A teaser of an upcoming movie

in celebration of more than 2 years of JL Habitan Productions, we proudly bring a movie unlike any other...!

Co-produced with Issi Afable and Marlon Castillo

Coming Very Soon!

An Iberian Selection

Usted no tiene ninguna idea cómo es doloroso es,
ni unos ni otros había pensado que sería ésta áspera.
 En segundo lugar de horas de mágica y de su pensamiento,
 su pensamiento encuentra una manera de escaparse
en palabras, por lo menos, pero nunca puede.
Nunca realmente puede escaparse con palabras.
 Nunca, no importa cómo deconstruido
mis palabras están al costumbre cupieron su pensamiento.
Más extracto que su presencia fantástico,
más fantástico que la abstractividad de su sonrisa
y todo que empeora este enigma
de dolor, incluso no sé porqué estoy en dolor.

Duela como si me cincelen.
Sí, es su cara perfectamente cincelada,
la barbilla se alineó con el cielo,
y la tonalidad fuerte del marrón
 ese abrigos él en conjunto.
Es bastante para cincelarme a las fibras.
 Es bastante para ahogarme en dolor.
Incluso no sé usted causa tal dolor.

Dolor de la frialdad absurda de la noche.
 Dolor de la desesperación de un encierro abierto.
Dolor del conclusión algo que realmente no ha comenzado.
 Duela que sangra de azul en vez de rojo.

Todo es pálido y descolorado,
ambarino y ligero y amargo.
Me caigo para usted más como nuestro alcance de la distancia allí a la vista.
I de largo para usted que más como están se convierte era.

Tercero de horas de mágica,
la oscuridad es todavía chillar
como, en otras dos señales,
 El aurora asperjará el oro.

El dolor consiste en el cierre de mis ojos.
El dolor consiste en abrir el subconsciente.
El dolor consiste en tener que soñar con usted.
El dolor consiste en despertar.

El dolor está en el pensamiento de su cara perfectamente otra vez cincelada.
 El dolor que me cinceló a las fibras.

"Sol Deconstruido"

The James Habitan Video Resume

I made this multimedia resume as part of my requirements for COMSK2x. I really don't know what to put in a resume kaya i refer myself to this Pinoy website which is all about this host from the defunct show ART-IS-KOOL . the site contains a resume of the host so I patterned mine from his. Okay ba?

A J-Blog Files Anniversary Special: "WHAT?! PATI KAW?" (Special J-Blog Coverage)

    Flashes: March 24, 2007 9:54 AM. I posted an entry called "Just Before Graduation" for which I contemplated myself on the years that I was in SJA 24 hours before I graduated from high school.

    Nung nakaraang Wednesday, nagkaroon ng isang miting de avance sa may Plaza V para maipakilala sa CSB student body ang mga tatakbo sa kasalukuyang nangyayaring halalan para sa mga bakanteng posisyon ng Student Council. Bawat kandidato ipinakilalal nila ang sarili nila at ang kanilang adyenda't plataporma ng kanilang pangangampanya.

    May tatlong partido na kalahok sa halalan kung hindi ako nagkakamali. Ang isa ay ang League of United Students (ngayon lang pumasok sa isip ko, puwede pala sila makilala sa acronym na LUSt, hehehe joke...), isa naman ay ang BAKAS party (hindi ko alam kung ano ibig sabihin ng BAKAS...hmmmm...) at ang ay isa ay independiente.

    Ang tatakbong SC president ay ang kasalukuyang incumbent na pangulo ng konseho na tumatakbo sa ilalim ng LUSt banner, si Jean Kim. Iyung independent naman ay kilala  ngayon bilang kandidatong nagsasagawa ng isang "silent campaign" sa pamamagitan ng pangangampanya sa Benildean online community, si Zach White. Ang tatakbo sa ilalim ng partidong BAKAS ay hindi ka alam ang pangalan, kaya mamaya ko itsetsek iyung list uli ng mga tatakbo.

    Bukod pa sa posisyon ng pangulo, ang iba pang open posisyons ay ang pagka-bise presidente ng iba't ibang mga kumite ng SC. Isa sa mga tatakbo doon ay isang kakilala ko na hindi ko muna babanggitin. Clue: Bahagi siya ng partido BAKAS (Check ko uli kung tama ako).

    Bukopd kay Zach, hindi ko pa alam kung ano ang mga platform ng ibang kandidato pero inaasahan ko na makikipag ugnayan na ang bagong SC sa susunod na taon para sa kapakanan ng mga interes ng mga estudyante. Heto siguro ang mga problema na dapat bigyan ng pansin sa susuond na taon:

1. Pagkakilanlan ng mga estudyante sa mga kinatawan nila sa itaas.
2. Mabilis na pagresponde sa mga pangangailangan ng mga estudyante (Better student response service).
3. Harmonious na  relasyon sa pagitan ng mga propesor at mag-aral.
4. Pamimigay ng handbook sa LAHAT ng mga mag-aaral at hindi piling pili.
5. Efficient at kapakipakinabang CSB intranet (with E-mail, message boards, and the like)
6. Paggamot sa student apathy mentality.
7. Actual student involvement not just outside of the school but inside.
8. Kooperasyon ng lahat ng mga student organziations sa CSB.
9. Maayos na enlistement/enrollment procedures (meaning mas maayos na SIS)
10. Mas improved na guidance para sa mga bagong batch nang mga froshes (not froshies but froshes).

Good luck sa mga tatakbo!

What My Name Mean (Got It From Alex)

http://www.paulsadowski.com/NameData.asp

You entered: Jaime Luis Sibucao Habitan

There are 23 letters in your name.
Those 23 letters total to 89
There are 12 vowels and 11 consonants in your name.
 
What your first name means:

Spanish	Male	Supplanter.
Spanish	Female	Pet form of James used as a woman's name.
Scottish	Male	Variant of Jacob Supplanter.
Scottish	Female	Pet form of James used as a woman's name.

Your number is: 8

The characteristics of #8 are: Practical endeavors, status oriented, power-seeking, high-material goals.

The expression or destiny for #8:
Your Expression is represented by the number 8. The 8 Expression is well-equipped in a managerial sense. You have outstanding organizational and administrative capabilities. You have the potential for considerable achievement in business or other powerful positions. You can expect to receive the financial and material rewards. You have the skill and abilities to establish or operate a business with great efficiency. You have good judgment when it comes to money and commercial matters, and you understand how to build and accumulate material wealth. Much of your success (or lack of it) may come due to your ability (or inability) to judge character. With the number 8 Expression, you exercise sound judgment in most of your affairs; you are realistic and practical in your approach to business matters.

The positive 8 Expression produces individuals that are very ambitious and goal-oriented. If the 8 energy is not in excess in your makeup, you will no doubt express these traits to some extent. No one has any more energy that a person with the 8 Expression who has a plan laid and is starting to work. No one has any more self-confidence, either. If you are expressing the positive qualities of 8, you are an outstanding manager because you can plan, initiate, and complete projects; you are very dependable and determined.

