Archive for December, 2005

daddy

Saturday, December 24th, 2005

- a great dad to four girls and one boy. we’re the best evidences of this quality of his. hehe B-)

- a super dad — in a sense that whenever i need a help on something (solicitations, access to data, and the likes), he can surely come up with a solution for me. whew!

- very dependable and caring in his own simple ways. mas concerned pa siya sakin kung pano ko dadalhin o i-uuwi every week to and from the boarding house ang mga gamit ko. pag na-sense niyang magmumukha na kong professional porter sa dami, ihahatid o susunduin na ko. yehey!

- a living friendster. daming konek. asteeg.

- a neat and clean freak. VERY. has this habit of moving furnitures around the house for like twice a month. no wonder visitors has this tendency to feel alienated whenever they come back here. haha.

- looks strict and stiff ("nakakatakot tatay mo, kung ako manliligaw sau feeling ko pasasayawin muna ako nun sa bala" –aris). well, di naman. pag may sumpong lang!

- a smart one. hates stupidity and inefficiency. always on time, or should i say, always early.

- has a very unpredictable mind. what you think is already settled with, pwede pa niyang baguhin the last minute.

and now that’s he’s having his 54th birthday (in 7 minutes as i write this entry), something unexpected came out of his mouth kanina while having dinner. he is suddenly  looking for visitors… (like whattttt?!?!?!! ikaw ba yan daddy? ang daddy na hindi lumalabas kapag may dumadalaw sa ate ko?!?!)

and i suddenly wonder, what made him think na someone SHOULD be visiting me huh? i mean, san nanggaling un?! ay naku dah-deh… u must be getting old…

and true enough, you just did. its 12.26am already!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

:-D

“bloody” wednesday. again.

Thursday, December 15th, 2005

this is it. this time natuloy na din ang pagiging bloody ng wednesday ko na na-postponed last week. hehe. im actually tired to the bones right now, but i just feel the urge to write about the events of this day before i officially retire and call it a day (though its already 12:35 am. a new day, technically speaking…). apart from the sorta gloomy and highly unpredictable weather we had (un tipong di mo alam kung uulan ba o hindi), i can say that this day ranks as one of the happiest and most memorable (not to mention, ‘most pictured’) day of my life this year :-D

here are the happenings:

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- our professor in socio101  (neeks) fulfilled her promise last week of providing breakfast for us this meeting. she arrived with a plastic bag containing boxes of assorted slices of cakes from Chocolate Kiss for everyone to share and enjoy. wow, ChocKiss un! asteeg siya talaga. na-guilty tuloy ako for not reading the assigned readings for that meeting’s discussion.. (i promise next year that i’ll be a better student. you can quote me on that). anyway, bumawi naman kami sa group exercise (^_^) and we were also able to pull-off an intellectual discussion by answering her interesting questions eventhough most of us haven’t read the readings (o diba, asteeg din kami!). so far, a 7 am class ON A wednesday is not so bad after all. in fact, its great (given that proper factors are present na rin. hehe)

- after our class, we were overwhelmed by the fact na wala kaming magawa at kahit 10am na mukha pa ring 7am sa acad oval (read: walang masyadong tao at medyo mailap pa din ang araw. in other words, not enough vitamins). so dahil wala kaming magawa at di pa din naman kami makauwi sa aming mga bahay-bahay sa iba’t-ibang dako ng Pilipinas dahil sa mga napipintong kaganapan kinabukasan (ngaung araw na pla…), nag-ubos na lang kami ng oras by booth-hopping sa acad oval. at the same time, bevs was eternally asking herself then kung papasok pa ba siya sa class ni Pagli o hindi na. in the end, kasama ko siyang sumakay ng ikot pabalik ng KNL Heights with me hearing her say "its 12 o’clock in the afternoon. one hour before Pagli’s class and im going to sleep…" nice one bevs. just make sure that on january 4, you have a signed excuse letter to present to your highschool-principalish prof. don’t worry, it’ll be easy. just say you were anomic that day (socio concept again. hehe).

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- dianne and i were able to successfully fulfill our lifelong dreams of walking around the campus without any interruptions (such as finally availing the irresistable treat promised by a friend halfway our itinerary or biglaang pag-ulan di pa man kami nakaka-layo ng boarding house — as in the case last week AT last last week :-/). with the boarding house as our 0 kilometer, i think we were able to walk around 5 kilometers that afternoon (yup! and my legs hurt.) anyway, masaya din naman kasi. and besides, dual purpose din naman yung paglalakad namin that afternoon kasi we were also scouting for a perfect gift na worth P50 for our exchange gift sa boarding house (the details of which will be presented in a short while). and oh, kung kelan naman wini-wish namin na wala kami masyadong makitang mga kakilala eh saka naman kami naging mga miss popularity. seconds after namin sabihin yung wish naming yun eh eto na, "hi dianne", "hi pam" na kaliwa’t-kanan. great. di naman kami nagre-reverse psychology kay Lord nung sinabi namin un… ewan ko ba. feeling nga namin kung may snap elections for University Student Council that particular time eh landslide winners na kami sa dami ng mga may kilala sa amin na na-encounter namin nung panahon na yun. haaayyy…

