lunch sa lan kwai fong
9:24 PM
signal number 8 sa hk last friday. pero kahit bumabagyo, sa lan kwai fong pa rin kami naglunch. we were craving for pork knuckles (crispy pata) the whole week and friday was the only day we are free to eat lunch out. libre naman kami ni jayson - nakaactual sya, nakaper diem kami, di nya kelangan magtipid. thank you DKS na naman ang lunch.
sa schnurrbart na naman kami kumain, a german restaurant. may pinay na waitress dun so she took care of our orders. inorder namin ng german sausage si jayson. pero mas gusto nya ata ung sausage ng bartender, este, mas gusto nya na sana ung nag-asikaso samin ay ung bartender na gwapo.
syempre ang jayson, pa-cute sa bartender. kami naman e carry lang. sabi ko sa kanya utang na loob wag sya magpapicture sa bartender dahil gusto pa namin makakain dun ulit.may hiya rin pala sya hehe
group pic before the food came. putek ang itim ko ah...
kami ng girlfriend kong si jayson. maganda pa ata sya sa kin ah!
crispy pata!!! yummmyy
german sausages. si jayson unang nakatikim nung malaki. pero naiisip ko lang ung imbutido ni soytee (one of my kaberks in PHK), now don't ask me what the imbutido stands for - you might lose your appetite
sarap!!! solve na kami dun! pagbalik namin ng office uwian na hehe
july monthend, ritz carlton, mongkok
12:14 AM
what a week!
una, bumabagyo. nataon pang monthend peak namin sa controlling. sabay dating nito ni jayson at nagyayayang lumabas after work
wahhhh kapagod
and it wouldn't end tonight. meron pa bukas ulit
been working overtime since the month ended. syempre gawaan ng financial reports and all that jazz. busy rin kasi at the bank because of a new system which they are implementing and planning to roll out before the year ends.
wawa naman ung nanay ella ko, ung supervisor ko dito. she still can't walk. her foot has been bothering for the past month. dati numb lang sya, kaya pa nya ilakad. but now, swollen na daw. nag work from home sya yesterday and today, but i think she'll be on leave tomorrow.
syempre, i can't do all the work on my own, so tawag ako ng tawag sa kanya. nagkakataon lagi may call waiting tapos un pala si kaori (another girl we work with. tatlo kami sa team nya, 2 local saka ako. anyway, i think overworked si ella. before naman nagnumb ung right hand nya, kakagamit cguro ng mouse? sabi daw ng doctor nya baka mahina na ung immune system nya. stress? dyoskopong pineapple! ayoko matulad sa kanya.
lagi ako pinapatawag ni ella sa isang indian na nasa singapore. medyo nahihirapan lang ako intindihin sya. di ko naman makulit din ng todo eh kasi asst vice pres na un eh! pareho sila ni ella. tapos kahapon naman tumawag ako sa taga-london. kasi ilang araw ko na hinihintay ung file nya at nagfollow up na rin ako. pero weird. brit na ung kausap ko nahirapan pa ko intindihin. feeling ko ibang language sinasabi nya. pero wala naman sya masyadong accent. cguro inaantok lang ako nun. 9 pm na kasi un kagabi.
sarap sipain nung brit na un. feeling ko nakalimutan lang nya i-send out ung file. sabi ko, "have you sent out the accrual schedule?" sagot nya, "no" sabay tawa. may ganon? e di tinanong ko kung kelan nya balak isend. sagot ba naman, "i could send it to you now if you like." isip isip ko, tatanungin ko ba kung di ko pa sya kelangan? sabi ko na lang, "pls". at ang reply, "ok, cool". in fairness, cute ang boses kahit medyo di ko maintindihan. papahanap ko nga sya sa teammate ko na nasa london.
yesterday, natulog ako sa ritz carlton sa central. naghahanap kasi ng kasama itong si jayson. i think he's feeling homesick already. he would only be staying for a week. now, before your imagination starts working, i would have to clarify that jayson is gay. as in mas magaling pa sya mag-spot ng gwapo kesa sakin. honestly. may mga the moves pa na kunwari accidentally bumping into a cute guy pero sadya naman. and ung mga pasimpleng pagtingin tingin sa mga gwapong chinese. hmm.... i could learn a thing or two from this guy hehe. anyway we just ate chips and watched tv. and smoked hehe
kanina naman i got off early. so we went to mongkok. we had dinner sa langham place. there's this place called pepper lunch (? not sure). they serve their food raw on these sizzling plates that they said are patented in japan. asteeeeg! you get to cook your steak on the plates. but you have to hurry. kasi in a few minutes mawawala na ung sizzle ng pan so your food might end up cooked on one side but raw on the other. the price is a bit steep, $78 for a meal, but i have never enjoyed a fast food meal that much before!
nakabili na ko ng mga malalaking pamaypay para sa nanay ko. trenta lahat. bebenta nya sa mga kalaro nya sa bowling. naiinggit kasi ung mga amiga nya nung dinalhan sya ni papa dati ng pamaypay from one of his business trips here in hk. now that i'm here, sakin sya nagpapabili. sarap lang makipagtawaran haha. ung isang stall binebenta sakin ng $45 each. sabi ko sa kabila $20 lang. ayaw pa rin. taray nga eh. sa ibang stall ako bumili. $500 for 30 fans, mga $17 lang isa haha
bukas naman plano ni jayson na di na matulog. 8 am on sat kasi flight nya. so maaga sya kelangan magising. eh di wala na lang tulugan. gigimik na lng kami
may EB rin ata ang PHK on sat. basta sat nyt pwede ako. nakatulog na naman ako nun hehe
ano pa ba? la na ko masabi. antok na rin ako eh. byeeeee!
gutom na ko!!!!
9:13 PM
nagugutom na ko!!!
it's after 9 and i'm still here in the office. i just finished all the tasks that i can do for today and thought that i would just update this journal. hindi rin naman ako nagmamadali umuwi. gutom lang talaga ako.
i'm currently listening to my filipino colleague jayson talk to other people from manila. kakatawa sya, he's gay and nakakahawa ang tawa. ung tipong pag tumawa sya natatawa na rin kami ni carmela (isa pang pinay) kahit di namin alam kung ano pinagtatawanan nila. yosi buddy ko rin pala tong si jayson. he arrived yesterday and will be here for a week. dinalhan nya ko ng yosi kasi nga mahal ang marlboro lights dito.
parehong tumatumbling na ang sikmura namin sa gutom. wala rin naman kasing mabilhan ng pagkain dito malapit sa office pagsapit ng alas-otso. nauna na ung other pinoys, carmela and recia. tinapos ko kasi ung daily task ko na napagiwanan ng mga monthend tasks ko kanina.
my immediate superior here in hk is ella, the avp for finance. she's funny. malakas din tumawa. she's also very good at what she does. she's probably the most workaholic person here in controlling. she's also very patient with me. kahit papaulit ko sa kanya ung sinabi nya last month tungkol sa monthend task ok lang with her. probably because di rin nya naalala kung naexplain na nya sakin in the first place. medyo makakalimutin din kasi ang lola ko pagdating sa ganun. pero naalala pa nya if i missed to pass an entry or ung mga events the previous month. cguro selective lang ang memory nya. never din sya nagalit sakin even if i make mistakes lalo na sa journal entries. papaulit lang nya sakin hehe
nagugutom na talaga ko. kakainin na nung large intestine ung small intestine ko. meron dito apple and pear, pero di naman ako kumakain nun.
kakasimula lang ng meeting ni jayson with indonesia. syempre kinilig ang lolo ko nung kausap na nya ung cutie na controller ng indo. pinakita ko kasi picture sa friendster (o di ba pati mga indonesians may friendster)
anong oras kaya matatapos tong si jayson? one hour pa ata tong meeting. i don't think my hunger can last that long.
sumilip ako sa controlling andun pa sila, mga locals. they usually work long hours at monthend. kami ring mga pinoy actually. but ella would let me go home early lalo na if pwede ko naman ipagpabukas ung task. last week nga she was so concerned coz i look sick. i just told her that i have headaches in the afternoon and i need to have my eyes checked.
gutom jones na ko talaga. kumukulo na tyan ko o
anyway, i'm excited. less than two weeks na lang uuwi na ko. i have already got my form signed by the director. i need my manager in manila to sign it, then they would book my tickets. medyo mahabang proseso but i'm not complaining. hk would shoulder the cost anyway.
it seems like they wanted us to stay for the rest of the year. fine with me, as long as they take care of my taxes. they should also let me go home early december, for papa's 50th bday. syempre, gusto ko rin magpasko sa pinas.
i'm getting used to hk. dati nung sinabi nilang 6 more months pa ko dito nabad trip ako talaga. sabi ko ayaw ko na sa bansang to. pero ngayon ok na. naka-adjust na rin ako. i have also made friends, thanks to PHK!
i discovered PHK by accident. surf surf lang sa net. then i posted. and posted. and posted. now i have posted more than 800 entries in that forum. addict.
PHKers are cool! as in! i really felt at home there. even if i'm busy doing monthend tasks di ko pa rin mapigilan ang sarili ko ng sumilip sa forum at magpost kung nakakarelate ako sa topic.
more about PHK next time.
uuwi na ko. iwan ko na tong si jayson. malaki na sya. kaya na nyang bumalik sa ritz.
wala nga lang ako kasama magdinner. mcdo na naman to. ayaw ko na magluto.
till next time. stay cool!
WELCOME TO MARIAN'S BLOG
6:14 PM
ok so this one is the welcome post
i just realized that i haven't been updating any blog for more than a year now. so the first thing i did was move my old journal entries in this blog... for my sake and yours
a friend from PHK encouraged us to blog so here i am reincarnating my desire to blog after a year-long hiatus.
i actually got this skin from blogskins.com. i don't have the time to do my own template. but i modified it a little. this was supposed to be a green day inspired blog but i changed the picture at the top. i love green day but i'm not that fanatic. i also changed the fonts, the links (which were all green day), the sizes of the frames, and the headings. ok, so i modified it a lot. i learned quite a lot of html along the way.
the wallpaper on the top of the page was made for me by my friend earl (thanks a lot, dude!) i asked him to change the font and he said he will, but i can't wait to use it so there it is. oh yeah, he might kill me for toning down the color. i can't upload the pic in photobucket coz it's too big. so i toned down the color. still looks good anyway. sorry man.
anyway
a lot of things had happened since my last journal entry, which was made april last year. heck, i wasn't even a cpa then.
let's see. what could be worth telling in this journal?
i won't divulge much but here goes:
(taglish mode... para mas may personality)
1. may 2006
i took and passed the board exams. pag may nagtanong sa kin kung kamusta ang exams ang sinasagot ko, "madali lang". tapos syempre sasabihin nung nagtanong ang yabang ko. pero sa totoo lang madali talaga ang cpa board exams. it all comes down to whether you have studied the items that came out. kung minamalas ka naman, kung ano ung di mo naaral na part un pa ang lalabas sa exam eh di good luck na lang. so mabuti pang aralin na ung buong libro kesa masawi ka pa.
ang masaklap doon ay kinabukasan pinapasok na ko sa work. akalain mo un, wala man lang ako pahinga. so there i was, wearing my best business attire wanting to make a good impression. kinahapunan nakakuha ako ng tawag kay jigs at buong kagalakan nyang sinabi na nakapasa kaming dalawa. kulang na lang magtatalon ako sa office sa tuwa ko.
umuwi ako agad. tapos syempre tuwang tuwa magulang ko. punta kami tuloy ng cpar. gusto kasi makita ng mama ko ung mismong pangalan ko sa listahan ng nakapasa. while on the way to cpar, i received a call from the hr person of isla lipana (auditing firm sya, hindi resort), congratulating me and asking me for an interview. sabi ko i already accepted an offer from a bank, but if ever i think of changing careers and going into audit, i would definitely consider a career in their firm (o ha! hindi talaga rejection un!)
pagdating namin ng cpar andun ung mga classmates ko from dlsu. nagpakain si paul dahil number 1 sya. gf nya number 7. san ka pa? kamusta naman magiging anak nila? sasabog na un sa katalinuhan. nga pala, chinese sila pareho. matatalino talaga mga chinese.
i didn't stay long. i just remembered how hard it is not to show that i was really happy upon seeing my name in the passing list when there are rejected students crying everywhere. i mean, tinuro ko lang sa mama ko ang name ko tapos pinicturan nya, then umalis na kami. tahimik lang. narealize ko nung tumawag si jigs medyo pigil ang tuwa nya (pero di pa rin nya talaga napigil) kasi nga maraming nagiiiyak sa tabi nya.
2. june 2006
umattend ako ng testimonial dinner for new cpas sa dlsu. that was the last time i set foot on that place. i haven't been back to dlsu for a year now. kakamiss.
nag-oath taking din pala kmi nung june 23 (o ha, naalala ko pa exact date! joke lang, kinuha ko ung date sa friendster ko bwahahahaha). nakita ko tuloy ung picture ko nung oath taking na un, ang taba taba ko. eto ilalagay ko ung pic
ang taba ko noh? from left to right: dianne, marian, jigs, menen, melody. kami na lang sa block ang nakagrad on time. ay, pati pala si cho cha, este, chester pala (why cho cha? he's chinese and one time we heard him saying something in fookien. it sounds like: "cho cha cho cha cho cha cho". i'm not kidding) anyway, kung san sang dako na ko napunta.
basta un, after oath taking punta kmi manila pavilion for cpar dinner. then greenbelt 3 to reminisce on our review days in our fave hang out - coffee bean and tea leaf. syempre picture picture. wala nga lang ako kopya ng mga pics nung gabing un.
so late na ko umuwi nun day ng oath taking. pero gumising din ako ng maaga. dahil teambuilding naman ng domain namin. puyat puyat pa ko. tapos nag-ayos ako ng gamit habang tulog ung mga kapatid ko saka ung pinsan kong si herson. ayun, sa sahig natulog ung baklang pinsan ko kaya matapak tapakan ko sya.
masaya ung teambuilding din. here's a pic
kung malabo eh problema nyo na yan. nasa friendster ko naman yan eh. ang taba ko pala talaga bwahahahahaha
3. july 2006
mukhang walang nangyaring nakakatuwa nito
4. aug 2006.
i made the biggest mistake (so far) of my young life. enough said.
5. sept 2006
nung bday namin ni sheryl (officemate ko, ung katabi ko dun sa teambuilding pic na may hawak na pamaypay) nagpakain ang teammates namin. celebration na rin for all teammates na bday ay sept. ayos, nakatipid kmi ni she sa libre.
sept din ata nung bumagyo. si milenyo. nasa office na ko nung kasagsagan ng bagyo. di na kmi pinauwi ng director. pinakain na lang kmi dun at sinundo ako ni papa nung nagbukas na ulit ang skyway matapos dumaan ng bagyo. naalala ko tumumba ung puno sa tinitirhan nina lola at matagal brownout.
6. oct 2006
milenyo party. nagpaparty ang mga bossing as thanks for all the people who braved the storm just to make it to the office and deliver their reports on time. conti's ang caterer. ayos. sarap ng food.may token pa kami - payong
7. nov 2006
eto ung nagpunta ang recs team sa punta fuego sa batangas. nagkaayaan lang. dun kami sa vacation house ng uncle ni anne (ung manager ng team). beach. syempre nangitim ako. kaming mga taga-south - jake, jezer, sibs, myro, and me - ang magkakasama sa van ni sibs with her driver, kuya ricky. may narealize ako. pwede rin pala maging madaldal ng mga lalake. kaya di ako nakatulog pauwi. napapakinig ako sa kwentuhan nila. buti pa si sibs nakatulog.
8. dec 2006
christmas party. dito ako nanamit as a punkista. nagkataong sa shangri-la din party nina papa at pinuntahan ko sya. nawindang sila sa suot ko. sabi ko costume lang to bwahahahahaha
9. jan 2007
wala. corny ng new year
10. feb 2007
eto ung nagpunta kami ng clark pampanga with an aussie named jehad na bisita nina papa milton. he said he had a great time with us, coz aussies rarely go out with their colleagues, and here we are very comfortable with each other's company. nga pala, i think he was traumatized by what happened when he was about to go home.
we set out to clark on friday night. before that pala, nagred box pa kami then bumalik na lang kami ni sibs sa office. hinintay pa kasi namin matapos ung mga nagsusupport ng london - their shift was 2-11 pm. nakaalis kami 1 am na. ung isang team lead nga nakapaginuman na with his friends. sinadya daw nyang di magdala ng sasakyan. kaya ayun. tulog sa byahe.
we gave jehad his own room. medyo malaki syang mama so sakto lang sa kanya ung bed samantalang lima kaming girls kasya sa isang bed.
ayun tour tour. uuwi si jehad ng saturday night. kaya lang, akalain ba naming masisirain sa nlex ung sundo nya? at hindi marunong magenglish ung driver? natrauma ata si jehad. dinala sya sa police outpost kung saan wala rin marunong magenglish ng maayos. kakahiya. buti na lng natawagan ni jehad sina milts. sinundo sya. sunday morning na rin nakauwi si jehad.
eto pala pic
wala na si jehad nyan. nakaalis na.
11. mar 2007
aha. isis bowling night sa sm megamall. kahit ang bano ko sa bowling sumali pa rin ako. kasi alam kong nalalapit na ang pag-alis ko papuntang hk so sumama na ko. di ko akalaing last ko na pagsama na to sa team in a long while
eto pic
from left to right: nic, sibs, leigh, marian, jason
that reminds me. resigned na pala ung si jason. umalis sya nung nandito na ko hk.
at yun! wala na masyadong nangyari sa kin after that
i came here in hk last april 1. i would do a separate entry on hk life, ayt?
see ya again soon!
family outing - April 14, 2006 (Multiply)
6:13 PM
it has been two years since i've been on a family outing. this year, my family "sponsored" the Tagle clan outing at Laguna. we also invited our relatives from the other side of the family.
we have been planning on going on an outing since i graduated last january. it would be the long-delayed blowout i would give my cousins. we decided to go for it on holy wednesday and maundy thursday so everyone can come. pity my lola lucing was not there.
(switching to Taglish mode. wala ako sa mood mag-english today)
nauna kami ni mama papuntang laguna kasama si maryam, ung isa naming helper. ayun, nag-iiyak ung sister ko madaya daw ako kasi mauuna ako ndi naman ako makakapagswimming kc meron ako (kung mamalasin ka talaga). pero ayun, kasi ako ung magaling sa mga direksyon saka makakatulong ako kay mama mag-ayos. maaga kami dumating ni mama mga 5 pero 6 pa kmi pinapasok. kaasar un ah and i really needed to use the bathroom! buti na lang may katext ako that time so ndi ako masyado nainip.
ayun, sakto pagbukas ng gate sabay dating nung mga relatives namin na nakasakay sa 2 jeep! ang saya nag-agawan sa room na may aircon! syempre amin ung isa, nagsiksikan sila sa isa pang room na may aircon din. ung mga nahuli ang dating sorry na lang dun sila nagstay sa walang aircon.
corny lang walang tv! i was not able to watch american idol and it was queen week! nung dumating si jenny sabi nya never heard daw ang kinanta ni chris daughtry. kellie pickler sang my favorite queen song, bohemian rhapsody. kellie was no freddie mercury! susie mcneal of rockstar pulled the song off, and that was bcoz she was a great rock singer! utang na loob america! dont vote for the pickler!
oops that went slightly off-topic. going back. ngayon ko narealize kung gaano kami kadami na magpipinsan. nakita ko ung mga anak ni tita mona na ngayon ko lang nakita at hanggang ngyon ay nalilito pa rin ako sa mga pangalan nila. ung mga anak ng mga pinsan ko ndi ko na rin maalala pangalan. may pinsan ako na ngayon ko lang ulit nakita since 1st yr hs ako! may asawa na sya and 3 kids! pero nakipaglaro pa rin samin. siguro kasi ndi nya ksama wife nya! ung kapatid naman nya may asawa na rin, pero nagselos daw wife nya sa mga pinsan kong babae the last time na magkita sila! pero ngayon ok na.
sabi ni ate sharon dapat next time may mga name tag na ang mga tao, "___, anak ni ____" kasi we find ourselves wondering kung kaninong anak ung mga bata! inaanak ko nga ndi ko nakilala at first kasi ilang taon ko na rin ndi sya nakikita! pero ang galing ni mica naalala pa ako. nagulat na lang ako may yumakap sa kin, sabi "ninang!".
may nilalaro nga sister ko na bata pinagtanong pa namin kung kaninong anak sya! ayun, masaya naman ang gabi at umaga. wala talaga akong balak magswimming pero naiinggit din ako kaya lumusong na rin ako. may katext ako the whole time hanggang mag-umaga. natouch nga ako kasi sabi nya hindi raw sya matutulog hanggat ndi ako matutulog. ayun, natulog ako mga 430 pero ndi ko na sya ginising.
nagising din ako ng 6 tapos nagswimming ulit. umahon kami ng 8. syempre ayaw namin mangitim. after magbanlaw nagtulugan na kami. nag-uwian na ng 3 pm thursday
dumating din ung relatives namin from father's side. pero ndi sila nagtagal. pinagbigyan lang daw nya ako sabi ni tita myrna. thank you po kasi pumunta kayo. matagal ko na rin sila ndi nakikita since nagkaroon sila ng falling-out nina mama nung 2nd yr hs ako.
masaya naman. pag-uwi ko natulog na ako hanggang umaga na. pagising-gising lang. kanina nag-visita iglesia kami. ok naman. hanggang ngayon na lang bakasyon ko. next week back to the books na!
thanks jeff kasi u stayed up all night para samahan ako
Rent - March 29, 2006 (Multiply)
6:12 PM
Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes. Five hundred twenty-five thousand moments so dear. Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes. How do you measure, measure a year? In daylights, in sunsets, in midnights in cups of coffee. In inches, in miles in laughter in strife. In five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes - how do you measure a year in the life? How about love? How about love? How about love? Measure in love... seasons of love.
after a long time, im updating this again... with reason, i have a new fave movie... RENT
i love musicals. i enjoyed it. i fell in love with moulin rouge the first time i saw it, and i watch it every new year haha while waiting for midnight
thanks menen, for inviting me. thanks also dino, jigs, and gay for the fun time last night. i would have refused, but heck im so bored in the dormitory that i have to get out of there. i took the lrt and mrt by myself and walked all the way to greenbelt powerbooks. only when i get there, we have to walk all the way back to g4 to eat dinner. talk about wearing out my shoes.
hell, it's all worth the walk and the wait (we studied at coffee bean and tea leaf while waiting for the movie). i love RENT. the songs they sang are mostly rock and r&b. i love rock songs so i really enjoyed their songs.
the blue text at the beginning of this entry are the first few lines of the song SEASONS of LOVE. i heard it being sung live when we went to jigs' concert with the DLSU pops orchestra last february. it was jigs' fave song in rent. i was seated next to him last night, and i hear him sing with the cast. i dont mind, though, jigs is a great singer.
i also loved story. i had NO idea that they have issues on AIDS and same-sex relationships there. i had goosebumps when this gay guy named angel died, not only because he was my fave character, but well, i hate it when someone dies in a movie (except in horror flicks of course)
if given the chance, i would watch the live version. hope they stage another one. i dont even mind the philippine cast
just watched american idol when i got home last night. i love chris daughtry, but he doesnt sound good last night. it was like an imitation of creed. but he acknowledged the band LIVE last night. good for him. gotta admit, you have to love rockers. but nothing would ever replace my CONSTANTINE (have i mentioned i saw him last november when he performed at the alabang town center? i have a quiz the next day but i studied early so i can go see him. he's greek hotness! hehe)
anyway, i gotta go now. have to study income tax. go back to dumbsville
board exam review - Mar 6, 2006 (Multiply)
6:11 PM
i feel like im losing my mind
im frightened that i might not finish studying until the board exams
im scared of failing
i have been scared of failing exams ever since i was young - ever since my parents would reprimand me when i get low grades. they dont do that anymore since i reached high school, but the memories of when i was still small still haunt me. i would sometimes have nightmares of failing quizzes up until i graduated college. thank god i havent dreamt of failing the boards - that would be the ultimate nightmare.
