Ang pasko ay sumapit

The weather's a bit confusing lately. How i wish instead of rain, snow will pour down from the heavens.

Anyway, MERRY CHRISTMAS! We are few days away from celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ. I know, madami na namang Christmas party, here and there, left and right, up and down, They're really everywhere. Uhm, For me, Christmas is just a day with a more special reason to smile. We celebrate it normally with gathering and having dinner together. Nothing special. Siguro dahil time changes? My cousins live in makati and my uncles and aunties are in the States so I don't really feel the excitement I used to have when I was still a kid. Nonetheless, it's a special day that is celebrated once a year so why not account special reasons to be happy this season.

On the process of celebrating Christmas I am thinking of a cheaper way of showing my love to my friends. I'm planning to give them presents that have lesser value. Well, I live by the saying It's the thought that counts. But I tell you (if you are my friend and you happen to read this entry) you will surely be touched by the gift that you'll be receiving from me. Everything's still in scratch, nothing's final but yeah... I guess I'll be pushing with the idea of giving a touchy-sentimental gift.

What else is in stored for this season. ah! First time in my existence that we actually have a parol that is brightly illuminated by dancing christmas lights and I am very pleased that my parents finally bought such decorative piece that's very appropriate for this season. here's a picture of the parol!


So basically that's what I have in my life for now. 2011 is near end and I'll be keeping myself busy with a new wishlist/ things to do for 2012. I might be blogging my accomplishments this 2011 and I am quite happy with the outcome tho I haven't achieved all... but yeah I feel good with what I did this 2011! :)

So there! see you soon! Okie? Bye! :)

Philconstruct 2011

Today was such a tiring day (ang sakit ng paa at ng balikat ko). My day started when I went to SMX Mall of Asia to grab some (actually not some, parang all nga eh) brochures of the companies that deal with interior and architectural construction. This event is held yearly and it never fails to excite me. Even if our professor didn't require us to attend this activity I will still be glad to visit the booths of the companies that have pakulo and freebies given away for us, visitors.
One of the pakulos that Holcim did for this year was the videoke that is open to all the visitors. Me and my classmate didn't waste any time and chose songs that we hesitantly rendered in the middle of crowd who were passing thru the place. Hindi na kami nahiya. Minsanan lang din naman e. Saka hindi naman namin kilala yung mga tao dun. HAHA

This event made me feel that I am a design student. Not just a mere decorator but a design student who works both with art and science. It's good that something like this makes me wanna go back to first year when I was still hyper doing academic stuff. I learn so much from going to these kinds of events. It opens windows and doors for creative juices to deluge my seem-to-be-empty-filled-brain and designs that I can actually copy. NOT! That was just a joke. I think it's more of being inspired to do the craft where I should be progressing. So anyway, here are some pics that I took:

Weird looking lamp na parang chair na hindi ko maintidihan. Looks good tho. I admire the person behind this since the lamp was creatively made with such uniqueness in it.

A spot of the dining area installed and design by one of three finalists of Estilo De Vida. I like her design but I dont think she will win the competition. It is just too clean and too safe I guess. But i like it!

Weird looking lamps. I call them the alien lamps. weird as alien. (as if nakakita na ako ng alien. HAHA)

After hoarding all the companies' brochures I headed to Ortigas for my service since it was a Saturday. I have an appointment with God. :) But before going there I was really amused by how SM invests in well=designed infrastructures. But it is sad to say that these buildings mask the poverty that our country is experiencing. We studied that in one of my subjects - that these malls in the Philippines are just cover ups of the reality we are facing now. It's like having these malls would make us a developed country even if we're not. So anyway. here is the picture.
I felt like I was in another country seeing these two buildings - one that's under construction and the other one that's seem to be unoccupied (i dont know why???)

This day was a rejuvenation day for me. I dont know but it kinda sets up my mood once again in designing and actually feel that I am a design student. A lot of things happened today and I am happy for making the right decisions and one of them is going to Philconstruct 2011 (no, actually whether I liked it or not kailangan kong pumunta. HAHA)

That's all.

