more than a year ago, i shook hands with the shortest national leader that any nation had since who-knows-when.

six months after that incident i found myself studying in the university where a big chunk of its student populace would smile so wide at the thought of gripping the wee hands of miss her excellency to death.

another half-year passed by, then heard in the news about mister saddam hussein last seeing a fireworks display twelve months ago.

time flies like an arrow. and there's no bulls-eye to stop it. i tried to look back at the direction where the Archer's bow could have been, but all was vague and black.

what's my point? i completely missed it, if ever there was one. or should i say that i don't feel inspired enough to write about the year that was, 2006. forgive me.



heh. just kidding.



january - march: conclusions

fighting maroon? blue eagle? those were the questions. no, not even the law of conservation of momentum or asymptotic graphs or simoun's schemes took the senior's mind away from the thought of studying in his dream university. well, perhaps except the prospect of finding the girl of his dreams... uhh, what did i just say? i meant the commencement exercises. and prom night. and grad ball. and of course, vacation.

april - june: a silent transitory time-bridge

turned out that some people (read: me) were wrong in thinking that that year's vacation would be one of the best, and longest times of their lives. credit it to a major spike in sun cellular's sms traffic or to university registration processes or to unbearable boredom, but summer couldn't've ended faster that it just did.

july - september: beginnings, and...

oh, look, someone's already seventeen. though the girl of his daydreams flew away, lots of news (plural of "new"?) more than made up for it [guys and gals, don't get me wrong here! okay?!]. fortunately, the new and the not-so-new aspects jelled quite well for me, or that was how i perceived it.

october - december: ...all over again.

sort of like that. an end to one semester, a break, and a new term; just in a shorter timespan. and so goes the circle of learning, of life. i wonder where my dream girl comes in... and when will pldt mydsl allow me to go yahoo! messenger again.



hmmm. now that i said that, maybe those arrows are tactlessly flying around in circles... ahhh, just my thoughts. a pleasant twenty-oh-seven to the universe and beyond. (",)