i remembered crying while watching my fave chinese movie on star mandarin after the qualifying exam when i was a freshman. i was watching alone and i didnt realize that tears were already streaming down my face until i touched my wet cheeks. i was so afraid that i did horrible. i thought nobody knew, but my mom does.she always know when something is wrong with me. she just told me about it the next day. "iyak-iyak ka pa, papasa ka naman pala!" i just grinned at her sheepishly. i found out from one of my professors just last december that i placed number one in the qualifying exam. all that crying for nothing, eh?
it's about time i get really serious and start studying like there is no tomorrow. that number one in the qualifying exam is a sign that i could achieve my dreams. there should be no stopping me.
except the fear
and the pressure
i know that my parents would just want me to do my best. i guess if they havent been tough on my sister and i when we were younger, i would not have been an honor student all my life. i only feel the pressure now that i was about to take the biggest exam im about to take in my whole life - the CPA board exams.
my family, my friends are always there to support me, but they could not share how i feel. i feel really stupid - tears are running down my face while i write this entry. and im in a computer shop! utang na loob marian! get a grip!
but let me tell you this:
i have never felt this scared in my whole life
buhay unemployed - Feb 10, 2006 (Multiply)
6:09 PM
ive been gainfully unemployed for almost two months now, living off my dad's salary, living in a dormitory near lasalle, and reviewing for the board exams.
i would have wanted to have a job waiting for me by the time i passed the board exams, but it seems that i would have to wait until i pass before i could a job - with an auditing firm...
seems im destined for a stressful life:
overworked
underpaid
zero lovelife minimal lovelife that is
nada social life?
overworked
underpaid
overworked
underpaid
too bad for me
but im a girl who finishes what she has started. and im not going to make any exceptions this time. ill pass the cpa board exams and make my family proud
i could have chosen not to go to review school everyday, but still i chose to do so... here are reasons why:
1. i need to collect handouts
2. i need the answers to the handouts
3. my father paid for my tuition fee - better make the most out of it
4. my father paid for my dormitory expenses
5. i could see my fellow lasallians
and.... hmm.... i cant think of anything else...
well there's
6. a cute guy i always see reviewing outside the classroom... i dont know if he's with us in room 2 but i always see him outside our room... better keep a sharper eye on the lookout of that guy...
i rarely even use my planner nowadays... if i write on my planner all i would see was
Monday - study
Tuesday - study
Wednesday - study
Thursday - study
Friday - study... go home to paranaque
Saturday - mall
Sunday - sleep at home, watch tv, study if i feel like it
and so on...
i dont need a planner to remind me of the things i have to do - they are all inside my head... no need reminding me
believe it or not, sometimes i wish i was an undergrad stude again...
when i was in college, i will only study when there are quizzes - not unlike now when i have to study everyday. an afternoon missed is a lot (which reminds me, i have to make up what i missed this afternoon on sunday)
when i was in college, there is no obligation for me to study my ass off... now there is
when i was in college, i live at paranaque, now i live in a dorm with two girls who like to party at night
when i was in college, i could american idol on star world everytime there is a replay, now i watch it on abc 5 once... and i cant even see the images clearly
when i was in college, i could use the computer when i wanted to, now i have to pay nitro so i could use theirs
when i was in college, i could ask for allowance without feeling guilty, now i feel guilty asking for my allowance and the rent for the dorm, i could have been earning money now, if im not an accountancy grad
and there are a lot of things i could do before that i cannot do now, but there are also a few things which i cannot do before which i can do now...
now i have made lots of friends
now i stay at the gsb office till 9 everyday
now i go home with my friend ayen (and hitch a short ride on wen's car)
now i eat dinner with my friends rather than my family
now i could study at starbucks till late at night (if i have a companion that is)
now i could sleep till 6 am and not 4 am which i do whenever i have to go to cpar from pque
now i could meals out everyday
now i eat cup noodles and bread for breakfast most of the time
now i have to wait till the end of the week before i could get my clothes washed
... and well, many other things besides.. im not telling, in case this blog gets into the wrong hands haha!
i could have gone on and on, but im sleepy. so this entry ends here
busy as a bee - Nov 25, 2005 (Multiply)
6:08 PM
i think i have said this before: this term was the busiest term i had in lasalle
and it's all my fault. i had such a great time at the ASSET seminar last term break that i felt that i need to join more seminars. wala lang. so i could learn a lot, make new friends, make my mind work overtime. there was P&G, which i did not make it pass the recruitment session coz nobody has called me for an interview - too bad, but then there are still other companies. P&G is not really my thing. i have a feeling i would end up in an auditing firm.
there was AIMS. it was tomorrow, and im kinda sad that i might not be able to come to the batch party. sayang. the batch party could have been lots of fun.
P&G brandwars. i had a good time cooking up marketing strategies. lawrence and i were kinda stumped for a while back there, but then i think the mind really works when cramming. so un. we thought of a good plan (for us, it was good), and we're keeping our fingers crossed that we can make it at least to the university finals. good thing our product was rejoice. it was a bit easy to play with rejoice since it was a "masa" brand. nothing can be too "cheap" remember, "sumusunod sa galaw mo?"
l'oreal e-strat challenge. jigs and i heard it first last saturday at the general assembly at the ateneo. there can be three in a group so we invited lawrence. we havent registered yet. i hope we remember to register before dec 1
board exams review. i have only attended 3 out of 5 days this week. i missed one day due to the department requirement (100% drive), but i missed the classes yesterday, coz well, i was suddenly filled with a sense of laziness. i stayed at home
then there were still the papers for the different subjects. when will i have the time to do them? i think this calls for absences at cpar again...
oh blah... been talking too long... i have to research for our AIMS case...
ojt, leap and p&g - Oct 11, 2005 (Multiply)
6:07 PM
my last term (hopefully) in dlsu proves to be one of the busiest terms of my collge life. not only academic-wise (my last four subjects are starting to freak me out - they are VERY hard) but also in terms of events, etc.
first, i am undergoing OJT this term - at SGV & Co., one of the biggest auditing firms in the country. although the work is not that tough, it's the time i spend at the firm im most concerned about. i mean, instead of studying, i spend 4-8 hours looking at my mates and counting the time when i could go home or go back to school. i could study, but one can not really concentrate in a working environment. and of course, there's also the fact tat i could be ushered away by my associate, and assigned to work on something - which is usually footing, filing, doing rounds, etc.
second, leap. i signed up for gourmet cooking which turned out to be more interesting than i imagined. i learned how to make pasta from scratch, and different sauces. i also re-met a guy i first met in orient3, lasaret. i have been wondering if he remembers me, and im not sure if that was him. but then he approached me and well, he remembered me, but not my name haha. i also forgot his name but then millicent knows him so there. anyway, the food was great, although i hate pesto and i got allergies from the sardines in one of the sauces. i was with dianne, apple, dyan, and wen. and other accounting majors. the speaker was ok, i guess she owns la casita, im not sure. and dyan overheard her talking to her mother in spanish. oh ang taray diba! anyway, too bad the others could not come. i love pasta!
next, there are those events at p&g. p&g was looking for new recruits where they invited only the upper 10% of the batch. i took an exam this september for procter and gamble, which thankfully, i passed.after successfully taking the exam i was invited to the p&g leadership forum last friday, where only a few of those who passed the exam were invited. then, my friend jigs and i signed up to take part of the "consumer is boss" game, which will happen on saturday. our other groupmates will be lawrence, tessa, and jen. and before i forget, there's also the marketing dinner on friday at the prince of jaipur resto at fort bonifacio in taguig. i would have to cut short my ojt for that.
on november, there will be AIMS 2005, the Ateneo Intercollegiate Marketing Seminar, which jigs, dianne and i would attend. it's such a miracle that i was accepted - i mean, i dont have that much extra-curricular stuff going on, and i dont know much about marketing. maybe i got accepted because i made my interviewer laugh about an elephant during our session.
another thing i am wondering about is how i came to be invited to the marketing dinner by p&g. they say im 1 out of 100 students who will be invited, although others are also welcome to attend. what could have been their basis for choosing the 100 students? certainly not leadership skills coz i have so zero leadership skills. well, maybe just a little, but certainly not in the ranks of jillian sze who was the one who texted me about my invite. perhaps the invites were based on the global problem-solving test. i don't know...
anyway, just a few thoughts about pinoy big brother. I LOVE SAM! he has such a nice voice - one that could have girls screaming for him in gigs. he should belong in a rock band - he is so good. cute too. nice smile, nice bod. and cute tagalog! hehe
i hope rico will be the one who will make it back to the house. i dont know him that well since i have only started watching pbb about a week after he left the house. he has not been in the house that long to start showing his true self.
too bad for bob. sometimes i think that the show is scripted, thinking of all the interesting stuff that has happened - forced eviction, voluntary eviction, two people falling in love, etc. hope they save some nice stuff for the next season.
pinoy ako, pinoy tayo - first appeared in Multiply Sept 29, 2005
6:06 PM
as many of you might recognize, my title's taken from the song "pinoy ako" by orange and lemons, for the reality show Pinoy Big Brother. im hooked.
apparently im not the only one. nung nasa antipolo ako nung ASSET, nanood muna sila ng PBB before nag-inuman. fave housemate? um, cute si sam and he has a good singing voice, pang-band. si jayson funny, translator sya ni sam who can't understand tagalog. sila lang ang ok. si uma, may gay factor cute pa naman sna. the others... no comment
im actually cherishing the start of my long weekend. my classes are T-Th-S only, then sa saturday walang mansrev ulit. ang saya, mahaba weekend ko. kaya lang i have quizzes to study for kaya wala ring pahinga. mag-start na rin pala ako ng ojt two weeks from now so medyo bilang na ang masasayang araw ko
last week i attended the recruitment sessions for procter & gamble. ok pala ang compensation nila and the working environment is great. i was not able to take the employment exam that day pero i took it naman nung saturday. i passed. yesterday i received an e-mail naman inviting me to attend the leadership forum on oct 7. ayos, excited na nga si jigs hehe... tinanong kung ano isusuot ko, syempre corporate attire. sabi ko magblazer ako para mas mukha akong kapita-pitagan. dapat siya rin, hehe... sa manila peninsula pala ung forum. astig there would be cocktails with higher management ng p&g.
kaya lang, im still thinking of joining an auditing firm. gusto ko kasi mag-audit, and then maybe go into IT auditing. who knows? pero attend pa rin ako sa p&g. sayang ang opportunity
malapit na rin pala ang LEAP, ung alternative class program sa dlsu. my friends and i enrolled sa gourmet cooking - mag-cook ng different pasta noodles and sauces. ayos, fave ko ang pasta. natawa ako dun sa inenrollan ni elmer: first aid. siguro nga magagamit nya un. nasaksak kc sya last year, a week before finals, and two weeks before christmas. na-holdap
kanina we watched game 1 of the uaap basketball finals. talo. two points lang lamang ng FEU. kaasar we led by as high as 14 points going into the 3rd quarter then nakahabol pa sila. do or die ang game 2 next week. sana manalo. kaya lang i would not be able to watch kc may quiz ako that time. science (sayang)
nakanood lang ako kanina coz college graduation and my prof at that time attended the ceremonies. nagpakita lang kami then nagpunta na kami sa chess plaza to watch dun sa sinet-up nilang projector so we can watch the game live. ang saya ng first half. good thing may class ako ng 6 pm kaya hindi namin natapos ung game. i was not there to see them lose
next time na nga ulit
my birthday - first posted in Multiply Sept 9, 2005
6:05 PM
ok, myabe this entry was a little bit too late but i still wanted to write about the great time i had on my bday last thursday
let's start sept 7, my sis and i went to divisoria. call us shopaholics since my sis just came from tutuban mall last tuesday, and i went the week before. i bought some tops which i can use for our ojt(if im assigned in the office, which i wish i would not be, and two pairs of shoes). my sis bought watches, jeans, and god knows what else. i also bought my younger brother toys so he would not get mad at us for leaving without telling him
then, i received a message from kat and apple at midnight saying that manual adjustment would be the next day. boy, saying that i was pissed off was an understatement. it's my bday and i would have to wake up early??!!! i thought about not going, but i might lose a spot at the section i wanted to transfer to so i decided to wake up at the crack of dawn the next day and have my dad drive me to school.
i arrived 640, apple came in a few minutes later. the others came past 7 am. we waited by the vice dean's office. turned out, no adjustment. "ok lang", they said. "manlilibre naman si marian eh". i went to the atm to withdraw some cash.
we went to rob manila where i treated them for brunch at sbarro. yum yum! i was with apple, dyan, dianne, katkat, omar, eric and tedd. jigs came in about half an hour after we ate so i bought him lunch as well. told us he have to take their helper to the hospital due to discomfort brought by pregnancy.
apple and dianne disappeared for a while, and then the boys. turns out they bought me a gift - a big heart shaped heart with the words happy birthday from blue magic! im so touched! thank you guys!!
then we watched a movie afterwards - the brothers grimm. omar, tedd and dianne have left after we ate. tedd has to go to up to meet up with his girlfriend, omar has to go to the congress with his dad. dianne... um, im not sure but i think she has to go to a novena or something. that's what i heard anyway.
the brothers grimm. i dont know if we're just zonked out because we woke up early for the supposed adjustment, or if our minds are not working because of the hellish term, or the movie was just plain, "malabo". i did not understand a thing and i think i fell asleep for about 10 minutes. if i had not heard eric, who is sitting beside me, say something i would not have waken up.
it's a fun birthday - although the first one i did not spend with my family. it's a far cry from the bday i spent at home last year - with sore eyes.
too bad my good friends ching, elmer, and ches were not there to celebrate the day with us. elmer disappeared after he learned that there was no adjustment. i was not able to inform ching and ches. biglaan lang kasi. i was not prepared. sa pasukan, promise
ASSET 2005 - Sept 4, 2005 (Multiply)
6:03 PM
i had one of the best weekends of my life this weekend - ASSET 2005 (Accountancy Students' Seminar and Extracurricular Training). Masaya, parang hindi seminar ang inattendan namin.
Six lang kami from DLSU - ako, jigs, karen, glai, john paul, and joel. I first met joel nung friday lang. friend sya ni jigs from AIMS, the marketing seminar. he's a psych-acctg major. he reminds me pala of my cousin, herson. kaibahan lang nila, c herson mga 10 sa gay factor, c joel, mga 2 lang. wag ka, crush ni joel ni maui taylor. obvious naman un sa phone niya - puno ng pics ni maui taylor.
akalain nyo bang makakakuha ako ng award - the early bird award, or nauna pa sa organizer award. jigs was at the venue by 430, ako naman 6, a girl named cherry was there mga 630 cguro. the organizers arrived at 7. jigs deserved the award talaga. hehe.. FYI: jigs also won the best presentor award.
my roommates were cheekee from up and angel (or angge as the badans call her) from st scho. they were great roomies. ako ang nagigising ng pinakamaaga (kahit ako ang natutulog ng pinaka-late), then gigisingin ko c cheekee so she can take a bath next. then c angel naman. fun sila kasama.
ok, serious muna. the talks. first is the IFRS talk. the new accounting standards. sorry to say pero boring po talaga ang topic. and we also knew it already. i listened during the first part, but in the end napag-usapan din namin c chocha or timy (you know what timy stands for right? if you dont, ask me na lang). then nag-TRUE LOVE (ung mga percentage eklat) ako using karen and chester. mababa lang ang percentage (to karen's relief). un, nag-true love lang kami for the rest of the speech. hindi ko kinaya na 94% compatibility ung classmate namin na guy and a certain prof (ask me na lang who they are). kakahiya dun sa speaker.
the most awaited mock board exam was next. it will serve as the elimination round for the quiz bee na ginanap nung sunday. ang sineryoso ko lang na sagutan eh ung prac1 and prac2 questions kc kakatake ko lang nung mga subjects na un. si joel na 20 mins lang nagtest after that nagtetext na siya. kinarir ko ung installments sales pero na-frustrate ako kc ndi ko makuha ung answer. hehe.. ayun, bahala na, ndi naman sya graded eh hehe
then came the team building activities. let's see if i can remember my groupmates: popoy (dlsu-araneta), jophay (psba?), marvin (san beda), kikay (psba-qc), karina (upd), chad (upd), roselle (assumption), nica (plm). nine kaming lahat.
the first tba is building the spaghetti bridge. hehe lumabas ulit ang taray factor ko. c chad and marvin kasi walang ginawa. chad kept on saying na walang mangyayari sa bridge namin, sasali na lang sya sa group 5 (we're group 4), nagkakape na lang siya sa likod and all that. si marvin naman, supervisor. sabi ko k chad, "yabang mo naman, wala ka nmng ginagawa" pero im smiling, joke style (pero jokes are half-meant hehe). si marvin naman, sabi ko, "ikaw naman maglinis" in fairness after namin magwash ng hands nakita ko naglilinis na sya.
turns out may mga roles pala. si jophay role nya magputol ng pasta, popoy's role is to make sure that the cuts were no more than 1/3 of the whole pasta. hindi na-obvious na may roles sila, c chad lang ang pinaka-obvious. so nung sharing, tinanong ko tuloy sa up-jpians if may role ba si marvin. wala raw. tawa tuloy kaming lahat. nanalo si marvin, pinaka-magaling mag-act kahit wala siyang role. san ka pa?
friday night, nagwatch muna kami ng tv - encantadia. then nanlait si glai and joel ng kung sino-sino. ang lupit ni joel lahat ng commercial nilait. then naglibot kami sa villa cristina.
my bday's on thursday na, so nanlibre ako ng beer. tig-isa kaming anim. then we joined the others sa balcony. the bedans, joe from up, marge? from letran, saka may mga pasulpot-sulpot na people. astig nung mga bedans, they bought cans of beer and chips then papamigay nila. sayang bumili pa ko hehe. astig pala, nalaman nila na bday ko on thursday so ayun, toast for my bday hehe... kainuman pala namin ung hr rep ng laya.. si sir nonoy? nga ba
funny kc introduced myself to sir nonoy as marian, but as i shook his hand i said "marian po" so he thought my surname was po. narealize ko lang kc i noticed na he was saying to himself marian po. i did not bother to correct him kc biglang may tumawag sa kin nawala na sa isip ko. cguro nagulat un when i received our early bird award kc i corrected the emcee when she pronounced my name wrong. anyway....
the next day, puyat ang mga tao. i stayed until mga 1230 lang kasi inaantok na si karen so i went with her to her room. kinatok pa nga namin ung mga rooms namin kakahiya tuloy. the others stayed daw until 230 lang kasi umambon. laugh trip
saturday ung case presentation. ok naman. speaker ng group namin si chad and jophay (who's a debater)
after all the talks and the case presentation nung saturday, nagtba ulit. the "stepping stone" we were given paper with our names on it and it will serve as our personal stepping stone. ako lang makakahawak nung akin, your groupmates can step on yours for 3 secs lng (pero nung naghihirap na ang lahat inextend nila ng 5 secs). 12 kami in the group. laugh trip ulit. pag nasira ung paper, they'll replace it with a piece of newspaper. then pag nasira ung newspaper papalitan nila ng tsinelas na lang. ang funny talaga. kulang ang time pag kinwento ko lahat. 9 pm kami nagstart. 12 na yata kami natapos
then, free time na. naginuman ulit. humingi na lang kmi nina jigs and glai ng beer from the guys. laugh trip. then toast ulit for the bday girl - ako! then pwd na magswim.
share ko pala. jigs found himself a loveteam with my roommate angel. akalain nyo, minassage ni angel si jigs sa pool. hehe sweet
nagswim sila til mga 230 cguro. i sat by the pool edge lang, kakwentuhan ko si joel, julie (from st scho) and the former up jpia president who looks a lot like nyoy volante and jigs. kaya lang umulan, so sumilong na lang kami then they shared ghost stories. si joe ang pinakaraming na-share, also si julie. scary ang story about the four corners. i think mga 330 na kami umakyat ng hotel. 4 kmi nakatulog ni angel, ung mga boys daw 530 na.
so super puyat na the next day. the talk on the board exam was super interesting, kaya ndi ako masyado inantok. then the quiz bee, dun talaga ako tinablan ng antok. the top three placers were from up. wala ngang umabot na lasallian sa top ten eh. although top 11 si john paul, i placed 12 daw and jigs 14. miracle. ndi kc namin sineryoso.
picture taking na ung last.
ndi naman obvious na i had fun. i am very thankful that i got the chance to participate. i consider myself lucky to have the company of great accounting students. i made new acquaintances, met a lot of great people, and learned a lot from the speakers. the talks about the career of a cpa helped me decide the path i could take when i graduated and passed the board exam. ASSET 2005 was an experience i will never forget.
yehey! im term away from graduation - Aug 27, 2005 (Multiply)
6:02 PM
yup yup im one term away from graduation... if all ends well, that is...
im still looking at the chance to maintain my 3.4 cgpa and graduate as cum laude... kaya lang my grades are very unpredictable this term. honorable mention ok na un..
i had fun this term.. syempre may masasaklap pa ring nangyari like our disastrous thesis... pero masaya pa rin... hang-out namin ang conserv before classes ng mwf usually to study for a conact2 exam or to copy homeworks... hindi maintindihan ni erwin kung bakit ayaw namin sa medrano mag-aral... um, let's just say ayaw namin ng environment dun - masikip, maraming tao, maingay... gusto yata namin ung kmi lang ang mag-iingay... ganun kmi sa conserv... naalala ko tuloy nung time na naglalaro kmi ng spongebob odyssey sa laptop ni katkat.. syempre puro girls, pag nahulog si spongebob sisigaw kmi.. may nag-ssshhh pa naman sa kabilang table... nagparinig ang isa sa amin, "hindi ito library ha! ang frosh na to..." well, ganun talaga pag-upperclassman na... sisiga-siga na sa mga frosh hehe
friday was our last finals day... conact2... konti lang kmi nakaaral ng maayos... maaga kmi umakyat ng room para ayusin ang aming, "cheating arrangement"... ang usapan, isusulat ko ung answers ko sa left and right sides nung questionnaire para makakakopya ung mga katabi ko. ayun, pagkatapos ng test lahat sila nag-thank you sa kin... ang laki ng pressure sa kin nun... pag bumagsak kami, patay.. uulit ng conact2... wag naman sana
after the test, balak sana namin umuwi na... pero nagyaya kumain sa yellow cab... ako, kat, ayen and wen... then dumaan si apple, mag-prov daw sila, videoke... sama kmi ni ayen...
hot mama... yun ang bagong tawag sakin ni ochie... sumunod ako sa nearby tropical kung saan dun muna sila kumain before mag-prov (si ayen umuwi muna sa dorm)... pagpasok ko ng door, si ochie biglang "ayan na si hot mama" tapos ang hot papa si omar... imaginin mo yan, bigla akong nagkaroon ng panibagong love team that night... hehe
ayun videoke time... naghahanap kmi ng bohemian rhapsody para kantahin ni ochie and ching. kaya lang wala na eh... sayang... "is this real life...." hindi nakaya ni omar nang malaman niyang kinakanta un ni ching
si ching talaga.. pinapasaya niya lagi ang buhay namin... iisipin ko lang ang mga nakakatawang events matatawa na kami...
ang saya talaga that night... too bad last term na nina ching and ochie... we'll miss you guys!
midterm week - July 4, 2005 (Multiply)
6:00 PM
before magstart ang midterm week, minabuti kong yayain ang pamilya ko para manood ng war of the worlds nung friday. good thing wala pa rin kming manser2 so i got to go home early. my mom and dad went bowling, my lil bro played at the arcade, my sis and i watched the movie. it was ok. fave ko ung first half. i was amused with the aliens - namangha ako. there was never a dull moment. kaya lang i was NOT amused with the screenplay. masyado silang bida. ung family napaka-lucky exaj na. kaasar. sobrang ndi na realistic. imagine nagsurvive buong family nya. ndi nadestroy ung car nila kahit gumuho na lahat ng bahay sa tabi. naunahan pa sya ng anak nya sa boston considering na nagpasabog ung alien and supposed to be mamamatay na ung anak nya dun. hmf pangit ng story pero ok ang effects
i love to watch movies. kahit chinese movies pinapatulan ko as long as may subtitles. pero mas gusto ko pa rin manood sa moviehouse. una, we watch out for the trailers. this month ive seen the trailer for the island about 4 times na. ok lang sana kung mukhang ok ung movie, pero ndi. i would want to see the trailer for gof, but unfortunately i havent seen it sa theater but ive seen it online. i saw the trailer for king kong. cant wait to see it sa december. hmm baka sa january na un ipalabas sa pinas dahil sa mmff. oh well... hey by that time graduate na ko! yehey!
anyway, nung saturday naman i went grocery shopping with my parents. actually, my mom and i shopped while my dad and bro watched wotw. ung sis ko nagpunta sa debut ng friend nya. masaya. maraming tao sa sm sucat. ginagawa namin ni mama iiwan namin ung cart sa isang tabi tapos magkukukuha kami ng kung anong kelangan (or ndi kelangan). i mostly got food hehe
kaasar. nagyayaya si ate jack na magswimming kaming magpipinsan. libre nya. kakauwi lang kc nya galing japan. malas ko kung kelan saturday na may exam ako dun pa nya naisipan magyayang magswimming. maiiwan ako sa bahay sa saturday kung magoovernight sila. ok lang. nandito naman ang helpers namin. wah kakainggit pa rin. sila magsswimming. ako mag-aaral. nerd
wah we had a test kanina. hirap. partnership na nga lang mukhang ibabagsak ko pa. chicken lang un sa kin dati pero kanina nahirapan ako (yabang! hehe). syempre after the test compare answers. un, magkakaiba kami ng sagot
im happy today
why?
kasi...
secret!
