25 Random Things.

1. I love spontaneity. It has been my habit ever since high school, that I mostly get into trouble because of it. I have often been into funny situations that will always require me to bring out the spontaneity in me -- situations like: going to 5 different parties on the same night from north to south then back to north then back to south and up north again just to be able to show how much I love my friends, packing my bag to go out of town with my barkada not knowing whether we'll be heading to Tagaytay or La Union (haha), sneaking out at midnight on my own just to be able to go to a friend's house party (high school days haha), going home from a party early in the morning and finding myself jogging around the village 1 hour after going home just to keep my friend company, and more! Haha After all, all of us have the right to make this boring world a better place to live in.


2.  I love to travel! I have been to a lot of different countries and different islands. I love going to different places may it be just around the Philippines or as far as Europe. My dream is to travel and explore Greece on my own. :)

3.  I can stay up really really late for school work, but once I fall asleep, it will take a strong tornado to wake me up. NOT EVEN. HAHAHA

4.  I love God more than anyone or anything else in this world. HE has been my Bestest Friend, Savior and Companion for years.

5.  I have been a Football Varsity player during my elementary years in Woodrose. My position: Defender. Believe it or not. HAHAHA

6.  I play the piano. My mom had been convincing me to learn when I was still 8 years old.


7. I'm into photography, though I don't really take good pictures. And I have a very poor Photoshop skills, almost everything I post were just raw photos.


8. I'm a frustrated reader. And that's probably the cause why I always get low scores in Literature. :(


9.  Los Banos is really something different for me. It taught me so many things to learn and to experience. 

• I only had two-time encounter with a jeepney before. But in Lb, I have to ride on it everyday. 
• I grew up sheltered by people I love, but this time, I have to learn to be independent and live alone.
• I usually don't talk to strangers or be with people I just met, but in Lb, I have to. Learning to forget about the reserved attitude.
• I don't eat alone, but this time I really don't have a choice.

10.  Lizards freak me out. 


11. I am a not-so-talented person. I don't sing, not even dance. I don't get into plays, 'cos I dunno how to act. I'm not even inclined with visual arts. :|


12. Forgive me but it really takes me a while comprehending a Filipino text. I usually speak in a taglish manner since I'm finding it damn hard to grasp for the perfect tagalog term.


13. I don't watch television often. I just started to explore wonders of  tv shows when I got into college.


14.I hate it when people shouts at me. I sound like a brat here but I'm really not used to it. Nadadaan naman ako sa maayos na pakiusap. :)


15. I have a weak heart. Literally. I once had some big troubles with my health. And this point, I call it "second life".


16. I love my brother dearly.


17. I don't use different perfumes. Just have a Johnson's regular cologne when I'm at home. And a Ralph Lauren (Revolution) scent when going out.


18. I entered school as early as 3 years old.


19. Never in my dreams that I want to become famous. I always want a simple but happy life.


20. I love surprises.


21. Love life isn't included on my priorities right now. 


22. Most of my friends are older than me. I guess, I just love old people? Hahaha. :D


23. I never want to become a doctor someday, though most of my relatives are in to medicine.


24. I don't like pizza that much. (I know it's weird)


25. At once, I thought my life was perfect. But suddenly, I woke up the next morning realizing that there's so much more in life. So much to know, to experience and to have. I just have to take one step at a time. I know, I'll get there. :))



 

THE MAN

To the most handsome man in my life, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

Theo Melgarejo

Everyone close to me knows that I am a kuya's girl. This man had a very big influence on the choices I make in my life. The man who'll rush into Los Banos late at night whenever I'm sick. I love you so much kuya! Cheers to a good life! :)

World's Struggle.

1- I have 8 stickers to go for the starbucks' planner. Eight stickers. That's roughly P1200, P150 per cup of coffee. Shiiizz, thinking about it, the total needed stickers will actually amount to P3,150 worth of coffee. but that's just 21 cups. if I bought coffee beans in batangas for that price, i would have enough caffeine to last me half a year maybe. all for the griffin-and-sabine-inspired-planner. Hay, the crazy things people do.

