and because im bored, here i am trying to comment on how american idol is doing right now. ive become a huuuge fan just halfway through season 3, that with fantasia and diana. because of that, i didn't let go of season 4 even for a while. i was glued to the tv screen wednesday and thursday nights. same thing is happening now. or maybe not really. cause i have found a source that does some live blogging while the show's going on in the states, live. that's why just before everybody else sees it here and finds out who got eliminated, i've already got something to tease people with. haha. i get the results ahead of everybody else. well, everybody i mean people from here. it's good to have something to tell me early about what happened. however, i realized just today how it actually deprives me of the excitement and thrill everybody else feels as they wait for the show to be aired here, "via satellite". right?
anyway, had an odd realization just couple of days ago. it seems to me that last season is repeating itself. in terms of the performers, how they are, how they sing and how they make me feel about them. i do not intend to find a match for every finalist of this season with the previous one. i just think there are some close similarities (and/or dissimilarities) to find in every finalist.
first, right now, it is chicken little kevin covais who appears irritating to me. he can sing alright. but i just don't like his newly found arrogance. especially towards simon. while america and ryan seacrest finds it amusing, i don't. he thinks that simon doesn't have anything much to offer as he said "i wasnt expecting much from you" in yesterday's episode. asshole. talk about getting popularity and his so-called "sex symbol" status getting too quickly into his head. stupid. and you know who he reminds me of? the likewise irritating scott savol. again, yes, that fat guy can sing. but he is, just like chicken little, arrogant and annoying. they think america loves them sooo much. see, chicken lil was safe tonight. i bet he will be for the next couple of weeks. but i bet you he wouldnt make it to the final... 7.
second, remember lindsay cardinal? (not sure about the surname) the one who's got the husky (for me, sexy) voice? see how she's like melissa mcghee? they almost have the same quality of voice, they kinda look the same (maybe the eyes or some other facial feature, and they also both look good), and they both got eliminated first. both can sing well but still, that wasn't enough for them to stay longer in the competition.
third, paris and mandisa for me are kinda like vonzell. they're all black. and they're all impressive vocally. however, im just not quite sure how long paris and mandisa can hold on to the competition. im quite sure though one of them will be in the top 4 at the most.
fourth, i'd like to believe that lisa tucker, although she can sing well, doesnt really have the likability factor. i mean yeah she's young but there's paris who can sing better than she can. and the latter pretty much overshadows the former. so i'd kinda like to think lisa is like last season's jessica sierra. although just in this case, lisa is more likeable. right?
fifth, i think elliot yamin's like anthony fedorov. both are good vocally. no question about that. and so i'd like to think that elliot will reach the top 5, just like anthony did. but i'm pretty sure he's not gonna win this. you know who i think will be the top 2?
(sixth) katharine mcphee and chris daughtry. just like carrie underwood (or kelly clarkson?) and bo bice. carrie and katharine are unbelievable vocally. but katharine's got more personality. carrie's cuter. hehe. and chris and bo are both excellent rockers. so i'm firm on this. the two of them will battle it out in the finals. and i'd like to predict as early as now that katharine's gonna win it. simon's given the sign. she reminds him of kelly. and as of now, she's one of the strongest contenders! so is chris. so there.
seventh, bucky's like constantine. or not really. but he's also a rocker so i think he pretty much fits being constantine. and im sure he's not gonna last for very long. at least not as long as constantine did. in the same manner, ace is comparable to constantine. at least according to the people who have read this entry earlier and commented that ace is not incomparable to any finalist last year. according to them, at face value, he is like constantine. do they look the same? hahaha. i dont know. maybe. the two who said so were girls sooo, they could be right.
there. i dont know who to compare taylor with. and kellie pickler. say taylor and nikko smith? kellie and nadia?
it's either i just made a wonderful realization or it's really just the case every season. that someone will always be like somebody from the previous season. what do you think?
