mush ado about nothing :)

and i hope i can keep what i'l say...

2005-10-09T13:29:00.000+08:00

i'm going to revive you, one of these days.

dalawang dekada!

2005-09-09T23:42:00.000+08:00

a rip-off from gerald's LJ:

Spent the rest of the week detoxifying. :) Great! hehehe. Haven't started studying fro physio or histology of the cardio vascular system. hehehe. Friday pa naman ang exam, OK LANG YAN GERALD. :]

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Yesternight was great! It's Maan's birthday today, but she has to go home early because it's Friday so we had our "birthday date" yesterday evening. Around 8pm, it poured hard in our area so we were about to cancel our gimik. Pero buti na lang, tumigil din yung ulan nung hinatid ko siya pauwi. I picked her up ng 9pm and went straight to Malate...

But hep hep hep! Hindi kami nagbarhop no..

We ate at this fine restaurant called Portico. Pareho lang nung owner ng Chatteu 1771 sa St. Francis Square sa Ortigas. Sarap ng food! I had pasta with smoked salmon while Maan had chicken breast with pasta. Hehehe. Medyo fine dining ang dating, pero ok lang...it was our own special detox night and we really do deserve some fine service for getting fine grades in our past exams. ;)

Then we headed for the main event of our date: A MASSAGE. :) hehehe. Never pa kasing nakakapagpamasahe si Maan si I thought why not let her try it. Pero as we walked along Remedios Circle, nakita naming may nagshoo-shooting pala. We found out na si Anne Curtis pala yun at si Luis Manzano shooting the new film entitled "Kalesa". And trully, may mga kalesa nga doon. From what I saw, ang plot ng story ay nagkakilala si Luis at Ann sa isang banggaan involving a kalesa at yung car ni Luis. Hehe...Gusto kong panoorin yun, para lang masabi ko na, oh yeah...nanjan ako habang shinu-shoot yung scene na yan! Hahaha..

Anyways, ayun...pumunta na kami sa Whitehouse Spa at doon nagpamasahe. Hehehe. Yeah...ang sarap...pwede ka nang makatulog right then and there. :] Funny thing is, habang minamasahe ako...naiimagine ko kung anong muscle ang nahihimas at kung anong nerve ang nag-iinervate doon. Hahahaha. Yak, kadiri, ang nerd. 8) Pero totoo, nakakatuwa nga talaga. :)

Pagkatapos namin sa Spa, smelling Jasmine-y and all, pumunta kaming Starbucks para magpalipas lang ng oras. We stayed there hanggang mga 1:30 at umuwi na rin kami ng mga 2am.

Masaya yung gabing yun...:D Hehehe. Masaya kasi wala kaming "looming" exam. Masaya kasi masaya yung mga ginawa namin. Masaya kasi kasama ko yung mahal ko...

Happy birthday baby!! 20 ka na! Mas matanda ka na sa akin! Bwehehehe...in 2 months, pantay na uli tayo..

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awww... :) thank you ulit ge for the wonderful night and the beautiful flowers hehehe. sa mga bumabasa nito, at hindi nakakaalam, NAPAKA-THOUGHTFUL NI GERALD! he's full of surprises hehe. he really made my day. *big big stupid cheesy smile*

the song of my life (right now)

2005-08-07T09:42:00.000+08:00

i've always liked jewel...

Standing Still
Jewel

Cuttin' through the darkest night
In my two headlights
I'm trying to keep it clear
But I'm losing it here
To the twilight
There's a dead end to my left
There's a burning bush to my right
You aren't in sight
You aren't in sight

Do you want me
Like I want you?

Chorus
Or am I standing still?
Beneath the darkened sky
Or am I standing still?
With the scenery flying by
Or am I standing still?
Out of the corner of my eye
Was that you that passed me by?

Mothers on a stoop
Boys in souped-up coupes
On this hot summer night
Between fight and flight
Is the blind man's sight
And the choice that's right
I roll the window down
Feels like I'm gonna drown
In this strange town
I feel broken down
I feel broken down

Do you need me
Like I need you?

Chorus

Sweet sorrow is the call tomorrow
Sweet sorrow is the call tomorrow

Do you love me
Like I love you?

Chorus

Oh, you're passing me by
Passing me by
Do you need me like I need you to?
Do you want me like I want you?
Or are you passing me by?
Or am I standing still?

i'm hoping up to the HEAVENS that it's really okay, will be okay...

and

i've realized that no amount of cadaver dissection, scientific explanations and all the dehumanizing glory that comes with med school can desensitize and numb me.

i still feel.

uniform blues

2005-07-10T07:29:00.000+08:00

nagsimula na kaming mag uniform last week. ooooh yes. ang pinakahihintay-hintay kong uniform ng dalawang taon sa wakas ay maisusuot ko na!!

but NO.

nung isinukat ko ang aking blouse ay isang mukhang BALYENANG NAKAPUTI ang aking nakita sa salamin.

paano ba naman kasi, tinanggal yung tacks ng blouse ko. para sa mga hindi nakakaalam, yung tacks ay mga tahi sa blouse na nagbibigay ng kaseksihan at korte na katawan.

at ang aking pants!!!!! mayguhlay!!! mukhang pyjamas. at eto pa, mas masikip pa ang mga pyjamas ko kaysa sa aking white pants.

eh di isinauli ko LAHAT ng aking uniform sa aking pinagpatahian para i-alter. after all, i (actually my parents) wouldn't just shell out P3500 for something i wouldn't dare call a uniform.

so antay antay ako ng 1 week habang inaalter ang uniforms ko...

after 1 week... TADAAAAAA!!

maluwag pa rin. both blouse and pants. RAWRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!

at ang aking blouse, yung buttons ay malapit na sa nipples ko. RAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWRRRRR! yung pants, kelangan ko pang lagyan ng clip dahil kung hindi ay mahuhubad sya sa akin.

pero kailangang pagtiisan required na kasi kaming mag-uniform ng linggong yun.

hmmm... iniisip nyo siguro ang arte ko no? well, YOU'RE RIGHT! maselan talaga ako sa mga damit. yung simpleng pampasok ko sa araw-araw nung naka-civilian pa kami takes a lot of planning. isipin nyo na lang, 5 taon kong isusuot yung uniform na yun! hindi ko talaga matatake kung pangit syaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!! waaaaaaaaaaaahhhh!!! two years kung inantay antay tapos biglang PANGET PANGET PANGET!!

ohhhhhhmmmm. i'm calming down now.

after a SERIES OF ALTERATIONS (ummm, like 5 siguro) my pants are okay. pero sa mga blouses wala na talagang magagawa.

buti na lang naawa sa akin ang nanay ko. NAGPATAHI NA AKO NG BAGONG UNIFORMS. pero syempre, hindi na sa dati kong pinagpatahian dahil sobrang nadala na ako sa kanila. nakakainit talaga ng ulo.

LESSON LEARNED: huwag magpapatahi kung saan marami nang nagpapatahi.

PS. i've got the sniffles. sana hindi maging full-blown ubo at sipon!!! big exam on anatomy and physiology of muscles and bones on friday. AND cadaver dissections also this week. wag nyo na akong lapitan kung makikita nyo ko. the stench of death. i heard it clings on your clothes... skin... nails... and hair... but i can't say that i'm not excited!!

so yun, ta-ta for now! next entry would probably be about my first patient, aka mr/ms cadaver.

im alive!!!

2005-07-02T21:44:00.000+08:00

promis, soo-wer, i'll blog when my new phone line gets installed. i moved to this new apartment kasi eh so no internet muna unless i go wi-fi at 2nd flr calderon hall (main building of UPCM). kaya lang hirap bitbitin everyday ng laptop!! and most of the time after day-long lectures all i want to do is go home and rest.

yeah. 8-5 classes are draining. especially if there's just so much information overload EVERY FRIGGIN TIME.

we had our first exam last tuesday. que horor! enough said.

ang hirap ng pinasok ko.

just an update

2005-06-11T22:22:00.000+08:00

sorry, blog. although a lot has been happening to me in the past few weeks, i just don't feel like sharing... better keep all those emotions to myself. for now.

wicked!!

2005-05-29T13:31:00.000+08:00

syet. sobrang laugh trip nito promise. maybe you need a fast internet connection but wadaheck! go see it.

http://pinoystyle.net/flash/sbcpackers.html

natawa ka ba? :D if you appreciated it COMMENT! hahaha. and spread the laughter . pinoy comedy!

usapang med (at future) ulit

2005-05-27T11:02:00.000+08:00

*** parang kasasabi ko lang kagabi na wala akong masabi. hehehehe. salamat kay peter at nagkaron ako ng idea!

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may nag-email kasing kaklase ko. si peter nga. at nagreact siya tungkol don sa isang balita kagabi sa tv patrol. may isang doktor na naisipang mag nursing. actually, lumang balita na yung pagkuha ng nursing ng mga doktor. eto ang bago: intarmed yung nasabing doktor na yon!

hindi ko masyadong napanood yung balita na yon. nag-iinternet na ako nun actually ng biglang tawagin ako ng mommy ko. dahil nga sa balita na yun. dahil intarmed sya. at baka kakilala ko daw. well, hindi ko sya kakilala.

para sa akin, may dalawang klaseng doktor: yung gustong tumulong at gustong yumaman. sabi nga ng isang doktor na teacher namin (hindi ko na maalala kung sino), hindi ka yayaman sa pagdodoktor. pero, hindi ka rin naman magugutom. sa dami ba naman ng mga nagkakasakit at uri ng sakit ngayon, napakalaki ng "market" ng mga doktor. yung mga mayayaman daw na doktor, either mayaman na sila sa simula o kaya ay sinuwerte talaga (most probably binigyan ng blessings ni God dahil sila ay tumutulong. di ba?).

balik tayo dun sa balita. sa akin, kanya kanya lang yan. hindi siguro siya nakontento sa kung anong meron siya ngayon. kaya ayun, nag-nursing. mahirap talagang isipin ang nobility, patriotism, at kung anu-ano pang selflessness kung ang pag-uusapan na ang survival. lalo na kapag may sarili ka ng pamilya. mabuti sana kung mapapangalagaan ng gobyerno ang sarili mo at ang pamilya mo. pero noooo. napakahirap na bansa natin. may pag-asa pa kayang umunald ang pilipinas???

ang hindi ko lang maintindihan sa doktor na yun ay kung bakit siya lantarang lumabas sa tv. hindi ba nakakahiya yon sa college of medicine? at sa sarili na rin niya! hindi kaya isipin ng mga tao na "hindi siguro magaling itong doktor na ito kaya nag-nursing na lang..."?

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dumaan din ako sa phase na naisip ko na hindi talaga ko aalis sa pilipinas at dito ako magppractice. sa sobrang go go go alma ata! ba naman ni dr. cordero nung fch namin last sem! hehehe. pero mukhang magbabago ang isip ko. naeenganyo akong sa ibang bansa mag-residency eh. oo, mas malaki ang kita don. pero iniisip ko din na baka mas marami din akong matutunan. haaaay ewan. ang hirap talagang tumira sa third world na country. pero mahal ko pa rin ang pilipinas. :) sa bagay, 5 taon pa naman bago ako magdecide.

dalawang bagay lang ang sigurado ko:
1. mag-aaral ako ng mabuti
2. ayoko talagang mag-nursing. i have nothing against nurses, or nursing. sa katunayan nga, halos lahat ng mga pinsan kong college eh nursing ang course. it's a matter of personal decision and conviction. dahil ako, ayoko ng inuutos-utusan.

snippets:
- aba, magjujudge ako ng beauty contest dito sa subdivision namin! wahahahaha! bukas yata yon.
- ang saya ng barakada overnight namin nung monday. nag magic-sing kami. medyo 6 na oras lang naman kaming nanganta! napaos ako. hahahaha. nakatatlong 100 naman ako. :D pagtapos manganta, nagchikahan lang kami hanggang 6 am!
- napanood ko na rin yung starwars episode III: revenge of the sith. hmmm... mas maganda pa yung mga naunang starwars. pano ba naman kasi, na-obscure na nung gazillion action scenes yung story. hanga naman ako sa starwars. parang na-bridge nya kasi yung generation gap! yung mga episodes 4-6 mommies and daddies natin nakakarelate tuloy sa episodes 1-3 babies (that's us!)
- pero gusto ko talaga ng light saber eh. ang astig kasi nung tunog nya pag ano bang tawag don, ino-on? hahaha!
- at gusto ko rin ng master yoda na stuffed toy. yeah i know, he doesn't exactly fall in the kyut category but there's this certain softness in his face that makes me just want to hug him! yeah, i'm really weird-o like that. :p
- sana si bo na lang nanalo. pero katulad nga ng sabi ni gerald, bo can make it on his own, without the AI crown.

i guess next update will be when i'm back in manila. that is, kung hindi pa putol yung bayantel ko. 2 months ding hindi ako nakabalik ng dorm!

nothingness

2005-05-26T22:04:00.000+08:00

wala akong ma-blog ngayon. kung kelan naman busy ang week ko at nakakalabas ako ng bahay wala akong masabi. tamad na naman ako. hehehe. ano nga bang ginawa ko ngayong mga nakalipas na araw? marami. haaaay. tinatamad talaga ako, sorry. nagpaparamdam lang akong buhay pa ako. :D

may gusto lang akong sabihin...

2005-05-22T12:24:00.000+08:00

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY HONEY!

salamat sa isang taong pagmamahal and a whole lot more. :)

kung anu-ano lang na dulot ng ka-boringan

2005-05-20T09:23:00.000+08:00

-edit edit-
pagpasensyahan nyo na. kahit anong enter ang gawin ko, magkakadikit pa rin yung mga paragraphs ko. kung hindi na ganon, i might have found a solution. tulong, anyone? salamat. nakaka-inis kasi.

sayang talaga si vonzell! waaah. dahil sa kanya, na-pinpoint ko na foinally kung anong genre ang gusto ko: soul. feeling ko naman napaka-appropriate nya para sa akin. puro emotions, passion, girl power, ganon! artists on my current playlist: dionne warwick, whitney houston, vonzell solomon, aretha franklin, carly simon, jewel (ooops, may nakalusot na isa hehehe).

napakaganda talaga ng song na that's what friends are for. i know it's a gasgas song, pero yung lyrics talaga nya placed all that i feel into words. naks. ganda ganda. mai-post nga.

That's What Friends Are For
Elton John, performed with Dionne Warwick, Gladys Knight and Stevie Wonder

Written by BacharachReleased as a UK single in 1985

And I never thought I'd feel this way

And as far as I'm concerned

I'm glad I got the chance to say

That I do believe I love you

And if I should ever go away

Well then close your eyes and try

To feel the way we do today

And then if you can remember

Keep smiling, keep shining

Knowing you can always count on me, for sure

That's what friends are for

For good times and bad times

I'll be on your side forever more

That's what friends are for

Well you came in loving me

And now there's so much more I see

And so by the way I thank you

Oh and then for the times when we're apart

Well then close your eyes and know

The words are coming from my heart

And then if you can remember

nauubusan na ko ng magagawa dito sa bahay... maaga pa lang kasi, natatapos ko na yung mga trabaho ko. pagdating ng 10 am, nood tv/internet/tulog/basa na lang ako hanggang gabi na yon. mahilig pa naman akong magreklamo pag bored ako. may inemail sa akin si ge na nakita niyang print ng isang t-shirt don sa florida:

"Enjoy Boredom
That is All You Have"

tama nga naman. hahaha! pero okay lang, sinasamantala ko na ang 9 days na natitira sa bakasyon. nope, hindi yun typo. talagang 9 days na lang balik ciudad na ulit ako. may 30-june 3 ay nasa maynila na ako dahil sa sandamakmak na orientations sa med. bago na kasi ang curriculum ng UP College of Medicine... OSI o Organ Systems Integration na. wala pa ako masyadong alam tungkol don. kaya nga aatend ng mga orientation eh. i'll blog about that pag talagang naintindihan ko na.

medyo busy na nga ako ng week na yun. halos araw-araw may gagawin. kaya mas praktikal na sa dorm na lang ako kaysa ihatid-sundo araw-araw.

here's my sked: (excited din kasi ako eh kasi may gagawin na. kaya share ko lang hehehe)

may 30 - Phi (isang frat/soro) OSI orientation

may 31 - Mu (isang frat/soro din) OSI orientation. Registration din namin

June 1 - wala! kaya lang coding ang sasakyan namin kinabukasan eh, ayaw akong pag-komyutin. maglilinis-linis na lang ako sa dorm, or do some* (see * later kung bakit some lang hehe) shopping

June 2 - UPCM College Orientation and Student Organizations' Orientation

June 3 - OSI orientation (official OSI orientation ng college) with the parents and Class 2009 (upper classmen and buddies namin) OSI orientation

June3-4 - HS batch outing wahooooo! pagkagaling ng maynila, hahabol pa ko sa batch swimming party namin. syempre, pipilitin kong makapunta don, bihira ko na nga lang sila makita.

June 7 - start of classes. haaaaay.

binigyan na rin kami ng gen scheme of activities (re:subjects) for the whole year. at dahil excited ulit ako (na natatakot) ipopost ko ulit yung mga magiging subjects namin! hehehe.

First Semester:

Art of Medicine

Human Health and Wellness

Human Cell biology

Integration and Control

Skin, Muscles and Bones (ooooh yes, we'll be dealing with the cadavers)

Head and Neck

Thorax

Research Methods (Intro to Basic Research)

COME (Community-oriented Medical Education) activities

Second Semester:

Integration and Control

Abdomen and Pelvis

Human Ontogeny and Parturition

Human Physical and Psychosocial Development

Human Health and Wellness

Research Methods 1 (Laboratory Research)

Art of Medicine

COME activities

whew. andami na nila, binabasa ko pa lang. ano pa kaya pag pinag-aralan na at sabay sabay pa? i'm sure pagdating ng pasukan, puro reklamo na naman ang laman ng blog na to. that is, kung may time pa akong mag-blog. siguro naman, maisisingit pa yon...

may listahan na rin kami ng mga recommended books na gagamitin. isa lang masasabi ko: * (oo, eto na yung * sa taas) ANG MAHAL! 7 (or 8, depende kung ilang libro for biochem ang bibilhin ko) books ang kailangan ko. when i saw the total price... chenen!! around fourteen thousand-friggin-pesos! wala pa don yung mga instruments na kailangan ko (dissecting kit, stethoscope, sphygmomanometer, etc etc) at ang aking puting uniform.

ang mahal talaga mag-aral ng medisina. swerte, nasa UP ako. thank you lord.

yun lang muna. medyo mahaba yata yun ah. :D nood muna akong tv ulit.

life oh life.

fuh-reaaaky day

2005-05-17T09:09:00.000+08:00

this entry was supposedly posted yesterday... but i friendster-ed like hell so i didn't get the chance to post this. and oh, this is also a part of my email to ge, with some minor modifications and exclusions. ;)

***
syet. this has been a freaky day.

#1. i got a text message. sumkinda like this:

i love you! i love you! i love you! (basta andaming i love you's) mwa. mwa. mwa. mwa. mwa (andami ding mwa's).

of course i got freaked out by that. hindi kasi galing sa iyo eh. alam mo kung kanino galing?

kay *toot* (censored, but the ruralites would be able to relate).

teacher ko nung HS. i'm not sure if naikwento ko na sya sa iyo... if not...

mejo close kami non. actually nung una, ok sa akin kasi nakakatawa sya, pala jowk. tsaka sa class hindi sya yung terror na teacher tapos magaling pang magturo. pero after a while, nailang na ako sa kanya. para bang lagi na lang nagpapapansin, lagi akong gustong kausapin. he'd treat me to lunch, etc. tapos he'll hold my hand but i dismissed it kasi mabilis lang naman, parang he just pulled me aside to talk about something. yeah, lagi ako nung chichikahin about anything, pati tungkol sa kanilang mag-asawa.

may mga students din na "na-link" sa kanya, actually. ayun, pinag-uusapan na sila sa skul, ng teachers, batchmates, etc. pero yung samin naman hindi umabot sa point na pinaguusapan kami kasi nga nung nailang na ko sa kanya, mejo lumayo na ako.

nung bday ko nga nung 4th yr, he gave me a painting. artsy-fartsy kasi yun eh.

nakita ko sya nung pumunta kong lb last week, sa may kfc (nagstay din kasi kami don eh). may mga kasama syang co-teachers but he went to our table anyways and said hi. kasama ko non sina jenni, lorena and jafet pero parang ako lang ang pinansin nya! pero di rin sya nagtagal kasi nga may mga kasama syang iba. basta. ilang na ilang ako non.

tapos ayun nga, tinext nya ko ng ganon! what did i do? wala. after a while, he texted again na it's for his wife. tapos text ulit na pakibura na lang, sorry. hindi ako nagrereply kasi ayoko ng makipag-usap sa kanya. tumatawag din sya sa kin, 2 different nos. yung isa, naka-save sa phone ko yung isa hindi, but i know it's him. pucha, 31 calls yun! pinatay ko na lang yung fone ko. ohmy buti na lang wala ako sa lb. haay.

i don't know, i'll just let it pass. maybe i'm just overreacting.

