Valentine's Special

Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some stay for a while, leave footprints on our hearts, and we are never, ever the same.
~Flavia Weedn

The lover is a monotheist who knows that other people worship different gods but cannot himself imagine that there could be other gods.
~Theodor Reik

Where you used to be, there is a hole in the world, which I find myself constantly walking around in the daytime, and falling in at night.
~Edna St. Vincent Millay

Missing you could turn from pain to pleasure, if I knew you were missing me too.
~Author Unknown

Have you ever been hurt and the place tries to heal a bit, and you just pull the scar off of it over and over again.
~Rosa Parks

Ask me why I keep on loving you when it's clear that you don't feel the same way for me... the problem is that as much as I can't force you to love me, I can't force myself to stop loving you. ~Author Unknown
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Hello readers, you are now reading ninong’s Valentine special.

Bilang pampagana, dinamihan ko na ang mga quotations sa simula ng post… para magmukhang special talaga… kasi kumbaga sa regalo, andaming balot.

Nararamdaman ko na ang simoy ng hangin sa labas. Malamig… At dahil hindi naman Pasko, malamang Valentines Day na… hehe…

May date si ninong.

Hahaha… Asa naman. Besides, matagal ko nang sine-celebrate ang Singles Awareness Day. You can’t just break tradition like that.

Hmmm… ano ba ang gagawin ko bukas. Papasok ng maaga sa skul, mag-aaral para thermo exam kunyari, tapos tutulong sa pagdidistribute ng skulpaper, pupunta siguro sa EB ng MapuaOwnage ng 12, papasok sa lecture ng 3pm-6pm. May vacant hanggang 730, tapos lecture ulit 730-9pm. Uwi. Tapos ang araw.

Ok lang. Walang date dun ah… Kaya wala ring gastos. More money for me.

Nandayo!

Binalikan ko ang tinype ko at napansin kong wow, sourgraping pala si ninong dun ah. Haha… Gusto ko lang sabihin na no big deal. Arrrgh, di nga e… kulit mo…. Arrrgh… Alam ko iniisip mo, bad ka… di nga e… di nga big deal… di nga big deal. Period.

Sino ba nagsabi na kailangan may date kapag Valentines Day. Hoy! Gumising kayo… ang Valetines ay pakulo lamang ng mga negosyante at komersyalismo para lumaki ang kita ng mga bulaklak, tsokolate, malls, restaurants, sinehan, hotels, cards, at kung ano-ano pang pwede puntahan at ibigay sa taong gusto mong bigyan ng regalo.

Haha. Teka ninong, parang bitter ka nyan ah.

Wala lang. Nag-online ngapala siya kanina sa ym. At aba, may webcam pa. Tinanong ako kung may webcam ako… nye…wala e… tanong ko musta, sabi nya ok lang, tanong ko ulit musta work, sabi nya ok lang…marami raw naiinggit… bakit naiinggit? Kasi raw matatanda na sila. Sabi ko dahil lang dun? Blah blah. Di nagreply. Send message. Walang reply. Message. Message. Message. Walang reply.

Kaya naman nagkasya na lang ako sa panonood ng webcam nya. nasa computer shop kasi sya e. DAMN. May lumabas na view my webcam option. Hindi ko dapat pinindot yung VIEW MY WEBCAM… hindi dapat. No no no. Dapat may warning yun e... Don't Click Me Unless You Want to Die.

Ayun napindot ko pa rin. kahit may warning pa yun, alam nyo namang pipindutin ko pa rin yun paulit-ulit... At yun tuloy, parang natadyakan na naman ako sa ulo. I’m numb.

Naka light blue syang tshirt… tapos naka lugay ang buhok. Medyo lampas hanggang balikat. Mukhang bagong gupit na naman sya. Simple lang pero.... WHOA... WHOA talaga mga pare... WHOA WHOA WHOA... Haay… bigla akong nalungkot…kasi kung gumaganda sya lalo, lalo akong lumalabo…ganun lang yun kasimple…

teka, di ko na dapat iniisip yun ah. tsk tsk... the vision is short-circuiting the switches that actually make me think. Houston, we have a problem.

Tingin lang ako. Ngiti sya. Tapos type. Sino kaya kachat nya at tawa sya ng tawa?

