It’s really hard to immediately process what is happening or what to respond unless you feel the same way.

Who is that one person that you really like and what makes them unique from the rest?

The person the I really like is my own mother. She is just like most moms in this world. What makes her unique is that she really loves us more than the other people in this world.

What do you believe us as human beings take most for granted in this world?

I believe that what we humans take most for granted in this world is our lives. Most of us never do the things we want or need until it is too late. We waste our time with things that doesn’t result to anything good; This is the reason why many old people wished they were young again.

Say, the semester has ended, what valuable NON-ACADEMIC Lesson would you want to learn from your teacher/s or classmates, if given the chance?

Theirs is no particular lesson in my mind that I want to learn but there is a lesson I want to improve on and that is responsibility. I want to be able to manage my time better to get better results. If I could be more responsible, then people would rely on my more often.

Dilemma

It was back in my high school days that I had this interesting dream. It started in our classroom back in my 3rd year of high school. We were all listening to the teacher attentively then suddenly we heard a very loud scream. The sound of the scream sent shivers down my spine. The scream was loud enough to the point that everyone at school heard of it. I was curious so I went outside our classroom to find out what happened and some of my classmates followed me. I saw a man next to a severely injured woman. The woman was wearing a lovely white dress but it was covered in thick blood. I thought the man was helping the woman but he wasn’t. He was eating her flesh. I got scared so I ran back inside our classroom. My classmates that followed me remained outside because they were still trying to figure out what was happening. I sat down and slapped myself to see if I was dreaming or not. I found out I wasn’t dreaming because I could feel the pain on the spot where I hit myself. My classmates outside started screaming out in pain. Everyone inside got startled but I was terrified because I knew exactly what was happening outside our classroom. The door slowly opened, then we saw them ——– zombies. A zombie bit one of my classmates and after that a couple of zombies came rushing inside our classroom. They started eating my classmates left and right. One of the zombies was close to biting the girl I had a crush on then it hit me. I want to protect her. Thoughts of wanting to protect her circled around my head. It drove me a little mad until I transformed into someone different. It was like I’m a whole other person. My mind and actions warped into that of a badass. I took a ball pen out of my pocket and came dashing towards the zombie. I stabbed it in the head so many times that my ball pen shattered. The reason I continuously stabbed the zombie because I needed something to take out my fear on. There was still some zombies left in our classroom so I ran back to where my bag was placed and I took out 2 Desert Eagle pistols. I shot all the remaining zombies inside straight in the head. I told my classmates that survived including my crush to follow me. We ran towards the parking lot. We ran into a few zombies on the way there but it wasn’t something that I couldn’t handle. I took a key of a school bus in the maintenance room. We got inside the bus then I drove it outside the parking lot. There were a lot of them outside but I ignored them. Some of them were in the way so I hit them with the bus and kept driving until I reached the gate. I rammed through the gate to force it open and got away safely. After thinking for awhile, I decided to take my classmates to their respective homes. I drove my classmates to their homes until the only ones left in the bus were me and my crush. I drove to where she lived after that she was about to give me a kiss. Before she could kiss me on my cheek, I woke up.

I have learned in my dream that when it comes to our family, friends and other loved ones we can overcome anything. We become stronger when it comes to fighting for our loved ones. I learned that it doesn’t matter if you are afraid because If you do something you really need then being afraid is but a very small hindrance to you.

#magicdream

My family is just like your regular family, very generic in many ways. We do things that most families do like, going out on a family dinner, supports each other, and we actually do have some disagreements with one another sometimes and by disagreements, I meant we have fights with one another but very rarely. Fighting in our family are mostly done by my younger siblings because that’s actually what younger siblings do most of time. My parents are very strict when it comes to responsibility, they always remind us to do our best and keep away from bad habits. They always tell us to do the things we need to do so we won’t regret our decisions in the end and that what they tell us is always for our own good.