Friday, March 17, 2006
Wednesday, March 15, 2006
an atenean's view on working, the so-called edge and more
we often hear from other people how the battle for jobs are only limited to the graudates of the good, prestigious schools. that the only people who get jobs are the ones who graduate from either of the top 3 or sometimes 4. that those who dont belong to any of the four would either end up struggling in finding a job or would not find one at all. i used to agree with those people. until i reached almost the same situation of looking for a place to have my internship almost one year ago. i realized the restriction is far much tighter. yeah, i come from the ateneo. but it's obvious that i'm not the only one. there are about 130 more from my course and about double that number from the other courses. all battling for a very limited number of slots. disregarding my tendencies for screwing up in interviews, the battle is just fierce. and as i struggled to find a place for my internship, it was that moment when i came to this realization- that although being an atenean already gives you the edge over many others, the tough battle will begin as soon as you find the need to outwit and rise above everybody else [ateneans]. knowing that there is but a very limited number of slots for many of you, your task now is to prove your worth to the company. and to prove that you deserve to be there more than anybody else.
it becomes harder for someone who's very picky and has many concerns that must be dealt with first before accepting a job. just like... me. i'm certainly not on the top of my batch, not even of my school or my course. and yet my degree of pickiness is just terrible. so is my perceived worth. kapal e noh. but perhaps it's one thing i have become being in the ateneo for 4 years. one of the few bad things, i must say. arrogant. i grew arrogance in myself. just as one of my friends said about ateneo education in one of our past classes, it's substantiated arrogance. very much so. and it's very difficult to refrain from being like that, much so to be completely free from arrogance. but i think it's something most of us have become. and it would actually be the main cause of our very own frustration once we find ourselves jobless or not being in the job that we like- and that is, like in terms of what must be done or like in terms of the pay. it's like, this is not where we're supposed to be. or this isn't how our life must go. things seem to be going the wrong way.
my recently discovered inclination towards being on my own, instead of working for some company out there, i realized, may have simply been a defense mechanism, a way to defend myself from the gradually becoming frustrating situation. but then, i'm not giving up. it's not yet even graduation. the best time perhaps to feel this way is a month or two after graduation and still no offers, no calls whatsoever. and if things become too desperate for me, i might just accept those which i never considered before, i.e, those i'm not considering now.
it becomes harder for someone who's very picky and has many concerns that must be dealt with first before accepting a job. just like... me. i'm certainly not on the top of my batch, not even of my school or my course. and yet my degree of pickiness is just terrible. so is my perceived worth. kapal e noh. but perhaps it's one thing i have become being in the ateneo for 4 years. one of the few bad things, i must say. arrogant. i grew arrogance in myself. just as one of my friends said about ateneo education in one of our past classes, it's substantiated arrogance. very much so. and it's very difficult to refrain from being like that, much so to be completely free from arrogance. but i think it's something most of us have become. and it would actually be the main cause of our very own frustration once we find ourselves jobless or not being in the job that we like- and that is, like in terms of what must be done or like in terms of the pay. it's like, this is not where we're supposed to be. or this isn't how our life must go. things seem to be going the wrong way.
my recently discovered inclination towards being on my own, instead of working for some company out there, i realized, may have simply been a defense mechanism, a way to defend myself from the gradually becoming frustrating situation. but then, i'm not giving up. it's not yet even graduation. the best time perhaps to feel this way is a month or two after graduation and still no offers, no calls whatsoever. and if things become too desperate for me, i might just accept those which i never considered before, i.e, those i'm not considering now.
