Wishful Thinking

May 22, 2007

After our brain-draining Proficiency exam last Sunday, my new-found friends and I decided to grab a few bottles of beer and have a break after our this-could-easily-be-top-of-the-chart-toxic-month is over. I am really glad to have discovered these manager-wanna-be’s. We all came from different age groups (I’m one of the youngest, hehe), industries, universities. What we have in common is smoking. There are many smokers in the class but most of the time, we are the group who join in-between and after classes. We were actually coined as the ’smoking group’ by our Accounting professor.

Anyway, after trying to refrain from asking questions regarding the exam, wondering when the results will come and unlearning formula, we ended up talking about each other’s personal lives. One shared a pseudo-relationship with an upper-class. One confided a bigamous relationship. Eventually we planned a surfing trip by August (assuming we all pass and the company will last for long).

I am really happy to have met these people and I really pray all of us pass. After the pamorningan review sessions, the ‘joke time’ moments in Ivy’s class, the cheating and free-rider hirits, the workshop has been really value-added. Wishfully thinking this will last for a long time!

wishful thinking

After our brain-draining Proficiency exam last Sunday, my new-found friends and I decided to grab a few bottles of beer and have a break after our this-could-easily-be-top-of-the-chart-toxic-month is over. I am really glad to have discovered these manager-wanna-be's. We all came from different age groups (I'm one of the youngest, hehe), industries, universities. What we have in common is smoking. There are many smokers in the class but most of the time, we are the group who join in-between and after classes. We were actually coined as the 'smoking group' by our Accounting professor.

Anyway, after trying to refrain from asking questions regarding the exam, wondering when the results will come and unlearning formula, we ended up talking about each other's personal lives. One shared a pseudo-relationship with an upper-class. One confided a bigamous relationship. Eventually we planned a surfing trip by August (assuming we all pass and the company will last for long).

I am really happy to have met these people and I really pray all of us pass. After the pamorningan review sessions, the 'joke time' moments in Ivy's class, the cheating and free-rider hirits, the workshop has been really value-added. Wishfully thinking this will last for a long time!

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May 1, 2007

Dahil naging hobby ko na ang magtampo lately, I declared this summer as the Sensitivity Season. Actually Sensitivity month lang dapat ang April kaso natapos na. Ee feel ko pang magtampo at mapikon kaya EXTENDED na! haha… parang promo! Choz!

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I haven’t gotten the time to go to Batangas every weekend. This is a dragging experience to me because weekends in Pasig seemed to be really long and I miss having “the cheka talk time” with my mom. I know this is also something she looks forward to every end of the week. Unfortunately, I have to attend  workshops Saturday nights. I have Sunday and Monday for catching up sleep.

Last weekend however was different. Saturday night after our class, Bon, Adan, Ronald, Cesar and I met to grab afew drinks and catch up with our lives. Like Bon and I really need that! Well, we sinply wanted to unwind since our weekdays are really hectic. We planned to hang out at Metrowalk but ended up in a videoke bar in Timog Ave. There was nothing unusual about our get-together. Only Beng and Rey weren’t there!

The highlights for the night: 1)Adan, whom I nakakatampong-level miss was there. QB, goodluck on *** and with ***. I know you can make it! 2) Because Cesar and I didn’t get to talk alone at the bar, he walked me home from San Mig Ave. (malapit lang naman di ba? *wink*) I really love our personal talk times. Luv you Cesar! Thanks sa advice!

The following day, Markut planned to surprise Arnold (Buddy! Apir jan!) on his 25th silvah birthday. Naks! Andrama! May ganon pa talaga. With Gabe and Dino, we routed to the Novaliches Province (as in probinsya level sa kalayuan. may mga baka pa sa daan, imagine that!). As expected, madrama si Arnold. haha. We met his folks and girlfriend, ate of course (ng di daw napaghandaan na birthday pero napakarami naman foodies. pano pa kaya kung napaghandaan?!). I could not contain my happiness because these four brods were the ones closest to me in college. Also, sabay-sabay ang kalakasan namin (though ako ang pinakabata at way matatanda na sila) so walking along the memory lane, everyone had a part to share. Hilarious talaga. Sayang wala sina Mars, Chupi, Denz, Bogchi, Tin, Bart, Karlo. Ramble na sana! Hehe

After the out-of-town experience (OOT tlga?!) Gabe and I attended mass near his place. Tambay at his place for a while (for a while daw oh!) and had another therapeutic conversation. haha. Chitchats with Gabe is something therapeutic because most of times we aren’t really talking about a single issue. Most of the times we are talking of completely skewed topics. Pero mejo related naman. Basta malabo. Matatawa ang makikinig samen. hehe.. Anyway, thanks Gabe! Pagpray natin ang mga quasi-qlc questions natin. For the mean time, career-in natin ang picozzi! hehe

Magaling, magaling, magaling! Na-enjoy ko ang weekend kahit sooooobrang miss ko na family ko.

haler baler

April 10, 2007

Haler?! Baler?!

