MANILA ESCAPADE

Instead of making a detailed stories about our Manila Trip (Che Summit Philippines at UP Diliman), I created a video via WVM to sum up everything. Without this, siguro aabutin ako hanggang next month to complete a blog entry for the MNL thing hahahahha.

I did the video with all my heart and soul coz I don't wanna be unfair in the world of sincerity. Promise! It took me 2 days to complete the video (good thing I don't have anything for academe, so Im not that busy for now). grabbed it!

Finally, I created one after 123456...attempts i did. I'm so happy and this video is so special.HAVE FUN :)

click xujpiche manila escapade

DISCERNING SELF

This video with a music background entitled " Pilgrim's Theme" is ONE of my favorite song of all time. It reminds me about my high school days (the song is always played during family day kasi). Its been long time already that I have not heard this song not until I (together with classmates Russel, Diana, Nece and Steph) watched the XU Glee Club Concert " Agos...Musika ng Buhay" at the Xavier University Chapel last night.

Pilgrim's Theme is a song of the discerning self that reflect the realization that one's life is a pilgrimage. 

"whatever they say - life is just a journey. nobody can escape the fact, truth and reality that our life is just our vessel going towards our death. that is why we must enjoy our life given by God to us. let us cherish always our moments here on earth. keep your pilgrim be meaningful, so that one day when we are already in heaven and God will ask us to share our life here on earth we can share something" 

TODAY’s fruit cocktail

I guess everybody (if not you’re not a salad fanatic person) knows how a fruit cocktail looks like and how does it taste. It’s a mixture of fruits – pineapple, papaya, cherry etc.  It is typically one of the major ingredients that add color to different salad recipe.I said TODAY’s right? Well, just to make it clear I’m not promoting any fruit cocktail brand name.

Just like a fruit cocktail, my day is a mixture of different emotions. Some emotion colored my day; some gave me a bitter – sweet experience; some allow me to sink in my own personal problem and above all I have the passion to THANK GOD for despite everything I’m still strong and alive.

I can’t imagine the taste of a buko salad (mah favorite! Can you give me one? Just kidding) without a fruit cocktail. But I can imagine life without problems – simply HAPPINESS. Definitely, life will be boring. No chaos! No conflicts! You’ll only know two things; LAUGH and SMILE…again SMILE and LAUGH…try it for you to know but don’t, I will call you stupid. J Sir chabon once told us in an integral calculus class that perfect life is boring. He said:

“ mulakaw ka pagawas sa Xavier then maligsan ka ug jeep imbes na masamad or mamatay ka, mutindog lang ka kalit na murag walay nahitabo ug mukatawa”

“magbaklay2x ka sa XU mahulugan ka ug bunga sa mahogany sa ulo but wala ka nasakitan”

Hindi bha boring? Raise your armpits if not! Hahahahaha J

MORNING SICKNESS

Huwaaattt? This is a common problem faced by almost all pregnant women but I will not discuss it by its true sense. I really don’t know (that for almost 5 years of commuting/travelling every day) why I felt I was kinda murag kasukaon and have a headache early in this morning. I was seated in the jeep’s extension (this is not new to me) but grave ang bilis magpatakbo ng driver. Thank God I arrived safe and sound. Actually, I reached UO lab 30 minutes before the period (wala pang tao! Malamang 9am pa ang class)…not bad at all but Im still experiencing headache and feels like vomiting…reporter pa naman ako for che13 lab.

MELANCHOLY

I have taken a psychological test online and it shows that I am a choleric person. Until now I am trying to convince myself. A for effort! As innnn…dili jud ko musugot nah melancholic ko nyahahahaha. But today, yesterday last week and month, I was so emotionally depressed. As innnnn super emo to the nth level. This emotion allows me to sink in to my own problem. I have shared some of my thoughts to my trusted friends (Dean, Monique and Russel THANK YOU!) but it does not help me to move on right away. I am shy and honestly I choose people (a group of 2 0r 3) whom I can put my trust and who will listen and understand the feelings I have without judging me accordingly. If this feeling won’t end until weekends I guess I need a counselor/psychologist or even a priest/nun for me to be enlightened and to realize everything that I have been through.

            There is HOPE! And definitely, I am not ALONE

JOKE EXAM

 I was worried this morning because I wasn’t able to study (it was my first time for a calculation subject) for CHE 11’s quiz. I sleep early last night and I woke up 2:30 am to solve problems; but I ended up sleeping at the sofa…its great!hahahahaha Well, I am happy that I was able to sleep for a long hours but there is a guilt feeling in me. I said to myself that if I will not pass this exam, the blame is on me (malamang hindi naman pwede sa iba! Bagag lepz!).

