2.28.2006
| thanks God |

my youngest brother, owie, passed the UPCAT. im so happy and excited for him, he'll be studying in Diliman next school year. Nerd mabuhay, isa ka ng iskolar ng bayan!
ilang bagay na napulot ko sa peyups para sa mga bagong salta (o di ba, excited talaga ko para sa kapatid ko):
  • TBA - to be announced. wag magpaloko sa mga ate at kuya. pagaralan ang maps at kits from FOPC at wag itambak.
  • alamin ang difference ng route ng IKOT at TOKI
  • tandaan na hindi contrabida ang upperclassmen. they are not out to get you.
  • kung nagmamadali ka at galing ka ng engg/math tapos papunta ka ng math/engg, walang diff sa oras ang walking at toki. pawisan ka nga lang kung maglalakad ka.
  • wag tawaging palma hall ang AS para hindi magmukhang nawawala.
  • masarap sa beach house.
  • maraming nag memake out sa lagoon.
  • hindi lahat ng tao ay nakapambahay o mahaba ang buhok.
  • Matutong makiusap sa professor. Kapag kuwatro, removals lang ang katapat. Usually, ang exam sa removals ay partial coverage lang, kaya it helps kung i-review ang lahat ng pinag-aralan. Pero kapag sa removals, usually the prof will tell you the coverage kasi ayaw ka na rin niyang maging estudyante ka uli.
  • wag kunin na prof si cases sa PE. lahat ng ka batch ko, nirereklamo nila ang pe nila pag sya ang prof.
  • Kapag mamimili ng GE/elective, wag lang ibase sa title. Kung kaya makakuha ng information about the subject, by all means, pursue it. Prof, requirements, etc.
  • At all times, try to graduate on time. Kung magshishift, magshift, ideally, after 1st year para hindi madelay. Kahit na sabihin nilang wala sa course yan, believe me: you have to enjoy what you're learning, and you have to be able to apply it. Para astig at enjoy.
  • Pag may lumapit sa yo na nag-ask ng "Would you like to go with me to study the Bible?", avoid him/her like the plague.
  • hindi na tumatayo pag nagrerecite sa klase. Tapos na HS.
  • sa pagkakaalam ko, mas mahal ng piso (ata) ang turon sa gitna ng AS at FC kaysa sa tapat ng CASAA.
  • matutong gumawa ng makabuluhang papers. Kung sanay ka sa search net-copy-paste-hocuspocus-print na mga papers, tsk tsk Uwi ka na lang
  • kapag bumagsak ka ng exam, huwag mong dibdibin, pero huwag mo ring dedmahin. it's not the end of the world. make an effort to do better next time.
  • sa mga groupwork, wag kang maging sobrang OC, pero wag ka ring maging scum of the universe. your groupmates will resent you for being one or the other.
  • tanggapin mo na lang na mahabang proseso talaga ang registration.
  • wag ka ng magsayang ng effort sa STS. greek rin naman ang lalabas sa exam.
  • may tamad, average, at sobrang ok na students. this also applies to profs.
  • wag mong isipin na nagiisa ka sa buong UP na hindi pa alam ang gagawin sa buhay na nila. marami kang kasama. kahit graduate na nga meron pa ring hindi pa sure kung ano ang gusto nilang gawin.
  • magaan lang ang acad load 'pag freshman kaya ang daming free-time para sa ibang activities. problema 'pag hindi mo namalayan na end na pala ng sem tapos finals na. tapos i-ka-cram mo lahat ng natutunan mo in one sem the night before the exam. hindi ito mag-wo-work sa mga science subjects like math 17 or chem 16, for example. in short, iwasang mag-procrastinate. maraming buhay ang sinira nito sa UP.
  • huwag padala sa peer pressure kung mag jo-join ng org, frat/soro, etc. isiping mabuti kung makakabuti ba talaga sa iyo ang pagsali o hindi. kung hindi mo talaga feel mag-join, panindigan ang pagiging "barbarian" dahil marami rin naman katulad mo. madalas, yung mga barbarians ang mga interesting na tao.

ooooppps... i got carried away. gusto ko na ulit maging estudyante!!!!



