Wednesday, December 21, 2005

Survey Sings...

If you want to...

Fight your fears
Overcome rejection
Deal with disappointment

Mag-survey ka. Mauubos ang hiya mo.

Hindi kaya ng powers ko. Good thing two of my feasibmates have those powers to accomplish our task. I thought we'd be done in one day. But no no no no no. We had to spend two whole freakin days for our survey. And for what? To get and project the demand curve of our feasibility project.

Opening line: "Ah, excuse me po. Good morning/afternoon. Pwede po ba magpa-survey?"

Best answers/ replies:
"Ha? Ano ba yan? Di ko alam sagot jan!"
"May bayad ba to?"
"Ay miss, pwede abng dagdagan mo na lang? Di ko alam sagot sa iba eh"
"Ay, nagsagot na po ako kahapon eh"

And someone actually placed her name on the survey although it was not required.

Hayayayayayay.
This experience is an example of the saying: Some things are easier said than done.

Friday, December 16, 2005

Chorale Chorus

Despite the stress, pressure and craziness brought by the event, I could still honestly say that it was a fun-filled and very fulfilling experience. I had the chance to conduct once again (sadly, hindi pa rin ako nakakanta).






Thanks to the choir who were willing to practice, despite the numerous tasks.
Sopranos: Rich, Ange, Jihan, Kaye, KC, Abby Wu
Altos: Crystle, Mela, Nhey, Rach, Milcah, Hazel
Tenors: Kitch, Aldrin, Ruel, Janno, Lawrence, Stan
Basses (tama ba plural?):Russ, Brian, Miguel, Jon, Baj, Roger

And of course, sa matindi naming pianist na si Kat Caalim na nung lunch lang nakita yung piece at may less than 3 hours na practice lamang! Thank you for sharing your talent!










Up to now, kinakanta ko pa rin yung Kumukutikutitap. Problema, alto part yung kabisado ko. So in alto tune ko sya kinakanta. Wish ko lang pagdating ng January makalimutan ko na sya.

Kudos to the SAG team for all their hard work!
And thank you God for giving us those talents! Para po sa Inyo yun!

And yeap, Springplum is right. We were definitely the happiest losers that night! Harharhar! XD

Wednesday, November 30, 2005

Ultraelectromagneeticjaaaaaaaaaam

Blah blah blah.
First Row. Center seats.
Basta. We ended up there.

This is going to be a sane entry. For hyper entries, read Fuyu and Ame's blogs...

The Event: Ultraelectromagneticjam Album Launching Concert. 29 Nov 2005. UP Theater. A tribute to the Music of Eraserheads.

The Performers:

Alapaap - 6 cycle mind
I loved 6cyclemind. Yeah, loved. They gave a good rendition of Alapaap. Well, maybe that's because Alapaap is a really good song. I have mixed feelings about their japorm...or rather, that they are now a japorms alternative band.

Magasin - Paolo Santos
Dilaw ang kanyang bukok at suot nya'y green. Too bad, I don't have a picture. I would say that I liked his performance because Marcus Adoro jammed with him.His yellow hair is a bit...weird...pero...sige lang.

Spoliarium - Imago
Bravo! Bravo! This is one of my favorite performances, and one of my favorite tracks in the CD. Imago Rocks! Bagay na bagay ang kanta for the band.

Overdrive - Barbie Almalbis
It's probably her. I never really liked Barbie or Barbie's Cradle in hthe first place. Ummmm, Overdrive is supposed to tell a story. Barbie's rendition did not tell a story - again, in my opinion. Naging pacutesy yung song. basta, hindi nya kaya yung part na "Gusto mo ng Labong, Tahong....Pinatuyong Itlog ng Kabayo".

With a Smile - South Border
Not my type. Beth liked it though.

Tikman - Sugarfree
Bravo again! Ebe's voice...Wow...

Ligaya - Kitchie Nadal
When she started singing, I didn't recognize her. Nothing spectacular about it. Ligaya was simply sang by Kitchie.

Torpedo - Isha
The first time I've heard Isha perform was during Fete de la Musique way back in June. An interesting version of the song. Mellow, but now pa-cute mellow. A change in the lyrics: "Pwede bang umalis na ka nagri-ring na ang cellphone ko!"

Huwag Kang Matakot - Orange and Lemons
Though surrounded with the Pinoy Ako rip-off intrigue, I do not hate the band. I do not exactly love them either. But I do love love love their version of Huwag Kang Matakot. Ang kulet! Mixed up with the Julie Tearjerky intro and Tikman chorus as second voice. I truly enjoyed their performance.

Pare Ko - Sponge Cola
Again, it's simply Pare Ko performed by Sponge Cola. It was the first time I saw them perform, and... it was just ok. Ok lang.

Huwag Mo Nang Itanong - MYMP
MYMP is not really my type. I don't know why they were included in the album. Maybe they are Sony Artists? Dunno.

Hard to Believe - Cueshe
Bad song choice for the band. For me, Hard to Believe is the song that best resembles the Eraserheads with the Beatles. But, well, sang by Cueshe... Errrrr... they turned it into rock. Maybe it would have been better if the vocalist (dunno his name) did not drag and eat the lyrics... and if he had memorized the lyrics... Very frustrating.

Alcohol - Radioactive Sago Project
I love Sago! (Insert vocalist name) bought a bottle onstage. Thought it was for props. But no, kodigo palaaaaa! Hilariously ingenious! Cueshe should have asked for advice from them.Di rin kabisado lyrics - but that's understandable (ako rin di ko kabisado eh).

Non-performers:

Superproxy 2K6 - Francis M
Too bad he wasn't there to perform. He could have spiced up the event. And maybe, the audience would finally start jumping up and down.