#2. may yahoogroups na tayo! (regarding up college of medicine class 2010) kaya lang nagkakagulo pa ngayon. dalawa kasi eh. isang upmed2010 at upcm_class_mmx. yung upmed2010 si mere moderator at yung isa, si dipstick_07 (lateral). ryt now, kausap ni jm thru ym para maayos na.

bakit freaky? kasi when i joined the group, nakita ko yung mga email add ng mga laterals. tapos ayun, para bang ngayon ko lang talaga na-feel na eto na talaga, may kasama na tayong iba, kelangan nang maging mature, etc. haaaay. nakakatakot na naakaexcite.

naisip ko pa, kelangan ko ng palitan yung friends' list ko sa ym ng class 2010 (imed kasi nakalagay ngayon eh). grabe, panibagong chapter na naman ng buhay natin...

*toooooooooooooooooooot* censored na yung iba for our privacy, hehehehe.
***

gusto ko pang mag-blog tungkol sa paparating na pasukan... pero sa ibang entry na lang yun, hehehe.

snippets:
-i've been watching meteor garden re-runs! dati, hindi ako nanonood non. i wasn't the type kasi to watch telenovelas, basta hindi ako mahilig sa showbiz. but now na walang masyadong magawa, showbiz na showbiz na ko! hahahaha. i've been transformed into a schoolgirl, kilig na kilig kina san cai at dao! bwahahahahaha!

-acting nanay ako for a whole week. my mom went to bohol to attend my great grandfather's funeral. he's 100 years old!

-my brother insists that my mom buy him a tarsier. hahaha, serioso syang nagpapabili!

10 things i hate about you

2005-05-13T02:53:00.000+08:00

bato-bato sa langit, ang tamaan, wag magagalit! opinyon ko lang ang mga ito.

PEOPLE I HATE:
1. LIARS. i don't usually lie. so i expect the people around me to NOT lie to me. are we clear on that? good.

2. PRANK TEXTERS. especially those who send "missent messages", and then after a while would bug you for your asl. before you know it, he's courting you already. thru text. can this guy please get a life?

3. PEOPLE WHO TYPE LIKE THIS.
anOooother bOrrin dAe fO mE.. hMmm iM hUrR in lAgUna aGAin.. wAs sUppOse tA enrOll fOE mah suMmer cLass bUt gOt huRr pUrDy lAte sO iMa dO iT tOmOrrow.. dAng,, iM aLL alOne huRr n mAh dOrm.. crEepie! Awww,, aNd i miSs mAh gUrLfweNDs thOu i Wuz juS wit thEm tS aFtanOon.. hMmm wtf iM suPpose tA wRitE hUurrRr?! iOno M juS bOred.. lOlz! aNd i miSs dA pEoplE in caLi ANd mAh "eX".. aWww,, thAts hElla fUcked uP! bUt M oVer hiM.. i thinK.. AnywEissSs,, wAs jUs tAlkin tO rOlan onLine.. hEes sUch a swEet gUy.. i lOve talkin tAH hiM.. cUz HE kEeps it rEaL aNd i Like tHAt.. wUt eLSe? oH weRE pLannin tAh kiCk it at LiBiS.. wUs pLAnnin TAh sHow hiM hOw dOwn tHEm bitChes tHEre aRe.. lOlz! mOre lAPdAnce aND griNDin... wUtz bEttA thAn tHAt?! aNd sEein Em hOt lADiEs dO tHEir thinGy iSh jUs tHe sHit.. HAhhaha! OMG,, bEin bi ish fUn.. bUt oF coUrse i stiLL dIg eM gUys mOre.. =P wUt eLSe?! mOnDAy's tHE stArt oF cLasSes.. bOOrin>>>>... sOOo tHAts t.. aint gOt nything mOre tA sAy.. lAtaZzz...

i just can't understand why they make typing hard for themselves. and it sounds so friggin jologs sa totoo lang ha. if you want to get a good laugh and an instant nigga fix, just Y!M me (shiminytimbers) for the url of the blog where i got that *points upward*. yes people, she blogs!

4. FLOODERS. sa friendster lalo. ang lakas magpapansin.

RANDOM STUFF:
5. taba ng isda. it just tastes so oily and fishy and puke worthy and jelly-o ugh ugh ugh.

6. dirty bathrooms. i wouldn't take a bath in a dirty bathroom. nung nasa baguio kami, the bathroom was dirty and i didn't take a bath for two days. konting hugas hugas/hilamos lang. good thing it was cold up there. ;)

7. stupidity. my own stupidity. admitting a (minor) mistake is hard for me. but not if i'm blatantly wrong.

8. hip-hop. they're all about sex. i find them uncreative and monotonous.

9. a burst bubble. i get too excited over things and when they go against me, i have a mild bout of depression.

10. flying ipis. a crawling ipis may look harmless. but when it flies... my screams can reach 10,000 decibels.

snippets:
- ang tagal kong pinag-isipan 'to. donald trump speaks like owen wilson. you're fired!

- i was actually sorry for anthony when i saw him go. he looks so... hopeful. next outie: i think it's gonna be vonzell. sa kanilang tatlo, mukhang sya ang may pinakamaunting suporters eh. sayang, i really like her pa naman. next ai: bo. they just can't stop screamin for him!

- if you're a conspiracy aficionado, try clive cussler's novels. same genre as sidney sheldon, dan brown, michael crichton. some stories are far-fetched but nothing beats a good conspiracy theory especially when boredom hits. the plot is enough to keep the pages turning.

- i can't sleeeeeeeeeeeeeeep. gotta try now. out!

yummy food fix

2005-05-09T21:55:00.000+08:00

If there's such a thing as "legacy" being passed on from one family to the next, ours would be food. As i grew up, my mornings were spent waking up with my senses in full alert as the rich aroma of food being cooked and the distinguishable clatter of utensils greeted me. The smell of ginisa perforated the air so much that i can almost taste it in my tongue. There's warm and delicious food at the table every time, that's why weight is always such an obstacle for me. :p

There's this Filipino adage that goes, "Ang masarap magluto ay masarap din kumain". True enough, my family are voracious eaters! i didn't realize how much we're eating until the time we had a small family of five (not our relatives) visit us in our house. In true pinoy hospitality, my mom prepared a sumptuous lunch for our guests. What she prepared was the amount of food that our family of four would normally consume. After they ate, my mom asked me to help her clear the table and I almost laughed out loud when i saw their many left-overs. Then it hit me: Baka talagang malakas lang kami kumain. This observation was validated the next day as i watched my brother wolf down three pieces of chicken while the boy (our guest), almost the same age as he was, ate only one. When my brother got the chance, he whispered to me, "Tinga ko lang yon." Hahahahahaha.

Being the food lovers that we are, we are also food crtics. The greatest disappointment every time we go out is when the food is not excellent, or when it is priced too much when in fact my mom could have whipped up the same entree with less gastos. mas masarap pa. ;)

I love food so much that it's a must that my boyfriend should be an eater too. Buti na lang si ge (and his family too) is such a hearty eater! :D Even my brother's girlfriend's family are eaters too.

Guess being THIN is such a far-fetched dream huh? :)

Now that i'm dieting (read: no rice, but chocolates cannot possibly be taken out in my system!), all i can think about are my favorite food. Weeks of deprivation can make me matakaw once again when school starts. In effect, all those dieting always come to waste. If only the happiness that comes with being able to wear everything you want isn't so satisfying, i wouldn't deprive myself of the one (many, actually) thing (with an S, to be gramatically correct) i like:

HOME FAVORITES: beef caldereta, pocherong tagalog, chicken sopas, beef with broccoli

SALAD: Caesar WITH RANCH DRESSING (the dressing is a must!) - Chef d'Angelo

PASTA: Spaghetti with rich meat sauce - Chef d'Angelo, Chicken Mushroom Linguine and Spaghetti with Italian round sausage - Delifrance

PIZZA: Chicken Bechamel - Carlo's Pizza

MAIN ENTREES: Lengua - Dulcinea or Mario's Kitchen, Salsa Verde (it's fish fillet with white creamy sauce) and Chicken wrap (chicken with carrot stick and cheese inside, parang chicken roulade) - The Pit

ICE CREAM: anything strawberry, Caramelo con Pastillas - Fruits in Ice Cream (gerald introduced me to this) and black cherry gelato - Pagliacci (Kathy introduced me to this. i 100% agree with her, it's orgasmic!)

CAKES, AND THE LIKE: lemon-chiffon-boiled icing cake - baked by yours truly :), Chocolate cake1 - Figaro (again, frome ge), chocolate cake2 - mer-nel's (the best chocolate cake in los banos!), strawberry shortcake - gloria jean's, waffles (any flavor) - starbucks, strawberry silvanas - house of silvanas

BREADS: chouquette - delifrance, anything from BREAD TALK (they have the yummiest! my mom bought like 15 different flavors kanina)

CHOCOLATES: white mostly: toblerone, alpine white (sadly, they're out of the market already), snickers, m&m's (ge gave me these the day na sinagot ko sya. uuuuuy!), kisses, twix, cadbury dream, cadbury fruit and nut, maltesers

ETC ETC ETC: halo-halo - chowking and Razon's, bbq - jo's bbq (the best, promise! @ market!market!), ilocos chichacorn, palm corned beef, feel good soups from knorr, mashed potato - popeye's, popcorn with drizzeled butter - tater's at ATC, shawarma, seneca caramel apple chips, authentic singaporean chilli crab

MUST TRY RESTAURANTS/FASTFOOD: Jollibee, Carlo's Pizza, Josephine (Tagaytay, buffet), Dad's/Kamayan/Saisaki (for the ULTIMATE sulit buffet), Pho-Bac, Go nuts Donuts, Delifrance, Bread Talk, Little Asia, Superbowl, Pancit ng taga-Malabon, many other more actually. hahaha.

the list is making me hungry. stop maan stop. before you forget that you're not supposed to eat dinner anymore.

P.S i envy those people who eat and eat and not gain an ounce of fat

P.P.S totally unrelated. i bought my second pair of havaianas today. thanks mommy!

jumping on the (acoustic) bandwagon

2005-05-05T11:45:00.000+08:00

what genre does freestyle belong to anyways? they're back! and they sound very very much acoustic with their song once in a lifetime. Top sounds more like a roguish but sweet rockstar than the croony balladeer that he was. their songs are really nice but the lyrics and tune are so catchy that almost everyone ends up liking their songs and then un-liking them after a while because everyone likes them already. am i making sense here? i've got once in a lifetime stuck in my head after hearing it played over and over again by my brother. on the radio and on the guitar. i have yet to decide if i like it though. hehehe. here are the lyrics:

ONCE IN A LIFETIME

Music and Lyrics: Top Suzara

When thinkin' bout you baby

And I don't know what to do,

All I think about is you

Seems everythin' around me,

Things are never understood,

The only sense when I'm with you

Oh I've heard it all before

Finding so called love,

Then you leave it behind,

But now I feel so sure,

I listen to my heart this time,

So I lay it on the line..

Chorus

I know that what I've found is once in a lifetime

And I know there's no way out,

Cause it's once in a lifetime.

I've always been so lonely,

No one ever needed a home,

There were nights was just so cold

Oh don't get me wrong

I've been around,

And I resign myself to thinkin',

Just another start often told,

Oh I've heard it all before

Finding so called love,

Then you leave it behind,

But now I feel so sure,

I listen to my heart this time

With my heart before my mind

I know that what I've found is once in a lifetime

And I know there's no way out,

Cause it's once In a lifetime

It's not like I’m running out of time

Takin’ everything is right

Just another thought I've found

Who’ll make me change my mind

I know that what I've found is once in a lifetime..yeah

And I know there's no way out,

Cause it's once in a lifetime.

i miss songs tht have so much meaning in them. nowadays, most of them are just about getting some, if you know what i mean. that's why i'm now more inclined to listen to artists i wouldn't dare mention here because you probably wouldn't recognize them. but your PARENTS would. :p i'm manang NA like that. hehehe. getting old(er) is definitely catching up on me. :)

AI

2005-05-04T16:19:00.000+08:00

The show that got me hooked every Wednesday and Thursday afternoons... Here's my lowdown on the five idols left. Anwar! You are sorely missed.

Anthony - The second most that I hate. Before I didn't like him at ALL. But after hearing that he's the same age as me, I dunno, something about that similarity called out to me. Today's performance sucked. BIG TIME. Even Paula who always says the nicest things have said otherwise. Buti na lang he got his glasses back on the first song, he's cuter with them you know. Or maybe I'm just attracted to intellectuals. Sorry sa mga fans ni Anthony.

Scott - I hate hate hate him. Hindi gumana ang "average joe" effax nya sa akin. Ang angas kasi eh! Di pa magaling kumanta. He should have been voted out episodes ago. I mean Anwar and Constantine's way better than him, right? I'm in deep mourning over Anwar's loss. :(

Vonzell - My IT girl. She's my favorite. Among the five left, her vocals are the best. In my unprofessional (biased! Hahaha) ears, she has not hit a sablay note yet. But there's something lacking in today's performance. Ohmygod I hope she doesn't get voted out! Go go go vonzell! I'll go ballsiticsimus if she gets voted out before Scott. I super hate him obvious ba. Oops, sorry din to his fans, if he's got any. :p

Bo - Yo Bo!! You rock!! If not Vonzell, it's him. He's not competing, he's actually just there to enjoy. He has the coolest jeans and I love the hippie look he's got goin on. Mas gwapo nga lang si Constantine. But truly, Bo rocks!

Carrie - There's just something about her that I don't like. Maybe her voice sounds too country-ish and I'm not a greatest fan of that genre (except when it's Jewel. See I'm biased talaga.) And what was she thinking when she gets her hair all curled up and teased at the same time?! Nope, it's not Barbie meets the Stepford Wives. Heck, Nicole Kidman wouldn't look even an inch like THAT if her hair's all curled up! *shudder* Carrie looks like she just hopped out of the electric chair. She resembles Reese Witherspoon though.

So who gets voted out next? Please please please please let it be Scott! But Anthony is truly in danger after getting not so goo reviews. Shiyet, get Scott voted ouuuuttt!

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huling pamamaalam

2005-05-01T20:40:00.000+08:00

Yakiii! As if ang tagal naman naming hindi magkikita ni Gerald! Hahaha. Siguro ngayon ay nasa Singapore na sila habang inaantay ang connecting flight nila papuntang US. Naalala ko tuloy ang Singapore days ko … Noong bochog at manang pa ako. Bwahahaha!

Anyway. Bago ko pa maiba ang usapan.

Noong Thursday pumunta kaming ATC kasama sina Ants, Tara, Kathy at Abe. Muntik nang hindi matuloy ang plano naming panonood ng Can This be Love (korni na kung korni!). Paano naman kasi, coding ang mga sasakyan namin pati kina Ge at Kathy. Buti na lang at available yung van ni Ants! (Thanks Ants!) Sinundo nila ako dito sa Sta. Rosa at inihatid na rin nung gabi. May aksidente pang nangyari sa akin nung papunta na kami sa ATC. Habang hinahanap ko yung suklay ko sa aking kikay kit, bigla na lang akong napaaray dahil may masakit na tumusok sa aking thumb. Pagtingin ko ditto, dumudugo na ng malakas at may malalim na hiwa! Ansakit! Buti na lang at hindi ako takot sa dugo at siguradong mahihimatay na sana ako sa dami ng dugong lumabas sa daliri ko. Ayun pala ay napalagay yung blade na nakapatong sa dresser ko sa loob ng aking kikay kit. Mga aksidente nga naman.

Hindi ako nagandahan sa Can This be Love. Korni na kung korni pero korni talaga. Konting eksena lang ang nakakatawa’t nakakakilig. Mas maganda ba ang Bcuz of U. :p Suckers kami ni Gerald sa mga cheesy/mushy movies. We’re korni like that.

Kinabukasan (Friday) ay ang scheduled “adventure” naming ni Ge sa Munting Buhangin Beach Camp sa Nasugbu, Batangas. 10:30 am na siya nakarating ditto sa Sta. Rosa dahil dumaan pa siya sa CM (College of Medicine) para kuhanin ang gaming mga grades o TCG. Kaya lang, na-implement na rin pala ang 4-day work week sa CM. Sayang. MAKIKITA KO NA SANA ANG UNO KO SA ZOO 30. Yeah right.

Bakit adventure? Ang haba kasi ng biyahe. Road trip ngang tunay. Buti na lang at maganda na ang kalsada at hindi masyadong traffic papunta doon. Kaya naman around 2 o’clock ay narating na naming ang gaming destinasyon. May stop-over pa yun sa 7-11, Paseo de Sta. Rosa at Tagaytay ha! Magpipiktyur piktyur sana kami sa Tagaytay eh kaya lang foggy yung lake. Hindi rin kita ang bulkan. Nang-aakit ang Starbucks dahil sobrang init kaya lang wala kaming pera eh, hehehe. P2000 lang ang pera namin at ang P700 ay napunta pa sa gas!

Pagdating doon, naghiga-higa lang muna kami sa banig at sobraaang init para magtampisaw sa beach. Nangitim na nga sa CDO, baka maging tutong na kami.

Pagkatapos tumubog sa tubig nang ilang minuto, naghanap kami ng mga mini dikya a.k.a diklets (hahaha!) sa may batuhan. Sabi kasi ng kapatid ko, marami daw doon, pati sea cucumber. Ngunit wala naman kaming nakita kundi isang maliit na crab. Crablet pala. LOL.

At dahil ako’y sadyang accident-prone nowadays (napadpad ng anod sa CDO, nahiwa ng blade), nadapa pa ako sa madudulas na bato!

ayan. diyan ako nadapa!

6 o’clock na nang umalis kami ng Munting Buhangin. :)

Pauwi, ay dumaan ulit kami ng Tagaytay para mag dinner sa Carlo’s Pizza. Kumain kami ng Abruzzi (flavor ng pizza, puro meat ang laman), Canelonni (pasta na mukha namang crepe talaga) at masarap na chicken fingers with large cut fries. Sarap talagang kumain. Burp.

