Body Clock Alert

Good morning!
Good noon!
Good afternoon!
Good evening!
Good night!

Wheeeeeee.

I am very much sleep-deprived right now. Not because of insomnia, but rather because of my unbelievable desire to talk and talk and talk. :D

It all started last night. My cousin, Ate Madel, was reading my copy of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. She's been hooked with this personal favorite of mine and has been borrowing my copies. I'm glad that happened. It's nice to share this burning passion with my cousin. Haha.

Anyway, she was nearly done with the book so I did random stuff while waiting for her to finish. She finished the book at around 1:00AM. So we started talking about the wonders of the series. I ended up talking about most of the endings and spoilers. Haha. I just love talking about it so much. :D

So since we were done with Harry Potter and it was pretty late, we decided to sleep in my room instead of the Master's Bedroom. We turned off the lights. but somehow we just couldn't stop talking about random stuff. It was amazmingly freaky when we realized it was 5:00AM. Haha. Mama Eden caught us so we had to retreat to sleepland at 6:00AM. We got up, by force, at 11:30AM to eat lunch. Haha. I took a nap at 3:00PM this afternoon to regain my strength. Haha.

So, let me list the stuff we talked about. Well, at least those I can remember.

A Walk to Remember

This started when we commented at how Harry Potter is so much better than Twilight. We both enjoy love stories in movies, but we really don't enjoy books that have love as the central theme. We like books incorporating love however want it to be accompanied by several conflicts.

But A Walk to Remember is just a lovely exception. :DDDD

I haven't watched the movie yet. So she narrated it to me, and she is such the narrator. She puts in every single detail! Haha.

YouTube Videos
Actually, she also saw "A Walk to Remember" on Youtube. It turns out her intenret connection is so damn fast she gets to watch tons os movies as well as series on Youtube. So like the great narrator she is, she started sharing them to me.

Several of such are "Butterfly Lovers," "Picture This," "Another Cinderella Story," etc. Haha. Whatta conversation that was.

Childhood
We were supposed to retreat to sleep when we suddenly recalled our childhood full of the craziest things. Haha. It started with Disney movies. Then it evolved into Barbie dolls and what we would do with them: give names, comb their hair, cut their hair, paint their hair, etc. Haha. Then we remembered the stuff we used to do at our province in Siquijor, when we used to go there regularly. We used to fight over men! Haha, our male relatives, really. We also SERIOUSLY PLANNED to create our own movie! Imagine, 7-9 year olds planning to make a movie. We laughed our hearts out since we now realize how much money and time it takes to make a movie. We made scripts, designed costumes (which Ate Madel, SERIOUSLY planned to make herself), and even told grown-ups about our grand plan. We could just imagine how they reacted to our childish ways.

We also talked about our childhood attitudes. I was quite the maldita back then. I would slam doors, shout at elders and wanted things done my way. She even recalled of a time that she was crying and I just sat there playing, not even wondering what happened. Haha. How I changed is God's little miracle. :D

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We talked about a whole lot of other things but my memory escapes me. Haha.

I guess that'll be it for now. Thanks for taking the time to read this beautifully wala lang post. :p

Random Thoughts

Hello hello hello.

Just thought I'd make an update. Haha.

Actually, nothing special has been happening lately. After last Monday, I've been confined to the house pretty much.

So, what has this "homebody" been up to?

Haha. Not much. But I'll tell you about it anyway.

For most of the summer, I have a regular TV time from 9:30pm-1:00am (reason why I hardly go nocturnally online). But over the past few days, my TV time has significantly reduced itself to one hour a day. Yeay!

And what have I been watching? MYTHBUSTERS.

Haha. I'm pretty outdated when it comes to watching this phenomenal TV series. It's been on air since about 2003 but it wa sonly last year that I began watching it. This is partly because this is the only time we actually got Discovery Channel on TV. But, it's better late than never, right?

So right. I am positively getting addicted to it. I get as much, if not more, entertainment from the show than I get from the late-night shows I used to watch. It all went to the point that when my mom called from the States, I actually asked her to look for a Mythbusters T-shirt. She does stay in California, right? Haha. Am I a fan or what?

Aside from the totally awesome mythbusting experiments they come up with (and surprisingly never run out of), the hosts themselves raise the entertainment scale about 200%. Yea, I'm exxaggerating but I don't care. Haha.

Jamie looks so intellectually cool. His beret-wearing physique shouts of years of experience and knowledge. I'd really want to shake hands with this guy.

Adam makes science the best subject in the world with his crazy antics eccentrically matched with his amazing genius. His love for blowing things up is so contagious I might just do it myself. (Yes, I am kidding)

Tori is an example of how great minds don't mean unattarctive features.