As it always happens, there can be too much of a good thing. If you have too much of the 8 energy in your makeup, you may express some of the negative attitudes. A negative 8 can be very rigid and stubborn. Ambition sometimes has a way of becoming over-ambition, and you may express an unreasonable impatience with the lack of progress. If your negative side is showing, you may be too exacting, both of yourself and of others. Sometimes this can even becomes a case of intolerance.

The number 8 is very materialistic and also very desirous of status and power. Neither of these drives are inherently negative unless they are taken to an extreme. You must avoid the tendency to strain after money, material matters, status, or power, to the detriment of the other important factors in your life.

Your Soul Urge number is: 3

A Soul Urge number of 3 means:
With the Soul Urge number 3 your desire in life is personal expression, and generally enjoying life to its fullest. You want to participate in an active social life and enjoy a large circle of friends. You want to be in the limelight, expressing your artistic or intellectual talents. Word skills may be your thing; speaking, writing, acting, singing. In a positive sense, the 3 energy is friendly, outgoing and always very social.

You have a decidedly upbeat attitude that is rarely discouraged; a good mental and emotional balance.

The 3 Soul Urge gives intuitive insight, thus, very high creative and inspirational tendencies. The truly outstanding trait shown by the 3 Soul Urge is that of self-expression, regardless of the field of endeavor.

On the negative side, you may at times become too easygoing and too optimistic, tending to scatter forces and accomplish very little. Often, the excessive 3 energy produces non-stop talkers. Everyone has faults, but the 3 soul urge doesn't appreciate having these pointed out.

Your Inner Dream number is: 5

An Inner Dream number of 5 means:
You dream of being totally free and unrestrained by responsibility. You see yourself conversing and mingling with the natives in many nations, living for adventure and life experiences. You imagine what you might accomplished.

The CSB Experience: What Could Be My Schedule for Next Term Next Year

    Initially I wanted an all-morning schedule but us 107 SDA people  are being  dead last again (for the last time at least). All the good classes were alreadyv talen so here I am again...searching for at least a very flexible schedule. Now here it is:


MWF Joseriz            DFSB     2:30-3:30    A910
MWF Oralcom Lec    LLF1      3:40-4:40    M403
W      Basicom         DMAE    5:00-9:00    A909
T       Oralcom Lab    LLF1      9:40-11:10  M403
TH     Cathwor          DFS7      1:00-2:30   A916
TH     Philien            A0E        4:20-5:50   M508
S       Petwoda         GOA       12:00-2:00 MULTRM


Thanks!

The J-Blog Files Anniversary Special: St. Cecilia Music Studio Recital 2008

Happy anniversary!

The CSB Experience: Subok sa Pangyayari ng Daluyong

Ok, I'm goinh to try my best on inserting the important parts of the novel, ung simula. gitna, at wakas...

1. Simula
    a. Tagpuan-Ang nobela ay naka-set sa barrio ng Maruhat sa isang hindi makatotohanang lalawigan at nangrai ang lahat noong Mayo 21, 1955. Karaniwan na ang ganitong uri na tagpuang lugar sa mga  nobela ng may-akda dahil sa pamilyaridad niya sa kanyang kapaligiran (Sa kabuuan halos ng vbuhay niya ay nakatira siya sa Nueva Ecija). Ang tagpuang oras ang nakakapagbigay sa atin ng palagay kung paano mamuhay ang mga tao sa panahong iyon lalo na ang taong binanggit ay isang totoong election year. Nung 1955 ginanap ang halalang lehislatibo at lokal.

    b. Suliranin-1)May pagtingin si Lino kay Ms Sanchez kaso dahil sa kanyang kamngmangan, hindi niya pinilit na pursigihin ipaalam sa binibini ang kanyang mga nararamdaman.
                      2)Magsisimula na ang panahon ng pangangampanya at hinikayat ni Benigno "Benog" Sityar si Lino na maging bodyguard niya dahil malakas daw siya sa kanyang ama.
2. Gitna
    a. Saglit na kaligayahan-Masaya si Lino sa mga magagandang nangyayari sa buhay niya: Kanya na ang sinasakahang lupa mula kay Pari Amando, dinalaw siya ng anak niya na matagal na niyang hindi nakita, at nalaman niyang may gusto rin sa kanya si Miss Sanchez.
    b. Katunggalian-Nang tinanggi ni Lino ang alok na binigay sa kanya ni Benog na tumatakbong gobernador sa lalawigan nila, siya ay pinapapatay.
    c. Kasukdulan-Napatay ang si Bidong na naging biktima sa pamumulitika. Si Ms Sanchez naman ay nagkasakit sa baga at puso.

3. Wakas
    a.Pina-aral na ni Padre Amando si Ernesto sa isang eskwelahan sa Maynila habang nawawala si Didang na napagod na kahahantay niyan kay Lino.
    b. Napagalaman nilino na may nangyaring masama kay Ms Sanchez. nagkita muli sila at sinabi na nila na mahal nila ang isa't isa.
    c.Alas otso ng gabi ng nabawian na ng buhay si Ms Sanchez.

The CSB Experience: Events from Daluyong (Until Kabanata 31)

    Rushes: 1)Weird, I have 4 contacts in multiply who posted avatars of themselves holding SLR cameras, uso na ba yon ngayon? :), 2)The PC I'm using doesn't have Micrososft Office installed as of now so I'm using J-Blog to transfer my notes containing highlighted events from a novel I'm currently researching on.

*Be the judge!

1. Mayo 21, 1955
2. Akala ni Lino na ang utang loob ay hindi kailanman ay mababayaran (kulang na alng ang buhay niya bilang bayad).
3. Pilit niyang sinasabi na kanya na ang pag-aari ng sinasaka niyang lupa.
4. Bilang sukli ng pasasalamat, nais niyang palapitin ang babaeng tumitibok sa puso niya, si miss Sanchez, sa isang taga-militar na si Koronel Roda na may gusto sa kanya.
5. Bumisita si Bidong at ang anak ni Lino na si eduardo
6. Sabi ni Ernesto sa tatay Lino niya na binili ni Pare Amando ang isang kabayo para sa kanya.
7. Sabi ni Bidong na inililipat na ni Ms Sanchez ang pag-aari ng kabayong kastanyo sa pangalan ni Lino.
8. Kuwento sa likod ng vbuhay ni Huli
9. Nag-usap si Don Tito at si Padre amando ukol sa nalalapit na pagtakbo ng anak na si Benigno (Benog) sa pagka-gobernador sa lalawigan (na sakop ang barrio ng Maruhat).
10. Nilaptian ni Albino si Lino hinggil sa hinggil sa alok na maging bodyguard o hepe ng mga bodyguard sa anak ng Don.
11. Mahal pala ni Ms Sanchez si Lino
12. Sinimulan ni Dr. Benigno (Benog) Sityar ang pagpaplano ng mga balak niya sa kanyang pagtakbo sa halalan kasama ang mga kaibigang bumubuo ng kanyang "brain trust" o kilala sa bilang ang kilusang BGM (Benog for Government Movement).
13. Pumunta si albino kay benog upang sabihin ang tungkol sa pagtanggi ni Lino sa alok nito.
14. Pumunta si Lino sa bahay ni Ms Sanchez para asikasuhan na ang mga dokumento hinggil sa paglipat sa pangalan niya ang pag-aari kastanyo.
15. Nag-usap silang dalawa tungkol sa mga bagay bagay mula sa tungkol ke Huli hanggang sa mga nobela ni Rizal
16. Alam na ni Lino na may pagtingin sa knaya ang magandang binibini.
    