Maling Akala - Brownman Revival
I really liked their version of this song. However, i just hope that listeners would be informed that it is a song originally by Eheads.

Ang Huling El Bimbo - Rico J Puno
Aaaaaaaarggghhhh! I was looking forward to this. But he wasn't there.

Para sa Masa - Various Artists
I wished that the finale would be an all-star cast singing this song. But then, I was disappointed. No all-star cast performance. :(

Overall, the event was great. But not so GREAT! It was really, anti-climactic. I was really looking to that all-star cast performance. But...well. Good thing I was with my Amigas. :)

And thanks to Sarah for winning those front-row tickets! XD for Beth's patience, and Sara's camera for all those pics.

Well, once again, the batteries of my camera failed me. So I'm just gonna wait for the Sara/hs to upload their pics.

Tuesday, November 22, 2005

Elegy to my 3310

Boooooooooooo.
It was a bad week last week.
After losing Php500 last Monday, I lost my fone that Saturday. That was my fone and cel number for 5 years.

Boooooooooooo.
I left BA around 5:30 pm. I still had my fone then. Rode the UP-SM jeepney I've been riding for more tham 5 years. Before 6 pm, I started to look for my fone.

Hindi ko makapa.
Checked my jacket's pocket. Wala.
Tingin sa paligid ko. Wala
So I thought it's probably hidden somewhere deep in my backpack.
I thought wrong.

May Php 300 load pa yung fone at 5 free txts.

Booooooooooooo.

So I have a new number. An ugly number beginning with 0906. I'm trying to love it.

Tinext ng nanay ko fone. nag-reply yung nakakuha. Papunta na raw sya ng Baguio kaya di na nya maibabalik. Nagreply nanay ko na meron kaming kamag-anak sa Baguio. Ibalik na lang sa kanya, willing naman kaming bayaran (Yes, para sa isang 3310).

Nung Sunday ng gabi, nagreply ulit (Grabe, gamit pa rin yun SIMcard). Papunta naman daw syang Surigao.
Baguio: North
Surigao: South

Crap. If I know, sumakay lang yung ng UP-SM na jeep kanina.

Kaya itxt nyo yung lumang number ko: 09179931592...
"MERRY CHRISTMAS! PERO MALASIN KA SANA BUONG 2006! AT MALASIN KA BUONG BUHAY MO!"

At ang pinakamalupet, ay nagrereply pa sya sa ibang txt ng mga tao. Enjoy siguro sya sa dami ng load ko. So kung tinetxt kayo ng number ko na luma, ginagago kayo nung may hawak.

Kaya ngayon, promoted ako sa Nokia 1100. Pareho na kami ng fone ng kapatid ko.
Wuhuhuhuhuhuhu... andun nga lang yung picture messages ng logo ko sa 3310 ko.

Ay buwiset.
Sana wala na akong mawalang ibang mga bagay ko.

Tuesday, November 15, 2005

Elegy to my P500

I lost my wallet...
I found it eventually.I left it in the lib.

Contents:
Before Losing:
UP ID
Laking National Card
Expired Driver's License
Medical Insurance Card
Old Receipts, Calendar, Draw lots paper and other stuff
P2,100 plus coins

After Finding:
UP ID
Laking National Card
Expired Driver's License
Medical Insurance Card
Old Receipts, Calendar, Draw lots paper and other stuff
P1,600 plus coins

That P2,000 was my payment for my grad pic chosen package. Initally, I decided to avail for the P1,000 package. But, well... Bwahaha.

I'm stil thankful though na hindi nilimas yung laman ng wallet. Tinira pa yung barya, pamasahe rin yun. May kelangan siguro bayaran talaga. Sana hindi naman mauwi sa bisyo yung P500 na nawala. Or automatic nya siguro kinuha yung reward nya for finding my wallet. Anyway, salamat pa rin sa kung sinuman yun.

Tuesday, November 08, 2005

Chants in Enchanted Kingdom

Wohooooo!
My 7th trip to Enchanted Kingdom!

An enchanted day for all of us.....


It was raining yesterday. But when I woke up today... no rain at all. Yeah! Perfect weather to enjoy the park.











This time, I went with some of my blockmates.
Mr. EK Wizard was there to welcome us.














The favorite pambata ride. Hehehehe. The Grand Carousel. Cute during the day. And grand with all its lights at night.











My funniest EK trip ever! ;)


Well, that's all for now. More on this soon ;P. I'm too tired to think, and my hands are exhausted to even type.


8th EK trip, anyone? ^_____^

Saturday, October 29, 2005

Hymn to Halloween

More than four wonderful years into our college lives and we still do this.

Avo2001 Sembreak Get-together.
Theme: Horrific Halloween.

Mirror Mirror on the wall, who's the scariest of them all?


Me? With the inflatible sungay ang Quesci Bow. The bow... Now that's scary...














Ito ang mga nanga-reer ng costume: Sina Kamatayan (guess who), Ghost (guess who ulit) at ang Kampanyerang Kuba (Go Ros! Karir!)












Ito ang scariest of them all... Yikes!
Wag nyo sana mapanaginipan. Hehehe, maalala nyo kaya si Mam Ramirez kapag nakita nyo si Angel Locsin?











Magic Sing. Buti na lang indoors kaya walang KJ na kapit bahay.

Yet, with no extra chips, we lasted until 2am singing...











I love these guys. =)

more pics here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/avo2001/

Wednesday, October 26, 2005

Birthday Beats

Happy Happy First Birthday to my everdearest kit!
I've been a drummer for one year. Not an expert. But I'll be one. In time. XD















The History:

I had the vision of playing drums during high school.

