I’ve done quite a number of programs and I’m very sure that I’m still going to do a lot of programming in the future. And what I like most about programming is that I’m getting my chance to execute my plan. And the hardest part in programming is when you’re only starting to do it because it requires one thing that is said to be God given and something you can pull out inside you for you to develop it is called logic. Another thing is how you analyze and view things because in programming you would have to look closer and to dig deeper in order for you to come up with the solution to the problem. Is programming complicated? Yes, but it would depend on the problem and how are you going to handle it.
Try asking yourself “Why is it like this?” or “What is this for?” or “What if it doesn’t have this?” These questions are the same questions that you’ll be answering when someone asks you about your program. Similarly, questions like “What if I’m going to do this before this?” or “What if I’m going to use this instead of this?” are the ones that you should ask yourself when you’re creating a program.
Now in analyzing you should be efficient because even though you can analyze very well there are times that you’ll overlook some details which are very important. This is the most critical part of when creating a program because the result would depend on this stage. If you’re going to interpret the problem correctly then that’s great but what if you went the other way then most probably the things that you’re going to do next might become just a waste of time. Another key is to just deliver what you’re asked to. Print out the required output the way they wanted to and that’s it.
Formulating the solution is only second to the hardest part when you’re creating a program. In this part I’m talking about coming up with a solution not using programming language yet but still the English language. I recommend you to go through this step so that you’re going to have a concrete picture on how you’re going to put everything together in the end. This part would be like the planning part and it’s always better to have one than not have one.
Then here comes the most frustrating part, the encoding. This part would be like the planning part and it’s always better to have one than not. Basically, this is translating your formulated solution to the programming language you’re using. Sounds easy? But it isn’t because you should know the right functions to use and how are you going to use them. And the most difficult part would be figuring out how to combine these functions so that they’ll complement each other and produce the desired result that you want to have. One good thing about programming is that you can have different solutions to one problem. It’s up to you to choose the best solution.
The shorter the better that’s how you’re going to determine a good program. Of course a shorter program that produces the exact output as the longer one is always better. Not only that it would consume less memory on your computer but it shows that the program is more efficient. For example if you’re asked to determine a vowel from a consonant. There are two ways to deal with this and (1) one is to set a conditional statement for to determine if the input is a vowel and (2) the other is to do the same thing to verify if the input is a consonant. Which one is more efficient? If you chose (1) then you’re right because for that one you’ll only have 5 comparisons unlike in the other way where in you’ll be comparing the input among the 21 letters. Here’s the algorithm for that example:
Input “Enter a letter”; letter$
If (letter$ = “a” or letter$ = “e” or letter$ = “I” or letter$ = “o” or letter$ = “u”) then
Print “The letter is a vowel”
Else
Print “The letter is a consonant”
End if
Now that code isn’t perfect because it should still compare for the uppercase letters and it should determine if the input is indeed a letter and not a number. If you’re going to input a number when you run this program the output would be “The letter is consonant”. Same principle applies to the symbols and punctuation marks. My point here is to make each program as perfect as possible. Find all the loopholes in your program and fix each of them. Bugs or loopholes are inevitable but they can be destroyed. The key is to try all possible inputs that would make the program respond differently.
To conclude this post let me share several things that I do when I’m creating a program.
- I make sure that my mind is focused and I’m in the mood to program. If I don’t feel like programming then I don’t program because forcing myself to do it would only frustrate me in and I wouldn’t be able to accomplish anything in the end.
- I drink Coke or iced tea or sweetened cold black coffee because it makes me think faster.
- I listen to my play list while I’m programming at home but in school I don’t.
- For difficult problems I simulate everything first on a piece of paper.
- I tend to close my eyes to think deeper in order to come up with the solution and to avoid distractions.
- I think about someone that will motivate or inspire me so that I won’t give up if I can’t figure out how things should be done.
Saturday, November 28, 2009
RTP#41: Drop by
@ 1:45AM
I just finished studying for my quiz tomorrow for my statistics class. Yes, I really did study even I couldn’t able to believe that I had actually studied only because of a quiz. Most probably I am asleep right now but at some point the coffee gave me an extra push but there’s this little inspiration which really motivated me to study tonight. And the goal here is to get a perfect score for competition’s sake and of course it would also benefit me a lot. I am determined to get a perfect score tomorrow and I wouldn’t even attempt to cheat during the quiz. I’m pretty confident that I’ll be getting a high score on this quiz. Despite my body’s not on its 100% because I am having a slight cold and a bit of a headache to come with it. Well for me being sick wouldn’t matter because I’m awesome. Gtg, need some sleep so that my mind would function awesomely tomorrow. Good luck to me and to her. ;)
I just finished studying for my quiz tomorrow for my statistics class. Yes, I really did study even I couldn’t able to believe that I had actually studied only because of a quiz. Most probably I am asleep right now but at some point the coffee gave me an extra push but there’s this little inspiration which really motivated me to study tonight. And the goal here is to get a perfect score for competition’s sake and of course it would also benefit me a lot. I am determined to get a perfect score tomorrow and I wouldn’t even attempt to cheat during the quiz. I’m pretty confident that I’ll be getting a high score on this quiz. Despite my body’s not on its 100% because I am having a slight cold and a bit of a headache to come with it. Well for me being sick wouldn’t matter because I’m awesome. Gtg, need some sleep so that my mind would function awesomely tomorrow. Good luck to me and to her. ;)
EP#50: It's been a while
It’s been a while I won’t discuss what happened during the past weeks but instead I’ll just stick with what happened today. Don’t worry the previous were awesome as usual.
The main thing here is the confrontation that I had with my Mom.
Let me give you a brief description on our situation right now. From this July until now I’ve been living in Pasig during school days. Then just a few weeks after, T-Tel got a job and also lived there eventually. Which means me and T-Tel are in Pasig while T-Tin, Anne and Mom are in Cavite.
Well with the freedom that I was able to get once again the first term became legen.. wait for iiiit.. dary! LEGENDARY! And here comes the second term where in I wasn’t aware that there’s going to be Sunday make-up classes. So I settled for my schedule which is during M-F is from 10:30AM - 4:30PM then from 7:30AM-12:00PM during Saturdays. It’s a pretty good schedule avoiding the rush hour and taking the more subjects than usual. But then here comes the Sunday classes which are scheduled for each day of the week. (For ex: last Sunday it’s our Monday class which is scheduled and tomorrow it will be the day for our Tuesday class) Now it’s so clear that I won’t have any weekend until this term is over. The major concern for me is my health. I wonder if my body can withstand the fatigue the stress and the pressure.
But here’s a bigger dilemma which I was able to see earlier and it’s about the communication within our family. Now everyone has a thing to get busy with and I became really busy and sometimes up to the point where in I am grasping for some rest.
Now let me go to the main thing, after dinner I got irritated when my Mom began to talk about safety precautions and knowing that those kind of talks will last for a while I decided to go upstairs. And to my surprise my Mom called me back before I even set foot on the first step of our stairs. And then she asked me about is there something that she did that made me don’t want to listen to what she’s saying. I am a kind of person where in you’ll need a shovel when you’re talking to. Not to hit me but to dig deeper and get to what I really am thinking or saying. And often when you’re talking to me it seemed like I’m not paying attention and completely not listening to what you’re saying but I really am listening.
(For my own privacy I won’t tell what we talked about.)
At the end of the talk I almost cried. My eyes were so teary and I am feeling so sorry. I realized that it’s the biggest thing that we’re missing. Even me and T-Tel we don’t always get the chance to talk everyday and there are times where in we really wouldn’t see each other even though we’re just under the same roof. Catching up with each other is the hardest thing for my family right now. I have a solution but I can’t implement it because even I can’t assure if I would be able to do it. We just have to stay strong for now and try to burst out this situation.
The main thing here is the confrontation that I had with my Mom.
Let me give you a brief description on our situation right now. From this July until now I’ve been living in Pasig during school days. Then just a few weeks after, T-Tel got a job and also lived there eventually. Which means me and T-Tel are in Pasig while T-Tin, Anne and Mom are in Cavite.
Well with the freedom that I was able to get once again the first term became legen.. wait for iiiit.. dary! LEGENDARY! And here comes the second term where in I wasn’t aware that there’s going to be Sunday make-up classes. So I settled for my schedule which is during M-F is from 10:30AM - 4:30PM then from 7:30AM-12:00PM during Saturdays. It’s a pretty good schedule avoiding the rush hour and taking the more subjects than usual. But then here comes the Sunday classes which are scheduled for each day of the week. (For ex: last Sunday it’s our Monday class which is scheduled and tomorrow it will be the day for our Tuesday class) Now it’s so clear that I won’t have any weekend until this term is over. The major concern for me is my health. I wonder if my body can withstand the fatigue the stress and the pressure.
But here’s a bigger dilemma which I was able to see earlier and it’s about the communication within our family. Now everyone has a thing to get busy with and I became really busy and sometimes up to the point where in I am grasping for some rest.
Now let me go to the main thing, after dinner I got irritated when my Mom began to talk about safety precautions and knowing that those kind of talks will last for a while I decided to go upstairs. And to my surprise my Mom called me back before I even set foot on the first step of our stairs. And then she asked me about is there something that she did that made me don’t want to listen to what she’s saying. I am a kind of person where in you’ll need a shovel when you’re talking to. Not to hit me but to dig deeper and get to what I really am thinking or saying. And often when you’re talking to me it seemed like I’m not paying attention and completely not listening to what you’re saying but I really am listening.
(For my own privacy I won’t tell what we talked about.)
At the end of the talk I almost cried. My eyes were so teary and I am feeling so sorry. I realized that it’s the biggest thing that we’re missing. Even me and T-Tel we don’t always get the chance to talk everyday and there are times where in we really wouldn’t see each other even though we’re just under the same roof. Catching up with each other is the hardest thing for my family right now. I have a solution but I can’t implement it because even I can’t assure if I would be able to do it. We just have to stay strong for now and try to burst out this situation.
LP#25: Uninspired
Every second I want to be with you
Being in my dream isn’t enough
Even if it’s the sweetest one
Because I want to always be beside you
Can’t wait to make you smile
Can’t wait to hug you tight
Can’t wait to kiss your lips
That every minute I’d surely miss
You and I forever
And I don’t want another
Can’t wait much longer
For us to be together
Every minute I want to spend it with you
To be alone with you is what I want
Even if it’s just for a day
So that I can always be beside you
Then I will make you smile
I will hug you tight
I will kiss your lips
There’s not a minute I’m going to waste
You and I forever
And I don’t want another
Can’t wait much longer
For us to be together
Every second of the day
I think about you all the time
Wishing that you’d be mine
And hoping that it would last for a lifetime
You and I forever
And I don’t want another
Can’t wait much longer
For us to be together
Being in my dream isn’t enough
Even if it’s the sweetest one
Because I want to always be beside you
Can’t wait to make you smile
Can’t wait to hug you tight
Can’t wait to kiss your lips
That every minute I’d surely miss
You and I forever
And I don’t want another
Can’t wait much longer
For us to be together
Every minute I want to spend it with you
To be alone with you is what I want
Even if it’s just for a day
So that I can always be beside you
Then I will make you smile
I will hug you tight
I will kiss your lips
There’s not a minute I’m going to waste
You and I forever
And I don’t want another
Can’t wait much longer
For us to be together
Every second of the day
I think about you all the time
Wishing that you’d be mine
And hoping that it would last for a lifetime
You and I forever
And I don’t want another
Can’t wait much longer
For us to be together
LP#24: Substitution
Written by: Benj Medina III
Written on: Nov 18 ’09 @ 11:25PM – 11:54PM
It surprises me to see you still with him
After all what he’s been doing
You know there’s someone else he’s seeing
Why can’t you see? (I’m just right here)
I’m one of the better guys for you
And never would I hurt someone like you
Just give me this day
And I’m sure you’re going to make me stay
Because you’re better off with me
Time to change sides (time to change sides)
Make this substitution (Because I’m the better man)
And girl let me be part of your life
I know it’s going to break your heart
But I’m always going to be here for you
So make this substitution (Because I’m the better man)
And girl I want you to be part of my life
It surprises me to see you even date him
After all what he’s been doing
You know how many girls he all left crying
Why can’t you see? (I’m just right here)
I’m one of the better guys for you
And never would I hurt someone like you
Just give me this day
And I’m sure you’re going to make me stay
Because you’re better off with me
Time to change sides (time to change sides)
Make this substitution (Because I’m the better man)
And girl let me be part of your life
I know it’s going to break your heart
But I’m always going to be here for you
So make this substitution (Because I’m the better man)
And girl I want you to be part of my life
I know I’m not someone you can trust easily
But I’m sure that I’ll love you more than he ever did
And I’m never going to do the things that he did to you
And there’s no way that I will hurt you girl
Because for me you’re the one and the only one
So make this substitution (Make this substitution)
Make this substitution (Make this substitution)
And I’m sure you’re going to make me stay
Because you’re better off with me
Time to change sides (time to change sides)
Make this substitution (Because I’m the better man)
And girl let me be part of your life
I know it’s going to break your heart
But I’m always going to be here for you
So make this substitution (Because I’m the better man)
And girl I want you to be part of the rest of my life
Written on: Nov 18 ’09 @ 11:25PM – 11:54PM
It surprises me to see you still with him