Tuesday, March 14, 2006
fragments of thoughts
my phone started restarting endlessly 30 minutes ago. i dont know why. it just did. this is a sign. mwahaha. i can sense a new phone coming up. hahaha. well, i just mentioned it here for the heck of it. and no, i dont want a new phone. really. i know i've been changing phones like every after 1.5 years. but now it's more of not wanting to transfer all of my contacts to a new phone. thatd be such a hassle.
a short continuation of my party aftermath entry:
i have received a new alias. it was all karlo's idea. the merlion statue of singapore. how apt. and i thought the teasing ended that night. apparently, it didn't. well, at least, this may be the last one. unless of course, i get drunk and puke again. that'd be another story to tell. and i would make another party legend. haha. anyway, i did not react violently to what my friend said, i.e, spread in the block egroup. rather, i took the joke for i thought it was funny. as i said in my reply to his email, at least in a way i have become a tourists' attraction. its just that in our case, it was more of party attraction. haha. oh well, i'd just wait for the next block party. hmmm. after grad?
and so i finally decided to go to the talk hosted by mitchell madison tonight. i almost didn't go. i felt lazy. but after listening to the speakers, i thought i want to get the job even if it's only for two years, or max, 3 years. i mean, some of them left for the states even before they graduated. hired today, left tomorrow. now, isnt that just amazing. talk about quick traveling opportunities. some would make you wait for about 6 months or so before u can leave the country FOR SOME TRAINING. it's not the case with mmg. some of their recent hires already left the country right after they were hired, i.e., even before they graduated. catch is, they got thrown to heavy work right away as well. now, i'm not quite sure if that's how i want things to go. but more or less, i can say i want the job. fast-paced. challenging. and what's best, there's quick traveling opportunity. the only irritating thing in the event was this guy who didn't seem to know any other adjectives besides cool and challenging. as the speaker after him said, he used 'cool' 16 times during his entire speech. but i'd like to believe it was more than just 16 times. because that was all i can remember about what he said. it was so cool. cool. it really was cool. i thought it was cool. cool. cool. tsss. at least the next two speakers, his colleagues, made more sense. they were more interesting to listen to and more helpful. i didn't have to hear the story about being in a white shirt, just hanging around with some friends bleh bleh more than twice.
lately, i realized how i dont want to work for some company out there anymore. i think. it seems like the spirit of entrepreneurship is calling out on me. but the big problem is, i dont know what business to start. two reasons why i think i dont wanna work. 1. i dont really like being bossed around. and i think thats not far from happening in the work place. 2. i dont like having long gaps between eating. hehe. sounds like a simple shallow problem eh? sorry. not for me. i value eating so much that i dont think i can take a job that wont let me eat when i want to. i know, arrogant. haha. but oh well, as if i have the right to say those things. in the first place, i dont have job offers. i'm starting to feel like such a loser. while everybody else is taking exams, doing interviews, here i am still waiting. somehow. see, i'm not even sure if i wanna come back on thursday in manila (im going home tomorrow) for the nestle recruitment... as if this is even the perfect/right time to be such a lazy jobhunting ass.
a short continuation of my party aftermath entry:
i have received a new alias. it was all karlo's idea. the merlion statue of singapore. how apt. and i thought the teasing ended that night. apparently, it didn't. well, at least, this may be the last one. unless of course, i get drunk and puke again. that'd be another story to tell. and i would make another party legend. haha. anyway, i did not react violently to what my friend said, i.e, spread in the block egroup. rather, i took the joke for i thought it was funny. as i said in my reply to his email, at least in a way i have become a tourists' attraction. its just that in our case, it was more of party attraction. haha. oh well, i'd just wait for the next block party. hmmm. after grad?
