EXPRESSION is DIVINE: ShoUT & ScReAM

keeping things private :D

2009-12-08T13:47:00.000+08:00

lemme start things off first with a recent list of to dos and tasks accomplished:
4 out of 5 lab reports sorted, 4 more quizzes to go, a presentation to prepare, a program to write and compile, 4 final exams to go and i'll be off to puerto!!!

in any case, on with my reason for typing again today.
i know everyone was born with a mouth, but everyone was born too with a brain to control all other organs, and to decide about things. well as a little background, i ran a little experiment just a few hours ago, and to my surprise what J said was true. and so I got a nifty solution up and running, and made a compromise with a little bird not to tell a soul.

but apparently due to possible conflicts happening at the nest, the bird needs to make a good impression of being totally transparent, which i hope is the case now; thus, resorted to spilling my home-cooked beans to appease the nest inhabitant. but i just did remember that the little bird promised to not tell a soul about how the beans tasted nor looked, and i assumed respect for that; moreover, the bird's concern for the nest dweller was overwhelming that i was tasked upon checkin on the nest dweller which i complied to without any thought of evil or malice, and also heeded by the condition that the nest dweller or its company not know about this as being the bird's request. yet, the sole responsibility of keeping things sealed couldn't have been met, which possibly explains why its things are no longer intact XD

kudos! in any case, i feel no anger for this, as yes the beans were grown on my backyard, but i do make it appoint that i check my utensils before sharing them to birds from now on ^_^

good luck to the many problems i see coming!

Desperate Times?

2009-12-04T00:21:00.001+08:00

its obviously been such a long time since i've touched these dust-settled keys, nor since my eyes've have had the chance to glimpse at this long forgotten blog, but nonetheless, i am writing once more. the reasons behind this are numerous, but would you need to know which exactly is it? i doubt.

well lemme start off by saying that my best friend has come back and is staying for a month after which we'd go to hong kong for a few days, before we finally part ways for a good four years give or take. and moving on to more recent news, yes, i have officially been accepted into the ERDT program; however i am afraid that after this term, i wouldnt even be needing it as me and mutia might be kicked off the bsms program. well, this is the reason why friday would be my last party day before the finals. we both got to work our asses off.

and as for today, i had quite a good exam, hopefully able to bring my grade for the subject up to a 3.0, and yes i missed gym day, for i wanted to rest as my head and stomach ached, but i accidentally fell asleep for over three hours and by the time i awoke, it was night... lol. i am currently a part time nurse, checkin up on my sister every now and then as yes she is sick.. but i do know for a fact that it aint dengue again thank god. and as for me, yes ive been steadily getting fatter, and i did hope to get thinner slightly, but i did not ask for such stomach trouble geez..

and one thing worth mentioning here is that i am already able to use my starbucks '10 planner as there are actually spaces for december of '09, which is something i failed to notice until yesterday! can anyone help me and xiao decide which phone would be best? either the htc hero, htc magic, n97 mini, palm pre, or give us a choice close to those listed... thanks

well thats it for now,
carlo, B, tigger signin off

Balentayns DAY?!

2008-02-14T17:51:00.000+08:00

well ever since i could remember, i never ever did look forward to any valentine's day.. well same goes anyway, who cares if its february 14 for all i care, the only thing that does happen that day is prices of flowers skyrocketting haha.

so today was well, after engcal2 and fildlar, we had our lab and i gave this bar of chocolates to gen, and im glad she was really happy :) then we finished our experiment in an hour and a half and went to mcdonald's. but all tables were occupied so we moved to um walked around and thought of going up to verde or crepaholics but we ended up in kfc, where we've eaten for the past 3 thursdays.

last week i decided to sign up for today's blood donation, but i tried to do it yesterday. so the line was quite long yesterday round 15 minutes before my turn to get my blood typed and tested. and when she got a sample, the hemocue tester gave an 18.2 reading which was like .2 above the cutoff limit of 18. that got me irritated like ive been in abstinence for the whole morning, i passed agno and nothing even got to me, and all that was wasted lol. so she just told me to go back today and drink lots of fluids.

so after coming from mall of asia, i decided to give it another try. and this time it was kewl. as soon as i got in front of the lady, and learned that my hemoglobin level for that day was 16.7 and that i'm eligible i was like praise the roof and shit. well as soon as i got to lay on the folding hammock, i was set and ready to go. i just looked at the needle as it prick my skin, it was only slightly bigger than the usual i think or the same, and the pinch is merely a bit more painful. and after like what was 3 minutes the 450 cc bag was full and i was quite disappointed cause i felt that my waiting in line was not worth the wait.

hahaha, so good thing after that i got a chiffon slice, juice, and a donor's wristband! its quite cool actually :) next i went to the globe booth at the central plaza and got meself another animo sim cause the first one, the one im currently using, i just asked my friend to pass it to me. then took a picture together with mariel, inah and dean also at the globe booth. daphne was supposed to be part of it, but she was quite the killjoy of a lamb at the moment, while inah was the globe endorser of the day hahaha :)

7seven things... tagged by tan

2008-02-05T17:41:00.000+08:00

seven things that scare you...
1. failure
2. rejection
3. demons
4. becoming senile
5. being stupendous
6. going loony
7. living in shame

seven things you like most...
1. family
2. social life..(just a group of "friends" not too many mere acquaintances)
3. health?
4. cameras...
5. food
6. stress release through sm..e
7. talking to someone sensible with the brains for crying out loud

seven most important things in your room
1. computer
2. cellular phone
3. camera
4. refrigerator
5. airconditioning unit
6. clothes and perfumes
7. bed

seven random facts about you
1. im quite a perfectionist
2. i hate nonsense, well i like humor just as long as when we get to serious matters you do got the brains
3. i love eating onions, garlic, and uhmm... lotsa chili!
4. ive eaten pigs blood once only so far
5. im thrifty
6. i love most shows on cbs and fox
7. i hate books

seven things you plan to do before you die
1. get rich
2. get married
3. learn to cook
4. go clubbing everyday for a month
5. witness an actual death of a person
6. get possessed maybe
7. and lastly to just rest well before i die

seven things you can do
1. take photographs
2. blog
3. edit photographs
4. choose clothes
5. eat
6. bitch around
7. trashtalk hahaha

seven things you cant do
1. fly
2. swim
3. play basketball
4. teleport
5. swallow a chicken leg
6. eat more than 5 full plates of food
7. afford to fail

seven things that attract you to the opposite sex
1. skin
2. smile
3. nose
4. the damn face already
5. clothing
6. personality
7. sense of priority

seven things you say the most...
1. jesus christ
2. oh my god
3. shit
4. fuck
5. yeah
6. whatever
7. like i care

seven celeb crushes
1. katherine heigl
2. katharine mcphee
3. eva longoria
4. victoria beckham
5. jennifer love hewitt
6. alessandra ambrosio
7. gisele bundchen

plus let me add in something.. hehe

this is one of the buildings that i always come across walking from doroteo jose station lrt1 on the way to my old high school.. just caught my attention thats it

and another thing i saw today while walking was this cute little creature lying on the ground.. gee soo cute... it seems like it really knows how to pose for the camera.. see that tail its wagging :s

haha

and to just end everything nicely a puppy i saw too at a pet shop at masangkay st.
hahaha aren't they adorable.. :) ü

HP Compaq 8710w Workstation Up for SALE!

