haaaay...........
L to R: taba, payatot, lampa
wla lang, stopover lang!:D pacute lang sa camera!:D
Saturday, April 30, 2005
Friday, April 29, 2005
Tuesday, April 26, 2005
Saturday, April 23, 2005
popcorns and drinks
it's still so early on a summer morning and yet i am up... call time for the college graduation is at 6am later. so that means i have to go in a few minutes time... i'm stationed backstage and basically is in charge of making pa-cute sa mga performers and also telling them to hurry up if we're behind schedule. well anyway....
in my HUmanidades class yesterday, our prof touched on a novel (Crime and Punishment) which had a very sad ending... and i thought of sad movies... how movies in general veer away from sad endings... why? because generally movies are there to entertain people. they may present some facets of our lives but it is not their purpose to tell us straight away that life is full of sorrow and misery. i mean me for example, even by watching melodramatic films make me feel sad and depressed at times not just for the character(s) in the movie but more so for myself - my experiences... most of us go to the movies, munch popcorns to bond with our families and friends and relax and be entertained. we don't see a movie because i am happy right now and i want to be reminded that this is not always the case.
however, if you think about it even with all the suffering and pain all around us always we tend to forget. we tend to be insensitive and indifferent to the plight of others. and we are just naturally selfish and self-centered to say that i've got enough problems of my own to even bother about others' problems. sometimes, it is in this regard that a melancholic, reality-based (not commercially "manufactured" for oftentimes they are so toned down and off from reality) movie or documentary is indeed called for.
in my HUmanidades class yesterday, our prof touched on a novel (Crime and Punishment) which had a very sad ending... and i thought of sad movies... how movies in general veer away from sad endings... why? because generally movies are there to entertain people. they may present some facets of our lives but it is not their purpose to tell us straight away that life is full of sorrow and misery. i mean me for example, even by watching melodramatic films make me feel sad and depressed at times not just for the character(s) in the movie but more so for myself - my experiences... most of us go to the movies, munch popcorns to bond with our families and friends and relax and be entertained. we don't see a movie because i am happy right now and i want to be reminded that this is not always the case.
however, if you think about it even with all the suffering and pain all around us always we tend to forget. we tend to be insensitive and indifferent to the plight of others. and we are just naturally selfish and self-centered to say that i've got enough problems of my own to even bother about others' problems. sometimes, it is in this regard that a melancholic, reality-based (not commercially "manufactured" for oftentimes they are so toned down and off from reality) movie or documentary is indeed called for.
Friday, April 22, 2005
ChE Graduation dinner 2005
April 19, 2005 @ UP Balay Kalinaw
brought to you by the ChE reps!(",)
(magagandang ChE reps!hehe)
after all the hustle and bustle, finally some time to chow!
with the hosts for the night: Lou and Kim.
ang ganda ng "falls"!:D
mukha namang enjoy at busog sila db?:D
graduating ALCHEMISTS!
mga nagsidalo
thanks Ma'am Gene for all the support!
Tuesday, April 19, 2005
haggardness
today was the culmination of my haggardness. cramming to the max the certificate, tribute and token for the ChE graduation dinner(April 19, 6-10pm, Balay Kalinaw). at the same time i have to squeeze in fixing my sched trying to finish registration for my summer classes and getting my remaining class cards. unfortunately multi-tasking wasn't that efficient or rather everything just can't be accomplished in a span of 5 hours. and so, i am two more steps away from being officially enrolled this summer, the tokens will be given tom, and i still have one more class card to get (this time, not my fault na). Commercial lang pla: grabe i'm so happy din kasi, based on the 16 units out of 18 units last sem, 1.625 ang average ko! yey! i'm hopeful na mga nsa 1 - 1.75 ung last class card ko. And the much better news, based on the 143 units i took CUM LAUDE standing ako! wahaha!ü ang saya kasi to think na haggardness din ako with the campaign and all....ü anyway, mukhang ok nmn outcome nung GRAD DINNER except for some minor setbacks... haaay...
kahit saglit makahinga ng konti... TOGA RELEASE, COLLEGE RECOGNITION RITES, REACTOR, BOOK SALE, BOOK ORDERING PROGRAM, FRESHMEN WEEK....... and the list goes on... part of the job. ok naman, pro haggardness lang tlaga... PI100 and HUM1 pa this summer! need to get that massage or rather kailangan ko mag-recharge!
kahit saglit makahinga ng konti... TOGA RELEASE, COLLEGE RECOGNITION RITES, REACTOR, BOOK SALE, BOOK ORDERING PROGRAM, FRESHMEN WEEK....... and the list goes on... part of the job. ok naman, pro haggardness lang tlaga... PI100 and HUM1 pa this summer! need to get that massage or rather kailangan ko mag-recharge!