I hinted to my parents that a drumset would be a nice furniture. Of course, they didn't agree with me initially. Hindi bagay sa babae ang nag-da-drums. Blah blah blah. I have three other sisters -.-

But that vision in me remained.

During college, I was a fan of concerts and band performances. The UP Fair is my yearly tradition and I would drag Beth to accompany me in other concerts. From time to time I"d tell my parents stories of how cool the drummers were. And bit by bit, my sisters started thinking that they also would like to learn the drums. But my parents were not too convinced. And it was not feasible for me to save enough to buy my own drumset.

So comes BA 118 (take 1). They promised that they're finally going to buy a drumset when i pass the BA 118. I didn't. I was depressed - I sulked, and sulked, and sulked at home. But JPIA's Planning Sem took my mind of the issue for a few days. When my mom picked me up after the planning sem, she told me we were going to SM tob wait for my dad, because we were going to buy a drumset.

HUWAAAAAATTTT???? YIPPPEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!
Sorry na lang sa kapitbahay namin. Hehehehe.

[Makes me think: What would they have given me to get me out of my depression if I didn't pass 118 again this year. Oooops. Bad thought. Erase thought.]

It is a product of my depression, and the joint powers of me and my sisters. =)

Another blessing in disguise.

Sunday, October 23, 2005

Scales in BAA Major

What's harder than more than 5 hours of accounting exam?

Waiting for the results.
Dreading the results.
It's just sheer torture.

Masakit sa ulo.
Malamig sa kamay.
Mabigat sa puso.

Ayoko na maramdaman yun ulit.

Friday Very Evening. I got really anxious when I got home last Friday. The results will be released, Saturday noon. So I had twelve hours to torture myself with what-ifs. I had no fall-back plan. I had no plans what to do if I fail again. Hindi talaga ako mapakali. My mind was in such a hyper mode, and my heart was palpitating. I stressed myself more by making a list of “Sure”, “Not-so-Sure” and “Barbs” exam answers. At first, I thought I had 20, 100% sure correct answers (I needed 27). But further analysis led me to realize that I only had 15 correct answers. That was when the tears started coming. I ended up crying for 2 hours worrying about the outcome. It was then that I started accepting that I would have to take the removals – if there was going to be one. Those tears were my lullaby so that I could sleep.

Saturday. Woke up around 7am with heavy eyelids. I knew it would be futile to try to sleep more. I needed to do something. To calm myself, I played my drums for an hour. After eating breakfast, I banged the piano for 20 minutes. That sick feeling in my heart and stomach made me avoid eating anything more. 12:00 was nearing so I prepared myself, and went to school.

Our prof said he’d release the results around 2pm. Two more hours of worrying.
After more than two hours of waiting in torture, we got the results.

3.0

When I saw the grade, I felt…. I couldn’t completely be happy because I was so ready to cry and beg for a removal exam. Anxiety could block your ability to feel the joy I guess. To celebrate, I ended up spending a lot before my piano lessons. When I got home that night, I finally relaxed.

My sembreak has begun. :)

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Moral Lessons:

Pensions - Kung magiging Pension accountant ka, wish mo lang Defined Contribution Plan yung company. Stay away from Defined Benefit Plan Pensions.

Taxes - There are two inevitable things is life: Death and taxes (from a BA 101 book). I realized how creative the government can be with tax rules for companies so that they would pay earlier. And how these companies have more creative legal ways of abiding these tax rules so that they could pay later.

Leases - The possibilities are endless.

Error Corrections - To err is human. To correct the error is difficult.

Partnerships - is important in studying Math. Coz Partnerships will make it easier, in solving problems in our everyday life. You know you never felt like this before, you’ll be so happy you’ll be wanting more… Ay, wag na nga. Hindi pala appropriate yung Math Jingle.

Home and Branch Accounting – Reciprocal fractions are easy. Reciprocal accounts are not.

Business Combinations - Surprisingly, this is the topic I enjoyed the most. Pramis! Unfortunately, the exam scores do not reflect my enthusiasm in this topic.

Intercompany Transactions – To share or not to share profits with the subsidiary.

Trading Securities, Available for Sale Securities, Held to Maturity, Loans and Receivables – there are more than two sides of the same coin.

Intercompany Tax - FBS

Foreign Currency Translation – sana puro ganito na lang accounting XD

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What’s harder than waiting for the results?
Losing faith in yourself while waiting for the results.

Thanks to all those who remembered and prayed for our 118 class. And thanks to all those people who believed that I could do it. It’s a good feeling that some people still believe in you when you don’t believe in yourself.

A friend’s thought (not the exact words):
“Notice how the lights become brighter because of your tears.”
A very refreshing thought to remember when I cry again.

I think I shall never see
A grade as lovely as a three
A three that's earned in blood and sweat
When failing again is a serious threat
A three I've asked from God all day
Knowing praying is the way
Exams are taken by fools like me
But only God can make a three

Thank You Lord! :) This is for You!

Monday, October 17, 2005

Barbies

The theme of the blogs I just read: Barbs. It is an academic craft perfected over time.

Marketing Plan. 10 pages of truth. 73 pages of lies.
Form over substance.

Tuwang-tuwa siguro si Satanas tuwing finals weeks sa dami ng papers na puno ng kasinungalingan ng mga estudyante.

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One subject to go...
The Ultimate Exam
BA 118 Finals


My final, and I do mean FINAL, exam in BA 118.

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Death is inevitable. It is a part of life.
But that thought doesn't make it easier for those who were left.

Thursday, October 13, 2005

Unharmony II

Absolute? No.
Sad? Not really.
Scared? Not exactly
Guilty? Absolutely not.
Revocable? Completely irrevocable.
Judgemental? Probably.
Hurtful? Possibly.
Firm? Absolutely.
Harsh? Slightly.
Honest? Not quite enough.
Exhausted? Fair enough.
Excited? Yes.

