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“Lost-Thoughts and Less-Thoughts”

{ October 26, 2009 @ 2:31 am } · { Depth In An Idiot }
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The serious reason why I could not sleep for the past few weeks is because it feels like I am lost – you know what I mean by the word “lost”….right?

Hmmm…..

I’ve been counting days, months and years starting from 1998 – not that I have replaced those sheeps…not that I am putting myself to miserable situation of doing arithmetic before going to sleep…..nor getting to sentimental and reminisce what have happened in the past, but I just can’t hardly put away myself from those enless pathetic thoughts!

The sad thing is, as I keep on thinking the same things over and over, it feels like I’ll turn into a nervous breakdown and not to a comfortable good night sleep.

Those things are what I called as lost-thoughts – I’m lost but my mind keeps on thinking and thinking as well as imagining and imagining things over and over – when I realized, those are just “less-thoughts”

I’ve been counting how many years have passed since I was in fifth grade and how miserable/great/sad/happy my life was (and maybe the world) in between those years…

It was 1999 and today is the third quarter of 2009 – imagine, a decade of everything! I was in my fifth grade and this year is just a starting year for me to go to a f**** work, plan for my next job, think of what career should I pursue months or years from now, and then voila!

+I have a favourite TV program in a local channel and plugged that it’s their 10th year anniversary – too bad, it was just a dream for me to be part of that team. tsk tsk! You know the feeling when you have your “childhood dream” and certain that you’ll gonna take up this course so that you could be one of them and be like them, and then life took another turn and then you don’t have a clue why you pathetically landed in a situation to which you are now, isn’t it miserable! I once dreamed but didn’t seem to get into that track – but no regrets, really!

I once dreamed, and will continue dreaming and falling out and being rejected and then what’s next?

+plus, I’m planning to resign
___________

It feels like I’ll die few minutes afer feeling miserable thinking all of these non-sense thoughts…..and to be honest, I am all nothing but lost!

“EE”

{ September 22, 2009 @ 6:55 am } · { Depth In An Idiot }
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I don’t want to leave my September archive with NOTHING as what had happened last year…at least I have a good reason to write something for this month , just like February 1st where I go home without money but less than P70.00 as my transpo fee to get back home to Cavite.

….maybe, I will always remember September 16, 2009 for the sole reason that I got “recognition” for my very first job – and I never expect such thing to happen – it’s a long story though.

That would definitely be a milestone in my life, 100 days before Christmas, out of nowhere and unexpectedly, people smiled and kept on giving you compliments for the job done. Moreover, amidst all of these “sweet words,” I shouldn’t pressure myself to do more or perform better or up to my very best – just take most of the things as how they should’ve been done, period.

Can I have a re-take???….

{ July 29, 2009 @ 3:49 am } · { Depth In An Idiot }
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After exiting the room of our trainor, I suddenly thought a little foolish thing: can I have a re-take? Can we do that again?

Oh certainly not! It was just a one-shot, one-experience make or break thing!

I was thinking too much about the assessment until I go to bed, and it took me a long time before I could finally sleep. I was too bothered about the interview that I keep on thinking that I could do much better, I could answer him much better but…..I don’t know! I was eaten maybe either by too much nervousness or by being too relaxed prior to the interview – and I couldn’t handle such thing until we left….

dreamin’ of London?

{ July 28, 2009 @ 5:11 am } · { Depth In An Idiot }
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3 July

Friday

While traveling to Quiapo Church 3 weeks ago, we passed by the US Embassy and suddenly think that ‘what if I passed the 2-week work experience in McCann Erickson in UK, is there really a need for an interview with the UK Embassy?’ Well, I partly expect and then it’s nothing to me on the second thought.

All I think at that moment was just it’s like a dream come true for me if ever I will be accepted in their agency. Why? I don’t have any Advertising-related magazines yet and don’t have the money for my trip to UK, and then I feel a little sad about the reality. There was too much expectation while you are aware that reality will not permit that to happen.

