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!!!
weekend yehey! - originally posted in Multiply July 4, 2005
4:48 PM
last night i watched the movie "love actually". actually hehe im not fond of watching love stories. first time akong kinilig k san cai (tama ba spelling?) at dao ming si ng meteor garden. dao's my type of guy kasi. bad boy na sweet. meteor garden lang ang natatanging chinovela na sinubaybayan ko not only because i was stuck that summer with chicken pox pero gusto ko talaga ang ka-sweetan ni dao ming si.
kanina nagpunta ako ng school kc may make-up class daw. pagdating ko sa room may ibang tao. muntik na akong pumasok. then nakita ko c abby saka c dino. may class daw nung ganoong oras ang prof namin so baka wala nang makeup class. so pinuntahan namin ung room nya. nung una nagtuturuan pa kami kung cno ang kakatok sa pinto. kakahiya naman kc nagddiscuss pa sya. nagpapansin na nga kmi sa labas ng pinto. it worked - sa mga students nya. pero ndi pa rin nya napapansin. hanggang sa sinenyasan ko na lang ung kakilala ko na student nya.
un pala walang makeup class. inerase nya ung una nyang sinulat. bad trip. sayang pamasahe ko. sayang din sana natulog pa ko. pero kakatawa si abby pinicturan ung prof namin. cute kc. sya ung long-haired prof na sinasabi ko. at sakto nakalugay sya. ang ganda ng hair, mas maganda pa sa kin. pinasend ko k abby via bluetooth ung pic hehe
instantly nagkaroon ako ng bagong crush. iniisip nila crush ko o cge crush ko na. bumalik kming 3 sa classroom na dapat sana ay pagdadausan ng aming makeup class at nakita namin ung iba naming classmate. pupuntahan daw nila c sir. sabi ko sasama ulit ako. bakit, sabi ni dino. sabi ko na lang, kc gusto kong makita c sir. tawa nang tawa c dino tapos tinanong ni vensim kung bakit. sinabi ni dino na sasama daw ako dahil un nga, gusto kong makita c sir. tinanong tuloy ni vensim kung type ko c sir, oo na lang ako, then quiet sign. sabi ni dino ma-appeal talaga ang bad boys na medyo computer eklat. goody-two-shoes c toge (dati naming prof) so ndi mattypan ng student ndi katulad ni prof ngayon
actually dun din ako dadaan sa direction na un kaya sasabay na lang ako. then tumawag c dianne sisiguraduhin na wala ngang class so kinonfirm ko na lang. pero cute nga ung prof hahaha
so umuwi na lang ako. then niyaya ko na lang ang sis ko na magshopping. punta kmi southmall kung saan nakipagsiksikan kami sa mga taong bumibili ng gamit pang-school. kahit shoes ang hirap bumili kc puro mga mag-iina na bumibili ng school shoes. pansin ko ang gaganda na ng mga school shoes ngayon ndi katulad nung panahon namin.
i miss high school tuloy. these are the things i miss most about my high school life:
1. ang pananabla, jokes, katuwaan - past time na ito nung high school. ang pinaka-usong panabla noon ang "ang lakas mo" every time na may nag-uusap and may unfortunate na mapatingin or makikinig or makikisingit sa usapan. naalala ko tuloy nung 4th yr kung kelan nakasara ung door ng classroom dahil bukas ang aircon. walang teacher na dumarating kc gawaan ng grades time. labas-pasok ako ng room noon. every time na papasok ako hihinto ang lahat ng usapan at titingin sila sa pinto na animo'y guilty. tatawa na lang ako at may magsasabing "ang lakas mo, marian". sabay-sabay sila. ang funny
at syempre, ndi rin mawawala ang corny jokes na hango sa mga pangalan ng teachers at schoolmates
2. service - namimiss ko na ang pagsakay sa bulok na school service ni tito narcing (grade 4 to mid 2nd yr hs) at ni kuya dang (mid 2nd year to mid 3rd yr). pwesto ko sa dalawang service na ito ang sa tabi ng driver. kasabay ko ang mga batang makukulit at amoy-pawis. syempre bubuksan ko ang bintana para makahinga ako. ndi rin mawawala ang pangungutang naming magkakaservice sa isa't-isa. naalala ko tuloy ung kaservice ko na taga-buhat ng kapatid ko ng bag nya, at ang kapalit ay libre sa treats (convenience store sa petron sa harap ng school)
3. select - ito ang convenience store ng shell na katabi naman ng petron na kaharap ng st james. minsan sumasama akong tumambay dito kasama sina randy, daniel, nylene, chi-chi, mappy, gene paul at kung sino-sino pa. kakain kami ng instant yakisoba at pearl shake at chips. nakasabay ko pala ulit si daniel ("ang lakas naman!") sa shuttle nung friday. nung nagdaan ang van sa may select parang gusto naming bumaba kaya lang mas masaya kung marami kami, parang nung hs. sabi ko isabay namin next time c nylene na 440 rin ang uwian para masaya
4. contests - namiss ko na rin ang pagsali namin sa mga contest. syempre pag math contest panalo lagi si daniel. pag speech si joel, jeffrey and randy. pag dancing, batch namin. pag kickball, batch din namin lagi. pag spelling si viva (sabit lang ako dati, by pair kc, ako ung isa so may medal na rin ako). pag kelangan ng reps for math contest sa ibang school, ako, cna daniel, gene paul at uly ang pinapadala. naalala ko tuloy dati may elimination for a math contest. dapat kaming apat ang magtatake ng test. tapos biglang wala c gene paul nasa tondo pa sa morning nung test. panic attack c sir nats. naisip naming tawagan c dan. ayun nakapunta si dan. kming 3 naka-uniform. c dan nakapambahay
5. teachers - "hello, I-earth" ito ang fave line ni ms lim tuwing walang gustong magrecite nung 1st yr pa kami. naging "hello, curie" to nung 2nd year, at "hello, philippians" nung 4th yr (ndi namin sya teacher nung 3rd yr). isa pang linya nya ang "which is which" kung saan sasagot kmi, "sandwich". she's not amused
wala na ang mga dati kong teachers sa jame. nagresign silang lahat the summer after we graduated kc wala daw silang sweldo and benefits. puro bago ang mga teachers ngayon. wala na rin kaming babalikan sa jame.
anyway... hanggang dito na lang. mahapdi na talaga ang left eye ko. i dont mean to gross you out pero ang pula ng left eye ko at nagluluha. every time na tinatanggal ko ang contacts ko this will happen. well, magsasalamin na lang ako kesa mainfect ang eyes ko.
o sha, till next time!
things i dont wanna forget about my 3rd year - first posted in Multiply June 2, 2005
4:46 PM
i just remembered... 4th yr na ko!!! i feel so old. ang mga nakakasabay ko sa shuttle mga frosh or sophs. 2 terms na lang ang nalalabi ko sa dlsu (hopefully)
sa kinatagal-tagal ko sa skul, may ibang lugar pa rin akong ndi na-eexplore. tulad ng science and research center (nga ba un?) basta ung building kung saan nandun ang bandroom ng pops orchestra. at ang sports complex. so far ang napupuntahan ko pa lang ay ang swimming pool (kung saan dinesplay ko ang aking fats wearing a swimsuit for PE class), 2nd floor (to eat sa La Casita), 7th floor (volleyball), 8th floor (PE dance) at ang 9th floor (kung saan tumambay kami during frosh days to see the basketball players).
syempre pinakamahirap na year ay ang nakaraang 3rd year. afternoon nagsstart ang class, then late na ko nakakauwi. antukin pa naman ako sa hapon, so nahirapan akong mag-adjust nun. kung pwd nga lang, 7-12 nn na lang ang klases.
pero, gaano man kahirap ang 3rd yr, syempre maraming pangyayaring masarap balik-balikan...
1st term (may to august)
1. compsy1 - syempre ndi ko ito makakalimutan. marami akong nakilalang fellow acctg majors dito. first time rin ako nakawork with a very diverse group. as in wala akong kilala. we had a great time doin our project though. nakapunta pa ko ng reyes haircutters somewhere sa manila with russell, jo, leah a., hershey at kristine c.. at nakapaglakad ng malayo dahil inatake ng kakuriputan c jo (chinese kc) at nakakita ng maraming hayop. ndi ko pa rin alam kung saan ako dinala nung mg un, pero enjoy pa rin. sb ng aming prof ay nagulat sya dahil akala nya sobrang serious ako, then he saw me dancing the "sayaw kikay". umawit kmi ng song about reyes haircutters gamit ang rhythm ng "kikay". kahihiyan, pero ndi naman un ang unang kahihiyahan na ginawa ko for a project (remember the apron for marketing class?)
2. finals day sa partcor - ndi ko maexplain ang hirap ko sa subject na to. sobrang kelangan ko ng 80 sa final exam para maka-80 sa course card para maka-2.0 (passing grade ng law subj). buti na nga lang at bumagyo at ndi natuloy ang finals at na-move ito. nanlibre na lang c ching ng lunch at nanood kmi ng princess diaries 2 sa rob manila (kahit nabagyo lakwatsa pa rin). buti na lang at nakauwi kmi ni katkat ng maayos. nakapag-aral pa ko ng mabuti sa partcor at nakakuha ako ng 79 sa finals. mabait ang prof at pinasa pa nya ko.
3. finama2 - sleeping, daydreaming,at FLAMES time. kaming 3 lang nina menen at dianne ang magclassmate sa subject na ito at ang iba'y ndi na namin kilala. sa likod kami nakaupo noon at ang hina ng boses ng prof. wala kaming ginawa kundi magkopya ng notes, matulog, at mag-FLAMES. ndi na mabilang na guys ang nabiktima ng FLAMES namin. pati friends namin sinasali namin
4. break bago mag-compsy - mayroon kaming break bago mag-compsy. kasama ko dito sa break na ito cna menen, chester, tedd, eric, elmer, omar, erwin, at si ching (na ndi naman nagcocompsy, law subject sya). kakain kmi, madalas sa kfc (muslim si omar at chicken lang ang nais kainin). then punta sa conserv at mag-aattempt mag-aral. pero madalas magkkwentuhan lang kmi nina menen and ching. ndi ko makakalimutan ung time na ginamit ni menen ang isa nyang sim card at tinext namin si chester kung gusto nyang makipag-textmate. ang mean namin, pero that time natatawa pa kami. buti na lang at ndi nalaman ni chester na kami ung nagttxt sa kanya noon.
Trimestral break (first week ng september)
1. nagswimming kami ng family ko kc bday ko that week... pero ndi ako nag-swim masyado kc baka mangitim ako... kung alam ko lang kung ano mangyayari after that eh di sana ndi na ko sumama
2. my bday (Sept 8) - wla lang... nagpabili lang ako ng blueberry cheesecake (fave cake ko) at nagstay sa bahay. bakit? dahil ako'y may sore eyes. nagka-sore eyes ang kapatid ko the day after we went swimming at natural nahawa ako. i spent the entire trimestral break sa room namin, nagpapa-aircon at nanood ng dvd. pangalawang beses na to na ndi ko na-enjoy ang bakasyon. nung mag-2nd yr, nagkaroon ako ng chicken pox, dahilan kung bakit ndi ako nakapunta sa debut ng bestfriend kong c kitin at nagproxy ang kapatid ko sa 18 treasures.
2nd term (sept to dec) - pinakamasayang term nung 3rd yr
1. litera2 - ndi lang dahil mahilig akong magbasa kung bakit nagustuhan ko ang literature class ko na ito. ito rin ay dahil kaklase ko c joel na high school friend ko. syempre reminisce na naman kami ng high school kalokohan namin. at isa pa... classmate ko ang crush ko na eco major na si jada (ndi yan ang totoong spelling. chinese un) crush ko sya since litera1. at ang elmer aagawan pa ko ng crush. inggitin pa ko kapag kinausap sya ni jada. well, nakausap ko rin naman c jada ah, twice nga lang hehe. sabi ni ches kahawig daw nya c joross gamboa na artista... hmm... mas gwapo c jada ( c joross pala ay aking schoolmate nung hs )
2. audprin - sabi nila ang aming prof sa audprin ay maliit. small but terrible nga. nawindang kmi nina elmer nung una namin narinig magsalita c sir balti, para kcng babae. pero in fairness, magaling syang magturo. tumatahimik talaga kmi. magaling din syang magjoke. ung tipong magjojoke in a straight face.
3. community service sa paco settlement house - sa rels3, required kaming gawin un. i had fun with the kids sa orphanage. makikipaglaro kmi at tutulungan silang kumain. fave ko ung isang kid na tuwing pupunta kami doon ay magpapakarga sa akin. if only i can come back again. pag lunch break pala ay ililibre kmi ni ches sa columbian (tama ba?)
3rd term (jan to april)
1. manser1 - thesis proposal... ayoko nang maalala pa ito
2. lasaret - lasallian retreat. masaya kc magkakasama kami ng block. ndi man kami complete ay masaya pa rin kc marami kmi. ang weird kc ang room namin same floor ng guys. iniisip ko nga kung may magbf lang ay may maglalaro na ng apoy. cna jigs, elmer and gelo (na ndi guys lahat) ay laging napunta sa room namin. minsan kmi namang girls ang pupunta sa room nila. wala nmng nakakapansin na facilitator. dorm type ang room naming mga girls pero kami lang ni dyan ang nagdare na matulog sa taas ng mga double-deck. sabi nila may multo daw. buti na lang wala akong third eye. nandun din pala si barbie ng barbie's cradle. of course, pa-picture kami. kahit saan yata papapicture kami - sa campfire, sa bus, sa hike paakyat ng bundok, sa chapel, sa dining area. ganun kmi kahilig sa camera.
3. cell sa cavite - masaya rin ito kahit kami lang na nagrerels4 ang magkakasama. naglalaro kmi ng 1-2-3 pass, unggoy-ungguyan, at go fish tuwing may break. advocacy ang objective ng pagpunta namin sa place na ito. care for mother earth. first pinagawa kmi ng mga bagay-bagay gamit ang recycled materials. wala kming maisip na gawin, so gumawa kmi ng japanese lantern. well, un ang balak namin. kaya lang nung nagpaint na iniba na namin ang tawag sa lantern namin, "tsunami lantern" na. kasi parang nadaanan ng tsunami sa gulo ng itsura. sobrang nakakatawa. imagine, 11 kmi, isang lantern lang nagawa namin. na-tsunami pa. kakahiya, ididisplay daw un sa earth day at kung may bibili ibebenta nila. tapos na ang earth day but im wondering kung nasan na ang tsunami lantern. baka na-recycle na.
saka pala pinaglinis kami ng fishpond. nung una, nagwalis lang ako kasama sina ayen and ochie tapos ung mga boys ang lumusong sa fishpond na maputik (medyo naulan-ulan nung mga panahong iyon) at nagtanggal ng tubig. ung ibang girls ang tagatapon ng tubig sa may damuhan at taga-save ng nalalabing isda. nung ankle-deep na lang ang tubig, kmi namang mga girls naman. syempre putik-putik ang mga paa namin. nakalimutan na rin namin ang poise namin. wala nang powder or blush. gulo-gulo na ang hair at may putik sa mukha at t-shirt.
