The Kristian Enigma

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2011-07-01T22:33:00.000+08:00

Hello!

It's been a long time since I visited back my blog. I've been quite busy these days but never mind that. This one can't wait.

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From the Shelf: "Vampire Blood Trilogy: Cirque Du Freak 2, The Vampire's Assistant" by Darren Shan

2011-06-23T13:07:00.002+08:00

"Vampire Blood Trilogy: Cirque Du Freak, The Vampire's Assistant"
by Darren Shan

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DATE & TIME FINISHED READING:
06-23-11; 7:40 PM-ish (GMT/UTC +8.00)

-In reality, I could have finished reading this book for like just some days ago after book 1. Obviously, I just finished it like some week after book 1.

It was because I got quite bored in the middle part of this book. I'm like in page 60 and there's no thrill. And also, because I'm also a student I decided to concentrate(?) more on my assignments rather than reading this. There's also one character in this book that I dislike (CLUE: He's human!).

However, the euphoria (for me) starts like in page 70-80. Things started going wrong and becoming scary sh*t if you think of the after effects of these events.

I'm not expecting of twists although there's one. It's not a twist for me because I sort of guessed that that would happen.

Anyway, Book Three's on the way. I gotta work on that soon. haha

NUMBER OF PAGES (varies on other versions): 100
NUMBER OF CHAPTERS: 34

MY RATING: 9.0 of 10 stars!

Tula: "Walang Kasigurohan"

2011-06-17T14:11:00.002+08:00

Di na siguro ako lilipad pa nang ganoon ka taas.
Baka ang pagbagsak ko'y ganoon din kalakas.

Di ko tiyak kung itutuloy ko pa ba iyon
Dahil may nasa isip ko na di sang-ayon.

Marahil ay hindi ko na lang iyon papasukin
Kahit na ang pinto na mismo ang lumapit sa akin.

'Pagkat walang puwang sa isang mundo
Na aking papasukin ang takot sa aking puso,

Ang pangamba na lumalamon sa aking pagkatao
Kahit na 'di ko tanto ang kung ano nasa likod ng pinto.

Tako siguro ako kung ano ang kahihinatnan.
'Pagkat lahat ng ito'y wala pang kasigurohan.

-xxx-

Tag, you're IT!!!

2011-06-09T13:55:00.008+08:00

Usually, I see these sort of tagging-to-know-you games in facebook. I did not expect that the fever will reach the blogosphere as I read this post of Jenny. I actually want to be tagged in such games because it's sort of fun but then I found one of the answers(?) in the game to be silly so I decided that it would better be that no blogger would remember me. haha.

Unfortunately, Joross tagged me in this game with his own post and I have no other choice but pass it because it is said that seven days from now.....it will become a week. lol. It's a joke! Come on, go laugh.

Okay, okay, here's the game:

*drumrolls*

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1. Do you think you're hot?

- I am smokin', smokin' like ice! haha. Nah, I just prefer myself "cool". haha

2. Upload a picture of the wallpaper you're using at the moment :

"Isn't it cute?" my sister used to tell me. [credits to source]

That one is not really the ACTUAL screenshot from the laptop. I just got if from the internet because I suck and can't locate where this one is. The laptop I am currently using is not mine but my older sister's so I have nothing to do but deal with the wallpaper. It's just one of the themes in this computer that she found cute. I don't think it's from a cartoon or anime or whatever.

3. When was the last time you ate chicken meat?

- Lunch time! My mom cooked it! It just usually happens when my dad sends us some money.

4. The songs you listened to recently:

- GLEE songs covers of:

*Faithfully

*Anyway You Want It/Touchin' Lovin' Squeezin'

I had these songs in the laptop and I've been listening to the Glee songs. It was just in time that while was reading Joross' post and been typing this game I was listening to it. The second is one of my favorite mashups in the show.

5. What where you thinking as you were doing this?

- Geez, this is cool and crazy at the same time.

6. Do you have nicknames? What are they?

- Oh good Lord! My complete name is WELLIBERNEIL KRISTIAN GUBAT.

Most of my friends call me Kristian, Tian, Tyan, or Chan. While some of them call me "Seanz", most of my friends (especially those I knew from Science High) call me "Gubat" (my surname) or "Forest" (the English translation of my name). Some called me Yan-yan, Willy, Neil, and Kris. Most of my relatives and neighbors call me (oh God this is embarrassing) Honey. My sister's sort-of-like-that name is Darling.

Because of my long name -- thanks to my father -- I have many and some people seem to love "murdering" my name by pronouncing it wrong. Anyway, you may call me what you want but you have to tell me what you'd call me because I might not look back. haha

And now, I'm gonna just tag 8 bloggers, sorry. :)
1.     Roj of Isip-Bata and Ako ay Naiiba
2. Jubert of Chillspot
3.     Denase of DENASELOGY
4.     Florlin of Florlin's Corner
5.     Kamila of Kamilkshake Cafe and Road to Kill
6.     Ruth of Ruthie's Blog
7.     Jaid of Superjaid
8.     Banjo of ISTAMBAY

Who's listed in #1?

- Roj or Rogean. She is the one who inspired me to write more in my blog. She is also the first person to comment on my blog and is also my first follower. My blog is supposed to be private and just meant for myself. But, when she made some comments, I then decided that I can have some friends in the blogosphere too.

Who's #2?

- Jubert of Chillspot. He's a cool college guy in the blogosphere who writes about his personal life, his opinions and his crushes/the-"loves"-of-his-life. When I read his post about dirrrrrrrty secrets, I thought to myself "This guy's kewl! We should know more about him...and errr...his secrets. haha."

How about #3?

- Denase of Denaselogy. Ranting never felt good until I met this guy. haha. He's command to the English language is so great that at first I really thought he's not a Filipino.With Denase's blog, sometimes I felt like I have to sharpen my English skills because I don't want having epistaxis again. (Google the term!)

How did you know #4?

- Florlin and her corner. It really feels good when you have a blogger friend who is in the same school and lives in the same town as you. She's still in the high school but she really is good at writing. She's got a potential. I just hope she would not bust my secret which I accidentally revealed in her blog. haha

Who's #5?

- Kamila. este Kapitana. haha. She's one of the friendliest bloggers I knew. She is absolutely and nonstop blabber. She is also one of the very diligent bloggers I knew because she always replies back.

How about this #6?

- Ruthie. We study in the same university but I did not really know her. I just knew her name, and soon her blog. We soon became classmates in HIST 41 last summer and now in SOCIO 63. I just advertised your blog Ruthie, don't be mad. I will not tell it to your Mystery Guy. haha

Who's this #7?

- Jaid and her alter ego, the superhero. lels. I think she's the same age as mine and that's perhaps one of the reasons why I find her posts cute and why it is often easy for me to relate on her blog.

Who's #8?

- Banjo, the bystander. A promising writer and fluent in Tagalog. If you do understand Tagalog, you really should his blog because his fiction stories are so AWESOME and I swear that by the River of Styx. With Denase, I get epistaxis but this guy gives me balunguyngoy. Every time I read a story from his blog, I soon become a Tagalog-speaking dude. If I make a post here in blogger, I would then be writing in Tagalog and even in facebook, I would make Tagalog comments. It's just sad that I haven't quite kept in touch with him since his last post was last summer and I have been quite busy at that time.

The one who tagged me:

Joross. I did not really expect him to tag me much less for him to remember me. We met when I was in my fourth year high school. Three students were chosen from three districts in our province to attend a journalism workshop in Cebu. The last time we met then was during the Press Conference (the competition). After that, nothing. Just some weeks/months ago, I saw his name in one of the blogs here. I knew it was him. I thought he didn't know it was me. It's fun to meet your old friends again.

To the people who are tagged:

You don't have to tag me back or make a post about this. I just wanted to make a post to my fellow bloggers who spiced up my life here in blogosphere and how happy i am to meet them.

So will I die now or tomorrow because I'm making this speech? I don't know. Well, I hope this is not a goodbye message. :)

Unang Araw ng Pasukan: The Usual Scenario

2011-06-07T11:55:00.000+08:00

Kahapon ay first day of class na nga at obyosly, dahil ako ay mabait kuno ay pumasok sa unang araw nga pasukan. Syempre naman, dala-dala ko ang aking makapangyarihang handy dandy notebook.

Sa unang araw ng pasukan at sa aking pagmumuni ay nagkaroon ako ng iilang obserbasyon. Ang mga sumusunod ay ang mga nailista ko at lahat ay ayon lang sa aking obserbasyon.
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1. First day of class is no class. Opcors, walang masyadong estudyante at kung marami man ay usually nakatambay lamang sa labas ng classroom. Usually wala ang teacher kaya walang pasok. Siguro iniisip ng mga teachers na walang estudyante. Sabay-sabay nalang kaya nilang isipan nang wala na talagang pasok. haha

2. May ibig sabihin ang pagpasok at hindi pagpasok ng teachers sa 1st day.Kadalasan ay hindi talaga kilala kung sino ang teacher kung kaya't nanlalamig na ang mga kamay ng estudyante kasi di nga nila kilala. Pa'no kung strikto, maldita, mahilig umabsent? Yung mga ganoon. Isa pa sa nakadaragdag sa kaba ay iyong mga teachers na hindi pumapasok sa 1st day.

Usually yung mga teachers na absent sa 1st day of class ay:
a. Pag regular classes na, palaging absent o di kaya'y late
b. Strikto. Binibigyan lang niya kayo ng iilang araw na chance para makapghanda sa kanyang pagto-torture

Pag present on the first day:
a. Present talaga yan sa lahat ng meetings. Wala iyang pinapalampas na oras. Hindi yan male-late. Mas concerned siya sa time na magagamit paglelecture
b. Present palagi yan at dapat ikaw rin dahil may points ang attendance mo!!
c. Waley lang yan. Bluff lang ba. haha

3. Maraming tao...sa labas ng classroom. Ito ay dahil sa:
a. Walang pasok.
b. Hindi ka pa na-eenrol
c. Gusto mo lang tumambay sa school
d. Teacher ka?

4. Bago lahat. New shoes. New bag. New notebooks. New ball pen. New clothes. New na lahat, maliban sa face.

5. Marami pang nagpapa-enrol.
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Yun lang. May mai-post lang. haha. Batong-bato na ako. Nagpo-post kasi parang simula na ng seryosong klase bukas. Meh assignment pa kami. Di ko pa nareready ang aking self diyan. haha

DBSS Entry Part 2 - "Blue Day"

2011-06-06T19:36:00.003+08:00

Just a little background:
This is part 2 or should I say the other entry I submitted to DBSS 2011. For more info about this and because it's kind of tiring trying to type the same words again, click this.

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"Blue Day"

One morning, a nightmare awakened you

With your body still tired and your eyes, too.

You felt that you have to rise from your sleep

Though the clock you had set made no beep.

And then you saw the clock and it’s broken

But still you know it’s near to seven.

So, you sought for the wall clock and saw it

It’s 6:50, just ten minutes to beat!

You believe you’ll have test on that day

And you know it’s hard with your teacher’s way.

You know that you really have to take it

For if not, the cut-off you may not hit.

So, hurriedly you went to the shower

And then brushed your teeth, trying to get faster.

Then you remembered: “Breakfast’s important!”

But you have to be there in an instant!

Of course, you decided to miss your meal

Instead of missing your exam’s ordeal

Hastily you ran to reach the highway,

Hailed a cab to help you get to your way.

While on the ride, you studied all your notes –

All the formulae and important quotes

And you have to put them all in mem’ry

And understand within minutes of three!

You were so preoccupied that you forgot

To stop the cab at designated spot.

Because of that, you have to take a walk

But no! You should run and avoid those balks.

Then you’re few strides away from your classroom

And at last, you reached your destination.

You thought in an instant that you’re in doom

When you saw that no one’s inside the room.

You sensed that the exam’s already done

And that the teacher has left and has gone.

“How careless had I been!” so you had thought.

“And all that running is all but just naught!”

You sat down on the floor and realized

The absence of people – such a surprise!

Suddenly, your phone received a message.

You sighed for it’s just another adage.

However, at the end of the saying

There is a line that made you go crying

“Happy Sunday to all of you!” it said.

“Don’t forget to go to church,” it added.

-xxx-

[source]

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Lesson:

It is never too late to realize that you still have time for others and for Him. At least, give Him a spare of your time.

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If you had a good laugh then thank you. If not, i'd still say thanks because you read it until the last. That means that skipreaders are not allowed here. haha. It's supposed to be read fully, that's why. I was actually planning to give people a good laugh with this poem but as i read it myself, it was boring. It seemed to me that this poem should better be written in Tagalog. haha

From the Shelf: "Vampire Blood Trilogy: Cirque Du Freak, A Living Nightmare" by Darren Shan

2011-06-05T21:16:00.001+08:00

"Vampire Blood Trilogy: Ciruqe Du Freak, A Living Nightmare"
by Darren Shan

source

DATE & TIME FINISHED READING:

06-04-11; 10:32 PM (GMT/UTC +8.00)

-Although I've been reading Goosebumps when I was still in my elementary, this kind of story seems new to me.

Several vampire books have already flooded the bookstore but I chose this one because it seems interesting. Well, it really is.

I do not really have something to say about this book except that I'm digging for the second book and the third and the next ones in the saga.

It's not really scary but if you dare put yourself in the protagonist's shoes it sure is scary. But, the scariest parts are the last ones. I'm not telling you what it is just in case you're going to read this soon. It's just that the ending is quite scary but sad at the same extent.

Anyway, albeit the fact that the ending is quite hanging (because obviously they want you to go for the book 2), it's still worth the shot.

NUMBER OF PAGES (varies on other versions): 104

NUMBER OF CHAPTERS: 33

MY RATING: 8.5 of 10 stars!

DBSS Entry Part 1 - "The Block"

2011-06-04T21:18:00.002+08:00

Our classes now starts on Monday and although I still think there really won't be "real" classes, I'm posting this just in case I would get busy.

Just a little background:
Back when I was a freshman in Silliman University, we were given FREE copies of the Dark Blue Southern Seas (DBSS) issue 2009. I wasn't quite interested at that time because I was so excited with being a college student. The first issue of the Weekly Sillimanian, also known as tWS, (tWS online and facebook page) came out and the DBSS turned out to be the official literary folio of tWS. There was an ad of DBSS in the tWS at that time asking for contributions for the next year's issue. I actually tried to contribute one but I soon forgot because I was still adjusting(?) to my college life. By the time I reached second year, I finally decided I would contribute. Unfortunately, it seemed that my two contributions were not included. Well, I have no knowledge of that because I did not have a copy of the DBSS 2011.

Anyways, here's one of the poems I submitted as entry for the folio. I suck at titles and that is perhaps one of the reasons I have the writer's block. So tentenenen *ching!*

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"The Block"

Once I was, I think, great,
A writer of different sorts,
One who is favored by the fate,
And whose power belongs to the words.

Now, I think I had that block,
An illness I have never known.
But of course, with it I’m stuck
In a maze where no light has shone.

I think – yes, I did – that I lost it –
The ability of writing,
The burning fire that’s always lit,
The flame that’s always been scorching.

Yet, I still miss it, longed for it –
To write again all my heart out,
To hear again the very beat
My love for writing with no doubt.

I don’t want another blank sheet
Untouched, untitled, unwritten
No hint of pen walking its feet
Or a scratch that may be hidden.

But then I thought, I realized.
I’ve not truly lost the passion;
I’ve just been too much mesmerized
Of having lost my attention.

I’ve just been too busy to think
Of being no writer at all.
It was I who made it all sink
For ‘twas I who made all to fall.

Then I found I could write again
A poem I once had resented
For which I had just one written
Of how that block had me tormented.

Now, I know I am back at last
To the one I really love,
The one I had been in the past,
The writer in me, now I have.

-xxx-

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That's just it, only that your mind don't produce white balloons when you have it. lol [source]

My Own Third Sentence Thursday

2011-06-02T18:46:00.001+08:00

So, umm yeah, I just discovered this cool thing from Joross' post and decided that I could perhaps follow.

Third Sentence Thursday is a wekkly meme hosted by Sniffly Kitty Mostly's Books. It's just pretty simple, you get a book a book and post the sentence here, give review then *poof* that's it. I found it cool because it makes your mind sort of stimulate to delve deeper

For more information about this, click me.

So here's my Third Sentence:

"I'd sneak into camp, find Madam Octa, grab her, and run."

- Darren Shan from "Cirque du Freak: A Living Nightmare"

It is from the book entitled, "Cirque Du Freak: A Living Nightmare" written by Darren O'Shaughnessy under the pen name of Darren Shan. It is about the struggle of a boy (also Darren Shan) in the world of vampires.

the cover [source]

REACTION:

Well, first and foremost I would just like to tell you that I could have opted for another sentence because the one above is just weird. I just went to the page where I read last although I wasn't quite sure that I haven't read this sentence yesterday. I just discovered about this book series called "The Saga of Darren Shan" (Cirque du Freak in some countries) and I decided that i might as well read something I haven't read before.

Anyway, Cirque du Freak means (if i am correct) "Circus of Freaks" in French. This Circus, although banned because it's "dangerous, travelled to cities to have shows. To make things faster and to avoid that I might bore you, Darren Shan and his friend went to this show. One of the freaks featured was Larten Crepsley, a freak who could "manipulate" his spider weirdly named "Madam Octa."

Darren Shan is a boy who is very fond of spiders and that is how that third sentence came. He wanted to steal Madam Octa from that creepy Crepsley guy (who turned out to be a vampire in hiding) because Darren wanted to also control that arachnid.

In reality, I just don't know if Darren has eaten spider or maybe a spider just ate his brains out that he really wanted to have that spider, much more steal it. I just found this weird, very weird. Well, I am not yet finish with that book so please do not spoil me the thrill and I still eerily excited of how on earth Darren is going to steal that eight-legged creature from a creepy Crepsley vampire guy.

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You try your Third Sentence Thursday too!

My so FAIL Ambigrams!!

2011-06-02T08:00:00.003+08:00

Naks! Uma-art!

Anyways, I had this hobby of mine when I'm bored. The ones below are called ambigrams. According to the ever-powerful Wikipedia:

An ambigram is a typographical design or art form that may be read as one or more words not only in its form as presented, but also from another viewpoint, direction, or orientation. The words readable in the other viewpoint, direction or orientation may be the same or different from the original words. Douglas R. Hofstadter describes an ambigram as a "calligraphic design that manages to squeeze two different readings into the selfsame set of curves." Different ambigram artists (sometimes called ambigramists) may create completely different ambigrams from the same word or words, differing in both style and form.

There are many types of ambigrams but I won't be posting about them now. Maybe in some time, I will if I wil already be able to make one for evey type, nyaha. Like I said, there are many types and I have only made a few of it. So here are the ones I made in the past years.

"Kristian" - 180° Rotational Ambigram

Just a little background:

The one above is my name, the second name of my first name. Sounds confusing right? It's a 180° Rotational Ambigram. It still reads "Kristian" when rotated 180 degrees.

"Welliberneil" - 180° Rotational Ambigram

Just a little background:

That's because I've got two names in the first name, the one above is the first but I often use "Kristian." that way, the "murder" of my name can be avoided. lol

"Fundador" - 180° Rotational Ambigram

Just a little background:

That's my middle name, my mom's maiden name. They say that it means "Founder" in Spanish. Some of my friends used to joke that we own the brandy of the same name.

