The World Champion of the World

Hindi pa tapos ang kamalasan!

2008-05-16T14:31:00.000+08:00

Hmmm, so far okey naman yung kotse, wala namang nagiging problema... pero may nasirang iba...

yung TV ko sa kwarto!!! Huhuhu!!! :( :( :(

Nung 5AM nang madaling araw, bigla ko na lang napansin na lumiwanag sa kwarto ko, bigla na lang bumukas yung TV ko. Akala ko napindot ko lang yung remote control. Pinatay ko lang yung TV tapos pumikit na ulit. Pagkatapos ng ilang segundo, bumukas nanaman yung TV! Tapos lumalakas pa yung volume! Ang tagal kong tinitigan yung TV at lumalakas na yung kaba ko, nasa isip ko, minumulto ata ako. Kaya tumayo ako at tinanggal na lang yung saksakan, ayun, di na bumukas. Nagising ako ng 8AM at sinubukan muli yung TV, nag-assume na lang ako na baka sa kuryente nung voltage regulator, pero ganun pa rin, hindi naman ako minumulto hehe, tinotopak lang pala yung TV. Kaya ginawa ko, dinala ko sa Love Electronics sa Marikina, libre examine at estimate raw hehehe. Ayun nga, may problema raw sa system control chip niya at kaya naman daw ayusin, pwede ko na ngang balikan nang hapon. At ito na, ang tanong, magkano? Anak ng tokwa, P1,400 daw kasama na ang labor at palit ng mga parts kasama na yung capacitors for maintenance. Ang sakit, hindi na ata ako matatapos sa kakabayad ng mga nasisira...

Ito pa pala, pagkalabas ko rin ng kwarto, ang unang tanong sa akin ni Dadi, "Bakit ayaw mag-on ng monitor ng pc?" Ay sus, umagang umaga may isa pang sira kaysa sa TV ko. Ayun nga, feeling ko baka sa power supply ng monitor kasi ayaw na talaga mag-on, pero sabi ko na lang kay Dadi siya na bumili ng monitor hahaha! Isang monitor lang naman para sa pc na ginagamit niya, sabi ko balak ko pa bumili ng LCD monitor para sa isa pang pc (good luck sa akin kung makabili pa ako... huhuhu). :(

Hay, dami ko pa naman gustong bilhin, HDTV, PS3, prime lens, boso lens, etc. Pero saka na yun, sabi ko nga, dun muna ako sa medyo mura nang kaunti, Circular Polarizer filter sana kaso mukhang pati iyon ipapagliban ko muna para lang mabayaran yung mga gastos. Idagdag sa listahan:

1. Brakes phase (P1,300)
2. Aircon Condenser (P9,500)
3. Aircon Fuse (P175)
4. Kalso sa brakes para pumantay (walang bayad, tip na lang haha)
5. Left Rear Wheel Vulcanizing (P85)
6. Radiator Drain and Coolant Replacement (P550 yata)
7. Car Battery Replacement (P3,410)
8. TV Repair (P1,400)

Nilamon Ako ng Kotse Ko!!!

2008-05-12T08:01:00.000+08:00

Oo, totoo, nilamon ako ng kotse ko, actually, nilalamon niya ang pera ng wallet ko huhuhu!

Okay, here's the thing, for a span of a month or two, I've been spending a lot for my car. Not in terms of customizations nor buying of additional accessories, but mainly due to numerous defects my Altis car has been displaying recently, and when I say "recently", kaninang umaga lang yun haha! Here's a list (in order ng pagpapagawa since late April hanggang kaninang umaga):

Ayaw ko na i-total yung gastos pero siguro nakabili na ako ng camera lens niyan na may mga additional filters pa hahaha! Hay, grabe ang gastos, I just hope that the next time I will encounter this will be in 5 years time pa hahaha! Sabi nga ng dad ko, malas ko raw kasi sunod sunod talaga naglabasan yung problema, hay... I would like to thank my sponsors, HSBC for sponsoring me a credit card for utangs, my company for paying me in exchange for work so i can pay my utangs, and for my dad for lending me money to pay for the aircon problem (in short, utang ulit) hahaha! For the coming days hanggang July siguro, puro half-rice at gulay muna ako for lunch para P25 lang ang gastos, kahit papaano tipid hahaha! Leche pang gasolina yan, tumaas nanaman! Grrrr!!!

Maybe I should really name my car, baka yun ang swerte dun... pangalanan ko kayang Sitla? Hahaha! Parang Sutla eh hahaha!

Para hindi mapahiya

2008-04-23T10:13:00.000+08:00

Nagkukuwentuhan kami ng officemate kong si Mike kanina lang sa YM. Pupunta kasi sila ng boracay kasama niya girlfriend niya pati iba naming kabarkada dito sa office. Tinanong niya ako kung sa airport ba ay bawal pa rin ang liquids. Sagot ko naman, oo, bawal ang liquids sa handcarry pero okey lang kung sa check-in bag. Tapos biniro ko, sabi ko, "Kaya kung may condom kang dala, siguraduhin mong nasa check-in at baka mapahiya ka pa sa harap ng maraming tao pag nagconfiscate yun." Haha! Tapos tawa lang kami nang tawa sa YM. Napaisip din kami kung paano nga kung nasa bag mo yung condom at sinabi sayo na bawal yun at nilabas sa bag mo sabay confiscate habang nasa harap ka ng mga tao na nasa pila para magpacheck din ng bag. Pagtingin mo sa mga tao sa pila, ito ang ilan sa mga naisip namin para hindi mapahiya:

1. Humirit ng classic, "Eh kaysa naman sa mag-drugs ako!!!"

2. Maging defensive, "Ano gusto niyo? Makabuntis ako?!?"

3. Ibintang sa iba, "Ah nagtext kasi si Marc Nelson, nagpabili ng extra supplies." (yun nga lang sabi ni Mike, baka mapagkamalan kang bading hahaha!)

4. Magyabang, "Hehe, sinabihan kasi ako ni Ehra Madrigal na magbaon eh..." (magwish ka na lang na sana wala siyang kamag-anak dun hehe)

5. Ibintang ulit sa iba, "Anak ng tokwa! Sabi sa akin ng tatay ko kendi daw to eh! Pang kontra-biyahilo daw... pambihira..."

Hehe, naging katuwaan lang naman ang sitwasyon. Mga tipong "what-ifs" na ano ang gagawin mo kung mangyari sayo yan. Ang sabi rin ni Mike, matawa ka na lang na kapag naconfiscate sayo, pati lahat ng lalake sa pila biglang naghalungkatan ng bag at nilabas ang mga sarili nilang "baon" hahaha! Pero hindi naman yun ang tanong ni Mike, hindi naman tungkol sa "baon" na yun, tinatanong niya talaga sa akin ay shampoo haha! Biniro ko lang si Mike kaya naging ganun yung usapan hahaha! Anyway, na-curious lang kami sa anong posibleng ihirit ng mga tao pag nagigipit sa sitwasyon, mga tipong palusot na patawa para lang hindi ka mapahiya, bistado ka na eh, subukan mo na lang wag mapahiya haha!

Generation Gap

2008-04-08T07:12:00.000+08:00

Recently, I have been noticing the few significant changes that has been occuring around me in terms of fashion, technology, lifestyle and even the thinking of the people especially those of born in the generation younger than me. It's not bad, but somehow, I do feel like my generation is not so "current" anymore hehehe. Let me enumerate a few:

Music. There was one time in Cla's house, when I got inside, Charlie was playing at the computer and he told me that he already started with his guitar lessons. So I borrowed his guitar and Charlie told me to play a song. So I did strum some chords and plucked some strings, then he asked, "Anu yan?" I was stunned and said, "More Than Words, hindi mo alam yun?" Haha! It was stupid of me to ask that coz he was born in 1993 and that song was around the early 90's, hehehe! I should've played something from the likes of Red Jumpsuit Apparatus or any emo song, it's the in-thing anyway for the current music trend hehe. I even thought of Oasis, my all-time favorite badboy band, pero malamang laos na sila haha!

Hairstyle. I started with one common hairstyle when I was in elementary to high school. It was a 1" x 2" simple haircut and a little trim on top. Then I moved on to, "Barber's Cut" haircut which was somewhat the same haha! Then in high school, there was a haircut trend we called "Cool Kids Haircut", which was the hairstyle that Ross, from the series Friends, had back in the early seasons of the series. Basically, it's short hair then lots of gel on top then it's brushed forward in a wavy manner and leaving the short bangs pointing up, it was cool back then, haha! Now, puro emo! Haha! I honestly don't get the emo look, bangs down with the back of the hair pointing up and the length is between regular short hair to almost long hair, hehe, it's obviously hard to describe hehehe. Basically, it's a one-sided bangs look hehehe. But at least, there is still one hairstyle trend that will never die, the long-hair rockstar hair! Haha! Dumaan ako dun, haha! Kaya ngayon, pakalbo na lang para generic hehe!

Games. Just last weekend, I was joking around with Charlie and trying to trick him to buy me a Playstation 3. Then it came to a point when I had to joke around about Family Computer games, and again, I felt stupid saying something like that because the Family Computer (or NES) started during the early 90's. I even got my Super NES when I was in grade 4 I think. Before, one kid could be labeled as a "rich kid" just because he had a Gameboy in his hand. You could even be considered a "richer kid" when you're holding a Sega Game Gear in hand. Now, even a 3 year old kid has a PSP or a Nintendo in his hand, and this is not just one kid, a lot of kids! Considering the price, a PSP or a DS is way more expensive than a Gameboy during my generation. And cheat codes with recent games, it's not about up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, A, B, A, B, start (select then start for 2-players) anymore, you need to have a Gameshark or something just to cheat a game, hehe. But somehow, one common game has passed through generations and up to now, it's still alive and kicking, Counterstrike, it will never die, haha! At least, there was also a time that I got crazily addicted to DOTA hehehe. Meron pa ba nung brickgame? Hehehe!

Speech. In my elementary days, kids who try to speak in English during a conversation got beat up coz they were labeled as trying to be conyotic. Nowadays, when I pass by the Ateneo Grade School, all the kids (while playing touchball or tayaan) are speaking in English! Maybe the kids who speak tagalog are the ones getting beat up and are now labeled as jologs, hehe. Maybe it's also the effect of the country trying to develop the English language as somehow a first language for us Filipinos so that we can compete with other countries. But c'mon, we are still Filipinos, teach your kids Tagalog first and let them speak Tagalog, it's still our first language. And for me, some of my friends already label me as English-speaking and conyo just because I came from Ateneo, and take note, I entered college with a subject called "Basic English" which had no credits and it was a special class for those who scored low or very low in grammar or in vocabulary. Eh mas marami pang conyo na bata kaysa sa akin eh haha!

Lifestyle. We all want to be rich, that's a fact. With lifestyle, of course, all kids have this I-Want-To-Be-The-Coolest-Guy attitude so they tend to showoff anything that would make them look cool. Well, that's one thing that didn't change from any generation hehehe. But at the same time, one thing has significantly increased, and that is the number of young gay kids. I've heard of rumors before that Ateneo High School has now reverted from an exclusive boys school to a co-ed school because of the number of gay kids in the campus, hehehe. I have nothing against them, if it's who they are, I respect them. I have nothing against gays too, I actually admire them because they really show who they are inside their hearts. It's just something that I noticed because back when I was in high school, our batch had only a few (or baka lang marami ang hindi lantad). But no matter how many they are in high school as of today, go on and live as who you are, don't be ashamed, just don't wear short Winnie the Pooh baby-tees that expose your bellies hehehe.

These are just some of the changes I've noticed, there are more but I'm already getting tired of typing hehehe. Kids nowadays have changed compared to my generation, but one good thing I really noticed recently, kids of the current generation are nicer in general. Maybe it's because at the current society, people tend to have the camaraderie attitude and media has always shown barkadahan and family-values in commercials and shows. Kids do tend to see that and at a young age, maybe they can already understand how to be friendly and how to empathize with people. Maybe they are already influenced with the concept of "pakikisama". Even if at a young age, they get exposed to violent games like Counterstrike and DOTA, but they also learn the importance of teamwork and having fun with your friends (as long as they don't imitate the games they play). I do miss being a kid, even if there are lots to study in school or there are homeworks needed to be done, it's more fun being a kid or being a teenager or being a college student. You have more energy, more enjoyment, more barkadas, more parties, and more dreams to look forward to. So when did I actually notice that I am not that really that young anymore, it was a simple experience, aside from the fact that I'm getting fat, hindi ko na rin kayang magpuyat, period. Hehehe! :)

And for the Nth time...

2008-03-11T09:48:00.000+08:00

...I saw another roadkill...

But wait, this is not just an animal roadkill. What I mean is, an actual body lying on the road, a body of a person. The first time was at Sumulong highway when I was in college, second was at Libis and the third time was at C-5 hiway near the intersection at Kalayaan avenue. Last Sunday was the 4th time I saw a lifeless body on the road; well, I wasn't really sure if he was dead or not, but he wasn't moving at all and blood from his head was trickling down the slanted cemented road.

It was early in the morning, around 8:30AM I suppose, when I just came from the Ninoy Aquino International Airport for my brother and sister-in-law's flight to Singapore. Then, on my way home, I passed through Marcos Hiway and went straight up the flyover towards Bayan of Marikina. I was at the right lane of the flyover when suddenly, people were standing on the road and signaling me to move to the left lane. Then when I shifted lanes, there were a few people standing up and one man lying still on the road, with blood coming from his head. And a few meters away, there was a motorcycle lying on the ground. Further down the road, an ambulance was on its way opposite my direction. I assumed, he was a motorcyclist without a safety helmet who lost his balance and fell off his motorbike head first on the hard asphalt. Ouch. It was scary, but for some reason, I am already sort of used to seeing it already or probably because I've seen worse.

It sucks to be dead in such an unpredictable way and it sucks more if you die because of your own stupidity of not wearing a safety helmet or simply, for not being safe and cautious of possible accidents that could happen. I just hope he did wear a helmet and it was really an unexpected accident; I didn't know how it happened anyway. But more than that, I do hope he's alive and the ambulance did get in time to save him from his unexpected death.

It's a sad thought...

Pagpapalaya

2008-03-04T03:57:00.000+08:00

I was reading Ayee Macaraig's blog awhile ago and she had an entry about her theology oral exams where she experienced the "pagpapalaya" in college life. "Pagpapalaya" meaning college life is finally over after all hardships, difficulties, pressures, failed quizzes/exams, torturous "sindak" moments from philosophy and theology professors during oral exams, and more academic stuff that contribute to developing the eyebags in every student's face. You're finally free from the hateful period of your life, studying.

Then in her entry, she had a question in mind after her "pagpapalaya". She asked herself, "What now?", the very same question I had right after our thesis defense two years ago. After the seems-like-neverending "puyat" nights for our thesis, there was this feeling of content and relief that lead me to say, "Haaaaay, sa waaaakaaaaaas! Tapos naaaa!" However, simultaneously, there was also the feeling of being lost, like as if I was suddenly looking for something to do, something to spend my time on, something to work on, as if I wanted to go back in working for my thesis again. Then again, maybe I was already getting bored, hehe.

But with this freedom from studying and "pagpapalaya" from a student's perspective of hell, I really can't say that graduating from college is freedom. College is hard, but life outside is harder. After college, you step in the career life, which I honestly can describe as "prison" from the life of the free (except for those who have their own businesses or who were just born rich hehehe). For some weird reason, while I was in college, I tend to diss studying and I wanted to end my education so quickly and graduate immediately; but, now that I am already working, I complain about getting so stressed in work and wish that I could go back to being a student again. Sometimes I visit the Ateneo campus once in a while and imagine myself being a student again, but the times have changed and people around the campus have changed, then I just say to myself, move on.

College for me was fun in many ways. I hated lining up in the cafeteria to get some average-taste food, but I miss those long lines and the taste of cafeteria food. I complained about the books that I had to read or bring to school, but bringing those books were good exercise for my arms, they were even nice substitutes for pillows in sleeping hehe. The heck, I even miss the hateful conyotic people in Ateneo who think highly of themselves, yet the girls of the group were hot and they wore skimpy clothes like mini skirts and spag straps. It was small fun, but there were lots of small "funs" in college that made my college life memorable. Barkada moments, study groups, slumber party during class, hanging out in the campus or outside at Katipunan, and simple "samahans" with the people that you care about and love to be with. College was hell, but it was fun as hell too. I believe "pagpapalaya" after college is not about being free from student life, but having that free mind and free heart to realize that being a student wasn't really that bad, it was actually fun, and it should be a reason for you to smile about whenever stress due to work comes your way in the real world. :)

Taxi Adventures

2008-02-26T12:53:00.000+08:00

Marami na akong nasakyang taxi sa buhay ko at kadalasan, nakikipagkwentuhan naman ako sa drayber kung game rin siya makipagkwentuhan:

Taxi adventure 1: Pagkatapos ng opisina, pumunta kami ng mga opismeyt ko sa Sidebar sa may El Pueblo sa Ortigas. Ano pa ba ang gagawin namin dun kundi magkwentuhan at maginuman. Wala pa akong kotse noon at lagi akong nagpupumilit na uuwi ako ng bahay kahit madaling araw na, kaya ayun, nag-taxi ako pauwi. Nakakwentuhan ko ang drayber at napansin kong inaantok siya, yun pala dahil sa 24-hours na siyang pumapasada, walang tulog. Nakwento rin niya na kapag nagpapahinga siya pag uuwi siya, hindi na rin siya makatulog, kaya iinom na lang siya ng dalawang bote ng Red Horse para tulog agad, oo nga naman, aantukin ka rin naman kahit papaano sa Red Horse. Nabanggit din niya na gusto niya ang nakikipagkwentuhan ang pasahero dahil yun lang ang tanging panlaban niya sa antok. Kaya mga kids, makipagkwentuhan sa drayber para hindi kayo tulugan habang nagmamaneho. :)

Taxi adventure 2: Sa parehong sitwasyon, madaling araw nanaman ako uuwi ng bahay. Pagsakay ko sa taxi, tahimik lang ang drayber habang ako, inaantok at pinipilit ang sarili na hindi makatulog. Umandar na ang taxi at ayun, humarurot! Sa bawat liko, akala mo sharp curve! Yung antok ko, akala ko lumipas lang, hindi pala, natatakot na ako sa pagmamaneho ni manong. Napakapit na ako sa hawakan na nasa ibabaw ng pinto sa likod ng taxi niya, pero tahimik pa rin ako dahil ayaw ko magreklamo at baka ibangga ang kotse. Nang dumating kami sa tapat ng bahay, sabi ko, "kuya, sa ta..." at biglang preno! Sabay biglang lingon ang drayber sa akin sa likod nakangiti at sinabi, "Ayos ba sa mga kurba? Parang karera lang noh?" Doon ko nalaman na hindi pa pala ako lasing dahil gising na gising pa ako. :)

Taxi adventure 3: Pagkarating namin ni Cla sa Cebu, sumakay kami ng taxi papuntang hotel. Habang nagkukuwento siya tungkol sa Cebu dahil nahalata naman niyang taga-Maynila kami, nabanggit din niya na taga Maynila rin siya at lumipat siya ng Cebu dahil mas simple ang buhay doon. Nakwento niya ang pamilya niya. Tapos bigla siyang tumingin sa amin sa likod at tinanong, "Kayo, ilan na ba anak niyo?" Wahaha! Mukha na pala kaming mag-asawa ni Cla! Tapos sumagot kami, "Ay kuya, wala po." At sumagot si manong drayber, "Ah, bago palang kayo." at alam kong pagkakasabi niyang "bago" ay bagong kasal daw kami dahil pagkatapos niya sabihin yun, nag-recommend siya ng mga lugar sa Cebu kung saan ang pinupuntahan na lugar ng mga "bago" na may overlooking pa ng Cebu at romantic, baka pang-honeymoon, haha! Hindi na lang kami umimik, haha!

Taxi adventure 4: Sa Cebu, sumakay kami ni Cla ng taxi papunta sa Cebu Cathedral para mag-attend ng kasal. Pagsakay namin, ang drayber, nakasando at puno ng tattoo sa braso, kung baga, mukhang goon. Habang nasa biyahe, sumasayad ang likod ng kotse niya sa gulong tapos biglang sabi niya nang pabiro, "ang bigat niyo..." aba, nakahirit pa hehe, pero nakipagbiruan na lang kami. Pagdating sa stop light, bumaba siya para ayusin ang sumasayad, kami ni Cla, hinahanap namin ang metro ng taxi, hindi namin mahanap! Napaisip kami at tatanungin na sana namin si manong drayber, pero pagsakay niya ulit ng taxi, tattoo ang humarap muli sa amin at natalo kami ng sindak. Tapos nagtanong si manong, "anong oras po ba ang kasal?" Sumagot kami na 3PM (3:10PM na nun...). At ang hirit ni manong, "Ayus ah, di bale, hindi naman magsisimula ang kasal kung wala kayo..." Sabay ngiti. Ayus talaga, kahit mukhang goon, marunong mambola haha! Pagdating namin sa simbahan, tinanong namin kung magkano, at may binuksan si manong sa may ilalim ng aircon, at ayun! Andun pala ang metro!

Taxi adventure 4: Pagkahatid ko kay Cla sa bahay niya pagkatapos ng biyahe namin galing Cebu, pumapara ako ng taxi sa may E. Rodriguez. May tumigil na taxi at tinanggihan ako na bumiyahe sa Marikina, pero isinakay niya yung baklang katabi ko lang na naghihintay din, akala niya siguro seksing babae at nakajackpot siya hehehe. Pero may dumating din agad na isa pang taxi, at pumayag naman siya. Tinanong ako nung drayber kung bakit hindi pumayag yung isa, sabi ko, "ewan, baka type niya yung bakla." At tumawa na lang kami at sinisilip namin ni kuya yung isinakay na bading nung naabutan namin sila sa stoplight, hehe, macho yung bading. Habang sa biyahe, nagkakuwentuhan kami tungkol sa trapik. Nalaman ko na sa taxi, basta inabot ka ng isang oras na nasa trapik ka, lugi ka na sa kita dahil kailangan, para kumita sa taxi, dapat daw makadalawang pasahero ka sa loob ng isang oras. Bigla kong natanong kay manong kung ilang pasahero dapat sa isang araw para makaboundary, sabi niya, 30-35 daw at 35 pataas, sariling kita mo na yun dahil gasolina pa lang, ubos na kita mo, kaya dapat daw mga singkwentang pasahero sa isang araw. Natanong ko rin si manong tungkol sa tulog at sabi niya sa isang linggo, apat na oras lang ang tulog niya at yun ay dahil pag umuuwi siya ng Quezon, natutulog siya sa bus. Nabanggit din niya na pag may pasahero siya, tinatanong din niya tungkol sa ibang trabaho dahil mahirap nga raw talaga mag-taxi. Marami pa kaming napagkwentuhan at pagdating ko sa bahay, parang na kaming magkabarkada na may salamat at paalam pa, dinagdagan ko rin ang bayad ko at kitang kita ko sa mukha niya na kahit P40 lang ang dinagdag ko, masaya na siya. :)

Marami pa akong nakakwentuhang taxi drayber pero ang mga ito lang ang naaalala ko. Hindi ko rin sila masisi minsan kung nagpapadagdag sa bayad, mahirap nga naman talaga ang buhay. Naalala ko ang isang episode ng palabas ni Ces Drilon dati na sa isang araw, gumanap siya bilang isang drayber ng taxi at sa episode na yun, mainit lagi ulo niya at sinabi niyang mahirap daw talaga mag taxi drayber. Pasalamat na lang ako at nakakatulog pa ako sa araw araw ng buhay ko at hindi ako nagmamaneho nang bente-kwatro oras. Lagi rin akong takot sa taxi drayber dahil lagi kong naiiisip na holdaper siya, pero may nagbanggit din sa aking taxi drayber noon na sila rin takot sa mga pasahero dahil hindi rin nila alam kung ang sumakay sa taxi nila ay holdaper o hindi. Hanapbuhay nga naman, mahirap at kailangan pagsikapan. Isa rin dahilan kung bakit ako nakikipagkwentuhan sa taxi drayber, hindi lang para malaman ang buhay nila kundi, para matuto sa kanila at maipakita ko naman sana na hindi ko sila minamaliit na taxi drayber lang sila at nais kong kilalanin sila bilang tao. :)

Showtime!!!

2008-01-11T09:36:00.000+08:00

During my stay here in New Jersey for the holidays, I have gone through many road trips, but a few of those shortest trips were the trips to the moviehouse, except for one, which was a trip to New York broadway show. So far in my stay, I have watched three movies and one broadway show.

First movie I watched with my sisters was "I Am Legend" starring Will Smith. It was a very interesting movie when I first saw the trailer, the last man on earth trying to survive, hmmm, interesting story. The movie was good but not that great. There were suspense/scary moments that kept me hooked up in the movie, waiting for something big to happen. Up to the end, the movie was interesting and not boring; however, when things were already starting to happen and the action was building up, the movie ends. Maybe I was looking for more action, but it was kind of "bitin" and many aspects of the story were not really explained. But in overall, it was a nice movie to watch, and I like Sam the dog hehe.

Second movie I watched was Enchanted starring Patrick Dempsey (from Grey's Anatomy) and Amy Adams (I just know her from The Office). Overall, hehe, I liked the movie, it made me laugh hehehe, babaw ako eh haha! I think if you're the type of person who likes Disney movies and who enjoys kababawan and you're a child at heart, then I guess enjoying Enchanted won't be a problem hehe. It's a fun Disney movie for me, there were funny parts making Amy Adams look idiotic, but funny, hehehe.

Third movie I watched was Sweeney Todd directed by Tim Burton and starring Tim Burton's favorite actor in most of his movies, Johnny Depp hehe. First of all, I have been a fan of Tim Burton's movies even if most of his movies are dark, gloomy and creepy hehe, maybe since I have always liked the movie Edward Scissorhands. So for Sweeney Todd, it wasn't a problem for me to enjoy. But beware, if you're the person who gets bored easily, Sweeney Todd may be a problem since it's a movie adaptation of a musical. My sister got bored and fell asleep during the movie hehe. However, if you're a person who loves violence, then this movie is one hell of a bloodfest. It somehow reminds me of Kill Bill or Sin City where blood sprays all over the place. Johnny Depp has a really great voice too, hehe, my brother said originally, Johnny Depp was a singer before he became an actor.

Last show I watched was a broadway show, Phantom of the Opera. For someone who enjoys theater plays, musicals and artistic shows, I found greatness in this broadway play. I remember Tanghalang Ateneo's "La Vida es Sueno" to be a million peso budget play, but when I saw Phantom of the Opera, I guess the production didn't just cost them a million pesos, hehe. All of us watched the play, but only me and my brother were the ones who didn't fall asleep hehehe. It was great, I had fun and I don't know how to describe it, it's great, well it should be, since one ticket costs $61 (around P2,600), but sulit of course. :)

Simple Surprises

2007-11-09T05:42:00.000+08:00

Do you know the feeling of being surprised with a simple gesture, but deep inside, you can't resist the fact that you feel special with that simple act? :)

Just yesterday, Clarissa and I were supposed to have lunch together at Ortigas, my office territory hehe, since she was on a client call that day at Ortigas area; thus, I didn't bring any baon for lunch. So I waited for her and I really didn't try to bother her since she was busy and all so I just waited. Then it came to a point that by 3PM, I hadn't received any text nor YM messages from her about the lunch date; good thing I ate Karla's leftover spaghetti and garlic bread from Jollibee so I really didn't feel hungry during the afternoon hehehe. So I called up Clarissa and she was still in the office! Well, she was really busy with a lot of clients so she got delayed with her schedule, and it turned out, her YM was stuck and she couldn't receive messages hehehe.