2008-01-29T15:18:00.000+08:00

hi im helping my friend sell some laptops all HP Compaq 8710w.
specs are:

System features
No Operating System
Processors available	Ill Post more bout this soon
Specialized Design	Intel Centrino Pro processor technology capable on select models
Chipset	Mobile Intel® PM965

Memory
Memory	1 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM
Memory upgrade	Upgradeable to 4 GB maximum (2 GB SODIMM in Slots 1 and 2)
Memory slots	2 SODIMM slots

Storage
Hard drive	100 GB 7200 rpm SATA
Optical Drives	DVD DVD/CD-RW combo DVD+/-RW SuperMulti with Double Layer LightScribe DVD+/-RW SuperMulti with Double Layer Blu-Ray Disc DVD+/-RW SuperMulti DL

Graphics and Input/Output devices
Display size	17.0-inch diagonal WSXGA+ WVA, anti-glare; 17.0-inch diagonal WSXGA+ WVA, BrightView; 17.0-inch diagonal WUXGA WVA, anti-glare
Graphics cards	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M graphics, with 512 MB dedicated video memory Microsoft DirectX 10 support

Audio, Slots, and Ports
Ports	Standard: 6 USB 2.0 1 1394a 1 RJ-11 1 RJ-45 1 microphone in 1 headphone/line-out 1 docking connector 1 HDMI 1 battery connector 1 external VGA monitor 1 AC power
Slots	1 Type I/II PC card 1 integrated Smart Card Reader 1 secure digital
Audio	High Definition Audio support w/24-bit DAC; Integrated stereo speakers; Integrated microphone; Touch-sensitive controls for volume up, volume down, and mute; Stereo headphone/line out; Stereo microphone in

Communication features
Network	Integrated Intel Gigabit Network Connection (10/100/1000 NIC)
Modem	56K V.92 modem with digital line guard
Wireless	Intel 802.11a/b/g draft n; Intel 802.11a/b/g; Broadcom 802.11a/b/g; Bluetooth 2.0

Product specifications
Weight	7.5 lb (3.4 kg)
Dimensions (w x d x h)	15.50 x 10.80 x 1.30 in (393 x 275 x 33 mm)

the laptop doesn't come with any OS, i repeat no Operating System. Furthermore, this laptop has no warranty; however, good points is that for the specifications above, price is only 40,000 payable only through cash though. You could simply install GeForce drivers and make it a GeForce. That way you would get the same performance as the regular GeForce card it is based on - in this case, a 512MB dedicated Nvidia 8700M-GT.

The hardware isn't changed with a Quadro, only the drivers. GeForce drivers are optimized for gaming and Quadro drivers are optimized for 3D rendering. The driver basically tells the GPU how to process the image on your screen. Lemme know if you plan on getting one :)

Again, ill be updating bout the CPU part..

What ME Really Means ü

2008-01-29T13:37:00.000+08:00

What Carlo Luis Means

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You are very open. You communicate well, and you connect with other people easily.
You are a naturally creative person. Ideas just flow from your mind.
A true chameleon, you are many things at different points in your life. You are very adaptable.

You are usually the best at everything ... you strive for perfection.
You are confident, authoritative, and aggressive.
You have the classic "Type A" personality.

You are wild, crazy, and a huge rebel. You're always up to something.
You have a ton of energy, and most people can't handle you. You're very intense.
You definitely are a handful, and you're likely to get in trouble. But your kind of trouble is a lot of fun.

You are relaxed, chill, and very likely to go with the flow.
You are light hearted and accepting. You don't get worked up easily.
Well adjusted and incredibly happy, many people wonder what your secret to life is.

You are well rounded, with a complete perspective on life.
You are solid and dependable. You are loyal, and people can count on you.
At times, you can be a bit too serious. You tend to put too much pressure on yourself.

You are a very lucky person. Things just always seem to go your way.
And because you're so lucky, you don't really have a lot of worries. You just hope for the best in life.
You're sometimes a little guilty of being greedy. Spread your luck around a little to people who need it.

You tend to be pretty tightly wound. It's easy to get you excited... which can be a good or bad thing.
You have a lot of enthusiasm, but it fades rather quickly. You don't stick with any one thing for very long.
You have the drive to accomplish a lot in a short amount of time. Your biggest problem is making sure you finish the projects you start.

You are the total package - suave, sexy, smart, and strong.
You have the whole world under your spell, and you can influence almost everyone you know.
You don't always resist your urges to crush the weak. Just remember, they don't have as much going for them as you do.

What's Your Name's Hidden Meaning?

Discover the hidden meaning in your name

carlo luis

You are highly perceptive and intuitive with a wonderful imagination and the ability to manifest your dreams in reality. You are able to create joy, security and harmony for yourself and in the lives of others by the support and dedication which you give. Often the centre of influence people admire your fine qualities and follow your example. Much happiness is gained through your willingness to serve good causes.

ünjust.. :)

2008-01-23T17:25:00.000+08:00

when i come to think about things happening to me and around me.. you slowly realize something... it isnt just that you seem to be given less blessings.. but its just that you slowly notice that though you have less blessings, there are even more blessings that you wish were given to you. this may sound kinda redundant but yeah it's just that in life, i got so much complaints about it that; furthermore, when you pile that with my obsessive compulsive way of thinking.. gee all hell breaks loose...

i mean like it seems like you'd rather end everything now and here.. cause you can't achieve most of what you want to attain anyway, cause first of all like they're dictated by factors unalterable by myself, nor by anyone, how'd you be able to alter the gene pool anyway, like shit. you don't got to be someone who is noticed by some, hell i'd trade with anyone. not with anything, but i just wished i were born more like someone who is ok physically, mentally well i might be asking for too much now, but thing is life is irritating, it's dumbfounding, it holds many things yet to be told. and for fucks sake, i just dont like what it has unfolded to me. it feels hopeless to lead what i hope for.

i just want to try doin something i havent done. why does the first thing i get in have to be like this. i mean i wish i entered something else. nakaka irita lng. nakaka inis. nakakadismaya.

i dont know what is considered the normal extent of wants and complaints. mine maybe too long of a list, but that's me. unless god chose me not to be obsessive compulsive, then i'd be otherwise. i mean i just friggin hate the feelin that you want something some aspect some part some whatever fraction portion bit particle, however one could put it... i just hate that thing, cause i cant help but want perfection, and i wish things were more ordinary, i don't know. but thinking bout this, i cant help but wonder what would life be if i were more ordinary.

i just would contemplate on the aspect of ending, what would i do if i meet an unfortunate event, should i sign a dnr form or should i let them do everything possible.

Jesus H Christ!

2008-01-21T12:46:00.000+08:00

living life is miserable and i just hoped that people needn't make the lives of others more miserable... of which id like to mention one fuckin person on friendster with the id of _andre_
that person has no remorse whatsoever for whatever actions and biases, intrigues, or other lowly acts that humiliate his own friggin name in holy shit's command. i mean getting by life is hard even if there aren't any other obstacles in the way and sheesh this person comes barging in and contacts my closest friend for nonsense. i mean whats up with that kind of act?
furthermore that person barely knows the english language talk about grammar and spelling...

i just dont know what to do..with this kind of shit... not that that's my only problem today grrr.... waaa everything piles up to a pile of cow dung. i just wanna burn my lungs out... sigh...moreover today was a bad start grr.. i think its just me.. i'm such an ass at times lol maybe most of the time...

the only consolation i have now is the chance to have helped out my child for a day at the For the Kids Day 08 last Sunday... gee i just wish i was like him mentally retarded then i wouldn't care bout anything... i wouldn't even to understand people, emotions, anger whatever.

Welcome '08!

