No Strings Attached-The Last Bow (Part 2)

 I never put my heart really into practicing violin because of my parent's expectations for me to be good by constant practice. They have to know that because of the kind of routinic schedule I had in high school, it leaves no room for me to practice at any given time I choose. If there is such, I usually spend it on purely rest.

    Though I am that way, i make sure that I know what I am playing. To do this, I would always memorize my pieces by simply reading the notes (basic notes for violin is usually easier than piano). It proved to be very substantial as I was able to put into heart my Suzuki pieces easier so the problem on playing properly is my main concern now.

   My instructor noticed my improvement and that's what motivated me to continue staying in St. Cecilia much longer. It was because of this that I dropped everything attached to my name (except to TKD for which I tried to rejoin but something happened bad).

   Anyway, it seems that after being into violin for so long I finally ad the chance to prove my worth as a violinist when St. Cecilia had its Christmas recital for which Fred was also a part of (that was the time I invited people from II-MOF to come over and watch but none came). Almost there really but not quite yet.

   Next recital occured a few days after I graduated high school. PIeces I played were Andantino and Perpetual Motion in G Major.

Biggest jaw-dropper was my attempt to to continue to study violin while on my first year in college but my being a member of the CSB DebSoc makes it difficult for to committ to either one of them. So in favor of what wieghted the most to my heart, I chose to drop DebSoc and continue on with St. Cecilia.

My most recent recital was earlier last April where I played Etude and J.S. Bach's Minuet 1 with piano acompaniment from Sir Jun, Fred's teacher. And I got a plaque of recognition for being a part of St. Cecilia.

The thought of leaving resurfaced again sooner after. And after putting much thought into it, I decided that I should quit violin.

Quitting violin doesn't mean that I'm going to completely let go of something that became a part of me for the past four years. It was because of he sense of fulfillment and achievement that I felt the moment something that I do got recognized by many.

I have to delay my announcement to my instructor who was there for me all these years because I will have another recital this June in QC. Sir Jomar was a great teacher, a good friend, and good to have conversations with. I shared to him all my thoughts about everything from school to family to anything out of the ordinary. So I owe him a lot so  will give my best so that all those years of hard work and sacrifice won't put to waste.

I don't have any regrets at all but praises that I was able to prove something for myself. To prove that I can stay on to one thing and practically love it in the process.

Napatunayan ko na sa sarili ko na mayroong bagay na talagang mapapnindigan ko sa ganoong katagal na panahon. Masakit man na iiwan ko na ito, ang mga alaala ay mananatiling magpapataba sa puso ko.

I will always have a special place for the violin. PEACE!

No Strings Attached-The Last Bow (Part 1)

    After close to four years, I have made what could one of the biggest decisions in my life: quitting violin. Yeah, seems so low and unworthy to be called as such but the truth is, this wasn't the first time I decided to quit violin for good.

 

    It all started way back in July 2004, 2nd year high school. Ms. Mangali who used to be my music teacher in 1st year handed out flyers for those interested to join the St. Cecilia Music Studio. It offers lessons in voice, guitar, piano, and violin. I was rather intrigued by their violin lesson offer as unlike the rest, it is a very unconventional instrument at a time when the youth of today take interest in learning how to sing, to play the guitar, and of course to play the piano (a long tradition of piano tutoring have been passed down to us from my mom's side of the family whose relatives were exposed to learning piano).

   At that time, my mom had me signed up for piano lessons without my permission which coincided with me joining the St. Cecilia Music Studio. I still remember my first session with my instructor, Sir Jomar. There was traffic on the way to school so I have to walk my way across Maysilo until I got to ride a tricycle in Tonsuya to take me straight to Bayan/San Agustin.

   I signed up for a group lesson and initially there were three of us. Ate Kristine Lacqueo of Batch 2006 and of course, the future guitarist of FOREPLAY, Kelvin. The two of them then were of a higher playing level as I was still new to violin, a neophyte. In third year, Kristine had to drop out citing problems with her inevitable thesis project for Ms. Flores' Fundamentals of Research (for which I got an A- when I passed my thesis a year later). Keb, however, simply dropped himself out. So I was the only one left.