Samantalang di man lang sya nagrereply sa akin. 'Tong Pangit na to… message ako ulit.

Still no luck. We are now entering radio silence, Houston.

Ano ginawa ni ninong? Ang siraulo, pinindot ang printscreen… open ng word document. Paste

Printscreen paste… printscreen paste… printscreen paste printscreen paste… printscreen paste (repeat until fade).

Nagsign out sya. Wala man lang bye?

LUL!
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“When will it be over? When will it be over?” – Adrian Monk

That’s just too damn frustrating. And to think, I even stopped working on that picbasic pro compiler to chat with her. Aaargh. She is making me pay every single time for the things that I didn’t do… And it’s really sad.

Should stop thinking about her. Should stop. It’s hopeless.

I wish I could stop.

Let it end.
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I had spent the whole day trying to work on that data communication protocol for that stupid design project I’m losing precious hours to. That it is very sickening is an understatement. I was almost wishing that murder is not punishable by law. That way, I could kill professors at will and get away with it.

I even had to code that stupid protocol I was conceptualizing. And “commanding” a microcontroller is very difficult. You might think computers are “wise”, but they’re so stupid… I find it hard to talk with them using machine language.

I was able to create a feasible code, I think, only to find out that my groupmate who assigned that task to me was already done with what I was doing. What a waste.

I should have started that powerpoint presentation in COMORG.

Life is filled with things we should have done and yet we did other things for nothing.
-ninong
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dahil nga special post ito... we will wrap it up with a song...

Linger
by Cranberries

If you, if you could return
Don’t let it burn, don’t let it fade
I’m sure I’m not being rude
But it’s just your attitude
It’s tearing me apart
It’s ruining everything
And I swore, I swore I would be true
And honey so did you
So why were you holding her hand
Is that the way we stand
Were you lying all the time
Was it just a game to you

But I’m in so deep
You know I’m such a fool for you
You got me wrapped around your finger
Do you have to let it linger
Do you have to, do you have to
Do you have to let it linger

Oh, I thought the world of you
I thought nothing could go wrong
But I was wrong
I was wrong
If you, if you could get by
Trying not to lie
Things wouldn’t be so confused
And I wouldn’t feel so used
But you always really knew
I just wanna be with you

And I’m in so deep
You know I’m such a fool for you
You got me wrapped around your finger
Do you have to let it linger
Do you have to. do you have to
Do you have to let it linger

And I’m in so deep
You know I’m such a fool for you
You got me wrapped around your finger
Do you have to let it linger
Do you have to, do you have to
Do you have to let it linger

You know I’m such a fool for you
You got me wrapped around your finger
Do you have to let it linger
Do you have to, do you have to
Do you have to let it linger

Aargh

nakalagay sa lower right ng pc ko 2:20 am. gising pa ako... gusto ko nang matulog... pero heto nagblog muna ako... may dapat pa akong gawin pero walang pumapasok sa utak ko... gagawa pa ako ng powerpoint para sa COMORG... pero kailangan pang mag-isip ng protocol para sa design 2... argh...

nanood ako ng interschool game kagabi... ME vs. CE... mechanical engineers vs civil engineers... andaming tao... 9:00 na pero punong puno pa rin ang gym.... Yung mga ME pala 6 times na champion na ng interschool. Tanungin nyo ako kung bakit madaming tao? Ganun ba karami ang CE sa Mapua at napuno nila ang lampas kalahati ng gym?

Madaming tao kagabi dahil gaya nga nung sabi nung isang manonoodl...

"Maraming kinabukasan at date ang nakataya sa labanang ito!!"

arghhhhh...saka ko na lang ito itutuloy...

Iba Pang May Topak...Noon at Ngayon

Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia. ~E.L. Doctorow

Ok so may gusto pa akong sabihin, kaya eto may part 2 pa ulit.

Haay naku, ayoko na isipin kung medyo ayos ba itong post ko… ok so pasensyahan na lang kung hindi kayo masyadong matuwa.

Palagay ko habang dumadami ang naliligaw dito sa site na ito, e parang lalo akong naprepressure na gandahan ang mga post na nakalagay dito. Na talagang hindi naman dapat. Kasi dapat para sa akin ito e. Nagbloblog ako dahil gusto ko at di para sa inyo. Pero kung nagustuhan nyo ang mga post ko, aba bonus yun.