Summer (april 25 to may 19)
masaya ang summer. walang masyadong ginagawa ( well ako, thesis ) pero nakakuha pa rin ng mataas na grade. sa speech class, gumawa lang ako ng lecture about total quality management, kumain ng tuna sandwiches for breakfast na patago habang may ibang nagsspeech, gumawa ng "sex video" with jigs, nagplay ng psychologist/sex therapist "marg-arina holmes" sa panel discussion, talked about vanilla ice cream sa impromptu speech (if you are a dessert, what would you be?) then voila! 4.0!
sa behaorg naman, nakinig sa 1 hour class discussion then nagparticipate sa games tuwing 10 minute break na nagiging 1 hour sa sarap maglaro. naghost ng charades at nanalo ang group namin sa "behalympics" (trip namin na iba-ibang games nung course card distribution day). partida 3 lang kmi sa group namin ang iba 6-7 hehe. kumain ng cake na libre ng prof. nagbalot ng prizes for the games. at naging class "secretary", kung saan ang tanging nagawa ko lang ay nagsulat ng list ng items na kailangan sa behalympics. at gumawa ng project na kung saan ang sarap tirisin ng isang naming kagroup at ndi ko maintindihan ang english ni mr moon (korean kc sya) at tatawagin ko pa si menen para tulungan ako. un lang ang ginawa ko, naka-3.5 pa ko. buti na lang nagpetition kmi para mag-open ang class na un.
.... at basta, masaya ang summer ko
sa kinahaba-haba ng sinabi ko...
wish ko lang, mag-summer na lang ulit
sinisipag - May 31, 2005 (Multiply) (parang may mali ah...)
4:44 PM
sinisipag akong mag-update ng mag-update ng journal kahit wala rin naman akong sasabihin ng matino. well, in this way could i release my inner kadaldalan na wala naman akong makwentuhan.
ndi ako galit ah. baka akalain galit ako kc im using the color red. wala lang, fave ko kc ang red. and blue... and black kung malungkot ako, or if judgment day (finals na mahirap, or course card distribution na may nanganganib na grade)
what happened to me today... nothing much. naglecture lang ang prof sa busipol then early dismissal na ulit. then i went to the bookstore to buy a new pad of worksheets. early pa rin so i went to the canteen kung saan nakita ko sina kat, dyan, and leah. nainggit ako k dyan na kumakain ng fishball so bumili na rin ako (grabe ang detailed ko... hehe wala lang talaga ako magawa)
wala pa rin ang prof so nagstay kami sa corridor at nagkwentuhan. dumating sina jenny and gelo who are both mfi majors saka si ches who's an eco major. laugh trip na naman. napagusapan si arika at kung natuloy na ba sya sa canada this month. sabi ni leah oo, kaya naman kmi ay pawang nagreklamo kung bakit wala man lang despedida party. or pakain (ako). or pajuice (ches). or "pa-biskwet" (gelo). sabi ni jigs kahit ung biscuit na nasa latang malaki ok na samin un. patay na lang ang kulang burol na. sabi ko nga dagdagan na rin natin ng candy at mani burol na talaga. tapos magdadala pa raw sila ng cards at pang-sugal sobrang burol na ito. naasar si gelo kasi tinetext pa raw nya si arika un pala wala na dito sa pilipinas. ndi man lang nagsabi na aalis na sya. un naman pala ay ndi pa sya naalis sabi ni apple. misinformation ang leah. so sabi ni ches ndi na "pa-biskwet" dapat pa-pasta na si arika bago sya umalis.
buti na lang naisipan namin pumasok ng room. nagtext pala ang prof sa isa namin na classmate at nagpaseatwork. syempre ndi namin natapos dahil may halong kwentuhan pa ang pagsasagot. medyo nagkalito-lito rin kami sa pagsasagot ng problems kasi naman two years ago pa namin naaral un at meron kaming short-term memory loss. pagnag-take kami ng board ngayon sigurado babagsak ako sa sobrang makakalimutin ko
at pagdating sa third class ko, which is 7:40 to 9:10, medyo gutom lang naman ako. naman 3 classes un sunod-sunod from 4:20 to 9:10, at huling meal ko ay lunch ng 1230, natural gugutumin ako. ndi ako nabusog sa 10 pieces na fishball. buti na lang ay may baon akong corn bits (fave) at kumain kmi habang nagkklase. syempre medyo patago kakahiya sa prof. pasimpleng pagkain ang ginawa namin. pwd naman kumain pero kakahiya pa rin sa prof.
at ang elmer. aliw na aliw sa prof. palibhasa medyo kabuhok nya eh. long-hair din ang prof, o san ka lulugar. pero in fairness, marami na kami sa class namin kanina kesa last week. marami ang lumipat sa "cool prof" namin. kasi naman walang paperworks. sure pass pa. tinanong ko nga si elmer kung pang-ilan na si long-haired prof sa list ng crushes nya eh. ndi pa rin nya alam. if i know, nasa top 10 na nya un. kitang-kita sa mukha ni elmer kung crush nya o hindi ang isang tao. ako pa lolokohin nya, eh madalas ko syang kasama
ano pa ba... wala lang... wala na kong masabi... magwatch na nga lang ako tv... hay, kelan kaya siya darating... miss him na...
wala akong magawa - May 31, 2005 (Multiply)
4:43 PM
bad trip. i was in the middle of doing a second entry ng biglang nagshut down ang pc. nagulat ako biglang nawala lahat ng ginagawa ko, pati dinadownload kong song ni bo ndi ko natapos. sayang... putol tuloy ung song.
ok, so this means uulitin ko ung mga pinagsasabi ko kanina. well, namention ko lang nmn ang tungkol sa club naming 3 nina ches and kat ang SPS. dati kc when magkaklase pa kami sa maraming subjects, we eat sa sps canteen kasama si elmer and jigs at kung sino-sino pa. naisip nina ches na tawagin kaming 3 na girls na SPS for Sawi sa Pag-ibig Society. pero sabi namin ndi na pwd si katkat kc marami naman syang boys. pero wala nga lang bf. but stil, ndi nawawalan un ng boylet. every term meron. as in iba-iba. sabi nga namin ni jigs hahanapan na namin sya for 2nd term and 3rd term. sabi ko naman pati sa review for the board baka meron pa. baka hanggang sa 2 weekends ng board eh may mameet pa sya. c ches naman, matagal ko nang ndi nakakakwentuhan so baka ndi na rin sya member ng SPS. sana lang, ako ay ndi magtagal na member ng SPS. i met someone special. sino sya? secret muna
c elms rin nanlalalaki un. tuwing gumagawa kami ng thesis (thesismate ko sya) napapag-usapan namin ang mga boylet nya. sabi ko nga i-update nya ko sa rankings ng crushes niya. ndi nya pwede isulat kc paiba-iba sya ng ranking every time. may mga prof pa sa list nya. puro guys pero may nahalong isang girl. may pusong lalaki pa rin pala un. ndi ko pa nga nakikita ung girl kc classmate daw nila sa income tax last term ung girl eh ndi ko naman sila classmate dun, sa second class pa ko, kmi lang ni gretch ang nahiwalay. anyway, mukha daw anime ung girl so kaya nya naging crush. hmm... cguro payat ung girl, malaki mata, may bangs, at tikwas ung hair. baka out of this world manamit. ewan ko kung pano nila nasabing mukhang anime ung girl
last sunday i listened to jigs' cd. cd ng mga songs na pinerform ng dlsu pops orchestra last march. nagtampo nga si jigs coz i was not able to come. sa afp theater kc ginanap at ndi ko alam kung pano pumunta dun. alangan namang magtaxi ako from paranaque eh di naubos naman allowance ko pangtaxi. narinig ni mama ung songs nya and she asked, "sino yan, bagong singer?" sabi ko, "hindi, si jigs lang yan" kinwento ko k jigs un tapos natawa sya hehe pero in fairness, magaling talaga syang kumanta. pero mas gusto ko sana rock or alternative eh puro senti ang kinakanta nya. mas type ko tuloy ung voice nung kasamahan nyang kumanta ng drops of jupiter and noypi.
um, mag-2:00 na pala. naaaliw naman ako dito masyado. ano pa bang masasabi ko.... basta im happy. miss ko na nga lang sya...
a day in the life.. - appeared in Multiply May 31, 2005
4:41 PM
warning: this is a detailed version of my day, may 30. read at your own risk... might be boring, but i felt like talking a lot tonight
it's Monday again... just another hectic week starting again. i had quiz in conact2 this afternoon, and difficult was not enough to describe the test! it was impossible! i remember studying all afternoon yesterday, and a few hours this morning but heck, that was not enough. i even came to school about an hour early so i could get my hands on some OT (old tests, quiet!) and see what my prof has already given her classes in the last terms. my classmates were already there, studying. kat, jigs, and tedd were already at the conserv solving problems. of course, i joined them. we got so frustrated that we could not answer the questions in the OT for adaprob, and conact2 was supposed to be the review subject for adaprob.
it's funny, because more people came and we all moved over to make room for them. they would not want to move to a next table because we were all sharing OTs. of course, we all need to get a 2.0 (83) in the class to pass since all of us did not pass the comprehensive exam, except for dianne. she passed, lucky girl. all she needs is a 1.0 (75).
the only person not doing anything was omar (who is a son of a Muslim princess.... btw, does that make him a prince? he would not tell). he did not take conact2 this term. lucky guy, all he did was talk to tedd about the show The Contender and the movie Phantom of the Opera. i asked him to tell me the ending because i slept through watching the dvd. and i did not get to study at all.
the thing i like most about my friends is that whenever a lot of us get together, we do not run out of things to talk about. laugh trip talaga! but this could be really annoying when we were all cramming for an exam. in this case we go to the library and take up separate tables so we would be forced to keep quiet.
it was only the first quiz, but it all felt like the midterms. my friend dyan commented that it does not seem like the second week of classes because we are already stressed. typical accounting students. nerdy, but we tend to get excited shopping for accounting, law, and taxation books. dyan even texted me last saturday that she found this particular financial accounting book we were both looking for in goodwill bookstore at sm southmall. she was excited! shopping galore, she texted. i answered that i could not wait to go the store and purchase some books myself.
as i mentioned, the quiz was hell! first, we came in about two minutes early, but we were surprised to see the rest of the class already there, punching numbers in their calculators. there was a scramble for chairs, worksheets, and a race to the prof for the questionnaire (exaj! hehe)
i was only, like, halfway to the exam when i saw a few people already passing their worksheets. i panicked! is it only me, or is the quiz really difficult? those guys are really good to finish the quiz way ahead of time.
it is funny to see accounting students after a quiz. we compare answers and we tend to shriek like we won the lottery when we find that we have the same answers. you should see the corridors after the exam this afternoon. we were all there, blocking the corridor, comparing answers, and telling the next class about the quiz. this made me wish that i have taken the second class instead, so i could ask the first class about their quizzes
as we walked to our next class, we saw our former blockmate ching, who is now taking up legal management. she is about the most absent-minded person i know. she just came to class last thursday because she thought that classes would begin today, may 30 when in fact classes began last monday, may 23. she told me that she was confused that many people were texting her while she was in the province, asking if she was sick or something, because she has missed her classes. when we first heard that story, we laughed ourselves silly. typical ching! last year she did not get to come to class on the first week because she had not paid her tuition on time and was not able to get her copy of her schedule from the registrar. she said she lost her own copy of the schedule and did not know which classes she was supposed to be in! funny really...
anyway, after that grueling exams, it was a class in negotiable instruments law next. our prof was this soft-spoken attorney for whom dianne crushes on since he became our prof two terms ago. it has been a joke that dianne got really good grades in our law on sales class because our prof was her inspiration. hmm... not a bad idea...
well, the prof may be cute, but he's got a really soft voice. too bad for us because we came to class a bit late on the first day and we were forced to sit at the back. i dont have a good ear, and there were times when i have to ask elmer or apple for what the prof has said and there were times when they did not get to hear him either. masaklap.
i got to get home early today, there is no manser2 class, ("fieldwork" for thesis) and i almost ran to catch the shuttle (colorum, or whatever you might call it). i said almost ran because i could not really run because i was wearing sandals and it rained: i walked very fast instead.
i was about to board the shuttle and settle in between two boys at the back when i heard a loud voice behind me say, "ang lakas mo marian!" i dont need to turn around to see who it was. it has got to be my friend daniel. (fast fact: "ang lakas mo" is a shortcut for "ang lakas mo naman sumingit" or "ang lakas mo namang magpapansin", which daniel popularized in high school, together with an arm sign i would rather not describe here).
i sat across him, and began a trip-long conversation about high school, iv-philippians, our former teachers, our old school, OJT, mapua, etc. laugh trip ulit! he was also sitting next to this girl who is a freshman at csb and also went to our old school. we quizzed her about the recent happenings at st james, which was not much. our old school was going down the drain. the last time i was there was last february, when i fetched my lilttle brother from school because mama was unavailable.
anyway, gotta do homework na... till next time... pag sinipag ulit
update lang ng buhay buhay - first posted Feb 24, 2005 - Blurty
4:40 PM
ei peeps! just stopping by to say na "buhay pa ko!"
im here at the lab waiting for my 740 class. wala kc c balti and i came in early para iwas traffic. we're supposed to talk about the thesis pero nawawala na naman c elmer so sa sat na lang before the retreat. anyway, we got two of our quizzes in audpraa back and BAGSAK AKO SA DALAWA! well, ang average ko in the two quizzes is 68! pero bakit parang ndi ako affected... babawi na lang ako sa midterms on monday. 2.0 lang, masaya na ko. wala nang hope to get at least a 3.0. sa compsy bagsak rin. sa audprab bagsak rin. sa incotax ko na lang binabawi... ganyan talaga, ok lang kc im still exerting the same effort as i did in the past terms, talagang mahirap lang ang lessons ngayon kaya kelangan doblehin ang effort! but it's still disappointing...
i still havent told my parents about my sad grades. baka later na lang pagsundo sa akin... or paggawa ko ng retreat letter.... hmm... excited na pala ako sa retreat!!!
la lang - first posted in Blurty Dec 28, 2004
4:37 PM
i've been wondering what happened to you people? parang ang tagal walang naguupdate, then nagupdate pala si kat2! syempre sya naman ang may pinakamakulay na buhay sa tin eh! hehe... uy, noel!!!! (singing...) the first noel....
