I hate you Class '84

Because you set the standards we are very pressured to break.

Last practice time, I heard 2013's song. It was good. And as of the moment, I'm sort of pessimistic.

Well, pessimist naman talaga ako. Kaya nga minsan magaling akong leader kasi lahat na ng pwedeng mangyaring masama nagawan ko ng back-up plan basta kaya. Kaya siguro normal lang to.

Nakakapressure lang.

I never really realized how big it was for my poem to be used as lyrics. I really thought it all boils down to arrangement and melody anyway. Hindi naman kasi laging naririnig yung lyrics kaya parang wala lang. Now, because of my writing, it seems like I influenced a huge chunk of the creation of the melody (since inuna nila ipagawa yung lyrics bago yung melody).

This puts me in a really pressured position. The last time I wrote something for the class was 1st year mediscene and, well, we lost. The following year, I let Carla wrote everything and only criticized and fixed the script. We almost won.

This time, I wrote for the class AGAIN when it's our first time in the competition. More so, the two things I wrote both are serious and very socially aware.

If we lose this time, I swear, I'm going to believe I'm a bad omen. LOL.

Ok lang naman talaga sakin na matalo kami, lalu pa't mukhang magaganda yung kanta ng 2013 at 2012. ang pangit lang talaga na palaging kapag ako na yung nagsusulat, natatalo. wahahahha. Sana magawan nina Ate Jana ng paraan sa pagkanta namin nung nagawang kanta.

Kapag natalo kami this time, maghahanap na talaga ako ng ibang talent na pwedeng ioffer. Ayoko nang magsulat para sa class! Pressure. Wahahahahaha.

I hope we can bring '84 back. Basta sana lang talaga may makaintindi nung message nung kanta o may makaappreciate man lang.

Deception?

I was almost too convinced to vote “Yes” in the upcoming UP System-wide referendum next next week.

Why? Well, it would be because even though my academics eats nine-tenths of my time almost everytime, I still have eyes and I am not blind to the posters I’ve seen around the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) grounds regarding the “Defend the OSR” campaign. I was most definitely not blind to the protests held both here in Manila and in Diliman regarding the supposed threat to the Office of the Student Regent (OSR), the sole representation of UP students to the Board of Regents (BOR). This threat is none other than the upcoming referendum. This was what they were calling ‘the obstacle’ to the selection of the new Student Regent (SR) and ultimately to UP student representation and rights.

If you attended the Centennial Lantern Parade last december, students protesting this joined the parade and even had their “moment” in front of Quezon Hall, where the lanterns where presented to the judges. Back then, even though they were really an eyesore, I thought the Lantern Parade would not have been complete without any protest.

Now, these protest have campaigned for a “Yes” vote in the referendum, which according to them, would save the OSR from being vacant in case the “No” votes win or a quota of 50% + 1 was not reached. And you see, in UP, with the BOR being the highest policy-making body, no representation could also mean another possible Tuition Fee Increase (TFI) or another commercialization plan. And that would be scary.

See, I think even though my patriotism and love for current events have continued to lose its spark within me, I still have enough left to be disturbed whenever things like this happen. I unconsciously get information about what’s happening by reading posters, listening briefly to protest speeches, reading placards held up high by activists, etc. This keeps me updated on the issue.

Now, I think what UP has that other schools like Ateneo don’t is that issues like this is not as boring as you think it would always be. Sometimes, an issue is just too cool that even I, with two biology 30 exams tomorrow, would not even resist making a blog entry about it. Sometimes, it just gets better and more exciting.

The posters I read and the portest I heard could be pretty much summed up by: “Defend the OSR by voting yes to the referendum or else we will lose the office and the office would be vacant.”

With this in mind, I was so sure that I would not ignore next next week’s referendum and even convince my classmates to vote. After all, it is our social responsibility. And since I think many would come with me to vote since we are now facing a possible Med TFI, which we were not informed about and which makes us very, very angry. Really.

But see, the twist in the story happened because I still haven’t quit the Medicine Student Council’s (MSC) e-group even though I already resigned from my volunteered position last semester. And this is the reason why I was able to get a new face to the “Defend the OSR” issue.