Inihatid na ako ni Ge sa bahay at nagpalipas muna sya ng traffic doon. Friday madness kasi eh. 11:30 na nang kami’y namaalam sa isa’t isa. At pinaalala ko na ang mga hinihingi kong pasalubong sa kanya. Jowk lang. :)

Pag kasama mo ang mga taong mahal mo, kahit wala kayong gingawa, enjoy pa rin di ba? I 100% agree.

P.S Bakit kapag tagalog napaka-drama talagang pakinggan?

tatty teddy

2005-04-28T01:30:00.000+08:00

Hey ya'll readers of Maan's blog. This is Gerald by the way, Maan's ever so lovable boyfriend-slash-slave. Hehehe, kidding.

I've just put up this new layout, as requested by her. I hope you enjoy this tatty teddy blog theme. She really likes 'em like hell...asss innnn....*she even wants a Tatty Teddy themed wedding!*

Yeah, tatty teddy. :)

Tatty teddies (aka Me-to-You bears) have become an integral part of our relationship ya know. These bears bind us together. Bwahaha, corny.

Even before we got together, Maan gave me this friendship keychain from Humor Post which had two Tatty Teddies holding hands with the text "Friends" on the shirt of one, and "Forever" on the shirt of the other. Hehehe. Nice eh? She gave it to me on our fieldtrip to Subic. (It was very evident that she was the one into me at that time...tssss) hehehe.

Well, time passed by, we became "us," and soon the Friends Forever became too inappropriate for us. So I gave her, on a fieldtrip to Banahaw, another friendship keychain, of the same Tatty Teddies, but now with the text "I-heart-You" and "You-heart-Me" on their shirts.

That's more like it.

And that has been my keychain for my dorm keys for months now. :D

Wala lang. Just wanted to share. :p

Cge, enjoy!

the cdo experience +++

2005-04-25T23:59:00.000+08:00

since my neurons are incapable of synapses right now probably due to my utter lack of mental exercise, i can't conjure cohesive paragraphs. when was i able to do that anyway? ;)

the cdo trip was grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrreeeeeeeaaatttt!! 12 reasons why!

1. the mere thought of being in mindanao was exhilirating! sabi nga nung nakasama namin sa rafting, most people think it is too dangerous to go to mindanao because of all the terrorism incidents. what can we do? we are just thrill seekers i guess!

at the cdo tarmac

2. the food was delish. i swear, i don't eat rice until the time i left manila. guess what? i eat rice now for breakfast, lunch and dinner. after eating chicken inato, barbecue, lots of seafood (think:cholesterol) in cdo, sobrang laging hinahanap ng tyan ko ang pagkain. tomorrow i go semi-southbeach na talaga. promise.

3. day 2 in cdo was one helluva of an experience! for the extreme sports fanatics out there, try nyo talaga mag white water rafting. grabe saya every time we ride the rapids and come out of it unhurt. iisipin mo na talaga minsan kakainin ka na ng tubig eh. andami pang side trips along the way. most unforgettable experience: our guide and "expert paddler" took out a snake from a hole on the wall. okay lang sana eh. pero sheeet, inilapit nya sa amin! si gerald was sooo soo red already (he has snake phobia) and abe was going like "mommy!" hahaha! i swear if i wasn't so scared also nakakatawa because the guys were scared shitless. serves us right. tinakot nya kasi kami because we almost capsized when we hit a wall (of rock). snakes are not my friends. onga pala i have another memorable experience: there are times kasi na they allow you to just make paanod sa ripples (small rapids) kasi may suot naman na life jacket. so there, nagpatangay lang kami but i was going too too fast and i got carried away na talaga na mejo malayo. ang lalim talaga ng water i can't feel the bottom. like a crocodile swims there already! imagine being alone in deep cold water with the unknown beneath you. so they had to rescue me! yeah, ang drama i know i love it! sayang hindi na videohan. hahaha. some pics we took:

at the river bank

in action!

tapos na... balik tayo ulit!

4. we went to the beach on day 3. ganda! clear yung water and the sea grass pwede makita. we went canoeing and kayaking. ang layo ng naabot namin that the motor banca has to come tell us pa na "go back! you're way too far!" parang ganon. naki-usi pa kami sa mga nagssnorkel. ang kyut! we saw dory! a blue fish anyway. and a huge purple starfish that looks so kagat-able parang teether ng baby. hehehe.

5. sunburn doesn't hurt so much as long as you enjoyed being under the sun! i was so reddish i was really almost kakulay na nung litson na handa ni gill.

6. i had great company! with me were gerald, my brother tinton, abe, gideon, and our host gillian. imed friends are family! :)

7. we went to 3 malls: sm cdo, limketkai mall and gaisano mall. im such a mall person talaga.

8. got to ride a motorela! a jeepney-slash-tricycle-pero-apat-ang-gulong in one!

9. dahil sa cdo trip na yan i was able to buy those coveted havaianas!!!

havaianas hibisco. 835 friggin bucks!

and a new shirt and tan capris too!

10. 3 "bodies of water" ang napaliguan ko: swimming pool, river, dagat! hahahahaha.

11. from way up up high in the sky i saw how beautiful the shores of our country really are. absolutely breathtaking! iba't ibang shades ng blue/bluish green and they sparkle and shimmer.

12. and this completely made my day:

need i say more?

then it was time to go home...

THE CDO EXPERIENCE:APRIL 19-22, 2005 :)

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today i went to my best friend's handaan sa balian, pangil, laguna. it was the town fiesta. sarap talaga ng libreng food! i saw there some high school classmates. here are some pics i took along the way:

chubby chubibo kid. wala lang, nakyutan ako sa kanya, nakasabay ko lang sa jeep.

hangin? yun pala para sa gulong. hahahaha. yung context naman kasi nung sign. laugh trip todo!

one classmate/good friend has a baby na and he's so kyut!!! baby's galore. i have a new baby cousin nga din pala and he's ultra cute also! cute cute babies!! so squeezable!!

my new baby cousin, luis miguel de castro. he's soooo fat, 8.4 lbs! and maybe he'll get even fatter his mom's a pedia.

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ratzinger? he's too old... and his face is not as maamo as john paul II. plus he's ultra conservative. john paul II was conservative but was open to new ideas. i don't like someone radical though. being semi-conservative is good because you have some sort of an anchor which serves as a reality check. mahirap ang walang pinanghahawakan, you have a lot of tendency to go out of hand... maybe ratzinger's a transition pope lang talaga. i think i read on a broadsheet that ratzinger himself said that his papacy wouldn't last long. pero grabe yung legacy that john paul II left. ang taas tuloy ng expectations na kailangang i-meet ni ratzinger. oh well. the catholics have more issues to think of than just one man.

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i bake sinful brownies. haaay. i don't like to eat anymore. but they're really chocolate-y delicious!

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my phone can't receive text messages. bakit kaya. FYI: gideon told me that different signals are used for sending and receiving text messages. maybe there's a probelm with my receiving signal i dunno.

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my favoritest pair of shoes from janylin.

that's it! and as georgia nicholson (character from a chick lit titled confessions of georgia nicholson) says, TTFN people!

*TTFN - ta ta for now

tsaka na lang ang mga kwento...

2005-04-18T08:35:00.000+08:00

pagbalik ko sa friday!! weee!! punta kming cagayan de oro. kasama ko yung kapatid ko, si ge, abe, and gideon. kila gil kami titira! :D

bukas na ang alis namin. till then!

PS. may havaianas na rin ako foinally. :)

the chosen few

2005-04-08T23:27:00.000+08:00

NOTE: the following post was my comm 3 speech. i recently found out from my classmate JM that it has been published in www.collegeresearch.us. at first i was baffled why it was there when i haven't submitted it to anyone, except broadcast it out loud during my speech in class. i remembered later on that i submitted it to the said site to gain access to their other papers for some other reason which i totally forgot.

SOME OTHER NOTE: it's totally an informal speech, that's why you'll be seeing some hehehe's and a lot of !!!... :p

Forty students brought together not by chance nor by fate but by their brains. These forty students come from different regions of the Philippines but they are similar in one thing: they are willing to embark upon the long and arduous journey through medicine, choosing the path not for the cowardly and faint-hearted. They choose INTARMED.

INTARMED is an acronym for Integrated Liberal Arts Medicine, a seven-year medical course at the University of the Philippines. What sets the INTARMED class from other freshman classes is that they are comprised of the top 100 students who took the UPCAT. And because the INTARMED class is special, they are often misunderstood. I am here in front of you to relate the sentiments of one INTARMED student, ME.

I always wanted to be an INTARMED student. Back in high school, when it was the time of the year when UPCAT results were posted, I remember that I admired those who qualified for the INTARMED program. I told myself “I have to be INTARMED”. And so, when it was time for me to take the UPCAT, I gave my best shot in the exam and crossed my fingers that all my efforts would be enough to clinch me a spot in the INTARMED program. Fortunately, all my efforts paid off and I was delighted to find out that indeed, I got myself a spot in the program. But of course, it would not be THAT easy. I still have to pass a second screening, which is an interview. During the course of the interview, that was the exact moment when doubts about joining the INTARMED program started bothering me. The interviewers’ questions were quite unsettling, actually. They were asking me if ever I got in a state of depression, got much problems back in high school, and all that serious hullabaloo. I told myself then, “whoa, is this what it is suppose to be like in Med? Am I going to be depressed?” Hmmm… I was just about to find out. Weeks later, I got a notice that I passed the interview. Am I ready to be an INTARMED student? Do I have what it takes?

Before classes started, I began asking around my high school acquaintances what it was like to be an INTARMED student. Based from their stories, I quickly concluded that INTARMED student is synonymous to NERD. Who wouldn’t be a nerd if you fast track and compound 4 years of pre-med subjects in just two years? Even more so is the fact that these subjects are not at all easy. Calculus, Chemistry, Physics, Zoology… and all other subjects that make my head hurt just by imagining them. But the INTARMED class, being special, still manages to ALWAYS get high grades in their exams. That was what my acquaintances told me. Eeeewww! Nerds. Again I was doubtful of my capabilities… Am I cut for this? Am I willing to subject myself to seven years of pure academic torture? Another thing that bothered me was that I might be “alone” in our class. Sure, I have schoolmates who got accepted in the program too, but we weren’t that close back then. So you see, I was every bit dubious about entering college, add to that the fact that I will be with the INTARMED class…

The first day of classes I remember was a haze, trying to remember everyone’s names, smiling here, making small talk there. I thought to myself that we, my classmates and I, are going to be stuck for seven or more years, I might as well befriend them. The first few days were generally easy, no academic requirements yet. So far so good. But everything good has to come to an end because it’s not always rainbows and butterflies. First, there was the very long reading assignment in History II. And when I mean long, I mean a hundred pages or more long! Then assignments in Comm were added, reports in Philo were due, problem sets were to be passed, departmental exams on the other day… Before we know it, we were already swamped with work! But the funny thing is, I realized that I enjoyed doing those stuff. Not in the academic sense but because all the academic requirements had indirectly brought us all together, especially Block 16. Of course, after all the toxicity, we, normal human beings need to detoxify right? So what do INTARMED people do? Contrary to popular belief, INTARMED students have social lives. We watch movies. Sometimes twice in a week, or even thrice! Some would even go to Malate to dance all their worries and depressions away. Also, during breaks in between subjects, we don’t usually review for the next subject, unless it’s Chem. What we normally do is play. Children’s games, nonsense games, and pusoy dos (which I just learned how to play) or whatever other card game. My point is, yes, we do study, but not ALWAYS! Another misconception about us is that we always get high grades in every exam. That’s why other students from other courses are afraid to be our classmates. Thank God it didn’t happen to this class. Anyway, we don’t just breeze through every subject and pass it with flying colors. Just like every other student, we have our down times… especially in Math, Chem, and even Comm. In fact, I think I failed in several quizzes in Chem.

Choosing the INTARMED way of life is not easy, it is really seven years of pure academic torture. I might go nuts just thinking about it. What I do is just think about the pros of being an INTARMED student. In every way, I am challenged to give my best in every endeavor I take, because to whom much is given, much is expected. Another plus of being an INTARMED student is that when I get to graduate, I’d still be young. I can still get married!!! Hehehe! Most of all, the best thing in being an INTARMED student is that I gained a support group, my newfound friends who would encourage me all throughout the difficulties of med school.

Being an INTARMED student is a great privilege. However, with great privilege comes greater responsibility. In the process of being responsible and concerned about our studies, the INTARMED students as a class has bonded and created friendships that would last a lifetime.

The INTARMED class is often misjudged and misunderstood. In light of what I just related, I hope that other students will change their perception of us as dorks and “not humans”. We are just like everyone else in college, struggling--and yes we do struggle--in order to achieve that nearby goal.

**yeah, this is some kind of an intarmed-ender too. for the 2 well spent imed years that were exhilirating and at the same time tiring with little bits of spices in between. kaya ilalagay ko itong pic na ito:

god, i'll miss being 40.

a promise to myself

2005-04-08T22:27:00.000+08:00

i want to go backpacking across some country whose places i can't even pronounce and be one with the richness of culture around me.

someday, i'll go around the world. someday.

it's hot in herrrrrre

2005-04-07T15:48:00.000+08:00

whew. it's so burningly hot that i can't do anything but just stay in front of the electric fan and sleep. katamad mag gym! lalo pa kong iintin don. tsktsktsk.

broke broke broke

2005-04-06T22:40:00.000+08:00

i am flat broke. as in ZERO! after spending the whole day with gerald and kathy, my money went from 700 to 0. even coins, zero.

okay lang, i'm happy. no, change that. i'm satisfied. :D

after their physical exam at PGH, we decided to go to greenhills. we ate at little asia (god, the food is grrrrreaaaat!! sulit naman), then went around the tiangge and the shops. i wasn't supposed to buy anything until i saw the carrie-ish shoes in janylin. and when i looked at the price.... tadaaa! 795. not bad for an ultra nice pair of shoes. buti na lang i have my kuskos with me (read: credit card) kaya i was able to buy it. of course, i asked permission from my mom first. happiness. shoes are a girl's best friend. :)

after that, kathy and i just followed (amused!! ahahaha!) gerald as he went in most of the shops, fitting shirts and board shorts. buti na lang ganon ang boyfriend ko, mahilig din mag-shopping. i don't need to have a queer friend to tag along with me anymore! hehehe.

after the tiresome shopscapade we were craving for some halo-halo. kaya lang walang chowking sa grenhills eh. we ended up at ice monster and scooped up calories into our mouths. omg i really am so full. then we made kwento and then it was time to go home.

we drove kathy to podium and she bought us ice cream! sarap talaga ng libre. thanks kathy, you're the best! i'm super fat na talaga, pramis. ugh.

then ge drove me home in sta. rosa (btw, he also fetched me so we're both flat broke!). after eating dinner, we watched american idol. favorite namin si anwar, wala lang. for me, i like vonzell sa girls. fashion-wise si nadia. ehehehehehehehehe. i love her outfits. and her outrageous hair. :D

so ayun, umalis si ge around 930. and now i'm waiting for his text that he was able to arrive home safely. :)

snippets (random thoughts that i couldn't put into cohesive paragraphs)
1. our dvd plyer is broken!!! ugh.
2. my feet are size 7. :)
3. i saw havaianas kanina!! they're priced at P835 a pair but i bought the shoes instead. hehehe
4. i'll start controlling my carb intake tomorrow. hello gluconeogenesis, lipolysis, glycogenolysis and ketogenesis!!
5. i'd like to see drew barrymore's new movie, fever pitch.

i'm really tired and sleepy. buhbye!

keyk

2005-04-05T17:02:00.000+08:00

may kinabukasan pa naman pala ako kung sakaling tamarin akong magtapos ng medisina...

nyahahahahaha! masarap yan, pramis. hindi nakakahiyang ibigay sa kapitbahay. kaya nga nag-bake pa ulit ako ng DALAWA kanina eh. yung isa, para sa mga pinsan ko, yung isa, para sa amin at sa kapitbahay. hangyabang ko! :D

snippets

2005-04-04T19:06:00.000+08:00

makiling escapade
i had so much fun at makiling! we (ge, and another classmate--tina) stayed at the Philippine High School for the Arts for three days. i didn't expect that i would be having so much fun with kids who have cancer. the camp was physically tiring and emotionally tiring as well because most of the activities were group discussions and getting to know each other. i was hit with the realization of how shallow my depressions were and how much i've been taking my wonderful life for granted. my depressions and sama ng loob are incomparable to what those kids went through. if there's anyone who has a right to complain, it's them. but i truly admire them because given the situation that they are in, they actually do not complain. in fact, they even seem to have come to terms with what's happening to them. cancer is a terrible, terrible disease.

on a lighter note, we three volunteers got to know one kid well. she's 8 years old and her name is nica. ang bibo, sobra! at kikay pa! in fact, she won the kikay of the year award. she kept asking me questions about me and gerald, hahaha! she saw kasi that we have the same ring. she even asked if gerald was married! and she told me one little secret. actually, it's more of a secret question. hehehe.

god i hope to see all those kids next year, given the chance to participate in the camp again!

queer eye for the pinoy guy
yes kathy, i sooper love gay people as well! have you guys seen the queer eye episode where they "made-over" the pinoy guy? grabe, they redecorated his house, arranged his wedding reception, gave him clothes, kikay stuff, and even dressed up his wife as well! todo! exaj. the pinoy guy was obviously sooooooooooooo in love with his wife. tears... i'm proud of our men! :)

gym
i just came back from the gym. at first, the trainor let me on the treadmill for 30 mins. chicken lang yun sa akin because i am actually sanay of walking back and forth from school to my dorm, to the mall, and of course, the best walking exercise of all--shopping! but hey! after the treadmill came the weights. now i am so NOT used to lifting things up, kaya nga i'm flabby and all. i'm sure my body would be SCREAMING tomorrow when i wake up.

1 million calories=1 slice of cake
i just baked the most delicious chiffon-boiled icing cake ever! but it's really packed with sugar as iiiin. who's counting the ATPs? :p

sayang i have a pic. but i can't put here kasi i'm using the pc, hassle magtransfer ng pic from my phone. it looks really nice! like it's from goldilcks kaya nga lang mejo natagtag sa byahe, hehehe. but i swear it's pretty!! with pinkypinky icing and a little bit of blue.

me me me!
1. my greatest contenment: love. i'd die happy knowing that there is someone beside me.
2. i love surprises!
3. i can watch jerry maguire for a gazillion times and not get bored with it.
4. latest craving: havaianas! they're not food, they're slippers. :)
5. i can play the chords G, A7 and C on the electric guitar and i'm proud of it.
6. my greatest fear is getting pregnant.

pope john paul II
may he rest in peace. im am no devout catholic but the thought of our generation losing a great man and the goodness that he epitomizes saddens me.

boost your confidence level
by learning something new. i read it from my mom's good housekeeping magazine. i couldn't agree more.

i'm off!

i kissed boredom goodbye

2005-04-01T03:38:00.000+08:00

the past week was just uneventful for me. too uneventful perhaps. doing nothing absolutely kills me! exaj naman yon. i'm not yet suicidal. but it depressed me to the point that i'm super quiet (which is way out of my character) and my parents worry about me.

i don't know why i'm like that... maybe because:

1. i'm used to doing two or three things at the same time (during school)
2. i'm so used to having gerald around and i miss him terribly
3. my dad's not here and the house seems so quiet without his ka-cornihan and kalokohan
4. i'm just too pissed why the unfortunate circumstances wouldn't allow me to have fun in boracay, or anywhere else for that matter

and so i moped and moped and moped and grumbled and bitched at my brother (which i think he deserves because he kept on annoying me!!!) i think i bit. and growled. and roared. monster mode-ON.

haaaaayy...

anyway, i'm glad it's over. after some "therapy", hehehehe, i realized that i have more worth than what i was feeling. i am not a bitchy person. i'm not ugly (yes i felt ugly because i was too tamad to comb and my lips were cracking). i am not mentally stagnating! and the worst: my cynicism blinded me. i felt unloved, unappreciated when in fact i have lots of people who care for me.

nobody can help me. well, except me.

yesterday, my mom finally asked me why i'm so quiet. i told her i was bored. immediately she told me that we would inquire aboout some lessons that i could take over the summer. see. i have all the love and support i can get. :)

several activities came into my mind including: volleyball clinic, badminton clinic, swimming, baking lessons, foreign laguage lessons (yes i can't get enough of studying! =p), piano lessons, art lessons, going to the gym. of course i couldn't do everything i want! after asking around... tadaaa! my summer plans:

april 1-3: kythe foundation's summer camp
a summer camp for kids who have cancer. ge invited me. we're off to national high school for the arts in makiling, laguna later. kaya i better sleep na. :)

electric guitar lessons! basta, 12 sessions, 2 hours per session. no definite date yet... ASAP basta. omg i'm gonna be a rocker chick! hehehe. :D

apr 18-24: art lessons (oil pastel)
apr 25-30 : art lessons (cartooning)
supposedly, the art lessons were for 6-12 year olds only. and i'm like 7 or more years older than them! kahit pa. hehehe. okay lang. :)

dates in between: the gym, going out with gerald, going out with my barkada, going to lb, etc.

for may... i dunno. i'm still thinking. baking lessons siguro. kasi by then, i have "funding" na. hehehe. or maybe formal driving lessons. but i can drive well na eh, i think. i just don't know why my mom holds on to her seat too tightly! ahahahahahaha!

i have many things to look forward to. happiness. i actually have something to do.

grrr!