Such a big buzz

So 11.11.11 kept the tongues of the whole world swagging. Plus the fact that BANCHETTO announced that they will be having this floating lantern last night at 11:11 pm but it turned out that this was just a big faux pas. All im thinking right now is a REFUND! 100 pesos is still 100 pesos and the effort and time I allotted for this event are not supposed to be disregarded. Anyway, it shows how disappointed I was at the cancellation of the event. I mean it can be a feast-for-the-camera event but all they gave to us were false hopes. :(

So goodbye floating lantern for me. Thank God it was replaced by HELLO Q night! So before meeting Q I went to UP to go for my supposedly 5 to 9 class but again there was no show of professor. Really? Am i the last one to know? No body from my classmates gave me a message or sent me a text. I feel so loved that time. But anyway, maybe they're just too busy doing there businesses so I went at my friend's churchmate tambayan and spent the next four hours with them. It was fun listening to their stories and hanging out with new friends (Sila na yata ang meant for me. LOL). I hope and pray that I can commit to there ministry and be part of their church. :) I just missed being with these kinds of people.

So after hanging out with still wo we met Q since the event in banchetto was cancelled and he didn't want to just bum around their house. We looked for a place to stay in and a resto to eat at. We stopped by fullyboooked first to look for good items such as books, magazine and NOTEBOOKS! It's official! I LOVE FULLYBOOKED AND I DEFINITELY HAVE THIS GUSTO FOR NOTEBOOKS! Here are some of my wishlist this christmas:

Weekly planner costs around 700 pesos

Travel book that costs 750 pesos

A4-sized-sketch-pad-type-notebook that costs 500 pesos

We had a lot of options for resto but all of them were closing one by one the time we get there so we ended up eating and staying at BONCHON. here are some pics:

Sam and Q doing their pretty faces. LOL :))

Wacky pose 1

Wacky pose 2

We ate at Bonchon and we stayed there for like 2 hours. We hoped of seeing Lyka who we taught was in Ateneo but was in ortigas by the time we were eating our dinner. We kept waiting and waiting for her until we decided to leave the place since the staffers were cleaning the area - signals that they're closing the store in no time. So we waited for lyka but we ended up going to our respective homes and just rest for the following day.

We stopped by MCDO and bought this cinnamon roll oozed with butter (i guess) and nuts. HONG SOROP LONG! :))

Yummmmmmmmmmmmmy. :)

Such a big buzz that Bancheto made last week but such a big failure that this event didn't actually transpire. oh well. I spent my 11.11.11 quite well and I wished a lot during 11:11 pm. I hope you also had a great time spending your 11.11.11 with the people very close and important to you. My true friends are there for me. I hope yours too!

The Notebook

I really have this thing for notebooks. For three years of my college life I have never found a single notebook that best suits my personality. Mapili akong tao when it comes to this thing. I don't know but I really love looking for notebooks that appeals me the most.

On a gloomy monday afternoon I accompanied my mom to SM taytay to buy new set of curtains for the Christmas holiday season. Looking for a set is easy for me. Para san pa ang pagiging design student ko kung pati to eh mahihirapan ako! So I was like asking the sales lady to hang all the curtains we chose using a rod and I did the easiest part - to decide what to pair one with another. Then we headed to National bookstore to look for a notebook.

This for me is the hardest part. Buti na lang! buti na lang talaga! my one hour stay looking for my precious notebook paid off. :) I found my lover and it found me (it talaga e.). It costs 260 php (not bad) and has dotted lines (hindi yung journal type na notebook).

So all the leaves are like that. I really dont know how to use this notebook but its simplicity and its color captured me. To complement this notebook I bought a weekly planner. These two indicate the start of my semester. I once told you that I hated my last semester. I really didn't like it at all but i hope this coming sem will be the best I'll ever have. This simple notebook means a lot to me.

(this is so babaw and sabaw but really this notebook means a lot to me.) :|

Born to be a leader

Stage Design of the seminar that I attended

Dahil walang pang pasok at sinusulit ko ang bawat oras na wala akong acads "academic" na pinaglalaanan ng panahon ay gumagawa ako ng mga bagay bagay na ikagigising ko ng mga 11:00 ng umaga - katulad na lamang ng pag surf sa internet, pagbabasa ng blogs, pagkukunwaring gusto kong magbasa ng libro at kung ano-ano pa. Noong nakaraang sabado, November 5, 2011, ay nagising nga ako ng late. as in 11:00 ng umaga. Buti na lang nakasanayan kong hanapin ang cellphone ko at tignan kong may nakakaalala o nagmamahal pa sa akin. Buti na lang meron! 6 text messages! (reading: "you received 6 messages" eh feeling ko nasa langit na ko). So I was eager to see who the senders were, expecting not to see GLOBE or 4488 on the list. Thank God hindi nila ako naalala. But much to my surprise I read text messages coming from my classmates telling me to come to school for a leadership seminar of the supposedly execoms of our organization but unfortunately were not there to represent our org. Flattered reading this I said:

oh my! Kagigising ko lang! hindi ko alam na may ganito ngayon sa CHE(our college). Wait lang ligo lang ako.