im here. buhay pa. living a boring life. um, pero im having fun magonline the whole day. magdownload ng mp3, makipagchat sa kung sinong nagmessage sa ym, magforward ng magforward ng text msgs gamit ang sun, magbasa ng sangkatutak na forwarded msgs ng mga sunny friends ko, manood ng dvd/vcd, magbasa ng mga pocketbook (i read nicholas sparks' the notebook at last!!! i think the movie is better though), magbasa ng malaking hardbound complete chronicles of narnia (i like those fantasy novels) at makiusyoso sa neighborhood. at araw-araw ata akong nasa mall (festival (ive been there for at least 4 times since vacation started) sm sucat(naggrocery lang), glorietta, sm megamall, at sm north edsa). ndi pa pala nakakanood ng 1 movie from the filmfest. bukas na lang un...
see, ang boring ng life ko ngayon. normal lang. pag walang magawa matutulog na lang ako.
syangapla, nanganak na si chantal, ung mini poodle naming buntis. 5 ung lumabas, then namatay ung 1. sikat sila, pinanganak sila nung pasko. wlang tao sa bahay kc ung helper namin umuwi sa bulacan. paguwi namin may 3 nang puppies. then after an hour may lumabas pang dalawa. astig nga, nagkagulo sa likod ng bahay nataranta nanay ko hehe
o sha, spirits na. i love spirits! and lovers in paris! manonood muna ko. update na lang next time
i feel... accomplished - Dec 21 2004 (Blurty)
4:36 PM
i notice that no one's been updating much lately. does that mean that we all live pretty boring lives, or like ches said, we only write when we're depressed? hmm...
last thursday, my mother received a text message from one of my 50+ cousins that our eldest cousin, kuya rico, is back. i entered our gate and there my mom is cying, "si kuya rico nyo, nabuhay!". hehe i almost laughed. i told my mom "ang sagwa naman ng nabuhay. parang namatay na sya dati. baka ibig mong sabihin, buhay pa!" we laughed at that. then my mom made a few calls, and lastly, she called nanay (my mom's eldest sister and kuya rico's mother). maybe i should start from the beginning.
my mom was the 10th of 11 children (actually, 11th of 12, one died as a toddler). kuya rico was the eldest son of mama's eldest sister. he is, like, 38 y/o now and his eldest daughter is about my age. anyway, eight years ago, kuya rico disappeared. he left his wife (who we don't like), two daughters and a son who is about 2-3 y/o then. years passed and we thought that he was dead. when his dad, my uncle died, my aunts tried asking for him through radio stations but to no avail. well, one day he just showed up at tita elong's house and that's when ate riza texted my mom. turned out that kuya rico went with another woman to cotabato and stayed there for 8 years. the place was like those we see on tv - super bundok na talaga. pag sinabi nilang "wala ito sa bundok namin" they really mean it! kuya rico, a very smart guy (though he was not able to finish college) was like the most intelligent person there. people in their place would rely on him to serve papers, land titles, settle disputes, and compute inheritance claims.
i think he'll be coming back to their place. he's got 2 little boys and he said that he did not want to wreck another family.
his situation made me think. my cousin is a very smart person but he did not act like one. his life went downhill. madami syang nasayang na taon. he told us that if only he could turn back the hands of time, he will.
his story serve as an example to us, his younger cousins. we have do things wisely. we dont have to resort to drastic measures to escape problematic relationships. love our family and cherish them. he lost 8 years with his family. he did not see his children grow up. now he resents that.
well, enough of that....
i just received my course cards and the results are great! un lang...
mixed feelings - Oct 1, 2004 (Blurty)
4:35 PM
medyo matagal na rin akong hindi nakakapagsulat dito. kc naman dati wala masyadong nangyayari sa life ko. now, i realized there are a lot of things i should be sharing with you lot.
first, i'm a bit disappointed with my performance last term. siguro karma na rin kc ndi naman sa pagmamayabang, i was expecting a 4.0 sa finama2 kc perfect naman quizzes namin. yun nga lang, pamatay ang finals so 3.5 lang nakuha ko. out of generosity na rin cguro from the prof kc super baba talaga ng finals ko. then i thought baka kinarma lang ako coz nagtatanungan kmi habang nagqquiz (quiet!!!) so i promised myself na that will be the first and last time that i'll do that. well, im happy that i still made it to the dean's list. but my happiness was short-lived coz my sis didnt pass actonea. syempre na-guilty ako kc hindi ko sya masyado naturuan. then sobrang nanghinayang ako kc hindi ko nakuha ung invitation ko sa p&g kc the day after the deadline ko na nakita na nakapost pala ung name ko. syempre ako naman ndi mahilig tumingin sa mga bulletin boards. so now, i resolve to take a peek at the boards once in a while. malay mo, may pagkakataon na naman akong palagpasin.
then there was gammy, always na lang girls nya pinaguusapan. bigla na lang magttxt without asking kung kamusta na or whatever, and all he'll talk about is this girl na feel nyang ligawan and he's asking for my advice. minsan ok lang, minsan nakakairita na. parang papansin na masyado. sometimes i try to answer his questions the best that i can. tapos bigla na lang "wala lang, naisip ko lang" or "bigla ko lang kasi naisip kc may sinabi ung friend nung girl" un ang sasabihin nya. and the name of the girl: mary ann. medyo matagal pa bago nya nasabi ung name ah. sabi tuloy ng sis ko, baka feeling nya, feeling ko ako ung girl na un gets? minsan cguro. ndi ko alam.
there are times tuloy na i wonder what my real feelings toward him are. i mean may iba namang guys na lumapit but nawawala rin sila agad (like this 27 y/o guy na ndi ko na alam kung ano nangyari dahil dineadma ko sya). i think na ganun talaga ako pagdating sa guys, pag may connection na ko with them, parang mahirap nang mawala. i remember my first "bf". it was a year and a half before i completely got over him and that was because ndi na kami nagkausap. c gammy naman, ewan ko. basta wala sanang magsabi sa kanya! (kat-kat?)
masaya ako ngayon kc nakatulong ako sa mga friends ko kahit medyo may gusot pa rin ngayon. basta nandito lang ako para makiramay sa kaninong nangangailangan.
happy rin ako kc nanalo lasalle! makakauwi ako ng maaga!
pero kinakabahan ako kc i'll be having a dental surgery later! i've been putting it off for years sabi ng dentist kelangan pabunot ko na! shucks ndi ko pa naman kaya ang pain
what else? kinakabahan din pala ako sa audprin kc sobrang dami kong mistakes sa last quiz. as i always say, "bawi na lang sa next quiz!"
wala na kong maisip hanggang dito na muna
labo - first posted in Blurty July 12, 2004
4:34 PM
im here at my school's computer lab passing up the time until my 6 pm accounting class. i have forgotten how fun it is to do nothing while waiting for the next class. ever since this term started, i've done nothing but study, do homework, study, prepare for recitations, and study... oh yeah, i almost forgot that i have slept and ate too.
it's fun to be in college. i mean, i had more fun in college than i had in highschool. labo no? most people i know wished that they're back in hs to be with their barkada. i dont have a definite barkada then. i am friends with everyone in my class. that's the fun part. i am welcome in every part of the room. a group wouldnt feel uncomfortable when i came to join them. that's the fun part. but then i dont have a barkada to say of my own. im not really 'one' of them, just.. i dont know...
labo talaga... nalayo na ko sa usapan. where was i? oh yeah, as i was saying, it's fun to be in college. there's always the lasalle-ateneo games to look forward to, cute classmates to keep eyes on, etc. i have made really good friends, a barkada to call my own. people i know dont make me feel left out. lagi kang welcome kahit saan.
may attitude problem kc me noon. i was kinda shallow, super taray (ngayon hindi na masyado hehe), and i got into BIG trouble - i mean guidance office = because of my dirty, sorry, mouth.
i am so happy that i went to lasalle. there i found true friends. friends like JMECK, my barkada, and my blockmates who are always friendly and always there for me. sa block namin, walang kang maitatago. sandali lang, malalaman na ng buong block. mnsan ok un, minsan hindi.
ewan... wala na kong masabi... sa susunod na lang
name game muna - Jul 10, 2004 (Blurty)
4:33 PM
Let's try the name game I've seen in someone else's blurty (ches?)
if you call me Ma. Concepcion... u're a new teacher i've just met
if you call me Ms. Melgarejo... u're one of my law teachers (calling me for recitation)
if you call me Melgareja... u're Mr. Go
if you call me Concepcion... u're one of my classmates in kindergarten and grades 1-3
if you call me Ate... u're my younger sis Jenny or my dad Pachi
if you call me Achi... u're my younger bro Joshua or my Mami
if you call me Doo... u're Pachi or Mami
if you call me Morian or Morr... u're Ches, Johna, Joel, Daniel, Gene Paul, Randy or Tin
if you call me Marian Welgarejo... u're Nylene
if you call me Mar-Mar... u're Charlotte
if you call me Maricon... u're Ms. Aquino
if you call me Connie... u're Mrs. Yray
if you call me Melgy or Melgs... u're Ana or PR
if you call me while singing "More International Cigarette"... u're Matz
if you call me Concha... u're Paul C.
if you call me Ma-ri-an... u're Tita Lorna, Tito Sam or Shiela
if you call me Mar-yan... u're one of my relatives living in Cavite
if you call me Maya... u're one those i've chatted at mirc
if you call me Cuz... u're Ate Joy
if you call me Baby... u're Kuya Dennis (dati pala yun)
if you call me Marian... u're one of everyone else i've not mentioned
it's been a while - first posted in Blurty Feb 13, 2004
4:32 PM
i haven't realized that it's been a month since i've last updated this online journal. not that nothing's been happening to me, it's just that i've been so busy with school that whenever i went online i'd rather visit surf the web than to write an entry.
i've been having a tough time in school. i haven't been doing well in the grades department. first, i've been very disappointed. but i later realized that a student would fail sometime, and it only took a while before it happened to me. i also realized that it was all for the best. i've been through tougher problems in high school (much worse than getting a failing grade), and i've survived. we had another killer quiz in cost accounting this morning. i dont know how i did, our prof is so unpredictable. i just gave it my best shot. i'm keeping my fingers crossed. but still, there's always the midterm exams. hehe
this afternoon i watched a live telecast of survivor all-stars, and that episode really touched my heart. really. no kidding. there was this girl jenna (i think she's from survivor amazon) and she really missed her family. esp. her mom. her mom's very sick and jenna wished to go back home to be with her mom. she has this feeling that something bad might happen to her mom while she was away. just some kind of vibe or something. she went home. then i found out that her mom died eight days later.
it really touched my heart. normally i wouldnt fall for things like that, but then i realized how much i love my mom and if i was in jenna's place, i would do the same. i mean, if anything happens to my family and im not there to see them in their last days, i would never have forgiven myself.
i'm just happy that my parents are there to support me. two weeks ago i cried in front of my mom when i told her of my bad grades and she told me it was alright. it was my dad who told me that everyone is bound to fail sometime. they know that i've been studying really hard and i gave it my best shot.
happy new year - Jan 06, 2004 (Blurty)
4:30 PM
It’s the new year again! It’s been a really great year thanks to the people who made my 2003 complete, fun and entertaining: my mom and dad, sister Jenny, brother Joshua, my cousins, (many to mention but here’s a chosen few: Herson/Hershey, Madel, Ate Sharon, Jar, Ate Joy), my cousins’ kids or my pamangkins (again mtm but I particularly adore my Ate Riza’s little girl Jewel who might be a pain in the neck but she’s really cute) and my friends (again mtm: the whole block 6 esp. kat, ches, jigs, elms, my bestfriend kitin, gammy, email pal mark ).
My 2003 was unlike any other.
I started the year right. There’s the usual New Year’s Day party at my Tita Pol which is something we look forward to after All Saints’ Day (a mini-reunion at the cemetery haha). I watched the Two Towers on its opening day, which is something I have really looked forward to since seeing the first one. It really made my January (pardon the grammar haha).
I also fell in and out of love last year. Ok, I didn’t reveal this to anybody (directly, anyway) but I guess my close friends could tell who it is. Just don’t tease me about it. Things just wont work out between me and this lucky (ehem) guy. I’ll tell you this much: I realized I had feelings for him when he got a girlfriend, but I got over it, even when they broke up. Wala nang feelings eh... I’ll spare the details just in case... (Secret lang natin yan, mga ‘tol ha?)
Feb 14 marked the day I spent the day of hearts with my friends instead of family. I also went to see a movie I have already seen in the moviehouse. May I mention most of us have seen the movie already? I even forgot the title of the movie. It stars sandra bullock and hugh grant with urban legends redhead and ms rhode island. I remember details but I forgot the title of the movie. Maybe that’s because it’s not a very good movie.
In April, my baby bro celebrated his 7th bday. It’s the first bday party we had in 6 years! It was fun, from the planning to the actual preparations to the cooking to the party itself. I didn’t get to have much fun though. I kept thinking of the finals exam which are just two days after the big event. I was pissed off coz my cousins are already in vacation and two of them, Herson and Madel spent three nights at our place. They were watching the movie Superstar (I wonder if someone else knows about this movie. It’s hilarious!) while I’m slaving in front of the pc doing the paper for comart2.
I also passed the qualifying exams that summer. I remembered crying in front of the tv while watching a chinese movie (w/ subtitles of course) in star mandarin as I thought about the exam. We went out that night and we met up with my cuz Herson and his mom tita elong (for consuelo, actually she prefers connie but we got used to elong) at the festival mall. With nothing to do, we asked the ring (remember the ring?) if I will pass of not. It said yes, but I wasn’t sure. I passed and that really made my summer (again pardon the grammar!)
In May the Tagle clan went on our first outing. We went on an overnight ‘camping’ trip to the resort in taytay where my cuz kuya lito is caretaker. We had a hell of a good time even though: I only got 30 mins of sleep on a chair (we slept in the pavillion to make it fair for everybody coz only 1 room is available), frogs swam in the pool near midnight (we had to wait while kuya lito cleaned the pool), and there’s only 1 bathroom. Who are we to complain, we don’t own the place. Haha
It was only in May that I got the chicken pox. I remember watching meteor garden alone in the room I share with my sis coz only my mom and dad and the househelp could come inside. I had the pox the day before Kitin’s debut. Fortunately my sis is also invited so she went and proxied for me for the 18 treasures. I couldn’t even write cox there are spots b/w my fingers. I just told my sis what to say.
October 31. My lola’s 80th bday celebration (also the reason I didn’t get to come with Katz and the others to meet Sefph). I got to see my cousins Ate Rachel (with hubby and kids) and Kiko for the first time in 8 years. My lola celebrated with a party for the first time in so many years. Her’s bday really on Nov 1.
In between I went to classes, went to the mall, did projects, and a lot of things besides. I went to gimmicks, laughed with friends, laughed at teachers’ mannerisms, teased other people.
I would never forget 2003.
But there’s also a lot of things to look forward to in 2004.
Like, the big finale of the Lord of the Rings. Something I am so excited about. (coming in 3 days) I was so pissed off I didn’t get to see the advance screenings coz of the family’s schedules
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (coming in June)
The Tagle clan’s next outing this summer, hopefully, to a different place. My grandma was not a fan of the last one.