17. Masaya kaso nisip niya na hindi magiging sila dahil (cliche): Langit at lupa ang agwat nila.
18. Si Didang na bagong salta sa Maruhat ang inisip niyang magpapalimot sa mga nararamdaman niya kaya angsimula siyang manligaw sa dalaga.
19. Nagkaroon kaagad ng spark si Lino tungo kay Didang.
20. Dumalo siya sa isang salo salo ng kaarawan ni Ms Sanchez.
21. Doon, nanlamig sa kanya ang mga taong don dahil sadya nilang gustong paghiwalayin sina Lino at Luring (Ms Sanchez) habang maaga pa.
22. Akala ni Lino nirereject siya ni Ms Sanchez kaya lalong lumayo ang loob niya sa kanya.
23. Masama ang loob ng Don dahil na kay Lino na ang pag-aari ng lupa muila sa pari. Plano niya sana gawing itong patubig para sa sariling asyenda nito.
24. Gusto na rin niya sana na umalis sa pader ni Don tito pero dahil sa pag-aalala niyta sa mga inaalagaang mga baka di niya magawa.
25. Nalaman niya ang tunay na pakay ng Don dahilnais niya siyang gamitin.
26. Sinabi rin pala na kung di niya magagawa alangin ang buhay niya.
    
27. Sinabi ni Albino kay Lino na umaasa pa rin si Benog sa alok na vbinigay nito sa kanya pero ayaw pa rin ng bida natin na tanggapin iyon sa rasong ayaw niya maging tauhan ang kapwa tao niya (taas ng standards, ang arte)!
28. Nagalit siyempre si Benog sa sagot nung narating iyon sa kanya.
29. Initnuloy ni Lino ang pagsuyo niya kay Didang
30. Naisawalat ni Didang ang kanyang nkaraan sa lsa kanyang manliligaw.
31. Nagkaroon ng isang malaks na putukan malapit sa tirahan niya. PInntahan niya kaagad at nakita niya si Bidong na nakatago sa kanyang secret pugad.
32. Afterwards itinuloy niya ang pagkukuwento niyan kay Didnag uli (what?!)
33. Mukhang pareho na silang nahuhumaling sa isa't isa (infatuate)
34. Pinapapatay pala ni Benog si Lino.
35. Ang alok ay nailipat kay Bidong kung saan bibigay daw ni benog ang lahat nang gusto ni Bidong kapalit sa isang pabor.
36. Samantala, may natanggap si Luring (Ms Sanchez) na liham mula kay Lino na dinala ni Albino (hmmm...)
37. Dinala si Bidong sa isang silid...
38. Nag-aalala na si Lino kay Bidong.
39. Nagtalumpati si enresto para sa Linggo ng Wika na napanood ng ama niya.
40. Nagkaroon ng isang malakas na pagputok na sinundan ng isa pa
41. nakita nito ang bangkay ni Bidong? (sa internet si lino daw?)
42. Nasusunog ang mga kubo sa lugar nina Lino
43. Kasama si Albino, armadong nilakbay ang luagr nang may nakita si Lino nang isang lalake na kaagad niyang pinaputukan ng baril. PInuno pala iyon ng mga Huk
44. Napatay si Luisto na kasamahan ni Benog.
45. Pagkaraan ng mga pangyayari, nalaman ni Lino na may sakit si Ms Sanchez
46. Pumunta si Padre Amando at Ernesto sa Maynila. Mula doon, nagpadala siya ng isang doktor para tumingin sa pamangkin niya.
47. Malubha pala ang sakit niya: coronary thrombosis at angina pectoris (sakit sa baga agt puso).
48. Samantala, sumuko sa kahihintay kay Lino si Didang kaya umalis patungong Maynila.
49. Hinanap siya ni Lino pero tuluyan na siyang nawala kahit tumungo pa siya sa Quezon City, Polo (Valenzuela), Pasay, at Dewey (Roxas Blvd).
50. Nobyembre 5, 1955-Natalo si Benog sa halalan. Maging sa sariling bayan, ang Maruhat ay hindi man lang siya nakalamang sa boto (Ang arte kasi!)
    
51. Nagkita sila ni Abogado Ligon na sinabi na may nangyaring masama kay Ms Sanchez.
52. Pumunta siya kaagad sa Pinyahan para makita sya.
53. Nagkita na muli ang magkasintahan.
54. Naghkapatawaran at sinabi na nila na mahal nila ang isa't isa.
55. Alas otso ng gabi, hininga na ni Ms Sanchez ang kanyang huling hibla ng buhay.

wakas

ONLINE PRE-ENROLLMENT

Start:	Mar 27, '08
Location:	CSB

Hahah! Second Pre-enrollment na natin! Kainis, 107 MMAers are deadlast yata uli! Kainis!

I'm hopeful that I'd be able to get an all-morning sched for next term!

How I Spend My Holy Week

Miyerkules Santo:
-I only have one class for that day (Philoma) so pumasok pa rin ako.
-Hindi dumating si "Coach" Bernardo kaya FREE CUT
-Dapat aantayin ko iyung classmate ko sa COMSK2x na si Arni kaso di ko siya matext (la na akong load), at since maaga, kailangan ko ring umalis kaagd.
-From 1pm until 4.30 pm, I stayed at my tito's house sa Malabon para magpahinga. Aalis kasi sana ako nang 2 para dumiretso sa Bayan (San Agustin) para magpractice ng violin para sa recital ko sa SJA this coming Tuesday.
-I spent the rest of the day watching TV at home as well as checking messages at the DLS-CSB-SDA-MMA Y! group kung saan naging mainit na usapan ang dalawang threads doon, ang "Handbook Problems" na sinimulan ko at ang Enlistment problem na thread addrssed kay Sir Dave Caballero.
-Listend to the Brewrats for the second and last time at 99.5 HiT FM. Wala na kasi HiT by Easter eh.