2008-01-01T15:04:00.000+08:00

another year has passed, and its time for a celebration :)
well what happened last 31st was quite fun, after what has been three days of spring cleaning of the spare bedroom turned semi-storage room which is to be my room after done cleaning and changing its appearance hehe, we've finally had the time to do some family activities. this by the way is the room being cleaned which will hopefully be mine in a while... just look at the amount of stored things not only that but this too...

so i woke up rather early, like i do not do so...lol. so ate breakfast and soon we were cleaning again... this time my soon to be room, my parents bedroom and the storage room downstairs. then when the clock struck one thirty i went with my dad to the kitchen in hopes of grasping some culinary knowledge... :( waa... dont really know anything bout cooking...

so the end result is me trying to eat a chicken's heart as shown here hahaha... i really did have nothing else to do.. and in the midst of handling the food items i did clean in between break sessions so i do know by heart that they contain other ingredients hehe... moving on these were produced :)

oriental chicken salad
lamb shanks in mint dew
cajun chicken in some dressing (forgot what was it...)and then before 2007 finally ended of course we had to play with fireworks more pics in the album

Picture Perfect World

2007-12-28T12:07:00.000+08:00

society has issues bout perfection... you gotta be this, or that, you mustn't smoke, but you do, you shouldn't drink, but it can't be helped, you need to fit into these clothes to be noticed, but you can't even put your leg through the opening... gee..

anyway, people like to see what they're taught or used to seeing.. like high marks, tall buildings, tall and slender people, ravishing faces, delightful meals, runway clothes and the like all markings of stature. i just dont know how you'd possibly be able to fulfill all your desires.. if life really is bout all the crap, well life is shit :)

there really isnt any point to living life then. i cant possibly attain any of them. grrr.. anyways, i just need to channel frustrations into productive work.

2nd term result.... [psychokiller themesong] lol

2007-12-19T08:52:00.000+08:00

yesterday was fun. i met up with the jerbaks group, Hot..Not, Jolog-Biatch, and Stupid plus featuring Aporn and Akorn also Peggy. Lols

but it wasn't all fun cause the course card results weren't flattering... quite bad for many i must say.. :( anyway, i really hate my damn engcal1 mark, just got a measly 2.5 like wtf.. well our teacher first of all doesn't teach, and yet comes to class expecting that we are knowledgeable about the subject matter... but good things is that i've long expected and accepted that grade.

but chemtwo was shit as well, cause our teacher promised that if we get an 80 or higher score on the finals, she would replace our lowest mark among the four quizzes with the same score as the finals, so i was quite expecting a high grade... but i didn't really get that good of a mark..

so onto today's sched. this morning woke up early so i'd drive my sis to school along with my mom cause she's got some business matters at makati and pasig. then went to dlsu and reached there at 0800 and then the lady told us that enrollment actually starts at 0830 so yeah i had to wait for 30 mins and my mom ate at mcdonald's while waiting.. then left mcdonald's at round 0850 and headed to makati, where we still had to look for the building. lol
before finally heading to pasig, it was quite tiresome driving around town for nearly 2 and a half hours, then on the way home along c5 was really congested, so i ended up driving for another hour and felt really sleepy...

zzzz.... hehe

good thing i didn't follow my friend xiao who fell asleep along edsa and slammed the truck in front of him. then when we got near our place, we ate at cajun. something that i really needed cause otherwise i might have fallen asleep ;)

new camera :)

2007-12-17T17:25:00.000+08:00

so fun, i've been eyeing on a new camera for like months... well, anyways it came to me this morning ahahha... bought a new Nikon D40X.

it takes nice pictures, produces vibrant images, and keeps crisp edges. better yet, it is very user friendly.. ;)

here's a pic of our christmas tree at our living room that i just took lols

HELL WEEK!!!

2007-12-09T17:04:00.000+08:00

Like what I said I barely do have time to blog...else do anything...

Gee its hell week again, this time worse than the first hell week. Now I got my major ENGCAL dipping below 3.0, Ill be happy with 2.5 or 3.0 gee but most likely ill be getting a 2.5 only. :(

But after this hellweek is done... I know itll be fun for me... planning of getting a digicam.. :( camwhores can never be complete without one ;) Also lots of plans lined up for January.

This blog post was just squeezed into my sched.. Now got to review a bit more... hayyy. tiresome, plus we still got a paper defense tomorrow 1 to 3 pm, then got to meet Shirin at St. Luke's Hospital for coffee with my mom...

Anyways, wishlist hmmm includes philosophy/topman/people are people shirt, lol ;)

HAHAHA

Good luck to everyone bout to take their finals during the week, especially those with ugly test scheds, lucky ours is from monday to wednesday only.

Also today was great finally got to meet up with my old high school buddies again :) It was our hs reunion this lunch time...

DO YOU KNOW ME?

2007-09-24T18:03:00.000+08:00

Just wanted to know if you really know the real me? Take the test out and find out.. just got it from someone ;)

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BUSY BUSY BUSY

2007-09-19T17:28:00.000+08:00

so, its really been another long while since my last update here...

anyways, dumating si SB tpos nag gimik gimik konti haha... inantok pa nga ako dun sa alchemy eh. pero thats how it is inaantok tlga ako lagi nowadays.. siguro kulang n tlga ang tulog ko. but wtf. so ayun tumambay kami ni pao, yuki, pines and SB sa krokodile grille... kain kain tpos haha d naman birthday ni SB pero kinausap ni pao na kantahan si SB ng bday song at bumili pa si pao ng mini choco cake para kay SB haha.. sobrang nakakagulat p un pagkanta nila kasi may BOOM effect pa sa umpisa.

tpos nung last saturday we had the first BA meeting and session! it was great coz atleast now our batch officially has a working SC unit! ang just this week, we had lots of things done, got a-forms accomplished, got reservation for the room, request for projector and laptop and today we had our first every activity, a film-showing about brotherhood! It was fun though publicity isnt really all great.

so i think ill be on hiatus for my blog but i still won't go easy on the pictures haha!

Pao, Pines, SB @ Alchemy

2007-09-09T19:29:00.000+08:00

after the whole ECA teambuilding, and with my shoulders , legs and upper arms sore, and still with complete lack of sleep, there i was chilling with my friends at alchemy.

anyways, that day was the day i enrolled.. friday... then at around 10am, coincidentally nagkita kita kami nila gen, corky, at patcha sa may agno.. tpos ayon pumunta na kami ng robinsons place ermita. pagdating namin e medyo nakakbadtrip e kasi ba naman we had to walk galing sa pedro gil lrt station hanggang rob place.. sige medyo malapit pero sobrang init ng araw nun.

tpos dumiretso kami sa second floor.. ayun naging bum ulit kami.. tambay muna sa food court tapos napakain na rin kami haha.. kala ko snacks lang pero medyo nabusog kami dun. then gbox (arcade) sobrang nakaktawa laban ni gen and patcha sa table hockey.. lalo na nun ako nakipaglaban kay patcha tumatalsik ung disc.. haha

anyways right after i had to go to greenbelt area to SBs place and prepared for the night..

i thought id be able to sleep pero di rin e. so what happened na lang is when it was around 6 i took a shower fixed up, then he did too. ayun we went to shang to meet up with pines and pao. tapos lahat kami nalate pla haha. we ate at krokodile grille then si pao ba naman haha nagulat nalang kami ng biglang sumigaw ung waiter at kumanta ng happy birthday, eh july pa birthday ni SB... so aun pumunta na kami ng alchemy after.

tapos dami pang arte un pala papapasukin din kami kasi nman wlang tao sa alchemy haha... meron lang marami sa second floor, sa third halos mga half-full lang ung place. but at that time i really couldnt keep from falling asleep.. haha di ko na nga alam nung nasa taxi na e tulog ako all the way.. well it WAS GREAT!!! looking forward to hanging out with ya guys again.. un nga lang.. ill be busy na these next two terms.. *sigh* ^_^