Kari is the epitome of how women can contribute as much to science as any other male specie. And you have to amdit, she is so pretty! :D

And Grant is just so cute! I've given up having TV crushes for as long as I can remember but I just can't help having a crush on this amazing electric engineer! He is the father of the R2D2 robots of Star Wars and the Deathblow robot of Battlebots, and let's not forget the Energizer bunny. :D

Oo na. Crush ko siya. Bakit ba? Haha.

I don't know why I have a thing for math geniuses and engineering wonders. People like them just make me go "wow!"

I even googled him yesterday and found his Facebook and Myspace profiles. Iba talaga ako pag nagka-crush. :D

Okayyy. If I keep going I may rant about it till eternity. So let's move on.

I have also recently rediscovered my Reader's Digest: Did You Know? Encyclopedia. It has my name on it but the handwriting indicates that it was from my father. He was always so fond of reading. It rubbed off on me, I guess. I read this a lot before, but I have neglected it ever since. I just opened it again and revived my love for the astounding facts it contains. COOL.

I've run out of things to blabber about. Till next time then. :)

I can't say I love you right now.

Malas? Haha

Dahil napagod ako kahapon, magtatagalog ako. Yehey.

Super pagod ako kahapon. Eh bakit nga ba ako umalis kahapon? Haha.

Una, para isubmit yung request for Form137 ko for UP. Haha.
Pangalawa, para kunin ang yearbook ko sa aking grade school alma mater.
Pangatlo, para bisitahin ang aming best friend na si Karla
Pang-apat, para samahan si Lhannie na bayaran ang kanyang ID pic sa UPD
Panlima, dapat, para mag Rob. Haha.

Ikekwento ko lang naman kung paanong hindi natuloy LAHAT nang iyan. Haha.

So, umalis ako ng bahay nang mga 6:30 AM dahil ang usapan namin ni Lhannie 8AM sa Masci. Dahil Monday kahapon, wala akong choice kundi mag-standing sa bus. Hayup ansikip. Grabe. Nung magbabayad na ako sa conductor, nahirapan akong hugutin ang pera ko kaya nilagay ko muna yung envelope na dala ko (ang laman nun ay request for form137 namin ni lean, nursing pamphlet ko at FORM5 ko).

Nakatayo lang ako at hinihintay na dumating na sa Masci ang bus nang bigla na lamang bumagal yung takbo ng bus. Na-feel ko na nasiraan kami at nataranta ako. Nung pinababa kami, bumaba naman ako. Malamang. Haha.

Dapat, San Agustin na bus pa rin sakyan ko para di na ako magbabayad ulit. Pero sa kamamadali ko iba na lang sinakyan ko. Eh di relaxed na ako kasi ok na. Pag dating ko naman ng Taft inisip ko kung nadala ko ba yung request for Form137 ni Lhannie. Doon ko na-realize nang bonggang-bongga na NAIWAN KO YUNG ENVELOPE SA BUS.

Nagpanic ako at muntik umiyak. Hello! FORM 5 KO ANDUN! Pag dating ko nang Masci kung tinext ko si Mama Eden para hanapin number ng San Agustin Bus liner. Tinawagan ko si Dencio (na tulog pa nun) para hanapin sa internet. Tinawagan ko rin si Miguel (tulog din non) para tignan yung mga bus ticket na nasa kanya kung may number ba.

O diba andami kong ginulo? Haha.

Dumating na si Lhannie at sinamahan niya ako sa Lawton Park'n'Ride para magtanong. Tinanungan ko yung dispatcher ng San Agustin. Tinawagan niya kung sinuman ang tinawagan niya para kunin yung envelope ko. Phew. Sobrang relieved ako.

Eh di naghintay kami ni Lhannie NANG SOBRANG TAGAL. Haha. Antagal talaga. Mukhang napansin kami ng mga conductor kaya kinausap kami. Eto mga hayup na conversations:

Conductor: Matagal pa yun! Sa Tagaytay pa 'yun (wehh..) Sakay na kayo dun samin o!
Ella: Ay, wag na po. Antayin na lang po namin. Wala na rin kaming pera.
Conductor: Okey lang 'yun. Maganda naman kayo eh. Libre na.

Conductor: Taga-san ba kayo?
Ella: Maynila po siya (turo kay Lean), Imus po ako
Conductor: (Tingin kay Lean) Kaya pala maganda, taga-Maynila eh

So pangit ako? Haha.

Anyway. Dapat din kasama sa lakad namin si Jonah. Pero dahil nga sa accident ko, di na namin siya naabutan. Sabi pa ni Lean wala siyang phone.