Huwebes Santo
-Gumising ako (Siyempre)
-NagPC kaagad
-Nag-brunch with my family
-Nagvisita Iglesia
-Nagmerienda sa Chowking Pasig
-Umuwi
-Kumain ng dinner
-Natulog
-Nanood muna ng Hana Kimi Japan at Taiwan pala bago matulog

Biyernes Santo
-Inayos ko ang mga posisyon ng kagamitan ko sa room ko. Bukas ko pa itinuloy ko
-Gumawa ng movie para sa prof ko sa PE
-Nanood ng NewsWatch
-Kumain
-Natulog

Sabado de Gloria
-Pilit gumising hanggang sa umahon na sa kama ng bandang alas otso
-Kumain ng lugaw
-Naglinis ng kuwarto ko
-Naghukay ng mga puwede ko nang itapon mula sa room ko (karamihan kasi di akin eh)
-Kumain ng seafood for lunch
-Sinipon dahil sa alikabok ngmga basura sa kuwarto ko
-Naligo kaninang bandang tanghali
-Nagsietsa
-Gumising
-Nanood ng TV
-Nagcomputer
-Itutuloy ang tinatapos na project sa Filip
-May binasang email na nakaforward sa kanya
-Nagboblog
-Natulog

Pasko ng Pagkabuhay
-Gigising ng maaga
-Makikining ng radyo bago mag ala sais
-Dyo-jogging along the Malabon-Bulacan-Valenzeula Border
-Magsisimba
-Pupunta sa Malabon
-Uuwi
-Matutulog

The CSB Experience: DLS-CSB SC President Aspirant Forwarded this Message to me

    Gulat ako nang may natanggap ako kanina na email from Zach White, the much-talked about aspirant vying for the position of Student Council President. Mukhang he made his presence known at the midst of the trouble happening within the MMA community. Too bad, he got me confused with the guy having enlistment problems...


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Zach White <xakqri@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, Mar 22, 2008 at 6:29 PM
Subject: May solusyon na sa mga problema ninyo!!! ZACH WHITE for SC President
To: jlhabitan@yahoo.com, carlos_00120@yahoo.com

Hello guys!

 

It seems that you've been the talk of the town of the MMA Community.

 

Jaime, I share your, and others in your batch, sentiments about academic advising. It does really take a while for the advisers to approve your enlisted courses. I think the problem there was no body had informed you that it would take that long, and that the advisers had to do their jobs and "advise" you on the subjects to be taken.

 

Carlos, I couln't agree with you more on giving the frosh fair warning about the guidelines regarding the borrowing of equimpment from ML0. I also experienced the same thing when I was a frosh.

 

Well, ang masasabi ko lang, CSB is a long way from being perfect, there is still so much that can be done.

A bit of good news for you: All of that can be addressed through the Student Council...

 

Why is it just now that you hear of this SC? It has been in turmoil for the longest time. You might not know this but I am running for SC President. My biggest action for the SC is to bring the Student Council to the Students.

 

I am also an Frosh Orientor, and part of what I am pushing for if elected to be SC President is to inform the frosh of the small details that will prove to be points of big issues when something goes wrong. Such as academic advising and the handbook problems issue.

 

For more information feel free to click on this link http://ivotezach.multiply.com

or add me up on y!messenger my id is: u.zach

 

If you like what you read, please do not forget to

vote ZACH WHITE for SC PRESIDENT on March 27-31 2008,

at polling stations at CSB-Main, SDA and AKIC campuses

 

and please help me in spreading the word to your batchmates, blockmates and friends!!!!

as I am effecting a silent campaign to illustrate that I do not need to draw attention to myself in order to work

 

Animo Benilde!

Zach White

DWRT 99.5 Campus FM Grand Resurrection

Start:	Mar 23, '08
Location:	99.5 Megahertz

"Lo and behold, from the burning ashes of a scorched barangay, rising Phoenix-like, Campus Radio LIVES!"- DJ Jimmy Jam

School's starts at 6 am!

I Can No Longer Buy Lozada's Crybaby Face!

   The controversial and anomalous national broadband deal between the government and Chinese telecommunications firm, ZTE Corp. is now getting out of hand. Just early this February, one star-witness fled at a time that he was supposed to appear before a Senate hearing.

   A few days later, he came home crying in front of media people at a press conference, accompanied by nuns and, (alas!) the La Salle brothers. He claimed that he was abducted by what he perceived to be members of the Presidential Security Group the moment he stepped out from his plane coming from Hong Kong. 

   Forward to a mere week ago: Lozada is having a grand time in his life having campus tours and church tours all over the country as well as visiting Anti-GMA rallies from left to right! Hmmm...someting's really wrong here...

   One thing's for sure, I'm heck sick of seeing Jun Lozada' face gracing the headlines on TV news programs as well as the frontpage of every major daily in the land. People are calling for a another pepople power revolution, demanding the resignation of La Emperador+A, and the formation of a transitional government (the last one are words mentioned by no less than the one GMA toppled 7 years ago, Joseph Estrada). I think all this fame is getting to his head.

   Although I'm all go applauding him for his expose over the anomalies in the multi-billion broadband deal, he is now letting himself (willingly) be used by the ever politically motivated senators and other staunch critics of the administration for their own agenda.

   One fine example is Senadora Jamby "La Incompetencia" Madrigal, who's looking for things she perceived as the working of Malacanang. Too bad she failed miserably as she was proven otherwise that she is indeed wrong. Proof? Maybe the "Copy for F.G." document should skae up your memory banks. She believes that this certain document had something to do with the person with the initials she thinks, stands for either "First Gangster", First Goon", or "First Gentleman". Oh, how low can she get! Instead of praises, she got bashed by the National Economic Development Authority as well as the Chinese Embassy as the copy she claims as authentic is not at all it is. The original document in actuallity have a handwritten note saying it is a copy for F.G.P of this certain division within NEDA. Now she's calling for a probe on high tech trucks in Subic which are way out of her league (she's the chairman on the women and youth committee after-all). Because of her incompetency, fellow Sen. Pia Cayetano reminded her of what she should be doing, but what she got is being called a horse by Jamby (Now should Judy Ann Santos endorse her again in 2010, she should think twic if she want her to be in government again).

   Another is the ever anti-admin senator Ping Lacson. To prove that GMA and her husband had something to do with the NBN deal, he presented different people who claim to be witnesses of the said deal. Instead of giving concrete statements, what they gave are a bunch of inconsistent lies...If only Ping have thought of presenting them on one occasion and not on separte days...(Pasikat kasi na naman)

   I'm not saying that the people from the adminstration are not at fault, people like CHED chair Romulo Neri should avoid hiding from the Senate and tell them what he really do know about the deal while he was still NEDA secretary, instead of excusing himself, citing executive privilege (which is way outdated because EO 464 barring executive officials from appearing in such session was recently called off).

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Going back to Lozada, i think he's becoming more of a jerk than a hero. His loppy crybaby face is giving me more of a headache nowadays. Maybe beause of the media popularity he got from all this messes, he became overconfident and anything that he says is increasingly focused on Malacanang. He's one liner stinit would be the now famous quote "Moderate your greed" eanred him praises from radical groups like Bayan, and Anakpawis. But what really reflects his overconfidence is his increasingly disturbing Malakanayang-related quoatable quote.

   Now the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) led by its leader Archbishop Angel Lagdameo had made its apolitical stance towards the issue. Instead of accepting the rule of the many, some critical bishops rejected the stance, primarliyy the three bishops, Bishop Bacani of Novaliches, Bishop Oscar Cruz of Lingayen-Dagupan, and BIshop Deogracias Iniguez of Caloocan. Personally, what the CBCP did is right, other than unconstitutionally meddle themselves directly in politics.