   Usual training starts with a warm-up by right-hand and arm in bowing position and trying to play out a string starting from the C-string, then D, then G, then E followed by set of "Hanon"-like fingering exercises called SEVCIK (I dread SEVCIK but it's the only to correct my fingering especially the pinky). After that was WOLFAHRT, a training book for violin beginners where I play out a set of notes setted up as a musical piece. Last but not least is the playing of the Suzuki pieces where I played Sinichi Suzuki-modified versions of existing violin pieces.

   I always have the thought of leaving violin as early as the year I was starting out. But there were a lot of factors that affected my decision-making. Pressure from my parents is one, another is the fact that my parents invested a relatively pricey violin for me to enroll for this so I stayed on (so I put all my dread to piano which I continued until earlier last year).

It was kinda embarassing for me to have people know that I'm studying violin. It actually comes out in their minds that I'm good at it but it's not as easy as i really seems. Take a look at the poor girl from Music Ministry who plays violin during masses, many students poked fun at her for playing poorly. The truth is, you can't expect somebody like her, a young violinist to play ala Paganini right away. It takes years of practice to really master the art of violin.

   

The CSB Experience 2: Akala ni Sheena ay Yung Malaking Matipuno

    Last Saturday, I went to school for my actual first and only class for that particular day (not counting my 6 days-a-week BMAT last summer) which is PETWODA (Dance). I wonder if my last prof for the week would a a guy or a woman since I had for the past threen terms of my stay in CSB a ratio of women to men professors fixed at 5-6:2-3 (1st term: Sir Raffy, Sir Intecom/Gepsych, 2nd: Sir Intecom/Gepysch, Sir Vincent, Sir Erwin, 3rd: "Coach", Sir Comsk2x. For the 1st term so far, I have at least one male professor and the rest are females.

    Turns out, I have another male professor in Petwoda and the female prof that day was a substitue.  Now I wonder who among the PE guys profs I see almost everywhere everyday would be...As long as he bears the name "Conrado Contrera".

    During C-break last Wednesday a PE professor (obvious as he was wearing jogging pants, typical for those under PE) accidentally dropped a copy of his PE core syllabus. I picked it up and surprised that it was a copy of the Petwoda syllabus. I gave it back to him the paper and he thanked me then went on to his way. First thought: He might be the "Conrado Contreras" that I was looking for.

    I then asked Hoogie who is his prof in Petwoda and he said it's a guy. I asked if he goes by the name "Conrado", he said yes. I asked if that guy matches the decription of the person I saw in the Caf earlier, he said yes.

    A day later, I was having lunch at the Caf again, this time seating next to Sheena and Aje (They're waiting for Inna and Jenny who both have all of their classes in SDA). Aje left for a while, and I was stucked with Sheena. we then talked about our Petwoda professors. And when I specifically described my prof as "matipuno ang katawan", the first thing came in her mind "Matipuno?". She aksed if the guy was buff, I said "Pretty much..". She said that it could be the bodybuilder PE prof that I was talking about. I thought about it at first but it wasn;t him.

    I do see that professor Sheena was talking about everyday as well but he's too big for just being "matipuno ang katawan". And I couldn't really imagine a bodybuilder dancing very gracefully (a myth among fitness buffs that is still a center of debate).

    Well anyway, I'll be able to know who is actually Mr. Conrado Contreras when I do get to meet him today at school.

Reality and Dreams: Dream Party

    I don't know what was going on inside my head this morning...Earlier past midnight I already felt wasted caused by the events occured yesterday. The last thing I did before finally going to sleep is that I was listening to a live broadcast on DWRT-FM where a concert is being held somewhere at Eastwood and closing that event was Bamboo.

    When I finally got myself to sleep, I began having weird dream sequences. One dream that i ahd is that I was already awake and my dad kept on nagging me to go back to bed. At first I thought it was all real but what made the difference is that I somehow can't move my body so I assume I was having one of THOSE dreams again.

    Second dream was that I thought I heard something that made our vehicle, a Toyota Revo, make :vroom: :vroom: and that someone opened our gate..weird. Just this morning when I was actually awake, a family friend was aksed b y my mom to bring her to one of her trips in Manila using our Toyota Revo.

    Third final dream sequence, I had a "hangover" of sorts as I saw myself partying with my former blockmates in DV1 partying right where it started...Eastwood. I was so asleep that I never noticed the light of day about to reach beyond my windows. the only concious thing I did while still asleep was turning off the electric fan as I was feeling shivers all over my body. Probably the reason for this was that I was using my CD player that can receive FM signals for the past half-hour or so before going to bed in the first place...