Pseudo-death potion

I remember the time when I was still young that I had desperate times. It was back 30 years ago that I had a sudden heart attack. I woke up in a hospital the next day. I felt so weak that I couldn’t feel my own legs. The doctor noticed I woke up and went inside the room. He told me that I have a severe case of cancer. He asked me if I wanted to contact anyone I know to come see me. Usually when someone asks you something like this the first thing that pops into your mind is your parents. My parents lived far away from where I lived and even if I called them and told them that I have a cancer, they still wouldn’t come; My parents couldn’t care less about me. I told the doctor that I had no one to call, then he looked me in the eyes with despair written all over his face. I could tell by his face that I probably don’t have much time to live, my guess was right. The doctor proceeded to tell me that I only had about a month to live. I felt so much sorrow and regret. The night came in and I decided to escape the hospital because I was confused and scared of the fact that I only had a month to live. I ran far away from the hospital where I stumbled upon a run down old house. I immediately went inside because I thought that it was abandoned. I saw lit fireplace. I thought it was weird for an abandoned house to have a lit fire place, then an old man crept up behind. He immediately asked me what I was doing in his house in a scary tone. I told him I was lost and I just happened to stumble inside. The old man noticed that something was wrong with me, then he asked me to tell him what’s going on. I told him everything that had happened so far. He told me that nobody deserves die and that everyone has a purpose in life. Thoughts of wanting to live surged through my mind until I screamed out loud that I wanted to live.

The old man told me that he could cure my cancer but it has bad side effects. I was desperate, so I immediately accepted his offer without thinking about the bad side effects that much. He told me that he needed certain ingredients to make the potion that could cure my cancer. He reached to his pocket and took out a list then he gave it to me. I looked at the list and noticed most of the things listed there was fairly easy to find. I started with gathering the easiest ingredients to find. I needed a chili pepper, a single strand of human hair, a speck of dust, a marshmallow, Bermuda’s root, and a dog food which was really easy to find. I proceeded to collect each of them. I needed a melted nail so I took a nail out of my house and melted it which took quite a while to do because I only used a fire place to melt the nail. I also needed a rat’s whiskers. My house was pretty old so trying to find a rat is a piece of cake. I made a rat trap to catch one. I waited for about 5 hours until one rat finally fell into the trap. I took the rat and cut one of its whiskers and immediately let the rat go. The second to the last ingredient to make the potion is an owl’s eyeball. Trying to catch an owl was a challenge for me because I only used a slingshot. It took me about 5 days to finally hit an owl with my sling shot and took out one of its eyeballs. Lastly I needed a nitrogen, I searched everywhere and asked everyone but I can’t seem to find a nitrogen. To be honest, I didn’t know what it was back then so I came back to the old mans house and asked him about it. He told me I didn’t need to find it because he was going to provide for it.

He made the potion that took about a day. He called it the pseudo-death potion. He gave it to me and I immediately drank it. I felt really dizzy then I lost consciousness. After I woke up, I asked the old man if it cured my cancer. He told me that it didn’t, the potion extended my life span for a year and prevented me from dying. He also told me that if I keep bringing him the necessary ingredients needed to make the potion, I could live forever. I was happy because I could do the things I’ve always wanted to do. I thought about it for a while, then I decided to go to school to find a purpose for my life. I finished schooling and graduated with flying colors. I won so many awards and also won a Nobel Prize. I decided to write about what started it all and how I found my purpose in life.

Ham-DI

10 Facts About Me

► Name: Mohammad Hamdi A. Pandapatan

► Birth place: Iligan City

► Hair color: Black

► Age: 17

► Eye Color: Black

► Birthday: December 11, 1998

► Gender: Male

► Lefty or Righty: Righty

Of Me and the Likes of Me

What ONE word best describes you?

One word could best describe me is “Water” because my shape (mood) will depend on my container (surroundings).

Do you prefer reading books or watching movies?

After reading a single novel book, I prefer reading books. Reading books help you to escape from the real world and forget of all the stress in the real world.

Name the title of your favorite film or book.

As of now, my favorite movie is Mad Max Fury. It is one of the movies that wasn’t able to make me fell asleep when I watched alone.