Anyway, eventually she left the office and went to Ortigas for her client call. So again, I didn't try to bother her since she was busy for work. Then at around 5PM, I was just staring at my work computer, just watching Mai Hime anime since I was ultimately busy and had no required work to do. While I was watching, in my peripheral view, I saw a girl standing near my workplace. At first I didn't bother who it was, but I took a second look and it was Clarissa! Haha! She went inside the office to surprise me, that was why she didn't even bother to text me or anything haha! It turned out, she had an accomplice, it was Kat my officemate, to know what floor our office is and what time I was planning to leave my work place.

From the office, we had dinner at NYPD pizza at Podium (they have really delicious thin-crust pizza and buffalo wings with blue cheese, but I still prefer Don Hen's gigantic buffalo wings hehe). We also ate gigantic crepes at Crepes and Cream, in Podium, sarrrap. Afterwards, we stood up to go home and I was asking her where she parked her car. She kept on saying "secret" so I had no idea if I was to drive her home or not hehe. When we got to my car, from afar, I saw her blue-green Honda Civic beside my Altis, haha! She even made an effort to find my car parked in Megamall and park right beside it, hehe (it's cheesy but I like it hehehe).

Then while I was walking towards my car with Clarissa, I think I was telling her something, then I suddenly saw a small piece of paper on my windshield, which I thought was a sort of parking ticket or some advertisement, but when I took the paper it said, "Dear Chubby, I love you! Love Snuggy" Haha! It was really simple but it just took my breath away, I just smiled really really goofy and I hugged her and told her that I love her too, hehehe. She calls me chubby because...um, duh? Hehe, and I call her snuggy because she snuggles cutely hehehe! Wala lang, it was really sweet of Clarissa to do such simple things for me and how simple it may seem, it meant a lot to me. Thank you and I love you Clarissa. :)

MyPersonality Test :)

2007-10-26T13:57:00.000+08:00

So judgmental ako? Hahaha! :)

I just added a multiple intelligence test, and it shows that I'm a musical person, interpersonal/social and someone who loves to be active hahaha! :)

It's Been a Loooong Time

2007-10-03T14:13:00.000+08:00

Hello! For those avid readers of my blog, mostly my friends, it has been a long time since I've posted an entry here. My reasons for not posting? None, I was just too lazy to actually pay any attention to my blog full of nonsense hehehe.

So there, I guess I have been busy lately, not just with work, but with other stuff as well hehe. With regards to being "busy", I'm not really killing myself by doing a lot of stuff simultaneously, but I am actually happy that I am preoccupied with the things I want to do, tulad ng "rumaraket" hahaha! I've been busy with badminton lately and what can I say about it, I'm learning and it's fun! Around 2 weeks ago, I tried to audition for a band that was being formed by the former Juana vocalist and the result, I wasn't texted about it after the auditions, so basically, I wasn't picked to be their guitarist (well nagkalat lang din kasi talaga ako for the auditions, it's been months since I last played the guitar kaya! haha!)

I'm happy with where I am now, with the life I'm leading now. I know I can be happier, and somehow, I think I have found the "way" where I should lead my life to be happier than where I am now. Kung ganahan na talaga ulit ako sa blog, ibabalik ko ang World Champion of the World hahaha! :)

Joke Time lang :P

2007-03-15T14:36:00.000+08:00

Isang panget na babae, hinoholdap
Holdaper: Holdap ito! Akin na gamit mo!
Babae (sumigaw): RAPE! RAPE! RAPE!
Holdaper: Anong rape? Holdap nga to eh!
Babae: Nagsa-suggest lang.

Pare 1: Pare parang malalim ang iniisip mo!
Pare 2: Nanaginip ako kagabi kasama ko 50 contestants
ng Ms. Universe
Pare 1: Swerte mo! ano problema mo?
Pare 2: Pare ako nanalo!

Erap writing on a slum book:
Favorite Actor:
Arnold Scharzene... ... (erase)
Arnold Schwarze... ... (erase)
Arnold Schwarzz... ... (erase)
Arnold Shwazenne.... ..(erase)
Arnold Shwazenner... ..(erase)
Arnold Shwarzenneg.. ..(erase)
Arnold Schchwarzenne... (erase)
Arnold Clavio

Sa isang mumurahing airline:
Stewardess: Sir, would you like some dinner?
Passenger: Ano ba ang mga choices?
Stewardess: Yes or No lang po

hehehe, wala lang, wala akong mapost eh, bored pa hahaha! :P

Goodbyes again

2007-03-11T23:35:00.000+08:00

I hate goodbyes...but one way or another, it's bound to happen in every circumstance. I have said goodbyes to many things, like to my old playstation, to my old guitar, to my very-loved university, to my old habits (well not all), and to my loved ones, especially my family. And at the end of my vacation with my family, I said goodbye again for the nth time.

Well, the picture above is a photo that I took before my sister and mom left to go back to the US. It's my dad and my sister saying their goodbyes. Hindi na namin sila hinatid kasi higante ang baggage nila, di kasya sa kotse, so they just rented a van to take them to the airport. Hay, the goodbye moments made me feel sad all over again. The time when we left Singapore and I saw Terlyn wave goodbye to us, ang lungkot mehn kasi again, mag-isa nanaman siya sa apartment niya. Then last night, when we said our goodbyes to my mom and sister (Teebee), it was a sad moment too. Maybe it's because at that moment, I had realized that it's time to move on to reality, vacation with my family was over, and I had to go back to the old life. It's a feeling that you just don't want things to change kasi masaya ka na sa sitwasyon na yun. Then again, being stagnant is bad, all of us have to move on with our own lives. And now, it's coming back to my thoughts again, the line, "tuloy lang ang buhay."

Oh well, that is reality. As most people say, change is good. If change doesn't exist then there wouldn't be any growth. It was a great adventure with my family, lots of fun moments again, exciting trip to Singapore (kahit na pamatay maglakad) and of course, lots and lots of catching up. It was fun, but it had to end one way or another. Pero syempre, it's not the end of everything, lagi namang may next time hehe. Sabi nga ng sister ko, next vacation daw Europe naman daw, good luck na lang sa sweldo ko kung may pambayad ako ng ticket hehehe, pero sana matuloy. :) Anyway, back to reality! :P

Singapore Days 3 and 4

2007-03-08T01:25:00.000+08:00

Day 3:

On the third day of my Singapore trip with my family, we planned to go to Sentosa, one of the nicest tourist spots in Singapore. It has nice beaches (kaso man-made beaches yun) and there are lots of memorable places to go to and have fun such as the luge ride, the Merlion statue, the Musical Fountain, etc. When going to Sentosa, we had to pass the Vivocity Mall so we can ride the monorail going to Sentosa. So we rode the monorail that somehow reminded me of the LRT in Manila except that the monorail only had two cars, the one at the back and one at the front hehe. So we went to the beach station of Sentosa to check out the beach and eat some pizza; we didn't plan to swim since kulang din kami sa oras. When we got to the beach, it was really nice even if it was a man-made beach. There were lots of people hanging out at the shore, mostly youngsters and tourists. At isa pa, ang daming naka-topless!!! Kaso puro lalake hahahaha!!! Anyway, we went to the Trapeze resto and ate some delicious thin crust pizza and a really heavy lasagna on a hot plate (sobrrrraaaannng sarrrraaappp...).

Mmmm... pizza....

Mmmm... ice cream... while on the beach...

As usual, busog nanaman kami hehehe.

Afterwards, we went to the skyride area to ride the skyride going up, and then ride the luge going down. The experience was awesome! We were so up high sitting on a wooden bench (na may railing naman) and our feet was dangling below. Sobrang natakot sister ko kaya ang higpit ng kapit niya and most of the time, nakapikit siya hehehe, ako naman enjoy lang, ganda ng view eh hehehe.

The skyride

When we got up, instead of using the skyride in going down the hill, we opted to take the luge ride. The luge was like a go-kart except that it had no motors and instead of using a wheel, it had handles. Since it had no motor, the luge was meant to go down along the slope with gravity. The experience? Fun!!! Sarap lang kasi it felt like you're riding a fast bump car since pababa yung track na dinadaanan mo. Astig lang hehehe, we wanted another ride on the luge kaso ayaw na ng ate ko sumakay ng skyride hehe.

The luge ride (last place ako sa aming tatlo...huhuhu...)

After the ride, we went to Palawan area of Sentosa to check out the animal show. Well, it wasn't much, but there were really cool big parrots in the performance. Pero syempre, the usual performance naman ng parrots pero entertaining kasi ang cute ng parrots and the emcees were funny and entertaining. We also rode the flying saucer thing that goes up to see the whole view of Sentosa and Singapore.

Then before the Sentosa trip was done, at around 6PM, we waited for about half an hour for the Musical Fountain show. At first, I thought it would be a show that just included water sprays, but to my surprise, it was different. Of course it still involved water sprays, but they were really strong jet water sprays strong enough to build a sort of thin wall of water for a projector to project videos on the water. Sobrang astig!!! Even if pambata yung show (and the character was a green monkey named KIKI), sobrang nakakaaliw. It felt like I was watching Disney's Fantasia, except that I was watching the colorful projections on water hehehe, labo ba? Basta yun... hehehe.

The Musical Fountain show (even the Merlion from afar was part of the show)

After the show, I overheard from one of the tourguides that the Musical Fountain show for that night might be the last chance for those tourists to view the famous show of Sentosa. It was because there were plans that the place would be torn down and I think the Musical Fountain would be moved somewhere else. And my dad told me that there were plans of building a casino on the place where the Musical Fountain was. Hay, sayang lang, ang ganda pa naman nung place nung Musical Fountain... :( Kung ilipat man nila, sana sa mas magandang place. :P

After the Sentosa trip, we went back to Vivocity Mall via the monorail and then we ate at Food Republic again, but this time it was the branch at Vivocity Mall where the theme of the dining place was sort of old Chinese setting (yung mga tipong ala Drunken Master period hehehe).

Day 4:

The fourth day of my Singapore trip was much simpler than the previous days. We just went back to Vivocity mall to check out Daiso, a Japanese store where EVERYTHING they're selling is at S$2. Then we took some pictures of the roof top of Vivocity and of course, ate again at Food Republic (gusto kasi namin masubukan yung lahat ng klase ng pagkain dun hehehe).

Yehesss... the rooftop of Vivocity Mall

After our leisure adventure in Vivocity mall shopping for a lot of stuff (mga bagay na wala lang, binili lang namin hehehe), we went to Ang Mo Kio area for the Night Safari show. It was in the Singapore Zoo and as the name states, it's a show for the animals of the night. Before the actual show, there was a presentation from a group. At first parang boring kasi parang tribal thing lang, then after a while, grabe, parang silang mga lasseeeeng!!! Wahaha!!! They kept on shouting and laughing and dancing pero sobrang nakakatawa sila tignan. It's like you're watching a big drunk barkada who had too many to drink to just stay behaved hehehe.

Then the actual show began, there was one at a sort of amphitheater where there was an emcee and they showed different wild animals. It was also the first time a saw a raccoon, ang laki pala nun hehehe pero cute nila hehehe. Then after the show there was a tram ride. The tram ride was a tour around the place and they show the different animals in the night. To see the animals, there were spotlights that light the area of the animals where they were staying. There were different kinds of deers, birds, lions, tigers, elephants, giraffes, bearded pigs and weird snouted pigs, an anteater (anlaki din! di ko inakala...), pelicans, flamingos, and there was even a giant hamster in the rainforest. As in it really looked like a hamster or a guinea pig, pero sobrang laki, as in parang malaking lechon yung size niya hehehehe, it was a fun night show and anlamig habang nasa tram kami hehehe.

After the show, we went home, our feet were sore and our bodies were fatigued. Hehe, it was tiring, but fun. Asteeg. :P

*more pictures at http://pittsantiago.multiply.com

Singapore Days 1 and 2

2007-03-05T00:02:00.000+08:00

Day 1:

Nakarating na ako sa Singapore!!! Woohoo!!! Hehe, I got here in Singapore yesterday (since ngayon ko sinusulat blog ko and I'm using my sister's laptop hehe) and as soon as we got out of the plane and as we walked along the corridors of the Changi airport, my initial reaction was, "Huwaw! Daming plants sa airport!" Hehe, believe me, airport palang, napaka-environmental na hehehe. Then we got out of the airport and rode the taxi going to my sister's apartment. On the road, grabecious and dami ng puno, ang sisipag nila magtanim ng puno! Hehe, seriously, there was an abundance of "green" all over the place, syempre, dami ring flowers. During the taxi trip, I felt like I was driving along Fr. Masterson drive in Ateneo or the road in UP Diliman where there are a lot of big trees along the road (di ko alam yung name nung street...). Anyway, when we got to my sister's apartment (actually, we got lost coz my dad gave the driver the wrong address. Instead of Lorong 37 Geylang, he kepy on saying Lorong 3 Geylang 37, weirdness hehehe), meron kaming welcome food from my sister, SIOPAO! Wahahaha! Ayus di ba, siopao agad ang kinain pagkaapak sa Singapore hehehe. So after the siopao fest, we strolled around, rode the bus (na astig kasi sobrang organized using the prepaid EZ card thing na universal for both train and bus), and walked to City Hall (mall?) basta dun. Then we went to No Signboard restaurant and ate big prawns, shiitake mushrooms with broccoli, crispy baby squid, and the all-time favorite, CHILI CRAB!!! Haha!

Me and my Dad in No Signboard Restaurant

We ordered the less spicy chili crab, but it was still spicy as hell, baka di lang kami sanay hehehe, and I also got chili crab sauce on my pants and shirt (crap!). After eating, we strolled around the place again to take some pictures of us and the place. We also went to see the Merlion statue of Singapore.

Me, Teebee, cousin Chichi, and Terlyn with the Merlion (yung nasa malayo hehehe)

Cool noh? Hehehe! Nice nice! (Marami pang pictures niyan like dun sa Durian building hehehe kaso kakatamad na hehehe)

Day 2:
In day 2, I woke up at around 10AM kasi super puyat ako the night before our flight so I took the time to sleep. So for the day, we went to the market to get my sister's pants cut. Afterwards, we went to Food Republic to of course, EAT!!!
Sarap ng food mehn, it's like a sosy food court na sobrang daming masarap na food and sobra ring daming people hehehe. It was quite difficult in choosing the food you want to eat coz everything looks so delicious!!! And in my opinion, the food we bought was really delicions (di ko nga alam kung ano mga tawag sa kinain namin hehe). Afterwards, we strolled around Orchard road to check out the malls along that area. We walked and walked and walked and walked...

Me, Teebee, Mommy and Daddy sitting down kasi pagod na maglakad hehehe (at OG store)

Then we rode the bus going to Bugis, which was a sort of a sosy tiangge (na hindi mukhang tiangge or what), basta yun! So we just bought a couple of shirts at Bossini and Giordano (coz may Sale sila hehehe) and namasyal na rin kami around the place. I also saw a store in Bugis that sell Astro Boy merchandise! May chucks pa na Astro Boy and design wahahaha!!! Then nakita namin ng sister ko yung statue ni Astro Boy sa harap and it looked really interesting so I asked my sister to a picture of me and Astro Boy:

Langyang Astro Boy, naka pakyu gesture pa! Wahaha!!!

Then we got really tired of walking and honestly, I was really torturing my feet, it hurt like hell lalo na sa heel part (flat footed kasi? hehe). So we went home and pinapak na lang namin yung uwi naming beef jerky while watching the first episode of Ugly Betty in one of the 2 channels that show english shows or english subtitles in chinese shows. So there, now I'm just blogging now in the middle of the night at inaantok na rin ako hehehe. I wonder what we'll do for day 3? Hehehe, excited na ako, sabi ng ate ko Sentosa raw kami hehehe. Balita ko rin maganda dun, sana fun hehehe. Asteeg! :P

The Second Fantastic 4 Movie

2007-02-01T11:46:00.000+08:00

This is sooo cool!!! It's the Rise of the Silver Surfer!!! Yeah!!! And I bet Galactus will also be in the movie hehehe. :P

Dominated by Estrogen

2007-01-31T11:38:00.000+08:00

Hindi ko inaasahan na sa labing-anim na pasaherong pwedeng makasakay sa shuttle sa umaga, ako lang ang lalake sa labing-anim na yun! Wahaha!

Dumating ako sa shuttle area na pang-lima na sumakay sa shuttle. Pagkaraan ng ilang minuto, sunod sunod na dumating ang mga ibang pasaherong bibiyahe ng Ortigas at Makati. Nang nakasakay na ang lahat, parang akong nailang at naramdaman kong "out-of-place" ata ako sa likod ng shuttle. Yun pala, puro babae sila at ako lang ang natatanging ibang uri sa kanila, hehe. Pero syempre, andun pa naman yung drayber kaya dalawa naman kaming lalake sa lahat lahat ng nakasakay sa shuttle hehehe. Siguro ganun na rin ang pakiramdam kapag napasakay ako sa cars ng MRT na pambabae hehehe. Natatawa na nga lang ako kanina sa shuttle habang papuntang office. Natatawa ako sa sarili ko kasi naiiisip ko pa ang mga ganyan ka-liit na bagay sa pagsakay ng shuttle hehehe, baka bored lang talaga ako sa buhay ko hahaha! Pero ayus lang, maganda naman yung nasa tapat ko, morena na slim ang pangagatawan at sa Makati siya nagtatrabaho dahil P45 ang binayad niya sa shuttle hehehe!

Wala na akong makwento hehe, sa ngayon, tatlo ang pinapanood ko sa bahay, Yakitate Japan, Gokusen (na live action at si Sadako ng Ring Zero ang artista na sobrang crush ko hehehe), at Trigun. Saka na ako manonood ng mga Koreanovela, manghihiram na lang ako dito sa office, uso eh hahaha! :P

Dagdag lang sa kwento

2007-01-29T14:04:00.000+08:00

Meron pa pala...

Last Saturday, I received an out of the blue text message from Avs. She said na magpaalam daw ako pag aalis ako papunta sa malayong lugar. Then my reply was, "huh?" Tapos yun pala, magsabi raw ako pag pupunta na akong US or something like that hehehe. Then natawa ako and I replied that she was the only to predict that I was planning to do that when I move to the US, that is, not to tell when I was planning to leave. I know it's selfish of me to do that, but I guess for me, I just don't like saying goodbyes or doing a party or something just because I'm leaving for the US. My reasons? I guess, it just makes me sad. I hate it when people leave and people do leave me for some reason, but this time, it's the other way around and I will be the one leaving for a change. It won't be soon but it will happen someday. Kaya kung bigla na lang akong umalis without telling anyone but my family, expect that from me hehehe! >:P

Matagal na akong walang update...

2007-01-29T13:17:00.000+08:00

Sabi nga ng title ng post ko, matagal na akong walang update sa blog. Well, you can't blame me for having a boring life, hehe. Wala naman din kasing nangyayari sa akin recently na talagang gusto kong ikwento hehehe, pero since wala akong magawa dito sa office, I might as well post a few incidents that had happened to me for the past weeks. :)

Hmm, around 2 weeks ago, it was Karla's birthday (officemate in Verifone). Of course, as a running trend here in the office, there was always a surprise for the birthday celebrants in the office, and of course, Karla's birthday was no different from the other birthdays and plus, kabarkada namin siya sa office hehe. Anyway, Mike and I planned a different celebration. This time, we wanted something personal for Karla and not the usual stuff. So we made YM conferences to contact our other friends within the office and plan the whole thing (and syempre, sa YM conference, sa 2 hours ng chat, sandali lang ang planning at yung natitirang oras puro kalokohan at hiritan hehehe). So, eventually we came to a decision where we planned to give Karla a Kamayan buffet treat and a gift. Weird though, Karla never thought that there was a planned lunch waiting for her at Kamayan hehe. That time, she thought the others had other plans and only me and another officemate of ours were willing to eat lunch out with her. So to make the others go to the restaurant ahead of us, we had to delay our lunch and go somewhere else. So we went to Manel's, Giordano and to some stores just to delay the lunch period. Then when Pearl texted me that they were already at the restaurant and they got a table, we went to Kamayan. Of course, Karla had no idea why we wanted to eat at Kamayan. So we went inside and I told her that there was an empty table at some corner of the restaurant. When we got to that area, actually in front of the table where our friends were sitting, Karla even told me, "Wala namang bakante dito eh," and that was because malabo ang mata niya at hindi niya nakita na andun yung officemates namin hahaha! Then she got really surprised when she eventually saw them and she almost cried (yata) hehehe. And after that, syempre, babuyan sa buffet hahaha!

Ano pa ba... Hmmm... Last last Sunday I think, when I woke up, I got a text message, and to my surprise, it was from Unna! Hehe, wala lang, hindi ko lang ineexpect hehehe. She told me that she had a dream that I was confined in my own home. She was there with my mom and there were other people as well. She said I looked confined with dextrose and stuff, but I didn't look sick kasi makulit pa rin daw ako hehehe. It was a weird scene pero scary hehe. Of course I replied sa text and kinamusta ko na rin siya. Kinamusta niya Christmas ko and kinamusta ko rin Christmas niya and how she's doing din. I'm glad that she's happy with her life now at matakaw pa rin daw si Zoie, baby niya, hehehe!

Ano pa ba... may isang Thursday din na naglasing kami ng officemates ko sa bahay ng isa naming officemate hehehe. After work, we went straight to his house and we bought Gran Matador brandy, 2 bottles of Red Horse Grande, some snacks, and Coke to mix with the GranMa. Saya, inuman! Haha! Actually sa GranMa palang tinamaan na ako, di na nga ako uminom ng Red Horse eh. Then nung naubos yung Granma, tinira namin yung lambanog from Quezon, ayun, bangenge kaming lahat hahaha! We were actually watching The Longest Yard in dvd pero dahil sa kulitan at inumang sabog, di ko naintindihan yung movie hehehe. So we tried watching other dvd movies, and what we got was Pirates. Hindi yung Pirates of the Caribbean, yung ibang Pirates hehehe. Well, we just watched it for only 10 minutes anyway kasi sobrang tawa na kami nang tawa hahaha! Wala lang, laugh trip. It was a Thursday so we had to go to the office the next day, ayun, mga bangag sa antok haha!

Last weekend, I didn't do anything at all. I didn't even leave the house! I just played PC games the whole Saturday and half of Sunday. The only productive thing I did yesterday was I just cleaned and organized my room. Basta, inayos ko lang yung mga nakakalat kaya ngayon, mukha ng mesa yung mesa ko at mukha ng kwarto ang kwarto ko, hindi na bodegang may mesa at kama hahaha!

Wala na akong makwento at ang haba na ng kwento ko. Give me another two weeks to update again so I can accumulate some stories to tell hehehe. By the way, Valentine's Day is about to come up and it's my second Valentine's Day as a bachelor hehehe. Well, I don't have a date and I'm not expecting much on that day, so I'll just probably be at home again reading a book or just playing games or wathching tv hehehe. Para sa iba, maghanap na kayo ng ka-date sa Valentine's! Haha! Sabi nga ng officemate ko, loser daw ako kasi single ako hahaha! May perks din naman ang pagiging single kahit papaano. :)

What Tarot Card are You?

2007-01-17T15:41:00.000+08:00

You are The Sun

Happiness, Content, Joy.

The meanings for the Sun are fairly simple and consistent.

Young, healthy, new, fresh. The brain is working, things that were muddled come clear, everything falls into place, and everything seems to go your way.

The Sun is ruled by the Sun, of course. This is the light that comes after the long dark night, Apollo to the Moon's Diana. A positive card, it promises you your day in the sun. Glory, gain, triumph, pleasure, truth, success. As the moon symbolized inspiration from the unconscious, from dreams, this card symbolizes discoveries made fully consciousness and wide awake. You have an understanding and enjoyment of science and math, beautifully constructed music, carefully reasoned philosophy. It is a card of intellect, clarity of mind, and feelings of youthful energy.

What Tarot Card are You?
Take the Test to Find Out.

The Long-Awaited Date

2006-12-28T23:46:00.000+08:00

Don't misunderstand the title, I wasn't really on a "date" where cheezy movies and romantic dinners are involved. Today, I had a date with a really good friend of mine whom I haven't seen in more than a year already and through the many times that we planned on hanging out to have some coffee and chat, ngayon lang talaga natuloy hehehe.

Anyway, my day started with my scheduled morning gym at Fitness First. I ran for 30 minutes on the treadmill and did a few weights training just to get back on my fitness track hehe. To my surprise, I suddenly saw Joseph Canto, who was once my classmate in Elementary school in Ateneo, in the Fitness First gym and we got to chat a bit. Afterwards, I got tired and went to the shower to freshen up. Ok fine, I almost "blacked-out" while I was doing my weights training coz I got too tired so I gave up and went straight to the showers hehehe. But wait, that wasn't my date for the day hehe.

After the gym, I went straight to Megamall to just roam around and check some stuff that might interest me (and spend money on it). Then while I was in Powerbooks, I wanted to buy the Tuesday's with Morrie book by Mitch Albom since I've always wanted to read it coz a lot of people say it's a really good inspirational book. I looked for the book in all of the shelves, but I couldn't find it (it took me around an h0ur just looking for it). Then I gave up and I asked the customer service area and unfortunately, the book was sold out...Shucks... ~X( So I bought the I Sat Down by the River Piedra and Wept book instead. So aside from my interest in reading the book, why did I buy it suddenly at this time? The answer, it was to help me keep busy while I wait for 4:30, which was the time for my "date" hehehe (kasi late gumising yung dapat kong kasama... hehehe)

So I just hanged around at Soup Bowl (yata) to eat a quarter bowl soup and some bread and of course, to start reading my newly bought book. Then 4:30 came and I received a missed call, meaning she was already outside the mall to pick me up (o di ba, ako pa sinundo, wala kasi akong kotse eh...jologs... hehehe). Anyway, when I got out, I laughed at the first thing she said to me, ang haba raw ng buhok ko, hindi na raw ako mukhang malinis hahaha! Ok fine, I do plan to cut my hair sometime before the year ends so at least I'll look clean when 2007 arrives hehehe. So we decided to go to Razon's coz she was supposed to treat me for halo-halo (yum!). In the car pa lang, kwentuhan na kami! There were a lot of catching up to do, but I don't think one afternoon was enough to do all the catching up hehehe. Even at Razon's, we talked about a lot of things pati mga lasheng moments. After Razon's, we went straight to Starbucks at Silvercity. Super nice ng Starbucks dun!!! We went there coz we had a deal, I needed to treat her for coffee so she can already get her Starbucks planner (kasi dalawa na lang, kumpleto na hehe). So during coffee, dami ulit kwentuhan. Topics from simple kulitan to serious stuff about life came about in our conversations. It was nice, simple and fun. Alam mo yun, kwentuhang tuloy tuloy kasi ang dami niyong gustong i-share. Anyway, we were supposed to go to Tiendesitas and the Fort, but due to the bad mixture of halo-halo and coffee, the call of nature was a priority hehehe. So she dropped me off at Megamall where I can take a shuttle home and she headed home as well.

So what's the importace of this post, I don't know hehe. For me, I was just happy to see my good friend again. Sayang nga lang sandali lang talaga kami nagkakwentuhan, I just really missed hanging out with her. We had really nice conversations, topics that even left me inspired and made me think about the life I am going through. There were serious and cheerful (tawanan) moments. I really admire her optimism and how she centers her life on God. I just wish I can be as optimistic as her (but I'm trying hehehe).

I am grateful to have such a good friend who has always been there and who has always understood my sentiments even if we seldomly see each other. I had a simple day, but it was fulfilling and fun. And I just realized that trustworthy friendships do not really involve the time-spent together nor the longetivity of the actual friendship, it just needs the factor on how you see the person's importance in your life.