While thinking about all those possibilities and impossibilities, I was just looking outside the window of the jeepney where we’re in while feeling too sentimental. Until we passed the Cultural Center of the Philippines, I was trying to erase those thoughts and then rather turned inside the jeepney when out of nowhere, a London sticker in the driver’s area bumped me – it was like a logo, or maybe a British logo representing the country itself. I thought that I was thinking too much of London that is why I suddenly strike with the sticker.

It’s really strange that after an hour or so of traveling, that’s the only time that I was able to notice the London sticker, right where I was thinking of going there some time. And I was just optimistic that it was indeed a sign!

“When It Rains, It Four”

{ July 17, 2009 @ 3:42 am } · { Depth In An Idiot }
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Today???…….

Nothing special….again!

It’s just another usual day of the month, but maybe a little something “extraordinary”….

Going back to my last year’s post and it’s exactly a year now, that I was sentimentally commenting about the last years of my “TEENAGE LIFE” and officially bidding good bye to it…and just a year to count to officially open up another phase of my life, I can’t help but remembering an essay about a girl who nervously and emotionally introduced herself to “twenty-something” years of her life. She was quite well aware that another chapter has to come and should she faced it with courage and a welcoming attitude. Honestly, I never thought that I will be feeling the same thing now as what the writer felt on the last years of her ‘teenage life’. Anyway, I red that wayback in high school and the anthology was published during the 70s, but never ever anticipate a thing as to what I am feeling right now – sad, sad and sad.

My remedy: I just want to ignore the feeling of getting old, period!

Just as hers, I’m kinda scared to bring myself to a 2-0 digit of my life though I anticipate bigger obstcles and headaches this time.

I just hate it!

I just hate the feeling of getting old!

FREE MINDED

{ June 25, 2009 @ 4:27 am } · { "Sounds-Like Opinion", Depth In An Idiot }
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This entry is simply a ‘reminisce’ of the past…..
It’s rainy season once again and I can’t help but thinking over and over when about a year ago (I think), I was doing laundry for my school unifrom and deeply thinking about how exciting it would be to officially land in your ‘dream job’ and proudly called youself a “graduate” after battling in the academe for four years with bitter-sweet encounters.

And I guess, it’s been a year passed since I watched a TV documentary and tremendoudly enthused about the incoming “iskolar ng bayan” from all walks of life, facing initial real-life difficulties during enrolment. And how, in about a time, the university “seemed” to be now inclined with the ‘elite’ and ‘upperclassmen’ of the society roaming around the campus. There was an issue there indeed….

And…..all these things and thoughts happened a year ago and it won’t completeley occur for the second time!

However, a lot of people in the whole wide world are hard-core idealistic, I must say. Because I, myself tend to be a BIG TIME IDEALIST even before entering college until the time I attended this once-in-a-lifetime “Commencement Exercise.” Yes, commencement is definitely the beginning….until the time I stepped up the stage, I still have these ideals that I’ll forever stick to. And recently, I came to reallize will those idealisms of mine will bring me into those dreams that I have longed wishing for?

I should write vaguely, period.

Dictionary defines:

ideal – existing . . . in fancy or imagination only; lacking practicality

idealism – the practice of forming ideals or living under their influence

Indeed, I was living under the influence of wide ideals and it was such a big deal (for me) if I should abide into it or would rather resort to realistic circumstances. It seemed to me that I “MUST” do the latter and erased those ideals to a little degree.

I once dreamed to be a  TV dcumentarist but it seems that I was too far away from it – and now it was some sort of fancy indeed! What I’m presently in is into the reality that I won’t get any offer or an entry-level post as a researcher either. On the other hand, I’m still apt to stick into my high school dreams and will rather prepare myself for a number of failure and rejection that will come along the way.