After all what he’s been doing
You know there’s someone else he’s seeing
Why can’t you see? (I’m just right here)
I’m one of the better guys for you
And never would I hurt someone like you
Just give me this day
And I’m sure you’re going to make me stay
Because you’re better off with me
Time to change sides (time to change sides)
Make this substitution (Because I’m the better man)
And girl let me be part of your life
I know it’s going to break your heart
But I’m always going to be here for you
So make this substitution (Because I’m the better man)
And girl I want you to be part of my life
It surprises me to see you even date him
After all what he’s been doing
You know how many girls he all left crying
Why can’t you see? (I’m just right here)
I’m one of the better guys for you
And never would I hurt someone like you
Just give me this day
And I’m sure you’re going to make me stay
Because you’re better off with me
Time to change sides (time to change sides)
Make this substitution (Because I’m the better man)
And girl let me be part of your life
I know it’s going to break your heart
But I’m always going to be here for you
So make this substitution (Because I’m the better man)
And girl I want you to be part of my life
I know I’m not someone you can trust easily
But I’m sure that I’ll love you more than he ever did
And I’m never going to do the things that he did to you
And there’s no way that I will hurt you girl
Because for me you’re the one and the only one
So make this substitution (Make this substitution)
Make this substitution (Make this substitution)
And I’m sure you’re going to make me stay
Because you’re better off with me
Time to change sides (time to change sides)
Make this substitution (Because I’m the better man)
And girl let me be part of your life
I know it’s going to break your heart
But I’m always going to be here for you
So make this substitution (Because I’m the better man)
And girl I want you to be part of the rest of my life
LP#23: Time Out
Written by: Benj Medina III
Written on: Nov 15, 2009 from 11:40PM-12:14AM
One rainy Sunday afternoon
I’m all alone sitting by the window
Waiting for the rain to stop
Then I saw you and you came to me
All of a sudden all my problems were gone
To see you out of the blue
Maybe I’m just lucky because it’s just a coincidence
Maybe it’s about time for me to believe in destiny
Being alone with you seemed unreal
So I pinched myself to make sure it’s real
We looked very comfortable with each other
Sharing some disappointments and some laughter
Less than an inch you’re right here at my left
Walking slowly and looking closely
At that beautiful face of yours
I wish that today is every day
Because I just can’t get enough of you
If I could then I would stop the time
To stare at you for as long as I want
And to kiss you before making the time run again
Looking forward to each day that I’m going to see you
And every day I just want to be with you
Even if it’s just for a short period of time
It’s enough to make and see you smile
Being alone with you was only a dream
So I pinched myself to make sure that this is real
I would really like to stop the time
So that I would be alone with you as long as I want to
Written on: Nov 15, 2009 from 11:40PM-12:14AM
One rainy Sunday afternoon
I’m all alone sitting by the window
Waiting for the rain to stop
Then I saw you and you came to me
All of a sudden all my problems were gone
To see you out of the blue
Maybe I’m just lucky because it’s just a coincidence
Maybe it’s about time for me to believe in destiny
Being alone with you seemed unreal
So I pinched myself to make sure it’s real
We looked very comfortable with each other
Sharing some disappointments and some laughter
Less than an inch you’re right here at my left
Walking slowly and looking closely
At that beautiful face of yours
I wish that today is every day
Because I just can’t get enough of you
If I could then I would stop the time
To stare at you for as long as I want
And to kiss you before making the time run again
Looking forward to each day that I’m going to see you
And every day I just want to be with you
Even if it’s just for a short period of time
It’s enough to make and see you smile
Being alone with you was only a dream
So I pinched myself to make sure that this is real
I would really like to stop the time
So that I would be alone with you as long as I want to
Thursday, September 17, 2009
PP#9: For Me From You
Written by: Kaye Santos
He knows how weak I am
How stupid I can
And careless I've been
But he loves me as me
Not the mistakes I make
Nor the problems we take
But the trust we gave
And the love we shared
I'm worthless
And sometimes more of a nonsense
But our love is clueless
Until we shared our sweetest kisses
He gave me his heart
As I give him my trust
We promise to love
And never be apart
He knows how weak I am
How stupid I can
And careless I've been
But he loves me as me
Not the mistakes I make
Nor the problems we take
But the trust we gave
And the love we shared
I'm worthless
And sometimes more of a nonsense
But our love is clueless
Until we shared our sweetest kisses
He gave me his heart
As I give him my trust
We promise to love
And never be apart
PP#8: The Other Side of It
Written by: Benj Medina III
Written on: Sept. 17 '09 @ 7:32PM - 8:08PM
In the past I'm the one who's always giving
All of them they just kept on taking
Not expecting something in return
Just wanted them to know how I felt for them
All of them appreciated what I wrote for them
Making them feel special in my own way
This God given talent of mine is not wasted
Every word, every line, every stanza I owe this to Him
He have me this and now I am abusing it
He gave me you and He knows how much I love you
For the first time I received something
You are indeed full of surprises that's what makes you different
We met in a such unexpected place
You caught my eye with your pretty face
Never thought that things would lead us to this
But I am thankful and I love you yes it's true
Trust and understanding two things that I can give
At the start you had troubles trusting me
And sometimes even in understanding me
Of course I can't blame you for that
Things happen when you least expect them to happen
Yes that's what I always say and it became true once again
Very seldom that I am thanking for crashing down but now I am
Because if it didn't happen I would have not met you at all
The poem that you wrote for me it is phenomenal
Now I have experienced the other side of it
Only the blind who cannot read it would not appreciate it
I love every single word of it because I know it came from your heart
Yes I love you for who you are
I will love you more and more each day
Thinking about you every minute every day
I love you and I hope to finally be with you soon
Written on: Sept. 17 '09 @ 7:32PM - 8:08PM
In the past I'm the one who's always giving
All of them they just kept on taking
Not expecting something in return
Just wanted them to know how I felt for them
All of them appreciated what I wrote for them
Making them feel special in my own way
This God given talent of mine is not wasted
Every word, every line, every stanza I owe this to Him
He have me this and now I am abusing it
He gave me you and He knows how much I love you
For the first time I received something
You are indeed full of surprises that's what makes you different
We met in a such unexpected place
You caught my eye with your pretty face
Never thought that things would lead us to this
But I am thankful and I love you yes it's true
Trust and understanding two things that I can give
At the start you had troubles trusting me
And sometimes even in understanding me
Of course I can't blame you for that
Things happen when you least expect them to happen
Yes that's what I always say and it became true once again
Very seldom that I am thanking for crashing down but now I am
Because if it didn't happen I would have not met you at all
The poem that you wrote for me it is phenomenal
Now I have experienced the other side of it
Only the blind who cannot read it would not appreciate it
I love every single word of it because I know it came from your heart
Yes I love you for who you are
I will love you more and more each day
Thinking about you every minute every day
I love you and I hope to finally be with you soon
LP#22: Too Fast? So What?
Written by: Benj Medina III
Written on: Sept. 15'09 @ 5:20PM - 6:05PM
Verse 1:
Never experienced something like this before
Never thought I am going to meet someone like you
Thankful that I hit rock bottom
Because if I did not I would not met you
Verse 2:
Never expected for this thing to happen
Never thought things would be this fast for us
Thankful to the big guy up there
Because I know He made all of this possible
Verse 3:
We both know how hard it would be
We just have to be strong
Trust me and hold my hand
Together we can beat the odds
Refrain:
You're someone who's very special
And you know I love you
And I know you love me too
And I want to be with you all the time
Chorus:
So that I could hug you tight
And I could kiss your lips
And I would cherish every second
And I would make each moment special
Bridge:
With you I'm not afraid of anything
With you I'm willing to experience every thing
And even when I'm not with you
I will love you more than you'll ever do
Written on: Sept. 15'09 @ 5:20PM - 6:05PM
Verse 1:
Never experienced something like this before
Never thought I am going to meet someone like you
Thankful that I hit rock bottom
Because if I did not I would not met you
Verse 2:
Never expected for this thing to happen
Never thought things would be this fast for us
Thankful to the big guy up there
Because I know He made all of this possible
Verse 3:
We both know how hard it would be
We just have to be strong
Trust me and hold my hand
Together we can beat the odds
Refrain:
You're someone who's very special
And you know I love you
And I know you love me too
And I want to be with you all the time
Chorus:
So that I could hug you tight
And I could kiss your lips
And I would cherish every second
And I would make each moment special
Bridge:
With you I'm not afraid of anything
With you I'm willing to experience every thing
And even when I'm not with you
I will love you more than you'll ever do
Monday, August 31, 2009
LP#21: Dream of You
Written by: Benj Medina III
Written on: Aug 31 '09 @ 12:04AM - 12:29AM
We're together having so much fun
I really like seeing your smile
Sitting beside each other
Looks like we're very comfortable with each other
It looked like it was real
But it was only a dream
So I tried to keep my eyes closed
And wanted to sleep all day long
Because if I'll open my eyes
You'll no longer be beside me
Ain't gonna see that beautiful smile
And it may take a while
Before we get the chance to be together
Should have slept forever
So that I'll always be with you
And I wished on a shooting star
For this dream to be real
Why is it so hard for me to say this
It is because I always hold back
Maybe for you that dream was nothing
But for me that dream was something
Because it looked like it was real
Even though it was only a dream
So I tried to keep my eyes closed
And wanted to sleep all day long
Because if I'll open my eyes
You'll no longer be beside me
Ain't gonna see that beautiful smile
And it may take a while
Before we get the chance to be together
Should have slept forever
So that I'll always be with you
And I wished on a shooting star
For this dream to be real
If tonight I'd dream of you
If I could then I would
Sleep for as long as I could
So I can see us together again
Don't want to open my eyes
Because I want to be stay beside you
So that I'll get to see that beautiful smile
And because it may take a while
Before we get the chance to be together
And I would sleep forever
So that I'll always be with you
And I'll wish on a shooting star
For this dream to be real
Written on: Aug 31 '09 @ 12:04AM - 12:29AM
We're together having so much fun
I really like seeing your smile
Sitting beside each other
Looks like we're very comfortable with each other
It looked like it was real
But it was only a dream
So I tried to keep my eyes closed
And wanted to sleep all day long
Because if I'll open my eyes
You'll no longer be beside me
Ain't gonna see that beautiful smile
And it may take a while
Before we get the chance to be together
Should have slept forever
So that I'll always be with you
And I wished on a shooting star
For this dream to be real
Why is it so hard for me to say this
It is because I always hold back
Maybe for you that dream was nothing
But for me that dream was something
Because it looked like it was real
Even though it was only a dream
So I tried to keep my eyes closed
And wanted to sleep all day long
Because if I'll open my eyes
You'll no longer be beside me
Ain't gonna see that beautiful smile
And it may take a while
Before we get the chance to be together
Should have slept forever
So that I'll always be with you
And I wished on a shooting star
For this dream to be real
If tonight I'd dream of you
If I could then I would
Sleep for as long as I could
So I can see us together again
Don't want to open my eyes
Because I want to be stay beside you
So that I'll get to see that beautiful smile
And because it may take a while
Before we get the chance to be together
And I would sleep forever
So that I'll always be with you
And I'll wish on a shooting star
For this dream to be real
RTP#40: Update
I apologize for my readers (if there's any lol) for not being able to post anything lately. Yes I really missed doing this. One of the reasons is because I have someone to talk about the things that's been bothering me. Next reason would be because I've been doing quite a lot of things for my leisure as well it takes away my time for blogging. Nights have not gone any shorter for me. Still sleep like pass 12:00AM everyday.
This past week like I said to someone I felt like my awesomeness is once again being tested. I have told a lot of stories of having a hell week but usually it occurs during the 8th or 9th week of the term. I'm only in the 5th week and it felt like hell week. Even changed my schedule to not to go to some place that I really wanted to go to just to help out my group mates. And to make things worse I had one of the most painful headaches I ever had afterwards. But I think I was able to end that week on a high note because... Yes because I'm awesome oh wait I stand corrected I'm AWEMAZING! :)
And I'm definitely on overdrive everyday especially when it comes to thinking about stuffs and about her. :) Yes I always receive a comment that to just go with the flow every time I tell someone about what I do. But here's my thing with just going with the flow. If the flow is taking you somewhere that you like then sure why not stay with it. If its taking you somewhere that you don't like and still stayed with it then you may find yourself stucked in nowhere in the future. So once you noticed the flow isn't going the right way you can make it go left. Lol Just dig to get my point here.
Another thing I stopped writing my book. I will not continue writing about it anymore. Even though a friend would still want me to do it I still insisted. So for those who are interested to see it I'll be sending it through email. Just give me your email add.
This past week like I said to someone I felt like my awesomeness is once again being tested. I have told a lot of stories of having a hell week but usually it occurs during the 8th or 9th week of the term. I'm only in the 5th week and it felt like hell week. Even changed my schedule to not to go to some place that I really wanted to go to just to help out my group mates. And to make things worse I had one of the most painful headaches I ever had afterwards. But I think I was able to end that week on a high note because... Yes because I'm awesome oh wait I stand corrected I'm AWEMAZING! :)
And I'm definitely on overdrive everyday especially when it comes to thinking about stuffs and about her. :) Yes I always receive a comment that to just go with the flow every time I tell someone about what I do. But here's my thing with just going with the flow. If the flow is taking you somewhere that you like then sure why not stay with it. If its taking you somewhere that you don't like and still stayed with it then you may find yourself stucked in nowhere in the future. So once you noticed the flow isn't going the right way you can make it go left. Lol Just dig to get my point here.
Another thing I stopped writing my book. I will not continue writing about it anymore. Even though a friend would still want me to do it I still insisted. So for those who are interested to see it I'll be sending it through email. Just give me your email add.
