YouTube - The Hamster Vacuum

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEahXcGWYYs
This is just the cutest thing!!!!

Naaliw lang sa multiply ni Gelo

You have to answer the questions in straight Tagalog.

1. Have you ever tried gluing your fingers together?

- Hindi ko sinasadya, pero nangyari yan.

2. If you were reincarnated as a sea creature, what would you want to be?

- Sirena? Butanding? Basta huwag syokoy...

3. Who is your favorite redhead?

- Wala.

4. What do you order when you are at your favorite restaurant?

- Sisig (sa Aristocrat)

5. Last book you read?

- "Oliver Baluktot" ni Charles Dickens (teka, gumulong na ata sa kanyang libingan ang manunulat, paumanhin na po!!)

6. Describe your mood.

- Natutuwa at napapagod

7. Describe the last time you were injured.

- Bigla naman nawala sa puwesto ang buto ng aking tuhod. Ayan, bulagta ako sa ampitheatre ng DLSU. ANSAKIT!!

8. Of all your friends, who would you want to be stuck in a well with?

- Sino man ang marunong umakyat para kumuha ng lubid at SAGIPIN AKO!!!

9. Rock concert or symphony?

- Rock siyempre.

10. What is the wallpaper of your cell phone?

- Wala akong wallpaper sa cellphone

11. Favorite soda:

- Rootbeer (Ugat-serbesa?? eeeww)

12. What type of shirt are you wearing?

- isang berdeng pantaas na walang manggas!

13. If you could only use one form of transportation:

- Jeepney talaga, magpakailanman....

14. Most recent movie you have watched in theaters?

- pwede ba yung "Apat Na Dimensyon" na pelikula sa EK?

15. Are you hungry?

- hindi masyado, pero parang gusto kong kumain ng tsokolate....

16. What is your favorite kind of cake?

- tsokolate!!!

17. What did you have for dinner last night?

- Adobong baboy at manok

18. Look to your left, what do you see?

- ang nilalaro ng tatay ko sa kompyuter.

19. Do you untie your shoes when you take them off?

- Madalas, hindi

20. Favorite toy as a child?                                                                                         

- Ayoko ng laruan, bigyan mo ako ng libro!!!

21. Do you buy your own groceries?

- hindi pa

22. Do you think people talk about you behind your back?

- Sanay na ako dun (ahha)

23. When’s the last time you had gummy worms?

- di ko na maalala

24. What's your favorite fruit?

- Mangga!

25. Do you have a picture of yourself doing a cartwheel?

- Di ko pa kaya gumanon.

26. Do you like running long distances?

- Ang tanong dun: Makakatakbo ba ako?

27. Have you ever went to USA?

- Hindi pa

28. Are you online everyday?

- Siyempre.

29. What's your favorite type of flower?

- Rosas

30. Do you do ballet?

- Dati rati, noong maliit pa ako at malaki pa ang aking mga pangarap.

31. Do you listen to classical music?

- Sapilitan lang.

32. What is the first TV theme song that pops in your head?

- Ang kanta ng "Ang Teoryang Ng Malaking Pagsabog"

33. Do you watch SpongeBob?

- Hindi!! Wag mo yan ilapit sa akin, utang na loob.

34. What temperature is it outside right now?

- ayoko nang malaman, umuulan na

35. Do people consider you smart?

- Nangyari na yan, wag lang sa Matematika

36. How many piercings do you have?

- Dati, dalawa, sa tenga

37. You have thirty bucks and need to buy snacks at a gas station, what do you buy?

- Tubig at maliit na pakete ng chips

38. Do know how to play soccer?

- Hindi

39. How do you feel about your family?

- Marami pa akong kailangan dapat matutunan

40. Do you have an iPod?

- wala eh. Hahaha! Mahirap lang ako, no?

41. What time do you go to bed?

- natutulog pa ba ako? pwede nananaginip...

42. What CD is currently in your CD player?

- isang cd ng isandaang kanta ng 2008

43. What movie do you know every line to?

- wala eh...pwede na lang dula?

44. What is your favorite salad dressing?

- Asul na keso. Hahaha.

45. What did you get for Christmas this year?

- madami: libro, kwaderno, apat na bote ng Tabasco, pera, bag, damit

46. What family member/friend lives the farthest from you?

- Mga kamag-anak sa Canada

47. Do you like hugs?

- Depende kung sinong nagbigay

48. Last time you had butterflies in your stomach?

- Noong isang araw...basta!

