Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Bonding with Legislators

I just had a great night. It was great bonding with these municipal legislators. Maria Judith Nato GubatanCouncilor Alberto Leo FabiaJoseph Emmanuel B. CeraManuel Manny Cabrera. Again, congratulations. To my dad Kap Fredi Muyano Soriano , I love you and congrats!

Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Preliminary Inauguration

This morning at around ten in the morning, my father formally took his oath of office. 
That was after the mass and tree planting activity.
I am honored to be the one who handled the bible-like book they needed to put their hands on.
I still need to get more sleep since I have slept for just two hours. I know, it's terribly fun though. I got a chance to watch some cool programs on my laptop.
Later tonight I am going with my family for another oath of the newly elected officials to be held at MYDC.
Yes, I am excited for tonight! 

Glee Finally

So I told you that I already watched the whole season of Glee, well not really since I missed one of the episodes.
And right now as I write this entry, I am watching it! The episode 19! I believe this is the episode when Jolibee was shown. I am just waiting for that part, really.


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As of now, I already watched that part! RT was a great dancer and seeing Jolibee in Glee was also awesome!

Dad's Inauguration

I am again in Pangasinan for my father's Induction and Inauguration Program.
I cannot sleep thinking about it. I still have no new video camera though I am asking my mom a new one for tomorrow's event.
I still need to wake up early tomorrow since they have a mass and I got to attend that, too.

Sunday, June 27, 2010

Future Bar Exam

I already pictured my own scenario while reading this blog entry. Dadd, mommy, and ate are cheering me up to take the Bar. :)


God knows how much I need them on that day, on that exam. This entry really made me teary. 

Dennis Gorecho It w as 1:30 a.m. Tuesday.April 6, 1999. My friend Shiela sent a message via my beeper what could have been, so far., the best news in my life. It read: “Dennis, Congrats You are now officially Atty. Gorecho.” I just arrived from Boracay Monday (April 5) morning, and days before that I went hiking at Mt.Guiting Guiting in Sibuyan Island as part of my Holy Week vacation. I did not have any idea that the results will already be coming out. I only learned of it at around 5:30 pm. Monday from another friend. This same news would definitely be one for the record as I am among the 1, 465 lucky examinees of the 1998 Bar exams who passed. The Supreme Court said last year’s passing rate for new lawyers, who comprise some 39 % of the total examinees, is the highest for the past thirty years. The bar exams is considered one of the toughest and most difficult among the professional board exams, having one of the highest mortality rate. Passing is obviously not that easy, it would entail a series of factors.


I jokingly tell some of my friends that the kidnapping incident that I got involved with last August 23,1997, along with three other UP Law students has its price, that is, we survived that night because there is a reason: we have to pass the bar exam.

I am lucky that I was able to pass the exam during my first attempt. And I proved something to myself that I could do something that is really hard to accomplish. I finished law at UP College of Law in Diliman as a working student. I write for TODAY as one of their regular reporter covering a wide range of topics such as environment, human rights, politics, peace process, agriculture, agrarian reform and many more. Take note: my daily schedule is writing in the morning and the afternoon before going to UP to attend my classes in the evening. Then I go home where I read the assignments for the following day during the almost two hours trip of the bus going to Las Pinas. In between my work and classes, I still go hiking with my friends called the Squakings.

Taking the bar exams is an experience that will help a person grow but one that I do not want to undergo again. The discipline in terms of time management and patience is crucial during the review period. The barrister should be able to devise his own schedule to suit his study habits. There are those who prefer to study during the day but there are also some who find it better to study at night until the wee hours of the morning. It depends in one’s preference.

I might be wrong but what could be noticeable among many barristers is the fact that many are becoming religious. Although there are those who are really religious by nature, in my case, the bar exams definitely is one spiritual experience. It was only during the six months review period and the months that followed, which is the waiting period, that I learned how to pray the Novena to Our Lady of Manaog, and pray the rosary everyday on my way to UP. I travelled to Dagupan City to attend mass at Our Lady of Manaog church three times: one in April, one in February and one in March. Spending money and time just to attend a one hour mass is worth it. Don’t’ take devotion to Our Lady of Manaog for granted, it works! Hopefully the religiousity will not be coterminous with the bar exam period only!

