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Entries for January, 2007
January 4, 2007
PROUD
Posted at 07:58 PM
Well, it kinda suprises me that I actually have the time to blog. Everything kinda slowed down for this week. Everything seems peaceful. But, I know better - its just the calm before the storm. Actually, its kinda all piling up now. But, I dont want to blog about academics this time. For an overview of that, you can check out last year's year ender entry (which is my longest post yet.)
First of all, I realized that I spent way too much of my allowance on food last month. Haha I did an evaluation of my expenditures last night (one of the ways to deal with boredome) and I realized that given my allowance (less savings and transportation costs), I am actually spending roughly .5 times more than i should. Haha I dont want to share the actual figures, pero it just affected my overall savings rate. Hay nako, napaka-economics-based naman ng part na ito. Basta, sumobra lang yung ginastos ko para sa pagkain nung December - which was not good for my savings account, nor was it good for my waist line.
Tapos, I was going around friendster profiles the other day, and one particular friendster blog grabbed my attention. This person used to study in the Philippines for a while (until high school) and finally left for the states for college. One important thing about this person was that instead of rushing to Filipino-infested California, his family opted for Houston (though, I am not sure what state Houston is. hahaha) Wala lang, kasi he has the time to post new entries everyday, so parang ang saya basahin kasi he is living the life that I want. He complains about not being able to commute, of having to speak English 24/7, of the freezing temperatures. Well, I complain about the opposite. Haha actually, dapat nga magpalit na lang kami ng places eh. why not?
I downloaded new songs for my playlist. Hindi naman siya madami. I roughly downloaded 15 songs - with the majority of which coming from the soundtrack of Queer as Folk and Mean Girls. Sad to say, naaddict na ako sa four songs out of the fifteen that I downloaded - addict talaga. The last time I was addicted to a song was way back in the Emancipation of Mimi period - with We Belong Together. Ewan. Di naman ako makarelate sa song (nung time na yun.. haha) pero I liked it anyway. This time, ang ganda kasi nung mga message nung kanta eh. Try to download it if you have the time. Pink - God is a DJ, Heather Small - Proud, Nate - Free & Tata Young - Come Rain Come Shine (which is the current theme song of Star World). One thing you have to realize is that all four could be classified as dance songs - hahaha. Which may have two indications (1) finally, nagbabranchout na ang aking music appreciation and (2) could it be that my music appreciation could finally branch out to dance? haha now now, lets not get ahead of ourselves. Pero why not di ba? Still, Aldrich on the dancefloor is still scary, kahit para sa akin. haha
A lot of people said that I either maintained my weight or even lost some over the break. To these people, pagpalain kayo ng diyos. haha pero, honestly, I gained weight. Promise. I have the weighing scale to prove it. Pero, I really want to lose it all before my 20th birthday. Naks, may goal na. Actually, I had advice from a friend of mine to have two things to lose weight (1) to actually have an idea how much weight to lost and (2) howmuch time you are giving yourself to lose that much weight. Ayan, actually, I dont want to be thin. I just want to be lean. These two are different ha. In the end, ayaw ko naman maging kalansay. Pero, I am still glad. I have never been closer to my optimal BMI, until now. haha
Nga pala, I went to Cartimar the other day. Just to buy fresh fishes kasi namatay yung mga iba during the time that I was so busy with school and was unable to clean the aquarium. Ngayon, bago na silang lahat, except the parrot fish, two small carps and the janitor fish. Ewan ko na lang ha, kahit siguro sa acido, mabubuhay pa rin ang aking forever-alive na janitor fish. I was tempted to buy plants, pero sabi ng kasama ko, wag na lang kasi meron pa naman. Ang tanong ko naman sa kanya, paano mo naman nalaman na meron pa, eh never mo pa naman nakita yung aquarium ko. haha ang sabi niya, "ewan, feel ko lang." the best ka talaga. haha
Merong inintroduce na game sa akin. Zombiepox yung name nung game. Nyetang game yan. Naaddict talaga ako. Basically, the object of the game is to give brains to zombies. Basta, papakainin mo sila ng brains para maging normal people sila. Pag nalapitan ka ng zombies, magiging zombie ka rin. Pag wala nang brains, game over na. Basta. next level na ng addiction ito. hahaha at nareach ko na ang level 5. kasi, the higher the level, the more zombies. ayun, tapos biglang naging zombie ako, tapos naggame over. Balik ulit sa level one. Kakafrustrate. and I wanna quit talaga. Pero sobrang kakatuwa.