Nakakatuwa lang yung mga post ko kasi minsan pag binasa ko ulit, parang iba ang nagsulat at hindi ako. Huh? Ewan ko malabo din e… Ayaw ko iexplain. Tinatamad ako. Asa ka.

Inayos ko ulit yung mga links dito sa blog ko. Dahil may mga links dito na walang update. At may mga blog na wala na.

Unang una, tinanggal ko na yung kay badz, tutal parang ginawa nya lang yung blog nung kainitan ng mga blogs sa opisina… nung nag-lielow ang mga bloggers, nakalimutan na ata nya na may blog pa sya.

Siguro dapat tanggalin ko na rin yung link kay sir namre dahil tapos na rin ang kanyang blogging days… pero saka na lang yun, tinatamad din ako…

Tinanggal ko rin yung kay dothz dahil wala ring updates. Siguro may bago syang blog na di ko alam…at yun yung na-uupdate.

Tinanggal ko na rin yung kay fritz dahil panahon pa ata ni kopong kopong yung huli nyang post. Tapos yung bago nyang site daw e…page cannot be found naman. So erase erase erase.

Dun sa mga taong ito, pakisabihan lang ako kung may bago kayong site…at kung gusto nyong ilink ko pa kayo dito… tutal marami naman akong fans… haha. Asa ulit.

At nakakalungkot, dahil wala na rin yung www.ronibats.com. Nakakalungkot yun dahil para sa akin magaling pa naman na blogger itong si Ronnie. At nakakatuwa rin ang mga posts nya. May mga short story pa yan na astig. Simple lang pero, nakakatuwa. Ang problema lang ata siguro e medicine ang kinuha nya sa UP. At wala siyang time.

O baka naman doctor na sya di ko lang alam. Isang taon na ata yung huli nyang post. Pero sayang yung site, nirerentahan nya pa noon yung domain name nya, baka siguro wala nang pambayad. O baka sineryoso na ang pagdodoktor.

Kung natuwa kayo sa mga posts ko, well, malaki rin ang naging impluwensiya nya. Kahit di nya ako kilala, at nirefer laang ang site nya sa akin nung hayskul klasmeyt ko na di pa naliligaw dito, e kudos sa’yo ronibats. Sana buhayin mo ulit ang site mo.

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Kung may mga nawalang link, syempre may mga nadagdag.

Isa na dito si sir armand… ang chickboy ng TNB. Ang taong palagay ko magiging politiko pagdating ng araw, o kaya social worker. Model rin sya. Hehe, Lumabas na sya sa isang commercial na nakita sa MTV Pilipinas. Ang kinahuhumalingan ng mga babaeng COED of the Month pati na rin ng mga kandidata sa mga pageant. Miyembro ng student council, member sa isang Unicef group, maraming koneksyon sa loob at labas ng skul, news editor, miyembro ng debate team, magaling sa badminton, mayaman, habulin ng mga babae at feeling babae, wafu, may latest weighted average na 1.10 last term, ang kaisaisang Armando “Brando” Ricardo J. Aguado, a.k.a the armand…lahat lahat na.

ayun naimpluwensyahan na rin syang gumawa ng blog. Sa vox naman nya nilagay, at yung mga link nya dun syempre mga babae pa rin…mga high level na tao…hanep talaga ang aura ng tao na ito. Kaya lang di open access ang blog nya. Ganun talaga pag high profile na tao… maingat sa internet… mahirap na raw… hehe…

Ang blog ni armard ay syempre pangpolitiko, tungkol sa mga world affairs. Iba talagang antas. Sir armand, sa ofis mo na lang ako bayaran ng public relations at blog promotion fee mo. Don’t worry, may discount ka. Hehe.

Nilagay ko rin si kate dito. Di ko sya kilala, basta alam ko nag-exam sya sa tnb qualifying exams last year. Nakita ko syang nagpost sa blog ni namre. E di na rin active yun. Atsaka Di ko naman ipinagdadamot ang links ko. Kaya nagkaron sya ng link dito. At nakalink din ako sa blog nya. Wala nga lang syang post lately.