It turns out "hiniram" niya ang phone ng kanyang ina. Tinawagan pa niya kami galing bahay niya. Nang dumating na rin ang envelope sa wakas, nagkita na kami nina Jonah. Pupunta na dapat kami ng Masci para isubmit ung request forms namin kaso lang...

SABI NI JONAH WALA SI SIR ADAMS.

Grr. Kaya nag-jeep kami papuntang Faura. Nag-jeep ulit kami papuntang OB.

Nakatutuwa si Lean. Parang bawat dinadaanan namin tinatanong niya kung nasaan kami. Haha. Tour?

Nakarating na kami nang OB. May renovation na ginagawa. Papasok na sana kami kaso nakita namin naka-post s agate na...

ALL OFFICES CLOSED ON MAY 18 AND 19 DUE TO PERSONNEL DEVELOPMENT DAY.

Nagtanong pa ako sa kanila, "May 18 ba ngayon?"

Parang natawa na lang kami sa sobrang malas ng araw.

Pumunta kami sa katabing Pizza Hut dahil gutom na kami. Bumili kami ng regular sized Pan Pizza at pinagtawanan ang mga pangyayari.

DAHIL WALA NANG ORAS DI NA KAMI TUMULOY KILA KARLA.

Next stop: UPD.

So nag-FX kaming apat papuntang UPD galing Masci. Hayun. Antagal. Nagpa-music nalang ako. BUTI NALANG DALA KO ANG AKING HEADSET. Phew.

Pagbaba ng FX, nag-jeep kami papasok ng UP.

Anlayo ng binabaan namin. Huhu. Anlayo ng nilakad namin. Nagkalituhan pa kung asan ang OUR. Hayyy.

Hayun. nakarating na kami sa OUR. Magbabayad na sana si Lhannie kaso...

CLOSED DAW ANG CASHIER TUWING MONDAY.

Jonah: "Sige Lhannie bumalik ka pag Monday ah?"

Hahahahaha.

So nilakad na naman namin yung sobrang layo para makasakay ng jeep pabalik nang Philcoa. Dito ako super napagod na. Grabe. Siguro papayat talaga ako kung nag-UPD ako. Haha.

So nakasakay na rin ng jeep na antagal din mapuno. Nang makababa ng Philcoa nag-bus kami.

Bumaba si Jonah sa Blumentrtitt, ako sa Lawton, the rest sa Faura.

Soundtrip ulit.

Ay, oo nga pala. DAHIL WALA NANG ORAS AT TINETEXT NA AKO NI MAMA EDEN, DI NA KAMI NAG-ROB.

Pagdating sa Lawton, dala ng uhaw bumili ako ng Zagu Mocha. Haha. Kaya ayun. Pag baba ko ng bus wala na akong pera para sa tricycle. Dahil low on funds, nag-jeep na lang ako pauwi.

Pagdating ko sa bahay, dumating sina Uncle Homer and family para matulog dito sa bahay. Yehey. Andmaing tao. Haha. Kumain ako at shinare ko ang aking araw.

Nag-soundtrip ulit ako sa kwarto at nag-isip. Dalawa actually ang choices ko sa araw na iyon. Una, ay ang nangyari. Pangalawa ay samahan si Ate Madel papuntang UPLB (first time niya pumunta mag-isa galing Cavite) para asikasuhin ang kanyang DOST account.

Dumating si Ate Madel. MINALAS DIN ANG ARAW NIYA. Grabe

Ang haba ng kwento niya kaya eto nalang:

1. Naubusan ng gas ang sinasakyan niyang van.
2. Di niya alam kung san tumugil yung van
3. Hinuhulaan niya ang mga binababaan niya
4. Pinagsabihan siya ng driver ng jeep dahil bababa sana siya sa bawal. Haha.
5. Kulang dala niyang requirements
6. Nagpa-photocopy siya, pagbalik niya naka-alis na ang officer ng DOST. Pinapunta na lang siya sa office na malayo pa rin.
7. Malayo-layo ang tinakbo at nilakad niya.
8. Na-submit niya requirements niya 2 minutes bago magsara ang Office ng DOST.

O dba. Mag-pinsan talaga kami.

Haha, Pagod akong umuwi sa bahay.

Ayan, nakwento ko na. Mag-eenglish na ako.

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I think God is trying to tell me something by giving me such a day. When things like these happen, I try to look on the bright side and decide that if something bad happens, something good is about to be coming. But in days like those, it's hard to come up with good stuff, right?

But then again, other people have gone through worse days. This day may have been miniscule to people who've experienced major tragedies and calamities. If I start complaining about days like these, I can't be any stronger for tougher problems.