Monday, April 18, 2005
touchdown
just got back from Bohol+Cebu vacation... i really should be getting some rest coz summer classes starts l8r(and im still not done enlisting in all my subjects!!!argh!!) and my sched's pretty hectic. actually, the trip was quite untimely but very much welcome and needed break for all the task at hand as part of the ESC '05-'06 and also as a 5th year ChE student... anyway, before i digress any further and blog about the "boring" stuff, some bits of fun muna... the "travel log" will have to wait....
bohol's great! and a whole lot better from the first time we went there sometime DEcember 1996! and it's improving a whole lot! sure would want to go back there. here's the picture: old churches, river cruise, cute tarsier(if only one could bring back an actual tarsier as souvenir!), hanging bridge, huge mounds of chocolate, peanut kisses, dolphins, sand, sun, NEMO!, fishies, some corals(didn't dive though!), white sand, pristine waters! but right now i could really use a massage. think i "overswam"! hahaü the ultimate downside however was the HInagdanan Cave!!!!!
as for CEbu, we weren't able to tour the place as there wasn't a morning supercat trip from Tagbilaran yesterday. oh well... became more of a stopover and we were practically in a hurry just to be able to check in on time.... and oh Nyoy Volante was on the same flight we took. Yoyo (not yoyoy) Villame was there as well (though didn't recognize him at first until Nyoy and company approached him)... but as jimmy neutron says: "gotta blast!" need to rest.... though i feel like bobbing up and down still after the many boat rides and the long hours in water (whether immersed or not)...heheü
bohol's great! and a whole lot better from the first time we went there sometime DEcember 1996! and it's improving a whole lot! sure would want to go back there. here's the picture: old churches, river cruise, cute tarsier(if only one could bring back an actual tarsier as souvenir!), hanging bridge, huge mounds of chocolate, peanut kisses, dolphins, sand, sun, NEMO!, fishies, some corals(didn't dive though!), white sand, pristine waters! but right now i could really use a massage. think i "overswam"! hahaü the ultimate downside however was the HInagdanan Cave!!!!!
as for CEbu, we weren't able to tour the place as there wasn't a morning supercat trip from Tagbilaran yesterday. oh well... became more of a stopover and we were practically in a hurry just to be able to check in on time.... and oh Nyoy Volante was on the same flight we took. Yoyo (not yoyoy) Villame was there as well (though didn't recognize him at first until Nyoy and company approached him)... but as jimmy neutron says: "gotta blast!" need to rest.... though i feel like bobbing up and down still after the many boat rides and the long hours in water (whether immersed or not)...heheü
Monday, April 11, 2005
remnants...
six feet under lies someone...
buried by the passage of time...
and yet his presence still lingers...
i look at a rep in Laguna and i see him...
can't help myself to keep glancing in the rep's direction...
sometimes i am caught, sometimes i am not...
but i don't care, for when i look at the rep i am reminded of him...
i know i should have moved on long ago, and i thought i did...
but seeing the rep, i can't help but miss him...
or is it really him that i miss?
or his affection that is amiss?
or just plain regret?
i should've stopped staring...
should've stopped hoping...
for again, i am left with a hole...
although no pain was felt a slight of pang of jealousy struck...
when another rep befriended this rep...
Good God when will i throw him out of my system?
when will i see another someone for who he is?
feels like someone's back from the dead although only in the realm of my vulnerable heart and mind...
damn it!
buried by the passage of time...
and yet his presence still lingers...
i look at a rep in Laguna and i see him...
can't help myself to keep glancing in the rep's direction...
sometimes i am caught, sometimes i am not...
but i don't care, for when i look at the rep i am reminded of him...
i know i should have moved on long ago, and i thought i did...
but seeing the rep, i can't help but miss him...
or is it really him that i miss?
or his affection that is amiss?
or just plain regret?
i should've stopped staring...
should've stopped hoping...
for again, i am left with a hole...
although no pain was felt a slight of pang of jealousy struck...
when another rep befriended this rep...