Aside from my devotion to Our Lady of Manaoag, I am vocal about my belief in the power of one of the holy mountains in the Philippines, that is, Mount Banahaw. Before I begun my review, I went there along my friends from Squakings to ask divine guidance. When I took the exam, I made sure that the ballpens that I will use were brought there. Even the jacket that I wore during the exam period was the very same jacket that I had when I hiked upto the peak last year.Then I went back last January, when it was a blue moon, to again ask for divine intervention. Hiking for almost three days is not an easy matter, but the fatigue and stress does not matter when you are asking a favor. Some would say that I am too superstitious but I always tell them that we have a different perspective about things: I really consider Banahaw as a powerful mountain, whose energy I need to strengthen my faith in passing the bar. Prayers before taking the exam will work in easing the tension inside the room while waiting for the bell to ring to signal the beginning of the exam. In my case, , I broke the tip of my Pilot ballpen because of too much tension during my Political law exam. It good that I have extra five more Pilot ballpens with me.

Crucial during the review period and the exam proper is one’s support group. This could take in the form of the buddy systems institutionalized by the Centralized Bar Operations. Or it could be by groupings of friends. In my case, there are the Squakings, my outdoor group, and my former classmates who took the bar exams ahead of me and are now full pledged lawyers. The student council and Bar-Ops volunteers are of great help especially to those who do not belong to any fraternity or sorority.

There is what we call as “karma” that prompts each law student to participate in the annual Bar-ops. He must at least help in one way or another in the bar-ops so that when it is his turn to take the bar, he will expect that there will be somebody, particularly those in the lower years, who will also help him. Karma points could be earned by assisting the barrister in his needs such as digests, reviewers, permits from the Supreme Court and other technicalities that would consume some of his precious time. During the exam proper,it would be staying overnight for the night operations where the “hot tips” are being prepared. In the morning, the main entrance to De La Salle University are filled with support groups and friends waiting to say good luck to the barristers. That could really boost the morale of the examinees. Some will bring our lunch during the 12-2 break. Some will bring us to the hotel, while others to La Salle while others will fetch us after the exam. This is the one thing that is unique in bar exams that is not present in other professional exams: the “fiesta atmosphere” especially during the morning of the first Sunday and the afternoon of the last Sunday.

One important and definitely a significant element in passing the exam is the master of the English language. Even if you know the answer but you have the difficulty in expressing yourself, it will not do you any good. You must know how to effectively communicate it to the examiner. They said that the best answers are written in a concise, brief but direct manner. That caused me to fear that I will flunk because I realized that my flare for writing came out since I answered not in very brief sentences, some of my answers , I presumed, are more of literary pieces rather than legal arguments. Nevertheless, the fear turned out to be more of fiction since I passed the bar. Add to that the penmanship. Yes, better improve that penmanship as early as possible because that will affect the mood of the examiner in checking.

With regards to reading materials, it is very important that the reviewee should stick as much as possible to one book only per subject What you have used during the first reading should also the same material you will use during your second reading. This is necessary to familiarize oneself with the markings and ideas covered by those markings and to avoid confusions due to conflicting annotations by different authors. Just believe in one source and this will help you gain confidence in your answer. Even if a new book is released at the middle of the review period, it is still better to go back to your first book. Those lines and markings and their location in the book will somewhat flash back when you are inside the examination room answering the questions.

One of the biggest problem that the examinee will encounter while studying is the feeling of sleepiness, dizziness or headaches. A simple therapy is to have small casette tape recorder at your side and listen to your favorite music such as the “Classical Music for People who Hate Classical Music “ a compilation of works by Vivaldi, Mozart and others. To wake you up, try hard rock or new wave. Or always have Kopiko, Coke, Chocolates, Biscuits and all sorts of junkfoods near you. Another method is to talk to your seatmates and tell stories about anything under the sun, I bet he also needs that same break!

As I said, time management is very essential. During the six months of review, my average reading hours is between eight to ten hours per day. I seldom watched TV or movies. For the record , this is my daily schedule:

6:15 a.m. Wake up
6:15-7:00 am. Prayers/writing exercises
7-8:30 a.m. morning rituals (breakfast, bath)
8:30-9 a.m. travel to UP
9-11:30 am READ!!!!
11:30-12:30 p.m. lunch
12:30-1:30 pm. Siesta
1:30-8:00 pm READ!!!
8-9:00 pm - dinner/travel back to boarding house
9-11:00 pm READ!!!
11:00 pm Sleep

On the other hand this is my weekly schedule:
Mon a.m. -travel to UP

Mon pm to Sat pm Study UP Law
Saturday night - Travel home to Las Pinas
Sunday am -light reading
12-1:30 pm. Lunch/TV
1:30-4 pm -siesta
5-7 pm gym
7-8 pm mass
8-10 pm dinner, TV, telebabad!!

It was only during the airing of Xfiles the series that I drop all my books to watch TV during Sundays at Channel 33 10:00 pm and Mondays 9:00 pm Channel 9. When it was shown in the big screen, I watched it during the first day. That is one of the three movies that I was able to see during the six month review period.