So, I decided that if something bad happens, something good is coming up too. It may not be of the same magnitude as whatever misfortune occurred, but I guess it's a matter of how you look at it.

In fact, as bad as the day may have gone, I actually felt happy about it. When things go bad as they did yesterday, you can't help but just be amused at it. That's what we all did. We kept laughing at whatever happened. It would be no use to sulk anyway.

So, let's all keep looking on the bright side. Sometimes it may seem like such a side of life doesn't exist. But I guess all we have to do is blink again, adjust our eyes, and see the light. :)

Just for kicks, I want to share what good stuff happened yesterday:

1. My cousins stayed over and we had an awesome time with each other.
2. Ate Madel and I played on our cousins' Nintendo DS (French lessons)
3. I was with friends I wouldn't trade the entire world for.
4. I had an aweosme time commuting around.
5. I now have a hands-on experience of what it feels like to lose something on the bus.
6. Nakakain ako ng Pizza Hut (trivial, but I simply enjoy it)
7. Nakita ko ang OB. Good enough
8. May mga nakita akong Mascians and teachers sa school
9. Nakainom ako ng Zagu! Yeay.
10. Nagsoundtrip ako. Ang galing ni Lord, usually di ko naman dinadala headset ko peor kahapon dala ko.
11. Siguro naman marami-raming calories ang na-burn ko sa kakalakad db? Haha.
12. Nakita ko si Mark San juan sa KFC. Miss ko na yun.

Pag may naisip pa ako, dagdagan ko. Haha.

Byeeeeee

I can't say I love you right now...

750-750-350-425

F Z B D

Yan lamang ang nakita ko sa pinakitang chart ni Dr. Kamantigue last May 14. :((

Yep. I went to the eye doctor for my yearly eye check-up. Haha. Unfortunately I can no longer see clearly even with my glasses on. Haha.

These were last year's stats on my eyes:

nearsughtedness:
R - 675
L - 750

astigmatism
R - 475
L - 350

Here are this year's stats:

nearsightedness
R - 750
L - 750

astigmatism
R - 350
L - 425

Hurray for my eye defect! (I would like to point out that my condition is not a disease but merely a defect I have to live with :D )

Today, I bought a new set of frames for my new eyeglasses. I delivered them to the eye clinic so I can have the lens made. I'm supposed to get my new eyeglasses in seven days. I am so excited. Haha. My new frame is the same color as the one I'm wearing now (black and red), but they're much cuter. Ang cute nga ng brand eh... PLAYBOY. Hahaha.

I haven't posted in a while so I best get you updated on what I've been up to.

Hmmm. Fast facts:

- Denise and I had our dental check-up at the SERRAON DENTAL CLINIC here in Imus. Hyup. Ace's uncle checked on us. Haha
- The Masci-turned-Nursing peeps had our Physical and Dental exam
- ENROLLED NA KAMI
- we attended a College of Nursing orientation
- I got my yearbook (the best!)
- We took a psych test + had an orientation for Freshies

Haha. Since I am already enrolled, I already have my sched...

University of the Philippines-Manila
COLLEGE OF NURSING
Block 25 Schedule

Well, there it is. Four of us are in block25: Mark, Tatay(Vincent), Dencio (DJ) and myself. Sayang di namin kaklase si Claude. ;(

I guess I really will be in college soon...

*First Day Anxiety Attacks coming on...*

Btw, I'm thinking about getting myself a Globe Sim. Almost all of my blockmates are globe subscribers and so is our Block Coordinator, Ate Iella. What do you guys think? Tamad din kasi ako magpalit ng number. Haha. Pero baka naman mas practical? Ewaaaan

Toodles na lang. Haha.

I can't say I love you right now...

Happy Memories

I haven't posted in a while. Haha. But I want you to know that I've been having the time of my life for the time that I haven't been posting anything. Well, a lot have been saying that I can already consider this summer as my very last since I'll be having summer classes for the entirety of my college life (Hope I survive).

So I made up my mind to make the most of this summer. I haven't done anything academically-related (except in terms of preparation as incoming freshman). No books, no GC advanced studying or whatever. I've decided to give myself a break. I have partly accomplished that by doing daily exercise, organizing my room and malling as much as I can. Bwahaha. I've also read two books I've been dying to read: The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (purchased last Christmas) and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (purchased 2 years ago). My very busy schedule has forbidden me to ever dare opening them, but I finally have. Haha. Take that you tyrant of time!

Oh, and I've also made it a point to join every party, event or whatever else I happen to get invited to. Bwahaha.

