FEBRUARY! February 9, 2010

I’m back! BOOOO.

Like I’ve mentioned in my other post, I just really need to let this out!! CALENDAR!

9- 4PM 121 practice
10- 140 recit, 121 reader’s theater, 1PM 137 run through, 5:30PM Cheerdance practice
11- 137 advocacy at San Vicente, submission of 137 annotated bibliographies, answered exploratory guides, and media reaction to chamber theater, 4PM Cheerdance practice, watch La Verdad for 101  report (1 hour long video about Spanish history. The video is in Spanish. The speaker is given a topic and he/she will speak about the topic for the duration of the video. This speaker of this particular video is an old guy and it runs for an hour!!! Madre mía! BTW. There are no subtitles! o_O kill me now! Why did Sir see me, and “volunteered” me?!), UP Fair (?)
12- 5:30 Cheerdance practice, UP Fair (?)
13- Cheerdance practice, dinner at Sai’s
15- EURO Talent’s Day and marketing
16- Consti deadline, 138 exam, report on La Verdad for 101
18- report on Modernización for 101! (this is a 30-min video!)
19- print consti
20- 9AM practice for 138 artways (dance and skits)
22- Indakan, Elevate, Amazing [Inter]race for 138! (Okay kill me now too! I really do hope that at the time of the race, we’ll be done with our performance for Indakan and Elevate hasn’t started yet. SHIT. I also have to look for a foreigner to bring with me to this race. GRR.)
23- 138 artways presentation, report on Mitos for 101 (again, this is a 30-min video! All in all, I have to watch 2 hours worth of Spanish videos, understand what the speaker is saying about the topic, and report this to class. !#!#!@#!#$)
24- Consti exam
26- Don’s party (?)
27- App’s Night

Wish list 2009! December 25, 2009

I thought I wouldn’t make a wish list this year because I didn’t really WANT something in particular, but I was wrong.

There’s a reason this is called a wish list!

1. 2010 planner! (Ooh, I’m getting a “this Journal will actually change someone’s life!!! 2010 planner!)

• Moleskine planners, available in all major bookstores for P679-P1349
• Powerbooks Reader’s Journal, available at PowerBooks for P598
• Van Gogh 2010 (or other artists), available at Fully Booked for P399

2. iPod Touch

3. Extra battery for my Nokia E66

4. Electronic Span-Eng, Eng-Span dictionary!

5. Clothes (nice shirts, shorts, skirts, pants, tunic dresses etc.)!!

6. Footwear (I want the Ipanema Gisele Bundchen flipflops [sand] and Sanuk footwear! We also need new Havs!)

7. Accessories (so that I can be girly when I feel like it!)

8. USB Flashdrive (because I lost mine :c)

9. Speakers for our PC!

10. Digital camera!

11. External hard drive — just so I could try using this Mac’s Time Machine! Heee.

If you’re interested, this was last year’s –> Wish list 2008! I got the colored pens (thankyou Chiara!), cute notebooks (thankyou Alex!), new cellphone (got one last month, thankyou Mom and Dad!)

… getting new clothes (thankyou Freego [please give them now thanks!] and Bettina!), food (thankyou Hershey and Ainna!), perfume/body mist (thankyou Achi Tin and Ahia Jeff!), keychain (thankyou Sheila!), pencil case (thankyou Dee!), wall display (thankyou Dennis!), body wash (thankyou Achi Elaine!), chocolates and magnet from Italy and keychain from France (thankyou Aileen!), lip balm (thankyou Krystle and Mitch!)

I shall update this when I think of something to add! :)

Quote for the day! January 13, 2010

One must never lose time in vainly regretting the past or in complaining against the changes which cause us discomfort, for change is the essence of life. -Anatole France

Can you feel it? February 9, 2010

This has got to be my most stressful sem ever! EVER! (well, so far at least. I really do hope next year won’t be as stressful/busy as this sem! Sniff)

I have a TON of things to do, damn it!! I swear, when this sem ends, I’m going to treat myself to something! Before summer school starts, that is. I must relax! RAWR!

