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! :)