And I will never ever forget those people whom I have known for some years in college where we started creating our very own dreams and plans right inside the academe. I dreamed once with a good friend of mine that we’ll enrol in the Graduate School of Harvard University…while others, I’ve learned that they wanted to enter the field of Public Relations, Corporate Communications, and Advertising. My blockmates several times they told me that they wanted to pursue an MA in Journalism while the other wanted to be an AM radio jock in her favorite evening program. I’ve known a few who still wanted to pursue their passion in photography to the point of applying for the post while I knew one blockmate who really wanted to be a writer and the other one, a screen writer. I always believed to those people who wanted to be film makers and be famous for their endless unique ideas. I had a close friend in college who planned to work for United Nations right after graduation. I met these people who still have dreams of working in broadcasting networks even if it meant starting at the bottom. I’ve known several people who wished to work abroad hoping that they will find ways for a decent living. And just recently, a graduate of Management Accounting planned to work briefly in a BPO company for the sole pupose of earning and will later enrol in the Conservatory for Music….he simply wants to be a musical scorer for film….

These were the dreams….and it seemed to me that our dreams tend to lie in the realms of our own ideals with only hopes, prayers and continuous dreaming. But where we ended up?

Les(s)ions you could earn while you are in job hunting . . .

{ May 2, 2009 @ 1:24 pm } · { "Sounds-Like Opinion", Depth In An Idiot }
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1. matutulala ka na lang. matutulala ka na lang dahil pagkatapos ng graduation at magdadalawang buwan na ay wala ka pang nakukuhang trabaho, at mapapatingin ka na lang sa kalendaryo n’yo sa sala o sa kuwarto mo o sa’n mang parte ng bahay niyo na antagal mo na palang “BAM” (tambay)! Sa kahuli-hulihan, matutulala ka at malulungkot sa dinranas mo ngayon.

2. desperate job hunters. Nagkakamali ka kung housewives lang ang pwedeng maging desperate…ba’t ‘di natin subukang ipares sa job hunters SLASH job seekers? Desperdo ka na talaga makahanap ng trabaho at kumita ng pera na tipong nakalimutan mong Labour Day pala at walang tao sa opisina na gusto mong pagtanungan kung may opening ba sila o wala (para sa katulad mo!).

3. makakalimutin. Malamang, sa kaiisip mo ng trabaho e makalimutan mo nang may iba ka pa palang problema – o ‘di naman kaya’y ma-divert ang atensyon mo sa ibang bagay gaya ng pang-uuto sa parents mo, sa kapatid mo o kaya sa tropapips mo! Halimbawa, mang-aarbor ka ng singsing, chokers at kung anu-anu pa…..

4. another les(s)ion gained. marerealize mo na hindi mo pala muna kailangang kumuha at makakuha agad ng trabaho na may kinalaman sa tinapos mong kurso. Bakit? (Tanong mo sa inaapplayan mo!)

Kung graduate ka ng Advertising Management, bakit hindi mo “muna” subukang mag-call center o kaya’y mag-apply sa isang fast food chain bilang isang trainee for a managerial position. Hihihi! Tunay ngang masaklap ang katotohanan pero baka malaman mo na lang sa banding huli na hindi mo muna talaga kailangang mag-apply ng trabaho na related sa tinapos mo no’ng college dahil isa pa, wala ng chance at iisipin mong masasadlak ka na lang sa kasalukuyan mong estado – tambay!

5. learn from your seniors. sa isang banda, ma-re-realize mo rin na may kabuluhan pala ang mga ‘words of wisom’ na sinabi sa’yo ng mga seniors mo no’ng nasa academe ka pa. Learn from the experts ika nga, pwede mong pagnilay-nilayan ‘yan bago ka maghanap at mag-apply ng trabaho.

6. magiging metikoloso/metikolosa ka. totoo. ingat ka sa pag-aaply….baka kasi yung sinasabi mong “pansamantala” na trabaho e maging career mo na in the near future, ouch! Ang sakit no’n! Yung tipong sinabi mo sa sarili mo na mag-co-call center ka muna habang hindi mo pa nakukuha yung gusto mong trabaho, pero ilang buwan o taon mula ngayon e may ‘career’ ka na sa industriya ng BPO.

//to be continued

. . . Suwertihan lang . . .

{ May 2, 2009 @ 1:20 pm } · { "Sounds-Like Opinion", Depth In An Idiot }
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Ok.