   The CBCP also recently barred priests from celebrating Mass with Jun Lozada in his provincial tour as he is (and actually is!) using the Holy Mass as a political venue. Instead of respecting the CBCP's decision, he (a devout Catholic) remakred that even in having Mass, the Palace continues to stop him. Even before the CBCP had made the order, Lozada had previously remarked about this before when he, with Cory Aquino (whcih I no longer idolize), and his supporters were not allowed to have Mass at the Sto. Domingo Church because "the administration had made a pre-scheduled Mass there". His reaction: "Pati ba naman sa simbahan...[sinusundan pa rin ako] ng Malakanyang".

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Even on his campus tour, he made a career out of making bad remarks to the administration, without even proving yet in court they were in fact are directly involved with the overpricing of the NBN deal. I don't know with you but what does many people know may not actually be true at all. Whar if the so-called truth may not be the truth that we were looking for?

   During his tour at a Cebu-based school, a fellow compatriot who's also sick of the Mayabang Lozada asked him a very "IN YOUR FACE" question. Jun never answered his question straightly, instead accusing him of being a "Malacanang supporter" or something like that (or maybe "Pati ba ndito, nagpapadala pa ang Malakanyang nang...."). My compatriot was booed by the audience and an obvious Lozada fan made kaladkad him out of the venue. He never answered his question but he's still being praised?!

   I'm more concerned at the different youth groups supporting for Jun Lozada and calling for GMA's ouster. Especially those from Taft-based schools (I should know because CSB is one of them). They condemned the CBCP for not joining the cause, and blame GMA for not fulfilling her promises to the people. Other than that, any scandal that got attached to her husband, they tagged it to her. Unfair really, as in they won't let themselves think things through thoroughly.

   First of all, GMA is the leader of more than 84 million Filipinos. She's on the job 24/7 so her hands is always full. LIke anyhuman being she makes mistakes, accidents even, especially if she's sit at the highest political office in the country. Don't expect her to be a perfect know-it-all whom you want her to give the people what they want. And when she falls and never met those expectations they blame her for not doing her job. BUt Let me ask you this: Other than the usual questions of what to expect once GMA did step down from her office, 1)Kung feeling niyo na parang naghihirap kayo, ba't di kayo humingi ng tulog sa respective local officials niyo kasi responsable nila kayo sa lahat na oras, 2)Ba't di kayo magreklamo ukol sa performance ng mga mayors, kaptian ninyo?, 3)Kayo ba, may ginawa kayo para umunlad ang PIlipinas?, 4)To he militants of UP, an increase in the tuition fee there is critically necessary that's wy you have to forego with the increase. The last tuition fee increase was more than 20 years ago so it is but right to adjust them to 2008 levels. We all know that education is a right but not a privilege, how could UP give you the quality of education that you deserve if they lack the resources to give you one? 5)Are all arguments attached to Jun Lozada and the problems faced by the Philippines justifiable to have GMA removed from office? 6)GMA's husband should be the one booed at not GMA. GMA already canceled the NBN deal way before it was implemented so why make sita to her?

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People, I tell you, that time for change is now. People Power yes, we do need but not a people power dictated by opportunist people and "nagmamakalinis" people like Cory Aquino and Jose de Venecia. Yes, we do need to search the truth but we don't need people like JUn Lozada nor Erap to  know what to do.

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To the La Salle Brothers, though there's nothing wrong with keeping sanctuary to Jun, sana po talaga di kayo mahalo sa kaguluhang ito, and calling for Gloria's resignation does not help either.

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To the youth of the nation, we have the power to change our country's direction as we are to become the next set of leaders to this land. Let's make a turn to the better by studying to become productive members of society that can really make effective change. Let us learn not from what was taught to us by our elders but to what we are being taught by our country now. Walang pag-asa kasi wala tayong ginagawa para dito, imbes na mag reklamo, magsumikap para magkaroon ng pagbbago sa bayan natin!

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Jun Lozada, ang yabang mo na!

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Urbandub - First of Summer

Less than 4 weeks na lang, finals na. Less than 5 weeks na rin, it's summer vacation for us. In less than 5 weeks, start na ng summer class ko for BMAT.

Just so we could prepare ourselves on welcoming summer vacation, here's a treat for the summer lover in you. I know you see yourselves in those people, partying after classes are over...wipee!

Visita Iglesia de la Familia Habitan

Polo (Poblacion), Valenzuela with the scary looking belltower. Remember Noli Me Tangere


From Valenzuela to Caloocan to QC. Nandun kami

Buhay Kolehiyo: "Oh Come On Guys,..."

1.I don't want to hear those words, it's like when in high school where high school seniors would often say,"Come on guys, you're in high school na..."

2.I hate the dusa policy wherein froshes (and I dislike calling them 'froshies') have to suffer the misfortunes experienced by their seniors, yet they were never told.

3. I sure wish all that any possible mishap could be avoided by telling froshes first hand of such things for us to be more aware

4."Why need a poster/guide?"-Sino naman ang nakaisip na kapag college ka na, di na kailangan daw ng mga ganitong signages on strategic places like te library, LRC, etc. Ibig sabihin, kapag college ka na, isa ka nang bulag?

5. I don't like the over excessive pride of some college peers as if they are products of a brainwashed society. Some make backstabbing a life-long hobby.

6. I wish each and every collegian have a free handbook of their school's rules and regs that cannot just be distributed with a limited supply of books. they could be published online as part of an online access thingy for students' references

7.I wish that school pride is evident the way it is shown at its sister intitutions and fellow colleges. Bring back the glory they say.

8.If people from the faculty and admin have student affairs problems, they could have an urgent meeting to address such, para wala nang banggaan.

9.  Make suitable places for student smokers to smoke...adjacent to the school but at the same time, no non-smoker would be able to pass there. If that happens, marereduce ang risk of second-hand smoking (no offense to smokers). Yes they're in college pero siguro a little respect on passers-by going along Mini Stop and Charlie Brown. (Peace!). Ban tricycles who charge 4 times the usual side car fare and those who doesn't bear a city hall-issued license plate. Make them practice proper ethics. The pedicabs in less populated places in NCR are more organized.

10. Make an all-intra school online forum where profs, admin, and students would interact with each other. I hate the pahabol thing with profs and I hate the miscommunication between students, admin and profs.

Dusk Teaser

An indirect sequel to the unfortunately lost movie: Ejodo (Exodus)

Swiss Model Typing While There's Sunog Outside

Sori, naghahanap nang magandang pose kung sakaling pumasok ako sa pagmomodelo sa damit. Next, you'll see how I work using my mom's laptop (Taken this afternoon March16, 3.30pm) Last two are pics of the fire that occured last Friday morning around 2 am near our place. Gising ako non kasi brownout the whole night. Turns out, nasunog ung generator ng may-ari na gusto mag-air con dahil sa brownout, yun tuloy ang napala.