"Gubat" - 180° Rotational Ambigram

Just a little background:

That one's my real surname (So now you get my complete name! haha). In Tagalog, it means "forest" or "jungle" whereas in Bisaya it could also mean "war." Most of my high school folks call me by that name, too.

"Cañao/The End" - Symbiotogram Ambigram

Just a little background:

That's a symbiotogram, still a 180 degree rotational ambigrams, only that it reads a different word when rotated in 180 degrees. I made that one when I was in high school (that was vacation time, I think) for my older sister. She asked me for wild ideas about her Literature project and at that time, I was kind of in the middle of surfing the net. I just showed her this, the first known ambigram. I told her that it would be great if there is like an ambigram at the end of the story. I did not really promised to her but I made one anyway.

"Cañao" was the title of her story, which in some dialect it means "wedding dance" (i think). The orientation where the word "Cañao" can be read, is the one that is shown at the end of the story. It's actually sort of a riddle (which I made, too!!nyaha!) that when the word "Cañao" would be rotated 180 degrees or reversed it would read "The End" (thus came the ending). The contrary that would hale is "The End", it's contrary because "Cañao" is the title.

"Kristian/Enigma" - Bilateral ambigram

Just a little background:

I once used that as a header in this blog. I soon got the feeling that I don't like it and it really needs to be improved. It is supposed to read as "enigma" when shown to the mirror. That's how bilateral ambigrams work, the word(s) read the same/different when shown to the mirror or flipped horizontally.

In case, you don't get it or you are not able to see the other word in the mirror I managed to put the other pic here because a) you don't have a mirror; b) you are blind; c) the one who made this ambigram is just stupid.

"Decalogue" - 180° Rotational Ambigram

Just a little background:

I made that one for my Religion class. We are to make a Ten Commandments bookmark. I actually made two bookmarks for that assignment because I just feel like it. The one just have the Ten Commandments inscribed back-to-back while the other have the Commandments in the front and that ambigram at the back. I soon found out that we are to swap bookmarks with a classmate. I did not give this, haha because I wanted to have a copy.

"Decalogue" also means Ten Commandments.

"Merry Christmas" - Totem Ambigram

Just a little background:

Made last Christmas break. It's a Totem ambigram just like this one. Totem ambigrams are also bilateral and mirror ambigrams but the letters...sorry I don't know how to explain. haha. The link I showed you is shaped like a mouse whil the one I made is supposed to be like a Christmas tree. Unfortunately, it seemed not like it. haha

Whatever. Anyways, if you liked or you just want to flatter me or you pity me, you can ask me to make an ambigram for you. Just comment below or better yet email me at kris8492@gmail.com. Thanks.

Gradweyt na Ako!

2011-06-01T18:13:00.002+08:00

Lols, naniwala ka naman. Basahin mo nga ito nang malaman mo ang derty letol sikreyt. May tatlong taon pa bago maganap ang aking sinasabi. 3rd year pa ako so ngayong taong ito ay sisimulan ko na ang aking 3 yrs to heaven. Chos!

Enrolled na po ako. Yun talaga ibig kong sabihin. Hyperbole lang yun or SUPER-IDIOM. Yun kasi feeling namin nung friend ko nang ma-STAMPED ENROLLED na yung printout namin. In fairness ha natuwa ako kay ineng/ate kasi parang natola yung beauty niya sa pagtanggal sa mahiwagang staple na inilagay ko sa printout ko. Hindi lang iyon; cute din siya. Syet! Ang cute ng smile niya. (Kung ikaw man ay classmate o coursemate o college mate ko, wag kang masyadong matabil ang dila, nakakahiya)

Anyways, enrolled na nga ako matapos ang isang nakakapagaod at nakakabuwis-buhay na enrollment process. Sa enrollment process ng aming kolehiyo ay ang mga sumusunod ang ilan sa aking napansin:

1. Ang enrollment process ay parang L4D, Left for Dead. Yun yung game na Zombie-zombihan ang theme; pwedeng ikaw ang survivor, pwede ring ikaw ang zombie. L4D kasi sa tuwing magbibigay na ng priority number para ay nag-aagawan kami mga estudyante. Ang survivor ay yung taga-bigay ng priority number at ang zombie ay kaming mga walang awang estudyante.

Syempre nakikisiksik din ako pero dahil nga sa tayo ay isang payatot lamang ay hindi ako nakakalusot. Isa pa, iilan din ang mga Boomers na nakaharang sa daraanan.

Yan si Boomer ng L4D. Imadyenin mo na yan ang nakaharang sa yo. [source]

2. Basta't may pagkain bumibilis ang sistema. Well, hindi naman to napatunayan talaga pero napansin ko lang kasi nang dumating na iyong mga nakapanlalaway na snacks ng faculty eh parang bumilis ata ang pagtawag sa mga priority numbers.

Yan ang fuel nila, yung food. haha [source]

3. Sumali ka kasi sa mga extra-curricular nang ma-exempted ka. Syempre sinasabi ko ito kasi exempted ako sa mga fines nang Engineering Student Government sa amin. Isa lang ang sinabi ko, "Hmm. Kuya, yung kasali sa Himig at Sayaw---" Pinutol bigla ng opisyal at nagsalitang "Ay exempted iyan!" Ahw di hindi ko na kailangan pang lumuhod sa asin, lumuha ng dugo, at halikang mga paa nila para hindi ko bayarang ang bonggang bonggang fines. Kahit na hindi naman talaga sa lahat ng fines ako exempted ay na-exempted ako. Hindi nila napansin. Buwahaha!

4. Sa panahong tulad nito ay lumalabas ang mag "kaibigan", mga long lost "kamag-anak" at iba pa. Uy friend, wag mo akong kalimutan ha? pakikuha ng priority number. Pakikuha ng form. etsiteyra. etsiteyra. Marami kaagad ang mga nakakaalala na friends pala kayo pero kung nagkikita naman kayo sa ibang lugar ay dedmang dedma. Yung iba naman ay nakikisabay pa sa pagbayad ng down payment para hindi madale sa pila. Sabihin mo lang na cousin o ano ba yung iba pa at tumpak! No problemo na.

ang ROOT word

5. Dito rin nawawala ang kai-kaibigan. Bahala kayo sa buhay niyo. Kayo na dumiskarte diyan. haha. Ganito ang sistema dito. Bahala na kung nahuhuli yung kaibigan mo basta ikaw na bahala kung paano ka makakakuha na priority number.

Pero in fairview ha, hindi rin ako katulad nung nasa numero cinco. Iba rin naman kasi yung diskarte ko. haha

In addition, eto yung iskedyul ko.

Ganda noh? Ang hectic ng sked ko pag TTH. Tapos alas sieteng shet pa, wow ang ganda! So pwedeng-pwede ako magpupuyat pag MW. lels

HAPPY BIRTHDAY at GOODBYE muna!

2011-05-27T09:51:00.003+08:00

Kamakailan lang ay gumawa ako ng ambigrams para sa dalawang tao.

*drumrolls kuno*

ITO!!

"Verlyn May Therese" - 180° rotational ambigram

Ang pangalan niya ay Verlyn May Therese at in case di mo makuhang basahin yan dahil magulo, ang pangalan iyan din ang nasa 180 degree rotational ambigram. Isa siyang kaibigan ko nung hayskul at hanggang ngayon din pala na nag-debut party last May 22 pero ang bday ay talaga noong May 24. Isa lang masasabi ko sa debut niya -- SHOCKED AKO!!! Bakit? kasi naman ang kasunduan, kasali ako sa 18 treasures, pero pagdating dun nasali ako sa 18 roses pati na rin sa 18 wishes. haha. Okey lang naman, bday din naman niya kasi, worried lang ako nun kasi baka masira ko ang moment kasi parehong kaliwa paa ko. haha

AT ETO PA!

"hapi bday" - 180° rotational ambigram spinonymized (?) on the name "GOYO"

Yan din ay isang artwork kuno, ginawa ko para kay Goyo ng Goyo's Adventure. Magulo pala. Noong magkahiwalay ang letters, proud na proud ako, tapos nang pinagsama ko na, syet, gumawa pa ako. haha. Anyways, 180 degree rotational ambigram pa rin ang "HAPI BDAY", pero ang isepsyal(?) diyan ay kung anong character ang ginamit ko diyan ay pareho din sa "GOYO". Spinonym daw tawag diyan tulad nito at nito.

Ay basta, yan na yan. Nagpapic nalang ako wid greetings para makabawi kuno.

Show na show kaagad sa dimples. haha

Isang malaking LOL. Hindi ako sure kung sasabihin ko bang wala akong masyadong magawa sa bahay kaya gumawa ako ng ambigrams para sa dalwang taong kaka-bertday lang o idadahilan kong marami akong ginawa sa bahay kaya hindi ~~masyadong~~ maganda ang ginawa ko para sa kanila. haha.

Anyways, sabaw na sabaw na talaga utak ko ngayon tapos enrollment na next week at worried na worried ako sa pagpaenrol kasi wala pang pera. Magpa-promissory nalang ako pero Wednesday pa raw pwede. Sana lang hindi ako makoclosan ng subjects. Tapos, may fines pa akong aabalahin. Saan kaya napupunta ang fines namin?

So sabi ko nga, tatamarin ako ngayon (mula noon na!). Hindi na nga ako nakakapagbloghop kasi tinatamad nga at nagsasalita na si mudra ko na masyado daw akong nagkokomyuter kahit na walang pasok. So, bye2x muna, update ko kayo kung nanganganib na ako at duty pa ako. Magpapahinga muna ako kasi masyadong nagamit powers ko sa pagpapaalis kay Chedeng. lowls.

"Tamara the 13th"

2011-05-24T09:30:00.000+08:00

"Tamara the 13th"

DATE & TIME FINISHED PLAYING:
i forgot, maybe last Sunday,05-22-11, 12:00 MN-ish;
(GMT/UTC +8:00)

-nah! I dit not really like it. So boring. Absolutely just something you could play when you're bored or just felt like you still don't want to sleep.

Here you play as Tamara, a woman (again! a girl again?) who's some kind of a witch in the 13th generation? I dunno. I forgot. I did not even bother to remember.

Anyway, I think this game is better played by girls. I just finished because there's more to be wasted if I don't (such as the patience I secreted waiting for this game to be finished dL-ing).

I don't know if witches were like this. But maybe they are. Plot is loosely based on Greek mythology, specifically on the 5 elements Earth, Air, Water, Fire and Aether.

The only thing I enjoyed in this game is that it seems very easy to finish the game without any help (though in some times, you need "Hints" because some things are well hidden).

That's all. Maybe you'll like it unlike me.

P.S. photo above is a screenshot but not from my account. As you can see it is not my name displayed in the player stuff. i think there's some kind of glitch in this PrtSc key in the laptop.

MY RATING: 8 of 10 stars

From the Shelf: "Lorien Legacies: I Am Number Four" by Pittacus Lore

2011-05-21T11:35:00.001+08:00

"Lorien Legacies: I Am Number Four"
by Pittacus Lore

[Image from here]

DATE & TIME FINISHED READING:
05-21-11; 10:58 AM (GMT/UTC +8.00)

-Geez! The moment that I heard that the movie of the same name is based on a book, I got so freakin' excited to get a copy of the book and read it.

Of course, I fot a copy and have read it. Why? Should I be posting it here if I haven't? Anyway, I found the title catchy, and so is the tagline ("Three are dead"). Needless to say, the protagonist of the book is the fourth or whatever creature who is the next to be killed.

The book begins with somewhat a prologue (although the book does not say it is) where Three is killed by the Mogadorians.

The rest of the chapters are then narrated by Four and everything is in his POV (point of view). Chapter one begins with Four getting a mark in his leg, after Three gets killed. It turned it, well, that there were nine of them, nine Lorien Gardes(?). Nine teens(?) who are said to be the "Ones"(no, i just made that term.) to save Lorien (their planet) and who BTW then were numbered. Their numbers are charmed in such a way that they can't be killed out of order which means then that if their enemies (the Mogadorians). With Three out of the way, Four is the next one then.

Following Three's death, Four then flees his current place of living and proceed to Paradise, Ohio where he tries to make a life and where the rest of the story continues. His story in Paradise is more like that of a teenage guy rather of an alien who is trying to hide his identity by not getting noticed.

I was quite disappointed though because as I said the book turned out to be more like a teen romance flick rather than a science fiction novel. He gets bullied, gets to have the nerd(?) as a friend and then falls for the love of a girl (who is BTW the ex of the bully and the QB).

I got so bored with all the romance stuffs in the story that it took me longer to finish this because after few chapter I would rather take a nap, eat or drink rather than finish this book. (Nah. There is nothing so mature here, just "making out" stuffs). The story did not rally get so exciting until you arrive in the 20th or so chapter. That's when the Mogadorians arrive and finally found him. That;s where all the action and all the thrills are. [HINT: Things got hell better when the Charm breaks.]

The last chapters were good with more of the fighting scenes. Anyway, the ending is a cliff-hanger, and very implicative that a sequel is coming. I'm not sure what others will react about this but perhaps in your case you may like it. I just know that for me, it's just worth an 8.5 rating from me.

Anyway, after reading the book, I just hoped I get to read the sequel now because it seems more interesting than this. Also, my next task now is to watch the film adapted from this (which I am very sure had a lot of changes in it).

NUMBER OF PAGES (varies on other versions): 153
NUMBER OF CHAPTERS: 34

MY RATING: 8.5 of 10 stars!

Game Review: "Haunted Halls: Green Hills Sanitarium (Collector's Edition)"

2011-05-18T19:56:00.000+08:00

"Haunted Halls: Green Hills Sanitarium (Collector's Edition)"

DATE & TIME FINISHED PLAYING:
05-16-11, 11:20 PM-ish;
with the bonus game, 05-17-11, 12:10 AM-ish
(GMT/UTC +8:00)

-AMAZINGLY DISTURBING!!! That perhaps is the best that I can describe with this game. Amazing in the sense that it really left me satisfied and disturbing because of you know -- see screenshot and title.

[SPOILER WARNING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!]

It was great aside from the fact that you have to play as a female even if you're a guy. I hope games in this generation will not be that so particular or sort of "biased" like by applying "select Gander" in the Profiles which in turn would then change your character in the game or whatever.

In here, you play as the wife of a missing guy named Tim. Your main goal is to find him (which you are not likely to accomplish at all. haha). Your husband (oh shit!) disappears after he sets himself to investigate the Green Hills Sanitarium (Mental Hospital ba).

The Sanitarium is strange for one; seems abandoned, rugged, and eerie. Most of the doors are locked and or cn only be opened by solving a puzzle (as almost puzzle games are, duh?!) and the keys or the solutions are scattered in the game universe. There are quite a number of hidden places and tunnels (the screenshot is one) and the patients' room are bewitched/enchanted/cursed/magical/whatever.

Anyway, it was fun. There are about 14 characters including yourself (If I were you, I'd start counting them by the time you get to play this) only that I expected the characters to speak with voice (like it was "dubbed"). I expected a twist but not quite the same with the one I expected. It's better to get the Collector's Edition because there sure is a Bonus game which I'm not sure if there's one if not the CE. There is also one place in the game which I saw but soon forgot and that place can only be unlocked with the bonus game.

I also made a guess that the character I'm playing is just a lunatic and that the whole thing is but a product of hallucinations, but my guess turned out to be not right (just sort of, haha).

[END OF SPOILER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!]

Hope you enjoy this game. The ending is a cliff-hanger though which incurs some alternate endings in one's mind.

MY RATING: 9 of 10 stars

Game Review: "Hidden Mysteries: Salem Secrets"

2011-05-15T15:05:00.001+08:00

"Hidden Mysteries: Salem Secrets"

DATE & TIME FINISHED PLAYING:
05-15-11, 12:40 AM-ish (GMT/UTC +8:00)

-The title really caught my attention. It's the Salem thing,and not the mysteries stuff though. I did not really know alot about this. It's just that I know that "Salem" is the name of a black cat (can't remember from what tv show; I read it from a comic book ad). Also, I heard that there have been the so-called Salem Witch Trials. As far as what I've heard, those were the times when there were a bunch of women who were tried and burned(?) at stake because they were accused of practicing witchcraft.

Although this game is magic-related -- and by magic, i mean like spells, witchcraft, potions, elixirs etc -- I don't think that it's really connected with the Witch Trials. [SPOILER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!] There is only one witch(?) in the game.

Also, I sort of find the ending lacking. Yes, lacking, and not hanging. I expected something more like more fights with the witch and all.

Anyway, it's a good game to pass the time. It felt good when the character you are playing is not gender-specified. In here, you play as Constable Hawthorne. Well, I don't know if it's a guy but I think it'd better be. I enjoyed searching for the four girls (said to be bewitched) and roaming around the place called Salem. Perhaps, that's how the title got into it.

MY RATING: 8.5 of 10 stars

REPOST: "Pag-uusap sa Hardin"

2011-05-14T11:44:00.000+08:00

Sa totoo lang ay hindi ko talaga alam kung ano ang gagawaing pamagat para dito. Suggestions nga. Basta yan muna title ko ngayon. hehe. Hindi ko expected pero tinanggap pala ng TKJ ang entry na ito for May 2011 kahit na parang obyos na obyos ang pamagat. haha. Proud na proud ako diyan kasi yung mga contributions ko na mga tula sa mga publications dito sa amin ay naudlot. hehe

ANG IDEYA:
Ang ideya sa tulang ito ay mula sa aking nakatatandang kapatid na babae nung nagtanong ako sa kanya tungkol sa isang ideya ng kwento o tula patungkol sa mga bulaklak dahil wala naman talaga akong masyadong alam sa mga bulaklak. Hindi ko lubos maisip na ang isang ideyang ito na noong una ay matatawag kong "last resort" ay magbubunga ng isang tulang kung saan ay muling sisibol ang pagiging makata ko. FTW!

ANG TULA:
Ang "Pag-uusap sa Hardin" ay tungkol sa isang pag-uusap (ano pa ba ang ine-ekspek mo ha?) ng mga bulaklak sa hardin, isang malalim na diskusyonan tungkol sa kani-kanilang mga pangarap sa oras ng kani-kanilang pamumukadkad. Ikaw, kanino mo nakikita ang iyong sarili sa mga bulaklak sa tula?

Sige na basahin mo na. Basahin ang tula dito: "Pag-uusap sa Hardin."

Maraming salamat.

P.S. Sadya kong ginawang kulay nalang ang pangalan ng mga bulaklak kasi wala talaga akong masyadong alam na bulaklak na tagalog. Tsaka, baka magkaroon pa ng floral discrimination. lol.

100 days nalang!

2011-05-10T23:41:00.000+08:00

Simula na ng 100 DAYS!!!! Hay! Kainis naman kasi ngayon lang ako nakapagpost. Nagdrama siguro ang connection o baka site.

Anyways, nagsimula na pala yung show na "100 Days to Heaven" sa ABS-CBN. At syempre dahil kakasimula pa lang, inanbangan ko talaga. (Ang ibig sabihin ng "inabangan" dito ay "hindi muna iniligpit ang kalat sa hapag-kainan at di muna tinulungan si ate sa kusina." lol)

[Image Source]

Sa simula ng show, makikita na ang kasaysayan (syempre ano pa nga ba?) ni Anna Malastas at ng kanyang pagiging suplada. Mula pagkabata (as Xyriel Manabat) ay hindi na niya naramdaman ang pagmamahal ng isang magulang. Patay na raw kasi ang ina niya tapos yung ama niya ay sobra naman sa pagka-strict. Si Yaya siguro pwede na? Hindi. Nagnakaw kasi siya and all kaya pinalayas. Basta, basta, nabuntis si Anna (now as Shaina Magdayao) tapos hindi pinanagutan ng ama nito ang bata. Pumanaw si Strict Daddy with all the pangungumpisal at paghihingi ng tawad. Ayun, dun na nagsimula maging bato ang puso ni Anna.