Thanks Cha for the fun and simple date (and for the halo-halo hehe). I learned a lot from you. :P

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By the way, tinamaan ako dito (in terms of my sentiments about relationships, hehe):

"One doesn't love in order to do what is good or to help or to protect someone. If we act that way, we are perceiving the other as a simple object. This has nothing to do with love. To love is to be in communion with the other and to discover in that other the spark of God." - Paulo Coelho

Maybe at some point, I had a misconception about love hehehe. Napaisip ako dun hehehe... ang lufet. :P

Gimik Weekends

2006-12-10T21:59:00.000+08:00

Last December 1-3, Jed, AJ, Xtiane and I pushed through with the long awaited Vigan trip. That time, storm Reming (international name Durian) was supposed to directly hit Manila, so at first, we were hesitant to continue the trip to Vigan. But knowing ourselves as "mga dakilang pasaway", we just decided to push through with the trip. To hell with Reming, tuloy ang ligaya sa Vigan! Wahaha! Lucky for us, Reming got diverted south so it didn't really hit Manila. However, I don't think it's a good think since a lot of damages were dealt along the south area of the Philippines. We left on the night of November 30 and got to Vigan by Friday, 6 AM.

Here are some pictures from the Vigan trip:
Friday:
At the house: (antok lahat...)

Baluarte Zoo: (daming animals...)

Hidden Garden: (daming plants...)

Pottery: (daming pots...)

Crisologo Street (daming old houses...)

Cafe Leona: (daming food...)

Saturday:
Pottery part 2: (AJ's pot-making attempt)

Playa de Oro Resort: (Laki ng waves!)

Uno Grille: (kababuyan!)

Sunday:
Trip home: (deluxe bus)

And the best Weekend Escape Group Vigan trip picture:

Hay, gimik galore mehn. It was the best, it was a simple out of town trip that cost us a lot of money, but in return, the trip was tons of fun. The food was great, the place was memorable and cultural, and most of all, the hangout group I was with was awesome. Kulitan at patabaan to the max.

For more pictures, check out http://pittsantiago.multiply.com :P

Asteeg. :P

Moonlight

2006-11-27T00:33:00.000+08:00

I spent the whole weekend in Guam and I just got back tonight. I usually go to Guam every year or every other year just to renew my re-entry permit, which really costs a lot, especially for my parents. Anyway, when I ride a plane, I usually sit by the window area so I could see the clouds and the ocean when we're already way up the sky. Well, the scenario I just mentioned only applies to day trips and not on night trips, since I wouldn't be able to see anything outside at night. However, my trip awhile ago was quite different.

When I was done watching the feature presentation of the plane, I just started listening to some music and I stared at the window. Then suddenly, I saw stars that were bright and clear since the plane was above the clouds that were quite few that time. I smiled and started reminiscing again (ok fine, i'm a sentimental person...). I was fascinated with what I was seeing since I've never experienced glaring at the stars at that perspective. Then when I turned my view a little to the right, I saw the crescent moon. It was bright and it's light casted a somehow faint reflection by the ocean, it was really nice. You don't often see a moonlit ocean from a plane perspective, so it was a nice moment.

While I was looking at the view, I remembered a story from a good friend of mine. It was a time when he was together with his girlfriend and they sat quietly on a two-seater swing by the lawn outside the house. It was a sweet scene, they even had a blanket that they shared to keep them warm outside the house. Then the guy just suddenly asked the girl if she was willing to love him forever. Of course, the girl nodded and said yes. Then the guy just asked, "Promise? Itaga mo man sa bato?" The girl looked at the moon, and she replied, "Oo naman, itataga ko pa sa buwan." She looked back at the guy and they both smiled. Hehehe, it was cheezy and funny, but somehow, I found it sweet, hehehe.

A simple statement that sounded funny and cheezy, but it gave out a great promise that should last forever. It could be a promise that could make anyone smile and feel loved even if it seemed like it was a joke; it was a promise to the moon that made them smile. Seeing the night sky makes me smile, and I don't know how the moon and the stars make me jitter and feel good about myself. For others, it's a moment to be romantic and to be sweet. But I guess, for me, the moon and the stars also remind me that there will always be light, even in the darkest areas, even in the middle of the ocean where anyone can get lost. A light that will always give you hope that you will be saved.

I remember one time when some of my Gabay friends laughed at me and told me that it was gay of me to like the clouds, the stars and the moon. I laughed coz I didn't find it gay. Eh bakit ba, masaya ako sa clouds, stars at moon eh hehehe.

Happiness is not just merely an emotion, it is a choice. I am happy. :P

Ang labo ng kwento ko... hehehe. :P

Ninakaw na Nakaw na Survey

2006-11-13T19:31:00.000+08:00

Since palpak ang testing ko sa office, mag-survey na lang ako:

1. hows your heart lately?
:: on the virge of being healthy na ulit, hehe, balik gym na eh hehe

2. did u ever cheat during exam?
:: In elementary, I change my answers when it's check your own papers (especially in spelling exams). In high school I copy 1 or 2 answers from my seatmate and usually ako ang kinkopyahan, haha, yabang. In college, lalo na pag ECE ka, kopya lang nang kopya sa mga take home exams hehehe.

3. first boyband that made you go gaga?
:: weh?

4. how many pairs of shoes do u own?
:: around 7 or 8

5. what CD's are u currently listening to?
:: I haven't bought any cds recently, but I am currently listening to The Fray's album (downloaded lang) kaso hindi ko pa kumpleto lahat ng songs hehe.

7. do u buy pirated CD's, VCD's or DVD's?
:: I only buy pirated software and games CD's and movie DVD's

8. have you ever been suspended to school?
:: Never.

9. how many different faces can you make?
:: Smile, frown and look indifferent. hehe. Three I guess.

10. how many times do u brush your teeth in a day?
:: Depends sa mood, two to three times a day.

11. what perfume do u use?
:: CK Romance, Emporio Armani, Tommy Hilfiger, can't remember yung iba.

12. do u watch pinoy televovelas?
:: If I'm with my mom, napapapanood ako hehehe.

13. how about asianovelas?
:: Some of Meteor Garden seasons 1 and 2 and Full House (woohoo! favorite!)

14. how about latin (spanish/mexican) telenovelas?
:: Marimar? hehehe

14. favorite cartoon character?
:: Marami, Naruto, Ippo Makunouchi, basta, karamihan anime. Sa hindi anime, Spongebob and Patrick, the Fairies in Fairly Oddparents and Billy and Mandy.

15. can u drive?
:: Yep!

16. favorite streetfood?
:: Isaw and barbecue!

17. describe your room, what can we find inside it?
:: It's hell. Music cds in a black rack, PS2 dvds all over the shelves, tv by the window, lots and lots and lots of college notes and books all over the computer table and the study table, college textbooks by the shelves, Gundam and Spawn toys by another shelf, bed by the rough wall, a small sofa-like chair that is not even sit-able (due to the bags and other stuff that I keep on leaving on the chair), board exam post-it notes all over the cabinet door and wall at the study table, gig posters by the door, and white painted walls around the room. (boring noh?)

18. do u like to party?
:: Depends sa mood.

19. do u still ask permission from your parents about stuff, like going out or going to somewhere?
:: I don't usually ask permission, I just inform my dad or the maid where I'm going then I just text my dad if ever I'll be out late at night.

21. favorite radio station?
:: NU 107 and 103.5

22. have u ever been under arrest?
:: nyek, syempre hindi. (does MMDA traffic violation count?)

23. what song do u sing in the shower?
:: I don't sing in the shower. Mas madalas ako mag munimuni when I take a bath.

24. whats the biggest difference you've made in the world?
:: um...

25. do u keep a diary?
:: Nope. I had journals before but I never really had the interest to update it everyday.

26. what do u do when u feel low about yourself?
:: Sleep, play the guitar, or simply sit around quietly and watch tv.

27. can you cook?
:: YES! Chicken mami, Beef mami, Chili-mansi pancit canton, Yakisoba (both spicy chicken and beef savory)...

28. worst gift you had ever received?
:: I don't have a worst gift, I consider all gifts special. It's the thought that counts.

29. are u facing a major problem right now?
:: well, kind of.

30. hows your relationship with your parents?
:: My dad and I aren't that close and I do miss my mom since she's in the US right now.

31. any childhood ambitions?
:: I wanted to become a pilot.

32. how about childhood achievements?
:: Wala, bagsakan ako nung elementary (puro notification slips) and napahiya pa ako sa interpretative reading contest. In high school, well I graduated 1st honors, yun lang ata achievement ko hehe.

33. hows ur relationship with God?
:: Hmm... ok lang, I just accept whatever He gives me.

Oh well, uwian na. I'm having a bad day so I'll just leave it like this. Crap.

Oktoberfest sa White Plains! (huh?)

2006-10-10T01:52:00.000+08:00

Last Friday, Mar, Hannah, Tristan, Avs, Borj, and I went to Eastwood to check out the Oktoberfest celebration. When we got there, Itchyworms was performing. We watched for a bit then we left the stage area coz it was really hot and you can really feel the vaporized sweat coming from all body heats from the crowd.

Mar, Me, Borj, Tristan, and Avs

Solo ni Hannah since she was the one who took the first picture hehe

Afterwards, we just went to Dencio's to eat dinner and order a bucket of beer. However, the bucket of beer wasn't available and their beer costs P38! So ayun, ala kwenta... Hehe, so we just had one round of beer for the guys, a pitcher of margarita for the girls and some pulutan food.

Swerte naman ng girls, may nabingwit silang gwapo! Wehehehe...
(kapal...hehehe)

Third wheel si Avs kina Borj at Tristan haha!

The food! (Konti lang kasi barat kami... hehehe)

Since the beer and the food were expensive, we decided to go to Borj's house to continue the Oktoberfest celebration hehehe. So we bought Sprite, some Gatorade and a couple of bottles of gin to mix the specialty that Borj calls "Vortex" and "Velocity" (kasi mukhang gasolina hehehe). Jed also came with us to Borj's house, then Gaspal followed right after. Mur and Mits also came since galing silang date (yihee!) and it was Mits' birthday (happy birthday Mits!). Ayun, so inuman lang sa house ni Borj and super kwentuhan. It was a really fun night! Lots of fun kwentuhan and of course, drinking! Oktoberfest nga eh! Naiba lang kami ng venue hehehe. I won't tell who got drunk, but I'm sure it wasn't me hehehe. Here are some pictures:

Pacute na gboys hehe

Mur, Hannah, Me and Mar

Me (huwaaah!) and Avs (peace mehn!)

Me and Hannah banana

Jed and Mits (that's Mits the bday boy hehehe)

A drink for Gas and Jed!

Mur, Mar, Avs and Me

A toast for Oktoberfest!(haha! kahit na hindi naman talaga kami andun sa event!)

It was a fun night, kulit. :P

Sarbei...hehe

2006-10-04T17:52:00.000+08:00

Nakuhang college sarbei mula sa blog ni chi hehe:

1. Saan ka nag-college? - Ateneo de Manila University

2. Saan ka madalas tumambay within the campus? - First year, Galian room where Tanghalang Ateneo stays, Second year: nagkaroon ng gboys bench na walang tumatambay hehe, third year to fifth year: Gabay room (yeah! the best!)

3. Saan ka madalas tumambay outside campus? - sa Prince David Condo? hehe and sa McDo kapag may exam

4. Anong org/soro/frat ang unang nagrecruit sayo? - Tanghalang Ateneo, COSA, Kythe, Gabay and AECES

5. Anong color ng damit ang madalas mong ulitin? - blue or black shirt! haha!

6. Nagpapambahay ka ba pag papasok? - hindi, I usually wear tshirt, pants and sneakers to school. pag summer, madalas shorts, shirt and sandals.

7. Trip mong gawin pag malapit na ang deadline ng papers? - matulog...then at the last hour or pag madaling araw na, saka magpupuyat at mag-cram hehehe

8. Kapag mainit ang ulo ng prof, ikaw ay... - natutulala at tahimik hehe

9. Kapag bagsak ka sa exam, ikaw ay... - no reaction, kasi sobrang sanay na akong bumagsak sa exam, yan ang buhay ECE hehe

10. Saan masarap pumunta pagkatapos ng exams? - cafeteria para mag food trip! wahahaha! tumatambay din ako sa Gabay room para makipag-chikahan sa mga kakulitan ko dun hehe

11. Anong stuff ang madalas mong i-grocery? - junk food!!!

12. Favorite food kapag “tambayan” time? - chicken strips with gravy! turon! takoyaki samurai balls! basta, anything edible hehe

13. Drink? - beer pare...sulet... hehehe joke lang! Usually buko juice ako or avocado shake or mango shake

14. Anong madalas mong dala sa klase? - ayaw ko kasing may kulang akong gamit kaya usually dala ko lahat. Pad paper, notebook, ballpen, extra ballpen, mechanical pencil, eraser, payong, cellphone, wallet, medyas, tshirt, shorts, brip...

15. Nakatulog ka na ba during class hours? - tinatanong pa ba ito sa akin? eh lagi nga akong tulog sa klase eh!

16. Lagi ka bang late sa class? - hehehe, 1st year, 1st month, 7/9 cuts agad ako sa english class wahahahaha!

17. Nagcu-cutting? - aba syempre, see previous answer hehehe

18. Nakapasok ka na ba ng hindi pa naliligo? - oo! may Thermodynamics exam tapos nag-aral ako the whole night sa bahay nila Jed, then right after, di na ako natulog tapos diretso na kaming exam, walang tulog at walang ligo!

19. Anong ginagawa mo pag tinawag ka ng prof - eh di sasagot ako, "yes sir?" kung recitation, eh di sasagot pa rin ako hehe.

20. Na-eenjoy mo ba ang PE? - of course! I loved all my PE classes: running, ballroom dancing, PE101, and Tai-chi (the number one PE! wahaha!)

21. Mahilig ka din bang mag-DOTA? - hehehe, yep, kakaadik eh. :)

22. Anong computer shop ang preferred mo? - bihira ako maglaro sa computer shop eh kasi hindi naman ako magaling makipaglaban sa mga batikan na manlalaro ng dota.

23. Saang fast food/resto ka madalas? - McDo, Wok this Way, Starbucks hehehe

23. Saan ka madalas magpa-photocopy? - kay Ate Alma sa Colayco (dati yun) tapos nung nagiba ang Colayco, dun pa rin kay Ate Alma sa may Mateo Ricci hehe. Sa CTC din, library at Kostka extension.

24. Sinong una mong crush sa campus? - Si Dingdong Dantes! Wahahaha joke! Si Karylle (yung singer) super crush ko yun nung nakita ko siya sa campus nung first year ko hehehe

25. Sinong una mong kinainisan na classmate? - err... di na lang ako magbabanggit hehehe

26. Sinong una mong nakasundong teacher? - si Mr. Tirol! Yeah, idol!

27. Sinong una mong kinainisan na tcher? - hmm...si Mrs. Nunez, english teacher. Kasi pinagalitan niya ako dati in the middle of the class kahit wala akong ginagawa hehe. Nainis talaga ako noon, napasagot pa ako nun, hehehe, pero nag-sorry siya afterwards. Kaya ayun, bati na kami after, and for the rest of the sem, hindi na niya ako pinagiinitan hehehe.

28. Saan ka madalas kapag Thursday night? - um...Prince David or bahay hehehe

29. Sino-sinong kasama mo? - ex and her roommates

30. Rate your social life at school from 1-10? - 7 I guess

31. Nag-summer class ka ba? What subject? - too many to mention, required summer classes kami eh

32. Saang building ang lungga mo na? - Faura syempre, the best lungga! hehe

33. Kasundo mo ba ang college sec nyo? - oo naman, although hindi ako ganun ka-close sa marami

34. Maingay ka ba sa class? - hehe, it depends, usually hindi

35. Kung mapapagalitan ka ng prof, yun ay dahil - tulog ako! wahaha!

36. First impression sayo ng classmates mo? - bading daw ako... hehehe joke. akala nila tahimik ako and suplado (yata hehehe)

Yan, tapos na. :P

Trip to PhilPost

2006-10-03T20:29:00.000+08:00

Hay grabe, kakaibang kamalasan lang talaga ang araw na ito hehehe. As what this entry's title states, it's about my adventure to Philippine Post Office along Pasay area near the domestic airport terminals coz I had to pick up the package my brother sent me. Syempre, since alam ko na malayo iyon, plano ko talaga gumising nang maaga para makaalis ako agad and makapasok ako ng office agad. Unfortunately, for some particular reason that I do not know, sobrang tinamad akong gumising and I really felt sleepy when I woke up at around 7am; so, I slept again and when I woke up, it was already 8:30am.

Since I already woke up late, I was trying to rush things at home para makaalis ako agad. I checked all the things that I had to bring: the Philpost notice card, cellphone, bag, and my wallet na may lamang P90. When I got outside, I saw the bank and I thought, "Withdraw kaya ako ng pera?" After 2 seconds of thinking, I finally decided na wag na lang since kung magpapa-gas naman ako sa Petron, I can use my mom's credit card.

So ayun, nagsimula ang aking biyahe papuntang Pasay na ang kotse ay hindi naman ganun karami ang gasolina (medyo praning ako sa gasolina pag nasa last line na ng meter hehehe). Anyway, I took the C-5 route going to the airport area so dadaan yun ng Nichols. When I got to the end of the road from Nichols, naligaw ako! Parang naiba yung route to the airport galing doon so napunta ako sa main road ulit. Syempre, medyo nagpanic ako at baka mawala ako so when I saw the Cubao sign, lumiko na ako dun sa may flyover, going to EDSA pala yun. Then nung nasa flyover ako, nakita ko sa baba, may sign "To Airport" tapos may U-turn na symbol... shucks... Anyway, I just made a U-turn sa EDSA then I took the flyover going to Pasay na lang hehe.

When I got to the intersection where I was supposed to take a left turn at the Petron gas station, naisip ko bigla na magpa-gas kasi medyo ubos na rin. So I told the gas boy to fill up P500 worth of gas. Nung tapos na, I gave him the VISA credit card. Tapos ang sabi niya, "Ay sir, Mastercard lang po kami." Anak ng!!! Eh di ba wala akong pera, so ayun, kinailangan ko pang maghanap ng ATM. So I left the car at the gas station to look for an ATM machine. So I crossed the street where I saw a UCPB bank, eh ang nakita ko Megalink ang nakalagay so umayaw ako kasi malaki kaltas. So I asked the guard kung may Metrobank, sabi niya, "Doon sa may tapat ng McDo." So I walked further sa may McDo area, then finally I saw the Metrobank building. Pagdating ko dun, sarado yung ATM!!! Tapos nakita ko yung Allied Bank sa kabilang street, sarado rin ang ATM!!! Tapos may katabi pang bank yung Allied bank, sarado rin ang ATM!!! Leche talaga... Anyway, so bumalik ako sa may UCPB, naisip ko lang kasi bahala na kahit malaki kaltas. Then when I got there sa ATM nila, may nakalagay pala "Bancnet Megalink." Syet, pwede naman pala at maliit lang ang kaltas...ewan talaga... So I withdrew around P1,500 na para siguradong may pera ako. Bumalik ako ng gas station at nagbayad ng P500.

Ayun, tuloy na ulit adventure ko, yung Philpost, malapit lang pala dun sa gas station by car, before pa mag stoplight kaya mabilis lang, la naman traffic. When I got there, binigay ko na yung notice card nila and I waited for around 10 minutes lang naman. Then they callled my name and pinakita na sa akin yung package na video card na padala ng kuya ko. So nakita ko na and okey na, excited na akong umalis at pumasok ng office. Then the customs broker asked me, "First time mo ba pumunta dito?" Then I said, "Opo." Then he said, "Sinabi ba sayo na may babayaran kang tax para sa package?" Then I replied, "Wala po, meron po ba? Magkano?" Then he explained that there were additional fees like charges and the 12% VAT. So I checked the video card's receipt and it indicated that the card costs around $159. So the customs broker started computing the amount that I was supposed to pay. When he got back, I needed to pay them P2,305!!! Eh P1090 na lang laman ng wallet ko!!! Waaah!!! So I asked again, "Saan po ba may malapit na ATM dito?" Tapos ayun, buti meron sa may Caltex na Equitable. So nilakad ko na lang papuntang Equitable, then when I got there, sarado yung ATM!!! Anak ng tipaklong talaga! Ano ba problema ng mga ATM machines ngayon?!? So I asked the guard kung saan may ATM machine, then he told me meron daw sa loob ng StarMart. When I got there, anak ng... bukas ang ATM machine!!! Thank God!!! Ayun, may IBank dun, at buti Bancnet so di malaki kaltas. Kaya I withdrew P3000 na para sigurado!!! Wahaha!!!

I went back to the PhilPost office and I paid for all the fees that I needed to pay. Even if the customs broker was kind of slow in processing my receipt, he was nice enough to chat with me. He asked if I already went to the US and that he wants to live in the US after he retires. Then he even asked me where I took my college degree, so I said Ateneo. Tapos hirit niya, "Ah, talo kayo kahapon ah, sayang." Hehe, I expected that from him anyway hehehe (pero sayang nga, talo hehehe, great game naman hehe). Then he told me na ang Ateneo raw ang isa sa mga sobrang hinahangaan niyang schools aside sa UP and Lasalle. Pero the best for him daw, Ateneo and UP hehehe. Then I even learned from him that there was a degree in Customs and meron pang board exam at license. Hehe, hindi ko kasi alam yun eh and he even showed me his License as a Customs Broker hehehe, astig. Tapos ayun, finally he handed me the package and it was time for me to get to the office. I got to the office at around 12nn na! Haha! Oh well, thanks to flexitime kaya ayos lang pumasok ng late. Hehe.

It was a very tiring day, but somehow, kahit nakakainis yung mga nangyari, ayos lang. It wasn't that bad anyway even if napagastos na ako at napagod pa ako sa kakahanap ng bukas na ATM machine hehehe. Ang haba nanaman ng kwento ko...tama na... hehehe. :P

hmmm...

2006-09-24T10:11:00.000+08:00

wala lang, i just got this from chi's blog:

here we go again. highlight the statements which applies to you.

Bought everyone in the bar a drink
Swam with wild dolphins
Climbed a mountain
Taken a Ferrari for a test drive
Been inside the Great Pyramid
Held a tarantula
Taken a candlelit bath with someone
Said 'I love you' and meant it - used to...
Hugged a tree
Bungee jumped
Visited Paris
Watched a lightning storm at sea
Stayed up all night long and saw the sun rise -- night shift at work? haha!
Seen the Northern Lights
Gone to a huge sports game - Ateneo UAAP games lang eh
Walked the stairs to the top of the leaning Tower of Pisa - gusto ko gawin ito... :(
Grown and eaten your own vegetables
Touched an iceberg
Slept under the stars
Changed a baby's diaper
Taken a trip in a hot air balloon
Watched a meteor shower
Gotten drunk on champagne
Given more than you can afford to charity
Looked up at the night sky through a telescope
Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment
Had a food fight
Bet on a winning horse
Asked out a stranger
Had a snowball fight
Screamed as loudly as you possibly can
Held a lamb
Seen a total eclipse
Ridden a roller coaster - of course! haha!
Hit a home run
Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking - kumanta pa ako! Nung pol sci class when we had a presentation tapos ako si WowoWilly (kakahiya...)
Adopted an accent for an entire day
Actually felt happy about your life, even for just a moment
Had two hard drives for your computer - both computers pa, pati sa office hehehe
Visited all 50 states
Taken care of someone who was drunk - not just one! Apat pa sila! Yung isa medyo lang, kaya pa raw niya kasi hehehe
Have amazing friends - of course. :)
Danced with a stranger in a foreign country
Watched wild whales
Stolen a sign
Backpacked in Europe
Taken a road-trip - hmm... from my house to Coastal road, then to Cavite, then to SM North along EDSA, then through North Avenue, then to UP area, then Katipunan, then Eastwood to eat at Heaven and Eggs! Hahaha!
Gone rock climbing - gusto ko rin... :(
Midnight walk on the beach - lot of times sa Guam. Puerto Galera rin (may dala pang red horse hehehe)
Gone sky diving
Visited Ireland
Been heartbroken longer than you were actually in love - um... sana wag naman ganun katagal ang abutin... hehehe
In a restaurant, sat at a stranger's table and had a meal with them
Visited Japan - I WANT!
Milked a cow
Alphabetized your CDs - YES! haha! may pagka-OC din ako at times hehehe
Pretended to be a superhero
Sung karaoke - um...counted na rin ba dito ang videoke? hehehe
Lounged around in bed all day - haha! madalas ko ito gawin hehehe
Posed nude in front of strangers - um...no...never... baka ma-in love sila sa heavenly body ko bwahahaha!
Gone scuba diving
Kissed in the rain
Played in the mud
Played in the rain - can't remember when pero nung elementary pa ako nun
Gone to a drive-in theater
Visited the Great Wall of China
Started a business
Fallen in love and not had your heart broken - sana nga ganito ang nangyari kaso hindi eh!
Toured ancient sites - Hong Kong temples? haha!
Taken a martial arts class - TaiChi (the best pare! wahahaha!)
Played DVD for more than 6 hours straight - oo naman! dvd marathon!
Gotten married
Been in a movie
Crashed a party
Gotten divorced
Gone without food for 5 days
Made cookies from scratch
Won first prize in a costume contest
Ridden a gondola in Venice
Gotten a tattoo
Rafted the Snake River
Been on television news programs as an "expert"
Got flowers for no reason - i give flowers for no reason hehehe
Performed on stage - Tanghalang Ateneo days, yung short plays for new members hehehe. I can't remember nga lang yung title nung play namin hehe. It was really fun. :)
Been to Las Vegas - Pero minor pa kasi ako noon, kaya hindi ako nakalaro ng slot machines hehehe
Recorded music - JARGON MUSIC! Wahahaha! I miss those days...
Eaten shark - shark's fin? wahahaha!
Had a one-night stand
Gone to Thailand
Bought a house
Been in a combat zone
Buried one/both of your parents
Been on a cruise ship
Spoken more than one language fluently - filipino and english? haha!
Performed in Rocky Horror
Raised children
Followed your favorite band/singer on tour
Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country
Picked up and moved to another city to just start over
Walked the Golden Gate Bridge
Sang loudly in the car, and didn't stop when you knew someone was looking - madalas mangyari ito hehehe
Had plastic surgery
Survived an accident that you shouldn’t have survived
Wrote articles for a large publication
Lost over 100 pounds - exag!!!
Held someone while they were having a flashback - um...how would you know that that person is having a flashback?
Piloted an airplane
Petted a stingray
Broken someone's heart - um... this is somehow questionable for me... hehehe
Helped an animal give birth
Won money on a T.V. game show
Broken a bone
Gone on an African photo safari
Had a body part of yours below the neck pierced
Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol - do pellet guns and airsoft guns count? hehehe
Eaten mushrooms that were gathered in the wild
Ridden a horse -- usually sa Baguio, yung last time rin sa Baguio rin, fun horse ride yun hehehe
Had major surgery
Had a snake as a pet
Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon
Slept for more than 30 hours over the course of 48 hours
Visited more foreign countries than U.S. states
Visited all 7 continents
Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days
Eaten kangaroo meat
Eaten sushi - favorite ko! waaah! i'm craving for sushi now...maguro sushi...
Had your picture in the newspaper
Changed someone's mind about something you care deeply about - um, oo ata hehe
Gone back to school - after sem breaks, bumabalik ako ng school... hahaha!
Petted a cockroach
Eaten fried green tomatoes
Read The Iliad
Selected one "important" author who you missed in school, and read
Killed and prepared an animal for eating
Skipped all your school reunions
Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language
Been elected to public office
Written your own computer language - huwaw! sana lang kaya ko ito hahaha!
Thought to yourself that you're living your dream
Had to put someone you love into hospice care
Built your own PC from parts - gusto ko matuto, siguro pag may maraming free time na ako hehehe
Sold your own artwork to someone who didn't know you
Had a booth at a street fair
Dyed your hair
Been a DJ
Shaved your head
Caused a car accident
Saved someone's life

this sucks... and konti ng naka-highlight... i'm a boring person...