Hours before the exam I was crying so I never thought of having an exam anymore not until Bata told me to relax baka daw makalimutan ko yung pinag – aralan ko. Simpleng Dulong and Calderwood formula ay hindi ko maisaulo dahil nga sa nararamdaman ko ehhh!

           
          The bell rang! Sir finally distributed the blue booklet (serves as answer sheet) and the questionnaire. Oh my goodness! Only one problem but I started late. Analysis begins!...that feeling when your first problem is HOW TO START solving the problem? I have ideas but I don’t have definite answers…not bad at all. When the bell rang for dismissal, Sir said “PASS your PAPERS”. I was kinda in a hurry polishing all the calculations I made. I saw Rose’s paper returned by sir saying “PRACTICE PROBLEM ra bitaw nah”…huh? All of us were really shocked at the same time happy…iba ka talaga magjoke sir! Gatuboan mi ug hubag2x sa heart kay kahilakon na ug answer sa exam unya joke ra man diay tanan…hahahahha VICTIM!

CRAVE – NESS

I truly believe na pagdepress ang isang tao, the only remedy for his/her depression is FOODDDSSS (of course naman , hindi pwede walang PRAYERS)…With my classmates, we walked from eng’g building to pabayo where selling proven is rampant. Oh No! There was a raid…policemen were coming over the place and we noticed one vendor running (dala2x yung cart niya). As we reached pabayo street, no vendors were present…I guess silang lahat ay naglipana sa ibang lugar…hahahaha J So we decided to go to kwek2x store (I think yun ang pinakasikat na kwek2x in the city…) At the other side of the road, we saw the proven vendor (yung tumatakbo) and graveh! Yung feeling na talagang nagki – CRAVE ka for a typical proven…hahahaha Only 3 of my classmates went to somewhere I don’t know to eat proven and nagpabili lang kami sa kanila while us (Diana, Dean and Monique) went to MCDO Xavier to eat sundae… Thanks MCDO you really bring out the best in me (hopefully I can have a separate post about MCDO – murag kung nay mahappen anything sa akoa kay sa MCDO jud magpalipas oras). After eating sundae, we ate proven (hindi man lang nahiya , sa MCDO pa kumain)…but hey! We brought our waste outside the establishment and throw it in the school’s garbage bins.

BITTER – SWEET

I was kinda serious during the Kinetics period. I was so attentive listening to the 3 reporters assigned to handle the discussion. While for some, they’re busy carrying their laptops and have their updates via facebook and twitter. FYI: I am officially deactivated from facebook! No worries I still have blogspot and twitter…I will reactivate soon, darling.

One thing that really caught my attention was when Dean and Arniel had their conversation. I was seated in between so alam ko yung pinaguusapan nila:

DEAN: nay girl na nagshare sa akoa bha , na ganahan siya ug boy na CLEAN CUT.

ARNIEL: unsay CLEAN CUT? Wla ko kasabot.

DEAN: clean cut bha…parehas sa akoa…clean cut jud

ARNIEL: ahhh wla jud ko nakasabot unsay clean cut…kanang sa sundalo

DEAN: CLEAN CUT gud…ahh bsta

ARNIEL: ahhh wla jud ko nakasabot! Estorya rta unya…pasabta ko

For me it was funny…In arniel’s state hindi niya alam yung clean cut. I was expecting dahil he is one of the brightest student in our block (im not judging hap!)…sabi nga ni Dean, “murag anah kalisud” – in a joke way of course.

On the other way, our grades for che 40 and 24 were given. I know for some they were not satisfied but ME I considered it as bongang – bonggang blessings from Above. From my classmate’s reaction, I realized that we must learn to APPRECIATE every blessing we received. I believe na they have magandang grades naman and definitely it was BETTER THAN F OR C. Anyways, for me I am satisfied and contented (may kaibahan ang dalawang salitang ito). I am deserving sa grade na bigay ni maam…this really made my day so wonderful.

THANKFUL

God, you know the struggle I have right now. But despite everything I am thankful and grateful for the love you have given me. Thank you sa magandang grades na natanggap ko and for blessing me with wonderful classmates whom I can lean on. I surrender everything to you – my thoughts, my will and my decisions in life. I owe everything to you and without you I am nothing. Please give me the serenity to accept things I cannot change and the wisdom to understand everything in my life. All this I pray in your most Holy name. Amen

           

            

says thank you LORD

" I wanna say thank you for the sun 

I wanna say thank you for the rain 

Everything You do is beautiful 

I'm so grateful for Your love"

Lord, you deserve all the praises and glory.

Thank you for all the unending blessings you have given me. 

Thank you for loving me despite of my imperfections and for embracing me with your love.

Thank you for making me smile when I am sad and disappointed. 

And for making me feel okay when I am not.

Lord, you know the struggle of my heart and mind.

Thank you for the strength and for being with me everyday of my life.