I have to let this out and this is why I’m blogging!

We did a lot of things for PE again but this time, we concentrated more on the dance steps than on the stunts. We tried to perfect the routines that Sir taught us.

Jad’s group had another run through of their advocacy performance because they would be going to the high school where they will be presenting the advocacy to.

We talked about the field trip for 138. We finalized the date and talked about the itinerary. She also told us about the amazing race. WTF it’s on the same day as the Indakan and Elevate. FUDGE. How am I supposed to fit that into my schedule?! WTF. I’ll talk to my PE teacher on Thursday and hope that I could go to the amazing race after Indakan and then I’ll go back to the gym for Elevate. UGH. Can you spell TIRING?!

We had the report about music and dance for 101. After that, Sir told us to prepare for the Conferencias reports. We have to watch these videos (2 per person) where there would only be 1 speaker per video and for the duration of about 30 minutes, the speaker would talk about a certain topic. The video does not have subtitles. OH NO. Sir “volunteered” me to report with Nicole on La Verdad because no one would report it would her. So I’m watching 3 videos for this class. UGH! The video on La Verdad is 1 hour long!!! WTF so in short, I’m watching 2 hours worth of videos! It’s not easy to watch even 1 video because you have to watch it over and over again before you can even understand it! I transcribed the other 2 videos but I haven’t read them yet but I’ll work on that after this one. UGH!!! I’m posting my calendar because I need to let all these frustrations out! !@!#$@#!!@#

We had the 121 practice after class. Jad and I waited for our groupmates to arrive. It took them an hour. UGH! We practiced and talked about our performance (which is tomorrow!) and then I hitched a ride with Don home. It was so kind of him to wait for me! It’s been a while since we last saw each other! Hee.

Okay, back to work! Ta-ta!

Almost but not quite. February 8, 2010

I was supposed to facilitate at the Chinatown Adventure yesterday but things happened so I wasn’t able to. I’m so sorry H!

Mom and I drove Dad to the airport and then we went home. We heard mass and we were supposed to have a massage after but Mom had to leave so I just stayed at home.

I started reading The Picture of Dorian Gray. I’m currently at the 10th chapter! I also started reading The Time Traveler’s Wife! It’s such a thick book!

I’m trying this thing where I’m going on a 1-week hiatus from Facebook, Twitter, and Plurk. Let’s see if I can do it. I was supposed to start today but then the only way to reach my theater groupmates was through Facebook. I’m taking a hiatus so that I could have time to read and to focus on my acads. Lalala, I can do this!

I learned about Tweed’s Ring and anachronism yesterday. Lazy day today! I worked on some homework and then read. Okay, going back to reading/homework! Ciao!

Edit.

I’m frustrated that there aren’t a lot of internship opportunities for students like me! Sniff. I want to be an intern!!!

Desperate times call for desperate measures! February 8, 2010

It’s been a while since I last blogged. I’ve just been busy and I haven’t found the time to blog! I shall do my best to recap.

February 4 (Thursday)

I made it a point to get to school at 8AM because I was late last meeting. I got there on time, and after a quick stretching, I joined the class. We were actually able to accomplish a lot of things before Sir arrived. We learned a lot of new steps and then when Sir arrived, we showed him what we have learned. Then, he taught us new steps too, and then we proceeded to doing stunts.

Ma’am told us that we would be in charge of organizing a symposium. She divided the class into committees and our group got publicity and food. Rawr. We wanted logistics. Oh well!

We continued the discussion for 138 class. Then, we showed Ma’am our concept paper and she seemed to like it. Now we need to start researching. Zzz. I’m having a hard time finding sources online!

We didn’t have 101 class because Sir was still waiting for the doctor. We stayed at the booth and then, Jammy, Jacqui, Sandy and I went to Friuli for lunch and we made some marketing calls. After that, we went back to UP to leave the money for Kyra and then we went to Chocolate Lover to buy bars of chocolates. We went back to UP and hung out at the booth. We were laughing at the Envoy. Evil people!