LP#20: Slow Pace
Written By: Benj Medina III
Written on: August 26 '09 @ 6:31AM - 7:30AM
Moving very slowly and carefully
If the pace is still fast
I'm sorry this is the slowest I can go
And I don't want to stop
This flow went smoothly and one day changed it all
It is one of the special days in your life
I thought speeding up a little for that day
Just to make you feel very special
I have written my longest poem to date
In that poem exaggeration is clearly seen
Because it is too early for me to say those things
But soon I'll live up for every word I'll state
If not for that day things would have been different
I don't know exactly how but I'm sure it'll be slower
And the longest poem wouldn't probably exist now
Now I'm scared that history may repeat itself
I should be saying "Oh boy here we go again"
But No No No ain't gonna say that today or ever
I am not expecting for anything to happen
But if that's where the flow takes us don't be scared
Just relax and hold my hand
I'll take the fall and I'm gonna risk it all
I am not always going to make the right calls
But with you I'll risk it and we'll conquer it all
Eighteen sure is a huge number
But what's in it is not the best
I have written a couple of better ones including this
Safe to say that the best is still absent
I strive to make each poem a masterpiece
Inspiration is what making it easy to do
For one minute I thought of giving up
I remembered you and it made me better
From time to time I want to speed up
But I'd insist and stay with this slow constant speed
Like I said even with this slow pace at hand
Don't be scared and just give me your hand
Written on: August 26 '09 @ 6:31AM - 7:30AM
Moving very slowly and carefully
If the pace is still fast
I'm sorry this is the slowest I can go
And I don't want to stop
This flow went smoothly and one day changed it all
It is one of the special days in your life
I thought speeding up a little for that day
Just to make you feel very special
I have written my longest poem to date
In that poem exaggeration is clearly seen
Because it is too early for me to say those things
But soon I'll live up for every word I'll state
If not for that day things would have been different
I don't know exactly how but I'm sure it'll be slower
And the longest poem wouldn't probably exist now
Now I'm scared that history may repeat itself
I should be saying "Oh boy here we go again"
But No No No ain't gonna say that today or ever
I am not expecting for anything to happen
But if that's where the flow takes us don't be scared
Just relax and hold my hand
I'll take the fall and I'm gonna risk it all
I am not always going to make the right calls
But with you I'll risk it and we'll conquer it all
Eighteen sure is a huge number
But what's in it is not the best
I have written a couple of better ones including this
Safe to say that the best is still absent
I strive to make each poem a masterpiece
Inspiration is what making it easy to do
For one minute I thought of giving up
I remembered you and it made me better
From time to time I want to speed up
But I'd insist and stay with this slow constant speed
Like I said even with this slow pace at hand
Don't be scared and just give me your hand
LP#19: Open Up
Written by: Benj Medina III
Written on: Aug 25 '09 @ 12:37AM - 1:18AM
It is pass 12 in the morning
It is you that I'm thinking
Wondering what you're doing
Maybe you're already sleeping
Trying to come up with words
To express how I feel for you
Hear me even if your dreaming
Because I want you to know
That I'll always be here for you
I really care so much about you
I can't stop thinking of you
I can't stop talking about you
You're making me smile out of the blue
Everywhere I look all I can see is you
Even with my eyes closed it's you I see
You're the greatest addition in this new life
5 AM 8 AM 3 PM 6 PM 12 AM
No matter what time it is
You're always on my mind
Thinking about you all the time
Hoping that you'll be part of everyday
So that I can know more of you
Get to know you deeper and deeper
And make you more comfortable with me
I do respect if you don't want to open up
But I really am concerned about you
And I want to always make you smile
Especially when you're feeling bad inside
I think things are going pretty well
And I hope it would get better and better
There's nothing more that I can ask for
Because there's nothing more to ask
I know I already said this
But let me say it again
You are better than the best
And perhaps better than the rest
Written on: Aug 25 '09 @ 12:37AM - 1:18AM
It is pass 12 in the morning
It is you that I'm thinking
Wondering what you're doing
Maybe you're already sleeping
Trying to come up with words
To express how I feel for you
Hear me even if your dreaming
Because I want you to know
That I'll always be here for you
I really care so much about you
I can't stop thinking of you
I can't stop talking about you
You're making me smile out of the blue
Everywhere I look all I can see is you
Even with my eyes closed it's you I see
You're the greatest addition in this new life
5 AM 8 AM 3 PM 6 PM 12 AM
No matter what time it is
You're always on my mind
Thinking about you all the time
Hoping that you'll be part of everyday
So that I can know more of you
Get to know you deeper and deeper
And make you more comfortable with me
I do respect if you don't want to open up
But I really am concerned about you
And I want to always make you smile
Especially when you're feeling bad inside
I think things are going pretty well
And I hope it would get better and better
There's nothing more that I can ask for
Because there's nothing more to ask
I know I already said this
But let me say it again
You are better than the best
And perhaps better than the rest
LP#18: Risk it All
Written by: Benj Medina III
On: Aug 4 '09 @ 1:30AM
I am willing to take the risks
Taking chances on every move
I am risking it all for the thrill
Not afraid of losing it all in an instant
But that was before I met you
Now I want to play it safe
Instead of going for the win
I will choose to go for a tie
It's because I don't want to lose you
I want everything to be perfect
I am hesitating on every move
Thinking a lot before doing such things
So afraid to take the risk and lose it all
I know we're just getting started
But I can sense a bright future ahead
There's nothing else that I can say
But I am so afraid of making a move
Because if it is blocked
I don't know if I could rise up
From that rejection
But then I realized
I just got to face it
I need to step up
I will give it more than my best
I am going to take the risk
I will go all in
What's going to happen next is up to you
On: Aug 4 '09 @ 1:30AM
I am willing to take the risks
Taking chances on every move
I am risking it all for the thrill
Not afraid of losing it all in an instant
But that was before I met you
Now I want to play it safe
Instead of going for the win
I will choose to go for a tie
It's because I don't want to lose you
I want everything to be perfect
I am hesitating on every move
Thinking a lot before doing such things
So afraid to take the risk and lose it all
I know we're just getting started
But I can sense a bright future ahead
There's nothing else that I can say
But I am so afraid of making a move
Because if it is blocked
I don't know if I could rise up
From that rejection
But then I realized
I just got to face it
I need to step up
I will give it more than my best
I am going to take the risk
I will go all in
What's going to happen next is up to you
Saturday, August 15, 2009
PP#7: 18 Stanzas
Written by: Benj Medina III
On: Aug 14 '09 from 1:20AM -2:10AM
//Jace.. Sorry 4 the delay well here it is
Hope you'll like it//
Today is your birthday
Not just any other birthdays
Today is your 18th birthday
I wont be able to give you one of the 18 roses
Or drink one of the18 shots after giving a message
But what I can do is write all 18 stanzas for you
I
This one really is meant for a special girl
I can't come up with another word
Even though there's thousands of it
Perfect is the only word I know to describe you
II
Exaggerated? Yes about 0.01%
Because no one can be 100% perfect
But hey you're close enough
To be considered as one anyways
III
The first time I saw your picture
Although it may sound silly
I thought you are a poser
Because you're so pretty
IV
And from the very moment
I was told that you're not
And followed by surprising traits of yours
It made me crave for you
V
I wanted to meet you so badly
I couldn't wait for the day to see you to meet you
I just settled in chatting with you
And it turned out you really are smart
VI
You almost made my nosebleed at some point
But just almost because I was able to hold it
Even though you kept me waiting for your replies
Each of it is totally worth the wait
VII
Everyday I want to chat with you
Of course that didn't happen
Because at some point I was busy too
But I really want it to be like that
VIII
So after couple of days of failing
I already succeeded on catching you online
Even with a huge hesitation
I still pulled the trigger
IX
I thought I missed my shot
I only had one bullet
Now I have nothing left
But it turned out that I made it
X
For a moment the world stopped
I can't believe that you gave it to me
Your cellphone number it is
I texted you the first thing the next morning
XI
At the start yes it was awkward
And I really do sound like an interviewer
I tried and failed to come up with a way
To make me not sound like it
XII
Trying to get to know everything about you
Is what I really intend to do
But it turned out that talking about things
Made me more comfortable with you
XIII
From the TV shows to the random questions
The boomage day you had
The awemazing day I had
What can I say it's just simply awesome
XIV
Day by day we get to know each other deeper
Our conversations are often full of laughter
But we also get to share about some downfalls
And not to mention the success as well
XV
Thank you for introducing me to Skins
Yes it did made a huge difference in a test
Due to mere coincidence the speaker is British
And I didn't have troubles in coping with the accent
XVI
I know I don't have all the right to
But still I told you that thing
Because I don't want you to be part of it
I hope you really would do what you said to me
XVII
Hope things would just get better and better
And this is the longest poem I've ever written
I'm not doing this to impress
But instead I'm doing this to express
XVIII
This is the last stanza
I still have a couple of things to say though
You are better than the best
And perhaps better than the rest
HAPPY BIRTHDAY JACE!
On: Aug 14 '09 from 1:20AM -2:10AM
//Jace.. Sorry 4 the delay well here it is
Hope you'll like it//
Today is your birthday
Not just any other birthdays
Today is your 18th birthday
I wont be able to give you one of the 18 roses
Or drink one of the18 shots after giving a message
But what I can do is write all 18 stanzas for you
I
This one really is meant for a special girl
I can't come up with another word
Even though there's thousands of it
Perfect is the only word I know to describe you
II
Exaggerated? Yes about 0.01%
Because no one can be 100% perfect
But hey you're close enough
To be considered as one anyways
III
The first time I saw your picture
Although it may sound silly
I thought you are a poser
Because you're so pretty
IV
And from the very moment
I was told that you're not
And followed by surprising traits of yours
It made me crave for you
V
I wanted to meet you so badly
I couldn't wait for the day to see you to meet you
I just settled in chatting with you
And it turned out you really are smart
VI
You almost made my nosebleed at some point
But just almost because I was able to hold it
Even though you kept me waiting for your replies
Each of it is totally worth the wait
VII
Everyday I want to chat with you
Of course that didn't happen
Because at some point I was busy too
But I really want it to be like that
VIII
So after couple of days of failing
I already succeeded on catching you online
Even with a huge hesitation
I still pulled the trigger
IX
I thought I missed my shot
I only had one bullet
Now I have nothing left
But it turned out that I made it
X
For a moment the world stopped
I can't believe that you gave it to me
Your cellphone number it is
I texted you the first thing the next morning
XI
At the start yes it was awkward
And I really do sound like an interviewer
I tried and failed to come up with a way
To make me not sound like it
XII
Trying to get to know everything about you
Is what I really intend to do
But it turned out that talking about things
Made me more comfortable with you
XIII
From the TV shows to the random questions
The boomage day you had
The awemazing day I had
What can I say it's just simply awesome
XIV
Day by day we get to know each other deeper
Our conversations are often full of laughter
But we also get to share about some downfalls
And not to mention the success as well
XV
Thank you for introducing me to Skins
Yes it did made a huge difference in a test
Due to mere coincidence the speaker is British
And I didn't have troubles in coping with the accent
XVI
I know I don't have all the right to
But still I told you that thing
Because I don't want you to be part of it
I hope you really would do what you said to me
XVII
Hope things would just get better and better
And this is the longest poem I've ever written
I'm not doing this to impress
But instead I'm doing this to express
XVIII
This is the last stanza
I still have a couple of things to say though
You are better than the best
And perhaps better than the rest
HAPPY BIRTHDAY JACE!
Sunday, August 2, 2009
RTP#39: Psych Chits
Yesterday July 29 '09 Dondie can't understand what his assignment is all about. I checked it out and the main point that I was able to get from the article is that people can be distinguished because of a particular thing that he/she does or possess. I would definitely agree on that and in my own words that would be like being a "geek" on something. It is like knowing the said subject A LOT better than anyone else. As I've said earlier that it could also be something that you do very well like playing sports, drawing, singing, dancing, writing poems or songs, playing musical instruments, etc. It would most probably be the first thing that would come out when you're being identified or to be identified by someone.
Take note that this thing does NOT only apply with the good things that you do or the positive traits that you possess. It also caters your negativities. So be careful because you don't want to be remembered as someone who always cheats in exams or the one who stinks as if you're only taking a bath once a week.
To simplify it it's like making a name for yourself or creating your image based on the things that you do that would make others recognize you for that.
Take note that this thing does NOT only apply with the good things that you do or the positive traits that you possess. It also caters your negativities. So be careful because you don't want to be remembered as someone who always cheats in exams or the one who stinks as if you're only taking a bath once a week.
To simplify it it's like making a name for yourself or creating your image based on the things that you do that would make others recognize you for that.
PP#6: Everyday
Written by: Benj Medina III
On: Aug 2 '09 @ 1:30AM
Everyday
I want to see you
Your pretty face
Your dazzling eyes
Your beautiful smile
Everyday
I will make you
Feel how much I care for you
Feel special when you think your not
Feel my never ending love for you
Everyday
I want you to know
That I will never hurt you
That I will never make you cry
That I will only love you more and more
Everyday
I will give you
Whatever you need
Whatever you want
Whatever you like
Everyday
I can't stop
Thinking about you
Smiling because of you
Loving you more and more
And there's no way
That yesterday is better than today
And today is better than tomorrow
Because for each day
I always love you more and more
On: Aug 2 '09 @ 1:30AM
Everyday
I want to see you
Your pretty face
Your dazzling eyes
Your beautiful smile
Everyday
I will make you
Feel how much I care for you
Feel special when you think your not
Feel my never ending love for you
Everyday
I want you to know
That I will never hurt you
That I will never make you cry
That I will only love you more and more
Everyday
I will give you
Whatever you need
Whatever you want
Whatever you like
Everyday
I can't stop
Thinking about you
Smiling because of you
Loving you more and more
And there's no way
That yesterday is better than today
And today is better than tomorrow
Because for each day
I always love you more and more
Monday, July 27, 2009
EP#49: First Week of SY '09-'10
I will be discussing the highlights of my first week in Mapua Makati while staying in Pasig. It really was "legen... wait for it.. dary!" There's not a single day in this week where I have not experienced an "adventure". Enough with the appetizer let's move on to the main course. :D
Sunday: I arrived in Pasig together with my Mom it was like 9:00PM when we arrived and as expected Chito (Dondie) is the one in our room. Yes Chito and I are roommates for as long as we're both staying here. Of course this one is going to be fun and we should learn how to discipline ourselves so that we can do both of our studying and still have fun at the same time.
Monday: The first day of the SY '09-'10 WELCOME FRESHMEN! And I should welcome my self not because I am a Frosh but because I'm just like them in a way that we're still a blank piece of paper in this Campus. Mom and I went to school together because she also wants to discover how to get to MIT-Makati and go home from there. We arrived in the Ayala FX terminal around 9:40AM and the FX left at 9:55AM. We arrived in Makati at 10:25AM and we began looking for ways to make it to my school. We walked to the right then straight then crossed the road then went back crossed to the other side then went straight again then crossed to the right went straight turned right crossed then straight then crossed again then after a staright walk here we are. LOL! ;p Of course that's not the exact directions point is it was a long walk. I was able to arrive in Mapua around 11:10AM. And my class will start on 12:00PM. Now I don't have any place to go to and the school is pretty crowded I just settled down on one place near my classroom and after sitting for a while guess who came and greeted me? No not Christine Reyes lol. It is my blockmate from COE A16 Jose. We talked while waiting for our respective classes and once the bell rang I found out that my room was relocated. I went to it's new location and it is so weird that even my professor find it weird as well because instead of a wide room that we usually have it is a long room. And what a surprise because Riza from BLD-Youth turned out to be my classmate here in this class. It is a English class btw. Then moving on to my next class which is Psychology our prof sounded very cool and I have quite a number of cute girl classmates in this class. And we were asked to introduce ourselves and answer the question asked to us by the card that we were given. My initial reaction when I recieved my question card was to smile. I mean I had a huge smile on my face as if I saw a pretty girl winked at me. The question is "If you were a POET what are your POEMS mostly about?". WHAT?!!! lol. Of course we're required to answer in english and even if we're not I would still answer in english. I answered like this with a huge smile on my face I introduced myself and followed it by reading the question then answered "Actually sir I am into writing poems and songs, I started writing when I was in 3rd year high school and my poems are mostly about what am I feeling but now I am into writing love songs and stuffs and in the future I hope to write about anything that I would want to write about.". Then my professor gave me a positive remark. :D After that class it's my lunch break I went to the canteen and meet up with Alah and his blockmates. Then my next and final class is Math22. And it turned out that my professor as they say is one of the "terror" professors in the Math department. She just let us finish the necessary information on our index card then dismissed us. And the adventure begins. I am so clueless on how to get back to Pasig from MIT-Makati. So what I did is rid the Washington Bel Air jeep and I noticed that I was going the wrong way so I went down and walked towards the area where I can find a bus that would go to Glorietta. Then here I am in Glo and I went to the MRT station and checked out the FX that was said to be near the area and I wasn't able to find it so I just rid the MRT to Shaw instead. There's one huge speculation that I did not forget to think about and that is the time which is the RUSH HOUR! Well as expected the MRT will stink and people will be like in a can of sardines. When I reached Shaw station I went to Megamall A and it's sort of far as well and upon reaching it I went outside and rid an FX to Pasig. Home at last!!