and so i finally decided to go to the talk hosted by mitchell madison tonight. i almost didn't go. i felt lazy. but after listening to the speakers, i thought i want to get the job even if it's only for two years, or max, 3 years. i mean, some of them left for the states even before they graduated. hired today, left tomorrow. now, isnt that just amazing. talk about quick traveling opportunities. some would make you wait for about 6 months or so before u can leave the country FOR SOME TRAINING. it's not the case with mmg. some of their recent hires already left the country right after they were hired, i.e., even before they graduated. catch is, they got thrown to heavy work right away as well. now, i'm not quite sure if that's how i want things to go. but more or less, i can say i want the job. fast-paced. challenging. and what's best, there's quick traveling opportunity. the only irritating thing in the event was this guy who didn't seem to know any other adjectives besides cool and challenging. as the speaker after him said, he used 'cool' 16 times during his entire speech. but i'd like to believe it was more than just 16 times. because that was all i can remember about what he said. it was so cool. cool. it really was cool. i thought it was cool. cool. cool. tsss. at least the next two speakers, his colleagues, made more sense. they were more interesting to listen to and more helpful. i didn't have to hear the story about being in a white shirt, just hanging around with some friends bleh bleh more than twice.
lately, i realized how i dont want to work for some company out there anymore. i think. it seems like the spirit of entrepreneurship is calling out on me. but the big problem is, i dont know what business to start. two reasons why i think i dont wanna work. 1. i dont really like being bossed around. and i think thats not far from happening in the work place. 2. i dont like having long gaps between eating. hehe. sounds like a simple shallow problem eh? sorry. not for me. i value eating so much that i dont think i can take a job that wont let me eat when i want to. i know, arrogant. haha. but oh well, as if i have the right to say those things. in the first place, i dont have job offers. i'm starting to feel like such a loser. while everybody else is taking exams, doing interviews, here i am still waiting. somehow. see, i'm not even sure if i wanna come back on thursday in manila (im going home tomorrow) for the nestle recruitment... as if this is even the perfect/right time to be such a lazy jobhunting ass.
Sunday, March 12, 2006
the party aftermath. cranky drunk.
i thought the party last night was gonna be my best. in some ways, it was. but because of the embarassing thing that happened, then in another way, it wasn't. how often do you see someone getting so freaking drunk and then puking all over himself just because he could no longer stand up to move to the washroom and puke there? i'm quoting kellda: at least bernie had the decency to go to the washroom; i told you not to fall asleep! oh well kellds, it was my first time. so, patience patience. my body felt so heavy that i couldnt even lift a foot. it was just one of the mooooost miserable nights of my life. and jobo... this is all your fault. i felt like i was gonna lose everything in my system. serious. and i never ever thought such a thing would ever happen to me. crap. and cris (or whoever it was handling the cam), i hate you for taking pictures of me while jobo and marco (these were the two people i can recall) were trying to get me to sit again. until now, almost a day after, i still feel some lil effect of alcohol drilling my stomach. eeek. and i swore to never drink again. let's see though how long i can hold on to that. as cousin tom said, ulol ko daw. by next week, it'd be gone. [well if it's your (and my) party as well, then ill drink to that. hahaha.]
the 1st best part of the night was getting to sing.... again! ah, such a stress reliever. and lani and cj, thanks for the complement. hahaha. although i know i had some off notes for some of the songs. simply because i started to lose my voice early on. singing some of the songs sang in american idol felt good. hahaha. i know, feeler. but hey, at least for some time, i really felt like i was performing. hahahaha. if only i was given the gift. tsk tsk. the second best part of the night was... the drinking part. just that. it ends there. the time when i was already drunk was still good because, i know i was high, i was able to somehow bond with some of the blockmates i never really got the chance to talk to. and finally, the third best part? the part where we all got to swim. well not all. but most of us did. haaay. so much for the last block party. block composed of less than 15 people. hahaha.
now here comes the bad to worse to worst part. bad: i got drunk. worse: i was high, therefore, i had the nerve to spill almost everrrything about my, hrrm, love life. screw that. worst: puking all over myself and shivering for so long. gah, i dont wanna elaborate on that. that's like my most memorable party ever. and kelld's mom was right. at least it happened in their house. i dont know what the people, i.e., q people wouldve done had it happened in some public place. oh my. i wouldve put them under such great humiliation. lesson: dont take shots from jobo ever again! or else, i'll puke again. which is something i dont want to happen evvverrrr again. tsss.