    Kuya started waking me up and without my knowledge took, once again, my earphones....Grrrr...

The CSB Experience 2: Sleepy S.T.A.R. Week Friday

10:00 am-Left home for Malabon

11:00 am-Violin lessons...Sevcik, Minuet 1, Etude

12:00 nn-Left for Monumento, picked up ID pictures in Araneta Square, rode LRT, listened to DWRT-FM 99.5 for Top20@12,

1:00 pm-Bought cheeseburger, bought cookies'n'cream shake in Deaf Caf, hanged out in MediaMax booth (Congrats to Kuya JV, our new president!), went to SDA Comlab 10th Floor

2:30 pm-Joseriz, wala si Sir, nagsubstitue, natulog ako, no ballpen

3:40 pm-Oralcom, nandun si miss, nagactivity, naglesson, naantok ako

4:40 pm-Umuwi...listened to Max Fm's Early Returns

6:00 pm-Nasa bahay...nagbihis, bumilis ng coke at Sprite, Nanood ng TV, kumain ng toasted bread, natulog sa kuwarto

8 pm-Naggising, kumain ng dinner, niligpit ang kinainan

9pm-Nanood ng isang variety dare show sa KBS World

11 pm-ginagamit laptop ni Mommy!

 

Gud Night!

High School Life oh My High School Life...Hay Lyf! [stolen from Robin]

THINK BACK TO your 1st year in highschool.
Let's see how much you remember and how much you regret.

What section were you?
Blessed Reginald

Who were your seatmates?
sa classroom:Ken, Iggi, Carmelo, Jason, Ria, Louie/Mary Louise, Raymond, Joan, iyung iba..di ko na maalala

Still remember your english teacher?
Mrs. Mendoza

What was your first class?
10-minute Homeroom

Who were your bestfriends?
Jeco, Raymond, Roswald, Von

Who was your crush back then?
Ayoko munang banggitin pero sa Blessed Mannes siya

Made friends to the higher years?
Yup

Had an admirer/s?
Parang...

How was your class schedule?
Hell's worh of routinic classes, short lunch, short "recess"/snacktime

Made any enemies?
1st year...meron mga bullies imported from Grade Six. Most hated person: Carmelo, Most despised bullies: Iggi, Ken, Alvid, etc.

Who was your favorite teacher/s?
All except kay Mr. Sergote (Math kasi eh...nakakahilo pagturo niya)

What organization/s did you join?
The Arts Club

Back then, did you always buy your lunch?
No...My dad or our maid would cook lunch for me and placed it in a "sealable" tupper ware and wrapped it with used plastic bag.

Were you a party animal?

I'm too shy to do that...to geeky do that

Were you well known in your school?
Nung first year to third year: Walking kodigo and picture taker, Fourth year: Youtube sensation and Taekwondo phenomenone (During my last year in HS, my TKD team became prominent in sports events in Camanava).

Did you have close friends that were guys/girls?
Yes..Many usually geekier guys and meeker girls

SKIP CLASSES?
Weghh! Di no! Magagalit si God!

Can you sing the alma mater?
Yes

What was your favorite subject?
Araling Panlipunan (na-challenge nga lang sa Economics nug 4th year)

What was your school's full name?
Saint James Academy of Malabon City

Where did you go most often during breaks?
Library...Canteen, Hallways, Roofdeck

If you could go back in time and do it all over, would you?
Yes...pero dapat mula pa sa pinaka-unang day ko sa SJA...July 1, 2002

What do you remember most about 1st year?
"Baby you're my destiny...You and I will never be..."

The CSB Experience 2: BAKA Nasa Ilong (Based on a True Fictional Story)

    [This is a post based on a true fictional story. Names and situations used that actually happend in real life may be purely coincidental. Parental Guidance is advised!]

    Logan Tan doesn't have class until 4:20 and his cellphone watch reads "2:40" so he thought of going to the SDA caf to eat some grub before his next class would start. he met up with his two friends, Gaico who "loves God" and Jaffa who loves "all things".

    Logan found them talking with their classmate form one of their subject, Reily. He then thought of buying cup noodles plus C2.

    Jaffa was busy talking and Gaico seemed to have an interest with Logan's noodles. he went near him and then suddenly...................NABAHING NI LOGAN ANG CUP NOODLES!