Tuesday: My class in this day starts at 9:00AM and because I am still trying things out I decided to leave at 6:30AM. I went to the same FX terminal where we went to yesterday but this time I rid the Buendia FX. And it dropped me off in front of Pacific Star and from there I walked to get to MIT-Makati. It was a long walk indeed. But I arrived in school at 7:35AM. WHAT!! I am almost an hour and half early for my class. Thank God that Alah also arrived early so I got someone to talk to. My class for today is CS140 lec and it turned out to be the same as COE112 which I was able to pass already. Surprisingly my professor started the lecture and gave us a seatwork. I am feeling so good regarding the result of it. Basically I am feeling good about how the whole subject I smell that I would be getting a high grade. After class Alah and I went out to have lunch in one of the restaurants around the area. Then we went home after it. As I was told by Alah that there's an FX that goes straight to Megamall so I went to that place and rid the FX. I was somehow tired and I was able to sleep in the FX. Then when I woke up I am in Megamall already. Then from there I rid the FX to Pasig. I was able to arrive at around 4:00PM I think. Then we (Dondie and I) went to Ingen to play NBA2k9 and we went back home before 11:00PM then we watched a couple of hilarious episodes of Big Bang Theory and that's about it.
Wednesday: No more orientations for this day all lectures are going to start. And at last I was able to find the most convinient way to go to school during MWFs. And that is riding the Ayala FX and then I would go down in front of RCBC then from there after crossing to the Buendia side I can just continue walking or ride a jeep straight to MIT-Makati. I thought I am going to be late for my first class because the FX left later than I expected but it turned out that I am 40 minutes early for my class. My first class turned out pretty awesome. We were grouped for our presentation next week the topic is porduct innovation. After our professor said the topic my mind began to process and what I was able to come up is a back pack. My idea is so brilliant and it is the one that we're going to use for next week's presentation. I always knew that whenever I disregard my shyness I become more productive. Then the next class is the Psychology class. I forgot to accomplish a couple of things like buy a book and photocopy a couple of things. But our prof gave us another chance. Then he discussed quite a number of topics to us and in the last part of our discussion he asked us to group ourselves and talk about an specific that we're going to discuss to the whole class. I don't have a book so I just borrowed from my classmate who has one and then after reading it I completely understood what it is about and I am ready to recite whenever needed. With that being said I became the saving grace of our group. When my group mate was asked to answer he wasn't able to say anything that's why I stood up. I think I was able to give a decent answer. Next is the lunch break and Alah and I ate in the canteen. Then next class would be my Math class. I am very confident once I entered this class. And my overconfidence is the one that killed me in the end. Of course the lesson is still easy but the seatwork is under time pressure. That changed everything because my professor wants our paper with a borderline and mine doesn't have any so I still need to draw the lines and it did cost me valuable time. In the end I wasn't able to finish my seatwork and ended up guessing for the answer. I felt so bad about it not because I got it wrong but because the lack of time is the one who killed me. Then after class I went home by using the FX-FX way. The traffic is quite heavy this time I was able to arrive in Pasig around 8:00PM already. But the night didn't get shorter because Chito and I was able to come home before 12:00AM already and slept at around 1:00AM already. I was able to finish my homework in my Math that is due on Friday. Talking about improvement in study habits.
Thursday: I only have one class for this day and it would start at 7:30AM. I scheduled myself to leave at 6:15AM but my Mom decided to give me a ride to school and we were able to arrive at 6:40AM. Knowing that there's still quite a huge time to kill I went to Mini Stop to buy a tissue because I forgot to bring a handkerchief and a lollipop. Then I went back and waited for my class to start. It was only an orientation and since it is a computer lab subject the computers are connected to the net. And guess what I did throughout the period? I played online games. It was so awesome but it would have been awemazing if Facebook isn't blocked. The class ended early and I went straight home from school. I took the Bus-FX way this time and it turned out that it is cheaper. I was able to arrive home at 11:00AM. I played PS2 with Dale because he was asking me to in the previous days but I couldn't give it him because of lack of time. Then Chito and I were set to leave and go to FEU to meet someone but we didn't push through it because it is sizzling hot outside. Because we don't want to put our get up to waste we decided to go to Megamall instead. First we were dropped off at Shangrila we walked around it and transferred to Megamall. We just walked around the mall again and played NBA2K9 in PS2. I won the game but I wasn't satisfied with my performance I can play way better than that. ;p We arrived home at around 7:00PM I think then we ate dinner and went to Ingen to surf the net because I really need to because I have a couple of homeworks to do. Then this is also the day where I was able to chat with Jace. Not only that she is stunningly beautiful outside but also inside. Wonderful person indeed. I really had a great time chatting with her she is a smart person she almost my nosebleed just almost. lol I went home with a huge smile on my face because I was able to chat with a wonderful person like her. I was able to accomplish everything before 12:30AM referring to my school works. And because I couldn't sleep I decided to watch some videos then it made sleepy and I waas able to sleep before 1:30AM.
Friday: The last day of school week and I am so ready to go to school because I have done my homeworks. I chose to go to the FX terminal that the FX driver told me to go to the other day. It filled up faster as he said. And I was able to arrive in school early as usual. Then I walked around to kill time and here comes the first class. It was sort boring and the same goes with the second class which almost made me sleep at some point. I just kept myself look like I'm still aware of what's going on. Then that will bring us to the lunch break where I had Paotsin. Then here comes the Math class it seems like the only real subject for this term. I was able to get 3/4 in my homework well that's not bad because I am the one who did it and I didn't just copied from someone else. And I still failed to answer the seatwork correctly but my only error is the sign which means I know what I am doing and that's fine with me. I am so happy because so far everything is going pretty well and is way better than I had before. And I went straight home from school. I took the FX-FX way. And I was not able to go down at Megamall but I said to myself it would be fine because finding the FX to Pasig in Robinsons would be easy but it turned out that it wasn't that easy for me. I was lost and I still tried to figure things out by myself. And I encountered this girl named Rica who approached me and talked about the organization WWF. No it's not the old WWE it is the organization which launched the Earth Hour project. And she said doubted that I am a student because I sounded very professional when I was talking to her. I am lmao inside. It was a short talk but she wasn't pretty so wth. lol And then I tried to go around one more time and I still was not able to find that FX terminal. It is getting late so I asked one of the security guards where is it and he directed me to it. And then there I was able to ride one FINALLY!! :D The night didn't get any shorter Chito and I spent 4 hours in Ingen without even noticing it. Yes Jace and I was able to have a short chat once again and it's awesome. We went back home nearly 2:00AM already and we were shocked because my Mom is there. We spent the next 30 minutes in the dining room talking with each other. And then at 2:40AM we both went to sleep. We did wake my Mom up but she didn't know that it is pass 2:00AM already thank God. ;p
Saturday: My "homecoming" after the very very long school week that I had. All of us knows that my Mom slept in Pasig yesterday with that being said I assumed that both of us would be going home to Cavite together. But it didn't crossed my mind that she went somewhere and would come home late. So I waited until during lunch I asked Tita Ditas where is my mom? And she answered that she went to LSS and left early in the morning. It really made me laugh because it's like waiting for no one. That perhaps is the funniest thing that ever happened to me on this day. Even my grandparents were laughing because of it. Immediately after lunch I left Pasig. I took an FX to Megamall then MRT to Taft then from there I rid an LRT to Quirino then I took the bus straight to Cavite City. Well I got home at 3:00PM and as expected there's nobody home but what I didn't expected is that one of them would be arriving at 10:00PM already. I was home alone for like 8 hours. And again I was able to chat with Jace on this day. And I think there's nothing so special happened after the short chat that I had with Jace.
It was an AWEMAAAZING week indeed from school and everyone and everything that comes in between. It was a very long week it is mainly because of my afternoon schedule that I have during MWFs. Well I am looking forward to the incoming week and I hope things wouldn't change and gets better and better.
Sunday: I arrived in Pasig together with my Mom it was like 9:00PM when we arrived and as expected Chito (Dondie) is the one in our room. Yes Chito and I are roommates for as long as we're both staying here. Of course this one is going to be fun and we should learn how to discipline ourselves so that we can do both of our studying and still have fun at the same time.
Monday: The first day of the SY '09-'10 WELCOME FRESHMEN! And I should welcome my self not because I am a Frosh but because I'm just like them in a way that we're still a blank piece of paper in this Campus. Mom and I went to school together because she also wants to discover how to get to MIT-Makati and go home from there. We arrived in the Ayala FX terminal around 9:40AM and the FX left at 9:55AM. We arrived in Makati at 10:25AM and we began looking for ways to make it to my school. We walked to the right then straight then crossed the road then went back crossed to the other side then went straight again then crossed to the right went straight turned right crossed then straight then crossed again then after a staright walk here we are. LOL! ;p Of course that's not the exact directions point is it was a long walk. I was able to arrive in Mapua around 11:10AM. And my class will start on 12:00PM. Now I don't have any place to go to and the school is pretty crowded I just settled down on one place near my classroom and after sitting for a while guess who came and greeted me? No not Christine Reyes lol. It is my blockmate from COE A16 Jose. We talked while waiting for our respective classes and once the bell rang I found out that my room was relocated. I went to it's new location and it is so weird that even my professor find it weird as well because instead of a wide room that we usually have it is a long room. And what a surprise because Riza from BLD-Youth turned out to be my classmate here in this class. It is a English class btw. Then moving on to my next class which is Psychology our prof sounded very cool and I have quite a number of cute girl classmates in this class. And we were asked to introduce ourselves and answer the question asked to us by the card that we were given. My initial reaction when I recieved my question card was to smile. I mean I had a huge smile on my face as if I saw a pretty girl winked at me. The question is "If you were a POET what are your POEMS mostly about?". WHAT?!!! lol. Of course we're required to answer in english and even if we're not I would still answer in english. I answered like this with a huge smile on my face I introduced myself and followed it by reading the question then answered "Actually sir I am into writing poems and songs, I started writing when I was in 3rd year high school and my poems are mostly about what am I feeling but now I am into writing love songs and stuffs and in the future I hope to write about anything that I would want to write about.". Then my professor gave me a positive remark. :D After that class it's my lunch break I went to the canteen and meet up with Alah and his blockmates. Then my next and final class is Math22. And it turned out that my professor as they say is one of the "terror" professors in the Math department. She just let us finish the necessary information on our index card then dismissed us. And the adventure begins. I am so clueless on how to get back to Pasig from MIT-Makati. So what I did is rid the Washington Bel Air jeep and I noticed that I was going the wrong way so I went down and walked towards the area where I can find a bus that would go to Glorietta. Then here I am in Glo and I went to the MRT station and checked out the FX that was said to be near the area and I wasn't able to find it so I just rid the MRT to Shaw instead. There's one huge speculation that I did not forget to think about and that is the time which is the RUSH HOUR! Well as expected the MRT will stink and people will be like in a can of sardines. When I reached Shaw station I went to Megamall A and it's sort of far as well and upon reaching it I went outside and rid an FX to Pasig. Home at last!!
Tuesday: My class in this day starts at 9:00AM and because I am still trying things out I decided to leave at 6:30AM. I went to the same FX terminal where we went to yesterday but this time I rid the Buendia FX. And it dropped me off in front of Pacific Star and from there I walked to get to MIT-Makati. It was a long walk indeed. But I arrived in school at 7:35AM. WHAT!! I am almost an hour and half early for my class. Thank God that Alah also arrived early so I got someone to talk to. My class for today is CS140 lec and it turned out to be the same as COE112 which I was able to pass already. Surprisingly my professor started the lecture and gave us a seatwork. I am feeling so good regarding the result of it. Basically I am feeling good about how the whole subject I smell that I would be getting a high grade. After class Alah and I went out to have lunch in one of the restaurants around the area. Then we went home after it. As I was told by Alah that there's an FX that goes straight to Megamall so I went to that place and rid the FX. I was somehow tired and I was able to sleep in the FX. Then when I woke up I am in Megamall already. Then from there I rid the FX to Pasig. I was able to arrive at around 4:00PM I think. Then we (Dondie and I) went to Ingen to play NBA2k9 and we went back home before 11:00PM then we watched a couple of hilarious episodes of Big Bang Theory and that's about it.
Wednesday: No more orientations for this day all lectures are going to start. And at last I was able to find the most convinient way to go to school during MWFs. And that is riding the Ayala FX and then I would go down in front of RCBC then from there after crossing to the Buendia side I can just continue walking or ride a jeep straight to MIT-Makati. I thought I am going to be late for my first class because the FX left later than I expected but it turned out that I am 40 minutes early for my class. My first class turned out pretty awesome. We were grouped for our presentation next week the topic is porduct innovation. After our professor said the topic my mind began to process and what I was able to come up is a back pack. My idea is so brilliant and it is the one that we're going to use for next week's presentation. I always knew that whenever I disregard my shyness I become more productive. Then the next class is the Psychology class. I forgot to accomplish a couple of things like buy a book and photocopy a couple of things. But our prof gave us another chance. Then he discussed quite a number of topics to us and in the last part of our discussion he asked us to group ourselves and talk about an specific that we're going to discuss to the whole class. I don't have a book so I just borrowed from my classmate who has one and then after reading it I completely understood what it is about and I am ready to recite whenever needed. With that being said I became the saving grace of our group. When my group mate was asked to answer he wasn't able to say anything that's why I stood up. I think I was able to give a decent answer. Next is the lunch break and Alah and I ate in the canteen. Then next class would be my Math class. I am very confident once I entered this class. And my overconfidence is the one that killed me in the end. Of course the lesson is still easy but the seatwork is under time pressure. That changed everything because my professor wants our paper with a borderline and mine doesn't have any so I still need to draw the lines and it did cost me valuable time. In the end I wasn't able to finish my seatwork and ended up guessing for the answer. I felt so bad about it not because I got it wrong but because the lack of time is the one who killed me. Then after class I went home by using the FX-FX way. The traffic is quite heavy this time I was able to arrive in Pasig around 8:00PM already. But the night didn't get shorter because Chito and I was able to come home before 12:00AM already and slept at around 1:00AM already. I was able to finish my homework in my Math that is due on Friday. Talking about improvement in study habits.
Thursday: I only have one class for this day and it would start at 7:30AM. I scheduled myself to leave at 6:15AM but my Mom decided to give me a ride to school and we were able to arrive at 6:40AM. Knowing that there's still quite a huge time to kill I went to Mini Stop to buy a tissue because I forgot to bring a handkerchief and a lollipop. Then I went back and waited for my class to start. It was only an orientation and since it is a computer lab subject the computers are connected to the net. And guess what I did throughout the period? I played online games. It was so awesome but it would have been awemazing if Facebook isn't blocked. The class ended early and I went straight home from school. I took the Bus-FX way this time and it turned out that it is cheaper. I was able to arrive home at 11:00AM. I played PS2 with Dale because he was asking me to in the previous days but I couldn't give it him because of lack of time. Then Chito and I were set to leave and go to FEU to meet someone but we didn't push through it because it is sizzling hot outside. Because we don't want to put our get up to waste we decided to go to Megamall instead. First we were dropped off at Shangrila we walked around it and transferred to Megamall. We just walked around the mall again and played NBA2K9 in PS2. I won the game but I wasn't satisfied with my performance I can play way better than that. ;p We arrived home at around 7:00PM I think then we ate dinner and went to Ingen to surf the net because I really need to because I have a couple of homeworks to do. Then this is also the day where I was able to chat with Jace. Not only that she is stunningly beautiful outside but also inside. Wonderful person indeed. I really had a great time chatting with her she is a smart person she almost my nosebleed just almost. lol I went home with a huge smile on my face because I was able to chat with a wonderful person like her. I was able to accomplish everything before 12:30AM referring to my school works. And because I couldn't sleep I decided to watch some videos then it made sleepy and I waas able to sleep before 1:30AM.
