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KOWTABLE “quotes”

Katrina Halili: Minahal ko po si Hayden…..
Hayden Kho, Jr.: Everytime we see each other, there’s no real conversation. It’s all about drugs and sex, drugs and sex….
Abner Afuang: ….napanood ko yung video e, hindi ko matiis…..may anak akong babae!

*The whole thing was literally funny!

Can’t you hear that I am laughing?

1st hearing scenario: an ex-cop and former politician from Pagsanjan, Laguna named Abner Afuang poured on the remaining of his bottled water to Hayden Kho, Jr., now infamous for his sex-y video while singing ‘I never gonna dance again, my guilty feet has got no rhytmn….’ While on the other side (or should I say on the same table), Katrina looked terribly worried with an earlier commotion.

Ang init sa kwarto!

I should say that the whole thing was literally funny. As I watched four news programs till late night, I can’t help but grinned to those commotions and the issue of sex scandal itself. I mean, everything will not be in public if the actors themselves strictly kept it as a TOP SECRET! Or better tracing Kho, he’ll not be in the situtaion where he is now should he not generously gave the video to someone else. And now that they are in the peak of nationwide publicity, many have sympathized with Katrina while the rest were outraged by the good-looking boy Hayden Kho, their filmed acrobatic stunts, and the sex-y video itself.

On one hand, Katrina Halili was applauded by several women who have believed and was stunned by her for being couragous amidst the scandal. And please, it’s all opinion here, I pity Katrina on the early explosion of the issue, however, I don’t know what I would feel whenever I think that ’sex is for married couple only.’

Can you imagine, amidst the politicking for May 2010 elections, still, these actors never failed to get public attention. Wow! And because of this, broadcast stations have now tackled and emphasized cyber sex and pornography to form awareness especially among young adults who are reportedly been actively engaged into pre-marital sex. Moreover, civil groups and other movement have strengthen their advocacy on sex, violence, and women protection stressing that ’sex is for married couples only.’

Not to mention that Mr. Abner Afuang, a journalist himself seemed to have his advocacy and ‘publicity’ for good – magbuhos ng tubig sa loob ng hearing na para bang walang nagyari.

And I will never forget what I hear from someone while ’she’ was watching Katrina Halili on the news: Pag nakikita mo si Katrina, para mo na ring nakikita ang ___ n’ya.

And yes, it was one feisty hot moment when they were doing those stunts, and then one day, they realized that they were not in bed anymore and naked, but being watched by millions of Pinoy on youtube and pirated porn DVDs…..and now, in front of law makers and the press for contemptuous words and denial of the past.

Truly, media can make or break you!

And here goes again one quotable quote from Ms. Katrina Halili: ….patay na ‘ko pero may video pa rin at internet!…
“

Katrina Halili: Minahal ko po si Hayden…..
Hayden Kho, Jr.: Everytime we see each other, there’s no real conversation. It’s all about drugs and sex, drugs and sex….
Abner Afuang: ….napanood ko yung video e, hindi ko matiis…..may anak akong babae!

*The whole thing was literally funny!

Can’t you hear that I am laughing?

1st hearing scenario: an ex-cop and former politician from Pagsanjan, Laguna named Abner Afuang poured on the remaining of his bottled water to Hayden Kho, Jr., now infamous for his sex-y video while singing ‘I never gonna dance again, my guilty feet has got no rhytmn….’ While on the other side (or should I say on the same table), Katrina looked terribly worried with an earlier commotion.

Ang init sa kwarto!

I should say that the whole thing was literally funny. As I watched four news programs till late night, I can’t help but grinned to those commotions and the issue of sex scandal itself. I mean, everything will not be in public if the actors themselves strictly kept it as a TOP SECRET! Or better tracing Kho, he’ll not be in the situtaion where he is now should he not generously gave the video to someone else. And now that they are in the peak of nationwide publicity, many have sympathized with Katrina while the rest were outraged by the good-looking boy Hayden Kho, their filmed acrobatic stunts, and the sex-y video itself.