    Lahat natawa, lahat sumigla. Lahat ng nasa Caf napatingin sa mesa nila. Hindi maipaliwanag ni Logan kung bakit parang sunud-sunod na nababhing siya...feeling niya parang may noodle string na pumasok sa iong pero hindi niya mailabas...what went out is just snot...

    He decided to go to the restroom to make proper :singhot: :singhot:. And what came inside his nose just came out but not exactly what he thought it would be.

The moral of the story...don't eat savory beef nor savory chicken-flavored cupnoodles. they're bad for you!

BOW!

END!

H.E.A.G.

Photoshopped Pictures for the School year

Yey! Bago! Susubukan kong gamitin ung ibang features ng Photoshop para mas maganda pa ang magagawa kong artworx! :):):)

Teaser Trailer

Something I'm still working on...Hopefully tapos na to by next week

The CSB Experience 2: Comparing the Three Buildings

    I just thought of making comparisons between the three buildings of CSB. Fortunately I was able to have at least one class in AKIC, which is a pre-dominantly SHRIM building, back last term and I have several ones in SDA as well as the Main campuses. It's because it's really funny to think that a lot of students would like to prefer one building than the other and vice-versa because of what they didn't like about this certain building that they preferred one the more. Hehehe. By the way, many of the following are based from what people around me are saying about the three buildings, not just from merely my point of view.


Cafeteria

1. Compare
-All have snackbars
-All of their food are expensive
-All are certified tambayans
-Expensive

2. Contrast
Main:
(Positive) Two floored Caf, PaoTsin, Koi, Kitchen Handlers, All Around, etc., For All
(Negative) Cramped, small, Crowded at noon, Dim

AKIC:
(Positive) Wider than Main's, one floor only, wider selection of food under one stall, Snack bar found at every floor(? Paki-confirm kasi sa 8th floor pa lang ang napupuntahan ko), Brighter, Restrooms more accesible, many delilious snacks (daw) are made by Upperclass Shrim people, Snack bar=mini-resto complete with dining table (at least one) and everything.
(Negative) Just one: Hiwalay ang bayad sa kanin (The lady in the Caf said)

SDA:
(Positive) One whole block, wider than Akics, All white, no artificial lighting required at daytime, comfortable plastic chairs and tables, built-in bookstore, glass windows, lies next to Student lounge room and fixed Restrooms.
(Negative) Too few stalls for a large canteen like SDA's.


Elevators

1.Compare
-SDA and AKIC elevators don't experience time delays
-SDA and AKIC elevators don't screech when it is over the 15-person capacity
-SDA and AKIC elevators both are designed for actual 15 people
-SDA and AKIC elevators both experience stop thingies every once in a while

2. Contrast
-Main elevators don't experience the last one mentioned
-SDA elevators talk
-SDA elevators don't mention on what floor they are from the Mezzanine Floor up.
-AKIC elevators have the tendency to skip a selected floor.
-Long lines is a more of a nightmare in SDA than in AKIC

Stairs

1. Compare
-SDA and AKIC staircases are tiringly long.
-All three staircases are used for emergency cases (late classes, broken elevators, long lines, etc.)

2. Contrast
-Main has at least four accesible stairways
-SDA has a very unsafe-looking emergency starcase
-AKIC's more comfortable with a window overlooking the city to lessen the agony of climbing stairs with pearly white walls and tiles and is completely lighted until the floors up during daytime.

Classrooms (Contrasts)
-Main's classrooms are unseasonable cooler.
-AKIC's classrooms have a well-maintained aircon system.
-SDA's classrooms have less aircons inside but it is well-ventilated thus naturally cooler.
-Main's classrooms differs depending on which hall it is in.
-AKIC's classrooms all look the same with matching windows overlooking the city.
-SDA's classrooms are more ergonomic and eco-friendly.
-SDA's arm-chairs are possibly the worst of its kind (broken to almost unused).

Hallways
-Main's hallways may get you lost but quick adjustment is possible
-AKIC's hallways usually follow an all-similar design or pattern of sorts so it's very linear (one way).
-SDA's hallways can easily get you lost, and it'll be a while for one to adjust the complex hallways of the 14-story building which differs in each floor.
-Main's Benilde Hall and AKIC's contain lockers...SDA doesn't
-AKIC doesn't have accesible drinking fountains in the 8th floor.