Jacqui, Jammy, Trish, and I went to Trish’s house to divide the chocolates and then Jacqui and I rode the LRT home. I got home and cut the strips of paper and then inserted them into ribbons. I cut around 500 strips of paper! Frustrating!

February 5 (Friday)

Ma’am didn’t make it to class again. We were having a hard time looking for a piece so we texted her and asked if we could use something else. She agreed and so we were pissed off at wasted time. Jad and I went to the lib and started looking for other pieces. I checked out some books.

Sandy, Jammy, Deo, and I went to the bank to withdraw money for the Summit. There was only 1 teller and there were around 3 people before us. We were unlucky in that they all withdrew a huge sum of money, so it took the teller some time to finish their transactions (?). After the bank, I went to the bookstore to buy ribbon and Sandy and Deo went to McDo to buy lunch. Then, we went back to UP. I was late for 140 class, GRR.

We talked about the stock market and terms related to it. After the class, Sir wanted to have a recitation for next meeting and Nik and I volunteered to type the terms because his cast still hasn’t come off.

Ma’am didn’t come to class and Sir D was the one who came to our class. He listened to the report about TPR (Total Physical Response) and after that, he dismissed us.

A bunch of us hung out at the tindahan and then after that, Jacqui and I rode the LRT home again.

February 6 (Saturday)

It’s the day of the Summit! I saw the sunrise!  I got to school at around quarter to 7 and helped with the setting up of the place. Ara and I pasted some signs on posts and tree trunks, etc. Hahaha!

I went to my station and we waited for people to arrive. Well, to cut the long story short, the whole Summit was a flop. Less than half of the estimated expected participants came. Now we (fin) have to work extra hard to make the bar event a success so that we would be able to earn back the money we lost. Sigh.

I won’t elaborate the things that happened anymore, because it would be a waste of my time to type them all but to cut the looooong story short, we are pissed off. We feel the seriousness of the issue because Jacqui, who is a generally happy and bubbly person, got really pissed off. Watch out, evaluation!

After the event (Trish and I saw the sunset and took pictures but they weren’t all that good! HAHA), we (Ara, Sandy, TJ, Deo, and I) went to Slice N Dice to eat dinner. Mitch came after but she didn’t eat anymore because we were finished eating. We went to Cantina to hang out. Mitch left because she still had a train to catch.

TJ, Sandy, Deo and I talked about a lot of things. Abby made me drink San Mig Strong Ice. Hahaha. Then, at around 11, Abby drove Trish, TJ, and Ara home. I accompanied him. On the way back to Katipunan to fetch Sandy and Deo, we talked about some things. I think he’s amused and he tells me that I’m the only person (or one of the few?) who knows about the things he’s telling me about. I’m touched.

We drove Deo home and then they drove me home. We stopped over McDo near UST and had our midnight snacks! Haha. We didn’t get lost! Yay. Then, after they drove me home, Abby drove Sandy home as well.

When I got home, I immediately went to sleep!

Irritable! February 3, 2010

I was so sleepy and tired last night that I wasn’t able to blog anymore. Well, lemme see.. Nothing much happened yesterday.

I was late for PE and there were a lot of people who were late so Sir sort of got mad. Therefore, I should be reallyy early tomorrow! Siiiigh. He taught us a lot of dance moves and then we practiced some stunts. 3 weeks left before Elevate/Indakan! Eep.

We presented our edited PowerPoint for 137 class. We still have final revisions to do. We’re going to do the field work part tomorrow. Rawr.

Discussion for 138 class. Better start researching for the project. Another rawr.

I went to the stones during my break and I ate lunch. Got to talk with Marielle. She was telling me about their trip to Caramoan. Cool! Sandy, TJ, Mitch, and I (and other people, I guess) are planning on joining Tour field trips because it’s cheaper! I hope we get to do that next sem. It was so hot so I decided to go to the lib for the air conditioning.