... - first posted June 28, 2005 (Multiply)
5:57 PM
this morning i woke up early to study for two exams today... i sacrificed busipol for conact1 which is a major subject. i ended up guessing the theory part of the busipol exam... good thing the second part is true or false... we complained about the exam afterwards then went to this new doughnut place called cello's at burgundy (right across the north gate)... we still have a few minutes left before conact1 so we ate a few doughnuts (i only ate two)... then surprise surprise! sir rocky is a no-show! we have 1 1/2 hours to ourselves... the quiz was moved to thursday instead
mas gusto ko pa sana nagtest na lang kami... c apple medyo bad trip din kc may kasabay na ung test if it would be moved on thursday... nabad trip ako kc sana nag-aral na lang ako sa busipol at hindi na ko nanghula sa test kanina
so tumambay na lang kami sa room at pinagtripan c leah... ung classrooms sa first floor have jalousie windows. binuksan ni apple ung windows then kumaway sya sa mga nagdaan. then ginawa ko nagbantay ako sa may door at sasabihin ko kung may magdadaan na guy na "crushable". pag nagdaan na magtatago kami sa sides ng windows sabay sigaw, "ung nakablue crush ni leah!" or kung ano man ang suot ng guy "ung nakajacket, hi daw sabi ni leah!". kc naman si leah napakadaming crush na ndi lahat ay kanais-nais so sya ung napagtripan namin. nakakatawa pag tumitingin na ung guy kay leah, tapos si leah naka-smile lang. minsan pag-girl, k jigs naman namin nirereto. pati iba naming classmate natatawa sa pinagagawa namin.
then we got tired of looking out for crushable guys so naglaro na lang kami. hulaan ng kung ano-ano. like, the father of chemistry, math, or accounting. or pano magluto ng caldereta sa T.H.E. (technology and home eco)... capital ng canada, afghanistan, or nepal, ano ang unang kanta ng backstreet boys, n sync, at moffatts, title ng mga lumang songs, etc. nagkantahan na lang din kami ng mga songs of our younger years like, i'll be there for you ng moffatts saka mga kanta ni aaron carter na ndi alam ni jigs
then nag-730 na, so compsy3 time na. medyo boring so nagstart kaming magdrawing, kaming 4 nina menen, jigs, and dianne (absent si elmer, nasa hospital ang father nya pumasok sya sa busipol para magtest lang) may magsstart, tapos dadagdagan, papasa-pasa. ung mga naddraw namin panay mukhang monsters or aliens. or kamukha ni cho-cha. then sina mel, mitch, dino, carl, and coco were making drawings din, so at the end of the class we compared drawings. na-cutan sila sa mga drawings namin. kaya lang parang may psychological problems na kami kasi panay nakakatakot ang naddraw namin.
the night was fun... we had a great time bonding over guys and scary drawings. sana maulit ulit
churvey ulit - June 22, 2005 (Multiply)
5:53 PM
_________your life_________> >
[*] they call me: marian> >
[*] also: morian> >
[*] sex: babae po ako...> >
> > _______right now_______> >
[*] feeling: sick...> >
[*] Listening: 3 doors down - let me go> >
[*] Doing: sa tingin mo????> >
[*] Talking to: no one> >
[*] Craving: im sick, i dont have an appetite> >
[*] thinking of: all the work waiting for me> >
[*] hating: my cold> >>
>> > _______Love_______> >
[*] love : o tapos?> >
[*] first love: FR> >
[*] love or lust?: pwd both? hahahaha.... love syempre> >
[*] true or false: true!!!> >
> > _______Miscellaneous _______> >
[*] can you swim: opcors > >> >
[*] embarrassing moment? wahahahaha ayoko nang maalala pa sila> >
[*] what are you scared of?: heights... cockraoches and rats> >
[*] do you like tomatoes?: ok lang> >
[*] how's your life: busy> >
[*] how many TVs in the house?: 5> >
[*] how many telephones?: 1> >
> > ______Your looks______> >
[*] Hair color: black> >
[*] Eye color?: black> >
[*] Height: around 5'4> >
[*] Do u wear contacts or glasses?: both pero syempre ndi sabay> >
[*] Do u have any piercings? yeah... 3 on each ear> >
> > _____Just lately______> >
[*] How are you today?: sick nga eh> >
[*] pants are you wearing? nakapajama ako... color blue> >
[*] shirt are you wearing right now?: white na pantulog> >
[*] What does your hair look like at the moment?: maayos naman... kakashower ko lang eh> > \
[*] What song are u listening to right now? travis - walkin in the sun>> >
[*] Last person you met?: um, classmates ko sa manser2> >
[*] Last conversation?: sis ko> >
[*] Last Dream you can remember: i cant remember any dream recently> >
[*] What time is it?: 20:10 pm> >
> > ______More about YOU______> >
[*] What are the last four digits of yor phone> number?: 7945> >
[*] If u were a crayon, what color would you be?: red> >
[*] What's the stupidest thing u ever did?: fall in love...>> >
[*] Where do you shop the most?: SM dept store hehe para maraming pagpipilian> >
[*] How many kids do you want to have: 3 or 4>> >
[*] Shampoo?: ivory ultra mild> >
[*] Do you have your own cellphone?: opcors> >
[*] Have you ever broken/sprained/fractured a bone?: sprain... sa pe nung 1st yr high.. katangahan>> >
[*] Who do you dream about?: sya.... > >
[*] Who do you tell your dreams to?: sister ko> >
[*] Who's the loudest friend you have?: c leah vichuaco!!!!! hands down> >
[*] Who's the quietest friend?: um, lahat kami maiingay
> > __________Have you ever___________> >
[*] Wanted to kill someone?: ung malapit pa lang....> >
[*] Broken the law?: mga "no jaywalking"... palagi... i dont use the overpass sa harap ng village namin kakapagod eh>> >
[*] Tried to kill yourself?: ndi pa naman> >
[*] Made yourself cry to get out of trouble?: i cry when im in trouble...
sleepy - June 21, 2005
5:52 PM
i have no intentions of writing in this journal but i did anyway coz i was printing a 10-page case for negotin tomorrow. here i am, a future accountant who faithfully digests cases assigned in law, reads accounting books, solves problems, and loses sleep over an exam, but still isnt sure if that's what she really wanted...
my parents fetched me from school tonight, as they do every tuesday and thursday. we always get to talk about my future career path whenever im alone in the car with them, tonight, we talked about my migration to another country
my father suggested the US primarily coz we have some relatives who live in LA. my tito arnel, papa's cousin, is also an accountant, and papa wanted me to follow in his footsteps. he said that uncle arnel would gladly help me make a living in the states. tito arnel's sister, tita emi, might take me in, in case i decided to live there. my parents said that i was their favorite pamangkin. tito arnel and tita emi used to "borrow" me from my parents when i was a baby
i said that my friend jigs might migrate to canada. my dad said that it could be a good idea. he said that accountants could easily get a visa. hmm, why not?
anyway, i think it's still too early to think about these things. i have to pass the board exam first.
(switching to taglish mode....)
kanina ung prof namin sa busipol asked us accounting majors if we're going to attend the testimonial dinner for the new cpas. we told him na ndi kmi makakapunta kc may class kmi and may exams pa. sabi ng prof namin dapat daw in the coming years makikita na nya kami sa testimonial dinner. sabi ko, "sir next year!". natawa ung mga fellow accounting majors ko. yabang ko daw... hehe eh bakit ba... positive thinker ako eh
my document has already finished printing... gtg na i have to wake up early tom to study (na naman...)
sorbey galing friendster - June 20, 2005 (Multiply)
5:48 PM
1. Last fruit na kinain mo? bakit?>avocado with milk and sugar... na-sisixth floor tuloy ako sa skul kanina
2. Last place na pinuntahan mo? ano ginawa mo?>> university mall... nag-abang ng colorum
3. Last na kausap sa phone? ano topic?>> c kitin... ung manliligaw nyang mukhang monster
4. Last na nagtext sayo? ano sabi?>> c menen... wala daw load c dianne sa smart cel nya so nagtext sya k menen gamit ang sun kaya c menen ang nagreply sa tanong ko
5. Last song na pinakinggan mo? feel mo ung song?>> stay by cueshe.. nice song
6. Last na pinagalitan mo? bakit mo pinagalitan?>> little brother kong c joshua... nag-iinarte na naman napagalitan tuloy naming lahat, pati helper namin nagalit sa kanya
7. Last person na nagalit sayo? bakit?>> tatay ko... ako naman ang nag-inarte
8. Last na ininom mo? bakit?>> water.... im thirsty eh
9. Last color ng shirt na suot mo?>> im wearing a red shirt
10. Last na ka date mo? musta naman?>> i dont go out on dates... do dates with my family count? we ate lunch out on father's day
11. Last movie na pinanood mo?>> pang-ilang beses ko nang na-encounter itong tanong na ito.... sa moviehouse batman begins... sa dvd sassy girl last week pa... sa tv swat pa rin ndi pa rin nasusundan
12. Last person na iniyakan mo?>> .....
13. Last na binili mo? satisfied?>> turon.... nagpabili kmi kay elmer bago magstart ang manser2 class... satisfied naman gutom na ko nun eh!
14. Last na fastfooD na kinainan mo? nabusog ka ba?>> nung saturday 2 pcs burger steak sa jollibee.... yeah nabusog naman
15. Last Club/Bar na pinuntahan mo?ano ginawa mo?>> ndi ako mahilig mag-club or bar... ano namang gagawin ko doon
16. Last na tinawagan mo? bakit mo sya tinawagan?>> c tricia... contact namin sa prc... sinabi nya na ok na ung hiningi naming data for our thesis! yehey!
17. Last person na nakapagpakaba sayo? Bakit?>> c papa... halos atakihin kanina sa galit k joshua
18. Last sport na nilaro mo? kailan un?>>badminton... may pa un
19. Last person na naiisip mo? bakit?>> sya.... (you know who you are)
20. Last pc game na nilaro mo? ok ba?>> grand theft auto: vice city... nung summer pa bago ko binura.... kaka-addict so binura ko when classes began
21. Last website na pinuntahan mo?>> ito????
22. Last job mo? musta sweldo?>> never worked in my life
23. Last song na nakapagpasaya sa araw mo? Bakit?>> hallelujah by bamboo.... nice song
24. Last thing na gusto mo magkaroon? Bakit?>> laptop... for thesis
25. Last thing na gusto mong gawin pero di mo magawa? Bakit?>> kausapin sya... ndi na sya nag-oonline eh
26. Last na gagawin mo before mo i close ang pc? Bakit?>> i-publish ang entry na ito at maglogout
27. Last na pinadalhan mo ng message sa friendster? bakit?>> ay... ung moderator ng jamesians connected... sabi ko "you're welcome"
ideal man - June 19, 2005 (Multiply)
5:13 PM
1. Suplado: ** supladita rin ako baka magclash kmi
2. Mr. Shades: ** wag naman ung kahit nasa loob naka-shades pa rin
3. Bad boy: ** basta sweet
4. Masculado: ** ayos lang... like christian bale ok lang hehe... wag lang parang carlos agassi na exaj na masyado
5. Guys who give flowers:** yup yup!!!6. Smiling face:**
7. Hiphop: ** ay parang ang jologs
8. Guys who ask permission b4 courting:** ayos lang
9. Has earing/s:** ok lang din...
10. Used to chew bubblegum: ** wag namang para syang goat
11. Long-hair: ** it's ok! crush ko nga down the street has hair longer than mine
12. Bald: ** ok lang din basta cute pa rin sya
13. Antipatiko: **
14. Torpe: ** i find it cute
15. Computer-games adik: ** no way
16. Basketball player: ** yup ayos lang
17. Mr. Count-my-ex's-till-you-drop: ** no no
18. Mestizo: ** yup yup yup!
19. Guys who sing well: ** wow!!! kakainlove!
20. Quiet/tame: ** ok lang din... kc im a bit loud at times...
21. Cumlaude: ** ok lang... as long as he's not intimidating... ok rin naman kahit ndi ganun kasmart as long as may sense
22. Formal: ** wag lang sobra
23. Friendly: ** yeah
24. Mr. I have an opinion about anything & everything: ** ok lang din wag lang sobra na tipong nakakainis na
25. Motorcyle guy: ** it's ok
26. Rocker: ** i love rockers! bo bice and constantine maroulis??
27. Skater boarder: ** i dont know
28. Alaskador (prankster):** hahahahaha ok na ok
29. Flirt: ** wag lang sobra
30. Mr. Campus Crush: ** ok lang basta faithful
31. bigotilyo: ** nope
32. Painter: ** ok!
33. Galante: ** why not?
34. Mr. Love Letter: ** yes yes yes
buhay Jamesian - June 19, 2005
5:11 PM
1. anong year ka grumaduate ng highschool?~~ 2002
2. saan kang school grumaduate?~~ st. james college of paranaque
3. anong section mo?~~1st year = earth~~2nd year = curie~~3rd year = cobalt~~4th year = philippians
4. May mga organizations/clubs ka bang sinalihannon?~~ 1st year = science club (nerd! leader pa ito!)~~ 2nd year = science club ulit (nerd pa rin)~~ 3rd year = publications club (circulation manager)~~ 4th year = publications club (editor-in-chief)
5. Most memorable experience nung hs?~~ marami eh... ang corny jokes time nung 4th yr (randy: sinong classmate natin ang name nya nagdedescribe din sa kanya?
kami: hmm... sino?
randy: si kylah
kami: ha? bakit...
randy: kylahki ng mata!!!
corny... pero natawa kami malaki nga ang eyes ni kylah
6. Sino ka love team mo sa hs?~~ hehe.... kung sino-sino
7.anong ginagawa mo pag-free time mo?~~ hmm... nagbubunot kmi ng kilay sa class... or nung 4th yr pupunta kmi nina randy sa canteen para bumili ng food... nung 4th yr din nauso ung paglaro namin ng aming version ng "the weakest link" at ako ang quizmaster (ginaya nga kmi ng corinthians eh) anecdote: ilan ang myembro ng grupong S Club 7? marinette: lima!!!
8.sinong pborito mong teacher?~~ marami... ms espectacion ("ndi na ko natutuwa sa inyo ii-curie")... ms lim ("hello, i-earth", "hello curie", "hello philippians", "which is which?")... mr revaula ("anyamet" --> tama kaya spelling nun, at lagi akong sinasali sa mga interschool math contests hihi)... at ang pinakafavorite: mrs martinez ("si marian, alam kong mahal ako nyan" sinabi nya un nung magmimigrate na sya... fave din ako nun hehe)
9.paborito mong subject?~~ english and math
10.san ang tambayan mo pag-tapos ng school?~~ shell, or mcdo, or burger king, or sa service
11. sino mga close frends mo sa school nung HS?~~ marami... kitin, nylene, randy, paul, dane, gene paul, tin, romina, joel, johna, venus, nung 1st yr si roanne r.
12.may naka-away ka ba sa school?~~ wahahaha oo naman... nadiscipline office na nga ako eh
13.ano sinasakyan mo papuntang skool?~~ hinahatid ako ng dad ko
14. ano mas okay? ang college or ang highschool?~~ college... mas free... mas masaya for me
15. Nakikita mo pa ba ang mga kaibigan mo nung high school?~~ oo naman... naging classmate ko c joel twice... c tin sa orient2... ung ibang lasallian kung saan-saan ko nakikita... ung mga taga-st scho madalas sa orange jeep or sa jeep na dumadaan skyway
16. Anong tawag sa'yo sa school nung hs?~~ marami... morian, mor-mor, maricon, melgy, melgs... see my home page to see all
17. Sinong crush mo sa high school mo?~~ wahahahahahaha dahil wala namang makakabasa nito na taga-hs (c dane lang cguro)... c louie... ska isang guy na nakapartner ko sa dance one time na ndi ko na maalala ang name (2nd yr pa un eh)...
18. Maganda ba ang skool mo?~~ wahahahahahaha sa harap ok naman... sa likod dati maputik saka paradahan lang ng school bus... ngayon medyo ok na
19. Anong part ng highskul mo ang gusto mong balikan?~~ pwede bang bumalik sa 1st yr?
20.popular ka ba sa school mo?~~ ayos lang... magkakakilala naman kaming lahat eh lalo na sa batch
21. Kung may chance ka na pag aralin ang anak mo sa school mo nung hs?~~ no way!!! wala na ung mga magagaling namin na teachers... nagresign sila the summer after we graduated
22. Nawala mo ba HS id mo?~~ ndi... never... nasa akin pa ung id ko nung 4th yr hehe
23. Anong subject noon ang halos tulugan mo?~~ chemistry!!!! ung teacher namin noon kinakausap ang blackboard... kami nagpapasahan ng pagkain
hay buhay - June 17, 2005 (Multiply)
5:08 PM
as im writing this entry, i am yawning my brains out (eww)... no kidding... im very sleepy but still i wanna write...
i have not slept well for this week. well, there are quizzes that i studied for, and a draft due last tuesday. yesterday (thursday) i woke up at around 430 to study for conact1. kinarir ko sya ng todo.... and i felt good kc nagmsg sya hehe... i ended up getting a 42.5/45 sa exam not bad...
i went to school the same time yesterday, around 4... wala ung 420 class ko coz we are required to attend the college graduation... nag-attendance na lang kmi pero ndi na kami talaga umakyat sa auditorium... sayang ndi ko nakongratulate si anne kahapon
un, nag-aral kmi for the quiz at 6 pm. imagine 430 am pa lang gising na ko for a quiz slated at 6 pm. talk about karir! narealize ko mas ok pag may mga kasama mag-aral. u'll benefit from each other. nakakapagtanong sila sa kin and when i explain the solution to them, mas nagsstick sa mind ko ung process. nakakapagtanong rin naman ako sa kanila
then after the test, compsy class naman. sobrang inaantok na ko sa class na un, tapos ang topic about networks. lan cables, fiber optics, switch, hub... tinatanong ko pa rin kay elmer kung anong kinalaman nila sa IT auditing. ok syempre IT nga so may computers eklat, pero hanggang ngayon intro pa rin kami. ayun, we ended up playing our own version of pictionary. kami ni elmer nagisip ng mga pahuhulaan (cartoons) tapos sina menen, jigs, and dianne ang maghuhulaan. hindi namin mapigil ang pag-snicker at medyo nahirapan din kaming magtago ng tawa. nakakatawa ang mga drawings nila. si jigs pinapahulaan ang denver the last dinosaur. nagdrawing siya ng something. sabi ni menen, casper the friendly ghost daw! hehe un pala si denver na ung dinrawing ni jigs.... dinrawing rin nila si cedie, the smurfs, the rugrats, saka si spongebob. nagdraw rin si jigs ng ghost saka closed fist (ghostfighter)... pero ndi namin nakayanan ang x-men ni jigs na mukhang voodoo dolls na may X sa dibdib
kanina naman, pumasok ako ng maaga para mangopya ng homework... eh wala rin naman din silang homework. buti na lang sinend ni mel ang answers ni mitch sa multiple choice so solutions na lang problema namin.
ndi ko rin nakayanan ang pics ni omar for the yearbook. meron silang family picture kung saan may make-up factor sya... saka niloloko na nga namin syang kamukha nya si charles ng scq, tapos sabi ni dianne kamukha naman ng brother nya si joseph bitangcol, from scq rin. sabi ko, may scq factor ang pamilya nila... tawa kami ng tawa habang nagiimbento ng solutions sa homework (forced-balancing ang nangyari) buti na lang ndi nacheckan ang hw, gagawa na lang ako on sunday
oh well, parang ndi ako inaantok sa lagay na to. may makeup class pa bukas and ive done the homework already (sinisipag). anyway, i miss him na
hodge podge - June 13, 2005 (Multiply)
5:06 PM
1. after ng class, makikita mo ko sa...? --- sa colorum, pauwi na.... or pag tues-thurs, sa kotse namin (dyos ko naman late na uwian ko tatambay pa ba ko)
2. where do you usually hang-out? --- conserv... or amphi... or library.....
3. nakatapak ka na ba ng bubble gum sa kalye?--- ay oo naman
4. last movie you saw? --- parang natanong na ito sakin dati ah... mr and mrs smith sa theater... sa dvd my crazy love.... sa tv, swat
5. most expensive object you bought with your own money? --- ah eh... pag mahal nagpapabili na ko... tulad ng celfone, harry potter books (4 and 5) na hardbound, chronicles of narnia na hardbound din
6. kung papapiliin ka: YOSI O BEER?--- um... beer?
7. they say "you are who you hang out with"??? --- anong sasagot ko dito? i usually hang out with my blockmates.... so pare-pareho kaming nerds
8. have you ever fallen in-love with a friend? --- ah no
9. what would you do if you caught your guy/girl & bestfriend sleeping together? --- wtf? world war 3!
10. any pets? what are their names?--- chuckie, tommy (nasa tita ko), kimi, snoopy, chantal, saka mga anak ni kimi (6 na pups pero ibbenta rin sila), tapos manganganak pa c chantal.... mga toy poodle silang lahat
11. may nasuntok ka na ba? --- joke na suntok lang.... sa mga friends ko na guys, ska c ches kc nanununtok un eh
12. anung sabi nung sinuntok mo? --- "aray" tapos tatawa
13. which do u prefer? jollibee or mcdo? --- mcdo... i love their fries... pero chickenwise, jollibee
14. wendy's or kfc? --- kfc (go-go sandwich)
15. ever broken someone's heart? --- i think so... my friend said he cried.... pero i dont know
16. ever had your heart broken? --- ahm... next question
19. what did u do to the person who broke your heart? --- ....
20. what's inside your pocket? --- celfone sa isa, sa kabila panali ng buhok
21. fave past time? --- maginternet, matulog, kumain, magbasa, manood ng dvd
22. biggest regret in life? --- should have fought for my first love2
3. worst experience you've been through?--- ahm.... cant think of any....
24. best place you'd rather be?--- ive been dreaming of a beautiful and peaceful place all my life... id rather be there than here
25. last time u cried? --- oh.... last term....