2 - I was in line at the photocopier in school, and it took me around 20 minutes before my turn. The lady had finished one ream in the span of 15 minutes. imagine that. Every semester, I probably end up with knee-high photocopied readings for all my subjects. and I am just one student in a batch of thousands, in a university of numerous batches, plus graduates. If my school creates n tons of trash from photocopied readings alone, imagine if you put together all the universities in both south and north. Ang daming puno nun! There has got to be a better way of doing things!

3 - I started driving (with just a student license) more than a year ago. Gas was around P43 for a liter of unleaded. Now, its P55.35. Before, the front page of the paper would always contain the big news of how much the price of gas has gone up. But for the past two months or so, I noticed that gas would just go up a few cents every other day. to the point that it costs that much now, and can possibly go up to P60 by year end as my friend Josh said. Tsk!

4 - I hate matapobre people. I hate people who look down on others just because their job isn't as prestigious or people who think that they're above other people. No one have the right to do that. NO ONE. A car is about to enter the village at around 3AM. The man, coming home from gimmick, finds the guard sleeping. (which is quite normal for the graveyard shift, right?) he honks the horn once. twice. then one looong time as if to wake up the whole village. The guard wakes up and puts up the bar, then starts apologizing. The man driving the car gets down from the car, and starts cursing the guard to high heavens. The guard, close to tears, just held his head down out of shame. The man in the car will get his karma, I swear.

5 - It's a hassle to drive when its raining, because 80% of the drivers seem to forget how to drive all of a sudden. But I'm lucky I have the convenience of riding a car. It's ten times the hassle to commute when its raining. I hate it when people in cars are so inconsiderate when it comes to driving in the rain. Sila na nga yung naka-kotse, sila pa yung pipilit na mauna sila kaysa sa pedestrian na tatawid ng kalye na walang payong. sila pa yung tatakbo ng mabilis para matalsikan ng tubig yung mga naglalakad sa tabi. Imagine. These hard working people get up extra early because despite the rainy day, they have to get to work or get to school. Wear their clothes, ready their things, and head off to where they're going. Then that's what some motorists will do?! Shame on them.

6 - BUSES. I hate buses. It's so unfair. We have to keep out of the yellow lane but they can cut into two or three of our lanes. Can I please sport a bumper sticker that says "BUSES: KEEP OFF WHITE LANE!”

And my biggest angst thus far..

7 - The poverty in our country is not fair anymore. It's not. It has to stop.
First story. I was talking with a technician in Adspin (family company) the other day and he was complaining of how at one coverage, he didn't get to sleep for three days, and even skipped two meals at one time. It was part of the job he said, so he didn't mind not going home to his family. But add to that a major technical problem that wasn't their fault anyway, and there go the people above him screaming and shouting and cursing all of them. Its not like they pay them thousands of pesos to do that job, the least they could get in return is be treated properly. ("The people above him" has nothing to do with my family/relatives, please)

Story two. My cousin's assistant went with him for coverage out of town. As pasalubong to his family, he bought them a big, fresh pusit, that was the specialty of the province. When he got home, he got into an argument with his wife. She got mad at him for spending his money on pusit. She asked him to sell it, to get back the money to have their son vaccinated. I couldn't believe it. Imagine having to choose between food and health? That's injustice.

Third and last. One afternoon during his immersion, my brother just decided to take a walk around the farming village he was assigned to. He stopped to watch a few kids playing habulan, despite the hot sun and despite having no clothes on. They were laughing, drooling, jumping.. playing like kids should play. The mom of one of the kids spots them and suddenly screams to her kid, "hoy! wag kang magtatatakbo diyan, baka magutom ka!!"

Sorry to be a big brat in this post.

Just felt the need to finally say it. or rather write it.

Childhood thoughts.

On revenge.

Close to tears, I come running to my mom saying, "mommy, mommy si kuya o! inaaway ako."

"Then you should do something to defend yourself or get back at him," my mom was quick to reply.

A few minutes later I come running back to my mom, but this time with a satisfied smirk on my face. "Hehehe, mom, i did something na. hehehe."

"O, what did you do?" my mom curiously asked.