Ano ba yan. kung ano ano na lang yung pinagsasabi ko. Tama na nga. May quiz ba sa International Business so kailangan ko nang magbasa. Sige. Ciao.
I step out of the ordinary
I can feel my soul ascending.
I'm on my way.
Can't stop me now.
And you can do the same.
What have you done today to make you feel proud?
-Heather Small, Proud
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January 6, 2007
Oh so tirin!
Posted at 08:41 PM
Well, contrary to the usual laid-back saturdays that I used to have in the past, this one really drained me dry. I mean, I am lying here in the bed, barely having enough strength to type this entry. Haha Ewan, ang daming nangyari today.
There is of course my saturday class - marketing 171. Today, we had the usual discussion for the first half of the 3 hours - talking about the economic, social, political aspects of products for the nth time! Ewan, it just makes we wonder how many times sir can repeat the lecture. haha Also, I had my first chance at actually reciting in class kanina. Kakahiya magrecite kasi three lang kaming juniors sa class, pero kailangan kasi 20% ng grade ang class participation. And, we had two, yeah thats right, two quizzes in the second part of the session. O di ba? First time ko talagang magkaroon ng 2 quizzes sa isang session. Open notes naman siya, and it was relatively easy kasi puro economic and political factors lang yung topics. Long test na next week, so good luck na lang sa akin. Please God, sana open notes yung gagawin ni sir. Please. I'll be good. promise.
And, today was also the Second General Assembly of Meco - the sportsfest. Haha siyempre, i played volleyball na naman. Of course. haha Anyway, there were several highlights. Una, i can spike na. Haha after the longest time, i can attack na rin (kahit papaano). Although di naman kalevel ni Dan, ni Dang and ni Ringo, medjo kaya ko na rin. And then, I started playing with some seniors after a while and they asked if I played for varsity. Haha infairness, nagblush ako! haha natawa na rin. Di naman ako ganon kagaling no! Hahaha and also, they asked if I was interested to join their team sa games, (IAC yata yun eh.) Parang gusto ko rin sumali,pero ang dami kasing acads eh! In the end, I was able to play volleyball for more than 4 hours! OMG, you have no idea how tired I am. Although this was not near the whole-day event of volleball during my high school days for the sportsfest, I was really tired. Tapos, after all that time playing, wala pa ring nanalo, it was a draw. Haha pero masaya. I really love the game. 
Ayan, actually, I am typing this entry to stall from actually doing the things that I have to do tonight. Ang dami dami talaga, and they are really piling up. Pero, kaya yan. Kahat parang gulay na itong katawan ko. haha pero go! ENERGY! haha
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January 8, 2007
HP Order of the Phoenix trailer
Posted at 10:39 PM
I know its kinda late pero I was finally able to watch the trailer for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix movie. Haha after a thousand years, napanood ko na rin!
Personally, it seems that it is dark and somehow complicated. That is exactly what the book is about! hahaha The movie is expected to be out on the 13th of July, around which time, I expect that there would be a date set for the release of the 7th and final book in the series. I am so psyched! haha its actually my favorite book in the series eh (kasi siya yung pinakamahaba)... haha
Hay nako, after the release of the 7th book, there would be no more books to look forward to, just a couple of movies left in the Harry Potter franchise. Pero, its not yet over. haha Harry Potter is still alive! (^_^)
Now, enough excitement. I have to go back to studying for finance! I have a quiz tomorrow and I want to do well. haha.. itigil na ang poor performances sa past quizzes. And, i think the long test for dev eco would be returned bukas. I hope everything goes well.
Ayun. Ciao!
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January 13, 2007
Don't you think its funny
Posted at 11:49 PM
Well, its been a few days, and I want to sneak in an entry before I start working on other more *ahem* important things. This time around, I want to start everything off with the phrase... Don't you think its funny.