DO
(Positive)
-All three have foot sensors
(Negative)
-Main ahve four security checkpoints while SDA and AKIC have one (in AKIC's case, it's security checkpoint for students and teachers)


Buildings
-Main is the heart of the Benildean community
-AKIC is SHRIM territory
-SDA? Need to ask?
-Hassle travel
-AKIC has cool facilities from Cafe Manille to the Solomon Guest House plus kitchen labs and everything.
-SDA has a theater/dance hall/exhibition hall, Arts and Design-related rooms and facilities, etc.

LRC
-Main has two LRCs and both are tambayans of most students to cool off.
-AKIC's LRC recently moved to a new better and wider room with a more high-tech and super sharp motion-sensored door.
-SDA doesn't have an LRC....yet

Demographics
-Main's a mixture of all things Benildean
-AKIC is dominated by uniform-clad people bound to obey practices of professionalism as early as the first year.
-SDA's contains diversity of sometimes complicated and often exaggerated pictures of humanity brought by greater liberty exercised by the students.

The CSB Experience 2: The Second Day (and the Shocking Thing of the Day!)

    This time marks the return of a 9:40-11:10 morning class for me in the form of Oralcom Lab every Thursday. Then my first C-Break follows up in a duartion of an hour and 50 minutes. I decided to eat at the SDA Caf for lunch and later went to Room A1008 to do some photoshopping (which I wasn't able to fnish on time because there is a succeeding class taking a supposedly freeslot-only A1008 later that afternoon).

    At 1pm, I have my first take on Cathwor. I'm classmates with some Philoma people like Bobby J, 2 from Filip13 in the form of Gino and Rej, a few from Comski like Kim, and of course DV1 guy Raymond in a shocking if not a very controversial hairdo...

    A second C-Break comes after, just an hour and half long so I passed the while away with some reading and browsing at the LRC back at Main.

    20 minutes before my next class would start, I went straight to Rm. M508. I hanged out just outside the room and suddenly came from nowhere is a very familiar face....Just guess who he/she is.....

    That person I just saw was with a group, probably a barkada of the person. They were also making "tambay" outside of a room fronting m508. When we were finally allowed to get inside the room, the barkada went at the very far right wing of the classroom. Along with us came my other classmates in Philien who were also making tambay somewhere out there.

    Okay...guess who's my professor in Philien is.......:drumroll:......Miss Leo Astete of Comsk1x fame! Yahoo! So i know what to expect then heheheh.

    Okay, I'm uber jubilant now expecially that I'm classmates with the most unthinkable people that I could never had imagined being classmates with: Bianca King and Serena Dalrymple (Even if the former I'd only get to see once a week and the other twice)!

Swimming ng Jamers Movie

Enjoy! Mainit kaya Malamig!

The CSB Experience 2: The First Day

     The first day of classes is the exact opposite of what I had last year: NOISY! Apart from the frosh people swarming the campus in circles, left-to-right, go-in-between; the Green Peppers welcmed the first day with a warm welcome cheer.

    My first class is HARTDS1, a three-hour class every Wednesday in SDA Bldg.. My prof there is nice but she musn't be provoked by a noisy class. DV1 classmates are Inna, Gens, Nikko, Mikee, Carlo, and Gilbert plus some ex-classmates from PETRIID and COMSK2x . We were grouped into three and I ended up with Genesis and a Korean classmate named Hyun-Ho.

    C-Break came, and there goes a sense of dejavu: Frosh people crowding them in front of the LRC chatting with newly-met blockmates and everything.I spent my 2 and a half hour break sleeping inside a hut at Plaza V aka Bora. I left Main for SDA around quarter to 2.

    Next in line was JoseRiz and was surprised to see Tina (Tiz), Czarlene (Ciz), and Sheena plus Franzi (Frenzy).

    After that I hurriedly went down back in Main for Oralcom...2 ex-classmates from Filip are there: Ronald and Chona with Franzi, Tiz, Ciz, and Jiz (Jisney) plus Hoogie.

    Hoogie and I went to SDA for our last subject: Basicom (Mr. San Diego's lessons relearned). Just as I was entering the elevator from the ground floor up, I didn't seem to notice Hoogie and disappeared (He mwould reappear at around 6 pm).

