DAVID BECKHAM - legend and inspiration to us all

!&Saturday, April 29, 2006

I have come back from my check-out dive in San Juan Batangas. It was great and I checked out alright. I am not a certified diver. I must say, my first dive was very...special(not sure if this is the right word). Well, it goes like this. We got all our SCUBA stuff ready, tank, BC, the like. I finally got into my wetsuit, it was quite the challenge. So i finally got into it. Before I got in, of course i made a last minute bathroom stop. Kinda hard to go when you in the suit. The dive master said drink alot of water cause you cant drink the salt water in the ocean(duh). So I drank alot. The briefing took a long time and we were delayed even more cause on of our classmates, Love, is terrifed of the water. She refused to enter the ocean. She had been taunted her whole life that she would die in water. Then why did you take up SCUBA diving? We asked this to ourselves as we saw her refusing to enter the water. We eventually left her and went down. Being underwater is amazing and I love it.

I did have a slight problem, because of all the long delays and all the water I drank before going down, I kinda had to pee. Very bad timing, we just went underwater for the first time and I had to pee. Well, I just kept it in and did what we had to do. We practiced some exercises first. When the diver master and I surfaced during one exercise, I told him how badly I needed to pee. He said, just do it, its the ocean. Well, I tried. But I couldnt. I dont understand. I can not pee if it is not in the proper place. I cant pee on walls or in the outdoors, I just cant do it. Cant explain why. So I went down again. Keeping it in. Man, it was painful already. It really hurt. Had a hard time concentrating. Maybe another 30mins later, I couldnt take it. I grabbed the dive master, and gave him the 'Im not okay' signal. We surfaced and he asked what the problem was, I told him, 'Sir, I cant pee.' He is like 'Oh.' He made me take of all my equipment and stripped my wetsiut down to my waist. I still couldnt go. He said, 'pee here cause the closest bathroom is over there,' he said as he pointed back to shore. I then put my equipment and used my swimming team skills ans swan fast as hell back to shore. Ran up on shore with my tank and everything, screamed at one of the boys to help me get the damn thing off me. Ran to the bathroom and then...heaven. Wahaha, great feeling being able to relieve yourself after such pain.

Man, that was the talk of the day, everyone laughing cause my first dive was ended cause I had to pee....O_O

We had several more dives, mostly uneventful. Except maybe for the last, which was just skin diving. We were practicing our rescue exercises. My partner and I did alot of exercises including how to deal with cramps. As I was helping him with one, he was pretending to be out cold and I was to drag him to shore. Suddenly I got a painful cramp in my right leg. I grabbed him and shook him. Then he realized I was having cramps. Then we used the cramp realxing exercise we practiced a few minutes ago. 'Practical Application' we both laughed to each other.

Now Love, is quite the character. We had 3 dives that day. She refused to go down on the first. On the second, she took 30mins more then us to settle down. She stayed right next to the dive master. And was grabbing his hand the whole time. When we got on shore after that, we all saw taht she had actually deformed a ring the diver master was wearing cause she was holding him to hard. The third dive was just skin diving so we were just on the surface. She had a hard time there. The fourth day, she wasnt allowed to go cause she would slow down the rest of us. It was a dive in open water and we didnt think that she could take it. Not only didnt she have a decent dive, she was the only one to fail the written exam, the only one to fail the course and she lost her cell phone as well. I was her dive buddy and she kept on blamming me for not being more supportive blah blah. What an abusive young lady. I was doing my best and being a perfect gentleman, then she keeps on making 'utos'. Nathan do this, Nathan do that. Grrr...sufficent to say, I wasnt exactly sad when I learned she didnt pass the course.

Thats my diving story. Watch out world, a new diver is coming...

posted @ Saturday, April 29, 2006

!&Sunday, April 23, 2006

I wasnt able to post yesterday cause it was my birthday and I was everywhere. I was in QC the whole morning with relatives and then I went to someone elses birthday party. We share the same birthday Erica and I. Then her brother, Wacky, has the same birthday as my brother Zach. How cool is that? Haha.

I wont really talk about the day itself. It really is jsut a day. Nothing really important. What is important is what I have experienced in this last year. The feeling of being 16 is sinking in. There seems to be a great gap between the years of 15 and 16. I feel that deep down inside that Im too young to be 16. I guess im really 'totoy' at heart. Not sure if this is a good thing or a bad one but it is a party of what I am. Ill grow out of it im sure but for now, I enjoy being just a kid. Having fun. Who really wants to grow up being so stiff. Alot of people are like that, so stiff they cant have fun. I have pity on them. You gotta have fun. One chance is all you get at life and you must learn to relax once in awhile.