Friday, October 07, 2005

Meowing Sounds


















Meet Moshi. Our family cat. When he's craving for attention, he claws our legs. I think he has more fun clawing our legs than clawing our furniture. Good thing he's scratching the furniture. He hasn't begun scratching the piano...yet.

I despise our cat right now. I'm swamped with 3 exams, 3 reaction papers, a final paper and a marketing plan. And he's just sleeping around the house. He just sleeps, eats and claws. I envy him. I take pictures of him when I catch him sleeping. He's a good practice subject for the camera anyway.

I just hope this semester ends well. Then just like him, I can sleep the day away.

Wednesday, September 28, 2005

Notes in Finex

The theory was proven right.
Winning the FINEX is inversely proportional to winning the UAAP Cheering Competition.
Ok, so this is the only the second time this happened.
So it's not really a theory.
A semi-theory maybe, or a theory in the making.

Anyway.

The Highlights:


Round 1:

UP's Answer: B, Ateneo's Answer: C

Mak: *insert his point here*

Board of Judges: yes, yes (nod, nod)
Mak: *expounds his point more*
Judge: Hmmmm
Atenean Guy (arrogantly): But , so C is an incorrect answer!
Mak (Cool and Humble): But , isn't that right sir?
-----moments of tense silence------
Go Mak!







Board of Judges: The question is voided.

YAY!!!!

Round 2:

Question: Something about ROE and Leases, True-or-False question type
UP and Ateneo's Answer: B, UST and DLSU's answer: C
Atenean Guy (same as above): According to the Financial ...Book by ...., chapter something, the *blah blah*
Judge: But blah blah
Atenean Guy: *reiterates his point*
Judge: blah blah
Mak makes his presence known again.
Mak: Yes, I agree with him.
Laughter
Mak: We read the same book. I think that was in Chapter 11, right?
Hands the text to the Board of Judges. BOD reads the text.
Judge: The chapter you read only deals with blah blah. Thus, the answer is still C.

UP professors challenges the decision.
Sir Peds reasons out.









Sir Peds and Sir Jude Doliente in action.


Sir Peds:
Judge: Yes, I agree that we can prove that arithmetically, but blah blah.
Sir Peds: *explains explains*
Judge: However, that is in theory, bsaed from the text you read. The decision of
the BOJ still remains.
Crowd questions the reason for the decision of the BOD.
JUdge: Because in practice....

Ay, CHE! -.-


Timer: 5,4,3,2,1....raise your answers.
UP's Answer: B (LIFO), Ateneo, DLSU-Manila, and UST's Answer: D (No Effect)
Mam Dani Salazar: *covers her face*
Sir Peds: *stiff with tension*
Quizmaster: And the answer is...B
UP: WAHOOOOO!!!! (a warm of applause ---yes, a warm of applause :P)

Ending round 2 with three questions ahead of UST.








Announcer: We'll now take a Lunchbreak. According to my Patek Phillip watch, it is now 1:50.

PATEK PHILLIP! Go Sir Clemente!

Round 3 Quizmaster:










I just noticed that the judges defended their answer, twice, by reasoning: "But
in practice..." Ohcomeon. As said by Quizmaster 3: "We have 50 theoretical Questions." It's a contest in Finance.
Theoretical questions have theoretical answers.




Mak, da poste. Four rounds! Wohooooo! Ang tindeeeeee!
Naks, proud si Germee. XD
Gillianne, insert all subjects here Goddess.
Naks, proud
si..... sina Sir Peds, Mam Dani, Sir Dave,etc. XP





Happy Birthday Sir Dave! (Sept 27)

Happy Birthday Jubal (Sept 28),akalain mo, abot ni Jubal yung bar sa MRT! :)


Side Scenes:








Emergecy Sandals. P60. Aside from soaking us wet,
the rain ruined may shoes.
Crystle eating...
Free Starbucks...supposedly.
Sayang, naubusan kami. -.-
Free Tall Coffe Jelly sana.


Ah, after all th drama, the day ended with UP as the champion! YEHEY! For the 4th time! UP won 4 out of all 7 FINEX Competitions.
Scores:(tama ba?)
UP: 780
UST: 660
DLSU: 640
ADMU:?
Lasalle-Dasma:?

CONGRATS TO THE UP FINEX TEAM 2005!























After the announcement of winners, we started to cheer the UP Cheer: U-nibersidad, ng Pilipinas, which ended up being cheered as:
U-nibersidad ng Pilipinas (everybody cheers)
U-nibersidad ng Pilipinas (some cheer)
U-nibersidad ng Pilipinas (fades out)

Hindi kinaya. It was not a cheering competition anyway.

Pics here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/melodymedley/
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I just realized that if you own the camera, chances are, you will be taking the
pictures, moderately being in the pictures, and you will upload those pictures. Hehehehe.


Tuesday, September 13, 2005

Wake Me Up When September Ends

Three more weeks, then this semester is over. Schoolwork is piling up: Marketing Proposal, Reaction papers, Outsourcing paper. I need my barbs powers again.

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What's the answer to this question in an interview: What is your greatest achievement? It took me about seven long agonizing seconds to think aboout this, realize that there is none, then come up with a nambobola answer. I need to come up with a more specific answer.

I'm proud I've gone this far (without using drugs, killing people, getting pregnant, bribing teachers, resorting to suicide, harhar XD). That's it. There's no particular event I consider as my greatest achievement. But of course, that's not what the interviewer wants to hear. My greatest achievement should be something about my leadership or intellectual skills. I need to come up with a specific answer to that question. And I have one semester (hopefully one semester) to come up with an answer.