Lahat ng sinabi ko dito ay totoo. Kagigising ko lang ng mga 11:10 ng umaga at oo hindi ko alam na may ganitong kaganapan sa CHE. Then, i hurried to the bathroom to take my morning rituals then ate my brunch. Wasn't really expecting anythng since hindi naman talaga ako isa sa mga executive committees ng aming org but better to be there just to say that DC (our org... stands for Design core) was well represented.

Naabutan ko na lang yung start nung afternoon session which started at around 1 pm. So games were conducted to test our communication skills, leadership skills and all the skills you could think of. Then talks were observed afterwards. I was so happy that I was involved in this kind of seminar kahit parang saling pusa lang ako. Ever since gradeschool and kahit naman ngayon I look at myself as a leader. Sometimes I fail to act as one due to failures or hindrances but I still feel that something in me is a leader. Minsan hindi nabibigyan ng pagkakataon (especially when I think I could have been the best leader in that particular situation) I still fulfill my part as a follower. Minsan pa nga mas naeenjoy ko at nagagampanan ko ng maigi ang pagiging follower kesa sa pagiging leader.

So what have i learned during the talk? Well, few things... Communicate, trust your people, plan ahead, concentrate on the solution not the problem, dream big, get involve, be involved and try your best. I know gasgas na ang ilan dito pero I still believe in the essence of knowing all these not just by our mind but by heart. Dami kong natutunan sa seminar na ito and Im thankful for being part of this event even if I am really not qualified, technically, to join this whole-day activity.

Anyway, as I was writing this entry I chanced upon this video that I would like to share: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gevTmyWtHVo that i think will help us get involve to our country. I believe that being a leader you must know what to believe in and understand the causes and the possible consequences of the things that you do. As a leader I think we need to be involved and be informed to the things happening around us and let us start with small things. Hindi naman kailangan laging bongga agad. So i'll leave it up to your call and judgement as to what to believe in and what to scrap from the facts laid before us.

Now, I really feel that I have a mission that would help me get better and my country as well. Siguro ngayon mas maganda to think and to look things in a bigger picture or be sensitive enough to know our actions.

The other side of the world

When I was still a child I used to think that the Philippines is the only living country in the universe! yes, I thought that there were no countries other than ours. I have watched foreign movies or cartoons that time but never in my life that I thought these were made by other people. In short, Philippines is the only country, world and universe in the whole *I Dont know what you call it??? Universe???* And the Filipinos are the only people living. Diba ang conceited masyado? LOL A while ago I accompanied my friend Sam to ship orders to their clients and I chanced upon these clocks that have labels showing the time of the countries on the other side of the world. While looking at it I felt like I am seeing and feeling what is it on the other side. I wonder how it is like to be seating with your love one in front of the Eiffel tower. What about the feeling of strolling around and seeing the actual sculptures made by the prodigies of the past in France. Or how is it like to dance with aborigines of Africa and the like. I just hope that I will have the time and money to put all these things in to reality and experience all these myself. These are the times that I look to my future and be anxious to foresee what time has for me. oh. drama shizz again. ANYWAY... I just like to share that WHEN I WAS STILL A CHILD I THOUGHT THAT THERE WERE NO COUNTRIES OTHER THAN OURS AND FILIPINOS ARE THE ONLY HUMAN CREATURE IN THE UNIVERSE! OK? ok. LOL Anyway thats all! :))

Happy Birthday Mama and Papa

A picture taken the moment I bought my DSLR (thus the smile on my parents' face - felt they gave up all their combined salaries for this camera! HAHA). I wanted my parents to be my first subjects and my first frame for the camera I bought.

This post will be just short because the day will just start and I still dont know what to say about what might transpire in the next hours to come. This post will just tell how much I love my mom and my dad (I usually call them mama and papa). My mom's celebrating her 50th year here on earth while my dad's celebrating his 49th year. Yes, they celebrate their birthdays on the same month and date but having different years.

