By the time this entry is posted by an automated script on my server, The Ateneo Edge may have been gone. Why? I'm just tired of it all.
I'm tired of pretending everything's fine when nothing really is.
I'm tired of living passionately only to be seen as someone trying to outdo others.
I'm tired of working for someone who I feel I could do a much better job given the positions were changed.
I'm tired of people minding what I do when they do worse.
I'm tired of hypocrites.
I'm tired of giving my all when others just take and take... and take.
I'm tired of doing Christmas shopping and spending thousands for family who eventually gives me nothing else but boxers when they know that I use briefs.
I'm tired of having to pay bills for the home then go home to an empty dinner table.
I'm tired of self-righteous attention-grabbing elitists who don't even look past the logs in their eyes.
I'm tired of being asked to give a massage to Senior Citizen parents some nights and put a baby to sleep on others.
I'm tired of not being able to build a real relationship with a lady given all the attachments I have.
I'm tired of being the odd man out whenever there's an outing or activity that reveals I only have nine toes.
I'm tired of a cruel world crumbling down.
I'm tired of living for others when most of people my age are living for themselves.
I'm tired of educators who don't know squat about hard life and assume everything will bend for them at their beck and call.
I'm tired of me making excuses for how others are.
I'm tired of me.
I'm tired.
I am...
gone.
I've worn my heart on my pretty long sleeves. I've wept in front of friends and screamed out on the Web. I've poured my heart and soul to the world... and The Ateneo Edge is gone. Yesterday was the last of it. The slate is clear. My slate is clear. Then life goes on.
I've chosen it this way so there's no way anyone can interfere. This entry would have been posted at 10.00p of 01 April. My last day would have seen me with MBoys09 and B2008. I've said that I would have offered everything I had left for whatever is left to me. I hope I've done so.
The past has taken everything I have of me from me and I've been scraped dry, emptied, and left barren. They took me in, they took it all, then took me out. In the following days, an entry will come out at almost the same time as this one to elaborate on my memoirs... eventually ending with an entry that will reveal my passwords for Facebook, Multiply, GMail, Yahoo!, and several other online services. I only wish that you respect my desire to keep everything I've left. This is my account of my life. This is me.
I've wondered how best to leave without burdening others with care for me. I figured that the only way is to return to nature — to be one with the stars, so to speak. By the time this is out, I've boarded a ship and hopefully leaped off the stern. Once again, one with the world.
Through all the recent emotional twists, I've never blamed God nor have sinned due to all the pain and heartache and heartbreak. Until now. I hope you allow me just this one thing albeit this one thing this big. I've never been a friend of fate.
Tomorrow, the story of 153. The catch of Edge, a failed fisher of men. An entry of apologies and thanksgiving.
The following day, to whom I bequeath which. Hayden and Ali never to part.
The final day, my login information for my services as well as my financial account information.
I HOPE TO GO UP... BUT XS IS STILL FINE.
omg sir...you've been a great teacher and friend to us, and you know that... (gets ba ng mga tao 'to? :)) )
TumugonBurahinnice. april fool's noh?!
TumugonBurahinhoy edge! wag kang ganyan! bros tayo! pare ka ng Bboys!
TumugonBurahini would have said "sir, don't be like that!"....
TumugonBurahinbut then i saw a tag of "april fools prank."
so, is this a prank?
because it's not funny.. :|
i'm now worried... :| :(
prank rin ung sinabi ko sir hahaha. joke lang ano ba yan sinasayng mo oras ng mga tao! haha joke
TumugonBurahinThis better be a joke. It better be.
TumugonBurahinyou have qualities that would make any person stop and think about himself for a while. So wag ka ngang prankster:))
TumugonBurahinsir...:| naku naman.....your helps were really unforgettable...kaya pls sir:(....WAG kayong aalis:)
TumugonBurahinThat's not funny.
TumugonBurahintheateneoedge saidApril Fools!
TumugonBurahinhappy april.
gabfabia saidEdge is the mazterz of haxxorz.Stop putting words in my mouth...Whoops... softly makes graoning sounds from a watery grave.
TumugonBurahinYeah, Gab. Darn it. People are too perceptive! I even asked Mark to delete his earlier comment. ~X( Oh well. Can't let a two-week setup for the gag go to waste.
TumugonBurahinYeah, it IS a prank, but also a form of introspection. As I told your class, "Please don't worry 'bout me. I'm fine." :)
TumugonBurahinHa! This almost got me. I was about to cry right there and then!
TumugonBurahinhaha.
TumugonBurahinYOU'D BETTER BE! :)) =))
Well... give it a while. :D I've told my 4N and 3A and 3M (and some A2007) students that to look back at life, I look as if it were my last days. I've written a "suicide note" before, too, then show the four stitches on my wrist. They know about it and they know that I'm not chicken enough to take my own life. There's much too much to live for.
TumugonBurahinRarr... the prank dint even last eight minutes... even though I'm invisible to people on Y!M, they message me there. Shoot. :))
TumugonBurahinfuck you edge, i didnt want to lose another one
TumugonBurahintheateneoedge saidI'm tired of being the odd man out whenever there's an outing or activity that reveals I only have nine toes....even with this line? Salamat pa rin sa pag-alala.
TumugonBurahinThanks, Dino. Introspection has ended and it IS true that The Ateneo Edge is no more... I've got to find some other way to be referred to now. Three-quarters of an hour left before it becomes even more apparent to the rest that this was just that — a reflection piece that so happened to be on the very first day after my contract with Ateneo ended.
TumugonBurahinHow was it posted by an automatic script on your server? That's all I was thinking while reading this blog entry, because I added a foolishness authserv to my brain for this day....
TumugonBurahinVery much possible, mind you. Mimicking the authentication cookie in an HTTP exchange (geek! geek!) can be done by connecting a stream through the proper receiving port.