Thursday, September 01, 2005

Griffin

A formidable creature half lion and half eagle, the griffin is said to be one thousand times stronger than any lion and five thousand times as farsighted as an eagle. Humans find themselves unable to lie while in a Griffin's presence. The griffin is also said to be fierce and untamed. It was a protector against evil and people often wore talismans of a griffin's claw to protect them from demons. Griffins were often used as transport for the gods. They were also reputed to swoop down from the mountains on occasion and pick up goats and small horses and bring them back to their nests for their young.

What mythical beast best represents you?Take the quiz!

Unable to lie in my presence? Really now.

A half lion. Well, after all, my zodiac sign's Leo.

Sunday, August 28, 2005

Unharmony

I asked for something
Something that should not happen

I wished for something
Something that I'd like to happen

I prayed for something.
Something that I wished.
Something that I asked.

It was answered.
The answer came.
Something was missing.
Something was broken.

The answer I wanted.
Something happened.
Something will not happen.

And I pray once again.

Monday, August 15, 2005

The Flash

Flash,dictionary definition: a very short time, an instant: It all happened in a flash.
Flash of lightning. A scary sight. The heavens are angry.
Flash. That kid in The Incredibles.
Flash is the program developed by Macromedia used to create movies. You can spend one week in creating just three minutes of flash presentation.
Flash. What you do after using the toilet.
Este, flush pala yun.
“Ma’am, penge pong flash points sa exam!” Ok. Pinilit na.

But these are not the Flashes I am referring to. I meant….

The FLASH of a DIGICAM! YEHEEEEEEEEEEEY!!!


Still working on the proper settings...


Canon Powershot A520. The fruit of my OJT allowance and my own savings since this summer. I finally bought it. I must say it’s hard to part with the money I really earned/ saved. A great birthday gift for myself.

Thanks to all the people who gave me advice on choosing a model and educating me on digicams: Sarah, Sara, Mervin, Crystle and Anna Flores.

I remember that no group pictures were taken during my debut because our camera’s batteries died (it needs a special battery and we were not able to purchase one then). And no pics were taken during my birthday celebration this year. I hope my new toy will be able to capture “Canon Moments”.

Click on!


Wednesday, August 10, 2005

Thanks to You

*After two weeks of hibernation from the blog community......*

First of all, a big belated THANK YOU to all those people who greeted me - on time or delayed. Thanks for remembering (or listening to someone who reminded you) my special day.

My deep heartfelt thanks to best friends: Beth, Sarah and Sara. Had a great time with you guys! Well, we always have great times together.

Thank you at Maraming Salamat sa madlang Avogadro 2001. Salamat sa samahan. Marami kayong naituro sa akin. Mahal na mahal ko kayo. Kasalanan nyo kung ano ako ngayon! :P

At salamat din sa Block Y Peeps. Salamat sa lahat ng kalokohan, katuwaan at kasiyahan na ibinigay nyo sa akin.

At salamat sa oras mo sa pagbabasa ng entry kong ito.

21. Twenty-one. I'm now twenty one.
I can now legally drink.
I am really not a tennager anymore. Unlike when I was twenteen. XD

Again, my thanks to all of you.

Tuesday, July 26, 2005

Lullabies

I am starting to hate Brahms. I thought his Hungarian Rhapsody was a somewhat average piece. I was wrong. Dead wrong. I've been practicing the first two pages for two weeks and so far, no material improvement. I should have chosen Leybach's Nocturne instead. Too late to change now. My teacher and I were excited at first to nail that piece. Now, she's excited, I'm frustrated.

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Finally, we finished our report in BA 164 (Negotiable Instruments Law, Insurance Law). Tanggal ang isang tinik sa lalamunan. It seems that our professor is not that interested in our report. I think he opts to discuss GMA's SONA and his law school adventures with us. We were supposed to have a quiz but we overruled him. The power of saying "NO".

Two cases to go this week. I am multi-tasking again. I am blogging and also doing my part for Marketing. At TAJA pa pala bukas. I have to be in school by 8:30am. Rawr.

TAJA= Total Approach to JOb Application. An event by UP Career Assistance Program CBA-SE

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Due to blogging, my "leisure online time", has doubled. Before, I used to check Friendster, email et al under 30 minutes. Now, my online leisure time is more than an hour. Blogsurfing can really take time, and blogging, takes even more time. I find myself staring at Blogger's compose page for quite some time. Ah, fruitless internet hours.

Sunday, July 17, 2005

Majors and Minors

Maroons Winning Streak. Hoorah! Hoorah! 3-0. Finally, I could really cheer for the Maroons. They are real contenders this time. Though we owe those points to the ex-DLSU players. Nyehehe.

UP vs. UST. 69-66
UP vs. DLSU. 61-56
UP vs. NU. 81-59

Maybe its time to purchase a UP Jacket. In my five years in the university, I have never watched a game LIVE. Hopefully, time and opportunity will allow me to watch one game this season. The championship maybe? ^_^

Pinoy Blonde. A funny, pointless movie. For Php80, I didn't get my money's worth. It was worse than Madagascar's plot. Cool soundtrack though. And good animation. Read Fuyu's review on this.

TaraRun. My dad and I ran in my org's Fund Run Project: JPIA's TaraRun, Year 3. The 6Km category. Of course, we didn't win. It felt good running in UP's grounds again. I told him that we should join the 12Km category next year. Hehehehe. Time to train for that. I think it was a super revenue generator judging from the number of participants. However, JPIA had to outsource some marshalls since the sophies and juniors had their exams (Sunday is exam day in BA -_-). I felt kinda guilty since I was running instead of helping out. But, it was my dad's idea to run. And I was excited to participate too. ^_^

We were just finishing our first round while the 21Km runners were already in their third round. And there was this young girl (I think as young as my youngest sister), who ran in the 12Km category. Amazing.