Fast forward tayo. Masyado na itong mahaba kung pagsususnod-sunurin pa natin.

Ang mga sumusundo ay ilan sa aking mga theories kuno at mga insights na nakuha ko (at ng aking ate) mula sa programa:

1. (Sabi ni ate, nung kasisimula pa nung show) Baka hindi pa raw patay ang nanay ni Anna at baka ito raw si Ms. Gloria Romero (kasi parang walang konek yung nasa trailer). Yung unang teorya na ate lang ay nagkatotoo. Hindi pa patay si Mothe dear ni Anna nung 5 yrs old siya pero namatay din ito 1 yr before namatay si Daddy niya (as revealed in the show).

2. Ang yaman-yaman ng producers ng show. Hindi ako sure kung producers ba tawag dun basta mayaman sila kung sinuman sila. Bakit ko nasai iyon? Medyo marami-rami din kasi ang kinuhang actors at actresses ng show tapos parang pang one time lang ang appearance nila. To name a few(?): Lui Manansala (yung yaya na nagnakaw), Mark Gil, Shaina Magdayao, Felix Roco, Pokwang, Melai Cantiveros, Vice Ganda, Gloria Romero, Jason Abalos, Chinggoy Alonzo, Xian Lim, Sam Milby, Empress Schuck, Ron Morales, Noel Trinidad, etc. Dami din ha? Well, siguro mostly sa kanila ay babalikan yung characters kasi i-kokorek naman ni Anna yung pagkakamali niya.

3. Hindi rin typical ang show. Joke! Sarastic ako dun. Iba kasi inekspek ko. Inekspek ko na ang unang makikita ko sa show ay yung Anna na Connie Reyes na. Para kasing mas may drama kung sa pagtataray niya ay magfa-flashback bigla yung mga undesirable happenings sa buhay niya. Pero well, I think mas effective na ipakita yung childhood muna kes sa suggestion kong flashbacks. Mas magastos naman kasi suggestion ko. lol. Isa pa, natawa ako sa pangalan ng kompanya: The Toy Company. haha.

4. Nasaan kaya ang nawawalang anak ni Anna? Mga ilang araw matapos iluwal ni Anna ang anak niya ay inutusan niya si Yaya Pokwang na ilayo ang bata sa kanya at ipaampon sa mabuting pamilya kasi di siya karapat-dapat na ina para dito. Ang hula ko lang dito ay hindi kaya si Sophia (Jodi Sta. Maria) ang nawawala niyang anak. Madalas naman kasi sa movies eh connected lang lahat ng pangyayari na parang destiny.

5. Sino kaya ang salarin? Ang huling moments sa show ay nung mamatay si Anna sa pagsabog nung istinar na niya yung kotse niya at blablabla. Sa trailer, makikita natin na parang si Bobby (Domini Ochoa) ang pinapalabas na salarin dahil sa mga sinabi niya. Pero nung mapanood ko na ang show, may motibo siya pero parang di rin naman siya. Nung sinabi niya na "makakaganti din ako sa kanya" or parang ganun, minutes before sa pagsabog lang yun. Imposible naman siguro na ang planong iyon ay hindi pinag-isipan and speaking of pinag-isipan, yung idea ni Bobby of getting even with her just occure minutes before blablabla.

Isa pa parang koneskyon yung new driver na si Baldo (Ron Morales). Malamang ay langis yung naamoy ni Anna at hindi ang amoy ni Baldo (as what he said). Para ding may koneksyon yung sekretarya at si Baldo. Baka naman yung inoccent-looking na character ni Valerie C. ang may kinalaman. Ay basta, abangan nalang natin. Hindi pa naman ako binabayaran sa libreng advertisement na ito.

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Ay basta, yun lang mga hula at kuha ko mula sa show. Tignan lang natin kung totoo ang no. 5 ko.

Get to know yourself better

2011-05-09T09:00:00.000+08:00

By chance I happen to stumble across this site through a friend of mine in facebook. I was interested because, of course, the title is interesting for me. I think I have answered this personality quiz eons ago but still I tried because I forgot the result. haha

If you want, you can get to know yourself better here.

Get to know yourself better

Your view on yourself:

You are down-to-earth and people like you because you are so straightforward. You are an efficient problem solver because you will listen to both sides of an argument before making a decision that usually appeals to both parties.

The type of girlfriend/boyfriend you are looking for:

You like serious, smart and determined people. You don't judge a book by its cover, so good-looking people aren't necessarily your style. This makes you an attractive person in many people's eyes.

Your readiness to commit to a relationship:

You are ready to commit as soon as you meet the right person. And you believe you will pretty much know as soon as you might that person.

The seriousness of your love:

You like to flirt and behave seductively. The opposite sex finds this very attractive, and that's why you'll always have admirers hanging off your arms. But how serious are you about choosing someone to be in a relationship with?

Your views on education

Education is very important in life. You want to study hard and learn as much as you can.

The right job for you:

You're a practical person and will choose a secure job with a steady income. Knowing what you like to do is important. Find a regular job doing just that and you'll be set for life.

How do you view success:

You are afraid of failure and scared to have a go at the career you would like to have in case you don't succeed. Don't give up when you haven't yet even started! Be courageous.

What are you most afraid of:

You are afraid of things that you cannot control. Sometimes you show your anger to cover up how you feel.

Who is your true self:

You are mature, reasonable, honest and give good advice. People ask for your comments on all sorts of different issues. Sometimes you might find yourself in a dilemma when trapped with a problem, which your heart rather than your head needs to solve.

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I don't know if this quiz would really give the correct results to all people but in my case it really is true. SO perhaps this quiz will make you know me better.

Tula: “Pag-uusap sa Hardin”

2011-05-08T14:16:00.001+08:00

Sa totoo lang ay hindi ko talaga alam kung ano ang gagawaing pamagat para dito. Suggestions nga. Basta yan muna title ko ngayon. hehe.
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“Pag-uusap sa Hardin”

ni Welliberneil Kristian F. Gubat a.k.a. Kristian

Sa isang lupain, may isang bahay na bukod-tangi

‘Pagkat sa likod nito’y ‘sang harding napakalaki

At sa harding ito’y nakatanim mga bulaklak,

Makukulay, mababango’t magagandang bulaklak.

Minsan ay nagkaroon ng diskusyonan sa hardin

Ang nasabing mga mahahalimuyak na tanim.

Bagama’t ang mga ito’y di pa namumukadkad,

Mga ambisyon at pangarap kan’lang inilahad.

“Pamumukadkad ko ang aking pinakahihintay,”

Pag-aasam ni Lila kanyang isinilaysay.

“Sa oras na ‘yon, nais ko sanang ako’y makita

Ng ‘sang dalagang may natatanging yumi at ganda.

“Sa mahaba n’yang buhok ako’y kanyang ilalagay

‘Pagkat ang ganda ko’y sa tulad lang n’ya nababagay.

Sa aking mga talulot na lila ang s’yang kulay,

Tiyak na maaakit lahat sa karik’tan kong taglay.”

“Ang ‘yong pinapangarap ay walang katiyakan

‘Pagkat lamang sa ‘yo ang aking kahalimuyakan,”

Pagyayabang ni Pula na may dalang pang-iinis.

“Di hamak na ako dito ang pinakamakinis.

“Tiyak na ako’y aasamin ng mga binata

Dahil ang samyo ko’y natatangi at naaiba.

Kapag ako ay ibinigay sa isang dalaga,

Siguradong mapapasagot ito ng binata.”

“Ang bababaw naman ng inyong ninanais,”

Sabi ni Dilaw, ang may balat na walang kawangis.

“Ako? Gusto ko na kapag ako’y namukadkad na,

Ilalagay ako ng may-ari sa kanyang sala.

“Tatayo ako sa isang mamahaling plorera

At ipapamalas ko ang aking naiibang ganda.

Ako’y natatangi ‘pagka’t kulay ko’y maliwanag,

Higit na kaakit-akit sa sinupamang dilag.”

Nagkagulo ang sari-saring kulay ng bulaklak,

Nagpayabangan sila at ayaw pang magpasindak.

Kanya-kanya ang mga ito sa paghahambugan

Ngunit si Puti’y tahimik sa isang kasulokan.

‘Di n’ya inalintana ang kanilang kapalaluan

‘Pagkat ‘di n’ya maintindihan ang kan’lang alitan.

Hindi naglaon ay napansin din nila si Puti

Kaya’t s’ya’y tinanong nila kung anong masasabi.

“Ikaw Puti, ano ba ano ba ang iyong pinapangarap?”

Tanong ni Kahel.“Ano nga ba ang nais mong maganap?

Ibig mo bang ikaw ay kunin ng isang dalaga?

O hindi kaya ng isang matikas na binata?”

Ani naman ni Bughaw, “Marahil ‘di n’ya ‘yan nasa.

Baka mithi n’yang malagay sa paso o plorera

At s’yang magiging sentro ng atensyon at atraksyon

Kung saan lahat ng tingin sa kanya nakatuon.”

“Hindi,” sagot ni Puti. “ ’Di ko iyan inaasam.

Ayoko sanang lisan ang lupa kong kinalagyan.”

Dahil sa sinabi n’ya, sya’y pinagtawanan

Walang tigil ang kan’lang pagkutya at pag-uyam.

Ngunit si Puti ay muli na namang nagsalita

“ ‘Di ko nais na iwan ang kinatirikang lupa.

Sa oras na mamukadkad ang talulot kong puti,

Itataas ko ang aking dahon sa pagbubunyi.

“Itataas ko ito at titignan ang langit,

Mag-aalay ako ng pasasalamat na awit

At sa Poong Maykapal ako ay mananalangin

Dahil sa magandang bukas na binigay sa akin.

“Wala na akong iba pang ninanais, iyon lang

Kung kaya’t ako sana’y inyong mainitindihan

Kung bakit mas nais ko pang dito ay magpaiwan.

‘Yun ay dahil buhay ko’y sa Kanya ko inilaan.”

Bigla-bigla ay nagkaroon ng katahimikan

Nagsitigil na sila sa kanilang halakhakan

At pinagtantuhan ang mga sinabi ni Puti

Kung ito ba ay walang saysay o mayroong silbi.

-xxx-

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P.S. Sadya kong ginawang kulay nalang ang pangalan ng mga bulaklak kasi wala talaga akong masyadong alam na bulaklak na tagalog. Tsaka, baka magkaroon pa ng floral discrimination. lol.

Imong Mama!

2011-05-08T11:00:00.000+08:00

Ang titulo ay ang Bisaya sa katagang "Iyong Mama!" o "Mama mo!" Ito ay hango sa isang expreksiyon na sikat dito sa Negros (at siguro sa Cebu at sa iba pang lugar na Bisaya ang pananalita). Ang tantya ko ay nagmula ito sa Ingles na ekspresiyon na "YO MAMA..." at mukhang sa gaming world ito nagsimula.

Halimbawa sa pagkakagamit:

Guy: Gwapa kaayu ka! (Ang ganda mo!)
Girl: Imong mama gwapa! (Nanay mo maganda!)

isa pa:

Guy1: Outing ta guys! (Outing tayo guys!)
Guy2: Imong mama outing!

ang panangga ko diyan ay eto:

Ako: Cute lage ng picture! (Cute yang picture na yan!)
Friend: Imong mama cute! (Nanay mo cute!)
A: Bitaw, mao ganeng cute pud ko. Palag? (Oo nga, kaya nga cute din ako. Oh ano? [*palag* ay isang paghahamon sa kausap])
F: Imong mama palag! (Nanay mo "di-ko-alam-tagalog-niyan"!)
A: Imong silingan! (Kapitbahay niyo!)
F: Imong yaan! (Tiyahin mo!)
A: Imong igsuon, imong iro, imrong iring, imong parente, imong katigulangan, imong sumusunod!!! (Kapatid mo, aso mo, pusa mo, kaanak mo, ninuno mo, mga anak ng anak mo!)

eh pa'no kung ganito na?

Person1: Wrong grammar man na! Stupid! (Wrong grammar yan uy! Stupid!)
Person2: IMONG MAMA STUPID! (Nanay mo estupida!)

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Diba nakakasakit ng damdamin yan? Yung isang away eh dinadamay mo pa ang ibang taong di naman kasali sa usapan. Sa huli kong haimbawa, ang alam ko eh medyo naging totohanan nga away ng dalwang taong iyan. Ang naaalala ko si Person 1 ay nagreply ng isang nosbleed na English statement kay Person 2 na hindi naman kilala ni Person2 ang nanay ni Person1 kaya wala siyang karapatang sabihin iyon.

Ang sa akin lang ay sana maisip lang ng mga tao ang paggamit sa ekspresiyong ito kung may masasaktan ba sila. Ang pag-usbong ng mga ekspresiyon ay hindi mapipigilan ng tao, ito ay bahagi sa pag-unlad ng isang wika. Ang sa akin lang ay sana gamitin ito ng tama. (May tama ba sa pagjojoke?) Ang sa akin lang ay isipin muna ang pagkakagamit sa salita at kug bakit nila ito ginagamit at hindi lang dahil sa sila ay nakikibagay sa uso ng panahon.

Ang sa akin lang ay sana bago nila isipin sambitin ang ekspresiyong ito ay maalala nila ang isang taong nagluwal sa kanila sa mundong kinalagyan natin ngayon.

Isang paaalala na di dapat balewalain ang mga nanay. Happy Mothers' Day sa lahat ng Nanay!

"For You Mom" background

2011-05-08T10:00:00.000+08:00

First and foremost, happy mothers' day to all mothers!

Just last night, I was quite busy arranging some things in my room. I read one of my high school poems dedicated to my mother [link]. Just then I realized that I have made another poem for my mother, and perhaps a better one.

I wrote it during my junior year in high school when our teacher in English told us to make a card. I could not really remember what the theme of our card should be (perhaps, a love card) but I'm certain that it's not for Mothers' Day because as you know Mothers' Day is on May and I'm pretty sure we don't have classes anymore by that time.

Anyway, I found this card although it's sort of destroyed. I think I tried to edit it.

Picture above, the sort of "ruined" stuff

The one written in the front:

"She gave you birth

And so to live on earth...

...She never did rest

just to give you the best."

Yes, yes, it's not that nice but who cares? I did my best doing that. In fact, I put heart2x stuffs in it because my teacher is female and I hoped that the heart2x and all the design would impress her. After all, I really have to do my best in impressing her because I passed it late. (Don't follow kids. It's not really good to impress.)

Above, as magnified(?), signifies of what a punctual guy I am

In case you could not see it clearly, my teacher gave me a rating of 89% Late. Below the I Love You thingy is my letter for my mom. On th very inside of the card is a 8-stanza poem for my mom. As expected, people commented that it was a song. All right, all right! Guys, it's not a song, really! But, I just got the idea of the first line from the Spice Girls song "Mama."

If you want to read the poem, it's in here. And here's another poem dedicated for my mom, too.
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Poem: "For You Mom"

2011-05-08T09:00:00.004+08:00

Here's another poem for my mom I did way back 2007 I think.
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"For You Mom"

She used to be my very foe

And I think she already know

Since when I was a lad

And when I used to be so bad.

But she's still my very friend

Who's always been there 'til the end,

Who helps and encourages me

To be what I should be.

The one who's always at my side

To light my way and be my guide

For my future to be so bright

And not so dim just like the night.

She's for me the best mother

Who also stands to be my father,

Who helps me rise from the mud

And shed my skin out from the bud.

My heart says, "Thanks to you."

Your love makes me to be with you too

The love you gave to make me grow

To make me high and not so low.

Thank you so much mom for letting me sing and not just hum,

Th melody of love you made me hear

To praise God so I won't fear.

Having you is what I'm thankful for

Where I've got many places to soar,

Where the rainbow of colors fill my earth

Ever since my journey hat began at birth.

Thank you very much

For being my mother so such,

And without your needed presence,

My life would be nothing but no essence.

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Just like this other poem dedicated for my mom, this one is also made in haste. You could see that it was really made under pressure because the poem keeps on jumping from one emotion to another. But, whatever, I don't care, at least in this part what I did was "expression" and not just "impression" like the card where this poem is inscribed.

Poem: "Mama, Thank You"

2011-05-08T08:00:00.000+08:00

In remembrance of our mothers, here's a poem I will share to you.
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"Mom, Thank You"

Mom, thank you for giving me your love

And for teaching me to praise the One Above.

Mom, thanks for providing me your tender care

And for the good traits that you've come to share.

Mother, thank you for being a friend of mine

And for guiding me closer to Thine.

Mother, thanks for yielding me what I need

And for telling me to follow before I lead.

Mom, thank you for being a tutor to me

And for leading me to God, the Almighty.

Mom, thanks for always being here

At times when I need your arms so dear.

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I made this in my freshmen year in Dumaguete Science High School. Honestly, in my opinion, the poem looks as if it's written by a 5-year old kid and not by a 13-year old guy. haha. I'll just leave that impression. After all, I wrote that in a haste because we were required to write 7 poems (of different themes/dedication: to my "love", mother, father, bestfriend, school, God and teachers) as part of the requirements in our English class.

By the way, if you did not notice I used acrostic. It used to be my style back in high school days. In this case, I used "MAMA", wherein the first letters of ever line would form that word.

P.S. Praise me now for being able to enter the prestigious high school (it's a SCIENCE HIGH SCHOOL kaya) but before you do I'd tell you that I just took my first year there because I was a coward. haha

Usapang Love

2011-05-07T09:00:00.000+08:00

Nagkaroon kami ng pag-uusap sa katabi na kaklase kong babae (na itatago na sa pangalang Lady) sa HIST 41. Medyo natatawa lang ako sa aming pinag-usapan kaya i-she-share ko na lang.
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Mga alas dose ng hapon nun tapos sai ni Sir Jomy na "I will give you a short break." Extended kasi class namin para wala kaming pasok pagka-Sabado.

Noong mga time na yun, syempre ano pa ba ang ginagawa ko? Eh di ang suminghot sa amoy ng pagkaing dala ng kaklase kong may lahing Aleman (na babae din). Gutom na gutom na rin kasi ako tapos nagdala pa siya ng food. Shet! Amoy na amoy ko pa ang food.

Anyways, bago tayo mapuosnta sa pagka-far out, habang binabasa kunwa;y ko ang pinakamamahal na Noli Me Tangere ni Jose Rizal ay narinig kong nag-uusap yung kaklase kong half-German, yung lalakeng Koreano sa ikod namin at yung isang pinoy na tokayo ko. Nag-uusap sila sa bf/gf tapos may sinabi si German girl na medyo di ko narinig. Sabi ng katabi ko sabi daw ni German girl ay "once pa lang daw siya nagkaroon ng boypren." Medyo di ako makapaniwala pero bago ako magkaroon ng chance na sabihan si German girl nang "Weh? Di nga?"ay may itinanong sa ain si Lady na siyang nagpatindig ng balahibo ko.

Lady: Ikaw, nagka-gf ka na?