Corrido de toros report for 101. After the report, we played a game. We were soo noisy! Hahaha. Our group won! Yay, brownies! I went to the EURO GA after that. Jacqui and I made some more calls. Then, I went home after the GA.

Random thoughts:

I have found out what the “use” of flies is. Well, yesterday, they helped me avoid stepping on shit. Hee.

I’m disappointed in myself because I feel like I’ve been producing half-baked outputs.

I have to say that at the moment, I believe in the saying, “Familiarity breeds contempt.” I must have a problem.

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121 class was such a waste of time. Again. We have to change our piece yet again because of new guidelines. TSS this means that we have to write another concept paper as well. Raaawr. We can’t find a piece! I tried to look for one awhile ago. I went to CAL to use the Wi-Fi (good thing I brought the laptop) but I wasn’t able to find one. Arrrgh.

Stayed at the lib again during my break because I needed to do some more research. After a while, I went to the EURO booth and then, Rach, TJ, Sandy and I went to run some errands. We went to BA, then Econ, then ADMU. Got back in UP and attended our 140 class. Nik saved our group because she made a long explanation of the homework. I was only able to do a short explanation. Hee. Sir tells us that our presentation was good because it seemed as if we really prepared, and we didn’t read as much but we still have some syntax and grammatical errors in our speech. Yes, we know.

Minor problem for 180! Turns out Jacqui and TJ both prepared for the same topic! EEEEP. We were panicking and reading quickly so that we could explain the parts that were skipped. Well, we survived. We were able to report well (in my opinon! HAHA) despite that. Whew! Oh well, I hope Ma’am liked our report.

TJ, Jacqui, and I went to the booth and then after a while, we went to the tindahan (now located on higher ground!) to buy food! TJ treated me to pancit, half-long, and C2 (better known as combo 2!) and after eating, we went home!

So many things to do. Grr.

Frustration! February 1, 2010

I got home around 10:45 PM! Ugh.

Today was a very busy day. My day started around 9AM. I woke up and got ready. Carlson and Harrell picked me up past 10AM. We went to UNO High School and then we oriented the juniors about UP and UPCAT.

After that, Carlson dropped me off at UP and I stayed at the tambayan. I transcribed a bit but then Ara arrived and she was full of stories so I wasn’t able to continue transcribing. Moments later, Sandy arrived as well. Then, Feliz arrived and she and Ara left for the British embassy, and another embassy in Makati, I think.

Jammy arrived and then we just hung out and waited for Mitch to arrive. When Mitch got there, we all rode in Jammy’s car and went to Chocolate Lover in Quezon Ave. We bought chocolate bars and other materials for chocolate making and then we went to White Plains. Whew!

When we got there, we ate lunch and then I started calling companies to follow up and Mitch, Sandy, Jammy, and Trish started making chocolates! Then, around 6PM, I stopped calling and I helped out with the chocolate making. We ordered Shakey’s pizza for dinner. We finished making and packing chocolates at around 9:15PM so we cleaned up and then we left. Sandy, Mitch, and I rode in Abby’s car. He dropped Mitch off first at UP, then Sandy at Maginhawa, and then he brought me home! AWWWW I’m so touched! We got lost along the way but to cut the long story short, he was able to bring me home.

He got lost going back to Katipunan but almost an hour after he dropped me off, he’s finally found his way! YAY! I’m almost finished transcribing the 2nd video. Zzzzz I’m so sleepy. Sigh, whatever!

You know it’s you January 31, 2010

I watched Vicky Cristina Barcelona and A Walk to Remember last night. I didn’t have high expectations for the former movie, because I remember some friends telling me that it wasn’t a good movie. Well, as they say, to each his own. I liked the movie because it makes you think about life and about how it is useless to just dream. You have to act, you have to work hard to achieve your dream. I guess in some way, we should also enjoy the moment but still also think about the future. The characters ended up where they began. I also liked the Spanish parts of the movie. The copy of the movie I watched didn’t have subtitles but I was able to understand what they were saying, so yay!

