This was my typical day in this month. Of course, it is not always so, like during weekends when there’s church, band practice, and the different TV schedule and programming. But it not so much different from this narration of my typical April day. In May, it’s going to be a little different, but not so much.
My usual April day starts between 4:00 am and 4:30 am, as my mother turns on the light of my room to wake me up; with a mug of hot mocha already made by my mother for me. I wash my face and hair, and brush my teeth. I read to pass the time while waiting for Mang Celoy’s jeepney that will take us to church fir the 40 day early morning devotion.
After the pickup of my mother and me, along with our church neighbors, the Vergaras, the jeepney picks up the others in Legazpi to take to church. At five, the devotion service starts with the presider’s greeting and reminder on what day is it in the 40 day schedule (particularly, simply, the date since it started April 1). Then the opening prayer comes next. And then the singing of two worship songs. After that, we got about twenty minutes to meditate on the day’s scripture and discussion about it. Then, Pastor Lee will go on with the devotion message about the text. After that, which lasts about fifteen minutes, we pray until 6 or 6:30. After the prayers, we go home.
Back at home, the first thing I do is throw the thrash, and then watch TV while waiting for my father to finish using our Internet connection. After him, it’s my turn to surf the Net – usually Yahoo, Friendster, NBA, and Wikipedia. After the Net, I eat breakfast, do my bathroom chores, wash the dishes, and brush my teeth again. If my sister hadn’t beat me to the TV, I’ll watch some movies in DVD. If not, I read, then sleep again – to make up for waking up early – to wake up near noon to watch One Piece.
By noon, after lunch, I watch the usual dose of noontime variety game shows. Game K Na Ba, usually, to enjoy host Edu Manzano’s antics and learn new trivia. As I answer question after question in the game with players, testing my knowledge in irrelevant facts (I am a supposed-millionaire over and over again), my mother tells me that I should join the game. Of course, I reply no since it’s different out there. Here watching TV, I get to read the questions and got no pressures, like time pressure and the pressure of being in TV.
After that comes Wowowee and Eat Bulaga. Personally, I prefer Wowowee, finding it more entertaining and fun, and the set’s better. And plus the ASF dancers are great. But I change the channel, during commercial breaks, and catch some of Eat Bulaga. If I get tired before the shows are over, I spend the early part of the afternoon playing PC, or sleeping again. I wake up to watch DVD or TV again. I admit I watch EL Cuerpo del Deseo sometimes since I find Mexicanovelas better than Asianovelas, and then Naruto. Later, GMA has Ghost Fighter on, and I watch it though I had watch it many times before.
Again, after guessing the puzzle in Wheel of Fortune faster than the contestants, my mother tells me to join the game, and, again, I reply no, it is different out there. After that is the news, filled with fires, crimes, corruption, rice shortages, high prices, and showbiz. Thank God for world news and Kuya Kim’s segment to break the monotony. After that, either my father and I watch DVD, or I spend the night reading, writing, solving puzzles, playing guitar, eating late night snacks, fiddling with my Rubik’s cube, or/and listen to my mp4.
And then I sleep late at night, getting a few hours sleep before my mother wakes me up for the next day.
My usual April day starts between 4:00 am and 4:30 am, as my mother turns on the light of my room to wake me up; with a mug of hot mocha already made by my mother for me. I wash my face and hair, and brush my teeth. I read to pass the time while waiting for Mang Celoy’s jeepney that will take us to church fir the 40 day early morning devotion.
After the pickup of my mother and me, along with our church neighbors, the Vergaras, the jeepney picks up the others in Legazpi to take to church. At five, the devotion service starts with the presider’s greeting and reminder on what day is it in the 40 day schedule (particularly, simply, the date since it started April 1). Then the opening prayer comes next. And then the singing of two worship songs. After that, we got about twenty minutes to meditate on the day’s scripture and discussion about it. Then, Pastor Lee will go on with the devotion message about the text. After that, which lasts about fifteen minutes, we pray until 6 or 6:30. After the prayers, we go home.
Back at home, the first thing I do is throw the thrash, and then watch TV while waiting for my father to finish using our Internet connection. After him, it’s my turn to surf the Net – usually Yahoo, Friendster, NBA, and Wikipedia. After the Net, I eat breakfast, do my bathroom chores, wash the dishes, and brush my teeth again. If my sister hadn’t beat me to the TV, I’ll watch some movies in DVD. If not, I read, then sleep again – to make up for waking up early – to wake up near noon to watch One Piece.
By noon, after lunch, I watch the usual dose of noontime variety game shows. Game K Na Ba, usually, to enjoy host Edu Manzano’s antics and learn new trivia. As I answer question after question in the game with players, testing my knowledge in irrelevant facts (I am a supposed-millionaire over and over again), my mother tells me that I should join the game. Of course, I reply no since it’s different out there. Here watching TV, I get to read the questions and got no pressures, like time pressure and the pressure of being in TV.
After that comes Wowowee and Eat Bulaga. Personally, I prefer Wowowee, finding it more entertaining and fun, and the set’s better. And plus the ASF dancers are great. But I change the channel, during commercial breaks, and catch some of Eat Bulaga. If I get tired before the shows are over, I spend the early part of the afternoon playing PC, or sleeping again. I wake up to watch DVD or TV again. I admit I watch EL Cuerpo del Deseo sometimes since I find Mexicanovelas better than Asianovelas, and then Naruto. Later, GMA has Ghost Fighter on, and I watch it though I had watch it many times before.
Again, after guessing the puzzle in Wheel of Fortune faster than the contestants, my mother tells me to join the game, and, again, I reply no, it is different out there. After that is the news, filled with fires, crimes, corruption, rice shortages, high prices, and showbiz. Thank God for world news and Kuya Kim’s segment to break the monotony. After that, either my father and I watch DVD, or I spend the night reading, writing, solving puzzles, playing guitar, eating late night snacks, fiddling with my Rubik’s cube, or/and listen to my mp4.
And then I sleep late at night, getting a few hours sleep before my mother wakes me up for the next day.