The bar exams are taken during the four Sundays of September. The exams are grouped into eight areas: political law, labor law, criminal law, commercial law, taxation, civil law, remedial law and legal ethics and forms.One has to gain an average of seventy five percent with no subject falling below fifty percent otherwise he will be disqualified.
There are many other anecdotes related to reviewing and taking the exam proper that will be definitely exciting to tell. And to the next batch of barristers, Good Luck and have fun!
-http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=4850294245&topic=11027

praesis ut prosis ne ut imperes


praesis ut prosis ne ut imperes




Lead in order to serve, not in order to rule.


Motto of Lancaster Royal Grammar School.

I'm in QC again

And I miss Pangasinan already, though I will be coming home again tomorrow! :) Yeah! And that is for me to attend my father's Inauguration Ceremony.
I traveled this morning with my DeMolay brother, PMC Darwin. He has not gotten any sleep yet according to him so good thing for him to sleep in the bus. I did not sleep because I just do not want to miss on the way.


Now I am getting bored. Bye.

Saturday, June 26, 2010

Chat with Kuya Miko

I knew him more. He is a real brother.
I'm gonna blog more about our talk just now tomorrow.
I am so sleepy right now.

at home

I am so happy, feeling the warmth of home.
The love of the family members is overflowing.
I need to treasure such moments with them, since I might miss such
in a week or so...
I love my family.
I WILL NOT ALLOW SOMEONE TO
BREAK THIS BOND THAT WE HAVE.

EVEN JOKES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.
In friendships, there are boundaries, in family there are none...


UP students fit here

"People choose the paths that gain them the greatest rewards for the least amount of effort." 
 
-Dr. Gregory House.

Thursday, June 24, 2010

The New PEYUPS?


I just signed up into this new UP tamabayn. Maybe this is the new Peyups of this generation of UP students. See you around there guys! :)

Wikileaks in the Philippine Context

ERROR

WHAT'S WRONG WITH ME?!

All this time I thought what my classmates and I will be doing is to post an entry about the cause we joined in as part of the class hands-on activity. But it was not until I read my classmates' blog entries here that I realized I was wrong. Errrr, so I still need to make a review or a reaction about the sites that were mentioned in the documentary we watched inside the class. I think, I'd better stop ranting about all these stuff. I'd better do the entry rather.

I believe we had an awesome discussion inside the class this afternoon. Though the coldness of the room still made me sleepy that I needed to eat inside the class to stay awake. :)

Funny McDo Spot

I am a Greenpeace activist

GREENY ME


I AM GREEN MINDED. Yes I am and I care for the environment. Maybe not as hardcore as some environment activists are but on my own little way, I can keep the fight for our mother nature.  I was still young when I realized that I love planting trees and some plants in our garden and I promised that I would be a protector of the environment someday. I do not know any organization that keeps the fight as Greenpeace. Aside from the fact that they have scope internationally, Greenpeace has already made significant projects and launched movements all over the country. They also tackled some issues before when the sea disasters were prevalent. 

I am thankful for this class for it does not only encourages us to be active online but also be socially active for some movements where we are of interest with. And as for me, this fight for the environment through this organization- Greenpeace, is just the start of something bigger for me. And it all started with a simple class activity in my BC 148 class.


Originally posted on www.upisaw.blogspot.com as a class requirement in my BC 148 class.
First semester, 2010-2011.
Professor Data Canlas

Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Dinner with Freshies

Finally I saw the three former high school-mates and now, university-mates fellows! Nikko, Patrick and Ian accepted my invitation for us to have dinner with some Mangaldan National High School alumni-mates. 
So there, we wasted some twenty minutes waiting for a jeepney going to Philcoa and waiting for some mates. 
Patrick and Ian have a curfew at 9 PM so they needed to just take the food out. We went off the campus at 8:36 so the two needed to rush since thy did not have a late permit.
I needed to walkout from the group since I did feel the atmosphere anymore. Sometimes, too much is much!
Nikko went with me since he is also concern with the curfew period. I even did not notice the time and I just realize that it was three minutes to ten when I arrived at Ipil.
I had a great time with these freshies and some friends.

Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Vlog Entries Uploaded!

I hate to know that there is a certain secret for you to be able to upload your videos fdaster even if you are inside the dormitory! I mean, why know that tactic just now, errrrr.

And finally I uploaded my video blog entries in my Youtube channel! I uploaded those vids not according to date since I made already some vlogs but due to some internet problems I encountered before, I did not upload them at first. But since I already know the "secret," you can now see those entries!

My Youtube account

Tuesday is loser's day

I do not know why all these things happened on a day!
I feel like I am a total loser.