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- finally, after 6 semester of boarding house life, natuloy na din ang eternal plan for a christmas party. yehey!! apart from the menu that my project coordinator boardmates prepared, may bonus ice cream at donuts pa kami from our honorary boardmates/frequent visitors na si myron at kuya richmond. yehey ulit!! also, nagkaron na rin kami ng chance to reciprocate our landlord’s efforts of giving premium cakes from either Red Ribbon or Goldilocks kapag bday ng isa sa amin. this time, kami naman ang nag-regalo sa kanya. we gave him a share in the foods my boardmates cooked and a bottle of Cabernet Sauvignon (di kami kasali ni dianne sa pagluluto. clean-up na lang kami. by clean-up, we mean (1) eating the left-overs while chatting and (2) washing dishes… which is not so bad anyway).

- ang kulit namin nung time for exchange gift at group picture taking momentssssss. meron kaming isang boardmate na late sa party and it turned out na ako pla ung nabunot niya. so by the time na nagbubukasan na sila ng mga regalo, ako walang mabuksan. ang just to make me feel better, kinuhanan nalang nila ko ng picture. at the end of the party, i realized na sa 2 digital cameras that we have, ako ang laging makikita mo sa shots. ahehehe ^_^ sabi nga ni olive, "sayo ata ‘tong cam e?!" :-P (p.s.: we also had a group hug. awwwwww……!!)

- seems na hindi pa nakuntento ang mga boardmates ko at nag-games pa afterwards sa room namin. nag-pinoy henyo game pa kami till 12:30am. another bonding moment we had there. awwwww……!! again. hehe.

so… quarter to 2am na, at ako nalang ang gising pa. ibig sabihin ba nito eh dapat matulog na ko? hmmmm… sa tingin ko nga. also, i still have a festive day to go bukas (mamaya, i mean).

oblation run, more block bonding, lantern parade, fireworks display, reggae concert, miss eng’g…. here i come! :-D

pero matutulog na muna ako. gnyt! :-*

ohmagash

Tuesday, December 13th, 2005

- kapag malamig ang panahon, maulan, gloomy, maaga ang sunset, at nagkalat ang mga masarap barilin* ibig sabihin its time for existential question moments na naman. diba aris?

- bakit sa dami ng free time ko, wala akong magawang something related to academics? lagi nalang akong tinatamad, inaantok, at NAGB-BLOG. talaga bang pag second sem ang maiisip mo nalang eh christmas break, fair, at summer to come? tapos mabibigla ka nalang pag dating ng march na finals na pla at tambak ang requirements. tsk tsk.

- i need to do gazillion things before the 25th kung gusto kong mamaximize ang every moment sa christmas gift ko this year. univariate analysis and write-up, film100 report, at take home quiz… kakaririn ko din yan next week. by hook or by crook! as of this week, allow me to slack off muna. hehe.

- i hate being intuitive and uber wary of, uhm, evidences. na-dedepress tuloy ako.

*ask joyce for the meaning of this. siya nagpauso nun.

i know you’re there

Sunday, December 11th, 2005

It’s all because of you,
I’m feeling sad and blue
You went away,
Now my life is just a rainy day and I love you so,
How much you’ll never know
You’ve gone away and left me lonely.

Untouchable memories
Seem to keep haunting me
Another love so true,
That once turned all my gray skies blue
But you disappeared,
Now my eyes are filled with tears
And I’m wishing you were here
With me soaked with love all my thoughts of you
Now that you’re gone I just don’t know what to do
If only you were here,
You’d wash away my tears
The sun would shine,
Once again you’ll be mine all mine
But in reality, you and I will never be cos
You took your love away from me.

I don’t know what I did to make you leave me
But what I do know is
That since you’ve been gone there’s such an emptiness inside,
I’m wishing you to come back to me.

– taken from the song sukiyaki

distracted

Saturday, December 10th, 2005

if only i followed the planned schedule i made, then im…

…supposedly finished with this think piece im TRYING to do right NOW
…about to start the powerpoint for my jan.3 report in Film 100
…to polish my 165 report on tuesday by tomorrow
…ready to sleep by now (10:40 pm na kc)

but here i am…

…staring at the screen, doing what i shouldn’t be doing (BLOGGING and playing games)
…deleting files, defragmenting, and updating whatever i could update on this computer
…eating
…minding my mp3 collections more
…checking mails and friendster accounts
…waiting for nothing

in short, procrastinating.

ugh, great!