27. most embarassing thing u did for love?--- ah.... secret
28.u inlove right now?--- yeah
29.is someone in-love with u? --- i think so.... pero im happy naman
30.describe the kind of love for your significant someone in a song...--- i'd give up forever to touch you... you're the closest to heaven that i'll ever be
survey ulit - June 13, 2005 (Multiply)
5:03 PM
1. HOW'S LIFE TODAY? >>um, ayos lang... medyo busy... pero i still find time to relax
2. Major plans this week >> study... accounting quizzes coming up
3. THE MOVIE I'VE WATCHED MOST NUMBER OF TIMES Is... >> lord of the rings... i think ive watch the trilogy more than ten times the past 3 years
4. FIRST THING YOU THOUGHT ABOUT THIS MORNING WHEN YOU WOKE UP? >> shit! 7 na! gagawa pa ko ng paper sa busipol!!!
5. WHAT DO YOU HAVE HANDY AT YOUR BEDSIDE? >> celfone ko... ginagawa ko syang alarm eh
6. IF YOU WERE A CELL PHONE, WHICH MODEL WOULD YOU BE? >> P900... celfone ko un eh
7. what do you do when you can't sleep? >> i read... or i watch tv
8. WHAT MAKES YOU UNIQUE TO OTHERS >> i have a lot of flavorings inside that needed stirring para lumabas
9. SCHOOLS YOU'VE ATTENDED? >> ung montessori sa pasay that i attended for 5 days... st james paranaque, de la salle university
10. FAVORITE HANGOUT PLACE(S)? >> sa marilen gaerlan conservatory sa school, sa library? hehehe festival mall, glorietta, rob ermita
11. 3 THINGS YOU CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT? >> my loved ones, pc, books
12. FIRST THING YOU WILL BUY IF GIVEN ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS? >> an i-pod?
13. FAVORITE SONG WHEN YOU'RE SLEEPY? >> ndi ako nakakatulog pag may music
14. Do you know a good joke? >> pag nagjoke ako spontaneous
15. WHAT IS THE WALLPAPER ON YOUR CELLPHONE? COMPUTER? >> c spongebob sa celfone... sa pc, basta one with dragons
16. Any recent funny moment? >> nung nagtext c pinsan herson nung friday... nakasave pa sa kin ung msgs nya...
sabi nya: "alam mO b 3rd tym n ngaun n nLpitan me ng bugaw. Muka b kOng hayOk?"
sabi ko: "bwahahahaha is that a trick question? mukha ka naman talagang hayok! hehe bugaw ng alin? babae o lalaki? malamang lalaki."
herson: "ung dun sa my rotonda, cyempre babe un noh! hehe bruha ka talaga"
ako: "ndi naoobvious na ndi babae ang gus2 mo? hahahahahahaha"
herson: "hay nako nxt tym lapitan nya ko, ssbhin ko, e ikaw pwede? para tantanan na ko db?"
pinabasa ko sa kapatid tawa kami nang tawa... sabi ni mama mukha naman kcng siga c herson kaya napagkakamalang hayok
17. NAME ONE PRETTY WEIRD BEHAVIOR THAT YOU START DOING WHEN YOU'RE FALLING FOR SOMEONE >> um, i smile and stare into space
18. MOST RECENT MOVIE THAT YOU WATCHED? >> sa moviehouse, mr & mrs smith... sa dvd, i watched my sassy girl for the 2nd time yesterday
19. GiVE ONE WORD THAT BEST DESCRiBES WHAT YOU'RE FEELING NOW... >> kabado.... baka ndi namin matapos ung paper... may thesis pa
20. STUCK ON A DESERT ISLAND & COULD HAVE ONLY ONE KIND OF FOOD FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE, WHAT WOULD IT BE? >> my mom's spaghetti with a lot of cheese
21. FAVORITE T.V. COMMERCIAL? >> rexona with parokya ni edgar
22. What's your favorite time of day? >> nighttime just before sleeping
23. FIRST THING YOU'LL SAVE IN A FIRE? >> my accounting books!!! ndi pa sila pwd masunog magrereview pa ko sa board exams!
24. YOUR EYE COLOR? >> black i think
25. Have you ever witnessed something supernatural? >> nakaramdam lang
26. WHAT DID YOU WANNA BE WHEN YOU WERE A KID? >> doctor hanggang 4th yr hs... then i took up accounting
27. WHAT DO YOU USUALLY DO WHEN THE CLOCK TURNS 7 AM? >> if im already awake.. kakain ng breakfast
28. DO YOU KNOW A FUNNY, YET SWEET SONG LINE? >> i agree with cams... ung sa grow old with you
29. WHAT WILL YOU DO WHEN A PERSON BREAKS UP WiTH YOU AFTER ONE DAY? >> cry?
30. Finally, do you want a million dollars or love? >> can i have both? joke hehehe... love because love cannot be bought even by a million dollars....
bad hair day / star sighting - June 12, 2005 (Multiply)
5:01 PM
yesterday my sister and i went mall-hopping sa makati. sa greenbelt kmi binaba nung shuttle. from there we went to glorietta to eat lunch. then we went to sm. mas gusto ko kasi mag-shopping sa sm lalo na if i dont have a particular item or store in mind. i ended up buying a pair of capri pants, two shirts, ska um, panties. hehe... i would have bought more had i not thought of all the accounting reviewers i have to save up for...
balak pa nga namin maglandmark kaya lang kapos kami sa oras kc may pupuntahan pang party ung sis ko. ayun umuwi kami then hinatid sya... then naisipan kong magpagupit...
yes, haircut. i just had a haircut last april, then before magstart ang classes nag-pahairspa ako. ewan ko, bigla kong nafeel na magpaikli ng hair
if there's one thing i was vain about, it's my hair. i used to visit a salon once every four months or so. i used to sport really short hair, then naisipan kong pahabain. i didnt visit a salon for about a year until mga february this year, pero pina-style ko lang para mahaba pa rin. nung april pinapantay ko ung layers, pero medyo mahaba pa rin. ngayon, pinaiklian ko na, pero ndi naman kasing-ikli tulad nung mga frosh days
pero i didnt like it. i liked it at first, syempre maganda ang pag-blower sa parlor kaya i came out happy. then kaninang umaga parang napangitan ako. i missed my long hair. it would take months or even years (pag biglang bumagal ang paghaba ng hair ko) to get my hair sa pinakarurok ng kanyang kahabaan
i dont know why i love to mess around with my hair. haircut, hairspa. alaga rin yan sa conditioner. naalala ko tuloy nagpagupit ako ng hair a week before the junior prom. nagtataka ung bakla. dapat daw palagpasin ko muna ung prom para maganda buhok ko that day. ewan ko ba, basta mafeel ko, magpapagupit ako
anyway, nagdalawang-isip pa ko yesterday, kasi tinanong nung nagshshampoo kung rebonded ang hair ko. sabi ko ndi, natural yan hehe... ndi ko sinabi nagpahairspa ako three weeks ago, pero ndi na nya kelangan malaman un
wah i miss my long hair. pero at least pag naggrad ako medyo mahaba na sya, kaya lang sobrang ndi ko na kamukha ung nsa grad pic ko, taken last year
bakit nga kaya im passionate about my hair? well, there's the fact that my hair kept falling out for a year or so after i was hospitalized due to dengue a few years back (i think i was 17 then). i started to take better care of my hair. i used a mild shampoo and conditioner everyday. i would not let my mom color my hair anymore. saka mas madalas na kong magsuklay ngayon. kung dati nagsusuklay lang ako pagkaligo, ngayon may baon na kong suklay hehe
ndi ko naman pwdng pagtripan ang mukha ko. i have sensitive skin - i could not wear makeup for more than a few hours (nung prom nga nangangati na ang face ko ndi pa ko tapos magspeech, and my speech was in the first part of the program) . lip and cheek stain lang ng body shop ang pwd sa kin because it's liquid-based
at mataba ako, so ndi ko pwdng pagtripan ang katawan ko. wala nga akong time mag-exercise eh... saka im tamad hehe... im happy naman eh...
i guess all of us have our inner kalandians. ndi nga obvious na vain ako sa hair ko
anyway, my siblings and i watched mr. and mrs. smith this afternoon sa festival mall. i think the movie is ok, with great fight scenes. i was unsatisfied with the ending though. it would have ended with a twist or something. i was kinda looking for an unexpected ending, like one of them would die or something. the thing about them being the targets and adam brody as the bait is something i have already expected, so it does not count as a twist. but still, it's well worth my P120 and 2 hours of what should have been shopping time. brad pitt? crush ko sya since i saw him sa interview with the vampire hehe... then he married jennifer aniston, nawala na ang crush ko sa kanya even if he's single again
haha we saw claudine barretto sa mall. she's pretty, loaded with lots of makeup, and has an entourage of about 50 people. it seemed like all the security guards of the mall acted as "hawi boys" and a lot of claudine fans have followed her every move in the mall. i was like, sitting at auntie anne's enjoying a pretzel with my brother when my sister exclaimed, "ate si claudine!". i said, "picturan mo dali!" sumunod naman sya. kinuha nya ung fone nya (SGH D-500) then she joined the mob of people at timex opposite auntie anne's. endorser si claudine nun. my sis failed to take a picture though, kahit may zoom and flash ung camera ng fone nya. then after a few minutes, dumaan sila sa harap namin then umakyat sila ng escalator. i had a good view coz i was facing the escalator.
ayun, kumakaway siya sa mga tao. if i was not holding a pretzel in one hand i could have shot a picture. lumalabas tuloy ang pagka-showbiz ko hehe
anyway, im still sad about my hair!
windstruck and my sassy girl - June 9, 2005 (Multiply)
5:00 PM
i have always been a movie fan. however, i love chinese movies the best. even though their storylines are kinda shallow, i still love them. there are pinoy movies that are like that, but what i love about chinese movies is that i dont know who the actors are - what movies they have starred in, their personal lives, gossip, etc. i mean, take the hong kong movie love on a diet for instance and put pinoy actors in it. somehow i cant imagine the overweight heroine being played by a fattened heart evangelista or judy ann santos while the overweight hero is being played by a fattened piolo pascual or geoff eigenmann (who is chubby, but not a good actor). i would not want to watch it if that happens. heck, it has been a long time since i've seen a local movie in a moviehouse
the current rage around here is koreanovelas. that's what they call korean tv dramas. the taiwanese drama meteor garden started the asianovela craze back in 2003. i loved meteor garden. i've also watched the korean comedy-drama lovers in paris. aside from those two, no other tv drama got me hooked
our cable service provider does not offer the channel star mandarin, wherein i watch hong kong movies before. i turned to the arirang channel to have my fix of korean movies instead
my friends recommended the movie my sassy girl. i bought a pirated dvd (yes, pirated, so sue me). the movie is funny. it stars the pretty ji-hyun jun (for whom ches could give up her femininity...hehe). kyun-woo is a college student who met a drunk girl (played by ji-hyun) in a train. the girl vomited and called him "honey", in which case kyun-woo has no choice but to help her. unexpected events made the pair closer to each other, but time came when they have to part ways. the ending is still worth it. romantic with a touch of fantasy, my sassy girl is one of the best romantic comedies i have seen in a while. the "girl" has a violent, yet playful and charming side. the guy who plays kyun-woo was not very attractive, but his cute faces and antics could make a girl sigh...
anyway, i heard hollywood is making a remake. violent reaction: not another remake reminiscent of ringu or ju-on
most people i know loved MSG better than windstruck, but i think otherwise. windstruck also stars ji-hyun jun. she plays a pretty but violent cop, officer kyung-jin yeo. she met a physics teacher named myung-woo in a case of mistaken identity. they went through a lot together, but time came when myung-woo has to leave her. he died while trying to help kyung-jin catch a criminal. he came back as the wind, always to be there for her until the 48th day after his death when he has to leave her forever. kyung-jin tried to end her life lots of times, first by taking a drug, then by jumping off a building. she failed on both suicide attempts, and instead tried to get herself killed while on police duty. it's tragic, the way kyung-jin has not really showed myung-woo how much she loves him, and she kept on blaming herself about his death. it broke my heart when myung-woo died in kyung-jin's arms.
still the movie ended in a good way, but not in the way i wanted it to be.
i guess what made me get hooked on movies from other asian countries is the way they are made. they may have a common storyline, but the use of scenery and music made the film more enchanting.
it is better to watch asian movies in their original languages. i think the use of dubbing ruins the actors' emotions and use of dialogue. you better read those subtitles fast though
my mind's tired - June 8, 2005 (Multiply)
4:57 PM
i went to school early today to study. usually im not a fan of group studying kc maiingay sila! hehe pati ako pala! ndi nauubusan ng pagkkwentuhan. masaya naman kahit kulang na lang sumpain namin ang accounting sa hirap
ndi naman namin nagamit ang OT (old test) kc medyo maraming mali tapos ndi nakasulat ung tamang sagot. syempre mahirap un aralin
pag ndi masagutan ung problem, shift na ang nasa isip namin. kaya lang, 2 terms na lang ako konting tiis na lang, sabi nga ni dyan. tapos pagnagreview sa board exams mas maraming tiis pa un. pag nagwork na, super raming tiis na.
kwentuhan pa rin ng kwentuhan. tapos si jigs panay ang pagkanta ng "J-O-Y joy in my heart, deep, deep down in my heart" ako raw ang nagstart kaya sya na-LSS. the nerve! sya kaya ang nauna, na-LSS lang ako haha
napagod na ang utak ko kaka-solve ng accounting problems. almost 60 problems cguro ung nasagutan ko. tapos ang test 15 problems lang. syempre iba-iba kami ng sagot so ndi namin masabi kung cno ang tatama. wah kakapagod. parang midterms na ang inaaral namin kanina sa sobrang sipag namin mag-aral
dumating ako ng school ng mga 830. tapos mga bandang 1 ayawan na. nagkwentuhan ulit kami. c omar nagkwento tungkol sa mga feud ng mga pamilyang muslim na nauwi sa isang madugong labanan sa isang kasalan kung saan sangkot ang dalawang sultan. ndi ko na nasundan ang kwento nya. basta tragic ending. ung ikinasal daw ndi pa rin naghohoneymoon, eh last yr pa sila kinasal. masaklap
saka pala nagreminisce ulit kami ng mga frosh days namin. ung pe class lalo. ung swimming class na ndi pa kami magkakakilala eh nakapagswimsuit na kami. saka ung prof namin dun may crush k charmaine. ung sa pedance namin, ung prof namin dun na may damit na parang pang-girl scout na pinagalitan c genie dahil pumasok sya na may sore eyes ("manghahawa ka pa!") at walang pakundangan sa mga nalalate at may crush naman k omar. at ung volleyball kung saan sobrang ang bano ko. sabi magshorts daw, tapos madaming nagreact, ayaw daw nila magshorts pero kung iisipin mo ay nakapag-swimsuit na nga kmi dati eh.
kung kelan mabagyo saka kmi nagswimming sa pe. kung kelan magsusummer ska kmi nag pe na volleyball. o db ang saya saya. kung kelan malamig saka kmi nagbabad sa pool. kung kelan mainit, pawisan naman
wala na naman akong masabing matino. wala kasi akong magawa eh
Song of the Day: J-O-Y, joy in my heart.... (LSS)
Color of the Day: blue and yellow.... color ng blouse ko kanina na colors rin ng santugon na sinusuportahan ko (dapat lang, baka sabunutan ako ni gelo kung hindi hehe)
survey na nakuha ko sa friendster - June 8, 2005 (Multiply)
4:54 PM
1. cake? -= blueberry cheesecake
2. beverage? -= iced tea, sago't gulaman (pero ndi ko pinalalagyan ng gulaman)
3. ice cream?-= vanilla lang solb na ko
3. drink?-= um, anong difference nya sa number 2?
4. cartoon character?-= spongebob saka ung bear na friend nila
5. anime character?-= kenshin himura... saka c sailor mercury hehe
6. color? isa lang...-= red
7. saint? isa lang...-= st john baptist de la salle (tihee)
8. movie? isa lang...-= the goonies!!!
9. cat?-= ung pinakaunahan naming pusa - c nikki
10. dog?-= c tommy!!!!
11. mtv? isa lang...-= ndi ako mahilig manood ng mtv
12. local singer? isa lang...-= pwd bang band? parokya ni edgar
13. food? isa lang..-= spaghetti ni mama
14. song? isa lang..-= iris (goo goo dolls)
15. tv program? isa lang..-= american idol
16. word? -= grabe...
17. day?-= friday
18. street?-= onyx... ang aming street
19. shoes?-= ung shoes ko na parang ballet slippers na laging hinihiram ni mama
20. actor? isa lang...-= cute si orlando bloom as legolas... un lang
21. actress?-= nicole kidman
22. commercial?= ung sa rexona... with parokya kc eh
23. expression?-= ows? really? talaga?
24. diskette?-= wahahahaha malay ko ba
25. mall?-= festival sa alabang... dun madalas magbowling parents ko eh
26. song sa walt disney?-= the distance... sa hercules un
27. song sa warner brothers?-= ay... wala akong alam
28. vj?-= ndi nga ako mahilig manood ng mtv eh
29. ballpen?-= dong-a mygel pen na 0.5... saka faster
30. flower?-= roses
31. shampoo?-= ivory ultra mild... naglalagas ako buhok after kong magkadengue
32. sabong panlaba?-= anak ng....! pati ba naman! surf!
33. gay?-= c gelo, c pinsan herson, saka c kyan douglas (ng queer eye)
34. novelty song?-= kikay... kc sinayaw namin un dati
35. star struck idol?-= i dont watch star struck... o cge, c cj muere... kilala kc ni mama parents nya (kalaro nya sa bowling)
36. scq idol?-= hero angeles... fyi: kala ni mama fan ako ni joross gamboa! nagfefeeling na ung lalaking un, bigyan ba naman ako ng nanay nya ng autographed pic
37. star struck kid? -= i dont watch star struck nga
38. scq kid?-= c aaron!!!! chubby-chubby nun!
39. battery?-= weh...
40. chocolate?-= i dont like chocolate that much
i'd rather be green than be blue - June 6, 2005 (Multiply)
4:50 PM
naaaliw pa rin ako sa song na ito. i first heard it during compsy1 class - ung isang group gumawa ng presentation about the whole class... i also heard it the afternoon before the animo party (nanalo lasalle sa basketball uaap!) which i was not able to attend because i have a dentist appointment (tatanggalin ang wisdom tooth ko nun)
anyway, post ko lang ung lyrics which i got from a blog of a person named eve (thanks!!)
I'd Rather Be Green Than Be Blue (The La Sallista Song)
Kamusta na mga 'tol, kapwa kong LaSallista
Year 2000 na, di ka rin nag-iba
Magaling gumalaw, bolero nga naman
Nguni't bilib ako sa layo nang iyong narating.
Di gaya nang iba, satsat lang nang satsat
Pagdating sa basketbol wala namang binatbat
Dribble nang dribble di naman maka-shoot
Sa strike lang ni Paeng buhok nila'y kukuloooot
If I were to live my whole life again,
I'd still want to be a LaSallista pa rin
Bayaran mana ako, I will still say to you
I'd rather be green than be blue
Mahirap daw magmahal nang syota nang iba
Yan ang sabi sa awitin nang tatlong matanda
Megastar, boldstar, star for all seasons
LaSallista lang pala ang hinahanap nila
Kawawa naman ang mga iba diyan
Nagdudunong-dunungan, di naman yumayaman
Manager, chairman, presidente daw sila
Nguni't LaSallista ang mayari nang kumpanya
(Chorus)
Wag mo 'kong subukan, that's what Erap said
Di naman siya uurungan ni Ms. Gorayeb
Mga loyalista, daldal nang daldal
Wag kang magtataka kung bakit - binaril si Rizal!
Ano, binaril? Bakit? Eh Atenista eh...
Mestiso man o hindi, pandak man o kirat
Pagdating sa entertainment, LaSallista ang lahat
Beauty queen, model, napapalingon
Nguni't LaSallista lang pala ang hinahanap nila
Si Gary, si Randy, at si mega-Mel
Ilan lang sa madaming LaSallistang sikat
Si Michael De Mesa, si Cocoy Laurel
Pati na si Ogie at si Juan Miguel
(Chorus)
i have an mp3 which i play time and again
kaeklatan lang - June 6, 2005 (Multiply)
4:49 PM
Akala ng marami, mabait akong bata. Ung tipong walang kalokohan sa buhay. Sa loob ng dalawang taon sa kinder, anim na taon sa elementarya, apat na taon sa high school, at tatlong taon sa kolehiyo, isang beses pa lang ako na-discipline office (hindi ko na ikkwento kung bakit). bihira rin akong ma-late. Aabsent ako pag kelangan lang. never rin akong nag-cutting. Pinakamatagal ko na atang pagka-absent ay nung na-ospital ako dahil sa dengue nung 1st year college.
Kunwari lang ako mabait. Syempre may naiitatago rin akong kalokohan. Syempre, boring naman ng masyadong mabait, daba?
Nangongopya at nagpapakopya ako. Pero mas madalas akong magpakopya tuwing tests. Ndi ko na-master ang art ng paghingi ng answers sa katabi ko. Na-master ko ang pagbibigay ng sagot. Naalala ko tuloy ung friend ko nung 2nd yr hs. Ndi ko naintindihan ung tinatanong nya
Tin: “Marian, test II, number 2”
Ako: “Ano?”
Tin: “Test II, number 2”
Ako: “Ano ulit?”
Tin: “Test II, number TWO!”
Napalakas ang pagsabi nya ng two! Napatingin sa amin ung teacher namin.
Tin (singing): “Two, you’re like a dream come true…”
Kinanta na lang ni Tin ung lyrics ng Back at One ni Brian McKnight na sikat nung mga panahong iyon. Ayos, lusot pa rin kahit nakatawag-pansin sya sa buong class at tinignan sya ng teacher ng masama.
May iba-iba rin kaming technique nung high school. May mga handsigns, footsigns, pen signs, etc. Pinakasikat pa rin ung nagpapasahan ng calculator na may alpha function. Namaster ko ang sci cal ni randy noon kaka-encode ng mga sagot sa multiple choice at true or false sa calcu nya.
Narealize ko rin na pwede pala na mas mataas pa ang makukuha ng nangopya kesa sa nagpakopya. Nangopya ako dati k randy pero mas mataas pa nakuha ko sa kanya. Si jim naman dati ginaya ang project ko sa basic electricity na pinagawa ko sa mama ko. Nagpagawa rin sya sa mama nya. Nakuha ko sa project ko, 95. Si jim, naka-100. Exempted sya sa mastery test. Ako plus 10 lang.
Dati akala nila conservative ako. Well, ndi naman masyado. May alam din ako about the birds and the bees. Syempre ndi ko naman pinangangalandakan ito sa buong mundo. Sabi ng pinsan kong si herson (0.5 un) sa testimonial nya sa kin sa friendster ay may pagka-green minded ako. The nerve! Hehe well, madalas kasi kaming magpalitan ng green jokes. Ibig sabihin, sya rin! Aaminin ko, nakapanood na rin naman ako ng “hindi wholesome” na movies. It doesn’t hurt to know about these things. Syempre, there should be a story naman sa movie, ndi ung puro “un” na lang. Hehe “y tu mama tambien” “sex and lucia” ahem, kanino ko nahiram ung mga un ha?
I remember, ako pa nga ang nagprisinta na maging sex therapist sa panel discussion namin. Wala lang. Intellectual naman un eh. Maiba naman
Ano pa ba? Nainom rin ako pag may okasyon. Alam ng magulang ko yan. Pag may party iinom kami syempre. Pero may control naman ako sa sarili ko. Saka ang mga kaibigan ko ung tipong ndi wild. Dyos ko naman, kami ng mga high school friends ko magkaklase na since elem. Kami naman lagi ang classmate sa star section since sinaunang panahon pa may nadadagdag lang or nababawas. Wala rin naman sa min ang nalalasing ng todo kung meron man, ihahatid ng mga boys. Last year pa pala ang huli kong pag-inom. Sa mga college friends ko naman, walang naghohost ng party na may inuman.
Tinanong ko pala ang mama ko kung pwede akong magsmoke. Sabi nya ayos lang. sya pa daw magtuturo sa kin kesa sa iba pa ako matututo. Akalain mo yun? Ung ibang magulang bawal inom, bawal sigarilyo. Sa magulang ko, ayos lang. kesa nga naman magrebelde kami no. Kunsabagay, nagssmoke si mama eh. kahit anong gawin namin ndi na mapipigilan un. Pero wala pa (take note, wala pa) naman akong balak magstart magsmoke. Sabi ni randy dati, ung mama nya nagstart magsmoke while reviewing for the cpa board exams. Kung ganun, hihintayin ko na lang na dumating ako sa point na sobrang pressure, magssmoke na ko.
Ano pa ba? Wala na kong maisip. Boring noh? Un lang. hehe… mag-iisip pa ko. Dagdagan ko na lang next time.
Word of the day: fraudulent….. pronounced as “Frodo-lent” by the prof…. Wala lang… namention kc sa law kanina, naalala ko tuloy nung audprin days – fraud and error in auditing ung topic. sabi nung classmate ko, dapat daw iconsider maigi ung “Frodo-lent” transactions at wag hayaan na maging “hobbit” (habit). La lang. natawa kami noon.