First, I did not recite that much on my BC 180 class unlike my other sessions on that class. But still I asked some stuff other than the lecture. Since Ma'am Betsy is the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs in UP Diliman, I asked her what are the problems being faced by UP students, she said that poverty is one. But according to her the university is trying hard to look for more private scholarship so that a lot will be benefited with lower educational expenses. I also learned from her that even the Bracket A students in the STFAP are still paying half of the supposed real UP cost of education. Imagine that! 


Second, I failed on an interview with Sir Jun Austria. He is super amazing and I was super embarrassed but I still feel great because I learned a lot. From ethical issues to my interview topic itself! He is so awesome! Even I felt so embarrassed, I still feel great and for that, thanks sir!


Third, I was not able to attend our BC 164 meeting since I was kind of late and my group mates were not there anymore. I just received a text message saying that they will just inform me via e-mail when I was already at the jeepney! Errr..so I still went to the College of Mass Communication and did nothing at all. After few minutes I returned to the dorm walking! Loser, right? LOL


I am hoping I will not be that total loser anymore tonight since I still got a lot of apper to work on. :)

Monday, June 21, 2010

BC 180 vs BA 101

MY lessons in BC 180 and in BA 101 are contradicting.


BC 180 teaches you to be critical on the political economics of broadcasting and of media as a whole. 


While my BA 101 class teaches you to be a good business manager, and to be profit-oriented.

The New Manny Pacquiao commercial



I just watched this just now. And I cannot help but to laugh so loud upon hearing the word "Aray ko" by Manny! Super LOL!

Sunday, June 20, 2010

Weekends illness and Glee

I think I have an illness on weekends, yes, on Saturdays and Sundays! I do not know but I think I cannot study nor I cannot give priority on my academics on these days. I think I am just wasting my time here on campus on those days that is why going home on weekends excites me so much but I think that will only be every after two weeks, since I have Monday class and a Saturday class.  


I am going home every after two weeks since I have to meet with my brads because I have a BIG obligation with the organization and that's being the EIC of the Pangasinan Chapter Publication. I feel terrible for it is hard to communicate with my brads right now, I even do not know yet if we already have a publication nameplate. I hope this will turn just right since the dad masons and the Advisory Council have high expectations on me. Oh, talk about the pressure. 


All I did today was to..ahm, half of the day or majority of the hours taht I spent today went  on me watching the Glee Season One! Yes to that! Thanks to Jayvee for copying his files and letting me borrow his roommate's USB for me to transfer those files on my laptop. So, I think the ending was so dramatic, and as I watched the series, I though that Jessie of the Vocal Adrenalin was just using Rechelle and have been a spy for their team for them to beat the New Directions. But I was wrong, maybe it is an effect when you already watched some episodes due to excitement! And the rest of the story went on my perspective that at the end Jessie broke an egg above Rechelle's head. Well, anyway, I am just happy that I already knew the end but I was a bit disappointed because some pictures on the shooting of the last episode were already been spilled last month, I mean, I searched about Glee before and upon seeing the photos of the Glee cast with some pictures of the shooting scenes, made me disappointed because they might not look what they look on the series since it was taken last month.


I enjoyed watching Glee and tomorrow's going to be my first day in my English 30 class!!! Wow, finally. I added this subject due to the advice of my adviser for me to take another GE since all of my subjects are majors, I might wanna choose not to be stocked on a "bad" professor for the rest of the semester. She meant that I may drop a course that I really do not like, more on the professor side. LOL! :)



Saturday, June 19, 2010

100th Entry

It is the 'real' Father's Day and I am not with my family. I am inside the UP campus and is stocked in my dorm doing some academic stuffs and also some Glee-watching stuff. I already greeted my dad via SMS and I miss the family back there in Pangasinan.


I have a lot of supposed stories though I am so excited to watch the rest of the season of Glee. 


One of the requirements in BC 148 is that we make a regular video blog entry and it is hard to upload video on Youtube! How will I regularly upload a video on youtube if its hard to upload?! Damn. Anyway, do you know how to upload way faster than the regular uploading system on Youtube?  

Happy Father's Day Dad

Thursday, June 17, 2010

Freaky Friday

I still cannot move forward about what happened last night. I was thinking about it the whole night.
I WAS LATE IN SUBMITTING MY FIRST ACTIVITY IN BC 148 CLASS.
I am doomed!


Maybe I am just sensationalizing this but hey, I underwent many weird stuff last night and I even had my one series of unfortunate events! Com'on dude!


Anyway, I have a LOT of stuff to do for today. I hope I can accomplish them all.
I also do not know if applying for AdCore or the Advertising Core org would be one of my plans for this semester. I do not know! I still do not have an acad org! 


Anyway, I am so into internet right now, unlike the previous weeks. Maybe my BC 148 class really affects me in such a way that I need to be online every time. But I would discover my "online self" deeper as this semester ends hopefully through my Interactive Broadcasting class.