Good God when will i throw him out of my system?
when will i see another someone for who he is?
feels like someone's back from the dead although only in the realm of my vulnerable heart and mind...
damn it!
back from Laguna
finally, some "free/stolen" time to blog. ;p stolen coz i really should be working on the survey form that the ChE graduating students have to fill up starting later during their toga fitting. The results of the survey will determine the awardees for the ChE gradution dinner on April 19, 2005 at the UP Balay Kalinaw. just around a week to go but we don't have a single centavo we can spend for the event, in which expenses were estimated at around PhP 28000!!!(todo ambag muna!) until we can market enough money, the department is willing to lend us some amount. but that's not good at all, umpisa pa lang may utang na!!! This is our first major project as ChE reps, and i really hope we'll be able to pull this off! *God help us*
anyway, gonna make the most out of this "free time" so to my dear (few anonymous) readers brace yourself... :D
hard to believe but for four days i've not touched a pc and watched any show on tv! missed FULL HOUSE tuloy...hehe ;p what's even more amazing was that i was out of the house for that duration of time! last time i remember i was out for a comparable amount of time was when i was still in 4th yr HS! that was when i was part of the SCT delegation to the CMLI annual convention held in Baguio sometime in October of 2000! Gosh! that was sooooooooo loooooooooong ago! at least my strategy worked! and it was a good thing that the two activities i wanted and had to attend were in the same province although approximately 2 hours apart...
April 6 and 7 was the UP ALCHEMES' sem-ender/final rites in Pansol, Laguna. meeting time was around 7am and guess what i arrived in Jollibee Philcoa at say 9:30 am... hehe:D anyway, we had to commute as transpo was not provided/included in the payment and we left Jam station in Cubao at around 10:30 am. we arrived at Villa Hortaleza Resort in Miramonte Subdivision at around 1 ata... the place was ok, although the pool wasn't that big, the accommodation and amenities were ok except for one thing! NO BLANKETS!!! and aside from forgetting to pack my toothbrush(had to buy a new one in 7 eleven) forgot to bring my tapis and jacket!!!! damn! by the time i slept (which was around 4am!) was so cold! at one point, my head ached so much! slept late because the applicants weren't "thrown to the pool" until around 2am! although we had to depart the place by 7am since the reservation was from 7am-7am, sobrang enjoy naman!! sarap magswim!!!:D took advantage when the apps were still busy with their "challenges" hehe:D pra pede pa mag- "laps"... hehe:D
before heading off to pangil, we stayed at Katre's place muna in Magdalena, Laguna to pass the time kasi cha and i anticipated that if we headed straight to the place wla pa ung other ESC pips coz meeting time nila sa Jollibee Philcoa was 7am - meaning to say around 8am pa sila makakalis dun!anyway, katuwa mag-commute sa isang lugar na first time mo puntahan! hehe:D tas 2 lang kami ni cha... 2 jeepney rides and a tricycle ride ang Gabriel's Resort from Pansol. but take note, the jeepney fare was for 30 pesos each! astig! hehe ;p much as i want to elaborate, my "free time" is running out... anyway, the Planning Sem 1 was ok... dami ginawa, meetings galore! planning to the max! and enjoy swimming naman sa last night! nag-inuman sila but being the good and shy girl that i am, didn't join them...besides not really much of a drinker... of course, there was a time na bad trip ako... o. p. ako... ilang... etc... ah basta... this is what i have learned: whatever bad feeling i have for someone i must throw away for it is getting in the way of me performing well as an ESC officer, of bonding with others. with regards to my shyness as one officer observed and wrote sa backstabeng'g i need to improve on it... i know there's so much more that i can do than what other perceives i just have to be more assertive and confident of myself and mingle more! good thing there's still a Planning SEm 2!
and so we went home by around 2:30 pm, saturday this time there was a hired vehicle na. the way was through Rizal since Pangil is near the boundary of Rizal and Laguna, so it was much closer. got off sa Valley Golf na lang, and asked my dad to fetch me there na lang. by 10pm was asleep.... got up @10 am Sunday!
by 2pm, another meeting, this time at Meanne's place in Filinvest. do-day of Grad dinner invites, posters and survey forms... whew!!! now still not done with the survey forms... gotta rush! who said i am not busy? :D
anyway, gonna make the most out of this "free time" so to my dear (few anonymous) readers brace yourself... :D
hard to believe but for four days i've not touched a pc and watched any show on tv! missed FULL HOUSE tuloy...hehe ;p what's even more amazing was that i was out of the house for that duration of time! last time i remember i was out for a comparable amount of time was when i was still in 4th yr HS! that was when i was part of the SCT delegation to the CMLI annual convention held in Baguio sometime in October of 2000! Gosh! that was sooooooooo loooooooooong ago! at least my strategy worked! and it was a good thing that the two activities i wanted and had to attend were in the same province although approximately 2 hours apart...