ECA Teambuilding

2007-09-08T13:19:00.000+08:00

anyways, sobrang saya noong teambuilding namin..
haha sobrang effort tlga kelangan.. dami kasing mga rope challenges. but they were all very interesting and fun. wonder pano na kaya teambuilding ni xtine? balita ko sobrang okay kasi daw.. no effort ang kelangan, libre na un, un nga lang wala rin syang team haha

back on to ECA, well it was really a unifying experience hope everyone could try out the challenges in La Corona Resort, Laguna. forgot the exact location.. pero lampas siya ng los banos ata haha...

anyways all the other info about the night could be seen sa pics namin, atsaka bwal din ipagsabi ung mga gngwa nmin... kasi baka makarating na... sbhan kaming masama. pero sa kapartisan ko, you could just ask around ;)

it was trully worthwhile, after nun all the hard work sa challenges, then we had the planning of all activities for the second and third term. so, guys tulung tulong nlng haha... lets show them how we work...

parang ung trip d na nga eca eh haha.. more like... †@p@† baligtarin mo man †@p@† pa rin!

HELL WEEK!!!

2007-08-30T18:07:00.000+08:00

haha.. not really. its just that fucking finals na nmin...

bsta grabe... so after days of fun.. finals na.. ok naman siya e mga five subjects lng..
tpos nakakbadtrip pag tinanong mo iba 3 or isang final exam lng.. andaya kupal dito sa coe!

so anyways, masaya pa rin sya ganito kasi sked namin

tuesday, morning nandun nako ng 7 kahit 9 pa ung test.. tpos nagmit kami ni gen mga 8am pati na rin c corky nagulat nga kami parang ang aga nya.. so kain muna kami nyan sa sex haha sarap sarap... tapsi nlng lagi orders nmin.. tpos test na after then pnta muna verde... konting inom lng :)

wednesday, morning nandun nako ng 7 kahit 9 pa ung test.. tpos nagmit kami ni gen mga 8am pati na rin c corky nagulat nga kami parang ang aga nya.. so kain muna kami nyan sa sex haha sarap sarap... tapsi nlng lagi orders nmin.. tpos test na after then pnta muna verde... konting inom lng :) ay masmarami n pala ng konti ;) [copy paste lng yan haha sna d halata lol]

tpos today thursday hapon pa pasok ko so mga 9 nako nagising haha... tpos kain by 10.. nagmadali nko maligo nun kasi d ko matancha kung anong oras ako mkkrating paghapon na e... so aun 12.20 nandun nko e 1pm pa test.. tpos tinapos nmin ni corky at gen in 30 friggin mins.. haha cheatingan to the MAX!!!

aun lng after nun inuman din ult sa verde... saya nga e imbis na 3 lng kmi ni gen n corky ksma nmin knina ervin, paul n si vin.. gago un c vin ang kulit..
tpos nun umuwi na cla paul n ervin.. nasita pa cla ng guard sa lrt haha pula dw kasi ni ervin patawa!!! anyways aun lng haha next week wla ng finals! saya 2 more to go nlng sa saturday!

geh wish me luck ;)

TAGGED twice :( haha

2007-08-27T08:56:00.000+08:00

well, this is long overdue, just decided to do it now.. so got this from both tantan and nikki ;)

cheers!

* Each blogger must post these rules first.

* Each blogger starts with eight random facts/habits about themselves.

* Bloggers that are tagged need to write on their own blog about their eight things and post these rules.

* At the end of your blog, you need to choose eight people to get tagged and list their names.

* Don't forget to leave them a comment telling them they're tagged, and to read your blog.

1. ive always loved talking, chatting, listening, everything relating to hmm bumming around or chilling... it just is soo much fun haha.. so if u need to have a chat or whatever, im around waiting or already blabbering about lol

2. ive had the flat top hairstyle of hmm who was it... arnold scharzenneger of terminator back in gradeschool... yeah had it for the whole of gradeschool.. geez it was ok.. but would not want to have that again.. well not for 6 whole years!

3. i have this perfectionist side of me.. which is why i get OC on lots of things lols... people who know me would know this ;)

4. i like to have the occasional drinks and socialize with people... just not too sure about it being occasional ;) woot!

5. i don't like math much, only did back in gradeschool. but still have to work for math ya.. cant let it get left behind.

6. i like travelling, and its only lately that i make the most of my travels

7. hmm, im caged up.. not really but yeah i havent been to visayas or mindanao which i would surely want to go to soon.. ive always been stuck here in manila and gone to the nearby provinces ONLY!

8. i am quite daring... i wanna do anything and everything atleast once... like maybe hmm weed... cool :)

and ima lazy so wouldnt tag anyone!!! *winks*

Fashion Show at 22nd TAPAT Anniversary

2007-08-18T17:02:00.000+08:00

Well, yesterday was TAPAT's 22nd anniversary party held at The Warehouse 135, Yakal St., Makati. The only problem was yesterday typhoon Egay wrecked havoc! It had been raining for the day and when I got to the warehouse myself Malugay St., the street parallel to Yakal was flooded up the a third of my calf, so I was like shit, I hope people come to tonight's event. So, this is actually TAPAT's second event here at The Warehouse 135, and after 11, DJ Ballesca and DJ Roman would be rocking the scratchboard.

So what was supposed to happen was that, we meet at glorietta at 1030am then we'll be leaving for warehouse at 1100am, but soon it was changed after discovering that the venue is still closed at that time. luckily i just awoke at around that time. and so it was moved to 0200pm, and so i rushed from home when it was about 0100pm. and i got there around 0230pm and luckily it was open at that time. but i still had to wait like for an hour and half more before other TAPAT people came... well as soon as they got there, our hot dancers started their practicing their routines, and we on the other hand started rehearsing the walk and sequence of the whole show. we kept doing it 'til Anil the college assembly president of the college of education felt that we were barely good enough to do the thing.

so by 0700pm we were changing and it was really funny cause all of us guys had to get eyeliners placed and each one of us would have our eyes blinking incessantly tpos mangiyak iyak pa kaming lahat, so after ng eyeliner parang umiiyak na kaming lahat.. haha and they say that men don't cry.. eyeliner lng ata katapat :( tapos binigyan na kami ng food, ewan ko ba, it was like a long bun with stuffings inside, d sa d siya masarap, but it felt incomplete, but thats something we must deal with..[food] *winks* at around 0900pm we were like nervouse that the weather might have forced people not to go, which would mean that wed be having the show for ourselves which would be quite embarrassing. and at 0930pm my friends dennis, pao, and yuki arrived. which gave me a sign of relief.. then at around 1015pm people started pouring in, and by 1030pm we were ready for the show. you could see from our faces that we were all tensed up but at the same time quite excited for it... and when kim stepped on, we were just sparked up, parang the vibes naturally came to us.. and aun napakasaya namin after. dance muna konti dito dance doon, tpos aun na nagsi uwian na ang iba mga 1200am, kami naman nandun hanngang 0100am, tpos nung pauwi na baha na sa labas anaknam... well, it took us around an hour to get a cab.. napakahirap talaga.. tapos aun.. went to greenbelt... stayed over my friends place sa bsa towers.. tapos kumain muna sa greenbelt the next day at mga 0400pm na nakauwi sa may amin ;)

QUIZZES...

2007-08-16T18:44:00.000+08:00

just felt like taking tons of quizzes... lols got them from tantan ;)

Your Life Is Worth...

$1,107,000

How Much Is Your Life Worth?