Huwaw! Artista! Hehehe...

2006-09-05T17:28:00.000+08:00

Aza Aza Fighting!

2006-09-04T17:44:00.000+08:00

Woohoo! Full House!!! Natapos ko na rin sa wakas!!! Bwahahaha!!! Super crush ko si Han Ji-eun! Hehehe! I'm not really a fan of chinovelas or koreanovelas, but honestly, I really love this series. It's fun, entertaining, dramatic, romantic, cheezy, funny, and lovable especially the characters, hehe. Last chinovela ko ng pinanood, Meteor Garden, hindi ko pa natapos hahaha! Grabe, Full House addiction and obsession hehe. :P

First Impressions

2006-09-04T16:10:00.000+08:00

Recently, I've been curious of what people thought of me when they first met me. Well, it kind of started last Friday night when my officemates and I were staying at the hotel for work purposes. It was our last day at the hotel so we just kind of bummed around, drank authentic Quezon lambanog, played cards, and of course, nagkuwentuhan (kasama na dito ang asaran at chismisan hehehe). Then the topic of first impressions came up and one of my officemates suddenly told me that during my second day at work in Verifone (hindi kasi siya pumasok ng first day), she said akala niya "disenteng bading" daw ako. Hahaha! Sobrang natawa ako, I didn't expect that statement to come right at me hehehe. In school or at work, when I'm with my barkadas, I often joke around na bading ako or what hehe, I guess nasanay lang ako with gboys kasi puro kalokohan at ganung hiritan kami. But I didn't expect it to be a first impression on me hehehe. Pero syempre naman, I'm not gay obviously, I am definitely straight, natawa lang ako sa comment na yun hehe.

Anyway, so I got curious. Before I went to sleep, I was texting Mar about...hmmm....can't remember, stuff? Hehe, anyway, then I suddenly asked Mar on what was her first impression of me when we first met. Then she told me that she already had a biased impression of me when she met me because Avs was already telling Mar stories about me before we even met. So ayun, natawa ulit ako kasi kinukuwento pala ako ni Avs kina Mar dati kahit hindi nila ako kilala hehe. So I asked Mar kung ano nga ba yung impressions na yun, and she said, "Kaibigan ng Bayan" daw ako. Hahaha! Natawa ako, it was simple and straightforward. Then again, I looked back at myself and realized that I do have a lot of friends who I treasure a lot and I do have tendencies to take them for granted for my own interests. But eventually, I'm just thankful to have such good friends and at the same time, these friends of mine (well at least a few hehe) see me as a "Kaibigan ng Bayan" hehehe. Sounds weird, but it feels good to know such a thing hehehe.

Then I remembered before during my high school days, Connie, an old friend of mine (mahabang kwento kung paano ko siya nakilala) told me that when she saw me, she thought I was "suplado". Hehe, oo nga naman, usually kasi kapag mag-isa ako, I don't smile that often. I also remembered having a phone pal too (friend ni Connie, at dahil din dun kung bakit ko siya nakilala at di ko na maalala name niya hehehe). Ang baduy sobra, pero wala naman kasing internet noon, I was in grade 7 ata that time hehe. So anyway, nung time na yun, the phone just rang and a girl spoke. It was a wrong number call so I just told her na wrong number nga. Then the phone rang again and it was the same person. Tapos, she sounded real sad and she asked a favor from me na kung pwede ba niya ako kausapin. Then ako, sige lang, wala naman akong ginagawa. Tapos ayun, nagkuwento siya and she talked tapos sa naaalala ko, what made her feel better was my laugh. Natutuwa raw siya sa tunog ng tawa ko, ang labo noon pero ayos lang hehehe. So ayun, weird lang kasi since elementary pa pala ako ganun, kahit di ko kilala, kinakausap ko kahit sa phone lang. I think she called several times lang, pero I never really got to know that high school girl better or even see her. Weird din ako, kaibigan ng bayan nga ba ako? Hehe, minsan nga ang tamad ko tumawag sa mga friends ko, tamad ako magtext, minsan pinipili ko pang mag PS2 over my friends, hehehe. Weirdness ko lang hehehe.

Labo na ng kwento ko, basta asteeg, I have GREAT friends and I'm thankful for all of them. Pagmumuni-muni ko lang ang lahat ng ito hehehe. :P

MONGOLIAN BIG BOWL!!! BIG BOWL!!!

2006-08-14T11:20:00.000+08:00

Ang saya saya kahapon! Babuy meals to the max! Wahaha!!! After ng review sa Excel, pumunta kami nila Guiller at AJ sa Gateway. Si AJ, may mang-chichix kasi sa Glorietta kaya dun siya bumaba pero sumama muna sa amin kasi 6pm pa raw, tapos, kami ni Guiller, wala lang, mga pasaway lang na ayaw pang umuwi, haha! Nung umalis na si AJ and after an hour siguro nang paglalakad, window shopping ng mga damit, Chuck Taylors and MP3 players, nagutom na kami ni Guiller at kumain kami sa Mongolian restaurant sa food court. At ano ang inorder namin? Syempre! Mongolian BIG BOWL!!! SHAARAAAP PARE!!! Hahaha! Ang dami, nakakabusog. Here's Guiller's picture with the big bowl:

Pagkatapos niyan, syempre dapat may dessert, nag Dairy Queen pa kami, hahaha! Babuy talaga. :P

Libre ni bosing!

2006-08-10T10:31:00.000+08:00

Yesterday, the whole SQA team of VeriFone had a lunch out at Italiani's with our big boss who just arrived from India last Saturday. Since he's a vegetarian, we chose a restaurant where they serve really good salad and at the same time, they also serve really good food. Syempre, since 18 kami, long table kami sa Italiani's! Haha! But this time, I didn't sit beside our guest, I don't want to be the assigned GRO again for lunch time (parang yung nangyari sa akin sa Congo Grill with our American trainer hehe). I don't want to eventually ask the question, "How's the weather?" again, hehehe. Anyway, here are some pictures of our lunch out with our boss:

SQA Team while waiting for the elevator

Some of the SQA team with the big boss, sir Kartik

The long table at Italiani's (mukha akong lasheng...)

Tumotoma ng bottled water... hehehe

Ayan, mas matinong kuha ng long table namin hehehe

Mga gutom na... ang tagal ng pagkain... (Reiner, me and Arnel)

I WANT MORE FOOD!!!

View of the long table from the other side

Ang mukha ng isang busog

Orient Square (building namin!)

Pauwi na kami sa office! (After 2 hours na lunch break hahaha!) (In picture: Ma'am Eden, Ma'am Imee, Me, Mike, and Mia)

Ang mga sobrang busog: Me, Mia and Mike

Me, Mia, Anne, Kat, and Reiner (at El Pueblo's)

The Orient Square

The VeriFone SQA Team with Sir Kartik

Wala lang, extra picture hehehe

The AutoDL Team (Ma'am Mye, Me and Katrina)

Meryenda time! Sapin-sapin! (parang di kami kumain ng lunch noh? haha!)

Ayan! Bistado ang katakawan! (Richelle, Kat, Me, and Mike)

By the way, libre ng big boss namin yung lunch namin sa Italiani's. Magkano ang bill? P11,000++!!! Bwahahaha!!! Sulet! Well, we were expecting the bill to be at around 8k, hehe, mali pala ang estimate namin hahaha! Pero oks lang siguro yun, masaya naman lahat, busog, at inaantok pagbalik ng office hehehe. :P

Isang umaga sa office...

2006-08-09T11:13:00.000+08:00

Ganito ako sa umaga pagdating ng opisina...

Ganito na ako for the rest of the day...

WAHAHAHA! Joke lang! Masipag po talaga ako, isang larawan lang iyan ng pagkukunwari "daw". Hehehe. :P

When I got to the office this morning, Anne, my officemate was taking pictures of everyone in the office. She brought one of her old digicams and she was testing its "picture taking" abilities hehehe. So here are a few: (ito na talaga silbi ng blog ko, pang-display ng pictures hehehe)

Me, Richelle and Karla (kakarating ko lang ng office niyan, picture agad haha! epal lang ako actually hehehe)

Me and Richelle (humihiram ako ng charger kaya ako napapadpad sa mesa niya haha!)

Me, Anne and Richelle (halatang walang tao sa office, mga late kasi pumasok hehehe)

Feeling pose, as usual hehehe

Ganito ako kapag galit, lumalapad ang ilong haha!

Ganito ako kapag walang pera, nagmamakaawa hehehe

VeriFone endorsers

Ayan, eh di obvious na umagang umaga pa lang, nagbubulakbol lang kami sa office haha! Hindi naman ganyan araw-araw, maluwag lang ang schedule kaya may panahon mag bulakbol, pero kung may trabahong kailangang gawin, nagta-trabaho naman kami hehehe. :P

Pansol, Laguna: ROUND 2!

2006-08-08T13:25:00.000+08:00

Last August 4-5, my officemates and I went to Pansol, Laguna again at the same private pool, but this time, nasa 20 na yata kaming pumunta, last time kasi 12 lang kami hehehe. The usual stuff pa rin naman ginawa namin dun: swimming, drinking, eating, kwentuha, gaguhan, and videoke all night! Hehe, syempre, ano pa ba expectation sa ganyan, eh di syempre fun fun fun! Haha! Well, enjoy lang kami as usual, it was just a suave outing kung saan natulog na kami ng around 6am hahaha! Thankfully, no one got drunk hehehe (Sa tingin ko...hehehe). Here are some of the pictures:

Omar, Reiner, Archwin, Francis, Archie, Sir Joseph, Me, and Janna

Greg, Jeng, Sir Joseph, Me, Janna, Mia, Archie, Archwin, and Omar

Archwin, Greg, Sir Joseph, Janna, Reiner, Mia, and Macho Me!

Videoke night! Rakrakan! Ang dami namin...

Me, Arnel, Jeng, Greg, and Janna

More Training Pictures!!!

2006-08-04T18:51:00.000+08:00

While waiting for the elevator...

Napagod maghintay ng elevator kaya pumasok ulit sa loob hehehe

Congo Grill: we treated Ms. Barbara for lunch on the last day of the training. Dami food! (first half of the VeriFone people)

Congo Grill: 2nd half of the VeriFone people (yung kabilang table)

VeriFone Manila Training (July 31 - August 4 2006)

On the last day of the training, the sessions were lighter compared to the previous days. As a "thank you" for Ms. Barbara, we treated her to Congo Grill and since humabol lang kami ni Arnel, napa-upo ako sa tabi ni Ms. Barbara. So I was the one assigned to be the GRO for that lunch time hehehe. Muntik na dinugo ilong ko sa kaka-english hehehe. Then before the day ended, we offered tokens for her as thanks. Ano yung tokens? Isang bote na may bahay kubo sa loob at may price tag na hindi pinunit nang maayos sa puwitan ng bote and of course, a blowup picture of the one above (at nakaframe yun hehehe). She was happy about it and she might come back daw ulit next time, hehehe, hindi natiis ang charms namin haha! Yun lang! :P

Pictures!!!

2006-08-04T17:54:00.000+08:00

(Sir Kit, Me, Karla, Sir Uri, Ma'am Lera, Archie, Mia, and Ellen)

Here's a picture of some of the Antico Manila people (mostly Verifone deployed). It was the company's boss' (leftmost) birthday and there was a celebration in the main office of Antico. We just came from Pansol, Laguna that day and we headed straight to the office. There were 3 bilaos of pancit, lumpiang shanghai, barbecue, and cake! Basta dami food, sarap! And of course, there were lots of kamustahan and kwentuhan after the celebration. Ayosh!

Me, Reiner, Kat, Richelle, Mike, Archie, and Ryan

Anne, Janna, Me, Reiner, and Mia

Arnel, Anne and Me

Ang lalabo mag-pose hehehe

Nakahilera pa talaga kami noh? hehe (glasses ni Mia suot ko, bagay ba? hehehe)

The trainees with Ms. Barbara (sa training area namin hehe)

This week, VeriFone held a whole week training for us who hadn't received training yet for the company. Ms. Barbara, the trainer came from Honolulu, Hawaii to train us. Nakakahiya nga eh, kasi ang gulo gulo namin lalo na mga SQA people hehehe. For me, I kind of had a difficulty catching up with the lecture coz I wasn't that experienced with all the technical stuff. Recently kasi puro documentations ang ginawa ko sa work, no actual testing yet hehehe. But the training was fun, kahit magulo kami, Ms. Barbara was very patient with us. I learned a lot of stuff din naman considering maraming beses akong late at inaantok hehehe. :P

Nakaw na serbey... :P

2006-08-01T18:25:00.000+08:00

PINOY AKO SURVEY

[x] You have sung on karaoke -- Magic Sing and hardcore karaoke machine!
[ ] You have bought clothes from ukay-ukay -- hindi kasi ako bumibili ng damit eh, naghihintay lang akong mabilhan hehehe kaya paulit ulit clothes ko haha!
[x] You have eaten pancit -- of cors! one of my favorites
[x] You have danced a traditional Pinoy dance -- oo yata noong grade school
[x] You have been to a free concert -- oo naman, karamihan rock concerts at mga gigs ng str8jacket! woohoo! roady ako eh haha! (sosy mga pinanood ni chi na concerts hehehe)
[x] You have never worn contact lenses -- malinaw po ang mga mata ko. :P
[x] You can speak tagalog fluently -- sa tingin ko naman ay malinaw ang aking pananalita ng pambansang wika
[x] You have bought AutoloadMax/E-Load -- oo naman, pag gipit lalo sa budget.
[x] You like to eat Sky Flakes -- oo naman! libre pa nga sa office eh! haha!
[ ] You have put oil in your hair -- uh...sa katawan oo, para magmukhang wrestler haha!
[x] You have washed clothes in a plangana -- oo naman, pero sobrang tagal na rin ata nung nagawa ko yun.
TOTAL = 9

[ ] You know the 'pinoy ako' dance steps -- never ko ata natutunan yun...
[x] You have been to the Divisoria -- aba syempre naman, hindi nga lang ganun kadalas
[x] You have been to Quiapo -- yup! pero bihirang bihira rin
[ ] You have been to Baclaran -- hindi ako sure actually kung nakapunta na nga ba ako...
[x] You have ridden on a public Jeepney -- a definite test for pinoyness, dapat lang nakasakay na ng jeep hehehe
[ ] You have been to mass at Baclaran Church
[x] You have drank 'taho' -- my addiction, breakfast ko pa yan minsan hehehe
[x] You have eaten halo-halo -- my favorito! haha! So far, Razon's halo-halo, the best!
[x] You have hung out outside a sari-sari store -- minsan lang din
[x] You have Jay-Walked -- sobrang daming beses na hehehe
TOTAL = 7

[x] You have eaten dirty ice-cream -- how dirty? hehehe
[x] You have eaten lechon -- kahit nakakamatay sa taba, masarap pa rin!
[x] You love watching Pinoy Novelas -- especially with my mom
[ ] You've almost been attacked by a monster -- huh?
[x] You have gone to the province by bus -- hindi nga lang sa mismong province namin hehe
[x] You have slept on a banig -- oo naman! THESIS DAYS!!! WOOHOO!!!
[x] You have faked your age -- first time was when I was with my mom and tita and we were supposed to watch Highlander 3 ata yun, I was 11 lang ata nun then 13 yung age requirement. pumasa naman ako sa 13 hehehe. Maraming beses na sa 18 hehehe. (wholesome movies yun ha, violent lang kaya 18 hehehe) :P
[x] You have swam in a public pool -- can't remember when hehe pero oo hehehe.
[x] You have peed in a pool -- op cors hors, pero super tagal na nun hahaha!
[x] You have been to a PARLOR -- yup! but i was with my mom, hindi ako ang nagpaparlor hehe
TOTAL = 9

[x] You've been obsessed with a pure pinoy star -- marami eh hehehehe
[x] You have been to a public basketball game. -- oo naman. PBA, UAAP, interbarangay liga in Marikina hehehe
[x] You have eaten ISAW -- sarrrrappp!!!
[ ] You have/had bulate in your stomach
[ ] You own a Magic Sing -- unfortunately... :( pero oks lang, di rin naman ako sobrang hilig kumanta and mag-iingay lang ako sa bahay noh hehe
[x] You have played Patintero -- usually sa school since grade school pa.:P
[x] You have played sipa
[ ] You have bought a dog/cat from the cartimar/aranque
[ ] You have looked for lice on other's head
[x] You have played Bingo -- sa bene, every year dati may bingo. kotse pa yung grand prize!
TOTAL = 6

[x] You have been to Pasay -- i think...
[x] You have taken a road trip by car -- oo naman, ako pa, dakilang drayber hehehe
[x] You've thought of using someone for their money -- oo na, gago na kung gago haha!
[ ] You have used someone for their money -- never, hanggang isip na lang hehe
[x] You have owned/own a black and white fone -- 3210 ko? black yung casing and white yung keypad? hehehe
[x] You have slept at around 5am or some more -- MARAMING BESES NA! sa thesis, sa inuman with tristan and alfred, sa sleep overs at playstation hehehe...marami pa :P
[ ] You have gone a week without bathing -- yuck...
[x] You have gotten drunk -- not really drunk as in no control of myself, pero tipsy lang naman hehehe
[x] You respect your elders -- oo naman. :)
[x] You like to gimmick -- wehehehe...op cors hehehehe :P
TOTAL = 8

Now add the numbers up and multiply by 2!
I'm 78% Filipino!

Wahahaha! 78% Filipino! 10% Spanish! 5% Italian! 2% German! 5% Australian! 5% Chinese! 5% Japanese! and 5% Brazilian!

In short...I am 115% askal! bwahahaha! at least i'm dominantly Filipino hehehe!

:P

Ang mga nangyari sa mga nakaraang linggo...

2006-07-15T13:50:00.000+08:00

I really don't know what to post, hehe, so here are just a few things that happened for the last few weeks:

I attended a despedida party for Katrina Guevara, a really good, reliable and trustworthy friend of mine. She's actually lives in the US and last June, she visited the Philippines for a month. Nung despedida party lang kami nagkita during her whole stay dito hehe. It was so nice to see her again and I missed her so much, ang dami niyang kwento hehe. I also got to meet her nice and kwela friends and cousins hehehe. Andun din yung first year college English10 classmate ko, si Peter Paul! Small world lang, girlfriend niya yung kabarkada ni Katrina hehehe. Shux, I wish she didn't have to go back to the US, sobrang namiss ko siyang kasama eh hehe. A really sweet and true friend who's always there for me during my ups and downs in life, kahit nasa ibang bansa siya. :P

For the next few days and weeks, as usual, office, bahay, inom, tambay somewhere with sila Tristan, Hannah and Mar. Minsan naghahanap ng libreng Smirnoff Ice sa 7Eleven hehehe. Then on July 6-7, my officemates and I went to Pansol, Laguna during the Verifone shutdown for 3 days. Mia's mom knows the owner of the place called Villa Matuto so we got the private pool place for free kahit overnight lang hehehe. It was actually a big and nice place. Pangmaramihan talaga coz around 6 rooms ata ang available sa place and may mga cottages pa where people can just simply hang out and drink until they got wasted...parang yung ginawa namin hahaha joke! The pool was nice, it wasn't really that big but it was 7 feet deep so most of us were just swimming around the 5 feet deep area of the pool hehehe. Kahit nga lumubog ako na nakataas ang arms ko, lubog pa rin ako, ganun ako kaliit. hahaha! Anyway, sobrang fun yun kahit overnight lang. There were drinks, food, swimming, free videoke, basketball shootouts, chismis, kwentuhan, and lots of kodak moments hehe. Here are some pictures:

Hay ewan, ayaw magpost nung pictures...lecheng blog... hehehehe. Anyway, I'll post the other pictures when I get the chance ulit hehehe.

Last Monday, July 10, I was finally able to watch Superman Returns. Sobrang nagiging loser na nga ako kasi ang tagal ko bago nakapanood hahaha! Anyway, I watched with Marian and before that, we arrived sa mall kasi ng masyadong maaga, so we just played sa Timezone. Yung P200 card namin, naubos lang agad in 30 minutes hehehe, gastos... Haha! But it was fun and ang ingay namin kaya pinagtitinginan na kami ng mga andun haha! The P200 wasn't actually a waste, aside from the fun we had playing the games there, we were also able to acquire enough tickets/credits to claim a bottle of Spongebob bubbles for Marian, a pack of jackstones for anyone, and a small water gun for Hannah (na sobrang tagal na niyang pinipilit sa akin na bilhan ko siya hehe). Superman Returns was a really nice movie, idol si Superman, ang sarap maging Superman hehehe. Even the special effects were great. Since nagandahan ako, I wanted my dad to also watch the movie (kasi Superman fan naman siya). So the next night, nilibre ko si daddy na manood ng Superman Returns hehe. Unexpectedly, he really liked the movie and all of the special effects. He commented mostly on Kate Bosworth's acting and on the movie's special effects. It was also fun watching the movie for the second time hehe. :P

So there, after those events, wala na, puro labas na lang sa gabi, tambay sa Drew's blah blah hehehe. I'm planning to watch Pirates of the Carribean 2 on Monday with my officemates. Bigla na lang kasing nagtext si Kat na nood daw kami officemates sa Monday at inunahan na niya ako bago pa ako magkaroon ng ibang plans on Monday kasi lagi raw akong may planong iba hehehe. I just came from Drew's last night with my friends and after that, pumunta kaming Mr. Kebab sa Quezon Ave kasi nagutom na kami hehehe. Chelo Kebab panalo! Woohoo!!! Hahaha!!! After that, uwi na para matulog at magpahinga...isang gabi ng puyatan nanaman hehehe.

I'll post ulit kung may kwento na ulit ako. Napahaba nanaman kwento ko eh hehehe. :P

Last day sa work...

2006-06-10T22:58:00.000+08:00

Last day... hindi ko last day sa work, pero last day ng officemate ko kasi nag-resign na siya. Siya si Jenie Lago, aka Potpot. Isa sa mga pinakamakulit sa office ng Verifone, pero taga-Antico siya, so technically, officemate ko siya both sa Verifone at sa Antico hehehe. Anyway, 5 months na siya sa Antico, pero out of the blue, bigla na lang siyang nagresign. Honestly, nakakalungkot nung nalaman ko na magreresign na pala siya kasi isa siya sa mga nagbibigay buhay sa office ng Verifone at sa STE team dahil sa kakulitan niya at ang sa kanyang malupit na paghihirit at pambubully sa mga officemates ko, kasama ako hehehe. Well, dagdag pa dito, nakakalungkot kasi recently ko lang siya naging ka-close at madalas nakakakulitan sa office. Kasabay din namin siya mag-lunch, marami kami at masaya kasi grabe ang biruan at hiritan. Marami siyang kwentong kwela at di hamak, wala na kaming ginawa kundi tumawa nang tumawa sa pantry. Nabubusog na kami sa kabag.

So last day niya nung Friday, malungkot na masaya ang araw na iyon. Malungkot kasi huling araw na namin siya makakasama, pero masaya rin kasi ang huling pagsasama namin sa kanya bilang officemate ay naging makahulugan at enjoy. Since Friday nun, lunch out day ng office yun, kaya pumunta ang isang batalyon ng Verifone at Antico employee sa Pizza Hut Megamall para kumain at magpakababoy sa busog hehehehe (kahit mahal hehehe).

Ito ay picture namin ni Karla, ang kasama ko sa SQA area sa Verifone, habang nasa Pizza Hut kami. Si Vanessa ang kumuha ng picture, sayang nga may araw sa likod eh hehehe (si manong waiter nasa likod pa, epal hehehe). Pero astig, liwanag ng picture, natapyas nga lang noo ni Karla hahaha! Kahit napagastos kaming lahat sa Pizza hut, astig pa rin, nag-order kami ng apat na klase ng pasta at isang family size na Meatlover's Pizza, sarrrraaap!!! Syempre busog!

After lunch, balik na kami ng office, at ako, wala nanamang ginagawa, dapat may meeting kami, kaso postponed kaya ayun, tunganga nanaman ako sa computer. Pagdating ng 4pm, nagmessage na si boss ma'am Eden na may Sapin Sapin daw sa pantry. Kain nanaman! Special request daw kasi ni Potpot yung sapin sapin bago siya umalis, kaya ayun, binigay naman ni ma'am Eden ang request hehehe. Grabe, kababuyan to the max ang kainan! Ang sarap pero parang bumigat na ako ng 5 pounds agad nung hapon na iyon hehehe.

Nang dumating na ang mga 6pm, bigla kong naisipan na i-message ang mga natitirang tao sa office. Ang message ko, "Nood tayo Cars!" Haha!

Ayan, picture ng Cars, ang cute ni Lightning Mcqueen!!! (Pero hindi pa rin ako nakakahanap ng happy meal niyan, waaaah!!!) Anyway, so nagyaya ako at syempre game ang mga tao. Dapat 7:30pm yung papanoorin namin kaso si Karla, 7:30 pa raw makakaalis kasi late siya nakapasok at ang dami rin niyang papilit para lang sumama siya (malayo rin naman kasi bahay niya, Cavite pa hehehe). Anyway, ang mga kasama ko, si Potpot, Karla, Vanessa, at Arnel (na kaklase ko pala sa Excel Review pero hindi pa nagpapakita kasi tinatamad hehehe). Since maaga pa, kumain muna kami ng dinner. At saan iyon? Sa Teriyaki Boy!!! Gastos nanaman!!! Originally dapat sa Kenny Roger's kaso biglang si Karla gusto pala ng California Maki, ililibre raw kami ng isang order. Syempre, tumaginting ang salitang "libre" sa aming mga tainga, kaya game! Haha! So kumain nga kami sa Teriyaki Boy at ang aming departing girl na si Potpot, sulit sa kanin! Dalawang order agad ng kanin, hindi ko alam kung saan niya naitatago sa katawan niya ang dami ng carbohydrates na kinakain niya hehe. At gusto na niya umiyak nung biniro namin siya na walang spoon and fork doon, chopsticks lang, hahaha!!! Grabe, magwawala na ata siya kung hindi pa namin binawi hehehe, hindi raw kasi siya marunong magchopsticks at sa gutom niya, wala na siyang panahon para aralin pa iyon. By the way, malupit na mathematician siya na Physics graduate, Cum Laude ata hehehe. Nagulat na lang kami nung pina-compute namin yung hatian ng bayad sa kinain, ayun, in 3 seconds lang ata, ayos na agad ang hatian hahaha!

After dinner, dumiretso na kami sa sinehan, 9:50pm ang start ng movie kaya nagmadali kami. Nung bumibili kami, biglang nakita namin tatlo pa naming officemates, sina Archwin, Tha, at Jeng! Manonood din daw sila hehehe. Kaya ayun, sama sama na kaming nanood ng Cars, ang lufet mehn...ang super cute ng story hehehe. Wala lang, mababaw lang kasi kaligayahan ko kaya kahit na pambata ang palabas, masaya na ako hehehe. Dagdag pa rito, mahilig ako sa kotse kaya gusto ko yung pelikula hehehe. At syempre, hindi naiwasan ang tawanan sa buong movie hehehe. Puro halakhak na lang ang narinig ko, ang sasarap tumawa ng mga officemates ko eh hehehe. Astig, kasi at least hindi ako ang malakas tumawa hehehe. Sulit ang Cars, kahit hanggang dulo pa ng credits hehehe! May parting gift din pala ako kay Potpot, binigay ko sa kanya yung happy meal toy ko na Ramone (the violet car with Hydraulics, cool yun! haha!), ayaw daw niya kasi yung Porsche, gusto niya yung may hydraulics hehehe. Kaya ayun, yun na lang ang remembrance ko sa kanya, ang happy meal toy at utang ko sa kanya na P50 sa sine hehehe (next time na lang daw, pag nagkita kita hehehe).