It's still July. It's only July. I had my internship just 2 months ago, and it feels like that happened a long looooong time ago. Time is passing slowly. Good. I'm going to be 20 for a little while longer...

Saturday, July 02, 2005

Broken Chords

It's been a while since my last post. No, I'm not busy. I'm just wondering what to post that would be worth your reading time. No accounting jargon. No stop-and-smell-the-roses ponderings. No acads stuff.

So what shall I tell you?

I'm sick. This is the third day (and hopefully the last) that my body is invaded by viruses.
Been watching some shows on MTV. I'm amused with Meet the Barkers (Fridays at 8:30). Travis and Shanna. They are an unusual couple. Sweet, affectionate, loving, and unusual. Hehehehe. Also watched 'Til Death Do Us Part -just the gothic wedding episode. The bridesmaids' black dresses are ...amusingly cool. :D

Beat my record in Bookworm! Longest Word: Accounted (mere coincidence). Top Action Score: 3,940,730. My sister got the Top Classic Score: 1,351,020.

Wishing ZYRA a Happy Happy Birthday! 21 ka na! ATE! :D

Cheers to the new bloggers! Welcome to the blogging world! I guess we all had the same apprehensions about blogging at first. But we're all here in the blogging world now! Yeay!

Sunday, June 19, 2005

Fete de la Musique

150 bands, 8 stages, 1 event

And I almost missed it.

I didn't consider going because I have piano lessons every Saturday. But then, on Thursday evening, Sara invited me to come. My excuse was my piano lessons. I did some research Friday evening, and I saw the band line up. I cancelled my piano lessons. I am definitely going to Ortigas.

And we managed to invite some ever good friends along. Ahehehehehe... =P

I passed along El Pueblo and Podium every day during summer, on my way to Tektite. I was intrigued how were they going to fit 8 stages in that area, without closing the road.

Past 4pm. Bands were already performing in the Main-Alternative Stage. We briefly (and I mean really briefly) strolled around Podium. We were starving, deciding where to eat, deciding no restaurant in Podium fits our budgets. We got out of the posh mall, and went to the ever-beloved fast food restaurant - McDo. Dyan printed the gig guide and we marked the performances we wanted to watch. Great, Radioactive Sago Project was scheduled to perform around 2:30am. -_- At 11:00pm Imago (Rock), Wolfmann (Electronic) and Hale (Alternative) were all scheduled to perform. I wish I had Prue Haliwell’s power to move the body (what’s the name of that power?).

Past 5pm. We started touring the stages in El Pueblo. They were handing out gig guides, with the sked of performances. We decided to hang out at the Electronic Stage (it was right inside Pasto). We were bored with the performer but we decided to wait because the band of Kuya Ace (brother of best friend Sarah) was performing next - Bagetsofonix. Bravo! I enjoyed their performance. Ang daya, nasa Baguio si Sarah tapos andito si Kuya Ace.

Past 7:30pm. We went to Podium to see Familia Villavicencio, buy bottled water and use the toilets.

Past 8pm, we left to go back to the Reggae/World/Ska Stage to watch Cynthia Alexander’s performance. We saw a performance of Capoiera (martial arts from Brazil as Farley said). And luckily, we got an OK view of the reggae stage. Miss Cynthia Alexander’s talent is unparalleled.

We proceeded to the Rock Stage for the performance of Sandwich, Cambio, Imago etc. But then, the Rock Stage was…quiet. No band was performing, no band was setting up. Bummer. Later, we learned that they were waiting for additional security to control the crowd. We pushed, literally pushed our way inside Sidebar to watch Jazz stage. It was suffocating. Too bad, I wanted to hear more. So we went out.

As Lou said, di na mahulugang-karayom ang lugar. The venue was really packed. Rock Stage was still down. We resigned to going to the Alternative stage, at least there were bands performing there. By 10:30, I was exhausted. I said I was just going to wait for the FOPC concert of some other concert to watch Hale. We then heard that Hale was about to way. So Dyan and I pushed our way to get the closest view possible of the band. They just played 2 songs. And though Hale was more of a melodrama band, the Kurims started a moshpiting right beside us. Buwiset.

Past 11:30 pm, we left Ortigas. Maybe we could just watch the FOPC concert to see the other bands. Or just watch the UP Fair…. Ooops, that’s still in Feb next year.

Darn those Kurims for spoiling the event. But somehow, I can’t help but pity them.

Long long sleep….

Woke up at 2:30 pm today. My legs hurt.

Fete de la Musique next year? Maybe. But I definitely enjoyed the UP Fair concerts more although I have to P70 to get in. Kurims there are more…tamed.

Mabuhay and Musikang Pilipino.

Tuesday, June 07, 2005

Desonants

Another schoolyear.

I am blessed enough to be graduating this schoolyear despite that I failed a 6-unit subject last year. BA was kind enough to offer oldies subjects of the unrevised curriculum.

I wish I could rejoice when someone says "Uuuyy, graduating na sya,". I wish I could smile when I think about graduation in March. I wish I could worry about my hairstyle in my gradpic. I wish I could find a really creative pose for my creative shot. I wish that I could just relax and enjoy my last year in college.

Instead, I feel fear. I am both dreading and excited in a weird sense to take my failed 6-unit subject again. Instead of worrying about the more-fun things, I worry about this. Drat.

And if I fail once again... I just don't wanna go there.

Another schoolyear.