For this year's celebration the spotlight will be on my mom's since she is celebrating her 50th birthday. I know for a fact that whatever happens we should celebrate this special day because this means she's living on this earth half a century and that's like counting 6523948756478 of hours. KIDDING! So whether she likes it or not... she is obliged to celebrate it with a bang! Not really a bang but celebrate it a lot more special than usual. We're not rich. We only have what we need but I am really happy that we can celebrate each other's birthday. So today will be a lot more special for her and for my dad as well. To tell you honestly, I dont have any gifts for them. But I have endless and countless wishes for them. Anyway, gifts are not only represented by material things. Gifts could be in many forms and that is what I'm giving them. Gifts that are not seen but felt. :) Love you mom and Dad! :) I am really thankful that God chose you to become my parents! :) HAPPY BIRTHDAY! LOVE YOU BOTH! :)

Good Its Funny! (GIF)

ENJOY! :) Having an affair now with GIF. LOL

Last sem was my worst but You made it somehow sweet

Marami na akong pinagsabihan sa mga kasama ko sa school na last semester was my WORST SEM EVER! AS IN! I can prove to you that it was really my worst stay in the university. A lot of reasons contribute to this statement. Partly because of emotional baggage, looking for the direction of my life and partly because of academic life. This is the first time that I felt I will get an INC in my grades. That's how ka-walang kwenta I was last sem. Pero I guess He has really better plans for me. He knows what's best for me and He is giving me more than enough reasons to stay strong and to be contented with what I have now.

I was really expecting nothing this semester which pulled my whole energy off because I was thinking that if ever I did not make it to US (or CS) sayang naman yung pagiging US ko last semester. But that was just second to my countless concerns because I was really anxious to know if i'll be able to get INC this time. THANK GOD, my intuitions are far lesser than His. I know to myself that I don't deserve anything at all with all my efforts and performance last sem. But then again He knows best. I'm just being thankful that He gave me this blessing. I am now making a promise to myself which I hope and pray I can live up to - All for His greater Glory! :)

Thanks! I am once Again University Scholar. I know that these are all just numbers and title. I still believe that it is still in our hands (with His guidance) whether we'll be successful in our future!

And at last! The long wait is over! my Prof in Geog 1 posted our grades - super long overdue! :) LOL. Thanks Ma'am for the grade!

Next mission - bracing myself for another sem and be better next time. :)

First major concert ever

Last October 22, 20011 - few days after my worst semester ever - our choir had its Thanks Giving Concert which was held at the EDSA Shrine Ortigas. This Thanks Giving Concert was made possible through the combined efforts of Blue Notes Family with their respective families as well. We had 12 songs for our repertoire - one of which (Tequilla samba) was rendered in response to the clamor of the audience who did not want to end the concert without us singing one last possible song. May the music never end - the theme song for this year's 20th Anniversary - was also part of the repertoire.

Here are the songs we offered:
Part one
Ave Maria
Ave Verum
Gabriel's Oboe
I'm Gonna Sing
Paraiso
In Paradisum

Part two
Runaway - Sopranos and Altos
Uptown Girl - Tenors and Basses
In the Still of the Night
Isang Linggong Pagibig
Change The World
May the Music Never End

Last: Tequilla Samba

The event was successful - my first ever concert. I just thank God that He allowed me to be part of this awesome choir. Despite all the dramas and issues lurking around the choir we still maintaine to be a FAMILY. We have different personalities with different identities - from professionals, young professionals to students - yet we still manage to understand and stir things up even during difficulties. Yes, we're not perfect but the bond and the friendship that we have established was just awesome. I cannot ask for more.

THANKS GUYS FOR MAKING MY SEMBREAK WORTHWHILE! YOU ARE THE BEST!
THANK YOU LORD FOR EVERYTHING! PRAISE YOU OH GOD! :)

Lazy Day

Today is such a lazy day. I woke up late. I watched a movie which I slept over after an hour. took a nap for two hours then do nonsense things. This is how my life is for today. Interesting? Isn't? I ate this meal at around 5 in the afternoon which serves as my early dinner but that really is my second meal of the day. Today is a no-errand day so I barely did nothing.

For the past week I have been busy working on my choir's agendas. We just had a concert last Saturday and the days prior to that concert were allotted for practices. After doing all these things I feel like I am having my second course which is MUSIC. Pero I guess its ok since I am learning new things about music. Anyway, this blog is super non sense. I just feel like writing a blog just to say that at least i did something fruitful today. (is writing a nonsense blog worthy for a day?)