have i made block history? geez. that was really one heck of a night. sad thing is, it seemed like i was the only victim. the one and only victim. i got all drunk. got all my secrets spilled. got hosed down because they couldnt bring me to the bathroom, because in the first place i mistakenly locked it when i peed earlier, or the pool, to get me cleaned up. so there, throwing up on the floor. nice. and shit.
another hilarious thing i did? i called up mike at around 2 in the morning using bern's mobile phone to tell him that jobo and i cant make it back to his place because "we are both drunkkkkk" while on the other line, he was insisting that he (jobo) can still come back. oh well, i dont know what happened next. all i can remember is, they were all making fun of me as i struggled for several hours, smelling like shit because of the puke, while my ass was freezing. (and i'm begging that the picture taken be not sent out in any of the egroups or get printed out, recopied... wait, i think i've just given people an idea about what to do with those pics. ah shit. hahaha.)
and oh, kellds called me this morning a cranky drunk. well you know, i wouldnt have been cranky if it werent for the people making fun of me. at least some of them left early. they didnt have to witness my story. by the way, a spot in my back hurts. maybe its because of leaning against the back of the chair for such a long time, while i was asleep and my stomach preparing to get me started on puking.
and so there goes my story of getting drunk for the first time. and there shouldnt be any second, nor third or fourth stories to tell.
the 1st best part of the night was getting to sing.... again! ah, such a stress reliever. and lani and cj, thanks for the complement. hahaha. although i know i had some off notes for some of the songs. simply because i started to lose my voice early on. singing some of the songs sang in american idol felt good. hahaha. i know, feeler. but hey, at least for some time, i really felt like i was performing. hahahaha. if only i was given the gift. tsk tsk. the second best part of the night was... the drinking part. just that. it ends there. the time when i was already drunk was still good because, i know i was high, i was able to somehow bond with some of the blockmates i never really got the chance to talk to. and finally, the third best part? the part where we all got to swim. well not all. but most of us did. haaay. so much for the last block party. block composed of less than 15 people. hahaha.
now here comes the bad to worse to worst part. bad: i got drunk. worse: i was high, therefore, i had the nerve to spill almost everrrything about my, hrrm, love life. screw that. worst: puking all over myself and shivering for so long. gah, i dont wanna elaborate on that. that's like my most memorable party ever. and kelld's mom was right. at least it happened in their house. i dont know what the people, i.e., q people wouldve done had it happened in some public place. oh my. i wouldve put them under such great humiliation. lesson: dont take shots from jobo ever again! or else, i'll puke again. which is something i dont want to happen evvverrrr again. tsss.
have i made block history? geez. that was really one heck of a night. sad thing is, it seemed like i was the only victim. the one and only victim. i got all drunk. got all my secrets spilled. got hosed down because they couldnt bring me to the bathroom, because in the first place i mistakenly locked it when i peed earlier, or the pool, to get me cleaned up. so there, throwing up on the floor. nice. and shit.
another hilarious thing i did? i called up mike at around 2 in the morning using bern's mobile phone to tell him that jobo and i cant make it back to his place because "we are both drunkkkkk" while on the other line, he was insisting that he (jobo) can still come back. oh well, i dont know what happened next. all i can remember is, they were all making fun of me as i struggled for several hours, smelling like shit because of the puke, while my ass was freezing. (and i'm begging that the picture taken be not sent out in any of the egroups or get printed out, recopied... wait, i think i've just given people an idea about what to do with those pics. ah shit. hahaha.)
and oh, kellds called me this morning a cranky drunk. well you know, i wouldnt have been cranky if it werent for the people making fun of me. at least some of them left early. they didnt have to witness my story. by the way, a spot in my back hurts. maybe its because of leaning against the back of the chair for such a long time, while i was asleep and my stomach preparing to get me started on puking.
and so there goes my story of getting drunk for the first time. and there shouldnt be any second, nor third or fourth stories to tell.
not very much accomplished.