Nakalink na rin si tessa, isa sa mga probationary staff sa aming skulpaper. Nakalink din ako sa blog nya. Medyo naligaw lang ako sa blog nya dahil di ko makita yung sinasabi nya navigations…yun pala yung mga box dun. Tapos late ang pag-update ng tagboard pero ok yung blog…hehe.

Tapos habang nagsesearch ng quote ni bob ong, yung tungkol sa essay ang buhay…naligaw ako sa isa pang blog. At mukhang target ko talaga ang buong mundo dahil nasa france naman sya. Si Glenna. So, meron akong mga visitor na taga- New Zealand, may taga- England, may taga- Canada, taga-Makati, taga-Laguna, atbp… at ngayon e taga- France este Italy naman. Yey!!! Welcome po dito. Hehe. Maganda rin ang blog nya. At yung mga link dun, parang advanced ang mga layout nila tulad nung sa kanya. hanep. Andaming nakalagay na mga effects and the like. Glenna, pwede rin pong itseke mo na lang yung blog promotion fee mo. Hehe… mga 8 Euro…negotiable. Hehe.

Nakakainggit yung mga layout nila. Samantalang itong akin, black space pa rin, dalawang taon na. Computer Engineering ngapala ako. Ewan ko lang kung may bearing ba dapat yun, pero well, may excuse ako bukod sa gasgas na rasong “wala akong oras”. Wala lang talaga akong time. Hehe. Pero sabi nga ni kuya ray nasa laman daw yan…di lang sa layout… pero ok pa rin ang medyo advanced na layout… hmm...

Random Rants and Ramblings

It's such a pleasure to write down splendid words - almost as though one were inventing them. ~Rupert Hart-Davis

Di ko maalala kung saan ko nakita ang pinagkuhanan ko ng title para sa post na ito... Pero maganda sya sa pandinig at dahil wala lang, nauna kasi yung post mismo bago yung title(nauna rin ang post body bago ang introduction na ito) at feeling ko kalat kalat ang thoughts sa post na ito...kaya ayan..para magmukhang coherent pa rin.. hehe.
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Hmmm… sabi ko sa sarili ko i-uupdate ko ang blog na ito madalas… pero wow… mag-iisang buwan na ulit bago ako nagkaroon ng time… ibig sabihin, ngayon ko lang ulit na-tripan…

Haay… nakakapagod ang mga sumunod na linggo pagkatapos ng “foundation week” ng Mapúa. Ang alam ko hindi ako palamurang tao pero ******* talaga, nakarami ako nitong nakaraang tatlong linggo...

Napasisip din ako kung bakit ba mura ang tawag sa mura? At bakit naging masama ang pagmumura. Siguro kung mumurahin mo yung ibang tao, baka masama yun, pero pano kung sinabi mo “t*ng-i*a talaga”… wala ka namang minurang tao dun di ba? Expression lang naman yun di ba?

Gusto mo lang naman sabihin na “haay naku nakapasobrang ubod naman ng sama ng araw ko lalo na sa oras na ito bakit ganito nakakaasar na talaga naiinis na ako ah nagtitimpi lang ako sa lagay na ito”…e sa sobrang haba nun, kailangang gawan ng shortcut dahil asar ka na nga, sasayangin mo pa ang hininga mo, samantalang lahat ng yun ay “(insert mura word here)!!!” lang ang katumbas.

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Asar ako nitong mga nakaraang araw. Pikon. Urat. Buraot. Basta asar talaga. Haay, isang malaking pagkakamali ang pagsabay-sabayin ko ang 3 design ko last term…at napagtanto kong mali pa rin ang pagsabayin ang dalawa ngayong term. Lalo na kung topak pareho prof mo…

Kasabay pa ang issue ng skulpaper na kailangan mong gawin. Nagtataka lang ako dahil mas gusto ko pa gawin itong layout ng dyaryo kaysa yung design subject ko sa skul… pero walangjo talaga… nakatatlong layout ata ako ng sports section ngayong issue na ito… buti na lang tapos na.

Pinakamalaking abala sa term na ito ang aking design 2. sa tanang buhay ko, ngayon lang ata ako nag-wish na sana ibagsak na lang nya kami para matapos na ang paghihirap ko. Ganun kabwisit ang prof na ito… haay…

Ok, so may kagrupo nga akong taga-Mapúa Robotics… waw. Super galing. Aba, adik sa robots at electronics. Ang daming alam… yun nga lang komplikado mag-isip… May kagrupo rin kaming magaling sa programming, member naman ng SDCAT (Software Development C. A. Team, nakalimutan ko yung C at A) pero meron kaming rift three years ago.