Every Holy Week or any long weekend break, I cannot stand the thought of just staying home. I have a weird relationship with my family. I love them dearly but most of the times, our harmonious relationship has a shelf life of 2 days. Beyond that period, my mother starts to nag about my laziness, I start to get uber-bored and we end up arguing about anything. So when our Palawan trip finally did not push through I got really bothered. I just had to be anywhere but home during Holy Week. As in ANYWHERE!

With less than one week planning, I knew that I would be have a hard time asking friends to join me. We would have a hard time finding a place that will accomodate us with all these vacation spots fully-booked already. But then again, salamat sa todo text, todo tawag, power to the piso. Gabe, Tin and Cesar agreed to join. Gabe settled the reservations for our rooms.

Pero dahil super smooth-sailing ang mga pangyayari, kailangan may pakirawraw ng konti last minute. Kelangan talaga yon?! Cesar said that he could not join because his lola was still in the hospital. Mygolay! So Gabe had to cancel the reservations. Pero subalit datapwat, di pwedeng malakdawan ang 2007 Holy Week na walang ginagawa. At dahil pakirawraw lang naman si Cesar at di talaga pasaway na KJ sumama pa rin siya. Di mo ko matitiis Cesar alam ko yan! Then join na rin si Rey and Son.

So all set na. Instead of leaving Thursday, we decided to leave on Good Friday early morning. So nagkita-kita muna kami kina Gabe. Lafang, inom muna, konting chika at planning. 4am ay go na kami sa Genesis Terminal. Pero di natuwa ang nature sa mga last minute pakirawraw ni Cesar kaya na-test nanaman kami dahil walang byahe na papuntang Baler. As in nadrain bigla ang spirit ko nang makita ko ang nakapadlock na gate ng terminal. Kala ko hindi na kami matutuloy. Thanks to the model buses of ES Transport.

Eto na ang highlights (+) and dimmed lights (-) of our trip with the theme: PENITENSYA!

(+20) Thankfully, may byahe going to Baler.

(-800) Nakasabay namin sa jeep ang founder ng KJ Baler Chapter na si RJ na walang tigil ang bibig sa pagkkwento ng mga walang kakwenta kwentang bagay.

(+150) Binigyan nya kami ng baraha in fairness

(+205) Nalaman namin na Harpers talaga ang tawag sa mga pabidang tao na nagbabalance waves at nakasakay sa board. Who ever said na surfers ang tawag sa kanila?!

(-50) Wala na rooms sa AMCO (na AMCOR daw according to RJ)

(+60) May rooms pa sa RAS Garden

(+200) May masasabayan kaming truck na dadaan sa RAS Garden

(+500) Dahil spontaneous kami, di muna kami pumunta sa RAS. Instead, sumama kami sa truck na on the way pala sa falls.

(-200) Walang nagbebentang food kaya ultimate test ng Penitensya trip namin

(+100) Salamat sa paperbag with foodies goodies ni Son

(+100) Nagsimula na kami magsugal

(+150) May natira pa sa caterer ng food so nasolusyunan ang problema namin sa gutom 

(+500) Nag-goal setting kami para sa trip na to. *General Objective: to be as grover (grabe sa over) spontaneous as possible. *Specific Objectives: makareach ng 500 jokes si Tin; Mamaintain ang 5 butterfly clips with swarovski ni Son; ma-maintain pa rin ang penitensya spirit vis-s-vis the adventures. haha

(-10) Natangay ng hangin ang cap ko

(+10) Pinulot naman ni Cesar. Offsetting lang. hehe

(-300) Nakakita kami ng mga nagpepenitensya. OMG!

(+200) Photoshoot sa Museum de Baler

(+200) Visit sa San Roque Church ng Baler

(-100) 2 hours pa bago maserve ang food sa Bay’s Inn upon order. OA!

(+50) Sa Carinderia kami kumain. Penitensya trip nga e.