ATE DENESY'S 18TH BIRTHDAY PARTY

Last April 25, I was able to attend Ate Denesy's 18th birthday party in Laguna. It had a Hawaiian theme, so I wore a shirt with floral print. Yun na pala definition ng Hawaiian. Haha. Since I love her so much, I braved the distance just to attend. Haha. As Oliver would say, "That's what Parlia does to you." :D

I hitched a ride in Kuya Michael's car together with Ate Nina, Ate Mikka and Ate Charm. I had fun talking with them. They even taught me how to play Pusoy-Dos. Oha Oha. Marunong na ako!

The party was supposed to start at 4:00pm, but we arrived at around 6:00pm and it didn't start yet. Haha. But we had a great time there. I was surprised that I was a part of the 18 wishes that had to give a message for Ate Den. Haha, super impromptu. But I was happy to speak there and blow the candle for her. Like I said in my message, she has always been the ate I never had. It amazes me how she manages to juggle everything from academics to Christian living and still have the time to enjoy life and help her friends. Indeed, she's one of a kind. :)

And here's the lovely lady herself:

Deane Denesy Jao
I love you Ate! :)

Party Pics!

Masci batchmates ni Ate + Ella + Ate Sarah

Table Numbah 1 with grass-skirted Ate Nina. XD

The 15th wish :)

Awww. Sisters. :D

COPER OUTING

I have been simply dying to have an outing with my classmates for as long as I can remember. I have never been to a single formal outing with my classmates ever since. I thought the dream would materialize last year, for the Berze Outing, but unfortunately that didn't happen.

However, the dream finally came true. Oha oha. Just yesterday, April 29, 2009, I was on Cloud Nine with the people that made my High School life worth smiling about. Yep. Yesterday I was at Island Cove, Cavite, with the class (or at least 15 of it) of IV - COPERNICUS 2009.

15 people already seems like an achievement. Here's the line-up:

Cavite people: Jota, Ace, Dencio, Jannah, Jaica and Myself
Manila people: Tatay, Gorie, Yana, Josols, Kakai, Piquero, Arviel, Claude, Chaim

Since I already live in Cavite, I met up with my fellow Cavite residents at SM Bacoor at 7AM. Dencio, our Super Organizer, was late. Haha. I just wanted to say that. Peace tayo Dencio. ;)

Surprisingly, our classmates from Manila, who met at Masci at 6AM, arrived there before we did. Aww. Haha.

When we got there, the weather was a lovely cloudy day. It wasn't too hot nor did it suggest the onset of a storm. There also weren't a lot of people there. It looked like a wonderful day ahead.

Since Island Cove has a strictly spandex rule, my mom had me buy myself a new swimsuit (for obvious reasons, my old swimwear just wouldn't do). Dahil vain ako, I took the liberty to take pictures:

Oha oha. XD

Wet Look. Whaa.

O, say mo? Bwahahahaha

Piqs wasn't able to get up early so he missed the ride to Cavite. He contacted us and was able to arrive there all by himself! *applause for Piqs*

Syempre, dahil resort yun, nag-swimming kami. Haha. It was so much fun. We played all sorts of games like kids gone loose.

Hinanap namin ang piso sa pool, nagpatagalan kami sa ilalim ng tubig, nag-wrestling kami ng mga girls habang nasa balikat ng boys, nag pool volleyball kami nang boys vs. girls, nag-underwater vanity kami gamit ang underwater camera ni gorie, nag-slide kami at muntik na ako tumalsik, kinarga ako ni piquero dahil gumaan ako sa pool, nag-train kami papunta sa pinakamalalim na part ng pool at muntik nang magkalunuran (na-feel kong inabangan na kami ng mga lifeguard, haha). It was just like the old times at school, when we made the most out of each other's company, making each other happy with the simplest of things. That's one of the most wonderful things about Coper, it's so easy to smile with them. :)

Pictures from Denciooooo

FHM Part 2

Tweetums kuno. ;)

Pa-cute... Si Jannah nakatulog. Peace tayo!

Bridge over troubled water. Oha.

Mahal kong Denciooo. :**

Gusto ko lang i-share ang isang banat ni Josol habang kami'y nagvovolleyball:

Nasa pool kami...
Kakai: Uy! umaambon na!
Josol: Hala. (worried look). Baka mabasa tayo!

Hayup ka, Josol. LOL. :))

At around 2:30pm, we finally made our way to shore,haha. We had to shower and dress up for another trip that we paid for: Animal Island. Zoo trip naman kami. Haha. Since sabi ni Kuya malayo raw, we took on bikes and sidecars. Since I seem to have forgotten how to ride a bike, I rode in Piquero's side car. Ang sweet namin. Haha.