Song of the day: Angels Brought Me Here – kahit kaninong version… LSS ko last week pa…
Color of the day: Green – same na naman kami ng color ng shirt nina kat and dyan kanina… as the song goes…. “I’d rather be green than be blue” à so true!!!
lunch sa lan kwai fong
9:24 PM
signal number 8 sa hk last friday. pero kahit bumabagyo, sa lan kwai fong pa rin kami naglunch. we were craving for pork knuckles (crispy pata) the whole week and friday was the only day we are free to eat lunch out. libre naman kami ni jayson - nakaactual sya, nakaper diem kami, di nya kelangan magtipid. thank you DKS na naman ang lunch.
sa schnurrbart na naman kami kumain, a german restaurant. may pinay na waitress dun so she took care of our orders. inorder namin ng german sausage si jayson. pero mas gusto nya ata ung sausage ng bartender, este, mas gusto nya na sana ung nag-asikaso samin ay ung bartender na gwapo.
syempre ang jayson, pa-cute sa bartender. kami naman e carry lang. sabi ko sa kanya utang na loob wag sya magpapicture sa bartender dahil gusto pa namin makakain dun ulit.may hiya rin pala sya hehe
group pic before the food came. putek ang itim ko ah...
kami ng girlfriend kong si jayson. maganda pa ata sya sa kin ah!
crispy pata!!! yummmyy
german sausages. si jayson unang nakatikim nung malaki. pero naiisip ko lang ung imbutido ni soytee (one of my kaberks in PHK), now don't ask me what the imbutido stands for - you might lose your appetite
sarap!!! solve na kami dun! pagbalik namin ng office uwian na hehe
july monthend, ritz carlton, mongkok
12:14 AM
what a week!
una, bumabagyo. nataon pang monthend peak namin sa controlling. sabay dating nito ni jayson at nagyayayang lumabas after work
wahhhh kapagod
and it wouldn't end tonight. meron pa bukas ulit
been working overtime since the month ended. syempre gawaan ng financial reports and all that jazz. busy rin kasi at the bank because of a new system which they are implementing and planning to roll out before the year ends.
wawa naman ung nanay ella ko, ung supervisor ko dito. she still can't walk. her foot has been bothering for the past month. dati numb lang sya, kaya pa nya ilakad. but now, swollen na daw. nag work from home sya yesterday and today, but i think she'll be on leave tomorrow.
syempre, i can't do all the work on my own, so tawag ako ng tawag sa kanya. nagkakataon lagi may call waiting tapos un pala si kaori (another girl we work with. tatlo kami sa team nya, 2 local saka ako. anyway, i think overworked si ella. before naman nagnumb ung right hand nya, kakagamit cguro ng mouse? sabi daw ng doctor nya baka mahina na ung immune system nya. stress? dyoskopong pineapple! ayoko matulad sa kanya.
lagi ako pinapatawag ni ella sa isang indian na nasa singapore. medyo nahihirapan lang ako intindihin sya. di ko naman makulit din ng todo eh kasi asst vice pres na un eh! pareho sila ni ella. tapos kahapon naman tumawag ako sa taga-london. kasi ilang araw ko na hinihintay ung file nya at nagfollow up na rin ako. pero weird. brit na ung kausap ko nahirapan pa ko intindihin. feeling ko ibang language sinasabi nya. pero wala naman sya masyadong accent. cguro inaantok lang ako nun. 9 pm na kasi un kagabi.
sarap sipain nung brit na un. feeling ko nakalimutan lang nya i-send out ung file. sabi ko, "have you sent out the accrual schedule?" sagot nya, "no" sabay tawa. may ganon? e di tinanong ko kung kelan nya balak isend. sagot ba naman, "i could send it to you now if you like." isip isip ko, tatanungin ko ba kung di ko pa sya kelangan? sabi ko na lang, "pls". at ang reply, "ok, cool". in fairness, cute ang boses kahit medyo di ko maintindihan. papahanap ko nga sya sa teammate ko na nasa london.
yesterday, natulog ako sa ritz carlton sa central. naghahanap kasi ng kasama itong si jayson. i think he's feeling homesick already. he would only be staying for a week. now, before your imagination starts working, i would have to clarify that jayson is gay. as in mas magaling pa sya mag-spot ng gwapo kesa sakin. honestly. may mga the moves pa na kunwari accidentally bumping into a cute guy pero sadya naman. and ung mga pasimpleng pagtingin tingin sa mga gwapong chinese. hmm.... i could learn a thing or two from this guy hehe. anyway we just ate chips and watched tv. and smoked hehe
kanina naman i got off early. so we went to mongkok. we had dinner sa langham place. there's this place called pepper lunch (? not sure). they serve their food raw on these sizzling plates that they said are patented in japan. asteeeeg! you get to cook your steak on the plates. but you have to hurry. kasi in a few minutes mawawala na ung sizzle ng pan so your food might end up cooked on one side but raw on the other. the price is a bit steep, $78 for a meal, but i have never enjoyed a fast food meal that much before!
nakabili na ko ng mga malalaking pamaypay para sa nanay ko. trenta lahat. bebenta nya sa mga kalaro nya sa bowling. naiinggit kasi ung mga amiga nya nung dinalhan sya ni papa dati ng pamaypay from one of his business trips here in hk. now that i'm here, sakin sya nagpapabili. sarap lang makipagtawaran haha. ung isang stall binebenta sakin ng $45 each. sabi ko sa kabila $20 lang. ayaw pa rin. taray nga eh. sa ibang stall ako bumili. $500 for 30 fans, mga $17 lang isa haha
bukas naman plano ni jayson na di na matulog. 8 am on sat kasi flight nya. so maaga sya kelangan magising. eh di wala na lang tulugan. gigimik na lng kami
may EB rin ata ang PHK on sat. basta sat nyt pwede ako. nakatulog na naman ako nun hehe
ano pa ba? la na ko masabi. antok na rin ako eh. byeeeee!
gutom na ko!!!!
9:13 PM
nagugutom na ko!!!
it's after 9 and i'm still here in the office. i just finished all the tasks that i can do for today and thought that i would just update this journal. hindi rin naman ako nagmamadali umuwi. gutom lang talaga ako.
i'm currently listening to my filipino colleague jayson talk to other people from manila. kakatawa sya, he's gay and nakakahawa ang tawa. ung tipong pag tumawa sya natatawa na rin kami ni carmela (isa pang pinay) kahit di namin alam kung ano pinagtatawanan nila. yosi buddy ko rin pala tong si jayson. he arrived yesterday and will be here for a week. dinalhan nya ko ng yosi kasi nga mahal ang marlboro lights dito.
parehong tumatumbling na ang sikmura namin sa gutom. wala rin naman kasing mabilhan ng pagkain dito malapit sa office pagsapit ng alas-otso. nauna na ung other pinoys, carmela and recia. tinapos ko kasi ung daily task ko na napagiwanan ng mga monthend tasks ko kanina.
my immediate superior here in hk is ella, the avp for finance. she's funny. malakas din tumawa. she's also very good at what she does. she's probably the most workaholic person here in controlling. she's also very patient with me. kahit papaulit ko sa kanya ung sinabi nya last month tungkol sa monthend task ok lang with her. probably because di rin nya naalala kung naexplain na nya sakin in the first place. medyo makakalimutin din kasi ang lola ko pagdating sa ganun. pero naalala pa nya if i missed to pass an entry or ung mga events the previous month. cguro selective lang ang memory nya. never din sya nagalit sakin even if i make mistakes lalo na sa journal entries. papaulit lang nya sakin hehe
nagugutom na talaga ko. kakainin na nung large intestine ung small intestine ko. meron dito apple and pear, pero di naman ako kumakain nun.
kakasimula lang ng meeting ni jayson with indonesia. syempre kinilig ang lolo ko nung kausap na nya ung cutie na controller ng indo. pinakita ko kasi picture sa friendster (o di ba pati mga indonesians may friendster)
anong oras kaya matatapos tong si jayson? one hour pa ata tong meeting. i don't think my hunger can last that long.
sumilip ako sa controlling andun pa sila, mga locals. they usually work long hours at monthend. kami ring mga pinoy actually. but ella would let me go home early lalo na if pwede ko naman ipagpabukas ung task. last week nga she was so concerned coz i look sick. i just told her that i have headaches in the afternoon and i need to have my eyes checked.
gutom jones na ko talaga. kumukulo na tyan ko o
anyway, i'm excited. less than two weeks na lang uuwi na ko. i have already got my form signed by the director. i need my manager in manila to sign it, then they would book my tickets. medyo mahabang proseso but i'm not complaining. hk would shoulder the cost anyway.
it seems like they wanted us to stay for the rest of the year. fine with me, as long as they take care of my taxes. they should also let me go home early december, for papa's 50th bday. syempre, gusto ko rin magpasko sa pinas.
i'm getting used to hk. dati nung sinabi nilang 6 more months pa ko dito nabad trip ako talaga. sabi ko ayaw ko na sa bansang to. pero ngayon ok na. naka-adjust na rin ako. i have also made friends, thanks to PHK!
i discovered PHK by accident. surf surf lang sa net. then i posted. and posted. and posted. now i have posted more than 800 entries in that forum. addict.
PHKers are cool! as in! i really felt at home there. even if i'm busy doing monthend tasks di ko pa rin mapigilan ang sarili ko ng sumilip sa forum at magpost kung nakakarelate ako sa topic.
more about PHK next time.
uuwi na ko. iwan ko na tong si jayson. malaki na sya. kaya na nyang bumalik sa ritz.
wala nga lang ako kasama magdinner. mcdo na naman to. ayaw ko na magluto.
till next time. stay cool!
WELCOME TO MARIAN'S BLOG
6:14 PM
ok so this one is the welcome post
i just realized that i haven't been updating any blog for more than a year now. so the first thing i did was move my old journal entries in this blog... for my sake and yours
a friend from PHK encouraged us to blog so here i am reincarnating my desire to blog after a year-long hiatus.
i actually got this skin from blogskins.com. i don't have the time to do my own template. but i modified it a little. this was supposed to be a green day inspired blog but i changed the picture at the top. i love green day but i'm not that fanatic. i also changed the fonts, the links (which were all green day), the sizes of the frames, and the headings. ok, so i modified it a lot. i learned quite a lot of html along the way.
the wallpaper on the top of the page was made for me by my friend earl (thanks a lot, dude!) i asked him to change the font and he said he will, but i can't wait to use it so there it is. oh yeah, he might kill me for toning down the color. i can't upload the pic in photobucket coz it's too big. so i toned down the color. still looks good anyway. sorry man.
anyway
a lot of things had happened since my last journal entry, which was made april last year. heck, i wasn't even a cpa then.
let's see. what could be worth telling in this journal?
i won't divulge much but here goes:
(taglish mode... para mas may personality)
1. may 2006
i took and passed the board exams. pag may nagtanong sa kin kung kamusta ang exams ang sinasagot ko, "madali lang". tapos syempre sasabihin nung nagtanong ang yabang ko. pero sa totoo lang madali talaga ang cpa board exams. it all comes down to whether you have studied the items that came out. kung minamalas ka naman, kung ano ung di mo naaral na part un pa ang lalabas sa exam eh di good luck na lang. so mabuti pang aralin na ung buong libro kesa masawi ka pa.
ang masaklap doon ay kinabukasan pinapasok na ko sa work. akalain mo un, wala man lang ako pahinga. so there i was, wearing my best business attire wanting to make a good impression. kinahapunan nakakuha ako ng tawag kay jigs at buong kagalakan nyang sinabi na nakapasa kaming dalawa. kulang na lang magtatalon ako sa office sa tuwa ko.
umuwi ako agad. tapos syempre tuwang tuwa magulang ko. punta kami tuloy ng cpar. gusto kasi makita ng mama ko ung mismong pangalan ko sa listahan ng nakapasa. while on the way to cpar, i received a call from the hr person of isla lipana (auditing firm sya, hindi resort), congratulating me and asking me for an interview. sabi ko i already accepted an offer from a bank, but if ever i think of changing careers and going into audit, i would definitely consider a career in their firm (o ha! hindi talaga rejection un!)
pagdating namin ng cpar andun ung mga classmates ko from dlsu. nagpakain si paul dahil number 1 sya. gf nya number 7. san ka pa? kamusta naman magiging anak nila? sasabog na un sa katalinuhan. nga pala, chinese sila pareho. matatalino talaga mga chinese.
i didn't stay long. i just remembered how hard it is not to show that i was really happy upon seeing my name in the passing list when there are rejected students crying everywhere. i mean, tinuro ko lang sa mama ko ang name ko tapos pinicturan nya, then umalis na kami. tahimik lang. narealize ko nung tumawag si jigs medyo pigil ang tuwa nya (pero di pa rin nya talaga napigil) kasi nga maraming nagiiiyak sa tabi nya.
2. june 2006
umattend ako ng testimonial dinner for new cpas sa dlsu. that was the last time i set foot on that place. i haven't been back to dlsu for a year now. kakamiss.
nag-oath taking din pala kmi nung june 23 (o ha, naalala ko pa exact date! joke lang, kinuha ko ung date sa friendster ko bwahahahaha). nakita ko tuloy ung picture ko nung oath taking na un, ang taba taba ko. eto ilalagay ko ung pic
ang taba ko noh? from left to right: dianne, marian, jigs, menen, melody. kami na lang sa block ang nakagrad on time. ay, pati pala si cho cha, este, chester pala (why cho cha? he's chinese and one time we heard him saying something in fookien. it sounds like: "cho cha cho cha cho cha cho". i'm not kidding) anyway, kung san sang dako na ko napunta.
basta un, after oath taking punta kmi manila pavilion for cpar dinner. then greenbelt 3 to reminisce on our review days in our fave hang out - coffee bean and tea leaf. syempre picture picture. wala nga lang ako kopya ng mga pics nung gabing un.
so late na ko umuwi nun day ng oath taking. pero gumising din ako ng maaga. dahil teambuilding naman ng domain namin. puyat puyat pa ko. tapos nag-ayos ako ng gamit habang tulog ung mga kapatid ko saka ung pinsan kong si herson. ayun, sa sahig natulog ung baklang pinsan ko kaya matapak tapakan ko sya.
masaya ung teambuilding din. here's a pic
kung malabo eh problema nyo na yan. nasa friendster ko naman yan eh. ang taba ko pala talaga bwahahahahaha
3. july 2006
mukhang walang nangyaring nakakatuwa nito
4. aug 2006.
i made the biggest mistake (so far) of my young life. enough said.
5. sept 2006
nung bday namin ni sheryl (officemate ko, ung katabi ko dun sa teambuilding pic na may hawak na pamaypay) nagpakain ang teammates namin. celebration na rin for all teammates na bday ay sept. ayos, nakatipid kmi ni she sa libre.
sept din ata nung bumagyo. si milenyo. nasa office na ko nung kasagsagan ng bagyo. di na kmi pinauwi ng director. pinakain na lang kmi dun at sinundo ako ni papa nung nagbukas na ulit ang skyway matapos dumaan ng bagyo. naalala ko tumumba ung puno sa tinitirhan nina lola at matagal brownout.
6. oct 2006
milenyo party. nagpaparty ang mga bossing as thanks for all the people who braved the storm just to make it to the office and deliver their reports on time. conti's ang caterer. ayos. sarap ng food.may token pa kami - payong
7. nov 2006
eto ung nagpunta ang recs team sa punta fuego sa batangas. nagkaayaan lang. dun kami sa vacation house ng uncle ni anne (ung manager ng team). beach. syempre nangitim ako. kaming mga taga-south - jake, jezer, sibs, myro, and me - ang magkakasama sa van ni sibs with her driver, kuya ricky. may narealize ako. pwede rin pala maging madaldal ng mga lalake. kaya di ako nakatulog pauwi. napapakinig ako sa kwentuhan nila. buti pa si sibs nakatulog.
8. dec 2006
christmas party. dito ako nanamit as a punkista. nagkataong sa shangri-la din party nina papa at pinuntahan ko sya. nawindang sila sa suot ko. sabi ko costume lang to bwahahahahaha
9. jan 2007
wala. corny ng new year
10. feb 2007
eto ung nagpunta kami ng clark pampanga with an aussie named jehad na bisita nina papa milton. he said he had a great time with us, coz aussies rarely go out with their colleagues, and here we are very comfortable with each other's company. nga pala, i think he was traumatized by what happened when he was about to go home.
we set out to clark on friday night. before that pala, nagred box pa kami then bumalik na lang kami ni sibs sa office. hinintay pa kasi namin matapos ung mga nagsusupport ng london - their shift was 2-11 pm. nakaalis kami 1 am na. ung isang team lead nga nakapaginuman na with his friends. sinadya daw nyang di magdala ng sasakyan. kaya ayun. tulog sa byahe.
we gave jehad his own room. medyo malaki syang mama so sakto lang sa kanya ung bed samantalang lima kaming girls kasya sa isang bed.
ayun tour tour. uuwi si jehad ng saturday night. kaya lang, akalain ba naming masisirain sa nlex ung sundo nya? at hindi marunong magenglish ung driver? natrauma ata si jehad. dinala sya sa police outpost kung saan wala rin marunong magenglish ng maayos. kakahiya. buti na lng natawagan ni jehad sina milts. sinundo sya. sunday morning na rin nakauwi si jehad.
eto pala pic
wala na si jehad nyan. nakaalis na.
11. mar 2007
aha. isis bowling night sa sm megamall. kahit ang bano ko sa bowling sumali pa rin ako. kasi alam kong nalalapit na ang pag-alis ko papuntang hk so sumama na ko. di ko akalaing last ko na pagsama na to sa team in a long while
eto pic
from left to right: nic, sibs, leigh, marian, jason
that reminds me. resigned na pala ung si jason. umalis sya nung nandito na ko hk.
at yun! wala na masyadong nangyari sa kin after that
i came here in hk last april 1. i would do a separate entry on hk life, ayt?
see ya again soon!
family outing - April 14, 2006 (Multiply)
6:13 PM
it has been two years since i've been on a family outing. this year, my family "sponsored" the Tagle clan outing at Laguna. we also invited our relatives from the other side of the family.
we have been planning on going on an outing since i graduated last january. it would be the long-delayed blowout i would give my cousins. we decided to go for it on holy wednesday and maundy thursday so everyone can come. pity my lola lucing was not there.
(switching to Taglish mode. wala ako sa mood mag-english today)
nauna kami ni mama papuntang laguna kasama si maryam, ung isa naming helper. ayun, nag-iiyak ung sister ko madaya daw ako kasi mauuna ako ndi naman ako makakapagswimming kc meron ako (kung mamalasin ka talaga). pero ayun, kasi ako ung magaling sa mga direksyon saka makakatulong ako kay mama mag-ayos. maaga kami dumating ni mama mga 5 pero 6 pa kmi pinapasok. kaasar un ah and i really needed to use the bathroom! buti na lang may katext ako that time so ndi ako masyado nainip.
ayun, sakto pagbukas ng gate sabay dating nung mga relatives namin na nakasakay sa 2 jeep! ang saya nag-agawan sa room na may aircon! syempre amin ung isa, nagsiksikan sila sa isa pang room na may aircon din. ung mga nahuli ang dating sorry na lang dun sila nagstay sa walang aircon.
corny lang walang tv! i was not able to watch american idol and it was queen week! nung dumating si jenny sabi nya never heard daw ang kinanta ni chris daughtry. kellie pickler sang my favorite queen song, bohemian rhapsody. kellie was no freddie mercury! susie mcneal of rockstar pulled the song off, and that was bcoz she was a great rock singer! utang na loob america! dont vote for the pickler!
oops that went slightly off-topic. going back. ngayon ko narealize kung gaano kami kadami na magpipinsan. nakita ko ung mga anak ni tita mona na ngayon ko lang nakita at hanggang ngyon ay nalilito pa rin ako sa mga pangalan nila. ung mga anak ng mga pinsan ko ndi ko na rin maalala pangalan. may pinsan ako na ngayon ko lang ulit nakita since 1st yr hs ako! may asawa na sya and 3 kids! pero nakipaglaro pa rin samin. siguro kasi ndi nya ksama wife nya! ung kapatid naman nya may asawa na rin, pero nagselos daw wife nya sa mga pinsan kong babae the last time na magkita sila! pero ngayon ok na.
sabi ni ate sharon dapat next time may mga name tag na ang mga tao, "___, anak ni ____" kasi we find ourselves wondering kung kaninong anak ung mga bata! inaanak ko nga ndi ko nakilala at first kasi ilang taon ko na rin ndi sya nakikita! pero ang galing ni mica naalala pa ako. nagulat na lang ako may yumakap sa kin, sabi "ninang!".
may nilalaro nga sister ko na bata pinagtanong pa namin kung kaninong anak sya! ayun, masaya naman ang gabi at umaga. wala talaga akong balak magswimming pero naiinggit din ako kaya lumusong na rin ako. may katext ako the whole time hanggang mag-umaga. natouch nga ako kasi sabi nya hindi raw sya matutulog hanggat ndi ako matutulog. ayun, natulog ako mga 430 pero ndi ko na sya ginising.
nagising din ako ng 6 tapos nagswimming ulit. umahon kami ng 8. syempre ayaw namin mangitim. after magbanlaw nagtulugan na kami. nag-uwian na ng 3 pm thursday
dumating din ung relatives namin from father's side. pero ndi sila nagtagal. pinagbigyan lang daw nya ako sabi ni tita myrna. thank you po kasi pumunta kayo. matagal ko na rin sila ndi nakikita since nagkaroon sila ng falling-out nina mama nung 2nd yr hs ako.
masaya naman. pag-uwi ko natulog na ako hanggang umaga na. pagising-gising lang. kanina nag-visita iglesia kami. ok naman. hanggang ngayon na lang bakasyon ko. next week back to the books na!
thanks jeff kasi u stayed up all night para samahan ako
Rent - March 29, 2006 (Multiply)
6:12 PM
Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes. Five hundred twenty-five thousand moments so dear. Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes. How do you measure, measure a year? In daylights, in sunsets, in midnights in cups of coffee. In inches, in miles in laughter in strife. In five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes - how do you measure a year in the life? How about love? How about love? How about love? Measure in love... seasons of love.
after a long time, im updating this again... with reason, i have a new fave movie... RENT
i love musicals. i enjoyed it. i fell in love with moulin rouge the first time i saw it, and i watch it every new year haha while waiting for midnight
thanks menen, for inviting me. thanks also dino, jigs, and gay for the fun time last night. i would have refused, but heck im so bored in the dormitory that i have to get out of there. i took the lrt and mrt by myself and walked all the way to greenbelt powerbooks. only when i get there, we have to walk all the way back to g4 to eat dinner. talk about wearing out my shoes.
hell, it's all worth the walk and the wait (we studied at coffee bean and tea leaf while waiting for the movie). i love RENT. the songs they sang are mostly rock and r&b. i love rock songs so i really enjoyed their songs.
the blue text at the beginning of this entry are the first few lines of the song SEASONS of LOVE. i heard it being sung live when we went to jigs' concert with the DLSU pops orchestra last february. it was jigs' fave song in rent. i was seated next to him last night, and i hear him sing with the cast. i dont mind, though, jigs is a great singer.
i also loved story. i had NO idea that they have issues on AIDS and same-sex relationships there. i had goosebumps when this gay guy named angel died, not only because he was my fave character, but well, i hate it when someone dies in a movie (except in horror flicks of course)
if given the chance, i would watch the live version. hope they stage another one. i dont even mind the philippine cast
just watched american idol when i got home last night. i love chris daughtry, but he doesnt sound good last night. it was like an imitation of creed. but he acknowledged the band LIVE last night. good for him. gotta admit, you have to love rockers. but nothing would ever replace my CONSTANTINE (have i mentioned i saw him last november when he performed at the alabang town center? i have a quiz the next day but i studied early so i can go see him. he's greek hotness! hehe)
anyway, i gotta go now. have to study income tax. go back to dumbsville
board exam review - Mar 6, 2006 (Multiply)
6:11 PM
i feel like im losing my mind
im frightened that i might not finish studying until the board exams
im scared of failing
i have been scared of failing exams ever since i was young - ever since my parents would reprimand me when i get low grades. they dont do that anymore since i reached high school, but the memories of when i was still small still haunt me. i would sometimes have nightmares of failing quizzes up until i graduated college. thank god i havent dreamt of failing the boards - that would be the ultimate nightmare.
