Teaching and a trip

teaching
one class finished already
gathering my things already
2 professors came in to discuss with me
we were too engrossed
but in back of my head i wanted to go out of the room already
students started to bustle in
i realised this is my next class already
the professors left
i started to introduce myself to the class
there was a little noise
i told them if they started to get to my nerves in any way
if they are noisy like little kids
i will not say anything, but rather just leave the room
they should discipline theselves and each other if that were the case
one student on my right, was sitting on the side of the room opposite the windows
he raised his hand as if to ask a question
i called on him, taking note that i dont know any of their names yet
but i will as the session progresses and i see their exam results
he asked me if i could speak louder as he cannot understand what i was saying
i was tempted to ask the other students who sat farther away than him if they could hear
and give him an analysis of the distance, outside noise and wind direction (negligible)
that would show that he had a hearing problem, and nothing related to the level of my voice.
but i didnt

cut to a different scene
bus ride
Co-student Z on left 1 seat ahead of me
Boss M on left also in front of bus
me on right wiht no one beside me
group got off at a stop in melbourne
i am with 2 girlfriends
i am pushing a pram with a daughter of one of our male companions
the father was lagging in walking behind us, entrusting me with his daughter
steep climb
museum?
after walking some distance we see a huge stadium, and a dome that was magnificent against the sky
ah this is the venue of the conference we are attending
it is beautiful!
we stopped to take photos, the walk was still a steep part
i looked over to Maggi (that was the name of the little girl riding the pram) and told her to stay where she was
she smiled and i made sure her pram was sideways against gravity in the steep walk
i realised i forgot to bring my camera
i told this fact to my girlfriends
one of them i realise was N (college friend), who was using a camera phone
i said i hope i didnt lose the camera when i moved houses
i looked back to where Maggi should have been and found her gone.
Then from afar i saw her pink pram among the crowd, moving downhill
I ran past the people and raced to where she was
I got to her, thankfully, and she was safe.
The father was nearby, he didnt know what happened and thanked me for caring for Maggi.
So I strayed away from them and started looking around at the stalls
there were a lot of thing-a-ma-jigs being sold here, I didn't notice earlier on our way up.
Then R (My friend C's brother; in my head it became clear that C was the other girlfriend i was with in this trip) came running to me
Maggi fell to the water!
There was a moat surrounding us, and I saw Tita B (R's mother) knee deep in the water on our left
She motioned to R to help her gather Maggi's stuff on her side, and to me to work on the right
I turned my back on them and saw toys and toy parts floating on the water surface
I didn't have to get in the water to reach them, so I knelt by it and started to pick them up
I saw a nearby box where they seemed to come from (there was a molded plastic in their likeness)
and i put them inside one at a time.
The toys looked familiar, they were the expensive kind of figures with accessories
the box had a price tag on it... 4,100
I was thinking in dollars so it shocked me
Later on someone told me no the price is about right, so I though maybe I was wrong
I started to walk back up again, this time bent on buying something so I didnt feel emptyhanded
Nothing interested me
I reached the top and decided to walk down again, this time looking at the shops on my left.
gold
looking for something to buy
heart
manipis na ring
chinese customer and owner of stand arguing
in Chinese
end

Groceries and dancing

drawer, pictures, group photos
grade school boys
shopping in grocery, just for myself
i was pointing out things to buy to a person behind a counter
coke
cheese curls
but i was apparently living with some boys and my parents
paid but i lost the cart in the aisle
alex albrecht helped me find it
i was in distress so he was calming me down
put his arm around me steadying me
he had to blow his nose i offered my hand LOL
he took away his hand to get a kerchief
found my cart in an aisle near to the boys
inside one of the bags i saw chocolate cheese curls (or something oishi)
i thought this was the junk food M (from plurk) was talking about
we sort of went full circle and it was almost the last aisle to check
while they were on checkout i stepped outside to wait
saw meeting between mam C, some famous guy i forgot the name and another old guy
cautiously said hello to mam C
told her i knew her son L (who i also met in plurk) lol
the famous dude said oh your the daughter of...
and i said yes I'm the daughter of Mrs R
then he took out some kaimitos i thought he was giving them to me but he opened one
said it was yummy
my mom came out and started talking to them
a girl friend came out and said let's dance
i looked up and saw yes alex albrecht and company are still in the checkout counter
i thought so where are the other people so we can dance with them

Supernatural

Someone, or something, was pursuing us. They are hot on our trail. We evade them somehow, and are always a step or more ahead. We can fly... no it is not flying, it is jumping in huge strides across trees and houses. It was natural, yet supernatural. But in the excitement of the chase, we got separated. I found myself alone, lost. A crowd in a valley, walking around in the grass with no clear direction. No din, no panic, just mellow people walking around. It was pitch dark, I found myself in an urban alley. The stink is familiar. I am in the streets of Tayuman. I saw the walls inside the house of my maternal grandmother. A photo of my grandfather, I wondered how I can acquire it to make a copy to bring home to my mother.

I felt I had to hurry, I needed to be in hiding. I am suddenly inside a cavern. There was a group of little creatures, goblin-like but friendly-looking, loading packages (that looked like food and supplies for households) onto a platform. The platform was a huge dead stump a a large tree, perhaps 50 persons across. When the stump grew full, the packages were sucked in as in a warp, or portal.

One by one the little people jumped into the portal, with a person of authority calling out those who qualify. I see eager faces. They want to be called. Anyone left behind will suffer. I realise I should be called. But suddenly the portal closes, and only a handful of us are left.