2005-03-27T20:12:00.000+08:00

isstapler ko na sana yung makapal na pile ko ng handouts. maganda yung stapler dito sa bahay so inisip ko na kaya nya yung pile. atsaka may certain way ako nang pagpress ng stapler para makaya yung makapal na pile. ah basta! so ayun, niready ko na yung mga fingers ko to do their magic...

tadaaaa! wala ng staple wire. LOL. parang naburst yung bubble ko.

*time out from biochem

**well actually, puro time out na ko. :P

one little note

2005-03-25T22:41:00.000+08:00

ooooh yes, im still alive! just... contemplating.

weekend photos

2005-01-23T22:49:00.000+08:00

we bought a new doggie!! german shepherd... just 2 months old so kyut na kyut pa sya. and he has bunny ears!! hehehe. meet KIKO:

kyut no?!? super malambing sya. :) at inangkin na agad ang stress ball ko!

sa cartimar namin nabili... at ang dami pang kyoot na doggies don!! lalo na itong isang shitzu na 'to. gusto ko na talagang ipabili sa daddy ko... kaya lang, 15 thou! exaj naman... pero kyut pa rin! hehehe. pinangalanan ko na nga eh kasi nakikipaglaro na agad sa akin. KITCHY name nya. hwekekekekek. after kitchie nadal. :D sana bigyan ako sa birthday ko. ;)

dati gusto ko rin ng shar-pei. yung kulukulubot ang balat na sobrang mukhang towel na!! kaya lang, sabi nung mom ng girlfriend ng kapatid ko, di na daw kyoot yung shar-pei pag lumaki. sobrang lumuluwag daw yung balat. wawa naman... eto isang shar-pei na mejo matanda na. mukha ng lolo!

eto naman yung namatay naming great dane na si MOOKIE. huhuhu. nakakalungkot naman tuwing nakikita ko yung pic nya na ito:

ibang usapan naman.

kanina naaliw ako dun sa isang canteen sa may complex dito sa amin. bakit? dahil sa pangalan nya. may originality pa rin naman ang mga pinoy kahit papano!

RESBAK: ang manok na babalik-balikan

bwahahahahahahahahahaha!!!

at etong huling pic na ito, class picture ng kapatid ko. isa lang ang konklusyon ko nang makita ko ito:

ang kulit talaga ng kapatid ko!

correction!

2005-01-18T01:10:00.000+08:00

MASAYA PALA AKO! HAHAHAHAHA!!

hwehehehehe. astig talaga mga OPM ngayon no? yung mga alternative lalo. after bamboo's noypi, grabe, ang gaganda na ng mga songs ngayon. favorite ko na kayong lahat, mwahahahaha! bamboo, rivermaya, kitchie nadal, spongecola, 6 cycle mind (the best ang biglaan), kjwan, mojofly, cambio (though di talaga ako makahanap sa limewire ng songs nila, sadness...), imago, itchyworms (can somebody please find me buwan? di ko talaga ma-dl sa limewire!!), sandwich, and of course my super kaduperest favorite, sugarfree!! ba't ko sila favorite? kasi schoolmate ko po si ebe, ang kanilang lead vocalist. pareho kaming ruralite! yay!! side kwento: ever since lumabas ang album ng sugarfree na SA WAKAS, di na ako bumili ng pirated cd's... na OPM! hwehehehehe. naisip ko kasi, kawawa naman yung mga upcoming bands kung di sila kikita dahil sa pirata... so ayun, basta pinoy, orig! oh my god i'm so high ata... puro !!!. pano ba naman, tumungga ako ng 2 cups coffee. yeah, tinungga ko talaga. natakot kasi akong mag-isa sa baba ng dorm kaya dali-dali kong ininom yung coffee ko. tsk, kelangan kasing mag-aral para sa STS (science, technology and society) na yan eh. what a waste of time. and effort. tsssss. but i digress...

back to OPM. may alam ba kayong radio station na nag-pplay ng puro OPM? yun ngang mga aforementioned ko na bands ha, hindi mga novelty songs, bwehehehe. meron daw sa NU kaya lang di ko alam kung anong day/oras.

ayan, kakatapos ko ang mag-rip. tama kaya ginawa ko? minsan, kinakain ako ng bagong teknolohiya eh... hihihi.

sige na nga, baboooo. 30+ pages more to go...

philippines, you rawwwwwkkk! :)

nalulungkot ako

2005-01-16T08:49:00.000+08:00

:'(

haaaaaay...

2005-01-10T09:40:00.000+08:00

TOXIIIIIIICCCCC!!!!!

day ONE

2005-01-03T09:59:00.000+08:00

i'm going to do the south beach diet. haaaay. after the christmas break i found out na nag gain ako ng 2 kgs! hmph.

so what's the south beach diet? it's basically low carbs high protein. mas okay lang nga sya sa atkins kasi i'll get to eat good carbs din naman... eventually. based on my own understanding (ge, correct me if i'm wrong), the principle behind this diet is that because the body cannot burn carbohydrates as its source of energy (kasi nga you lessen your carbs intake), it would burn the fats instead. yeah, goodbye flab! and if i remember correctly from my zoo 10 class which seemed eons ago, fat is actually a more efficient source of energy than carbs. parang ganon kaya nga lang it's not as readily available as carbs.

the diet is comprised of 3 phases. during the first 2 weeks (phase one), there will be no carbs AT ALL. only lean meat. no fruits also because they contain sugar. by the end of phase one, i should have lost some 8-13 pounds already. phase two is when i start to introduce some good carbs back in my diet. like fruits and i think whole wheat bread. after each week of phase two, i would still be losing some 1-2 pounds. phase 2 lasts until i reach my desired weight. then comes phase three. i think phase three is when i can almost eat anything i want but since i'm not used to eating big servings anymore, i would be able to regulate my food intake unconsciously.

so starting today, i bid farewell to my best friends go nut donuts and chocolates! haaaay. i'll miss you all. i'll see you all again when i'm 49 kgs. tears... :(

according to this SITE, the medical reccomendation for my gender (F) and height (5'1") is 49-60 kgs. halllow! 60 is FAT AND BOCHOG na kaya for me. so 49 na lang, hehehe. my BMI (Body Mass Index) is currently 22.9 kg/m^2 and i fall within the normal range/ideal weight which is 19.1-25.8 for women. unbelievable! baka naman not for asians ito. but i feel fat na talaga eh so i'll really try to lose weight.

for breakfast today, i ate tuna flakes guisado and drank a tall glass of water only.

serioso na 'to! :p

ang pasko'y sumapit :)

2004-12-31T08:13:00.000+08:00

the past christmas was my happiest to date. mejo matagal ko ng pinagninilaynilayan kung bakit... the answer: you're not gonna believe this (coming from me)! si jesus. :D

pano ba naman kasi, ako eh yung type na, yep i'm catholic, period. ganon lang. going to mass was just some kind of obligation, a family affair during saturdays or sundays.

but attending misa de gallo changed all that. yung pagsisimba every night made me feel light hearted afterwards. happy. ang galing, yung essence ng simbang gabi, which is actually a preparation for the self to accept christ's coming and love on christmas day, was not lost in me. hindi yung sisimba ka dahil masarap ang simoy ng hangin or masarap yung puto bumbong afterwards. :D

sabi pa nung pari nung christmas homily... love is the reason for this season. tama! kaya masaya ang pasko ko ay dahil christ gave me so much love the past months... buo ang pamilya ko ngayon, there's gerald, my imed friends who i never get tired of seeing everyday.. ganon. naintindihan ko na rin sa wakas. let me change that. i'm just STARTING to understand it.

i don't think i made any sense. hahaha!! i've barely scratched the surface of what i've wanted to say, of what i'm feeling. :)

eto o, picture!!! our church, on christmas eve:

kinda malabo, just from my trusty 6230. yung guy na andon, di ko kakilala, paharang harang sa camera! hehehe. kahiya naman patabihin di ba. :D

stuck in a rut

2004-12-29T07:06:00.000+08:00

enter quasi-depression mode. i've been going nowhere in the past few days. not literally though. every other day, my family and i go out. i'm just feeling unaccomplished lately. i haven't done anything for my personal growth. reel from the shock and actually believe that maan de castro starts talking about personal growth. hahaha.

i've been wanting to change THIS layout for one. i have a concept already but it just wouldn't fully materialize. hay nako.

i said that i'd get to watch all the film festival entries. but i haven't even seen one movie. my family's too tamad to go watch movies.

ever since the vacation started, i've planned to study our lessons in preparation for toxicity galore. i've done nothing but schedule and line up all those that i have to study. i've only read like 5 pages of developmental biology and never even bothered with the other subjects. lagot ka maan!

i've accomplished two things though: baking a LOT of cookies (choco chip, white choco chip, macaroons--the best!, snickerdoodles and crinkles) and finishing she's come undone (whatta nice book!). there. seeing that in writing (typing) made me smile. :)

i can't wait for classes to start. some kind of loser i am. nyahahaha. :p

pahabol..

2004-12-25T23:44:00.000+08:00

MALIGAYANG PASKO SA INYONG LAHAT!!

what's new?

2004-12-21T15:55:00.000+08:00

new lay out!! merry christmas!!! i did it by myself this time. well, most of it. si ge yung naglagay ng snow flakes. :)

new laptop!! not technically new though, it's my dad's and he bought it some 4 months ago. i exchanged ziggy for "bob" (my new laptop's name, hehehe. para bagay pa rin sila ni marley, BOB MARLEY!). bob's an acer aspire 2010. the bestest laptop in the whole wide world! exaj naman. but even ge would agree. :D di ba ge? it's centrino, has bluetooth and infrared, dvd-rom, can burn (see i dunno the right terms hwehehehe), has wi-fi, 4-in-1 card reader, has a whopping 15.4 inch display and some other specs that are really jargon to me. click nyo na lang ito: CLICK CLICK CLICK for the full specs. ang yabang ko. :p

my new baby :)

new books!!! i went book shopping yesterday at powerbooks in alabang town center. with only a thousand pesos at hand, i was able to buy 3 good reads:

Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

this is what i am currently reading. i like latin american literature pala, i just realized.. because most of them dwell on mythical/magical themes interspersed with a little bit of romance. i love those kinds of books! laura esquivel (author of like water for chocolate) is another latin american writer that i admire. i love her book!

Eleven Minutes by Paulo Coelho

di ko pa ito nababasa... yung first paragraph lang and it really struck me:

"Once upon a time there was a prostitute called Maria. Wait a minute. "Once upon a time" is how all the best children's stories begin and "prostitute" is a word for adults. How can I start a book with this apparent contradiction? But since, at every moment of our lives, we all have one foot in a fairy tale and the other in the abyss, let's keep that beginning."

ganda talaga ng opening paragraphs ni paulo coelho ano? my favorite opening paragraph though, is from by the river piedra i sat down and wept.

She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb

a coming of age novel about an obese adolescent. i like coming of age novels din pala hehehehe, like white oleander by janet fitch. i've read somewhere na maganda daw ang she's come undone, in fact it has won several awards including the new york times notable book of the year.

ayan! may magagawa na ako ngayong bakasyon!

last na lang na new..

new flats!!black sequined ones na mejo indian inspired. bought it for only P550 at Shang.

hihihi. harumph. la na akong masabi. :)

back from the dead

2004-12-19T01:36:00.000+08:00

whew. after how many days of not blogging, eto na naman akoooo!! weeee!! yayness!!! i'm finally at the place where i can choose 'never dial a connection' in my internet connection settings. yep, i am so at HOME already!! just got back from manila yesterday afternoon. ;)

so much have happened the past 2 weeks.. ittry ko silang irecall lahat!!

ACADS:
believe it or not ZERO ang acads meter ko for the first part of the 2nd sem. we didn't do anything!! unbelievable! dahil nga siguro maraming days na walang pasok dahil sa bagyo, holidays, at kung anu-ano pang activities ng college ay na postpone ang mga departmental exams, etc namin. nakadalawang quiz lang yata kami samantalang sandamukal ang exams ng ibang courses. i'm going to hoard all the sleep i could get! i bet hapitan na yan next year.

iMED SHIRT:
astig. ang yabang!! hehehe. sayang, di ako nakakuha ng pics galing kay sheng. tingnan nyo na lang kay GERALD yung pics namin. buti na lang black ang napili naming kulay. nakakapayat!! hihihi.

NMAT:
ano nga ba ang NMAT? it stands for national medical admission test. all those wannabe doctors have to take the NMAT so that they could enter the medical school of their choice. for intarmed's case, formality na lang yung NMAT. di namin kailangang umabot sa kung anumang percentile para makatuloy kami ng med proper. kung mataas ka, well and good, may natutunan ka din pala sa lahat ng ka-toxican na ipinasok mo sa utak mo. hehe. kung mababa ka, ouch, masakit lang sa pride. so how was the test? ummm, i'm glad intarmed ako. :) pag nakuha ko na ang aking test result sa february, wala akong pagsasabihan ng score ko! sa physics and bio and some subtests lang ng abstract part lang ako mejo nadalian. MEDYO lang. bwehehe. i dunno din, baka naman dahil hindi ako nagreview whatsoever! nagsimula lang akong magsagot ng NMAT stuff 3 days before the examination date. talk about cramming huh? anyway, i'm just glad it's over! good luck to those who are going to take it on april!

BAKING SESSION w/ GERALD:
ge and i planned to give cookies to the whole class for christmas. wala ng ibang time so after ng NMAT umuwi kami sa bahay nila sa Q.C para magbake. pero bago magbake ay namili muna kami ng ingredients sa cherry. then heard mass at the church behind cherry. then ate at jollibee for the third and thankfully final time that day! pinoy version of supersize me huh? anyway, we started mixing all those ingredients at around 8:30 pm already. initially, we planned to give 10 cookies per person (so 10x40 is 400 rayt?) kaya lang, by around 10 pm we realized na di namin kakayanin yata, we still have to go back to manila. so ayun, mix mix and bake. hehe. ang filipino pala sa baking ay paghuhurno. non ko lang nalaman. ;) tapos we placed the cookies in small plastic containers, added red and green ribbons. to follow na lang the next day yung gift cards kasi we were so wasted by the time we got back in manila. 2 am na yun. haaaaay. kapagod. labor of love. ;)

looking harassed after baking. haha!

and the packaging

SALUBUNGAN NG MGA TALA, ADOPT A WARD AND CAMPUS IDOL:
syempre, kinarir na naman namin ang simpleng pagkakaroling. hehe. nagcompose pa sina gid and master julian ng christmas song entitled Araw ng Pasko. but the salubungan didn't proceed as what we've expected. pagdating sa PH, parang 1 song lang dapat ang kakantahin namin! but di kami pumayag! sayang naman ang pinaghandaan namin. and besides, sinabi naman yata na it's a 30-minute program. kaya ayun, napasama tuloy kami sa pag-ikot sa campus. haaaay.. ang kinalabasan pa eh parang kami lang pati ang mga students sa carolers. most of the people that were with were like staff or faculty of the department. i dunno. basta they were old na. pagdating sa NIH (national institute of health) tumakas na kami to go to the Cancer Institute (CI) at PGH para naman sa adopt a ward.

magkasama kami ni ge sa room na pinuntahan namin sa CI. both of the patients are suffering from breast cancer. yung nakausap ko has already undergone chemo. ayun, kwento kwento lang... ako, yung patient mismo ang nakausap ko. si ge naman, yung bantay nung patient. here's the twist: yung nakausap ni ge ay may pagka psychic. i'm not going to delve into details but what he told ge is not exactly amusing.

after ng adopt a ward, we went to campus idol to watch the two imed 2011 contestants. sayang, di namin naabutan ni ge yung dalawa.. di ko rin naman na masyadong napanood yung iba dahil kachikahan ko si louie. ang corny ni wency corneho yun lang.

UPIS FAIR:
pagkatapos naming mag FCH at sumaglit sa christmas party ng med (i swear, matutunaw na yung crush namin ni kathy sa katititig namin!!!), pumunta kami ni ge sa UPIS para manood ng concert ng cambio, sugarfree, imago and other underground bands. dumaan muna kami sa bahay nila para kunin yung starex tapos we had dinner din don.

pagdating sa IS, may naalala akong nangyari sa akin dati doon noong 3rd year HS pa lang ako. i was there before kasi dual meet ng UPIS at UPRHS. syempre, i was ever supportive of ex no. 2 kaya i went to watch him play volleyball. after a disapponting loss against UPIS volleyball team (kung saan kasali si gerald, hahaha!) super bad trip si ex no. 2. i asked him if he wanted to eat but he was really so bad trip that when he answered "ayoko" parang naiinis pa sya sa akin. so nabadtrip din ako! LQ! wahaha! pagtapos non, i went to sit on a fallen tree trunk at sinundan nya ko don. dahil nga LQ kami, di ko sya pinapansin. maya maya biglang, CRAAACK! nabali yung branch na inuupuan ko, nabigatan yata masyado sa akin. bwahahaha!! nalalaglag ako sa ground with my feet up in the air. kahiya! ex no. 2 helped me up on my feet, laughed at the whole incident and just like that, nagkabati na kami. bwahaha! wala lang. reminiscing.

side note: alam nyo ba na foster "brother" ni ge si ex no. 2 nung nag exchange student si ge sa rural? he lived in their house for a week. FYI. ;)

going back to the fair... nagpa henna tatoo muna kami ni ge sa isang booth doon habang inaantay yung main performances. we had it around our wrists. ang mahal nga lang! supposedly mine was priced at 100 bucks. of course i had to make tawad, ang liit liit ng wrist ko tapos 100! no way jose! kaya ayun, 80 na lang. pagtapos ng henna tatooing session namin, we were just in time for cambio's performance. stig! rocker chicks, ummm, ROCK! bwahaha!
pagkatapos ng cambio, sugarfree naman, may mostest super kaduperest favorite pinoy band! yung song nilang "sinta" is now an official GerMaan song. bwahaha! pagtapos ng kanilang performance, we went backstage to have their autograph signed. ang kapal kapal ng mukha ko, i made chika pa with ebe (the band's vocalist). i told him that i was also rural nung high school. he asked pa if i was going to our alumni homecoming and he added that if i see him there, he'll remember me if i'd approach him and say hi. hehe. rubbing elbows with a star. :)
didn't stay around the stage or imago's performance. konti lang nanood sa kanila... after waiting for mela (ge's younger sis), we went back to manila. but our night didn't end there!! dahil wala na namang gagawin the next day, pumunta pa kaming roxas ni ge. hihihi. :) took out some food from 7-11 and just sat on one of the benches there. first time ko pang naka-wiwi sa portalet!! hehe. sayang, we were flat broke that day (lalo na ako, as in mamiso na lang ang natira sa wallet ko!) di na kami nakasama kina elaine at JM sa padi's. went back to the dorm at around 2:30 am.

