The Ravenous Toilet

Dear reader, if you are expecting a recollection which has funny experiences and happy endings, then you should close this window and find something else to read. These recollections are quite nasty and I am grievous for I have to retell these experiences of mine. A Christmas party, a comfort room, a troubled stomach and a taxi are just the few things that are really unpleasant to the eyes once you read this recollection. Hope that you can bear these dreadful recollections and be brave enough. If not, then be gone.

It was a gloomy afternoon, as gloomy as a wilting flower that surrendered due to age or harsh environments. It was a cold December because of the winter solstice. That day was a not-so-ordinary day because of the horrifying events that happened during that night. I was invited by my dad to go to his Christmas party and I was to lead the invocation. I never wanted to go there, let alone lead the invocation but my dad is my dad, so I decided to go. The said party was to start exactly at 6:00 PM. It was 4:30 Pm when my dad called. He said that he has to go on an errand concerning the party and that I would have to go to the party prior to my mom and my siblings. "Was he crazy?" I asked myself. Then my hard-headedness came and I refused on going at the event proper alone. It was 5:30 when my dad came and he scolded me and also my mom because she let me stay at the house without encouraging me to go to the horrifying party. My mom and I decided to bring Neil(my youngest brother)and go to the party fast because I was to lead the invocation. "If not only for the Lord, I would have never gone to that stupid party" I quoted. We arrived at the location and was surprised to know that the event has not yet started and it was 6:30 PM, 30 minutes after the planned time. It was 7:00 when the event actually started. It started with the Philippine national anthem and after such, I lead the invocation. After the invocation, presentations were performed by some children of my dad's officemates. To tell the truth, I was actually bored. I was glad when the presentations were over and we were going to eat our dinner. The dinner was actually good. It was the first time that I actually consumed all that I got from the buffet table. While eating, gay performers handed out their talent to the spectators and we all enjoyed the show. It was really satisfying. After I actually be devoured with beatitude, I will go back to these dreadful recollections of mine. As I was saying, I was contented with their small show and after the "good" performance, I went to the office to get cool, "aircon" air. I loitered there for a while until I was joined with some acquaintances. I busied myself with crossword while the others watched television to their delight. To my surprise, I actually completed the crossword puzzle. I was very delighted as if I just won a 100 million lotto jackpot. After my celebration on completing the crossword puzzle, I went outside the office only to find myself twitching with pain. The pain was excruciating and it was emanating from my stomach.

The program ended with a raffle and we won a microwave oven. Such luck, yet "my" luck was morphing to super bad luck. The pain on my impish stomach was getting from bad to worst. I told my mom about my awful ailment and she adviced me to go to the restroom to exhume human waste and gas. The restroom was inside the office and when I looked at it, It was as if I was seduced by Helen of Troy. I avoided that advice and I hold on to my pain. "I would suffer this pain than to be humiliated in front of so many people" I said to myself. I waited for 30 minutes until I can't hold on much longer. I was experiencing excruciating pain I could not bear. I went to the restroom and I erased the thought in my head that I could be humiliated in front of so much people. I felt more relaxed and more all right in the restroom. I was so frightened everytime someone knocked at the wooden door. It was as if a ghoul just slammed at the door, ready to tear my limbs and tendons. I fought with my wretched stomach for at least 15 minutes until I finally won. It was as if fighting the brutal forces of the undead. I went out the restroom ready to be insulted and to be looked upon with suspicious glares but when I got out of the room, I was glad that the people inside the office didn't mind that I was exhuming large amounts of waste inside the restroom. I went outside and was greeted with my parents asking me if I was OK and ready to go home. I was all right and ready to kick some ass(hehe). My dad sent me to fetch a taxi for us yet after 30 minutes of gruel searching, no taxis arrived. I surrendered and my dad found an alternative. We were to hitch a ride in my dad's officemates' multicab. We accepted the alternative and arrived home safe and without pain. This would be all for now. Until then, Monsieur Aronnax.