Now im watching The Walking Dead. You might want to watch it with me. :)

ANIMO SAN BEDA

The last time I have watched a game was...i cant even remember when. But today was a different story. We, krizia and I, went to Araneta to watch the first game of San Beda against the 2009 title holder Golden Stags San Sebastian Recoletos. The place oozed with school pride as both schools cheer and jeer. Ayaw ko lang naman sa jeering ng San Beda eh yung "iskwater" part e. That was just so below the belt. but anyway, I know that it's just part of the game. I just have to live with that. We met also Vanessa and Emily, my highshool friends, who happened to be there to watch the said game. I missed them a lot. Perfect time to catch things up. Ngayon ko lang nalaman that Vanessa transfered to another school and changed her course to HRM from Interior Design. This shocked me the most because this means that I am the only one in our batch who takes this kind of course. It saddens me a lot but I cant do anything about that. Part of life.

Krizia and me

Emily and Vanessa.

Vanessa and Me.

Araneta was indeed flooded with sea of red but it was all worthwhile because winning the first game was just awesome. Second game? Animo San Beda beat baste or Animo baste beat San Beda? Ano bang mas magandang pakinggan? :)

Roots and we nailed it

What a great way to end this semester. by the way, this is my best sem ever (sarcasm at its best). Since I don't have anything descent to post and tell stories about I will just show you this picture of our chair that we worked on for 2 months. We did conceptualize the design but we looked for a manufacturer to implement our design. This chair is SALE by the way so if you have the money and you want this gorgeous love seat to be in your room or house contact me thru email (wsoriano1_11sb@yahoo.com) and send me your details. :) okie? If you really want this love seat you better email me ASAP since this is the only chair we have. Here is the picture! :) ENJOY!

What's with the...

What's with the weather in the Philippines? and what's with me today? I decided to be home early on a Friday - so unusual!

Weather. It all boils down to the issue of global warming - the effect of lack of discipline of our people. It's a fact that WE exploit our environment too much. That's why we are experiencing a tremendous change of weather and it's true that we are towards disequilibrium.

Global annual-mean surface temperature has shown a rapid and widespread increase of 1.4º F (0.7ºC) since the early 20th century with about 0.9º F of that increase occurring since 1978.

- NRCS, 2010 (http://soils.usda.gov/survey/global_climate_change.html)

This is telling us that we are the catalyst of the destruction of the earth's different spheres. The condition that we are experiencing now should happen years (hundreds?) from now and not during this time. I just hope our government (and by that I mean the people or citizen of the Philippines, not just the 'government' that some of us hate without knowing that they are hating themselves for that as well) can contribute a solution to somehow lessen the effects of the rapid change on the environment. If banning of plastics is possible for the whole country then lets implement it. If we can possibly hunt all those smoke belching vehicles in streets then no one should be exempted from it. If we can practice the proper way of recycling or disposing our wastes then why not start now? I mean, all of the possible solutions can be initiated by any one of us even without someone dictating us what to do. If we want change, let us change and discipline ourselves first.

Anyway, I just wrote this because I don't want to be irritated by the bipolarism of the weather. I hate it. tsk. huhu. With regard to the idea of going home early... Well, I just feel like going home early because my feet is soaked with rain water and it sucks. Kadiri. :| There are a lot of things to do as well. So I better start now so I can meet the deadlines! That's all!

Can I really do this?

Im not saying that this is the sole reason why I failed in certain things. I know that it is really me who is very dysfunctional. I dont know. There is something in this semester which makes me so lax and do things haphazardly. Twitter has been my friend for several years now and I have been active for the past few months. But I think it is doing me no good. Well, this is just another way of saying the I want to limit myself in spending my time in the internet and to tell you honestly sometimes I do non-sense things in net. Yes. Twitter and Facebook have something in common - they all made me sit my butt off this freakin chair (for long hours). I really have to be productive and spend my time more wisely and by that I mean less Fb-ing and twittering. #hiatus

And can I just say... the reason why I am doing this also is becasue I flunked our midterm exam in Geog 1 and that's like what?? Geog 1... I mean who fails in that subject anyway? Oh i know who... Me who is very 'petix' (or in other terms - relax) this sem. I am not saying that this subject is just easy as abc or 123 but really? I have to fail in this exam. OK. Call me GC (grade conscious) or whatever but normal student wouldn't say "OH.. I GOT A FAILING MARK ON MY EXAM.. OK... I DONT CARE~!" when they experience such... unless you're not normal. ANYWAY, I really have to do something bout this. I need a solution to solve this. I need action now.

Ok, enough of ranting. I will still probably spend time with of course 'the internet' but it would be more of blogging and if I'll be doing a more serious stuff, perhaps acad related. Thanks. At least I vented enough of my feelings and hatred (to myself) tonight. Tomorrow will be a new day. That's for sure.

