Blog Update

This blog has been quite dormant for a while. And most probably it will remain so for an indefinite period of time… because i’ve moved my blog to my multiply account.

preChristmas thoughts..(and sarcasm)

“Yey! 115 days na lang, pasko na!”

My reaction: So what? But hey, thanks for the info. J

But seriously, what if December 25 is “fast” approaching?  For businessmen, it definitely means more profit. For ninangs and ninongs, it may mean exhausting wallets to buy gifts for their godchildren. For students like me who study away from home, and for workers who work away from their families, it may mean having the chance to spend time with loved ones once again.

You know it’s nearing Christmas once the –ber months arrive. Malls start playing Christmas songs; shops set up Christmas displays; houses get filled with lights and decors. And local news programs remind the viewers “x araw na lamang po bago mag-Pasko”, just before the program ends.

Thinking about having a daily countdown some months before the event actually happens: What good does it bring aside from being reminded that you’ve got to do your Christmas shopping to avoid the rush? I don’t see any practical purpose for it. I guess it’s alright to have a countdown for say, 12 days before Christmas. But having a countdown four months before is more like exhausting oneself while anticipating for a certain event, and then when the event comes, no energy is left for one to enjoy it anymore.

I have nothing against Christmas. In fact I love it and the holiday vacation that comes with it. But I guess it would be much better if instead of having a countdown to inform others of that event, we do a series of self-reflection by asking ourselves, for whom are we celebrating this for? Are we really celebrating Jesus Christ’s birthday, or are we celebrating just for the heck of it?

If we’re celebrating it for ourselves or for the mere sake of celebrating, then, we might as well prepare our directory-long wish lists as early as now and ready ourselves for a Merry Materialistic Christmas.

fat talk

no, this isn’t going to be the typical fat talk you hear about women complaining about their figures and some eating booboos. instead, this is about airing my sentiments about my short-term goal for this month:

I WANT TO GET FAT.

but not too fat though (coz just as the spice girls’ song says: too much of something is bad enough). just a little more to add up to my 52 kg, 5′2" frame. just enough so that people i meet won’t tell me, "uy, pumayat ka ha…". true enough, this may be a flattering statement. but a flattening statement for my case, plainly because, i don’t feel good about myself whenever i’m with a little less flesh than the usual.

what’s ironic is that i never skip a meal (except on weekends when i get too lazy to go out of the dorm to go to a carinderia to eat a decent meal), i eat snacks in between meals and especially when i’m studying.

now that i’m off the boarding house and back at the convent, i guess it’s time to bring the baboy-syndrome back in my daily routine that has been dormant for the past two months of summer.

gotta eat a little bit more.

wish me luck.

Up, up and…. away?

The seventh flight of stairs is so far the most awful.

It made me cringe at the thought that any of my steps could be my last.

The dull woods creak at the slightest movement I make as though warning me to be more careful.

The metal bars swing at my gentlest touch leaving me to rely on my balance to keep me from falling off. 

“Shall I take more steps?” I ask every time I surpass a fragile platform.

“Or shall I just turn back?”

But every time I try to go back, there’s this voice telling me to continue climbing and stop worrying…coz if ever I fall, somebody from the friendly neighborhood is there to catch me with his woven web.

OOO lala…

It’s amazing to know how ‘an Omniscient, Omnipotent, and Omnipresent being’ puts things together and makes them work according to His plans. What’s even more amazing is the fact that He gave us every opportunity to feel, see or sense in any way His beautiful works for us. It’s sad to say though that these little things are often unappreciated during busy days.

This summer, I’m glad He opened my eyes to let me see some little things that could testify how great His love for me really is.

I notice that every time I wake from sleep, which happens usually a little past midnight, I hear some birds chirping. The nice melody they create passes through my window like a lullaby bringing me back to sleep.

And lately, before I sleep at night, I hear several mangoes fall off the tree from our neighbors’ backyard and slam against our ground. Thinking about it, it must be His way of telling me to let go of my worries and to cast all my cares upon Him, lay all of my burdens down at [His] feet… And every time, I don’t know what to do, I will cast all my cares upon [Him].

missing them

it’s been days since the last time i saw them. now, they’re in a new home, with a new family. but despite that, they’re always with me–in my thoughts and in my prayers.

i miss them… very much. no compensation could ever replace the joy they brought in my life. but knowing that ‘the Big Man up there’ is watching them takes my worries away.

take care, charis… take care, star boy…

a gudigudz letter

The topics of optics, electricity and magnetism had been tougher for me than applying Newton’s laws and studying fluid statics and dynamics. i had relatively lower scores in physics 72 compared to physics 71 (yuck!!! gc daw??) contrary to most students i heard who said they got better exam results in 71 than 72.

