election

last monday, i spent my whole day with my mom. despite the tired feeling since it was just a day since i arrived here in manila from baguio, i had no choice but to help her with her school work (she is the english department head in her school). we went to her school at around 6:00 am to check the stuff that i had to do, from archiving files to editing forms and even trashing some notes.

since it was the same day of the sk/barangay elections, i volunteered to be a poll clerk. it’s a position in the board of election tellers, the one who takes care of placing indelible ink on the index fingers of voters, and also checks the personal details of the voter, such as his age, full name, and birthday. during tallying, the poll clerk takes charge of the gigantic paper sheets, while the chairman reads out the votes and the third member lists them on the blackboard. of course, i wasn’t benevolent enough to do that for free. i did that because of the PhP 2,500 incentive from ComElec.

and since it was just a small- scale elections, there were lots of bumming around times when we just end up taking pictures of some random stuff. here are some:

indelible ink. out, damned spot!

coke in different containers

ze ballot box: the star of the election

i really didn’t think that i could enjoy such tiring activity. good thing only a few voted, and these people, i think, were not as grepa as i expected. lol

however, i don’t think that i’ll do it again. stress.

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thanks to the election money, i have money to finance myself in my gimmicks and alcohol escapades this break. yesterday, i met my blockmates in sbarro trinoma to eat lunch. i even arrived 2 hours late because i got drunk the night before.

i super miss them. i really love my blockmates. <3

here’s to hoping that we’ll be classmates again in the few remaining semesters that we have.

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3rd week of november is getting closer and closer each day. i’m scared. i really really really really really really want it, Lord. please help me. i swear i’d be a good boy.