grays|*mumbles to herself* | 9:19 AM | 2 comments


2.27.2006
| random thoughts |

kinausap ang sarili
grace, accept the fact that you can not, did not, and will never be able to please everybody.
learn to wait.
learn to be patient.
stop bickering.
stop longing for attention that is never yours to begin with.
learn to live with the feeling of being ignored.
stop tormenting yourself with worries.
be nice. smile. talk to people. and dont talk to them about your pathetic problems. they have enough of their own.
stop expecting too much.
and most of all, learn to appreciate the little things that you have. you'll be happier.
alone
"She sat on a park bench in a faded navy blue coat, with bread crumbs on her lap and silver sunlight in her hair. Her shoes were worn and dusty, but her bearing was regal. She fed the birds. Everyday. On the same bench. Wearing the same shoes. And the same coat. With the same smile that was never quite on her lips but always glittering as magnificently in her eyes. "
- this is a line from an article in peyups written by choc. her words moved me to tears. really.

grays|*mumbles to herself* | 4:44 PM | 0 comments


2.22.2006
| to those that i miss the most |

there are some days when you can't help but reminisce the good old times. people who at one point or another had shared a significant part of your life. so here i am, crawling my way through yet another day, thinking of these persons and wishing that somehow, things would be back to the way they used to be. Smile

aby - this is ironic. because she is my housemate. we live in the same house and have rooms next to each other's. i dont know what happened, or how it began but i just realized that i have no idea about her whereabouts lately. every morning, when i leave our apartment, she's sound asleep. and i feel that whenever i catch her at home in the evening, we have nothing to talk about. aby is one of my very best friends. she is the first person i met in college and thru the years, we've been through a lot. i sure hope that whatever it is that is making things uncomfortable will fix itself and that the invisible wall would vanish.

ancar - my official telebabad buddy. whether about love, work, family, food, dates napag uusapan namin nito. simula nung malipat sya ng work, di na kami nakakatelebabad. hehehe. chat na lang, di ba ann. miss na kita girl. as in. hehehe.

gagai - one of the sweetest person i know. very thoughtful, very pretty... san ka pa? kaya madaming biktima yan eh. mag email chat naman tayo minsan para di ko kayo masyado mamiss. sabihin mo sa kanila ha?

gatz - pasulpot sulpot na lang sa ym ang bata. sana ung next office mo dito lang ulit sa tabi tabi. nakakainis ka minsan dahil magulo ang utak mo, pero despite dat, masarap ka rin namang asarin kaya pwede na.

goldie - sino daw? joke lang pare... hehehe. seriously, ano daw? hahaha. miss na kita marie.

ghet - i didnt know i would be close to ghet. para sa kin, high profile sya. hehehe. but then... somewhere in our corporate lives, our path intertwined. and the friendship which started amidst the thesis days rekindled. kelan ka ba manlilibre? miss ko na ang kapraningan mo.

inay - naku ill be lying if i say i dont miss inay. ang kanyang kabaliwan, ang kanyang pag ibig, ang kanyang mga halakhak. how i wish nasa likod ko lang ulit ang table nya. and that everytime i need a good cry, andyan lang sya. love ko si inay.

jake - si master jake, after all these years (parang ang haba na eh noh, well, to be specific, after two years) di pa rin ako nakakalimutan ipop nyan kapag nag online sya. para lang mangumusta. isnt that sweet. kuya ko yan. at alam ko na ipagtatanggol ako nyan pag may nang aaway sa akin. ;)


mabel - my gym buddy, frequent roomate (kapag nagssleep over ako para lang makipag kwentuhan), my constant kadaldalan ng mga problema sa buhay. my friend who is in constant search for the love of her life. i miss her because i love listening to her stories. and yeah, how could i forget, mabel is my forever kainuman. nakilala na nga kami sa nacho-fast dahil sa aming after work inuman sessions eh. dati hindi ako umiinom ng san mig light but with mabel, we could drink by the bucket. namimiss ko na inuman natin, matagal tagal na rin ung last. kelan kaya ulit?

marco - masyado ng busy sa buhay ang bata kaya di ko na masyado napagkikikita. si marco ang nagbibigay sa kin ng pagkain sa office nung ilang cubicles lang ang pagitan namin. sya rin ang kaservice namin ni gatz sa paglalakad mula sa paseo hanggang sa ayala. i miss our endless asaran and kwentuhan after work at ang pagubos nyo ni gatz ng pera ko kasi kain kayo ng kain at nagpapadala naman ako. trivia, si marco ang kaisa isang tao na nakapag pakain sa kin ng beef. malakas topak nyan eh.

mareng joyce - namimiss ko sya. when she's working abroad, nagkakakwentuhan kami. pero ngayon, di na sya nakakapag reply sa email. busy ata ang mare ko. anyway, joyce, i would just like to say, kakamiss ka.

