Things to do when you're 22!

1. Have plenty of sex if you're obese. Sex is the most wonderful aerobic exercise. It helps cure asthma too. (Yeho: I'll just then be a desperate obese asthmatic till I'm 23, huhuhu)

2. Pretend you're not 22. When asked how old you are say, "Hey, I just finished college, am not that old!" (Yeho: Just dont slip that you've graduated 2 years ago from college. You just dropped the bomb then. Moron!)

3. Avoid conversations with neighbors, parents of your former batchmates in school or any homo sapien sapien who happen to know how pompous your ass was when you were in grade school and high school. (Yeho: They'll just say that they never thought that such a brilliant mind works only in a call center. The next day after, you'll be surprised how the entire bloc knows the sad truth...)

4. Rant and whine about how stressful your job is. (Yeho: And rationalize that the only thing that keeps you holding on is the cash you withdraw from the ATM every 15th and 30th of the month.)

5. Smoke right after being nebulized. (Yeho: It's free anyway at the company's clinic! The nebu, not the stick, :)) )

6. Meet your high school friends for a drinking spree! (Yeho: This is the best! And then after a few shots, you'll all realize you're a bunch of 22 year olds whose future lies uncertain in the hands of Father Destiny... San ba kami pupulutin?!?! )

7. Check your phone contacts and delete those people who replied, "Hu u?" all of a sudden when you have been forwarding them quotes thru SMS for quite a long time. (Yeho: Hear! Hear! Hear!)

8. Think of Social Relevance. (Yeho: Being a sociology graduate, this should have been automatic. Sorry to dear old Dean Lamug, Prof. Augut & Ms. Asis. I promise I'll stay true to the tenets of Sociological Imagination.)

9. Imagine hitting the gym. (Yeho: Which I so often do. You see, I'm armchair here, armchair!)

10. And lastly, think how satisfying life will be if only you'll learn contentment. (Yeho: Happy 22nd year Yeho!)

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Thank you to all who's memory banks are spared from dementia last July the 25th and took time to send their greetings thru SMS, friendster, multiply, IM etc. etc. etc.

To my bosom ka-SAMPU trio Elena, Bhalot & Sera; Ian & Nico and thanks to Billy Ray for the uber advanced birthday greetings;

To my SocioSoc alum sisses Meranz, Peachy and Jenny Anne, we'll all have coffee soon; Thanks to Ice Taboy for the greeting imported pa from Canada, :)) To other alums like Ate Sam and Ate Ella, thanks for remembering and to my former co-resident in SocioSoc namely Jabez, EJ, Rai, Odessa, Mhona and Mac, and to Horeb and Rose for the late birthday "pabati."

To my Socio '03 blocmates Erwin and bloc rep Shiela, thanks also to the unexpected birthday greetings coming from Vanessa, Erwin's girlfriend/UPLB schoolmate and Hannah of UP Ravens.

To my colleagues in the workplace: wavemates Demi, Ms. Jane & Ms. May; TL Cali, Ms. Floe, Ms. Lyka, evil siblings Ms. Annie & Ms. Sweet and Mommy Yhanie Certeza.

To Nica and Romma, my grade school classmates; To Novee '03, Kaziey '05 & Grace '02, high school schoolmates.

Thank you SOOOOOO much!