Our family’s ‘naudlot na bakasyon’, hopefully, this summer. We were supposed to go to Cebu for the holidays but with the recent ‘akyat-bahay’ incidents in pque, my opted to stay at home. Boo and bullfrogs.
My sister’s entrance to DLSU (she also took accountancy)
We already had the New Year’s Day party at my aunt’s place. Again, like we do every year. I started the year almost the same as last year’s. I only have to watch ROTK on Friday, which still has a 50/50 chance of happening since my mom’s bowling league would start Jan 9. But she said she would not attend the first day so I have my fingers crossed. Hopefully we could get tickets. Festival mall’s cinemas always get a bit crowded on Friday nights, and with the ROTK opening that day? It would be almost impossible to get good seats.
This is getting long now. I would just update it – when I would feel like it, it seems.
merry christmas - originally posted Dec 26, 2003 (Blurty)
4:29 PM
it has been a while since i've updated this journal... i just want you guys to know that i'm still alive and kicking!
to all who greeted me merry xmas, salamat! (katz, ndi ko na-receive ung msg mo, kung nareceive ko nabati sana kita ;)
while im writing this journal, im chatting with my hs friends sa ym==> dane, steph, pips, matz, and tin... i discovered something: crush ni matz si kat-kat! hehe... baka patayin ako ng mga taong to pero ok lang, gusto ko lang ishare!
hmmp, later ko na lang i22loy to, may gagamit ng pc
isang masaklap na araw - first posted in Blurty Oct 25, 2003
4:26 PM
i took my midterm exams in accounting this morning... hindi ko malaman kung anong nafifeel ko... parang mahirap siya na hindi na parang babagsak ako na hindi... ewan... sana lang pumasa ako, ok na yun... hahabol na lang sa second half! ganoon naman lagi eh!
it's been a long time since i've updated this journal... i dont have time to write... been addicted to friendster! ahem...
new book - first appeared in Blurty Oct 13, 2003
4:25 PM
[13 Oct 200302:56pm] I have a new book to recommend to you lot. It’s called Ang Paboritong Libro ni Hudas. The book was written by bob ong, also the culprit of the phenomenal (for me anyway), ABNKKBSNPlaKo? and Bakit Baligtad Magbasa ng Libro ang mga Pilipino? I don’t know why I was drawn to his books. Let’s see. AB is a book recommended to me by my best friend. Sounds normal, but AB is different. It was her boyfriend who lent her the book. It was a big surprise coz her bf never reads books if he can get away with it. Then AB must be pretty good because the guy who never even reads posters or cereal boxes (coz he claims that reading too much hurts his eyes…kuno) read a whole book in one sitting (the book was pretty thin, but you know what I mean). That’s when I discovered bob ong and bobongpinoy.com (his website…dunno if it’s still online).
Bakit Baligtad was another story. There I was browsing in the bookstore for yet another book to read during the summer break, when I chanced upon a yellow book with Erap on the cover. I was amused, because the book was really upside-down. Then I saw who the author was and I knew that this was a book not to be ignored.
This Saturday I was again in the bookstore looking for (memories? Memoirs? Tales? Whatever) of an unwanted chinese daughter (highly recommended by jigs carag). Surprise, surprise I still couldn’t find a copy. I was looking for it since june. Anyway, I came to the filipino books sections and there I saw AB and Bakit Baligtad. There was also a small black book without the usual plastic cover. There was no title on the front cover and I became curious (who wouldn’t be?). I thought it could be a diary or address book (it looks a lot like ours) that somebody misplaced in the books section. The spine said the title and the author. I read the first few pages and I decided to buy it. Not that one, though. I still had to look for a new copy (with plastic) at the bestsellers of the month rack.
That book is another must-read. It was amusing in its own way, even if some might say that the author is just writing random thoughts (like what we do) and then voila! He’s got a book. But still, it’s okay to read a fun book once in a while. For once (make that thrice) in your life, try to stay away from philosophical, romantic, suspense, sci-fi novels that you’re used to and read a not-so-serious book by a not-so-serious author. Chances are you learn a lot. You can be amused and entertained at the same time.
Pardon me for saying random thoughts. I just couldn’t think of a good event that happened in my life this past few days. Hopefully this week, there could be.
... - first posted in Blurty Oct 9, 2003
4:24 PM
i had a darn tiring day today! first i took a very loooooong exam in relstwo. maybe im exaggerating but it's still long. then we had a seatwork in comp2ac where i exhausted my mind looking up answers from my notes (hehe...) then just when i thought the day could not get any worse, i found out that my report in marketing was 'unexplainably' erased from menen's pc and i was so pissed off coz i left my diskette at home! i was so damn stupid! i had to rewrite my report in 1 hour. well, thank god i finished it with time to spare. i guess i work better under pressure, after all. imagine, i did my original report in two hours, and this afternoon i did it in less than half that time! i should have just spent my saturday at the mall instead of doing the report.
my mind was so tired tonight i was too lazy to open my acctg book and look at the assigned problems. we dont need to pass it anyway so why bother? i was also too lazy to update this journal but i was currently downloading adobe acrobat reader for my sister. the damn application is taking so long to download that i have nothing to do but update this journal. i hate slowpokes. ok, hate is such a strong word. i rephrase. i easily get annoyed with slowpokes.
as of this writing the downloading procedure is complete so it's time to end this
wala lang - first posted Oct 1, 2003 (Blurty)
4:23 PM
Habang ginagawa ko ang entry na ito, I’m playing Numb by Linkin Park in the background. Ewan ko ba, feel ko naman ang mga alternative na kanta ngayon. Kung dati gusto ko ay boybands, ngayon nakakahiligan ko na rin ang mga alternative, rock, o kahit ano basta gusto ng pandinig ko.
May bago akong kaibigan. Actually, matagal na rin, last term pa. Ok naman siya. Email pal ko. Gusto na niyang mag-usap sa fone, pero ayaw ko pa. Hindi ko pa siya ganon kakilala eh. Pero he sounds nice naman. Kaya lang medyo pangit ung school niya, PUP. Pero ok na rin. Ala lang siyang cel so nakikitext pa siya sa ate or classm8s niya. Touched nga ako eh, kasi nakikihiram pa siya ng fone para matext ako.
What else? Oh, nakausap ko ung bestfriend kong taga-Ateneo, si Kitin. Sabi niya wala na siyang balak manood ng finals. Pati classm8s niya ayaw na rin. Kawawa naman ang mga scalper wala na silang means of income. Baka puro taga-FEU ang manood. Siyempre matagal na rin silang hindi nakalasap ng tagumpay. Oh, well…
Sabi ng sis ko may prophecy daw na yung unang makakatalo sa La Salle ang mananalo. Obviously sa prophecy na yon ala nang pag-asa ang La Salle na manalo di ba? Come to think of it, FEU ang unang nakatalo sa tin so I guess sila ang mananalo. Tignan na lang atin ang kalalabasan ng finals. Siyempre FEU na kami noh!!! Dapat lang matalo ang Ateneo. Hehe, buti nga hindi kami nag-aaway ni Kitin don eh! Inaamin naman niyang matatalo rin sila sa FEU.
Bawi na lang La Salle next year. Let’s keep our fingers crossed…
.... - originally posted Sept 26, 2003 (Blurty)
4:20 PM
Habang sinusulat ko itong entry na ito, pinapatugtog ko ung The Prayer ni Charlotte Church and Josh Groban. Grabe, napaka-peaceful ng feeling. Sana lang hindi mag-hang ulit itong computer. Kinopy ko lang kc siya sa isang CD na pina-burn ko kay Gammy. Kanina pang nagloloko itong pc kasi bigla na lang maghahang habang nagplaplay ung mga songs na kinopy ko.
Anyway, Friday ngayon (obviously), at wala akong magawa. Sinipag nga akong magsulat dito ngayon eh ! Grabe na ito, parang gandang-ganda ako sa song na ito ngayon. Baka kc I really needed to hear mellow songs sa mga panahon na ito.
Ay naku kahapon baha na naman sa amin. Ako yata ang pinakamalas na tao kasi isa ako sa mga unang hindi nakadaan sa tulay sa may amin. Nakakainis talaga. Sinabihan ko nga ung driver ng trike na kaya pa niya un lusungin eh, dadagdagan ko pa naman sana ung bayad makauwi lang ng maaga. Imagine from 4:30 to 6 eh nandon ako nakatayo kasama ang ibang taga-subdivision namin. Ung iba umikot kasi may part doon na hindi baha, maputik naman. Hindi na ko sumama kasi puro basura ung tatapakan saka madulas. Nakadaan na kasi ako don last yr, 2nd term din. Late na un mga 9 (remember 6 uwian natin) tapos may exam pa sa rels kaya talagang pinagtyagaan ko na lang. Pag-uwi ko todo ligo at paghilod ang ginawa ko kadiri talaga, pero kelangan kasi ndi pa ko nag-aaral non. Buti na lang hindi naiisipan ni Ms. Salendrez na mag-quiz kanina sa acctg or else hindi na ko naka-review.
Bad trip pa ksi hindi ko rin napanood ung game ng DLSU. 6 medyo bumaba na ung baha at kaya nang magdaan ng mga kotse. Sakto dumaan ung service ng neighbor namin so sumabay na kami ng sis ko. Tapos naghihintay din ung nanay namin sa dulo ng tulay so dun na kami sumakay. Dadaan na raw pala siya buti na lang tumawag ako at sinabing nakisabay na kami sa service.
Anyway, pagdating ko sa bahay kung tutuusin maaabutan ko pa ung rambulan na nangyari --- kung may cable. Kaso wala, so hindi ko rin napanood. Ang saklap, kinabit ko ung antenna sa isang tv pero channel 2 lang ang nakukuha. Hindi rin naabutan ng tv patrol ung nanagyari. So tumawag ako kina apple at tinanong sa kanya kung ano nangyari. Buti na lang bait ni apple kinwento niya.
Then You Look at Me ang tugtog naman ngayon. Cute din siya, from the soundtrack of Bicentennial Man, isa sa mga movie na nagustuhan ko. Dito na muna, sa susunod ulit. Paalam!
Mga Kwento ni Marian - originally posted Sept 22, 2003 (blurty)
3:14 PM
September 22, 2003
Bilang tanda ng kauna-unahang pagsulat ko dito sa Blurty, sisikapin kong magsulat lamang sa wikang Filipino. Kung meron man kayong angal sa mali kong pagsusulat, nakikiusap akong sarilinin ninyo na lamang dahil problema nyo na yon, at wala na ko don. Pawang ang mga isusulat ko dito sa Blurty na ito ay mga opinyon ko lamang at wala nang aangal pa dahil bawat tayo’y may karapatang ilahad ang ating mga saloobin. Marapat lamang na kung may matamaan o may masaktan o kung ano man ang inyong maramdaman eh sabihin ninyo at ating reresolbahin kung ano man ang ating pagkakaiba. Ako naman po ay bukas sa inyong mga opinyon at saloobin, ika nga.
Nakapagsimula na nga at baka makornihan pa ang ibang tao sa kin.
Wala namang magandang nangyari sa akin ngayong araw na ito. Walang partikular na pangyayari na magiging parte ng ala-ala ninuman.
Sa sobrang wala akong magawa kanina ay binasa ko ulit ang isa mga paborito kong aklat, ang Bakit Baligtad Magbasa ng Libro ang mga Pilipino?.
Iminumungkahi kong basahin ninyo ang librong ito. Nabasa nyo na ba ang, A B N K K B S N P LA Ko? Ang Bakit Baligtad ay ang pangalawang aklat ng sumulat ng A B.
Sa unang tingin pa lamang ay makikita mo nang espesyal ang aklat na ito. At bakit ko naman nasabi yon? Kasi kober (shit, ano ba ang tagalog ng cover?) pa lang ng libro ay kakaiba na talaga. San ka ba naman nakakita na baligtad nga ang kober ng libro? Nakakatuwa kasi pag-alis ko pa lang ng plastic ng libro eh namangha na talaga ako. Iisipin ng mga taong makakakita sayong nagbabasa nun eh medyo bobs ka kasi baligtad kang magbasa.
Masaya ito basahin at hindi nakakabagot. May ilang parte nga lang na medyo hindi ako makapag-ugnay (maka-relate?) sa awtor. Meron kasi ditong parte na kung saan malalaman mo kung Martial Law baby ka. Sa mga hindi nakaka-gets (oi, expression yan ah!) ito yung pinanganak nung Martial Law (obvious ba?) Hindi ko naman alam yung mga pinagsasabi ni Bob Ong (yung sumulat) sapagkat, hello? Hindi naman ako pinanganak nung mga panahong iyon noh???!!! Meron pa yung mga palabas sa telebisyon nung panahon pa ni kopong-kopong. Pinabasa ko na lang sa nanay ko, ayun, siya yung tawa ng tawa kasi naaalala niya yung kapanahunan niya. Pero hindi ko rin ipinagkakaila na may alam din ako sa mga palabas sa TB (telebisyon, hehe) kasi mahilig akong manood noon ng mga lumang palabas. Sino ba sa mga kaidad ko ang alam ung Manok ni San Pedro at Gulong ng Palad? O yung Flordelisa, Analuna, o Ula ang Batang Gubat? Sigurado yung mga nakakaalam nun hindi pa nila aaminin at mapaghahalataang jologs o baduy. Oo na, jologs na kung jologs!
Maalala ko, nung bata pa ko lagi kaming nakikinig noon ng Ang Gabi ng Lagim. Sana meron pang may alam nito para may kakwentuhan ako. Ito ay isang palabas sa radyo, mga alas-otso ng gabi sa DZRH (o ha, naalala ko pa!) . Sobrang takot na takot ako nun, lalo na nung mga panahong gabi-gabi eh nawawalan ng kuryente dahil sa lecheng Meralco. Siyempre madilim nun kasi walang ilaw tapos nakikinig pa kami nung nakakatakot na programa sa radyo. Lalo na kung ang kwento ay tungkol sa multo, o kung talagang minamalas, tiyanak. Kaya ata ako nagkaphobia dati sa troll (yung nabibili sa Gift Gate ah) kasi nakakaalala ako ng tiyanak (pero ngayon hindi na).
Tapos hihirit pa ung kasama namin sa bahay na may nakita daw siyang puting babae sa kwarto namin isang gabi. Siyempre bata pa ko nun kaya sobrang takot na takot ako. Pero tuloy pa rin ang pakikinig kahit nakakatakot. Uso naman sa ating mga Pilipino ung manood o makinig ng nakakatakot na kwento kahit nanginginig na tayo sa takot. Siyempre kunwari hindi ka takot, pero sa loob-loob mo aatakihin ka na sa puso. Siguro gusto mo lang subukan ang tapang mo.
Grabe, ang layo na nang mga kwento ko. Sa susunod, itutuloy ko na ang mga kwento ko. Hanggang sa muli, paalam!!!