1. Don't you think its funny that I am starting to like Philosophy, although I still feel that the subject is tooo ummm, subjective. Haha It seems that Mr. Soh really is a good teacher. Naks, dahil maganda lang yung grade na binigay, bumait na tuloy yung tingin kay sir. Haha Pero, honestly, i'd rather have basic eco or social science subjects rather than philo. Pero we dont always get what we want. *sigh*
2. Don't you think its funny when people say that "you don't even know me" when in all truth, there isn't much to know. Some people feel that they are soooo complex, when in all truth, its just a cover for the basic aspects that they have to live with. Hay nako. I am just glad i'm through with ya.
3. Don't you think its funny that I bought the first and second season of Grey's Anatomy even though I absolutely feel that I won't have enough time for it. Haha Here I am blabbing about me not being able to have the time while I am already on my fourth episode.
4. Don't you think its funny that after all the time that I have waited, I am finally getting to know and spend time with you. Haha Ewan, although the high is gone, I am so glad that I am finally getting to have what I want. In a way I am happy. And I do not know why or when this will end, pero haha, I am soo glad its here.
5. Don't you think its funny that after only a few years, applications for internships are now starting. I can't believe that this time has finally arrive. Parang ang bilis. In a way, parang ayaw ko pa. Pero, it seems that its finally time di ba? Diyos ko, ayaw ko nang mag-aral pa. Haha It would be a welcomed change if instead of paying to study, i get paid for working.
6. Don't you think its funny that there are some things that you have, but you forget you have them. Tama ba? Basta, sometimes, we get too overcome by the hustle and bustle of everything that surrounds us, that we fail to realize the special things that we have. But then, some moments reminds us what we have in the first place. This afternoon, I had one. Ewan. It just seems that I was amazed of being reminded of something kanina. In all fairness, napablush ako ha. Hahahaha
7. Don't you think its funny that some friends, those that barely know us, touch us deeper than we expect. I was talking to a High School friend the other day, and we were talking about stuff, shallow stuff actually. And then, we talked about the concept of "being a big fish in a small pond" adn the feeling of being transferred from a small pond to a big one. It is kinda related to number six.
Oh, and by the way, I think some people are forgetting that this is MY blog. Which is precisely why I get to decide what is in it. If you find anything amusing or pleasing, then feel free to tell me about it. But then again, if some things are somehow offensive, oh my fucking god, just get over it. It was your choice to read this blog. I did not force you. Its not required reading. Having some idea of what I feel and experience doesnt give you authority. Just keep your negative reactions to yourself. I have enough of that already. Geez.
okay. calm na ulit ako. ewan. I'll just end with something I picked up from Grey's Anatomy... paraphrase na ito. haha
Boundaries
Not those that keep us from outside,
rather they are the ones that fence us in.
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January 19, 2007
Mindless Babble
Posted at 04:37 PM
It is friday afternoon once again, and as I said last week, and the week before, my week has NOT yet ended. Haha I hate Saturday classes - i mean, we have quizzes every meeting, so i have to devote part of my fridays studying for the quiz and then I have saturday afternoons to rest and then sunday will be for cramming requirements. And then before I know it, a new week would begin! Dang!
I had two quizzes kanina. Philo was so frustrating... kakainis, tama na dapat lahat, pinalitan ko pa yung isang number. Economics of Money and Banking (i got to find a shorter name for this subject) was fine, difficult, but fine. I am just so scared of the midterms. Gooood paano na kapag hindi open notes!? And then, Finance Long Test is on Monday. Can you say bye bye weekend?
Anyway, thats it for acads. I had this weird dream yesterday and a week before. Haha There are people who remember the things that they dream about and there are those who go on for years without remembering having any dreams. I am one of the latter. Which is why these two dreams really struck me. Haha The first one was somewhat nice and pleasant - in other words, sana prophecy siya. Haha The other, however, was in a word - kadiri. Hahaha ewan, it started out fine - i even thought that I was not dreaming. But then weird things started happening, I started doing things, in certain places.. haha tama na! haha *blush* Bakit kaya? Pagod lang siguro. (^_^)
I designed a new website for the Ateneo Comelec. For those interested on joining the Ateneo Comelec, or those intent on running for the student council, you can visit it at : ateneocomelec.cabspace.com. I know its not as flashy as my blog layout (siyempre, dapat mas maganda ang blog ko! haha), pero maganda pa rin naman siya eh. Its dominantly yellow - the flashy-almost-hurtful-sa-eyes kind. Bakit yellow? ewan. cute eh. haha
Job Fair na next week. And i finally got my Placement Office Shirt. Everything is happening so fast. One moment, orsem and then the next, i'm looking for a company to do my ojt na! I just hope I find a good company who will pay me lots and lots of money *evil laugh* haha i need cash. simple as that. Hopefully. Hopefully.