Friday: The last day of school week and I am so ready to go to school because I have done my homeworks. I chose to go to the FX terminal that the FX driver told me to go to the other day. It filled up faster as he said. And I was able to arrive in school early as usual. Then I walked around to kill time and here comes the first class. It was sort boring and the same goes with the second class which almost made me sleep at some point. I just kept myself look like I'm still aware of what's going on. Then that will bring us to the lunch break where I had Paotsin. Then here comes the Math class it seems like the only real subject for this term. I was able to get 3/4 in my homework well that's not bad because I am the one who did it and I didn't just copied from someone else. And I still failed to answer the seatwork correctly but my only error is the sign which means I know what I am doing and that's fine with me. I am so happy because so far everything is going pretty well and is way better than I had before. And I went straight home from school. I took the FX-FX way. And I was not able to go down at Megamall but I said to myself it would be fine because finding the FX to Pasig in Robinsons would be easy but it turned out that it wasn't that easy for me. I was lost and I still tried to figure things out by myself. And I encountered this girl named Rica who approached me and talked about the organization WWF. No it's not the old WWE it is the organization which launched the Earth Hour project. And she said doubted that I am a student because I sounded very professional when I was talking to her. I am lmao inside. It was a short talk but she wasn't pretty so wth. lol And then I tried to go around one more time and I still was not able to find that FX terminal. It is getting late so I asked one of the security guards where is it and he directed me to it. And then there I was able to ride one FINALLY!! :D The night didn't get any shorter Chito and I spent 4 hours in Ingen without even noticing it. Yes Jace and I was able to have a short chat once again and it's awesome. We went back home nearly 2:00AM already and we were shocked because my Mom is there. We spent the next 30 minutes in the dining room talking with each other. And then at 2:40AM we both went to sleep. We did wake my Mom up but she didn't know that it is pass 2:00AM already thank God. ;p
Saturday: My "homecoming" after the very very long school week that I had. All of us knows that my Mom slept in Pasig yesterday with that being said I assumed that both of us would be going home to Cavite together. But it didn't crossed my mind that she went somewhere and would come home late. So I waited until during lunch I asked Tita Ditas where is my mom? And she answered that she went to LSS and left early in the morning. It really made me laugh because it's like waiting for no one. That perhaps is the funniest thing that ever happened to me on this day. Even my grandparents were laughing because of it. Immediately after lunch I left Pasig. I took an FX to Megamall then MRT to Taft then from there I rid an LRT to Quirino then I took the bus straight to Cavite City. Well I got home at 3:00PM and as expected there's nobody home but what I didn't expected is that one of them would be arriving at 10:00PM already. I was home alone for like 8 hours. And again I was able to chat with Jace on this day. And I think there's nothing so special happened after the short chat that I had with Jace.
It was an AWEMAAAZING week indeed from school and everyone and everything that comes in between. It was a very long week it is mainly because of my afternoon schedule that I have during MWFs. Well I am looking forward to the incoming week and I hope things wouldn't change and gets better and better.
EP#48: 2 Day Enrollment
The day didn't start the way I wanted to I wasn't able to get up in the right time. I am expecting to leave at 5:30AM so I did set my alarm at 4:00AM the same that Anne is waking up. So I also asked her to wake me up but she didn't and my alarm didn't wake me up as well. Thank God that I was able to open my eyes at around 5:20AM and my Mom is there and we rushed into Alah's place immediately.
We managed to make it in time without causing that much of a delay. Then Alah and I together with Kuya Aj and Mang Totoy we're able to make it in Mapua Makati just in time for Alah's interview. But it turned out that the one who'll be interviewing him is not yet around so we waited and waited and waited, basically that's what we did pretty much all day. But after getting interviewed they again asked us to wait for the approval of the dean. Then we ate out in Jollibee for lunch when the rain powered down. But there's one thing that we both forgot to realize and that is it might get strong again. So on the way back to Mapua we went through the rain because we're needed to be there in a couple of minutes. Half of my body is wet but it's alright. Then he got the approval of the Dean. Then the next step would be for both of us to meet the Registrar Ma'am Joy so that she could help us regarding the enrollment because we both just shifted. And because it is almost 12:00PM both of us we're asked to come back after the lunch break which is 1:00PM so once again we waited and she came back at 1:30PM. At the end of the day both of us were not able to finish the enrollment today because we are missing on some requirements.
The original plan was after enrollment we will go to Alah's place to have a drink and T-Tin would just pick me up there. But because of the mix up I decided to sleep in Alah's place. Problem is, I still don't have any clothes so we went home to my place to pick up my stuffs then went to his place afterwards. Funny thing is any place we go there's water especially in Cavite City even on the main road there's water caused by the heavy rain. We just had a little drink while playing Poker on FB then that's pretty much what happened that night.
Next day we went back to Mapua again to finish things off and we did but it took us half day to finish it. Before finalizing our enrollment we went out to have lunch at Dencio's with Joyce. As expected it's been pretty awkward for me towards Joyce because we haven't heard from each other for quite a while. Now it's official I am an IT student of Mapua. I can't wait for the classes to start but of course it won't take long because it would happen just two days from now.
After the enrollment we went to Joyce's place at Prov (the neighbor of Burgs) to eat snack because Cors prepared some Spaghetti for us. Then there we ate and met Steph, Tricia's thesis mate. We stayed there for almost an hour then we (Alah and I) went back to Makati, Glorietta to be specific to meet up with Kuya Aj. And on the way home we stopped by at McDo Macapagal to buy a Sprite Float and Twister Fries. Then we went straight home to their place. I decided to spend the night there because it's late already.
We managed to make it in time without causing that much of a delay. Then Alah and I together with Kuya Aj and Mang Totoy we're able to make it in Mapua Makati just in time for Alah's interview. But it turned out that the one who'll be interviewing him is not yet around so we waited and waited and waited, basically that's what we did pretty much all day. But after getting interviewed they again asked us to wait for the approval of the dean. Then we ate out in Jollibee for lunch when the rain powered down. But there's one thing that we both forgot to realize and that is it might get strong again. So on the way back to Mapua we went through the rain because we're needed to be there in a couple of minutes. Half of my body is wet but it's alright. Then he got the approval of the Dean. Then the next step would be for both of us to meet the Registrar Ma'am Joy so that she could help us regarding the enrollment because we both just shifted. And because it is almost 12:00PM both of us we're asked to come back after the lunch break which is 1:00PM so once again we waited and she came back at 1:30PM. At the end of the day both of us were not able to finish the enrollment today because we are missing on some requirements.
The original plan was after enrollment we will go to Alah's place to have a drink and T-Tin would just pick me up there. But because of the mix up I decided to sleep in Alah's place. Problem is, I still don't have any clothes so we went home to my place to pick up my stuffs then went to his place afterwards. Funny thing is any place we go there's water especially in Cavite City even on the main road there's water caused by the heavy rain. We just had a little drink while playing Poker on FB then that's pretty much what happened that night.
Next day we went back to Mapua again to finish things off and we did but it took us half day to finish it. Before finalizing our enrollment we went out to have lunch at Dencio's with Joyce. As expected it's been pretty awkward for me towards Joyce because we haven't heard from each other for quite a while. Now it's official I am an IT student of Mapua. I can't wait for the classes to start but of course it won't take long because it would happen just two days from now.
After the enrollment we went to Joyce's place at Prov (the neighbor of Burgs) to eat snack because Cors prepared some Spaghetti for us. Then there we ate and met Steph, Tricia's thesis mate. We stayed there for almost an hour then we (Alah and I) went back to Makati, Glorietta to be specific to meet up with Kuya Aj. And on the way home we stopped by at McDo Macapagal to buy a Sprite Float and Twister Fries. Then we went straight home to their place. I decided to spend the night there because it's late already.
RTP#38: Chikadora
This is about our maid who just got transferred to Pasig because of her ridiculous acts. I called her Chikadora because of what she did and she somehow looks like Dora the explorer as well.
Last month when our telephone bill arrived she made a total of 700 pesos or more because she's calling someone else's cellphone using our land line phone. Then my Mom lend her a cellphone thinking that it would fix the situation. Of course landlines are usually in post paid so it is somehow more convenient to use. Going to the main thing the new land line bill arrived and at this point we're expecting that the bill will be back to it's normal state. But not when Chikadora's around she recorded our bill for IDD calls (not sure if that's what it is called) or simply the land line to cellphone calls for 2 years where we are averaging 200 pesos a month. So she tallied 4,800 pesos and that would give her a grand total of more or less 5,500 pesos for the past 2 months. So calls costs 100 pesos or more and some costs only 12 pesos but because she's always doing it, it piled up.
And another thing is she's calling when of course when we're not around and when we're all asleep. According to the records that I saw she's literally sneaking to make a call. Whether it's 1:00AM or even 4:00AM and in between that span she'll try to make it. And she often complains about having a headache, hmm I wonder why.
It didn't bother me that much until I heard of this that the one's she's been calling is not her family but another lover of hers. Which means Chikadora's cheating on her husband. That's way of the line now and that really pissed me off. Why am I pissed off? Because I hate cheaters I mean I HATE them! Not because I was cheated on by someone but because it is just not right, it is left lol I'm kidding. And what made me find it more stupid is that she's working here to support her family that she left in Davao and now the ones she's cheating on.
And the third party is working right in front of our house. He's one of the refrigerator fixers. What's bothering us is that the guy might take advantage of Chikadora's stupidity and one day he'll be able to get inside our house and the worst case would be robbing it. This thing could really happen.
And there she goes it's also in July 9 '09 when she left. Actually I've spotted the van while I'm in the bus on the way home. And I saw my mom and Chikadora inside. So I figured that as planned they would head to Pasig and let Chikadora work there until she has enough money to pay for her debt and to buy a ticket to Davao.
And there are times that my Mom and Anne received sweet text messages that is meant for Chikadora. And it turned out that aside from the third party here in Cavite she has a fourth party. Oh yeah you read it right Chikadora is a three timer. I did joke about this one time where I said her boys are like her souvenirs, what up? :D The fourth party is a friend of theirs in Davao just think about what could happen once her officially wedded husband find out about all this.
She's actually not a huge loss in terms of the household because she doesn't do it very well. That's why we're wondering why is our Mom still keeping her. And look what she brought a huge trouble. Yes a little help but more on trouble. Thanks to Chikadora's actions now the cleaning is another thing that we're always going to hear from our Mom now.
Last month when our telephone bill arrived she made a total of 700 pesos or more because she's calling someone else's cellphone using our land line phone. Then my Mom lend her a cellphone thinking that it would fix the situation. Of course landlines are usually in post paid so it is somehow more convenient to use. Going to the main thing the new land line bill arrived and at this point we're expecting that the bill will be back to it's normal state. But not when Chikadora's around she recorded our bill for IDD calls (not sure if that's what it is called) or simply the land line to cellphone calls for 2 years where we are averaging 200 pesos a month. So she tallied 4,800 pesos and that would give her a grand total of more or less 5,500 pesos for the past 2 months. So calls costs 100 pesos or more and some costs only 12 pesos but because she's always doing it, it piled up.
And another thing is she's calling when of course when we're not around and when we're all asleep. According to the records that I saw she's literally sneaking to make a call. Whether it's 1:00AM or even 4:00AM and in between that span she'll try to make it. And she often complains about having a headache, hmm I wonder why.
It didn't bother me that much until I heard of this that the one's she's been calling is not her family but another lover of hers. Which means Chikadora's cheating on her husband. That's way of the line now and that really pissed me off. Why am I pissed off? Because I hate cheaters I mean I HATE them! Not because I was cheated on by someone but because it is just not right, it is left lol I'm kidding. And what made me find it more stupid is that she's working here to support her family that she left in Davao and now the ones she's cheating on.
And the third party is working right in front of our house. He's one of the refrigerator fixers. What's bothering us is that the guy might take advantage of Chikadora's stupidity and one day he'll be able to get inside our house and the worst case would be robbing it. This thing could really happen.
And there she goes it's also in July 9 '09 when she left. Actually I've spotted the van while I'm in the bus on the way home. And I saw my mom and Chikadora inside. So I figured that as planned they would head to Pasig and let Chikadora work there until she has enough money to pay for her debt and to buy a ticket to Davao.
And there are times that my Mom and Anne received sweet text messages that is meant for Chikadora. And it turned out that aside from the third party here in Cavite she has a fourth party. Oh yeah you read it right Chikadora is a three timer. I did joke about this one time where I said her boys are like her souvenirs, what up? :D The fourth party is a friend of theirs in Davao just think about what could happen once her officially wedded husband find out about all this.
She's actually not a huge loss in terms of the household because she doesn't do it very well. That's why we're wondering why is our Mom still keeping her. And look what she brought a huge trouble. Yes a little help but more on trouble. Thanks to Chikadora's actions now the cleaning is another thing that we're always going to hear from our Mom now.
LP#17: The Last Time
Written by: Benj Medina III
On: July 21, 2009
Never thought I'd break this chain
That binds you and me
Brute force wasn't enough
I tried loosening it little by little
And it did the trick
Week by week it's getting weaker
And now it's like it never exists
Everyday I think less of you
And I can say that soon
I'll definitely be over you
And before that time comes
Let me say these for the last time
From the start I knew you're something else
You made me wait even without asking me too
You made little memories flashback everyday
From day to night you're always on my mind
I felt like you're everything that I've wished for
With you I wouldn't ask for more
For you I'm willing to risk it all
And there's no way that I'm going to hurt you
Never thought I'd wake up from this night
Where I can see you and me
Reality is within my reach
I tried to extend as much as I could
Too bad it wasn't enough
Day by day I'm slipping faster
And I fell straight to the ground
Now I think less of you
And I can say that soon
I'll definitely be over you
And before that time comes
Let me say these for the last time
From the start I knew you're something else
You made me wait even without asking me too
You made little memories flashback everyday
From day to night you're always on my mind
I felt like you're everything that I've wished for
With you I wouldn't ask for more
For you I'm willing to risk it all
And there's no way that I'm going to hurt you
This would be the last lines
And I wish you all the best
I know it could be forever
It turned out that is not meant to be
On: July 21, 2009
Never thought I'd break this chain
That binds you and me
Brute force wasn't enough
I tried loosening it little by little
And it did the trick
Week by week it's getting weaker
And now it's like it never exists
Everyday I think less of you
And I can say that soon
I'll definitely be over you
And before that time comes
Let me say these for the last time
From the start I knew you're something else
You made me wait even without asking me too
You made little memories flashback everyday
From day to night you're always on my mind
I felt like you're everything that I've wished for
With you I wouldn't ask for more
For you I'm willing to risk it all
And there's no way that I'm going to hurt you
Never thought I'd wake up from this night
Where I can see you and me
Reality is within my reach
I tried to extend as much as I could
Too bad it wasn't enough
Day by day I'm slipping faster
And I fell straight to the ground
Now I think less of you
And I can say that soon
I'll definitely be over you
And before that time comes
Let me say these for the last time
From the start I knew you're something else
You made me wait even without asking me too
You made little memories flashback everyday
From day to night you're always on my mind
I felt like you're everything that I've wished for
With you I wouldn't ask for more
For you I'm willing to risk it all
And there's no way that I'm going to hurt you
This would be the last lines
And I wish you all the best
I know it could be forever
It turned out that is not meant to be
Monday, July 13, 2009
EP#48: Approved or Declined?