Ako: *smile2x lang*

Lady: May gf ka na? As in? Hindi mo pa na-try?

Ako: It failed. (with sad puppy eyes kuno)

Lady: (tumawa-tawa pa) Haha. (nakalimutan ko kung ano sinabi niya. lol basta ito ata sunod niyang sinabi--->) Ayeeeh!

Ako: Wala. Wala lang yun. Di naman naging kami. High school ek-ek lang yun. Joke2x lang. May something pero basta loooooooong story.

Lady: eh pero namang iba na nahihirapan talaga. May iba nga na nagpapakamatay nang dahil sa pag-ibig.

Ako: Ses! Bakit naman? Pag-ibig2x na yan. Andami kayang mga isda sa dagat.

Lady: Madami nga pero hindi naman sa 'yo.

Ako: Alam mo, mas madaling hulihin ng mga nasa lambat na, yung mga nakatali na. Pareho sa manok, madali lang kunin ang manok pag ito'y nakatali pero pag ito'y hindi nakatali mahihirapan ka sa pagkuha nito.

Lady: Haha. Oo nga no. Bakit kaya ganun? Sabi nila ganoon talaga.

Ako: May nakapagsabi sa akin na madali daw hulihin ang mga nakatali kesa sa mga hindi kesa sa mga hindi kasi sila ay medyo hindi sanay na nag-iisa. (Ang ibig kong sabihin sa "nakatali" ay yung may bg/gf na o di kaya'y mga taong nagkaroon ng relasyon sa mahabang panahon) Yung mga nakatali 'pag nagkaroon ng di pagkakaunwaan sa boypren/girlpren o di kaya'y mahihiwalay nito, maghahanap daw ito ng pagbabalingan ng lungkot. Hindi ito sanay daw na maging mag-isa kasi nakatali nga sila. Kapag humina ang tali maghahanap sila ng ibang tatali sa kanila. Ewan pero iyon ang sabi nila.

Lady: Wow! Eksperto ka pala!
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Naks! Naniwala naman. Pero sa totoo lang hindi ko alam kung totoo iyan. May nakapagsbai lang sa akin niyan. Tapos, hindi ko naman alam iyon kasi wala pa nga eh! Siguro, aplikabol ito pero di siguro sa lahat. Posible din naman kasi na mas mahirap hulihin ang nakatali kasi may nagmamay-ari na.

From the Shelf: "Kane Chronicles: The Red Pyramid" by Rick Riordan

2011-05-06T15:02:00.006+08:00

"Kane Chronicles: The Red Pyramid"
by Rick Riordan

"Kane Chronicles: The Red Pyramid" by Rick Riordan [image source]

DATE & TIME FINISHED READING:
05-06-11; 2:08 AM (GMT/UTC +8.00)

-Whoah! you should have seen my face while I was reading this book. Ok I did not mean that. Thank God you were not there while I was reading this one. You could have perhaps perceived that instead of spending my time in front of the laptop I should have spent my time inside an asylum. The euophoria in me is so extreme that I sometimes i felt like my mind had gone haywire.

Well, you can't blame me. I've always loved books and I've always loved mythology and Rick Riordan is also one of my favorite writers in this generation.

Just for starters, "The Red Pyramid" features Egyptian mythology (just as Percy Jackson and the Olympians is to Greek mythology). Don't ask me if that thing up there is the pyramid because it doesn't seem to me like it is. Of course, those two kids in the cover are the protagonists needless to say.

Unlike Riordan's earlier mythology-tied books (Percy Jackson series features Greek while Heroes of Olympus is mostly Roman), the characters in the book are not demigods. Instead they were called godlings, not sons or daughters of some god/goddess but a host of the god/goddess. Yes you heard it right. It's kind of more creepy right? Anyway I find that way more fit because the Egyptian deities were pursued by Egyptian magicians (the other way round in Percy Jackson).

Just to give some kind of clue or hint or spoiler or whatever, there were twists of course. So that I will not be much of a spoiler while giving some hints, I will have it this way. One twist is that the enemy turns out to be another entity. There is also an unexpected enemy which also turned out to be the real villain in the story. That's double meant. It's quite easy to discover in the first half of the story of who the first enemy is. The second enemy will be revealed though in the last part of the book. Another twist is that the protagonists will receive help from an unexpected entity and the help will be through anotherunexpected entity too.

Okay, so much for hints. Maybe you would find out them first before I did. Oh my, I'd love to get hold of the sequel "The Throne of Fire!" I think I should visit my favorite yet far bookstore now. lol

NUMBER OF PAGES: 385
NUMBER OF CHAPTERS: 41

MY RATING: 10 of 10 stars!

Chocolate Scandal

2011-05-05T20:35:00.002+08:00

I got this text message from a friend and because I feel like it, I posted it here. I kind of edited for grammatical stuffs. Here it goes:

"One day, MR. CADBURY met HERSHEYS.

They exchanged HUGS&KISSES

and he puts his BUTTERFINGER

in her MILKYWAY.

They were on CLOUD 9.

Then his TOOTSIE ROLL

fired with a BIG BANG!

Result?!

BABYRUTH!!!!"

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Oh well, I was laughing when i read this even if in reality I don't recognize and have not eaten some of the said chocolates.

Seems like that message is for those who have some fetish for chocolate. I think that is a bad idea or else you might turn into like this:

Take note: You are a chocolate. They will not just lick you. They will eat you until you cease to exist! [from here]

A chocolate human. That's absurd. With no offense but I really find that Axe Chocolate commercial sort of disturbing. If women will perceive you as a chocolate (as implied in the ad or maybe not), just think of what you would do if you have a bunch of chocolates in your fridge.

Perhaps like this. [Image from amazing artist Terry Border [here]

Good day!

Happy Birthday, Rico de Buco!

2011-05-05T18:45:00.000+08:00

Belated pala. Kahit na late na, eh ipo-post ko pa rin ito. Medyo busy kasi ako last week kaya di ko na=email to, tapos di pa ako marunong mag-edit gamit yang Adobe Ps na yan.

Dahil di ako nakapag-email ay dito ko isisigw ang aking greeting. Naks! haha. MALIGAYANG KAARAWAN SA 'YO! Ang imahe sa ibaba ay isang ambigram na ginawa ko para sa 'yo.

"Rico de Buco" talaga ang dapat basa niyan kahit na baliktarin mo pa iyan sa 180 degrees. Way nang intindihin ang makulit na guhit sa ibabaw ng "O." Mahirap kayang gawing "R" o "B" ang "O." haha

Ang ambigram pala ay isang disenyo ng mga salita na pwedeng mabasa sa dalawa o higit pang paraan. Sa kasong ito, ito ay isang 180 digri rotational ambigram.

O basta, happy birthday ulit. Sana mapansin mo yung comment ko sa bday post mo.

P.S. Ito ang first time na gumawa ako ng art(art ba ito?) para sa kaarawan ng isang blogger. Sa ibang bloggers na magbibirthday pa, gagawan ko rin kayo (basta't nasa blogroll kita). Wag lang umasa ng maganda. haha. lol

MKnmT: Matuto ng Wildlife with Sir Army

2011-05-04T17:20:00.001+08:00

Hay naku! Ewan ko ba kung ano ang naisip ni Sir Army at bigla-bigla namang nalihis ang aming diskusyon sa Wildlife. Eh, hindi naman Biology class namin, Philosophy lang naman and PHILO 31 - Introduction to Logic to be exact. Nakalimutan ko na kung papaano siya napunta sa uspang ito. Basta, basta magbasa nalang kayo. Mahirap ding alalahanin yung mga naganap ha kung di mo nasulat sa handy dandy notebook. haha

Oo na, balik tayo sa original purpose ng post na 'to.

Kwentuhang Aso't Pusa

Sir Army: Class, sino ba dito ang mahilig sa animals? Who wants to have dogs as pets?

(nagsitaasan sa kanilang mga kamay ang mga di inaantok na students, syempre di ko itinaas ang kamay ko kasi wala lang, di ko feel kahit na may pet dog din kami)

Sir Army: You know what class, I don't like dogs. I never liked dogs. They are man's best friend pero sila din ang most romantic animals.

(syempre malalaki na ang ngisi ng mga kalalakihan, alam niyo na kung bakit)

Sir Army: They are very romantic animals. They "DO" it everywhere. Kahit na sa daan, pupwesto na yan. Ang babastos nila. Buti pa yung cats.

Ako at isang babaeng classmate ko: Pero sir, maingay din naman sila eh.

Sir Army: Pero nagbibigay sila ng warning.

(Padadaliin ko na lang kasi di ko feel maglagay ng SFX dito although mas epektib pag may sound effects)

Sir Army: Yung babaeng cat ang unang nagma-meow. Alam niyo anong sabi niya? Sabi niya, "Now! Now! Now!" Alam niyo kung anong sagot ng lalakeng cat? Sabi ng lalake, "Morrow! Morrow! Morrow!"

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Hay naku. Eto muna post ko. Masyado akong stressed ngayon (weh?). Test pa naman namin ni Sir Army bukas. And ispeking of dat, hindi pa pala ako nakapag-aral. Oh yes.

MKnmT: Si Sir Jomy at ang mga salitang magkaiba ng depinisyon

2011-05-01T23:49:00.002+08:00

Pers and pormost, ang ibig sabihin ng MKnmT ay Mga Kwento ng mga Titser. Inacronym ko lang kasi medyo mahaba na ang title tsaka medyo kakaamad magtype. haha. Batugan talaga no?

Isa pa pala na dapat ay nasa pers and pormost ko. Paumanhin kasi natagalan ang next post ko. Sabi ko pa nung preceding post nito ay magpopost ako last week pero di ko nagawa kasi inaayos pa ang laptop. Tsaka pati connection din sira. Syet.

BABALA(?): Ang susunod ay medyo hindi angkop sa mga batang mambabasa at musmos pa ang isip. Ikaw na bahala kung kailangan mo ba ng patnubay ng iyong mga magulang. Naks!

Anyways, nung isang araw (Actually matagal na kasi. Ngayon ko lang nablog) sa aming HIST 41 class ay nabaling ang usapan ni Sir Jomy sa mga salitang Tagalog (o ng ibang dayalaketo) na 'pag isinalin mo sa ibang dayalekto ay iba ang kahulugan, minsan bastos pa.

Ilan lang sa mga ito na aking naalalang isnamit ni Sir ay ang:

IGAT
Sa Tagalog: palos; in English, "eel"
Sa Bisaya: malandi, flirt

Ex:
Tagalog: Nakahuli kami ng isang IGAT.
Bisaya: Nasakpan nako akong uyab nga nag-inIGAT. (Nahuli ko ang syota kong naglalandi.)

Dito nagsimula ang topic na ito. Nang dahil sa akda ni M. H. del Pilar nung panahon mga Kastila na "Kaiigat Kayo." Ito ay isang parody version at isang pagdepensa kay Rizal laban sa akdang "Kaiingat Kayo" (na naninira kay Rizal). Pwede rin namang "palos" ang ibig sabihin ni del Pilar pero mas likely na yung Bisaya kasi naman halos lahat ng akda ni del Pilar ay Bisaya.

KONYO
Sa Tagalog: lumaking mayaman
Sa ibang dayalekto (na di ko na maalala): female organ daw

Kung kaya't disturbing daw yung campaign jingle ni Manny V. last election.

"Kala mo KONYO, yun pala laking Tondo."

BOTO
Sa Tagalog: "vote"
Sa Hiligaynon(?): male organ na naman daw

Ex:
Tagalog:"BOTO mo ipatrol mo!"

LAGAY
Sa Tagalog: suhol, o "bribe" in English; "estado" (i.e. lagay na panahon);
Sa Cebuano/Bisaya: male organ (na naman!)

Ex:
Tagalog: (as provided by Sir Jomy) Si Gloria daw nangangampanya sa Cebu tapos sabi niya, "Kung ako'y ibobot niyo, puputulin ko ang LAGAY".
Bisaya: Bana'g asawa gaaway. Ingon ang asawa, "Kung dili ka muhunong sa imong pamayi, putlong nako ng imong *YOUKNOWNA*!" (Mag-asawa nag-aaway. Sabi ng babae, "Kung hindi ka titigil sa iyong pambabababae, puputulin ko ang uyong pagkalalaki!")

PITOL
Sa Bisaya: i-discipline (di ako sure dito kasi ngayon ko lang to narinig pero ito ang most likely na meaning)
Sa ibang dayalekto (na nakalimutan ko kung ano): ang pangyayari (haha. alam mo na yun!)

Ex:
Bisaya: Bulyagon kaayo ng bataa na, i-PITOL kuno na! (Ang salbahe ng batang iyan, i-disiplina mo nga!)

*Sa ibang dayalekto ay kapag sinabi mo ito ay para kang isang pedophile. haha

KADYOT
Sa Tagalog: to copulate (in English)
Sa Bisaya: "a moment", hintay

Ex:
(wala akong ma-halimbawa sa Tagalog kasi ngayon ko lan to narinig at di ko alam kung ano ang tamang unlapi)
Bisaya: KADYOT sa gud! (Hintay ka nga muna./ A moment please.)

LIBOG
Sa Tagalog: horny (in English? tama ba?)
Sa Bisaya: naguluhan, confused

Ex:
Tagalog: NakakaLIBOG ka!
Bisaya: MakaLIBOG ka! (Naguguluhan ako sa 'yo!)

At bilang panapos ay ibabahagi ko ang isang babala na sinabi ni Sir Jomy sa amin. Wag na wag daw naming sambitin ang nasa sumusunod kung ang kausap namin ay Tagalog:

"Kadyot sa, nalibog ko." (Mamaya na, naguguluhan pa ako.)

hahai. Mga ninuno talaga natin.

Paumanhin

2011-04-16T10:29:00.001+08:00

Paumanhin kung mayroon mang bumisiti sa bog ko at nagtaka kung bakit di kayo maka-view o maka-comment sa posts ko. Eto lang po ay dahil sa Under Construction po ang blog ko. charot. Para namang may naiba.

Isa pang paumanhin. Sana makita niyo kung asan nakalagay ang Post comment. Inaamin kong wala talaga akong kaalam-alam sa Javascript. C++ siguro,oo. Malayo pala ang dalawa. haha. Isa pa kung saka-sakling magustuhan ninyo at ako'y inyong papurihan, sasabihin ko na sa inyo kaagad na ang template na ginamit ko ngayon ay na-DL ko lamang sa isang site at di ko po ito gawa. Dahil di rin naman sa akin mula ang template, wag na rin kayong mangutya. Lol. Uy, kung mangkukutya kayo yung constructive naman para naman medyo buong-buo pa ang self-esteem ko.

Di bale nalang magpopost na ako ng medyo may halaga next next week. Next next week kasi pagninilayan ko muna ang aking mga kasalanan. Naks naman! Seryoso, laylow muna ako next week. Semana Santa naman eh. Bigyan naman natin ng panahon kahit isang linggo lang pero mas mabuti pa rin kung taun-taon. Babye muna. :D

Wala ng Pag-asa

2011-04-15T15:29:00.007+08:00

(sa hapag-kainan, kumakain kami ng almusal...)

Sinabi ko sa nanay ko at sa ate ko (Kami lang tatlo kasi nasa ibang bansa sa Daddy) ang sabi sa amin ng aming HIST 41 titser na di lahat ng matataas na grado ng ating pambansang bayani na si Rizal ay ating ike-credit sa kanya. May sistema daw kasi doon sa Escuela Pia (translation: Charity School, school for boys...ang Ateneo noon na ngayon ay matatawag na school for rich people. haha) na tinatawag na Ratio something. Sa pamamaraang ito daw kasi ay kung makakakuha ng bagsak na grado ang estudyante ay responsibilidad pa raw ng guro na gawin ang lahat2x para makapasa ang estudyante. Maaari rin daw na isa ito sa dahilan kung kaya't LAHAT (tama, lahat!!!) ng grado na nakuha na Pepe sa buong pag-aaral niya sa Ateneo ng A.B ay Sobresaliente (trans: EXCELLENT!), ang pinakamataas na marka.

Pagkatapos ng pagkatapos kong magsalita nito ay nagsalita na rin sa Mother.

Nanay: Nak, napansin ko mababa pala grades mo sa iyong Engineering subjects.

Ako: Kebs. Tinignan mo pala Student Handbook ko sa kwarto?

(*Student Handbook- dito nakalagay grades namin)

Nanay: Oo, halos 2 point something lang ata grades mo.
(*2.0 ay passing grade sa aming Engineering students with 4.0 as highest, 1.0 as lowest, F as FAILED...)

Ako: Kebs. Aanhin ko ang malaking grado eh di naman ako magiging honor student?

(*3.25-3.49 ang dapat makuhang QPA para maging Class Honor, 3.5-4.0 for College Honor)

Nanay: Malay mo. Malay mo mabago na sistema sa skul niyo at pwede ka ng maging honor student?
(*nakakuha kasi ako ng F sa isa sa aming subjects nung 1st yr 2nd sem ko. Naging regular student ako uli kasi nag-summer class ako tapos ang nakakatuwa ay ang nakuha kong grade sa summer class na yon ay 3.0, malayong-malayo sa F..haha)

Ako: Adah. Malapit naman akong maging honor nung 1st yr kaso .01 nalang kulang. hehe.

(*nung 1st yr ako ang nakuha kong QPA ay 3.24545. Kainis no pero wala akong magagawa, di naman pwedeng i round off yun)

Nanay: Nak, baka special case yung sa 'yo.

Ako: Mi, kahit na marami tayong kakilala sa school ay wala tayong magagawa. Kung kailangang mabago ay kailangan pa nating kumuha ng abogado gaya na lang nung isang Law student na di makapasa kasi may 1.9 siya na grade.Kailangan ko pang i-prove sa korte kung gaano ka bobo ang titser naming iyon (yung nagbigay sa akin ng mahiwagang F), na di siya mapagkakatiwalaan bilang titser, na siguro ay nasa menopausal stage siya nung time na nagtuturo siya sa amin at kaya lagi siyang bugnutin kung magturo. Kailangang pang patunayan na teacher factor talag yon. Kailangan ko pa sigurong i-consider ang mga sumunod na students at kung marami din ba silang bagsak.

(*sa time ko ay halos lahat kami ay bagsak sa subject na yon. mabibilang lang ng isang grade 1 student sa kanyang maliliit na kamay ang mga mag-aaral na nakapasa. Ang isang seksyon nga nung Summer class ay hinahati kami sa dalawa pag-tests kasi punong-punon ang room ng 60+ students.)

Tsaka, malaking gastos din yon.

Nanay: Eh di kukuha tayo ng abogado. Nak, kahit na regalo mo na sa akin ang malalaki mong grado.
(Kung makapagsalita sa mother dear ay parang madali lang ha..haha)

Ako: Nay, wala namang dahilan kasi di ako nai-inspired. Sa susunod nalang nay, sa susunod kong course.
(nakangiti pa ang loko. :D)

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Malaki na talaga ang pinagbago ko. Noon kasi ay masyadong positibo ang pananaw ko sa mundo kahit na minsan ay nagkanda-leche leche na ang buhay, kahit na may mga epal pa akong titser. Ngayon iba na. Hindi ko na feel ang magpursige. Noon, gustong-gusto kong makuha ang matamis na 4.0 pero ngayon di na masyado. Gusto ko pa rin naman ng 4.0 pero di na ako nagpupursige pang makuha iyon. Kahit na lahat pa ng marka kong makukuha sa mga susunod na taon ay 4.0, di pa rin ako kasi kwalipikadong maging honor student kasi may mantsa na ako ng F.