Today is May 1st……

So what’s so special about this anyway?

What about you?

Is this your birthday?

Wedding anniversary?

Or maybe another embarrassing moment that fell on this particular day….

…..another year that marks for Pinoy laborers – a “working” Filipino indeed!….

Let’s ponder how millions of Filipinos abroad and those unemployed, employed and underemployed consider this day as Labour Day, which I suppose shouldn’t be given much interest about. Aren’t you happy that you were categorized as “employed,” “underemployed” or maybe “unemployed?” There’s something to celebrate dude! You might be happy to be included on various surveys which say YOU are now one among millions of Filipinos who couldn’t find a job for a matter that YOU DO NOT FIT THE QUALIFICATIONS or YOU JUST GRAB THAT POSITION SIMPLY BECAUSE THERE IS NO CHOICE – YOU’RE QUALIFIED FOR A BLUE-COLLAR TYPE OF WORK!

*Sigh

It’s been a year though!

It’s been a year since I was passionately doing photography for good – not to mention that I roam somewhere down the hill just to get a good shot, good angle, a perfect picture of any thing. I was also on the status of an incoming senior then.

And here comes again that fateful day, just another year has passed and I was out with my photography stuffs. Totally out! Not a single penny for film and developing fees. And since I am an alumna, I was supposed to “go out” and find a good job – not (I think) a career for now. May career ba kasi dito sa Pilipinas? What I am settled to do now is to find job, visit job fairs, apply online, and personally walked-in to companies and gave those hardly-worked resumé I have labored for weeks or even a month just to craft it impressively hoping that somewhere along the line, I may be able to impress those hiring execs.

And yes, were at that point of giving out resumé, so what then?

***Finally, a year had passed – from photography to job hunting! Isn’t it an overwhelming transition?!?

They say that most of first-time experiences will never be forgotten, and I myself did. The very first taste of failure in seeking a job is indeed incomparable! I assume you had your own hint for the phrase, ‘very first taste of failure.’ And what exactly did I suggest with this thing is that when you do your job hunting seriously and you expect that somehow and somewhere along the road, your resumé will be pick out for a 30-second glance and then voila! And one day, when you picked up the phone to follow up your application, the hiring exec will just simply tell you: ‘ahm…..as of now, we’re not hiring fresh graduates…..we actually prioritize those who had the experience…..and blah blah blah….maybe you could re-apply if you had the experience.’

And that’s what I mean with failure – you worked for it seriously, had a “little” expectation for yourself, and then at one point, you failed – and which you might feel you’re all a failure! It’s as if the world is against you-that you had no chance-no opportunity-or maybe, the work turns away from you-and that you would not make any effort for the same thing because you were so devastated of your previous ‘mishap.’

And then, I came to think of these: those well-established companies, those who have carried big names and bigger reputation for themselves maybe had a little flaw for all their deeds and for all the power and professionalism that they are seeking in the industry. And that flaw is “prioritizing” those who have the experience and setting aside those who have not – fresh grads in particular. The problem is that either they don’t want to invest for these pathetic no-experience-at-all fresh grads or they just don’t want to invest time for training and supervision. Maybe, they had not yet realize how invaluable hiring these fresh graduates can be. – they can’t see the potential, the would-be skills of these people who had just newly came out from the academe – all that they can see is the experience…….experience, experience and experience!

Who knows?

-”HOTTEST” Spot for Summer ‘09-

{ April 18, 2009 @ 9:20 am } · { "Sounds-Like Opinion", Depth In An Idiot }
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Unang-una sa lahat, mag-so-sorry ako kung late akong mag-po-post ng isang napaka-interesanteng entry (para sa’kin) na napanood ko pa no’ng Lunes sa news program ng TV5 na TEN (the evening news). Nakakagulat no’ng lumabas si Lourd de Veyra (radioactive sago project) sa isang segment na kung saan ay ibinigay n’ya ang HOTTEST DESTINATION NGAYONG SUMMER na karaniwang suspek ay Boracay at Bagiuo. Pero ito, pwede mong ireto sa iba mong mga frens at mga forein-gers, at ito ang nasa list n’ya…..