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!!!
weekend yehey! - originally posted in Multiply July 4, 2005
4:48 PM
last night i watched the movie "love actually". actually hehe im not fond of watching love stories. first time akong kinilig k san cai (tama ba spelling?) at dao ming si ng meteor garden. dao's my type of guy kasi. bad boy na sweet. meteor garden lang ang natatanging chinovela na sinubaybayan ko not only because i was stuck that summer with chicken pox pero gusto ko talaga ang ka-sweetan ni dao ming si.
kanina nagpunta ako ng school kc may make-up class daw. pagdating ko sa room may ibang tao. muntik na akong pumasok. then nakita ko c abby saka c dino. may class daw nung ganoong oras ang prof namin so baka wala nang makeup class. so pinuntahan namin ung room nya. nung una nagtuturuan pa kami kung cno ang kakatok sa pinto. kakahiya naman kc nagddiscuss pa sya. nagpapansin na nga kmi sa labas ng pinto. it worked - sa mga students nya. pero ndi pa rin nya napapansin. hanggang sa sinenyasan ko na lang ung kakilala ko na student nya.
un pala walang makeup class. inerase nya ung una nyang sinulat. bad trip. sayang pamasahe ko. sayang din sana natulog pa ko. pero kakatawa si abby pinicturan ung prof namin. cute kc. sya ung long-haired prof na sinasabi ko. at sakto nakalugay sya. ang ganda ng hair, mas maganda pa sa kin. pinasend ko k abby via bluetooth ung pic hehe
instantly nagkaroon ako ng bagong crush. iniisip nila crush ko o cge crush ko na. bumalik kming 3 sa classroom na dapat sana ay pagdadausan ng aming makeup class at nakita namin ung iba naming classmate. pupuntahan daw nila c sir. sabi ko sasama ulit ako. bakit, sabi ni dino. sabi ko na lang, kc gusto kong makita c sir. tawa nang tawa c dino tapos tinanong ni vensim kung bakit. sinabi ni dino na sasama daw ako dahil un nga, gusto kong makita c sir. tinanong tuloy ni vensim kung type ko c sir, oo na lang ako, then quiet sign. sabi ni dino ma-appeal talaga ang bad boys na medyo computer eklat. goody-two-shoes c toge (dati naming prof) so ndi mattypan ng student ndi katulad ni prof ngayon
actually dun din ako dadaan sa direction na un kaya sasabay na lang ako. then tumawag c dianne sisiguraduhin na wala ngang class so kinonfirm ko na lang. pero cute nga ung prof hahaha
so umuwi na lang ako. then niyaya ko na lang ang sis ko na magshopping. punta kmi southmall kung saan nakipagsiksikan kami sa mga taong bumibili ng gamit pang-school. kahit shoes ang hirap bumili kc puro mga mag-iina na bumibili ng school shoes. pansin ko ang gaganda na ng mga school shoes ngayon ndi katulad nung panahon namin.
i miss high school tuloy. these are the things i miss most about my high school life:
1. ang pananabla, jokes, katuwaan - past time na ito nung high school. ang pinaka-usong panabla noon ang "ang lakas mo" every time na may nag-uusap and may unfortunate na mapatingin or makikinig or makikisingit sa usapan. naalala ko tuloy nung 4th yr kung kelan nakasara ung door ng classroom dahil bukas ang aircon. walang teacher na dumarating kc gawaan ng grades time. labas-pasok ako ng room noon. every time na papasok ako hihinto ang lahat ng usapan at titingin sila sa pinto na animo'y guilty. tatawa na lang ako at may magsasabing "ang lakas mo, marian". sabay-sabay sila. ang funny
at syempre, ndi rin mawawala ang corny jokes na hango sa mga pangalan ng teachers at schoolmates
2. service - namimiss ko na ang pagsakay sa bulok na school service ni tito narcing (grade 4 to mid 2nd yr hs) at ni kuya dang (mid 2nd year to mid 3rd yr). pwesto ko sa dalawang service na ito ang sa tabi ng driver. kasabay ko ang mga batang makukulit at amoy-pawis. syempre bubuksan ko ang bintana para makahinga ako. ndi rin mawawala ang pangungutang naming magkakaservice sa isa't-isa. naalala ko tuloy ung kaservice ko na taga-buhat ng kapatid ko ng bag nya, at ang kapalit ay libre sa treats (convenience store sa petron sa harap ng school)
3. select - ito ang convenience store ng shell na katabi naman ng petron na kaharap ng st james. minsan sumasama akong tumambay dito kasama sina randy, daniel, nylene, chi-chi, mappy, gene paul at kung sino-sino pa. kakain kami ng instant yakisoba at pearl shake at chips. nakasabay ko pala ulit si daniel ("ang lakas naman!") sa shuttle nung friday. nung nagdaan ang van sa may select parang gusto naming bumaba kaya lang mas masaya kung marami kami, parang nung hs. sabi ko isabay namin next time c nylene na 440 rin ang uwian para masaya
4. contests - namiss ko na rin ang pagsali namin sa mga contest. syempre pag math contest panalo lagi si daniel. pag speech si joel, jeffrey and randy. pag dancing, batch namin. pag kickball, batch din namin lagi. pag spelling si viva (sabit lang ako dati, by pair kc, ako ung isa so may medal na rin ako). pag kelangan ng reps for math contest sa ibang school, ako, cna daniel, gene paul at uly ang pinapadala. naalala ko tuloy dati may elimination for a math contest. dapat kaming apat ang magtatake ng test. tapos biglang wala c gene paul nasa tondo pa sa morning nung test. panic attack c sir nats. naisip naming tawagan c dan. ayun nakapunta si dan. kming 3 naka-uniform. c dan nakapambahay
5. teachers - "hello, I-earth" ito ang fave line ni ms lim tuwing walang gustong magrecite nung 1st yr pa kami. naging "hello, curie" to nung 2nd year, at "hello, philippians" nung 4th yr (ndi namin sya teacher nung 3rd yr). isa pang linya nya ang "which is which" kung saan sasagot kmi, "sandwich". she's not amused
wala na ang mga dati kong teachers sa jame. nagresign silang lahat the summer after we graduated kc wala daw silang sweldo and benefits. puro bago ang mga teachers ngayon. wala na rin kaming babalikan sa jame.
anyway... hanggang dito na lang. mahapdi na talaga ang left eye ko. i dont mean to gross you out pero ang pula ng left eye ko at nagluluha. every time na tinatanggal ko ang contacts ko this will happen. well, magsasalamin na lang ako kesa mainfect ang eyes ko.
o sha, till next time!
things i dont wanna forget about my 3rd year - first posted in Multiply June 2, 2005
4:46 PM
i just remembered... 4th yr na ko!!! i feel so old. ang mga nakakasabay ko sa shuttle mga frosh or sophs. 2 terms na lang ang nalalabi ko sa dlsu (hopefully)
sa kinatagal-tagal ko sa skul, may ibang lugar pa rin akong ndi na-eexplore. tulad ng science and research center (nga ba un?) basta ung building kung saan nandun ang bandroom ng pops orchestra. at ang sports complex. so far ang napupuntahan ko pa lang ay ang swimming pool (kung saan dinesplay ko ang aking fats wearing a swimsuit for PE class), 2nd floor (to eat sa La Casita), 7th floor (volleyball), 8th floor (PE dance) at ang 9th floor (kung saan tumambay kami during frosh days to see the basketball players).
syempre pinakamahirap na year ay ang nakaraang 3rd year. afternoon nagsstart ang class, then late na ko nakakauwi. antukin pa naman ako sa hapon, so nahirapan akong mag-adjust nun. kung pwd nga lang, 7-12 nn na lang ang klases.
pero, gaano man kahirap ang 3rd yr, syempre maraming pangyayaring masarap balik-balikan...
1st term (may to august)
1. compsy1 - syempre ndi ko ito makakalimutan. marami akong nakilalang fellow acctg majors dito. first time rin ako nakawork with a very diverse group. as in wala akong kilala. we had a great time doin our project though. nakapunta pa ko ng reyes haircutters somewhere sa manila with russell, jo, leah a., hershey at kristine c.. at nakapaglakad ng malayo dahil inatake ng kakuriputan c jo (chinese kc) at nakakita ng maraming hayop. ndi ko pa rin alam kung saan ako dinala nung mg un, pero enjoy pa rin. sb ng aming prof ay nagulat sya dahil akala nya sobrang serious ako, then he saw me dancing the "sayaw kikay". umawit kmi ng song about reyes haircutters gamit ang rhythm ng "kikay". kahihiyan, pero ndi naman un ang unang kahihiyahan na ginawa ko for a project (remember the apron for marketing class?)
2. finals day sa partcor - ndi ko maexplain ang hirap ko sa subject na to. sobrang kelangan ko ng 80 sa final exam para maka-80 sa course card para maka-2.0 (passing grade ng law subj). buti na nga lang at bumagyo at ndi natuloy ang finals at na-move ito. nanlibre na lang c ching ng lunch at nanood kmi ng princess diaries 2 sa rob manila (kahit nabagyo lakwatsa pa rin). buti na lang at nakauwi kmi ni katkat ng maayos. nakapag-aral pa ko ng mabuti sa partcor at nakakuha ako ng 79 sa finals. mabait ang prof at pinasa pa nya ko.
3. finama2 - sleeping, daydreaming,at FLAMES time. kaming 3 lang nina menen at dianne ang magclassmate sa subject na ito at ang iba'y ndi na namin kilala. sa likod kami nakaupo noon at ang hina ng boses ng prof. wala kaming ginawa kundi magkopya ng notes, matulog, at mag-FLAMES. ndi na mabilang na guys ang nabiktima ng FLAMES namin. pati friends namin sinasali namin
4. break bago mag-compsy - mayroon kaming break bago mag-compsy. kasama ko dito sa break na ito cna menen, chester, tedd, eric, elmer, omar, erwin, at si ching (na ndi naman nagcocompsy, law subject sya). kakain kmi, madalas sa kfc (muslim si omar at chicken lang ang nais kainin). then punta sa conserv at mag-aattempt mag-aral. pero madalas magkkwentuhan lang kmi nina menen and ching. ndi ko makakalimutan ung time na ginamit ni menen ang isa nyang sim card at tinext namin si chester kung gusto nyang makipag-textmate. ang mean namin, pero that time natatawa pa kami. buti na lang at ndi nalaman ni chester na kami ung nagttxt sa kanya noon.
Trimestral break (first week ng september)
1. nagswimming kami ng family ko kc bday ko that week... pero ndi ako nag-swim masyado kc baka mangitim ako... kung alam ko lang kung ano mangyayari after that eh di sana ndi na ko sumama
2. my bday (Sept 8) - wla lang... nagpabili lang ako ng blueberry cheesecake (fave cake ko) at nagstay sa bahay. bakit? dahil ako'y may sore eyes. nagka-sore eyes ang kapatid ko the day after we went swimming at natural nahawa ako. i spent the entire trimestral break sa room namin, nagpapa-aircon at nanood ng dvd. pangalawang beses na to na ndi ko na-enjoy ang bakasyon. nung mag-2nd yr, nagkaroon ako ng chicken pox, dahilan kung bakit ndi ako nakapunta sa debut ng bestfriend kong c kitin at nagproxy ang kapatid ko sa 18 treasures.
2nd term (sept to dec) - pinakamasayang term nung 3rd yr
1. litera2 - ndi lang dahil mahilig akong magbasa kung bakit nagustuhan ko ang literature class ko na ito. ito rin ay dahil kaklase ko c joel na high school friend ko. syempre reminisce na naman kami ng high school kalokohan namin. at isa pa... classmate ko ang crush ko na eco major na si jada (ndi yan ang totoong spelling. chinese un) crush ko sya since litera1. at ang elmer aagawan pa ko ng crush. inggitin pa ko kapag kinausap sya ni jada. well, nakausap ko rin naman c jada ah, twice nga lang hehe. sabi ni ches kahawig daw nya c joross gamboa na artista... hmm... mas gwapo c jada ( c joross pala ay aking schoolmate nung hs )
2. audprin - sabi nila ang aming prof sa audprin ay maliit. small but terrible nga. nawindang kmi nina elmer nung una namin narinig magsalita c sir balti, para kcng babae. pero in fairness, magaling syang magturo. tumatahimik talaga kmi. magaling din syang magjoke. ung tipong magjojoke in a straight face.
3. community service sa paco settlement house - sa rels3, required kaming gawin un. i had fun with the kids sa orphanage. makikipaglaro kmi at tutulungan silang kumain. fave ko ung isang kid na tuwing pupunta kami doon ay magpapakarga sa akin. if only i can come back again. pag lunch break pala ay ililibre kmi ni ches sa columbian (tama ba?)
3rd term (jan to april)
1. manser1 - thesis proposal... ayoko nang maalala pa ito
2. lasaret - lasallian retreat. masaya kc magkakasama kami ng block. ndi man kami complete ay masaya pa rin kc marami kmi. ang weird kc ang room namin same floor ng guys. iniisip ko nga kung may magbf lang ay may maglalaro na ng apoy. cna jigs, elmer and gelo (na ndi guys lahat) ay laging napunta sa room namin. minsan kmi namang girls ang pupunta sa room nila. wala nmng nakakapansin na facilitator. dorm type ang room naming mga girls pero kami lang ni dyan ang nagdare na matulog sa taas ng mga double-deck. sabi nila may multo daw. buti na lang wala akong third eye. nandun din pala si barbie ng barbie's cradle. of course, pa-picture kami. kahit saan yata papapicture kami - sa campfire, sa bus, sa hike paakyat ng bundok, sa chapel, sa dining area. ganun kmi kahilig sa camera.
3. cell sa cavite - masaya rin ito kahit kami lang na nagrerels4 ang magkakasama. naglalaro kmi ng 1-2-3 pass, unggoy-ungguyan, at go fish tuwing may break. advocacy ang objective ng pagpunta namin sa place na ito. care for mother earth. first pinagawa kmi ng mga bagay-bagay gamit ang recycled materials. wala kming maisip na gawin, so gumawa kmi ng japanese lantern. well, un ang balak namin. kaya lang nung nagpaint na iniba na namin ang tawag sa lantern namin, "tsunami lantern" na. kasi parang nadaanan ng tsunami sa gulo ng itsura. sobrang nakakatawa. imagine, 11 kmi, isang lantern lang nagawa namin. na-tsunami pa. kakahiya, ididisplay daw un sa earth day at kung may bibili ibebenta nila. tapos na ang earth day but im wondering kung nasan na ang tsunami lantern. baka na-recycle na.
saka pala pinaglinis kami ng fishpond. nung una, nagwalis lang ako kasama sina ayen and ochie tapos ung mga boys ang lumusong sa fishpond na maputik (medyo naulan-ulan nung mga panahong iyon) at nagtanggal ng tubig. ung ibang girls ang tagatapon ng tubig sa may damuhan at taga-save ng nalalabing isda. nung ankle-deep na lang ang tubig, kmi namang mga girls naman. syempre putik-putik ang mga paa namin. nakalimutan na rin namin ang poise namin. wala nang powder or blush. gulo-gulo na ang hair at may putik sa mukha at t-shirt.