Ay, nga pala, something happened kanina. Diyos ko, it really caught me off guard. Ang masasabi ko lang, di tayo ganun kaclose para patulan kita. For someone who is supposedly rich and sophisticated, what you did earlier was simply tacky. In fairness, nahiya ako para sa iyo.
OMG, i almost forgot, Earl gave me this magic wallet as a christmas gift! Thanks earl. Haha kahit magfefebruary na (and hindi ko pa nabibigay ang gift ko sa iyo). haha Nakakaaliw siya. Pero, four lang yung lalagyan niya ng cards eh. Pero, I plan to use it... kakaaliw eh, lalo na pag super bored.
Ay, time na pala for the Regcom Senior's meeting. Ciao.
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January 20, 2007
Band-Way-Gon
Posted at 06:17 PM
All right, I know I have lots of things to do but i just have to blog... haha So first off, I already finished watching Grey's Anatomy (both the first and the second season) and i just cant wait for the next season. I actually do not like Meredith because I feel that her answer for all her problems is having a one-night-stand. She is just so helpless... pero ang dami rin kasing other factors di ba? My favorite character is Dr. Bailey! haha I sooooo love her (although a nose job wouldnt hurt.) She is just so professional, so tough, so brilliant and yet so soft inside. In one word: amazing! I also like Cristina and Izzie (who are like polar opposites.) Anyway, I am soooo looking forward to the third season. As well as the complete third season of House and Desperate Housewives. Hay nako, sana naman maging available na siya sa Quiapo soon.
I was thinking kanina... you know when you relate a person to a certain thing that you like - lets take a hypothetical example... hmmm lets say you have this dog who loves carnations. I mean, this dog loves carnations. And whenever you see a carnation, you remember this dog. And then, once the dog dies, you never want to see a carnation again because it reminds you of that dog, even though the poor innocent gardenia did not do anything. Well, I kinda have that thing right now. Kakainis. I know the dog is not coming back (unless you believe in life after death), but I used to love gardenias, even before I knew the dog. Waaaah kakafrustrate. O! Do not overanalyze. The person who this is meant for a.k.a the dead dog, doesnt even know that this blog exists. So ayun. Hindi ikaw yan. Wag mag-feeling.
Its funny. I know that people read this blog. I mean, I have the figures and the data to prove it. I even know when and where these visitors come from. I know that I have had three visits from Arizona. I know that I had one visit from Zamboanga. Almost 50 visits from Quezon City (I even know from which part of QC.) I even had two visits from Slovenia! I know where you came from and when you visited. In short, I know that YOU visited. yes, YOU. I know that you visit my blog, that you read my entries. Next level ng stalking ito! *evil laugh* Kaya matakot ka na! pero, i think knowing part of my life gives me some right to know some things about the visitors. rightt? kahit na location lang nila. But then, there seems to be a shortage of comments. haha comment naman kayo! hay nako, ganon ba ako kaboring na wala na kayong masabi! come on, sige na... indulge yourself... comment na. (^_^)
Nga pala, I have officially customized my laptop - a.k.a Gus. Wala lang, in a way, I can call it MY laptop na. Haha I loooove it. kahit na nagbublue-screen siya for some reason, ewan, may error siya paminsanminsan eh. Pero i love the fact that i can sit somewhere and just type away. I even expect my 200th post in the near future. O di ba? it took me 2 years to get to my 100th post and it now looks like it is possible to have my 200th by the end of one year. Naks! Laptop lang pala ang kailangan eh.