Pagkatapos ng movie, tapos na rin ang araw, tapos na ang last day ni Potpot bilang officemate namin. Panahon na para maghiwahiwalay at magkanya-kanyang landas. Sumakay na kami ng bus pauwi, humiwalay na sila Karla, Archwin, Tha, Arnel, at Van kasi papunta silang South. Ako naman, kasabay ko si Potpot sa bus kasi Cubao siya umuuwi. Bumaba na si former officemate sa P.Tuazon, habang ako naman sa Araneta. Kinabahan pa ako kasi akala ko mali ang nababaan ko, hehehe. Anyway, nakauwi pa rin naman ako ng buhay hehe.

Sulit ang araw, naging masaya ang lahat kahit na naging magastos ang araw na iyon. Sabi ko nga, nakakalungkot ang araw dahil ang isang kaibigan ko, bigla nang kumalas sa isang samahang akala ko ay tatagal pa. Parang kabarkada ko na siya sa opisina kasama nila Greg, Richelle, Kat, Ryan, Archie, Karla, Van, at iba pa. Astig sana kung tumagal pa, marami pa sanang masasayang samahan, pero syempre, respetado ko ang desisyon niya, ginusto niyang umalis na sa kumpanya. Sana may makuha siyang mas magandang trabaho at sana hindi niya kami kalimutan. Naiiisip ko dati, parang College lang talaga ang karanasan ko sa trabaho pero ito ang isa sa kaibahan ng trabaho sa kolehiyo, minsan, hindi mo inaakala, bigla na lang may aalis at may darating na bago. Bigla na lang, may magreresign na wala kang kaalam alam na aalis na pala siya at last day na pala niya sa Biyernes. Weird eh, sa kolehiyo, pag may umalis, alam niyong magkikita pa kayo one way or another sa school. Pero sa trabaho, iba, future na ng tao ang nakasalalay, hindi pwede ang hadlangan at kailangan mo respetuhin ang future ng isa't isa. Kung kailangang mag kanya-kanya ng buhay, kinakailangan talaga. Malungkot pero ganun talaga. Hindi mo akalain na malay mo biglang yung katabi mo opisina, last day na pala bukas. O kaya naman, malay mo, kahit ikaw mismo, last day mo na pala sa trabaho kinabukasan. May takot din ako kapag dumating ang panahon na ako naman ang aalis at mang-iiwan ng mga taong naging close ko na sa opisina para sa sarili kong kapakanan, hindi ko alam kung kakayanin ko, takot lang ako sa pagbabago talaga, madali akong makontento sa kung ano ang meron ako. Pero syempre, hindi pwedeng ganun, dahil lahat nagbabago, at kahit mahirap, kailangang tanggapin. :P

Paalam at salamat sa mga masayang pagsasama Potpot (kahit sandali lang), siguradong mamimiss ka naming lahat sa Verifone at sa Antico. Mamimiss ko ang mga hirit mo, kakulitan mo, at pambubully mo sa akin sa opisina. Napagkamalan ko pang sabon ang thesis mo na kinagalitan mo sa akin dahil yung thesis mo pala ay isang device para sa Data Gathering ng Hydrogen Sulfide amount sa mud springs ng Mt. Makiling hehehe, naging idol at bossing kita bigla dahil dun hehehe. Bilib ako sa kalakasan ng loob mong sumulong sa buhay at humanap ng mas magandang oportunidad, sana maging maligaya ka sa buhay at sa magiging future career mo. May plano pa naman manood ng Superman Returns sa Imax Theater kaya magkikita kita pa tayong lahat hehehe. Astig ka pare!:P

Ang mga nauto ng Teriyaki Boy (Karla, Me, Vanessa, Potpot, and Arnel)

More Pictures from Subic

2006-05-30T09:28:00.000+08:00

MORE PICTURES!!! Hehe...

Actually marami ulit pics yan, pero nilagay ko lang yung mga pictures na andun ako hehehe. Thanks to Kat, Archie and sir Julius for the pictures hehehe. :P

Grande Island, Subic

2006-05-28T20:59:00.000+08:00

I just got back from Grande Island in Subic. Ito nga pala itsura ng lugar sa website nila:

Ganda noh? Ang lupit ng picture! Ang daming kulay! Tapos, ito yung picture nung dumating kami sa Subic nung umaga:

O ha? San ka pa? Ang lapit sa picture di ba? Haha! Yung nakikita mong tubig, yan ang swimming pool! Walang tubig! Walang hiya! Haha!:P

Anyway, kahapon, May 27, nag-outing ang Verifone company sa Subic, Grande Island. Well, kahit na Antico Manila Inc. ang company kung saan ako nagtatrabaho, since deployed ako sa Verifone, kasama kaming mga taga-Antico sa outing, hehehe, kasi pag hindi raw kami kasama, ang konti na lang nilang matitira hahaha! Anyway, it was a three hour trip going to Subic, then pagdating namin doon, bawal magdala ng pagkain! Kailangan iiwan sa may pier, leche sila hehehe. So ayun, yung mga may dala ng chips, iniwan nila sa pier yung baon nila, ako walang dala, tubig lang hehehe. So we rode the ferry going to Grande Island, saya naman, pumunta pa kaming deck hehehe. When we got to Subic after the 30 minute boat ride, nagulat kami! Ang pangit! Haha! Iisa lang nasa isip naming lahat, "Ito na yun?" Hahaha! Seryoso, kalokohan yung lugar. The grass areas were almost dead, the beach looks fake because of its being man-made, ang lalayo ng mga kainan at rooms where we stayed, at walang laman na tubig yung swimming pool na ang laki laki, wala namang laman! 2-3 days pa raw bago mapuno, leche... I was with Greg, Richelle and Katrina sa room, kami kasi yung mga baguhan hehehe. :P

So we got to our rooms and ayun, nagpahinga lang kami then nagbihis na para pumunta sa beach. So punta kami doon, swimming...swimming...swimming... wala naman kasing bang pwedeng gawin hehehe. I also rode the banana boat for the first time!!! I was with Karla, Jenie, Karl and Ryan sa banana boat, kaso wala akong picture, wala kasing kukuha hehehe. Astig pala yung banana boat, kaso hindi nahulog yung sa amin hehe. Anyway, we just swam for around 3 hours din. Naglaro pa kami ng Touch the Dragon's Tail sa beach! Haha! SQA team daw versus DEV team, haha! hindi natapos yung laro kasi napagod na kami, so naglaro na lang ng taya tayaan, ang kulit! Tapos ito, kulit ng hirit, nung napagod na maglaro, sumigaw si Ryan na officemate ko, "TOUCH THE COLOR... BLUE!!!" Eh yung officemates kong girls na may "hinaharap", naka blue na bathing suit tops! Haha! Grabecious, natawa na lang kami, hehe, nakakahiya pero syempre, katuwaan lang, hindi naman niya tinuloy eh hehehe. Salbaheng bata hehehe.:P

At around 5pm, umahon na kami sa beach, naligo at nagbihis na sa room for dinner and manonood kami ng cultural show hehe. Galing ng cultural show! Inalok pa kami turuan ng cultural dance, pero nagkunwari na lang kaming kumakain kami para hindi kami mahatak hehehe. Isa lang nahatak sa amin, si Karla na SQA din, nakakatawa, sabi pa niya, "Ayaw ko, nahihiya ako..." Tapos nung andun na, todo sayaw naman hehehe. Then after dinner, nanlibre si sir Oscar ng inuman, ang daming beer!!! Hindi naman ako naglasing pero as usual, namula ako ng todo. I just drank 2 cans of Red Horse Extra Strong and one shot of Tequila, shet mehn, sarap ng tequila, namiss ko yun sobra hehehe. Kasabayan ko uminom yung mga ibang SQA, sila Mike, Katrina, Karla, Jenie, Ryan at si Kuya Ricky din, ang aming astiging maintenance guy at front desk attendant sa morning hehehe. It was a drinking and videoke night, grabe, sharap ng ganung buhay hahaha! Libre pa! I didn't sing though hahaha! Kakahiya eh hehehehe.:P

We got back to our rooms at around 11pm na, medyo may tama na yung iba sa amin, ako hindi naman, namumula lang ako as usual hehehe, tisoy eh hehehe. So me, Greg, Richelle, Katrina, and Mike just stayed in our room and watched a Japanese movie sa Star Movies hehehe. Then, nakatulog na ako kasi hindi pa ako natutulog the night before (that's another story hehehe, inuman naman kasi yun sa Drews with Tristan, Mike Lim, Fael, Marian and Hannah, fun din yun hehehe). Sayang nga, nakatulog ako, marami pa raw happening nung gabi hehehe, yung mga typical, dramahan ng ibang girls dahil lasheng na sila, at yung isa, nawalan daw ng cellphone at naghanap pa ang marami para sa cell phone niya pero yun pala the whole time, nasa bulsa lang niya wehehehe, funny story lang, kaso tulog na ako nun hehehe. Sayang. hehehe. Well, the usual stuff happens ng mga ganun, biruan, kwentuhan at gaguhan hehehe. Simpleng kasiyahan lang kami.:P

Nung morning naman kanina, we just played billiards and then packed our bags. Syempre picture picture muna bago umalis, Verifone and Antico peeps are so camwhores! Haha! Pero astig, ang fun nila kasama sobra hehehe. Then pagdating sa bus, nagtanong yung organizer, "Ano? Kumpleto na ba tayo? Wala ng kulang? Sige, HINDI NA TAYO BABALIK DITO HA?!?" Tapos sigawan at palakpakan kaming lahat! Hahaha! Wala lang, ang mean pero disappointing talaga eh hehehe. But still, we had fun. Then back in Manila, nag late lunch lang kami sa McDo nila Mike, Nelda, Peter, Karla, Archie and Ryan hehehe. I got home at around 5pm, disappointed sa place, pero super satisfied sa katuwaan with my officemates.:P

Here are some pictures of my Subic trip:

(From top to bottom) Jeng, Archwin, Jenie, Karla, Archie, Ryan, Greg, and Richelle during the bus ride.
Katrina, Richelle, Van, Mike, Greg, Ryan, Archie, and Karla during the boat ride.

The DEV team plus Greg: Nelda, Jeng, Peter, Gene, Darwin, Camille, Jo, and Ruby
Greg, Richelle, Katrina, Karla and Me (ako lang nakatingin kasi may isa pang kumukuha hehe)
Ang mga madalas kong kasama na SQA hehehe. (Greg, Richelle, Katrina, Mike, and Ryan)
Ang dalawang girls na nambu-bully sa akin sa opisina... hehe joke! (Jenie and Karla with Karl)
Mga walang magawa kaya nagpicturan na lang, hehe (Greg, Mike, Richelle, Jenie, Katrina, Ryan, and me)
Likod ng mga rooms, sarap tambayan hehehe.
Cultural Dance performance
Katrina and a lobster red me hehe
Karla and the gwapong tisoy wehehehe
Lobby area
Me and the camwhores of Verifone and Antico hehehe
The room 8823 team! Haha! Greg, Katrina, Richelle, and me! (sa boat yan hehe)

Ang huling hirit ng World Champion of the World! Haha!

Actually, maraming pictures talaga yan, pinili ko lang kasi nakakatamad mag-upload ng maraming pictures hehehe. At kung napansin niyo, wala masyadong pictures ng beach at ng lugar mismo, isa lang dahilan, ang pangit kasi hehehe, joke, hindi lang talaga interesting kasi kuhanan ng picture and I just chose the pictures that looked real lively naman, lalo na yung mga pictures na andun ako hahaha joke! The trip was great naman in fairness, lots of fun moments and ang saya rin kasama ang mga Verifone/Antico people. Isa lang masasabi ko sa outing...BULOK ang Grande Island, pero ASTEEG ang mga tao ng Verifone at Antico. Total coolness sa kulitan. :P

Idol Pare!!!

2006-05-19T00:17:00.000+08:00

Behold...

Uchiha Itachi!!!

Haha! Wala lang, na-adik na ako sa walang kamatayang Naruto eh hehehe.

:P

Last Day

2006-05-17T08:52:00.000+08:00

Hindi ito last day sa work as in terminated na ako...hehe...

pero...

last day ko na dito sa main office!!! Waah!!!

Wala lang, nakakalungkot lang kasi kung kailan nakikilala ko na mga officemates ko dito sa office, saka pa ako lilipat ng Orient Square building. Hay, although sabi ni Paula, officemate ko near my work station, ang ganda raw ng office ng Verifone sa Orient Square, malinis pa raw ang banyo hehehe. So at least there's something to look forward to hehehe. Pero yun nga, nakakalungkot lang kasi somehow, nakakausap ko na yung mga nakasama ko sa office, sila Jeff at Jay na nung Friday ko lang nakausap habang lunch out sa KFC, si JM at Jessy na kasabay rin sa lunch, si Vince kahit di ko nakakausap kasabay din sa lunch hehe, si Cherry na tahimik lang pero nakakausap ko naman habang lunch din, si sir Uri ang aming trainer na boyfriend pala ni Tiff at naging teacher ng mga kaibigan ko sa Ateneo hehehe (small world), si ma'am Lera na taga-HR na nag-asikaso ng mga employee stuff like Philhealth, ATM payroll account, etc. at sa pagiging kalog na kausap, at sila Jana and Paula who are the two testers na malapit sa work station ko na kasangkot namin sa chichirya papak fest habang meryenda time at pagpuno ng basurahan hehe. They all welcomed me warmly sa company and they really did their best to make me feel comfortable sa company, ang masasabi ko lang, asteeg. Thank you sa kanila coz they made my first week in Antico nice and comfortable. Isa pa pala...goodbye temporary workstation... mahaba-habang panahon din ang napagsamahan natin sa pag-program sa C at C++ at pagaabang sa NBA scores at pagbabasa ng blogs at pagbabasa ng Naruto manga at pag-checheck ng email hehehe. :)

At mamaya, lilipat na ako sa Orient Square building. Exciting din kasi syempre, mas maganda raw yung office and definitely mas malaki hehe, mas malamig pa raw ang aircon. And most of all, exciting kasi there are new people there to meet dahil sila ang makakasama ko sa company for the longest time hehehe. Sana masaya. :)

:P

Five Days

2006-05-12T08:39:00.000+08:00

It's been five days since I started working here in Antico. To evaluate my week, hmmm.... I can somehow say it was fine and fun. :)

Actually, wala pa naman akong masyadong ginagawa sa office. Training pa lang naman talaga ako eh hehehe. Ano ginagawa ko sa training? Wala... blog, chat at tingin ng scores sa NBA, hehehe, joke lang, meron naman syempre. Nag-aaral ulit ako ng C/C++ programming. Masaya actually kasi astig yung manual na binigay as akin, sobrang laking tulong sa pag-aaral ng programming kasi madaling maintindihan and may mga examples pa. Kahit ako, hindi ko inakalang makakatapos ako ng mga anim na C programming exercises in just 3 days, o di ba? Somehow, sobrang morale booster kasi at least nakikita kong kakayanin ko hehe.

Anyway, five days ko nang ginagawa yung training, fifth day ko ngayon actually hehehe. Since Monday, aalis ako ng office ng before or a little after 7pm. Nakakauwi ako lagpas 8pm na, at dahil nakakapagod din mag-commute, check lang ng e-mail, surf ng internet sandali, tapos tulog na before 11pm. Wow, hindi ako natutulog ng ganun dati hehehe.

Ito lang masasabi ko so far about what I've been doing at work, it reminds me a lot of my College days nung time na gumagawa kami ng thesis hehehe. Parang thesis talaga, programming all day except for the fact na hindi ko kasama sila Guiller, Bel, AJ, Jed, and Hubert at ang makukulit naming harutan sa laboratory. Astig, nakakamiss pare. Nakakamiss ang sobrang biruan, hiritan, coffee sessions, Zuma, kamanyakan, power naps, lunch sa manang's, at marami pang iba. Syempre sa office, mas serious ang mood, pero may konting biruan pa rin hehe. Siguro hindi ko pa kasi ka-close mga andito, lalo na kapag na-deploy na ako sa Verifone, wala akong kilala doon.

But the suspense and the excitement of knowing new people is there kahit anong mangyari. Masaya makakilala ng bagong tao kahit na it will take some time to really get close to them. Astig, mga ka-age ko lang kasi ang mga nasa Antico, madaling makarelate, hehe. So far, I'm doing fine at work and nag-eenjoy naman ako. Sabi ko nga before, wala akong pakialam sa sweldo, basta gusto ko ginagawa ko at gusto ko yung working environment ko kasama na dun ang mga katrabaho ko. Nakakamiss ang College, lalo na ang F311 moments. However, game ako sa adventure sa pagharap sa bagong buhay, tapos na ang College, time to get serious hehehe. Kaya ayun, so far, enjoy ako, masaya ako sa ginagawa ko kahit nakakapagod. No regrets pare, hehe.

By the way, umabot daw ako sa cutoff na May 15 sweldo, kaso baka 3 or 4 days lang na sweldo ang counted hehehe. Pero kahit na, it's my first paycheck! (pero sa ATM siya papasok, so paano naging check?!?)

Ito pala yung temporary desk ko sa main office ng Antico Manila Inc. Linis di ba? Laman lang niyan, computer at yung training manuals ko, hehe.
:P

First Day Phunk! :P

2006-05-08T21:50:00.000+08:00

Toot-toot-tooot-toot... toot-toot-tooot-toot.... Alarm clock ng cellphone ko! Wakey wakey! It's my first day as an employee!!!

Gumising ako ng mga 5:30 am para siguradong makarating ako ng opisina sa Shaw Boulevard ng mas maaga sa 8:30am. Since first time kong mag-commute papunta doon ng rush hour, kinailangan kong umalis nang maaga para matantsa ko yung tagal ng biyahe ko. Kain, ligo, tutbrash, at bihis ng slacks at long sleeves bago pumasok. 6:30am, umalis na ako ng bahay, ayos.

Hinatid ako ng dad ko sa LRT station, pagdating ko doon, pila para sa pagbili ng ticket at pila rin para sa pagsakay sa LRT, pero mabilis lang yun. Pagdating ng around 7am, nasa Cubao station na ako para naman mag-MRT. Pagdating ko naman sa MRT station, ayun, pila ulit! Syempre, kailangang mag-tiyaga at pumila tulad ng iba. Pagkabili ko ng ticket, pagkita ko sa pila papasok sa platform ng tren, huwaw!!! Ang haba ng pila!!! Eh kasi naman pala, hindi sila nagpapapasok agad kung puno pa ng tao ang platform, tama nga naman hehe. Pagdating ko sa dulo ng pila, may namukhaan ako...si Gouki!!! Aba, nakakita pa ng Gabayano sa MRT, may OJT kasi siya sa iBank sa Magallanes, grabecious, ang layo nun hehehe. Ayun, nagkakuwentuhan sandali at sabay na kaming nakapasok sa platform. Pagdating sa platform, HUWAW!!! Ang daming tao!!! Walang hiya, nakaapak kami ng platform ng mga 7:10am, nakasakay kami almost 8am na hehehe. Take note, hindi kami naglakad papasok ng tren, tinulak na lang kami ng kusa hehehe, ayos sa sardinas.

Dumating ako sa opisina ng 8:20am, ang aga ko sa lagay na yun kasi sabi sa akin ng HR na si Lera, dumating na ako ng mga 9am. Syempre ang aga ko, pero si Lera, dumating 9am na hehe, pero hindi naman late yun hehe. So tinawag na niya ako para orientation at may hinihintay pa raw kaming isa, si Katrina! Siya yung nakasabay ko sa interview last week, astig, kasi kilala ko na siya at buti tinanggap din niya yung trabaho, at least may friend na agad ako sa work hehe. So simpleng orientation lang, company policies at guidelines tapos fill up lang ng forms para sa Pag-ibig fund, Tin number at ATM payroll account. Simple lang ng orientation, puro kwentuhan nga lang kami hehe, kasi kahit si Lera makwento, nakakatuwa kasi ang daling kausap hehe, eh alam mo naman ako, madaldal at mahirit hehehe. Pagkatapos, may tour kami around the office at pinakilala sa mga tagaroon, ayos, nakilala ko lahat pero wala kaong naalalang pangalan hehe, dami kasi nila hehe, pero astig kasi halos ka-age ko lang silang lahat. At ito pa pala, sa company, dalawa lang kaming Atenista, karamihan Lasallians, hehe. Kaya natuwa yung isang Atenista kasi may kakampi na raw siya hehehe, siya si sir Uri (prounounced as Yuri).

Inabutan kami ng lunch break, si Kat, may baon, ako wala pero sinamahan na niya ako bumili ng pagkain sa canteen at dalhin sa pantry sa opisina. So ayun, naglunch ako kasama si Kat, Lera, Cherry, Paula, Jana at Jay, pramis ang babait nila hehe, tapos ako shy lang ako sa kanila hehe.

Anyway, pagtapos ng lunch, ayan, simula na ng training. So ayun, tinawag kami ni sir Uri para i-orient kami sa training. So basically, ang una naming gagawin ay pag-aralan ang tig-dalawang inches na manuals ng C Programming Manual, C++ Programming Manual at yung manual ng sistema ng client nila (kung saan kami idedeploy eventually). Tapos, yung inaakala kong one month na training ko sa main office, naging less than 2 weeks! Hehe, kasi kailangan na raw nila ng dagdag tao tapos may training pa kami doon kaya by May 17, sa Orient Square building na ako papasok.

So yun lang talaga ginawa ko buong hapon, nagbasa ng mga 50 pages worth ng C programming manual at nagsubok ng mga sample programs. Sa mga gitna nun, minsan napapa-idlip ako o kaya nama'y nakikipagchat sandali sa YM para mangulit ng mga taong makulit sa YM hehe. Enjoy naman, may sariling work station na rin ako at computer, pero syempre temporary lang yun kasi lilipat pa ako sa Ortigas na office ng client ng company.

Busy ang mga tao sa Antico Manila Inc. pero masaya kasi parang kang nasa College lang ulit, puro ka-age ko kasi. Si sir Uri pa nga, biglang nag-message sa amin ni Kat ng around 4pm, sabi niya, "Hello my newly found friends! Gusto niyo mag halo halo?" Syempre ako, "sige ba!" Hehe, so sumama kami kina sir Uri at Jana at dalawa pang officemates para maghalohalo, kaso pagdating namin, wala ng halo halo, kaya nag-Zagu na lang kami sa Cherry Foodarama, astig, namiss ko na kasi ang Zagu, 2nd year college para yung huli kong inom nun hehehe. Natawa pa ako, kasi ng dumating ang 6:30pm, nasa office pa ako at napaisip kami ni Kat na hindi pala kami naka-log-in. So nag-message ako kay Lera ng HR. Ang message ko, "Ate Lera, paano yung log-in namin? Hindi kami naka-sign. (with belat smiley)". Then ang sagot niya, "anong ate? 22 lang ako noh! hehehe." Tapos pinuntahan niya kami at sinamahan mag-log-in. Sabi ko sa kanya, "uy, joke lang yung ate hehehe. 22 ka lang talaga? Kailan ka mag-23?" Ang sagot niya, "November." Tapos si Kat, "Ako rin! November!" Ako, naisip ko na lang, syet, matanda pa pala ako sa lagay na to... ako pa ang newly employed hehehe.

Anyway, ito, nasa bahay na ulit ako, sumabay na lang ako kay Tristan pauwi, may kotse kasi siyang dala. Naglakad ako mula Shaw hanggang Emerald avenue sa may Ortigas, malayo pero ayos lang hehehe. Nakakatuwa naman ang first day ko, na-feel ko kahit papaano ang welcome ng kumpanya sa akin kahit na super busy ng mga tao. Kahit si sir Kit, yung CEO, pumunta pa sa work stations namin para i-welcome kami sa company, ang bait hehe. Parang ngayon, ayaw ko nang ma-deploy sa Orient Square kasi parang okey na ako sa mga officemates ko sa main office, pero syempre, exciting pa rin pag lumipat, marami pa akong makikilalang iba't-ibang tao at officemates. Kahit na puro basa lang ginawa ko kanina tungkol sa C programming (parang review), ayosh pa rin kasi nag-enjoy naman ako sa araw na ito. Sulit.

:P

Tagged by Chi

2006-05-02T18:16:00.000+08:00

The first player of this game starts with the "6 weird things/habits about yourself" and people who get tagged need to write a blog of their 6 weird habits/things, as well as state this rule clearly. In the end, you need to choose 6 people to be tagged and list their names. Don't forget to leave a comment that says "you are tagged" in their comments and tell them to read yours.

1. I always tinker with the things that I have at home and then when I make a mistake and destroy that thing I was tinkering with, I scold myself for about 30 minutes for simply doing a stupid thing.

2. I dip Broas in Coke, and then I drink the Coke with all the "lusaw" broas crumbs in it.

3. I get mad and irritated at people who do not put CDs in the right CD case especially pag CDs ko pa yun. Sorry, kung OC ako sa isang bagay, sa mga CDs ko yun hehehe.

4. My greatest fantasy is to be able to fly up to the clouds (without a flying vehicle) and see a Care Bear jumping on a puffy cloud, hehehe.

5. Up to now, I've always wished that I could do anime powers like Kamehame-ha and Reigun hehehe.

6. Up to now, I usually buy clothes for myself once a year. I always wait for my mom to buy me clothes to wear. Habang wala pang bago, sige, ulit lang nang ulit ng damit hehehe.

i'm tagging: ate les, mike lim, tristan, tehani, grace, guiller

:P

Late nanaman!!! Pero oks lang

2006-05-02T16:42:00.000+08:00

Ginising ako ng dad ko ng mga 8:30 nang umaga. Ang sabi sa akin, "Hoy! Skip! Di ba may interview ka ng 10pm?!?" Ayun, nabulabog ang tulog ko. Ang tamad ko kasi gumising eh hehehe at kasalanan din ni Naruto kaya ako napuyat, ang dami niya kasing episodes hehehe. Anyway, may interview kasi ako sa Antico Manila Inc. ng 10am pero gumising ako ng 8:30am at nakaalis na ako ng bahay ng 9:10am, good luck na lang kung umabot ako ng 10am sa Shaw Boulevard! Dagdag pa diyan, sinisipon pa ako at ang bigat ng katawan ko, bahala na...

So hinatid ako ng dad ko sa Summit One tower sa Shaw at pagtingin ko sa orasana, 10:20am na! Late na ako!!! Pero pag-akyat ko, sinalubong ako ng tao sa front desk at sabi ko, "I'm here for a scheduled interview. I'm looking for Lara." Naks, with slang accent pa yan hehe. Tapos ayun, tinawag si Lara at dinala na ako sa kwarto at may nangyaring hiwaga... ni-rape ako... Hehe, joke lang.:P

Mabait yung nag-interview, very welcoming ang kanyang attitude sa akin. Mas more of introductory interview lang yung nangyari at ipinaliwanag lang niya sa akin yung job position na inaaplayan ko. Actually, software engineer talaga yung unang application ko, pero sabi nila, may candidate na raw sila para sa position na yun at nirefer na nila ako para sa Sotware Quality Assurance (SQA) position. Oo nga pala, hindi niya yata nahalata na late ako sa interview hehe.:P

Nagtagal ng mga 20 minutes ang interview, at pagkatapos sabi niya na maghintay na muna ako sa may front desk para sa technical interview ko. Aba! Akalain mo, pagkatapos ng first interview, technical interview na agad! Kinabahan ako, pero ayos lang, bahala na hehe. Habang naghihintay ako sa may front desk, may nakilala ako. Katrina ang pangalan niya at fresh graduate siya from UST ng computer science. Nag-aapply din pala siya sa kumpanya kapareho ng position na inaaplayan ko. Maya-maya, lumabas ulit yung nag-interview at sabi niya, sorry daw kasi kakatapos lang ng meeting nung magiinterview sa amin at lunch break na so nakiusap siya na bumalik na lang kami ng 1:30pm. So ayun, lumabas kami ng opisina at niyaya ko na lang yung nakilala ko na sabay na kami mag-lunch sa Jollibee.