At ako ang taong di nakakalimot.

Wala naman, ok lang naman. Naprepressure lang ako. Kasi magaling sya. At ako’y nagmumukhang mangmang. At minsan ok lang sa akin yun, dahil wala naman talaga akong pakialam. Pero dahil sya yun…aba, parang kailangan kong laging makipagkompetensya at patunayang magaling din ako. Pero di ko ata talaga gift ang Computer Engineering.

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Makalipas ang kalahating buwan ng pagpupuyat sa mga walang katuturang bagay ika nga ni inay…sa paggawa ng mga proyektong tila ba hindi mabuo-buo…sa wakas…medyo balik ulit tayo sa slightly dormant period…

Isa sa mga nakabawas sa tensyon ay ang katatapos ko lang na lay-out ng sports. Yup-yup. Sa palagay ko may mandatory one month ako ng contemplating sa kung ano ang gagawin next issue…so parang pahinga na rin. Ang hirap hirap hirap hirap gawin ng isyung ito…isa sa mga dahilan ay yung unang deadline na naset na medyo mahirap gawan ng news.

Supposedly dry dapat ang sports section. Sa pagkakaalala ko, last year e apat lang ang articles namin para sa feb issue. Tapos pre-emptive pa yung isa. Kaya madami akong inassign na news, anticipating na dahil konti lang ang info e maikli lang ang mga balita. Wala pa akong headline. Dun nagsimula ang mga problema.

Nagpostpone ng mga events sa NCAA. Yung mga dapat gaganapin ng 2^nd week ng January, naging February. Tapos yung mga nagsimula naman agad…walang ka-info info. Ewan ko ba kung bakit yung lawn tennis natin, ni hindi alam ng athletics kung nanalo… alangan namang ilagay namin sa news na, “Lawn Tennis scored some wins and some losses in the opening..blah blah blah” di ba? Masyadong malabo. Argh.

Tapos yung ipapalabas namin na isa pang feature, ipinahold muna… ipapaayos muna nila daw yung facilities. Tsk tsk. Kaya ginawa kong table tennis compendium ang buong page 11. kasi sabi ni sir armand, lilipat ang sports column ko sa page 3.

Tapos biglang wala pala akong space sa page 3. so nilagay ko yung column ko sa page 11. Naputol yung features ng table tennis…kasi hindi na kasya. Nagbawas pa ako ng mga words. May headline na…yung exhibiton game nung foundation. Hindi sya ganun ka-headline material, pero I don’t have the luxury to choose.

Tapos sabi ni sir armand e kasya na ako sa page 3, kasi maikli lang yung columns nina Jennibeth at sir ean. Kaya ayun, lipat na naman ako. Tapos nailatag ko uli yung mga article na wala dapat…pinagkasya ko ulit sila. Sa news, problema ko yung mga kulang na info… yung sa interschool nagkaproblema din dahil naging outdated yung news agad nung nagkaroon ng sunod sunod na laban. Tapos yung table tennis na move ulit. Tapos yung tungkol sa bagong coach ng Mapúa, namove din ng January 27.

Pagdating ng Jan 27, namove naman ng Feb. 3. E ang press run supposedly ay Feb 2. Ibig sabihin dapat Feb. 2 nasa printing press na. Ang problema nun e di pa ako tapos ng layout. Dahil estudyante din ako… meron pa akong CURRICULAR activities. At yung 2 lecheng design ko, napakademanding sa oras. Nasabi ko bang leche sila?

Kaya naman naging blessing na rin na hindi natuloy nung Feb 2 yung press run. Ang problema natuloy naman yung coaches article…

Pagdating ng Feb 3, habang naglalay-out aba, *kring kring… tawag sa telepono. Sinagot ni sir ean. Pinapupunta ang kahit sino mula sa staff na pumunta ng President’s Office dahil may event daw. E walang staff. Pumunta kami ni ean. Yun pala yung coaches na. Ayun. So ininterview pa namin yung mga candidates. Tapos gawin daw headline. Asa naman sila.