Nevertheless, i could say that i enjoyed going to class everyday despite the very unfriendly hour of 1:30-2:30PM. Sir Gudz has this way of making the class alive at the middle of a geeky topic by cracking jokes out of nowhere, by inserting funny pictures in his power point presentation and by intentionally mispronouncing words to catch students’ attentions. It’s funny and amazing at the same time as to how he could call his students by name considering that we are about a hunderd in the class. He texts all his students during special occasions like Christmas and Valentines. He floods his students’ mailboxes with messages containing class announcements, adobe presentations, class standings, recits, and links to useful websites of all sorts ranging from artpads to eskwela.com to published science articles/papers regarding the latest breakthroughs in s & t…

I don’t know if this is going to be his last email message but to somehow explain how fun, thoughtful an instructor he was, i decided to post this email message he sent everyone in class:

yo! nais ko lang iparating na lubos at buong puso akong nagpapasalamat sa inyong lahat na sumama at sumabay sa gulong ng pakikipaglaban ninyo sa UP (yuh-phee) Diliman.. na isang sakay lamang mula philcoa kung saan nakalagay ang Jollibee, ChowChow, ang bagong-bagong McDo at ang Mercury Drug. Ahaha.

maraming salamat uli sa lahat! ako’y lubos na nagagalak at nabigyan
ako ng pagkakataong turuan kayo..hindi ko kyo malilimutan… yzz…actually.. madami pa kong gustong sabihin.. at ikwento..tulad ng bakit dalawa lang ang tenga ng tao? Bakit nasa ulo ang utak at nasa katawan ang puso? Bakit bi-noblock ng capacitor ang DC? Bakit walang gummy bear na infrared ang kulay? Cnong nanay ang pinaka-magagalitin sa buong mundo?

Wa..  kaso kulang yung 1 semester.. hindi naman pedeng p6 lagi ang subject mo.. kung ganon.. magshift ka na d2.. hehe.. sa text.. ym.. gmail..blog (noobness ko d2.. aw).. eskwela (alpha) ..at friendster (kinakalawang na!) na lang tau magkikita..

wag nyo pabayaan ang studies nyo.. kung sumablay man tau ngaun.. pilitin nating makabawi.. taga-UP ka.."You shake the earth!” maintindihan mo yan.. paglabas mo ng UP.. sa labas kung san mas mahirap ang exam..maraming madaya sa PVPs.. trade buggers.. scammers.. tapos may mga mobs at boss pa na ayaw magpatalo at asa sa FS..  wag mawalan ng pag-asa..wag sumuko (SPARTAAAA!!) wag rin masyadong seryoso! balanse lang.. wag rin
masyado adek! kung maadek ka sa 1.0, tapos ikaw lang din ang
makikinabang or adek k naman sa ibang bagay na nagiging dahilan kung bakit ka nakakakuha ng 5 times 1.0..mag-isip muna .. ahehe wag tau huminto.. di pa yan ang katapusan.. san tau tutungo??

Basically, the real end of the line is the point wherein you will be able to share your talents, gifts and you true purpose..it doesn’t matter kung sang field yan.. alam mo na un.. pero ngaun sembreak.. bakasyon muna..kitakits na lang sa ibabaw ng earth Q—(^^,Q..

sir gudz

shining shimmering summer

I’m finally home! And I’m glad to say that I would be spending the entire summer here at Dumaguete. I miss home so much. I figured out there’s a lot to do this summer at home, and that I needed a BREAK!!! from the draining atmosphere in school.

the list of stuff i want and need to do while in vacation is already drafted in my head. most are productive activities which permits not one excuse from my lazy bones. hehe. speaking of lazy bones, I left no room for such for me this summer. i need to get my bones and body working if i don’t want my arms to get any fatter. i don’t really entertain fat talk before but upon realization that i am inflicting myself with the baboy syndrome, i couldn’t dismiss such talk with such ease. hehe. i gotta work. work. and rest after work. hehe. i need to burn these undesired fats before they burn me. hehe.

Anyway, so much for this blog entry…

I’m looking forward to a fun yet productive summer with my family here at home.

Happy vacation everyone!

study mode

ang bilis ng panahon. matatapos na naman ang isang sem. whew! pero bago ako tuluyang magbakasyon, may dalawa pa ‘kong exams na haharapin sa dalawang majors ko… =D

..gotta switch to study mode!!!

comfort tears

Now i know why they say that crying has its own therapeutic effects. Never had i imagined myself being in a state where crying would be my "thing". But lately, i find tears voluntarily building up in my eyes. And for the first time, and for some unknown reasons, crying feels so good…