On one hand, Katrina Halili was applauded by several women who have believed and was stunned by her for being couragous amidst the scandal. And please, it’s all opinion here, I pity Katrina on the early explosion of the issue, however, I don’t know what I would feel whenever I think that ’sex is for married couple only.’

Can you imagine, amidst the politicking for May 2010 elections, still, these actors never failed to get public attention. Wow! And because of this, broadcast stations have now tackled and emphasized cyber sex and pornography to form awareness especially among young adults who are reportedly been actively engaged into pre-marital sex. Moreover, civil groups and other movement have strengthen their advocacy on sex, violence, and women protection stressing that ’sex is for married couples only.’

Not to mention that Mr. Abner Afuang, a journalist himself seemed to have his advocacy and ‘publicity’ for good – magbuhos ng tubig sa loob ng hearing na para bang walang nagyari.

And I will never forget what I hear from someone while ’she’ was watching Katrina Halili on the news: Pag nakikita mo si Katrina, para mo na ring nakikita ang ___ n’ya.

And yes, it was one feisty hot moment when they were doing those stunts, and then one day, they realized that they were not in bed anymore and naked, but being watched by millions of Pinoy on youtube and pirated porn DVDs…..and now, in front of law makers and the press for contemptuous words and denial of the past.

Truly, media can make or break you!

And here goes again one quotable quote from Ms. Katrina Halili: ….patay na ‘ko pero may video pa rin at internet!…

-Pi-na-quiao -

{ May 4, 2009 @ 8:17 am } · { "Sounds-Like Opinion" }
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Ang galing ‘no?!!

Akalain mo ba namang sa loob lang ng dalawang rounds e napabagsak na ni Pacman si Hitman! Take note, tatlong beses n’ya pa napabagsak ang Briton.

Purong komento: Hindi ako “big fan” ng boxing at lalo na ni Manny Pacquiao, pero aaminin ko, nanonood ako ng laban ni Pacquiao no’ng high school pa ‘ko dahil sa isang napakasimpleng rason na lahat ng tao sa bahay e nag-aabang sa laban n’ya – alam mo kung ano ang ibig sabihin ng “tensyon!”

Tama.

Puno ng tensyon ang sambayanang Pilipino ‘pag si Pacman na ang umariba at malamang, pati ang bahay n’yo e minsan nang napuno ng tensyon, hiyawan, pagkagigil at kung anu-ano pang paraan ng pag-chi-cheer kay Pacquiao kahit hindi n’ya naman kayo naririnig sa Nevada.

Disclaimer: Hindi ko ‘to sinulat bilang pagsuporta kay Pacman o para suportahan pa ang mga gambler or kung sinu-sino pang mga politiko o kongresista na nagpupustahan kung si Pacquiao ba o ang kalaban ang mananalo.

Eto ang punto: Ano nga ba talaga?

Balik tayo sa “purong komento:” Nakakainggit si Pacquiao! Akalain mo ba namang dalawang rounds lang yung inabot ng laban pero sa dalawang round na ‘yun e 30 minuto ang inabot sa TV! Anak ng—

Ang galing ‘no? Hindi lang namakyaw si Pacquiao ng TF sa 55/45 na hatian (tama ba?) nila ni Hatton, e akalain mo ba namang kumita rin ang network na “kinabibilangan” n’ya dahil sa sandamakmak na advertisements na maya’t-maya ang flash sa TV screen – at sa totoo lang, nakakairita! Imbis na makita mo yung ringside o binti at hita nina Pacman at Hitman e sige naman ang flash ng kung anu-anong produkto sa TV screen mo.

Oo alam ko, ‘yan ang business ng advertising dito sa Pinas at paniniwalaan ko yung statement na nabasa ko sa isang Advertising book na sinabing: You can tell the ideals of a nation through its advertisements.

