i got into thinking; how some things matter more than others. how i realized that my life was not really about my grades, but about the people, my people. how the person that i am is truly defined by those who surround me, and in turn, i do love the most. how blessed i really am despite the shitness i went through over the past few days.
last friday, i f*cking lost in a math contest. and no, i'm not usually bitter. it's just that, when you lose the opportunity of winning second and consequently, the opportunity of actually qualifying for the regionals, you can't help but feel frustrated. especially when it's your own fault. and you've got no one else to blame. i mean, where on earth could you find a log 0? i think it's okay to be stupid, but it's not fine when you be stupid in the most important events of your life. i have been competing for this contest for what, 3, 4... 5 years? and honestly, i didn't mind being in the shadow of salubre or some math person -- until now. why? because i wanted to experience something new. i wanted to challenge myself. and that part failed. and because... oh, that's for me to know and you to not know. :)
and on that same f*cking day, i received a f*cking bad news. and when i mean bad, i mean it. it's bad enough that you lose an opportunity, but trust me, it's nothing when the opportunity itself is taken away from you; grabbed as if you never had the right to participate to begin with. it doesn't feel right because i know - and they know - i did not deserve that. we did not deserve that maltreatment.
you people are so inefficient, or purposely inefficient because you are biased. but either way, it doesn't change the fact that you are the faulty ones. and yes, call me bitter or angry, but at least this one is not on me. this one's on you. you're the one who's unfair. i don't want to curse you or something, but i swear we will rise from this. i know we won't stop doing well just because of you.
ladies and gentlemen, my personal burden of proof.
and then, there's exam week. which is totally cool with me because i already know my fate. God bless my poor performance. but i do not regret any of my answers... i guess. i did my best, and if my best wasn't good enough, then you are not good enough for me either. haha. but seriously, if there was one thing i learned from all the exams, and all the questions i left uncertain and unanswered, it was the fact that we do not really know everything, and sometimes, we should just let go and let God.
in time, i will learn what is the term used for making visions a reality.
or why some people are just so inefficient.
or why some math problems stick to being a problem.
because whatever happens, happens. and whatever will come, will come. i guess we just have to embrace that uncertainty and whatever that comes with and after it. the thrill of the ride makes all difference. but while everything in the future is so abstract, i might as well dwell in the present...
because right now - i don't know how or why - but i feel happy. not ecstatic-excited-joyful... just happy. na feel niyo na yun? that certain overflowing positivity that runs from the tips of your hair to the depths of your soul? that certain contentment that erases whatever it is that you fee you lack. that calm tone in your head that lets you express those untold emotions. that certain energy that makes the imperfect... perfectly imperfect.
and i know this one's not just because i'm elly, or because i'm weird, or because i'm crazy. i've got the feeling that this is all because of you, and you, and you, and you, and you, and you, and you, and you, and you and you and you... you, who have, in some way or another, inspired me. and all i want to say is that i do not want to make a litany because i have to learn how to be concise. but really, if i had to say one thing, that would be thank you.
thank you.*
i got into thinking how tonight was a good good night.