I just clicked the enter button and hoping to see you on twitter more or less two months from now. Thanks! :)

Butil ng bigas

Someday, I'll get there! :)

Nangangarap ako. Ang sarap isipin paminsan-minsan kung ano nga bang meron ako at kung sino ang magiging ako pag dating ng panahon. Alam mo nung mga bata tayo, pag tinatanong tayo ng ating mga magulang o mga kamag-anak "Ano gusto mo paglaki?" Minsan sasagutin ko sila ng "Gusto ko yung doktor, yung maraming pera sa kamay." Nakakatawang isipin na ganito ang isip ko nung bata pa ako. Pinangarap kong maging doktor pero base sa pagkakasabi ko eh mukha yatang gusto kong maging konduktor. Ang layo naman yata ng doktor sa konduktor maliban na nga lang sa may 'doktor' na meron silang dalawa.

Noong bata pa ako mataas ang pangarap ko. Kahit naman ngayon, mataas pa din ito. Gusto kong maging tanyag sa larangan na aking tinatahak. Pero may mga panahon na nawawalan ako ng gana upang makamit ang gusto kong makuwa. Sa araw-araw na nilalagi ko sa mundo ay siya namang hirap at mga 'realizations' ang aking nakikita at nararanasan. Mga bagay na sabihin na lang natin na bumabalakid sa mga gusto kong mangayari.

Ano nga ba ang ga ito? Marami akong mga naiisip sa ngayon pero baka hindi tayo matapos at baka maging nobela itong entry na ito. Basta ang alam ko e nabubuhay pa din ako upang makamit ang aking mga pangarap na tutulong hindi lang sa akin pati narin sa aking mga magulang. Alam kong wala pa ako sa kalahati o sa kalahati ng kalahati sa landas na aking tinatahak pero kahit papaano ay meron pa rin sa aking sarili, may natittira pa naman kahit papaano, na gustong makamtan ang aking mga pangarap yun nga lang alam kong hindi ito magiging madali. Isa lang naman ang kalaban ko dito e, ang aking sarili. Kailangan ko syang talunin. Yun nga lang, Papaano?

Simulan ko kaya muna sa isang butil ng bigas?

Loong weekend means nothing to me

Four days of no school sounds good, isnt? But it will not be as good as it sounds if you have loads of school work to finish and meeting up deadlines is not fun at all. I can lose my sanity because of this. We have to make prototype of a chair, I have to deal with group works again (the thing here is, i dont want the way we group ourselves because I always feel rejected. You know... the usual "whose group is willing to accept me" scenario is always my case. sad), I joined two competitions in school - well, one is required and one is optional, Reports and plates etc. etc. This is so tiring... But instead of ranting the whole weekend I will just do my thing and finish all things that need to be accomplished.

Despite all these, I am still a human being who needs social interaction with my family and friends. No, I dont live my life in school and house only. Not that it's not good but I just find it boring, ok? Im really trying to balance my life right now. Juggling my time in acads, choir (since we are celebrating our 20th anniversary and we are preparing for the upcoming concert that we plan to organize... hoping for this to be successful), my social life - you know the usual gimmick with friends and time for myself. All of these are in my list on how to somehow stabilize my life. Given that I have a long list of things I need to do, it seems to me that this LONG WEEKEND IS NOT ENOUGH. It's already monday and I haven't finished half of what's on my list for this weekend. What's up for that. That is why Im thinking of pulling an all-nighter tonight and tomorrow to finish everything! GOOD LUCK TO ME!

Anyway, I would still have to visit my friend's house to take pictures of their interior. This is for our group report that is set to kick-off my school activity for this short but tiring week. I AM WISHING THAT I'LL BE ABLE TO SURVIVE UNTIL FRIDAY! :) WOOT! :)


Practicing photography. Prestige's foyer - within emerald street Ortigas Ave. We visited this place since I'm in charge of designing the stage for the upcoming anniversary party! :)

Salamat at Biyernes na naman!

Sabi nila, kailangan daw pagpahingahin ang katawan pa minsan minsan. Paminsan-minsan? Ano nga ba ang ibig sabihin kapag sinabi natin ang salitang ito? Kung ako ang tatanungin, paminsan-minsan sa akin ay 'once a week - at least!' Ganyan ako mag-gantimpala sa aking katawan sa pagod na kanyang dinadanas sa linggu-linggong pagharap sa drafting table at pakikinig-kuno sa aking mga propesor. Para bang hinahanap hanap ng aking katawan ang sarap ng labas at ang ginhawa na nadadama sa paglayo sa lugar na nagpapaalala sa akin ng salitang 'stress'.