Pagbalik namin ng 1:30pm, tinawag na ako para sa interview ulit. May lumabas na lalaki, medyo grey na ang buhok pero mukhang mabait, ang sabi niya, "Hello, are you Pitt?" (with an American accent). OMG! Amerikano pala! Yun yata yung CEO na American na sinasabi nung unang nag-interview kaso hindi ako sigurado kung siya nga yun hehe. Pagdating ko sa office niya, huwaw, overlooking pa ang view! Tapos nagsimula na ang interview. Wala naman talaga masyadong nangyari sa interview, technical kaso mas more of tungkol sa kung ano ang ginagawa ng isang SQA employee. Marami siyang sinabi pero astig, mukhang interesting at alam kong challenging. Medyo nakipagkuwentuhan ako nang kaunti, tungkol sa pamilya ko na nasa US at tungkol sa immigration status ko. Nagtanong pa siya sa akin, "So where do you see yourself 5 years from now?" Nasa loob ko, "Aba ewan." Hehe, pero syempre hindi yun ang sagot ko, sabi ko, "Well, I don't have any particular plans yet for my future. I just want to gain some experience first before going any further." (parang ganun yung sagot ko, pero syempre mas conversational yung pagkakasabi ko na may konting accent hehehe). Anyway, sobrang bait niya at ipinaliwanag niya nang mabuti sa akin ang trabaho ng SQA, nakaka-challenge. Halos isang oras ang inabot ng tagal ng interview, pero pagkalabas ko, wala akong kaba at pagaalinlangan, friends na kami ni kumpareng CEO hehehe. :P

Isa lang problema ko, may 2-year bond sila. Although, naisip ko na lang, kahit ano naman sigurong pasukan ko basta technical, kadalasan talaga may bond dahil sa mga gastos sa training. At sabi nga ni boss Kit (yung American), "It's for the transition. It's for making sure that there is enough growth gained by the employees from the work." (parang ganun ulit, di ko na maalala yung specific eh hehe). :P

Natapos ang interview ng mga 2:30pm na. Yung dad ko naman nasa San Mateo na kaya sabi ko commute na lang ako pauwi. Since commute na ako, hinintay ko na rin si Katrina na matapos ang interview niya at makamusta ko rin kung ano mga sinabi sa kanya. So sabay na kaming nag-MRT hanggang Cubao at dun na kami naghiwalay ng landas dahil pupunta siyang UST para kumuha ng transcript at ako naman, uuwi na para mag-research tungkol sa immigration, manood ng Naruto, at magpahinga hehehe.:P

Bukas, gigising ako nang maaga, at bakit? Para hintayin ang tawag ng Antico Manila Inc. Malay mo, tanggapin pala nila ako. Ipinagdadasal ko na lang na sana nga tanggapin nila ako, bahala na kung may 2-year bond, talaga naman kasing ganun. Gusto ko lang din naman talaga magka-trabaho at masimulan na ang aking Experience Gaining Adventure hehehe.:P

Kung hindi ka tataga, paano na ang nilaga? Kaya taga ka lang nang taga para may nilaga!

Sana magkatrabaho na ako... :)

:P

Picture ko sa Ateneo Grade School (I miss my long hair... hehe)
Me and my beloved Faura hehe. :P
Me and the Gabay Tambayan

Yun lang... :P

Pagkain Galore!

2006-04-10T12:48:00.000+08:00

Kagabi... ang sarap...

busog...

3 days ago, naka-receive ako ng text message mula sa isang taong mag-iisang taon na ang blog entry na "Goofy Goober". Napaisip pa ako, baka nagyayaya ng gimik ito, kaso nang nabasa ko ang message, imbitado raw ako sa debut ng kapatid niya.

Huwat? Debut? Eh hindi ko nga kilala yung debutante eh...

Yan ang mga pumasok sa isip ko nang binasa ko yung message, so naitanong ko rin kung bakit ako pupunta eh hindi ko naman kilala yung debutante. Ang reply, marami raw kasing hindi pupunta kaya sabi ng mom ng kaibigan ko, magyaya raw ng mga kaibigan.

Ayun, pampuno pala kami ng lugar...

Ayos lang, libreng pagkain din yun hehehe...

Syempre debut, formal, kaya napilitan akong magmukhang tao hehe. Kasama ko sila Tristan, Avs at Ontoy na mga sabik din sa libreng pagkain, syempre catered yun, BUFFET! Dumating ako doon sa Fernwood Gardens, mukhang tao, disente ang itsura at walang kaalam alam kung sino ang debutante, kahit regalo wala akong dala hehe. Pero nang ipakilala na ang debutante sa lahat, ayan, kilala ko na kung sino siya hehe.

Nang dumating ang panahon ng kainan, may protocol sila na bago ka kumain, kailangang magpapicture muna ang table niyo kasama ang debutante. Syempre, kaming mga hayok sa pagkain, kahit di naman close sa debutante, ayun, smile nang smile habang kinukunan ng litrato. Ang saya, mukhang tao na, nakapagpapicture pa, at makakakain na, sa wakas hehe. Masarap ang pagkain, may chicken, spaghetti, beef, blue marlin, at tempura, walang hiyang tempura.

Ang tempura ang masarap pero kailangang ipaglaban pa, hehehe. Usually kasi ang binibigay dalawang piraso lang ng tempura bawat tao, syempre ako, hindi kuntento sa dalawa, kaya humingi pa ako ng dalawa pa sa waitress. Ang tanong niya sa akin, "bakit sir? ilang po ba kakain?" Anak ng, para sa dalawang tempura, kinailangan ko pang magsinungaling kaya ang sabi ko, "ah, may kasama pa kasi ako sa table, nagpapakuha sa akin." Ayun, nakuha ko ang extra tempura ko pero kinailangan ko pang magkasala ng pagsisinungaling, ayos, busog pa rin hehehe.

Natapos ang debut mga 11pm na, kinailangan na rin namin umuwi kasi baka malagot si Avs sa kanyang tatay, cinderella time kasi. Sana naging masaya ang debutante at sana naging unforgettable experience ang kanyang birthday. Pero isa lang masasabi ko, kami masaya nang gabing iyon, busog at lunod sa tempura at desserts (may chocolate fountain din nun! sarrrap!). Puno ang mga tiyan ng mga naatasang maging pampuno ng isang party, hehe, astig. :P

Bitin sa tulog

2006-04-06T06:09:00.000+08:00

6:00 nang umaga... gising na ako... leche... nakakabangag... gadammit...

Wala naman ako masyadong ginawa kahapon...

I woke up at around 11am, had lunch by 12nn and left the house at around 1:45pm.

I arrived at Ateneo by past 2pm for a Coral Reef Champions meeting at the ISO building. Kenneth was already there and I finally got to meet Corin (yes... Kenneth's inspiration for the song, The Moment hehehe). The meeting was quite long, but I got to meet the ISO peeps like Ate Nori, Chee, Magie, Dennis, and Shaggy (believe me, hindi niya kamukha ang best friend ni Scooby Doo hehe). I also met Lorie (she was my classmate in MIS189.2), Arjay, and Denise. Pero ito special mention, Ezra was also there! Yeah! Long time no see Gboy! Astig, tagal ko nang hindi nakasama yun hehehe.

After the meeting, Ken, Jed and I went straight to Drew's to chill. Steady lang dapat eh, kaso nagkasala nanaman si Jerbaxx sa akin hehehe. We also ordered 2 plates of chicken fingers to support the damn drink hehehe.

Then when we were about to go back to our cars, while I was walking towards the door from the balcony area, a girl from the other table just suddenly fell down in front of me, she was completely drunk. I asked her if she was okay, but she was kind of stunned and didn't even realize she was already sitting on the floor. The funny thing was, her two friends didn't even notice she already fell from her seat, they were also drunk hehe. Being the good gentleman that I always am (hehe), I helped her get up to her seat, smiled at her two friends (by the way, yung 2 friends, one was a guy, and the other was a girl, pero super ganda nung girl!!! haha!), and left the place to go home. Pagbaba ko, natawa na lang ako, wa-poise lang talaga yung girl, mahulog ba naman sa paanan ko?!? Haha! Funny incident lang hehehe.

I got home at around 10pm. I already had a headache and I already wanted to sleep, but I couldn't coz I needed to send my resume to FIT-Ed to apply. So I got up from bed and opened the computer to connect to the net. I was supposed to wait for Jed's email about the FIT-Ed thing, kaso iba ang nasend niya sa email ko...

Forward ng reply ni Francis Concio sa Maui Taylor pictures na pinadala sa email... grabe... hehe.

Pero buti na lang, Mike Wage's email about the FIT-Ed thing was still in my inbox kaya nasend ko pa rin yung resume ko (eventually, I found out that Jed's email just came late, hehe pero oks lang.) Another good thing, a friend of mine was online in YM and she just got back from Puerto Galera. So ayun, kwentuhan and shared Puerto pictures lang. Pero sa kakulitan ng kwentuhan, nawala sakit ng ulo ko hehehe, na-miss ko rin siyang kachat, tagal na rin since last time hehehe. I was also able to chat with another good friend of mine na matagal ko nang hindi nakakachat, kaso medyo lang ibang news ang nasagap ko (that also kept me thinking the whole night din). Ang comment niya, "Pitt mas gwapo ka." Haha! Grabe, labo, natawa na lang ako.

I turned off the computer at around 2am and I went straight to bed. Kaso, ewan ko kung bakit, pero hindi talaga ako makatulog kahit napipikit na mga mata ko!

(Kung sino man ang taong nag-iisip sa akin ng gabing iyon, umamin ka na!!! Hehe.)

Anyway, bad trip pa, nag-brownout in the middle of the night, TWICE!!! Shucks, ang init, nakakainis, lalo tuloy ako hindi makatulog. So there, when I was about to fall asleep again, I suddenly felt my tummy grumbling and making weird noises...

Isa lang pumasok sa isip ko... banyo...

After that, I went back to bed, but I just couldn't sleep, so I gave up. I got up from my bed and watched tv outside my room with my mom (na hindi rin makatulog hehe). Ayan, kaya gising na ako nang ganito ka-aga hehehe.

Gusto kong bumalik ng Puerto... kaso dami na raw tao dun ngayon... ito na lang, piktyur:

:P

Isa Nanamang Bum Day

2006-04-03T23:45:00.000+08:00

Nag-alarm ako ng 6:00 nang umaga, tumunog ang cellphone sa tabi ko. Kinuha ko lang ito at pinindot ang "snooze", gusto ko pa matulog... hehe. After 45 minutes, nagising na ulit ako, tatlo o apat na beses ko na ata pinundot ang "snooze" ng cellphone ko, kinailangan ko ng bumangon. At bakit ko kailangan bumangon nang maaga? Kasi may exam ako sa Antico Manila Inc. Ano naman ang Antico Manila Inc.? Isa itong kumpanya, software consulting yata hehehe. Basta, nakuha nila ang resume ko sa www.jobsdb.com at ayun, bigla biglang nag-apply daw ako sa kanila para sa posisyong, "Software Engineer Trainee (C/C++)". Ang bangis pakinggan, parang bang sobrang galing ko sa programming, pero kaya nga may training eh, para mahasa hehe. Ayun, gumising ako para sa exam na pupuntahan ko sa Shaw Boulevard ng 9am (since tamad ako mag-komyut, nagpahatid na lang ako, madali na maginhawa pa hehehe)

Nasa loob na ako ng Antico Manila Inc. office ng 8:45am (sakto!), anim lang kaming mag-eexam. Sabi ng instructor, "Please bring out your resumes and if you have you TOR, bring them out too." Parang ganun ang sinabi niya hehe, anyway, nilabas ko ang resume ko na one page, font 8, at may graduation picture ko sa upper right hand corner na 1x1. Proud na sana ako sa resume ko, kaso biglang yung katabing ko, girl siya, mukhang sobrang talino, mukhang nerdoks, naglabas ng resume. Aba! 3 pages! Sinubukan kong silipin kung ano mga nakasulat, at aba! May certification pa! Ang daming nakasulat sa resume niya, nanliit ako. Ang nagpapuno lang sa resume ko ay ang mga seminars na napuntahan ko na required, pero siya, ang lulufet ng mga nakasulat. Sige na, aminin ko na, bulok na resume ko hehehe.

Hay ewan, inabot ng tatlong oras ang exam na puro problem solving at mga tanong tungkol sa programming. Yung exam paper nga wala pang nakasulat na instructions kung ano gagawin, kaya ayun, isang part dun may flowchart na walang instruction kung ano gagawin ko doon. Matagal kong tinitigan ito at sinubukan pang silipin ang test paper ng iba, pero hindi ko rin naintindihan ang gawa nila kaya nag-imbento na lang ako ng sagot, mabuti ng meron kaysa wala. Pagpatak ng 12nn, uwian na, tapos na yung exam, sakit lang sa ulo ang nadulot sa akin. Pag-uwi ko, halong antok at pagkabagot ang pakiramdam ko. Kaya saan nauwi ang aking hapon at gabi? Internet, chat, DOTA, kain, DOTA, ligo, at DOTA. Hehehe, ang saya hehehe. Pero okey lang, dumating naman si Tristan at Avs sa bahay para makilaro ng DOTA. Pero hindi kami magkalaban, magkakampi naman palagi at pinipilit naming salakayin ang kahindik-hindik at madayang kompyuter AI. Hehehe, nanalo naman kami, syempre, dapat lang manalo hehehe. At bago matulog, blog muna hehehe.

Wala na akong makwento, kaya ito na lang pakita ko, Gundam Deathscythe Hell!!!
Haha! Wala lang, pinagaksayahan ko lang ng pera, pero masaya naman i-assemble hehehe. Mahilig lang talaga ako sa laruan, wala naman akong pinagkakaabalahan habang bakasyon eh hehehe. Cool noh? Hehe. :P

My First 3D Rendered Image! Woohoo! SCREW YOU!!! Hehehe

2006-03-28T13:26:00.000+08:00

I did this image using Maya 7.0, asteeeeeg sobra!!! Galing lang nung program hehehe. Actually, tutorial kasi yan galing sa net hehehe, at least successful ako sa pagsunod sa tutorial, although, mas maganda yung nagawa nung nasa tutorial hehehe. Anyway, this is my first 3D image (at hindi picture yan) using Maya 7.0. Gawa pa ako ng marami hehehe. I was also able to make a simple bouncing ball 3D animation hehehehe, wala lang, sobrang basic hehehe.

Kung ayaw niyong maniwala na hindi picture yan, at gawa yan sa puro polygons at texture, eto yung unrendered version niyan, hehehe:

O di ba? Naka print screen lang yan, hehehe. Ayosh! Hehehehe. :P

Congratulations to the Class of 2006!

2006-03-25T19:38:00.000+08:00

Guiller, Me and Teacher Elmer before graduation ceremonies

Guiller, Avs, Me, Hazel, and Christian
The ECE peeps! Camwhores!!!
The F311 boys plus Reena, Dessa and Bojay
Me and Reena with the usual smiles hehehe
Me and the seductive Marvin (haha!)
Me and Big Boy Estanislao doing the angas pose hehehe
Me and Hazel the Notorious One hehehe
Me, Dessa and the Legendary Hubert hehehe
Me and bestfriend Guiller, bored na kasi kami habang grad hehehe
Me, Jed, Dessa, Ali, Guiller, Madz, and Kikay after grad, mga hayok sa camera! Haha!
Waaah! Naipit na ako!!! Haha! It's fun taking photographs with the ECE peeps hehehe
Me, 1/4 of Kikay's face, and my forever Lab Partner, Ella hehehe.
F311 boys ulit!!! Nakakainggit medals ni Bel! Haha!
A view of the Bel field and Church of Gesu on my final night as an Ateneo student.

I am now officially a professional bum...hehehe.

It was five years of hardships, difficult moments, sleepless nights, misunderstandings, chismis, and academic problems... but...

it was also five years of wonderful sleeping moments in the library, card gaming, "asaran", fun basketball games, joke times, memorable conversations and gimik nights, effective group studies in McDo, coffee sessions, and "dorm-like" overnights in laboratories...

but most of all, it was five years worth of happiness, joy, excitement, togetherness, and friendship...

I will miss school life...

I will miss listening to lectures...

I will miss subjects of theology, philosophy, english, foreign language and electives...

I will miss the teachers of Ateneo...

I will miss the Ateneo de Manila campus...

I will miss my non-ECE classmates in other subjects...

I will miss my Gabay friends...

I will definitely miss all of my ECE friends...

Looking back at all of my wonderful times in the Ateneo, something came back to me as I saw the Church of Gesu while I was walking on the grassy field of Bellarmine (last picture)...

There is a God...

He has given me so much more in my life...thank you... :`)

He gave me five years of happy memories of College life... I can't believe it just ended that quickly.

But of course, what can be more exciting than looking forward to a new chapter in life, outside world, here I come. :)

Congratulations to the Class of 2006!!!

I love you ADMU ECE 2006! I love you Ateneo!!!

Kumpareng Ateneo de Manila University, 17 years din ang pagsasama natin, simula pagkabata ko hindi na tayo nagkahiwalay at ang dami mo nang naibigay sa akin...

pero ngayon, kailangan ko nang lumisan...

kaya isa lang ang masasabi ko...

...Salamat pare. :)

...magkikita tayo muli...

Tanya! Tanya! Tanya!

2006-03-12T13:35:00.000+08:00

I came early to Eastwood yesterday for my Lola's birthday celebration at Shanghai Bistro. Then when I was walking around the area, I suddenly saw an area filled with people, mostly males. I approached the place where the commotion was, then I saw Tanya Garcia! She was there for her FHM autograph signing, hehe. Like what I said earlier, most of the people there were males and they were in line waiting for their turn to let Tanya Garcia sign their FHM magazines and have a picture with her. There were some females who were also in line, but I guess they were doing that for their boyfriends and not for their own personal interest hehe, (awww...ang sweet...hehehe). I wanted one too, but I didn't get the chance because first, I didn't have an FHM magazine with me (nakakatamad din bumili...) and second, I was alone when I went there, so no one would take my picture with Tanya. Anyway, to compensate for my loss, hehe, I went back to the car and got my digicam and took pictures of Tanya Garcia(she was just 2 meters away from me when I took the pictures hehe). She even smiled at my camera when I took her picture hehe, she was nice enough to smile for everyone hehe. So here are the pictures that I took in Eastwood:

Personal Comment: Tanya Garcia looks older in person compared to her appearances in tv or in magazines. She's pretty naman, kinda makapal nga lang ang makeup niya nun, hehe, pero mas maganda pa rin siya sa tv at magazines.

I'll just wait for my free FHM March issue of Tanya Garcia this month. :P (chiiii! hint! hint! haha!)

Calvin and Hobbes

2006-03-02T22:10:00.000+08:00

Wala lang, Calvin and Hobbes, my favorite comic strip hehehe. I just can't resist the lovable brat and his playful tiger hehehe. I want all the Calvin and Hobbes comic strip book collections!!! COOLNESS... :)

Here's another Calvin and Hobbes strip:

YEAH! Calvin and Hobbes rule the comic strip world! Hehehe. :P

Field Trip to Toshiba in Technopark, Laguna

2006-02-28T00:52:00.000+08:00

In the lecture hall of Toshiba.

Me and Guiller wearing our borrowed Toshiba caps.

Hairnet over my head.

The ECE group in our "Schmuck" suits with Mr. Fumi Takahashi and staff. :P

One more Toshiba picture before leaving the plant. Next stop...Coca-Cola plant! Kaso wala kaming pictures dun eh hehehehe. :P

Ang fun lang ng field trips. :)

Mga Pangyayari sa Isang Araw ng Buhay Ko

2006-02-20T21:16:00.000+08:00

Chapter 1: Sa Umaga

Paggising ko nang 9am nang umaga, dali-dali akong naligo, kumain ng agahan, at nagbihis para pumasok sa Ateneo dahil may meeting ako ng 11am para sa TCOM152 reporting namin. Gusto ko pa sana manood ng All-Star game ng NBA kaso hindi pwede, kailangan ng pumunta ng eskwelahan. Pagdating ng Ateneo, dumiretso ako sa thesis lab para kunin ang digicam ko para makunan ng litrato ang RMT para sa reporting. Pagdating ko ng RMT, nagkuha ako ng ilang litrato. Naroon din ang mga Blue Rep peeps kaya nung nakita nilang nagkukuha ako ng litrato, sinabayan nila ng ngiti ang pagkuha ko kahit hindi naman talaga sila ang kinukunan ko hehehe, pero oks lang, hindi ko na sila pinansin hehe (suplado ako eh, bakit ba???). Bumalik ako ng lab para i-cram ang reporting.

Chapter 2: Lunch Time
Syempre dapat may usapang lunch at pagkain hehehe. Ayun, nagutom ako at bumili ng pagkain sa caf. Nakita ko yung Eyrie at nag-order ako ng Mongolian Rice na P55. Nang ibinigay sa akin, ANAK NG TIPAKLONG! ANG DAMI!!! Grabe, ga-bundok talaga ang dami ng kanin, pakiramdam ko magkakasala ako sa aking katawan dahil tataba nanaman ako sa dami ng kanin na kakainin ko. Sinubukan ko talagang ubusin (tinulungan pa ako ni Guiller), at naubos ko naman, kaso halos masuka-suka na ako sa dami ng kinain kong kanin, nasuya lang talaga ako...bleeechhhh....buti na lang may C2 ako kaya masarap naman inumin ko kahit pekeng iced tea lang iyon na puro asukal hehehe.

Chapter 3: Ang Reporting

May reporting ako, Guiller, Jed, Jerry, at sa TCOM152 tungkol sa acoustics ng Rizal Mini Theater. Dahil sa una kong kwento, obvious na crammed ang aming reporting hehe. Kaya ayun, minamadali namin ang paggawa ng powerpoint presentation dahil 2:30 ang aming reporting. Dumating ang 2:30 at nagsimula na kaming mag-ayos para sa aming presentation. Dahil sa crammed ang aming report, medyo may halong pambobola na ang ibang parte ng presentation, at syempre, wala rin kaming praktis talaga sa flow ng aming presentation kaya in short, bara-bara hehehe. Pero pagkatapos ng aming report, alam niyo kung ano resulta mula sa aming prof? "VERY GOOD" Haha! Wala lang, nakakatawa dahil sa simpleng sikap at pag-cram ng presentation, nagawa pa naming makakuha ng "very good" mula sa aming prof. Hehe. Kahit papaano, kahit crammed, pinaghirapan pa rin naman iyon. (AYOSH!)

Habang may reporting kami tungkol sa RMT, napagmunihan ko lang ang panahon na nag-teatro ako sa Tanghalang Ateneo. Kahit papaano, namimiss ko na ang teatro at napapag-isipan ko kung bakit ko rin hinayaang umalis ako sa teatro. Alam kong minsan lumalabas sa akin na galit ako sa teatrong iyon, pero ewan, naiiinis ako sa mga maling dahilan, unfair naman di ba? Nakakamiss pero wala naman akong pagsisisi, dahil kung hindi ako umalis sa teatro, malamang hindi ako gaanong nakakasali sa Gabay, na para sa akin ay mas napahalagahan ko ang organisasyon at mas minahal ko kaysa teatro. :)

Pagkatapos ng reporting, tumambay muna ako sa may pagitan ng Faura at Dela Costa. Pagdating ko dun, biglang may nagtanong sa akin, "Kuya, ano ang Kupal?" Anak ng...hindi ko alam isasagot ko...obviously, babae ang nagtanong dahil kung lalake yun, ewan ko na lang kung hindi pa alam ng isang lalake kung ano iyon hehe. Hindi ko na lang talaga sinagot ang tanong, nakakahiya eh hehehe. Ang sinabi ko na lang, "It's a guy thing, wag mo ng alamin" hehehehe. Safe answer lang hehehe. :P

Chapter 4: Field Trip ko sa Megamall

Nang pumatak ng alas-sais ng gabi, kinailangan ko ng umalis ng eskwelahan para pumunta ng Megamall para bumili ng connectors sa Alexan para sa aming thesis. Hindi rin naman talaga ako naghangad na magsama pa ng kasama sa aking paglalakbay papunta sa Megamall kasi minsan, para sa akin, masarap din mamasyal mag-isa dahil marami akong napagmumunihan at pinapansin sa paligid hehehe. Bago ako lumabas ng Ateneo, habang naglalakad papuntang LRT, nakasalubong ko si Mark Wong (ECE dude). Dahil sa may banda Recto siya umuuwi, sabay na kaming naglakad papuntang LRT. Ayun, kwentuhan tungkol sa MP4 business niya. Kahit na may mga napansin akong mali sa kanyang mga teorya sa kanyang business, marami rin akong natutunan tungkol sa kung paano niya pinalalakad ang kanyang sinimulang business sa pagbebenta ng MP4. Kahit papaano, bilib din ako sa mga taong maaga pa lang, iniisip na nila agad ang pagiging businessman at pagkita ng pera.

Chapter 5: Sa Alexan

Nakarating ako ng Megamall pagkatapos ng mga halos 40 minutes. Mabilis naman kasi hindi naman gaanong karami ang sumasakay ng MRT at LRT. Pagdating ko ng Alexan, bumili ako ng mga connectors, ang mahal!!! Umabot siguro ako ng mga halos P300 para lang sa mga wires na pinagbibili ko, hehe, pero oks lang, kailangan talagang gumastos para sa thesis hehehe. Pero bad trip, hindi kumpleto nabili ko dahil wala raw sila nung 2-pin connectors (anak ng...) kaya nakakainis kasi ang layo na nga ng biyahe, hindi ko pa nabili lahat...kainis...