49. What is the way people most often mispronounce any part of your name?

- Sa awa ng Diyos, di yan nangyayari

50. Last person you hugged?

- Kapatid ko

these things to let go of...

Somehow I don't know why I feel like this...

...so sad for having to let go of so many things just to better pursue what I have now.

...so impatient to finish what I have now so I can do what I really know I have to do. It's been too long since I've done GK, or since I've gone down into the grassroots.

...so excited to get this school year started so I can help set things in motion.

...and so unwilling to let go even if I know I should.

one of those half-baked days

Oo, eto. Tanghali na nang bumangon. Walang natapos na matino. Di nakapagsulat. Di nakatapos ng meeting sa SMS. Sabaw sa klase. Sablay sa tambay. Di nakasama sa worship/HH.

Tapos nakatanggap ng nakakaasar na sagot sa "long time no see". Hahaha. May isa ka pang kasalanan sa akin, dude. Kung naalala mo nga lang.

these things which we give up...

I don't want to write about what happened today. Nothing so out of the ordinary really happened.

For some reason, I have been going through some parts of my favorite novel, "Les Miserables". It is amusing and a little painful to realize that Victor Hugo's work still applies to me, just as much as "Eating Fire and Drinking Water," as well as "El Filibusterismo" always will. And even now as I listen to "Ala volonte du peuple", I wonder how it translates to Filipino, how such a dear sentiment can find its form and root where I am. It is a double calling for me: as a psychologist in training to raise and enlighten consciousness, and as a young Filipino to bring that consciousness into action.

I know I've come so far and am beginning to take steps to achieve much. However, despite the relative joy and peace I've felt for a year, I feel an old restlessness again in me. I know that this time around, I will not be drawn towards protests and barricades, but perhaps to another means just as difficult.

I want to be of help. I want to serve in GK again. I want to throw myself into community work. I want to do something for my country. I cannot be content with writing, for I know that the ink in my pen has dried up, for now. There is something more that I must do...yet I do not know if I can do it yet. I know I have to set my affairs in order first as a student and an organization officer before I commit to this mission.

No, I do not want to forget. I want to balance things, temper my fire, and learn to direct my passions. But never forget.

pangalawang araw ng...

Patigasan, Katayan, Pananagutan= ang realidad ng pagkuha ng klase sa "tag-araw" na termino.

Bago nagsimula ang pagdurusa: Halos tanghali na rin nang ako'y bumangon. Siguro di ako magigising kung hindi nagtext si Kuya Rocky na kagigising pa lang rin siya. Pagkatapos nun: kumain na rin ng tanghalian, naghanda para pumunta sa DLSU, at siyempre naipit na rin sa di maiiwasang trapik sa EDSA.

Dumating ako sa DLSU at kaagad inantok ako. Habang nagkakape ako, andami kong nakausap: mga kaklase, at pati na rin ang mga ibang kaibigan ko sa YFC. May balita pala si Ate Carmel mula sa aking tito sa GK. Ewan ko nga pala kung mahihinayang ako o maiilang sa akin narinig. Medyo nakakalungkot talaga na hindi ako makakapaglingkod ng husto sa GK. Pero alam ko na hindi pa ako handa na buuin ang aking taya sa laban na ito. Marami pa akong dapat ipapatupad at tatapusin, bilang estudyante, lider sa SMS, ate sa YFC, at kung anumang responsibilidad na naipatong sa akin sa ngayon.

Ang unos: Pumunta nga ako  sa klase na halos hindi handa, gaya ng kahapon. Pasalamat na lang na sariwa pa ang alaala ng aking paghihirap sa unang kong pagpasok kaya medyo nakapagsuri ako ulit ng aking mga sinulat. Mahirap talaga makilahok sa talakayan pag bulol ka na, lalo pa pag wala ka pang alam.

Tama nga ang aking hula: ang klase ngayon ay puno ng tanungan at pangamba, konting katayan, at kulang na kulang sa pagtawa. Sana talaga na di ako nakilala ng guro. Sana talaga na hindi na lang ako nagsalita sa klase. Pero siguro masaklap rin na di mabigyan ng pagkakataon na ipatunay na karapat-dapat nga ako sa klaseng yun.