Alam kong may kasalanan din ako. Di ko dapat ibunton ang lahat sa aming guro. Dapat din kasi sa simula pa lang na nararamdaman na namin na medyo "what you see in the board is what she reads" ang sistema ni ma'am ay dapat nagreklamo na kami kaagad. Siguro nasolusyunan iyon at baka nagabago siya at posibleng pati grades namin. Pero lahat ng iyon ay di namin ginawa. Nagnap na ang dapat maganap. *sigh*

Noon ang aim ko ay 4.0 pero ngayon 2.0 nalang. Yun na ang lagi kong sinasabi tapos ng exam: ang "bahala na basta makapasa lang ako." :(

(ang kyut pala ng sad face pag naka-italics noh? haha)

My subconscious is trying to tell me something

2011-04-14T22:39:00.000+08:00

I don't really have plans on making a post today but something happened which moved to do otherwise.

I had this awful dream. I won't know discuss it anymore of how the story went. The only thing thing I felt strange about this dream is that I felt there is something my subconscious is telling me. I don't know why but this is perhaps the very first time that I felt this. By the time I woke up, I immediately had the feeling that i have to remember that dream. Even if I felt so weak after waking up and have to eat supper already, I managed myself to get my handy dandy notebook to write the last remnants of my memory of that dream. I did it faster for fear that I may lose it.

I don't know why this happened. I have never been this paranoid. There really is something my subconscious is trying to tell me. Oh crap! I wish the world of "Inception" is true.

I can't believe I'ms so paranoid. Please bear with me. I just felt the need to express this eerie feeling. I don't think I can concentrate for tomorrow's exam. Now I'm so sure my test tomorrow would be so epic and so shall be my answers.

Ako na ang Mayabang!

2011-04-13T16:53:00.000+08:00

Alam mo yung feeling na parang gusto mong lamuni ka ng lupa? 'Yan ang naramdaman ko kanina. Pootek! Kala ko exaggeration lang yung ganitong expression, di pala. Pootek!

Bakit nga ba? Eh kasi, na-perfect ko lang naman ang unang test namin sa HIST 41, tapos inanunsyo pa ni Sir Jomy ang iskor ko. YOY? yung iba di naman niya inanunsyo eh. Di ko feel ang maging sikat ngayon ah lalo pa't wala akong masyadong kilala sa mga kaklase ko. Tapos kung may kakilala man ako, maliban sa sila'y mabibilang lang sa aking mga daliri ay ay ay layo pa nila. Wala akong pwedeng pagbubuntunan ng aking humble effect. Panay talaga ang pagyuko ko nung time na yon. Feel ko kasi parang nagba-blush ako.

Sa totoo lang, habang nag-aaral(?) ako ay di ko expected na perfect yung iskor. Palibhasa ay di naman talaga ako nag-aral (YABANG!). Pramis. Di ko kasi matatawag na pag-aaral yung konting pagbabasa lang sa notes at yung mala-cramming istayl pa. Istinatus ko pa sa aking peysbuk na di ako nakapag-aral kasi di nga naman talaga ako nag-aral. Panay pa nga laro ko nung "Word Challenge" na app sa facebook. Naiinis talaga ako kasi di ko makuha-kuha yung top 1 na iskor. haha.

At dahil nasimulan ko na ang pagyayabang, gagawin ko nalang na tuloy-tuloy para maging isang bagsakan na. Kakapalan ko na ang helmet ko. Ito ang mga bagay na aking maipagyayabang:

1. Marunong akong mag-Ingles, mag-Tagalog at mag-Bisaya. Di niyo rin naitatanong ay marunong din akong magsalita ng salitang SPANISH, PORTUGUESE, FRENCH, GREEK, LATIN, ITALIAN, HEBREW, ARABIC, at ALIBATA kahit na nakapikit pa ang aking sandaang mata. Chos! Actually, ginawa ko na nga. Kayo rin, sabayan niyo ako. Sabay-sabay nating sabihin ang salitang SPANISH, PORTUGUESE, FRENCH, GREEK, LATIN, ITALIAN, HEBREW, ARABIC, at ALIBATA. Oh diba. Ayos na! haha

2. Marunong din akong magbilang ng sa ibang linggwahe o diyalekto (maliban sa BISAYA, ENGLISH, at TAGALOG) tulad ng SPANISH, ARABIC, GREEK, FRENCH, JAPANESE, at higit sa lahat sa ASL (American Sign Language). Opcors bogus naman ito. Pero sa totoo kaya ay kaya ko talaga ko basta't may kopya lang. haha

3. Letche. Wala na pala akong maisip na maipagyabang. May ma-ipost lang. haha

Maiba tayo. Malayo na ba ang matatawag kung ang nilakad mo ay 900 steps?Opo, binilang ko talaga dahil masyadong boring na ang aking paglalakad at masyadong mainit ang lakaran mula sa unibersidad patungo sa Cang's (isang shopping center dito sa Dumaguete. Di naman yun ang pinakamalapit pero gusto ko lang pumunta doon dahil mag-iilang buwan na rin mula ng ma-open yun at pers taym ko yung kanina. Ganyan ako ka-kuripot. Sinubukan ko talaga kung gaano ba kalayo yun. Pootek! Layo pala pero di ko masyadong care ang distance, ang nakakainis ay ang init. As in sa pagka-super init ay bawat patak ng pawis ko ay natutuyo din. Charot. Oops. Marunong ka bang mag-Math? Yun palang 900 ay tayms 2 kasi bumalik ako sa school. haha.

Anyways, para namang walang masyadong bago dun. hehe. Di ko naman kasi punutahan yung food court. Mahirap na at malapit jan ang tentaciónes. Kainis na naman kasi walang English version ng Noli at ng El Fili doon kung kaya't ito nalang binili ko:

Sori. Wala palang picture. Ang space na yon ay para talag sa picture. Nag-inarte ang cam ko kaya ganun. Ang binili ko pala ay isang pad paper (kailangan yun!), isang set ng filler notebooks, Sudoku Hard Round book, Pocket notebook at isang parang sketch pad na walang spring. Parang useless din ah, notebook at pad paper lang importante doon. Yung sudoku pampalipas-oras lang yon. Tapos, yung pocket notebook, dun ko isinusulat ang mga latest scoop ko sa mga celebrity. Yun mala-sketch pad naman ay para sa drafts ko. Kung di niyo naitatanong eh may hilig din ako sa sining. Minsan nga lang ang sining ko ay parang hindi matatawag na sining sa iba. Maybe I'll post one this week.

Sige na bye na. Parang nag-GM lang sa cellphone noh? haha. Wag niyo na basagin ang trip ko. Gusto ko lang magpost ulit. haha

Mga Kwento ng mga Titser: Sir Jomy na naman

2011-04-11T15:22:00.002+08:00

Eto na naman ako nagbabalik. May nakapaln talaga akong ipo-post ngayon pero medyo ~~tinatamad~~ pagod ako ngayon ay ito nalang ang ipo-post ko. Halaw na naman ang mga ito sa klase namin ni Sir Jomy kanina sa aming HIST 41. Syempre, halos lahat nito ay English. Charot.

-THE GOVERNMENT-

Sir Jomy: During the 19th century, what kind of government do we have, as termed by Gregorio Zaide (author ng isang aklat)?

Estudents: FRAILOCRACY, sir.

Sir Jomy: Yes...(ellipsis nalang kasi nakalimutan ko) government mostly controlled by the friars. How does it differ from DEMOCRACY?

Estudents:DEMOCRACY is a government BY the people, FOR the people and OF the people.

Sir Jomy: Yes, it is a government BUY the people because today votes are being bought. POOR the people because the people are poor and OFF the people, ilayo na yong mga sagabal.

*Natawa ako sa joke na 'yon pero kung tutuusin ay may point din. Malala na talaga kalakaran sa pulitika dito sa bansa.

-oOo-

-STAGES OF LIFE-

Sir Jomy: Do you know, class, the 3 stages of life?

First, is what you call the Birth or the HATCHING stage, the marriage or the MATCHING STAGE ad what do you think is the last?

Estudents: Burial, sir.

Sir Jomy: Yes, burial or the DISPATCHING STAGE.

-oOo-

Hindi talaga ako mauumay dito sa class ni Sir Jomy. Lagi nalang may jokes pero medyo mabilis siya ha. Test na pala kami ngayong Miyerkules. Patay na naman 'to. Sana di ~~mag-brownout~~ mag-blackout pareha kagabi. Di tuloy ako nakapag-aral ng masyado.

Sige na. Matutulog muna ako (yun ay kung makakatulog ako). Alas tres kaya ng umaga ako nagising. Oh yes, the early worm gets to escape from the bird kasi eh. haha

From the Shelf: "Murder in the Charleston Manner" by Patricia Sprinkle

2011-04-09T21:09:00.003+08:00

"Murder in the Charleston Manner"
by Patricia Sprinkle

Image source: [here]

DATE & TIME FINISHED READING:
04-09-11; time range between 2:00 PM (GMT/UTC +8.00)

-One of the books my sis purchased at Capitol Bookstore for Php 5.00! Woot2x!

[WARNING: SPOILER COMING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!]

Anyway, this book took me a long time to finish it. At first, it's kind of boring. The first murder (why first? because there's a second!) added the thrill but it took me about twenty chapters to be really thrilled and be really encouraged to speed up my reading.

Also, this author kind of adapted Christie's style of writing. The scary(?) part of this book is that, as what is written in it's first pages, "nothing hurries...not even murder." The crimes are slow and are in series. But, detecting who the real culprit is and the one behind all the "accidents" turns out to be an easy task.

I'm not bluffing but my "deduction(?)" turned out to be correct. Determining who the murderer was, though, kind of confusing. Almost all of the characters are close to each other, not to mention that almost all of them had the opportunity, the motive, and imperfect alibis. Of course, at first everybody is suspected. Basically, I suspected the one who is probably the most likely to be suspected. Then, I narrowed it down because that person was killed and it seemed to me that the most probable suspects are gonna die soon. I became careful and suspected then 2 persons, the one least likely to be suspected because of the least probable chance and the other least likely to be suspected because of his/her character.

[END OF SPOILER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!]

NUMBER OF PAGES: 247
NUMBER OF CHAPTERS: 28 with EPILOGUE

MY RATING: 9 of 10 stars!

From the Shelf: "Alamat ng Gubat" ni Bob Ong

2011-04-07T20:48:00.003+08:00

"Alamat ng Gubat"
ni Bob Ong

Galing dito

DATE & TIME FINISHED READING:
04-07-11; time range between 2:30-3:30 PM (GMT/UTC +8.00)

-Maiba naman tayo. Opo. Magtatagalog po ako ngayon kasi Tagalog po ang aklat na ito.

Una at unang-una sa lahat ito ang pinili kong basahin na aklat sa lahat ng mga nakita kong akda ni Bob Ong sa libraru kasi akala ko ay ang aklat na ito ang magbibigay sa akin ng liwanag kung saan nga ba nagmula ang aking apelyido. Joke! Syempre hindi no. haha

Hmm. Medyo naguluhan ako ng konti sa kwento. Tama, kinikritik (may ganun bang word?) ko ito. Medyo hindi ko rin naman kasi nagustuhan ang ending. Palibhasa di ko medyo naintindihan. Di ko pa rin kasi medyo nagets kung sinu-sino o kung anu-ano ang sinismbulo ng bawat karakter sa kwento. Ang alam ko sila ay may kaugnayan sa ating bansang 'Pinas.

Isa pa, medyo alam ko kung sino yang mga Buwaya at Leon. Ang di ko medyo magets ay kung sino iyong mga nagrebeldeng insekto, yung Aso, Kuneho, Pagong, Ulang, Manok, Maya, Daga, at iba pa. Mangyaring ako'y linawagan pa ng konti ukol sa kanilang role. Di po ako ganoon katalino sa mga ganito kay magcomment na ang may maibabahagi. Salamat!

MY RATING: 9 of 10 stars!

Mga Kwento ng mga Titser: Sir Army at Sir Jomy

2011-04-06T23:17:00.006+08:00

Nakakatuwa 'tong third day of class namin kasi meron na naman akong mapopost dito sa blog tungkol sa mga kakornihan ng aming teachers. haha. Konting background lang, dalawa ang kinuha kong subjects (with 3 units each) this summer para na rin medyo gagaan load ko sa following sems. Ang klase ko 9AM-10:30AM ay Philosophy 31 (Introduction to Logic) kung saan ang teacher namin ay itatago (na naman? opo, na naman!) sa pangalang Sir Army (ang hirap namang gawan nga code name itong si sir) at pagakatapos ay may HIST 41 (Rizal's Life and Works) ako 10:30AM-12NN. Si Sir Jomy naman teacher namin diyan. Sa ibaba ay ilan lamang sa aking mga nasungkit este napakinggan este na jot down sa aking papel habang sila ay nagjojowk.

-KOMERSYAL SA BIBLIYA (galing sa PHILO 31 class)-

Sir Army: Did you know that there is a commercial of Coca-Cola in the Bible?

Students: (wala lang. tameme sa always).

Sir Army: You don't know where?

(konting dead air)

Sir Army: Class, Very Simple. HABAKKUK.

And Habakkuk pointed to the angel above him, "There's the blessed Coca-Cola beneath the rock".
But the angel said, "I'd rather go for a Pepsi. I found one in that direction." [Image from here]

*Hindi rin corny si Sir. Nakakagana pumasok sa class niya dahil sa mga gan'to.

-MAKA... (sa HIST 41 class ko)-

(Habang nagsasalita tungkol sa konting kasaysayan sa 'Pinas sa panahon ni Rizal, napunta siya topic ng pagkalagay ng apelyido ng mga Pinoy.)

Sir Jomy: Before the arrival of the Spaniards in the Philippines Filipinos do not have surname, just first names. But, it deemed to be disadvantage because it is likely that two or more people have the same first names. That is why the Spaniards introduced the idea of having surnames after their first ones so that there would be a proper identification.

Soon, the Spaniards gave the Filipinos surnames with a dictionary of names as a guide (Nakalimutan ko name nun basta Espnayol din yun). And so, many of the Filipinos until today still have these surnames that sounds very good.

But we also have surnames that are not. Macasilhig. Macalinog (in tagalog ay "Nakakalindol"). Macabaligote* (censored para sa mga bata. lol. in Tagalog yan ay "Nakakaputol ng toot este ng 'dong' ng lalake). (lakas na tawanan sa klase). Pero wag ka, yung isang student ko na yan ang apelyido ay kinoreksiyonan ako na niyan ukol sa pag-pronounce. It should not be "Makabalig-Ot*n" daw but "Makabalighauten." Yung parang German.

-IRONIC-

Sir Jommy:Isa pa. May co-teachers din ako noon. Sina Sir Patay, Buhian, at Calunod. Totoo 'to. May aksidente nangyari noon. Fortunately nakaligtas naman sina Sir Patay at Calunod. Si Sir Buhian lang hindi.

-TRUE PATRIOTS-

Sir Jommy: Sabi nila yun daw mga taong Espanyol na Espanyol at magandang pakinggan ang mga apeliydo ay sila daw yung mga Pinoy na open arms na tumanggap sa mga Espanyol. Yung paggalit na tumanggap sila yung mga pangit pakinggan. Sila ang matatawag na "True Patriots" kasi ipinaglaban nila ang 'Pinas. Kaya kayo, pati ako, na may jologs na apelyido ay wag kayong mahihiya kasi nasa dugo natin ng mga tunay na bayani.

Matignan nga sa class record kung sino yung medyo "iba" ang apelyido.

*medyo kinakabahan ako nun kasi apelyido ko nga naman ay synonymou sa "kaguluhan" sa Bisaya at "kagubatan" naman sa Tagalog. Buti nalang at na-miss niya name ko. Isa pa, di eto masyadong fnny pero I swear nung nagjojoke si sir nito ay tawa kami ng tawa.

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Sige na. Matutulog na ako. May pasok pa ang iyong lingkod bukas. :D

"Despicable Me" [2010]

2011-04-05T22:21:00.000+08:00

"Despicable Me"
[2010]

Image from here.

DATE & TIME FINISHED WATCHING:
04-04-11; 9:08 PM (UTC/GMT + 8:00)

-Okay! As usual, I've already seen this film bu not fully. As usual (again), a lot of my friends are in craze with this movie. A friend of mine even said that she likes unicorn! I think that's some kind of the aftermath after watching this film.

"It's so fluffy [the unicorn], I'm gonna die!" I so love that line by the Agnes girl.

Also, a sequel of this would be great and I would surely watch it. After all, if there's a sequel I'm sure there will be promos in Happy Meals. I hope they would feature Gru's Minions because they're so adorable, I'm gonna die! haha

RATING: 10 of 10 stars!

Ako daw ang Champion (weh?)

2011-04-05T17:45:00.004+08:00

Nakakatawa lang kasi parang ang araw ko ngayon ay nakatuon sa kulay na "berde" kasi kahapon napakabughaw ko na parang Hate ko Ang Blue! Pa'no ba naman, ang suot kong shirt kanina ay green at pati na rin panyo kong gamit. Buti nalang at hindi ko tinuloy-tuloy na pati bag, pants at sapatos at baga mapagkamalan pa akong isang Green Lantern na hindi nakapag-work out.Tsaka pati ang easyride, hulaan niyo kung anong kulay. Ano pa? Eh di luntian din. Hindi ko na siguro babanggitin na ang bagong filler (yung paarang notebook na makukuha galing sa binder notebook) na nakuha ko mula sa bag ay green. Lol. Sobra-sobra naman ang coincidences na nangyayari.

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Oops. Maiba tayo. Balik tayo kung bakit ganyan ang title ko. Kaninang umaga kahit na alas-nuwebe pa ang class ko ay umalis na ako sa bahay bandang alas siyete y medya. Pag dating ko sa siyudad ay alas otso na kasi naman ako ay nakatira sa isang mundong malayo sa sibilisasyon ng mga mortal. Minabuti kong maging maaga para di ako maunahan sa mga Internet Cafe kasi biglang nagdrama yung Internet connection sa aming bahay at may email attachment na ise-send yung teacher namin para daw sa aming course outline. Na-disappointed ako kasi wala akong natanggap at nang tinignan ko ang aking relos ay 8:15 pa. Masyado naman atang maaga para pumasok kaya pumunta nalang ako sa aming college (sa Engineering) kasi baka makikita ko friends ko dun.

May nakita nga akong kaibigan at itatago natin siya sa pangalang Mr. No-Eyes at ito ang naging konbersasyon namin:

*Unang-una dapat ninyong malaman ang mga sumusunod para mas maintindihan ang aming pag-uusap:

Math 16
-Solid Mensuration. Ang subject na nagpabagsak sa aking pagkatao. Pre-requisite ito ng Math 21.

Math 21
-Integral Calculus, ito yung pre-requisite subject ng Math 22. Ibig sabihin, makaka-take ka lang ng Math 22 kung napasa mo o nakakuha ka ng 2.0 sa subject na ito.

Math 22
-Differential Equations, ito yung subject na nakuha ko last sem. Si Mr. No-Eyes ngayong summer lang niya mate-take kasi nag-retake siya sa Math 21.

