currently listening to: shooting the moon - ok go (guitar solo is awesome!)

we had palihan today. the whole thing was considered as our "skills training" for the rural visit on friday. somehow, the term skills training strikes a nerve with me.

i practically spent the whole day sitting down. sitting down while listening to the talk about farmers, sitting down while we watched the documentary, sitting down as we were eating, constantly sitting down.

the opening stuff was entertaining, but by the time the documentary kicked in, i was fighting to keep my eyes open. not that it wasn't interesting, it was just...monotonous (mich loved it though). during the overdue recess, i didn't eat anything because i had nowhere to put my retainer (i have to take it out when i eat. inconvenient to say the least.). left the case at home (it's bright, bright pink! how could i miss that?). having a retainer can be considered a diet, i guess.

the salu-salo was fun. it was a shame that i left my hand sanitizer in my other bag (i'm getting awfully forgetful lately. whassup wid dat?). ate on the banana leaf, ate with my hands, and all that authentic stuff.

the remainder of the day was spent sorting out the goods in the palihan office. i finally got to experience that. missed out during the ondoy operations (i was a victim, after all :D). had a fun time with mikka, kyla, dhanna, patplan, ab, dolor, and all the other palihan officers there. must bring more goods tomorrow :D

a'ight. off to the cliffnotes website to read about the inferno :P

edit: i miss blogging :) sorry for the parentheses overkill (haha!)