Hear, hear. Still here.

I know. I've been gone from the blogging world almost two weeks since that entry about my wonderful graduation day. No, I haven't been eaten by sharks, thrown into everlasting limbo, or spontaneously combusted. I'm alive, in other words. Alive! Awake! Enthusiastic!

After my graduation, my father and I went to Masbate to visit my relatives. Both my parents came from Masbate, so the visit actually touched both sides of my ancestry. During the weekdays, we stayed in my mother's parents' house in Palanas, Masbate. During the weekend, we stayed in my father's parents' house in Maanahao, Masbate. We were there from March 21 to 28, so that pretty much explains the lack of contact with the cyberworld.

Before this trip, I have only been to Masbate twice. The first time was when I was 5, during the time when my Lolo Cordong (my father's father) died. The second time was when I was 13, right after my elementary graduation. I left quite a reputation after that second trip. When asked, my relatives would recall moments when I just locked up in my room, refusing to talk to anyone, immersing myself in the tons of novels I brought for the trip. Yep, I was not one for socializing during that time. In the end, all they thought of me was that I was snobbish little brat. Somehow, I didn't care too much about that description. I didn't care too much about them, anyhow.

My father had his reasons of me going back to Masbate, and perhaps my attitude was one of them. He didn't really want me to be remembered by my relatives as someone who was such a jackass. Papa and I talked a lot during our trip (bonding session kumbaga), and he told me that the visit prevented something worse than being badly remembered: not being remembered at all. I guess he's right. It will be years before I can go back to my province once again, and when I do come back, cousins my age will have spouses and kids, will have families of their own, and someone who has visited them eons ago, with a notoriety attached to boot, will most likely be forgotten beneath the chambers of their memories and recollections.

[To be continued... so much time, so little money!]

Other news: I have a job! Yippee! Yep, PhilamLife accepted me as one of the 10 Management Trainees they're training for this year. I have to go back on April 11, though, in time for the contract signing, and that's a little sad because I really want to spend some more time with my family, but on the other hand, it's also good, since I get to spend more time with Jeland in our room in the boarding house (very nice bathroom, wee!) and I get to go to work!

Other news: Ubisoft has announced the release date of Heroes of Might and Magic V! Wonderfulness! It will be released next year, around January. Can't wait to see this edition of HOMM!

That's all for now. The post about Masbate will be done, assuredly. :)