The Part of You That No One Sees

You are lively, dramatic, and flamboyant.
You have an outrageous personality...
And you secretly resent anyone who makes you tone it down.

Underneath it all, you are driven by your need for attention and acceptance.
You need to feel special at all times.
You are secretly jealous and occasionally insecure.

What's the Part of You That No One Sees?

You Are From Venus

You love all forms of beauty. You love dressing up and anything luxurious.
A social butterfly, you're incredibly popular and a great host.
You're known for your fairness and affection. And as a frind to all.
Careful though! You're desire to please may make you too willing to conform.
Be yourself. Focus on what matters to you. You'll be all the more popular for it.

What Planet Are You From?

You Are a Bright Star Soul

Like a shining star, you have no trouble being the center of attention
In fact, you often feel a bit hurt when all eyes aren't on you
You need to be number one in everything, no matter how trivial
And it's this ego that both hurts your confidence and helps you acheive

You're dramatic and a powerhouse of pure energy
You posess a divine quality or uniqueness that's hard to define
A natural performer, it's likely you'll become famous in some circles.
Just learn not to take everyone's reaction to you so personally!

Souls you are most compatible with: Newborn Soul and Prophet Soul

What Kind of Soul Are You?

You Would Do Most Things For Love

You are willing to go pretty far for love - but not far enough to compromise your core values.
Love is a priority for you, and you'll go further than most people to hold on to someone you love.
But killing for love? Or even taking a bullet? Probably out of the question.
No matter what, you love yourself the most!

Would You Do Anything For Love?

Your Element Is Earth

You excel at planning and strategizing.
You could be a champ at chess or Survivor.

Well grounded, you are able to be realistic and rationalize.
On the inside, you have a hard core. It's tough to phase you.

You are super productive, and you are able to think anything through.
Focused and super charged, your instincts are a good guide for your next step.

What's Your Element?

You Are 50% Evil

You are evil, but you haven't yet mastered the dark side.
Fear not though - you are on your way to world domination.

How Evil Are You?

Your Famous Movie Kiss is from Cruel Intentions

"I'm the only girl you can't have, and it kills you."

What Famous Movie Kiss Are You?

You Are a Marble Cake

Eclectic, inventive, and peaceful.
You are never willing to accept what's "normal." You live to push the envelope.
You find it hard to make up your mind. You prefer to have everything you want, right away!

What Kind of Cake Are You?

Your Personality is Very Rare (ESTP)

Your personality type is dominant, driven, poised, and self-aware.

Only about 5% of all people have your personality, including 3% of all women and 6% of all men
You are Extroverted, Sensing, Thinking, and Perceiving.

How Rare Is Your Personality?

You Are Mexican Food

Spicy yet dependable.
You pull punches, but people still love you.

What Kind of Food Are You?

You Belong in Fall

Intelligent, introspective, and quite expressive at times...
You appreciate the changes in color, climate, and mood that fall brings
Whether you're carving wacky pumpkins or taking long drives, autumn is a favorite time of year for you

What Season Are You?

Your Superpower Should Be Manipulating Fire

You are intense, internally driven, and passionate.
Your emotions are unpredictable - and they often get the better of you.
Both radiant and terrifying, people are drawn to you.
At your most powerful, you feel like the world belongs to you.

Why you would be a good superhero: You are obsessive enough to give it your all

Your biggest problem as a superhero: Your moodiness would make it difficult to control your powers

What Should Your Superpower Be?

You Belong in Milan

Stylish and sophisticated, you want to enjoy a truly European life - away from tourists!
Milan fits you perfectly. Great shopping, high quality food, lots of culture... with very little hype.

What European City Do You Belong In?

You Are an Intense Kisser

When you kiss, it's deep and powerful

You don't take kissing lightly

Your kisses always have meaning

And they always make your head spin

What's Your Kissing Style?

You Are 16% Nerdy

You are definitely not nerdy - in fact, you probably don't know any nerds.
You probably care a little too much about your image. No one will know if you secretly watch Star Trek reruns!

How Nerdy Are You?

Brainy Kid

In high school, you were acing AP classes or hanging out in the computer lab.

You may have been a bit of a geek back then, but now you're a total success!

Who Were You In High School?

You Follow Your Heart

You're romantic, sentimental, and emotional.
You tend to fall in (and out of) love very quickly.
Some may call you fickle, but you can't help where your emotions take you.
You've definitely broken a few hearts, but you're not a heartbreaker by nature.
Your intentions are always good, even if they change with the wind

Do You Follow Your Head or Your Heart?

You Are 64% Pure

Well, you're not exactly an angel - but you're pretty darn close.
But chances are, you have a couple juicy secrets deep in your closet.

How Pure Are You?

You Are a Glam Rocker!

You put the "show" in rock show with your larger than life self.
No doubt, you are all about making good music...
But what really gets you going is having an over the top show.
Glitter, costumes, and wild hair are your thing - with some rock thrown in!

What Kind of Rocker Are You?

How You Are In Love

You take a while to fall in love with someone. Trust takes time.

You tend to take more than give in relationships.

You tend to get very attached when you're with someone. You want to see your love all the time.

You love your partner unconditionally and don't try to make them change.

You stay in love for a long time, even if you aren't loved back. When you fall, you fall hard.

How Are You In Love?

Your Geek Profile:

Fashion Geekiness: Moderate
Gamer Geekiness: Low
General Geekiness: Low
Internet Geekiness: Low
Movie Geekiness: Low
Music Geekiness: Low
Academic Geekiness: None
Geekiness in Love: None
SciFi Geekiness: None

How Geeky Are You?

Your Scholastic Strength Is Innovating

You are the master of new ideas, techniques, and ways of looking at things.
You are talented at structuring thoughts, decision making, clarifying, and making deadlines.

You should major in:

Marketing
Psychology
Desgin
Cognitive Science
Economics
Photography

What Should You Major In?

Cheese Pizza

Traditional and comforting.
You focus on living a quality life.
You're not easily impressed with novelty.
Yet, you easily impress others.

What's Your Pizza Personality?

You Should Be a Science Fiction Writer

Your ideas are very strange, and people often wonder what planet you're from.
And while you may have some problems being "normal," you'll have no problems writing sci-fi.
Whether it's epic films, important novels, or vivid comics...
Your own little universe could leave an important mark on the world!

What Type of Writer Should You Be?

Your Love Song Is

Sitting, Waiting, Wishing by Jack Johnson

"Maybe you've been through this before
But it's my first time so please ignore
The next few lines cause they're directed at you
I can't always be waiting, waiting on you
I can't always be playing, playing your fool"

You've been waiting for love, and you're not going to wait any longer!

What Love Song Are You?

You Are Cheesecake

Rich, sweet, and simply perfect.
You're not boring - you're just the best!

What Dessert Are You Most Like?