O ano, agree ka ba? E ang business ng mga TVC at ad campaigns dito e mukang desperado – yung tipong lahat ng publicity e gagawin para kumita. Kaya nga pinaglabanan ng ABS-CBN at GMA ang East & West Battle na ‘to e dahil sa milyon-milyong malilikom nila sa ad placement sa TV…..at tandaan natin, pera ang pinaglalabanan dito!

Ayun, sa kasikatan ni Pacman, hindi lang Broadcasting Networks ang nag-aagawan sa kanya, hindi lang sampung kumpanya ang gustong mag-place ng ad sa East and West Battle na ‘to, at hindi lang s’ya recording artist/professional boxer/actor/TV host, hindi lang ilang tao ang kumita sa laban n’ya, kundi pati si Pacman mismo, kumita sa lahat ng ito!

P.S.

Sa lahat na yata ng nasulyapan kong laban ni Manny Pacquiao e ito yung “parang” walang thrill – yun bang walang tensyon yung suntukan at basagan ng mukha sa ring. Akalain mo ba namang maya’t-maya mong yakapin yung kalaban sabay saka mo didikdikin ng suntok….ano ‘yon, boxing pa ba ‘yun? Away-kanto na yata ‘yon!

Mabuhay ang mga Pilipino!

Mabuhay ang mga naiinggit kay Manny Pacquiao!

Mabuhay ang mga pumupusta sa laban ni Pacman, mabuhaypumupusta sa laban ni Pacman, mabuhay!

clap! clap! clap!

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?

. . . ‘nakuha mo?!?’ . . .

{ April 18, 2009 @ 9:34 am } · { Uncategorized }
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Sabi ng isang news anchor, ngayon na lang daw umiyak at nagpakitang umiyak ng ganun si Pangulong Arroyo. E pa’nong hindi iiyak ‘yan e tears of joy baga ang nararamdaman n‘yan – sige sabihin na nating umiiyak s’ya ng may pighati pero kung ako, ikaw o sila ang tatanungin, ano kaya?

 

Sa kabila ng lahat, umiyak s’ya ng may halong awa at saya. Awa dahil sa kumitil ito sa walong sakay ng BELL 412 patungong Ifugao at SAYA NAMAN, DAHIL SALAMAT PO LORD (malamang nasambit ni Mrs. Arroyo ‘yon) AT HINDI PO AKO KASAMA!

 

 

MAY CHANCE PA ‘KONG—

 

 

O ano, malamang mabigat ang “tears of joy” do’n! Tuwang-tuwa ang ating mahal na Pangulo at hindi s’ya sumakay sa Presidential Chopper na ‘yun! At susuportahan ko ang minsang sinabi ni Mr. Lord de Veyra para sa ating Pangulo, ‘ANG SUWERTE MO, HINDI KA SUMAKAY SA HELICOPTER!’

-”HOTTEST” Spot for Summer ‘09-

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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!

 

 

 

 

grades…grades…grades…

{ March 16, 2009 @ 2:26 am } · { "Sounds-Like Opinion", Depth In An Idiot }
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Sayang!

 

 

 
Hindi ko naman “yata” kasalanan. . . . .

Alam ko may effort….

 

 

 

Pero huli na pala ang lahat….

Basta nakakapanghinayang lang…..

Sayang…..

 

 

 

 

‘Diba may mga bagay naman sa mundo na “DESERVED” magkaroon ng ’second chance’?

Automated Election? How true in 2010……

{ February 25, 2009 @ 8:07 am } · { "Sounds-Like Opinion" }
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With all this “politicking” from aspiring candidates who have now (slightly) started their campaign for the 2010 election, a “planned” Automated Election shouldn’t be left behind

An editorial from Manila Times entitled Open Election System (OES) in 2010 stated the sentiment of CBCP regarding the automated election in 2010. This because Comelec had proposed to the senators that it will be using the so-called Precinct Count Optical Scan (PCOS) instead of DRE (Direct Recording Electronic) and OMR (Optical Mark Reader) which helped the ARMM vote-counting to be successful. However, CBCP expressed their concern that “these technologies seem to be very costly in terms of procurement and storage and do not exactly guarantee fraud-free election results.” It endorsed the so-called Open Election System (OES).” (investing.businessweek.com).