(X) eat at Manang’s.
(X) learn the alma mater. (at the least,i can hum along.)
(X) get on the dean’s list.
( ) lie down and sleep on a bench along EDSA walk.
( ) be a TNT!
( ) jog around the campus in the evening.
(X) visit the art gallery. (i just did recently)
(X) know at least one xerox lady, manong, or technician by name. (ate alma!)
( ) get a Jesuit for a teacher (i just realized how i failed to do this. sigh.)
( ) itch from higad bites. (does this even have to be experienced?)
(X) have gotten an F in something. (has become a trend for me in senior year.)
(X) have taken a crap in school. (gross.)
(X) watch a La Salle vs. Ateneo UAAP game. (once, back in first year. swerte, we won pa.)
(X) give a powerpoint presentation.
(X) study in the caf upstairs
(X) watch a T.A play
( ) sit on the SEC ledge and watch the stars.
( ) eat in Full House, Martha’s Kitchen, and Ken Afford.
(X) sleep in the lib. (i think i have done this at least once.)
( ) visit Mr. San Andres.
(X) go to the chapel. (used to be my sacred place)
(X) have gotten a pebble stuck in your shoe/slippers in the middle of the quad. (my nike free always eats pebble everytime i walk along the path going to the caf/lib.)
( ) cut class with your block to watch a movie. (but i did cut class and watched a movie during my free time.)
(X) sign up for those institutional (i.e. difficult but brilliant) (do bobby guev, tolentino and strebel count?)
( ) go to CERSA night.
(X) have tried siomai rice.
( ) learn how to smoke.
(X) fall in love. (i think.)
( ) actually read the book you keep borrowing from the lib. (my nerdness havent gone this far.)
(X) play cards during your free time. (several times lang. not really a card person.)
(X) dress in business attire.
(X) learn to stay awake for more than 24 hours straight.
( ) have gotten side comments from ASSOC.--what's this?!
(X) take (and enjoy) Saturday classes.
( ) go to your immersion.
( ) eat Food for Thought sandwiches. (never. dunno why.)
( ) get a boyfriend/girlfriend (does having a gf in mind count? hahahaha.)
(X) take time to read the vandalism in the CR doors. (oh yeah, those people... tssss...)
( ) watch “Minsan Lang Sila Bata” and “Macho Dancer” for class. (watched the former back in HS though.)
(X) do a last minute paper (like 2 hours before it’s due) (oh yes, philo and LS paper.)
(X) have spent a lot for 1x1 ID pictures. (who doesnt?)
(X) get exempted from final exams. (technically i did, but i still decided to take the test.)
(X) attend a college mass.
( ) promise to quit smoking.
( ) play hide-and-seek in the mini-forest.
(X) know where the best restrooms are on campus.
(X) join an org.
(X) allow yourself to make mistakes. (duh who doesn't?!)
(X) take summer classes.
(X) admire the sacred heart statue in the evening.
( ) make a video for a project. (i cant seem to remember i ever did.)
(X) have a crush on a teacher.
( ) attend a Jesuit retreat.
( ) have gotten a parking ticket.
( ) come to school in your crappiest yet most comfy clothes.
(X) learn how to use the Bayantel pay phones. (used them couple of times.)
(X) participate in school activities.
(X) catch the Blue Babble Battalion tryouts.
( ) date an Atenean.
(X) ride a tricycle on campus.
(X) find a tambayan.
( ) admire the marikina valley at night.
(X) go drinking along Katipunan. (to kellds: i didnt get drunk.)
(X) learn how to beg for a higher grade.
(X) use your cuts wisely.
( ) volunteer to be class beadle
( ) had the worst lottery schedule for reg (or random number in latter years). (why does this have to be experienced din? this is a bad one so swerte pa if someone doesn't experience this!)