My family has always been there for me and I love them for that. You cant choose your family they say and Im so blessed that I have the ones I have. We argue alot and fight but we really love each other. Thank you Lord for my family, my friends, my blessings and for being me!

posted @ Sunday, April 23, 2006

!&Saturday, April 22, 2006

My mom has suggested that I start diving lessons. At first I resisted because: 1. Its something new. 2. Its far. 3. Im a lazy bum. After she got me to do it. It isnt that bad actually. All I have had are lectures, I havent even been in the water yet, but Im enjoying it.

This thing was also suppsed to get me to meet new people. I have and they are all girls and are 10years older then me. So I end up kinda being out of place among them. I just hang out with my driver during breaks.

I have learned so much about the ocean just from the lectures and makes me reaffirm my support for the enviroment. So many things die and are lost forever and we never knew about them. How can we let that happen? The dive company im working with live by, 'Prevention by Knowledege.' The more we know, the more we can prevent these things from happening...

I think this has a very good meaning...

posted @ Saturday, April 22, 2006

!&Wednesday, April 19, 2006

If you had one wish, what would you wish for? A quadtrillion dollars? World peace? An infinite suppy of ice cream?

You wanna know what I would wish for? A little time with my father again. Just a few minutes maybe. Why? To say Im sorry...

I wasnt the best son when he was around. I was too stubborn most of the time to listen to his wisdom. And he was pretty much the same. We both had strong personalities. I never got to say goodbye. Standing over his coffin at his burial crying isnt a proper fairwell....

If only...

posted @ Wednesday, April 19, 2006

!&Tuesday, April 18, 2006

I havent had the time to post lately because I have kinda been upset by somethings. But I dont think this is the place to discuss them.

The feeling that has been with me since summer has started is that I miss my classmates. Well most of them at least. Our 3rd year class consists of just 6 students so we needed to join another batch(the 2nd years) to make a decent class size. Ill talk about my 3rd year classmates, my batchmates.

Kevin: I gotta talk about him first because he is my buddy. He was always there for me and I was always there for him. We usually have a fight/heated discuassion everday because we both happen to be quite opinionated. But in the end we just end up laughing and forgiving each other. Kevin is a labies man. Chicker to si Kevin(oh my, my first use of tagalog on my blog O_O). I mean, hes handsome, atheletic, hes a gentleman(he got that from me hehe) and is very sweet. His biggest asset must be his Orange and Lemons hair. Gotta love Kevin.

Enrique: The heartthrob of Antipolo. Now, I do not know what girls find in this guy. I happen to think he is one of the most goofy acting and looking people out there. He is completely passive and just lets things pass him by. Enrique can also be one of the most fun guys to be with. Hes a diver and I kinda look up to him for that. He must eat the best food every day at his house yet I dont know how he can stomach the canteen food. And he is the only one who eats there! Hehe. Riks is quite the character but you have to meet him in person to really understand how strange and unique he is.

Japhet: Now Japhet is the shortest person I have meet with a big personality. Japhet is our president and he takes charge perfectly whenever it is ask of him. He doenst complain(something I need to work on) and he is sweet. Japs is quite the shy person around other people but it adds to his charm. I happen to be with him the most cause Im always at his house bumming around. Jahpet is a excellent public speaker and he beat me in the race for Student Council President. Instead of being upset, I was so proud of him. He has grown from a shy little boy into a confident young man, who is never scared to give you his opinion.

Anton: I must say, Anton adds the spice to all our lives. He lives to make that joke. To pull that prank and to give the freakish smile. But dont you go thinking that since he jokes he doesnt do well in his studies. This Anton gives me a run for my money every single test. I did beat him but just by a bit. We shook each others hands after. Anton is the one I in our class that i go to when I need to confine in someone.

Hmm, thats my class. These guys have made life worth living.

posted @ Tuesday, April 18, 2006

!&Saturday, April 15, 2006

What kind of day is it when the highlight is of eating ice cream? Man, I cant seem to do anything worth doing. Bascily I sleep, eat, watch Tv and use the PC. The occasionaly book reading here and there but asides from that, I AM A COMPLETE 100% BUM!

My birthday is coming up, the 22nd. Earth Day. I dont know what Ill do for it. Most years I get very upset during special time like these, both holidays and birthdays alike. Why you might wonder, well, I quite simply miss my father. He died when I was only around 7 years old. I barely remember him anymore but what I do remember is enough. I drag myself onward with just a fragment of my father left within me. Questions always come to me during times like this. Is he proud of me? Would he even approve of what I have done? Im going to college soon and my father wont be there to see his eldest son graduate. What a pity, I would have loved to have him there.

My relationship with my dad was never perfect, no ones it but it was filled with love. I loved my dad, so so much but my love paled in comarison to how much he loved me in return.

I remember exactly how i learned that he had died. My father had cancer, Im not sure what kind. He had it for the longest time. Our family worked so hard to get enough money to get the best cancer sugeron in the country for my father. To heal him, to save him. But the surgeon was over confident, he was the best and he thought that he didnt need to prepare himself as much as he should have. He messed up and he couldnt fix it. My father bled to death in that hospital with my mom at his side.