Chapter 6: Shopping nanaman ng CD

Pagkatapos ko mamili sa Alexan, dumiretso agad ako sa Music One sa building A ng Megamall. Wala lang, naisip ko lang na tumingin ng mga CD at pairalin nanaman ang pagiging gastador ko hehe. Habang nag-iikot, naalala kong gusto kong bumili ng Brownman Revival. Nakita ko na kaso napaisip pa ako, tapos nakita ko rin yung Orange and Lemons, gusto ko rin bilin, kaso nagdadalawang isip ulit ako... Nag-ikot pa ulit ako...habang naglalakad sa may OPM section, nakita ko ang isang CD na matagal ko ng hinahanap sa kung saan-saang mga Tower Records, Odyssey, Radio City at iba pang CD stores...CD ni Mishka Adams!!! Yung God Bless the Child CD!!! Sa wakas nagkaroon din dahil lagi na lang out-of-stock!!! (Hindi ko alam kung mabenta lang talaga o tamad lang si Mishka Adamas na magp-produce ng mga CD niya hehehe). Tapos yung special edition pa na may bonus vcd, at nag-iisa na lang! (PANALO!) Agad-agad kong kinuha bago pa ako maubusan. Dali dali ko itong dinala sa counter para mabayaran na at kasama nito ay ang CDs din ng Brownman Revival at Orange and Lemons, haha! (tripleng panalo!!! haha! di ko talaga matiis eh, magastos na kung sa magastos, yan lang naman ang luho ko sa buhay eh hehehehe)

Chapter 7: Ang Pauwi

Umalis ako ng Megamall ng mga alas-otso na nang gabi. Nang dumating ako sa may Cubao station ng MRT, may nakita akong tindahan, ang pangalan nito "Meet & Shop". Hehe, wala lang, natawa ako nung nakita ko kasi naalala ko yung Meatshop sa may Katipunan, napaisip lang ako kung ginaya lang ba nung tindahan yung lugar ng inuman sa Katipunan kung saan nagkaroon na ng barilan at saksakan wehehehe. Pagtawid ko naman ng Gateway papuntang LRT, may nakilala akong mukha mula sa malayo...si MADZ!!! (ECE dudette hehe). Ayun, nakasalubong ko, galing daw siyang Laguna at pauwi na sa dorm niya sa Katipunan. Kaya hinintay na rin niya akong bumili ng ticket at sabay na kaming sumakay ng tren. Tinulungan ko na rin siyang magbuhat ng laptop niya kasi naman sa mata pa lang, kita mo ng sobrang pagod na sa puyat, kawawa naman, gentleman lang din ako hehe. Habang nasa tren, iniisip ko kung saan ako bababa, kung sa Santolan o sa Katipunan, pero naisip ko sa Katipunan na lang para matulungan ko na rin si Madz sa pagdala ng gamit hanggang sakayan ng trike at tutal, iniisip kong mas madali sumakay sa may Aurora papuntang Sta Lucia. Nagkuwentuhan lang kami tungkol sa thesis habang nasa tren. Pati tungkol sa "pinakamamahal" naming adviser sa robotics napag-usapan din hehe. Pagdating sa Katipunan, hinatid ko lang siya sa trike at diretsong sumakay na ako ng jeep para umuwi. Nang dumating ang jeep sa may Santolan LRT, naisip ko, "Buti na lang sa Katipunan na ako sumakay", dahil sobrang daming tao sa may LRT station kaya medyo punuan ang mga jeep. Habang pauwi rin, napansin ko, may isang tibo sa tapat ko na may katabing babaeng estudyante. Nang bumaba yung estudyante sa may Ligaya, nakita ko ang mga mata nung tibo, aba...ang lagkit ng tingin dun sa bumababang estudyante! Haha! Gusto kong matawa pero pinigilan ko na lang hehehe.

Chapter 8: Pagdating ng Bahay

Nakauwi ako ng mga 9pm na. Pumasok ng bahay at hindi na kumain ng dinner, kaya ayan, nagugutom tuloy ako ngayon hehehe. Kakain na lang ako ng saging mamaya hehehe.

Dapat nag-aaral ako ng CISCO Module 11 ngayon kasi may exam ako bukas, pero dahil nais ko talagang magkwento ng tungkol sa araw ko ngayon, ayan, mahaba ang entry ko ngayon sa blog hehehe. Next time ulit. Malapit na rin pala deadline ng aming thesis kaya malamang kayod na ito talaga sa trabaho, hay...sana maglakad na si BrUno, gusto ko nang makita ang "first step" ng inaanak namin. :P

Congrats Gaband! Thanks Gabay!

2006-02-18T14:51:00.000+08:00

SOA just recently hosted their concert for the SOA orgs. Gabay of course had their entry for the said event, the band was called Gaband and it consisted of really skilled and handsome members of Gabay hehehe. Anyway, the event gave the audience the chance to vote for their favorite band by buying "point tickets" and texting their favorite band plus the code inside the bought point ticket. And do you know who won?

SYEMPRE GABAND!!!! WITH 436 VOTES!!! WOOHOO!!!

Haha! Well, it was a sure win anyway hehehehe (feeling ba?), hehe joke lang. I would just like to greatly extend my greatest of thanks to all Gabayanos who supported Gaband that night. Ang sobrang touching for the band to know how the Gabayanos really supported the band and let us win the Best Band award for the SOAr Concert.

So to all the Gabayanos who supported Gaband:

THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!

We are really proud of you guys and for being part of such a wonderful organization. Please do continue supporting us on our upcoming gigs (kapag meron na hehehe).

BrUno's Testing Place

2006-02-16T23:12:00.000+08:00

BrUno the Bipedal Robot's Ultimate Throne!!! hehe, this is actually the table where all the testing for BrUno are done. Wala lang, gusto ko lang ipakita kahit magulo, hehehe. :P

SHET! PANALO KA!!! HAHA!

2006-02-15T23:27:00.000+08:00

Myko, Randy, Tehani, Marvin, Ekai, and I tripping in KFC after the Gabay sportsfest!

Haha! I just love this picture! I got it from Tehani's tabulas site. Kung nakapost ito sa blog ni Randy at sa tabulas ni Tehani, syempre dapat ako meron din! Haha!

Pagkatapos ng usapang "ex's", usapang tuli, usapang "test tube", usapang french kiss, usapang "boy dakma", at pagso-solo sa pangalawang palapag ng KFC sa Blue Wave Marquinton, ayan... napag-tripan ang pangalan ng isang nagngangalang Seth na may birthday nung araw na iyon o nung lumipas na araw hehehe.

To Seth(even if I don't know who you really are; you're probably a kid):
Sorry if we made fun of your name, at least my friends and I had a good laugh hehe. Belated happy birthday na lang. Peace! :)

*Ekai was the one taking the picture kaya hindi siya kita hehe.

Valentine's Day

2006-02-14T23:52:00.000+08:00

After four years in a relationship, this was the first time for me to spend Valentine's Day by myself. For me, the day passed as if it was just any other day. For the past years, February 14 had always been my special day to make my loved one feel unique, as if she was the only one in the world I would offer my life to, I would greet her as if there was no tomorrow and I would buy her flowers to make her feel special and feel like she was someone way above everybody else. But now, as I saw couples hold hands, girls in school holding bouquets, and guys going out of their way to impress their crushes, I just felt envious of them, I wanted that old feeling back, a feeling that tingles inside, a feeling that would lead to you to get excited because this was the day you would give all your best efforts to show how much you love your partner. It could be an expression that you could give any other day, but for Valentine's, you would want it to be special...I would have wanted it to be special.

So what did I do on Valentine's Day? Practically the things that I would do on any normal day. I ate breakfast in the morning, went to school to take the CISCO exam, went to our thesis laboratory, and attended my CS175 class for the Macromedia Flash lesson and for the quiz. After that, I just went back to the thesis laboratory, checked my e-mail, and planned for our scheduled group project for tomorrow. I also went to Mateo Ricci to hang out and jam with some Gabayanos. By 7pm, I already left school and went to the mall to buy a black ink cartridge for the thesis lab's printer. When I got home, I didn't even eat dinner (so I'm kind of feeling hungry right now...). I just watched the 40 Year Old Virgin DVD to kill time. Well, in fairness, it was a really funny movie and it made me smile and laugh a lot, hehe. After then, I find myself here blogging and ranting about my not-so-special day.

So what now? A question somehow bothers me...

"What kind of love do I deserve?"

I don't want to rant about my past relationship nor do I want to look back at the past. I should be looking forward; however, to be honest, I just couldn't. Maybe, this is the reason why I have been feeling lost. More than 5 months has passed and for each day that passes, I just get more and more confused about everything. I want to go back to the time when I knew that there was someone special out there who would show me that she loves me as I am. I want to go back to the time when I would really go out of my way to show that I love her and that she is everything to me. I want that feeling back in me, I want that special someone to share my life with...But I guess I just can't have it now. In all honesty, I really do miss her, but I guess, it wasn't for us.

However, I am still an optimistic person and I always look at the bright side of things. So, for the sake of Valentine's Day, I just want to congratulate the present couples who I know (at least one person in the pair) and who love each other very much. Happy Valentine's Day to all of you!

I will be waiting for my moment. I will be waiting for the time when I will find the love I deserve, but for the record, I believe that only I have the right to know the love that I truly deserve. I will get to enjoy the special Hearts Day once again, someday.

Nakaw lang nang nakaw ng survey para masaya! haha!

2006-02-13T22:48:00.000+08:00

10 Firsts
first best friend: si guiller! since grade 3 pa! (ang tagal na! hehe)
first screen name: gagaya na lang din ako kay chi, first mIRC screen name ko, "OuRLaDyPC" coz that time I was always listening to Our Lady Peace's album Clumsy, hehehehe. I got addicted listening to that cd hehe.
first pet name: teddy bear? haha! ang dami na kasing na-generate na pet name eh hehehe. (shucks, i can't even remember...what's wrong with me???)
first piercing: sa ilong! dalawa butas ng ilong ko, hindi ba pierced yun?
first crush: secret!!! hehe, jk! Hmmm...as far as I can remember, her name was Maria Cecilia (yata). She was my crush when I was in kindergarten. My brothers and sisters kept on teasing me about my crush and I cried a lot kasi ang mean nila sa akin hehehe.
first CD: I think it was Oasis' What's the Story Morning Glory album.
first school: Mountain View Children's School (kindergarten)
first house location: Marikina, I never moved to any other place.
first kiss: si Unna, after a month nung naging kami haha! Slow nga raw ako eh...hehehe.
first car: I remember my dad owning a blue toyota corolla (box type) before, but I don't think that was his first car.

9 Lasts
last time you smoked: as in serious smoke? Second year high school hehehe. (super sandali lang yun, nag-try lang hehe)
last food you ate: Korean pork chop with rice and atchara sa Chiggy's!!! SARRRAAAPPP!!!!
last car ride: Just this noon when my dad brought me to school.
last movie you watched: Aeon Flux! downloaded lang sa torrent hehehehe.
last phone call: Shucks, can't remember... kung phone call sa akin, si Guiller just before our ABL game kasi sasabay siya sa akin papuntang Meralco gym. Kung phone call ko to another person, si Cha ata on the night of her birthday, I just greeted her hehehe.
last CD you listened to: Fall Out Boy's From Under the Cork Tree album! CoOlnEsS!!!
last bubble bath you took: nung naghugas ako ng pinggan, daming bubbles eh hehehehe joke, I don't use our bath tub in our house anymore, and I don't remember me using that tub for a bubble bath ever in my life hehehe.
last song you listened to: Narda by Kamikazee
last words you said: When I got home, I told our maid, "Kumunat na yung popcorn na hindi ko naubos." hehehe.

8 Have-You-Evers
dated a best friend: yup!
been arrested: nope!
been on TV: YUP! Sa Lunch Date noong grade 2 pa ako! hahaha! Lunch Date held their show that time in the Ateneo Grade School fair and I volunteered to be an epal in their joke time segments near the end of the show.
eaten sushi: yup! super favorite food ko hehehe.
cheated on your BF/GF: never
been on a blind date: never din hehehe. i know it's exciting pero parang maiiilang lang ako sa ka-date ko pag hindi ko talaga kilala hehehe.
been out of the country: yup! several times, the last time was last October. I went to New Jersey, US for my brother's wedding. :)
been in love: of course.

7 Things You Are Wearing
1. sando
2. shorts
3. underwear
4. slippers
5. ...
6. ...
7. ...
*Naka pambahay ako eh!!! mahirap paabutin ng seven!!! ano gusto mo, mag-medyas pa ako at mag-jacket kahit nasa bahay lang ako???

6 Things You've Done Today
1. ate brunch
2. soldered our thesis Bruno Servo Driver Ver 3 circuit
3. cut my 430 class
4. tambay at makipagkulitan sa mga Gabayanos
5. ate at Chiggy's with Guiller
6. blog

5 Favorite Things
1. my brother's black Les Paul Epiphone electric guitar
2. my personal computer
3. my playstation 2
4. my acoustic guitar (kaso sira, aayusin ko pa)
5. my soft pillow...

4 People You Trust The Most
1. Guiller (long time bestfriend eh, syempre dapat mapagkakatiwalaan)
2. AJ Oviedo (thesis mate and great friend to share stories and secrets with hehe)
3. Bel (another great friend and thesis mate whom I am comfortable sharing my stories with)
4. Cha (recently lang kasi medyo marami akong nakukuwento sa kanya na hindi ko usually nakukuwento sa iba)

3 Things You Want To Do Before You Die
1. become a rich rockstar!
2. travel around the world!
3. get married and have children :)

2 Choices
vanilla or chocolate: vanilla
hugs or kisses: hugs

1 Person You Want To See Right Now
Can't think of one right now...

2 missed shots + 2 rebounds + wood burn = bad game

2006-02-12T17:10:00.000+08:00

We lost again!!! Waaah! Oh well, what's new? Hehe, ABL game namin kanina sa Meralco gym and we were against the strongest team in our division. Lucky enough, their star player did not play, but the rest of their team members were also skilled. Okey na sana eh, lalo na sa first half, kaso pagdating ng second half, sablay na hehehe. So basically, aside sa minalas na kami, we also missed a lot shots that could've given us the lead, pero ganun talaga, kailangan may isang matalo sa laro hehehe. So stats ko, 0/2 field goals, 2 rebounds, and a wood burn on my left knee for diving on the floor hehe.

Ano pa ba... LFN last night!!! Super saya! Haha! Congratulations to the new Gabay EXECOM, kahit na hindi ko na sila maabutan next year, I'm sure they'll do great as leaders of the astig organization. :)

Hay, wala na akong makwento, I already feel sick coz I've been sleeping late for the past 3 days, Thursday, thesis, Friday, Guiller's bday, and Saturday, LFN. Pero syempre, kahit bangag, wala akong sinisisi, syempre natuwa naman ako sa mga ginawa ko hehehe. Last LFN ko na last night, nakakalungkot isipin na patapos na yung taon, tapos hindi naman ako masyadong nakatulong sa Gabay sa buong taon na lumipas. Alam ko pag-alis ko ng ateneo, sobrang mamimiss ko ang Gabay at ang mga taong bumubuo ng organisasyon. Kahit na feeling ko BI ako sa mga ibang kakulitan ko dahil sa mga kalokohan ko, hehehe, sa isang organisasyon lang sa Ateneo ang talagang napamahal na ako at pakiramdam ko, babalik balikan ko ang Gabay kahit na anong mangyari.

Inaantok na ako kaya matutulog na lang ako hehehe. :D

Nakaw na survey muli... hehehe.

2006-02-10T14:22:00.000+08:00

Q1) Sleep with or without clothes on? -- of course with clothes! maraming malalamigang parte ng katawan kapag walang suot hehehe especially the sensitive ones...like my feet. :D
Q2) Prefer black or blue pens? -- black pens, blue pens are also fine hehe.
Q3) Dress up on Halloween? -- nope! sleep on halloween na lang hehehe.
Q4) Like to travel? -- yup! But i don't get to travel that often.
Q5) Like Someone? -- i like numerous persons, pero walang super serious na "like-like" ko talaga coz i enjoy the company of my good friends. enjoy the single life muna with my friends. :D
Q6) Do they know? -- nope!
Q7) Who sleeps with you every night? -- my pillows hehehe.
Q8) Think you're attractive? -- oo naman! i'm vain and friggin' hot! haha jk! I'm a humble person, so I would rather not comment on the question hehehehe.
Q9) Want to get married? -- yup! pero di ko pa sure kung kailan, wag lang muna ngayon hehehe.
Q10) To who? -- ummmm...............this is one very difficult question....
Q11) Are you a good student? -- of course i'm a good student! but i'm not a diligent one, I'm a major crammer!!!
Q12) Are you currently happy? -- hmmm....another difficult question, as of the moment, yes kasi gumagana na yung circuit namin hehe. pero in overall, i don't think so, daming iniisip eh.
Q13) Have you ever cheated on a test? -- mga simpleng pasilip silip lang sa one or two answers ng katabi ko haha!
Q14) Birthplace? -- Makati City
Q15) Christmas or Halloween? -- Christmas!
Q16) Colored or black-and-white photo? -- I really appreciate black and white pictures depending on the subject.
Q17) Do long distance relationships work? -- if there's a will, there's a way.
Q18) Do you believe in God? -- of course.
Q19) Do you believe in love? -- yup yup!
Q21) Do you drink? -- hehehe, yes, a lot of water hehehe.
Q22) Do you make fun of people? -- yes, but i know my limits.
Q23) Do you think dreams eventually come true? -- yes, i do believe that dreams can come true if you really work for it.
Q24) Favorite fictional character? -- Golden Boy!!!
Q25) Go to the movies or rent? -- movies!
Q26) Have you ever moved? -- never...
Q28) How's the weather right now? -- windy
Q29) Last time you cut your hair? -- 6 months ago? hehehe, can't remember.
Q30) Last person you talked to on the phone? -- sa cellphone, si dessa kasi tinatanong niya kung anong kape bibilin niya sa supermarket hehehe, sa landline, si cha nung tuesday ata hehehe.
Q32) Loud or soft music? -- LOUD!!! RAK ON!!!
Q33) Mcdonalds or Burger King? -- Burger King!!! I miss the Double Whopper!!!
Q34) Night or day? -- Day, takot ako sa mumu eh hehehe.
Q35) Number of pillows? -- 4 big ones, and 2 small ones hehehehe.
Q36) Piano or guitar? -- GUITAR!!! RAK ON!!!
Q37) Future job? -- househusband :D
Q38) Current job? -- exhausted student
Q39) Current thought? -- i want to sleep...
Q40) Current longing? -- donuts! i want donuts! hehehe.
Q41) Current disappointment? -- um...a big disappointment, pero hindi ko na ikukuwento.
Q42) Current annoyance? -- ayaw ko sabihin, pero meron.
Q43) Last thing you ate? -- inihaw from Manang's!!!
Q45) Most recent thing you are looking foward to? -- sleep...zzzz.....
Q46) What are you wearing right now? -- black shirt, jeans, chucks.
Q47) plans for the weekend? -- dami!!! IBM and Fujitsu tests, Gabay LFN!
Q48) What did you do today? -- Went home ng 7am, slept for 30 minutes, went to school by 10am, toga fitting (P400! mahal!!!), ate sa manang's with guiller and ate kams, changed our thesis circuit's resistors, and now...blogging hehehehe.

tapos na po... :D

5-Year Survey (Ninakaw ko sa blog ni Chi hehehe)

2006-02-04T19:43:00.000+08:00

it's the 5-year survey..

5 years ago (February 2001)...
How old were you? --- seventeen
What grade were you in? --- fourth year HS
Where did you go to school? --- Ateneo de Manila High School
Where did you live? --- Marikina City
Where did you hang out 5 years ago? -- Kung saan saan, I just had a girlfriend that time (January 1, 2001).
How was your hair style? ----- Medyo spikey yung hair ko pero humaba na that time ata hehe
Did you wear braces? --- it was removed in 2000 hehehe.
Did you wear glasses? --- nope, never worn glasses in my life
Who was your best friend? --- si Guiller, although I often hang out with the gboys din.
Who was your girlfriend/boyfriend? --- Unna Fernando (1 month pa lang kami noon eh hehe)
Who was your celebrity crush? --- can't remember eh, depends sa movies and shows na lumabas that time hehe
Who was your regular-person crush? --- hmmm....can't remember din...
How many piercings did you have? --- 10! joke, none, although I once thought of piercing my left or right ear kaso naisip ko, magmumukha lang akong bading siguro hehehe.
How many tattoos did you have? --- none!
what was your favorite band? --- that time...I guess it was Rage Against the Machine and Parokya ni Edgar
What was your biggest fear? --- not passing the ACET exam! ayaw ko talaga noon na hindi ako pumasa, parang super ikahihiya ko sarili ko kapag hindi ako pumasa hehe.
Had you smoked a cigarette yet? --- yep, pero I never made it a habit, nag-try lang ako since 2nd year pa.
Had you gotten drunk or high yet? --- nope and nope.
Had you driven yet? --- yup! but i wasn't allowed to drive on my own.
Which of your pets were still alive? --- si Rabby the Rabbit and si Connie Kuneho! (aww...I miss my rabbits...)

Present Day (February 2006)...
How old are you? --- twenty two and still counting...
What grade are you in? --- fifth year College and still counting...
What school do you attend? --- Ateneo de Manila University
Where do you live? --- Marikina City pa rin
Where do you hang out now? --- Our wonderful robotics laboratory na mukhang bodega hehehe. and syempre sa house pa rin, school-bahay lang ako madalas recently.
How is your hair style now? --- long hair, my ears are already hidden and madalas sabog hehehe.
Do you wear braces? --- nope
Do you wear glasses? --- nope pa rin.
Who is your best friend/s? --- gboys, thesis mates (kasama si guiller sa group), unna (although I haven't had a chance to talk to her for quite some time now)
Who is your girlfriend/boyfriend? --- none. 5 months ng single and still counting...
Who is your celebrity crush? --- puro foreign nga lang hehehe: Maria Sharapova, Kate Beckinsale, Jeon-Ji Hyun! hahaha!
Who is your regular-person crush? --- ayaw ko na lang magsabi, maraming hihirit na kilala ko tungkol dito eh hehehe.
How many piercings do you have? --- none pa rin! hehe
How many tattoos do you have? --- one! si pikachu sa chest ko! haha joke! wala pa rin.
What is your favorite band? --- dami eh, pero I really love Dishwalla. Recently, I listen to Fall Out Boy, Kamikazee, Itchyworms, Eraserheads (ulit! dahil sa Ultraelectromagnetic Jam), Dicta License, um...dami pa eh hehehe...
What is your biggest fear? --- getting my life more screwed up than now.
Have you smoked a cigarette yet? --- none na, pero minsan, gusto ko maging pasaway kaya naiiisip kong mag-smoke, although, eventually, hindi na lang, inom na lang, mas masaya pa hehehe.
Have you gotten drunk or high yet? --- drunk, yes, and i'm not proud of it, lost my control eh.
Have you driven yet? --- yep, almost every week. and pwede na akong mag-isa hehehe, although wala pa rin tiwala dad ko sa pagdadala ng kotse (what's new?)
Which of your pets are still alive? --- my two lovable and devilish dogs! Kitty and Jimbo! (kaso galit si Chi kay Kitty eh hehehehe.)

Ayan, tapos na, grabe, wala lang akong magawa and a lot of things are rushing through my mind right now. Halo halo ang nararamdaman ko, naiiinis, frustrated, pagod, tinatamad, inaantok, gustong lumabas at gumimik, lost kung ano ang gustong gawin, hmm...pretty screwed up i guess. hehehe. We lost sa ABL game ulit kanina, 30 points ata ang lamang sa amin ng kalaban. Stats ko, 1/3 sa field goals (yey! i got 2 points), 0/1 sa three point attempts (sayang nga eh, diretso eh, kapos nga lang), and a couple of rebounds yata, hehe, di ko na maalala eh hehe. We did our best, but I guess our best wasn't good enough...(hehe). Babawi kami next game.:P

Something to think about...

2006-02-02T02:36:00.000+08:00

"It's the thing on the floor amidst its deep dysfunctionality that holds you in free captivity..."

It just feels so deep to read such a statement... Any opinions?

Shucks, I can totally relate...

2006-02-01T21:30:00.000+08:00

Sometimes, I just wonder how geeky I can be to know this kind of stuff or for the fact that I am in a science course and I do C programming, a language most people do not understand. Bakit? It's the same as being in a management course naman ah, kung mag-usap sila about accounting terms, hindi ba geeky din yun kasi hindi naman lahat nakakaintindi nun? Hehehe, defensive lang siguro ako hehehehe. Being a geek is cool, I know stuff others do not completely understand, I am powerful, haha! I am a geek, I am a nerd, and I am cool. :)

Sugar We're Going Down - Fall Out Boy

2006-01-31T00:51:00.000+08:00

Check out this link, super funny! Especially if you're a fan of Fall Out Boy, Hahaha! :)

Sugar We're Going Down - Fall Out Boy

Huwaw! Guwapu!

2006-01-27T01:34:00.000+08:00

Hahaha! O di ba, bagay naman ako maging hero ah? Hehe, this image is my CS175 project that I submitted last Tuesday. Kahit matrabaho, I enjoyed doing the project even if it caused me to sacrifice most of my sleeping time that night hehehe. So to anyone who would like a high-resolution copy of this image for their viewing pleasure, just post a comment and include your name and e-mail address. For an extra $10, you can request for a high-res copy of the image with my personal signature on it! Hehehehehe, sige na, pagtawanan niyo na lang hehehehe. Proud pa rin ako sa gawa ko! Haha! :)

Some old pictures in my computer

2006-01-22T22:48:00.000+08:00

My classic trike picture hehehehe. I never had a bicycle in my whole life kaya hanggang tricycle lang ako hehehe.
Me and my sister, ate Ivy.

The last three pictures are pictures of me and my brother. I just found them in this computer and it has been a long time since I saw these pictures. Wala lang, I just miss my brother. Hanggang ngayon, iniisip ko pa rin na nasa ibang bansa lang siya. Almost 2 years na pero parang recently lang yung pangyayari. Up to now, I still think everything that happened was too unfair. Bad trip lang.

Just a few things in my mind

2006-01-22T16:36:00.000+08:00

All I can say is, I just had a tiring week. Aside from all the long tests and overnight work within the week, I just can't resist to think that there is so little time to accomplish the requirements that I need to finish for this semester. Well, at least thinking this way will give me the signal I need to work asap. Hmmm.... labo na ng kwento ko hehehe, I guess kwento na lang ako about the things that happened this week.

Wednesday: we had our third long test for tcom152. A 40 point multiple choice test. At first, I though it would be an easy exam, but when I got the readings, 120 pages!!! Grabecious, hehe. I tried my best to study anyway. The results haven't been released yet, but I'm sure of one thing, I did badly in that exam, bahala na hehehe.

Thursday: A fun but tiring day. My thesis mates and I stayed overnight again in the Faura 311 room to work on our thesis. We also watched the anime Tekken the Movie and it really sucked (damn those animators and scriptwrites for making such a bad cartoon for a really good classic game). We worked hard on our thesis and we enjoyed our "break" time moments like teaching Bel how to cart wheel hehehe and the few entertainment materials that we had in our laboratory hehehe. I didn't sleep that night because I was planning to take a bath in the Faura shower room at around 6am and I finished debugging our circuit at around 5am na, so no kwenta rin para matulog hehehe.

Friday: Field trip at Cypress Semiconductors in Cavite. Since I did not sleep the whole night, I was deeply asleep during the whole bus trip to Cavite. By the way, leche rin yung bus, walang kwenta yung aircon, parang tuloy kaming may sauna bath sa loob hehehe. Anyway, Cypress Semicon was a nice company, it's a very respectable company. However, I wasn't that really interested in working for them in the future, ang layo naman kasi ng office nila, di na rin. Well, it wasn't that boring anyway, but the trip going home was tiring. We got back at around 9pm, tired, bored and completely stressed out coz of the trip.

Saturday: Borj's party night!!! Haha! But before going to my friend's birthday party, we had a seminar in Ateneo about PLUG (Philippine Linux Users' Group) and their different lectures on using Linux. Well, it was fine at first, but when they were already talking about technical terms and laughing out loud on their inside nerdy jokes about Linux, I just thought, "Syet, gusto ko ng umalis..." hehehehe. It was boring anyway. The seminar finished at around 5pm.

Afterwards, Jed and I went to the wake of Frey's grandfather in La Funeraria Paz along Araneta Avenue. We stayed there for a while chatting with Frey and giving our condolences to Frey's family. By the way, nakakaadik pala ang Boy Bawang hehehehe. Wala lang, ang dami kasi nilang Boy Bawang sa wake eh hehehe. Anyway, we left the place at around 8pm to go to Borj's birthday party.

Borj's birthday party, fun! haha! sarap pa ng food! I even saw chichacorn buddy Orange there although I wasn't able to chat with her or at least makamusta ko man siya. After eating, syempre nilabas na yung beer hehehehe. It was also the night I first played poker! Haha! Fun fun din hehehehe. I almost won, but because of my stupid bluff, I lost a lot of chips, bad gamble hehehe.

