Wednesday, August 20, 2008

The fiesta's finally over. That's Rio with JR right there after snagging the first prize. However, she was really not that happy. The typicial 10-year-old she was, She's so anxious to go home and watch cartoons, instead of parading in our area and doing her talent presentation. All she ever wanted was to win...without the unnecessary hustles and bustles.

I dunno..I suddenly found Gelai looking at her reflection, not just because of the same physical resemblance back when I was a kid, but moreso because of my present attitude of not being able to cope up with the stresses and irritiating moments. I just want to achieve something without them. I just want to live without pain...And I bet everybody's wishing we could all live in peace right? But then, that's not how things work. We have to accept that we have no choice but to undergo mind-excruciating and heart-piercing situations, to prove we are all worth the joy and satisfaction afterwards. And if one wants to succeed, hindi yun pwede ng madalian. No pain, no gain nga daw di ba?

So until trouble-free lifestyle is available in stores, facing problems would still be the easiest way to get to happiness. Wink!


In other news, we have no classes today. I'm not rejoicing mind you. There are a lot of reasons why I don't. For one, it is because we still need to furnish our creative presentation (to prevent meeting and raising of eyebrows). Nax. Would you really believe I'd be going to school for this? Hahaha! LOL. Second, it just isn't healthy to expect there's class the following day, cramming until dawn for the necessary papers, but ended up regretting it. Hay. Dapat di nalang ako nagpuyat. Oh well, at least I'm through with it. (Sana i-move ang exams...Hehehe.) Third, suspension of classes due to stormy weather means being stuck at home with big probability you'd stumble across academic requirements - and ignore them, you'd search for something to munch on,or you'd just slack, sleep, and act like a couch potato the whole day. It would then result to me getting fat and/or me getting more lazy. Fourth reason is maybe because being stuck at home equates to not being excused from doing the household chores. The worst thing is, when it rains here, it REALLY pours...which simply meant pumapasok talaga yung tubig sa loob ng bahay namin...at kailangang maglimas. Lastly, It's because my thumb's gonna hurt from simply texting the whole day or just browsing the tv channels with the remote..I think I'd go online twice today.I want to talk to pangert badly.

Ang boring.
Things aren't the same when I'm missing you hunnie. xoxo.
So much for partly cloudy days.

Friday, August 15, 2008

I already finished the sentence outline! Yehey and hooray for me!

I've been like this since first year. As Melissa said just the other week, I was the 'masipag' in our group. I had always been punctual in doing those school stuff, and if I'm not yet done, that means I am doing another more important thing or I decided that I don't want to pass specific requirements. Haha! It's a matter of setting my priorities and being stuck until such time that I am over and done with it.

However, I envy those people who would slack whole day long and cram that night but still get high grades. I envy those who skim the given readings and sit behind the computer and immediately start typing their reflection papers. I envy those people who would skip class yet look all-knowing during graded recitations the following meeting. I envy those with photographic memory, play games in their cellphones during lecture, and still answer well in exams and pop quizzes.

I am not a great studette. I do not have the natural skills and I am not born with those great abilities. I have to be 'masipag' in reading, doing further research, jotting down notes, and reviewing for midterm exams.

Hindi ako halimaw sa acads. Cramming is not really my thing.

Nagsisipag ako dahil kailangan ko makahabol sa mga may inborn talents. Nakakinggit. Gusto ko rin maggala at manood ng sine nang walang inaalalang kailangan pang gawin at ipasa sa susunod na araw. Hehe. :))


A while ago, my boyfriend and I were having dinner at the newly opened KFC. The place was uber cool. Haha! There were plush chairs and cute high ones at the upper level which made KFC looked a little more than just the other fastfood chains after its 'facelift'.

Because of the flood brought about by the heavy rains along Taft Ave., which is common nowadays, we were forced to wait for lighter traffic before going home. We had these talks we usually have pag boring or pag wala lang, and we got to a point wherein we have to create what ifs and find out if we would still pursue each other given those things. Of course I would not reveal our questions. Lalo na yung mga sagot. Naging maganda lang siya dahil nakarating kami sa kung saan-saang mga tanong (good ones, challenging ones, and even super nakakaturn-off na questions) and we found out we never really had this friendship thing before we started hanging out. Our relationship deepened siguro through constant communication nalang - although mostly not personal ones - and ended up the way we are today. Hindi talaga kami naging close. Never ko siya naging simpleng kaibigan lang and that's a major revelation na kanina ko lang din napansin. Haha! Galeeeng. Eng-eng mode ako for the last year and a few months we've been together. (Ikaw din pala eng-eng. Toinks!)

Anyway, we never really thought about it until a while ago. Pursuing each other would simply because we were what we are now. We don't intend to change any of it, and if things were different back then, perhaps we never would have found a love like this. Yikeeeee.. At least now we have everyday to learn more from each other. Di katulad noon..blah blah blah. (Okay enough na. Wahaha! Chill. LOL.)