The last time I saw my father alive, he was waving as he left in the car for the hospital for the sugery that would give us our wonderful father back again. I was home sick from school and I was still a little boy back then. I was still in my pajamas cause I was just home and I didnt see the need to change. Our family friend took me aside, and then told me, 'Nathan, your father has passed away.' Now understand here, I didnt understand what the term 'passed away' really meant. But I recalled a movie I had watched the previous night, it used the same phrase when a person had died. It dawned on me, my dad was dead. And there was nothing we could do about it....

Sorry, this is getting painful, maybe Illl finish this story another time....

posted @ Saturday, April 15, 2006

!&Friday, April 14, 2006

Another day really doing nothing. The highlight of my day was Junichi coming over to collect something I owe him. Zach, Juju and I took a nice walk to the store and just bummed out. Had a nice chat really. And I learned somethings that...well lets just say, disturb me.

For one, some of the first years arent going to second year, they are repeating. And they arent the people I thought they would be. I wont mention any names. Repeating a year level is hard, happened to me(but for much different reasons). This must be a lesson to these guys.

I have nothing really to say right now, so Ill say what Im doing. Listening to a song I must learn very well. 'One and Only You,' by Parokya ni Edgar. Looks like I have gotten myself into a dare that I cant get out of. I know someone reading this will be giggling when she reads this.

Next to my laptop is a drawing of my sister done by Sir Roi for my sisters birthday. She is staying with my relatives in the city with all her girl cousins. I must say I am beginning to miss her. But shhh, thats a secert. If she finds that out, she will never let me hear the end of it. You never know what you have till its gone(or in this case, gone for awhile). You have to enjoy the company of those around you cause you dont know how long you have with them. How must time we really have is all a mystery. Our loved ones will not always be here. They will be gone even if we dont like it. I lost my father at a young age and it has made me realize how we need to maximize the time we spend with our loved ones. I enjoy quality over quantity. A few minutes used to take something out can do wonders. Words of wisdom here and there can make a world of difference.

What the heck am I babbling about now...

posted @ Friday, April 14, 2006

Holy Thursday. Traffic, closed shops and the likes. Hmm, not that great for us. Had one set of relatives come over. Got alot of little kids running everwhere. I have been thinking alot lately(woah, change of pace). What do I think about you may wonder? Well, alot of thinks but now adays it is usually linked somehow to what I'll be doing in a years time. I'm gonna enter 4th year at my beloved little school. My last year there and most likely the last year with a great bunch of people.

To understand what a great bunch of guys they are, you gotta understand something about my past. Dang, a history lesson out of me? Haha. Well, I went to regular school from kindergarden till grade 2. Grade 3-4 were home schooled. Normal school again from grades 4-6. But we never really fit in. The filipinos there wouldnt really accept my brother and I. No real friends the whole time we were there. Homeschooled again for Year 1 of highschool. I have had no real friends in the longest time. Then for 2nd year, I was pushed into this school(not really my choice) and mixed with a group of people I have grown so attached too. I look at them as my family. They are the only friends I have and I cherish them so. Maybe they dont realize how much I really care for them.

Man, I dont wanna leave them. I really dont. Not sure what Im gonna do.

Its getting late, maybe Ill finish this train of thought another time...

posted @ Friday, April 14, 2006

!&Wednesday, April 12, 2006

Okay, here goes...

Hmm, why am I doing this you may ask? Well, its summer now in the Philippines and it is hot. The heat is sucking all the energy out of me. I can't go out alot cause my mom needs the car and driver around 70% of the time. So I am more or less stuck at home. With just my brother for company. Where is my sister? She is staying with her cousins down in Q.C. Well, they are all my cousins too but they are all younger girls, perfect for Naomi but Zach and I (being the only boys) are always out of place. Zach is really cool and I love him, but being with him 24/7 for like a week is getting on my nerves.

Wait, I'm getting of track maybe. Okay, why am I doing this? Well, I'm bored. Got nothing better to do. Some of my friends have blogs and I enjoy reading them, I don't know if anyone will enjoy hearing what I have to say, but this blog is also a good way to practice my writing skills without school. Don't wanna get stale now do I?

Hehe, so, what should I write? What does one write in a blog? Well, I guess I'll write about something I have been thinking about lately. Last week we (meaning Zach and I) were hanging out with Wacky and his three other cousin's, Pepe, Paco and Paolo. Woah! All those freaking P's. Hmm, why is Wacky W then? Anyways, hanging out with them really made me miss hanging out with boys cousins. All my boy cousins are in the U.S. While all my girl cousins are here in the Philippines. Sigh, how great is that(just a touch of sarcasim). Well, instead of cool cousins, we had cool Titos but now they also in the U.S. Sob sob, I just had a chat with him over YM this morning. Just talking to him made me feel good. Man I miss him alot.

Well, I guess that's all. Time for breakfast.

posted @ Wednesday, April 12, 2006