While it’s quite technical how PCOS, DRE and OMR operate, Comelec argued that PCOS is much better because it is an improved OMR. “PCOS involves the use of machines reading or scanning optical paper ballots that voters have marked by hand. The votes shown in each scanned ballot are then automatically added in a computerized tally for every “clustered precinct.” Under this system, precincts would have to be clustered, otherwise there would have to be hundreds of thousands of precincts to be equipped with PCOS machines. With clutering, only 80,000 PCOS machines need to be deployed throughout the Philippines” (investing.businessweek.com).

I bet it’s too technical.

Actually, there are a number of issues, news and debate going on in the internet as to whether the government will pursue this automated election next year or would rather turn for a long and sure preparation of the plan. In a news published on the internet, one analyst warned that rushing for an automated election may result to security problems as well as failure in registration of vote casts, crediting votes to candidates and may even be prone to hacking. This analyst seemed to be quite cautious of vote counting in fear that we maybe paralleled to USA where in some states like California and Maryland resorted to the conventional-type of voting – used of pen and paper. While another news released this month said that Comelec Chairman Jose Armando Melo has urged the Congress to approved the bill granting some P11.3 billion for the 2010 May election and convinced that the budget should be release by April this year. Actually, I got confused with those news about the supplemental budget for the next year’s election – other news article said that the budget was approve this year while others wrote that the bill is still for a review and subject for approval. Well then, you should decide!

Anyway, I’ll just end this query with a doubt: With P11.3 billion “approved” supplemental budget for the automated 2010 election, I hope that President Arroyo could live up to one of her plans under the Medium-Term Development, which emphasize electoral reforms by pursuing an automated elections that is said to be ‘essential to political stability.

FREE Online Check-up!

{ February 25, 2009 @ 8:03 am } · { "Sounds-Like Opinion" }
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If you, the one who’s’ reading this is deadly scared consulting face-to-face with your doctor, well I am too! But wait, you may feel somehow confused, anxious, amazed or a bit of everything consulting an online medical check-up than having been personally checked by a physician.

If there is this so-called online shopping in ebay or Amazon, well there is another hit in the cyberworld – an online medical symptom checker. Were you amazed that there is a symptom checker in the worldwide web?

De facto those sites such as symptoms.webmd.com/default.htm, www.revolutionhealth.com/symptom-checker/index, www.mayoclinic.com/health/symptom-checker/DS00671, symptomchecker.about.com were just among the few health-related sites you can found on the web. And to be honest, I tried each of them.

What is so common among these sites are the options which will asked you which of your body part/s is/are affected or something that you feel wrong and then will let you choose some basic information like gender and age. While other sites had a human body (man and woman), you will just click which part of your body is indeed affected and then will give some sort of conditions or how you feel on that body part (e.g. tingling, burning, swelling etc.) until you become more and more specific and then viola! The site will give you all the POSSIBLE CONDITIONS or AILMENTS based from the symptoms you have clicked or selected. Moreover, somewhere in these sites will you find some sort of a disclaimer which states that all the information you can find are just sources and that it is still better to consult a medical doctor for immediate treatment.

Online symptom checker maybe quite a new-found sites among people who have less exposure to the cyberworld or Internet or those who have not the access into it. I could say that this is quite new since many of us are not aware of the so-called “symptom checker” over the net and maybe, people never ever think that such really exist. And yes, it’s quite unbelievable that there is a symptom checker who acts as if like a medical specialist or a licensed physician who can dictate of what ailment or disease you have incurred. Nevertheless, an online check-up is another way how it tailored and transformed human health service into an immediate health-response service via the Internet. With this, everyone who had the access to the Internet could have such access to the symptom checker and could get inkling or fast-information that would eventually lead them to consult a real doctor for a REAL MEDICATION.

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