"Haha. I put coffee in his water." 

On socio-economic status.

Having been born and raised in the city lights of Metro Manila, my dad wanted to immerse us kids in the simple province life of Kalibo, Aklan where he spent his childhood days.

He showed us everything, from the coconut trees, to the sapa, from the poso where they used to pump water from, to the bahay kubos they used to hang out in. A very natural and comfortable atmosphere, very different from the commercial and fast-paced environment I knew.

After some thinking (or so I presume), I tugged on my dad's shirt to tell him something. "Daddy, kayo pala you were a little poor. Kami now we're a little rich."  

On the culinary arts.

Allow me to share a recipe i wrote before for ice cream.

ingredients:
fruit of your choice
milk
spoon
refrigerator

procedure:
1 - crush the fruit with the spoon
2 - place in the refrigerator
3 - oh, don't forget the milk

Tsk. kids say the darnest things.  

On a V-day.

I've never been a "believer" of valentine's day. That means to say I really think its a hallmark holiday, and that I'd rather celebrate it in me, in my own good time, or (okay allow me to be cheesy for half a second) make everyday valentine's day.
I got this on Facebook. And I think I wanna answer just for the heck of it.

I don't know what these surveys are for. I think they're just to pass the time for bored-slash-geeky people like me. then again maybe they're to depress you (ie. "Shit. I'm such a boring person compared to the one who sent this, maybe I should fabricate some answers, it won't hurt") or to flatter you (ie. "Hah! He's only been abroad once, i've been abroad four times and counting"). Please feel free to feel any of the aforementioned and copy and paste this to wherever.
 

Single or attached? 

Attached.

Happy? Sad?  

I'm always both at the same time. but in general, happy. :)

Feeling the valentine's mood?  

Nah, I never get in that mood. I'm not a "valentine's" kinda person.

Do you have a valentine?  

Maybe yes?

 If your special someone asked you out, where would you want to go? Anywhere!

What do you want to receive this valentine's day?  

Intangible (to a certain extent)? A big bear hug. Tangible? Posters/frames for my apartment's wall. Haha ang babaw.

Where are you going with your friends?  

Sanlo village for a valentine party with family and friends then something I'm still planning in my head. :)

What's your valentine song?  

 Oh God, none I think. Any idea?

* I'm sorry I deleted some questions cause they were really just kinda obvious.

Back on track.

Hi everyone! As the title implies, I'm back on the blogging world. It's been so long. Really long..

So, what took me here again?

Uhh, I just need to have an outlet right now.

And by the way, I'm now in college!

I really don't know what to post/say, all I know is I want to blog. Again. I just hope no one or only few would read this. I don't want it publicized this time (though I didn't have adjustments on privacy settings). For a start, I wanna share a post by me when I was on my 7th grade:

        "All about mess - a state of extreme confusion running through my nerves, flowing through my veins. There's this inexplicable feeling of wanting and needing to do something yet external forces are continually invading my whole body resulting to stagnancy. I can't exactly tell how I really feel. I don't know how to react. I don't know how to make any move. And I don't know what's going on at all! Deep inside this complicated or shall I say, dilemma, is the reality that I have CHOICES! A choice to be happy. A choice to change things. A choice to let go. . . 

      There's something that bothers me. A reality that someone's gonna leave. Someone's gonna change. Someone that I may not be able to see for the approaching days. I'm scared. I'm terrified. Im strike with sudden terror yet I've been too tired of being afraid. I don't have any choice but to stand. be brave. be strong. be firm no matter what. Life goes on in any way. I don't need to be struck with its normalcy whenever my own world goes upside down.

       I'm totally confused. That's all that I can say. That's all that I can share. I'm one of those millions of people clamouring for solitude, calling for peace. I need to take a risk. I need to make a decision. I need to choose from the given options. And I need to stand for it. .
Meeting up with the mess makes it all worth it!" 

(No alterations made)

I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHERE THESE WORDS CAME FROM. I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WHAT TRIGGERED ME TO HAVE A POST LIKE THIS AT THAT VERY TIME.WEIRD AS IT IS..