Summer (april 25 to may 19)
masaya ang summer. walang masyadong ginagawa ( well ako, thesis ) pero nakakuha pa rin ng mataas na grade. sa speech class, gumawa lang ako ng lecture about total quality management, kumain ng tuna sandwiches for breakfast na patago habang may ibang nagsspeech, gumawa ng "sex video" with jigs, nagplay ng psychologist/sex therapist "marg-arina holmes" sa panel discussion, talked about vanilla ice cream sa impromptu speech (if you are a dessert, what would you be?) then voila! 4.0!
sa behaorg naman, nakinig sa 1 hour class discussion then nagparticipate sa games tuwing 10 minute break na nagiging 1 hour sa sarap maglaro. naghost ng charades at nanalo ang group namin sa "behalympics" (trip namin na iba-ibang games nung course card distribution day). partida 3 lang kmi sa group namin ang iba 6-7 hehe. kumain ng cake na libre ng prof. nagbalot ng prizes for the games. at naging class "secretary", kung saan ang tanging nagawa ko lang ay nagsulat ng list ng items na kailangan sa behalympics. at gumawa ng project na kung saan ang sarap tirisin ng isang naming kagroup at ndi ko maintindihan ang english ni mr moon (korean kc sya) at tatawagin ko pa si menen para tulungan ako. un lang ang ginawa ko, naka-3.5 pa ko. buti na lang nagpetition kmi para mag-open ang class na un.
.... at basta, masaya ang summer ko
sa kinahaba-haba ng sinabi ko...
wish ko lang, mag-summer na lang ulit
sinisipag - May 31, 2005 (Multiply) (parang may mali ah...)
4:44 PM
sinisipag akong mag-update ng mag-update ng journal kahit wala rin naman akong sasabihin ng matino. well, in this way could i release my inner kadaldalan na wala naman akong makwentuhan.
ndi ako galit ah. baka akalain galit ako kc im using the color red. wala lang, fave ko kc ang red. and blue... and black kung malungkot ako, or if judgment day (finals na mahirap, or course card distribution na may nanganganib na grade)
what happened to me today... nothing much. naglecture lang ang prof sa busipol then early dismissal na ulit. then i went to the bookstore to buy a new pad of worksheets. early pa rin so i went to the canteen kung saan nakita ko sina kat, dyan, and leah. nainggit ako k dyan na kumakain ng fishball so bumili na rin ako (grabe ang detailed ko... hehe wala lang talaga ako magawa)
wala pa rin ang prof so nagstay kami sa corridor at nagkwentuhan. dumating sina jenny and gelo who are both mfi majors saka si ches who's an eco major. laugh trip na naman. napagusapan si arika at kung natuloy na ba sya sa canada this month. sabi ni leah oo, kaya naman kmi ay pawang nagreklamo kung bakit wala man lang despedida party. or pakain (ako). or pajuice (ches). or "pa-biskwet" (gelo). sabi ni jigs kahit ung biscuit na nasa latang malaki ok na samin un. patay na lang ang kulang burol na. sabi ko nga dagdagan na rin natin ng candy at mani burol na talaga. tapos magdadala pa raw sila ng cards at pang-sugal sobrang burol na ito. naasar si gelo kasi tinetext pa raw nya si arika un pala wala na dito sa pilipinas. ndi man lang nagsabi na aalis na sya. un naman pala ay ndi pa sya naalis sabi ni apple. misinformation ang leah. so sabi ni ches ndi na "pa-biskwet" dapat pa-pasta na si arika bago sya umalis.
buti na lang naisipan namin pumasok ng room. nagtext pala ang prof sa isa namin na classmate at nagpaseatwork. syempre ndi namin natapos dahil may halong kwentuhan pa ang pagsasagot. medyo nagkalito-lito rin kami sa pagsasagot ng problems kasi naman two years ago pa namin naaral un at meron kaming short-term memory loss. pagnag-take kami ng board ngayon sigurado babagsak ako sa sobrang makakalimutin ko
at pagdating sa third class ko, which is 7:40 to 9:10, medyo gutom lang naman ako. naman 3 classes un sunod-sunod from 4:20 to 9:10, at huling meal ko ay lunch ng 1230, natural gugutumin ako. ndi ako nabusog sa 10 pieces na fishball. buti na lang ay may baon akong corn bits (fave) at kumain kmi habang nagkklase. syempre medyo patago kakahiya sa prof. pasimpleng pagkain ang ginawa namin. pwd naman kumain pero kakahiya pa rin sa prof.
at ang elmer. aliw na aliw sa prof. palibhasa medyo kabuhok nya eh. long-hair din ang prof, o san ka lulugar. pero in fairness, marami na kami sa class namin kanina kesa last week. marami ang lumipat sa "cool prof" namin. kasi naman walang paperworks. sure pass pa. tinanong ko nga si elmer kung pang-ilan na si long-haired prof sa list ng crushes nya eh. ndi pa rin nya alam. if i know, nasa top 10 na nya un. kitang-kita sa mukha ni elmer kung crush nya o hindi ang isang tao. ako pa lolokohin nya, eh madalas ko syang kasama
ano pa ba... wala lang... wala na kong masabi... magwatch na nga lang ako tv... hay, kelan kaya siya darating... miss him na...
wala akong magawa - May 31, 2005 (Multiply)
4:43 PM
bad trip. i was in the middle of doing a second entry ng biglang nagshut down ang pc. nagulat ako biglang nawala lahat ng ginagawa ko, pati dinadownload kong song ni bo ndi ko natapos. sayang... putol tuloy ung song.
ok, so this means uulitin ko ung mga pinagsasabi ko kanina. well, namention ko lang nmn ang tungkol sa club naming 3 nina ches and kat ang SPS. dati kc when magkaklase pa kami sa maraming subjects, we eat sa sps canteen kasama si elmer and jigs at kung sino-sino pa. naisip nina ches na tawagin kaming 3 na girls na SPS for Sawi sa Pag-ibig Society. pero sabi namin ndi na pwd si katkat kc marami naman syang boys. pero wala nga lang bf. but stil, ndi nawawalan un ng boylet. every term meron. as in iba-iba. sabi nga namin ni jigs hahanapan na namin sya for 2nd term and 3rd term. sabi ko naman pati sa review for the board baka meron pa. baka hanggang sa 2 weekends ng board eh may mameet pa sya. c ches naman, matagal ko nang ndi nakakakwentuhan so baka ndi na rin sya member ng SPS. sana lang, ako ay ndi magtagal na member ng SPS. i met someone special. sino sya? secret muna
c elms rin nanlalalaki un. tuwing gumagawa kami ng thesis (thesismate ko sya) napapag-usapan namin ang mga boylet nya. sabi ko nga i-update nya ko sa rankings ng crushes niya. ndi nya pwede isulat kc paiba-iba sya ng ranking every time. may mga prof pa sa list nya. puro guys pero may nahalong isang girl. may pusong lalaki pa rin pala un. ndi ko pa nga nakikita ung girl kc classmate daw nila sa income tax last term ung girl eh ndi ko naman sila classmate dun, sa second class pa ko, kmi lang ni gretch ang nahiwalay. anyway, mukha daw anime ung girl so kaya nya naging crush. hmm... cguro payat ung girl, malaki mata, may bangs, at tikwas ung hair. baka out of this world manamit. ewan ko kung pano nila nasabing mukhang anime ung girl
last sunday i listened to jigs' cd. cd ng mga songs na pinerform ng dlsu pops orchestra last march. nagtampo nga si jigs coz i was not able to come. sa afp theater kc ginanap at ndi ko alam kung pano pumunta dun. alangan namang magtaxi ako from paranaque eh di naubos naman allowance ko pangtaxi. narinig ni mama ung songs nya and she asked, "sino yan, bagong singer?" sabi ko, "hindi, si jigs lang yan" kinwento ko k jigs un tapos natawa sya hehe pero in fairness, magaling talaga syang kumanta. pero mas gusto ko sana rock or alternative eh puro senti ang kinakanta nya. mas type ko tuloy ung voice nung kasamahan nyang kumanta ng drops of jupiter and noypi.
um, mag-2:00 na pala. naaaliw naman ako dito masyado. ano pa bang masasabi ko.... basta im happy. miss ko na nga lang sya...
a day in the life.. - appeared in Multiply May 31, 2005
4:41 PM
warning: this is a detailed version of my day, may 30. read at your own risk... might be boring, but i felt like talking a lot tonight
it's Monday again... just another hectic week starting again. i had quiz in conact2 this afternoon, and difficult was not enough to describe the test! it was impossible! i remember studying all afternoon yesterday, and a few hours this morning but heck, that was not enough. i even came to school about an hour early so i could get my hands on some OT (old tests, quiet!) and see what my prof has already given her classes in the last terms. my classmates were already there, studying. kat, jigs, and tedd were already at the conserv solving problems. of course, i joined them. we got so frustrated that we could not answer the questions in the OT for adaprob, and conact2 was supposed to be the review subject for adaprob.
it's funny, because more people came and we all moved over to make room for them. they would not want to move to a next table because we were all sharing OTs. of course, we all need to get a 2.0 (83) in the class to pass since all of us did not pass the comprehensive exam, except for dianne. she passed, lucky girl. all she needs is a 1.0 (75).
the only person not doing anything was omar (who is a son of a Muslim princess.... btw, does that make him a prince? he would not tell). he did not take conact2 this term. lucky guy, all he did was talk to tedd about the show The Contender and the movie Phantom of the Opera. i asked him to tell me the ending because i slept through watching the dvd. and i did not get to study at all.
the thing i like most about my friends is that whenever a lot of us get together, we do not run out of things to talk about. laugh trip talaga! but this could be really annoying when we were all cramming for an exam. in this case we go to the library and take up separate tables so we would be forced to keep quiet.
it was only the first quiz, but it all felt like the midterms. my friend dyan commented that it does not seem like the second week of classes because we are already stressed. typical accounting students. nerdy, but we tend to get excited shopping for accounting, law, and taxation books. dyan even texted me last saturday that she found this particular financial accounting book we were both looking for in goodwill bookstore at sm southmall. she was excited! shopping galore, she texted. i answered that i could not wait to go the store and purchase some books myself.
as i mentioned, the quiz was hell! first, we came in about two minutes early, but we were surprised to see the rest of the class already there, punching numbers in their calculators. there was a scramble for chairs, worksheets, and a race to the prof for the questionnaire (exaj! hehe)
i was only, like, halfway to the exam when i saw a few people already passing their worksheets. i panicked! is it only me, or is the quiz really difficult? those guys are really good to finish the quiz way ahead of time.
it is funny to see accounting students after a quiz. we compare answers and we tend to shriek like we won the lottery when we find that we have the same answers. you should see the corridors after the exam this afternoon. we were all there, blocking the corridor, comparing answers, and telling the next class about the quiz. this made me wish that i have taken the second class instead, so i could ask the first class about their quizzes
as we walked to our next class, we saw our former blockmate ching, who is now taking up legal management. she is about the most absent-minded person i know. she just came to class last thursday because she thought that classes would begin today, may 30 when in fact classes began last monday, may 23. she told me that she was confused that many people were texting her while she was in the province, asking if she was sick or something, because she has missed her classes. when we first heard that story, we laughed ourselves silly. typical ching! last year she did not get to come to class on the first week because she had not paid her tuition on time and was not able to get her copy of her schedule from the registrar. she said she lost her own copy of the schedule and did not know which classes she was supposed to be in! funny really...
anyway, after that grueling exams, it was a class in negotiable instruments law next. our prof was this soft-spoken attorney for whom dianne crushes on since he became our prof two terms ago. it has been a joke that dianne got really good grades in our law on sales class because our prof was her inspiration. hmm... not a bad idea...
well, the prof may be cute, but he's got a really soft voice. too bad for us because we came to class a bit late on the first day and we were forced to sit at the back. i dont have a good ear, and there were times when i have to ask elmer or apple for what the prof has said and there were times when they did not get to hear him either. masaklap.
i got to get home early today, there is no manser2 class, ("fieldwork" for thesis) and i almost ran to catch the shuttle (colorum, or whatever you might call it). i said almost ran because i could not really run because i was wearing sandals and it rained: i walked very fast instead.
i was about to board the shuttle and settle in between two boys at the back when i heard a loud voice behind me say, "ang lakas mo marian!" i dont need to turn around to see who it was. it has got to be my friend daniel. (fast fact: "ang lakas mo" is a shortcut for "ang lakas mo naman sumingit" or "ang lakas mo namang magpapansin", which daniel popularized in high school, together with an arm sign i would rather not describe here).
i sat across him, and began a trip-long conversation about high school, iv-philippians, our former teachers, our old school, OJT, mapua, etc. laugh trip ulit! he was also sitting next to this girl who is a freshman at csb and also went to our old school. we quizzed her about the recent happenings at st james, which was not much. our old school was going down the drain. the last time i was there was last february, when i fetched my lilttle brother from school because mama was unavailable.
anyway, gotta do homework na... till next time... pag sinipag ulit
update lang ng buhay buhay - first posted Feb 24, 2005 - Blurty
4:40 PM
ei peeps! just stopping by to say na "buhay pa ko!"
im here at the lab waiting for my 740 class. wala kc c balti and i came in early para iwas traffic. we're supposed to talk about the thesis pero nawawala na naman c elmer so sa sat na lang before the retreat. anyway, we got two of our quizzes in audpraa back and BAGSAK AKO SA DALAWA! well, ang average ko in the two quizzes is 68! pero bakit parang ndi ako affected... babawi na lang ako sa midterms on monday. 2.0 lang, masaya na ko. wala nang hope to get at least a 3.0. sa compsy bagsak rin. sa audprab bagsak rin. sa incotax ko na lang binabawi... ganyan talaga, ok lang kc im still exerting the same effort as i did in the past terms, talagang mahirap lang ang lessons ngayon kaya kelangan doblehin ang effort! but it's still disappointing...
i still havent told my parents about my sad grades. baka later na lang pagsundo sa akin... or paggawa ko ng retreat letter.... hmm... excited na pala ako sa retreat!!!
la lang - first posted in Blurty Dec 28, 2004
4:37 PM
i've been wondering what happened to you people? parang ang tagal walang naguupdate, then nagupdate pala si kat2! syempre sya naman ang may pinakamakulay na buhay sa tin eh! hehe... uy, noel!!!! (singing...) the first noel....