Tsinelas (BC 148 video)



TSINELAS
by: ALDRIN SORIANO

The University of the Philippines is known for its academic freedom.
UP students and even professors can wear whatever they want to wear even slippers- one thing that most of the schools in the country does not allow.
Also, UP students are known for 'taking the road less traveled by' for they make their new way and they do not conform.


(to know the story behind this production, visit my blog site:
www.aldrinandmedia.blogspot.com)



Last 15 minutes for BC 148 Vid

I hope my professor in BC 148 can read my blog entries so she can understand me, though I do not think so if she can, hay.
I hope I can upload the video already. I am so freaking tired.
But I enjoyed the entire production of the video! :)

I'M GONNA BE LATE BC 148, sorry dad mom

I know I cannot make it until 12 midnight.
It is really making me sad right now, oh no not with the drama please...
It's just that I hate the fact that I thought I have given all my effort just for this video to be uploaded on time but look where I am right now... still in an internet shop in Philcoa waiting for my video to be fully uploaded on Youtube.
I guess It is not my time to be on time right now. (Did I just say that? Arrr)

Dad, Mom if you are reading this entry, I am so sorry. I tried my best to be on time with this requirement. I am also sorry for not asking your permission if I can go out tonight and be in Philcoa just to upload this video. I love you both!

BC 148 and my series of unfortunate events

UNDONE EDITING DURING CLASS.
I was not able to finish editing the BC 148 activity inside the classroom due to some technical problems involved in the software that was installed in the PC I used. I do not know in the first place, how to use Vegas. I also lacked some production elements that I needed for this prod.

 
NO MEMORY CARD READER AT THE DORM.
I thought I am complete with my gadgets at the dorm but I was wrong. I do not have a memory card reader, and I still have to wait for some of the dorm mates who can lend me their card reader. I even posted some poster-like announcement at my door and at the bulletin board. Kulang na lang i-room-to-room ko ang Ipil dorm! Luckily, I met this sophie resident and lent me his memory card reader. To this lad named Milbert John Llena (I just googled him and men, he is a BS AppPhy geek, just like my best friend Floyd!), super thanks!


I STILL NEED TO GO TO PHILCOA TO UPLOAD.
1ST INTERNET SHOP= FAILED.
I do not know why I am being so miserable today, I hope this would be the end of this mess, or should I say of this problem of mine- uploading the BC 148 video! 
I stayed for 30 minutes in the first internet shop I entered then I have to leave it for they are closing at 11 PM.. Now I am at another internet shop and I am uploading the vid. I hope I can upload it this time.



I hope I can upload this before 12 midnight or else I am dead! :,(


 

Change of net shop, BC 148 video please be in youtube ASAP!

Here I am at a different internet shop.
Trying mightily to upload this video that I made a while ago, wow, this is a one-day production!
Anyway, I still need to wait for 80 minutes to upload this vid! Oh, I hope I'd make it till 12 tonight.
I have not read my case yet in BA 101 class for tomorrow..huhu

God, please make this video be in Youtube..ASAP.

Will I be dead.. BC 148 video please be in youtube ASAP!

I am now in Philcoa and I am currently upl;oading my video for BC 148.

My youtube channel says I still have 58 minutes to upload this video and it's now 10:50 PM and this net shop will close at 11 PM! I am totally dead! Will I be able to upload this video on time?

The internet connection at the Ipil Dorm is so slow making me worry that I might not submit this. But here's another problem that I encountered...the shop is closing in less than a minute! Hell...I am dead!

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Wednesday, June 16, 2010

In a class right now

I am having my BC 148 or my Interactive Broadcasting class right now.
We have just finished shooting our first activity! And I am going to upload them later, or maybe after editing it.
My professor is so cool, well, aside from the fact that she is so pretty, (crush, crush!) and she got an awesome smile!
We are still thinking of our blog name, I mean the name of our class blog where we will upload our videos.

June 30 is a special non-working holiday

Thanks to twitter and to ABSCBN News!
Now I know I can go home on my father's induction ceremony in our town, Mangaldan!
I am so happy that finally I can witness this event!
I was earlier saddened by the fact that June 30 , 2010 is a Wednesday and I have major classes on that day making me not able to me to witness the induction program of the incoming Municipal Officers in my town.
Well, thanks also to the outgoing President Gloria Arroyo for making that day a special non-holiday.
Cheers!