One person emailed what I think is a blog entry that details things that happened, which I think proponents of the “Defend the OSR” campaign have biasedly mentioned. I won’t really go into the details, but the email presented a very interesting twist to the story: Apparently, a ‘no’ vote in the referendum was not necessarily a threat to the OSR, but only rather a threat to the existing Codified Rules for Student Regent Selection (CRSRS), which a General Assembly of Student Councils (GASC) use to select the new SR.

This is big. This is really big.

See, it turns out that a ‘yes’ vote to the referendum would just mean that the student population agrees to the existing CRSRS and that selection of a new SR can proceed. A ‘no’ vote would just mean that the student population disagrees with the existing CRSRS and that ammendments should be made to it so as to eventually subject it to a new referendum. It would not mean, however, that the OSR would be vacant for, according to the letter I read from the e-group which was a reply from VP for Legal Affairs Theodore Te, the law abhors vacuum in government positions. The OSR is a government position and, therefore, if the referendum decides that the existing CRSRS is not fit as basis for the selection of the new SR, the incumbent SR would have to stay in position. If in any case the incumbent resigns or had the need to leave the office, the previous CRSRS would be used to select a new SR.

So what’s the point? This just means that the “Defend the OSR” campaign for students to vote yes in the referendum to prevent the OSR from being vacant was VERY fallacious and misleading. It was not telling the students the real implication of their vote, especially because the OSR, after all, was in no way threatened to be vacant.

And that’s just the beginning. Apparently, the current SR also ignored the proposed ammendments to the CRSRS that student councils presented in the GASC held last year. The ammendments included a grade requirement for the SR, a “one vote per college” policy, which allows each UP unit to have the number of votes they are entitled to proportional to their size, and removal of a certain organization that is an alliance of only a number of student councils in UP as partner of the OSR. Just a note, I agree with theses ammendments.

The point is, some people think that the CRSRS or the process of how students are able to get a new SR has its flaws, which should be ammended. Now, if this is so, then you’d expect that some people would vote ‘no’ to the referendum in case they knew that this would allow ammendments to the CRSRS. But, if you tell the same people that if they vote other than ‘yes’ in the referendum, the OSR would be left vacant and student representation would be impaired, they would most definitely change their minds. Even though what you said was false.

And, that, my friend, would be a deception.

Even the report in The Manila Collegian about the said issue was either VERY biased or too uninformed of the other side of the story. The article, “OSR referendum to be Conducted System-Wide,” clearly had either just on source or a number of sources that had the same point of view. Now, I know with two years of journalism that this is both bad especially for a news report. I know that the Manila Kule has almost always been leftist, but, seriously, does it have to be this biased or uninformed? That article proved to me that not everything you read gives you the big picture. Some, like this article, give you just half.

See. Isn’t it exciting that as early as in the University-level we can clearly see examples of how people can deceive other people into doing something? And in real life too! I thought I could only experience this on TV! But no, some UP students just had to disappoint me and taint my admiration of this supposed benchmark for excellence.

I don’t know if it was intentional to prevent ammendments in the CRSRS or if the same people in the “Defend the OSR” campaign just really wrongly believed that the OSR was in deep shit once the referendum fails. I do hope it was not intentional.

If it was just a matter of people believing something wrong, then people just didn’t bother to ask for what would really legally happen and that they just made assumptions. That would be sick. Seriously. All those sincere effort to campaign for something that no one bothered to verify? That’s stupid. I can quote Pito here saying: “After all, you can be SINCERELY wrong.”

With this, I’d take back what I typed and hope rather that it WAS intentional. At least, they won’t be stupid and our reputation of having intelligence won't be tainted. Although, they’d be UP students that have BAD motives.

So now, I feel great that I’d be voting a big ‘no’ in that upcoming referendum.