Chillin' Ditchin' at Absinth

2007-08-14T18:00:00.000+08:00

grabeh naman itoo... for the last week we have been planning of going out to enchanted kingdom.. the only thing holding was my schedule coz i might have to go to tagaytay. but as soon as thursday, i learned that it was cancelled and so itutuloy na raw namin ng mga frends ko ang trip to enchanted. so nung friday, sabi ng isa kong friend na magdadala ng car dapat na tumirik car nya at d na matutuloy dahil doon, so sabi namin ng isa ko pang friend cge sine na lng mga 6 to whatever time tpos magbar, tpos bawal din kasi may basketball game siya. so sinabi nmin na wag na nga gabi n lng labas after ng game nya na matatapos ng 7. so mga 9 nandun na kami sa greenbelt at sabi niya bigla na masakit ang katawan niya at d siya makakapunta. so aun ako, kuya ko at si gen ung nandun. badtripppp

ang mabuti nalng, nung friday habang pe class namin.. tumawag si dennis, yung bestfriend kong tagasingapore na, at nagyaya na maguaap, pero d ako pede ng gnon kaaga so sinabi ko na sa gabi na lang ang labas, buti na lang at game. so imbis na tatlo lang kming nagmukhang tanga, lima na kami. ako, kuya ko, gen, dennis, at friend niyang si lander. masaya ang naging trip namin, smoothies muna kaming tatlo habang inaantay un dalawa. tpos nung nagkita na, nagkagulo pa nga konti dahil sakin, ang gulo ko kasi mamili ng lugar, dumaan ng ice, ayaw wlang space kasi, sa bedspace din wlang upuan, so sa absinth na lang. tpos ayun simula na ang inuman. pero konti lng naman ang ininom ko dahil drive pa ako pauwi non so mga 2 red horse lang at shots... tpos nag shisha na kami strawberry flavor.. hmm sarap namnamin. anyways npakasaya ko. tagal na kasi kami d nagkita ni dennis. soon, nandoon na kmi sa may dance floor haha.

when it was time to leave, i was so happy na sa pagauwi namin ay d naman kami naligaw.. haha sana maulit. bumalik ka dennis!!!

Inspired once more?!?!

2007-08-07T20:11:00.000+08:00

well as you could see, its been like over a month since ive last posted anything anywhere. well anyways someone has just convinced me over the weekend in batangas, that it would be good to start a multiply account; hence, the reason for this thing that you're reading right here.

anyways, kung di nyo trip ang magbasa ng blog dito, ok lng nman na basahin nyo yung version nito sa http://www.krmstc.blogspot.com yan yung original, at yung design dun ako mismo yung gumawa ng mga artworks at ng pinaka layout nun. pero napansin ko lng na sobrang nkktamad na magupdate lagi ng mga layout kaya ill do somethin on multiply para less hassle and easier connectivity.

so let me just update you guys on what has happened to me within the last 2 weeks.

so for the past month, ive been training under TAPAT a political party in DLSU, and after a month of trainings, our efforts paid off when COE won straight meaning 4 out of the 4 slots were won by TAPAT!!! Well more info on this on my next entry!

thanks to you all

A loOoOng While

2007-06-24T08:13:00.000+08:00

Weeelll, havent been able to blog lately, im not on hiatus nor am i quitting, it has just been quite boring for the past few days, with some exceptions of course. Well I really like the debates that we have on TAPAT trainings, it feeds me.... hahaha

Anyways, last wednesday was extremely fun yet degrading... we had our block pictorial, and our theme was cross-dressing, for fuck's sake... it is no fun when you're wearing the clothes... but anyways i pulled it off. Ill try to post pics of it soon. Haaha, a peek... hmmm I was wearing a blouse and a tight pink miniskirt atop my pants... Well thats it for the cross-dressing.

Last friday, June 22, I went to my former high school, PCHS, along with Brainard, cause we knew that lots of our old classmates would be there... Anyways, we bought burgers along the way, and Brainard spilled some coke on his plaid shorts, whaha.. an outfit spoiler.. When we got to school, it was like KEWL.. lots of friends were there, but still we don't like the school as much, the peeps there are great though... that's it for now..

Realized that Id be missin' them too. :)

TIME is inversely proportional to WORKLOAD

2007-06-02T18:35:00.000+08:00

well, i guess from now on, i could like blog maybe at most two times a week, coz talagang hectic na ng schedule ko't trisem ang academic calendar. well, school is still fun as usual. and since na once a week na lang ata ako makakapagblog, i'll try to make my list of the week's activities in a summary a.k.a. listing format, with the highlights only of the day. and also, days that don't seem to meaningful lols, wouldn't be included. but to me, i guess life is meaningful as it is.

so, start off...

May 27/Monday

Since na today's schedule only allots like mga 30 minutes of lunch break, we thought na sa canteen nanaman kami kakain, but to our delight since first day ng lab class, so pinagbigyan kami ni sir ng, and we had over an hour like mga 1.8 hrs. so me, cha, and gen went to u.m. well all we did was actually eat the 220-peso good for three barbeque fiesta meal. so okay naman iyong food, cause for that price we got rice, barbeque, soup and drinks. well gen also got lights, and cha took red horse. ;) and all was well.

May 28/Tuesday

So for today, we had mga nearly two hours of break after soctec. kaasar lang kasi may pinapagawang research, but i guess its fine naman. so we were all at tgi's then nagtext si jam kay gen kung san daw kami, and well basta i decided na we should meet up with them, so parang ayun. we waited na lang for jam for her class was done na rin, and she said na francis and kc were waiting at dondon's a japanese resto. well food was great, but the whole time was even better. basta aun. but it was kinda awkward, pero all was good.

May 31/Thursday

So today, we felt kind of adventurous. The day before was bon-bon's birthday and it was also yen's, but moving on with today. So thursdays have similar schedules with tuesdays, and so we were like given mga nearly two hours lunch break again. we went to u.m. haha pero instead of santi's kitchen ata un, where we had the barbeque fiesta, we went next door, and we were a foursome no longer a threesome, but the more the merrier dba? and its true when yen's around. and we all took lights before the next class haha trigsol, and we were late yet again. lols. only cha btw took red horse, me gen and yen took smb lite. so me and yen were like quite reddish and it was funny. And on the way home, me and cha photocopied 3 more copies of the lab handout, and we met jam again. kewl ;)

woot!

June 2/Saturday

So today was cwts day and this time we had guest speakers from katuparan housing from vitas, tondo. and they were really warm, so im expecting loads of fun on june 9, our exposure day in the area. and my partner there is none other than.... cha hahaha.

and also i was late for todays block presidents meeting, cause i was across the street playing dota.. oops.. did i say that out loud? haha

still loads of things to do. gotta get them done now..

study-cum-dota match (fead?) n' debut rush...

2007-05-27T20:23:00.000+08:00

so college is fine so far, made lots of friends already. the subjects are okay with me, school days seem to be the usual routine as in high school. enter room, sit, listen, go out. well it seems that way anyways. however, our teachers do make our course seem daunting, they'd always remind us that our course is one of the hardest if not the hardest course in dlsu. so as for now, im just hoping to attain a gpa of 2.5 for the first term, then i'd try to move on up to maybe like a 3.0 to 3.5 hopefully by year end.

on to studying. so my mom just got my books, the algebra and trigo book, solid mensuration book and lastly a brand new 9th edition 'chemistry' by raymond chang, it had to be new coz' all other colleges use the 8th edition and i think the lady said that only dlsu and mapua use the 9th ed. woot! cool.. hehe it makes me feel proud of lasallian standards. ;) so we had the first session of nstp, national service training program, as required by presidential decree 9153 i think if i remember correctly. and i chose cwts, a community welfare oriented program, to help uplift the conditions of the marginalized communities within metro manila and nearby areas.

enuf said about the academics for the day, well, my blockmates have organized a 3 on 3 dota (defence of the ancients) match, and they invited me to join, which i so exuberantly did. lols. and we went across the street to the second floor of the building where shakey's and red ribbon establishments are, and there we played. haha, i was able to coz i had to burn off like 2.5 hrs of time, for we were dismissed at before 1200 but i only needed to go to lorenzo towers by like 1430. we had two games, first game we lost whereas cha reigned though he said he didn't know how to play.. hmm.. fishy.. haha. then we won on the second game with great comeback scores. afterwards, we separated with the group, and i had a 5-minute lunch, munching through the cheesburger, and swallowing all the fries, and voila.