A Walk to Remember on the other hand is also a good movie! It brings back so much memories. The first time I watched it, I was with my sister. A lot of the songs in A Walk to Remember were also my favorite songs. We had a batch play before and we used the song Only Hope. I also auditioned for the choir before and I sang Someday We’ll Know. The list goes on and on. It was only my second time (if I remember correctly) to watch the movie last night but I think that it’s a really nice movie! Gaaaaah, I can’t fully express how much I like the movie.

Mom and I went to hear mass again this morning. It’s the 5th Sunday that we went to church. That means that we went to church the whole month of January. I’m actually getting used to it and I look forward to it. This morning’s gospel was about love. The 2nd reading was a reading from 1 Corinthians, the famous quote “Love is patient. Love is kind. It is not boastful…..” I think there’s a message somewhere in there. It’s the same quote from A Walk to Remember! Hee.

I’m telling Mom to look for a badminton place nearby so that we could play after we hear mass or something. I hope that pushes through because I miss playing badminton.

So I’m going with Carlson and Harrell tomorrow to UNO HS for our HS talk. I read our PPT presentation and well, I feel like a failure. They say that if you study in UP, you’ll develop a critical mind but why do I feel like I haven’t? Why do I feel like I’m not really smart enough to be here? Hmm, I don’t know.

Okay, I’m going back to transcribing now! I have to transcribe 2 30-minute Spanish videos. Ehhhhhh. I’ll try to do other homework as well! Ciao!

Movies 2010! January 30, 2010

January 1

January 1

January 5

January 9

January 9

January 10

January 24

January 30

January 30

January 31

I used to be love drunk, but now I’m hung over. January 30, 2010

My current LSS!

Yesterday…

I thought I was late for my 121 class because I arrived in school at around 11:50 (class starts at 11:30!) but when I got there, the class hasn’t started yet, and my professor wasn’t there yet! Whew! We talked about our reader’s theater performance. I was the only one who looked for a piece and so we were supposedly going to work with that but at the end of the period, Ma’am said that we should have an overall theme. Since her chamber theater was dramatic/dark, she wanted comedy for us. The piece I found was dramatic as well, so that means we have to find a new piece. Tss! We have to write a concept paper for that (to be submitted on Wednesday) so if my group is only meeting on Tuesday to finalize our piece, that would mean that I would have to write he paper on Tuesday night. Pfft! Oh well.

I was irritable after class because I remembered that I have a lot of things to do! I went to the stones and passed on my irritability (jokingly of course). Hahaha! We did a lot of things during this break. First, I ate lunch and tried to answer some 140 stuff. Then, Jammy, Martha, TJ, Sandy, and I rode in Jammy’s car to run some more errands. We went to AS where I sold some chocolates to Dee, then we went to SC where TJ printed the Summit IDs. After that, TJ treated us to FIC ice cream. I had pistachio because they ran out of green tea! There were some urchins who were asking for choco mint. Woooow!

Then, we went to Cafe Iana in the College of Music to drop off the sponsorship proposal for them. After that, we went to Quezon Hall to pick up the papers. Lastly, we returned to the stones. Whew! TJ, Martha, and I went to 140 class. Sir did something different. He made us sit in a circle and we talked about our ideal job (topic for the day). When it was my turn to speak, I committed some errors because I forgot that I was supposed to use the subjunctive mood with my sentence construction. After I committed my 2nd error, Sir said, “If you commit 1 more mistake, we’re moving on to the next person.” I didn’t. Rarrr. Then, he said, “This class is not to humiliate you but for you guys to learn.” Yeah, right. You didn’t just humiliate me. Hahaha oh well! I’m used to it!

