This morning, hunbun and I made the ultimate sacrifice. We woke up really early on a Saturday to volunteer to tutor public school kids. When we got to Kaingin Dos, we were surprised that there were a lot of kids. Good thing there were four tutors (me, hunbun, Jem, and Dianne) to handle this big a class. I’m more used to holding a study session for small groups. I feel the one-on-one atmosphere is more conducive to learning. But that’s not an option this time. I’m forced to use the board-and-chalk method. *sigh* We reviewed them on their basic mathematic and spelling skills. Sadly, they still have not mastered their multiplication table. And it’s really hard to hold their focus. Their attention span lasts no longer than 5 minutes. Even if my throat is a little soar from speaking loudly, it’s worth it. There’s something rewarding about helping others. It makes me feel good inside.

Afterwards, the four of us had lunch at World Topps. (Yummy mushroom soup and Salpisilog! *mmm*) Dianne and I wanted to watch A Cinderella Story. So we kept on convincing hunbun to drive us to Eastwood. Of course, he gave in to my persuasive powers. We were so underdressed because all of us were wearing really casual white shirts and jeans and rubber shoes. That’s the required outfit for tutors. Oh well, who’s going to notice?

In the parking lot, hunbun followed a couple to their car hoping that they were leaving. They did enter the car and guess what, they started making out. *lol* They were liplocking inside an untinted car at noon! We found that so amusing. Good thing they eventually left and we found a parking space. We immediately headed for the cinemas, but A Cinderella Story was not showing anymore. So we opted to watch the next best thing: Stepford Wives. Dianne and I found the trailers intriguing anyway. Oh, it’s our first time to watch a movie in Eastwood Cinemas. It’s really nice because of the reclinable chairs and removable arm rests. Hunbun and I had an instant love seat.

I like the uniqueness of the movie, even if it involves a little robotics. I want to live in Stepford, the houses are gorgeous, the families are blissful, the neighbors are nice, and the dresses are to die for. Who does not want perfection right? For that, I wouldn’t mind being a Stepford wife. But the men there are geeky and don’t have any self-confidence at all. They’re all envious of their high-paying powerful wives. I guess there’s no such thing as a perfect life. And the woman who made the whole Stepford thing happen seems a little delusional, insane. *hehe*

Oh, I downloaded Mozilla Firefox. Some of my skins don’t look as good there. I’ll probably tweak them a little so they’re more browser friendly. Any suggestions how to change my CSS a little? And I’m plugging Hazel because she’s a sweetie!

I just got a phone call a while ago. No one knows about my phone number aside from my family and my boyfriend. A woman who told me her name is Nedi asked for my mom. I told her my mom was out. She then explained that she is the sister of Mark, one of my mom’s friends. She also asked the number of one of my aunts. I didn’t give it to her for privacy reasons. Afterwards, she asked the favor if I could relay a message to my mom. The message was really shocking. I don’t know whether to believe it or not. She told me that Mark was gone. Gone? Someone killed him inside him room, she said, and that the police was investigating the case.

This disturbed me a lot. I immediately told my mom when she got home. She called up Mark’s cellphone but he couldn’t be reached. She asked all of her friends but they didn’t know anything either. I’m sure unsure upto know if it was a prank phone call of deadly serious. (Not intended as a pun.)

[EDIT] My mom just told me it’s true. Condolence to his family… And ABS-CBN just featured his death. Yikes! The police think Mark is another victim of the serial killer who kills gays. And yes, Mark is gay. Current events really hit a spot when you know the person involved.

I’ve been hearing nothing but news about the May 10, 2004 elections all day. So… I’m posting some updates even though I’m really indifferent towards politics in general. Like I said in my previous post, I’m not a registered voter.

There’s an unofficial vote count that declared GMA the winner having 1 million plus votes higher than FPJ. Some groups though are threatening to start EDSA4. They believe that the voting counts have been tampered with. I sympathize with them since it’s a given in the Philippines that there will always be some sort of scam, especially regarding the elections. *sigh* This country is really on a downward scale. One superb example is that Eddie Gil fellow. He’s making such a mockery of our government. And his followers actually declared him the president even though he’s already been disqualified. His acceptance speech still contains his never-ending promise to pay off all the Philippines’ debts. I’ve never even seen his supposedly new helicopter which he keeps mentioning (rather, bragging about) during interviews. He’s even petitioning for a failure of elections. Gosh! Btw, Gil is now in showbiz. He’s been guesting for some TV sitcoms. Eh?!

I just heard on the radio that final top 11 list of senators. The twelfth position is still unsure since Comelec has yet to finish tallying the votes. Biason and Barbers, if I’m accurate, are the senatoriables vying for that position. Mar Roxas is without doubt still number one. He, along with Jamby Madrigal and Pia Cayetano, made the list. They all have such catchy tunes. My brother even mentioned that critics say Roxas campaigned like a presidentiable. It’s a great possibility that he might win if he was running for president. I still think his position right now has something to do with his “Mr. Palengke” label and Korina Sanchez. Filipinos are such suckers for romance. Well, I myself admit to that. Lito Lapit, Bong Revilla, and Jinggoy Estrada are also in the top 11. My Filipino teacher commented that if Philip Salvador also ran and won, we would have the 4 “Princes” of action flicks in the senate. Gosh! Actors in politics; politicians in the acting world…

Yeah, that’s why I’m so indifferent to politics. It’s uber depressing to think about.