by 1440, i was at maynilad study center, but it was only by 1500 did i meet hans, who handed me over to andrew, my mentor. wowee, graduated from MBB like shit, he's good! haha. so, anyways, this all happened so fast, and i got home by like 1630. took a shower, got out of the house by like 1810, had my haircut, finished at 1840, and i was rushing like hell. i really was quite anxious coz i was one of the roses of my twin and i was afraid to not make it on time. luckily i did. and i had a blast, met lots of peepz, her cousins, uhmm, now got to see the whole family, hmm met some of her highschool friends, and yeah met leander, samantha, and matthew like woah what a small world. haha. well this does it, and brain and kim stayed overnight. kim didn't get on the computer, and it was me and brain that played 'til 330 next day. and weird, coz twin slept late too, or should i say early, like 345. :)

New Layout, IE Incompatible Though

2007-05-24T22:11:00.000+08:00

finally got the friggin layout done, but my main problem is that it does not display right on IE. however, its perfectly well on Mozilla, well i guess thats just something that i wont be able to solve within the near future.

well aside from a new layout being made, school started yesterday, and we had only 1 hour's worth, so it was like my fare on the LRT was a total waste, anyways, i wouldnt care anyhow. lols. so school seems fine, nothing too much to worry about except maintaining a 2.5 minimum on all subjects, otherwise, im dead. xx

today,i just had chemone at 800am, englcom at 940am, soctec1 at forgot what time coz' it sure was bOOOOORIINGGGG. i actually rested my eyes for like 10 minutes...equating to a nap. woot! :) during the lunch break, we decided to get our PE uniforms before having lunch. then at 1450 we had our last subject trigsol.

so most of our classes actually require us to be moving from floor to floor from building to building, and i like taking the stairs, no idea why... *wink*

Last Day of Vacation... its Back to Reality

2007-05-22T11:03:00.000+08:00

i just took a look at the calendar and realized that omg its fcukin 22nd of May, lols. just a day before my first day of school, first day in college, first day of a new friggin chapter of life. now i know what i just said sounds so damn mainstream, talkin' 'bout all chapters of life and the sort, but i just couldn't help it. lols ;) so ill just be blogging down my activities for the past few days..

May 13

anyways, i just celebrated my birthday last week and it was fun...funny... so we went out at day time and had our lunch at a Japanese restaurant by the bay, Tajima, its located at Harbor Square opposite the side of CCP. not directly opposite. well anyways, the food was great and authentic, they cooked it in front of you, and it wasn't a conventional cooking-before-your-eyes type of restaurant because it wasn't on the usual hotpan, or the usual ones used in shabu-shabu, they did the cooking on a belevelled part of the table where there are volcanic rocks placed on a mesh to prevent it from falling to the burner. and then they place this mesh-like strainer but for barbecuing, it wasn't all barbecues though, they had a variety of dishes. and since my birthday so happened to coincide with mother's day, they gave my grandma and mom carnation courtesy of the management, and even gave us complimentary desserts. overall it wasn't bad, i liked it. for only 3.5k for 5 persons, it proved good.

in the evening, we went out with my aunts and family friends to eat, again in celebration of my birthday. and we went to malate for a restaurant that my aunt heard sizzles up good filipino dishes. so we decided to try it out, the name was Bistro Remedios, and food was good, we ordered sinigang na miso, tadyang (i think), bangus belly something, kare-kare, bicol express, and somekind of lamb. dessert was maja/maha i'm not really familiar with the names. and it was great, the dessert kinda melts in your mouth, i bet it has lots of sugar. and if i remember right it isn't expensive either. ;)

May 15

so today's my grandparents' anniversary, 47th to be exact, and again we're eating out. and when we go out to eat, we always end up having minor disputes as to where to eat, and being the driver and all its quite confusing. so it's like lets get the hell on with it. and we first thought of tomas morato, but as we approached roces ave., we pushed through to commonwealth ave, in hopes of finding a good resto in katipunan ave., but as we've tried most of the restos in the area, we drove to libis, only to be disappointed with the wide variety of restaurants in the area.*note my sarcasm* so, we ended up in good ol' eastwood. and as we were searching for the restaurant the we haven't eaten in, we noticed a new pirate themed resto, named Il Pirata, an italian resto. the pizza we got was great, my steak was excellent, and i could see on the faces of mom, grandpa, grandma, and christian that their food were great too. though they only are in their soft opening stage, you would take note that most of the foods are already available and the ambience depicts the lower decks of a typical pirate ship. the ceiling is obviously made of carved wood, especially made through orders only. anyways it was great, and the bill was only like 3.8 grand. woot! good!

May 22

and back to the present. lol. just woke up 2.5 hrs ago. and my mom asked me to like countercheck all the invoices for jan-may for any anomalities. and so yeah just took a break to make this entry. and hopefully when im done with my checking, i might just make a new layout... which i doubt i'd finish anyways, the new layout would most likely not be a table layout, but rather the typical vertical down layout. tables eat lots of time... tsk tsk. and its harder to change the layout appearance when working with tables. ;) *wink*

officially ... LASALLIAN

2007-05-13T09:54:00.000+08:00

FIRST DAY

already met new friends. i even met we just had the orientation for incoming COE froshies last may 11 and 12, they were both whole day engagements. it seemed quite awkward at first coz u hardly know anyone, but in a matter of 20 minutes ivegiorgio, my highschool classmate, on the way to the designated area for my block section, EF. anyways, the first person i met was bernadete; she came from grace christian high school. we had a little bit of chit chat, before going up using the elevator where the line was cut into two. when we reached the auditorium, the program commenced and the little back to the past kind of presentation they had was a cutesy one, it just reminded me of something. afterwards, each block was asked to give out a cheer, well our orienter went to the restroom i think, so it was actually quite hilarious coz we were asked to stand, and all we did was stand, lol ;).

after the short program we went to our rooms and actually tried to play some games before moving on to the lecture portion. we played foot structures and bugaloo, and in the end they were both unsuccessful, really funny. we were playing simple games and still couldnt get them right, lol. like we had the instructions told to us, but we just couldnt follow them. thats where our orienter, ninya and daphne, got our batch nickname, LUTANG. then my liongson came and we started discussing about the lasallian virtues, prayer, and about the life of brother john baptiste de la salle and relating the 7 major events in his life with our own. id say he is quite good at discussing, must be a pro.

with half of the lecture portion done, we went down for lunch which became a deeper version of the getting to know each other activities that we had. in the afternoon at around 1:30 we had the lecture again until 3 pm. then we toured most of the campus and visited the sps building, which houses the student council office and office of student organizations and the sort. this was the best part of the campus tour coz the offices we visited were airconditioned, lol.

