How much have I accomplished in the last four days? Traveled to Alaska, documented the migration patterns of the Olive Ridley sea turtle, brought an end to world hunger, became Prime Minister for a day, bungee-jumped... but still no homework! And observe, I'm at it again! Writing entries and staying up in the dead of the night doing nothing which will benefit me? Benefit the class, yeah, but does the HW do itself? Nuh-uh.

Huh well. At least the weather's cooperating. It's nice to have a small drizzle once in a while.

Got my card last last week. And P500 from lolo and lola. Muhaha.

My family and I had dinner at tita Menet's the Sunday before last.

And boy were they loaded.

I dare not describe the state of their quarters. It would be like describing "red" to the blind. Anyway, the food was terrific, although I barely had the energy to enjoy it all because of my teeth, which at the time didn't feel like teeth at all. We also watched the video of Mica's ballet recital, and she was soo good. In fact, I got envious. The sole comfort I had was in the fact that she never stopped dancing since 3. I stopped till I was 9.

But returning to the studio on Tuesday was different. I didn't just attend ballet because mom said so. There was this driving force in me which kept me stretching my legs till they were numb as hell.

Familiar, isn't it?

Someone once said that going through life is like being in a battlefield. Sometimes we have to pull back and retreat and be reminded of what we're fighting for. Same goes with your Faith. Only a few have that remarkable ability to stand strong among the enemy and have the constant stability of God forever dwelling in his heart. Only a few. So the rest of us have to rely on reminders here and there that He is the treasure we must seek while we tread on this Earth.

Okay, I might've attached too much religious hoohah on my experience. But if that's what it takes, that's what it takes.

Pull back, retreat. Remember, and kick some demonic ass.