Kaya ngayon, talagang susubukan ko magbasa sa Filipino. Susubukan ko rin magsulat sa sarili kong wika. Oo, aangkinin ko na talaga. Kahit lumaki ako na nagsasalita ng Ingles, kahit naging mahusay ako sa pagsulat sa Ingles, hindi ko maihiwalay ang aking komunikasyon sa aking loob.

Pauwi: Napapaisip habang binabasa ang mga artikulo nina Virgilio Enriquez at Zeus Salazar. Malaking pagkamulat talaga para sa akin na tapusin ko ito. Habang ako'y nagmuni-muni,. bumalik rin sa aking alaala ang mga kanta ng aking pagkabata. Bagay na bagay talaga na alahanin ko ngayon ang mga ito: bukas di na ako bata, dalawampung taon gulang na ako.

Bakit nga ba ganon? Nahihirapan ako pag pinaala mo sa akin sina Festinger, Kohlberg, at kung anu-ano pa sa aking inaaral, pero parang ayaw mawala sa aking malay ang musika at sining na nagpapakulay sa akin, na naging dahilan at paraan ng aking pagkapasok sa pamantasan...pero kailangan ko muna itabi ng sandali para lang abutin ang isang pangarap?

Ano ba talaga ako: misyonero na mahilig magsulat habang nagaaral ng sikolohiya? O isang nanangarap na sikolohista na sumusulat para gampanan ang isang misyon? O isang manunulat na may misyon na nangangailangan gamitin ang sikolohiya?

first day of summer classes...

Yeah, what an experience, no?

Woke up deliciously late, ended up listening to greengiantfm and Broadway soundtracks while getting ready for school, and finally was on the LRT by say, 1:40 pm. Ended up spending time in National Bookstore, during which I bought:

-"The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat" by Oliver Sacks. (yes, remember biopsyc days?)

-"Oliver Twist" by Charles Dickens

-a notebook for FILIPSY (more on this unfortunate business later)

In school: fixing stuff for LPEP (passing waivers, writing themes...discovering WHY we can't use "Guinness Book of World Records" for the GK booth), hanging out with Yna and Pat before meeting up with Chris and AJ. Then it was off to class.

FILIPSY: Yours truly really does not know how to pick a seat: I got the "dead center" seat again. Grrr. Anyway, the class was somehow interesting. The professor certainly made an impression in well, more than one way. Gaaahhh. Now I'm terrified for that class but I'm not going to give up.

Apparently we have field work next week. Okay, that is going to be fun. But I know I'm gonna have to kiss my LPEP booth manning privileges goodbye for some of the time. As well as some of my SMS meetings. (again, putting the rest of her life on the line for grades...)

After class: Tambay with Arven, Chris, AJ, Ate Olivia, Ate Carmel, Kuya Darwin, Ate Drei, Kuya Rocky. Met up also with Justine. Then dropped by KFC to talk with Kuya Raffy, Ate May, and Nikka. Well, a good end to a crazy sort of day.

Dinner also with my family (my immediate family + Lola + Tita Gene, cousin Zaskya), Tita Merci, and Drew. Okay, we ate way too much pizza. And talked too much.

(I just realized I did a blow by blow update...hopefully the rest of my journals won't be like this)

while waiting for classes to start...

Stole this from JL

1. Where were you at 11:45 am today?
- it's only 10:55 am
2. Is the person you like older or younger than you?
-younger by a few months. Hahaha.
3. When was the last time you saw the last person you kissed?
- I've never been kissed
4. Ever talked to someone that was high?
- yeah. And he almost got my wallet.
5. How tall is the person you like? Shorter or taller?
-taller than me, that's for sure

6. Did you have a dream last night?
-no
7. Last text message you sent?
- it has my email password in it. Hahaha
8. Last comment you left someone?
- “hugs"
9. Do you have a Facebook?
-Yep
10. What color is your underwear?
- yellow
11. Last person you were in the car with besides your family?
-my cousins or my friends.
12. Do you own a polo?
-yep
14. Are you currently frustrated with a girl?
-No
15. Are you excited for winter?
-walang winter dito
16. If it was free and it would work perfectly, would you get plastic surgery?
- Nope
17. Have you ever slapped someone in the face?
- yep
18. Have you ever been called Princess?
- no

