this is for the guys.

2 days before The Day

I die also won't join LawNite next year!

Don't feel like being A's housemate anymore.

Feel rotten for not seeing that it's inappropriate to assume upon Mel's hospitality to fetch A.

Hate going back to campus.

Ken's sleeping already. Wish i packed earlier so i could spend more time with my siblings. Where's that quality time sis had with us before she left? =(

-handphone notes-


1 day before The Day

Not enough pads. I'm a lousy packer.

I think I'm PMS-ing. Yeah. Definitely PMS-ing.

-handphone notes-


I don't want to go back! I don't want to go back!

Why can't I say more things to Mum? After today, I won't see her for another month!

I don't want to go back! I don't want to go back!

-while mum was driving out after ironing my lawnite dress during lunch break-


then i cried.


The Day

The Pain.

Unbearable.

I'm gonna turn suicidal soon.

God, help me!

-after bathing, clutching hair-dryer with one hand and stomach with the other-

GUYS, there's that time of the month for almost every girl. not every girl gets The Pain. those who do either have it mild or bad. i have it bad. not bad bad. just bad. i have to take medication. i tried not to today. but it was so terrible i think i would have hopped at the slightest suggestion to jump down a building. it doesn't make me proud to swallow two pills every month. it makes me feel helpless because i know i'm pumping chemicals into my body but i can't do anything about it.

whether the PMS is emotional or physical, a girl is just not herself when she's PMS-ing. don't expect her to be herself. she can be herself on that day as much as the average person can smile and make conversation after stubbing his toe on a piece of hard metal, the pain searing through his entire body in huge waves.

by the way, the physical pain is like driving a knife through your stomach, twisting it around a few times, pulling it out, then repeating the cycle. it's a little different, i confess. as in when the imaginary knife is out, there is a momentary period of grace where the victim feels no pain at all, as opposed to the lingering pain when one pulls a knife from a wound.

however, i wouldn't say it's that much of a blessing either. cuz the pain seems to grow with every turn.

ALL GUYS, don't tease a PMS-ing girl. you might see a side of her you'd wish you never saw.

guys with girlfriends, do learn and be wise. tolerate your girlfriend. it's not her fault she's being cranky and weird. sis says ck keeps note of her Days, and even invented this wonderful shortcut method of counting when the next one will come.

-this is for the girls too-

we usually do this:

The Day (Month 2) = The Day (Month 1) + Cycle

i.e.

The Day (April) = 5 March + 28 days = 33

then we minus the number of days in Month 1, since there's not 33rd day in any month:

The Day (Month 2) = X - number of days in Month 1

i.e.

The Day (April) = 33 - 31 days = 2 April

the equation is thus:

The Day (Month 2) = The Day (Month 1) + Cycle - No. of days in Month 1

i.e.

The Day (April) = 5 March + 28 days - 31 days = 3 April

ck figured that algebra could be used even for such stuff. he summarized it this way:

The Day (Month 2) = The Day (Month 1) + x days - y days

in math, we learn that if two thingys are of the same family, e.g. cm and cm, they can be grouped together and arithmetized:

The Day (Month 2) = The Day (Month 1) + (x - y) days

if Month 1 has 31 days:

The Day (Month 2) = The Day (Month 1) + (28 - 31) days
= The Day (Month 1) - 3 days

i.e.

The Day (April) = 5 March - 3 days = 2 April

if Month 1 has 30 days:

The Day (Month 2) = The Day (Month 1) + (28 - 30) days
= The Day (Month 1) - 2 days

i.e.

The Day (April) = 5 March - 2 days = 3 April

so i've been using this ever since, and it's way easier to count.