nene - pagnakita mo kami ni nene na magkasama, malalaman mo kung bakit nene ang tawag namin sa kanya. pero pag edad na ang pag uusapan, aba... iba na yan. magbabaliktad na kami ng role, ako na si nene, sya si ate. hehehe. wala akong masabi sa kanya. ibang klaseng kaibigan, kagimikan, kadaldalan. napakabait nito. nakakamiss tuloy. sayang, sana mahaba haba ang kwentuhan natin nung isang araw. oh well, next time ulit.


she - my dear friend who is currently at japan surrounded by people speaking nihonggo (naturally, hehehe). i miss our dinner, starbucks, sleepovers every time she's on vacation from work, the endless stories, the corny jokes, the catching up and everything. she is really busy lately that we dont get to make chika a lot, but still, it amaze me that up to now, we are still in touch and that we could instantly understand how the other feels. she is one of the reasons why i appreciate chat messaging, email exchanges and phone cards so much.

she/marce - kahit madalas kami nag aaway, miss ko na sister ko. sa tarlac na kasi sya naka assign at kung saan saang posh na hotel... 12b1 is not the same without you.

and last but not the least, tantanannan...

junjun - magkasama lang kami kaninang lunch, mga 2 hours ago. magkausap lang kami sa phone. mga 5 mins ago. kaya nakakahiya mang sabihin, miss ko na sya. ang kulit ko noh?

(list intentionally arranged alphabetically...)

ngapala, kung down ka rin kagaya ko today, this might cheer you up. ulan by spongecola cueshe pala.

http://sandbox.deviantart.com/?fileheight=400&filewidth=550&filename=fs9:f/2006/011/b/2/Ulan.swf


grays|*mumbles to herself* | 12:38 PM | 0 comments


2.17.2006
| with a smile |

parang feel ko mag post ng kanta...

"Lift your head, baby, don't be scared
Of the things that could go wrong along the way
You'll get by with a smile
You can't win at everything but you can try.
Baby, you don't have to worry'
Coz there ain't no need to hurry
No one ever said that there's an easy way
When they're closing all their doors
And they don't want you anymore
This sounds funny but I'll say it anyway."

pag naririnig ko tong kantang to, naiiyak ako.

grays|*mumbles to herself* | 9:07 AM | 0 comments


2.13.2006
| my eyes hurt |

sa mga magtatanong, nagtatanong, mapapatanong... hehehe... wala kaming date sa V-day. just think of it this way, di kami naniniwala. at sa mga nagtatanong, magtatanong at mapapatanong, happy kami, hehehe. sobra.

grays|*mumbles to herself* | 11:21 AM | 0 comments


2.03.2006
| my metaphor |

to the greatest gift God had ever blessed me with,

I love you because I can think of no reason not to.

You are my happiness. I could seat in front of my computer for as long as possible and stare at the lifeless screen just to be with you after. I could wake up at the earliest hour in the morning and never complain about it, if it means that we could go home together and laugh and be silly along the way. I could ignore the hurt and the pain that I feel each day trying to find myself in this unkind world, all I need is to keep in mind that you would be by my side.

You complete me. Before I met you, I am just an empty soul, living a clueless and meaningless life. You give me reasons to look forward for each day I live. You bring a smile in my face every time I feel that my world is falling apart. You brighten my day, all you need to do is hold my hand and everything else melts away. You give meaning to everything that I am.

You are my biggest critic. You're the only person to ever tell me that my little attempt at writing is rubbish, and got away with it. You could speak your mind, reckless of how I might feel but surprisingly I would just smile and admire your honesty. At times, you even act as if you're my mom and my dad combined (I'm still a child, remember?), only to make me feel protected and spoiled after a while. How you can endure my endless whine, my insecurities and my uncertainties; and everything that makes me weak never fail to amaze me.

Ironically, you are also my number one fan. You never fail to remind me of your flattering thoughts. And I can do nothing to oppose, because it only gives you more reason to say it over and over again. You could make me believe those, if only I am not the silly pessimist that I am.

You are my star. I admire you. Every time I look at you, I secretly whisper a word of thanks to God for giving me the opportunity to love such a wonderful person. My world seems to be brighter just because you are what you are. You're everything that I ever wanted, everything that I need.

And lastly, I want one you to know one thing: You take my breath away. I Love You Smiley







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