First time to enter UP Law

I have been to the UP College of Law for the first time! Yes! it was quite scary inside since I know that most of the law students if not, all are geeks! I mean, com'on that is the premiere law school in the country, I think, so I thought maybe people there are all serious when it comes to their academics. Well, everyone should but I just cannot imagine law students having a night and social life parties! Anyway, I went there yesterday to inquire about the LAE forms if it is now available but a lady with the security guard said that they will release the forms on August. So I just asked about the requirements, they said there are no GWA cut-off or something. They just needed you to have 12 units of English, otherwise if you did make it to LAE and enrolled to UP Law, you have a year to comply with the requirements, thus you need to take summer classes. 


I am just inspired by the fact that after taking my undergraduate course, I will take Law. Yes, I will do this since my parents wanted this for me. Well, I once failed them on my undergraduate choice of course, they wanted me to take Communication Research but on I changed it to Broadcast Communication. So, I will obey my parents on what they want from me since I do love them and I want them to be proud of me. 


I know you might think that I am in UP where freedom is unquestionable but not with this decison that I made already and locked with my parents decisions. I will love to study the law of the land. I will do justice and serve the people. Just like what the banner of the UP Law says on the picture above. 


Though my parents are considering San Beda College of Law for me to enroll in I already told them also that I will do and give my super best for me to enter UP Law, since I know how expensive it is to enroll to other law schools in the Philippines.

Monday, June 14, 2010

Mangaldan's New Slogan, a proposal

Last Saturday. Kuya Ajie Cabrera texted me and asked me if I can think of a new slogan for our town, Mangaldan. So I texted him and told him that I'm going to think for one. But I thought of many, so I just chose what's the best among the rest. LOL

I hope they will choose this. I really want to contribute something for my town. So here is the slogan I made:


MANGALDAN:
Going high urbanizational development
and zooming towards citihood


Change of plans

So I waited for hours for my parents and cousins with sister this afternoon but when they arrived they told me that they might not fully enjoy their stay in Manila since we could only be inside the mall for three or so hours because of the travel time from Pangasinan to Manila which is a five-hour ride away.

Uncle Og and Kuya Miko were my companies on the ride. I slept most of the travel time.

FIRST TIME! We used the new road from Balintawak going straight to Mindanao Avenue! The only problem I saw there was the squatters' area that was not built with walls. A lot might be killed their. I asked Uncle Og if we can still go to Trinoma since I need to buy post-its he said we still need to pass North Avenue, so I decided not to go in Trinoma since I was in a hurry. Luckily, I saw a building with NBS in it! So there, I just bought my stuff therein.

I checked in Ipil dorm at 5:20 on the afternoon. I enjoyed the ride. I miss my family already.

Sunday, June 13, 2010

An hour of waiting

It's already an hour of waiting for my dad and mom, and others.
Will I make it to Manila by four PM? :(

Manila here I come, again

So I am still here in Pangasinan waiting for my family to come home from Dagupan buying some stuff.But in minutes we will be going to Manila with cousins Reymarc and Reychelle this time.
These two cousins of mine have been with us last year's summer when I had my summer classes.
I think they liked Trinoma and they're going shopping again later for some of their school stuff.


In two weeks time, I'm going home in pangasinan again for some major roles in DeMolay and that is being the EIC of our quaterly publication. It's really an honor, thanks Bro Marcy and Dad Melvin for trusting me on this task. I will not bring Pangasinan Chapter down.
For God. For country. For DeMolay.


I just made this entry while waiting for my loved ones. Anyway, bountiful papers await me in my dormitory.


And for that, God bless to me!

Gonna be in manila again later

So I have to take a sleep now.
Good night everyone!
It has been a loooooong day for me.
I am hoping everything's fine when I wake up tomorrow.
Do not forget to pray.
God bless!

Bangungot nga lang ba?