FPJ:
on our way back to manila, we passed by sto. domingo church. grabe ang haba ng pila at dami ng tao!! FPJs death came as a shocker for many people including me because he didn't exhibit signs of a serious illness. unlike cayetano, who was clearly emanciated no?
kaya lang masyado na naman overly over sensationalized ang pagkamatay ni FPJ. pati sa mga diaryo, nasa front page ang picture ng casket nya. nagiging circus na naman. nawawala na ang "soulful mourning" ika nga. naaawa ako sa kanya. he was used by power hungry politikos last elections, hanggang ngayon ba namang patay na siya ay ginagamit pa rin sya? i heard from the news na "tinaningan ang Arroyo presidency". and who's behind? mga supporters daw ni FPJ. i wouldn't be surprised at all if Susan Roces runs for office in the next elections. wag kang makinig kay Angara! keep your word!

ABE, KATHY, AND TIPPEE'S BIRTHDAY PARTEEEEE!!
Happy birthday to my friends muna! Abe, gurang naaa! Kathy, your biological clock is ticking. same with TP, hanap na ng boys! bwehehehe. ummm, si tippee meron na. kathy? :D
grabe suot ni ge noon. mukhang sya ang may birthday! pogiii. ;) yung mga celebrants were wearing med shirts lang. hehehe.

we went to greenbelt, sa Krocodile grill(ery?) to celebrate their birthdays. ganda talaga don. afterwards "kodakan" (as kathy put it grabe didn't expect that word to come from you!) kami sa may fountains. bwahaha! imed people talaga o, camera shy. after seeing all our pics naman siguro di na kayo maniniwala sa sinabi ko. :D

@kroc grillery

LANTERN PARADE
in true intarmed spirit (and kakapalan), nilead namin sa cheer ang buong college of medicine! exaj talaga, ngayon lang ako nag-enjoy sa lantern parade. last year kasi, naawa ako sa college namin, feeling ko patay na patay kami compared to the other colleges. nursing pa ang katabi namin tapos yung cheers pa nila mga anti-medicine. so this year... ipinakita namin sa kanila!!! hmph! ayan tuloy, im getting excited for next year's lantern parade. kaming class 2010 na ang gagawa ng lantern!

maganda naman yung lantern ng med, kaya nga lang kulang ng oomph factor. you know, the kind that would make people wow! kung mas malaki lang sana, and mas makulay at kung umiilaw, baka sakaling nanalo na kami ng 1st place. pero okay lang, naka-third naman kami this year for the lantern and pati na rin sa facade.

"DATE" :)
dahil baka last na naming magkasama ni ge for this year, we spent some quality time with each other bago sya bumalik ng Q.C. ;) (para namang di kami laging magkasama ano? hehe.) we ate take-out dinner from mario's kitchen and our favorite cake from figaro. yummy yum yum talaga. tapos nanood din kaming magnifico on vcd. truly deserving of all the awards that it got. galing ni jiro manio. ubos na ang luha ni ge kaiiyak! hindi siya todo drama like sharon cuneta/nora aunor films. but the simplicity and yet profundity of magnifico (jiro manio's character)... made the film truly moving.

BAHAY
pagdating ko dito sa bahay namin sa sta. rosa, isang bagay ang bumulaga sa akin. tadaaaa! nagpa landscape (na naman) ang mom ko ng garden namin. may mini fountain na sa garden. ang gandaaaaa. iisipin mong ang sarap mag date sa garden namin. ge, gusto mo dito na lang tayo mag date? bwahahaha! pictures to follow. walang batt ang digicam namin kaya bukas na lang pag sinipag ako. :) oo nga pala, paskong pasko sa bahay namin. ang dami-daming christmas decor. ang motif nga pala ng christmas tree namin ay pink at purple. wahahaha!! maan na maan. 3 yrs. ago na yun pero every year may dinadagdag lang kaming paunti-unti. pictures to follow ulit. ;)

CHRISTMAS SHOPPING:
di pa ubos ang christmas money ko. at wala na akong mabili sa robinson's ermita! lahat ng stores nasuyod ko na. di ko alam kung nagsasawa na ba akong magshopping or wala lang talaga kong magustuhan. bukas pupunta kaming market market! para mag gift shopping. alam ko na kung anong ibibigay namin sa mga pinsan kong girls. sa mga guys wala talaga! hirap talagang regaluhan ng mga lalaki o. sa mga tito and tita wala pa rin kaming naiisip kung anung ibibigay.

WHATEVER:
*happy 20th anniversary to my mom and dad!! gift ko sa kanila caricature nilang dalawa. bwehehehe.

*nagsisimbang gabi kami tuwing 9:00. iba kasi sa don bosco, kung saan kami nagsisimba, literally gabi ang simbang gabi, hindi madaling araw.

*ang gift na lang din ni tinton sa mga classmates nya ay kukis!! so my monday will be spent baking and baking and baking white choco chip cookies using ge's secret recipe. naku pano na yan, di pwede ang secret ingredient pag mag-isa lang ako? bwahahahaha!!

*eto mejo icky. nautusan akong maghugas ng mga platong kinainan namin kaninang tanghali. dahil sa kaantukan, natulog muna ako pagkatapos namin kumain. pagkagising ko nung hapon, sinilip ko kung hugas na ang mga plato. nakita ko nakastack na sila neatly sa isang tabi so nagblog na lang muna ako. maya-maya tinawag ako ni tinton at ipagluto ko daw siya ng pancit canton para sa meryenda. pagkaluto ko, kumuha ako ng plate dun sa stack. pagkatapos kumain ni tinton, huhgasan ko na yung kinainan niya then i suddenly noticed na may remnants ng malunggay yung ibang mga plates don sa stack. oops! di pa pala sila hugas!! and yung plate na pinaglagyan ng pancit canton ni tinton, di pa rin nahuhugasan!! bwahahahahahaha!

*i bought a new wallet na nga pala and it cost 150 bucks lang. fake na benetton. kyut nya, color white tapos may trimming na pink. kaya nga lang ang bilis dumumi. nyorkis. but i've found a replacement na!! yahoo!! now i just need the money to buy it. it's xoxo, saw it in rustan's. not the long one though, maliit lang sya but kasya na lahat ng cards ko. actually i have the money pa pala. kaya lang mejo gagamitin ko muna yung new wallet ko so i won't go hinayang on it.

*random pictures pictures pictures!!!

abe and his small head :D

guess who's applying polish on my toe nails?

physics 51. may mumo sa likod?

smelling Flower, our favorite Sinosisans props :)

kathy and me (aka gorgeous ladies) ogling guys @ the oblation run

that's about it. paputol putol kong ginawa itong entry na ito. hehehe. i know na marami pa kong gustong ikwento i just can't exactly remember kung anu-ano pa yung mga yun. hehehe. sa susunod uli!

ANNOUNCEMENT

2004-12-11T07:46:00.000+08:00

ang tagal ko ng hindi nakakapagpost ng entry no? ang bagal talaga kasi ng internet ko dito sa dorm. inuulit ko, DON'T BUY BLAST INTERNET CARD!

gusto ko na sanang magblog ngayon kaya lang ang dami ko pang dapat gawin.. may practice pa kami ng caroling ngayon. ano bang spelling ng carolling? hmmm...

at higit sa lahat, NMAT na bukas!! National Medical Admission Test. wala lang, no reason to feel nervous actually kasi nga... (mahabang explanasyon, sa susunod na lang. hehe) but! wish me luck!!!

next week na lang ako magbblog. sa mga nag-link sa akin at dumaan, SALAMAAAAAT! :) sorry, di pa ko nakakapag-update ng links. don't worry, naaalala ko naman kayong lahat ;)

*binabati ko ang aking roommate/classmate/friend na si SHENG!! hehe, wish her luck din!! wish the whole intarmed 2010 luck!!!! yay!!!

my not so distant past(s)

2004-12-04T11:50:00.000+08:00

for as long as i could remember, i was the mushiest person i know. growing up, i read all sorts of happily-ever after fairy tales, the kinds of cinderella, sleeping beauty, and a whole bunch more. i was a dreamy kid, conjuring up images of my own prince charming, coming to sweep me off away from the horrors of uhhhm, academic load. :) (yeah, ever since elem i was THAT busy)

ex no. 1
my love life started in grade 6. would you call him my boyfriend? i think not. it was a sheer immature "relationship". he was the typical bad boy... always getting red marks on his card, sweaty everyday because of too much basketball, always called in the guidance counselor's office due to some fight... he was that kind of person. maybe what drew me to him was the "ka-astigan" of being with him. i needed that to get rid of the dorky image that comes with being no.1 in class and the president of the student council. i really thought that it was love, however. :D my first kilig moment was when i was with him. it was our school fair and at canossa, we would have rides installed in our grounds. for that year, we had a caterpillar ride. and so we rode together in one car. i held on to my seat because i get dizzy with fast (and even not so fast) rides. but then his fingers crept slowly to mine until they were just barely touching... those were the good ol' innocent days. that pseudo-holding hands thing completely made my day, i remember. i went to sleep holding the hand of winnie the pooh, the stuffed toy he gave me, imagining that it was his hand holding mine. see, told ya how mushy i am. hahaha! anyway, we parted ways when i transferred to rural. where is he now? i don't know... the last time i heard from him was in 3rd year HS. he was still in canossa but he repeated a year because he failed many subjects miserably. poor guy. hope he's changed now.

ex no. 2
the next guy i was with was my first serious boyfriend. he was the exact opposite of ex no. 1. he was a jack-of-all-trades: being the no.1 in our batch, a skilled basketball/volleyball player, crush ng bayan, a great leader and so much more... he was idolized by everybody. the perfect catch, ika nga. our time together was a test to how much i could sacrifice in a relationship. at first, everything was just perfect. being the "and they lived happily ever after" person that i was, i really thought that it could be him. however we were physically separated when he went to japan as an exchange student. first there were emails every week, a few handwritten letters, a few phone calls. as the year passed by, our communication almost dwindled to nothing. i was having the time of my life at school, but he was not there to share it with me. we just got emotionally distant that by the time he was back, i was a completely different person, and so was he. we tried holding on to the relationship until the first few months of college but it didn't really work out. we called it quits and separated as friends. i still see him once in a while whenever i chance upon him in diliman. funny how life goes on, one moment my life revolved around him, but now, he is just a guy that i once knew...

exes 1 and 2 are not merely numbers that would inflate my ego that yeah, i had my own share of admirers. :) they contributed a lot to my understanding of boys (uhmmm, men) in general, and of loving young.

*wag magseselos, gerald! wihihihi! jowk lang. ;)

galeeeng talagaaaa!

2004-12-02T19:41:00.000+08:00

ang ganda ng imed site namin. astig! galing ni master julian! henyo!!!!!

wanna see what the intarmed people are made of? click HERE HERE HERE! or sa links ko. :) I LOVE IMED 2010!!!

halos maubos na internet card ko. exaaaaaj. wala akong magawa.

school's out!! (again and again and again)

2004-12-02T14:44:00.000+08:00

gosh. NO CLASSES AGAIN. almost 2 weeks na kaming walang ginagawa. nakakawalang gana na tuloy mag-aral, nawawalan ako ng momentum. 2 beses ko ng inaral yung iqquiz namin sa zoo lab, at 2 beses na ring hindi natutuloy. ano ba naman yaaaan!! sayang ang brain cells ko. conserve, aba aba!! malayo pa ang paglalakbay. bwehehehe.

sabi ko nga pala sa previous post ko na nararamdaman kong wala kaming pasok nung tuesday. meron pala, hihihihi. kagabi, di man lang pumasok sa isip ko na mawawalan kami ng classes ngayon. tsk, ang hina na ng psychic powers ko.

but you know what, i feel kinda guilty rin everytime na nagwwish akong walang pasok.. sasabihin ko pa, sana may bagyo bukas, sana walang pasoooook!! di ko man lang naisip na maraming namamatay, nawawala at nasakatan tulad nung bagyong katatapos lang... palibhasa kasi di masyadong ramdam dito sa manila or sa sta. rosa kapag bumabagyo eh. GUILTY!! waaah! pero ang lakas ni yoyong ano and it's kinda scary na. signal no.4?! exaj naman. kawawa naman yung mga hard hit areas....

kanina ko pa iniisip kung anong tagalog sa guilty... di ko maalala!!!!

ibang kwento naman. :D

had a long day yesterday. and the day before yesterday. hehehe. last tuesday night, ge, kathy, sheng and i prepared 40 crowns for our entire class. tapos nun, gumawa naman kami ng aming napakagandang banner! aba, di yata papatalo ang intarmed! at habang gumagawa kami ng banner, inaayos din namin yung paper namin for sts. ano ba yaaaan!!! kapagod. slept around 1 am na.

kinabukasan, ang aga ko pa rin gumising. kailangan kasing idistribute pa sa mga classmates yung mga props nila. hehehe. may kyoot yellow balloons pa kami!!! tingnan nyo!!!

THE MAKINGS OF A SUPER CLASS :)

my prince charming

... with the princess!

hahahahaha!! pagtapos naman ng parade and opening program (which took up most of our morning), nagdecorate naman ang imed 2010 and 2011 ng MSU building. in fairness, ang ganda ng kinalabasan!! we had a hard time finding decors that would fit our small budget. still, may class naman yung kinalabasan ng dekorasyon namin! and laugh trip pa yung paggawa ng belen! kung anu-anong kalokohan ang pumapasok sa isip namin! bwahahahahaha! tingnan nyo na lang sa blog ni ge yung belen. tinatamad na akong maglagay pa ng pics. i swear, my internet's so bagaaaaaaaaal like 2 minutes mag load ang isang page. annoying!! don't buy BLAST internet card!!!

naalala ko na tagalog sa guilty. NAKOKONSENSYA. di ba? tagal kong inisip. :D

rainy days and mondays

2004-11-29T22:59:00.000+08:00

wheee lemme guess. we won't have classes AGAIN tomorrow. sa tapat pa lang ng dorm namin, baha na. i don't know if i'll be happy about that or not. if we don't have classes it'll actually be in my favor because i'm still not feeling well. however, i can tolerate sitting and listening to boring lectures naman...

PERO!!!!

kung wala na naman kaming pasok bukas, almost 1 week na kaming walang pasok!! thursday was the transport strike. friday was when we had TRP; we were supposed to have zoo lec but lo and behold! ma'am co didn't make it to class. maybe she did. but after 30 mins of waiting, umeskapo na kami bago pa sya dumating. hwehehehehe. i'm sorry but rules are rules. then today is a national holiday. then on wednesday the college of medicine will be having its centennial celebration. no classes for us again.

glad? i think not. hello cramming na naman and patong patong na requirements. goodbye movies!!!

pero i guess NOT having classes is still fun eh? hehehe. if only it wouldn't have such dire consequences on our part. :P

how to tell the monkey is sick

2004-11-28T13:48:00.000+08:00

achoo.

all i want for christmas

2004-11-28T01:28:00.000+08:00

because christmas is just around the corner..

1. no. 1 on my list is... A BETTER PHILIPPINES! serioso, no joke at all! dr. cordero is really effective in putting across the essence of what FCH is trying to impart with us. his lectures awakened my pagka-pilipino and opened my eyes to the sad reality that is happening around us. too bad the world is fast becoming a selfish one, kanya kanya na ang mga tao. of course, it's just survival of the fittest in action, but at the expense of others. sa kagustuhang umunlad ng mga pilipino, nararamdaman natin ang brain drain sa ngayon. actually, matagal-tagal na... kaya naman lalo nang nalugmok sa kahirapan ang pilipinas eh. no more bright minds to oil philippines' machinery for development. tsk, how utterly depressing.. kawawa naman tayo. kelan pa tayo uunlad?!

2. a new wallet, preferrably one of those long types. i haven't seen one that i really like. or something that's worth my money. i don't like the plain wallets na. i want color color color!! owkay lang sa tiangge sana, i wish they don't put the fake brand na lang.

3. a pink jacket!! i almost cried (exaj naman, but i was real sad) when my uber favorite pink jacket got ripped. haven't gotten around buying a new one since i end up with no money at all after buying clothes and abubot that i don't really need. prospects: the white and fuschia knitted one from bayo. also the trench-like but short lang that i saw... where?!! sa bayo rin ata.

4. kumot. i only use 2 kumots na pinagpapalit palit ko lang... *sniff sniff* what's so special about my kumots is their one of a kind softness and texture. they're FLANNEL. the only material that could warm me up even if my aircon is turned on to the coldest setting.

5. flats. i enjoy wearing them!! they go well with jeans, skirts or capris. i swear, ukayans have the coolest and cheapest flats on earth!! kaya lang. i really have to search for cleaner ones. punta nga kami ni ge sa ukayan when i get my christmas money for christmas shopping na!

6. clothes and accesories. different colored shirts from atc that cost 90 bucks LANG each. white pants from bayo. cool hide-the-flab blouses from whoops. cheap but asteeeg skirts from sm and robinson's department store. swatch-like watch na kyooot talaga and mura talagaaaa (350 lang, compared naman sa 2000+ from swatch) from the gift factory.

7. delicious food for noche buena and media noche BUT! minus the extra pounds. i love christmas ham. and turkey!! and molo. and pansit malabon!

