Intoxicated.

Intoxication, according to dictionary.com, has three meanings. These three are: 1) stupefaction or excitement caused by the action of a chemical substance; 2) exhilaration, excitement, or euphoria; 3) poisoning by a drug or toxic substance. I have just reasons to believe that I have experienced intoxication three times over this weekend.

Let's begin with the third and first definitions. Last Friday, Angela invited us to her pre-birthday celebration in Corik's. If my memory serves me right, it's the first time I've been in a bar like that. I've been to Zirkoh, yes, but that's a comedy bar-- I won't even comment on how different comedy bars are from "real" bars. Hee. It's just that I'm not the type of person who likes going out at nights, or likes going out at all; I'd rather stay in the house and watch TV all night long. In the same vein, I'm not the type of person who drinks too much alcohol even when the event provides the opportunity for it. The last time I've drunk far beyond my capacity was during the ORSEM party after the Freshman Dorm Orientation, and that was ages ago.

Well, I guess it's needless to say at this point that, during Angela's celebration, I drank once again.

The strangest thing about it, though, is the urge that accompanied the drinking. Not that kind of urge, you of filthy minds, but the urge to just keep on drinking bottle after bottle after bottle. I even managed to get comments like "Ang lakas palang uminom nito", which I personally do not receive, like, at all, ever. I don't know what triggered this urge, but perhaps the first and third definitions of "intoxication" can help me here: San Mig Light poisoned me, induced enough stupefaction and excitement in me to let go of all my inhibitions, pushed me to just go on and on and on. Thank goodness and I was able to go home before the alcohol truly struck me-- the consequences of that happening when so many people were around would have been quuuuiiiite revealing. Hee.

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I'd like to greet Angela a very happy birthday, and a lot of thanks for that wonderful celebration. I pinned faces on a lot of the popular names, and I finally understood a lot of things I only had vague impressions about.
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The second type of "intoxication" was caused by two things: the first was Racquel's eviction from the Pinoy Big Brother house, and the second was the accomplishment of finishing all my LOMA readings.

Let's begin with the first cause. Racquel, after three consecutive nominations, finally met her match-- Cassandra Ponti, a kababayan of mine from Davao(Inangkin ba? Hee.). With a difference of only 14 percentage points between them, Racquel was finally evicted from the house. I became instantly intoxicated by this piece of news. Racquel has been pestering me with her inanity and insanity in the PBB house, and it was about time she left. She's not as bad as JB (who, by the way, received a tongue-slap from Cass's mother last night), but she can still be pretty annoying. I guess Racquel's disappearance is only unfortunate in that, unlike Rico, JB and Jenny, she won't be appearing in our TV screens for very long.

The second cause of my intoxication, that of finishing my LOMA readings, is a huge source of exhilaration, euphoria, and excitement for me. I can now finally study for my actuarial exam. It's going to be a long journey from now until November 9th, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed. I'm praying for two things: 1) that I'll be able to finish studying for my actuarial exam come November 9, and 2) that I won't be able to forget the things I studied for LOMA come November 7 and 8. Pray for me, too, you guys, I need it.

So much for being intoxicated now! Time to log out of this internet cafe, go back to the house, reach for my BA-II Plus Texas Instruments calculator, and start solving! Yebah! :)