(X) admire the trees on campus.
( ) have forgotten about your freecut and gone to that class (your only one for that day).
( ) eat in the ISO canteen.
(X) be active in your org.
( ) have signed up on an ACP class just because the girl or guy you like signed up for it.
(X) get as many app forms as you can during the job fair.
( ) learn how to cram (and still get A’s). (b or b+, yeah. A? hahaha. are u kidding me?)
(X) sell tickets (or watch) an org-sponsored movie premiere.
( ) save money to Xerox all of your seatmate’s notes.
( ) have accidentally seen a make-out session.
( ) check out the Meron Lagoon and Lambingan Bridge.
( ) have dozed off in class in Bel right after a class in CTC/SOM/Comm. Bldg or vice-versa.
( ) learn how to work with group mates from hell.
( ) perfect the art of parking on campus.
(X) had a bad encounter with one of the guards on campus. (that stupid feeler guard in the lib.)
( ) develop a love for sisig. (even before i got to ateneo, i already loved sisig.)
(X) learn how to pronounce “AEGIS” properly.
( ) have used typing rooms at the library.
(X) have reserved a classroom, AVR, etc. for a class or org function.
( ) have asked the library for an endorsement to research in other libraries
(X) have lost a perfectly functioning umbrella (twice?!?)
(X) have used consultation hours properly.
(X) looked forward to lab breakage refund, in case you didn’t break any equipment.
(X) visit the Guidance Office.
(X) and Infirmary.
(X) learn the alma mater. (at the least,i can hum along.)
(X) get on the dean’s list.
( ) lie down and sleep on a bench along EDSA walk.
( ) be a TNT!
( ) jog around the campus in the evening.
(X) visit the art gallery. (i just did recently)
(X) know at least one xerox lady, manong, or technician by name. (ate alma!)
( ) get a Jesuit for a teacher (i just realized how i failed to do this. sigh.)
( ) itch from higad bites. (does this even have to be experienced?)
(X) have gotten an F in something. (has become a trend for me in senior year.)
(X) have taken a crap in school. (gross.)
(X) watch a La Salle vs. Ateneo UAAP game. (once, back in first year. swerte, we won pa.)
(X) give a powerpoint presentation.
(X) study in the caf upstairs
(X) watch a T.A play
( ) sit on the SEC ledge and watch the stars.
( ) eat in Full House, Martha’s Kitchen, and Ken Afford.
(X) sleep in the lib. (i think i have done this at least once.)
( ) visit Mr. San Andres.
(X) go to the chapel. (used to be my sacred place)
(X) have gotten a pebble stuck in your shoe/slippers in the middle of the quad. (my nike free always eats pebble everytime i walk along the path going to the caf/lib.)
( ) cut class with your block to watch a movie. (but i did cut class and watched a movie during my free time.)
(X) sign up for those institutional (i.e. difficult but brilliant) (do bobby guev, tolentino and strebel count?)
( ) go to CERSA night.
(X) have tried siomai rice.
( ) learn how to smoke.
(X) fall in love. (i think.)
( ) actually read the book you keep borrowing from the lib. (my nerdness havent gone this far.)
(X) play cards during your free time. (several times lang. not really a card person.)
(X) dress in business attire.
(X) learn to stay awake for more than 24 hours straight.
( ) have gotten side comments from ASSOC.--what's this?!
(X) take (and enjoy) Saturday classes.
( ) go to your immersion.
( ) eat Food for Thought sandwiches. (never. dunno why.)
( ) get a boyfriend/girlfriend (does having a gf in mind count? hahahaha.)
(X) take time to read the vandalism in the CR doors. (oh yeah, those people... tssss...)
( ) watch “Minsan Lang Sila Bata” and “Macho Dancer” for class. (watched the former back in HS though.)
(X) do a last minute paper (like 2 hours before it’s due) (oh yes, philo and LS paper.)