A lanky fellow speaks to me. We cannot pass, he says. There is only one way. These produce that is left, we must bring them to Timberlung. Another retorts, That is a dangerous feat! We cannot survive, it would be suicide! We must wait for a few months, or a year, to be sure that we will not be devoured. By then there will be order, and we can proceed our market in peace.

But no, the lanky fellow said. We have no choice. We must risk the danger, lest we starve to death. I was uncertain, I knew not what to do--- die, or fight.

Then I awoke.

From CR to weirdo

Sometimes you dream that you are waking up from your sleep and doing your morning rituals (showering, brushing teeth, tidying up the bed) only to find out you are still sleeping and you are already late for work.

That's what happened to me this morning.

I dreamt that I got up of the bed and proceeded to the bathroom (as what I usually do). When I opened the door, I saw the housemate potty-training his son inside the bathroom. He was standing in front of the toilet while the son is sitting down and waiting to finish his poop. The grandma was in the kitchen and saw me perplexed infront of the bathroom door and blurted out 'ay, nagising na'.

I went back to my room, sulking. Waiting for the housemate to knock on my door to tell me that they are finished and I can use my bathroom. There was no knock after about 5minutes so I got up and peeked outside. I saw that they are not in the bathroom anymore and I proceeded to go inside. Then I noticed that the glass door for the shower space is not there anymore. It was removed or something.
Grandma saw me when she passed by going to her room and told me that the cleaners removed it because it was broken.

I said 'di naman sira yun ah, bakit nyo pinatanggal'.

Grandma said, 'ay di pala sira marumi lang'.

Then I replied 'hindi marumi yun, lagi kong nilinis yun'.

Grandma made another excuse and said 'sabi ng cleaners mas maganda daw kung LaTex ang gagamitin kasi mas powerful yun'.

I said (defending my knowledge in LaTex and I knew that she doesn't know any LaTex), "hindi na kailangan ng LaTeX kung email at resume lang ang gagawin, pwede na ang Word. Bakit ka gagamit ng LaTeX eh di ka naman marunong nun? Simple lang ang kailangan mo."

Then I woke up for real.

MRT Ride

I was riding the bus from Ballota to Simei MRT. I am on the window seat and was wearing my white polo giordano shirt, the one with Pooh and Tigger in the left breast pocket. This shirt is somewhat small for me now. If I stretch upwards, my belly would show up. So I figure, I should wear my ibm jacket to hide my belly. Just like that, I was suddenly wearing my jacket.

As I am nearing my stop, my high school friends were there inside the bus, talking to me and asking me where I was going. I told them I am going to Christian's wedding and I am badly needed there and I cannot go with them for gimmick.

I got off at the MRT station and went ahead towards the escalator. There was a free newspaper (tabloid size) in one corner and I got a copy. We have this newspaper here that is half English and half Chinese. The newspaper I picked up is similar to that one but with Tempo on the first half and some generic tabloidal newspaper on the next half. I told myself, this is pretty cool, we are getting more efficient and saving paper too.

So I proceed to the next escalator going to the platform. I am busy reading the newspaper and am very amused by the innovation. When I reached the platform, I noticed that I am on the wrong side. The train that I am supposed to ride is on the other platform. In order for me to get there, I would need to go down one level again and go up on the other side. I figured it was the newspaper's fault. As I was heading down, I saw my train fast approaching.

I plowed myself through the crowd. Pushing everyone in front of me. I slid down the escalator, action star style and with finesse. Continuing my pushing and shoving, I rushed to the escalator going back to the correct platform. I reached the correct platform now but the train closed it's door and is now moving.

Plane Ride

We were checking in for a plane ride. The plane that we are riding is a cargo plane where the tail-end is where the cargoes are being loaded, just like a military style plane.
It may be a cargo plane, but the inside is just like an ordinary passenger plane with carpeted seats and all. The only difference is that when you look at the back, instead of the lavatory, the baggages and cargoes are stacked there.

We are now strapped in and the plane is taxiing forward. While the plane is moving, Rheena, Ella and Hazel stood up and went to the baggages to get their kikay kits. They were moving bags and digging deeper and deeper to get their things. The stewardess called out for them and cried for them to sit down or we will be in trouble. No sooner than that, the cargo door opened and the bags flew out and dropped to the ground. We are still taxiing and we can see the bags open up as they hit the ground. The 'runway' turned to jungle like place where trees are on both side of the road.

After all the bags dropped, we stopped and I think there was an engine trouble. Then all of a sudden 3 ex-colleagues from my first IT job rushed out of the plane. I can remember their faces but not their names. They are, what we called, the 'utusan' and 'sip-sip' boys of the company. They rushed out from the plane leaving from the cargo door shouting 'We're free! We're free!'.

Rock-a-bye tooth

There I was rocking my wisdom tooth back and forth using my tongue. It's been loose since I can remember. I know I am hesitant to pull it off and would want it to stay there a little bit longer. But I still continued to rock it away.

Then it just suddenly fell inside my mouth. I spat the tooth out.

There is this tooth with roots about an inch long in my hand.

It is an ordinary tooth but the inch long 4-prong roots make it special. What's more, there are 2 roots that are coated with shiny red metallic steel. I've no idea why it was coated.

Now, I did a little research and turns out many people are having this kind of dream - tooth falling out. It was related to anxiety about appearance. :D Might be true for me. Been dreaming of tooth falling out since I took notice of how I appear in front of the mirror.