    I opened the door of the classroom and the first person I saw (and she was looking at me) was none other than BIANCA KING!! AGHHH! AND I SEATED RIGHT NEXT TO HER!!

    To make the long story short: She, Hoogie and I formed a group for a 4-part project in Basicom! Cool! "Masipag ka ba?" "Medyo"

    Never mind if it was raining outside, never mind if from now on I'll be paying my jeep fare expensive by 2 quarter pesos. For all I care, I have the best day ever!

   

Huling Panimula: Mga Bata ng Pagdating

The CSB Experience 2: Handa para sa Pasukan

    Ilang araw na lang, pasukan na! Excited na ako sobra kung kaya habang maaga pa lang eh hinahanda ko na sarili ko.

    Bumili ako ng bagong bag at bagong notebook. Ayoko na gamitin iyung luma kong bag kasi 1)magtu-two and a half years na siya at medyo nalalakihan ako sa bag na yon, at 2) Hirap linisin. Iyung baili ko namang notebok actually mga Cattleya fillers sila compiled in one book, one for every subject na kukunin ko. Hindi na ako bibili ng malaking notebook kasi kumakain siya sa space sa bag ko at maraming empty pages ang natitira afer one term so sayang talaga.

    Pangalawang paghahanda: Paggugupit....Nung sabado nagpagupit na ako kahit nagbabadya ang bagyo. Bukod dun pinaahit ko na rin ung bigote ko...matagal-tagal na rin nung huling beses na inahit ko ito nung third year. Kagustuhan na rin ng mga taong nakapligid sa'kin sa school na iahit ko na ito so pinagbigyan ko na sila although hindi ko muna padadalasin ang pagaahit, na-iinsecure ata ako sa bigote ko eh...

    Malapit na uli ang pasukan sa kitakits na lang!

TUBE - シーズン・イン・ザ・サン（PV）

http://youtube.com/watch?v=lZ1qzJaJaDw

The Summer Experience: As Summer Ends, So Does Bmat2-x (Muntik nang ma-R!)

    Thank goodness, after several weeks trying to learn topics from Simple Interest to Sinking Funds, I'd be able to finally give closure to BMAT2-x. But why oh why must I forgot all what I've learned in this very important finals test! If not for having half of the total number of items correct in the finals I wouldn't have made a grade of 1 which is one point away from incurring an R (whcih means I failed and I have to repeat it, hence the "R").

    At least that's for BMAT2-x which makes up 70% of my grade. I got to know what my grade in Lab earlier, a 1 too (73 at least).

    Tomorrow is judgement day, be getting my course card to see if I make it...

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Magicfood_1

Check this out...it's just so freaking cool!

The Summer Experience: Where We Leave, They Enter (The Froshes of 108 Story)

    Waghh! It's that time of the year now wherein I see a lot of incoming froshes coming into CSB with (and without) their parents and guardians, circling around the campus, swarming every corner, confused, and not knowing a thing of getting their way around. What's worse is that: IT"S NOT US!

    Waghhh! With the onset of the peak enrollment season, I realized that "Hey! I'm a college sophomore!" and so does the rest of my 107 people. But then again, it's better that way than being held back for one totally long year.

    Like they say, "When it rains it pours"....literally! MAY showers suddenly poured on the day of the enrollment for froshes and it has been like that for almost 2 weeks now (in an inconsistent kind of way).

    Tomorrow, I'll be in school to have myself enrolled for the upcoming school year which will start on the 21st. Thank goodness there's no tuition fee increase or else, my insurance will bleed out dry. Speaking of insurance, no thanks for the people behind my educational plan and for the fact that CSB's a trimestral school, my mom is going tom pay for my tuition via check. Good thing, we'll be paid by the insurance company hwegh heheh!

    Oh yeah! Speaking of tomorrow, next week will be my last week in BMAT summer class up until the 16th. I sure learned a lot from Simple Interest to Ammortization. Next week, our last lesson would be about Sinking Funds.

    Back to the topic, I see  many of the froshes haven't had their orientations yet so good luck for them and I hope they'd be able not to encounter the problems that many of us 107 experienced. Most especially, for us 107 MMA people who really had it bigtime with the people from the way up (Think MMA Y! Groups scandal).

    Although common problems like "I don't know this?", "What should we do?", "Can you do this for us?", "Eeww!", etc. would still be around; I hope many of the 108 people would well-aware of what they'll encounter next school year.