(may mababasa kayong lines na galing mismo sa bibig ni Mr. de Veyra at ang iba nama’y na-paraphrase ko na habang ang iba’y sa’kin na!)

10

Payatas

– ‘mas hanep pa sa Chocolate Hills ng Bohol’

- isang gabundok na basura na malamang ay kumumpleto sa araw mo dahil makikita mo ang iba’t-ibang mukha ng kahirapan at pagkagutom sa Pinas

9

Davao

- Bakit?

- Kung may Mafia ang Italy, siyempre may DAVAO DEATH SQUAD naman dito, ‘diba exciting?

8

North Korea

- baka makita mo ang ‘the great leader na si Kim Jong-il na kamukha ni Dinky Doo – at kung hindi mo kilala si Dinky Doo,’ s’ya yung laging kasama ni ___________

7

Hong Kong

- “a nation of servant”

………….

- baka makita mo sa Tsip Chao at sakaling lumuhod sa harapan mo at manghingi ng sorry….

6

Luneta

- eto malupet!
- dito mo makikita ang ‘napakalaking photo nosaic ng great leader na si Pangulong Arroyo. Balak n’yang basagin ang world record na ‘Pinakamalalang Presidente sa buong bansa!’

- Anyway, nag-joke lang naman si Mr. de Veyra – ‘hindi, joke lang!’

5

Commonwealth Avenue

- magandang dalhin dito ang mga turista

- tara na’t makipagpatintero sa mga rumaragasang sasakyan, at kung madaling araw naman, mga lasenggong nakasakay sa motorsiklo at nakikipagharurutan sa mga trak at kapwa nila lasenggo. Kaya pagdating mg umaga, ayun dedbol sa kanto!

4

Lamesa Watershed

- ‘hindi nga, ang presko dito’

3

Kongreso

- sobrang lakas na aircon

- at siyempre, may chance kang ma-meet ang kapita-pitagang House Speaker na si Prospero Nograles na may -22 Net Satisfactory Rating mula sa isang survey agency

2

Sulu

- alam mo na ‘yun……

- Talipao, Indanan….ano pa ba?….

- Al Quaeda? hahaha

- talo pa nito kahit saang Disneyland ka pumunta…..dito sa Sulu, masaya, punong-puno ng aksyon

- may chance ka pa to meet and greet the Abu Sayyaf Terrorist Group

. . . may hula ka ba kung ano ang no. 1? . . .

. . . sige na . . .

. . . wala talaga . . .

1

Bilibid Prison

- aba, may tennis court na, may hamburger stand pa!

- baka ma-meet mo pa ang dati mong kakosa, este ang dating kakosa ni pareng Jalosjos

________

And that’s the end of our countdown……but wait, Mr. Lourd de Veyra has his final say…..

‘ANG SUWERTE MO, HINDI KA SUMAKAY SA HELICOPTER’

_______

nakuha mo?

. . . BUHAY FRESH-GRAD . . .

{ April 18, 2009 @ 8:47 am } · { Depth In An Idiot }
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I NOW REALIZE……ONLY AFTER GRADUATION

 

1. Days after graduation, feeling mo magkakasakit ka (seryoso!) dahil wala kang magawa sa loob ng kuwarto mo – wala ng katakot-takot na HOMEWORKS, wala ng babasahin for recitation or next discussion, wala ka nang inaayos na schedule for tomorrow’s or next week’s academic or extra-curricular-related activities, wala ka nang inaalala na may meeting ka pala with your group mates, wala ka nang inaalalang project at DI-MAKATAONG DEADLINES at WALA KA NG ACADEMIC EXAMS!……yung tipong WALA KA NG NI-RE-REVIEW PER CHAPTER TAS COVER TO COVER!!!….At isang araw, ma-re-realize mo na lang, CLEARANCE na at HINDI KA PA TAPOS SA THESIS! (Sad reality it is!)

 

LOGIC: Kung hindi ka pa tapos sa thesis, e di walang clearance!