Daisy’s group and Martha’s group reported for 180. They talked about the Situational Language Teaching and the Audio-Lingual method. I’m going to report next meeting and our topic is going to be about the Communicative Language Teaching. After class, I went to THY because I had to watch the chamber theater. Met up with Jad and Rox. I liked the chamber theater because I learned a lot. First, I learned that there was a difference between chamber theater and play/dramatic text. Next, I became acquainted with Francisco Arcellana’s The Yellow Shawl and Nick Joaquin’s May Day Eve. Francisco Arcellana’s wife was also in the audience and she was teary-eyed after the show! Awww.

Waited for Sandy and Mitch at the AS steps and we went to S.R. Thai Cuisine to eat dinner. The waitresses there already know us. Hahaha! After dinner, we went to Cantina to hang out. Saw Trish but she was with her HS friends. Later on, Deo, Let, Ted, Jacqui and Jammy arrived as well. We basically just talked and shared stories. We kept on laughing! I was supposed to go home at 10 but then I found out that Pen would be leaving at 12 so I decided to just hitch with him. Even before 12, Mom was already telling me to go home. I don’t really know why. In the end, because Pen wasn’t finished yet, she got mad and she came to pick me up. Tss. We got home at around 1:30, I think.

The clothes from Freego are here! Yay! The checkered polo shirt isn’t included in this batch anymore, aww! They also gave Dad some clothes but Dad doesn’t like the clothes (because I think the clothes are for guys around my age >.<) so we’re returning them and I hope we could exchange them for more clothes for me! Heee. I also have Jeggings. HAHAHAHA! It’s a really weird creation.

Today, I just stayed at home because I don’t think I’m allowed to go out. I did some homework (and I’m still doing homework!) and well, basically, that’s it! Ta-ta for now!

Random: If you type – how to pronounce “c’est moi” in Google, my blog comes up as the 2nd result! Hahaha!

Whatcha say? January 28, 2010

It’s funny how a lot of issues are coming out about Avatar. The recent issue is about Avatar beating Titanic’s record. According to the article, they’re questioning this because well, Avatar has/had the privilege of being shown in 3D which is more expensive than the normal screening. Therefore, it would really earn more money. Yeah, well.

Sir P taught us new steps for our routine. Then, we went back to doing stunts. I wasn’t able to do the elevator lifts today because when it would be my turn to be lifted, Sir would suddenly add something and then the rotation would start all over again. Tss. Oh well!

We had our advocacy dry run for 137. I’m going to cut some of my slides out so that it wouldn’t be that long. D’s part is veryy long! We’re gonna have to shorten that as well. We still have a lot of things to do for 137. We have to do “field work” before we actually go to the school, and then we also have to watch the chamber theater performance, and make a media reaction about it. We also have to answer the exploratory guides and have our annotated bibliographies. I don’t know what else we have to do for this class.

The last of the roots reports for 138. We have to write our reaction paper, and our roots paper. We also have to prepare and conceptualize for Bridgeways (contact Kontra Gapi!), and for the international night. That’s it so far.

I went to CAL to attend our ACLE because he woke up late ergo he was going to be late. He texted me when he got to UP but by then I was too lazy to leave CAL and go to the Sunken. I finished the lecture part and then we all went to the Sunken for the practical part of football! By this time, he’d already left. Oh well! Sandy and I didn’t join the workshop. We just stayed at the side and watched them. After the ACLE, we (Mitch, TJ, Sandy, Jammy, Jacqui) played with the ball. We tossed it around, and then we pretended that it was a volleyball, and then we took turns being a goalie and trying to block the balls. I fail. Hahaha!

I hope our physical activities plans push through! I’ve come to realize that playing sports is fun! Even if you suck at it, as long as you like the people you’re with, and as long as no one is THAT competitive, it’s all right. Those who know how to play can teach you! First activity: Badminton! Yay, I actually miss playing badminton so I hope this pushes through!

I got home and took a nap because I was so sleepy and I was so tired! I actually fell asleep in the LRT and this nice girl just tapped my shoulders when we arrived in Recto. Hee. Woke up and chatted with Nik for our 140 homework. We were both lazy and so we just talked about other stuff! Oh well, we’re winging it! I never imagined myself saying that. Okay, I’m sleepy. Ciao!