We saw the same stuff we were supposed to see at the zoo. Haha.

After animal island, Jaica, Jannah and Jota had to get home. The rest of us headed for our house. Yeay. May nakapunta na ring section sa bahay ko, and I'm glad it was Coper. :)

Kumain lang kami sa hinanda ng aking pamilya. I love 'em SOOOO much. :]]

Umuwi na yung iba while Dencio and Ace stayed over for the night. Yeay. First time din may nag-overnight. At Coper pa rin. Sayang lang at sa kauna-unahang beses na pinayagan si Denise mag-overnight 3 lang kami. Bwahaha.

We used the PC for a while then settled ourselves in the Sala to watch a movie. We all agreed to watch the epic tale of Titanic. Yeah, I know it's a pretty old movie but we all haven't seen it in years. We know how the story's supposed to end, but we were all surprised that upon watching the film itself, it was like watching a whole new movie. I also realized a lot of things that i didn't realize when I first watched the film, probably because I was too young to understand. Dahil sinsipag ako isheshare ko yung mga naalala ko:

- Of course, love conquers all. Hayup. Hanggang sa lamig ng Atlantic Ocean hindi nila iniwan ang isa't isa, even if their love was short-lived. This is one of my favorite lines: "You jump, I jump right?"(kilig) Makes me want to believe in love again, oha! (btw, they kissed 13 times as far as our eyes could fathom, haha). I also saw that love transcends reason. When Rose decided to run away with Jack when the ship arrives in America, this was their conversation:

Jack: This is crazy.
Rose: I know, it doesn't make any sense.

That's the beauty of it all. :)

- There was a very irritating rift between the British and the Americans. In the film, the Britons were depicted as the snobbish, wealthy kind while the Americans were the embodiment of the common people. There was one character, Molly, who belonged to the upper class of society but was not considered one due to her American race. The Britons believed that wealth meant owning land, which was not true in Molly's case since whe acquired wealth through her husband's fortune.

- There was, and is, a saddening gap between the rich and the poor. Facts prove that most of the survivors were obviously the privileged, first-class passengers. It was frustrating to see the wealthy men and women still fretting over their wealth, their brandy and their appearance whilst the ship was in danger. Also, the life vessels meant for around 70 persons seated only around 12-20 since the snobbish high-class passengers wanted more space. What a stupid reason.

- The horrible every-man-for-himself mentality. It was horrifying to see people frozen to death in the great Atlantic Ocean. They looked like mannequins left inside a gigantic freezer. What a way to die. The most horrifying perhaps was that of a mother carrying her child in her arms as they floated frozen. Ace even said that what really happened was far worse than that. There were already 20 life vessels floating nearby carrying already-saved victims, but only one dared to return and save the poor souls, but sadly it was too late.

- I once read that fools are always so sure of themselves. This historic event is probably a prime example. The Titanic was proclaimed unsinkable and yet met its fatal iceberg during the maiden voyage. Blinded by the dream of building the largest and most stable ship in history, somehow they forgot about the safety of the passengers. Ace explained a lot of flaws in construction that I did not understand, haha. But one terrible flaw is that the number of life vessels could only accomodate half of the passengers. Why? Cluttered on the deck daw. Hayy. Sabi pa nila, "not even God could sink her."

- Destiny will always bring you to the right places. There's this one line that Jack uttered that touched my heart: "Winning that ticket was the best thing that's ever happened to me,
because it led me to you." It's cheesy but I loved it. It was one very romantic line that showed how fate puts you in the right places. Although being in one of the worst nautical disasters of all time isn't such a happy ending, destiny brought Jack there for a purpose, and I'm pretty sure it didn't really matter to him that he had to die for Rose.

- You'll never run out of love. (Ayy, kaka-relate?) If what happened to Rose happened to me, I would have been utterly depressed. But I admire how strong Jack has made her. Despite the terrible losses she had to endure, she didn't let herself fall into ruins, she didn't even allow herself to die and instead chose to survive. Instead of letting her love for Jack take over her existence, it instead gave her the strength to move on. She didn't let all her love belong to one man. I'm pretty sure Jack never left the four chambers of her heart, but she did not allow that to keep her from loving other people. (hmm...)

This post is already sooo long. Haha. I'll add other realities I may have missed out.

Toodles!

I love you whoever you are. :)

Okaaaayy

So, I was down in the dumps last night and I was supposed to blog about it to put my nerves in proper order again...

...but Bien cheered me up, so tinamad na ako. *applause for Bien* haha. Thankyouuuu Bien.