          Maglilimang taon siguro ako noon nang una kong mapuntahan ang lugar na iyon. Medyo malubak-lubak ang daan na aming dinaanan upang matungo ang lugar. Maraming puno dito at iba-iba pa ang uri, may mangga, niyog, at pati na rin ang Narra. Sabi ng aking ina magtabi-tabi raw ako at baka ako ay ma-engkanto sa kadahilanang bago pa raw ako doon. Sinunuod ko naman ang aking ina sa kanyang mga payo at utos. Muli kaming naglakad upang mapuntahan pa ang itaas na parte ng bundok na sinasabi nilang banal.
                Dala ng aking murang isipan, ang inakala ko na doon ay isang lugar na puno na mahika, ngunit mali pala ako. Dahil inabot na kami ng dapithapon kaya sabi ko mawawalan na ng bisa ang anumang kapangyarihan ng mga mahikero nang mga panahong iyon.
                Nagpaalam ako saglit sa aking mga magulang upang maghanap ng mga kalaro sa bagong lugar na aking napuntahan. Ako lamang ang bata sa grupo naming nag-hiking doon sa lugar kaya siguro naintindihan na ako ng aking mga magulang na ako ay maglaro sa buhanginan sa ilalim ng punong Narra na tabi ng talon.
                Habang ako ay nagsasaya sa kakalaro, may isang bata akong nakita sa likod ng puno at tinatawag niya ang aking pangalan. Para kaming naglalaro ng taguan dahil nang puntahan ko siya sa likod ng Narra, wala na siya doon at nang lumingon ako sa aking pinanggalingan, naroon na siya agad. Ako ay namangha sa bilis niyang tumakbo. Nagpakilala siya ng akin siyang lapitan. Ang pangalan niya ay Carol at siya ay limang taong gulang din. Mas matangkad ako sa kanya ng ilang pulgada pero mas maputi siya kaysa sa akin. Naghabulan kami ng naghabulan hanggang sa napansin kong tila nag-iba na ang aming lugar at malayo na kami sa taon, at ang puno ng Narra ay hindi ko na masilayan pa.
                Kinabahan ako pero pinawi ni Carol ang aking nararamdaman sa pamamagitan ng pagpapakita ng ilang mahika, mga ‘magic’ trick. Natuwa ako sa mga ipinakita niya, tulad ng pagbulaklak ng isang halaman kahit na hawak-hawak lamang niya ito, ang paglakad niya sa ibabaw ng isang batis nang hindi nahuhulog sa tubig; at ang pinakahinangaan ko ay ang kanyang pagpapalit anyo mula sa anyo ng isang bata sa isang matangkad at napakagandang dalaga. Wala akong magawa kung hindi mabighani sa mga ginawa ni Carol. Unti-unti siyang lumapit sa akin at tinanong ako kung gusto ko pa raw makakita ng marami pang mahika ngunit hindi ako agad nakasagot.
                Gusto pang makakita ng mga mahika ng aking mga mata ngunit nagugutom na ang aking sikmura. Sinabi ko kay Carol na bumalik na kami sa puno ng Narra kung saan malapit ang grupo ng aking mga magulang. Agad nag-iba ang mukha ni Carol at parang nagagalit na siya sa akin. Hindi ko raw siya maiiwan ng basta-basta. Hindi ko alam ang aking gagawin baka gamitan niya ako ng kanyang magic at gawin niya akong palaka, kaya tumakbo ako papalayo sa kanya. Sumigaw ako upang marinig ng aking mga magulang at kanilang mga kasamahan ngunit wala pa rin akong naririnig na boses nila, tanging tawa lamang ni Carol ang naglalaro sa aking tenga. Nang silipin ko si Carol ay hitsurang matanda na siya na may kulay puting mga buhok. Takot na takot akong humarurot sa kakatakbo, hayan na si Carol! Hindi ko na alam ang aking gagawin. Gusto niya akong kainin.
                Agad akong nasiyahan ng unti-unti kong narinig ang boses ng aking mga magulang. Makakatakas na ako mula sa panghahabol ni Carol at ang kanyang nakakatakot na tawa. Makakaligtas na nga ba ako?
                May tumapik sa aking likuran, akala ko ay si Carol na kaya ako ay napasigaw. Iyon pala ay ang aking ama na ginigising ako. Sabi niya kanina pa raw ako sigaw ng sigaw ng abutan niya akong natutulog sa ilalim ng puno ng Narra. Hinggal nna hinggal ako at mahigpit ang aking pagkakayakap sa aking ama.  Naku, akala ko ay tuluyan na akong makakain ng isang nag-hawig bata na si Carol. Akala ko totoo lahat ng aking mga nakitang mahika, hindi pala.
                Malaki na rin ang aking pagpapasalamat sa Diyos at iyon ay bangungot lamang at hindi totoo. Hindi pa rin ako mapalagay sa aking masamang panaginip na mistulang totoong-totoo. Nang aking silipin ang likod ng aming sasakyang umaandar upang magpaalam sa lugar, ako ay nabigla nang aking makita ang isang batang babae na maputi at kasingtangkad ko na nakangiti sa akin.
                Mas gumulo ang aking isipan. Si Carol nga ba iyon? Bangunot nga lang ba ang aking naranasan kanina? Totoo ba si Carol? Marami pa ring mga katanungan ang gumulo sa aking isipan. At akin na lamang hiniling na hindi na ako muling makadalaw sa lugar na iyon. #

First published as a class requirement in Malikhaing Pagsulat 10 class.
Second semester, 2009-2010.
UP Diliman

Youtube fever

yes, I am strolling on Youtube and I am in search of cool videos and soon-to-artists people who broadcast theirselves on that site.
I really wanna make a video blog but I uploading them takes like years.
Anyway, I am on this acoustic singer's channel and I find him really cool on guitars and the voice is amazing!
Filipinos whether inside or outside the country really sets above the rest!