Friday, May 27, 2005

10 Lessons.. from my OJT experience

  1. Learn to enjoy the company of your officemates. They can help you.
  2. RHIP. Actually, this is a re-learned lesson from CAT. Bosses are bosses.
  3. English is the language in the workplace. It’s not enough that you can write skillfully, you must learn how to speak fluently.
  4. It is cheaper to use the Stored Value Card when riding the MRT – you get a bonus ride [Beth pointed this out].
  5. If you work on the 31st floor of a building, you should include yourelevator ride in the time of your commute.
  6. Sometimes, bosses don't care what you are always doing, as long as you getthe job done. (hahaha, I've seen this. nakit na akong naglalaro ng games. Patimga ka-opisina ko ay naglalaro. But, it's okay as long as you do your job.)
  7. Eight hours is a long time. We should get a job we love, or eventually love our job.
  8. Drink water. Seriously. Sometimes, you can get really engrossed in your task, you forget to drink water.
  9. Take your job seriously, but don’t be too serious. Too serious people are not fun to be with.
  10. Work hard. Play hard.

Cadence

Arrived at Tektike around 7:25. Had breakfast at Seattle’s Best. I spent…no splurged P155 for breakfast.

Ground Zero – our office – was empty when I arrived. Lights were still out. But the aircon was on.

I’m gonna really miss this place.

It’s my last day. My tasks are:
1. Finish the long report I’ve been working on since Monday.

2. Upload/Transfer all the audio and video files I’ve downloaded
3. Edit all the tabs I collected
4. Reply to emails
5. Write a blog entry about this.

This is the best internship. I really liked my job…. though I’ve been sluggish at work during this past week. Some days are good. Some days are bad. Sometimes, the work is dragging. It’s a love-hate thing. But all in all, it was a blast.

Our bosses took us out for lunch. Yumyumyum. Too bad, Dotty (my very nice boss) is out of town. And we got to ride the special elevator - a.k.a. for-the-executives-only elevator

Although I’m giddy to go back to school, I’m really gonna miss working here. It’s not just the luxuries I enjoy (aircon, broadband internet), but the environment itself.

I wanna work for Chikka. I like the job – though I would sometimes like something else to do aside from doing research. I like that bosses are not so bossy (not all though). No need to wear make up. No need to wear heels. As one of the bosses described it: It’s just like a tambayan – people hang out and just do some stuff.

One happy kinda stressful summer.

Another chapter written. Another chapter ended.

Wednesday, May 25, 2005

Kasalanan

Your Deadly Sins

Pride: 40%
Sloth: 40%
Greed: 20%
Envy: 0%
Gluttony: 0%
Lust: 0%
Wrath: 0%
Chance You'll Go to Hell: 14%
You will die from faulty botox injection.
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Yeah, I'm full of freakin' Pride....
Hahahaha... 0% ba daw ang Lust at Gluttony...:P

Friday, May 20, 2005

Fire! Fire!

2:45pm. I was busy (Yes, I was busy) working on a report. Two of my co-interns - Mace and Yan - said they heard the fire alarm. Minutes later, Peter (our HR guy) announced that there was a fire drill. I heard the alarm, then I heard sirens. I thought maybe Peter was just saying that it was just a fire drill, but there is a real fire. Peter was asking us to go down, out of the building, using the stairs.

Chikka Asia Inc. resides on the 31st floor.


31st floor.

Chad and Roger - other co-interns - said that we should hide in the bathroom. In a way, was looking forward to going down the stairs. But they were dreading it. There was power failure earlier this week in the building and the elevators weren't working. So they went down using the stairs. I wasn't there. And now, they will have to do it all over again. Harharhar.

I thought would be easy going down the stairs since our movements will not be fighting gravity. Tsktsk. I was wrong. There is a big difference going down the five floors of Melchor Hall (the highest building I've climbed up and down using stairs), and going down the 31 floors of Tektite.

By the time we reached the 25th fllor, the task was already dragging. And still...25 floors to go! When we finally got down, Stock Exchange Road was filled with people... and firetrucks. It was an elaborate fire simulation. The fire fighters were actually...roping(?) down the building. It was a hot day. So... we went to Mini-Stop and ate ice cream. We bought that Selecta ice cream for P118 and ate it all up before going back to work. We got back at around 4pm.

My feet hurt. It is our company outing tomorrow in Bataan, and we had a fire drill. Hahahaha. I think all of us will have feet pains by tomorrow morning. So much for the planned company olypics. Hahahaha!

The disadvantage of working on the 31st floor. Tsk.

Tuesday, May 17, 2005

10 days

Tuesday is that day of the week when you feel that time seems to pass too slow. The week has just begun and the weekend is far away. I just realized that summer is ending. And I am both dreading and looking forward this schoolyear. I am both dreading and looking forward to being a student again.

In 10 days, I will say goodbye to my first job. Back to going to school.
In 10 days, I will get my final paycheck in my first job. Then my only source of income will be my allowance.
In 10 days, will not wake up at 5:45am, will not go home at 6:45pm. I will adapt my body clock to my class schedule.
In 10 days, I will bid farewell to my office computer and its DSL connection. Back to my sumpungin PC at home and my dial-up connection.
In 10 days, I do not have to stare at the monitor for 8+ hours. I can now shut my eyes for 8 more hours.

In 10 days, I will bid farewell oh farewell to everdearest airconditioned office. Give me strength to survive a non-airconditioned environment.
In 10 days, I do not have to ride the elevator. Goodbye elevator ride to the 31st floor.
In 10 days, the view from my window will be our back yard. Farewell to the tall buildings of Ortigas.
In 10 days, I will be having breakfast at home.
In 10 days, the caffeine level in my body will decline.
In 10 days, SM Megamall will be far far far away.

In 10 days, I can really read and really enjoy reading.
In 10 days, I will have time to play my instruments again.

10 days more
10 days to go
10 days only

Friday, May 13, 2005

First Survey



Your Passion is Purple!