(X) have spent a lot for 1x1 ID pictures. (who doesnt?)
(X) get exempted from final exams. (technically i did, but i still decided to take the test.)
(X) attend a college mass.
( ) promise to quit smoking.
( ) play hide-and-seek in the mini-forest.
(X) know where the best restrooms are on campus.
(X) join an org.
(X) allow yourself to make mistakes. (duh who doesn't?!)
(X) take summer classes.
(X) admire the sacred heart statue in the evening.
( ) make a video for a project. (i cant seem to remember i ever did.)
(X) have a crush on a teacher.
( ) attend a Jesuit retreat.
( ) have gotten a parking ticket.
( ) come to school in your crappiest yet most comfy clothes.
(X) learn how to use the Bayantel pay phones. (used them couple of times.)
(X) participate in school activities.
(X) catch the Blue Babble Battalion tryouts.
( ) date an Atenean.
(X) ride a tricycle on campus.
(X) find a tambayan.
( ) admire the marikina valley at night.
(X) go drinking along Katipunan. (to kellds: i didnt get drunk.)
(X) learn how to beg for a higher grade.
(X) use your cuts wisely.
( ) volunteer to be class beadle
( ) had the worst lottery schedule for reg (or random number in latter years). (why does this have to be experienced din? this is a bad one so swerte pa if someone doesn't experience this!)
(X) admire the trees on campus.
( ) have forgotten about your freecut and gone to that class (your only one for that day).
( ) eat in the ISO canteen.
(X) be active in your org.
( ) have signed up on an ACP class just because the girl or guy you like signed up for it.
(X) get as many app forms as you can during the job fair.
( ) learn how to cram (and still get A’s). (b or b+, yeah. A? hahaha. are u kidding me?)
(X) sell tickets (or watch) an org-sponsored movie premiere.
( ) save money to Xerox all of your seatmate’s notes.
( ) have accidentally seen a make-out session.
( ) check out the Meron Lagoon and Lambingan Bridge.
( ) have dozed off in class in Bel right after a class in CTC/SOM/Comm. Bldg or vice-versa.
( ) learn how to work with group mates from hell.
( ) perfect the art of parking on campus.
(X) had a bad encounter with one of the guards on campus. (that stupid feeler guard in the lib.)
( ) develop a love for sisig. (even before i got to ateneo, i already loved sisig.)
(X) learn how to pronounce “AEGIS” properly.
( ) have used typing rooms at the library.
(X) have reserved a classroom, AVR, etc. for a class or org function.
( ) have asked the library for an endorsement to research in other libraries
(X) have lost a perfectly functioning umbrella (twice?!?)
(X) have used consultation hours properly.
(X) looked forward to lab breakage refund, in case you didn’t break any equipment.
(X) visit the Guidance Office.
(X) and Infirmary.
Thursday, March 02, 2006
same ol thing.
my college life is almost over. but it seems like i wont be leaving behind everything that's become part of it. worse part is, theyre not really the good things you wish you could bring with you as you leave the institution. rather, theyre the ones that would seem to bother you and even haunt you for as long as... a maximum of several months. only point is, there are some issues that still need to be resolved. it doesn't end as i graduate unless i find a good solution to it. it might seem like a no brainer for some but i just dont know why i continuously cling to it. it seems to me some complicated problem that needs a thorough analysis and discussion before i finally concede to what everybody else is saying, what they have been suggesting. so there may already be solutions served on the table. i just refuse to take them. because it's difficult and it kinda feels terrible. this must stop. if having a colorful life means having to go through this everyday, then, i don't need none of that anymore. a black-white-gray spectrum would pretty much suffice. OR you know, one could attain that colorful life by other means. not just this. so yeah, i still want that kinda life. just wanna live it differently. not this life. or maybe not this time, not this way.
right now, i just dont know what im doing. hayayay.
right now, i just dont know what im doing. hayayay.
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