Name your favorite band/s or singer/s and their songs that you love best

I’m not into music but “The Cab” took my attention especially their songs.

Write lyrics that apply to my current situation/mood.

Lyrics that apply to my current mood are “Yeah, I’m no angel, I’m just me, but I will love you endlessly. Wings aren’t what you need, you need me”, from the song Endlessly by The Cab.

Put these in order of your favorite movie genre to least: Horror, action, thriller, adventure, superhero, romance, drama, comedy, musical and dance?

From the top to the lowest: Action, Thriller, Horror, Superhero, Adventure, Romance, Comedy, Musical and Dance, Drama.

What are the top 5 movies to make you cry? (Or at least make you sad!)

My top 5 movies that made me sad are: 12 Years a Slave, Up, The Fault in our stars, Schindler’s List, Titanic. (From top 1 to 5)

If you could choose which age/era/century would you be born in which would it be?

If I could choose which era I would be born, it would be the era of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). I would like to know how great leader he is and how he was able to survive all of the challenges for him. I would like also to know everything about by knowing him personally not by just reading the books. I want him to ask questions that I think no one can answer.

The Deeper Side Of Me

What is the most unusual food you’ve ever eaten?

The super-hot and spicy duck adobo cooked by my uncle.

What’s the most expensive gift you’ve ever bought for someone? How much did it cost and who was it for?

I’ve bought someone a necklace. It does not just worth more than 500 pesos but also every calorie that should’ve eaten instead of buying that necklace.

What’s the freakiest dream you’ve ever had? Describe.

I dreamt that I was a quack doctor. It was strange because the patients’ diseases were something I don’t know if it really does exist. When I woke up, I got goose bumps.

What is the biggest injury you’ve ever sustained and how did you do it?

Heart break. Someone just dumped me and didn’t realize my worth. It hurt me so much because I gave every effort that I can offer. I’ve spent with that someone the time that I should’ve spent for studying. After I realized that it’s useless to be sad and depressed, I just moved on and forget all about that someone even if it’s really hard to do.

Be good looking and extremely intelligent but so poor you live on the streets because streets have a lot to offer for an extremely intelligent person like me experiment. You can able to observe other’s behaviors. You can build things out of trash; develop extraordinary ideas.

Who are your best friends?

My best friends are the “Hokages” out there who took engineering courses and left me in BSA program. Shout outs to: Juhyver Alon, Nel Arcayos, Daryl Barbon, Joshua Codia, Arafat Dibangkitun, Louie Tefora, Jude Paller and Gabriel Pisla.

Are you the kind of friend that you would want to have as a friend?

Yes. I can be the best friend for my other self too.

Which is easier, to forgive or to forget?

To forgive is easier because heart does not store hate. It stores love that can forgive someone’s mistakes. To forget is difficult because brain stores memories. How can you forget if it’s already stored in your brain?

Have you ever met someone who has completely altered your way of thinking? Who?

There’s a lot of. I’ve been into Islamic Seminars and the speakers change my way of thinking about things that surrounds me. The taught me that every second is a blessing. We are also suffering the consequences of our actions and made us regret some of our decisions.

What Ifs…

If you could be talented at anything instantly what would you choose?

That talent would be “singing”. I really suck at it.

If you could live in any fictional universe which would you choose?

It would be One Piece. I want to eat a Devil Fruit and be a comrade of Luffy. I want to beat the ass of everyone that blocks our way to the treasure.

What have been the top 3 most brilliant days of this year? Describe them in as much or as little detail as you like.

Top 1: The day when she said “yes”. Top 2: Annual Regional Convention (ARC), the days when I was able to forget my problems. Top 3: I passed the first quiz in Accounting 112 because that was the only quiz I passed out of 4 quizzes.

If you could Eliminate one of your human needs which would you get rid of?

I would eliminate food because it increases my weight and makes my pocket cry.

Heart To Heart

Do you believe in soul mates?

No. I believe in destiny.

Your best friend confesses that he/she has feelings for you more than just friendship. He/she is falling in love with you. What do you (or did you) do/say?