8. more blessings for my family. thank you god for being so nice to us. :)

that's about it!!

some other kwento...

i'm not so nerdy anymore! bought new contacts earlier. disposable ones. i think they're better than extended wear because they're cheaper (3 pairs for P770), plus, i get to dispose of them monthly so there'll be less protein build up that cause irritation to my dear eyes.

i've also been to the dentist earlier. my new elastics are colored furfol!! :D

hehehe. unexpectedly, i was finally able to watch UPCM men's volleyball play in palarong med, even for a short while. si ge kasi eh, ang aga pumuntang alabang country club. told him to go to our house na lang muna... we ate lunch then i went with him to atc because i had to buy contacts nga. then sa country club na lang ako nagpasundo sa parents ko. nakagala tuloy ako. happy pa. :D

attended my cousin's debut din kanina. gosh, andami kong ginawa today! i wore my skirt that i bought sa ukayan for 50 bucks. i kept telling my cousins and titos, titas that it only cost P50! di sila makapaniwala!!

i want to have a party on my next birthday. a debut!! but dahil di na ako 18, it'll be a "coming of age party" na lang. hehehehehe. god willing. and time willing. :)

*hikab* sleepy. church day tomorrow, i have to wake up early. goodnight cyberworld!!

what the hell am i doing

2004-11-24T21:39:00.000+08:00

i should be studying now!!!! i have a zoo lab quiz tomorrow, a lab manual to be submitted and a physics problem set to be submitted also. pero ayan, blog hopping pa ko hahaha!! pano ba naman kasi i drank two glasses of ice cold coffee and now i feel that i'm having palpitations making me kinda jumpy and nervous when i don't have anything to be nervous about. basta, queasy feeling. kaya i stopped studying muna and tried to find answers to the guide q's in the manual but ended up blog hopping and blogging instead. pero okay lang i don't feel pressured (as of now hahaha mamaya i know i'll be panicking na) kasi my classes tomorrow will not start til 1pm. i still have the entire morning to study the slides for zoo lab. tapos baka there's no classes pa bukas because of the transport strike. my dad told me that by 5am tomorrow, tsaka pa lang malalaman if suspended ang classes sa metro manila.

wait lang i'll click the spermiogenesis result muna sa google.

wednesdays are toxic!!! to think that our subjects today are yung mga you could consider "wala lang". but nooo! sts na sabi ng buddies namin is a complete waste of time kasi you do nothing but sit turns out to be the most toxic subject as of now. reporting and that terminal paper plus some other papers that he would like us to submit. IPC pa. how OC naman the doctor. my god, nagqquiz kami! the only relief is FCH. i soooo like dr.cordero. hehehe. witty sense of humor.

my back is hurting again. waaah!

the college of medicine has many activities this coming december. finally, a breather from all that academic stuff!! lots of gastos too.

gotta go na. outie!!

my turn

2004-11-22T08:07:00.000+08:00

yayness! 6 happy happy HAPPY months. wahooooo!!

kagabi, well actually kaninang madaling araw, telebabad kami ni ge with our sun sims. hwekekekekek. 2 oras din yon. sulitin sulitin! kainis lang, every 15 minutes napuputol. tapos calling AGAIN is really testing what little patience i have. pero sige go pa rin, kausap ko naman SIYA eh. hehehe. sarap matulog afterwards. my aircon is freezing my butt off but whatthehell. ang warm ng sleep ko. *kilig* :)

the first onset of REAL classes

2004-11-20T20:02:00.000+08:00

haaay. it's such a drag, i'm blogging in an almost week-long basis. thanks to my super high speed internet connection sa dorm (that's uber tainted with sarcasm), i've only gone online for a couple of hours. doing research, whatelse?

hindi ko pa marerealize na simula na talaga ang pasukan kung di pa kami nag-quiz sa zoo lec last tuesday. this is it! eto na talaga. wala ng atrasan. sinundan pa yun ng two quizzes sa physics at reporting sa zoo lec na naman. sabi na nga ba eh. yang maluwag na sked na iyan, pakitang tao lang, hihihi. ang toxic, sobraaaa! lalo na yung sts namin (science, technology and society) which SHOULD BE A WALA LANG COURSE BUT WHAT THE HELL WE GOT A TOXIC TEACHER. we even have a friggin group "terminal paper" (as prof dla put it, he uses big big words! i mean terminal is not really big, i know but he could have said term paper na lang da ba but he's really maarte with his words) that rendered us catatonic. he said that kaya. kaya major laughtrip din sa amin ni ge yung sts. add to that that he always says okaaaay, or kaaaaaay. binilang nga namin. around 5-6 okaaaaaaay/kaaaaaay per minute! wahahaha! sutil.

okay. this is fun. i'll say a bit about our teachers muna.

you know prof dla na. yeah, and dr. co din, our zoo lec instructor. the ms quotation queen. i wanna add something lang. I DON'T GET HER. i think i have to read the book before all those tthings she said would make sense. sorry na lang ako, i don't do advance reading. all those handouts are piling up and i haven't gone through 1/4 of them. oh my oh my.

ma'am borja for physics 52. "gets mo?" she teaches really fast but i'm learning. i'm actually forced to listen to the lectures because we have quiz/zes afterwards. sana lang she doesn't make baby talk to me like what she did last sem, physics 51.1. crap!

dr. nicolas. the dean pala of AS. good teacher but biochem is still chem... oh god oh god help me. the module is color blue din like the org chem. deja vu? shiaaaat. I SIT IN FRONT NA. btw, she's our teacher din pala for natsci 50. molecules to man. how can we get so friggin lucky?! 2 chem subjects in a sem. oh yes sireeee! saya sayaaaa!

prof. jaravata for zoo 30. kewl teacher. we didn't understand and see all those spermatids/spermatocyte/spermatogonia under the microscope kaya she'll be providing us with pictures para ma-pinpoint nya which exactly is which. coolness.

dr. dizon (tama ba?) for ipc, history of medicine. OC teacher. OC doctor. asks too much from us, considering that IPC units is enclosed in parentheses. yebaaa!

dr. cordero for fch (family and community health). like him like him like him! he's very passionate about what he's doing and i hope all doctors are like him.. you know, all those shit about serve the filipino people apply to him. funny pa! super maka-UP. hahaha!

sir baclig (again) for physics 52.1. he's mabait really but he's super sensitive! maingay pa naman ang block namin and he takes it personally na maingay kami.. sheesh. but he's mabait naman eh so okay lang.

there you have it. so if i go crazy over the sem... blame one of them.

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ay, may ikukuwento pa ako!!!!!!!!!!! had a crazy experience yesterday! i was hurrying along taft because i was going to meet my groupmates for our report. as in i was walking big long strides kasi we have to go over our report slash presentation pa and we only have 1 hr left. while i was walking...oops! bakit bigla kong na-feel yung concrete? i looked back. i saw the slip-ons that i was wearing. sabi ko sa sarili ko, kahiya naman, naiwan ko yung tsinelas ko... so sinuot ko ulit. and guess what? it's napigtal pala!! oh my god. how utterly embarrassing! i was bending down trying to fix it kahiya talaga!! and i couldn't fix it! i walked dragging my foot kasi nga the tsinelas comes off! i called gerald and told him what happened. hihihi, kumakain pala sya.. he had to leave his food pa just to get to me. he borrowed sandals ni carlos and it was so so big for me. at least i have footwear naman to walk all the way back to the dorm. so there, changed shoes sa dorm. that, to date, is my most embarrassing experience! as in i saw this lady riding a taxi laughing at me! the taxi kasi was naka-stop kasi sa stop light kaya medyo may build-up of traffic sa tapat ko. nakakahiya talagaaaaa! funny rin. :p

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ninakaw ko sa blog ni ge kasi i like it talaga. :)

kyoot no? lalo na yung braso ko. that was taken at his birthday party.

i'm off!!

kati kati!!

2004-11-20T09:02:00.000+08:00

i really wanna blog as in my fingers are absolutely itching to type something. but i have to go!! later na lang. so to get that itch out i'll just say na i have to go. owki.. later!

the internet sa dorm is just so bagaaaaal what the hell!

ang mga nakalipas na araw

2004-11-15T19:07:00.000+08:00

friday, 12 november
so ayun. may birthday party si ge sa bahay nila. casual lang, according to the invitation. pagdating namin sa kanila... tadaaaa! hahaha! mukhang pang formal na debut. kumpleto dekorasyon pa. christmas lights, flower arrangements, etc! hihihi. owkay, the rest of the kwento i'll leave it up to ge. ah basta, nasa hot seat ako non! puro kantyaw ang inabot ko. hwehehehe. i had fun. ;)

dapat don na ko susunduin sa bahay nila ng parents ko kasi didiretso na kaming baguio. kaya lang my dad didn't want to drive sa madaling araw, madilim, okay lang sana if we're familiar with the roads na dadaanan namin. eh hindi... so balik pa ako ng dorm at don naghintay til 4 am! super wasted ako. nagbihis lang and then slept. nevermind kung di na ako naligo. pano ba naman kasi, had tequila. di naman ako sanay. ayun. bagsak.

sabaday, 13 november
we have new ford everest nga pala. hehehe, kaya kami pumunta ng baguio para itesting! hahaha! jowk. anyway, eto pic namin ng pinsan ko and ng bro ko. stop over namin sa may luisita...

we arrived at baguio around lunch time. hanap hanap ng lodging and we ended up don sa tinirhan nila ge when they went to baguio.

tapos we went to burnham park. sakay kami ng boat nung pinsan ko. ang kyoot ng pinsan ko!! hihihi. kamukha ko sya nung baby ako.

then punta kami sa ukay ukay! bought 3 skirts and 1 shoes. total cost: 370 LANG! kasalukuyang nasa laundry bin sila ngayon kasi i bet they're so full of alikabok! nagkasipon kami ng kapatid ko pagkagaling namin sa ukayan. sya naman, he was able to buy a kappa jacket (which i think is orig) for 150 bucks. and nice blue checkered chucks for 600. orig din yun. nice.

sunday, 14 november
happy birthday sa aking pinakagwapong daddy! 47 na pero mukhang 30+ lang. miski may gerald na ako, kayo pa rin ang no.1 lalaki sa buhay ko! naks, enough bola na, hihihi.

san san ba kami pumunta? nagsimba muna kami sa cathedral nila, fully packed! exoj! then balik sa ukayan wala lang, huling tingin. too early though at wala na akong nabili pa, sarado pa yung ibang stalls. tapos sa mines view park. bought lots of pasalubong and took lots of pictures. then punta muna kami good shepherd for their world famous ube jam. kaya lang 2pm pa daw available... so kain muna kami sa barrio fiesta. and i had an expereience there with an igorot man...

hihihi!! ang kapatid ko naman, may experience with the doggies!!

ayan, balik kami good shepherd, just in time for the ube. shet, pagdating don, ang haba ng pila!! 2 hrs kami nakapila just to buy their ube. but it's G-O-O-D!

then punta kaming camp john hay. wala lang don. tingin tingin lang.

most of the time eh nawawala kami. hwehehehe! ilang "pare" na ang napagtanungan namin just to go to a particular destination. pansin ko pa, puro rotunda sa baguio! everytime we pass by one, sasabihin ng pinsan ko, di ba nakapunta na tayo dito? hehehe.

at bigla na akong tinamad magkwento. hehehe.

monday, 15 november
andito na ko sa dorm. balik school na naman. speaking of school, have to research pa for zoo. haaaay. yoko ng zoo namin ngayon, embryology!! nyorkis. di naman masyadong magaling magturo yung teacher. sabog sabog.

gerald

2004-11-12T10:25:00.000+08:00

last night could have been the happiest day of my life... :) the funny thing is, we didn't even do anything! we just sat, goofed around and talked about everything for hours. i wouldn't have asked for anything more. i'm in a state of utter completeness right now. happy happy happy!!!!!! :D and no, it's not my birthday. feel ko lang na birthday ko rin! hehehe. happy birthday GE!! i love you honey. ;)

so if you see me smiling like bangag for no reason at all, you know why. :)

day one

2004-11-10T01:11:00.000+08:00

it was only this morning that i hauled all my things back to my dorm. as in HAUL. hahaha! ang bibigat ng mga maleta ko. at andami dami kong dalang kung anu-anong abubot. parang dala ko ang buong bahay namin. well actually, dala ko ang buong kwarto ko! parang ganon.

napagsabihan na naman ako ng mom ko. and my dad too. last night when i was packing all my stuff, she can't stop saying ANG DAMI MONG DAMIIIIT! kainis pa, may dad kept on repeating ANG DAMI MONG DAMIT!!!! ayan tuloy, nagatungan pa yung mom ko at napagsabihan na naman tuloy ako for my excessive shopping for the nth time... i feel bad. very baaaad. from now on, NECESSITIES ONLY! just ONE last purchase. i made my decision to buy THAT (secret! for reasons i cannot disclose) while i was forcing myself to sleep. and no ge, hindi yun regalo sa iyo. harharhar! malalaman mo rin kung ano yun dahil sasabihin ko bukas. at hindi rin yun regalo sa dad ko!! hahahahaha!! SIKWET.

going back... may class dapat ako ng 7-9. PE. bakit naman ako papasok don di ba? so yung 11:30 zoo lec class na lang ang pinasukan ko. FRIGGIN AMAZING. 'ba klase! whew! nag-lecture na agad yung teacher naming ms quotation queen. kept saying all those verses from the bible, quotes by og mandino and others. however, note to self no. 1: SIT IN FRONT and be a dork. hehe, alam nyo naman... new sem resolutions. that manage to get broken as the sem goes by. :p

pagtapos ng zoo kain muna kami ni raldy :) sa go nuts. hehehe. junk na naman. increased MSG intake once again. it follows na i'll be constantly craving for food. na kakagatan or titikman ko lang ng konti... and then donate to gerald. hehehe! note to self no.2: STOP!! baaaad maan! love your body and nourish it with the right vitamins and minerals and nutrients. san naman ako hahanap non? i had sukiyakidon for dinner nga from karate kid which i'm 100% sure is super kaduper saturated with MSG.

where was i? after go nuts we went back to the dorm to fix some stuff and then back to rob again to watch the incredibles! incredibly A-M-U-S-I-N-G watch it watch it watch it!! KATHY!! you missed it! then back to the dorm again. and then WHAM! isang malaking WHAM! wala akong gagawin. manonood sana ako ng dvd kaya lang yung earphones ko nakina ge. tinatamad pa akong bumili ng internet card sa baba (goodbye dsl... tears). kaya i forced myself to sleep! for like 2 hrs i was just lying on my bed with my eyes shut... kaya lang, ayaw talaga!! sanay ako ng may ginagawa sa kwarto na to! 15 mins lang siguro ako nakatulog. nyorkis. pagod tuloy ang feeling ko. finally bought an internet card. so here i am. semi-insomniac for tonight. put me in an asylum if i start reading my ORG CHEM manual out of sheer boredom.

put me to sleeeeep. alas-siyete pa klase ko bukas!!

ooh la la!

2004-11-07T09:25:00.000+08:00

over breakfast my dad said, "punta tayong SM after lunch".

the other sounds faded away... all i can think of was SM? punta tayong SM?!

yeaaaah! semi-shopping haven! you can find lots of cheap stuff sa department store. there's always something WORTHY (and kinda cheap too) to look at.

and ooooh yes! i have money!

but you know what? i end up din NOT buying from the department store. wihihihi.

but then again.. there are still lots of eye candy. ;)

nyorkis

2004-11-05T09:58:00.001+08:00

i downloaded closing time by MATCHBOX 20 over limewire.

guess what?

it's by semisonic rin pala! kwenkwenk. isang malaking joke.

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i can almost bite anything with my braces!! wahoo! pero carefully lang.

napakawalang kwenta. i'm so scatterbrained right now. must be because i just woke up. at wala namang magandang ikwento ngayon. wala naman masyadong nangyari... nakapag-reg na ko, ayun lang. and get this, 16.5 units LANG! well, PA LANG. wala pa kasing nat sci4 eh.. but i wish we'll be taking nat sci5 instead. nat sci4 is earth: our habitat and 5 is biodiversity. wish ko lang walang mga bato bato sa 4.

ay oo, masaya nga pala kahapon. :D nagkita kami ni ge eh. wehehehehe! at nagkwentuhan ng nagkwentuhan. yun lang. :)

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mas masarap gamitin ang broas instead of graham crackers when you make ref cake. try nyo! lasang chiffon cake ang kakalabasan.

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just great. for the nth time this morning that friggin phone calls are annoying me. my mom and dad kasi are like window shopping lang for a car yesterday. i think every car dealer they've visited has already called! and i'm the only one at home so i have to answer all their questions.

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mamayang hapon na lang, baka may maikwento na ako ulit.

ang wish ko: sana di ako tamaring mag-blog pag may pasok na... waaah!! walang dsl sa dorm!

sheeet. malapit na ang pasukan. sana magaan nga ang sem na 'to. when i look at my form 5 i see all those free time we have. but appearances can be deceiving. baka nga ang dami daming free time pero andami din naman dapat aralin at gawin!

sige na.. sana naman pagbigyan ni lord ang imed na ma-feel kahit papano ang easy easy na college life. last sem before med proper!

which is pretty SCARY actually. but i am excited at the same time.

lust

2004-11-02T10:17:00.000+08:00

the new nokia 6260 *drools*

remembering them

2004-11-02T10:01:00.000+08:00

all saints' day or all souls' day wasn't really such an event for our family because we only have a few close relatives who have passed away. although we visit the cemeteries and pray for them, that was it. no nostalgia whatsoever because i didn't know our dead that much. the holidays would only affect me and my brother in the sense that we are more wary of the ghastly elements all around us. thanks to the halloween specials on television.

but all that has changed some 4 years ago. my lolo passed away and was finally relieved of all those pain that he has been having for so long. 3 years after after his death, my lola, his wife, joined him in eternal slumber.

undas had all the more meaning for our family ever since.

i was my lolo's favorite. i was his very first apo, and a girl at that. i grew up in their house because my mom and dad were both working then. my earliest memories of my lolo were of him in his office and a nosey little me on his lap. i would tinker with his typewriter on the desk until all the keys would lock up. hehehe. yep, i was already THAT makulit. :p

during family get togethers, the whole of our family would stay at their house. while my cousins and i play, our mothers and my lola would be in the kitchen preparing yet another feast for lunch. after the sumptuous lunch (now you know where i got those extra pounds, hehehe), our lolo would make us children sleep. all 8 of us would squeeze ourselves in on my lolo and lolo and lola's bed. and then the aircon would start to whir. we would try to sleep while our lolo watched over us, with a belt on hand. if one wouldn't sleep and would instead make kulit on his cousin beside him... WHIP goes the belt. hehehe. being the favorite that i was, i was always spared from the ouchy whips of his belt.

by 4 pm, we would wake up, eat merienda and play some more. at 6 pm, our lolo would call us again to pray our rosary. my lolo and lola are devout catholics so at an early age, my cousins and i were taught how to pray the rosary. after praying the rosary, me and my cousins would state all our intentions. common to all of us was "sana gumaling na po sina lolo at lola".

ever since i could remember, they have been suffering from heart problems and diabetes (which i have probably inherited and could manifest if i don't watch my diet). that's why while i was growing up, i've always wanted to be a doctor, so that i could cure my lolo and lola. as what i've written on the essay for the second screening for intarmed, when asked with the question, why do you want to be a doctor?, i answered exactly just that. but of course, now that i'm all grown up, and my grandparents have already passed away, my concept of "curing" not only encompassed curing my loved ones. i want to help all those people in need.

i only got to know my lola when my lolo has already passed away. by then, she was also paralyzed after a series of strokes. my mother decided that she would be living with us. my mom would always say that her parents had given them everything they needed. now that they are the ones needy, it was time for them to repay their parents.

unfortunately (or fortunately), God had other plans. after a few months of living with us, my lola spent her last day on earth. she died on the same rocking chair that my lolo was also sitting on when he died.

both of them were cremated. it was during their funerals that i cried the hardest in my entire life.

yesterday, we spent all saints' day with our relatives, at my tita's house because my grandparents' urn was kept there. it was just like our family get togethers when they were still alive but the difference now is that they're gone and everybody's grown up. we ate a delicious lunch. instead of sleeping, my cousins and i watched the punisher on dvd. after watching, we ate merienda. then it was time to pray. we prayed the rosary, as a family just how our grandparents taught us. i missed them then because they were not there to see us. that would have made them happy. but i know that they were with us, deep inside our hearts. :)

eternal rest grant unto them, o lord,

and let perpetual light shine upon them.

may they rest in peace, amen.

to you

2004-10-31T00:26:00.000+08:00

yes i'm talking to you. if your viewing my blog as of this time, i'm changing the lay out. try mo balikan ulit, baka ayos na by then. :)

thanks!!

random stuff

2004-10-30T22:40:00.000+08:00

braces

my dentist has finally finished putting all those metal in my mouth. they hurt like hell but in time i'll get used to it. can't eat everything i want to because it hurts to masticate. and it's also hard to carry out the deglutition process because my teeth cannot perform a thorough mechanical breakdown of the food that i've ingested. wahahahahaha!! ayan, mapipilitan na akong kumain ng konti. :D

right now, they're color feenk, what else?

i like my dentist. she's competent, young and approachable. i don't get bored even if i'm just lying there with my mouth open for like around 4 hours! she even gave me a mirror so that i could watch my teeth being "excavated". PLUS: she wears light blue by d&g, my favorite perfume. asan ang koneksyon? :)

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happy halloween!!

full moon pa rin ba? sayang, di sumabay sa halloween or all saints' day or all souls' day. that would have made the ambience during those days even more spookier! just looking at the moon last night got me goosebumps. i could almost imagine a wolf howling awwoooooo! yeah, i'm THAT sissy. but i never learn. watched feng shui twice already and the grudge again when i went to manila last wednesday. but it's the american version this time. pinapahirapan ko lang sarili ko. why do i keep on watching horror flicks? geeesh.