Blumentritt hanggang Bahay, Yes I Know She Is Tattooed On My Mind

Pahabol: 1)Nagstart ako kagabi pa kaso naudlot nung nagbrownout sa buong barangay Arkong Bato, 2) Pinilit kong matulog kahit walang bentilador kasi brownout kaso imbes na mahimbing ako natulog, pawisin akong natulog, 3)Nakarinig ako ng wang wang ng isang sirena ng bumbero, alas dos ng madaling araw iyon, umakyat ako sa roofdeck ng bahay namin, may sunog sa katabing kanto, laki ng usok-laki ng apoy!, 4)Bumalik ako sa pagkatulog at gamit ang isang pamaypay bilang pampalamig sa katawan ko, at 5)Alas kuwatro lagpas, nagkailaw na uli at nakapagbukas na rin ako ng bentilador para mahimbing na ako matulog.

    And I can’t get you out of my dreams
Now I know that you’re the dangerous kind
And your face is tattooed on my mind
Coz I can’t get you out of my dreams

    It's kind of funny when you now if someone makes a mark on you you can't stop thinking about it. I am no different. I got hooked on my Sitti songs being played on my I-pod. Now, I thought of a way on how I could be able to listen to it on the way home nonstop until the last song from my playlist.

    I tried this experiment on knowing on when and where should I start playing my Sitti playlist. From the point I step inside a jeep on my way to school, I would start playing nonstop until I find out which LRT station (for which I will be riding on a train by that time), will it stop. It happens that last song stopped in Blumentritt Station. Now for phase 2.

    Pahsed 2 require me to estime my timing on when should I start my playlist once I get myself to Blumentritt. It's not an easy task after all, a lot of factors makes it difficult for me to play all the song until the moment I step out of the jeep.

    There are instances that I would succeed but most of the time, it ends too early or too late.  But nevertheless, I'm getting warmer. Next, phase 3.

    For pahse three, I'd be able to know when I first played the playlist by knowing how actually long is the entire playlist and by knwoing the time it ended. So far, I could still remember that my playlist ended at 7:05 pm, the time I got home. Once I knew how long is the Sitti playlist, I would have achieved 100% success.

FIRST REACTIONS QUIZ (Taken from Antonio)

You have to type the 1st thing that
comes to mind whenever you hear these
35 things.

You can’t think and go back and change
your answers.

TIP: erase all of the other persons'
anwers first.. that way u can think in
blank

Here we go:

1. Beer: atay

2. McDonalds: burger

3. (romantic)Relationships: Sweet

4. Purple: violet

5. Power Rangers: SPD

6. Weed: -le

7. Steroids: Arnold

8. Cartoons: Dexter

9. The President: Gloria

10. tupperware : lady han

11. Florida: JB

12. Santa Claus: Miracle in 33rd St

13. Halloween : Patay

14. Alice: ...Gakuen

15. Grammar: Spelling

16: Myspace: sosyal

17. Clowns: Redford White

18. Marriage: Kasal

19. Paris: Gilmore girl

20. Pussy: cat Dolls

21. Redheads : Lindsay

22. Blondes: Britney Spears

23. Pass the: finals

24. one night stand: only

25. Donald Trump: apprentice
26. Neverland: Michael Jackson

27. dixie: land  

28. Vanilla ice cream: Chocolate boy

29. Hooters: ??

30. High school musical : Zac Efron

31. Pjamas: Bananas

32. WoodY: Woodpecker

33. Wet Socks: Behu

34. love: hurts

35. sex: love

Repost as "FIRST REACTIONS QUIZ"

Another Set of Photoshopped Photos

Here oh!

Pictures of Benilde 2

Another take on CSB

Teorya ng Panitikan (di lahat)

Deconstruction - a strategy of close reading that elicits the ways that key terms and concepts may be paradoxical or self-undermining, rendering their meaning undecidable

Tagalog: isang estratehiya ng pagbababsa na nagpapalabas ng mga paraan na ang mga mahahalagang termino't konsepto ay maaring kabalintunaan (balintuna-pahayag na lumalabag sa sa umiiral na paniniwala), na nagpapapawalang palagay sa kanilang ibig sabihin.

from angie: naniniwalang ang kahulugan ng isang teksto ay nasa kamalayan ng gumagamit sa teksto at hindi sa teksto mismo..


Halimbawa: Tata Selo ni Rogelio Sukat (iyung huling bahagi ng teksto ang nagpapapalagay sa mambabasa kung naging sawi ang pangunhaing tauhan).

Structuralism and semiotics (see semiotic literary criticism) - examine the underlying structures in a text, the linguistic units in a text and how the author conveys meaning through any structures

Tagalog: sinusuri ang mga nakatagong istruktura sa isang teksto, ang mga lingwistikong unit sa isang teksto at kung papaano isinisiwalat ng may akda ang ibig sabihin sa pamamagitan ng kahit anong istruktura.

halimbawa. Pag-ibig sa Tinubuang Lupa (Andres Bonifacio)-Ipnaliwanag ng may-akda mabuti ang pangangailangan ng pagmamamhal sa sariling bansa para makamit ang pagbabago sa lahat ng saknong nito. Ito ay may panimula (unang saknong) katawan (Saknong 2-9) at katapusan (saknong 10)

Historikal - ang teoryang ito ay patungkol sa pinagmulan at pag-unlad ng wikang ginamit sa mga akdang pampanitikan. Kakikitaan ang mga akda ng mga pagbabago sa paggamit ng mga salitang naaayon sa panahon at sa kultura na may kinalaman sa mga pagbabagong nagaganap sa ating bayan, kasama rito ang mga pagbabagong nagaganap sa ating lipunan, ekonomiya, edukasyon, agrikultura at higit sa lahat ang ating pananampalataya.

Halimbawa. Urbana't Feliza ni P. Modesto de Castro-(estilo nang pagsusulat, tagpuan, panahon, paniniwalang makaluma)

Florante at Laura-madalas na Paggamit ng mga malalalim na salita na maaring sabihin na sila'y madalas gamitin nung panahong yon (ika-18 siglo)

Sitti in the Mix: The Dense Modesto Remixes

Rating:	★★★★★
Category:	Music
Genre:	Dance & DJ
Artist:	Sitti Featuring Dense MOdesto

from wiki
Sitti in the Mix: The Dense Modesto Remixes is the first remix album of Philippine bossa nova singer Sitti. Instead of a bossa nova sound, Sitti collaborated with Myx Philippines DJ Dense Modesto to make her songs into dance tracks.

From me:

I like the way the songs were remixed. The beat is very catchy and danceable. Most of the songs are upbeat and exciting while others are mellow yet the beat's still there. There are also interludes in between some songs. It amkes a good transition from one song to another.

Have I mentioned that the tracks play nonstop without the listener knowing it? Just like in track 1-Ipanema Drums, the drums played as if there are actually drums, by the time it gets to Track 2, the drumbeat changes into techy-beats.

It continues to do so until the end. The Cd's run ends with an outro of a guiatr playing continously until it finally ends.

