i was never the outcast.  I was never the typical 'victim'. I was atually the smartest, nicest, and one of the prettiest in class, and when I decided to run for Vice Mayor, everyone knew me. I also sang for a number of events in my school. At one camping event where I sang the National Anthem, on the second day, two girls were behind me. I didn't know who they were but they knew me. They started calling my name and at first I tried not to look back, but then the third time they said 'Amber, Amber, f**k you.' And at that point I broke down and I really didn't want to be noticed again. And being a 'good girl', I didn't mingle with boys from other sections in my school but some guys took advantage of it and started stalking me. At some points I would be gossiped about by some of my 'haters', saying I was 'maarte' (tagalog word for prissy) and that I was a b****, and that I only hung out with my best friends, who are smaller, less popular girls, just so I could be the best looking out of our barkada (social circle). I wasn't doing anything to them. They just enjoyed saying things about me. Sometimes boys I didn't know would look out from windows and call out my name really loud, or block me in the canteen to ask my name, and it makes me very uncomfortable. I'm starting high school soon and I seriously hope that I could start new. And that's my story.