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1. a (1) : having or being motion in a direction contrary to that of the general motion of similar bodies and especially east to west among the stars <Saturn is retrograde for another week> <the retrograde motion of Mercury>

–> My Communications 100 professor, Prof. Jazmines, shared to us this "Mercury retrograde" thing last, last meeting. Mercury, she said, seemed to be moving backwards relative to the Earth the past few weeks, and this phenomenon causes interruptions in communication stuff here on earth. It’s kinda bizarre hearing that, since I dunno how the hell the planet Mercury is related to communications. She just said that Mercury was "the patron saint of communicators" here on Earth. (If you want more info, check out http://www.astrologycom.com/mercret.html. I won’t go explaining this astronomical thing, for God’s sake.)

Anyhoo, I was skeptical when she finished explaining the thing. However, I had a change of heart when I experienced the effects of Mercury retrograde myself. One night last week, Karl, Inang Mother and I had this sort of unlimited texting thing. At some point, I was to send Mother my comments on the remix version of "The Day You Said Goodnight". But the darn message won’t send. I always got a "Message not sent this time". Due to this, I decided to turn to freakin cellphone off, and tried resending the message. Thank God it was sent this time. I didn’t expect what happened next. Mother texted me: "Nakakalorka (that’s nakakaloka, actually. S/he is making it more gay. Hehe). Ilang beses (I am unsure about the number, but s/he included it in herm message) ko na-receive ang message mo." To make the long story short, the messages I thought were not sent were actually received by Mother, courtesy of Mercury retrograde.

The same thing happened Monday morning, when I texted my mom upon arriving at UP. I almost lost my temper while sending the message, since I consistently received the same "Message not sent this time" response. I got a different response after some attempts. However, the response pissed me off more. It said "Check Operator Services". Damn it. All the messages were sent, and my prepaid load was used up, courtesy again, to Mercury retrograde. Hell that Mercury retrograde.

Now, I’m a believer of the freakin’ Mercury retrograde. I learned the hard way though. Darn it.

2 : tending toward or resulting in a worse or previous state

–> My eating habits are not getting better the past few days. I skipped breakfast and lunch today, and all three meals yesterday. Just imagine how my digestive system would complain if my organs could only speak. Well, my poor eating habits are due to my occasional laziness, poor time management and sheer love of sleeping, all in all. Sometimes, I just don’t feel like walking to a nearby food stall to eat. At times still, I just don’t have time to eat. Most of the time though, I prefer sleeping over eating. Darn. I should fix my life. Health is wealth, as the good old saying goes.

I made up for the missed meals during our org night yesterday though (I ate two big fried chicken pieces, a slice of pizza and some mac). I had one helluva time with my fellow MCOers last night. We had this cross-dressing contest, and Bikoy won the thing (congrats. go MPRT!). I also had fun with my fellow MPRT members doing our thing with the Magic Sing. Plus, I enjoyed taking pictures with the oh-so-burgis na digicam. Ang saya. I felt like a film major. Hehe. Anyhoo, ang saya talaga sa org.

Ayun. Since minamadali na naman ako ng kapatid ko, hanggang dito na lamang. Yes. I’ve been retrograded this past few days. Darn it.

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