Yesterday wasn't one of the best days of my life. I was supposed to meet up with my fellow incoming Nursing Freshmen (There are five of us! : Ako, Dencio, Claude, Tatay, Mark) and Ericko (Ind. Pharm) to apply for the Advanced Placement Exam. Since we agreed to meet up at 9am, I left home at 7am. I thought that was early enough, but hell no. I arrived in Manila at 11am! Gawd. I had to stand for two hours and sit for two hours, nearly cramping my legs and burning my butt. It's so damn frustrating when the bus is virtually not moving at all. What made things worse is that Claude and Tatay had to wait for me at McDo (the rest went there already since they had some appointments). That was kind of ambarrassing. They were kind enough to wait for me, so that kind of eased up my frustration. I found them at McDo with Sir Bau. Haha. Ayun.

We proceeded to UP and found Mark on the way. He informed us that there was a certain fee for it. Homaygad: P500. But anyway, we proceeded to the College of Arts and Sciences to get the request slip. Then we went to Rob-Manila to meet up with Ate Denesy. It's her 18th Birthday Party on the 25th and we me t so that she could give me my invitation. Since she was also in BS Nursing we took the opportunity to ask what we could.

We proceeded to Jollibee-Galaxy (wow!) in Recto where Jayvee's mom works as manager. He was supposed to ask for the money for the APE since we weren't prpeared (Claude had money and decided to loan me some. yeay). Tita Jho was kind enough to treat us lunch! Yeay.

Mark decided to proceed home since he was planning to pay the day after. The three of us proceeded to the Cashier at the OUR. While we were in line, we met up with Ate Wendell, former Nursing student, and Kuya Lance, former Pol.Sci student. They advised us about the pros and cons of taking the APE. Unlike what we expected, you really don't save money by passing the exam. In the first place, very few pass the exam. You would also have to take a subject of a higher unit, thus risk being separated from your block. We all decided to retreat. Haha.

Since I missed them so much (drama) I deviated from my usual way home by accompanying Tatay and Claude to the LRT station. I could get off at Central Station (just one station away) and catch a bus at Lawton. We allowed three LRTs to pass by before we got on. Haha. We just sat there and talked of random things. I really miss them so. :(

It was on my way home on the bus that I got kind of depressed. I started pondering on whether or not my decision to take Nursing was a good idea. I began wondering why I wrote it on my UP application. My reason then was that Nursing allowed you to be exposed to hospital experience. I took that a s a reason since I figured I needed to get used to seeing dead people, broken limbs, crying mothers and stuff like that. But from what we've discovered, Nursing is quite challenging. It's very stressful and the teachers aren't very generous with the grades. I even read in some Nursing forums that a grade of 1.75 is a dear blessing. Also, the College of Nursing discourages Nursing as a stepping stone into another course. If I would even dream of getting into the UP College of Medicine, I would have to be at least a Cum Laude, which is hard enough. Usually, very few Nursing graduates make it into the College of Medicine, even if they pass the NMAT.

I wondered why I didn't just take up Public Health. That's what my cousin, Ate Tina, took up, and she graduated Magna Cum Laude. I could well get into Med School with that course. If ever I decide not to be a doctor, I could take the MedTech boards or become a radiologist.

But no, I'm soon going to be a nursing student, and I'm still having double thoughts if I made the right decision. But hopefully I have. A lot of people are encouraging me, saying that I could do it, that I would get into Med School and fulfill my dream. I wish I were as confident for myself. Sigh...

**by the way, please pray for the soul of my Tito Jun Vilan. My mom just called saying he passed away. :(

Rotary Tribute to Valedictorians

Good day.

I wasn't able to go online last night. I had a sort of, err, appointment. haha.

Anyway, yesterday I had a little affair at the Century Park Hotel. It's the hotel in Manila, near Harrison Plaza (Mommy says this is Dad's favorite mall, eto kasi uso dati, haha.) I attended an awarding ceremony for the valedictorians of the National Capital Region which was sponsored by the Rotary Club of Downtown Manila (RCDM). Naturally, I had to come in my school uniform (Do you realize how awkward it is to commute and have everyone staring at you, wondering why the hell you're in school uniform in the middle of summer? I couldn't have them assume I'm in college, I'm barely tall enough to be considered High School :D).