i remembered crying while watching my fave chinese movie on star mandarin after the qualifying exam when i was a freshman. i was watching alone and i didnt realize that tears were already streaming down my face until i touched my wet cheeks. i was so afraid that i did horrible. i thought nobody knew, but my mom does.she always know when something is wrong with me. she just told me about it the next day. "iyak-iyak ka pa, papasa ka naman pala!" i just grinned at her sheepishly. i found out from one of my professors just last december that i placed number one in the qualifying exam. all that crying for nothing, eh?
it's about time i get really serious and start studying like there is no tomorrow. that number one in the qualifying exam is a sign that i could achieve my dreams. there should be no stopping me.
except the fear
and the pressure
i know that my parents would just want me to do my best. i guess if they havent been tough on my sister and i when we were younger, i would not have been an honor student all my life. i only feel the pressure now that i was about to take the biggest exam im about to take in my whole life - the CPA board exams.
my family, my friends are always there to support me, but they could not share how i feel. i feel really stupid - tears are running down my face while i write this entry. and im in a computer shop! utang na loob marian! get a grip!
but let me tell you this:
i have never felt this scared in my whole life
buhay unemployed - Feb 10, 2006 (Multiply)
6:09 PM
ive been gainfully unemployed for almost two months now, living off my dad's salary, living in a dormitory near lasalle, and reviewing for the board exams.
i would have wanted to have a job waiting for me by the time i passed the board exams, but it seems that i would have to wait until i pass before i could a job - with an auditing firm...
seems im destined for a stressful life:
overworked
underpaid
zero lovelife minimal lovelife that is
nada social life?
overworked
underpaid
overworked
underpaid
too bad for me
but im a girl who finishes what she has started. and im not going to make any exceptions this time. ill pass the cpa board exams and make my family proud
i could have chosen not to go to review school everyday, but still i chose to do so... here are reasons why:
1. i need to collect handouts
2. i need the answers to the handouts
3. my father paid for my tuition fee - better make the most out of it
4. my father paid for my dormitory expenses
5. i could see my fellow lasallians
and.... hmm.... i cant think of anything else...
well there's
6. a cute guy i always see reviewing outside the classroom... i dont know if he's with us in room 2 but i always see him outside our room... better keep a sharper eye on the lookout of that guy...
i rarely even use my planner nowadays... if i write on my planner all i would see was
Monday - study
Tuesday - study
Wednesday - study
Thursday - study
Friday - study... go home to paranaque
Saturday - mall
Sunday - sleep at home, watch tv, study if i feel like it
and so on...
i dont need a planner to remind me of the things i have to do - they are all inside my head... no need reminding me
believe it or not, sometimes i wish i was an undergrad stude again...
when i was in college, i will only study when there are quizzes - not unlike now when i have to study everyday. an afternoon missed is a lot (which reminds me, i have to make up what i missed this afternoon on sunday)
when i was in college, there is no obligation for me to study my ass off... now there is
when i was in college, i live at paranaque, now i live in a dorm with two girls who like to party at night
when i was in college, i could american idol on star world everytime there is a replay, now i watch it on abc 5 once... and i cant even see the images clearly
when i was in college, i could use the computer when i wanted to, now i have to pay nitro so i could use theirs
when i was in college, i could ask for allowance without feeling guilty, now i feel guilty asking for my allowance and the rent for the dorm, i could have been earning money now, if im not an accountancy grad
and there are a lot of things i could do before that i cannot do now, but there are also a few things which i cannot do before which i can do now...
now i have made lots of friends
now i stay at the gsb office till 9 everyday
now i go home with my friend ayen (and hitch a short ride on wen's car)
now i eat dinner with my friends rather than my family
now i could study at starbucks till late at night (if i have a companion that is)
now i could sleep till 6 am and not 4 am which i do whenever i have to go to cpar from pque
now i could meals out everyday
now i eat cup noodles and bread for breakfast most of the time
now i have to wait till the end of the week before i could get my clothes washed
... and well, many other things besides.. im not telling, in case this blog gets into the wrong hands haha!
i could have gone on and on, but im sleepy. so this entry ends here
busy as a bee - Nov 25, 2005 (Multiply)
6:08 PM
i think i have said this before: this term was the busiest term i had in lasalle
and it's all my fault. i had such a great time at the ASSET seminar last term break that i felt that i need to join more seminars. wala lang. so i could learn a lot, make new friends, make my mind work overtime. there was P&G, which i did not make it pass the recruitment session coz nobody has called me for an interview - too bad, but then there are still other companies. P&G is not really my thing. i have a feeling i would end up in an auditing firm.
there was AIMS. it was tomorrow, and im kinda sad that i might not be able to come to the batch party. sayang. the batch party could have been lots of fun.
P&G brandwars. i had a good time cooking up marketing strategies. lawrence and i were kinda stumped for a while back there, but then i think the mind really works when cramming. so un. we thought of a good plan (for us, it was good), and we're keeping our fingers crossed that we can make it at least to the university finals. good thing our product was rejoice. it was a bit easy to play with rejoice since it was a "masa" brand. nothing can be too "cheap" remember, "sumusunod sa galaw mo?"
l'oreal e-strat challenge. jigs and i heard it first last saturday at the general assembly at the ateneo. there can be three in a group so we invited lawrence. we havent registered yet. i hope we remember to register before dec 1
board exams review. i have only attended 3 out of 5 days this week. i missed one day due to the department requirement (100% drive), but i missed the classes yesterday, coz well, i was suddenly filled with a sense of laziness. i stayed at home
then there were still the papers for the different subjects. when will i have the time to do them? i think this calls for absences at cpar again...
oh blah... been talking too long... i have to research for our AIMS case...
ojt, leap and p&g - Oct 11, 2005 (Multiply)
6:07 PM
my last term (hopefully) in dlsu proves to be one of the busiest terms of my collge life. not only academic-wise (my last four subjects are starting to freak me out - they are VERY hard) but also in terms of events, etc.
first, i am undergoing OJT this term - at SGV & Co., one of the biggest auditing firms in the country. although the work is not that tough, it's the time i spend at the firm im most concerned about. i mean, instead of studying, i spend 4-8 hours looking at my mates and counting the time when i could go home or go back to school. i could study, but one can not really concentrate in a working environment. and of course, there's also the fact tat i could be ushered away by my associate, and assigned to work on something - which is usually footing, filing, doing rounds, etc.
second, leap. i signed up for gourmet cooking which turned out to be more interesting than i imagined. i learned how to make pasta from scratch, and different sauces. i also re-met a guy i first met in orient3, lasaret. i have been wondering if he remembers me, and im not sure if that was him. but then he approached me and well, he remembered me, but not my name haha. i also forgot his name but then millicent knows him so there. anyway, the food was great, although i hate pesto and i got allergies from the sardines in one of the sauces. i was with dianne, apple, dyan, and wen. and other accounting majors. the speaker was ok, i guess she owns la casita, im not sure. and dyan overheard her talking to her mother in spanish. oh ang taray diba! anyway, too bad the others could not come. i love pasta!
next, there are those events at p&g. p&g was looking for new recruits where they invited only the upper 10% of the batch. i took an exam this september for procter and gamble, which thankfully, i passed.after successfully taking the exam i was invited to the p&g leadership forum last friday, where only a few of those who passed the exam were invited. then, my friend jigs and i signed up to take part of the "consumer is boss" game, which will happen on saturday. our other groupmates will be lawrence, tessa, and jen. and before i forget, there's also the marketing dinner on friday at the prince of jaipur resto at fort bonifacio in taguig. i would have to cut short my ojt for that.
on november, there will be AIMS 2005, the Ateneo Intercollegiate Marketing Seminar, which jigs, dianne and i would attend. it's such a miracle that i was accepted - i mean, i dont have that much extra-curricular stuff going on, and i dont know much about marketing. maybe i got accepted because i made my interviewer laugh about an elephant during our session.
another thing i am wondering about is how i came to be invited to the marketing dinner by p&g. they say im 1 out of 100 students who will be invited, although others are also welcome to attend. what could have been their basis for choosing the 100 students? certainly not leadership skills coz i have so zero leadership skills. well, maybe just a little, but certainly not in the ranks of jillian sze who was the one who texted me about my invite. perhaps the invites were based on the global problem-solving test. i don't know...
anyway, just a few thoughts about pinoy big brother. I LOVE SAM! he has such a nice voice - one that could have girls screaming for him in gigs. he should belong in a rock band - he is so good. cute too. nice smile, nice bod. and cute tagalog! hehe
i hope rico will be the one who will make it back to the house. i dont know him that well since i have only started watching pbb about a week after he left the house. he has not been in the house that long to start showing his true self.
too bad for bob. sometimes i think that the show is scripted, thinking of all the interesting stuff that has happened - forced eviction, voluntary eviction, two people falling in love, etc. hope they save some nice stuff for the next season.
pinoy ako, pinoy tayo - first appeared in Multiply Sept 29, 2005
6:06 PM
as many of you might recognize, my title's taken from the song "pinoy ako" by orange and lemons, for the reality show Pinoy Big Brother. im hooked.
apparently im not the only one. nung nasa antipolo ako nung ASSET, nanood muna sila ng PBB before nag-inuman. fave housemate? um, cute si sam and he has a good singing voice, pang-band. si jayson funny, translator sya ni sam who can't understand tagalog. sila lang ang ok. si uma, may gay factor cute pa naman sna. the others... no comment
im actually cherishing the start of my long weekend. my classes are T-Th-S only, then sa saturday walang mansrev ulit. ang saya, mahaba weekend ko. kaya lang i have quizzes to study for kaya wala ring pahinga. mag-start na rin pala ako ng ojt two weeks from now so medyo bilang na ang masasayang araw ko
last week i attended the recruitment sessions for procter & gamble. ok pala ang compensation nila and the working environment is great. i was not able to take the employment exam that day pero i took it naman nung saturday. i passed. yesterday i received an e-mail naman inviting me to attend the leadership forum on oct 7. ayos, excited na nga si jigs hehe... tinanong kung ano isusuot ko, syempre corporate attire. sabi ko magblazer ako para mas mukha akong kapita-pitagan. dapat siya rin, hehe... sa manila peninsula pala ung forum. astig there would be cocktails with higher management ng p&g.
kaya lang, im still thinking of joining an auditing firm. gusto ko kasi mag-audit, and then maybe go into IT auditing. who knows? pero attend pa rin ako sa p&g. sayang ang opportunity
malapit na rin pala ang LEAP, ung alternative class program sa dlsu. my friends and i enrolled sa gourmet cooking - mag-cook ng different pasta noodles and sauces. ayos, fave ko ang pasta. natawa ako dun sa inenrollan ni elmer: first aid. siguro nga magagamit nya un. nasaksak kc sya last year, a week before finals, and two weeks before christmas. na-holdap
kanina we watched game 1 of the uaap basketball finals. talo. two points lang lamang ng FEU. kaasar we led by as high as 14 points going into the 3rd quarter then nakahabol pa sila. do or die ang game 2 next week. sana manalo. kaya lang i would not be able to watch kc may quiz ako that time. science (sayang)
nakanood lang ako kanina coz college graduation and my prof at that time attended the ceremonies. nagpakita lang kami then nagpunta na kami sa chess plaza to watch dun sa sinet-up nilang projector so we can watch the game live. ang saya ng first half. good thing may class ako ng 6 pm kaya hindi namin natapos ung game. i was not there to see them lose
next time na nga ulit
my birthday - first posted in Multiply Sept 9, 2005
6:05 PM
ok, myabe this entry was a little bit too late but i still wanted to write about the great time i had on my bday last thursday
let's start sept 7, my sis and i went to divisoria. call us shopaholics since my sis just came from tutuban mall last tuesday, and i went the week before. i bought some tops which i can use for our ojt(if im assigned in the office, which i wish i would not be, and two pairs of shoes). my sis bought watches, jeans, and god knows what else. i also bought my younger brother toys so he would not get mad at us for leaving without telling him
then, i received a message from kat and apple at midnight saying that manual adjustment would be the next day. boy, saying that i was pissed off was an understatement. it's my bday and i would have to wake up early??!!! i thought about not going, but i might lose a spot at the section i wanted to transfer to so i decided to wake up at the crack of dawn the next day and have my dad drive me to school.
i arrived 640, apple came in a few minutes later. the others came past 7 am. we waited by the vice dean's office. turned out, no adjustment. "ok lang", they said. "manlilibre naman si marian eh". i went to the atm to withdraw some cash.
we went to rob manila where i treated them for brunch at sbarro. yum yum! i was with apple, dyan, dianne, katkat, omar, eric and tedd. jigs came in about half an hour after we ate so i bought him lunch as well. told us he have to take their helper to the hospital due to discomfort brought by pregnancy.
apple and dianne disappeared for a while, and then the boys. turns out they bought me a gift - a big heart shaped heart with the words happy birthday from blue magic! im so touched! thank you guys!!
then we watched a movie afterwards - the brothers grimm. omar, tedd and dianne have left after we ate. tedd has to go to up to meet up with his girlfriend, omar has to go to the congress with his dad. dianne... um, im not sure but i think she has to go to a novena or something. that's what i heard anyway.
the brothers grimm. i dont know if we're just zonked out because we woke up early for the supposed adjustment, or if our minds are not working because of the hellish term, or the movie was just plain, "malabo". i did not understand a thing and i think i fell asleep for about 10 minutes. if i had not heard eric, who is sitting beside me, say something i would not have waken up.
it's a fun birthday - although the first one i did not spend with my family. it's a far cry from the bday i spent at home last year - with sore eyes.
too bad my good friends ching, elmer, and ches were not there to celebrate the day with us. elmer disappeared after he learned that there was no adjustment. i was not able to inform ching and ches. biglaan lang kasi. i was not prepared. sa pasukan, promise
ASSET 2005 - Sept 4, 2005 (Multiply)
6:03 PM
i had one of the best weekends of my life this weekend - ASSET 2005 (Accountancy Students' Seminar and Extracurricular Training). Masaya, parang hindi seminar ang inattendan namin.
Six lang kami from DLSU - ako, jigs, karen, glai, john paul, and joel. I first met joel nung friday lang. friend sya ni jigs from AIMS, the marketing seminar. he's a psych-acctg major. he reminds me pala of my cousin, herson. kaibahan lang nila, c herson mga 10 sa gay factor, c joel, mga 2 lang. wag ka, crush ni joel ni maui taylor. obvious naman un sa phone niya - puno ng pics ni maui taylor.
akalain nyo bang makakakuha ako ng award - the early bird award, or nauna pa sa organizer award. jigs was at the venue by 430, ako naman 6, a girl named cherry was there mga 630 cguro. the organizers arrived at 7. jigs deserved the award talaga. hehe.. FYI: jigs also won the best presentor award.
my roommates were cheekee from up and angel (or angge as the badans call her) from st scho. they were great roomies. ako ang nagigising ng pinakamaaga (kahit ako ang natutulog ng pinaka-late), then gigisingin ko c cheekee so she can take a bath next. then c angel naman. fun sila kasama.
ok, serious muna. the talks. first is the IFRS talk. the new accounting standards. sorry to say pero boring po talaga ang topic. and we also knew it already. i listened during the first part, but in the end napag-usapan din namin c chocha or timy (you know what timy stands for right? if you dont, ask me na lang). then nag-TRUE LOVE (ung mga percentage eklat) ako using karen and chester. mababa lang ang percentage (to karen's relief). un, nag-true love lang kami for the rest of the speech. hindi ko kinaya na 94% compatibility ung classmate namin na guy and a certain prof (ask me na lang who they are). kakahiya dun sa speaker.
the most awaited mock board exam was next. it will serve as the elimination round for the quiz bee na ginanap nung sunday. ang sineryoso ko lang na sagutan eh ung prac1 and prac2 questions kc kakatake ko lang nung mga subjects na un. si joel na 20 mins lang nagtest after that nagtetext na siya. kinarir ko ung installments sales pero na-frustrate ako kc ndi ko makuha ung answer. hehe.. ayun, bahala na, ndi naman sya graded eh hehe
then came the team building activities. let's see if i can remember my groupmates: popoy (dlsu-araneta), jophay (psba?), marvin (san beda), kikay (psba-qc), karina (upd), chad (upd), roselle (assumption), nica (plm). nine kaming lahat.
the first tba is building the spaghetti bridge. hehe lumabas ulit ang taray factor ko. c chad and marvin kasi walang ginawa. chad kept on saying na walang mangyayari sa bridge namin, sasali na lang sya sa group 5 (we're group 4), nagkakape na lang siya sa likod and all that. si marvin naman, supervisor. sabi ko k chad, "yabang mo naman, wala ka nmng ginagawa" pero im smiling, joke style (pero jokes are half-meant hehe). si marvin naman, sabi ko, "ikaw naman maglinis" in fairness after namin magwash ng hands nakita ko naglilinis na sya.
turns out may mga roles pala. si jophay role nya magputol ng pasta, popoy's role is to make sure that the cuts were no more than 1/3 of the whole pasta. hindi na-obvious na may roles sila, c chad lang ang pinaka-obvious. so nung sharing, tinanong ko tuloy sa up-jpians if may role ba si marvin. wala raw. tawa tuloy kaming lahat. nanalo si marvin, pinaka-magaling mag-act kahit wala siyang role. san ka pa?
friday night, nagwatch muna kami ng tv - encantadia. then nanlait si glai and joel ng kung sino-sino. ang lupit ni joel lahat ng commercial nilait. then naglibot kami sa villa cristina.
my bday's on thursday na, so nanlibre ako ng beer. tig-isa kaming anim. then we joined the others sa balcony. the bedans, joe from up, marge? from letran, saka may mga pasulpot-sulpot na people. astig nung mga bedans, they bought cans of beer and chips then papamigay nila. sayang bumili pa ko hehe. astig pala, nalaman nila na bday ko on thursday so ayun, toast for my bday hehe... kainuman pala namin ung hr rep ng laya.. si sir nonoy? nga ba
funny kc introduced myself to sir nonoy as marian, but as i shook his hand i said "marian po" so he thought my surname was po. narealize ko lang kc i noticed na he was saying to himself marian po. i did not bother to correct him kc biglang may tumawag sa kin nawala na sa isip ko. cguro nagulat un when i received our early bird award kc i corrected the emcee when she pronounced my name wrong. anyway....
the next day, puyat ang mga tao. i stayed until mga 1230 lang kasi inaantok na si karen so i went with her to her room. kinatok pa nga namin ung mga rooms namin kakahiya tuloy. the others stayed daw until 230 lang kasi umambon. laugh trip
saturday ung case presentation. ok naman. speaker ng group namin si chad and jophay (who's a debater)
after all the talks and the case presentation nung saturday, nagtba ulit. the "stepping stone" we were given paper with our names on it and it will serve as our personal stepping stone. ako lang makakahawak nung akin, your groupmates can step on yours for 3 secs lng (pero nung naghihirap na ang lahat inextend nila ng 5 secs). 12 kami in the group. laugh trip ulit. pag nasira ung paper, they'll replace it with a piece of newspaper. then pag nasira ung newspaper papalitan nila ng tsinelas na lang. ang funny talaga. kulang ang time pag kinwento ko lahat. 9 pm kami nagstart. 12 na yata kami natapos
then, free time na. naginuman ulit. humingi na lang kmi nina jigs and glai ng beer from the guys. laugh trip. then toast ulit for the bday girl - ako! then pwd na magswim.
share ko pala. jigs found himself a loveteam with my roommate angel. akalain nyo, minassage ni angel si jigs sa pool. hehe sweet
nagswim sila til mga 230 cguro. i sat by the pool edge lang, kakwentuhan ko si joel, julie (from st scho) and the former up jpia president who looks a lot like nyoy volante and jigs. kaya lang umulan, so sumilong na lang kami then they shared ghost stories. si joe ang pinakaraming na-share, also si julie. scary ang story about the four corners. i think mga 330 na kami umakyat ng hotel. 4 kmi nakatulog ni angel, ung mga boys daw 530 na.
so super puyat na the next day. the talk on the board exam was super interesting, kaya ndi ako masyado inantok. then the quiz bee, dun talaga ako tinablan ng antok. the top three placers were from up. wala ngang umabot na lasallian sa top ten eh. although top 11 si john paul, i placed 12 daw and jigs 14. miracle. ndi kc namin sineryoso.
picture taking na ung last.
ndi naman obvious na i had fun. i am very thankful that i got the chance to participate. i consider myself lucky to have the company of great accounting students. i made new acquaintances, met a lot of great people, and learned a lot from the speakers. the talks about the career of a cpa helped me decide the path i could take when i graduated and passed the board exam. ASSET 2005 was an experience i will never forget.
yehey! im term away from graduation - Aug 27, 2005 (Multiply)
6:02 PM
yup yup im one term away from graduation... if all ends well, that is...
im still looking at the chance to maintain my 3.4 cgpa and graduate as cum laude... kaya lang my grades are very unpredictable this term. honorable mention ok na un..
i had fun this term.. syempre may masasaklap pa ring nangyari like our disastrous thesis... pero masaya pa rin... hang-out namin ang conserv before classes ng mwf usually to study for a conact2 exam or to copy homeworks... hindi maintindihan ni erwin kung bakit ayaw namin sa medrano mag-aral... um, let's just say ayaw namin ng environment dun - masikip, maraming tao, maingay... gusto yata namin ung kmi lang ang mag-iingay... ganun kmi sa conserv... naalala ko tuloy nung time na naglalaro kmi ng spongebob odyssey sa laptop ni katkat.. syempre puro girls, pag nahulog si spongebob sisigaw kmi.. may nag-ssshhh pa naman sa kabilang table... nagparinig ang isa sa amin, "hindi ito library ha! ang frosh na to..." well, ganun talaga pag-upperclassman na... sisiga-siga na sa mga frosh hehe
friday was our last finals day... conact2... konti lang kmi nakaaral ng maayos... maaga kmi umakyat ng room para ayusin ang aming, "cheating arrangement"... ang usapan, isusulat ko ung answers ko sa left and right sides nung questionnaire para makakakopya ung mga katabi ko. ayun, pagkatapos ng test lahat sila nag-thank you sa kin... ang laki ng pressure sa kin nun... pag bumagsak kami, patay.. uulit ng conact2... wag naman sana
after the test, balak sana namin umuwi na... pero nagyaya kumain sa yellow cab... ako, kat, ayen and wen... then dumaan si apple, mag-prov daw sila, videoke... sama kmi ni ayen...
hot mama... yun ang bagong tawag sakin ni ochie... sumunod ako sa nearby tropical kung saan dun muna sila kumain before mag-prov (si ayen umuwi muna sa dorm)... pagpasok ko ng door, si ochie biglang "ayan na si hot mama" tapos ang hot papa si omar... imaginin mo yan, bigla akong nagkaroon ng panibagong love team that night... hehe
ayun videoke time... naghahanap kmi ng bohemian rhapsody para kantahin ni ochie and ching. kaya lang wala na eh... sayang... "is this real life...." hindi nakaya ni omar nang malaman niyang kinakanta un ni ching
si ching talaga.. pinapasaya niya lagi ang buhay namin... iisipin ko lang ang mga nakakatawang events matatawa na kami...
ang saya talaga that night... too bad last term na nina ching and ochie... we'll miss you guys!
midterm week - July 4, 2005 (Multiply)
6:00 PM
before magstart ang midterm week, minabuti kong yayain ang pamilya ko para manood ng war of the worlds nung friday. good thing wala pa rin kming manser2 so i got to go home early. my mom and dad went bowling, my lil bro played at the arcade, my sis and i watched the movie. it was ok. fave ko ung first half. i was amused with the aliens - namangha ako. there was never a dull moment. kaya lang i was NOT amused with the screenplay. masyado silang bida. ung family napaka-lucky exaj na. kaasar. sobrang ndi na realistic. imagine nagsurvive buong family nya. ndi nadestroy ung car nila kahit gumuho na lahat ng bahay sa tabi. naunahan pa sya ng anak nya sa boston considering na nagpasabog ung alien and supposed to be mamamatay na ung anak nya dun. hmf pangit ng story pero ok ang effects
i love to watch movies. kahit chinese movies pinapatulan ko as long as may subtitles. pero mas gusto ko pa rin manood sa moviehouse. una, we watch out for the trailers. this month ive seen the trailer for the island about 4 times na. ok lang sana kung mukhang ok ung movie, pero ndi. i would want to see the trailer for gof, but unfortunately i havent seen it sa theater but ive seen it online. i saw the trailer for king kong. cant wait to see it sa december. hmm baka sa january na un ipalabas sa pinas dahil sa mmff. oh well... hey by that time graduate na ko! yehey!
anyway, nung saturday naman i went grocery shopping with my parents. actually, my mom and i shopped while my dad and bro watched wotw. ung sis ko nagpunta sa debut ng friend nya. masaya. maraming tao sa sm sucat. ginagawa namin ni mama iiwan namin ung cart sa isang tabi tapos magkukukuha kami ng kung anong kelangan (or ndi kelangan). i mostly got food hehe
kaasar. nagyayaya si ate jack na magswimming kaming magpipinsan. libre nya. kakauwi lang kc nya galing japan. malas ko kung kelan saturday na may exam ako dun pa nya naisipan magyayang magswimming. maiiwan ako sa bahay sa saturday kung magoovernight sila. ok lang. nandito naman ang helpers namin. wah kakainggit pa rin. sila magsswimming. ako mag-aaral. nerd
wah we had a test kanina. hirap. partnership na nga lang mukhang ibabagsak ko pa. chicken lang un sa kin dati pero kanina nahirapan ako (yabang! hehe). syempre after the test compare answers. un, magkakaiba kami ng sagot
im happy today
why?
kasi...
secret!