So there. A little something before I hit the sheets.
Andaming online..Malamang marami na namang absent sa DS 123 bukas. :P
Happy fiesta to all Assumptionists!

Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Don't get me wrong, I love N*Sync. It just isn't the topic I am having for this entry. It is all about my thesis topic: the Muslim Migrants in Metro Manila (I still have to digest this broad topic and formulate my proposal).

During the second part of our 199.1, we were asked to finalize our thesis topics. I suggested the political economy of kakanin (all those malagkit food - e.g. suman,maja,etc.), but then it was rejected because of its production's nature of being part of the underground economy. I also suggested something regarding the accesibility of people to community health services but it was not significant knowing it might deal with several medical terms. The next thing I found interesting was that of the displacement of several establishments along Manila Bay. It was rejected too due to its irrelevance to the current issues. Hay. So where did the Muslim topc came from? It was originally suggested by Vina, though she want to focus on piracy. It was mentioned that one relevant topic was the presence of Muslim communities in M.M. and specifically dealt with businesses including selling of pirated and pornographic materials inside public markets and along the metro's sidewalks. And because Vina had already settled on her own topic (regarding ZOTO), it was decided that I would take that topic instead.

It was not my thing however. Roaming around Metro Manila specifically in Muslim-populated areas would mean dealing with an 'out of the ordinary' crowd, the pollution, the rain, and the heat. I am not used to mixing and mingling with other culture (be it the provincial people or the indigenized ones) because I cannot blend in. I may look like an extrovert, even a public person, but I really am not. Siguro approachable lang ako. Hehe. Although I have no idea where to start (except going to the Islamic Studies Center), I would like to view all these as a challenge. Extra challenge. Nax. So here's a list of my (hopefully possible) 'missions' to guide me from now on:

Mission number 1: Be-gin.
I cannot begin unless I SERIOUSLY begin. My launching pad would be by contacting relevant persons and going to places that could open the gates of the Islamic world for me.

Mission number 2: Be in history.
Research would do me great. Reading would be boring but if this one's for preparation of what I am about to go through, then it would be interesting.

Mission number 3: Be informed.
I would be such a loser if I remain in history. After all, these migrants have just arrived in the metro and all I have to do is update myself on their nature and characteristics, plus anything and everything needed for my study. Hehe. Andami yata nun. (Infoload? Toinks.)

Mission number 4: Be in sync.
We will be busy, I mean, we ARE currently busy with all other stuff, particularly with our intoxicating professors. It would not mean that this would be my only priority. (Siguro kasi there's more to life than being all-nerdy nerdy with thesis.Hahaha!) Definitely, the remaining two semesters of my UP life would be simultaneous academic, emotional, spiritual and social growth.

Nice. I'm already excited to finish my thesis.
First I have to start. LOL.

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Yeah. Today was an enjoyable day. Like any other Tuesdays and Fridays characterized by long boring time in between our DS 126 dismissal and RC's thesis class, me and my hunnie would stroll around, window shop and look for new things to buy at the end of the week or at the end of the month. However, today was a different day. We got the chance to buy stuff, very good stuff indeed, all because of a certain sponsor.

I'm sorry the sponsor MUST remain unknown. Revealing the name of the person (and/or company) which funded our shopping would mean another person to lose his temper at us, so it is REALLY important to make this one an anonymous and rather intriguing entry. Hehehe. Mahirap na. Pangalan namin ang nakataya dito. (Wink!) We did not robbed a store or shoplifted anything, mind you. We just bought a couple of cute shirts on sale, both designs looked so-not us so we promised to wear it anytime this week for fun. Haha! Nice. I love sponsored days. tamang-tama sa kawalan namin ng pera dahil kami mismo nag-iipon.

So there. I still have to finish encoding my DS 199.1 interview assignment and read the Lopezes for tomorrow's SS 120. Why are the professors fond of giving toxic assignments all the time? Hindi ba pwedeng one week yung isa then the following week ung isa para one at a time? Oh well, I can already hear them saying 'Matanda na kayo You have to learn how to balance these things.' Blah blah blah. And oh, don't forget this line: 'Nasa UP ka kasi.'

Bwahaha! Fine. Namiss ko tuloy nung HS kami where there was this year that the administration approved the Student Executive Board's request for scheduled exams in order for students to have lighter exam load. Bale maximum of two exams per day. Kailangan pa one in the morning and one in the afternoon lang, hindi pwedeng consecutive classes. Oha. Galeeeeng! Sana nagwo-work din yung ganun sa college. Hehe..

Gotta go. Gud luck sa pag-outline ng Reinventing Government! :)

*SPONSORED: taking responsibility of another
In our case, parang utang lang siya. We need to return the money we spent.
(We have no choice. It's a matter of life and death for me. LOL.)

Monday, August 11, 2008

NAME: mae angeline robles gagarin.
BIRTHDAY: march.22.1988.
WHERE TO FIND HER: malate.manila.
me-ann.mei.gelai.ge.angelina.
blue extremes 05.concordia college.
ba development studies.up manila.

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