Written on: July 7 '09
Today is a big day for me because it's our finals for our Math class. And also we need to pass the Take-Home Quiz in our D-Math class. And as expected the finals is very hard because we are with the regular students. After the exam we went to the library to finish working on the take-home quiz to be submitted later on. Then at around 12:00PM we were able to submit the quiz to our professor. And then we went downstairs again (Me, Roi and Guil) and went to the ATM Machine because Guil is going to widthdraw. Beside the ATM Machine is the bulletin board where the shifting results will be posted. Still 6 steps away from the bulletin board I noticed that there's a new paper. Then I checked it out. It's the list that I've been waiting for like more than a month. The list that would change everything. As I called it before I am waiting for the life changing approval because it is what it is. If I'll be approved then I'll be moving out from the Intramuros Campus and transfer to the Makati Campus which I am begging for. And if I wont be approved then I don't know what to do after it. One thing's for sure I'll feel devastated. I even joked about that if I wont get approved I'll kneel down in front of the bulletin board then scream NOOOO!!! Am I keeping you hanging? Well the result is... APPROVED.
Congratulations to me. I am relived and it feels awemazing to see my name on that list. And from that very moment until now I am still elated by the fact that I was able to get that approval that I am wishing and hoping for. Now that I am officialy going to transfer to Mapua Makati next term do I have any plans? Of course I do here are some of it:
1. Most probably I will be staying in Pasig during school days. To reduce the fatigue in traveling and the time consumed as well. Of course it's more comfortable here in Cavite than in Pasig but I have to do what I got to do. And from what I've heard Chito and I will become room mates. Oh my this would be legen.. wait for it dary!
2. How about the girls? First of course is I am going to search in Mapua Makati and also Chito is willing to set me up with some girl/s from his school. And even though there's a lot of girls to choose from I'm still considering the one who could last for a long time. The one who I can introduce to my family. Basically I am still looking for a serious and mature relationship. The one who can keep up with the busy schedule that I have and would understand if I can't give her the quality time that she demands. But who knows what's going to happen.
3. How about studying? It's time to get serious this is what I really wanted now that I got it it's game time. No more jokes. Easy for me to say but living in a balanced lifestyle would not do the trick anymore but I should change it to a more academically inclined one. Social life is going to suffer? Maybe yes? May no? The ultimate goal is no failing grades for like till I graduate. A little inspiration would really help a lot. That's why I'm looking for a serious girlfriend.
4. The book would still be in progress. The last time I checked I already have 20 pages. But there are still a lot of things to write about. Maybe the manuscript might reach 80+ pages or maybe a hundred pages. My book's progress is going on pretty well despite having less time in writing due to the school works that I am prioritizing I can say that I'm on the right track.
5. Also I must say goodbye to badminton for now. I don't know if I'm going to have some physical activities while I'm in there. Or if I'm still going to have the time to do things like that.
6. My tentative class schedule would be Mondays to Fridays. From 7:30AM - 1:30PM or 3:00PM (MWF) for Tuesdays and Thursdays well I don't know yet. I am planning to go for as may units as possible. I still need to catch up. I know the delay may be cut off in half. But still I have some things to work on with.
7. Saving the best for last. I am planning to pretend that I am also a Freshman or a Frosh since I am often mistaken as one. Just to have some fun you know. ;p
No matter what happens I am thankful that I was able to get this approval and I wont waste this chance to pursue my goal which is the main reason why I shifted to another course. I think I have said enough. Well I am definitely looking forward to the next term but this term isn't over yet still have three final exams so I must study like... right now. Goodnight.
Today is a big day for me because it's our finals for our Math class. And also we need to pass the Take-Home Quiz in our D-Math class. And as expected the finals is very hard because we are with the regular students. After the exam we went to the library to finish working on the take-home quiz to be submitted later on. Then at around 12:00PM we were able to submit the quiz to our professor. And then we went downstairs again (Me, Roi and Guil) and went to the ATM Machine because Guil is going to widthdraw. Beside the ATM Machine is the bulletin board where the shifting results will be posted. Still 6 steps away from the bulletin board I noticed that there's a new paper. Then I checked it out. It's the list that I've been waiting for like more than a month. The list that would change everything. As I called it before I am waiting for the life changing approval because it is what it is. If I'll be approved then I'll be moving out from the Intramuros Campus and transfer to the Makati Campus which I am begging for. And if I wont be approved then I don't know what to do after it. One thing's for sure I'll feel devastated. I even joked about that if I wont get approved I'll kneel down in front of the bulletin board then scream NOOOO!!! Am I keeping you hanging? Well the result is... APPROVED.
Congratulations to me. I am relived and it feels awemazing to see my name on that list. And from that very moment until now I am still elated by the fact that I was able to get that approval that I am wishing and hoping for. Now that I am officialy going to transfer to Mapua Makati next term do I have any plans? Of course I do here are some of it:
1. Most probably I will be staying in Pasig during school days. To reduce the fatigue in traveling and the time consumed as well. Of course it's more comfortable here in Cavite than in Pasig but I have to do what I got to do. And from what I've heard Chito and I will become room mates. Oh my this would be legen.. wait for it dary!
2. How about the girls? First of course is I am going to search in Mapua Makati and also Chito is willing to set me up with some girl/s from his school. And even though there's a lot of girls to choose from I'm still considering the one who could last for a long time. The one who I can introduce to my family. Basically I am still looking for a serious and mature relationship. The one who can keep up with the busy schedule that I have and would understand if I can't give her the quality time that she demands. But who knows what's going to happen.
3. How about studying? It's time to get serious this is what I really wanted now that I got it it's game time. No more jokes. Easy for me to say but living in a balanced lifestyle would not do the trick anymore but I should change it to a more academically inclined one. Social life is going to suffer? Maybe yes? May no? The ultimate goal is no failing grades for like till I graduate. A little inspiration would really help a lot. That's why I'm looking for a serious girlfriend.
4. The book would still be in progress. The last time I checked I already have 20 pages. But there are still a lot of things to write about. Maybe the manuscript might reach 80+ pages or maybe a hundred pages. My book's progress is going on pretty well despite having less time in writing due to the school works that I am prioritizing I can say that I'm on the right track.
5. Also I must say goodbye to badminton for now. I don't know if I'm going to have some physical activities while I'm in there. Or if I'm still going to have the time to do things like that.
6. My tentative class schedule would be Mondays to Fridays. From 7:30AM - 1:30PM or 3:00PM (MWF) for Tuesdays and Thursdays well I don't know yet. I am planning to go for as may units as possible. I still need to catch up. I know the delay may be cut off in half. But still I have some things to work on with.
7. Saving the best for last. I am planning to pretend that I am also a Freshman or a Frosh since I am often mistaken as one. Just to have some fun you know. ;p
No matter what happens I am thankful that I was able to get this approval and I wont waste this chance to pursue my goal which is the main reason why I shifted to another course. I think I have said enough. Well I am definitely looking forward to the next term but this term isn't over yet still have three final exams so I must study like... right now. Goodnight.
Sunday, July 5, 2009
LP#16: I Just Cant Stop
Written by: Benj Medina III
On: July 4 '09 from 12:29AM-1:03AM
I am lying on my bed
Everyone else is sleeping
I found myself listening to the song you sang
It made me realize what am I going to miss
I said I want to forget about you
It is indeed easier said than done
Because there's always something
That reminds me of you
I know we didn't had anything going
But you're like the sunlight
That I am hiding from during the day
And the cold breeze
That I am covering from during the night
If there's one thing that I can't stop doing
That would be thinking of you
You give me a hard time sleeping
Thinking about you is never ending
I always try to let you know through my songs
But most probably you're not reading it
I said I'd stop writing songs for you
It is one of the funniest thing I'd ever said
Because there wouldn't be a week
That I won't come up with a song about you
I know we didn't had anything going
But you're like the sunlight
That I am hiding from during the day
And the cold breeze
That I am covering from during the night
If there's one thing that I can't stop doing
That would be thinking of you
I don't know when am I going to see you again
But I know that I am missing you so badly
And I want to be by your side
Because once again I want to see that smile
I know we didn't had anything going
But please be mine
I know we didn't had anything going
But please be mine
But you're like the sunlight
That I am hiding from during the day
And the cold breeze
That I am covering from during the night
If there's one thing that I can't stop doing
That would be thinking of you
On: July 4 '09 from 12:29AM-1:03AM
I am lying on my bed
Everyone else is sleeping
I found myself listening to the song you sang
It made me realize what am I going to miss
I said I want to forget about you
It is indeed easier said than done
Because there's always something
That reminds me of you
I know we didn't had anything going
But you're like the sunlight
That I am hiding from during the day
And the cold breeze
That I am covering from during the night
If there's one thing that I can't stop doing
That would be thinking of you
You give me a hard time sleeping
Thinking about you is never ending
I always try to let you know through my songs
But most probably you're not reading it
I said I'd stop writing songs for you
It is one of the funniest thing I'd ever said
Because there wouldn't be a week
That I won't come up with a song about you
I know we didn't had anything going
But you're like the sunlight
That I am hiding from during the day
And the cold breeze
That I am covering from during the night
If there's one thing that I can't stop doing
That would be thinking of you
I don't know when am I going to see you again
But I know that I am missing you so badly
And I want to be by your side
Because once again I want to see that smile
I know we didn't had anything going
But please be mine
I know we didn't had anything going
But please be mine
But you're like the sunlight
That I am hiding from during the day
And the cold breeze
That I am covering from during the night
If there's one thing that I can't stop doing
That would be thinking of you
Thursday, July 2, 2009
EP#47: Welcome July '09
This would be a remarkable month indeed. A bunch of things is going to happen her which includes the 4th term finals and the much awaited shifting result will be revealed. And the first day of this month is also my return from the 10 day break that I had. As expected I would not have quite a good day today.
I saw this announcement that all students will be checked upon entering the school due to the A(H1N1). So I assumed that it would be a cost of delay. So instead of setting my departure time at 6:30AM I changed it to 6:00AM for today. Regularly before going to sleep I also set up my cell phone alarm and it turned out that I changed the time of the alarm to 6:00AM. Which is supposed to be the time that I am already leaving. But I was able to wake up 10 minutes before 6:00AM and I just took a shower then dressed up and I am all set. But it turned out that my Mom is also leaving early so she took me and Anne with her. That saved the day for me. But when I arrived in Mapua it is only 8:15AM and the check-up is no longer held at the front gate so it became optional.
Fast forwarding to my Data Struct class. Something bad really happened here. Remember yesterday when I said I am going to pass a take home quiz on Friday but it turned out it is to be submitted today. Damn it! Now I have to pass through a needle to convince my professor to take my late quiz. Let's all hope that he will accept it.
The bad luck isn't over yet. The next class is my Math subject. And most of us are in desperation state there. We need to come up with desperation moves to pass the subject. And we have an assignment a very very very long assignment that only a few students were able to accomplish. And what we did is we did not attend the class and photocopied the answer of our classmate then we will pass it on Friday. Now that's one desperation maneuver. We sacrificed one session to accomplish a complete assignment for it to be added to our final grade. Every point counts at this point for us.
During my vacant period after eating my lunch I went back to the school and checked out the list of approved shifters. What I saw first is Approved Shifters for 4th term SY 2008-2009 that is the current term. And what sinked in to my mind is that it is the result that I've been waiting for. As I checked out the list and looked for my name I am surprised and devastated that I was not able to see my name on the list. I felt like my world is crushed and I don't know what to do on that very moment. So what I thought is I'd go to my adviser and seek some advice on what to do. I'm already in front of her office but I did not enter but instead I went back to the bulletin and read it again. Then I saw the approval date is Mar 23, 2009 which means that it is NOT the one that I am waiting for it's only a false alarm for me. Thank God!
Then I went to the gym where I always hang out. And I bumped into Steph my classmate in HUM11 and Nikka my blockmate. Then we had a lot of fun talking to each other. As a matter of fact we wanted to stay and talk to one another and not attend our classes. But we are good students ;p that's why we still chose to enter our respective classes.
And I am expecting to have the oral proficiency in my last class. But what happened is we also had a quiz. And I was not able to prepare for it but still I was able to get a decent grade. Then here comes the oral proficiency and even though my professor is quite rushing us I must say that as usual I was able to do a awesome job answering.
That's how my school day ended.
And I was definitely was able to bounce back from that bad start and I have so much to do tomorrow and I must accomplish all of it. And at last I am going to play badminton tomorrow. I am so hungry to get a perfect winning record.
I need to rest now I still need to get up early and I have quite a long day ahead. Goodnight.
LOG OUT TIME: 1:20AM
I saw this announcement that all students will be checked upon entering the school due to the A(H1N1). So I assumed that it would be a cost of delay. So instead of setting my departure time at 6:30AM I changed it to 6:00AM for today. Regularly before going to sleep I also set up my cell phone alarm and it turned out that I changed the time of the alarm to 6:00AM. Which is supposed to be the time that I am already leaving. But I was able to wake up 10 minutes before 6:00AM and I just took a shower then dressed up and I am all set. But it turned out that my Mom is also leaving early so she took me and Anne with her. That saved the day for me. But when I arrived in Mapua it is only 8:15AM and the check-up is no longer held at the front gate so it became optional.
Fast forwarding to my Data Struct class. Something bad really happened here. Remember yesterday when I said I am going to pass a take home quiz on Friday but it turned out it is to be submitted today. Damn it! Now I have to pass through a needle to convince my professor to take my late quiz. Let's all hope that he will accept it.
The bad luck isn't over yet. The next class is my Math subject. And most of us are in desperation state there. We need to come up with desperation moves to pass the subject. And we have an assignment a very very very long assignment that only a few students were able to accomplish. And what we did is we did not attend the class and photocopied the answer of our classmate then we will pass it on Friday. Now that's one desperation maneuver. We sacrificed one session to accomplish a complete assignment for it to be added to our final grade. Every point counts at this point for us.