... - first posted June 28, 2005 (Multiply)
5:57 PM
this morning i woke up early to study for two exams today... i sacrificed busipol for conact1 which is a major subject. i ended up guessing the theory part of the busipol exam... good thing the second part is true or false... we complained about the exam afterwards then went to this new doughnut place called cello's at burgundy (right across the north gate)... we still have a few minutes left before conact1 so we ate a few doughnuts (i only ate two)... then surprise surprise! sir rocky is a no-show! we have 1 1/2 hours to ourselves... the quiz was moved to thursday instead
mas gusto ko pa sana nagtest na lang kami... c apple medyo bad trip din kc may kasabay na ung test if it would be moved on thursday... nabad trip ako kc sana nag-aral na lang ako sa busipol at hindi na ko nanghula sa test kanina
so tumambay na lang kami sa room at pinagtripan c leah... ung classrooms sa first floor have jalousie windows. binuksan ni apple ung windows then kumaway sya sa mga nagdaan. then ginawa ko nagbantay ako sa may door at sasabihin ko kung may magdadaan na guy na "crushable". pag nagdaan na magtatago kami sa sides ng windows sabay sigaw, "ung nakablue crush ni leah!" or kung ano man ang suot ng guy "ung nakajacket, hi daw sabi ni leah!". kc naman si leah napakadaming crush na ndi lahat ay kanais-nais so sya ung napagtripan namin. nakakatawa pag tumitingin na ung guy kay leah, tapos si leah naka-smile lang. minsan pag-girl, k jigs naman namin nirereto. pati iba naming classmate natatawa sa pinagagawa namin.
then we got tired of looking out for crushable guys so naglaro na lang kami. hulaan ng kung ano-ano. like, the father of chemistry, math, or accounting. or pano magluto ng caldereta sa T.H.E. (technology and home eco)... capital ng canada, afghanistan, or nepal, ano ang unang kanta ng backstreet boys, n sync, at moffatts, title ng mga lumang songs, etc. nagkantahan na lang din kami ng mga songs of our younger years like, i'll be there for you ng moffatts saka mga kanta ni aaron carter na ndi alam ni jigs
then nag-730 na, so compsy3 time na. medyo boring so nagstart kaming magdrawing, kaming 4 nina menen, jigs, and dianne (absent si elmer, nasa hospital ang father nya pumasok sya sa busipol para magtest lang) may magsstart, tapos dadagdagan, papasa-pasa. ung mga naddraw namin panay mukhang monsters or aliens. or kamukha ni cho-cha. then sina mel, mitch, dino, carl, and coco were making drawings din, so at the end of the class we compared drawings. na-cutan sila sa mga drawings namin. kaya lang parang may psychological problems na kami kasi panay nakakatakot ang naddraw namin.
the night was fun... we had a great time bonding over guys and scary drawings. sana maulit ulit
churvey ulit - June 22, 2005 (Multiply)
5:53 PM
_________your life_________> >
[*] they call me: marian> >
[*] also: morian> >
[*] sex: babae po ako...> >
> > _______right now_______> >
[*] feeling: sick...> >
[*] Listening: 3 doors down - let me go> >
[*] Doing: sa tingin mo????> >
[*] Talking to: no one> >
[*] Craving: im sick, i dont have an appetite> >
[*] thinking of: all the work waiting for me> >
[*] hating: my cold> >>
>> > _______Love_______> >
[*] love : o tapos?> >
[*] first love: FR> >
[*] love or lust?: pwd both? hahahaha.... love syempre> >
[*] true or false: true!!!> >
> > _______Miscellaneous _______> >
[*] can you swim: opcors > >> >
[*] embarrassing moment? wahahahaha ayoko nang maalala pa sila> >
[*] what are you scared of?: heights... cockraoches and rats> >
[*] do you like tomatoes?: ok lang> >
[*] how's your life: busy> >
[*] how many TVs in the house?: 5> >
[*] how many telephones?: 1> >
> > ______Your looks______> >
[*] Hair color: black> >
[*] Eye color?: black> >
[*] Height: around 5'4> >
[*] Do u wear contacts or glasses?: both pero syempre ndi sabay> >
[*] Do u have any piercings? yeah... 3 on each ear> >
> > _____Just lately______> >
[*] How are you today?: sick nga eh> >
[*] pants are you wearing? nakapajama ako... color blue> >
[*] shirt are you wearing right now?: white na pantulog> >
[*] What does your hair look like at the moment?: maayos naman... kakashower ko lang eh> > \
[*] What song are u listening to right now? travis - walkin in the sun>> >
[*] Last person you met?: um, classmates ko sa manser2> >
[*] Last conversation?: sis ko> >
[*] Last Dream you can remember: i cant remember any dream recently> >
[*] What time is it?: 20:10 pm> >
> > ______More about YOU______> >
[*] What are the last four digits of yor phone> number?: 7945> >
[*] If u were a crayon, what color would you be?: red> >
[*] What's the stupidest thing u ever did?: fall in love...>> >
[*] Where do you shop the most?: SM dept store hehe para maraming pagpipilian> >
[*] How many kids do you want to have: 3 or 4>> >
[*] Shampoo?: ivory ultra mild> >
[*] Do you have your own cellphone?: opcors> >
[*] Have you ever broken/sprained/fractured a bone?: sprain... sa pe nung 1st yr high.. katangahan>> >
[*] Who do you dream about?: sya.... > >
[*] Who do you tell your dreams to?: sister ko> >
[*] Who's the loudest friend you have?: c leah vichuaco!!!!! hands down> >
[*] Who's the quietest friend?: um, lahat kami maiingay
> > __________Have you ever___________> >
[*] Wanted to kill someone?: ung malapit pa lang....> >
[*] Broken the law?: mga "no jaywalking"... palagi... i dont use the overpass sa harap ng village namin kakapagod eh>> >
[*] Tried to kill yourself?: ndi pa naman> >
[*] Made yourself cry to get out of trouble?: i cry when im in trouble...
sleepy - June 21, 2005
5:52 PM
i have no intentions of writing in this journal but i did anyway coz i was printing a 10-page case for negotin tomorrow. here i am, a future accountant who faithfully digests cases assigned in law, reads accounting books, solves problems, and loses sleep over an exam, but still isnt sure if that's what she really wanted...
my parents fetched me from school tonight, as they do every tuesday and thursday. we always get to talk about my future career path whenever im alone in the car with them, tonight, we talked about my migration to another country
my father suggested the US primarily coz we have some relatives who live in LA. my tito arnel, papa's cousin, is also an accountant, and papa wanted me to follow in his footsteps. he said that uncle arnel would gladly help me make a living in the states. tito arnel's sister, tita emi, might take me in, in case i decided to live there. my parents said that i was their favorite pamangkin. tito arnel and tita emi used to "borrow" me from my parents when i was a baby
i said that my friend jigs might migrate to canada. my dad said that it could be a good idea. he said that accountants could easily get a visa. hmm, why not?
anyway, i think it's still too early to think about these things. i have to pass the board exam first.
(switching to taglish mode....)
kanina ung prof namin sa busipol asked us accounting majors if we're going to attend the testimonial dinner for the new cpas. we told him na ndi kmi makakapunta kc may class kmi and may exams pa. sabi ng prof namin dapat daw in the coming years makikita na nya kami sa testimonial dinner. sabi ko, "sir next year!". natawa ung mga fellow accounting majors ko. yabang ko daw... hehe eh bakit ba... positive thinker ako eh
my document has already finished printing... gtg na i have to wake up early tom to study (na naman...)
sorbey galing friendster - June 20, 2005 (Multiply)
5:48 PM
1. Last fruit na kinain mo? bakit?>avocado with milk and sugar... na-sisixth floor tuloy ako sa skul kanina
2. Last place na pinuntahan mo? ano ginawa mo?>> university mall... nag-abang ng colorum
3. Last na kausap sa phone? ano topic?>> c kitin... ung manliligaw nyang mukhang monster
4. Last na nagtext sayo? ano sabi?>> c menen... wala daw load c dianne sa smart cel nya so nagtext sya k menen gamit ang sun kaya c menen ang nagreply sa tanong ko
5. Last song na pinakinggan mo? feel mo ung song?>> stay by cueshe.. nice song
6. Last na pinagalitan mo? bakit mo pinagalitan?>> little brother kong c joshua... nag-iinarte na naman napagalitan tuloy naming lahat, pati helper namin nagalit sa kanya
7. Last person na nagalit sayo? bakit?>> tatay ko... ako naman ang nag-inarte
8. Last na ininom mo? bakit?>> water.... im thirsty eh
9. Last color ng shirt na suot mo?>> im wearing a red shirt
10. Last na ka date mo? musta naman?>> i dont go out on dates... do dates with my family count? we ate lunch out on father's day
11. Last movie na pinanood mo?>> pang-ilang beses ko nang na-encounter itong tanong na ito.... sa moviehouse batman begins... sa dvd sassy girl last week pa... sa tv swat pa rin ndi pa rin nasusundan
12. Last person na iniyakan mo?>> .....
13. Last na binili mo? satisfied?>> turon.... nagpabili kmi kay elmer bago magstart ang manser2 class... satisfied naman gutom na ko nun eh!
14. Last na fastfooD na kinainan mo? nabusog ka ba?>> nung saturday 2 pcs burger steak sa jollibee.... yeah nabusog naman
15. Last Club/Bar na pinuntahan mo?ano ginawa mo?>> ndi ako mahilig mag-club or bar... ano namang gagawin ko doon
16. Last na tinawagan mo? bakit mo sya tinawagan?>> c tricia... contact namin sa prc... sinabi nya na ok na ung hiningi naming data for our thesis! yehey!
17. Last person na nakapagpakaba sayo? Bakit?>> c papa... halos atakihin kanina sa galit k joshua
18. Last sport na nilaro mo? kailan un?>>badminton... may pa un
19. Last person na naiisip mo? bakit?>> sya.... (you know who you are)
20. Last pc game na nilaro mo? ok ba?>> grand theft auto: vice city... nung summer pa bago ko binura.... kaka-addict so binura ko when classes began
21. Last website na pinuntahan mo?>> ito????
22. Last job mo? musta sweldo?>> never worked in my life
23. Last song na nakapagpasaya sa araw mo? Bakit?>> hallelujah by bamboo.... nice song
24. Last thing na gusto mo magkaroon? Bakit?>> laptop... for thesis
25. Last thing na gusto mong gawin pero di mo magawa? Bakit?>> kausapin sya... ndi na sya nag-oonline eh
26. Last na gagawin mo before mo i close ang pc? Bakit?>> i-publish ang entry na ito at maglogout
27. Last na pinadalhan mo ng message sa friendster? bakit?>> ay... ung moderator ng jamesians connected... sabi ko "you're welcome"
ideal man - June 19, 2005 (Multiply)
5:13 PM
1. Suplado: ** supladita rin ako baka magclash kmi
2. Mr. Shades: ** wag naman ung kahit nasa loob naka-shades pa rin
3. Bad boy: ** basta sweet
4. Masculado: ** ayos lang... like christian bale ok lang hehe... wag lang parang carlos agassi na exaj na masyado
5. Guys who give flowers:** yup yup!!!6. Smiling face:**
7. Hiphop: ** ay parang ang jologs
8. Guys who ask permission b4 courting:** ayos lang
9. Has earing/s:** ok lang din...
10. Used to chew bubblegum: ** wag namang para syang goat
11. Long-hair: ** it's ok! crush ko nga down the street has hair longer than mine
12. Bald: ** ok lang din basta cute pa rin sya
13. Antipatiko: **
14. Torpe: ** i find it cute
15. Computer-games adik: ** no way
16. Basketball player: ** yup ayos lang
17. Mr. Count-my-ex's-till-you-drop: ** no no
18. Mestizo: ** yup yup yup!
19. Guys who sing well: ** wow!!! kakainlove!
20. Quiet/tame: ** ok lang din... kc im a bit loud at times...
21. Cumlaude: ** ok lang... as long as he's not intimidating... ok rin naman kahit ndi ganun kasmart as long as may sense
22. Formal: ** wag lang sobra
23. Friendly: ** yeah
24. Mr. I have an opinion about anything & everything: ** ok lang din wag lang sobra na tipong nakakainis na
25. Motorcyle guy: ** it's ok
26. Rocker: ** i love rockers! bo bice and constantine maroulis??
27. Skater boarder: ** i dont know
28. Alaskador (prankster):** hahahahaha ok na ok
29. Flirt: ** wag lang sobra
30. Mr. Campus Crush: ** ok lang basta faithful
31. bigotilyo: ** nope
32. Painter: ** ok!
33. Galante: ** why not?
34. Mr. Love Letter: ** yes yes yes
buhay Jamesian - June 19, 2005
5:11 PM
1. anong year ka grumaduate ng highschool?~~ 2002
2. saan kang school grumaduate?~~ st. james college of paranaque
3. anong section mo?~~1st year = earth~~2nd year = curie~~3rd year = cobalt~~4th year = philippians
4. May mga organizations/clubs ka bang sinalihannon?~~ 1st year = science club (nerd! leader pa ito!)~~ 2nd year = science club ulit (nerd pa rin)~~ 3rd year = publications club (circulation manager)~~ 4th year = publications club (editor-in-chief)
5. Most memorable experience nung hs?~~ marami eh... ang corny jokes time nung 4th yr (randy: sinong classmate natin ang name nya nagdedescribe din sa kanya?
kami: hmm... sino?
randy: si kylah
kami: ha? bakit...
randy: kylahki ng mata!!!
corny... pero natawa kami malaki nga ang eyes ni kylah
6. Sino ka love team mo sa hs?~~ hehe.... kung sino-sino
7.anong ginagawa mo pag-free time mo?~~ hmm... nagbubunot kmi ng kilay sa class... or nung 4th yr pupunta kmi nina randy sa canteen para bumili ng food... nung 4th yr din nauso ung paglaro namin ng aming version ng "the weakest link" at ako ang quizmaster (ginaya nga kmi ng corinthians eh) anecdote: ilan ang myembro ng grupong S Club 7? marinette: lima!!!
8.sinong pborito mong teacher?~~ marami... ms espectacion ("ndi na ko natutuwa sa inyo ii-curie")... ms lim ("hello, i-earth", "hello curie", "hello philippians", "which is which?")... mr revaula ("anyamet" --> tama kaya spelling nun, at lagi akong sinasali sa mga interschool math contests hihi)... at ang pinakafavorite: mrs martinez ("si marian, alam kong mahal ako nyan" sinabi nya un nung magmimigrate na sya... fave din ako nun hehe)
9.paborito mong subject?~~ english and math
10.san ang tambayan mo pag-tapos ng school?~~ shell, or mcdo, or burger king, or sa service
11. sino mga close frends mo sa school nung HS?~~ marami... kitin, nylene, randy, paul, dane, gene paul, tin, romina, joel, johna, venus, nung 1st yr si roanne r.
12.may naka-away ka ba sa school?~~ wahahaha oo naman... nadiscipline office na nga ako eh
13.ano sinasakyan mo papuntang skool?~~ hinahatid ako ng dad ko
14. ano mas okay? ang college or ang highschool?~~ college... mas free... mas masaya for me
15. Nakikita mo pa ba ang mga kaibigan mo nung high school?~~ oo naman... naging classmate ko c joel twice... c tin sa orient2... ung ibang lasallian kung saan-saan ko nakikita... ung mga taga-st scho madalas sa orange jeep or sa jeep na dumadaan skyway
16. Anong tawag sa'yo sa school nung hs?~~ marami... morian, mor-mor, maricon, melgy, melgs... see my home page to see all
17. Sinong crush mo sa high school mo?~~ wahahahahahaha dahil wala namang makakabasa nito na taga-hs (c dane lang cguro)... c louie... ska isang guy na nakapartner ko sa dance one time na ndi ko na maalala ang name (2nd yr pa un eh)...
18. Maganda ba ang skool mo?~~ wahahahahahaha sa harap ok naman... sa likod dati maputik saka paradahan lang ng school bus... ngayon medyo ok na
19. Anong part ng highskul mo ang gusto mong balikan?~~ pwede bang bumalik sa 1st yr?
20.popular ka ba sa school mo?~~ ayos lang... magkakakilala naman kaming lahat eh lalo na sa batch
21. Kung may chance ka na pag aralin ang anak mo sa school mo nung hs?~~ no way!!! wala na ung mga magagaling namin na teachers... nagresign sila the summer after we graduated
22. Nawala mo ba HS id mo?~~ ndi... never... nasa akin pa ung id ko nung 4th yr hehe
23. Anong subject noon ang halos tulugan mo?~~ chemistry!!!! ung teacher namin noon kinakausap ang blackboard... kami nagpapasahan ng pagkain
hay buhay - June 17, 2005 (Multiply)
5:08 PM
as im writing this entry, i am yawning my brains out (eww)... no kidding... im very sleepy but still i wanna write...
i have not slept well for this week. well, there are quizzes that i studied for, and a draft due last tuesday. yesterday (thursday) i woke up at around 430 to study for conact1. kinarir ko sya ng todo.... and i felt good kc nagmsg sya hehe... i ended up getting a 42.5/45 sa exam not bad...
i went to school the same time yesterday, around 4... wala ung 420 class ko coz we are required to attend the college graduation... nag-attendance na lang kmi pero ndi na kami talaga umakyat sa auditorium... sayang ndi ko nakongratulate si anne kahapon
un, nag-aral kmi for the quiz at 6 pm. imagine 430 am pa lang gising na ko for a quiz slated at 6 pm. talk about karir! narealize ko mas ok pag may mga kasama mag-aral. u'll benefit from each other. nakakapagtanong sila sa kin and when i explain the solution to them, mas nagsstick sa mind ko ung process. nakakapagtanong rin naman ako sa kanila
then after the test, compsy class naman. sobrang inaantok na ko sa class na un, tapos ang topic about networks. lan cables, fiber optics, switch, hub... tinatanong ko pa rin kay elmer kung anong kinalaman nila sa IT auditing. ok syempre IT nga so may computers eklat, pero hanggang ngayon intro pa rin kami. ayun, we ended up playing our own version of pictionary. kami ni elmer nagisip ng mga pahuhulaan (cartoons) tapos sina menen, jigs, and dianne ang maghuhulaan. hindi namin mapigil ang pag-snicker at medyo nahirapan din kaming magtago ng tawa. nakakatawa ang mga drawings nila. si jigs pinapahulaan ang denver the last dinosaur. nagdrawing siya ng something. sabi ni menen, casper the friendly ghost daw! hehe un pala si denver na ung dinrawing ni jigs.... dinrawing rin nila si cedie, the smurfs, the rugrats, saka si spongebob. nagdraw rin si jigs ng ghost saka closed fist (ghostfighter)... pero ndi namin nakayanan ang x-men ni jigs na mukhang voodoo dolls na may X sa dibdib
kanina naman, pumasok ako ng maaga para mangopya ng homework... eh wala rin naman din silang homework. buti na lang sinend ni mel ang answers ni mitch sa multiple choice so solutions na lang problema namin.
ndi ko rin nakayanan ang pics ni omar for the yearbook. meron silang family picture kung saan may make-up factor sya... saka niloloko na nga namin syang kamukha nya si charles ng scq, tapos sabi ni dianne kamukha naman ng brother nya si joseph bitangcol, from scq rin. sabi ko, may scq factor ang pamilya nila... tawa kami ng tawa habang nagiimbento ng solutions sa homework (forced-balancing ang nangyari) buti na lang ndi nacheckan ang hw, gagawa na lang ako on sunday
oh well, parang ndi ako inaantok sa lagay na to. may makeup class pa bukas and ive done the homework already (sinisipag). anyway, i miss him na
hodge podge - June 13, 2005 (Multiply)
5:06 PM
1. after ng class, makikita mo ko sa...? --- sa colorum, pauwi na.... or pag tues-thurs, sa kotse namin (dyos ko naman late na uwian ko tatambay pa ba ko)
2. where do you usually hang-out? --- conserv... or amphi... or library.....
3. nakatapak ka na ba ng bubble gum sa kalye?--- ay oo naman
4. last movie you saw? --- parang natanong na ito sakin dati ah... mr and mrs smith sa theater... sa dvd my crazy love.... sa tv, swat
5. most expensive object you bought with your own money? --- ah eh... pag mahal nagpapabili na ko... tulad ng celfone, harry potter books (4 and 5) na hardbound, chronicles of narnia na hardbound din
6. kung papapiliin ka: YOSI O BEER?--- um... beer?
7. they say "you are who you hang out with"??? --- anong sasagot ko dito? i usually hang out with my blockmates.... so pare-pareho kaming nerds
8. have you ever fallen in-love with a friend? --- ah no
9. what would you do if you caught your guy/girl & bestfriend sleeping together? --- wtf? world war 3!
10. any pets? what are their names?--- chuckie, tommy (nasa tita ko), kimi, snoopy, chantal, saka mga anak ni kimi (6 na pups pero ibbenta rin sila), tapos manganganak pa c chantal.... mga toy poodle silang lahat
11. may nasuntok ka na ba? --- joke na suntok lang.... sa mga friends ko na guys, ska c ches kc nanununtok un eh
12. anung sabi nung sinuntok mo? --- "aray" tapos tatawa
13. which do u prefer? jollibee or mcdo? --- mcdo... i love their fries... pero chickenwise, jollibee
14. wendy's or kfc? --- kfc (go-go sandwich)
15. ever broken someone's heart? --- i think so... my friend said he cried.... pero i dont know
16. ever had your heart broken? --- ahm... next question
19. what did u do to the person who broke your heart? --- ....
20. what's inside your pocket? --- celfone sa isa, sa kabila panali ng buhok
21. fave past time? --- maginternet, matulog, kumain, magbasa, manood ng dvd
22. biggest regret in life? --- should have fought for my first love2
3. worst experience you've been through?--- ahm.... cant think of any....
24. best place you'd rather be?--- ive been dreaming of a beautiful and peaceful place all my life... id rather be there than here
25. last time u cried? --- oh.... last term....