Here are the tracks of the CD:
1. "Ipanema Drums" [Intro] (Moraes, Gimbel, Jobim – 0:28
2. "Mas Que Nada" [Baile Del Sol Remix] (Jorge Ben) – 5:37
3. "I Didn't Know I Was Looking For Love" [Morning After Remix] (Tracey Thorn, Ben Watt) – 3:41
4. "Wave" [Blue Coast Remix] (Jobim) – 4:06
5. "Tattooed On My Mind" [Beach Avenue Remix] (D'Sound) – 7:13
6. "You On My Mind" [Modesto Beep Remix] (Connell, Drewery, O'Duffy) – 4:05
7. "The Girl From Ipanema" [Fastrack 2030 Remix] [Interlude] - 1:33
8. "At 17" [Prom Night Remix] (Janis Ian) – 4:34
9. "Lady Wants To Know" [Trip Lounge Remix] (Franks) – 3:18
10. "One Note Samba" [Outtake Remix] [Interlude] (Hendricks, Jobim, Mendonca) – 1:15
11. "Para Sa Akin" [Paso Dulce Remix] (Emil Pama) – 3:18
12. "Para Sa Akin" [Reprise] [Interlude] – 0:19
13. "Hey Look At The Sun" [Fieldday Remix] (Nelson Angelo) – 5:25
14. "Invisible War" [Empty Hallway Remix] (Julia Fordham) – 4:54
15. "Perfume Guitarra" [Outro] - 0:30

Napapasayaw sa Nakakaindak na Awitin ni Sitti sa I-Pod ko

(courtesy of http://densemodesto.multiply.com)

     Last Sunday, I bought myself a copy of Sitti In The Mix: The Dense Modesto Remixes. It's a compilation album of selected remixed songs from Sitti's previous albums prior to 2007. The remixing is done by DJ Dense Modesto.

    I thought the CD was expensive so I told a saleslady how much does it cost (I was at Astroplus, The Block). She said it costs around Php 250. Too bad since it doesn;t bear a price tag so I can't be sure of what she siad. I went to the cashier to buy the CD, and much to my relief, it is 100 pesos cheaper, Php150.00!

    Well anyway, I had the songs from the CD ripped to I-tunes a couple of days later and had it placed inside my iPod. Next thying I knew, I was no longer shffling my 147 songs but dancing to the beat of 15 danceable songs sang by Sitti. I just couldn't help myself but dance as I go (siyempre, hindi obvious).

   

The CSB Experience: Paano ba ang Magreklamo? Hmm...

Should I make this limited, I think this is for the better

from DLS-CSB_SDA-MMA Y! Grps:

may policy ba ang school sa paghihiram ng video equipment na galing sa SDA, lalo na kung ang mga nanghihiram ay frosh? Kasi minsan ung kaibigan ko, may kailangan na gawing documentary (frosh rin) para sa Dynarel class namin, pero di pinahintulutang manghiram kasi dapat daw hiramin ito kung ito ay para sa course-related na subject lalo pa't mukha daw na lang alam ang kaibigan ko na manghandle nang equipment tulad ng camera (maski SLR camera?) , etc. (di nga di ba MMA, marunong dapat manghawak nito). Unfair naman siguro yon di ba? Sabi ng prof namin pero pde daw manghiram mula din, pero di rin nya rin alam na bawal manghiram ang katulad naming froshes. Di kami kailanman informed about these policies whatsoever. Kung sana lang we knew this if every one of us ay me kopya ng student handbook ng CSB.

Never man kami ng block namin nakatanggap ng kopya ng student handbook na yan. Palagi daw ubos. Eh di ba dapat automatic may kopya kami kasi bayd na siya dahil sa tuition fee namin. Nagmumukha kaming tanga kung magpapatuloy pa ito. We don't know these kind of procedures kaya we get to experience embarassment from all of this.

Please lang po, by next year, all should have their own copy, including the next batch. It's one way that students don't have to complain about.

PEACE! :):):)

Comgrap Printfolio Final: Jaime of the City

Final selection.

Hoogie Was Right, There Were Flashbacks (The Soap Opera Addict in Me)

    Hoogie was right, there were flashbacks. I meant to say that my mom's favorite tearjerker is "Maging Sino Ka Man" whose Friday episode last Feb. 29 ended with a bang, literally. Bing Pimentel's character, Monique Madrigal, was gunned to death, sacrificing her life to Fidel (played by Christopher de Leon), who was in a shooting duel with Mateo/Samuel (played by Philip Salvador).

    The succeeding episode shows Mateo, unconscious after a bullet slightly wounded his head, was awaken by flashbacks of what really happened" Monique was there to convince the two big fat angry men to stop from what the're doing but things got out of control. Each guy both fired a shot, one of them fatally falling her. Unsure of who did it, our main heroes don't know what they can do to comfort a grieving Jackie.
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    Grabeh, the whole episode really had me in tears. It is but rare for me to shed tears because of a show I'm religiously following. The other times I cried for a soap was when I watched Sana Maulit Muli, Natutulog Ba ANg Diyos, and Mga Anghel na Walang Langit. Boy, that was fun!
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    The first time I watched a soap, I was 4 years old. I could remember my nannies watching an epsiode of Mara Clara, with Judy Ann Santos and Gladys Reyes. Soon after, I got hooked from my nannies obsessions and began to follow these shows as well. Among them are: Esperanza, Sa Dulo ng walang Hanggan, Te Amo, Saan ka Man Naroroon, Sa Piling Mo, Ikaw ang Lahat Sa Akin, etc.
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    I don't know why but I think, I'm an addict. I closely follow soaps as if I'd die if I don't. Notice that the soaps I've mentioned are mostly from ABS-CBN. It's because Ch. 2 is still the best when it comes to good drama sproductions. I guess, their main weakness are fantasy series, unnecessary extensions, and loopholes along the way (does untalented leads count?).
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    I guess I need to end this now. Palos is half-over and Maging will be on very soon. Got to go...!
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Hi I'm James, I'm a soap opera addict.

The CSB Experience: 90% Complete

    How time flies...Minsan, namamamasyal ako sa PEx nang may nabangga akong thread sa ilalim ng CSB Subforum. Nakasulat "CSB Entrance exam result". Grabe, nung tsinek ko iyon, iyung magiging 108 ang mga nagpopost. Naluha ako kasi mukhang matatapos na ang panahaon ng pamamalagi ko bilang frosh sa uanang taong pananatili ko dito sa CSB.

    Mula siguro sa pagiging isang "fresher" na halos walang kaalamalam sa mga dapat sundin at dapat umasta sa isang bagong kapaligiran, pakiramdam ko ang pagsasanay ko sa bawat araw at bawat buwan na nandito ako. Natuto akong tanggapin ang makakaibiang personalidad na itinataglay ng kapwa ko, ang mga gawi ng eskwelahan, at ang mga aktibidades na dumadaan palagi rito.

    Ayoko man aminin pero, ang unang taon ang masasabi kong pinakamasaya dahil sa mga mapapagdaan mo. Itinuturing ko rin itong "transistion" period kung saan ang lahat ng mga bagongsa lta tulad ko ay dumadaan sa isang period ng pag-addjust, upang aming maranasan ang kung paano mamuhay bilang isang Benildyano. Palilimot sa imaheng nakatatak sa iyo nung high school at pagbabagong bihis para sa buhay kolehiyo.