For guiding me in my studies all through this years.

And for giving me greater confidence to face the challenges I have right now.

Lord, you know how much I am grateful for your love.

Thank you for giving me wonderful people.

For my family who keeps on inspiring me.

For my friends who give me happiness in life.

For my classmates who always believed in me. 

And for my teachers who keep on challenging and encouraging me. 

LORD, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR WITHOUT YOU

I AM NOTHING

UNTITLED!

I was planning to have a Valentine’s Day entry because I received so much love from my family, friends and classmates but I’ve change my mind due to the unfortunate event I encountered these past few days. I thought I will be experiencing a heavenly week (actually I declared it already knowing that there will be no class for some subjects…no pressure and the nicest thing that ever happen was to have a beautiful sleep for straight 8 hours…ACHIEVEMENT right?)

Without any further ado (feels like an emcee) here it is:

Oh THURSDAY! Such an ugly day! Better ask my classmates how and what they feel when Thursday (including Monday) come…me? I am definitely stressed and preoccupied. There are so many things to do with a particular subject. I guess this subject gave me so much pressure and tension (plus eye bugs due to sleepless nights). Okay! No more complaints about the chapter 1, 2, 3 (sounds easy like counting 123 but undeniably not!) since all of these are part of passing the subject matter dbha? We’ve done with chapter 1 and chapter 2 and Thanks to my God for giving us a 3.5 = 90 = A- mark for the first chapter. I truly believed that Nece and I deserved this kind of grade. That ISAWESOME!hahahhaha  wait parang nawawala ako sa aking punto per punto! Sareeh guysJ. 


Anyways, ang kinasasakit ng aking puso’t isipan ay yung magaling naming teacher. I’m not kidding. She is truly good (that was my first impression before, hope it won’t change now). It’s all started with the activity we had last Monday. That activity was kinda – a nightmare – in a very warm – afternoon. I really don’t know how to answer the research design and some of the stuffs that were included there (even variables were still in doubt). I don’t have any notes to look up to as well as my classmates. I depend on the soft copy she is supposed to post/upload but I guess she forgot (or talagang sinadya I hope not).

“What research design is employed in the study?”

This is not actually the exact question she raised in the class but the thought is the same. This question brought us into a dilemma of answering it. For sure nobody knows in class how a lysimeter works so certainly no one can answer the question right away.Because of that failure, we were then allowed to walkout (buti nlng hindi siya ang nagwalkout) and were given a reading assignment without giving us any instruction to where we can access any copy of it. At that moment no one is brave enough to ask something from her (siguro takot lang kami). Plus sira pa yung LCD projector! Talagang masisira ang araw niya! Okay nakapeso ming tanan (0.047619476190476190476 centavos for che only, since there were four absent) hahahahha

This post is not meant only for someone. I just hope all teachers are kind, patient and approachable enough to be of good service to their students…it’s a two – way process or what we call give and take. This experience is not good especially when enrolled in a research class. It’s nicer when you cherish inspiring and wonderful moments than to forever remember the bad memories you had with your instructor. SMILE ka naman Ma’am!


p.s.I decided to have a separate post about the next unfortunate event that happen to me. It was just yesterday…so keep posted! It will be my 4^th entry.

FEAR NOT!

“That fear results from doubt - - When you are not sure, when you hope for the best, then you will fear the worst. When you are absolutely certain, even if it is a certainty of suffering, fear disappears, and strength flows in its place. “

thanks GWYTK for inspiring me all through this years

I really don’t know where and how to start. But I am so certain about the feeling I had for a week. That feeling of FEAR …because I know that I am doing my best but I ended up failing. Failure is not new to me...been there done that...paulit - ulit lamang! It is not an option, I know and DEFINITELY not.


Why do i feel this way? maybe because I was sadden about a certain subject (no need to mention it...twas really hurting). Very sad...very very very very sad!!! What makes me sad is when people closest to you  ay hindi naniniwala sa yung sinasabi.Si Russel, yung super funny na classmate ko yung unang nakadiscover nang grade ko (pinaki-alaman niya kasi yung calculator ko and simply recall the grade calculation, yun lumabas ang answer). But without him knowing that the calculation I did was wrong. EPIC FAIL RUSSEL! Thanks to Jennifer Juanico who believed in me and for the advises she gave. 


To be honest, grades are a big issue for me. It is something that I don't share it with anyone because I am more concern about the feelings of others. That's why when someone ask me " pila imung score?"  I don't give the numeric value...only the words PASAR or BAGSAK...bahala na silang mag - interpret...just kidding!hahahahahahaha


TRIVIA: I always wanted to get a PERFECT SCORE in every exams/quizzes and it was epic for sometimes.I always thank GOD for guiding me all through this years. Big thanks to my LORD <3

my life motto

KUDOS to me!