Sabi ko ifeafeaturized ko na lang. Kasi di sya pwedeng i-headline kung gusto nila ilagay yung mga interview, strengths and weaknesses, career…feature yun di ba?

So palit latag na naman ako ng page 11. yung tungkol sa table tennis varsity na lang natira. Tapos ginawan ko ng space. Pagdating ng lunes nagbigay pa si sir beni ng karagdagang info, na pang-feature din talaga. So binigay ko yung article kay dothz at nash. Nung nagawa na nila yung article at naedit na aba, *kring kring ulit. “TNB punta President Office Bago Coach Pirma Kontrata RAPIDO!!!!”

Ayun pagbalik nung mga pumunta. May headline na ako. May bagong coach na ang varsity team. Headline material. So major revamp ng layout. Na naman.

Pero sa wakas. Tapos na ang layout. Habang tinatype ko ito malamang nililimbag na ang dyaryo sa press.

May sikreto ngapala dun sa column ko. Pero talaga naman, may nagkamali ng pindot at voila!!! Lumitaw ang mga pangalan. Oh well.

Haay. Medyo kalat kalat ang mga pinagdadadada ko dito… Ewan ko ba… hmm…

Procrastinating

"Procrastination is like masturbation. At first it feels good, but in the end you're only screwing yourself. "
- anonymous

i certainly did not write that quote, by the way... i just saw it on a site. it's a bit thought-provoking, i guess, and eye-catching too... and that is why you see it up there. it may inspire you to read my post... and stop procrastinating about commenting on it... =P

mapua's foundation "week" is over, and i guess classes will resume again tomorrow. no disasters coming (hopefully...), no holiday celebrations, no more breaks until the end of term. That's too bad... i was getting used to not attending my classes... hmmm... Maybe i'll cut some classes tomorrow... you know, to readjust or something... ;)

i did not go to school last thursday...since i was too tired and had other things to do... i did not get to see luna_sy's gimmick to please his girlfriend on their 17th monthsary (mental note: saving gimmick in main memory... ... ... ... done.), i also missed the 82 seconds of fame...oh well, it's not really bad at all. at least i was able to rest...and umm...iron our clothes... >_<

i went to Mapua last friday by 10:30 am only to find out that there are no classes in thermodynamics... only attendance signing. i had 4.5 hours of vacant time... i did not go to the org booths since i was slightly avoiding the quadrangle because i am not wearing pink which MICRONS were supposed to wear. well, for their information, i do not have any pink tshirt, polo or such... even if i wanted to, i cant... and well, i don't think pink looks that good on me... hehe.

i played pusoy dos to while away the time... i think i lost some money to sir ray, as it was his lucky day. i wanted to play billiards but nobody seems to play the game anymore... bummer. i did not attend my java class, because i don't want to. because it is boring... and i'm not in the mood for any seatworks...

although i had to attend my comorg class... thankfully, it was not such a loss... our professor assigned the topics we had to report... (reporting again...it's the oldest teacher pasttime!!!) but i manage to get a very easy topic... i hope ill be able to do it as early as possible to avoid complications...

i played some more pusoy dos at the office when i came back and won some of what i lost to kuya ray, since kuya ray is not playing anymore...hehe. then we went to the gym to watch the Mr. and Ms. Cardinal 2007 (?)...
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i would like to thank our sponsor, mr. armando ricardo j. aguado, for giving us "complimentary passes" to the event. i would also like to congratulate him for ranking first in the president's awardees list with the gwa of 1.10!!! i did not think that sir armand was a monster, but now i'm having doubts... he might be an alien... that would explain his extreme intelligence...hehe.

i suppose i could have made it to the list, if only i had known that it exists at all... hehe... or maybe not... i've never had a grade of 1.00 in my lifetime... unless the CWTS grade counts.

i think sir armand deliberately made a few mistakes, so that he will not get a grade of 1.00... because if he did, there will be no doubt at all that he is an alien sent to rule the world... hehe.. peace, sir armand... i blog in peace. =)
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this year's pageant is a lot more wholesome than last year, there were less skin shown by girls, although the boys were a different story... i got to hand it to mr. architecture, though... it was pure guts... i mean if guts were a living thing, i'll say mr. AR is GUTS PERSONIFIED... he should have won the event... that way, we have a scandal in our hands!

