these dreams

I’ve decided to blog first before cleaning out my drawers which outside looks like it’s in pretty good shape, but when you open the boxes you might ask yourself, “has a hurricane been here?” Haha.

Even before when my blogs had different names and a different hosts, I’ve been very fond of sharing the vivid dreams I’ve had. These past few nights they’ve been really vivid I couldn’t forget them. Here are 6 of the scenes:

1. Not Another Toga-Fitting

My classmates and I, together with other AB students are jampacked inside our building’s AVR, but take note, this AVR is bigger, longer, and more sophisticated (perhaps a premonition that AB AVR will be renovated soon? Haha). In my head I knew it was the toga-fitting but nothing which relates to toga actually happened. The program consists of an activity wherein groups within each of the classes (I wonder how long the program actually lasted if I continued the dream? Haha) will perform. The faculty members were a complete attendance. Woohoo. I was groupmates with the Mokujins (minus Karl, I think) and we couldn’t decide what to do. We planned to simply deliver a song number but last minute I suggested we change it (to I can’t remember what).  We were the next group to perform and the scene was cut. (Kumusta diba? Haha.)

We were in a room, which I wonder why the lights weren’t turned on. It seemed to me an old classroom because the board was the traditional blackboard and the chairs were wooden desk ones. Sounds like elementary, eh? Our Faculty Secretary was in front and discussing I-can’t-remember-what-but-probably-it’s-about-graduation. He was unusually gentler and calmer, perhaps, getting sentimental, eh?

2. We Landed on the Eighth Floor Where I Used To Excitedly Enter Last Summer

I was job-hunting with a friend and we went to Campaigns & Grey, where I had my OJT (and the best one!!!) last summer. We submitted our resumes and Ms. Giselle asked me, “Di ba ikaw yung nag-OJT dito last year?” “Opo”, I shyly answered. “Di mo na ba ko natatandaan?” “Siyempre naaalala ko po kayo”, and I gave her a sweet smile. That moment I was really feeling shy that I went back there because I knew in reality I’m really shy to go back there. Weird noh?

Then I saw new faces, new additions to the C&G family, replacing the ones who left whom I feel fortunate to have met and worked with. I wanted to go inside, to say hi or have a small talk with my bosses, Ms. Jess and Ms. Tiff, but I felt really shy to do so. What’s with meeee???? Haha.

3. My “textmate”

I was missing dreaming about someone, so one night I prayed if we could bond in my dream for a while. Haha! I can’t believe I just said that. Haha. Anyway, I’ll stand by it and won’t delete the statement. Ang lakas ko kay Lord, coz that same night we did! But I did not see him, we were actually texting. I texted him with I-can’t-remember-what-probably-it’s-”kumusta ka na?” kind of message. Then he replied, “Weng! San ka na ba? Dito ako sa Star City ngayon with my mom.” and then he went on talking about their bump car experience and he seemed really happy. I failed to reply to him even  until the scene commenced coz a lot of people were popping up and calling my attention. Haha.

4. Thesis and Clearance Day

Our thesis adviser, Ms. Cielo Timbol-Perez, dropped by our house to ask me to do some revisions for our thesis! I think this was a Saturday and I promised to email her at most by Sunday. Then she told me when she goes to school on Monday, she can go online and check it. She then asked me the date of our Clearance and I told her it’s also gonna be on Monday, the same day wherein our diplomas and transcripts will be given. Apparently this is just a direct reflection of how much I miss school and how much I’ll miss studying.

5. Lost Memory… Card

I went into this apparel shop (which I don’t know if its really existent in the real world, haha) with our housekeeper (I haven’t seen her in reality, actually). Why my cellphone was in her hands, I can’t remember why, but what I recalled was how she disassembled the battery and the cards inside, only to tell me she couldn’t find my tinnie-winnie memory card! We were looking all over the place and I was panicking and suspecting that she might’ve taken it (waha ang bad ko!), then I started crying and telling her, “hindi ko pa natatransfer yung mga photos dun eh, tapos yung mga recordings ko, yung mga ideas ko, andun lahat….” I was crying so bad.

6. The quest for the GG band

Mume and Pupi accompanied me to the mall (It looked to me like a fusion of Victory Central Mall and Araneta Square, haha) and Pupi was excited to find me a black GG band (GG band = a headband with a big bow, call it a screaming ribbon if you want, hehe. But we knew what fits my oval face is just a thin one, so we went to the second floor. Then we saw a strangely dim shop with items on sale for P999 and below (yeah right, sale! Haha). No one was inside, not even the saleslady. I found it creepy that it looked to me more as a mystery shop rather than a hodgepodge shop, and there was a thick royal blue curtain draping somewhere in the middle, as if covering something at its back. Then the saleslady finally entered, smiled and asked us what we want, but we, trying hard not to look scared, said our sweetest thank you and left.

Then I woke up to the sound of the electric fan and the tickling sunlight of the new day.