I will also confess to her what I feel about her too. There are 2 possible things that I’ll confess to her. The first would be that I can’t give her what she expects me to give her. It might hurt her but the important is that she’s not waiting for nothing. Then, the second would be that I feel the same thing to her but we can’t be together. I won’t risk our friendship for something that might destroy everything we have.

What is more difficult for you, looking into someone’s eyes when you are telling someone how you feel, or looking into someone’s eyes when they are telling you how they feel?

Looking into someone’s eyes when you are telling someone how you feel is more difficult because it takes a lot of courage to do it. It will tell how sincere your feelings for that someone. It can also change things what you want to turn out.

Who is that one person that you really like and what makes them unique from the rest?

I can’t tell her name but let me describe her. She’s beautiful and simple. I think her attitude made her unique from the rest. She’s a little bit childish. She can make me regret every second that I’ve wasted when we were together. She can make me smile even if she’s not joking.

What do you believe us as human beings take most for granted in this world?

Love is the most taken for granted in this world. If all human beings cherished it; no one is starving, no one is discriminated, and no one is disrespected. If all human beings know how to love; nature is still green, rivers are still blue and extinct animals are still alive. If all human beings appreciated love, there would be peace not war and happiness not sadness.

Say, the semester has ended, what valuable NON-ACADEMIC Lesson would you want to learn from your teacher/s or classmates, if given the chance?

If I would be given the chance to learn something valuable from my teacher/s or classmates, it would be learning to write a poem or quotes in English. I am used to write poems in Filipino and Bisaya which I write only for myself.

Scientist

A long time ago, I dreamt about me as a mad scientist. I was a Sci-Fi movies fan back then. In my dream, I invented a cloak and masks where I used them on bad things. I invented a cloak that can make me invisible as long as I am wearing it. The masks invented where the faces of Bill Gates, Bin Laden and Pres. Obama.

I tested my inventions that brought chaos to the world. I shoplifted things from the malls. I also pick pocketed strangers. And I drove home using a carjacked car. I did those things wearing my invisible cloak.

I wore my invented mask with Bill Gates’ face on it to meet with some rich investors. I asked them to invest money on my company in cash for some random season I spewed out. Seeing as I was pretending to be Bill Gates, it was very hard for them to refuse me. So, they agreed to my proposition and gave a briefcase with cash in it. I excused myself and went to the comfort room. I removed my Bill Gates mask and sneaked outside unnoticed.

Wearing my invented mask with Bin Laden’s face on it, I surrendered myself to the U.S. government. They sent me to High Security Prison with the arrested most wanted criminals. Using my connection, a friend of mine gave me my cloak. I escaped the prison wearing and no one noticed me. The word’s security became on red alert for the news that Bin Laden escaped prison.

I wore the mask with Pres. Obama’s face and declared an all out war against China. The World War III started. I wore my cloak and listened to the plans of U.S. about their counterattacks. Then, I told it to the government of China. U.S. lost their power and China won. U.S. figured out that I was the one behind their loss and they chased me wherever I go. They arrested me when I was urinating in a restaurant’s comfort room where I was eating.

I was not able to finish my dream because my mom woke me up. My mom woke me up for I was actually urinating on the wall of my room without any shorts and underwear. At that time, I was just laying on my bed facing my wall. The only thing that I did that morning was to clean my room and listened to my mom scolding me all over again and again.

The lesson that I’ve learned from my dream other than do not mess with U.S. government is to urinate before going to sleep and wear pants. I will also make sure that my door is locked. I will make sure that I will not face the wall while sleeping to avoid any temptation. Seriously, the lesson I’ve also learned is not to do bad things when you have the power because it bring harm to other and everyone will hate you for it.

#mad

My family is not as special as what other people thinks. Love bonds us together no matter what. Faith makes us stronger for every dilemma come on our way. We value every second that we’re together. We compliment each member’s achievements. We don’t lie to each to build trust to one another. We’ll do everything just to make every member happy.

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