During my vacant period after eating my lunch I went back to the school and checked out the list of approved shifters. What I saw first is Approved Shifters for 4th term SY 2008-2009 that is the current term. And what sinked in to my mind is that it is the result that I've been waiting for. As I checked out the list and looked for my name I am surprised and devastated that I was not able to see my name on the list. I felt like my world is crushed and I don't know what to do on that very moment. So what I thought is I'd go to my adviser and seek some advice on what to do. I'm already in front of her office but I did not enter but instead I went back to the bulletin and read it again. Then I saw the approval date is Mar 23, 2009 which means that it is NOT the one that I am waiting for it's only a false alarm for me. Thank God!
Then I went to the gym where I always hang out. And I bumped into Steph my classmate in HUM11 and Nikka my blockmate. Then we had a lot of fun talking to each other. As a matter of fact we wanted to stay and talk to one another and not attend our classes. But we are good students ;p that's why we still chose to enter our respective classes.
And I am expecting to have the oral proficiency in my last class. But what happened is we also had a quiz. And I was not able to prepare for it but still I was able to get a decent grade. Then here comes the oral proficiency and even though my professor is quite rushing us I must say that as usual I was able to do a awesome job answering.
That's how my school day ended.
And I was definitely was able to bounce back from that bad start and I have so much to do tomorrow and I must accomplish all of it. And at last I am going to play badminton tomorrow. I am so hungry to get a perfect winning record.
I need to rest now I still need to get up early and I have quite a long day ahead. Goodnight.
LOG OUT TIME: 1:20AM
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
RTP#37: K
As for the title I can't come up of anything that's why I called this post K. Of course it has something behind it. And I think if I am not going to tell you why is it like that way. There's no way that you would have guessed it right. So I'm going to cut off all the thrill and suspense now. Stop the drum roll. K because its the end of the break. If you still didn't get it then just dig deeper.
So here I am on the last day of the 10 day break that I had because of the A(H1N1) and I think I really needed this break. Now I am feeling so much better. Refreshed and ready for the final push towards the end of this term.
As of now it's only 8:01AM and I am already blogging. Actually from the moment I woke up I began composing something and that is the last song for this girl. No not probably the last song that I will ever write for her but for now. I don't know but I have to move on. I mean I should be looking for someone that wants what I want as well. And not keep on waiting and hoping for someone who isn't in the same page that I'm in. If fate would make things happen for us in the future then why not? So it would be safe to say that once again the search is on. And now I don't know if I would take the next one seriously or it would be like a warm up before the game itself. I mean I've been single for quite a long time now and if would not warm up then that would mean I would be prone to injuries. To protect myself I might even consider singing a SoNG once again.
And I am still in the beginning of a long day. I should program my take-home quiz. I don't know how long would it take me to finish it. Technically it's due is on Friday but I want to do it today so I would get an advantage at some point. So that would be the thing that would keep me busy later on.
And regarding my book. It's going on pretty well. I was able to come up with the outline and now even though I'm only doing the regular writing that I am doing. I can say that now I am in the right track. And the outline really helped me a lot. Focusing on one topic at a time it makes my brainstorming ability get involved even more than it got before. And now that's actually a good thing because I am developing something that is essential in my field and I am enjoying while I'm doing it.
And just yesterday finally I was able to finish watching the whole HIMYM season 4. It's awesome as usual. It really is the origin of my awesomeness. I downloaded episodes 14-24 via torrent. Even though it took a long time but it's definitely worth it. I think I would be doing it for every episode of season 5. But I don't know I think I would let it finish first. What the hell I should stop Tedding up. What's Tedding up? Watch the show then there you'll know. Trust me it's the awesomest show ever. It's so awesome that I won't care if I will be able to watch the same episode for 5 times. Plus I learn a lot from that show.
So what else am I going to talk about. Oh crap this thing about 12.1 that I want to stop just made me think about her even more. I wonder if she's awake by now. No! No! I should divert my attention to something else. I should stop thinking about her. Here we go again she's the one who's in my mind now. And I should just stop this now. Better do something to keep me busy and not think about her for a while.
So here I am on the last day of the 10 day break that I had because of the A(H1N1) and I think I really needed this break. Now I am feeling so much better. Refreshed and ready for the final push towards the end of this term.
As of now it's only 8:01AM and I am already blogging. Actually from the moment I woke up I began composing something and that is the last song for this girl. No not probably the last song that I will ever write for her but for now. I don't know but I have to move on. I mean I should be looking for someone that wants what I want as well. And not keep on waiting and hoping for someone who isn't in the same page that I'm in. If fate would make things happen for us in the future then why not? So it would be safe to say that once again the search is on. And now I don't know if I would take the next one seriously or it would be like a warm up before the game itself. I mean I've been single for quite a long time now and if would not warm up then that would mean I would be prone to injuries. To protect myself I might even consider singing a SoNG once again.
And I am still in the beginning of a long day. I should program my take-home quiz. I don't know how long would it take me to finish it. Technically it's due is on Friday but I want to do it today so I would get an advantage at some point. So that would be the thing that would keep me busy later on.
And regarding my book. It's going on pretty well. I was able to come up with the outline and now even though I'm only doing the regular writing that I am doing. I can say that now I am in the right track. And the outline really helped me a lot. Focusing on one topic at a time it makes my brainstorming ability get involved even more than it got before. And now that's actually a good thing because I am developing something that is essential in my field and I am enjoying while I'm doing it.
And just yesterday finally I was able to finish watching the whole HIMYM season 4. It's awesome as usual. It really is the origin of my awesomeness. I downloaded episodes 14-24 via torrent. Even though it took a long time but it's definitely worth it. I think I would be doing it for every episode of season 5. But I don't know I think I would let it finish first. What the hell I should stop Tedding up. What's Tedding up? Watch the show then there you'll know. Trust me it's the awesomest show ever. It's so awesome that I won't care if I will be able to watch the same episode for 5 times. Plus I learn a lot from that show.
So what else am I going to talk about. Oh crap this thing about 12.1 that I want to stop just made me think about her even more. I wonder if she's awake by now. No! No! I should divert my attention to something else. I should stop thinking about her. Here we go again she's the one who's in my mind now. And I should just stop this now. Better do something to keep me busy and not think about her for a while.
LP#15: Stranded
Written by: Benj Medina III
On: June 30 '09 @ 6:42AM
Six months is quite a long time
To be in this situation that I am in
I've waited for your response
And I hoped that you would give it a chance
But it turned out I chose the road
Where I can only see the road
And after months of pursuing that road
I found myself stucked in the middle of nowhere
I am confused on what to do
Maybe I should stay where am I
And try to live and make it through
Until the rescue team comes and save me
I found myself rescued one day
And now I'm back to the real world
Where all opportunities keep coming
Where all the mystery and thrill reigns
I am so afraid that I would regret
Calling for the rescue team to save me
And then that day came
I said to them I think it's about time
About time for me to go back
I should let go because
I don't want to stay stranded
And now I will start all over again
I know I did not do my best
To get your attention and make things happen
I got stucked in the middle of nowhere
And I feel like I am heading nowhere
I didn't make a song for you
I composed an album for you
And it's a shame that this is the last entry
And I think I just need to go back to reality
You know it and I know it
That we could work this out if given a chance
Yes you're the kind of girl that I am looking for
But it turned out you really don't want to go further
So I would end the journey
And everything would be history
I will never forget about you
I must say that you really are something else
On: June 30 '09 @ 6:42AM
Six months is quite a long time
To be in this situation that I am in
I've waited for your response
And I hoped that you would give it a chance
But it turned out I chose the road
Where I can only see the road
And after months of pursuing that road
I found myself stucked in the middle of nowhere
I am confused on what to do
Maybe I should stay where am I
And try to live and make it through
Until the rescue team comes and save me
I found myself rescued one day
And now I'm back to the real world
Where all opportunities keep coming
Where all the mystery and thrill reigns
I am so afraid that I would regret
Calling for the rescue team to save me
And then that day came
I said to them I think it's about time
About time for me to go back
I should let go because
I don't want to stay stranded
And now I will start all over again
I know I did not do my best
To get your attention and make things happen
I got stucked in the middle of nowhere
And I feel like I am heading nowhere
I didn't make a song for you
I composed an album for you
And it's a shame that this is the last entry
And I think I just need to go back to reality
You know it and I know it
That we could work this out if given a chance
Yes you're the kind of girl that I am looking for
But it turned out you really don't want to go further
So I would end the journey
And everything would be history
I will never forget about you
I must say that you really are something else
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
EP#46: A Firstday
This about what happened last Thursday, June 18 '09 where I went with T-Tin and Kuya Marvin on checking out cars in Dasmarinas, Cavite and after that go to MOA to buy my new badminton racket. But it turned out that we are also going to the Mafbex that is held in the World Trade Center in Manila.
First I will talk about the car inquiring that we did. The first company where we went is Toyota. For the three of us this will be the first time that we will do this kind of thing and that would mean we don't have "standards" when it comes to this thing. We were looking for someone that Kuya Jerome suggested but it turned out that she is not around so we were accommodated by another person. It took us more than 30 minutes in that place. So we thought that it will always be like that. The next car company where we went is Honda. The place is much bigger than Toyota's and in terms of the accommodation and the speed and quality of service they are way better. We only stayed there like 20 minutes would be the maximum. And then next is Ford we don't have high hopes in terms of car value on this one and surprisingly even the sales representative who we talked to isn't quite impressive. Yes, we just wasted our time there because we left the place very unsatisfied in terms of the details that we want to get. The last company is Hyundai but this one is in Manila. And I must say that this is almost like in the level of the Honda inquiry that we had which means that we were accommodated very well and we are completely satisfied as the customers.
The next thing that I will talk about is the first Mafbex experience that I had. And it was a blast. I am definitely going back to this conventions especially when I have a girlfriend this is one place that surely we're both going to have fun. The 50 Pesos entrance fee is so worth it. From the free tastes alone you'll definitely be satisfied plus the liquors have their free tasting as well, now that would be definitely be like me, awesome. After going through the whole place once I am really feeling really tired. I am looking for some place to sit and rest for a while. We spent like 2 hours of walking and walking and eating and drinking and walking but still it was a lot of fun.
The last thing is the MOA stop over. We didn't spent a long time here because we only need to check out like three different places to choose the racket that I will buy. Yes I was able to buy one and after trying it out yesterday I think that it is a good one. Well I'm still adjusting to it it may take a number of games because I'm not yet that good.
So this only happened in one day and I always labeled myself as the person who is always bad in first times. But in this day not so much. It was a very tiring day no doubt but what's important is that all of us had a lot of fun.
First I will talk about the car inquiring that we did. The first company where we went is Toyota. For the three of us this will be the first time that we will do this kind of thing and that would mean we don't have "standards" when it comes to this thing. We were looking for someone that Kuya Jerome suggested but it turned out that she is not around so we were accommodated by another person. It took us more than 30 minutes in that place. So we thought that it will always be like that. The next car company where we went is Honda. The place is much bigger than Toyota's and in terms of the accommodation and the speed and quality of service they are way better. We only stayed there like 20 minutes would be the maximum. And then next is Ford we don't have high hopes in terms of car value on this one and surprisingly even the sales representative who we talked to isn't quite impressive. Yes, we just wasted our time there because we left the place very unsatisfied in terms of the details that we want to get. The last company is Hyundai but this one is in Manila. And I must say that this is almost like in the level of the Honda inquiry that we had which means that we were accommodated very well and we are completely satisfied as the customers.
The next thing that I will talk about is the first Mafbex experience that I had. And it was a blast. I am definitely going back to this conventions especially when I have a girlfriend this is one place that surely we're both going to have fun. The 50 Pesos entrance fee is so worth it. From the free tastes alone you'll definitely be satisfied plus the liquors have their free tasting as well, now that would be definitely be like me, awesome. After going through the whole place once I am really feeling really tired. I am looking for some place to sit and rest for a while. We spent like 2 hours of walking and walking and eating and drinking and walking but still it was a lot of fun.
The last thing is the MOA stop over. We didn't spent a long time here because we only need to check out like three different places to choose the racket that I will buy. Yes I was able to buy one and after trying it out yesterday I think that it is a good one. Well I'm still adjusting to it it may take a number of games because I'm not yet that good.
So this only happened in one day and I always labeled myself as the person who is always bad in first times. But in this day not so much. It was a very tiring day no doubt but what's important is that all of us had a lot of fun.
Monday, June 22, 2009
RTP#36: 10-Day Suspension
Yesterday was the Father's Day and we had lunch at Lolo Dad's place to have a little celebration. I had a great time. And upon arriving back home I went online just to check my FB account and I saw the last thing that I want to see and that would be the announcement of the class suspension due to the A(H1N1) virus.
I should be celebrating after hearing this but I felt really really bad about it. We only have 2 weeks left to this term conclusion. But what can I do this thing is unavoidable. The paranoia that this virus brings to the world really is in a different level. That a rule has been made that once a student or any employee in a school has the virus the class would be suspended for 10 days.
Well looking on the bright side now I will have the time not only to rest because I'm really feeling sick during the past couple of days but also I will have time to blog and to come up with the outline for my book. Yeah I forgot to make an outline for my book how stupid (with the Simon Cowell accent) is that.
I want this break to be productive. Simple as that.
I should be celebrating after hearing this but I felt really really bad about it. We only have 2 weeks left to this term conclusion. But what can I do this thing is unavoidable. The paranoia that this virus brings to the world really is in a different level. That a rule has been made that once a student or any employee in a school has the virus the class would be suspended for 10 days.
Well looking on the bright side now I will have the time not only to rest because I'm really feeling sick during the past couple of days but also I will have time to blog and to come up with the outline for my book. Yeah I forgot to make an outline for my book how stupid (with the Simon Cowell accent) is that.
I want this break to be productive. Simple as that.
Sunday, June 21, 2009
RTP#35: Decode
No it's not a review about the song Decode by Paramore but I what I meant here is decoding the labels that I will going to use in this post. Actually I am supposed to blog about the remarkable days that I had this week. But I find myself composing a post about this thing that happened just a while ago.
I was playing Scrabble in FB earlier and turtle still is not yet home so 415 is still awake. While 415 is sitting on the couch near me she asked me what am I doing? And I replied that I am playing scrabble and I am very close on ending the game.
After the game I asked her about turtle and she said she don't care if she's going to go home because she haven't answered her calls. But what she wanted to talk to me about is the problem that I had which means in the past and I bet 90% of people in the world had a problem with this thing especially when it's a guy.