SEE YOU GUYS IN LESS THAN 12 DAYS!

The Summer Experience: Hot and Cold, A Warm Sunny Rainy Vacation

Wala pang Mayo eh umuulan na kaso may mga araw ding ang tindi ng init ng araw.

Okay sana kung umulan kaso hindi madalas sapat para mapalamig ang init ng araw waghh!

Buti nga lang at hindi na masyadong napapdalas ang pagpalit ko ng damit pang-itaas dala ng sobrang pagpawis. Napapatulog na lang ako para bumilis ang ikot ng oras.

Sana umulan at sana mangyari iyon kapag hindi gabi para ma-enjoy ko ang May Showers sa roofdeck namin hehehe. Miss ko na ung mga oras na pinapayagan akong lumabas para maligo sa ulan kumpleto pa sa pagdala ng sabon at shampoo para kumpleto ang pagligo. Kaso konting lakas ng ulan, apaw na ang mga kanal, baha na kaagad! Waaghh! Ligtasnga bang maligo sa ulan? Hmmm...

The Road to BRIGHT LIGHTS

this is way way late...Anyway, this has been a very meaningful experience for me since it's he first time I was part of these kind of event no matter how small my participation is to it.

We've been planning this since around middle of 2nd term and it was almost close of not having Bright Lights at all. I was one of the people responsible of getting sponsors for Bright Lights. I somehow got two big-time names to sponsor but they backed out at the last minute (ironically one of them sponsored a major event with similar details)

I would like to thank all of the people involved in Bright Lights as well as to the participants and the attendees no matter how few you are when you came that night. One of the models, Kerwinn, didn't showed up at the calltime so he was dismissed by the organizers (he had classes that time). Willard was surprisingly one of the models who's gonna run the runway so he and theothers got tips on how to model with attitude).

Sorry if some of the pics are a bit blurry, I can't get a good shot with the digicam that I was using.

Until next year!

Hot and Wet Adventure Doon sa Pagudpud

Start:	May 17, '08
End:	May 20, '08
Location:	Ilocos Norte

yehey! Mukhang makakasama ako sa Ilocos trip namin!

Student Activities Recruitment (StAR) Week

Start:	May 21, '08
End:	May 30, '08
Location:	CSB

Recruitment ng mga Orgs sa mga walang kamuwang muwang na Froshes ^u^

Mga Munting Pangarap ni Romeo

Ang lambak kung ating pagmamasdan
Ang paligid at kaparangan
Mula dito sa kabundukan
Maaabot mo ang kalangitan
Makikita mo ang ilaw ng bayan
Pangarap marating ninuman
Nais kong marating ang kabihasnan
Upang maiba ang buhay

Ang bughaw na langit ng pangarap
Pagsikapan na makamtan
Ang bughaw na langit ng pangarap
Ay dapat lamang makamtan

The Summer Experience: So Sick

    Argh! It's been less than a week since summer vacation started and not even close of a week since I started attending summer class for Bmat2x, I suddenly got hit with what could be the most unexpected thing one might never had in the summer: being sick with fever. Yeah, I got summer fever, hehehe. It's been exactly a week since I had that.

    Earlier in the morning I already have a bad case of the cold, coughing like crazy. By the time I got home, I felt a bit weezy. My eyes feel a bit warm but I'm still sweating. It was only at around dinnertime did I felt really sick. That's when I realized that I was having a fever. I quickly change to wear a thick sweater for me to sweat. I had trouble watching TV after that.

    I had a basin of water in my room where I could make "punas" on myself to cool my head of. I spent the night trying to sleep at the couch instead of my bed. I woke up early the next morning and later went back to sleep at my own bed.

    I seem to have feverish illusions whenever I am sick as I think of outwardly things that comes out from my mind. Weird.

    Although I feel a bit better, I still try to limit myself from watching TV too long for I might suffer a regression. I was at least able to watch this old anime being reaired on TV, Mga Munting Pangarap ni Romeo (Romeo no Aoi Sora/Romeo's Blue Sky) and it is already ending its run by tomorrow Friday (May 2). So it's a good thing that I was at least able to watch one of the highlights of the series.

Good thing by Saturday early morning I got better so I was able to go to school. Too bad though as I still feel a bit dazed so I got that woozy feeling when I took a ride in the LRT. Waaghh!