Going back to where our love story has started

If you are expecting for a long romantic blog post, then I am very sorry to disappoint you. This blog entry is a story of success rather than of romance. Sweet success which is a by-product of sacrifice, inspiration, and motivation.

Lyle was accepted recently in her Master's degree in Language and Literature (MALL) application at UP Baguio. So yesterday, I accompanied her together with my mom, my niece Mia, and Jing-Jing to UP to get admission slip. 

Photo collage of Lyle and I when we were freshmen at
UP in 2009 and during  junior year in 2011.

UP Baguio will always have a special place in my heart, in our hearts. This is the place where I first met Lyle, and where I fell in love with her. So here's the chessy part, huh? Nay. 

During Lyle's University graduation
a few days before mine in 2012.

She is pursuing an advanced degree to be able to learn more about the lessons she shares with her students in the Senior High School program at the biggest high school in the region, Mangaldan National High School. I think that it will be beneficial for students to learn new theories and concepts which could be used not just in the four-corners of the classroom but rather in real life as well. 

Obtaining an advanced degree, aside from the bachelor's degree in my opinion makes a person more competitive in the field where he or she is into especially in the present time where cut-throat competition in job search is high. 

In 2010 when the United States of America was experiencing recession, the New York Times reported that interest of people taking master's degree and even law degree was high. Interviewers said in the article that taking advanced degree could make them appealable to future employers. 

To those who are not yet really sure of what they are going to do after college or are currently lost in their dreams, I think that taking master's degree or even a law degree could guide you on what you really want to pursue- and this has been a testament of some lawyers I know who used to not decipher what to pursue after graduation. 

UP offers a wide array of graduate studies programs which you could choose from or visit some universities or colleges near you which offer affordable tuition, reasonable class schedule, and credible professors. 

Again, if you're currently lost, do not be worried. There is someone searching for you, too. Who knows he or she could be one of your classmates in an advanced degree class? Right? 

The start of our forever

First photo together

August 14, 2008

CS Lobby, UP Baguio

Freshie Night 2008

Evolution of Impressions

One of the activities we had in our BC 196 or the Crisis in Broadcasting class this afternoon aside from having our free Chowking lunch care of our professor Congressman Angelo Palmones was to write our impressions on a piece of paper taped at the back of our classmates. The same routine was done as a class activity, too in my Speech Communication class in UP Baguio way back freshman year.

Here is the paper and my classmates' impressions on me this year.

Now here is also the paper where my classmates in 2008 wrote their impressions.

Can you spot some similar characteristics and descriptions during my freshman year to my senior year in college? I don't know if I have changed a lot since then but maybe there has been some evolution of impressions that took place without me noticing it. 

Now, can you give me an adjective that can describe me in one word? Go, write it.

FuBu in UP Baguio's Sinning Sine Festival

Photo available HERE. Used here for non-commercial purposes.

Cheers to my friends and batchmates in UP Baguio for producing this short film!

Now I am excited to watch this. How I wish I'd be able to watch all the entries in their film fest, especially this one since almost all of the production crew are my closest friends. 

Cheers to People at the Back Productions!

Valentine's Day with friends

Since I needed to be in school today for a meeting with my groupmate in a report, I was not able to spend this supposed romantic day of the year. So thankfully my friends from UP Baguio was here today and researched at the CMC Library for their thesis. Carmi and Lyle were two of my best girl friends in UPB even when I was still a freshie. Well, back when we were freshie. They were my block mates then.

I was late to arrive at the library because I still came from a 5-AM trip from Pangasinan and that I arrived here past 10 in the morning. I took a cab from Quezon Ave to UP for a faster ride. Then off to CMC.
I find it cool that Lyle and I have the color of shirts, purple!

After doing some paper stuff at the library, we walked from CMC to the Shopping Center. Ate lunch at Rodics. Gave them flowers and strawberry shakes. I told them that I brought Baguio in Diliman with the roses and strawberry. They found it sweet.

They found my jokes corny and greeny, too. They were in a rush since they still have a rehearsal in Baguio in the afternoon.

I might not spend this day with the person I love, at least I got to spend it with the people I missed and love! I am planning the perfect date for me and the person I love. But I hope she won't read this so that it will remain a surprise.