Anyway, I was laughing by myself nung dev eco class. Haha natawa si chezka kasi tumatawa ako mag-isa. Ewan, there are some jokes that I enjoy by myself. Haha Hay nako, ishishare ko na nga. I had this teacher before, and in this teacher's discussion, he said the word bandwagon. Let me repeat, the word is bandwagon. O!? Ano naman ang nakakatawa sa word na bandwagon? Ganito lang yan... kapag ang pronounciation mo ng bandwagon ay band-way-gon. hahahaha Or,eto, bagong word: lingerie - nakakatawa siya kapag ang pronounciation ay lin-ji-rey. hahahaha and to think, admu teachers yan ha. The best talaga! Pero in fairness, medyo mababaw ako sa moment na ito ha... ang babaw talaga. Pero, kanya kanya lang naman ang humor eh.
Anyway, start na dapat ako mag-aral for finance. In fairness, kailangan ko nang gumaling sa finance. Ang daming tao na ang nagste-step-up. Step up Aldrich! Step up! Go! Go! Go!
All right. Peace out! (haha, nakita ko siya sa ibang blog eh, its umbecoming of Aldrich to use the term "peace out", pero why not, blog naman siya eh. matakot ka pag narinig mong nagsasabi ako ng peace out in person. haha)
Again, Peace out!
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January 22, 2007
Out of the Picture
Posted at 11:34 PM
I feel like crap. After studying for some time in the library and doing some actual preparations, wala pa rin! Finance Long Test Number Two was a killer! I mean, does the department actually want the students to die? haha There were moments where I completely had no idea what to do anymore. I read some questions several times, pero they STILL did not make sense. ewan, did my I.Q. suddenly drop? God! I hope not.
Anyway, while I was taking that long test, I kinda dozed off. Haha Ewan, maybe it was the hopelessness of the situation or the fact that it was 8 pm and I was sitting in a cold room... pero memories of High School came to me. Haha
The memory was from Second Year. We had to have this music class, which was under this teacher - Ma'am Vizconde. And, we had to make this original song (lyrics, melody etc.). Wala pang formal FMS nun, pero most members were there na. Haha Anyway, I was able to recall some of the lyrics.. pero yung melody.. hopeless na... dati nga di ko magets yung melody, ngayon pa kaya!?
Out of the Picture
Whatcha think about being with old friends,
Whatcha think about bringing the past back again
Do you think we could ever forgive them?
No. No. No. No. No.
*sigh* yun lang ang maalala ko. Ewan. Sobrang daming angst nung high school. Haha and to think, nacompose yang kantang yan nung peace period nung second year. I personally had no contribution to the composition of this song.. haha nor to the melody. Siyempre, wala naman akong kaalam-alam diyan.. dahil noong mga panahong yan, di pa ako musically aware at kahiya-hiya mang aminin, Westlife lang ang alam kong mga kanta noon.
At eto pa, may RAP na part yang song na yan. And yes, nagRAP ako. Wahahaaha Sobrang conduct unbecoming of aldrich ang pagrarap. Pero siyempre, kailangang gawin kasi required for the class eh. Pero, I seem to recall someone going crazy with a tambourine. hahahaha
All right, tama na ang reminiscing. So, by the time I got over the high school flashback, sabi nung proctor namin - 15 minutes na lang. Haha 15 minutes left and I was yet to answer Long Problems 1 and 2. That was when I realized, Hopeless na 'to!
So ayun, gabi na. And I want to sleep. Pero I can't. Not yet. May iba pa kasing subjects di ba? Nyetang finance yan. Nagfifeeling na nag-iisa lang siya. Kainis.
Hay nako, ang daming useless and mindless stuff sa entry na ito. haha sign na talaga ito na masyado na akong nagbababble. Sige. Toodles.
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January 29, 2007
I HATE SPYWARE
Posted at 05:26 PM
It was just a week ago that I was bragging that I have already customized my laptop a.k.a Gus. Pero, now, Gus is infected with spyware/malware. Now, I am stuck with this homepage: quicknews.info, I cant run System Manager, I can't run Regedit. In addition to that, my PC is also infected as well as my USB Flash Disk. Waaaaaah
Now, I have to reformat everything! I hate spyware! I hate the people who invented it. I hate the people who continue making it. Kakainis!
Yun lang. *bow*
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