Miracles happen when you believe

Astig. Tuwing dumadating kasi ang punto na nagbabagsakan ang exams ko, nagpapaka-GC talaga ako at nagcocompute ng grades kasi klangan kong malaman kung pano ako babawi para mamaintain ko an scholarship ko. ayoko naman kasing maging out-of-school youth. Kaya gumagawa ako ng target grade at wow grades. yung wow grades pangarap lang yun. para magawa kasi yun kelangan ko ng sobrang tataas na exams eh.

pero alam mo yung pakiramdam na kapag nakita mo yung grade mo nakapost sa bulletin board tapos hindi ka talaga makapaniwala at binabasa mo ng paulit-ulit yung student number mo para lang makasiguro na oo ikaw nga yun? wala lang. tatlong beses nangyari sakin yun sa tatlong subject. at nakakabilib na minsan talaga, kapag pinaghirapan mo, may bumbalik lalu pa't ang blessings ni God mas madalas na unexpected.

Salamat God! :)

Finally, a post.

This semester proved to be a very CHALLENGING one for me.

The first few weeks of the semester immediately brought me wondering whether I should ontinue doing something I really like doing. I ended up deciding against it just to stand firm for the convictions I earlier made. I had to quit the culture com at a point where I was already tasked to lead the culture week (something I was really excited about) this coming feb. And I wouldn't probably go back anytime soon. Probably not even next year. But quitting didn't end the agony because I was led into doubting waht I did. It started a struggle which was both pathetic and painful.

That beame the reason why this semester is probably the ONLY point in my life when I actually had ZERO extra-curricular activities. I even stopped blogging, for crying out loud. Neither did I write even for leisure purposes. And that's weird and undoubtedly hard considering the fact that I believed these activities are what fuel me to continue studying.

But I guess, when what you think fuels you to d something else becomes the very thing that hinders you from doing so, you're forced to rethink of your priorities and see the bigger picture:

What am I here for?

And in the end, I figured I'm here to become a doctor so if I'm to prioritize it should be a no-brainer.

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I also figured that this is the semester is the first time I've really dedicated my time to studying, with eating and watching TV as the only activities I do to detox. Really. And my gades are no better. But that's because my subjects this sem are either too toxic when it comes to requirements, too hard for a normal human being, or both. I even think I have a great chance of dropping out of the CS this sem. I just really hope I'd make it with the GWA 2.0 requirement. (This means that the org chem exam should be created so that students would PASS, for crying out loud!)

I also realized that what I told Lovely might have been true. God wanted me to drop all those extra-curricular activities so that I'd still be able to maintain my schlarship.

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Well, at least the hell sem is ending. Goodbye 2,4-dinitrophenol and Grignard's reagent. :)

On doctors stripping on stage, Activated Charcoals, and the dullness of my blog

Intro lang na walang connection:
Tinanong ng kaklase ko sa Imed sa teacher namin sa Chem 14 (si Sir Engle) dati kung bakit kailangan pa naming i-convert sa nanometers ang wavelength ng light at bakit hindi na lang meters. Ang sagot niya:

"Ganito lang yan class eh. Kapag hindi natin kinonvert, parang kang tinanong kung anong waistline mo tapos sumagot ka naman in kilometers."

hahaha. wala lang. isipin mo na lang:

"Miss, anong waistline mo?"

"0.00000078 kilometers."

hahahaha. parang kahit puro decimal place, malaki pa rin. lol.

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College of Med recently had its anual "Tao Rin Pala" variety show. And Imed2014 had its first exposure to it din. Tao rin pala yung title asi gusto rin nlang patnayan na tao rin ang med students, nagvavariety show din kami. hahaha.

in fairness, the upperclassmen were REALLY good. As in todo performance. nakakabilib.

at siyempre di nagpatalo ang mga doctors sa PGH, part pa rin naman kasi sila ng College eh. at ibang klase pala magperform ang mga taga-dept. of surgery. haha. wala silang ginawa sa stage kundi nagtanggal ng polo at pants. yun lang. haha. imagine naked doctors undulating in the stage. haha. parang hindi tuloy kami makapaniwala na sila rin yng mga nagooperate sa mga tao sa OR! lol.