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NMAT

at dahil malapit ng mag-november, malapit ng mag-december.malapit na ang NMAT! shet. i swear, hindi ako magrereview. pero nakakapanic no pag lahat na ng kaklase ko nagrereview tapos ako hindi magrereview? ah basta. i'm not going to review for it. kelangan ko lang naman maka-40% eh. :)

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another word

do you know what a squeegee is? yung mga ginagamit na panlinis ng windshield ng sasakyan. ya know, yung mga nandon sa gasoline stations. kyut ng word no, squeegee!! the next time i have a pet, i'll name it squeegee! :)

am i the only one who doesn't know what a squeegee is?

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what my brother would do for pasa load

he's such a clown, i'm tellin you.

whoopdeda. that's all for now. dvd marathon naman. :)

unrequited love

2004-10-29T01:56:00.000+08:00

for some unknown reason, I MISS MANILA. yeah, THE manila i so lovingly loathe during classes. but i was bouncy/uppity/jumpy kaya while i was walking along taft avenue the other day. i felt like i wanted to do an ala-maria stint, ya know... "the streets are alive, with the sound of traaaafffiiiiccc!", with my arms outstreched. hahaha! :D

kaya lang. i felt unwanted.

inamin ko na nga sa sarili ko na na-miss ko ang maynila. and guess what i got in return?!

a shiny and outrageously ready to pop ZIT. right smack on my forehead.

sorry avril fans...

2004-10-28T01:04:00.000+08:00

ms. lavigne looks like an anorexic skunk in her video nobody's home.

wala lang. i remembered it just now. i saw the video while i was on the bus earlier this day. ooops. that was yesterday na pala. as of now, it's 12:59 am and i can't seem to get enough of blogging.

i have a 9 am appointment with my dentist tomo... oops i did it again (nyahahaha!! imagine britney's song playing in the background, korny ba?) TODAY. i should be sleeping already! naaaah. i'm used to lack of sleep. the length of time i sleep during my afternoon siesta (3-4 hrs) is usually the only sleep that i get when we're so intoxicated (as gerald would put it. go see his blog now!! click it, baby!!).

*hikab* kaya nga lang i'm not used to it na. what, after being an absolute couch potato (a better term naman than pig di ba?) for the past 3 weeks.

that should be all for today.

hulaan ang title!! (ala-maalaala mo kaya)

2004-10-27T23:42:00.000+08:00

bigla naman akong napa-reminisce dahil sa ikinuwento ni ge sa akin kanina sa ym. naaaliw akong balikbalikan ang mga nangyari nung mga nagdaang taon! 5 months pa lang kami, pero ang tagal naming "in the making". hehehe. ibig sabihin, hindi kami love at first sight. it's far from that. siguro love after taking a second, erm, third... uhh, fourth look. you get the picture. ibig kong sabihin, hindi sa isang iglap lang nabuo ang "kami". hehehe. i'm enjoying this. :D magtatagalog ako para dramatic. hahaha.

unang umeksena si mr. abesamis sa aking buhay noong kami'y 2nd year H.S. pa lamang. siya'y galing UPIS. siya, kasama si carla, ay ang mga ipinadala ng kanilang eskwelahan upang maging exchange students sa aming mutyang rural. unang impresyon ko sa kanya: NERD. hahaha! at malalaman ko rin ngayong imed na ang unang impresyon din pala nya sa akin ay: NERD!

hindi kami masyadong naging close noon. paano ba naman, ang lagi niyang kasama dati ay si arnel, yung lalaking patay na patay sa akin! hahaha. dati, lagi kong iniiwasan si arnel. alam nyo na, nakakaasiwa kasi na alam mong may gusto yung isang tao sa iyo. normal lang naman yung ganon sa hayskul o sa elementary di ba? (ano bang tagalog ng elementary? i suck.) pero close na kami ni arnel ngayon. lumalayo na ko sa usapan. ang weird naman pakinggan kapag diretsong tagalog. ah basta.

ang naaalala ko pa noon, nagkagusto daw si gerald sa isa sa mga kabarkada ko. si hani! oo nga. hahaha! totoo ba yon ge?

ayun. pagkatapos ng ilang araw nang pamamalagi sa rural, dumating ang oras na kinailangan na naming mamaalam sa aming mga bagong kaibigan. (wow, i'm proud of this sentence! pang maalaala mo kaya!!!) binigyan namin sila ng aming batch shirt na kulay apple green tapos pinirmahan namin ito at sinulatan ng kung anu-anong mga mensahe. makikita ko muli yang apple green na kamiseta (shirt?) na yan pagdating ng intarmed.

pagkaalis nila, nag text text pa rin kami, pero nakalimutan na rin ang isa't isa pagkalipas ng ilang buwan... ipinagpatuloy na ang sari-sariling buhay.. at pag-ibig. (aaaah! i love this, this is soooo dramatic! ) di nagtagal, nabura na ang "gerald" sa phonebook ko.

halos dalawang taon ang lumipas bago kami muling nagkita. aba, at si gerald, intarmed din pala! di nakapagtataka, naisip ko. oo nga pala, nerd yon. hahaha! joke lang. :)

nasa college of dentistry ako nun, kasama si gideon at krista, mga kapwa ruralite na pumasa rin sa intarmed. nagkukwentuhan kami habang naghihintay ng aming dental check-up nang biglang may bumaba sa hagdan na MAINGAY! tiningnan ko. mukhang pamilyar ang lalaking ito ah. sabi ko kay gideon, di ba si geraRd yon? yung exchange student dati? subalit di kami nakakasigurado.

ang huling naaalala ko sa araw na iyon (tama ba 'to? my last memory of that day), nagkausap din kami ni geraRd. muling nagbalik si "geraRd" sa phonebook ko.

ayan, pasukan naaa!! unang semestre ng unang taon. noon ko lang naalala (kasi nirinig ko nung ipinakilala niya ang kaniyang sarili) na geraLd nga pala at hindi geraRd. hahahahaha!

parehong mahapdi ang aming mga puso noong unang semestre (heartbroken, wahahaha!). tanda ko, nagpapalitan pa nga kami ng mga "i miss you" at mga senti na mensahe sa text upang i-forward sa kanya kanya naming mga... hmmm... "nakaraan". (nice.)

kaya lang di pa rin kami masyadong close.. ako'y nakatira sa isang dormitoryo habang siya'y nag-uuwian naman. nanonood na kami ng mga kapwa ko dormers ng sine habang si gerald ay nasa biyahe na pauwi. hahaha! nakakapagod yon no! at na-realize din naman nya. kaya naman nung ikalawang semestre, nagdormitoryo na rin sya... at ka-dorm ko pa!

don na nagsimula ang aming pagkakaibigan. :D

natatandaan ko, noong bagong lipat pa lamang siya, may isang gabing ang tagaaaaal naming nagkwentuhan at nagtsismisan! simula noon lagi ko nang kakwentuhan si ge. aliw kausap, animated, malikot at nakakatawa! higit sa lahat, may sense kausap. at dahil nga ka-dorm ko rin sya, sabay na kaming umuwi, pumasok, ganon. di nagtagal, siya na ang lagi kong kasama... nag-aaral ng zoo, gumagawa ng reports, nag-aaral ng calc, etc! marami pala kaming parehong gusto at parehong ayaw. katulad ng pareho kaming mahilig kumain (aba, nagulat na lang ako nung minsang nasa ministop ako upang bumili ng meryenda! nandon din siya, naghahanap rin ng makakain! hahaha.), mamili ng mga damit, at kung anu-ano pa. at ayaw namin sa math. roar! may isang beses pa na nagkatuwaan kaming huwag mag-usap. ang maunang makipag-usap, talo! talo SIYA! bwahahahahahaha!! :D

pero noong mga panahon na iyon, wala lang yon. ;) ang lokohan nga namin dati, paano pag naging si gerald at maan? HAHAHAHAHA! tatawa na lang kami.

nag-iba ang ihip ng hangin nung minsang pumunta kami ng diliman upang saksihan ang dual meet ng rural at IS. kaming dalawa lang ang magkasama. at dahil ako ay walang kaalam alam sa pagbibiyahe noon (hanggang ngayon naman yata eh, di pa rin ako marunong pumunta ng diliman mag-isa... at ayaw din naman akong payagan mag-isa ng isang tao jan.), inihatid pa niya ako pabalik ng maynila. kakaiba naramdaman ko noong araw na iyon. parang... ang saya saya ko! at ayaw ko pang umuwi. gusto ko, nakasakay na lang sa kotse nya at lilibot lang kami kung saan saan. hahaha!

naguguluhan ako noon. at kinikilig na rin! hahaha! (tadaaaa. ayan, nagsisimula na ang mga mushy) di ko na nakayanan na itago sa sarili ko ang mga nararamdaman ko kaya't sinabi ko na kay sheng, ang aking roommate. hehehe. nagsimula na rin akong mag-save ng mga mensahe ni gerald na binibigyan ko ng meaning. (what i mean is, yung mga nakakakilig na messages, i placed them in a folder. nyaaaa!)

sus. alam ko naman noong mga panahong na yon na may nararamdaman na rin siya. ayaw lang sabihin. torpe!! :)

nahihirapan na akong magtagalog.

so ayun nga. ganon na kaming dalawa. alam namin pareho pero walang gusto na maunang umamin. hahaha. dumating ang bakasyon. pumunta ako sa korea. guess what? ka-chat ko siya araw-araw. pag-uwi sa pilipinas, walang nagbago. ganoon pa rin... ayan, summer classes na.

hanggang may isang maliit na insidente na nangyari... kung tutuusin, hindi pala maliit. iyon ang nagbago ng lahat. basta. hindi ako ang dapat magkuwento. si gerald ang concerned don. hehehe. sa mga hindi nakakaalam, tanong nyo na lang sa kanya... ewan ko lang kung sasabihin niya sa inyo! basta, sa aking parte, yun ang nakapagbigay sa akin ng lakas ng loob upang aminin ang lahat sa kanya.

and so inamin ko.

at inamin din nya.

nagkaaminan na!!

pero wala pa rin, ganon pa rin kami. :D ahahahahaha!

isang gabi bago ako umuwi sa sta. rosa dahil tapos na ang aming summer, magkachat na naman kami. tinanong na niya ko kung gusto ko na bang ituloy kung anuman ang namamagitan na sa aming dalawa. ang sagot ko: i'll tell you my decision pag nagkita na tayo ulit. ang sunod naming pagkikita? dapat sana ay sa reg na.

pero hindi eh.

kasama ni abe at kathy, ang aming dalawa pang super friends, pinuntahan niya ako sa sta. rosa!! may 22, 2004. isang sabado. makalipas ang dalawang araw noong huli kaming nagchat.

at syempre, tinupad ko ang aking pangako. sinabi ko ang desisyon ko.

OO. :)

kaya't eto, may entry akong ganito: ANG KWENTO NI MAAN AT GERALD. bow.

P.S. nahulaan nyo ba ang title ko? hindi no? wahahahaha!! :D ayun o, in bold, capital letters. korny. but i love it!

i just have to say this

2004-10-26T19:00:00.000+08:00

you know where i got my kakulitan? from my DAD. everytime he sends a message in ym may kasama pang buzz!!! grr!!! hehehehehe! :D at nagkukulitan na lang kami.

a fascination for words, et. al :)

2004-10-26T18:53:00.000+08:00

hahaha! while i was reading ge's recent post, my curiosity was aroused by the term technosexual. i was wondering why exactly that sexual has to be its suffix?!? is it related to sexuality, the sexes or the sex organs? apparently it is. technosexual is a term applicaple to males. nyarf.

so there, while i was "googling" :) technosexual i stumbled upon a site about words! hehehe. my dorkiness kicks up again. this site, The Word Spy should have sprung up on me way way before when i was still in korea. that was the time when i first got acquainted with the word ennui (ang nice no?) and i was obssessed in finding my other favorite words for a while. unfortunately, the hunt for "my other favorite words" was futile (i'm using futile kasi i like it but not enough to go into "my other favorite words") and it continues until now... now that i have all the time to do just that. :) so if you're feeling just as dorky as me, just click on the link.

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as scheduled, my mom and i went to the optha earlier this morning. my doctor was one cool guy, ya know, the type that makes me go "haaaay... gusto ko na talagang maging doctor" and makes me remember that going through the harshness of medical studies is like finding the pot of gold at the end of a rainbow.

anyway, he told me i had papillary conjunctivitis brought about by chronic use of contact lenses. i've been wearing them for what? 4 years now and i know that i haven't been a responsible wearer. read: i tend to leave them on when i doze to la la land. so when he checked my eyelids, he saw some bumps (inflammation). however, this is just normal for people who wear contact lenses. what's alarming is that i have LARGE bumps on my left eye. he told me not to wear contact lenses for three weeks and prescribed me some light steroid-based eyedrops. kaya nga i'll be living up to the imed title: dork, geek or whathaveyou. hahahaha. glasses plus braces? a dorkifying experience. *shiver* :) hahaha! but it's okay, a change of look nonetheless. hehehe! tapos i'll wear all those preppy outfits of mine pa no? hihihihihihi.

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i bought some nice jeans while we were waiting for my doctor. wala lang. f&h and kamiseta are my must-go to shops when i'm shopping for jeans and capris. they are hiyang for my size. :)

for tops? there's my best friend the tiangge. the ones at atc are the best, and i guess sa shopesville din. i don't go there often kasi, too far from our house. so i make do with the ones at atc. for special occasions (like when i have money talaga) i go to kamiseta or bayo. the clothes in kamiseta are more of the frilly-girly style while those in bayo are kinda laidback, ya know, girl-nextdoor type. love the bayo tees!

why am i doing this? i love talking about clothes. :)

it's so funny actually. no matter what the store is, i buy what i like if i have the money. oo nga pala. hahaha!

the body shop. another one of my favorites! ...if i have money. but they're on sale right now. right? or tapos na?

and then there's the department store... :)

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i go to healthway in atc, and festival mall. kaya there's always one little side trip for me... erm, for us! shopping is contagious. my mom is my recent recruit in the i love shopping club. ;)

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but from now on, I'M SAVING UP. PERIOD.

boredom kills

2004-10-25T16:11:00.000+08:00

obviously im super duper bored. got all these stuff from friendster. learn more about me. :)

in no particular order...
THIRTEEN RANDOM THINGS YOU LIKE
1. clothes
2. shoes
3. orange highlighters
4. my orange hanky
5. body shop's born lippy in strawberry
6. body shop's vitamin e products
7. ziggy
8. my nokia 6230
9. dsl connection
10. pirated dvd's
11. earrings
12. pink whatever
13. light blue, d&g

TWELVE GREAT MOVIES
1. city of god
2. chocolat
3. y tu mama tambien
4. amelie
5. the notebook
6. finding nemo
7. the last samurai
8. roman holiday
9. shakespeare in love
10. a walk in the clouds
11. jerry maguire
12. the village

ELEVEN GOOD BANDS/ARTISTS
1. maroon 5
2. jewel
3. sugarfree
4. spongecola
5. incubus
6. dave matthews band
7. alicia keys
8. five for fighting
9. sarah maclachlan
10. josh groban
11. the beatles

TEN THINGS ABOUT YOU
1. obssessed with pink
2. mushy
3. iskolar ng bayan
4. restless
5. passionate
6. bookworm
7. homebody
8. sensitive
9. malambing
10. craves for excitement

NINE CLOSE FRIENDS
1. ge
2. kathy
3. sheng
4. abe
5. lorena
6. jenni
7. joanne
8. dada
9. ants

EIGHT FAVORITE FOODS/DRINKS
1. crepes
2. mernel's choco cake
3. greens
4. strawberry ice cream
5. goya white chocolate
6. nilagang baka
7. seafood
8. pasta

SEVEN THINGS YOU WEAR DAILY
1. underwear
2. watch
3. tops
4. bottoms
5. ring
6. lip balm
7. earrings

SIX THINGS THAT ANNOY YOU
1. boredom
2. not exerting effort
3. loneliness
4. inactivity
5. mistakes
6. insecurity

FIVE SHOWS YOU WATCH
1. will and grace
2. csi
3. sex and the city
4. anything on etc
5. the news

FOUR THINGS YOU TOUCH EVERYDAY
1. myself. nyahaha. when i take a bath, duh.
2. ziggy
3. cellphone
4. bed

THREE CELEBRITIES YOU ADMIRE:
1. jude law
2. colin farrell
3. audrey hepburn

TWO PEOPLE ON FRIENDSTER YOU HAVE FIRST KISSED: (how appropriate naman the number for me!)
1. ge
2. mark
oops, my dad reads my blog nga pala. nyahaha. :D

ONE PERSON YOU COULD SPEND THE REST OF YOUR LIFE WITH
1. hopefully it's ge na. :)

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1. kung ikaw ay isang bolpen, anong tatak mo?
-Pentel, the pink milky ones

2.kung ikaw ay isang cellphone, anong model ka?
-Nokia 6230
3. kung ikaw ay isang sapatos, ano ka?
-some colorful flats
4. kung ikaw ay isang payong, anong kulay ka?
-tinatanong pa ba ito? pink.
5. kung ikaw ay isang dessert, ano ka?
-chocolates. im THAT yummy.
6. kung isa kang kulay, ano ka?
-eto pa isa. pink!
7. kung ikaw ay breakfast, ano ka?
-crepe. yuuuum. just right.
8. kung isa kang subject sa school, ano ka?
-sex ed. nyahahahaha!
9. kung isa kang pagkain na itinitinda sa school mo, ano ka?
-spicy beef
10. kung isa kang guard, saang building mo gusto mag duty?
-pgh. para makakita ng mumoooo!
11. kung isa kang damit, ano ka?
-probably something pink and dainty
12. kung isa kang printer, mabagal ka ba o mabilis magprint?
-mabilis. mabilis akong gumawa ng mga bagay.
13. kung isa kang cellphone, iskandaloso/a ka ba?
-yung tama lang.
14. kung isa kang telenovela, ano ka?
-sorry, di ako nanonood. lang alam.
15. kung isa kang unan, idescribe mo sarili mo
-malambot, masarap yakapin at mabango.
16. kung isa kang stuffed toy, ano ka?
-doll na stuffed toyt
17. kung isa kang gamit sa bahay, ano ka?
-libro. how dorky!
18. kung isa kang beach resort, maganda ka ba?
-oo naman no.
19. kung isa kang kanta, ano ka?
-this way ni jewel
20. kung isa kang tv program, ano ka?
-sex and the city