19. What did you do last night?
- internet, hung out with my cousin and my tita
20. Who is ONE person you wish you haven't dated?
- haven't dated anyone regularly yet
22. What do you hear right now?
- "Tell The World That" by Hillsongs
23. What is the closest thing to you that is blue?
- my brother's USB
27. If you had to change your eye color, would you? What would it be?
- green maybe
28. Last time someone of the same sex hit on you?
- not sure if that ever happened
29. Last thing you wrote your name on?
- an evaluation sheet
30. Who do you wanna kiss right now?
- not telling
31. What do you want for Christmas?
-a new phone. Or a safe GPA
32. Does it snow where you live?
- if it did, that would mean that global warming has gone out of hand
33. Where did you get the pants you're wearing right now?
-I'm wearing shorts. Regalo ito

34. If you could change one thing right now what would it be?
-my summer class sked.
35. Are you in love?
- :D
38. When is the next time you will see your grandma?
-later. She's just down the hall
40. Do you wear makeup every day?
-When I was a freshman, yes. Now, I have no time for vanity
41. Would you go in public without looking dressed up or put together?
-I like doing that
45. How is your hair right now?
- uncombed
46. What is tomorrow?
- my last day of being a teenager.
47. Who is the last person to call you baby?
-my mom?

while waiting for classes to start...

Stole this from JL

1. Where were you at 11:45 am today?
- it's only 10:55 am
2. Is the person you like older or younger than you?
-younger by a few months. Hahaha.
3. When was the last time you saw the last person you kissed?
- I've never been kissed
4. Ever talked to someone that was high?
- yeah. And he almost got my wallet.
5. How tall is the person you like? Shorter or taller?
-taller than me, that's for sure

6. Did you have a dream last night?
-no
7. Last text message you sent?
- it has my email password in it. Hahaha
8. Last comment you left someone?
- “hugs"
9. Do you have a Facebook?
-Yep
10. What color is your underwear?
- yellow
11. Last person you were in the car with besides your family?
-my cousins or my friends.
12. Do you own a polo?
-yep
14. Are you currently frustrated with a girl?
-No
15. Are you excited for winter?
-walang winter dito
16. If it was free and it would work perfectly, would you get plastic surgery?
- Nope
17. Have you ever slapped someone in the face?
- yep
18. Have you ever been called Princess?
- no

19. What did you do last night?
- internet, hung out with my cousin and my tita
20. Who is ONE person you wish you haven't dated?
- haven't dated anyone regularly yet
22. What do you hear right now?
- "Tell The World That" by Hillsongs
23. What is the closest thing to you that is blue?
- my brother's USB
27. If you had to change your eye color, would you? What would it be?
- green maybe
28. Last time someone of the same sex hit on you?
- not sure if that ever happened
29. Last thing you wrote your name on?
- an evaluation sheet
30. Who do you wanna kiss right now?
- not telling
31. What do you want for Christmas?
-a new phone. Or a safe GPA
32. Does it snow where you live?
- if it did, that would mean that global warming has gone out of hand
33. Where did you get the pants you're wearing right now?
-I'm wearing shorts. Regalo ito

34. If you could change one thing right now what would it be?
-my summer class sked.
35. Are you in love?
- :D
38. When is the next time you will see your grandma?
-later. She's just down the hall
40. Do you wear makeup every day?
-When I was a freshman, yes. Now, I have no time for vanity
41. Would you go in public without looking dressed up or put together?
-I like doing that
45. How is your hair right now?
- uncombed
46. What is tomorrow?
- my last day of being a teenager.
47. Who is the last person to call you baby?
-my mom?

course card day 2009

Mixed blessing. That is the best way to put it. A day of victories for some, a day of maybe redirection and rethinking for others. God's amazing grace and God's strange (and sometimes painful) plans coming into play today.

Last year's course card day was so much simpler. And so much funnier. What I wouldn't give for that simplicity all over again.

To those of us who had a few struggles: I know that you all tried your best, did what you had to do, worked with the circumstances, and basically pushed yourselves. I hope and pray that you all do better next time around and that things work out. Kaya ninyo yan. Makakabawi pa. There were just more lessons that had to be learned.