im here. buhay pa. living a boring life. um, pero im having fun magonline the whole day. magdownload ng mp3, makipagchat sa kung sinong nagmessage sa ym, magforward ng magforward ng text msgs gamit ang sun, magbasa ng sangkatutak na forwarded msgs ng mga sunny friends ko, manood ng dvd/vcd, magbasa ng mga pocketbook (i read nicholas sparks' the notebook at last!!! i think the movie is better though), magbasa ng malaking hardbound complete chronicles of narnia (i like those fantasy novels) at makiusyoso sa neighborhood. at araw-araw ata akong nasa mall (festival (ive been there for at least 4 times since vacation started) sm sucat(naggrocery lang), glorietta, sm megamall, at sm north edsa). ndi pa pala nakakanood ng 1 movie from the filmfest. bukas na lang un...
see, ang boring ng life ko ngayon. normal lang. pag walang magawa matutulog na lang ako.
syangapla, nanganak na si chantal, ung mini poodle naming buntis. 5 ung lumabas, then namatay ung 1. sikat sila, pinanganak sila nung pasko. wlang tao sa bahay kc ung helper namin umuwi sa bulacan. paguwi namin may 3 nang puppies. then after an hour may lumabas pang dalawa. astig nga, nagkagulo sa likod ng bahay nataranta nanay ko hehe
o sha, spirits na. i love spirits! and lovers in paris! manonood muna ko. update na lang next time
i feel... accomplished - Dec 21 2004 (Blurty)
4:36 PM
i notice that no one's been updating much lately. does that mean that we all live pretty boring lives, or like ches said, we only write when we're depressed? hmm...
last thursday, my mother received a text message from one of my 50+ cousins that our eldest cousin, kuya rico, is back. i entered our gate and there my mom is cying, "si kuya rico nyo, nabuhay!". hehe i almost laughed. i told my mom "ang sagwa naman ng nabuhay. parang namatay na sya dati. baka ibig mong sabihin, buhay pa!" we laughed at that. then my mom made a few calls, and lastly, she called nanay (my mom's eldest sister and kuya rico's mother). maybe i should start from the beginning.
my mom was the 10th of 11 children (actually, 11th of 12, one died as a toddler). kuya rico was the eldest son of mama's eldest sister. he is, like, 38 y/o now and his eldest daughter is about my age. anyway, eight years ago, kuya rico disappeared. he left his wife (who we don't like), two daughters and a son who is about 2-3 y/o then. years passed and we thought that he was dead. when his dad, my uncle died, my aunts tried asking for him through radio stations but to no avail. well, one day he just showed up at tita elong's house and that's when ate riza texted my mom. turned out that kuya rico went with another woman to cotabato and stayed there for 8 years. the place was like those we see on tv - super bundok na talaga. pag sinabi nilang "wala ito sa bundok namin" they really mean it! kuya rico, a very smart guy (though he was not able to finish college) was like the most intelligent person there. people in their place would rely on him to serve papers, land titles, settle disputes, and compute inheritance claims.
i think he'll be coming back to their place. he's got 2 little boys and he said that he did not want to wreck another family.
his situation made me think. my cousin is a very smart person but he did not act like one. his life went downhill. madami syang nasayang na taon. he told us that if only he could turn back the hands of time, he will.
his story serve as an example to us, his younger cousins. we have do things wisely. we dont have to resort to drastic measures to escape problematic relationships. love our family and cherish them. he lost 8 years with his family. he did not see his children grow up. now he resents that.
well, enough of that....
i just received my course cards and the results are great! un lang...
mixed feelings - Oct 1, 2004 (Blurty)
4:35 PM
medyo matagal na rin akong hindi nakakapagsulat dito. kc naman dati wala masyadong nangyayari sa life ko. now, i realized there are a lot of things i should be sharing with you lot.
first, i'm a bit disappointed with my performance last term. siguro karma na rin kc ndi naman sa pagmamayabang, i was expecting a 4.0 sa finama2 kc perfect naman quizzes namin. yun nga lang, pamatay ang finals so 3.5 lang nakuha ko. out of generosity na rin cguro from the prof kc super baba talaga ng finals ko. then i thought baka kinarma lang ako coz nagtatanungan kmi habang nagqquiz (quiet!!!) so i promised myself na that will be the first and last time that i'll do that. well, im happy that i still made it to the dean's list. but my happiness was short-lived coz my sis didnt pass actonea. syempre na-guilty ako kc hindi ko sya masyado naturuan. then sobrang nanghinayang ako kc hindi ko nakuha ung invitation ko sa p&g kc the day after the deadline ko na nakita na nakapost pala ung name ko. syempre ako naman ndi mahilig tumingin sa mga bulletin boards. so now, i resolve to take a peek at the boards once in a while. malay mo, may pagkakataon na naman akong palagpasin.
then there was gammy, always na lang girls nya pinaguusapan. bigla na lang magttxt without asking kung kamusta na or whatever, and all he'll talk about is this girl na feel nyang ligawan and he's asking for my advice. minsan ok lang, minsan nakakairita na. parang papansin na masyado. sometimes i try to answer his questions the best that i can. tapos bigla na lang "wala lang, naisip ko lang" or "bigla ko lang kasi naisip kc may sinabi ung friend nung girl" un ang sasabihin nya. and the name of the girl: mary ann. medyo matagal pa bago nya nasabi ung name ah. sabi tuloy ng sis ko, baka feeling nya, feeling ko ako ung girl na un gets? minsan cguro. ndi ko alam.
there are times tuloy na i wonder what my real feelings toward him are. i mean may iba namang guys na lumapit but nawawala rin sila agad (like this 27 y/o guy na ndi ko na alam kung ano nangyari dahil dineadma ko sya). i think na ganun talaga ako pagdating sa guys, pag may connection na ko with them, parang mahirap nang mawala. i remember my first "bf". it was a year and a half before i completely got over him and that was because ndi na kami nagkausap. c gammy naman, ewan ko. basta wala sanang magsabi sa kanya! (kat-kat?)
masaya ako ngayon kc nakatulong ako sa mga friends ko kahit medyo may gusot pa rin ngayon. basta nandito lang ako para makiramay sa kaninong nangangailangan.
happy rin ako kc nanalo lasalle! makakauwi ako ng maaga!
pero kinakabahan ako kc i'll be having a dental surgery later! i've been putting it off for years sabi ng dentist kelangan pabunot ko na! shucks ndi ko pa naman kaya ang pain
what else? kinakabahan din pala ako sa audprin kc sobrang dami kong mistakes sa last quiz. as i always say, "bawi na lang sa next quiz!"
wala na kong maisip hanggang dito na muna
labo - first posted in Blurty July 12, 2004
4:34 PM
im here at my school's computer lab passing up the time until my 6 pm accounting class. i have forgotten how fun it is to do nothing while waiting for the next class. ever since this term started, i've done nothing but study, do homework, study, prepare for recitations, and study... oh yeah, i almost forgot that i have slept and ate too.
it's fun to be in college. i mean, i had more fun in college than i had in highschool. labo no? most people i know wished that they're back in hs to be with their barkada. i dont have a definite barkada then. i am friends with everyone in my class. that's the fun part. i am welcome in every part of the room. a group wouldnt feel uncomfortable when i came to join them. that's the fun part. but then i dont have a barkada to say of my own. im not really 'one' of them, just.. i dont know...
labo talaga... nalayo na ko sa usapan. where was i? oh yeah, as i was saying, it's fun to be in college. there's always the lasalle-ateneo games to look forward to, cute classmates to keep eyes on, etc. i have made really good friends, a barkada to call my own. people i know dont make me feel left out. lagi kang welcome kahit saan.
may attitude problem kc me noon. i was kinda shallow, super taray (ngayon hindi na masyado hehe), and i got into BIG trouble - i mean guidance office = because of my dirty, sorry, mouth.
i am so happy that i went to lasalle. there i found true friends. friends like JMECK, my barkada, and my blockmates who are always friendly and always there for me. sa block namin, walang kang maitatago. sandali lang, malalaman na ng buong block. mnsan ok un, minsan hindi.
ewan... wala na kong masabi... sa susunod na lang
name game muna - Jul 10, 2004 (Blurty)
4:33 PM
Let's try the name game I've seen in someone else's blurty (ches?)
if you call me Ma. Concepcion... u're a new teacher i've just met
if you call me Ms. Melgarejo... u're one of my law teachers (calling me for recitation)
if you call me Melgareja... u're Mr. Go
if you call me Concepcion... u're one of my classmates in kindergarten and grades 1-3
if you call me Ate... u're my younger sis Jenny or my dad Pachi
if you call me Achi... u're my younger bro Joshua or my Mami
if you call me Doo... u're Pachi or Mami
if you call me Morian or Morr... u're Ches, Johna, Joel, Daniel, Gene Paul, Randy or Tin
if you call me Marian Welgarejo... u're Nylene
if you call me Mar-Mar... u're Charlotte
if you call me Maricon... u're Ms. Aquino
if you call me Connie... u're Mrs. Yray
if you call me Melgy or Melgs... u're Ana or PR
if you call me while singing "More International Cigarette"... u're Matz
if you call me Concha... u're Paul C.
if you call me Ma-ri-an... u're Tita Lorna, Tito Sam or Shiela
if you call me Mar-yan... u're one of my relatives living in Cavite
if you call me Maya... u're one those i've chatted at mirc
if you call me Cuz... u're Ate Joy
if you call me Baby... u're Kuya Dennis (dati pala yun)
if you call me Marian... u're one of everyone else i've not mentioned
it's been a while - first posted in Blurty Feb 13, 2004
4:32 PM
i haven't realized that it's been a month since i've last updated this online journal. not that nothing's been happening to me, it's just that i've been so busy with school that whenever i went online i'd rather visit surf the web than to write an entry.
i've been having a tough time in school. i haven't been doing well in the grades department. first, i've been very disappointed. but i later realized that a student would fail sometime, and it only took a while before it happened to me. i also realized that it was all for the best. i've been through tougher problems in high school (much worse than getting a failing grade), and i've survived. we had another killer quiz in cost accounting this morning. i dont know how i did, our prof is so unpredictable. i just gave it my best shot. i'm keeping my fingers crossed. but still, there's always the midterm exams. hehe
this afternoon i watched a live telecast of survivor all-stars, and that episode really touched my heart. really. no kidding. there was this girl jenna (i think she's from survivor amazon) and she really missed her family. esp. her mom. her mom's very sick and jenna wished to go back home to be with her mom. she has this feeling that something bad might happen to her mom while she was away. just some kind of vibe or something. she went home. then i found out that her mom died eight days later.
it really touched my heart. normally i wouldnt fall for things like that, but then i realized how much i love my mom and if i was in jenna's place, i would do the same. i mean, if anything happens to my family and im not there to see them in their last days, i would never have forgiven myself.
i'm just happy that my parents are there to support me. two weeks ago i cried in front of my mom when i told her of my bad grades and she told me it was alright. it was my dad who told me that everyone is bound to fail sometime. they know that i've been studying really hard and i gave it my best shot.
happy new year - Jan 06, 2004 (Blurty)
4:30 PM
It’s the new year again! It’s been a really great year thanks to the people who made my 2003 complete, fun and entertaining: my mom and dad, sister Jenny, brother Joshua, my cousins, (many to mention but here’s a chosen few: Herson/Hershey, Madel, Ate Sharon, Jar, Ate Joy), my cousins’ kids or my pamangkins (again mtm but I particularly adore my Ate Riza’s little girl Jewel who might be a pain in the neck but she’s really cute) and my friends (again mtm: the whole block 6 esp. kat, ches, jigs, elms, my bestfriend kitin, gammy, email pal mark ).
My 2003 was unlike any other.
I started the year right. There’s the usual New Year’s Day party at my Tita Pol which is something we look forward to after All Saints’ Day (a mini-reunion at the cemetery haha). I watched the Two Towers on its opening day, which is something I have really looked forward to since seeing the first one. It really made my January (pardon the grammar haha).
I also fell in and out of love last year. Ok, I didn’t reveal this to anybody (directly, anyway) but I guess my close friends could tell who it is. Just don’t tease me about it. Things just wont work out between me and this lucky (ehem) guy. I’ll tell you this much: I realized I had feelings for him when he got a girlfriend, but I got over it, even when they broke up. Wala nang feelings eh... I’ll spare the details just in case... (Secret lang natin yan, mga ‘tol ha?)
Feb 14 marked the day I spent the day of hearts with my friends instead of family. I also went to see a movie I have already seen in the moviehouse. May I mention most of us have seen the movie already? I even forgot the title of the movie. It stars sandra bullock and hugh grant with urban legends redhead and ms rhode island. I remember details but I forgot the title of the movie. Maybe that’s because it’s not a very good movie.
In April, my baby bro celebrated his 7th bday. It’s the first bday party we had in 6 years! It was fun, from the planning to the actual preparations to the cooking to the party itself. I didn’t get to have much fun though. I kept thinking of the finals exam which are just two days after the big event. I was pissed off coz my cousins are already in vacation and two of them, Herson and Madel spent three nights at our place. They were watching the movie Superstar (I wonder if someone else knows about this movie. It’s hilarious!) while I’m slaving in front of the pc doing the paper for comart2.
I also passed the qualifying exams that summer. I remembered crying in front of the tv while watching a chinese movie (w/ subtitles of course) in star mandarin as I thought about the exam. We went out that night and we met up with my cuz Herson and his mom tita elong (for consuelo, actually she prefers connie but we got used to elong) at the festival mall. With nothing to do, we asked the ring (remember the ring?) if I will pass of not. It said yes, but I wasn’t sure. I passed and that really made my summer (again pardon the grammar!)
In May the Tagle clan went on our first outing. We went on an overnight ‘camping’ trip to the resort in taytay where my cuz kuya lito is caretaker. We had a hell of a good time even though: I only got 30 mins of sleep on a chair (we slept in the pavillion to make it fair for everybody coz only 1 room is available), frogs swam in the pool near midnight (we had to wait while kuya lito cleaned the pool), and there’s only 1 bathroom. Who are we to complain, we don’t own the place. Haha
It was only in May that I got the chicken pox. I remember watching meteor garden alone in the room I share with my sis coz only my mom and dad and the househelp could come inside. I had the pox the day before Kitin’s debut. Fortunately my sis is also invited so she went and proxied for me for the 18 treasures. I couldn’t even write cox there are spots b/w my fingers. I just told my sis what to say.
October 31. My lola’s 80th bday celebration (also the reason I didn’t get to come with Katz and the others to meet Sefph). I got to see my cousins Ate Rachel (with hubby and kids) and Kiko for the first time in 8 years. My lola celebrated with a party for the first time in so many years. Her’s bday really on Nov 1.
In between I went to classes, went to the mall, did projects, and a lot of things besides. I went to gimmicks, laughed with friends, laughed at teachers’ mannerisms, teased other people.
I would never forget 2003.
But there’s also a lot of things to look forward to in 2004.
Like, the big finale of the Lord of the Rings. Something I am so excited about. (coming in 3 days) I was so pissed off I didn’t get to see the advance screenings coz of the family’s schedules
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (coming in June)
The Tagle clan’s next outing this summer, hopefully, to a different place. My grandma was not a fan of the last one.