We were required to have an escort, so I brought along Kuya Nevo. We arrived at the hotel (via tricycle, oha oha) an hour early. I sat in the lobby reading The Appeal by John Grisham while Kuya Nevo went to have lunch. (It was a good thing he did. I thought even escorts had lunch prepared for them, turns out only we had lunch)

When it was time to register, I went through the whole registration process (good thing I pre-registered) and got my merienda and drinks. The lines were sooooo long. I couldn't believe how many public and private high schools there actually were. The program listed around 400+ (pre-registered pa yun, wala pa yung on that day nag-register)

Onga pala! Since it was a program for public and private schools in NCR, my dear grade school alma mater was in the list - Operation Brotherhood Montessori Center Inc., Sta. Ana Branch. Other OBMCI branches were also on the list, but only the one from Greenhills made it. Anyway, I saw on the list that the Valedictorian from my alma mater is Sanghyun Lee! Yeay. Congratulations to her! :D

So, the program got started and I was seated at Table34. Syempre super ingay ko na naman. Haha. I made 4 new friends: Alexis, Michelle. Kelvin and Toni. Yeay. May friends pa ako.

I also saw a lot of friends I met through various reasons. Haha. Hope I can remember them all:

B&G's Week: Joben, Jessie, Donn Ronn, Harold
AJSS: Geri, Mendel, Dom, Billy
Ocean Park: Angelie, Addie, Angelo

Oha oha. Haha

So we had a guest speaker. Amb. Alfredo Yao and he had a freakin cool story. His father died when he was around 12 years old. To earn a living, he worked as a err, "boy" in one of those mah jong stores in Binondo (I used to live there!). He and his mom also made a living via the "banketas." He had to stop pursuing college education so his siblings could finish. One day, he decided to open up a printing press. Once, when he was in Germany (big question: how did he get to Germany?) he was inspired by a juice packaging and tried it here in the Philippines. Sadly, no juice company accepted his packaging. So he met up with a chemist and produced their own citrus drink. He also had a designer create the name. A lot of people commented at how the designer he got usually takes around 3 months to submit a design; in his case however, it took the designer a week. He said that those instances proved that when something is really meant for you, God will put everything into order. To cut it short, that's how the famous juice drink, Zest-O, began. Now, he owns a lot more than just Zest-O. He has various drinks on the market (RC-Cola, One Iced Tea, etc) and even has his own airline (ZestAir). As if that wasn't blessing enough, he's also been blessed with 3 incredibly successful kids:

Eldest - UST, Cum Laude
Middle- Ateneo, Management Engineering, Magna Cum Laude
Youngest - UP, Summa Cum Laude

HOMAYGAD.

His talk was truly inspiring. He was even crying all throughout. It made me believe that nothing is impossible if you work hard for it.

"Lunch" was served to us around 3:00pm. Oha oha. But it was alright. The food was great. Pansit + 2 Chicken legs + salad = yum. haha. The we went through the very loooong awarding (there were like 600+ of us). We also had to introduce ourselves, our school and our escort before receiving our awards. Took like forever! But we got some really cool stuff. Aside from the usual medal and certificate, we got these:

a cute lunch box. haha
cute travel kit, with portable toothbrush and super super cute colgate. mas mahaba pa pinky finger ko :)
a white bag (similar to the ymca one)
superlamig candy!
keychain
holy kettle corn
magazines on rotary
notepad
2 bolpens
and of course...my favorite...
a specially-made-for-the-occasion Illustrazio backpack! Yeay

I've always been harboring this desire to own an Illustrazio bag. haha, even if, well, it kinda brings painful memories....

My seatmate, Alexis, also gave me his hardbound notebook:

Ella: Ang cute naman niyan!
Alexis: Bigay lang yan eh. Gusto mo sa'yo na lang?
Ella: Hindi nga?
Alexis: Sige sa'yo na lang
Ella: Sulatan mo muna message.
Alexis: (sulat)

Haha. Ang cute niya. :)

I could've brought home more prizes if I had been luckier. There was a raffle portion wherein they practically gave away stuff:

2 scooters
toaster + coffee maker
1 overnight stay for 2 at Century Park
11 Illiutsrazio bags
1 Illustrazio bag with mp4 player
toaster
5 Books on Buddha
USBs
pens with keychains
other gift prizes
LOADS OF MONEY. The organizers suddenly decided to donate 1000pesos each and have a raffle for them. They gave the winners 500pesos each.

It's hard to imagine with all these prizes and an increased probability of being picked, I didn't get a single one. 2-1-8. I am sooooo unlucky with raffles. Haha.

Kuya Nevo and I ate dinner at KFC before leaving for home. We got lost though. Haha. But we got on a bus in the end, standing nga lang. Haha. Nevermind. Twas a marvelous day. ;D

Well, I've got no more to talk about. I was at home the whole day. Tomorrow, Mama Eden, Princess Donah and I will be going to NAIA to fetch Papa DonDon. Yeay.

Ta ta. (Landi)

BTW: Word of the Day is MicroChenes. ;)