You've got a ton of passion, but you don't always wear it on your sleeve.
If something truly excites you, you let your inner intensity shine through.
But otherwise, your passion tends to morph into energy ... which you never lack.
You're a balanced woman, knowing when to turn on the fire in your heart.

What Color is Your Passion? Take This Quiz :-)


Find the Love of Your Life
(and More Love Quizzes) at Your New Romance.



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I agree. Maybe purple should be my new favorite color.

Balanced. Work hard. Play hard.

In accounting.... Debit! Credit! Balance!

Wednesday, May 11, 2005

My Desktop

My desktop on a normal day...


11 windows open:
4 work-related windows for research
1 friendster window (sometimes a friend's blog)
1 Edsamail window (or a web-based game)
An excel window - work
A Word window - work
A notepad window - work
Chikka - work/non-work
Media Player - non-work

Overload

On an average, I consume a P300 load over a month - four weeks. It has been three weeks since I have loaded credits.... and I still have P128.64 of credits. Having access to Chikka during the day, I only use my real credits when I'm not at the office.

2 hours and 26 minutes before I go home. Back to work.

Tuesday, May 10, 2005

The Interns


- Chikka Asia Inc. - Summer Interns 2005 -
From left to right:
Roger - Internet Pastime: JPIA (He is the FP Chair)
Ina - From Bidshot. She's in a different office. Dunno what she's up to.
Mace - From Crushcow Internet Pastime: Everything
ME! - Internet Pastime: Email, Blog, Friendster, tabs
Chad - Internet Pastime: Naruto, friendster (He is the CAP Pub Director)

Monday, May 09, 2005

The Weekend

When I've started my life as an intern, I have realized that my weekday social life is limited to talking with around 8 people in the work place per day. My cyber social life includes checking emails every 2 hours, friendster (in the morning, lunch and before going home), and then visiting blogs (an average of 3 times a day PER BLOG).

A lot of my conversations here in the office involves IMs. So I crave for company of really talking to people. Last week, I think I have exhausted myself in my planned social activities.

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First, the Friday Block Dinner. My College Block - Block Y - gathers for a "Block Dinner" during the past three weeks. I only attented the dinner last Friday - since I had no other activities. I realized I missed going to school. I missed the jokes and hirits of my blockmates.

Then came Saturday. My piano lesson was moved from 6-7pm to 10-11am. :D So I could party all day after that. It was my HS to current friend's graduation blowout. I really really had fun fun! I haven't been in the water from quite some time. I think some of my swimming skills are diminishing. Hehehehe. I tried very very hard to play the billiard. And thanks to my unbelievable lousy skills, I made the other team win. Harhar. :P

But during the day, I had this guilty feeling. Zyra's blowout was only finalized the day before. Michelle's (a college friend) graduation blowout was scheduled that night for 6pm. And she invited me weeks before. Since we only had the pool up to 6pm, I planned to pass by to Meech's party.

However, I was enjoying the company of my Avo friends, so... we decided to go to Sara's place after swimming. Food and TV was enough to keep us happy. And I got to play her new kit! :) However, that guilty feeling got strong that I decided to call Meech just to say hi and congratulate her. I learned that only me and Yhca (another college friend who was in Batangas) didn't come. but I guess her reason is more valid than mine.

I don't like choosing one friend over the other. I don't like to think that some people weigh a lot more in heart. But some people do - and maybe that's normal, and okay. But I didn't like the implications of that. It seems that with my strong feelings for past-made friends, I can't trust new ones... or not as much. As Beth said, you can move on, but it's hard to grow out of it.

Sunday was Mother's Day. We cooked, we ate. I was so exhausted with the past activities. I had low energy on this very special day. Oh well. Cheers to my mom! Yay!


So that was my week-end. Exhausting. And it's Monday again. Another workweek. Thet've given us a ton of work already. But I'm working and playing. Just like in accounting - I strive for balance.

Wednesday, May 04, 2005

Young Writers Club

During my 3 elementary years in SMCQC, I was part of the Young Writers Club. One club during those three years. I don't recall who or what influenced me, but I did join anyway - and I stayed. When I was in grade 6, I had the privilege to become the Editor-in-Chief. Haha.

I was a pathetic EIC. I was only able to release one issue of “The Marian” (name of our newsletter). When I joined, it was customary just to release one issue for the whole year (what you read at the end of the year is not “news” anymore). But the EIC before me had the talents to release 3 issues. Now compared to that, I was pathetic.

During my entrance interview for high school, I said that I wanted to be a journalist (Ms. Liscano interviewed me). The school paper was ruled by the special science people. I did not pursue my writing career.

So there’s my writing experience history. I hope this blog will drive me to resume and fully utilize my writing abilities.

Tuesday, May 03, 2005

Exposition

Blogs. Online Diaries.

A few years back, I asked a pro-blogger friend what is the sense of having blogs. If blogs are supposed to contain private thoughts and feelings, then why would you post it for the world to read? Shouldn’t these thoughts remain private?

But then, blogs can be more than online diaries. They may contain a writer’s creation, a masterpiece. Creations that deserve attention. Creations that should be shared to others.


Moreover, there’s this longing to share whatever you write to people who are willing to read your posts. Since I am not a vocally expressive person, a blog is an appropriate tool to share my joy, angst and frustrations.

Of course, I can finally comment on my fellow bloggers’ entries. My comments are now not limited to a chatterbox comment.


With these, I now begin my life as a blogger. :)



Prelude

Contents of this blog may be based on fact or fiction. Entries may be applicable in the past, present or future. All entries are my creations - unless otherwise stated or implied. :D

I am now a blogger.


Finally. Here it is. Here it goes...