ES 24
-Engineering Mechanics: Dynamics. Isa sa pre-requisite nito ay Math 21 kaya kailangan mo pa ring makuha ng pasado ang Math 21 bago 'to mate-take.

NOTE:May apat ding kurso na ino-offer sa College of Engineering and Design ng Silliman University. Eto ay ang BS Civil Engineering, BS Computer Engineering (ang kurso ko!!), BS Electrical Engineering at BS Mechanical Engineering (kurso ni Mr. No-Eyes).

*EDIT!!! Umandar ang spy moves ni Mr. No-Eyes at namulat ang kanyang mga mata at na-realize niya na siya pala ay hindi si Mr. No-Eyes kundi si Peter Parker. lol. Nagreklamo siya sa akin kung kaya't due to insistent(?) public(?) demand, babaguhin ko ang kanyang code name.

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ANG PAG-UUSAP:

Ako: Uyy! Mr. Peter Parker!

Peter Parker: Tian. Pasado ka sa Math 22?

Ako: (with pahumble effect) Oo.

Peter Parker: Sa ES 24?

Ako: Oo.

Peter Parker: Sorry, I only talk to those who failed.

Ako: Ases! Nagdrama!

Peter Parker: Who are you again?

Ako: Magtigil ka nga. Feel ko nga ay itinaas (stretch) ni Ma'am ang grade ko kasi medyo malaki-laki din yung dapat kong makuhang iskor sa finals para makapasa. Medyo nagwonder nga ako kay Ms. Jingle kasi yung score niya ay lagpas sa dapata niyang makuha pero yung grade niya ay flat 2.0 din tulad ko. (2.0 pala passing namin with 4.0 as highest, 1.0 as lowest and below 1.0 is "F").

Peter Parker: Ahw, ganyan siguro talaga yan. Ako nga noong 2nd take ko sa Math 21. 5 points nalang ang dapat kung makuha para makapasa tapos alam kong may 20 points na ako sa Final Exam. Sure ao doon kasi tama daw yun pero flat 2.0 pa rin grade ko.

Ako: Siguro ganyan talaga si Ma'am. Nakaka-ewan.

Peter Parker: Teka, teka. Ikaw lang ang regular student sa mga kumuha ng Computer Engineering noh?

Ako: Oo, pero alam ko naman makakahabol pa yung iba. Kung pasado sila this summer, eh di marami na kami.

(Biglang dumating ang isang friend ko na si Mr. IstarWars na Comp Eng din ang kinuha).

Peter Parker: Uy, Mr. IstarWars, si Kristian nalang ang regular na student sa Comp Eng! (with matching tawa pa) Siya ang Champion sa Comp Eng, the only Survivor!

Mr. IstarWars: Ikaw na lang, tian? Sina MetroBoy at yung iba?

Ako: (pakunway humble na naman) Oo, ako nalang. Nahuli kasi sila sa Math 16.

Peter Parker: Ayaw mo pa niyan, tian? Pag-graduation na, ikaw lang ang magma-martsa. Tapos mangingiyak-ngiyak pa niyan si Mr. President-ng-SU kasi may nakapasa sa course niyo. Habang naglalakad kang naka-toga ay mayron pang confetti then after mo makatanggap ng dipoma, may fireworks!

Ako: Sira! Hindi pa yan masisiguro no. Third year pa tayo next school year tapos malay natin di tayo maka-graadweyt sa 2014 kasi matutupad and 2012 prophecy.

Peter Parker: (hindi talaga nagpaawat) Hindi. Yung pagalalkad mo sa gaduation day ay magiging special sa lahat kasi ikaw lang nag-iisa. Hahahaha! Ikaw kasi ang Champion! hahahaha

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Marami pang pinagsasabi si Peter Parker niyan pati si Mr.IstarWars pero nakalimutan ko na. Ano nga ba naman ang tintumbok ko?

Ang sa akin lang ay medyo nalulungkot ako sa ganitong joke. Sumasabay nalang ako sa kanila kasi okey pa naman mood ko nun. Ang hindi ko lang gusto ay ayoko talaga grumadweyt nang ako lang ang nag-iisa sa aming batch na Comp Eng. Feel ko masyado akong isolated.

Sa totoo lang, sa lahat ng mga Engineering students sa aming batch ay feel ko ang mga Comp Eng ang parang pinaka-isolated at medyo discrimnated din. Hindi naman nila sinasabi pero alam mo yung ganoon na alam mo pero nararamdaman mo (Empathy kumbaga! Chos!). Hindi na ako magsasabi kung sino pero may iba talaga sa amin, ang ilan sa mga regular students ay di naman umiiwas pero hindi sila medyo nakikipagsalita sa mga Comp Eng. Hindi ko yun magets. Dahil ba sa hindi sila regular students kaya ganoon? Ganoon lang ba talaga kababa ang kanilang tingin?

Ako, sa akin, okey lang. Hindi yung ginagawa nila. I mean, okey lang sa akin na medyo ma-OOP ako kasi marami akong pwedeng lapitan. Medyo pakalat-kalat kasi ako. Lagi kasi akong napupunta sa mga sections na "ME-block","CE-block" o "EE-block." Yung tipong kung sino ang kaklase mo sa sem ngayon ay halos sila na kaklase mo sa lahat ng subjects mo sa sem na yon. Kaya medyo marami-rami din ka-closan (o feeling close) ko sa ibang kurso.

Sana nga lang ay hindi magkatotoo yung sinabi ni Peter Parker na ako lang mag-isa ang gagradweyt sa aming kurso na regular. Alam ko naman na makakahabol pa yung iba kahit na alam kong tatlo lang ang alam kong malaki ang tsansang makahabol. Makakapasa pa naman sila this summer, alam ko yun. Yung iba, masakit mang aminin pero medyo mahihirapan silang makahabol. Iba na kasi sa third year. Halos major subjects na at mahirap ng isingit ang mga Math na subjects.

Kahit pa siguro apat lang kami na medyo malaki ang tsansang makagradweyt "on time" ay okey na lang yun sa akin. Mas okey na yun sa isa. Kahit pa ganoon din yung iba, ipinagdarasal ko pa rin sila na sana makahabol talaga sila. Hay, tsaka sana makapasa din ako at makagradweyt "on time." Mahirap din baka ako pa yung kinakanchaw nilang "Champion" eh babagsak pa ako.

Gusto mo bang manalo ng $25 ng walang kahirap-hirap?

2011-04-05T15:48:00.002+08:00

Wala nang intro, kung blogger ka, OFW man o hindi at gusto mong manalo ng $25 sundan mo ito;

1.Magregister sa Tambayan ng Pinoy Bloggers

2.I-blog ang pa-contest na ito sa inyong pahina at siguruhing may link ang Tambayan sa inyong article

3.I-post ang link ng inyong article sa Gusto mo bang manalo ng $25? thread sa Tambayan.

4.Ayun! May isang entry na kayo sa pa-raffle ng Tambayan.

5.At para makasigurong nakasama ka sa pa-raffle, icheck lang po ang thread na ito, ia-update po namin ang unang post sa thread para sa listahan ng mga makakasali

Gusto nyo pa?!

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Hate ko ang Blue!

2011-04-04T14:17:00.000+08:00

Wala lang. Bigla lang napasok sa isipan ko ang awit na iyan kahit na hindi naman talaga matatawag na "mani" yung Monday ko. Mas bagay pa ata ang "Blue Monday" na title pero naisip ko na di na lang yan ang gagamitin ko, para kasing nagamit ko na yan dito minsan.

Ang mga rason kung bakit matatawag itong Blue Monday ay ang mga sumusunod:

1. IDIOMATIC NA BLUE
Unang-una dahil sa medyo malungkot ang araw na 'to. Wala naman akong bad news na natanggap pero ewan ba't hindi ako masaya sa pagpasok ko kanina sa klase. Palibhasa kasi wala akong kakilala sa klaseng iyon. Masyadong mixed. Naguguluhan tuloy ako kung sa'n ako uupo. Ang pinili kong upuan ay iyon nalang matatawag na "kinakailangan sa oras ng pangangailangan." Yung upuan na mayroon kang masasandalan kung ika'y nabo-bored sa lecture ng titser. Sa aking upuan ay mayroong poste ta's nasa second row ito kaya okey na okey talaga.

Isa pa sa ikinalulungkot ko ay wala talagang ni isang kaluluwa na nagbalak na umupo katabi ko. Pina-upo na nga ang mga nasa likod sa harap at lahat ay wala talaga akong katabi, tanging may-sa-tagabulag na kaibigan at poste lang.

2. BLUE KASI OUTFIT KO

Haha. Ewan ba at ang bigla kong nakitang suotin ay yung dark blue kong polo shirt. Ang mga ganito ay accidental lang kasi ako yung tipo ng tao na hindi nag-iisip kung ano ba ang susuotin unang kulay o style ang susuotin ko sa klase. Yung top ko ay dark blue na polo shirt, jeans ko rin ay obyosly blue din, medyo blue (kasi blue at white ang colors) din shoes ko, pati bag ko ay blue na blue at para naman maiba blue din ang panyo ko.

3. BLUE NA ANG LAHAT

Para may twist din, blue din ang kulay ng "easyride" na sinakyan ko papunta sa school. Ang "easyride" nga pala ang tawag namin sa "jeep" dito. Hindi naman talaga siya jeep, mas maliit kasi dun pero medyo ganun. Basta! Isa pa, blue din lang naman ang nadala kong notebook...este...filler lang pala. Ang galing ko talaga. Ang nadala ko ay hindi pa bagong notebook. haha

4. BLUE NA RIN UTAK KO

Oops, wag sanang mangyari. Napakagaling kong estudyante. Hindi ko nakalimutang dalhin ang aking I.D., ang aking powerful na pencil case (na parang useless din kasi sa bulsa ko usually nilalagay ball pens ko), ang aking Print-out (dito nakalgay sked ko sa summer at isag patunay na enrolled na talaga ako), ang aking Sudoku book in case mabo-bored ako, ang aking handy-dandy scratch papers in case mabored ako ulit (dito ako nagdodrowing), at ang aking susi sa bahay in case gabihin ako. Ang galing ko no, pero sa school ko lang din napagtanto na nakalimutan ko palang magdala ng papel. Yung malinis na pad paper. Buti nalang hindi kailangan sa ngayon.

5. DAHIL BLUE DIN ANG MOON

Charot! Para namang blue moon ngayon. Wala lang. Pampagulo lang tong ikalima. haha

(Hay! Nakalimutan ko na ang dapat post ko ngayon ay tungkol sa aking kalungkutan ukol sa araw na ika-4 ng Abril.)

Oops!

2011-04-03T22:31:00.000+08:00

Di ko namalayan na medyo late na pala. Tama. Late na ang alas dies kasi may pasok pa ako bukas sa Summer Class. Oops! Haha. May feeling ako na male-late ako bukas kahit na opening pa lang yun bukas. Ta's di pa ako ready.prepared sa teachers. Baka raratratin nila ako ng tanong sa "kung ano ang masasabi ko tungkol sa subject" o "kung ano ba ang ginawa ko this summer". haha

Siyana. Matutulog na ako. Pootek! Di pa pala siguro. Bigla atang sumakit tiyan ko.

My Long Lost Brother

2011-04-03T22:16:00.003+08:00

Today, after watching the trailer of the newest TV Show in ABS-CBN "Good Vibes" which features two half-brother, I felt that I have to post about my story too.

We're not! [image from here]

I don't know how we became brothers but I'm very sure that we do not share the same mother nor father. But still, my sister would call him her younger brother or "Dodong." Just as what I said a while ago, he is not really my brother. He is just some other guy brought forth into this world by some bitch. He was just given to us because the mother can't provide for him. Don't call me judgmental but I think that is really true -- a bitch gave birth to him.

I just found this guy kind of irritating and so demanding. Whenever he becomes hungry, he is so so very very noisy. I mean like here, he is so disturbing especially when I am studying. Also, he's such an attention-seeker. I really think that this kid does have an ADHD. Sometimes though he is so silent and makes lambing which then gives me the conclusion that he probably doesn't have ADHD but maybe a Bipolar Disorder aka the Manic-depressive disorder. That is one wherein most patients become aggressive some time and then suddenly they become the opposite.

Manic on the left, depressive on the right [Image from here]

One of the worst things that I really hate is when he dragged my slippers out from the doorway. Oh come on; he must be really envious even if those slippers are just fake Havaianas ones. I once told my mom to buy him slippers so that he won't be taking mine but it seems that nobody heard me.

Anyway, even if he is like that I still love this guy. After all, he's still 3 years old, going 4 this October probably (can't be sure what date though). I checked his facebook account once and "My! What a genius he is!" If what is said in there is true then he really must be one. Listed under the languages that he knew were Bisaya, Tagalog, English, American Sign Language, Braille, Morse Code, Japanese, Greek, Latin, Chinese, Jejemon and even Binary. However i do not believe it. He must be just bluffing. There is just one though in the list that I am very sure he speaks:

DOG LANGUAGE.

Haha. :D
By the way, here's his primary pic. Maybe you'd like to add him on facebook.

His name is Potchie by the way. :)

It's April Fools' Day!

2011-04-01T23:33:00.001+08:00

Whoah! What else? It's April Fool's Day! Nah, I did not really think of it not until this very moment I made this totally just-to-fill-up-my-blog post.

I just don't know why some of my friends played their parts in this prank day. Maybe they're just for the fun. Anyhow, below are just some of the pranks (via Facebook, the notable social network) I noticed this April Fools' day and the previous one's too:

1. IT'S MY BIRTHDAY!

-Probably the most common and the prank which people always do even if it's not April. Many of my Facebook friends would put on their birthdates as fake ones. In this case, I just found some who put it into April 1. That is why I hardly post onto birthday boys/girls into their walls greeting 'em a happy birthday because I certainly would have no idea whether their comment would be "Happy April Fools' Day!!!" or "Hey, you fell into my trap!" Oh jeez thank you. My greetings now become so expensive. I usually greet those who I know and to those I don;t, I'd usually just scroll down their pages and find out whether it's the truth or not.

2. MS/MR SINGLE IS NOW IN A RELATIONSHIP WITH AN ARTIST

-Oh well, I just found out that some joked about this thing. I just don't find this thing fit for a joke. Anyway, whoever said that love is a joke? I'm gonna crush him with my bare fists. (haha. I can barely do that). But yeah well, seriously, it's not fir for a joke. Just goodd thing that I found only one friend who did this prank. But hers was so obvious because in the feed it said that "Ms. [pls insert name] is engaged to Mr. [pls insert name of young actor]." Haha. I just laughed at it. I knew she's got a crush on that actor; I just can't imagine her making that prank. Now, I just wonder whether she really made that bogus account of that actor or not.

3. CAMPUS COUPLE IS NOW OVER

-I was just about to type another one when I recently discovered another prank. This campus coupld mus have planned it well. Ms. HighSchool-mate made a status about "Mr.Elem-Classmate" leaving already. I think she fooled 5 people or so when I am supposed to be the next. Fortunately for me, I decided to check her wall first. I might see some quirky things out there. And oh yes I did. On her next post, she tagged people whom she fooled and said a loud "HAPPY APRIL FOOLS' DAY!" And oh yes again, I was right.

4. CAMPUS CRUSH IS NOW GAY

-He's not really the campus crush, or so I think. Many of his folks said he is and that is just what I put up because I can't think of any good code name at all. He was my classmate back in elementary and I never thought of him as gay. I just found out that he posted in Fb as status that "he loves being gay." Oh well, I knew it very well that it's just another prank. But it turned out that it is not. It is also not true. I pity this guy. Just another poor victim of nothing-to-do hackers. Somebody must have typed that because he commented on the post that he didn't and then came following his rants. I just don't get why hackers do this stuff. Hmm. We don't know maybe I'm gonna do that too. Oh no, not the post as status thing; the hacking thing remember?

5. ?

I can't remember any and I haven't found another yet. I hope the next time I'll be posting about my own pranks (wherein most were ineffective at all). haha

"Up" [2009]

2011-04-01T22:07:00.000+08:00

"Up"
[2009]

Image from here

DATE & TIME FINISHED WATCHING:
04-01-11; 9:33 PM (UTC/GMT + 8:00)

-Up, up here we go! Well, I've been hearing of my friends talking about of how awesome this movie is. One even kept on "bugging" and told me to watch this because it so awesome. Also, many of my friends here in the net posted stuffs about Russel, the cute wilderness explorer. Some made his pic as their profile pictures. I've even seen one cosplaying Russel. (Are cartoons or "non-animes" to be linked with this term?)

Anyway, they were right all along. When I had a copy of this, I knew so well that my freakingly stupid acrophobia would be triggered again. BTW, if you don't know what that is, that is the fear of heights. In my case, I do not just fear heights, but also tall buildings, people attempting suicide from billboards and the like. That just freaks the hell out of me. Well, not really. I do not curl up into fear. This thing just give me bumps.

[SPOILER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!]
Anyway (again) while I was watching this film, I felt the cool air brushing my skin as I see Russel, Grandpa Carl, and the others fight their way back "home" (yes not the house).

Nevertheless, I still like this film. I just don't think I can do those stuffs just like what Russel and Grandpa did in the film. I just wonder, is it really possible to float the house with all those helium balloons? But, I can't argue anymore; I know little of these stuffs.

RATING: 9.5 of 10 stars!

"Megamind" [2010]

2011-03-30T19:50:00.005+08:00

"Megamind"
[2010]

DATE & TIME FINISHED WATCHING:
03-30-11; 7:48 PM (UTC/GMT + 8:00)

-MEGA! (<-----I never thought I would use that that word can be used as an adjective and I never thought I would use it but oh well I just did.)

From the trailer alone, I already know (who wouldn't?) that this film is about a villain again (remember Despicable Me?). However, I did not figure of how crazy this Megamind guy is. I actually pitied his fate during his childhood. People with cruel childhood often become cruel people.

Also, I knew from the start that he will become a good person in the end. But oh, so much for spoilers. Anyway, I do not really have to say. I just like the film. This is just one of those films wherein some lines are delivered just to break your heart. After all, many cartoon films do that.

I jut love this. I hope there will be a sequel. Who knows, some other evil guy will be infused with Metroman's DNA and ta-daah comes Part 2!

RATING: 10 of 10 stars!

*Photo Courtesy of megamindmovietrailer.blogspot.com

Sa Muling Pagkikita

2011-03-22T01:53:00.001+08:00

Hahay. Na-engganyo tuloy akong mag post tungkol sa pagpapaalam sa blogosphere dahil sa post na ito: (Pramis, Babalik Ako) ng isa sa mga bloggers.

Oh ayan. magpapaalam na ako ng maayos bago pa may dumanak na dugo (wag naman sana.). Masyado akong busy ngayon kahit na ako ay nasa ikalawang taon pa lang sa kolehiyo. Ta's masyado pang magulo utak ko dahil mukhang babagsak na naman ako (at parang sa 4 na "medyo-major" subjects pa). Putek!

Tapos na nga ang pasok pero di pa rin namin iyon maramdaman. Kasi naman may proyekto pa kaming tinatapos (na di matapos-tapos at di masimulan-mulan. haha). Hindi rin naman madali yung pinapagawa sa amin ni Sir. Pinapagawan kami ng isang program (as in computer program) na mag-so-solve ng isang (o higit pa sa isa) na math problem. Tsaka, mind you choosy si Sir ah. Ayaw niya yung simpleng problem lang. Gusto niya yung nosebleed na problems. Pak! Ang resulta? Eh di nosebleed din kami.