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Alam mo ba na mabisang adsorbent ang activated charcoal para sa food coloring? haha. di naman masyadong obvious na gumagawa ako ng lab rep sa chem. pero di nga. kung may food coloring yung juice mo or something tapos ayaw mo nung kulay, lagyan mo ng activated charcoal tapos i-filter mo. tada!

di ko nga lang sure kung pwede pang inumin. :)

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my blog is struggling for new posts nowadays. sorry ah. sobrang busy kasi eh. at malamang sa mga susunod na linggo ganun pa rin. bakit pa kasi kailangang mag-college eh! haha.

pasensya blog. till next time. :)

UP Kami, San ka pa?!

Matatapang, Matatalino, Walang takot kahit kanino.

Late na to pero wala lang, nakakatuwa pa rin. :P

Congrats UP Pep Squad (2007 UAAP Samsung Cheerdance Competition Champions!)! Ang astig ng routine na yun! Pulido!

Isa pa ulit para sa sentenaryo!

Stand above the rest,

UP is the best!

UPCM Class 2014: Walang Katapat

At unang birit pa lang, napatunayan na namin kaagad.

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UPCM Class of 2014
Labing-apat, Walang Katapat!
First Intarmed Class to Win the Lady Med Competition (2007)
First Freshman Class (LU I) to Win the Lady Med Competition (2007)
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Lahat pinaghirapan. Lahat pinagpawisan at pinagtiyagaan. Lahat nagpursigi at naniwalang kaya naming ipamukhang may ibubuga ang intarkids.

It was one exhilirating and exciting event. Higit isang buwan naming pinaghandaan yung Lady Med at sobrang astig katrabaho ng 2014. Pulido trumabaho ang bawat isa. Nakakabilib. As in maasahan mo sila at alam nila yung responsibilidad nila sa class. Lahat nagbigay ng malaking effort para dun sa competition. And it felt so good na nagkaroon siya ng malaking bonus!

Nasa kalahati pa lang nung program, nararamdaman na namin na nate-threaten na yung upperclassmen. I was already hearing things like: "Ok naman yung contestant natin, kaso ibang klase talaga si miss fire!" and "Hmm, magaling si miss fire eh, medyo tagilid.."

Ibang klase yung pakiramdam nung inannounce yung nanalo tapos natameme yung upperclassmen dahil, bam!, bigla na lang taob silang lahat! We were able to show that abilities and talents are not at all related to age. halos lampas 6 years tanda nila samin. Pero taob pa rin!

Katulad nga ng class motto, ang labing-apat, WALANG KATAPAT.

We made history. And let us continue doing so. Conquer TRP at MediSCENE! Show them that we are something to be scared of!

Congrats 2014! Job well done, future doctors!

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P.S. Sobrang salamat din sa aming buddies, ang 2013, na todo suporta samin! Kasabay namin silang pumalakpak at nagpugay nung announcement of winners! Salamat 2013!

Why UP Manila and *ehem* UP Diliman are in the same league

haha. natuwa kasi ako ng sobra sa speech ng chancellor ng UP Manila dahil SOBRANG kinontra niya ang UP Diliman for some reason. haha. And here are the reasons he gave why UP Manila is the BEST UP Campus ever. (well, that is kung hindi ka taga-UP Diliman kasi kung diliman ka, imposibleng tanggapin mo ng buong puso ang huling statement na sinabi ko. hahaha.)

1. UP Diliman may be the flagship campus of the premier university in the Philippines, but UP Manila is the cradle (a.k.a. birthplace) of the UP System.

2. Real life is not very much mirrored by the looks of the UP Diliman Campus, as they often say. With all those trees and well-groomed grasses that complete a scenario of a huge garden, their campus is far from real life in the Philippines. Eh sa Manila: Paglabas mo pa lang ng building, may makakasalubong ka nang batang sumisinghot ng rugby! Tapos lakad ka lang ng konti, sandamukal na ang bangketa sellers! YUN ang real life! haha.

3. Kilala ang Diliman sa mga rally na palaging nagaganap sa loob ng campus nito. PEro di mo ba naisip, ang boring mag-rally sa Diliman. Ang audience mo mga puno. Eh pag sa Manila ka nag-rally, laging may advantage dahil ang audience mo ang DOJ at ang Supreme Court!