A Grievous Melody

Dear reader, I hope you are not fed up with boring and totally horrifying recollections of mine. Here, if you are a bit brave and you can press play, then you can hear some music that I consider one of my favorites right now. Hope you can really hear and be not a chicken. This is a song by Busted, entitled "Meet You There". I even put up its lyrics so you can sing while its playing. Hope you enjoy it, but be careful, don't be at ease while listening to this song, some creature might stalk at you from the back and smother you until you have no air to breath and you die. Till next time. Monsieur Aronnax.



"Meet You There"
I'm waiting
For the perfect time to call you back
Cos' I remember saying
Don't wanna know the truth
Can't handle that

And I try to (and I try to)
Just forget you (just forget you)
But don't know how
If only I knew

[Chorus:]
It's written all over your face
Such a painful thing to waste
Tell me now where do we go?
Now the future's not so clear
I can't believe we've ended here
Where's the world that doesn't care?
Maybe I could meet you there

Yeah
I'm sorry
If I slagged you down, I meant no harm
When I heard the stories
Said things I didn't mean
Should have stayed calm

But sadly
You got angry
And it breaks my heart
You're so mad at me

[Chorus:]
It's written all over your face
Such a painful thing to waste
Tell me now where do we go?
Now the future's not so clear
I can't believe we've ended here
Where's the world that doesn't care?
Maybe I could meet you there

Maybe I could meet you there
Maybe I could meet you there

[Chorus:]
It's written all over your face
Such a painful thing to waste
Tell me now where do we go?
Now the future's not so clear
I can't believe we've ended here
Where's the world that doesn't care?
Maybe I could meet you there

Maybe I could meet you there
Maybe I should meet you there

The Titanic Slide

My friend, if you have read my previous recollection, then you are quite ready to view these nasty recollections of mine. I'm warning you, it can get pretty nasty. Telephone calls, bed, an aunt, internet and a giant slide are just the few nasty things I'm going to publish in this recollection of mine; but if you are quite bold and valiant, then you can read this.

It was December 17, a cold night because of the winter solstice, I was asking my parents if I could join an outing which I was really craving for. Unfortunately, my mom said a dreaded "no" to me. I was in a state of "paranoia"(*sorry if I aggravated this word*). I asked my dad if I could go yet he was too engrossed with chatting with my aunt abroad(Yahoo! Messenger) using the internet that I thought he was deaf. He did not answer me. While I was under this "state", I contacted a friend of mine with the name of "Eldee" and conversed to him that I could be actually thrown to the plane of inexistence and never reveal myself to the outing which is to be held at a resort in Mactan, particularly in Marigondon with the name of "Blue Reef". I was quite confused of the resort's name because the color of the sea was green and not blue(*being "philosophical"?*). Anyway, as I continue this awful recollection, Eldee urged me to continue my bribing to my father but as I continue a futile bribery to what I think is a solid wall, my father came to his senses and eventually scolded me because I was being too pushy. I surrendered and rendered myself to be thrown off to the nether world. I went directly to my room and lay down to my only comforter, my bed(*..did I just said that?*). There, giant spots of saltwater flowed down from my eyes down to my cheeks. I told you it is as much worse than you've imagined, me, being thrown to an abyss, never to be heard again. As my story progress, one can see that it is going worse. After that horrifying event, I lost my senses and indulged in a deep slumber.

I was awaken by my dad early in the morning, who, yesterday, just ignored my pleas to him on going to the outing. The time was approximately 6:30 AM when I was told that I could go to the outing. Yehey!? Is it a question or an exclamation? I know you don't have an answer so just don't think about it, my friend. I calculated that if I would go to my school, I would be 45 minutes late due to traffic and to the lateness of waking up. So, I weighed the odds then someone called, it was Eldee. I hypothesized that Eldee was calling so as to confirm if I was really going to the outing and I was right. I confirmed to him that my dad allowed me but at the same time, I discussed the pros and cons regarding my appearance in the outing. After discussing with Eldee, I made up my mind that I would not be going to the outing(*I think at this time, I was out of my mind*). After such, I called one of the people closest to my heart, Kim. I conferred to her my decision but to my surprise, she was consistent on urging me to go to the outing. She gave me an option. She said that because I am going to be late if I try to go to the meeting area, which is our school, and because they were to ride in a bus which route is going to the new Mandaue-Mactan bridge, I was to wait there and would ride from there on the bus. I considered this plan and said goodbye to her. I related this to my dad and he gave me another option, that he would lend me a ride to the resort proper because we had once went to that resort. I gladly accepted this notion. I called Eldee this time and chatted about my plans for that day. He agreed to it and I also instructed him to tell Kim that I was going to the resort in noontime. So, it was settled.