Sa linggu-linggo kong pag-labas at pag-alpas sa kawalan ng siyudad ay siya namang pagkaubos ng aking kayamanan. Pera ang nawawala o nababawasan sa akin. Siyempre kapag ako ay lalabas kailangan may pera akong hawak upang matustusan ko ang anumang kagustuhan ng aking tiyan (minsan pati ang aking mga mata). Gumagastos ako ng hanggang 500 daan upang maging masaya sa tuwing ako ay lalabas. Sapat na yun upang bigyan ng pansin ang katawan kong uhaw sa kasiyahan. Nanunuod ako ng mga palabas sa teatro o mga films na pinapalabas sa UP film institute. Hindi na masama para sa isang paghahanap ng aliw tuwing Biyernes. At least napupulutan ko pa ito ng mga aral. Pakatapos nito ay lalabas kami ng aking mga kaibigan upang kumain ng gabihan o dinner (sosyal!) sa anumang kainan na makita namin. Mas gusto namin ang restoran na hindi pa namin napupuntahan. Minsan, kapag busog ang aming mga pitaka eh kaya naming magwaldas para sa pagkain. Hindi naman namin ito laging ginagawa. Hindi linggu-linggo.



Hindi natatapos ang aming gabi sa panunuod ng magagandang play sa teatro o films, o di naman kaya'y sa mga restoran na aming pinagkakainan. Hindi ito natatapos sa tawanan, halakhakan o pagsususnog ng oras sa kung ano pa mang bagay. Lagi kong inaasam at inaantay ang pagbibigay ng aming opinyon sa mga usaping bayan at mga usapin na masasabi kong kaapeapekto sa aming estado ngayon. Ito yung hindi mababayaran ng 500 daan kong ginagastos sa linggu-linggo kong paglabas. Hindi matutumbasan ang mga aral na naririnig ko sa aking mga kaibigan sa tuwing kami ay magpapalitan ngmga opinyon ukol sa mga iba't ibang usapin. Ito, higit sa lahat, ang lagi kong hinihintay sa tuwing sasapit ang biyernes.


Kaya naman higit kong hinihintay ang pagsapit ng susunod na biyernes kasama ang aking mga kaibigan! :)

See you on Friday, Guys! :)

Banning myself from all the things you can think of

For some odd yet valid reasons I decided to ban myself from a lot of things and 'A LOT' means banning myself from all the things I used to have or love and from all the habits I used to do. Why am I doing this? basically for two reasons: (1) To be better (2) to explore other and new things. This isn't easy, I tell you! But sometimes, we really have to get away from our comfort zones to test our selves and to come up with a better and brighter solutions of some sort. So anyway, that's basically what I am doing to myself right now.

First ban - no use of twitter. for how long? As long as I can keep myself away from this social networking site. reason/s? to learn how to not hurt myself even more. drama shizz. No, the real reason is because I'm fed up of the fact that I am spending more time on the computer doing nonsense things than spending it to a more fruitful and useful deeds. In line with this banning, I terminated my Formspring account and froze my karma in Plurk - two of my accounts where I put the most humor-less thoughts I have in mind - a waste of my time.

Second ban - no earphones for a week and it started last Monday. Reason? Well, I'm a music lover. I love listening to music and the sounds it produces... but I always plug my earphones almost in to my ear drums - almost rubbing my brain that it penetrated my skull first! Anyway, the thing is I should lessen this habit because in the long run it will do me no good. I dont want to get deaf at the age of 35! I still love music though!

Well, these are the two most prominent bans I obliged myself to cling and obey to right now. The good thing here is that I am coming up with good outcomes! :) I'll just be happy for doing such crazy rules and not be sad for banning myself from all these. This too shall pass! I'm still thinking of what other 'bans' I have to follow so as to test myself. Normally these are things that I usually love doing or actions that are becoming a habit. Do you have anything in mind? Share please!

Just a question...

Will I put your life in miserable if I tell you "I Love You"?
Just a question
Listen to me. I need you to hear me
Heart's bleeding, mind's shrinking, mouth's closing
just a question
Will you love me back if i tell you "I Love You"?
I know the answer. It's on my mind, screaming out loud.
But the best thing that I can do now is to deny
Denying the fact... turning it into a fantasy
A morbid fantasy that is now the reality.
Just a question
Do you know that I Love you?
You seem not to care about this
Who am I to you, anyway.
I know. No one. I'm just nobody
Just a question
Is this even worth my time?
No.
Do I love you?
Yes
Do I love myself?
Yes
And I love myself more, more than you.
Just a question
What is this about?