4. Ang rejection rate ng buong UP System ay 87%. Ang rejection rate ng Diliman Campus ay 92%. Pero ang Manila Campus, mas metikoloso, dahil ang rejection rate nito ay 95%!

5. Last but not least, walang panama ang Shopping Center ng Diliman sa Robinson's Place ng Manila!

Haha. Pero di nga. People should start realizing that UP Diliman is not higher than UP Manila or any other campuses. Mas mataas pa nga ang cut-off sa Manila kesa sa Diliman eh. Main Campus lang talaga ang Diliman at mas marami siyang course na maooffer. Pero hindi porke't nasa Manila ka, ibig sabihin mas magaling lahat ng nasa Diliman sayo. Mali yun. Andami kasing course sa Manila na wala sa Diliman. Medicine pa lang eh. Tapos Nursing. At marami pang iba. At good luck na lang kung meron ding fisheries ng UP Visayas ang Diliman.

So kung anuman ang pinakamagaling na campus, depende na yun sa yo at kung saan ka naka-enroll.

Pero enough about the campuses. Wala naman talagang war between them. Haha. Natawa lang talaga kaming lahat dun sa speech nung chancellor dahil talagang pinamukha niya sa min na hindi kami nagkamali ng pinuntahan. :)

Blame Sir Args

Sabi ko kasi kay Sir Args: "Sir Args! Nagscience course ako!" Kasi kapag nagdidirect ako ng mga presentations ng electron, lagi niya akong sinasabihan na hindi daw ako magsa-science course at mag te-theater daw ako. Kaya kanina, nung bumalik ako sa pisay, proud naman akong pinagmalaki na mas pinili ko ang larangan ng agham kesa sa sining.

pero hindi eh. Sir Args never fail to hit me back. Sabi ba naman niya:

"Intamed ka di ba? Okay lang. Matagal pa (panahon mo para marealize)."

wah. nakakaiyak. At sa totoo lang, mas natatakot na kong pasukin ang intarmed. Natatakot akong baka sa gitna ng seven years, titigil na lang ako bigla at magku-quit. Ayoko kasi ng may sinisimulan na hindi tinatapos. Kaya nga hindi ako sumuko sa Pisay noon eh.

Pero ngayon, nalilito na ulit ako. Si Sir Args kasi eh. Tsaka napagtanto ko na, kahit ngayon, excited na ko magstart ang pasukan di dahil sa classmates o kahit sa mga pag-aaralan namin. Excited na ko kasi merong mga play at contests ang med within the year. Katulad ng TRP, Mediscene, atbp. At excited na ko makapagdirect o kahit makapagrelay man lang ng mga ideya sa teatro. Kamusta naman yun.

Ang Labing-Apat, Walang Katapat!

I realized on my way back home that I have to blog about Batch 2013's orientation program for us freshies for a very important reason: Crush ko si Ate Serine! Haha. She's pretty. Actually, the moment she entered the room, I immediately wished she's also a freshie. Then again, it wasn't exactly my lucky day. Ate Serine is, VERY unfortunately, a sophomore (or LU II, whichever you prefer, but I think the latter is more appropriate, hehe.), and is Nico's buddy that SHOULD HAVE BEEN MINE, if only I was able to snatch first Nico's card during the Buddy Selection, which was entitled BUDdychotomous Key, by the way, and is really cool expecially if you remember Bio 1 in Pisay (the greatest moments of my life *daydreams* hehe. Go Ma'am Cardenas!). There. I asked him to switch but he refused. :(

And why the hell am I talking in straight english? "ko" at "si" palang ang tagalog dun ah! Rob, this is your fault. Haha.

Deh. MAraming "bloggable" thing na nangyari kanina. Ang galing kasi gumawa ng Batch 2013 ng activities eh. At ang Pinaka-astig: "The Undercover 2013".