To those who had the hardest struggles: Just keep this prayer in mind: "Cause everything that You are to me, is everything I hope for. Your grace keeps me still to face the storm. Lord please have Your way, Lord have Your way in me."

To those who had certain victories today: Praise God. And may He continue to guide you through the summer, the next school year and beyond.

Hugs to everyone. My prayers are with all of you.

beginnings of a bittersweet summer

The bitterness:

-The possibility of not being in the Dean's List this year. Thanks to orgchem. I'll be blessed to even pass that class.

-Confronted with the possibilities of some leavetakings. I really hope and pray that we'll still be "complete" in YFC DLSU come this summer and next school year.

-Not going to Europe with Clar and my cousins. I know that sometimes I try to pretend that this does not affect me, but in reality it hurts quite a bit. I almost came undone in the cybernook when reading Bianca's facebook message saying that Europe won't be the same without me. While I have always dreamed of going to Paris (to track the places of Les Mis), and going to Italy (to see the remnants of the Renaissance), I know that I have to sacrifice this trip if I plan to graduate on time.

-Being unable to really help out in LPEP this year. Both for YFC DLSU and SMS. I have asummer class to prioritize. Dan, I think this is karma for making fun of the fact you were stuck in summer class last year while the rest of us were enjoying LPEP.

The sweetness

-Turning 20 next week.

-Somehow still being able to see many of my friends thanks to summer class

-Gearing up for a good year in YFC/GK and in SMS. I'm so excited!

-Learning today that I made it as VP Acads in SMS. Oh yeah, by the way we're still screening for 10 more positions. Anyone interested? (yes, to BS-PSYC 107, this means YOU) :) Contact me ASAP.

life after exams

Let's see: SMS officers screening + endless L4D with Karl, Rodz, Fer, Jep, tambayan bonding with most of YFC DLSU, food trips, consolation trips, work meetings...and becoming the new VP Academics of SMS!

nakakainspire

God of This City - City Harvest Church more excited for next year than ever...

taking a break

To-do list:

Today: orgchem

Tomorrow: Physics. (yes, penitensya to)

Saturday: compiling psycme final project. Orgchem ulit.

Sunday: Same as saturday

Monday: Dead cramming for physics

Tuesday: SANA by this day, wala na akong issues!

Wednesday: Pasahan na ng papers! Woot!!

I need tips on how to study for orgchem. How are you guys gonna go about it?

one week more...

Well, one school day more that is.

After keeping posted all weekend about work + what was happening in the ILC, it was really just *back to reality* as Ate Carmel put it.

Psychometrics validity analysis...yep, still more questionnaires. With these + the files I printed out for work = lots of dead trees. Prefinal grade in psycmelec = happiness. Can't say the same for orgchem and physics (more for orgchem). I know that I probably will pass Physics, but I have to do a decent job on my orgchem exam if I want to pass. Gahhh.

Had some good chats with Tino, Francis, and Kuya Niki about service, what to do next, how to deal with my current situation. Kinakabahan ako...and not just because of acads.

Fire drill all over campus today. Got put out of the Miguel building, nearly got an asthma attack in Central Plaza because of the smoke, and ended up gawking at the fire engine parked right outside the Velasco building. Laugh trip actually with my barkada.

Work meeting today after class. At least tapos na ang pinagawa sa akin na content analysis, pero ayoko na talaga ang buhay working student.

God bless sa mga magiging mga ate at kuya sa YFC DLSU next school year! I'm so excited for all of you! :D

left behind in Manila...

Yes. I am not going to ILC Cebu thanks to a combination of house rules + the awful life of being a BS-PSYC major.

At least there are some blessings from the last few days. Spending more time doing field work/booth manning/at the tambayans than in class (salamat sa free cut!). Unexpected bonding time with YFC DLSU and some friends from SMS. Getting coffee at Starbucks with the psych barkada. SMS' "Stand Up!" yearender. Some "I'm a fan" moments.

Though I do wonder...will I be able to go to ILC next year? What am I going to do in Manila all weekend?

Maybe I'll clean my room. Maybe I'll get to finish a story. Maybe I'll go with Mira to Ozine con, then with Emjay and the wrimo bunch to Trinoma or Eastwood tomorrow.

Still I know I'd rather be elsewhere.

Advanced happy birthday to AJ! And God bless to all of the YFCs going to Cebu! :D :D