the mapua audience certainly is a bad audience for a pageant... they can destroy a contestant's life... tsk tsk...

i saw alyssa gibbs at the gym by the way, ezra says she is the girlfriend of mr. che... the collegian boy... well, she looks shorter in real life...

ive heard rumors concerning the winner of the mr. cardinal... that he is not...umm... symmetrically balanced...if you get what i mean, then good for you. ;)

i also heard that ms. nursing is a model, ivankirk even posted a photo...

i was betting on ms. cs, as her skimpy dancesport sportswear certainly perked the night up. aaaaaaaahhh... i'm shouting again... hooooooooo!!!! hehe... ;) too bad, she only won second place... the next issue's coed might not be that coed-able, i'm not sure...well, not my problem. ean's.
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i went to school last saturday, even though i have no classes... because most events that will take place concerned sports... i was at school by 10 am, only to find out that the event was postponed... and the next event was slated at two.

the next event was an exhibition game between former Cardinals... but i think i'll save that story for the next post...O_o
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the things that i will have to do are starting to pile up.

the february issue is nearing it's deadline... it will give me some problems by this coming week, i'm sure of it... i have to finish more than half by the end of the week or i'll be having more problems.

my groupmates in design 2 are assigning me to program the microcontrollers that we are going to use for our prototype. how thoughtful of them. O_o. sir ray tells me it's easy... but well, i am going to find out soon enough... there is more at stake, i think. My pride is. I wouldn't give one of my groupmates (the one who backstabbed me to get the girl) the satisfaction of thinking that he is better than me... although he probably is...in some ways... but i think i'm better adjusted! (bitter)

"show weakness to hide true strength" - hallmark card

i still have to learn vb.net for my software design... which i admit i still am not familiar with... i would like to learn how to program software using vb...but there isn't just enough time for everything... i had to make time for it somehow... i'll be programming some of the software, i'm sure.

add java to the list since i need to learn this for my elective too... there would be some sort of machine problem by the end of the term...

i think that time is flowing fast these days... i don't have time to do most things... i couldn't even watch tv anymore unless i had to iron clothes or eat breakfast... darn...

Changes?

Time, which changes people, does not alter the image we have retained of them.
~Marcel Proust

Stubborness does have its helpful features. You always know what you are going to be thinking tomorrow. ~Glen Beaman
hello everyone...i've just noticed that Blogger has a new version... it seems they took out that beta word and added some new features and such... never tried anything yet though. The ads are telling me its way, way better now...but you know advertisements...they tell you what you want to hear.

i suddenly felt tired using tagalog... maybe because i have been using the language at the Mapua Ownage forum for more than a month. I've been hanging out there for a long time. It seems spamming has its attractions...especially when you can get away with it. I was targeting the top 4 poster or top 3 poster spot and i have less than 300 posts to go to reach that point...

BLINK!

i've reached a saturation point though. when DRE (i think) removed some threads from the post count, more than 900 of my posts were gone like burst bubbles!!! oh...wasted time... from the fifth spot i'm suddenly back to the 15th. just like that. it certainly took my enthusiasm away. i suddenly became tired of posting there... and here i am back.

some things are gone with a blink...and my life's filled with those.

BLINK BLINK BLINK -_-

anyway...

Mapua is celebrating it's 82nd foundation day. i think it's a week early, since Mapua was founded on january 25, 2005. i remember writing a seven-thousand-peso-worth essay corcerning the 80th... too bad it never got published. and i don't have the original copy. BLINK!
darn Malayan issue... My essay was flushed down the drain.

It's a drab foundation day anyway, i suppose other schools celebration foundation days WITHOUT classes. I know i'm smart (at times. -_-) but they dont have to drill us into boring classes so i'll never forget that this is QUARTERM... i think there's a hidden issue here.

Since 2005, during November, Mapua is celebrating something obscure... They used to call it Mapua-on-Sale...but because of the weird connotations that I'm sure you wouldn't miss... ( Mapua's already bought, by the way) they changed it to Mapua Unleashed.