Anung nangyari sa activity na yun? Wala lang naman. All of a sudden, naging 41 lang naman ang intarmed students. Tapos niloko nila kami sa pamamagitan ng pagpapatake sa amin ng quiz na, ayon sa kanilang panlilinlang, ay magiging basehan kung sino ang maaaccelerate sa amin papuntang 2013. In short, kung sino ang highest, second year na kaagad. Siyempre nagulat naman kami, at oo, naloko ako kaya hindi ako magkaintindihan kung ipapasa ko ba yung exam o ibabagsak ko. Pero siyempre feeling ako eh. Mahirap pala ng sobra yung exam (tapos inisip ko pa na mapeperfect ko. haha.), kaya bagsak talaga ako. Pero pagkatapos namin kumain ng lunch, inaannounce na lang nila na merong dalawa sa amin ang nagpapangap lang na isang taga-batch 2014 at, sa lubos na katotohanan, ay talagang kabilang sa batch 2013 at pinaglololoko lang kami all the time na ka-batch namin sila. Naks. Siyempre lahat kami nagulantang. Kaya naman pala may ma-aaccelerate eh, kasi may mga taga-batch 2013 naman pala talaga samin. Bwiset. Tapos yun pinahulaan nila at makaraan ang ilang sandali, nagladlad na ng tunay na pagkatao ang mga mapagpanggap.

Haha. In fairness, yung isa dun sa mga nagpapanggap, si Kuya Kim, nung nasa may lecture hall kami ng BSLR-E, akala ko din originally med proper na siya. haha. Pero hindi ko siya sinulat dahil naniwala ako na isa siya sa makakasabay kong magtapos sa Dalubhasaan ng Medisina sa Unibersidad ng Pilipinas pagdating ng taong dalawang libo at labing-apat. Hindi pala. haha.

Ayun. At SOBRANG astig nung trailer thing na pinakita nila samin. WOW. kamusta naman ang P90 na budget na ang layo ng narating. haha.

Tsaka mabait silang lahat. :)

Pero pinagod nila kami sa pamamagitan ng isang walang hiyang amazing race sa may UP Manila Campus. Katulad ng sinabi ko, wala kaming campus grounds at kalat-kalat ang building. Mantakin mo ba namang ang first station namin ay nasa Padre Faura at kasalukuyan kami noong nasa Pedro Gil. Waw. Ang LAYO. Pero wala eh. Magaling kami. Third Place. Haha. Best na yun ah! :P

At may tradition na dapat may cheer ang bawat batch:
Batch 2010: "Basta 2010, Bigatin!" (wowowee!)
at ang BAtch 2013: "Dos Mil Trese, Lahat Posible! (Globe. Haha.)

May sponsors yung batches! Hehe.

Overall, this has been the best Orientation Program I've attended. Astig ang 2013!

EDIT: ang daming beses ko nang naedit ang entry na to! ang dami ko kasing mali sa grammar. anu ba yan. hehe. may mali pa ba?

enrollment adventures # 2

block 13 ako. the Filipino Block. haha. unlike Nico, though, I'm not depressed about it. hehe. Nagustuhan ko nga yung block ko eh. kahit papano, babalik na ko sa wikang minamahal ko ng lubos. nagsawa na rin ako sa kasusulat sa ingles noh. Eng Journ pa lang at STR, buryong-buryo na ko eh. alangan namang hanggang college putaktihin pa rin ako ng mga: "Be consistent with your tenses, Ryan." bwahahaha.

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Andami palang taga-Pisay sa I-med eh! as in! sa huling bilang ko, merong 15 na Pisay-Diliman, 3 na Pisay-Ilocos, 3 na Pisay-Bicol, 1 na Pisay-Cagayan, 1 na Pisay-Visayas, at 1 na Pisay-Davao.

naks! 24 out of 40 mula sa Pisay System! haha. masaya to. :P

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wala na kong masabi. haha. sa totoo lang, ang adventure ko na lang tuwing enrollment ay yung pagcocommute mula sa bahay namin sa QC papunta sa manila. mantakin mo ba namang nung isang araw eh biglang tumigil yung MRT. akala ko nga sasabog na kami eh. hehe. umandar naman ulit, pero siyempre napeste yung mga tao. late na nga, mas lalo pang nalalate. :P

enrollment adventures # 1

haha. wala lang. natawa lang ako kasi nung nagpadental ako nung tuesday, tapos nakita nung dentist na intarmed course ko, sabi niya:

"Uy I-med! Kelangan ko bang mag-english???"