    Bago pa man matapos ang lahat, nais kong bigyang pasasalamat ang lahat ng mga tao na tumulong sa'kin tuwing ako'y nakadapa sa kabiguan at kasama tuwing ako'y nasa pinakamasaya.
















































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Grabe, ang aga, ha? Nag-eemote ako dito!

A Very Busy Month of March

    Waghhh, ang dami kong gagawin ngayong lbuwan. Baka may madadag pa nga eh, kaya inisip kong i-organize ang mga gagawin ko this March.

All Saturdays of March
-Violin practice for upcoming recital in Saint James Academy

2nd Week
-Preparations for  group book report of Daluyong for Filip13 (MTWHF)
-Preparations for documentary shooting for Philoma (MWF)

3rd Week
-Daluyong Book Report  for Filip13 (March 10)

4th Week
-Summer Enrollment (?)
-Enrollment for 1st Term SY 2008-09 (?)
-Final exams (?)

5th Week
-Finals (?)

6th Week
-St. Cecilia Music Studio Recital (March 25) [I'm planning to skip my afternoon classes for this]
-MediaMax's Bright Lights (March 28)
-Mary Ann's Debut in Malabon (March 28) [ Ano kaya ang pipiliin ko?]

COLLEGE SURVEY-Stolen from Robin Smith (:))

THE COLLEGE SURVEY

1.ANO ANG STUDENT NUMBER MO?
- 10750843

2. ANO ANG FIRST CHOICE MO NA COURSE?
- Full name: Bachelor of Arts in Multimedia Arts
- Nickname: ABMMA/MMA

3. SECOND CHOICE?
- Technical Theater

4. ANO COURSE KINUHA MO?
- ABMMA

5. NAG-SHIFT KA BA?
- Hinde

6. CHINITO/CHINITA KA BA?
- Depende sa mga lumalapit sa'kin

7. NAKAPAG-DORM KA BA?
- Nope

8. NAKA UNO KA BA?
- Ano iyon?

9. NAGKA-3?
- Ano nga iyon?

10. LAGI KA BANG PUMAPASOK SA KLASE?
- yeah, as much as possible, ma-late man, pumapasok pa rin ako.

11. MAY SCHOLARSHIP KA BA?
- No

12. ILANG UNITS NA ANG NAIPASA MO?
- 37 units for the past 2 terms. Algeb lang ang hindi kaya ni-retake ko

13. NANGARAP KA BA NA MAG-CUM LAUDE?
- Hindi

14. BAKIT?
- Baka magpakamatay ako sa kakaisip ng pagiging cum laude

15. FAVE PROF/S:
- A lot

16. WORST PROF/S:
- Evil Algeb lab prof (ng before the midterms)

17. FAVE SUBJECT/S:
-COMSKI,INSOCIO,FILIP11,FILIP13,PETRIID,PEFORTS,PHILOMA,RECONSE, ETC.

18. WORST SUBJECT:
- ALGEB-X LAB

19. FAVE BUILDING/S:
- SDA and AKIC

20. PABORITONG KAINAN:
- KOI

21. MAGKANO BA ANG BINABAYAD MO SA JEEP?
- Diyes

22. LAGI KA BA SA LIBRARY?
- Every C-Break

23. NAGPUNTA KA BA SA GUIDANCE?
- Yes

24. MAY CRUSH KA BA SA CAMPUS?
- Not sure

25. ANU-ANO ANG MGA NAGING PE MO?
- Fragata Fitness, San Diego Basketball, and De Olazo Table Tennis

26. KAMUSTA NAMAN ANG BLOCK NYO?
- We Are ONe, DV1!

27. MEMORIZE MO BA ANG ALMA MATER SONG?
- Sa La Salle pa lang, underway pa ang sa Benilde

28. MEMBER KA BA NG VARSITY TEAM?
- Sana

29. NAKA-PERFECT KA NA BA NG EXAM?
- Yata

30. DITO KA BA NATUTONG UMINOM NG BEER?
- High school, isang lata ng San Mig Light (Konti nga lang)

Seiyuu'll Never Go

http://www.we-have.moved.in/agi/filseiyuu/

J.I.A.: No Other Indian restaurant like HAANDI

   It's been awhile since I made my last post under JIA. Well anyway, it came across my mind about this great restaurant which really made a mark on me and my family when we were in Falls Church. It's an Indian restaurant, yes, but it is more than that. It is Haandi.

  Haandi is located between he GNC drug store and (If I could recall it right) is the Vietnamese-oowned barber shop, a walking distance away from the main entrance of Giant supermarket, just before you cross over to Staples (a National Bookstore of sorts).

  When I first came here in one Sunday noon (of 2001), the first thing I notice was the beautiful smell spread across the restaurant, with walls painted with beautiful Indian artwork. Turn-off I guess was the songs they're playing.

   It's not the Bollywood music kind that they're playing across the place but the more traditional one. It made me remember of one of my childhood nightmares whenever I hear traditional Indian music. It started when I was 9, I used to watch an Indian show that airing on an Indian channel on cable TV. The show is called Sri Ganesh, which is about Indian gods and goddesses (parang Greek mythology). At first, it kind of amuse me because of the actors wearing funny costumes but as overtime, it started to scare me, seeing Vishnu having an elephant nose, Shiva with many arms and hands, and a child being buried alive (I was 9, I never understod things then).

    Back to the Haandi thing, the first meal that I ate there, I can still recall, is the Murg Masala. It's like a chicken curry added with Indian spices and everything. I immediately got hooked on this particular type of meal and so does my little brother. Kuya liked the Tandoori, or was it Ate. And since we're in the States, we had free refills on sodas at no extra cost (although, after 9/11, a lot of fancy restos were cutting back in expenses so the free refill was no longer continued in most of the places we've visited including Haandi).

    Having lunch in Haandi after Mass became an almost fixture for all of us. After hearing Mass at St. James Catholic Church, we would walk along West Broad Street all the way across the several streets including Park Avenue, the Asian grocery store, Applebees, and the Taekwondo club there, just so we could eat at that particular restaurant. The waiters there have also gotten used to our presence up to the point that they could almost remember what we are about to order. Guess what, in most Sundays, we're usually the first customers of the day (I'm so happy!).

   Other than eating my plate of Murg, I also enjoyed eating their traditional Indian bread, whcih as I write, forgot its name. Before leaving the place, I had this need to eat their signature pistachio ice cream for dessert. Theirs is one of the best there is!

  It's kinda sad that we never actually stayed in Falls Church permanently, but it's happy to hear that the people there really misses us,a s what was told to us by my mom who stayed in the US longer until 2004.

  So if ever there would come a chance for me to go back tp the US, the first place hat I would visit would be none other than the best Indian restaurant there is in Falls Church, HAANDI.

 

Murg Masala, anyone?

Thalia - Maria La Del Barrio ( Mariang Taga Barrio )