SECOND DAY

on the second day, we met up at the amphitheatre. i thought that our block was early, and realized that our one was actually one of the latest ones to arrive. (i have always known that our batch is the best, no sarcasm intended) we started the day out in the chapel where we had a 1 hour mass. cha a.k.a. sacrifice and i were chatting, and then poch suddenly told cha that someone is being disturbed... hmm.. wonder who. hahaha. anyways, so we decided to settle down a bit but still talked quite a bit. then the same events that happened the day before followed, with ONE thing different.

one game that we played was actually successful. the first game was pepe, daphne would be giving out a category and we'd have to give out a title related to the category and change one word of it to pepe, and the title should still make sense, a good example would be, the category is english songs, with linkin park's in the end, change end to pepe, and you have in the pepe. it was fcukin' hilarious. note: fcukin is not a typographical error, :)

then, we had the lecture portion again, this time, it was about the academic and discilinarian concerns. mr. liongson discussed the academic half, while a d.o.p. discipline office paragon and ms. nenita, discussed the disciplinarian half. then we had our lunch before going back up to our rooms. we stayed in the room for like another 15 mins, discussing about the cheer that we'd have later on in the afternoon. afterwards, we went on with the school tour, where we got to tour lightly/externally our building, velasco building, agno street, the research building *forgot the name*, the fr. andrew building, and extensively toured the sports complex, for this is where we'd end the orientation, LPEP 2K7(Lasallian Personal Effectiveness Program). so we went up to the second floor and viewed the olympic sized pool of the ground floor. moved on up to the 7th floor via elevator whereas others walked up the stairs, hahaha thanks ninya. the 7th floor houses multipurpose courts which could be used for basketball, volleyball and badminton. then we walked to the 8th floor, where i think all the student organizations had a booth, and it was noisy as hell (in a fun and good way). and in the gawad kalinga booth i had a picture of me and miss eng, jam taken!!! moving on up, we went to the court where our UAAP basketball team practices, and started on with the program. it was fun, at the same time humiliating, coz they had a short game, first one bring a person with celebrity looks, so ninya pulled me onstage and said i looked like YA CHANG? we did not win that, went back to my seat and she pulled me back for the second part, a person from the block who came from the farthest place, we didnt win that either. omg. talk about humiliating. and the third part was a running & trivia portion, where we were represented by aldo. so the program commenced and daphne danced too in the LSD jazz. then near the end they taught us all the cheers so that we'd be ready for this year's UAAP coz the last year's freshmen couldn't experience it unlike us. lucky us. and when i got home i was tired and fell asleep at like 10pm...

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Enrollment Jitters... Done with That

2007-05-05T12:58:00.000+08:00

after a rather relaxing yet informative week.. that does not quite add up now does it.. anyways, i nearly forgot about my enrollment into dlsu. the only time i remembered of it was when my classmate asked me about the medical portion, and i thought for a moment that i had lost my enrollment forms. good thing was that i haven't thrown my big folder of junk because i actually placed it in there.

my enrollment was yesterday, but i was quite fidgety about this enrollment process especially the physical examination portion. enrollments are really quite common to me, you line up wait for kingdom come, then submit all necessary docs, proceed to accounting, pay up then line up in the disciplinary section. 2 days before the enrollment, i tried to scout around for info on the enrollment process of dlsu, and what i found out was that you only had to follow exactly what is written on the enrollment papers that they gave you, but there was something quite disturbing that i learned. the physical examination, as told by my friends, required you to strip naked, no undies.nickers. whatsoever. when i heard this, i was like.... whuuuuttt? forr reaal? ... 'lol' was all i could say to myself, but nevertheless, i was thinking about the possibilities of this being true.

so i rushed my papers a day before, got them all filled out, pictures pasted and a form notarized. the next day i got up at like 8 or so, and looked at my supposed schedule.. and realized something like an anomaly in the sched coz ive been scheduled for enrollment between 1:30 to 5:00 PM, but my authority for I.D. picture taking was at 10:30 to 11:00 AM and my physical examination was scheduled at 11:00 to 11:30 AM, so i decided to go to la salle in the morning and reached there at 10. so i looked at the board where my section and I.D. no. is posted and immediately memorized my I.D. no. as advised by Leif. i submitted the forms, went to desk 3 where i had to decide between rotc and cwts... and the lady there was like join rotc its fun, you'd be doing all of these activities like... etc. etc. despite her efforts, i still chose cwts because my friends who went to dlsu mostly took this and i want to have the same experience they did. afterwards, i went to the accounting section and gave them my financial aid/scholarship form and i was done in like a minute or two - real quick.

i got my id photo taken then went onto the physical examination. and it was quite unusual, for everyone i saw waiting in line was all guys. and when i was done.. i got to breathe fine. coz nothing happened, it was just the routine check up that i always have done annually. and on my way out, i met jopel, a 4th year ECE student, miguel, a CLA student having his 5th year soon, and jam, 2nd year IE student and who is also in fact Miss Eng! what a day. then while talking to them, bench saw me with them and we went to mcdonalds to eat. bench btw is the guy who gave our group a tour in the star scholars orientation program.

and i went back to dlsu after eating just to show my chest x-ray to the doctor, i realized that i was lucky in getting my enrollment done in the morning because the observatory where the enrollment is done was packed! so all i need now is to wait for the orientation on the 11th and 12th, and get the yearbook settled cause it has been delayed quite a bit.

wish i get everything done! lol

Back in from Penang

2007-04-26T09:19:00.000+08:00

Penang was great, fun, exciting, exhilarating, inspiring.. well, to cut it short it was a hell of an experience. by hell, i mean great! i've learned so much in so little time, what i've learned isn't confined to knowledge and the technicalities that tecniplast has instilled unto us, but its inclusive of the life's lessons and the advices of the more experienced.. hmm *points at gianpaolo, paul, efisio* lol anyway, what i've seen during that week has caused my outlook in life to change, i used to think that a masters degress locally would suffice, but hearing from where everyone else graduated, i've just been inspired to try and scout for a postgrad scholarship in europe when i graduate. my head literally turned close to 90-degrees, i even made a wallpaper about the trip.. its at the end of my post lol.

anyways, aside from the training, i had some fun in penang, i shopped quite a bit; i was always out of the hotel and at at the night market. i got the the belt my brother wanted to buy, the souvenir shot glasses for john, some bookmarks for my friends cause i really couldn't decide on what to get, keychains for my mom's secretaries, a ring for myself and that encompasses everything i was able to buy at the night market. if you come from southeast asia, there's nothing really to buy from the night markets within other southeast asian countries because everyone virtually sells the same things. moving on, i was able to buy some good clothes, a locally made shirt that was around 20 USD, it was a good deal cause i really liked it. shorts around 15 USD not bad considering it was original american eagle, and also 3 giordano shirts(one for me, one for mom, and one for my brother) totalling to about 54 USD, really great bargain! it was on sale for crying out loud, otherwise it would have been 70+ USD.

aside from the spending spree, i really liked the street foods, particularly the most popular ones called cha keow teow (in fukien it is tsa kui tiao) the fresh fruit juices were also a blast. too bad we weren't able to eat the penang laksa, which my mom's friend said was one of the best local foods. anyways, leisure wise, penang isn't that attractive because the sand at the beach is coarse and of large particles, the sea water is murky, and jellyfish abound the sea. bad despite that, i still went jet skiing, parasailing, and took a banana boat ride. the best part of them all was the time we all fell from the banana boat, the ride proved to be a survival test.

the whole thing lasted for 6 days, from monday april 16 to friday april 20. and we set back home to the philippines on the morning of april 21st. well we stopped by the duty-free store at penang airport and the prices of the things around me were so tempting that i just had to grab a watch. so i did, it was a guess watch roughly around 115-120 USD. great, it had style and makes bold statements!

thanks to my new found friends: from Hong Kong, Long Hsu, Tracy Ong, Christine Wong; from Thailand, Warunee Totiam, Vipawa Srijam; from Malaysia, Helen Ong; from Singapore, Shirin Pang, Joyce Chang, Stephanne; from China, Xiao Yang, Hong Bo, hmm.. sorry forgot some; from Korea, Gi-Hoon Nam, Jully Kim, Noh Seungjin, Han Sejin; from Japan, Sachihiko Okubo, Takashi Ishitsuka, Takeshi Hayashi; from Tecniplast, Gianpaolo Milite, Efisio Spanu, Paolo Tamborini, Paul Lee.

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