TumugonBurahinI did this on purpose, too. If you haven't noticed the blog form for multiply, there are fields for the hour and minute... Do the math.
TumugonBurahinMultiply server listens on what port? I'm going to SPAAAAYM!!!! Also, failed to notice those fields. One more thing, how the hell do you do the massive enclosed box thing? Do you do the comment-box hack and add HTML/JS in your comments by adding closing tags and whatnot?
TumugonBurahinOKAY! It's past midnight, the blog entry has been made public, and an additional hint has been placed on top! (...in addition to the multiple grammar errors that I normally wouldn't leave in there in a serious piece, the thing about nine toes, the song "April Fools", and a tag that says "april fools prank".)
TumugonBurahinYou fool, sir. Literally. April Fools' Pranks must never Persist after NOON. HAHAHAHHAHAHAHA.
TumugonBurahinNice try Sir... you almost got me. I would've vouched for you, damn it. And that's no joke. EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEDGE!
TumugonBurahinGood luck in suicide, sir! Allow me to eat your brain after you go at it.
TumugonBurahinSer...'pulbos' na talaga. Haha XD
TumugonBurahinBAH
TumugonBurahinuy kamusta? HAHA!
TumugonBurahinnoob >=P
TumugonBurahinOMG SIR EDGE HOW ANNOYING. ~x(
TumugonBurahin~x(!!!!!!!!!!!
TumugonBurahinmedyo lang ah. :))
wow, napakacomplicated naman nung april fools joke niyo sir
TumugonBurahinnaubos yung dugo ko dahil sa nosebleed...
ulul...april fools...:)) (short and simple)
TumugonBurahinang haba ng post mo...sumakit mata ko...
jeez edge, my classmates do this sorta thing every year :))
TumugonBurahinlike the other year, kalags "came out". whateeev. :p
and, UP ALL THE WAY! WOO HOO :D
edge, ibahin mo ko sa kanila. i would like to think the whole of the first part weren't just a mere prank. alam ko yan ang nilalaman ng puso't isipan mo. hehe. panira ba ng prank? hehe. pero alam ko totoo yan so actually, for me, i couldnt take it as a prank.. but oh well. glad it was. =)
TumugonBurahiningat!
Beyond a happy guy like you, sir, there lies an emo dude. But please, sir, we like you happy. =P And your students and friends will be a call or an e-mail away, prank or not, whenever you need them. ^_^
TumugonBurahinBy the way, I was drinking water while I was reading this, and I almost drowned...
Sir Edge! What the hell?
TumugonBurahinIs this really just a prank? Oh well, sesese, ingat nalang sir whatever happens. See you around! :)
Kuya Edge.... [noong unang nakilala kita...] -- slash Sir Edge [for most of your students]... Ok lang po kung saan kayo tutungo, sana maalala ninyo pa rin kami... At saka Ingat din...
TumugonBurahin....KJ pa ako?:))
TumugonBurahinSir, hayaan mo na si Laki Noo. Wahahaha. Live your life! Stay cool:D
TumugonBurahinThanks, Jadd.
TumugonBurahinE tatalon nga ako mula sa barko e! Saan mo hahanapin ang utak ko?
TumugonBurahinActually, longer. I've been setting up with two songs since the end of the schoolyear. In fact, I've let some go to waste already since the original piece was longer. I just made it more concise so the hints will become more obvious.
TumugonBurahinKalags came out? :D What was the prank? ;))
TumugonBurahinThanks, friend. C'est la vie e.
TumugonBurahinI apologize for nearly causing you YOUR death in a false story of mine. Choke maybe? I am not EMO... *then slashes wrist*. :D Salamat, Emil. I miss your huggable hugs. :P
TumugonBurahinBuzzkill? Yeah. You kinda gave it away seven minutes after being posted e. I should have disabled replies na lang pala sa blog... pero I wouldn't be able to take back anything I said if I did so.
TumugonBurahinSir Edge has failed to kill himself. I will complete the job. Oh Falcon......
TumugonBurahinMay god bless you, wherever you are placed... INGAT
TumugonBurahinHe came out of the closet. :p
TumugonBurahinYa know, as gay? Haha. :p
'di ko gets. I was lost sa first sentence pa lang. :-
TumugonBurahinI'm tired of doing Christmas shopping and spending thousands for family who eventually gives me nothing else but boxers when they know that I use briefs.
TumugonBurahinSir! Akin na lang boxers niyo. Wala na ako e' ;))
You're not meant to be a comedian.
TumugonBurahinAnd I still say that you should work for Blizzard.
Stop supporting the culture of wrist-slashing [even in jokes] -- 'tis utterly pointless
I was trying to be sarcastic... apparently not apparent. I was kidding about it not being a prank since it's true? :D Your class being extra-affectionate to each other, that is.
TumugonBurahinThis kind of post can't be just a simple prank for April Fool's (my own opinion). While I understand and respect how you feel Edge, I just don't think this is something that should be posted in a blog open for everyone else to read. I honestly don't know what's the real purpose of this "prank", but this post will just cause some more controversies (or it has already caused some), I think.
TumugonBurahinWe all have issues in life. Hindi lang naman ikaw ang may problema. And posting a blog like this publicly is just TOO MUCH.
Like what I've told you before, I know how much you love teaching and I salute you for that.
There's one important thing you need to learn before you can move on with your life -- ACCEPTANCE.
Again, just my opinion. After all, this is just an April Fool's prank, right?
I was being sarcastic. I meant to ask what the prank was should he come out? We all know your class is extra-affectionate. :D
TumugonBurahin8-|
TumugonBurahinPrank, dude. Prank....and ano gamit mo ngayon kung wala ka na? Ewwwww... :))
TumugonBurahin