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1.Are you good at hiding your feelings?--> i don't think so. i'm predictable (abesamis, 2004) hahaha!
2.How can we tell that you're already irritated?--> i clam up. or kapag sa text walang paligoy ligoy, no exclamation marks, no smilies. i'm pissed.
3.How do you treat the person that obviouslydoesn't like you?--> meron bang galit sa akin?
4.What usually ruins your mood?--> when my happy bubble bursts. usually when im super excited about something and the other person is not.
5.Who do you see everyday that you wish you just wouldn't see at all?--> wala naman.
6. When was the last time that you had a good cry?--> last night?
7. How often do you shop for clothes?--> sheesh.. every week?
8. Who's your long-time crush?--> wala.. puro superficial crushes lang.
9. someone you just had a crush on?--> recently? colin farrell
10. do you have something that you wish you just dont have?--> tabaaa!
11. Do you sometimes crave for something that isn't there?--> constantly craving for excitement!!!!!!
12. Do you wish to live in a faraway land where nobody knows you?--> pwede rin. tapos i can do everything i want since nobody knows me naman eh.
13. Have you kissed a total stranger? (or kahitpangalan lang alam mo)--> naaah
14. What do you want to do at this very moment?--> go out! tangna. i wanna go out!!!!
15. The worst feeling?--> loneliness
16. How about the best?--> completeness
17. Ever given your number to someone you dislike?--> no.
18. Say something about/to someone that you know who reads this..--> if you're still reading this, thanks for bearing with me. :)
19. What do you need ryt now?--> a kiss and a hug would be nice. :) hahaha!!
20. Happy with ur luvlyf?--> yeah. :)
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para sa mga isko at iska :)

1. ANO STUDENT NUMBER MO?
03-56104
2. PANO KA NAKAPASOK SA UP?> dahil pumasa ako ng UPCAT at taga Rural ako.
3.PANO MO NALAMAN ANG UPCAT RESULT?:> itinawag sa akin ni tenten kasi nasa corregidor ako.
4.FIRST CHOICE CAMPUS MO BA ANG UPD? nope. UPM actually
5.ALAM MO BA ANG UPG MO?:> hindi nga eh! dapat maalala kong kunin sa diliman.
6.ANO ANG FIRST CHOICE MO NA COURSE?:> BS Bio
7.SECOND CHOICE?:> BS Public Health
8.ANO COURSE MO NGAUN?:> Intarmed
9.MAY PLANO KA MAGSHIFT:?> no way jose
12.UMATTEND KA BA NG MGA KUNG ANO ANONG PROGRAMA NG FRESHMAN KA?> mga welcome ekek
13.NAKAPAGDORM KA NA BA?> yeah
14.NAGKASINGKO KA NA BA?> di pa!!!!!!!! scary!
15. NAGKA-UNO (1.00) KA NA?:> yep
16.HIGHEST GRADE MO?:> uno
17.LOWEST:> 2.75 roar! org chem!
18.WORST EXPERIENCE SA FORM 5:> mag-antay. antay antay at antay.
19.LAGI KA BANG NAGPEPREROG?:> di pa naman. inaayos na lahat ng med para sa amin. suwerte. :)
20.US, CS:> CS. di pa alam yung ngayon.
21.MAY SCHOLARSHIP KA BA?> naah.
22.ILANG UNITS NA NAIPASA MO?> 69 friggin units!
23.NANGANGARAP KA BA NA MAGLAUDE?:> sa med? sana. kung kaya.
24.KELAN KA GAGRADUATE?:> 2010
25.FAVE TEACHER:> ma'am de guzman
26.WORST TEACHER:> sir decangchon
27.FAVE SUBJECT/s:> bio 25, anatomy and physiology. maski mahirap, I LOVE IT!!!
29.FAVE LANDMARK SA campus mo:> rob? hahaha!! lady med. med yun eh. wahahaha. proud.
30.BUILDING?:> College of Med! love your own! :)
31.FAVE KAINAN:> sa AS. murang mura.
32.ESTUDYANTE BA ANG BINABAYAD MO SA JEEP?> naah. i just walk.
33.LAGI KA BA SA MAIN LIBRARY:?> recently lang, nug exams. in general, i don't go into the library.
34.NAG-S.A. KA NA BA?> naah.
35.ANO MASASABI MO KAY OBLE?> bakit may takip pa?
36.MAY ORG/S KA NA BA?> sana. di na kaya i-fit sa sked.
38.NAPANOOD MO NA BA ANG OBLATION RUN?> oh yeah!!
39.NAGPUNTA KA BA SA INFIRMARY NUNG > MINSANG NAGKASAKIT KA?> di ako masyado nagkakasakit.
40.MAY CRUSH KA BA SA CAMPUS?:> wala. love meron. :)
41.BF/GF?:> kilala nyo na.
42.MAY BALAK KA BA MG-MS, PHD?> MD. wahahaha! malamang.
43.ANU-ANO ANG MGA PE MO?> PE 1, philgames, tae-bo
44.KAMUSTA NAMAN ANG BLOC NYO?> kaibigan ko silang lahat. pagkulang ang isa, malungkot na.
45.BOMOTO KA NA BA PARA SA USC?> did i vote for usc? msc, yeah.
46.MAY BALAK KA BANG MAGTRANSFER NG CAMPUS?> nope! kung nasa diliman ang intarmed, oo.
47.MASAYA BA ANG FEB FAIR?:> tsss. walang kasiyahan sa manila
48.NAKAPANOOD KA NA BA NG GRADUATION?:> yeah, nung hs pa.
49.MEMORIZE MO BA ANG UP NAMING > MAHAL?>since 1st year hs! hwehehehehehe.
50.NAGSASUMMER KA BA?>tapos na po. stat and PI.
51.NAKAPERFECT KA NA BA NG EXAM?> uno, yeah. but perfect as in no mistakes? di pa yata.
52.ANO AYAW MO SA HELL WEEK?> stressed, depressed, frustrated.
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enough. that's too much. nyahaha! got my student's permit na (for driving). yes kathy, it's just a permit. pero after a month daw we can apply for the real one na. :)

tomorrow... hmmm. i'll be going to the optha to have my eyes checked. and no, i won't put a picture of my eyeballs. haha!

i'm contemplating whether to go to the derma or have my hair relaxed.

watched chocolat. loved it! there's this certain kind of feeling i experience when i read or watch stories like that. something... magical. experienced it while reading like water for chocolate and blessed are the cheesemakers. while watching naman a walk in the clouds and how to make an american quilt. magic.

i get irritated easily nowadays. and no, i don't have my period.

pero mood swings lang naman.

see. tralalalala. i'm owkay na ulit.

lindsay lohan

2004-10-23T10:16:00.000+08:00

lindsay lohan is hot no? she looks like a WOMAN. how old is she anyways? her boobs are big. not for her age. i like her better than hillary duff though kasi hillary is so pa-tweetums ewan ko lang in real life. lindsay reminds me of someone from baywatch. who is she nga? yeah, si yasmine bleeth.

yun lang.

stuff

2004-10-23T09:45:00.000+08:00

whatever comes to mind..

nagpunta ang mga kabarkada ko dito. wala kaming ginawa kundi magkwentuhan... at kumain ng chocolates, cheetos at chocolate cake! pagkatapos kumain, isa't kalhating oras ng kwentuhan! di muna kami aalis sa aming kinauupuan. ayan tuloy, tinan nyo nangyari sa isa kong kabarkada..

pwede ng mag spoof ng ad ng anmum ano? wahahahahaha!! peace lorena. maganda ka naman eh. :p

eto pa ang ibang pictures ng aming overnight . hehehe. wala kaming ibang camera kundi ang aming mga camera phones kaya halinhinan na lang sa pag pose at sa pagkuha. actually, tinatamad akong magsulat kaya puro pictures na lang muna.

left to right, top to bottom: yours truly, lorena, joanne and jenni

ang plato-pinggan triad. bakit? kasi pag sila nagsamasama, kasing tunog ng mga nagkakalansingang plato at pinggan ang mga boses nila. in short, MAINGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY! hehehe. di kami nagkasya sa pikytur na yan.

ang bestfriend kong si lorena. nag aala-marina! hahaha! game na game 'to kahit saan kaya masayang kasama. tinan nyo naman!

at kami naman ay nag-ala jasmine pa! :)

ang saya talaga! kahit ano, pwedeng pag-usapan! kaya lang, lagi yatang napapadpad sa love life ang usapan. bakit ba laging ganon? at di rin nawawalan ng ghost stories. kaya ayan, sobrang duwag na talaga ko.

namiss ko talaga ag aking barkada. marami pa akong di nakikita.. sila padeys, tam, ters, jaffy at hani. kaya next week pupunta akong elbi!

iba naman...

punta na naman akong atc kahapon. finally at na-xray na rin ako! may mga pictures pa. aba, at kung kelan wala lang at tumingin lang ako sa camera don pa naging matino ang piktyoor ko! sorry ha, malabo, kasi pinicturan ko lang yung picture. aliw ako sa pic na yan. ipaparecopy ko nga eh (sa mga gustong humingi!!!). buti na lang may negative.

WANTED: Maan de Castro

say aaaahhh!! actually, konting aaaah lang daw. i opened my mouth wide kaya tapos sabi, "konti laang". shit. kahiya.

mukhang mugshot ano? ay hindeee, mukhang batang inosente. mukha daw akong grade 6 sabi ng kapatid ko. sabi pa ng mom ko mukha daw akong bata na nawawala.

hwehehehe. dumating kami don sa clinic around 10am. 30 mins lang, tapos na ako. hahaha! nung pinipiktyuran ako mukhang csi ang eksena! hahaha! yung dentista, naka white coat. naka gloves. at may camera!! wahahahahaha! eto pa isang piktyoor. wag matatakot! ako lang yan! shit, i swear, sobrang nabulatlat ang bibig ko. na-devirginize na tuloy! iba't ibang angle kinuha. ouch.

so ayun nga. 30 mins lang ako. kaya lang 11:30 pa daw makukuha ang resulta. so what to do? naglibot-libot muna kami ng mom ko. sabi ko sa sarili ko bago kami pumasok ng mall, WALA AKONG BIBILHIN! at paglabas ko ng mall...

tadaaa!! 1 skirt at 5 blouse. di na kasya yung skirt sa piktyur. nyahaha. fake lang po lahat yan.

yung nike shirt ko, 350 lang. yung mga plain na blouse, 90 each lang. amazing! at yung skirt, 350 lang din! kung sa bayo ko yan nabili, almost 900 na yan. di na talaga ko bibili sa mahal. kakapanghinayang.

to kathy...

i bought bra din. pareho talaga tayo ng ginagawa ngayong sembreak. see? great minds think alike. and gorgeous people act alike! nyahahahaha!

ayan. wala na akong masabi. belated happy birthday master and lyle kahapon!!! si angie din, belated happy birthday rin (oct.19). love ya!

oops meron pa pala. kahapon ay isa sa mga araw namin. :) yay! kaya maglalagay ako ng pic namin ulit.

sa subic, zoo field trip. di pa kami nan.

ayun lang! bow. bakit feel kong magtagalog ngayon? hehehe.

wish upon a star

2004-10-20T14:46:00.000+08:00

you know what i want to do? just get out of region 4. even sta. rosa. haaay. i'm gettin bored at home. nothing much to do here except the internet, watch a lot of pirated dvd's, will and grace on tv and read more books. boredom's killing me! i swear, by the end of the break my butt's going to be so lapaaaad from all that sitting. and my eyes are going to get even more labo than before.

was supposed to go to baguio actually. but nooooo... my parents didn't allow me to go. magastos, because i'm getting braces din. yeah. because of one lone friggin canine my teeth look kwadrado. nyaaar. but if i sum up all those things i've been buying for the past few days, i bet it would have been much cheaper if they allowed me to go to baguio. bought shirts, jogging pants, books and lots of pa-beauty stuff. nyahaha. i really want to go out!! will somebody get me out of here, pleeease? even if for a day?!

my mom went out and she has my cellphone with her. craaap. how could i have forgotten it in her bag? i have some friends pa naman coming over they may be texting me and i don't have my phone! bahala na.

i've been the official driver this morning. now i want a car!! i want a second hand one so hindi masyadong nakakahinayang if i crash it in a post or something. but i can feel in my bones that i'm goin to be one terrific driver. no kidding. :p

antok na ko... ZzzZZZZZzzzzzzZZZZZ

i forget

2004-10-19T22:06:00.000+08:00

i'm so sad.. it's because of that friggin' movie, the notebook. yeah, ive read it but still... i wanna cry!! i mean my number one fear right now is that i'm going to have alzheimer's or dementia. boohoo. i'm such a sentimental person pa naman. i want to remember EVERYTHING as in ALL, LAHAT!! that has happened to me. most especially those little things that we tend to overlook.. but if it did not happen then that exact moment is altogether different, you know what i mean? things like the exact message prof yao texted me when i passed the chem finals, when we were asked to wear kids' party hats on my birthday, the time when our whole sweaty huffy-puffy toxic supra tired block (as in the 20 of us) made siksik at the dorm to study the cat and henry was telling me that i remind him of his mom and yeah, the sound of a printer crashing to the floor ;). now how am i gonna capture all that?! much as i don't want to, i keep forgetting things always. see? i'm going to have alzheimer's. i'm sure. maybe i should go into neuro and stop those brain cells from deteriorating (if that's what's happening..).

a few fyi's

2004-10-18T16:32:00.000+08:00

fyi no.1. if you want the ultimate jollibee chickenjoy experience (read: gallons upon gallons of their delicious gravilicious graaaaavy) minus the CHICKENjoy (huh?) try mang tomas gravy. graveeeh!! tastes just like jollibee! and very cheap as well. maybe they should get me as an endorser or something. :)

fyi no.2. my ziggy's finally super kaduper ay-ohwkhay! and tip i got from the geniuses who configured my lan connection: use avg instead of norton (actually my dad said it first). why? it's free, it updates automatically (especially for those people who are so tamad to update their anti-virus like yours truly), you just have to dl it, install, click some and it's done! tadaaa! :) i'm gonna be a great endorser no?

fyi no.3. i was browsing Read Magazine (the free ones they give at powerbooks) and there was this column entitled "you know you're a reader if...". these are all that apply to me. i honestly find this interesting!! :)

...dropping by the bookstore is not just a habit--it's a necessity, the way dropping by the grocery or gas station is routine >>yeah, absolutely!! aside from drooling at all those orange highlighters (i have a fetish for them), i always check the shelves for the newest books. something i'll let my mom buy me because i don't have money. ;)

...you drop by the bookstore "on your way out" of the mall, blahblahblah. >>well actually let me just tweak this a bit. on my way IN. hehehe. if you're familiar with rob ermita then you'll know why.

...you have books in closets, beneath the bed, in the cupboards, in the bathroom, in the hallway and even on the floor in every corner... >>exactly the case in our house. i have edgar allan poe watching me poop in the toilet.

...you can read two or three books at a time. >>i was reading 4 books at a time dati. sex and the city by candace bushnell, the poisonwood bible by barbara kingsolver, the english patient by michael ondaatje and she's come undone by wally lamb.

...you know how to read in a car, ina bank queue, and how to read while walking. >>no wonder i have poor eyesight! also the reading-while-walking ability comes in handy whenever i forget to study for my 7am class.

...you can't bear to part with any of your paperbacks, since they're arranged on the shelves by genre and by author. >>i used to do this particular arrangement on my shelves. however, i was too lazy to put the books in their proper places kaya ayun, halo halo na silang lahat. and most of my books are nasa hiraman anyways.

... you know which was better, the movie or the book, and it's usually the book. >>right :)

fyi no. 4. look at what virginia woolf said: "fiction is like a spider's web, attached ever so lightly perhaps, but still attached to life at all four corners". amazing how she can think of an analogy between fiction and a web. haaaay, such a deep thinker. i would never be able to think of that!! i bet she can find an analogy between a carabao's poop and the hmmmm... the circle of willis (and i'd just like to insert fyi no. 5. here: the circle of willis is a vascular structure in the brain). nyahahahaha!!!

fyi no.6. i used to wash pringles before because i find it too salty.

fyi no.7. i'm a pirated dvd junkie. hihihi. sorry!! :D my newest ones include saved, sky captain and the world of tomorrow, chocolat and the notebook (btw, i've read this na).

fyi no.8. i'm currently reading "blessed are the cheesemakers" by sarah-kate lynch. it's about life coupled with making the perfect cheese. the cover's nice! there's a cow in the background and a girl wearing a pink dress in front. i love my book!

oh there, i have to go. i find those chocolates in the dining room simply irresistible :)

finally!!

2004-10-17T09:23:00.000+08:00

yeeeeeeees! finally got all those html figured out. well, kinda. heehee. the colors were inspired by the new f&h billboard. hot pink and neon green. but mine's actually less neon green and more pink. syempre! i'll put the pic of the billboard here if i find one.

i still have to clean up a bit no? the links are not aligned and some other stuff that make my eyes sore. i learned to be OC na rin what the heck. after being aound OC people for almost 2 years na i would be OC talaga.

yesterday i went to powerbooks in atc to buy some... tadaaaaaaaa!! BOOKS! hahaha, malamang. :) but what's so "blogaramous" (reyes, 2004 hahahahaha!) about it is this. sidney sheldon's newest book, are you afraid of the dark, is finally here!! i've been waiting for that book for almost a year!! so embarrassing. i was jumping excitedly in the store when i got hold of it. talk about poise! anyway, i'm a huge fan of sheldon. i've read ALL of his books. his novels are primarily about conspiracies. with a heroINE. yeah, sassy and intelligent ladies with attitude. my kind of thing. pero his books naman are less twisted than dan brown's the da vinci code and angels and demons. i swear, reading those books got me goosebumps! i mean with the thought that brown can make you question your own religion... is he an antichrist or something? don't get me wrong. i love his books! those two anyway. deception point sucked. baka lang kasi i'm not a sci-fi fan.

change topic. you're seeing my dorky side. :)

i'll just put this pic here. kyut no?? that was taken at EK. using my trusty phone. pero pinagtaksilan din nya kami just when the camera worthy moments started. she (not a he!) decided to go low batt. nyaaaaaarrr. okay so i forgot to charge it. hehehe.

nothing more to say.. i'll read my book for a while. i bought three others pa pala.

ho hum

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wait lang, i'm just changing it a bit..

and a whole new, prettier, cuter blog is born!!

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but first and foremost, i would like to say thanks to the person who made all these possible.. no other than the bestest, brightest, patient, nicest, HANDSOMEST and most loving guy in the world, my gerald. :)

this is not the first time i blogged. at dahil sadyang mabilis akong magsawa sa mga design (mapadamit man o mapasapatos, in this case, sa design ng blog!), i change blogs often. well actually, if i count it, this is my fourth blog. i started blogging when i was korea and that was just some seven months ago. so you see, within a span of seven months, i've already created four blogs! and it's not that i was just changing the template.. i was actually creating an entire new blog! oooh, fickle fickle me. :) but i am going to stick to this one. besides super kaduper magtatampo si ge if i won't update this, i looooooooove this design. this is just so me.

sige nga, i'll try to recount all those blogs i've had. kaya ko kaya gawin what i had in mind? lemme try...

my first blog: take me to the empyreal

ayan, clickable pa yang mga images na yan ha! :p

this one was done while i was having my not so summer vacation in korea. it was friggin freezing there!! magkachat kami ni ge noon and we tried making our own blogs.

my second blog: i'm a girl, watch it

this was made when i returned to the country. ge also made this one for me. hello blogger and goodbye lj!

my third blog: sanity101

this blog marked the lowest point in my life during this sem. blame it all on org chem.a i was depressed, insecure and unhappy. all my posts there "tried" to be cheery but deep inside i was so so saaaad. buti na lang i was able to bounce back to my fun-loving self!! goodbye and thank you org chem!! and i friggin passed the finals! wahoooo!!

there ends the evolution of my blogs. but i am going to stick to this one because i totally love this!! see, i even learned how to put links and upload images. hehehe, yabang ko!