(+250) Inom trip ng Gran Matador

(-100) Tinulugan kami ni Rey

(+500) Sugal trip. In-between galore na to!

(-1000) May isang tao na napakasarap matulog. Sa kasarapan ng tulog nya, nagdusa ang kanyang mga kasamahan. Ayoko sanang ipaalam sa World Wide Web na naghihilik sya pero sobra na talaga.

(+10000) Walang katapusang surfing este harping trip

(+5000) Walang kamatayang burst photo-shoot

(+500) Sugal trip galore

(+655) Sugarol na si Tin.. hehe.. may putal talagang 5?

(+50) Nanalo ako sa sugal {talagang 50 lang kasi lugi ako}

(+10) Ang posters ni Bobong Ong na kakandidatong Bokal

(-500) Naunang umuwi si pakirawraw na Rey

(+700) Therapy chikahan namin nina Tin at Gabe kung saan iba-iba ang pinag-uusapan namin. Eto ang tinatawag na ‘Makapagsalita lamang trip!’

(+1500) Reminiscing the College and E4 days

(+300) Lumipat kami sa AMCO kung saan nagsiksikan kami sa 1 room pero may extra bathroom at pillowcases kami (as in pillowcases lang)

(+1500) Masarap ang tulog namin ng 2nd night kasi may nagsakripisyo. In fairness, may conscious effort na isang bata na icontrol ang kanyang sleeping habits. hehe

(+1000) Soccer with the Harpers

(+2500) Frisbee!

(+1000) Ang newly-invented game ng rolling sands. (Ask Gabe, Son and Cesar for details)

(-500) Di kami natuloy sa Mother Falls at sa pamosong Balete tree

(+2000) Pero ayus lang na di kami natuloy sa plans kasi ultimate test to ng aming spontaneity

(+1200) Ang systematic concept of sharing of expenses na tinatawag na Care of-care of. This has 3 stages: a) care of-care of   b) care of-pay-off   c) pay-off-pay-off 

(-1000) Ang dami kong sugat, pasa, singaw at may 2 bukol pa ako sa ulo dahil tinamaan ako ng harp board. Ako ang epitome ng penitensya sa trip na to!

(-500) Define risky na daan papuntang Cabanatuan

(+220) Discovery of the Papi Payls

(+100) Sa pamosong NE fast food kami nagdinner. Napakasarap Eka nga!

(-250) 1.30 am pa 1st trip ng buses

(+555) Coffee trip sa Select near drive-thru ng Jolibee. Very posh coffee trip!

(-300) Tama ang hypothesis ko na pagdating ng Cubao ay parang strangers kaming naghiwahiwalay

(+500) Kumpleto ang 5 butterfly clips with swarovski ni Son

(+5000) Soooobrang daming jokes ni Tin

Obviously, all of us enjoyed the trip! Forget the math! Care of care of na yon! To the Harpers, thanks for the company! Can’t get over pa rin ako sa adventure plus the fact na masakit pa katawan ko. haha! Luv you all! mwaaaah!

of villains and of heroes

March 26, 2007

So I’m hooked again with two more TV series, Heroes and Prison Break.

Heroes - It’s all Germs’ and JoAnn’s fault. Had they discussed any other topic every freakin break I wouldn’t be pushed to watch this series. I thought this was just like some X-men inspired series but it’s different. What I like much about the plot is the genetics explanation. I also like how HIro explains the concept of time. Most of all I like how the characters always question destiny.

Anyway, I like the part when Mr. Lindermann asked Nathan Petrelli which one he likes, a life of happiness or a life of meaning and it’s impossible to have both. Mr. Lindermann said that a life of happiness dwells on the present and the present alone and a life of meaning lingers on the past and worries much for the future. Makes me wander which life I want to live.

So much for heroes, I like the villains more. Not just like, I love them. Especially (reader discretion is advised) Michael ‘anakan mo ko’ Scofield! I love Prison Break. The creators are so brilliant. I swear this my most favorite series (uhmmm next to Friends but they are of different genre anyway). Even my mom and Renzee liked it. Nakipaglabanan sila ng pamorningan saken. haha.

Scofield’s intelligence is so amazing and even saying that is an understatement. My mom said that what touches her much is the extent of how much a brother will do to save his family. He has the brains, the heart, the body, the face, the lips (tee-hee). Michael Scofield, marry me! haha

Too bad I don’t think the series will be around for a long time. I heard it will end by third season.