 

2. I now realize…..only after graduation…..karapat-dapat ka na ba talagang tawaging ‘Alumni’ ng La Salle? Tanggap mo na ba na tapos na ang buhay mo sa undergrad at officially alumnus or alumna ka na?

 

3. Makakahanap ka kaya ng trabaho na related sa field mo? (ouch!) O baka maisipan mo na lang mag-abroad o mag-call center?

 

4. Confuse ka pa kung papasok ka sa Graduate School – pero ang katotohanan, wala ka lang talagang pang-enrol! Hihihi!

 

5. E kung isulat mo kaya lahat ng complaints mo sa department n’yo pag-pass mo ng evaluation, tingnan natin kung ‘di mawarik ang buhay ng mga propesor do’n!!!

 

6. I now realize……only after graduation….na isa na ko sa mga unemployed na Pinoy (pero tingin ko ‘di pa kami kasama sa statistics kasi April lang ung graduation namin e!)

 

7. ……..mahirap pala pag wala ng klase…..kasi wala ng baon! (ouch!)

 

8. MALAMANG hindi mo matatandaan ang karamihan (o kahit kaunti man lang) sa mga itinuro sa ‘yo ng mga prpesor mo nung mga panahon ng discussion n’ya…..hindi mo maiintindihan ang salitang ‘academic learning’ at ang kalikasan nito…….hindi mo ma-a-absorb ang mga itinuro sa’yo nung days ng business math, advertising, algebra, trigo, physical science, scriptwriting, film production, mass media law, philosophy, Public Relations, PE, ethics at kung anu-ano pa…..hindi mo lahat magagamit ‘yan sa trabaho dahil ang matatandaan mo, ang VALUES na itinanim ng propesor mo sa kukote mo!

 

 

 at…….

 

 

 

 

Hindi natatapos ang buhay sa eskwela…….

 

 

 

 

FRUSTRATIONS on GRADUATION

 

1. Segue: I was a DIE-HARD fan of UAAP 65th season……DLSU-ADMU match is definitely incomparable…..and I was a BIG FAN of ADMU Blue Eagles…though I never knew that in the near future, I will be a Lasallian – true green blood Lasallian!……………Well, that was a thing of the past.

 

Way back when I was a second-year high school student, majority of our class decided to take on what we called “adventure trip in the bangin” – as in we literally slided down the slope, crossed a small river, and trek again in the bangin the mere fact that there was an EASY and NO-SWEAT PATH TO THE VENUE! Wala lang, adventure trip nga e ‘diba?! And what the group paid for it was the ‘first-time’ experience in the bangin. That fateful day (as far as I remember) was the very first time I cut classes because we assumed that the coming weeks will be no-regular classes.

 

And here’s the story: The moment we reached the venue, you would literally see the rear of the College of Business Administration Building (I didn’t know it then). The venue where we are in was actually utilized for agri-business purposes – a huge open-wide space indeed! And I together with the rest of my classmates were doing all these tripping like shouting ‘Hi’ and ‘Hello’ to those Lasallian students who came in at the CBA porch. And honestly, that moment, it seemed to me that it really feels great to stand at that high balcony facing a mirror-image of a rich-green pasture. Wow! And then the other day, another trip with those Lasallian students: I was hardly shouting to them, ‘Mga talunan kayong mga taga-La Salle! Boo! Mga talunan!’…..’Go Ateneo! Mga talunan kayong mga taga-La Salle sa UAAP! Ang yayabang n’yo! Go Ateneo Blue Eagles!’

 

 

Isn’t it exciting and memorable?

 

 

 

And you know what’s the real story?….. L

 

 

For four years of studying in DLSU, I’ve never been able to go up and stand at that porch for a millisecond, really! One of my biggest frustrations indeed! Just to stand up there even with an escort and wave my hands to somebody or may be nobody never happened…..as in it didn’t happened! Isn’t it memorable? Well that was a lot more frustrating!!!