Hindi pa rin talaga kami nakakasimula. Ang mas nakakakilabot pa diyan ay ngayon Marso 30 ang deadline. Dead nga kami. Ang tingin ko pa eh mukhang mataas ang tingin at ekspektasyons niya sa amin dahil dalawa sa aming grupo ay Computer Engineering studes (at isa ako dun. patay!) tsaka may nauna ng grupo na nagpresent ng kanilang project ng maaga at ang project nila ay napaka-naning (short for naningkamot, bisaya ng pinaghirapan o naghihirap). Hay. Bogs talaga kami dito.

So sa mga tao diyan na wiling tumulong na may kaalaman sa Microsoft Visual C++ na software, ako ay hindi mag-aatubiling tanggapin ang tulong. Please, parang awa niyo na. Kung may alam kayo nito lalo na sa pagso-solve ng "systems of equations using matrix", mag-comment lang. Hindi ko pa rin mabuo-buo ang aming source code.

Oh yah. Paalam na. At gaya ng sabi ni Son Goku sa tagalog dub ng Dragon Ball Z, "sa muling pagkikita, paalam!"

Parang ganito din ako. [image from here]

P.S. Kung may magco-comment at saka-sakaling may anghel na tutulong, mababasa ko pa rin kahit na mawawala ako ng matagal sa blogosphere.

"The Sorcerer's Apprentice" [2010]

2011-03-20T03:00:00.001+08:00

"The Sorcerer's Apprentice"
[2010]

Image from here

DATE & TIME FINISHED WATCHING:
03-20-11; time range between 2:55 AM - 3:00 AM (UTC/GMT + 8:00)

-I know that this is a not a new movie but hey I don't really go to movies and it is just recently that I had time to watch this in my very own home theater. haha. I actually watched this film already but not fully, just some kind of skim-and-scan.

I really thought that this film is an adaptation of a book so i was very eager to watch it because I'm really into film adaptations of books. To my dismay, it is not based on a book but actually/partly on a poem by Goethe.

Anyway, I still watched it because many said that it's worth the time. And it sure is worth the time. Good to see Nicholas Cage in silver screen again and his skills did not falter through time. With Jay Baruchel, I like his punchlines especially his "bad lies." haha. Just some kind of cool because I just saw Baruchel in the "Million Dollar Baby" film where he played as a boxer who has more enthusiasm than skills.

Also, it was just so timing that I just heard the song "Secrets" by One Republic in PGT Season 2. While listening to the "Skeights" band playing it I was very sure that I heard that song yet couldn't identify where. When I watched this film again (after the skim-and-scan), I realized that it was here that I heard it.

I hope there would be a sequel. After all, we never saw Horvath die right? If you really finished the film, you'd know what I mean. His hat is on a display on some kind table and then a hand grabs to reach it just as the screen fades out.

RATING: 10 of 10 stars!

"Inception" [2010]

2011-03-18T03:00:00.021+08:00

"Inception"
[2010]

Image from here

DATE & TIME FINISHED WATCHING:
03-18-11; time range between 2-3 AM (UTC/GMT + 8:00)

-It took some time to watch this film. I've already heard this sauna pa but I decided to watch it later. Someone told me that it's a mind-boggling kind of film so I decided to watch it kung andam na akong utok. char. haha. And oh, i did not expect the twist. Somebody already told me that there's a twist. That is what i was actually excited to see when I was still DL-ing this film. But I then forgot as soon as I watched.

I love twists but I do not really like cliff-hanger endings. But at the same time, I like 'em because they make you think of what the possible endings could be blablabla. Sorry guys, i don't LIKE this film, I LOVE IT!!! woohoo! haha.

Also I love the name play of the new Architect. Wala ra. I'm into Greek mythology and anyone who's into it too knows that Ariadne is the mortal who gave Theseus a ball of thread and the sword to help him get out from the Minotaur's Maze.

As of now, I am planning to make my own totem. haha

RATING: 10 of 10 stars!

Mga Kwento ng mga Titser: Sir Iggy

2011-03-03T22:55:00.003+08:00

Sa wakas, nakapagpost na ako ulit. Medyo magaan-gaan na pakiramdam ko ngayon. Ang post ngayon ag isang compilation sa mga ~~kalokohang~~ kwento ng isa sa aming guro na aking itatago sa pangalang Sir Iggy. Itataglish ko nalang pala para mas maintindihan.

-Exercise-

Ang leksyon namin ay tungkol sa Energy at Work.

Sir Iggy: Work is the product of Force and Distance. Therefore, if the object is not moved there is no work kay zero man ag distance.

Estudents: (tatango-tango lang)

Sir Iggy: (nagdedemo ng pagtutulak sa whiteboard na nakadikit sa pader) Class, am I doing work? I am pushing the board but the board is not moving. So hindi ito work. Anong tawag dito (dumada moves naman ng kanyang jokes)?

Ako: Exercise, sir? hahaha

Sir Iggy: No, it is something you do that has no effect.

Imaginary Student: Ineffective exercise?

Sir Iggy: No. Tawag dun ay effort. Tulad sa test, kung nagrerequest ang student na "Sir, pwede may points yung effort?" Walang points yun.

Imaginary Student: Sir, pwede naman ang ink ah. haha. Dapat may points din yun pero di mo binibigyan ng points. haha

-Effort ulit-

Si Iggy: Alam niyo ba yung effort kung ano?

(tahimik lang kami habang naglo-loading pa utak namin)

Sir Iggy: Dun naglalanding yung efflane. :D

-Load-

Sir Iggy: An example of an active force is a load. Eh, anong load ang hindi parin bumibigat kahit na dumadami pa?

Giselle at ako: LOAD SA CELLPHONE!!! :DD

Sir Iggy: Pero class, dapat ba talagang tawaging load iyon? Eh di ba tulad lang yun ng gasolina na parang pagkain ng sasakyan.

Kami: Tama kayo sir. Hindi nga dapat load tawag dun.

Sir Iggy: Hindi. Load parin yun. Load sa wallet. Load sa pocket. hahaha

Sayang nga lang kasi aapat na ~~mababait na~~ estudyante lamang kaming pumasok. Kasi naman siguro kami lang ding apat ang di masyadong busy. haha. Yan tuloy. Na-miss nila ang kakornihan ni Sir Iggy. haha

(NOTE: echos lang yang Imaginary Student. Yan yung tinatawag na pampagulo sa kwento. Wala talagang Imaginary Student na yan at lahat ng kanyang sinai ay di talaga naganap.)

Tired

2011-03-02T22:11:00.000+08:00

Oh yeah! I finally made a post, my first March 2011 post. Obviously, because this post is in parallel to the title, this post would be unproductive. You guess it right. I'm tired as of now. I actually had an idea for tonight's post, a somewhat-comeback post but I lost the appetite because I'm tired physically, mentally, emotionally and [pls. insert root word]-nally. I started with a great day actually but it turned it to be just short-time when I received my latest quiz result in one of my subjects. It's an Oh-WTF kind of score. I really lost my optimism that time because I thought that that quiz would be my time to "recover" my grade. Well, it turned to be not. I still have the chance to pass that subject only if I get an almost perfect score the next quiz (which I tell you is some kind of only-miracle-can-do-that thing).Anyway, this post will be just short and I have no plans to make another paragraph regardless of how unrelated the sentences are. Bye for now! I hope I can face my blog with a good face the next time. :|

Bwiset!!!

2011-02-18T23:40:00.001+08:00

First and foremost I apologize the people who may happen, by accident, to read this stupid post. I won't be running around the bush anymore. This post is nothing but a rant, a note filled with foul words. (This won't be purely English.)

Yes you're right. Nabwiset talaga ako. Ano, masaya na kayo? Langya, pinagutom niyo pa ako. Pinsakit niyo pa ulo ko. Nasira pa bag ko. If I die of starvation, would you pay for the expenses of my burial? If I survived, would you pay the bills for the expenses in the hospital when I get hyperacidity or worse, ulcer? If I would become dehydrated, do you have the enough water to replace the loss? And last, if darkness is all my eyes would see, CAN you stop me from summoning all the forces? No, right?

You wasted my f*ck*ng time. Ako'y nagdesisyon na hindi nalang umuwi galing sa aking alas kwatrong klase para maging maaga sa dipugang alas siyeteng gawaing iyan kasi isa nga naman DAW kami sa magpepresenta at dahil medyo malayo-layo rin naman ang aming bahay.

Naguba pa ang akong bag. Kung nipauli pa unta ko sa, nailisan pa unta ang akong bag. Wala na unta ko gabakutot ug gunit sa akong bag.

Hindi ako nagsnack kasi alam kong mayroon libreng snack. Hindi ako naghapunan kasi alam ko na hindi naman siguro ganoon katagal matatapos ang taeng show na iyon.

Pero isa pala akong malaking tanga. I used the wrong time zone. I forgot that the time zone they are using is not the UTC/GMT + 8:00 that I have in my watch. I forgot that their clocks are in daylight saving time. How stupid it is of me to have not eaten prior to the event. I know very well that if they're in DTS for sure the show would be til the sun's next rise.

Okay na sana. All's alright with me. I am patient and I can extend my patience. I can wait for some time until it shall be my turn even if without food or water. Oh yes I can do that. I'm a god right? No, I'm not a god. If I am, then there would be some news in the tv about mysterious disappearances in a college event. i must be a demigod by then. I can survive that. I'm like a robot. You don't have to worry my emotions.

Okay, that's sarcastic. BAKA! Do you think that the displacement between our house and that of the event venue is just like a kilometer? Have you ever thought of other people's situations? Not all people are living just a step away from that door. Not all communities have no curfews. And not all the time that there would be vehicles that would drive me back and forth, back and forth, back and forth whenever I want and wherever i want to go.

Did you know that when I received the news that our presentation is canceled, I actually wanted to curse and swear in all of the languages that I know? P*st*ng y*w* mo! D*p*g*! N*mp*ch*! Di Immortales! Ah* kh*r*! *j* d* p*t*! St*rc*m! Too bad, I am soo tired and so hungry to utter those ill-made words. Too bad I am so bored of watching some stupid performances. Let me be frank, some performances were better off not shown to the people. Trying hard performers. Mahiya kayo sa balat niyo! Talent tawag niyo diyan? So iba na meaning na talent ngayon. Siguro ay hindi ako kagaling kumanta or magperfrom at maaaring walang karapatang mag kritiko. Pero kailangan pa ba talagang walang hiyain ang inyong presentasyon? Kung may ihihigat pa nga ba ang inyong kakayahan ay bakit hindi na i-angat pa ha?

Sana masaya kayo sa ginawa niyo. Sana busog kayo sa mga pagkain niyo. One thing I can say is that I AM TIRED. I have performed already in the Luce Auditorium. I have achieved my goal to perform in Luce. It won't be of matter to me if I won't be performing again. Let's see what shall happen.

I AM DONE!

(Some of the words are in idioms and in codes. I know that this has no point. But, hey a rant is a rant. Deal with it!)

Nabwiset jud ko. Unya lipay namu ha?

Mahal Kita, Aking Kaibigan

2011-02-14T00:00:00.003+08:00

Dahil sa nauso na rin ata ang mga post tungkol sa pag-ibig ay minabuti ko sumunod na rin. Sa ilalim ay isang tulang ginawa ko noong 2nd year high school pa lang ako. Ito ang kauna-unahang tula kong nagawa na Tagalog at may anim na saknong. Hindi ko talaga ito gustong i-post o ipakita nang muli sa mga kaibigan kasi parang di ko feel ang pagkakasulat ko dito.Isa pa, wala itong ensaktong sukat.

Bahala na nga. Basta maligayang araw ng mga puso sa nyong lahat! :D

Mahal Kita, Aking Kaibigan

Minsan sa aking paglalakad,

Isang panauhin sa aki'y tumambad.

Mga ngiti niya'y kaytamis

Sa aking isip, siya'y di maalis.

Sa kanya, ako'y bumati't nagpakilala

At ganoon na rin ang ginawa niya.

'Yon ang simula ng isang pagkakaibigan

Dulot sa akin ay labis na kaligayahan.

Naging malapit kami sa isa't isa

Hanggang sa kanya ako'y nahuhulog na.

Kaya't ako'y nalungkot nang siya'y aalis pala

Sa malayo lugar siya papunta.

Sa daan ay iniwan niya akong nag-iisa

Hinabol ko siya ay baka mapipigilan pa

Bago magpaalam nais ko sanang magtapat

Ng pag-ibig kong itong di nararapat.

Ako'y napahinto nang ma biglang bumusina

Agad siyang sumigaw at ako't itinulak niya

Iniligtas niya ako at siya'y nasagasaan

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At sa aking mga bisig siya'y napaluha

Sa mga huli niyang salitang aking pinakinggan:

"Mahal kita, aking kaibigan." :'c

Oo na. Masyadong mabilis ang kwento tapos pinatay ko pa ang babae. Nagmamadali lang naman ako sa paggawa niyan kasi kailangan mayroon i-recite sa harap ng klase. Muli, Happy Valentine's Day sa lahat (kasali na doon ang mga loveless like me. :c ) Paalala: iskedyuld p ito kasi may pasok pa po ako.

Among the 6 Idiots, Who are You?

2011-02-12T20:48:00.000+08:00

It took me quite a long time to post this one. I actually planned to make this post few days after watching the Bollywood film "3 Idiots". Obviously, if you have read this post you’d know that it had been probably been not just few days since I watched it because I’m k-kinda bise.

This post by the way is based on the 2009 Bollywood flim “3 Idiots.” If you have seen it already, you must be wondering of who in the universe of the film are the 4^th, 5^th and 6^th idiots. If you haven’t seen it, I guess it’s about time that you really should and I suggest you stop reading now before something awful happens. Ses!

Let me tell you then of who these idiots are. First comes the main characters, Ranchoddas "Rancho" Shamaldas Chanchad /Phunsukh Wangdu, Farhan Qureshi, and Raju Rastogi. But of course, haven’t you thought o others as idiots, too? Like Chatur “The Silencer” Ramalingam , Viru “Virus” Sahastrebuddhe and Suhas?

So who are you among the mentioned ones?

First is Farhan Qureshi. In the film, he is the first character to be introduced who, by the way, is also the narrator of the movie. Even since his still has no knowledge, that is, even since his birth, his fate is already decided by his family which is to become a Mechanical Engineer. Despite having no passion for engineering, he chose to follow his father’s wishes. Little did they know that Farhan’s real passion is photography. He actually planned to mail a letter to a famous photographer to become his assistant but decided to enrol in an engineering school instead. In the course of his college time in the engineering institution he found out that he is not really meant for engineering which is why he always lands the last place during examinations. Are you Farhan who lives what he is told to live, even if means not living his passion and even if it means living in pretense?

Then enter Raju Rastogi . He is the second idiot to be revealed. He is shown in the movie as a god-fearing man (I don’t who the god he is worshipping to so I had it in lowercase letters). He strives very hard to help his poor family. He wants to become an engineer so that he can help hi mother earn money, he can help for the medications of his paralytic father and so that he can finally buy a car (the dowry being asked by the family of his sister’s fiancée). Although he really wants engineering, he still usually lands next to Farhan being second-to-the-last in the exam results. He always fears of the future and is shown to have worn a lot of charms and rings for his luck. The charms however did no help to him. Are you then Raju who although lives his passion in the present yet lives in the constant fear of tomorrow?

Then here comes Ranchoddas "Rancho" Shamaldas Chanchad. He doesn’t just like engineering; he loves it. However, he is usually thrown out of the class because he argues with the ~~stupid~~ teaching of his professors. Albeit that, he still spends his free time to join other classes and believes that even if it is the class that he joined is of higher years he grabs it because it is knowledge. Soon, we discovered that Rancho is not really Rancho. He is actually just a servant in the Chanchad mansion and poses for the real Ranchoddas so that the real Ranchoddas would get an engineering degree. Are you just like Rancho who lives what he loves, loves what he lives whatever it costs him even if it would mean living a lie and losing his identity?

Then, here’s the fourth idiot, Chatur “The Silencer” Ramalingam. In some sense, he is a good student. Ask him to define what a machine is and he would give you the answers a dictionary would tell you yet in reality he doesn’t really understand what a machine is. He knows what he defines yet does not understand it. He just crams himself with book definitions and takes pills from a quack to “absorb” what he read. In result of the pills, he silently produces a big amount of methane gas (joke! It’s actually fart) and hence the nickname “The Silencer.” In one occasion in the film he is to deliver a speech. To impress the director of the institute, he made the school librarian to make it. Because he does not really know how to speak Hindi, he just memorizes the words without knowing that some of the words were actually replaced by Rancho. He is then led to shame because of his ill-written speech. Also, during exams Chatur would slip Men’s Magazines into the rooms of his classmates so as to disturb their studying. He believes that there are two ways to be on top – one is to strive hard and the other is to push others behind. Do you, just like him, memorizes all that is from the book yet has no understanding of what you memorized? Are you someone who would make it to the top even if it means pulling others down and pushing them behind? So are you Chatur, who no matter what it costs would try to chase success?

How about the director, Viru “Virus” Sahastrebuddhe? He is the very competitive man behind the success of the ICE (Imperial College of Engineering). This director of the school is obviously an excellent man. However, he lives in the belief that life is a race. If you don’t run fast to chase success, you’d soon be left behind, that is what he believes. He believes that for a person to succeed, one should be like the koel bird who lays eggs into other birds’ nest and pushes down to earth the eggs of the other birds. Are you just like Virus who thinks that life is but a race and that one should run for himself and himself alone?

Or Suhas, maybe? (Nah, I did not really want to include him.) He is no other a walking price tag. Nothing else matters to him but the price of what he buys. It is like in every conversation that he has he would mention the price of his things. Step on his shoes and he’ll shout to the world that somebody just stepped on his $100, Italian made, hand-woven shoes. Are you just like him, that only money matters to you and nothing but money alone?

I will leave the answer to you. After all, no knows yourself better than you do.

In the film, Farhan soon got the courage to tell his father about his real passion just when he is about to graduate his engineering course. Things turned out well and he succeeded and even if his income is not as big as that of engineer, he is happy for he lived his passion. Raju did not live in constant fear anymore. He landed into a good job and was able to succeed too. Rancho was then revealed to be actually Phunsukh Wangdu, a scientist with 400 patents (whoah! Over-over!). Chatur? Oh well, he’s just the same idiot thinking that he is already on the top above all others and of Rancho only to discover that Rancho is actually Phunsukh, the scientist whom he wants to close a deal with. Of course, Phunsukh did not sign it. And Virus? I don’t know. Let’s just assume that he changed for the better after he gave Rancho the ever magnificent space pen which is just to be given to a brilliant student. How about Suhas? No, just like Chatur he never changed, still an effin’ walking price tag.

As for me, I have no single answer. I think then that I am like Farhan. I also took an Engineering course but I know deep inside that mathematics is not really something that I am good at. I do not actually see myself as an engineer someday. Nobody actaully forced me to go into engineering but there is nothing else that I'd choose. However, if I would quit engineering, to what course should I shift? Nothing. there is nothing in my mind but engineering. Also, I maybe some kind of like Rancho. I am actually a very curious person but of course, I could not be as smart as him. With Chatur, the only thing we're a bit the same is that I'm kind of bookish but nonetheless I am not like him who has to pull others so that I'd be on top. Moreover, I think then that I am more like of Raju. Although I may appear optimistic (char!) I'm a bit of fearful. I am fearful of what tomorrow may hold yet makes no move so that I am not to fear the future.