Afterwards, we went to Ponti in Makati. Daming people! Of course, ano pa ba makikita dun? Eh di smoke, ,beer, hard drinks, and hot girls dancing to the music hehehe. It was okay pero sausage fest kasi kaming pumunta kaya we got bored (syempre hindi naman kami sasayaw ng kami kami lang di ba? that's stupid hehehe). Although Karel Marquez was there, hehehe, syempre maganda siya and maliit, around 5 ft tall(?) hehehe. We were supposed to go to Jaipur that night coz Clauds and her cousins were there, but we didn't push through coz we didn't have a ride back to White Plains (where we left our cars) coz uuwi na yung iba sa amin. Anyway, bitin yung night but I still had fun, at least I got to see Karel Marquez hehehe, babaw.

Anyway, ano pa ba? Wala naman akong hangover kanina hehehe. Manny Pacquaio won against Morales (woohoo! galing! Go Pacman! hehehe). I also looked at someone's friendster and I saw the status "In a relationship", and wala lang, I didn't know why, but somehow, I felt sad (I guess hindi pa talaga ako over.) Maybe my cousin was right, she said it would take me a year to get over the breakup, akala ko lang kasi kaya ko. Pero syempre, wala pa namang one year, I just realized lang kasi that time really flies, and considering my emotions, ganun pa rin, kung may improvement man, konti lang. Oh well...hehehe.

By the way, I got my mom's email and she told me that my Re-entry permit would only last until January of 2007 (leche! one year lang!!!). So that means I only have less than a year to stay here in the Philippines after I graduate, which also means that I have to stay in the US if I don't have a reason to stay here in the Philippines before my permit expires. So it's either I go there for good or I'll study again so that I can still use the "schooling" reason so I can stay in the Philippines a little longer. Hindi ko alam kung paano na, pero I'll find a way. Hindi ko rin naman kasi sure kung gugustuhin ko nga bang mag-stay pa dito or punta na akong US for good, pero feeling ko lang kasi, too soon pa na pumunta na ako doon for good by 2007.

Anyway, yun lang, ang haba na ng kwento ko. I'll study for our TCOMBEE muna and gagawa rin ng project sa Multimedia class. Hay...ang daming gagawin.

Hanging out at Drew's

2006-01-15T13:51:00.000+08:00

Here are pictures of me and my friends at Drew's last Friday. JerbaXX and GinStraw the best!!! Hahaha!

Syempre, may solo pic dapat ako hehehe.

Me and Borj

Me, Borj and Jed

Pobs and Kate

Tres Gwapitos

By the way, that night, Borj was texting this girl and she was asking for pictures of cute guys. So we sent the Tres Gwapitos pic to that girl via MMS, tapos ang reply ba naman, "Wala namang cute ah." ANG KAPAL!!! Then Fael got Borj's cellphone and he replied, "Bakit? Cute ka ba?" Hahaha! Wala lang, natawa lang ako sa ginawa ni Fael hehehe. Anyway, it was a fun night to get wasted, hahaha! Loko kasi si Pobs eh! Hehehe. :D

Joke of the day!!!

2006-01-09T22:42:00.000+08:00

Hehehe, I received this joke from Clauds while I was on my way home:

"Ano sabi ng panda sa photographer?"
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"Pare, yoko ng black & white ha?"

Hahaha! Babaw pero natawa ako hehehehe. :D

Just a puzzling thought...

2006-01-07T23:50:00.000+08:00

So does this mean Coke + Orange = Rootbeer? Hehehe... labo lang hehehe.:D

This just shows how diverse my career life can be...

2006-01-04T21:26:00.000+08:00

You scored as Philosophy. You should be a Philosophy major! Like the Philosopher, you are contemplative and you enjoy thinking about the purpose for humanity's existence.

Mathematics

100%

Philosophy

100%

Sociology

92%

Engineering

92%

Art

92%

Psychology

92%

Chemistry

83%

Dance

83%

Journalism

83%

Theater

83%

Biology

75%

Linguistics

75%

English

67%

Anthropology

67%

What is your Perfect Major?
created with QuizFarm.com

Shucks... now I'm more confused on what I should do with my life, hehehe. :P

Manila Bay View

2006-01-04T01:04:00.000+08:00

I just can't resist to take my own picture by the stinky waters of Manila Bay. Hehehe, just joking, it wasn't that stinky. The picture looks like it was around sunset time, but actually, I took it at around 4pm. Believe me, flash lang yan kaya dumilim yung background, hehehehe. I was at Baywalk that afternoon with my family to watch the Metro Manila Film Fest parade, hehe. When the Mulawin float drove by, my cousins dared me to shout out loud for Richard Gutierrez. Knowing me, would I resist such a simple dare? Of course not! Hehe, so I shouted, "Richard! Richard!!!", but my efforts were useless because I didn't even see him on the float! Hehe, but at least I still accomplished the dare hehehe. More to that, I saw Angel Locsin pa in her Mulawin costume! Hahaha! I hope they'll make a Darna Movie next year so I will see her in her daring Darna costume while she waves to the people waving back at her, hehehe. By the way, watch the Mulawin movie, it rocks!!! Laughtrip all the way! Haha! Todo ugatpak!!! Haha! It was loads of fun, especially Alwina's exciting fight scene...oh wait, was it a fight scene or an itik dance? Hehehe, anyway, it was a nice effort by the Filipino movie industry to make a good movie for Mulawin fans hehehe. But of course, the purpose of the movie was to entertain it's audience, and for the record, my friends and I were definitely entertained and we had lots of fun watching the movie. Labo na ng kwento ko noh? Hehehe, well, that's all for this entry. Next time na lang ulit. :)

Nakaw mula sa blog ni Ate Ava hehe

2006-01-01T16:54:00.000+08:00

Three names you go by:
1. Pitt
2. Skip
3. Moteo

Three screen names you have had:
1. pittkachu
2. Skippy
3. Tom Morello (wahahahaha! feeling ko!)

Three physical things you like about yourself:
1. My smooth hands
2. My thin hair
3. My tummy

Three physical things you don't like about yourself:
1. My double chin
2. My "man-boobs" (hehehe)
3. Eyebags!!!

Three parts of your heritage:
1. Spanish
2. Chinese (mga 0.01% lang, hehehe)
3. Pinoy

Three things that scare you:
1. Failure
2. Regrets
3. Disappointments

Three of your everyday essentials:
1. Food
2. Food or cellphone
3. Food or my wallet

Random three favorite musical artists:
1. Oasis
2. Rage Against the Machine
3. Dishwalla

Random three favorite songs:
1. Wonderwall
2. Counting Blue Cars
3. Cliffs of Dover by Eric Johnson

Three things you want in a relationship:
1. Love
2. Honesty
3. Respect

Three physical things about the opposite sex that appeals to you:
1. Hair
2. Smile
3. yung mabilog... eyes!!!

Three of your favorite hobbies:
1. Listening to music
2. Playing the guitar
3. Playing computer games or surfing the net

Three things you want to do really badly now:
1. Lose weight!!!
2. Buy new Chuck Taylor shoes!!! (hehehe, la akong money eh)
3. Sleep...zzzzzzz....

Three careers you're considering/you've considered:
1. I really want to be a pilot ever since I was in kindergarten hehehe.
2. Rally Car driver (gusto ko pang-WRC, hehehe)
3. Engineer (syempre, this is my course eh)

Three places you want to go on vacation:
1. Palawan
2. Japan
3. Houston, Colorado kung saan si Peter North, bwahahaha joke! London siguro. :)

Three kid's names you like:
1. Bamboo
2. Ja Rule
3. Snoop Dogg (bwahahaha! sorry, la akong maisip eh... :P)

Three things you want to do before you die:
1. Drive a car at 200 kph
2. Pilot a jet plane (an F-15 or a Raptor will do hehehe)
3. Go skydiving :P

Three celeb crushes:
1. Nicole Hernandez
2. Natalie Portman
3. Kate Beckinsale

What are the things you did in 2005 that you haven't done before?
- play Cajon in a band? hehe, la akong maisip eh...

What countries did you visit?
- United States of America, Canada

What was your biggest achievement of the year?
- naging tres kid ako sa wakas? hahahaha!!!

What was your biggest failure
- losing a relationship

Did you suffer illness or injury?
- slight trangkaso and LBM siguro hehehehe.
- um, naka-injure rin ako ng ibang tao? hehehe.

What was the best thing you bought?
- my Chuck Taylor shoes! haha!

Where did most of your money go?
- food, movies, and cds (ps2, audio and pc).

What song/s will remind you of 2005?
- Pinoy Ako from the Pinoy Big Brother show
- My Humps by Black Eyed Peas (ewan ko kung bakit hehehe)
- Collide by Howie Day (kasi tinugtog ng Mr. Boatman hehehe)

What do you wish you'd done more?
- a lot of exercise to lose weight, study, participate in more organizations, and sleep

What do you wish you'd done less?
- puyat, internet and playing computer games

What did you do on your birthday?
- can't remember eh, although I had a surprise birthday party hehe.

What one thing would have made your year more satisfying?
- honestly, I don't know. I have a lot of things in my mind right now that would've made my year satisfying.

What kept you sane?
- my good friends and Yahoo! Pool sa panahon na nababaliw na ako hehehe.

Who was/were the best new person/s you met?
- Dr. Floresca - our Gabaldon GK travel buddy hehehe
- Cheska and Paul - great people I met in GK (magkapatid sila)
- Yumi Ong - she let us stay in her house for awhile before going to the GK site and she even served us really good food!
- Kring - one kulit friend I also met in GK hehe.
- Ina Gutierrez - Ang matangkad na violinist (who keeps on claiming that she's faaaat na hindi naman hehe) and the good friend who keeps on laughing at my YM pictures.
- Engineer Manny and Engineer Othello from Bausch and Lomb - the great engineers of Bausch and Lomb who taught us many things about eye surgery.
- Mr. Claudio and my pol sci classmates - the people who made my pol sci class fun kahit tinga lang ako sa class at kahit ginawa akong Willy Revillame ng mga groupmates ko (kakahiya hehehe).
- Charlene Tan - the Yahoo! Pool kapustahan and good friend of mine who helped me out in the times that I was in need of help especially nung time na nakabangga ako ng nagbibisikleta hehe.

Tell us a valuable life lesson/s you learned in 2005.
- Life is unpredictable.

What was the nicest thing someone told you about yourself?
- "Pitt, pumapayat ka ah." hahaha!

What did you like most about yourself this year?
- Being the patient, forgiving and helpful person that I am to other people.

What did you hate most about yourself this year?
- My lack of willingness to exercise hehehe.

Was 2005 a good year for you?
- hmmm......... it's better than 2004, but I really can't say that 2005 was a really good year for me, at some points, it was.

Did you drink lots of alcohol this year?
- no comment :P Honestly, I am a social drinker, so kung may gimik, sige lang hehehe. :P

Did you do a lot of drugs this year?
- um.... siguro, some cocaine, then shabu, then ecstacy, then a little marijuana and wet hemp... hahahaha joke! i don't do drugs. :P

Did you do anything you are ashamed of this year?
- halos nalasing ako sa despedida ni Bro? hahaha! lesson learned: don't drink beer first then hard drinks, it will give u a bad headache hahaha!

If you could go back in time to any moment in 2005 and change something, what would it be?
- Well, I just accept things as they are, so I really don't have any plans on going back.

What are your plans for 2006?
- finish our thesis, graduate and become an engineer hehehe. maghanap ng girlfriend? hahaha! next time na lang siguro hehehehe.

How are you different now that the year has almost ended?
- almost ended? eh tapos na yun year eh hehehehe.

What are your wishes for the new year?
- World Peace
- Happier year
- And more wishes for the new year hehehe.

GO DYNAMI 2005-2006!!!

2005-12-30T00:29:00.000+08:00

Love the shirt...

Love the ultimate angkan...

****** GO DYNAMI!!! ******

I'm just so vain

2005-12-28T14:00:00.000+08:00

Wala akong magawa eh, bakit ba? Hehehe...

The upper left picture was taken just before the Christmas break while my dad was driving me to school.

The upper right picture was taken on Christmas eve at Diamond Hotel during the family gathering in the executive suite my titas rented for the night.

The lower left picture was taken weeks ago, here at my house. I was just testing my dad's old digicam so I took pictures of myself (vain nga eh hehehe).

Lastly, the last picture is an image of my favorite Chuck Taylor shoes. It's actually a real picture that was also taken on Christmas eve of 2005, hehe. (Baka kasi isipin niyo drawing eh hehehe) :P

New York Noks!

2005-12-19T23:01:00.000+08:00

The New York Noks!!!

I just got his picture from JP's blog hehehe. Even if we did not win the IAC championship in our final school year, I still love this team. ABL na 'to!!! ABL! ABL! ABL! :P

Nice Nerdy Joke :)

2005-12-05T22:49:00.000+08:00

2005-10-23T00:11:00.000+08:00

The Keys to Your Heart

You are attracted to good manners and elegance.

In love, you feel the most alive when everything is uncertain, one moment heaven... the next moment hell.

You'd like to your lover to think you are optimistic and happy.

You would be forced to break up with someone who was emotional, moody, and difficult to please.

Your ideal relationship is open. Both of you can talk about everything... no secrets.

Your risk of cheating is zero. You care about society and morality. You would never break a commitment.

You think of marriage as something precious. You'll treasure marriage and treat it as sacred.

In this moment, you think of love as something you thirst for. You'll do anything for love, but you won't fall for it easily.

What Are The Keys To Your Heart?

2005-10-23T00:08:00.000+08:00

Your Seduction Style: Au Natural

You rank up there with your seduction skills, though you might not know it.
That's because you're a natural at seduction. You don't realize your power!
The root of your natural seduction power: your innocence and optimism.

You're the type of person who happily plays around and creates a unique little world.
Little do you know that your personal paradise is so appealing that it sucks people in.
You find joy in everything - so is it any surprise that people find joy in you?

You bring back the inner child in everyone you meet with your sincere and spontaneous ways.
Your childlike (but not childish) behavior also inspires others to care for you.
As a result, those who you befriend and date tend to be incredibly loyal to you.

What Kind of Seducer Are You?

2005-10-22T23:55:00.000+08:00

You Are 60% Weird

You're so weird, you think you're *totally* normal. Right?
But you wig out even the biggest of circus freaks!

How Weird Are You?

Walang Kwentang Kwento

2005-09-21T10:29:00.000+08:00

Let me start my entry with my experience yesterday sa jeep, hehe. Wala lang, I left school at around 4pm yesterday. Actually, I left early because I wanted to go to Sta Lucia Mall to buy wood glue and pins for my acoustic guitar (balak ko na kasing ayusin eh, sayang kasi hehehe). So I went to Aurora Ave to ride a jeep going to Sta Lucia. (ang bagal ko magkwento noh? hehehe). Anyway, when I rode the jeep, I noticed there were two pretty girls in front of me; naisip ko pa nga, "uy astig, something to brighten up my day" hehehe. One was a Miriam College student, and the other was just wearing casual clothes, but the point is, they were pretty hehehe. Of course, I didn't want to get caught looking at them or at least one of them, so I just looked down and tried to avoid any eye contact (nakakahiya naman eh). Then, I noticed the Miriam College girl's hand, she has a ring. Then the thought just came to me, "Ay, taken na." Suddenly, I also noticed the other girl's hand, she also has a ring, then I thought, "Ay taken na rin." So I looked at the MC girl's hand again, then I noticed that she had the same ring as the casual girl's ring! Then I slightly looked up and I saw the MC girl clinging to the casual girl's arms and the casual girl's right hand was reaching to the MC girl's right hand (sort of slightly and discretely holding hands). Oh my golly, MAG-ON PALA SILA!!! HAHAHA!!! Tama ba naman ang magsama ang dalawang maganda, then that means may dalawang guys na mawawalan ng chance to have really pretty gfs hehehehe. Wala lang, I know the experience is superficial, but I just felt really funny about myself and the way I was able to formualate the idea that the two girls were "together" in a relationship sense, hehehe.

Anyway, I still had a nice day yesterday even if I did badly in my POS100 orals that afternoon. I went to Sta Lucia Mall before I went home. I was able to buy wood glue and pins for my guitar (I can finally use my acoustic guitar again woohoo!!!). I wanted to pass by din sana sa Milko ice cream stand to see if Tims (my long time friend and prom date sa Poveda) was there running her business, but she wasn't so I just roamed around the mall. Then I passed by 2 Rats 4 d brats stand and they were selling Final Fantasy 7: Advent Children DVDs!!! Syempre, as a Final Fantasy 7 fan, hindi ko natiis, kahit fake, binili ko na, gusto ko mapanood eh hehehehe. It was a really nice movie especially if you're a final fantasy 7 fan, Cloud Strife's character was executed really well skillfully and emotionally and the story and action scenes were really awesome! I highly recommend Advent Children to all Final Fantasy fans and to non-FF fans as well. By the way, did I mention that the movie was rendered in full-3d? It looked pretty much the same as Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within movie that was released in theaters a few years ago. That means, the movie really looked great and the 3d rendering and animation were amazing.

So there, yun lang ang ginawa ko yesterday hehehehe. Superficial it may seem, I still had fun and walang ng magrereklamo dun hehehe. Anyway, today, may field trip kami sa pol sci class namin. We're going to the Senate and listen to their blabbering and stuff hehehehe. Yun lang muna, it's been quite a while since the last time I updated my blog hehehehe. Sabi ko sa inyo, walang kwentang kwento ito hehehehe.

Gabay Concert

2005-08-27T22:53:00.000+08:00

Last night was the Gabay Concert featuring Orange and Lemons, Cueshe, Mayonnaise, Spongecola, Barbie, and Stonfree. For P150, I was able to watch five of the coolest bands of the year! Sa'n ka pa? Haha! Anyway, for P150, I had lots of fun. I saw the Gabayanos that I seldom see anymore (kasi bihira na ako makatambay) and of course, naka-apak na ulit ako sa High School covered courts, nakaka-reminisce lang hehehehe.

Then, Elmer and I, being the "oportunistas" that we were known to be, used our being Gabayanos to help Jo guard the entrance gate for the bands. Syempre, andyan na ang opportunity to get the bands' autographs, so why not grab the opportunity di ba? Hehehe. We used our concert posters for the autograph signing and we were able to get autographs from the drummer of Orange and Lemons, the singer of Stonefree, Gosh of Spongecola (syempre, idol eh), the singer and bassist of Mayonnaise, the guitarist of Cueshe, and of course, Barbie Almalbis, hehehehe. So since we're already at the backstage, we already took their autographs before they went to the stage para hindi na kami makikipag-giyera sa mga fans nila after nila tumugtog, except for Barbie Almalbis coz we took her autograph right after she played her five songs, in short, nanguna lang kami hehehe. We also took the opportunity para magpa-picture with Barbie, astig nga eh, ang bait niya hehehe. And as a plus, it was her birthday that night so our picture with her was a picture with her on her birthday! haha! (babaw ba? labo hehe, nalaman ko lang kasi sa net na Aug 26 pala bday niya hehe). She was really nice enough na magpa-picture with us, coolness. :)

Anyway, Orange and Lemons was the bomb, Barbie performed really great, Cueshe was astig and the crowd loved them (although I still hate their Stay song coz katunog ng The Greatest View ng Silverchair), Spongecola was really cool as usual (go Yael and Gosh! galing niyo!), Mayonnaise was completely "malufet", and Stonefree ended the concert with a bang. In the simplest sense, the concert was great! But after the concert, nagkaroon ako ng malalim na palaisipan... GUSTO KO MAGING RAKSTAR!!! Hahaha! Yun lang. :)

2005-08-27T22:47:00.000+08:00

Its me with Barbie Almalbis!!! This photo was taken on the 26th of August 2005 during the Gabay Concert featuring Orange and Lemons, Barbie, Cueshe, Spongecola, Stonefree, and Mayonnaise. I really admire this artist not just because of her looks, but for her wonderful talent in songwriting as well. And I really appreciate her guitar skills and creativity in making rhythmes for her songs. Galing! Idol talaga! :D

2005-08-23T23:38:00.000+08:00

The Velveteen Rabbit. Wala lang, I just remembered the Junior Classics short story of the Velveteen Rabbit and how much I have appreciated the story ever since I was a kid. I don't know why but somehow, the story really makes me smile and it often reminds me of my childhood days. Unna and I even bought a book of the Velveteen Rabbit in one of the bookstores in Greenbelt and we even read it together (pero di ata namin natapos kasi we had to eat dinner na hehe). Wala lang, this was the picture I used to see while I was reading the Velveteen Rabbit back then when I was six I think. To hell with all the other books that I've read; The Velveteen Rabbit is still the best! :)

Tiring Day

2005-08-14T00:24:00.000+08:00

Hay, wala lang, today was just a tiring day, pero at least productive hehehe. Kwento ko pa ba? Parang ayaw ko kasi parang ganito nag-start, i woke up super tired kasi i got home 3am na the night before coz i watched Spongecola and Kitchie Nadal at Zirkoh (by the way, galing nila hehehehe), so syempre pagod na ako. Then i woke up early the next day because i have to meet my thesis partner sa Ateneo ng 9am (pero nakarating ako ng Ateneo ng 10am, as usual, late hehehe).

Anyway, pagdating ko sa Ateneo CTC-314, my partner and I did our DSP project on MP3 File Reader. It was quite frustrating kasi ang hirap mag-program sa C++!!! Kainis!!! Tapos inaantok pa ako.... Hehe. So we programmed from 11am up to 7:30pm!!! Exag sa tagal, hindi pa namin natapos yung program pero may nagawa naman kaming progress kahit papaano hehehe. Sa sobrang antok ko na at brain drain, nakatulog na ako sa carpet ng thesis lab namin hehehehe. Wala na lang talaga akong pakialam kung maalikabok yun or what, basta makatulog lang kahit sandali hehehehe.

So we went home na ng mga 7:30pm, tapos ewan, parang pagod ako na stressed na drained na ewan...ewan...ewan... hehehe. I didn't even eat dinner coz hindi ko feel, parang ang moody ko bigla hehehehe. So ayun, kahit pagod ako, nagawa ko pang mag-internet at magsulat sa blog. So i'll sleep na in a while so I can start my study on MPEG-4 tomorrow para sa report ko on Wednesday. I just hope, maintindihan ko yung mga compression ek ek ng MPEG-4 hehehehe. Grabe, boring na ng buhay ko, wala na akong makwento hehehehe. Sige na, baboo!

(O ayan Chi, nag-update na ako hehehehe) :D

My Power Color

2005-08-08T00:40:00.000+08:00

Your Power Color Is Teal

At Your Highest:

You feel accomplished and optimistic about the future.

At Your Lowest:

You feel in a slump and lack creativity.

In Love:

You tend to be many people's ideal partner.

How You're Attractive:

You make people feel confident and accepted.

Your Eternal Question:

"What Impression Am I Giving?"

What's Your Power Color?

2005-07-13T01:33:00.000+08:00

Miss ko na ang JARGON!!! Gusto ko ng gig! hehehe. Oh well, i just miss playing at gigs and miss ko na rin maka-jam ang mga boyz ng Jargon. Pero oks lang, cool pa rin kami hehehe. :D

I've never been this happy...

2005-05-29T17:06:00.000+08:00

Hello! It has been a while since I last posted an entry in this blog. Medyo busy kasi ako dahil sa school and sa OJT... ok fine... tinatamad lang ako magpost hehehe. Anyway, yesterday, I had the best time of my life. Yesterday, May 28, I woke up around 10 in the morning, feeling good and excited because I was sick from Thursday to Friday, then that morning, I was feeling great! Excited din ako kasi may plans kami ni Unna na manood ng Madagascar ng 3pm sa Eastwood (Watch the movie, it's really good. I highly recommend it hehe). Actually, na-late kami ng dating sa Eastwood kaya naubusan kami ng seats. At first, sabi ko yung next show na lang, then sabi ni Unna hindi pwede kasi nagtext daw dad ko sa kanya na may dinner kami so we have to be back home ng 6pm. But what's weird was, my dad did not tell me anything about a dinner that night (hmmm...something fishy... hehe) so we decided to watch in Podium na lang kasi may showing ng 4:40, so ayun, natuloy, ang saya! hehe.

After the movie, we went back home sa house ko, and my dad texted me to park at the Allied Bank parking (weird...akala ko may baha). Then pagdating namin sa Allied Bank, nagtaka ako kasi nakita ko yung Vios car ni Jerico sa harap ng house ko (hehehe), then may Starex, and I even saw Tristan's car sa tapat ng kapitbahay namin.... then suddenly the thought just came to my mind.... "oh my God... is this a surprise party for me???"

Syempre, nabawasan ang surprise. So I entered the house with Unna. The lights were off, the surroundings were quiet... then the lights turned on.... "HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!" my face went blank, leaving me the thought, "oh wow! all my friends are here!!!" Then I looked around... bubbles... seaweeds... big cartoonish violet flowers... IT'S A SPONGEBOB THEME!!!! WOOHOO!!!!

It was exhilirating. Yesterday was my first ever surprise birthday party. My friends were there, Gabayanos, Gboys, ECE peeps. Clauds was there, Guiller came even if he just arrived from Zambales, Quino, Elmer, Jo, Jargon, Avs, Souljay, Ate Cla, Roi, Chi, Aron, Miko, Mando, Rache, even Abbie Sac passed by just to greet me and give me a gift. Kahit si Tito, dumating din to join the birthday party. We ate lots of pizza, KFC chicken and pancit in the party. One word describes the event: FUN. :)

Hehe, yes it was fun. But I could never miss out one factor that made me so happy that night, one person to be specific...Unna. Unna was the mastermind of this wonderful experience. It was a party with my friends and it was really fun, but for the fact that it was from Unna and she was there to celebrate the party with me made me realize a happiness na sobrang tagal ko nang hindi naramdaman. :) Thank you Unna. :)

There were two things that I realized in that party, first, I realized that I really do have a lot of caring friends who really do care about me (huh? hehehe). Second, I'm just so lucky to have Unna in my life who is so sweet, loving and caring, my loved one who I will forever treasure in my heart. She showed me that there will always be hope for happiness. True, sadness is bad for your health hehehe. Thank you specially to the people who helped Unna with the party, to Elmer, Quino, Aron, Fael, Souljay, Saab, Frank, and many many more, dami niyo eh hehehe. And I truly want to thank Unna for making me feel this happy in my life. I love you so much hun. :)

2005-05-29T17:02:00.000+08:00

Me and my lovely darling, Unnie. :) I love you hun! :)

2005-05-29T16:50:00.000+08:00

Me and my beloved Unnie! (the party mastermind hehehe) Yey!

2005-05-29T16:48:00.000+08:00

The Magalona Family with Doods! Yey!

2005-05-29T16:47:00.000+08:00

Gboys with Chi, Clauds and Angel! Yey!

2005-05-29T16:46:00.000+08:00

ECE peeps with Chi and Clauds! Yey!

2005-05-29T16:45:00.000+08:00

Gabay peeps at my surprise party! Yey! :)

2005-04-28T12:05:00.000+08:00

Wow! Tagal ko ng hindi nag-blog! Haha! Medyo busy kasi ako recently eh hehe. Anyway, short lang ito. This is a picture of me, Unna and Lavi, Unna's roommate. We took this picture last Tuesday after the Jargon gig at Common Room Bar and Cafe. Wala lang, Lavi's leaving on Saturday na kasi for Hong Kong so I medyo matagal na panahon bago ulit namin siya makita ni Unna. Lavi's a really good friend of ours kasi mababaw din ang kaligayahan niya, hahaha! Good luck Lavi sa trip mo sa Hong Kong and have a safe and happy trip!!! Me, Unna, Twinkle, and Prince David will miss you a lot! God bless! :D

2005-04-10T23:35:00.000+08:00

Me and my very cute pamangkin DIEGO!!! I miss him, he's so cute and lovable hehehe. He's the son of my brother, mana kay kuya Arlo, makulit pero gwapo parang yung nakababatang kapatid hahaha! :) Wala lang, one of the few pictures lang kasi ito na magkasama kami ni Diego, I just wanted to share this to you peeps hehe. Hay, I miss this kid hehehe.:)