April 6 and 7 was the UP ALCHEMES' sem-ender/final rites in Pansol, Laguna. meeting time was around 7am and guess what i arrived in Jollibee Philcoa at say 9:30 am... hehe:D anyway, we had to commute as transpo was not provided/included in the payment and we left Jam station in Cubao at around 10:30 am. we arrived at Villa Hortaleza Resort in Miramonte Subdivision at around 1 ata... the place was ok, although the pool wasn't that big, the accommodation and amenities were ok except for one thing! NO BLANKETS!!! and aside from forgetting to pack my toothbrush(had to buy a new one in 7 eleven) forgot to bring my tapis and jacket!!!! damn! by the time i slept (which was around 4am!) was so cold! at one point, my head ached so much! slept late because the applicants weren't "thrown to the pool" until around 2am! although we had to depart the place by 7am since the reservation was from 7am-7am, sobrang enjoy naman!! sarap magswim!!!:D took advantage when the apps were still busy with their "challenges" hehe:D pra pede pa mag- "laps"... hehe:D
before heading off to pangil, we stayed at Katre's place muna in Magdalena, Laguna to pass the time kasi cha and i anticipated that if we headed straight to the place wla pa ung other ESC pips coz meeting time nila sa Jollibee Philcoa was 7am - meaning to say around 8am pa sila makakalis dun!anyway, katuwa mag-commute sa isang lugar na first time mo puntahan! hehe:D tas 2 lang kami ni cha... 2 jeepney rides and a tricycle ride ang Gabriel's Resort from Pansol. but take note, the jeepney fare was for 30 pesos each! astig! hehe ;p much as i want to elaborate, my "free time" is running out... anyway, the Planning Sem 1 was ok... dami ginawa, meetings galore! planning to the max! and enjoy swimming naman sa last night! nag-inuman sila but being the good and shy girl that i am, didn't join them...besides not really much of a drinker... of course, there was a time na bad trip ako... o. p. ako... ilang... etc... ah basta... this is what i have learned: whatever bad feeling i have for someone i must throw away for it is getting in the way of me performing well as an ESC officer, of bonding with others. with regards to my shyness as one officer observed and wrote sa backstabeng'g i need to improve on it... i know there's so much more that i can do than what other perceives i just have to be more assertive and confident of myself and mingle more! good thing there's still a Planning SEm 2!
and so we went home by around 2:30 pm, saturday this time there was a hired vehicle na. the way was through Rizal since Pangil is near the boundary of Rizal and Laguna, so it was much closer. got off sa Valley Golf na lang, and asked my dad to fetch me there na lang. by 10pm was asleep.... got up @10 am Sunday!
by 2pm, another meeting, this time at Meanne's place in Filinvest. do-day of Grad dinner invites, posters and survey forms... whew!!! now still not done with the survey forms... gotta rush! who said i am not busy? :D
Sunday, April 03, 2005
sad news
while working on my take home exam last Friday morning, around 2am to be exact, i got this text message saying that i check CNN/BBC if i want to verify that the pope has just died. that instant, nanindig ang balahibo ko! it was something unexpected, abrupt! to the point you don't want to believe it... stopped working on the take home exam for awhile (even though sobrang photofinish na dapat) to check nga sa BBC and CNN. lo and behold, no news about the pope's death... it was terry schiavo who died... (my thoughts about the the terry schiavo controversy next time when i have the time---dami stuff na ginagawa these days e...) was happy and disappointed at the same time... happy that it was just a hoax/prank (not because it was terry schiavo who died) and disappointed because terry schiavo died and someone would make a joke about the death of another person more so, of a very important man - Pope John Paul II....
anyway, fast forward to saturday's 6:30 anticipated mass, the priest mentioned the deteriorating state of the pope's health, that we should pray that let the Lord's will be done, and that the pope may not go into a coma(pardon if mali usage ng coma)... and then come sunday, the pope died(saturday evening sa Rome).... it's so sad... somehow, the prank text i received last Friday helped me to be prepared for this but one can't help but be saddened by his passing on... he is one pope na kinalakihan ko. though i wasn't there sa UST grounds nung world youth day of 1995, saw him naman... he will be missed... but of course, as Catholics, we must be happy for him, for his suffering has ended and that he will be with the Heavenly Father... *a moment of silence*
anyway, fast forward to saturday's 6:30 anticipated mass, the priest mentioned the deteriorating state of the pope's health, that we should pray that let the Lord's will be done, and that the pope may not go into a coma(pardon if mali usage ng coma)... and then come sunday, the pope died(saturday evening sa Rome).... it's so sad... somehow, the prank text i received last Friday helped me to be prepared for this but one can't help but be saddened by his passing on... he is one pope na kinalakihan ko. though i wasn't there sa UST grounds nung world youth day of 1995, saw him naman... he will be missed... but of course, as Catholics, we must be happy for him, for his suffering has ended and that he will be with the Heavenly Father... *a moment of silence*
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