:-/

na-ffeel ko na…

Saturday, December 10th, 2005

evidences:

- i just saw Santa Claus. sa SM Makati. with a security guard by his side (assuming, i suppose, the role of his elf. hehe). he’s giving away lollipops to youngsters. in fairness, may effort sa part ng SM. talagang imported pa ang pinag-damit santa nila. hehe… i mean, hohoho!! ;-o

- the same mall hired a lady pianist to play christmas songs sa grand piano in the ground floor. lovely. haayy… na-miss ko tuloy tumugtog ng piano. kaya ko din yun eh. i just have to find my lost piano pieces and practice again…

- asteeg hanging lanterns in Glorietta Activity Center and in SM Mega Mall!! :-D

- i also go for the humongous golden christmas tree in Gateway. gano katagal kaya inayos yun?

- lumiliyab ang mga puno sa Greenbelt… in a nice way, that is.

- enchanting na naman ang look ng Quezon Hall. i love UP talaga sa mga ganitong panahon. despite austerity measures.

- pasikatan na naman mga streets dito samin. great.

- its freeezzziiinggg. iba talaga christmas weather. haaaayy, if only…

so, di naman obvious na nakapag-mall hopping ako lately noh? anyway, 15 days na lang! naisip mo ba yun? seems like everything’s almost set for the season.

isa nalang kulang.

un na un :-I

of many first times

Tuesday, December 6th, 2005

tinatamad akong mag-construct ng paragraphs, so enumeration na lang. i think the sugar rush is over. hehe

first time ko…
* sumakay ng LRT 2 na lumagpas ng araneta cubao station…
* sumakay ng LRT 1 (yehey!!)
* pumunta ng Quirino grandstand (yeah i know.. tanda ko na pero ngaun pa lang. oh well.. :p)
* maging ‘part ng history’ (by watching the closing programs of SEA Games!!)
* kumain sa Greenwich Kalaw cor. Ma. Orosa (?) branch..
* makita ang maraming lugar sa manila like:
         - Rizal park
         - National Lib
         - Benilde (Taf-A-t nga naman ng La Salle… eheheh)
         - ang only green McDo
         - Sta. Isabel College, PWC, UP Manila (shux…)
         - Lawton (ngayon alam ko na kung san napapadpad yung mga bus na ‘Lawton’ ang nakalagay sa signboard nila…)
         - at marami pang iba na di ko na, unfortunately, matandaan.  basta un.
* makita si Redge. ANG Redge na lagi nalang nababanggit ni bevs. weeeee!!! :-D
* sumakay ng fx from taft to philcoa

In summary…. FIRST TIME KONG GUMALA NG MANILA. at natuwa naman ako. ehehe. basta ang dialogue ko lang the whole time we were there eh one of the following:

         - "wag niyo kong iwan. mawawala ako swear"
         - "cge" or "ok" — kase wala naman akong magagawa kundi mag-agree sa mga gusto nilang patunguhan…
         - "we should do this more often" — ang saya kasi :-D

Mga pahabol
* siguradong maiinggit si Aristides Bejosano pag nalaman niya ang mga naganap habang nasa Cavite pa siya. (o ano aris, is it so nice to have no monday class? :p)

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* WE GO FOR REDGE! Go Bevs ^_^

* ang daldal namin on the way home. as in walang tigil na usapan from taft to philcoa. at 11pm na..
*AT, iba ang french fries sa green McDo. we wonder why…

share ko lang

Sunday, December 4th, 2005

movies to watch before the year ends:

1. Chicken Little - wala lang kase

2. Narnia - request ni bevs at ni dukhang rai..

3. Just Like Heaven - because of James Blunt’s ‘You’re Beautiful ‘ being played sa trailer…

that’s three movies in 4 weeks (with 1 univariate paper, 1 think piece in Socio101, 1 report in Film100, and outreach project for my org at hand). hmm.. bahala na. basta

movies to watch next year:

1. Happy Feet - we saw the trailer before Harry Potter (and the half-naked him. ahehe) and boy did we have a good laugh :-D

2. The Da Vinci Code - of course! pero sana di ako ma-disappoint. ganun kc nangyayari when i read the book first. parang sa Harry Potter, sobrang iba kaya yung story. buti nalang natuwa kami ni bevs *wink wink*

so… nood tayo!! :-D

iyak tayo…

Saturday, December 3rd, 2005

hindi na talaga. bakit ba ang dali kong mag-plano? ako din naman ang nasasaktan. for once, could i just stop myself in time?

shit. yun lang masasabi ko.

seems like di ko na talaga alam ang patutunguhan ng mga pangyayaring ito sa buhay ko. kala ko im this close na to having the explanation to it all. di pa rin pala.

shit. yun lang ulit masasabi ko.

ayaw kong ma-down. ayaw kong magkaron ng negativity within me. pero anong gagawin ko if that seems to be the only thing left for me to do? parang wala nang tumama. at di yun ang plano ko sa buhay. di talaga.

so… "Nach dem Spiel ist vor dem Spiel," but can i bring myself to strategize anew after this game? hindi ko alam…

nagsasawa na ko. bin ich, für die Ruhe meines Lebens einsam zu sein?

of course i wouldn’t stay this down forever. but please do allow me to have this moment. i’ll be ok. i guess.