Things I Learned in AJSS 2000... 

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... i can always describe people as bangag.
... or, as an alternative, i can start by saying, "PARA KANG... PARA KANG..." and then never really having to complete the sentence, for some mutually understood reason.
... mr. david is into stripes. (and no, it's never a coincidence.)
... pregnant women CAN sit on the edges of tables and chairs.
... Kerwin and Pancho are brothers.
... there is a coffee branded as COFFEEMATE.
... and yes, Pancho is CAPABLE of forming coherent sentences.
... 'so you can get cancer through Monosodium Glutamate... so what?'
... five weeks of practice is just NOT enough to be able to open a combination lock.
... anyway, i can ask my seatmate or mang awel to open it for me.
... liquid nitrogen costs 80.00 per liter.
... a huge magnet can trap you inside the chem department forever.
... a guy can be cute, but the better surnames usually belong to uglier guys. come on, it's a consolation prize.
... trikes just seem to disappear when you need them most.
... procreation with any other living or non-living thing is possible.
... and bermuda grass isn't an exception.
... Candace: (staring out the window of room 106) That big rock over there, with windows and lights... it's draining and blocking all my (cell) signal... tsk tsk! (fyi, she's referring to the Cervini dorm.)
... trust me. the cutest guys come from Davao.
... trust Shai. Mike is NOT gay.
... food in Cervini Caf, no matter how hard you try, is simply INEDIBLE.
... if you return your soft drinks bottle, you get your 2 pesos back.
... who says only dormers can swim in that pool?!
... you can always sleep in your dorm prefect's airconditioned, fully furnished room.
... sometimes, you just have to accept that there's no water in the dorm, in any floor, at a given time.
... you can text while you're in class.
... you can sleep your way through your biology class and still graduate.
... hey, coffee is good for you. it helps you maintain your sanity.
... brownouts occur while you're studying for the most crucial math exam of your whole damn pathetic life.
... it's fun staring at lightning, as it strikes one part of the Marikina basin.
... '... guys, i think... lumalapit na sha... palapit na yung kidlat... guys, baba na tayo dito...'
... the smarter people are oftentimes the hornier ones.
... Socrates was gay.
... Oops... Britney did it again...
... damn that song.
... Ate Tex: Ang mga lalaki... ipinapako sa krus.
... very true.
... shucks. ang gwapo pala ni Jesus Christ.
... there are a thousand and one ways to pronounce the words, "oh my God".
... Dra Rojas is one over-achiever.
... i guess that's the reason for that (omnipresent) unerasable smile.
... carla is forever indebted to me.
... LG means La Germania.
... you CAN teach a guy how to dance.
... dancing is but a normal thing to do between civilized (biological) males and (biological) females.
... or whatever.
... more people dance during disco music.
... there's no excuse for sir miguel's pathetic dance steps.
... and no, you CANNOT defend him, whatsoever.
... however, sir roden is the MAN.
... you can yell out all your 'foul-mouthed' opinions about your teachers, their teachings and exams at the palanggana, for the whole marikina to hear.
... right, papa benj?
... you can aspire to be a sex therapist like Margarita Holmes.
... i can actually cry myself to sleep because of this song playing on infinite loop in my discman.
... Sarah McLachlan is one helluva woman.
... Carson McCullers is female.
... she wrote that pathetic book when she was 23.
... i believe we can all write a book similar to that one right after this AJSS thing.
... and yes Mela... you can jump off the palanggana and arrive at your place in no time.
... you did not specify, however, your physical and mental condition after such action.
... never eat a candy from Beijing.
... guys are attracted to women who defy their laws.
... it's impossible to say: 'there were no animals harmed during this BIOLOGY experiment.'
... you can imagine dancing with the guy of your dreams by hiring your poor sympathetic roommate, left with not much of a choice, as you very own DANCING DUMMY.
... never use the excel version that uses BUBBLE SORT. as in NEVER.
... there's always some person who does not want to sit adjacent to another.
... you can never peek into an urn, unless you're told to do so.
... i guess that'd only be after picking a certain ball of a certain color after a certain number of tries.
... Brian Loya is a Stuntman.
... it's summer, i'm young ... and i thank God i've been there...