27. most embarassing thing u did for love?--- ah.... secret
28.u inlove right now?--- yeah
29.is someone in-love with u? --- i think so.... pero im happy naman
30.describe the kind of love for your significant someone in a song...--- i'd give up forever to touch you... you're the closest to heaven that i'll ever be
survey ulit - June 13, 2005 (Multiply)
5:03 PM
1. HOW'S LIFE TODAY? >>um, ayos lang... medyo busy... pero i still find time to relax
2. Major plans this week >> study... accounting quizzes coming up
3. THE MOVIE I'VE WATCHED MOST NUMBER OF TIMES Is... >> lord of the rings... i think ive watch the trilogy more than ten times the past 3 years
4. FIRST THING YOU THOUGHT ABOUT THIS MORNING WHEN YOU WOKE UP? >> shit! 7 na! gagawa pa ko ng paper sa busipol!!!
5. WHAT DO YOU HAVE HANDY AT YOUR BEDSIDE? >> celfone ko... ginagawa ko syang alarm eh
6. IF YOU WERE A CELL PHONE, WHICH MODEL WOULD YOU BE? >> P900... celfone ko un eh
7. what do you do when you can't sleep? >> i read... or i watch tv
8. WHAT MAKES YOU UNIQUE TO OTHERS >> i have a lot of flavorings inside that needed stirring para lumabas
9. SCHOOLS YOU'VE ATTENDED? >> ung montessori sa pasay that i attended for 5 days... st james paranaque, de la salle university
10. FAVORITE HANGOUT PLACE(S)? >> sa marilen gaerlan conservatory sa school, sa library? hehehe festival mall, glorietta, rob ermita
11. 3 THINGS YOU CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT? >> my loved ones, pc, books
12. FIRST THING YOU WILL BUY IF GIVEN ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS? >> an i-pod?
13. FAVORITE SONG WHEN YOU'RE SLEEPY? >> ndi ako nakakatulog pag may music
14. Do you know a good joke? >> pag nagjoke ako spontaneous
15. WHAT IS THE WALLPAPER ON YOUR CELLPHONE? COMPUTER? >> c spongebob sa celfone... sa pc, basta one with dragons
16. Any recent funny moment? >> nung nagtext c pinsan herson nung friday... nakasave pa sa kin ung msgs nya...
sabi nya: "alam mO b 3rd tym n ngaun n nLpitan me ng bugaw. Muka b kOng hayOk?"
sabi ko: "bwahahahaha is that a trick question? mukha ka naman talagang hayok! hehe bugaw ng alin? babae o lalaki? malamang lalaki."
herson: "ung dun sa my rotonda, cyempre babe un noh! hehe bruha ka talaga"
ako: "ndi naoobvious na ndi babae ang gus2 mo? hahahahahahaha"
herson: "hay nako nxt tym lapitan nya ko, ssbhin ko, e ikaw pwede? para tantanan na ko db?"
pinabasa ko sa kapatid tawa kami nang tawa... sabi ni mama mukha naman kcng siga c herson kaya napagkakamalang hayok
17. NAME ONE PRETTY WEIRD BEHAVIOR THAT YOU START DOING WHEN YOU'RE FALLING FOR SOMEONE >> um, i smile and stare into space
18. MOST RECENT MOVIE THAT YOU WATCHED? >> sa moviehouse, mr & mrs smith... sa dvd, i watched my sassy girl for the 2nd time yesterday
19. GiVE ONE WORD THAT BEST DESCRiBES WHAT YOU'RE FEELING NOW... >> kabado.... baka ndi namin matapos ung paper... may thesis pa
20. STUCK ON A DESERT ISLAND & COULD HAVE ONLY ONE KIND OF FOOD FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE, WHAT WOULD IT BE? >> my mom's spaghetti with a lot of cheese
21. FAVORITE T.V. COMMERCIAL? >> rexona with parokya ni edgar
22. What's your favorite time of day? >> nighttime just before sleeping
23. FIRST THING YOU'LL SAVE IN A FIRE? >> my accounting books!!! ndi pa sila pwd masunog magrereview pa ko sa board exams!
24. YOUR EYE COLOR? >> black i think
25. Have you ever witnessed something supernatural? >> nakaramdam lang
26. WHAT DID YOU WANNA BE WHEN YOU WERE A KID? >> doctor hanggang 4th yr hs... then i took up accounting
27. WHAT DO YOU USUALLY DO WHEN THE CLOCK TURNS 7 AM? >> if im already awake.. kakain ng breakfast
28. DO YOU KNOW A FUNNY, YET SWEET SONG LINE? >> i agree with cams... ung sa grow old with you
29. WHAT WILL YOU DO WHEN A PERSON BREAKS UP WiTH YOU AFTER ONE DAY? >> cry?
30. Finally, do you want a million dollars or love? >> can i have both? joke hehehe... love because love cannot be bought even by a million dollars....
bad hair day / star sighting - June 12, 2005 (Multiply)
5:01 PM
yesterday my sister and i went mall-hopping sa makati. sa greenbelt kmi binaba nung shuttle. from there we went to glorietta to eat lunch. then we went to sm. mas gusto ko kasi mag-shopping sa sm lalo na if i dont have a particular item or store in mind. i ended up buying a pair of capri pants, two shirts, ska um, panties. hehe... i would have bought more had i not thought of all the accounting reviewers i have to save up for...
balak pa nga namin maglandmark kaya lang kapos kami sa oras kc may pupuntahan pang party ung sis ko. ayun umuwi kami then hinatid sya... then naisipan kong magpagupit...
yes, haircut. i just had a haircut last april, then before magstart ang classes nag-pahairspa ako. ewan ko, bigla kong nafeel na magpaikli ng hair
if there's one thing i was vain about, it's my hair. i used to visit a salon once every four months or so. i used to sport really short hair, then naisipan kong pahabain. i didnt visit a salon for about a year until mga february this year, pero pina-style ko lang para mahaba pa rin. nung april pinapantay ko ung layers, pero medyo mahaba pa rin. ngayon, pinaiklian ko na, pero ndi naman kasing-ikli tulad nung mga frosh days
pero i didnt like it. i liked it at first, syempre maganda ang pag-blower sa parlor kaya i came out happy. then kaninang umaga parang napangitan ako. i missed my long hair. it would take months or even years (pag biglang bumagal ang paghaba ng hair ko) to get my hair sa pinakarurok ng kanyang kahabaan
i dont know why i love to mess around with my hair. haircut, hairspa. alaga rin yan sa conditioner. naalala ko tuloy nagpagupit ako ng hair a week before the junior prom. nagtataka ung bakla. dapat daw palagpasin ko muna ung prom para maganda buhok ko that day. ewan ko ba, basta mafeel ko, magpapagupit ako
anyway, nagdalawang-isip pa ko yesterday, kasi tinanong nung nagshshampoo kung rebonded ang hair ko. sabi ko ndi, natural yan hehe... ndi ko sinabi nagpahairspa ako three weeks ago, pero ndi na nya kelangan malaman un
wah i miss my long hair. pero at least pag naggrad ako medyo mahaba na sya, kaya lang sobrang ndi ko na kamukha ung nsa grad pic ko, taken last year
bakit nga kaya im passionate about my hair? well, there's the fact that my hair kept falling out for a year or so after i was hospitalized due to dengue a few years back (i think i was 17 then). i started to take better care of my hair. i used a mild shampoo and conditioner everyday. i would not let my mom color my hair anymore. saka mas madalas na kong magsuklay ngayon. kung dati nagsusuklay lang ako pagkaligo, ngayon may baon na kong suklay hehe
ndi ko naman pwdng pagtripan ang mukha ko. i have sensitive skin - i could not wear makeup for more than a few hours (nung prom nga nangangati na ang face ko ndi pa ko tapos magspeech, and my speech was in the first part of the program) . lip and cheek stain lang ng body shop ang pwd sa kin because it's liquid-based
at mataba ako, so ndi ko pwdng pagtripan ang katawan ko. wala nga akong time mag-exercise eh... saka im tamad hehe... im happy naman eh...
i guess all of us have our inner kalandians. ndi nga obvious na vain ako sa hair ko
anyway, my siblings and i watched mr. and mrs. smith this afternoon sa festival mall. i think the movie is ok, with great fight scenes. i was unsatisfied with the ending though. it would have ended with a twist or something. i was kinda looking for an unexpected ending, like one of them would die or something. the thing about them being the targets and adam brody as the bait is something i have already expected, so it does not count as a twist. but still, it's well worth my P120 and 2 hours of what should have been shopping time. brad pitt? crush ko sya since i saw him sa interview with the vampire hehe... then he married jennifer aniston, nawala na ang crush ko sa kanya even if he's single again
haha we saw claudine barretto sa mall. she's pretty, loaded with lots of makeup, and has an entourage of about 50 people. it seemed like all the security guards of the mall acted as "hawi boys" and a lot of claudine fans have followed her every move in the mall. i was like, sitting at auntie anne's enjoying a pretzel with my brother when my sister exclaimed, "ate si claudine!". i said, "picturan mo dali!" sumunod naman sya. kinuha nya ung fone nya (SGH D-500) then she joined the mob of people at timex opposite auntie anne's. endorser si claudine nun. my sis failed to take a picture though, kahit may zoom and flash ung camera ng fone nya. then after a few minutes, dumaan sila sa harap namin then umakyat sila ng escalator. i had a good view coz i was facing the escalator.
ayun, kumakaway siya sa mga tao. if i was not holding a pretzel in one hand i could have shot a picture. lumalabas tuloy ang pagka-showbiz ko hehe
anyway, im still sad about my hair!
windstruck and my sassy girl - June 9, 2005 (Multiply)
5:00 PM
i have always been a movie fan. however, i love chinese movies the best. even though their storylines are kinda shallow, i still love them. there are pinoy movies that are like that, but what i love about chinese movies is that i dont know who the actors are - what movies they have starred in, their personal lives, gossip, etc. i mean, take the hong kong movie love on a diet for instance and put pinoy actors in it. somehow i cant imagine the overweight heroine being played by a fattened heart evangelista or judy ann santos while the overweight hero is being played by a fattened piolo pascual or geoff eigenmann (who is chubby, but not a good actor). i would not want to watch it if that happens. heck, it has been a long time since i've seen a local movie in a moviehouse
the current rage around here is koreanovelas. that's what they call korean tv dramas. the taiwanese drama meteor garden started the asianovela craze back in 2003. i loved meteor garden. i've also watched the korean comedy-drama lovers in paris. aside from those two, no other tv drama got me hooked
our cable service provider does not offer the channel star mandarin, wherein i watch hong kong movies before. i turned to the arirang channel to have my fix of korean movies instead
my friends recommended the movie my sassy girl. i bought a pirated dvd (yes, pirated, so sue me). the movie is funny. it stars the pretty ji-hyun jun (for whom ches could give up her femininity...hehe). kyun-woo is a college student who met a drunk girl (played by ji-hyun) in a train. the girl vomited and called him "honey", in which case kyun-woo has no choice but to help her. unexpected events made the pair closer to each other, but time came when they have to part ways. the ending is still worth it. romantic with a touch of fantasy, my sassy girl is one of the best romantic comedies i have seen in a while. the "girl" has a violent, yet playful and charming side. the guy who plays kyun-woo was not very attractive, but his cute faces and antics could make a girl sigh...
anyway, i heard hollywood is making a remake. violent reaction: not another remake reminiscent of ringu or ju-on
most people i know loved MSG better than windstruck, but i think otherwise. windstruck also stars ji-hyun jun. she plays a pretty but violent cop, officer kyung-jin yeo. she met a physics teacher named myung-woo in a case of mistaken identity. they went through a lot together, but time came when myung-woo has to leave her. he died while trying to help kyung-jin catch a criminal. he came back as the wind, always to be there for her until the 48th day after his death when he has to leave her forever. kyung-jin tried to end her life lots of times, first by taking a drug, then by jumping off a building. she failed on both suicide attempts, and instead tried to get herself killed while on police duty. it's tragic, the way kyung-jin has not really showed myung-woo how much she loves him, and she kept on blaming herself about his death. it broke my heart when myung-woo died in kyung-jin's arms.
still the movie ended in a good way, but not in the way i wanted it to be.
i guess what made me get hooked on movies from other asian countries is the way they are made. they may have a common storyline, but the use of scenery and music made the film more enchanting.
it is better to watch asian movies in their original languages. i think the use of dubbing ruins the actors' emotions and use of dialogue. you better read those subtitles fast though
my mind's tired - June 8, 2005 (Multiply)
4:57 PM
i went to school early today to study. usually im not a fan of group studying kc maiingay sila! hehe pati ako pala! ndi nauubusan ng pagkkwentuhan. masaya naman kahit kulang na lang sumpain namin ang accounting sa hirap
ndi naman namin nagamit ang OT (old test) kc medyo maraming mali tapos ndi nakasulat ung tamang sagot. syempre mahirap un aralin
pag ndi masagutan ung problem, shift na ang nasa isip namin. kaya lang, 2 terms na lang ako konting tiis na lang, sabi nga ni dyan. tapos pagnagreview sa board exams mas maraming tiis pa un. pag nagwork na, super raming tiis na.
kwentuhan pa rin ng kwentuhan. tapos si jigs panay ang pagkanta ng "J-O-Y joy in my heart, deep, deep down in my heart" ako raw ang nagstart kaya sya na-LSS. the nerve! sya kaya ang nauna, na-LSS lang ako haha
napagod na ang utak ko kaka-solve ng accounting problems. almost 60 problems cguro ung nasagutan ko. tapos ang test 15 problems lang. syempre iba-iba kami ng sagot so ndi namin masabi kung cno ang tatama. wah kakapagod. parang midterms na ang inaaral namin kanina sa sobrang sipag namin mag-aral
dumating ako ng school ng mga 830. tapos mga bandang 1 ayawan na. nagkwentuhan ulit kami. c omar nagkwento tungkol sa mga feud ng mga pamilyang muslim na nauwi sa isang madugong labanan sa isang kasalan kung saan sangkot ang dalawang sultan. ndi ko na nasundan ang kwento nya. basta tragic ending. ung ikinasal daw ndi pa rin naghohoneymoon, eh last yr pa sila kinasal. masaklap
saka pala nagreminisce ulit kami ng mga frosh days namin. ung pe class lalo. ung swimming class na ndi pa kami magkakakilala eh nakapagswimsuit na kami. saka ung prof namin dun may crush k charmaine. ung sa pedance namin, ung prof namin dun na may damit na parang pang-girl scout na pinagalitan c genie dahil pumasok sya na may sore eyes ("manghahawa ka pa!") at walang pakundangan sa mga nalalate at may crush naman k omar. at ung volleyball kung saan sobrang ang bano ko. sabi magshorts daw, tapos madaming nagreact, ayaw daw nila magshorts pero kung iisipin mo ay nakapag-swimsuit na nga kmi dati eh.
kung kelan mabagyo saka kmi nagswimming sa pe. kung kelan magsusummer ska kmi nag pe na volleyball. o db ang saya saya. kung kelan malamig saka kmi nagbabad sa pool. kung kelan mainit, pawisan naman
wala na naman akong masabing matino. wala kasi akong magawa eh
Song of the Day: J-O-Y, joy in my heart.... (LSS)
Color of the Day: blue and yellow.... color ng blouse ko kanina na colors rin ng santugon na sinusuportahan ko (dapat lang, baka sabunutan ako ni gelo kung hindi hehe)
survey na nakuha ko sa friendster - June 8, 2005 (Multiply)
4:54 PM
1. cake? -= blueberry cheesecake
2. beverage? -= iced tea, sago't gulaman (pero ndi ko pinalalagyan ng gulaman)
3. ice cream?-= vanilla lang solb na ko
3. drink?-= um, anong difference nya sa number 2?
4. cartoon character?-= spongebob saka ung bear na friend nila
5. anime character?-= kenshin himura... saka c sailor mercury hehe
6. color? isa lang...-= red
7. saint? isa lang...-= st john baptist de la salle (tihee)
8. movie? isa lang...-= the goonies!!!
9. cat?-= ung pinakaunahan naming pusa - c nikki
10. dog?-= c tommy!!!!
11. mtv? isa lang...-= ndi ako mahilig manood ng mtv
12. local singer? isa lang...-= pwd bang band? parokya ni edgar
13. food? isa lang..-= spaghetti ni mama
14. song? isa lang..-= iris (goo goo dolls)
15. tv program? isa lang..-= american idol
16. word? -= grabe...
17. day?-= friday
18. street?-= onyx... ang aming street
19. shoes?-= ung shoes ko na parang ballet slippers na laging hinihiram ni mama
20. actor? isa lang...-= cute si orlando bloom as legolas... un lang
21. actress?-= nicole kidman
22. commercial?= ung sa rexona... with parokya kc eh
23. expression?-= ows? really? talaga?
24. diskette?-= wahahahaha malay ko ba
25. mall?-= festival sa alabang... dun madalas magbowling parents ko eh
26. song sa walt disney?-= the distance... sa hercules un
27. song sa warner brothers?-= ay... wala akong alam
28. vj?-= ndi nga ako mahilig manood ng mtv eh
29. ballpen?-= dong-a mygel pen na 0.5... saka faster
30. flower?-= roses
31. shampoo?-= ivory ultra mild... naglalagas ako buhok after kong magkadengue
32. sabong panlaba?-= anak ng....! pati ba naman! surf!
33. gay?-= c gelo, c pinsan herson, saka c kyan douglas (ng queer eye)
34. novelty song?-= kikay... kc sinayaw namin un dati
35. star struck idol?-= i dont watch star struck... o cge, c cj muere... kilala kc ni mama parents nya (kalaro nya sa bowling)
36. scq idol?-= hero angeles... fyi: kala ni mama fan ako ni joross gamboa! nagfefeeling na ung lalaking un, bigyan ba naman ako ng nanay nya ng autographed pic
37. star struck kid? -= i dont watch star struck nga
38. scq kid?-= c aaron!!!! chubby-chubby nun!
39. battery?-= weh...
40. chocolate?-= i dont like chocolate that much
i'd rather be green than be blue - June 6, 2005 (Multiply)
4:50 PM
naaaliw pa rin ako sa song na ito. i first heard it during compsy1 class - ung isang group gumawa ng presentation about the whole class... i also heard it the afternoon before the animo party (nanalo lasalle sa basketball uaap!) which i was not able to attend because i have a dentist appointment (tatanggalin ang wisdom tooth ko nun)
anyway, post ko lang ung lyrics which i got from a blog of a person named eve (thanks!!)
I'd Rather Be Green Than Be Blue (The La Sallista Song)
Kamusta na mga 'tol, kapwa kong LaSallista
Year 2000 na, di ka rin nag-iba
Magaling gumalaw, bolero nga naman
Nguni't bilib ako sa layo nang iyong narating.
Di gaya nang iba, satsat lang nang satsat
Pagdating sa basketbol wala namang binatbat
Dribble nang dribble di naman maka-shoot
Sa strike lang ni Paeng buhok nila'y kukuloooot
If I were to live my whole life again,
I'd still want to be a LaSallista pa rin
Bayaran mana ako, I will still say to you
I'd rather be green than be blue
Mahirap daw magmahal nang syota nang iba
Yan ang sabi sa awitin nang tatlong matanda
Megastar, boldstar, star for all seasons
LaSallista lang pala ang hinahanap nila
Kawawa naman ang mga iba diyan
Nagdudunong-dunungan, di naman yumayaman
Manager, chairman, presidente daw sila
Nguni't LaSallista ang mayari nang kumpanya
(Chorus)
Wag mo 'kong subukan, that's what Erap said
Di naman siya uurungan ni Ms. Gorayeb
Mga loyalista, daldal nang daldal
Wag kang magtataka kung bakit - binaril si Rizal!
Ano, binaril? Bakit? Eh Atenista eh...
Mestiso man o hindi, pandak man o kirat
Pagdating sa entertainment, LaSallista ang lahat
Beauty queen, model, napapalingon
Nguni't LaSallista lang pala ang hinahanap nila
Si Gary, si Randy, at si mega-Mel
Ilan lang sa madaming LaSallistang sikat
Si Michael De Mesa, si Cocoy Laurel
Pati na si Ogie at si Juan Miguel
(Chorus)
i have an mp3 which i play time and again
kaeklatan lang - June 6, 2005 (Multiply)
4:49 PM
Akala ng marami, mabait akong bata. Ung tipong walang kalokohan sa buhay. Sa loob ng dalawang taon sa kinder, anim na taon sa elementarya, apat na taon sa high school, at tatlong taon sa kolehiyo, isang beses pa lang ako na-discipline office (hindi ko na ikkwento kung bakit). bihira rin akong ma-late. Aabsent ako pag kelangan lang. never rin akong nag-cutting. Pinakamatagal ko na atang pagka-absent ay nung na-ospital ako dahil sa dengue nung 1st year college.
Kunwari lang ako mabait. Syempre may naiitatago rin akong kalokohan. Syempre, boring naman ng masyadong mabait, daba?
Nangongopya at nagpapakopya ako. Pero mas madalas akong magpakopya tuwing tests. Ndi ko na-master ang art ng paghingi ng answers sa katabi ko. Na-master ko ang pagbibigay ng sagot. Naalala ko tuloy ung friend ko nung 2nd yr hs. Ndi ko naintindihan ung tinatanong nya
Tin: “Marian, test II, number 2”
Ako: “Ano?”
Tin: “Test II, number 2”
Ako: “Ano ulit?”
Tin: “Test II, number TWO!”
Napalakas ang pagsabi nya ng two! Napatingin sa amin ung teacher namin.
Tin (singing): “Two, you’re like a dream come true…”
Kinanta na lang ni Tin ung lyrics ng Back at One ni Brian McKnight na sikat nung mga panahong iyon. Ayos, lusot pa rin kahit nakatawag-pansin sya sa buong class at tinignan sya ng teacher ng masama.
May iba-iba rin kaming technique nung high school. May mga handsigns, footsigns, pen signs, etc. Pinakasikat pa rin ung nagpapasahan ng calculator na may alpha function. Namaster ko ang sci cal ni randy noon kaka-encode ng mga sagot sa multiple choice at true or false sa calcu nya.
Narealize ko rin na pwede pala na mas mataas pa ang makukuha ng nangopya kesa sa nagpakopya. Nangopya ako dati k randy pero mas mataas pa nakuha ko sa kanya. Si jim naman dati ginaya ang project ko sa basic electricity na pinagawa ko sa mama ko. Nagpagawa rin sya sa mama nya. Nakuha ko sa project ko, 95. Si jim, naka-100. Exempted sya sa mastery test. Ako plus 10 lang.
Dati akala nila conservative ako. Well, ndi naman masyado. May alam din ako about the birds and the bees. Syempre ndi ko naman pinangangalandakan ito sa buong mundo. Sabi ng pinsan kong si herson (0.5 un) sa testimonial nya sa kin sa friendster ay may pagka-green minded ako. The nerve! Hehe well, madalas kasi kaming magpalitan ng green jokes. Ibig sabihin, sya rin! Aaminin ko, nakapanood na rin naman ako ng “hindi wholesome” na movies. It doesn’t hurt to know about these things. Syempre, there should be a story naman sa movie, ndi ung puro “un” na lang. Hehe “y tu mama tambien” “sex and lucia” ahem, kanino ko nahiram ung mga un ha?
I remember, ako pa nga ang nagprisinta na maging sex therapist sa panel discussion namin. Wala lang. Intellectual naman un eh. Maiba naman
Ano pa ba? Nainom rin ako pag may okasyon. Alam ng magulang ko yan. Pag may party iinom kami syempre. Pero may control naman ako sa sarili ko. Saka ang mga kaibigan ko ung tipong ndi wild. Dyos ko naman, kami ng mga high school friends ko magkaklase na since elem. Kami naman lagi ang classmate sa star section since sinaunang panahon pa may nadadagdag lang or nababawas. Wala rin naman sa min ang nalalasing ng todo kung meron man, ihahatid ng mga boys. Last year pa pala ang huli kong pag-inom. Sa mga college friends ko naman, walang naghohost ng party na may inuman.
Tinanong ko pala ang mama ko kung pwede akong magsmoke. Sabi nya ayos lang. sya pa daw magtuturo sa kin kesa sa iba pa ako matututo. Akalain mo yun? Ung ibang magulang bawal inom, bawal sigarilyo. Sa magulang ko, ayos lang. kesa nga naman magrebelde kami no. Kunsabagay, nagssmoke si mama eh. kahit anong gawin namin ndi na mapipigilan un. Pero wala pa (take note, wala pa) naman akong balak magstart magsmoke. Sabi ni randy dati, ung mama nya nagstart magsmoke while reviewing for the cpa board exams. Kung ganun, hihintayin ko na lang na dumating ako sa point na sobrang pressure, magssmoke na ko.
Ano pa ba? Wala na kong maisip. Boring noh? Un lang. hehe… mag-iisip pa ko. Dagdagan ko na lang next time.
Word of the day: fraudulent….. pronounced as “Frodo-lent” by the prof…. Wala lang… namention kc sa law kanina, naalala ko tuloy nung audprin days – fraud and error in auditing ung topic. sabi nung classmate ko, dapat daw iconsider maigi ung “Frodo-lent” transactions at wag hayaan na maging “hobbit” (habit). La lang. natawa kami noon.
Song of the day: Angels Brought Me Here – kahit kaninong version… LSS ko last week pa…
Color of the day: Green – same na naman kami ng color ng shirt nina kat and dyan kanina… as the song goes…. “I’d rather be green than be blue” à so true!!!
