Word for the day: "boring"

       BORING!!! --This statement can fundamentally sum up everything that has happened to my day. You know what they say, “Boredom kills”, but don’t fret.  I can definitely cope up with boredom. You’ll see.

       Our day begins the minute we open our eyes in the morning and realize that it’s a new day. We rise and become aware of the fragrant morning dew filling up our nostrils. And then goes our early morning rituals. Like most people I know, I pray before leaving my bed. Yes, even before I go to the toilet to pee, wash my face or whatnot. So then I prayed for a beautiful day ahead of me, that I will be able to discover new things, and make up for the wrongdoings of yesterday. Little did I know that it was going to be a drag.

       Right after I prayed and peed and everything, my mom told me the big news: there had been a power outage in our area. What a good way to start my day. I was initially planning to iron my hair and put a little make up on but what can I do? Plan abort. I went to school at 10am in my everyday-look for the continuation of our Journalism workshop. To say it was boring would be an understatement. It lasted for several hours which can be equated to several hours of plain boredom. I did everything I can to keep up. I intermittently pinched myself, made fun of other people’s clothes, and tinkered with my phone just so that I wouldn’t fall asleep. Visualize that! But believe it or not, there was something good in it. We were tasked to make an article about a landmark here in the city and not to show off but we did ‘quite’ well. We were even challenged to develop it into something more appealing to readers and it might be published in a famous national magazine. Well of course, my friends and I are up to the challenge. We will be taking our chances, after all, we’ve got nothing to lose. *** Just a thought: it might really feel great to have the bragging rights of seeing your byline in a national publication, don’t you think???*** Double ugh ugh! I am keeping my fingers crossed.

       That’s not just it. After the workshop I called my mom to ask her where she and my little sister were since they would usually just spend the whole day in one of the malls and naturally, I wanted to join the fun. But, no. I ended up waiting for her to end a meeting at her office. It ended at around 8:30pm. All those hours waiting for her? Excruciating! But not quite. My sister and I found a way so somehow ease up the boredom. I got my camera from the car and we took several shots, mostly gibberish and irrelevant but who cares? Waiting for mom wasn’t that agonizing after all. And yes, after today I can proudly say that I can conquer boredom. We all can if we want to.