New Responsibility in Pangasinan DeMolay

A new and a bigger responsibility for me.
Being the Editor-in-Chief of the quarterly publication of DeMolay Pangasinan Chapter.
I accepted for I know I can contribute something for the chapter.
I just hope I can work much with my brothers through the internet, since most of my time is in Diliman.
And the deadline is coming!

Long live DeMolay!

For God.
For country.
For DeMolay.

Saturday, June 12, 2010

Father's Day

I am happy because I got the chance to watch Glee on television. I used to watch it on my laptop after downloading the episode on torrent. I am just surprised that I am at lost with the episode of this season. Maybe because I just watched it just last month, thanks to besty Jayvee for finally teaching me how to download via torrent. See, I am such loser! :)


So here's with the episode shown tonight at Star World, since tomorrow's going to be a Father's Day. The show had a scene with Finn and Kurt having a fight about the interior design of their room and Finn got really pissed off and called Kurt with a term, "faggy." Here comes Kurt's dad and defended him. I am not like Kurt, like I know what you're thinking right now as you read this entry but again, I am not like what you are thinking. But I did appreciate how his dad defended him over this guy who's homophobic at first but at the end of the episode learned his lesson. 


That's how a dad shows love to his child, and that is on how to accept that child whatever he or she may be.

Another film marathon

"Hindi ko alam kung ano ako. 
Ang alam ko may ugat sa puso ko 
na tumitibok 
para sa iyo!"

Friday, June 11, 2010

Bloody Themed

Yes, welcome to the my newly themed blog site!
And yes, this one's bloody!


I just didn't know why I posted "the second time around" on Facebook.

Paper time

IT'S......PAPER TIME! Gagawa na ng mga Paperssssssssss!
Pray for me please, I need to finish these paper assignments. Thanks buddies!

God's grace

I have been so blessed this week, and I am so thankful to God for it.
This afternoon, He again blessed me as I prayed that I will be able to finish my payment for my additional subject since I thought it'll be the last day of payments. 
So before going to the cashier office, I went first to the church and asked for God's guidance for me to be able to finish it.
Upon arriving to the cashier office, the security guards were not letting me go in but I insited that I won't be able to do it on Tuesday. So the guards allowed me to.
I am so blessed!
Thanks Bro! 

Thursday, June 10, 2010

Video Cam PLEASE

I need a video camera for my BC 148 class. The one I blogged earlier, it is because I need a higher resolution camera unlike my current video camera which has been with me since junior prom! Yes, it has been four years already that it is with me. 

NOW, I just talked to my dad and asked if they can buy me one, guess what. I still need to search about the specs and the price of the video camcorder that I need and I like!

My parents have been so supportive to me all these years and I appreciate it really. I am thankful for having such parents. Even if they really do not like broadcasting as my course, haha. I will still obey them by fulfilling their "dream" for me, and that is to enter law school. 

Heck I opened that topic again. Anyway, I will still enjoy my undergrad years and will think of law school later. :)

For now, I LOVE YOU DAD! I LOVE YOU MOM!

15 units, plus?

As of now, I have not posted my schedule yet for I still need additional three units for me to have 18 units which Prof. Jo Santos advised me to have. I planned to get MST-GEs but I surrendered after hours of hopeless back-and-forth routine I have experienced just to get MST-GE. Damn it!


Now I am planning to take English 30 which is scheduled on Mondays since I need 15 units of English in the future :)


Anyway, as of now, I am still hoping to have 18 units of academic load for this semester.

No time

You might have noticed how I became inactive these days in Facebook, it is because of the time constraints I am facing with my busy acad life. LOL. Well, it is really the fault of my new dormitory! Haha. I do not have an internet connection at my room and I have to get outside my bedroom just to access the wifi connection. Imagine that. I have to amke sure that my battery is full before going out since I do not want to get back to my room just to recharge my laptop and wait until it's fully charged. I think it's just a waste of time. I'd better sleep. But since I need to keep updated with the internet and web world, I need to be online often! Thanks to my BC148 class or my Interactive Broadcasting class! Thanks Ma'am Data! :)


Now I know I am really left our when it comes to Glee. LOL!

New Hair


My sister and I, with dad and mom, have had our haircut at Trinoma's Bench Fix Monday night. Another bonding moment with the family before the school officially started on Tuesday.
I am missing them already. Anyway, my sister had a hair treatment and hair cut and she even got bangs, dad and I have our hair colored, I asked the hair stylist to color my hair with ash light brown. While dad had the darker version of my color. Dad and mom had a date at Starbucks while my sister and I had our hair done. It was the eve of their 24th wedding anniversary.