Lame weekend

Coz I just had two of my awesome-est weekends ever - last week and last last week. :) I got the chance to meet two of my radio-icons-of-some-sort idols Chico and Del (Well, for those who don't know who they are - LOSERS! Kidding! haha.) and just last week I was able to go to Hongkong (my first ever out of the country trip).

These two people up here are my idols. I consider them as two of the wittiest people I know. Late 2009 when I first heard their show on RX 93.1 - the coolest radio show on earth - and since then I get to appreciate radio shows more... more than tv shows. I never imagined myself listening intently to this talking box or even spending the whole day with it - no tv no nohing. However, 2009 changed my perception of radio. I fell in love with it the second time around and truly it is sweeter than ever.

Going to the venue was a bit challenging because I have with me my..self... ONLY. Yes! I went their alone but that didn't hinder me to run the errand. Nothing and no one can stop me from seeing my idols. Im so willing to sell my soul to the heavens above just to see them. HAHA. kidding aside, I felt I was in heaven when i landed on the CBTL grounds. Feet and hand shaking, heart beating so fast, lips smiling... camera's getting ready for the snap shots. It was the weekend of my life - prior to Hong Kong. Went their alone but left the place fulfilled. :)

OK. I look like the father of Chico and Del. IM SO BIG! I dont care. Im happy! :)
weeee! :)

I will blog soon about my Hong kong trip and all that came about during the trip! :)

Too lazy

I know i know.. I've been sooo lazy to write blog entries lately. Been busy doing a lot of things and been busy enjoying the riches of the world. Yeah. I had two of my best week ends ever and I still havent shared my journey to you on this blog just yet. But I guess I have to visit this site more often since I've been shutting my mouth lately. Anyway... Just checking my space here in Blogger. Blogging soon! :)

All smiles! :)

Back to school 2011

Tomorrow will be my fresh start of a new chapter as a student in the university and the feeling is not as much as good as before, I don't know why. I don't have any notebook yet nor pens to use in writing. I don't have the energy to welcome the year that many people say the hardest year in my course. Among the four years alloted in plate making and lurking in the classrooms doing nothing they say third year is considered to be the hell year. You'll get to do a lot of paperworks, professors will be so demanding in giving you requirements, actual projects are always on the way, plates here and there etc. With all these things, I just hope that the time I spent during the last summer days are enough to help me get through this coming semester. I am the only one, I guess, from the class who's not excited to start the semester. Ok. Frankly speaking, this bothers me a lot. I should have a positive outlook on this but how can i do this if all I think are the restless and sleepless nights that surely will be filling up my timeline EVERY FRIGGIN WEEK. Anyway, I am still hoping for the best.

Sometimes though it pays you a lot when you had little preparations for something. It's the time when you get to another dimension where all you extra juices come out and be in vibes with adrenaline rush. These two - extra juices and adrenaline rush - are the thoughts that I am hoping for this semester to work since I haven't felt the feeling that other of my classmates discerned weeks ago. Well, I can't do anything about this anymore. The best thing to do is to survive the coming months and better if I do this with greatness and classy-ness.

GOOD LUCK AND GOD BLESS TO ME! :)
Let's call it a day! See you tomorrow! :)

Wifi on board

>Usually, I do blogs when in house, school or anywhere that has stable internet connection. But today is just extraordinary. In fact I'm having a blast right now. I never thought that I could actually surf the net while inside a moving vehicle. Moreover, I never thought that vehicles would have access on wifi(s). This is just crazy. (I am now typing this entry while travelling the long stretch of NLEX).

This is a living proof that technology will really go far with its day-to-day-innovation of almost everything we see now. You will really say I'm crazy if I'll have this forecast: 100 years from now people could talk to animals (vice versa) and would understand each other. This sounds hilarious and what? impossible? Yeah.. this sounds eerie but who knows? With all the technological advancements we experience this could just be possible. I don't know. just saying.

Anyway... my battery is dying now. If I knew that the bus we'll take has wifi I should have then fully charged my laptop and enjoy every second of my travel. Anyway, at least I was able to experience this awesome service of this bus. :) I think we'll take a ride in this bus this Sunday when we go back to manila. For sure, I'll charge my laptop's battery. :) For now, I have to say goodbye!





Some of the pics I took while inside the bus!

Cherios! :)