You, yes you. How about you? Who are you among the idiots?

From the Shelf: "Five Little Pigs" (also "Murder In Retrospect") by Agatha Christie

2011-02-12T14:36:00.004+08:00

"Five Little Pigs" (also "Murder In Retrospect")
by Agatha Christie

"Beautiful Caroline Crale was convicted of poisoning her husband, yet there were five other suspects: Philip Blake (the stockbroker) who went to market; Meredith Blake (the amateur herbalist) who stayed at home; Elsa Greer (the three-time divorcee) who had roast beef; Cecilia Williams (the devoted governess) who had none; and Angela Warren (the disfigured sister) who cried 'wee wee wee' all the way home. It is sixteen years later, but Hercule Poirot just can't get that nursery rhyme out of his mind!"

-from Agatha Christie's site's description about this book

DATE & TIME FINISHED READING:
-11-11; time range between 3:30-3:50 PM (UTC +8.00)

-To be honest, I do not really have an idea of who the real murderer is not until the great detective Poriot told me so. I want to spoil now because what I shall tel won't really have no bearing at all. I did not really have any idea of how one of the persons could have killed Amyas. It's just that I really thought that Amyas there is secret behind his last painting. I really thought that there is some code behind the colors. I was quite wrong and quite right. That is the only thing I can spoil.

Also, the title of the book that I borrowed from the lib was really "Murder in Retrospect" but I found it's alternate title cute. In the course of my reading time, I found the original title (five little pigs) quite strange. That is because I did not know what the nursery rhyme is. It is said that the 5 little pigs in this story are the 5 suspects. But oh well, the nursery rhyme won't be of much help but here's the most common version of that rhyme anyway:

This little piggy went to market.

This little piggy stayed at home.

This little piggy had roast beef,

This little piggy had none.

And this little piggy went "Wee! Wee! Wee!" all the way home.

MY RATING: 8 of 10 stars!

Bise

2011-02-12T09:43:00.002+08:00

Sorry, I cannot hear you
I'm kinda bise.
K-kinda bise
K-kinda bise
Sorry, I cannot hear you, I'm kinda bise.

-"Telephone" (murdered version)

Oops! So gayness ah. haha. Peace, I have no thing for gays. Bigla lang itong napunta sa isip ko sa buong linggo. Bise-bisehan nga naman ang inyong lingkod kaya nung may biglang kumanta nito ay ito ang naalala ko. Yung k-kinda busy part. Yun lang ang makuha kong tandaan at kinailingan ko pa talagang i-google ang lyrics ng kantang ito para lang may panimula sa post. haha. Matagal-tagal din akong di nakapost kaya tumo-two-in-one ang post ko ngayon. Oops! hindi yang telephone na yan ang kwento. Eto...

-Eleksiyon-

Una sa lahat ay hindi po ako tumakbo sa Student Governement ng aming kolehiyo. Pangalawa, hindi rin po ako miyembro sa dating Student Government ng aming kolehiyo. Pangatalo, hindi rin po ako opisyal na miyembro ng COMELEC sa nasabing eleksiyon. Pang-apat, isa lang po akong hamak na mamboboto at tagatanggap ng bayad sa binoto. Joke! Wala pong vote-buying na nagaganap at kung meron man ay malalam ko ito. Wala silang takas sa aking mala-Odin na all-seeing eye at sa aking super-heightened hearing. haha.

Kahit na isa lang akong mamboboto ay medyo naste-stressed din ang inyong langkad. Kaibigan lang naman ako ng ilan sa mga kandidato at kaibigan din ako sa mga nasa COMELEC. Isa pa eh medyo nagiging espiya kunway ako sa ibang partido. Nalalaman ko kung ano ang mga da moves na kanilang ginagawa.

Minsan eh narinig ko ang kabilang partido na nagdidiskusyon ukol sa kanilang tsansang manalo. Sinusubukan nilang tumaktika sa kung saang kurso sila malakas. Sa mga CE (Civil Eng) ba, sa ME (Mechanical Eng) ba, sa EE (Electrical Eng) ba o sa Comp Eng (Computer Eng) ba. Alam nila na isa diyan ay kumpiyansa sila na sila ay panalo. Sa isang kurso naman ay siguradong sa iba papanig (sa kaibigan ko). Ang boto nila ay nakatay nalang sa mga ME at Comp Eng (kurso ko) kasi medyo kalat kami at hindi united o di pareho kung mag-isip.

Hindi ko na masyadong narinig pa ang mga sumunod.

Isa din sa mga tactics na ginawa ng kabila ay ang mangumbinse ng isa-isa. Yun ang aking pakiramdam. Minsan kasi ay nilapitan ako ng isa sa mga kandidato at tinanong kung may number ba daw ako ni Juana dela Cruz at ni Pedro at nina blablabla. Pinahiram ko na lang sa kanya ang cp ko at parang kinopya ata niya lahat. Parang may balak pa atang i-GM sila na iboto siya. Well, baka hindi nga. Masyado lang akong mapanghusga.

Pabilisin nating ang kwento. Ako nga pala ang 4th ever voter., Ballot N0. 004 nga naman ang sinulatan ko. Kasi naman kaklase namin ang COMELEC Chair at matapos ang aming 7-8AM na class ay nagsimula na kaagad. Noong gabing iyon ay nagbibilang na sila. Ako naman ay nag-eensayo para sa isang contest. Natapos nalang ang practice namin ay di parain sila natapos. Naawa tuloy ako sa mga martir na 5 COMELEC members na nagbibilang. Tinulungan ko nalang sila sa pag-tally. Tutal, hindi lang naman ako ang nagta-tally kaya ok lang. Medyo ume-11pm na nun kaya nagpaalam na ako sa kanila at umalis. Natakot ako nun kasi mukhang di mananalo ang mga bet ko. Laking tuwa ko na lang ng malaman ko na nanalo ang mga bet ko maliban sa isa. Okey na lang din kahit papaano ay okey pa rin sa akin ang nanalo.

-Inter College Chorale-

Hay bise nga talaga ako. Sumali pa ako sa Inter College Chorale Competition sa amin Unibersidad. Medyo may karanasan naman din ako sa pagkanta sa mga koro kaya okey lang sa akin. Ang takot ko lang eh baka ilagay nila ako sa Tenor. Isa pa naman sa mg Conductors namin ay nakasama ko sa aming Men's Glee Club. Second Tenor pa naman ang inyong lingkod dun. Baka dun din niya ako ilagay. Kung kaya't umi-imba moves ako at nagmakaawa, lumuhod sa aking kakilala na sa Bass voice nalang ako ilagay. At natupad din naman ang pag-iiyak. (Char lang po yang lumhod at umiyak ha). Ang kinatatakot ko lang nito eh hindi kami umaabot sa minimum members. Good luck sa amin.

(Sige na. Tatapusin ko na to at may meeting pa kami. Syet! Late na naman ako nito.)

Kampanya

2011-02-08T00:22:00.001+08:00

Hahay! Nakakastress ang araw ngayon. Kasi naman nagsunog po ng kilay ang inyong lingkod. Sa madaling sabi, ako ay madaling araw nang nakatulog. Ano pa? Eh di na-late ako. haha. Sino ba naman ang hindi? Ala una ng umaga na ako natulog at ang unang klase ko pa ay sa alas siyete ng umaga. Isa pa, umulan pa ng napakalakas. Well, hindi naman ako masyadong affected sa pagkakahuli sa klase. Pagdating ko pa nga, mga 7:05 eh kakasulat pa lang ni Sir Iggy sa whiteboard. Ibig sabihin ay kakarating lang din niya.

Tapos, isa pa itong Case Study namin sa Rel 61 (Christian Ethics). Ang grup namin ang magpepresenta sa buong linggo. Isa din iyan sa dahilan kung kaya't ako ay inumaga na sa pagtulog. Dahil bakante naman ang oras ko mula 7-8AM ay ginamit ko na lang ito para tapusin ang aming pinkamamahal na powerpoint presentation tungkol sa prostitusyon (ang topic namin). Medyo natotola (tola as in tulala) ako kasi nilagyan ko pa ng introduksyon na yung tipong para-maiba style. Ikinumpile (as in compile) ko ang iba't ibang slang terms, minsan derogatory terms ng prostitute. Siguro madali lang ito kung isipin. Pero ano pa, nahirapan ako, kasi naman inisa-isa ko pa ang pag-animate sa mga salita. Akalain mo, apatnapu't limang salita pala ang ginamit ko dun.

Hay! Medyo nawawala ata ako sa aking pamagat. Sige sige, ito na ang kwento sa likod ng pamagat.

Eleksiyon na naman dito sa aming kolehiyo. Ano pa, eh di medyo dumada-moves ang mga kandidato para makuha ang inaasam-asam na boto. Ako, kilala ko na sino ang dapat kong iboto. Hindi ko lang ito sasabihin, medyo halata naman eh at tsaka wala naman siguro nakakakilala sa kanila dito. Isa pa eh nag-aa undercover na naman ako. Ang hindi ko lang nagustuhan sa eleksiyong ito ay may isang partido na medyo hindi sigurado ang kanilang mga kandidato. Yung tipong ang alam mong tatakbo bilang mayor Pedro at si Juan ang sa bise mayor tapos sa ibang source naman ay si Juan naman ang mayor at si Pedro ay naging bise o di kaya seckretarya blablabla. Hindi ko ito nagustuhan kasi parang sila ay tumakbo lamang para mayroon lang kumalaban sa isang partido. Kumbaga, para walang winner by default. Masyado hindi sigurado ang kanilang partido, paiba-iba naman kasi ang naririnig ko. (Isa din pala ito sa aking ginagawa. Ako ay nakikinig kung sino ang tatakbo at sino ang hindi.) Tsaka, ang partidong aking itinutukoy ay medyo hindi ako nakakarelate sa kanila. Yung ano ba, mahihirapan kang sumabay. Medyo dominating kasi sila. And I repeat, dominating, as in pandiwa talaga. Hindi rin sila masyadong pumapansin.

Natuwa din ako sa sinabi ng kaibigan ko tungkol dito. Sabi niya, "ang kandidato ay hindi dapat tumatakbo para mayroong magpresenta sa kanyang kurso. Ang partido ay hindi dapat nabuo dahil kayo ay pareho lamang ng kurso. Ang kandidato ay tumatakbo dahil alam niyang may magagaw siya para sa kanyang kapwa at kayang nasaskupan". MAPWERSA! Pwede na pang-Meeting de Avance na magaganap bukas ng alas diyes ng umaga, na hindi ko madadaluhan dahil mayroon akong klase, na siya ring aking ikinaiinis. Tama nga naman ang sabi niya. May punto din.

Hmm..Walang ibang kandidato pa ang lumapit sa akin para sila'y iboto maliban nalang sa mga kaibigan kong tumatakbo. Kahit na hindi ko sila gaanong matatawag na kaibigan sana lang ay nilapitan nila ako, kinumbinse kung bakit sila ang dapat kong iboto. Hindi nila alam baka magbago ang isip ko. Siguro, naisip lang nila ay hindi gaanong makaapekto ang boto ko. Pwes nagkakamali sila. Mga alagad, wag silang iboto. Joke! Hindi naman talaga ako ganoon kasikat sa aming kolehiyo kaya siguro nila naisip iyon.

Medyo umaga na at nasusunog na rin ang aking kilay kaya tatapusin ko ang post na ito sa akin kakornihan:

Bigla akong napadaan sa isa sa aking mga kaibigan na tumatakbo din. Johara pala name niya at wala na akong paki ngayon sa pagko-code name. Di na importante ngayon.

J: Tian, vote for me ha?

Ako: I won't vote for you.

[napa-sad face si Johara]

Ako: I won't [just] vote for you. I'll campaign for you.

Ses! Mais festival talaga! hahaha. Sige hayaan na ninyo akong tumawa. Iiyak na ako mamaya. Hindi pa pala ako nakapag-aral sa pasulit namin. Patay!

Mga Sulat ni Kristian: Si Payaso

2011-02-04T22:27:00.004+08:00

Mahal kong Binibining. K,

Iilang taon na rin pala ang ating pinagsamahan. Hindi ko lubos akalain na magkasama na pala tayo sa halos siyam na taon. Naging magkaklase tayo simula sa kindergarten. Sa totoo lang ay hindi ko talaga maalala kung ano ang mga ginagawa natin sa ilang taong iyan. Patawad pero halos lahat ng aking kabataan ay hindi ko makuhang maalala ng ensaktong-ensakto.

Subalit, iisa lang ang naaalala ko sa iyo. Isa ka sa mga malalapit kong mga kaibigan. Sa tingin ko rin ay mas malapit ang loob mo sa akin kumpara sa iba nating mga lalakeng kaklase. Minsan nga ay napaisip ako na ang importansyang ibinigay mo sa akin ay higit pa sa pagpapahalagang ibinigay ko sa iyo. Sa yaong persepsiyon ay nagkaroon din ako g tanong. Pitong taon din tayong nagkasama noon at pitong taon din akong napaisip sa aking mga impresyon.

Lumipat ako ng paaralan noon. Hindi na tayo nagkita. Isang taon ay naputol ang ating komunikasyon at isang taon ay tila nalimutan ko na ang tanong na kaytagal nang bumabagabag sa aking isipan.

Tayo na lamang ay parehong nabigla sa muli nating pagkikita sa isang prestihiyosg hayskul sa ating lugar. Walang masyadong nabago sa 'yo maliban nalang sa pagiging malapit natin sa isa't isa. Hindi pa naman tayo magkaklase nun.

Muli ay lumipat na naman ako sa ibang eskwelahan. Hindi ko kinaya ang pressure sa naturang paaralan. Mga ilang taon na naman ang pagkaputol ng ating komunikasyon. Tatlong taon din ang lumipas, tatlong taon muli na hindi tayo nagkita. Muli na naman ay naging magka-iskulmeyt tayo ngunit ngayon ay sa kolehiyo. Minsan pa nga kitang biniro na "Sinusundan mo ba ako? Kasi maging sa kolehiyo ay pareho pa tayo ng departamento." Pareho lang tayong natawa noon. Biro nga naman iyon.

Ngayon, ay magkaklase na tayo. Halos magka-block pa tayo. Pinalad nga lang naman akong pumasa sa isa sa mga asignatura natin. Dahil magkaklase tayo sa halos lahat ng subjects ay naging malapit tayo ulit sa isa't isa. Sa ilang minuto ng ating pagsasama sa ating mga bakantend oras ay nagkwekwentuhan tayo sa ating kabataan at mga kalokohan natin sa elementarya. Dahil din siguro sa ating pagiging malapit sa isa't isa ay isa ako sa mga napili mong sumbungan ng iyong problema at isa sa mga tagapayo mo sa iyong buhay pag-ibig kahit na alam mong ako ay NGSB (tama, walang pang babaeng nagkamali na ako'y ibigin.).

Ako ay nagsilbing iyong tagabigay ng opinyon ukol sa mga kalalakihan, lalo na sa iyong nobyo ng mga panahong iyon. Ako na lamang din ang nabigla sa desisyong ninyong maghiwalay na lamang ng landas. Mahirap din kasi pareho ko kayong kaibigan.

Ngunit, okey na siguro ngayon. Sabi mo ay okey ka na. hindi ka bitter. Hindi ka na nasasaktan o nagagalit 'pag siya'y iyong nakikita. Sabi mo may panibago ka ng inspirasyon. Hindi naman ako nagtaka. Kilala ko naman ang mga crushes mo. Nabigla na lamang ako nang iyong sambitin ang iyong panibagong inspirasyon na iyo pang inilihim sa isang alyas na Payaso. Sabi mo pa eh kilala ko ito at lagi pa nating kasama. Ang ipinagtataka ko lamang eh kung bakit mo pa kailangang ilihim ito sa isang codename. Lagi mo pang itinatanong sa akin na halata naman talaga kug sino si Payaso. Napaisip pa tuloy ako. Limang lalake lang namin kaming laging mong kasama sa ngayong semester. Nagsimula ako mag-eliminate ng mga tao pero hindi ko pa rin kayang hulaan kung sino. Hindi na ako naabala pa dito. Hindi naman kailangan na malaman pa namin kung sino ang nagpapasaya sa iyo basta't napasaya ka lang niya ay ayos na.

Mga ilang oras din matapos mong sabihin sa akin ang ukol kay Payaso eh sumindi ang bumbilya sa aking utak. Hindi kaya...hindi kaya si Payaso ay si... Hindi, hindi naman siguro maaari ang aking iniisip. Pero wala akong magagawa. Tila ay wala ng iba pang maaaring maging si Payaso. Sa oras na iyon ay natuldukan at nabigyan na rin ng linaw ukol sa aking impresyon na aking nabuo labindalawang taon na ang makalipas.

Sa ilang mga araw ulit ng ating pag-uusap ay tila lagi mong ibinubukas ang topic kay Payaso. Tinatanong mo ako kung kilala ko na ba. Kahit na mayroon na akong ideya eh nagsinungaling akong hindi ko alam. Tinatanong mo pa ako kung ayos lang ba na isa sa mga kaibigan ay may gusto sa iyo. Ang naging sagot ko naman sa 'yo ay okey lang ito.

Ngunit, ang katotohanan niyan ay hindi. Siguro noon ay iyon ang naiisip ko pero ngayon ay alam kong mali pala ang pagkakahula ko sa aking pakiramdam. Nakakailang din pala ang ganoon. Parang nakakailang din pala na malamang mong ikaw ay pinapaginipan ng isa iyong kaibigan.

Sana ngayon ay masaya ka sa iyong mga inspirasyon. Pero sana din ay hindi mo na ako tatanungin kung kilala ko si Payaso. Nais ko sanang ipaalam sa iyo na kilala ko na kung sino si Payaso. Subalit, ayokong iyong malaman na alam din pala ni Payaso kung sino siya. Oo, napaalam ko na kay Payaso ang tungkol sa iyo. Sana lang ay hindi mo na ako pipilitin pa na ipaalam sa iyo na kilala ko na si Payaso at na kilala ka na rin ni Payaso.

Nagmamahal,

Ginoong P.

[langya! mahaba din pala ang na-type ko. Okey na rin. kahit papaano ay nahimasmasan ako. Nakuha niyo sana ang nais kong ipahiwatig. :) ]

"3 Idiots" [2009]

2011-01-30T18:30:00.001+08:00

"3 Idiots"
[2009]

DATE & TIME FINISHED WATCHING:
01-29-11, between 6-8PM, not sure (UTC +8.00)

-Saw this movie in the net but did not really bother to watch not until some of my friends recommended it. they say it's about engineering (the course which I've taken, soon to be changed..haha) so curiosity caught me.

Well, although the setting is in an engineering college, I do not believe that it is really about engineering. No, it is more about living life and lessons which can be applied whatever course you are taking in college. It is success that will chase you and not you who will chase success. Live what you love and love what you live. Live not what people tell you to live. Live in the presence of the present, with the memories of the past but fear not the future for if you shall, then of what use is your present then?

Those are just some of the life lessons I learned form that film. Kind of makes me realize that I am more like the guy named Raju in the film.

So much for that. I'm quite tired. I think a need a 7-minute power nap. haha. Be posting more of this soon.

MY RATING: 10 of 10