Hahahaha. Connection??

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Mahirap magenroll sa UP-Manila dahil pakalat-kalat ang mga buildings nito. nakahalo ang Robinson's, ang DOJ, at marami pang iba. Hindi ko na nga alam minsan kung nasa UP grounds pa ba ko o hindi na eh. Tapos nakakaligaw. At parang lahat ng building dun luma. As in yung old spanish house yung dating tapo pagpasok mo may chandelier pang hindi gumagana na sasalubong sayo. hahaha.

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tinanong nung isang doctor nung nagpa-medical ako: "Hindi mo ba inanong sa parents mo kung nabakunahan ka na? Hinanap at tiningnan mo ba yung baby book mo?"

haha. baby picture ko nga dalawa lang ang nagexist eh. yung isa kasama ko pa kuya ko. baby book pa kaya???

UP ako, ikaw?

sabi ko kay ed, something is weird because i was never attracted by anything to go to ateneo. even the oh-so-elegant application form (that costs 500 pesos), the "good" environment (at least wala daw snatcher at catholic school siya), the 100% scholarship, and the fact that I will leave cheska, jecay, and rob did not affect me at all.

sabagay, UP ang kapalit ng lahat ng iyan eh.

and i guess, tama si dani. UP na ko simula't sapul. mas gusto ko maging iskolar ng bayan kesa maging, uhm, kulay blue. kaya kung hindi ako nakapasa sa intarmed, 50-50 pa rin ako sa MBB at ME ng ateneo. haha. buti na lang pala nakapasa ko. at least di ko na kelangan maginee-minee-my-nimu.

bakit? bakit hindi. para sakin, (ayan na naman yang mga nagbabasa ng blog ko na nagtatangkang magviolent-reaction, pwede ba, tinanggalan ko na ng comment option ang blog ko. haha. beh.), kahit manakawan ako ng cellphone o kahit never ipopromote ng UP ang relihiyon o mga paniniwala ko na matagal ko nang inaalagaan, aalagaan at mamahalin, yun pa rin siguro ang pinakamagandang environment. "it's the closest thing to real life" - jackie canlas (naks naman may quote pa. haha.)

hindi ko nga alam kung bakit ginagawa ko tong post na to. siguro gusto ko lang sabihin na gumawa ako ng desisyon base sa sarili kong pananaw at sa kung ano ba talaga ang gusto kong marating. kaya nga masaya na rin ako para sa mga kaibigan ko eh. kasi kahit na hindi ko na sila makakasama (kasi iiwan ko sila), alam kung yung tatahakin nila, yung gusto talaga nila. kaya Ed, saludo ako sa pagkuha mo ng math course. :)

sa huli, para sakin, UP ung rurok. at karangalan kong mag-aral do'n.

Iskolar ako ng bayan, ikaw?

What's with chinese people?

Well, apparently, mukhang "in" maging chinese ngayong mga panahon na 'to. Bakit? ewan, pero apparently, magaling ka sa math, matalino ka, magaling ka sa basketball, at sweet ka.

haha.

anlabo.

rob kasi eh. deh. tingin ko epekto lang ng AJSS yan eh. Sa mga nag-AJSS ngayong taong 2006: Anong ginawa niyo kay rob? Lalu ka na Ms. Mau? Di na naman makatulog yung kaibigan ko dahil sayo! haha.

pero di nga, bakit in yata yung chinese thing ngayon?

i mean, come on, chinese ang crush kong si "kim". :P

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to cheska and rob, I don't like the hotseat thing. haha. It makes us sound like pathetic stereotype high school girls cheering for their crushes while they wacth them play basketball.

Haha. So not like us. epekto ng AJSS sa inyo!

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anyway, successful ang SK play namin. naks! congrats katoks! galing!