 

Bakit hindi ko nagawa ‘yon? In an attempt to do that on my sophomore year, wala lang, natakot lang naman  ako na baka mahuli ako ng Discipline Officer (DO) na ewan ko nga ba kung mahuhuli talaga ako. But I was just a bit scared since there were rumors at that time that it became off to students because of DOs roaming around that building! Until the time came when I was too busy with my acads and extra-curricular activities that I forgot to pursue such….and mind you, my college was in the East Campus and BA was at the West….do I mind?

 

Holy S**t!

 

 

 

 

 

 

***And now, for the past 6 years, wala lang……as in wala pa rin….mag-a-Alumi Homeconing na this April!

 

 

 

 

 

Waaahhh!!!

 

2. Frustartion: I’ve never been to any UAAP Men Basketball Game!

 

3. Nagbago na’t lahat-lahat ang pangalan nitong classy at sosyal na kainan na ‘to sa may Cultural Heritage Complex, mula sa pangalang La Buena Comida hanggang sa naging La Cacita na s’ya ngayon, hindi pa rin ako nakakakain dito! Aguy!!!

 

4. Beware! “Slightly” creepy!

 

Our org had this construction site beside the College of Engineering, Architecture & Technology (CEAT) building and of course, we assumed that it was “our” place since we’re the only group who’s inclined to set construction for theatrical plays and other events in the campus.

 

When you’re at that site, it’s really inevitable to stare at the newly constructed CEAT Building – from top angle down at the ground parking area – nice architectural design. And if you are the type of student who feels a little intrigued what’s inside the 5th floor, you’d probably do the same thing as what we did.

 

The two of us, sophomores then, decided that some time may be a good time to go up there at the 5th floor of the CEAT Building especially at around 8:00 in the evening when last classes/sessions officially end. Creepy little things…….

 

And finally, when the most-awaited day came (last day of FINAL EXAM WEEK – 1st sem), she never showed up! I only texted her that afternoon assuming that she remembered what we have agreed on. Ayun, kumusta naman, hindi na natuloy ang pag-akyat sa 5th floor ng CEAT!

 

 

5. Isa pa sa mga frustrations ko, hindi pa ako nakakapag-jogging sa Oval ng tipong nag-jo-jogging lang – alam mo yung feeling na hindi ka nag-jo-jogging dahil PE n’yo lang at kelangan mong pumasa!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

REMINISSS…….

 

1. Bago ka officially ma-admit sa program (Communication), kailangan mo munang dumaan ng interview. At ang naging interviewer ko ay former Chair ng Communication Arts Department, as in katatapos lang ng term n’ya at hindi ko akalin na matapos ang apat na taon ko sa La Salle, matapos ang mismong Baccalaureate Mass, s’ya mismo ang nag-ayos ng hood sa toga ko bago ang class picture taking.

 

***Noong araw ng interview, totoo pala yung idioms na ‘butterfly in the stomach’ at ngayong graduate na’ko, she acted like a stage mom after the mass.

 

2. I’ll never forget this clever Dean of Student Services when she corrected me of using either “Attached” or “Herewith” but never “Attached herewith is the list of….” That was a useful remark anyway!

 

 

3. First time that I encountered the word “geodetic” engineering.

 

4. First time kong makita si Oble ng malapitan nung freshman ako….

 

5. “Inaway” ako ng prof ko at nung mismong araw na ‘yun, sabi ko sa sarili ko…..….’ipapabugbog ko s’ya pag labas n’ya ng campus since matanda naman na siya e’…….Naalala ko na lang sabi ng blockmate ko no’n, ‘hayaan mo, mamamatay din yun!’ J

 

6. …..Para ka palang sumali ng fraternity pag sumali ka sa Performing Arts Group (PAG) Hahaha! Missed those days!

 

7. Nakakayamot pag binibiro kami ng mga prof na kaya lang daw kami kumuha ng course namin e dahil mahina kami sa Math! Hindi naman lahat ito na ang last choice e and I should be defensive kasi ito ang first choice ko without considering thar I’m the usual weak student when it comes in Mathematics. And take note, hindi ka tatantanan ng Math kahit ano pa ang course mo……at sabi nga ng isang prof namin, walang pinagkaiba ang minor sa major subject – parehong may tendency na bumagsak ka d’yan!