It was noon, and I waited for my dad to fetch me to accompany me to the resort. I was in my cousin's house in Mandaue that noon and I also ate my lunch there. Once my dad arrived, we directly went to Mactan with me, carrying my stuff for the resort. I didn't brought food for me but I was blissful that I disregarded that thought. We were in Mactan when we passed a store. At first, I didn't mind going to a merchandise store but when my dad told me to get food and drinks, I was overwhelmed with his kindness. After such, we departed from the store and continued our journey to the resort. When we were near the location, the sea breeze came to my nose and awaken my senses that I became so ecstatic. I arrived at the said resort and paid 30 pesos for the entrance. I was glad when I saw my classmates waving at me when I arrived at our cottages. I looked for Kim and Eldee in the vicinity and after looking vastly into the open sea, I found them. Kim was playing cards with Reniel and Grace, and Eldee was swimming freely. I went to Kim and presented my provisions to them; but in a split second, all my provisions was gone, devoured by not-so-hungry classmates that I thought they were in a state of starvation that time. After such, I went to bathe in the beach with Kim. It was quite fun when I doused myself with seawater but that happiness was extinguished when Kim prompted me to go and have fun on the slide. I looked at the huge slide, looming towards me like a Kraken ready to consume me and relish my flesh. Anyways, I have to face the Kraken, I mean the slide. When we went up to ready ourselves to have "fun" on the slide, I braced myself for my doom. Me, Kim and Eldee readied on the slide and we slid down the disturbing, spiral-like slide. I really shouted as if it was the most horrifying event of my life yet my shouting became a huge whoo. I just enjoyed it! I really went back and forth the slide and I really enjoyed it. After 4 hours of swimming and sliding, my classmates and I have to go home and walk away the from the haven, as I consider it. We waved goodbye to each other and they all rode on a bus except me, Arvin and Razel. Arvin and Razel was to ride on Arvin's car and I had to ride on my professor's car because our house is near their lovely abode. It was such a beautiful experience and it was too bad that I have to only experience 4 hours of fun and not the whole day. Anyways, I never regretted the outing and will ever be grateful to my parents and to those people who organized that outing. That would be all for now. Monsieur Aronnax.

The Dreaded Beginning

Dear reader, if you are reading these recollections of mine, I tell you that these recollections are both good and bad. You must quite know that bad can turn to worst and good can turn to best. So, just read this with ease(in case a giant troll appears in your computer and comes out and grab your throat). Anyway, this is my first recollection. Hope you can understand these figures flashed before your screen.

Aah, I'm really living the suite(sweet) life now. I really don't know but everything's quite running well in my life; but before I continue with these recollections, I would like to introduce myself: I am Monsieur Aronnax. Don't worry but this is just my pseudonym. My real name is Nico Antonio Sagun and I live in an archipelago located in southeast Asia. I would like my location to be remained hidden just for my own personal reasons. I'm a fourth year high school student in the University of the Philippines. Well, I have a flourishing lovelife(hehe) and I'm so thankful I have a great variety of friends who are always there to comfort me when I'm down. Being a student in UP is tough work, mind you; having a lot of projects and assignments to deal with and also dreaded teachers. Anyways, I could say that being a high school year student is a laborious work but still, its enjoying because of activities in school, friends, not to include, lovelife.

This is my fourth year here in my school yet I still don't want to leave this sancturay of knowledge because I have experience a lot here: mastery of various subjects, having and dealing with friends, experiencing love and enjoying life to the fullest. I would truly miss this wondrous experience here in a school where every beautiful experiences can be experienced. I really don't want to write these things but because leaving the school is inevitable, I have to put down these recollections. I'm glad this world is advancing with technology because if not for this technology, the parchment where I would write down these recollections would be stained with ink blots because of fallen tears. For this day, I think these would be all. Monsieur Aronnax.