Conspiracy bums are saying that it was a celebration concerning Mapua's name change into Malayan... but hey, I'm not one of those... yet. But unless i am very wrong, there are almost no classes during those days in november... but there ARE classes during the Foundation...

hmmm...

i liked the fireworks that flashed though the wednesday night sky above Mapua, though. it was another dose of the recently concluded Pyrolympics... If you were there at the quadrangle, i think you'll infer that most Mapuans have never seen fireworks before. >_<

i've just finished watching the MONK DVDs, although my mother still has not. I am currently watching HOUSE M.D. and i can say that i am now a fan of another series. it was a good decision to buy the season 1 and season 2, i think i'll go back to carriedo to buy season 3. hope there's a monk season 5 dvd anytime soon...

i'll be posting that love story, for those who are interested...but maybe not here... i don't like to see the story here... i'll tell you where...when something comes up... hehe...

i dont know if i'll stick with this English stuff... what do you think?

Happy New Year: Prologue

"Music is the language of the soul"
- anonymous

Una sa lahat nais kong bumati ng isang maligayang bagong taon sa lahat ng mga naliligaw sa aking blog at dun sa mga parating nadalaw...medyo konti na lang kayo dahil siguro nag-lielow na naman ang blogging sa TNB...yung mga dating bloggers ay nakahanap na ng ibang outlet...

tulad ko sa Mapuaownage na ako madalas...hinahabol ko ang top 10...wehehe... wala lang... ayos naman ang mga tao dun e... at nadidistract naman ako...

Matagal ko nang gusto gumawa ng entry pero medyo maraming ginagawa... bukod sa ownage may inaasikaso akong surprise para sa February... Ooops... bago ka mag-isip ng iba pa...hindi po yun date... sana lang... ahahaha.. pero para yun sa aking kamag-anak... wala munang details dahil baka sya ay maligaw dito ako pa ang mapagalitan dahil tsismoso ako...hehe...

Ang aga ko dumating sa skul ngayon dahil may software design ako... kay sir legaspi daw... (oh noes...) e 730 dapat ang time pero ayun nine pa raw darating si sir... haay... medyo inaantok pa ako ah... di pa ako nakakabawi...baka mamaya makatulog na naman ako nito sa ofis...

Dahil sandali na lang at nine na...di na ako natulog... mabibitin lang ako e... kaya eto...nagblog na lang ako...
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Ginugol ko ang bagong taon sa aming probinsya sa batangas. sa lugar kung saan mas marami pa rin ang puno kaysa sa tao... pero mayroon nang bagong tayong SM Lipa... haha.

Umalis kami nung Rizal Day. alas sais pa lang ng umaga.

Matagal na kaming nagbabagong taon sa Lipa...siguro sa tanang buhay ko, iisang beses pa lang kami nagdiwang sa aming bahay... kung san watusi lang ang paputok namin naputukan pa ako sa mata...sa takot kong mapagalitan...di ko sinabi na naputukan ako... pero mild lang naman...parang namula lang mata ko ng matagal... at luha ng luha...natakot din ako nun...pero dahil bata pa ako nun (8 o 9 yrs old) mas takot pa akong mapagalitan kaysa mabulag...

Malungkot kasi sa bahay pag walang operation. Nasanay na kami na sa buong taon, lagi na lang maingay sa labas... condenser...mga makina... kung ano ano pa... kung di mo pa alam...nakatira kami sa may factory... pinapatira kami nung may-ari dun for more than 20 years na ata... libre ang kuryente... laging may tubig at libre din... walng bayad ang upa...

pero malungkot dun pag bagong taon... kami lang kasi ang pamilyang naiiwan dun...kahit yung mga "kapitbahay" na katulong sa canteen ay umuuwi ng probinsya... at dahil inggit kami umuuwi rin kami. hahaha.
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dahil napuyat ako sa conference at MO nung madaling-araw, syempre ginawa ko ulit ang favorite habit ko tuwing byahe... ang matulog... di ko alam kung bakit pero ang lakas mag-"hele" ng makina ng sasakyan... minsan parang di ko na lang napapansin nakatulog pala ako...para akong bigla na lang nawawalan ng ulirat... kahit sa byahe papunta at pauwi ng skul nakakatulog ako...

medyo malapit lang naman ang probinsya namin... kapag sinuwerte...mahaba na ang dalawang oras na byahe. yun nga lang at di kami swerte...kasi inabot kami ng 3 hours!

(oops...nine na pala...itutuloy...)