 

8. Maaalala mo ang isang gabi sa buhay mo na………humiga ka sa hall way ng JFH at……………nakipag………kwentuhan ka na lang sa classmate mo kasi kinabukasan wala kang homework! Ang sarap ng petiks paminsan-minsan!

 

9. 1st Recollection tapos kinabukasan ng 6:00 a exposure trip at Mowelfund, ABS-CBN and GMA….

 

10. Recollection and Retreat will always be memorable- 1st recollection and then exposure trip the day after; 2nd reco – the day before was the major concert of Lasallian Pointes n’ Flexes Dance Company in Insular Life, Alabang, the day after recollection was the 1st day of a week-long major production of Teatro Lasalliana; 3rd reco – the day that I refused ‘to direct’ the Lasallian Centerstage – a big concert-event of the CIHM; and finally the Retreat – 2 weeks after (if I’m not mistaken) was our Thesis Defense!

 

11. Ang thesis, bow! Ang thesis na mukang MAS MAHAL PA SA BUHAY MO!

 

12. Maaalala mo na ‘baka’ isa sa mga rason kung bakit ka pumayat no’ng college days mo e dahil sa palakad-lakad ka sa 27-ektarayang kampus ni De La Salle!

 

13. Gumawa kami ng docu – as in very first docu ng group namin na pag pinanuod mo….tingnan natin kung may maiintindahan ka dahil may mapapanuod ka na talking heads for at least 8 minutes – ang masaklap, hindi kami nag-cut no’ng editing! (malay ba namin, first time e!)

 

14. May mga tao kang ma-e-encounter sa hinaharap na na-encounter mo na pala ilang taon na ang nakakalipas – at biglang may shocking revelation/s sila sa isang hindi inaasahang panahon at lugar. Yung tipong SM Mall tapos katatapos lang ng concert. *wink

 

15. FIRST EVER SILENT FILM ……

 

16. THESIS DEFENSE

 

17. Bababa ang grades dahil sa extra-curricular activities….

 

18. A month preparation for the PERFORMING ARTS GROUP GRAND PRODUCTION – so siyempre haggard ka and then 2 days after that grand production, after mong mag-over night at magpuyat sa ULS ay Graduation Pictorial na! Totally chaos! Anong itusra mo no’n?!?

 

19. Gusto kong maniwala sa sarili ko na nakakita na “talaga” ako ng taong sinasaniban – ganun pala yun, tumitirik yung mata tapos matigas yung katawan J

 

20. Maaalala mo yung araw na wala kayong pinag-usapan ng mga block mates mo buong araw kundi tungkol sa trabaho (career talk ba!)….yung tipong hindi n’yo na alam kung mag-ko-call center na lang ba kayo, tatambay muna ng ilang buwan o MAG-AARTISTA na lang dahil alam mong mahirap ang trabaho sa Pinas.

 

21. Matatandaan mo ang mga araw na parang bi-nrain wash kayo ng mga prof n’yo o inimpluwensyahan ng bonggang-bongga ang mga pag-iisip n’yo tungkol sa discipline na pinili mo kung kaya mas pinili mong kumuha ng career sa PR imbis na sa dati mong pangarap na maging broadcaster – na mas ginusto mong maging film maker kaysa maging TV reporter – na mas pipiliin mo ang career sa Advertising dahil gusto mong gumawa ng Advocacy Campaign at bigla mo nalang “i-ta-trash” ang pangarap mo (since high school) na maging isang batikang TV documentarist. L

 

22. …….na higit pa sa pagsulat, pag-i-interview at pag-ri-research ang matututunan mo sa paggawa ng thesis……..marami pang iba…….

 

 

23. Bigla mong mapagninilay-nilayan………………

meron kang na-miss isulat dito sa entry na’to at hindi mo na ma-recall – gusto mong mag-reminisce sa mga events nung college life mo kaso ‘parang’ nakalimutan mo na….so hanggang dito muna!

 

 

 

 

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