Our family’s ‘naudlot na bakasyon’, hopefully, this summer. We were supposed to go to Cebu for the holidays but with the recent ‘akyat-bahay’ incidents in pque, my opted to stay at home. Boo and bullfrogs.
My sister’s entrance to DLSU (she also took accountancy)
We already had the New Year’s Day party at my aunt’s place. Again, like we do every year. I started the year almost the same as last year’s. I only have to watch ROTK on Friday, which still has a 50/50 chance of happening since my mom’s bowling league would start Jan 9. But she said she would not attend the first day so I have my fingers crossed. Hopefully we could get tickets. Festival mall’s cinemas always get a bit crowded on Friday nights, and with the ROTK opening that day? It would be almost impossible to get good seats.
This is getting long now. I would just update it – when I would feel like it, it seems.
merry christmas - originally posted Dec 26, 2003 (Blurty)
4:29 PM
it has been a while since i've updated this journal... i just want you guys to know that i'm still alive and kicking!
to all who greeted me merry xmas, salamat! (katz, ndi ko na-receive ung msg mo, kung nareceive ko nabati sana kita ;)
while im writing this journal, im chatting with my hs friends sa ym==> dane, steph, pips, matz, and tin... i discovered something: crush ni matz si kat-kat! hehe... baka patayin ako ng mga taong to pero ok lang, gusto ko lang ishare!
hmmp, later ko na lang i22loy to, may gagamit ng pc
isang masaklap na araw - first posted in Blurty Oct 25, 2003
4:26 PM
i took my midterm exams in accounting this morning... hindi ko malaman kung anong nafifeel ko... parang mahirap siya na hindi na parang babagsak ako na hindi... ewan... sana lang pumasa ako, ok na yun... hahabol na lang sa second half! ganoon naman lagi eh!
it's been a long time since i've updated this journal... i dont have time to write... been addicted to friendster! ahem...
new book - first appeared in Blurty Oct 13, 2003
4:25 PM
[13 Oct 200302:56pm] I have a new book to recommend to you lot. It’s called Ang Paboritong Libro ni Hudas. The book was written by bob ong, also the culprit of the phenomenal (for me anyway), ABNKKBSNPlaKo? and Bakit Baligtad Magbasa ng Libro ang mga Pilipino? I don’t know why I was drawn to his books. Let’s see. AB is a book recommended to me by my best friend. Sounds normal, but AB is different. It was her boyfriend who lent her the book. It was a big surprise coz her bf never reads books if he can get away with it. Then AB must be pretty good because the guy who never even reads posters or cereal boxes (coz he claims that reading too much hurts his eyes…kuno) read a whole book in one sitting (the book was pretty thin, but you know what I mean). That’s when I discovered bob ong and bobongpinoy.com (his website…dunno if it’s still online).
Bakit Baligtad was another story. There I was browsing in the bookstore for yet another book to read during the summer break, when I chanced upon a yellow book with Erap on the cover. I was amused, because the book was really upside-down. Then I saw who the author was and I knew that this was a book not to be ignored.
This Saturday I was again in the bookstore looking for (memories? Memoirs? Tales? Whatever) of an unwanted chinese daughter (highly recommended by jigs carag). Surprise, surprise I still couldn’t find a copy. I was looking for it since june. Anyway, I came to the filipino books sections and there I saw AB and Bakit Baligtad. There was also a small black book without the usual plastic cover. There was no title on the front cover and I became curious (who wouldn’t be?). I thought it could be a diary or address book (it looks a lot like ours) that somebody misplaced in the books section. The spine said the title and the author. I read the first few pages and I decided to buy it. Not that one, though. I still had to look for a new copy (with plastic) at the bestsellers of the month rack.
That book is another must-read. It was amusing in its own way, even if some might say that the author is just writing random thoughts (like what we do) and then voila! He’s got a book. But still, it’s okay to read a fun book once in a while. For once (make that thrice) in your life, try to stay away from philosophical, romantic, suspense, sci-fi novels that you’re used to and read a not-so-serious book by a not-so-serious author. Chances are you learn a lot. You can be amused and entertained at the same time.
Pardon me for saying random thoughts. I just couldn’t think of a good event that happened in my life this past few days. Hopefully this week, there could be.
... - first posted in Blurty Oct 9, 2003
4:24 PM
i had a darn tiring day today! first i took a very loooooong exam in relstwo. maybe im exaggerating but it's still long. then we had a seatwork in comp2ac where i exhausted my mind looking up answers from my notes (hehe...) then just when i thought the day could not get any worse, i found out that my report in marketing was 'unexplainably' erased from menen's pc and i was so pissed off coz i left my diskette at home! i was so damn stupid! i had to rewrite my report in 1 hour. well, thank god i finished it with time to spare. i guess i work better under pressure, after all. imagine, i did my original report in two hours, and this afternoon i did it in less than half that time! i should have just spent my saturday at the mall instead of doing the report.
my mind was so tired tonight i was too lazy to open my acctg book and look at the assigned problems. we dont need to pass it anyway so why bother? i was also too lazy to update this journal but i was currently downloading adobe acrobat reader for my sister. the damn application is taking so long to download that i have nothing to do but update this journal. i hate slowpokes. ok, hate is such a strong word. i rephrase. i easily get annoyed with slowpokes.
as of this writing the downloading procedure is complete so it's time to end this
wala lang - first posted Oct 1, 2003 (Blurty)
4:23 PM
Habang ginagawa ko ang entry na ito, I’m playing Numb by Linkin Park in the background. Ewan ko ba, feel ko naman ang mga alternative na kanta ngayon. Kung dati gusto ko ay boybands, ngayon nakakahiligan ko na rin ang mga alternative, rock, o kahit ano basta gusto ng pandinig ko.
May bago akong kaibigan. Actually, matagal na rin, last term pa. Ok naman siya. Email pal ko. Gusto na niyang mag-usap sa fone, pero ayaw ko pa. Hindi ko pa siya ganon kakilala eh. Pero he sounds nice naman. Kaya lang medyo pangit ung school niya, PUP. Pero ok na rin. Ala lang siyang cel so nakikitext pa siya sa ate or classm8s niya. Touched nga ako eh, kasi nakikihiram pa siya ng fone para matext ako.
What else? Oh, nakausap ko ung bestfriend kong taga-Ateneo, si Kitin. Sabi niya wala na siyang balak manood ng finals. Pati classm8s niya ayaw na rin. Kawawa naman ang mga scalper wala na silang means of income. Baka puro taga-FEU ang manood. Siyempre matagal na rin silang hindi nakalasap ng tagumpay. Oh, well…
Sabi ng sis ko may prophecy daw na yung unang makakatalo sa La Salle ang mananalo. Obviously sa prophecy na yon ala nang pag-asa ang La Salle na manalo di ba? Come to think of it, FEU ang unang nakatalo sa tin so I guess sila ang mananalo. Tignan na lang atin ang kalalabasan ng finals. Siyempre FEU na kami noh!!! Dapat lang matalo ang Ateneo. Hehe, buti nga hindi kami nag-aaway ni Kitin don eh! Inaamin naman niyang matatalo rin sila sa FEU.
Bawi na lang La Salle next year. Let’s keep our fingers crossed…
.... - originally posted Sept 26, 2003 (Blurty)
4:20 PM
Habang sinusulat ko itong entry na ito, pinapatugtog ko ung The Prayer ni Charlotte Church and Josh Groban. Grabe, napaka-peaceful ng feeling. Sana lang hindi mag-hang ulit itong computer. Kinopy ko lang kc siya sa isang CD na pina-burn ko kay Gammy. Kanina pang nagloloko itong pc kasi bigla na lang maghahang habang nagplaplay ung mga songs na kinopy ko.
Anyway, Friday ngayon (obviously), at wala akong magawa. Sinipag nga akong magsulat dito ngayon eh ! Grabe na ito, parang gandang-ganda ako sa song na ito ngayon. Baka kc I really needed to hear mellow songs sa mga panahon na ito.
Ay naku kahapon baha na naman sa amin. Ako yata ang pinakamalas na tao kasi isa ako sa mga unang hindi nakadaan sa tulay sa may amin. Nakakainis talaga. Sinabihan ko nga ung driver ng trike na kaya pa niya un lusungin eh, dadagdagan ko pa naman sana ung bayad makauwi lang ng maaga. Imagine from 4:30 to 6 eh nandon ako nakatayo kasama ang ibang taga-subdivision namin. Ung iba umikot kasi may part doon na hindi baha, maputik naman. Hindi na ko sumama kasi puro basura ung tatapakan saka madulas. Nakadaan na kasi ako don last yr, 2nd term din. Late na un mga 9 (remember 6 uwian natin) tapos may exam pa sa rels kaya talagang pinagtyagaan ko na lang. Pag-uwi ko todo ligo at paghilod ang ginawa ko kadiri talaga, pero kelangan kasi ndi pa ko nag-aaral non. Buti na lang hindi naiisipan ni Ms. Salendrez na mag-quiz kanina sa acctg or else hindi na ko naka-review.
Bad trip pa ksi hindi ko rin napanood ung game ng DLSU. 6 medyo bumaba na ung baha at kaya nang magdaan ng mga kotse. Sakto dumaan ung service ng neighbor namin so sumabay na kami ng sis ko. Tapos naghihintay din ung nanay namin sa dulo ng tulay so dun na kami sumakay. Dadaan na raw pala siya buti na lang tumawag ako at sinabing nakisabay na kami sa service.
Anyway, pagdating ko sa bahay kung tutuusin maaabutan ko pa ung rambulan na nangyari --- kung may cable. Kaso wala, so hindi ko rin napanood. Ang saklap, kinabit ko ung antenna sa isang tv pero channel 2 lang ang nakukuha. Hindi rin naabutan ng tv patrol ung nanagyari. So tumawag ako kina apple at tinanong sa kanya kung ano nangyari. Buti na lang bait ni apple kinwento niya.
Then You Look at Me ang tugtog naman ngayon. Cute din siya, from the soundtrack of Bicentennial Man, isa sa mga movie na nagustuhan ko. Dito na muna, sa susunod ulit. Paalam!
Mga Kwento ni Marian - originally posted Sept 22, 2003 (blurty)
3:14 PM
September 22, 2003
Bilang tanda ng kauna-unahang pagsulat ko dito sa Blurty, sisikapin kong magsulat lamang sa wikang Filipino. Kung meron man kayong angal sa mali kong pagsusulat, nakikiusap akong sarilinin ninyo na lamang dahil problema nyo na yon, at wala na ko don. Pawang ang mga isusulat ko dito sa Blurty na ito ay mga opinyon ko lamang at wala nang aangal pa dahil bawat tayo’y may karapatang ilahad ang ating mga saloobin. Marapat lamang na kung may matamaan o may masaktan o kung ano man ang inyong maramdaman eh sabihin ninyo at ating reresolbahin kung ano man ang ating pagkakaiba. Ako naman po ay bukas sa inyong mga opinyon at saloobin, ika nga.
Nakapagsimula na nga at baka makornihan pa ang ibang tao sa kin.
Wala namang magandang nangyari sa akin ngayong araw na ito. Walang partikular na pangyayari na magiging parte ng ala-ala ninuman.
Sa sobrang wala akong magawa kanina ay binasa ko ulit ang isa mga paborito kong aklat, ang Bakit Baligtad Magbasa ng Libro ang mga Pilipino?.
Iminumungkahi kong basahin ninyo ang librong ito. Nabasa nyo na ba ang, A B N K K B S N P LA Ko? Ang Bakit Baligtad ay ang pangalawang aklat ng sumulat ng A B.
Sa unang tingin pa lamang ay makikita mo nang espesyal ang aklat na ito. At bakit ko naman nasabi yon? Kasi kober (shit, ano ba ang tagalog ng cover?) pa lang ng libro ay kakaiba na talaga. San ka ba naman nakakita na baligtad nga ang kober ng libro? Nakakatuwa kasi pag-alis ko pa lang ng plastic ng libro eh namangha na talaga ako. Iisipin ng mga taong makakakita sayong nagbabasa nun eh medyo bobs ka kasi baligtad kang magbasa.
Masaya ito basahin at hindi nakakabagot. May ilang parte nga lang na medyo hindi ako makapag-ugnay (maka-relate?) sa awtor. Meron kasi ditong parte na kung saan malalaman mo kung Martial Law baby ka. Sa mga hindi nakaka-gets (oi, expression yan ah!) ito yung pinanganak nung Martial Law (obvious ba?) Hindi ko naman alam yung mga pinagsasabi ni Bob Ong (yung sumulat) sapagkat, hello? Hindi naman ako pinanganak nung mga panahong iyon noh???!!! Meron pa yung mga palabas sa telebisyon nung panahon pa ni kopong-kopong. Pinabasa ko na lang sa nanay ko, ayun, siya yung tawa ng tawa kasi naaalala niya yung kapanahunan niya. Pero hindi ko rin ipinagkakaila na may alam din ako sa mga palabas sa TB (telebisyon, hehe) kasi mahilig akong manood noon ng mga lumang palabas. Sino ba sa mga kaidad ko ang alam ung Manok ni San Pedro at Gulong ng Palad? O yung Flordelisa, Analuna, o Ula ang Batang Gubat? Sigurado yung mga nakakaalam nun hindi pa nila aaminin at mapaghahalataang jologs o baduy. Oo na, jologs na kung jologs!
Maalala ko, nung bata pa ko lagi kaming nakikinig noon ng Ang Gabi ng Lagim. Sana meron pang may alam nito para may kakwentuhan ako. Ito ay isang palabas sa radyo, mga alas-otso ng gabi sa DZRH (o ha, naalala ko pa!) . Sobrang takot na takot ako nun, lalo na nung mga panahong gabi-gabi eh nawawalan ng kuryente dahil sa lecheng Meralco. Siyempre madilim nun kasi walang ilaw tapos nakikinig pa kami nung nakakatakot na programa sa radyo. Lalo na kung ang kwento ay tungkol sa multo, o kung talagang minamalas, tiyanak. Kaya ata ako nagkaphobia dati sa troll (yung nabibili sa Gift Gate ah) kasi nakakaalala ako ng tiyanak (pero ngayon hindi na).
Tapos hihirit pa ung kasama namin sa bahay na may nakita daw siyang puting babae sa kwarto namin isang gabi. Siyempre bata pa ko nun kaya sobrang takot na takot ako. Pero tuloy pa rin ang pakikinig kahit nakakatakot. Uso naman sa ating mga Pilipino ung manood o makinig ng nakakatakot na kwento kahit nanginginig na tayo sa takot. Siyempre kunwari hindi ka takot, pero sa loob-loob mo aatakihin ka na sa puso. Siguro gusto mo lang subukan ang tapang mo.
Grabe, ang layo na nang mga kwento ko. Sa susunod, itutuloy ko na ang mga kwento ko. Hanggang sa muli, paalam!!!