I was clearly not bothered by that problem at all. But the main point of hearing the doubts and being judged feels sort of frustrating for me. I am proud for myself that I was able to conquer that problem and still continuing to resist it every time it comes back. Because this problem will be around. And at some point when I was asked why can't I totally let go of it? What I really want to answer is this "I am a human". I can't answer like that even though I have some basis on that. Because it's 415 who am I talking to.
It was not a long talk actually but I just don't want being judged like that especially when I am really doing my part in resisting and pulverizing the opposition.
And lastly I want to apologize for giving you a hard time reading this one. Well it wasn't that hard actually consider this a game or whatsoever just to make it more interesting.
I was playing Scrabble in FB earlier and turtle still is not yet home so 415 is still awake. While 415 is sitting on the couch near me she asked me what am I doing? And I replied that I am playing scrabble and I am very close on ending the game.
After the game I asked her about turtle and she said she don't care if she's going to go home because she haven't answered her calls. But what she wanted to talk to me about is the problem that I had which means in the past and I bet 90% of people in the world had a problem with this thing especially when it's a guy.
I was clearly not bothered by that problem at all. But the main point of hearing the doubts and being judged feels sort of frustrating for me. I am proud for myself that I was able to conquer that problem and still continuing to resist it every time it comes back. Because this problem will be around. And at some point when I was asked why can't I totally let go of it? What I really want to answer is this "I am a human". I can't answer like that even though I have some basis on that. Because it's 415 who am I talking to.
It was not a long talk actually but I just don't want being judged like that especially when I am really doing my part in resisting and pulverizing the opposition.
And lastly I want to apologize for giving you a hard time reading this one. Well it wasn't that hard actually consider this a game or whatsoever just to make it more interesting.
LP#14: Headliner
Written By: Benj Medina III
On: June 15 '09
One long cold night
I felt my cellphone vibrated
Checking on the message
I saw it was a quote
And I was going to delete it
But then I saw that it's from you
I've been having a day with so much disappointments
And you made your presence felt
As if you're the cold breeze surrounding the room
You changed everything in less than a minute
Surprised because I never saw it coming
Like a shooting star in the middle of the night
Now I know what a perfect day would be
And that is when I am hearing from you
No matter how hard the day went
A two line text message from you
Can make a day like this
Become the better days I've had
You're the headline of the week
I can't stop thinking about you
And I am wishing that you'll be a issue
That would last forever
I won't get tired on hearing about you
Like my favorite song of all time
There's no one that could replace you
I always thank God because I met you
And I always pray to hear from you everyday
And I what I wish for is to be with you everyday
I'd stay up through the night
Waiting for a shooting star to make a wish to
Got tired of wishing and realized I got to do something
But I fell asleep
And I know I'd see you till I wake up
And sometimes I don't want to wake up anymore
Because even in my dreams it's you I see
And now we would make this come true together
On: June 15 '09
One long cold night
I felt my cellphone vibrated
Checking on the message
I saw it was a quote
And I was going to delete it
But then I saw that it's from you
I've been having a day with so much disappointments
And you made your presence felt
As if you're the cold breeze surrounding the room
You changed everything in less than a minute
Surprised because I never saw it coming
Like a shooting star in the middle of the night
Now I know what a perfect day would be
And that is when I am hearing from you
No matter how hard the day went
A two line text message from you
Can make a day like this
Become the better days I've had
You're the headline of the week
I can't stop thinking about you
And I am wishing that you'll be a issue
That would last forever
I won't get tired on hearing about you
Like my favorite song of all time
There's no one that could replace you
I always thank God because I met you
And I always pray to hear from you everyday
And I what I wish for is to be with you everyday
I'd stay up through the night
Waiting for a shooting star to make a wish to
Got tired of wishing and realized I got to do something
But I fell asleep
And I know I'd see you till I wake up
And sometimes I don't want to wake up anymore
Because even in my dreams it's you I see
And now we would make this come true together
EP#45: Subic Outing Part 2
This day started earlier than I expected. I slept at 5:04AM to end the first day of this trip and I woke up at 6:35AM. I was up at that time already because I was sleeping next to the window and the curtain is color yellow. The sun is up and the curtain is so bright I thought it's 9:00AM already. Nevertheless I was not able to get back to sleep again. Instead I went to the bathroom and took a bath on the bathtub. Then I dressed up then went downstairs to check out what's happening down there then ate breakfast.
Then I was waiting for all of the others to get ready for the beach. But before going to the beach they planned to go the mall near the place. It was not good. I should have stayed in the house. But anyways upon arriving in Subic Homes again we all ate lunch except for Jr who was left behind because he woke up very late. Then after eating we all prepared to leave the place and head to the beach.
This is the part where it somehow ruined the moment. Before leaving Pasig I let Anne carry my towel because it wont fit inside my bag anymore. It turned out that she lost my towel. Not literally lost it but she don't know where is it. So I went to the beach without one of the most important things to bring. Then it really bothered me and what pissed me off is what happened next. Which is she's making herself look like the victim who got robbed or what. Then again being me I did set that aside and return to having fun.
Then here we are in the beach. I was not impressed by the number of beautiful girls in that beach. And the beach itself. But something happened which almost made history. Well not all of you knows that I am a very shy person. And fyi that's the one thing that is holding me back to attain total awesomeness. Well moving on to the main thing. What happened is there's this floating surface where people can go to where T-Tin and I swim to. Then we stayed there for quite some time actually just sitting there looking at the whole beach. Yes the view is just like me awesome. Then I saw a girl floating and making her way to the same place we're on. And let me tell you this from my view looking at her floating oh my it's the best view ever. Then I looked back again to where my relatives are and they're all smiling at me. But then another girl is coming a friend of the girl earlier and she tried to climb up the surface without using the ladder. She was really having a hard time even with her friend is helping her. I then offered to help her but she insisted. I was so close on meeting a 16 or 2 8s. Why didn't I just talk to them after she got on the platform? Because it wont be right anymore this is not the states. And then fast forwarding to the shower time because we we're about to leave the place. The shower room is very questionable. The showers are outside without any cubicle or so. You can be seen by anyone. This also applies to the girls. There's a changing room inside the restroom. Why just make the changing room the shower room? And I must include the shower it's like the faucets that you encounter in public establishments where you need to push it down to make the water come out and it has to be kept down for it to still go on. The shower is like that. You can just imagine how difficult that is. Then after taking a shower and dressing up I we all took some family pictures then left the place.
Then after picking up the van in San Simon then we all went home.
That's all about the Subic family outing that we had. The last time that this happened is like 4 years ago. And despite having very few pictures it's still like me awesome. Like my sister said even "less pictures but more stories" that's what happened in this trip. I am definitely looking forward to the next outing that we're going to have.
Then I was waiting for all of the others to get ready for the beach. But before going to the beach they planned to go the mall near the place. It was not good. I should have stayed in the house. But anyways upon arriving in Subic Homes again we all ate lunch except for Jr who was left behind because he woke up very late. Then after eating we all prepared to leave the place and head to the beach.
This is the part where it somehow ruined the moment. Before leaving Pasig I let Anne carry my towel because it wont fit inside my bag anymore. It turned out that she lost my towel. Not literally lost it but she don't know where is it. So I went to the beach without one of the most important things to bring. Then it really bothered me and what pissed me off is what happened next. Which is she's making herself look like the victim who got robbed or what. Then again being me I did set that aside and return to having fun.
Then here we are in the beach. I was not impressed by the number of beautiful girls in that beach. And the beach itself. But something happened which almost made history. Well not all of you knows that I am a very shy person. And fyi that's the one thing that is holding me back to attain total awesomeness. Well moving on to the main thing. What happened is there's this floating surface where people can go to where T-Tin and I swim to. Then we stayed there for quite some time actually just sitting there looking at the whole beach. Yes the view is just like me awesome. Then I saw a girl floating and making her way to the same place we're on. And let me tell you this from my view looking at her floating oh my it's the best view ever. Then I looked back again to where my relatives are and they're all smiling at me. But then another girl is coming a friend of the girl earlier and she tried to climb up the surface without using the ladder. She was really having a hard time even with her friend is helping her. I then offered to help her but she insisted. I was so close on meeting a 16 or 2 8s. Why didn't I just talk to them after she got on the platform? Because it wont be right anymore this is not the states. And then fast forwarding to the shower time because we we're about to leave the place. The shower room is very questionable. The showers are outside without any cubicle or so. You can be seen by anyone. This also applies to the girls. There's a changing room inside the restroom. Why just make the changing room the shower room? And I must include the shower it's like the faucets that you encounter in public establishments where you need to push it down to make the water come out and it has to be kept down for it to still go on. The shower is like that. You can just imagine how difficult that is. Then after taking a shower and dressing up I we all took some family pictures then left the place.
Then after picking up the van in San Simon then we all went home.
That's all about the Subic family outing that we had. The last time that this happened is like 4 years ago. And despite having very few pictures it's still like me awesome. Like my sister said even "less pictures but more stories" that's what happened in this trip. I am definitely looking forward to the next outing that we're going to have.
EP#44: Subic Outing Part 1
Literally it would be very long day indeed. And we are set to go on a family outing in Subic. My Mom, T-Tel and Anne are already in Pasig. And it's me and T-Tin who are left in Cavite and we were told that we will leave Pasig around 6:00AM - 7:00AM.
I woke up at 3:15AM but still stayed on my bed until 3:40AM then I went to take a bath then dressed up. Then after T-Tin finished preparing the two of us left the house around 5:10AM. Luckily, we were able to get the bus as early as possible but unfortunately the bus broke down and we have to transfer to another bus. So it caused us about 15 minutes delay then it was followed by a slight traffic due to a parade preparation. Another 5 - 10 minutes delay. We were able to reach Baclaran at 6:10AM but we were able to get a awesome taxi immediately and we arrived in Pasig at 6:45AM.
Then when we arrived they just woke up and no one as in no one has started preparing yet. Fast forwarding to the time we left which is almost 9:00AM. Due the tune-up of my Mom. And something went wrong that we need to stop over at SM Megamall. We spent about 30 - 40 minutes there. Then left the mall and the next stop is for lunch at Petron NLEX's Teryaki Boy. We were able to leave Teryaki Boy at 1:00PM.
Then again something went wrong which involves the van. So my Mom stopped for a while and so I told her that I would get down to check it out. I thought she heared me so I went down to check what's going on and then my Mom started to rev up then I ran to chase the van. After going in my Mom stepped on the brakes that led the open slide door to close up. But my hand is on the other end and it got hit by the door. 3 fingers on my right were damaged. Thank God it didn't turn to a serious injury.
Then from that moment until now 3:34PM we are here in Total gas station still in NLEX, stranded. I don't know how long are still going to wait here. But so far the trip isn't going pretty well. It's still not too late to turn this thing around but first we must be able to leave this place.
After five to ten minutes that I've finished writing the first part of this post we then left the Total gas station and we all thought that the van is now in good condition and it turned out that it isn't so we then went to the nearest mechanic shop. And another hour of stop over unfolds. This trip really is a disaster at this point. Almost all of us is stressed out due to the delay and just trying to make something happen to have fun. We were able to leave that place at around 5:30PM already. And we just left the van there to get fixed and rented another one.
Then the trip to Subic Homes went pretty smooth I was able to sleep for like 20 minutes. And then we arrived in the place at around 7:30PM I think. Then the first thing that really blew us away is the breeze that you can feel once you set foot on the front door coming from inside the house. The house that we're able to check in is centralized!!! It can't get any awesome than that.
So we just fixed our things some prepared the food while the four of us T-Tin, Tito Ricky, Chito and Me went to the nearest convenience store to buy the things that we are lacking. So here we are at Uncle Ed's convenience store. It's like a mini version of S&R. Well we were the only customers at the moment. And we spent like more than 30 minutes or so. But when we were about to leave another car stopped by and there's this hot girl that went out that car with her family. Hmm I think she's 8 or higher. Lovin' this place already. But there's more to come.
And after we ate dinner I played PSP for a while until I began chatting with Maan via text. We had a little chat of our own and after a while we're all set to play the game of pinoy henyo I did cut off our conversation and said goodnight to her.
Game time!! I went on first and I was able to answer it correctly. We are definitely the underdogs in this because I am the team captain against T-Tin. We lost the game in the end because it's really tough.
And we also lost the next game of charades but we eventually stopped because it's 2:30AM in the morning and the huge rat showed up. We began making a plan to make the rat get off the kitchen and nearly 3:20AM we gave up and just went upstairs to prepare to sleep. While they are already sleeping I'm still up creating this blog post. And it's now 4:04AM and it's more than a day with no sleep for me and I don't think I'm still going to sleep.
Well even though this day had been a long day for me. And even though we got delayed and stranded. In the end the fun mattered most. And later today I'm sure there's lots of fun waiting for us in the beach. I'm so happy today. Really I am so happy today. And keep in mind that things happen when you least expect them to happen.
I woke up at 3:15AM but still stayed on my bed until 3:40AM then I went to take a bath then dressed up. Then after T-Tin finished preparing the two of us left the house around 5:10AM. Luckily, we were able to get the bus as early as possible but unfortunately the bus broke down and we have to transfer to another bus. So it caused us about 15 minutes delay then it was followed by a slight traffic due to a parade preparation. Another 5 - 10 minutes delay. We were able to reach Baclaran at 6:10AM but we were able to get a awesome taxi immediately and we arrived in Pasig at 6:45AM.
Then when we arrived they just woke up and no one as in no one has started preparing yet. Fast forwarding to the time we left which is almost 9:00AM. Due the tune-up of my Mom. And something went wrong that we need to stop over at SM Megamall. We spent about 30 - 40 minutes there. Then left the mall and the next stop is for lunch at Petron NLEX's Teryaki Boy. We were able to leave Teryaki Boy at 1:00PM.
Then again something went wrong which involves the van. So my Mom stopped for a while and so I told her that I would get down to check it out. I thought she heared me so I went down to check what's going on and then my Mom started to rev up then I ran to chase the van. After going in my Mom stepped on the brakes that led the open slide door to close up. But my hand is on the other end and it got hit by the door. 3 fingers on my right were damaged. Thank God it didn't turn to a serious injury.
Then from that moment until now 3:34PM we are here in Total gas station still in NLEX, stranded. I don't know how long are still going to wait here. But so far the trip isn't going pretty well. It's still not too late to turn this thing around but first we must be able to leave this place.
After five to ten minutes that I've finished writing the first part of this post we then left the Total gas station and we all thought that the van is now in good condition and it turned out that it isn't so we then went to the nearest mechanic shop. And another hour of stop over unfolds. This trip really is a disaster at this point. Almost all of us is stressed out due to the delay and just trying to make something happen to have fun. We were able to leave that place at around 5:30PM already. And we just left the van there to get fixed and rented another one.
Then the trip to Subic Homes went pretty smooth I was able to sleep for like 20 minutes. And then we arrived in the place at around 7:30PM I think. Then the first thing that really blew us away is the breeze that you can feel once you set foot on the front door coming from inside the house. The house that we're able to check in is centralized!!! It can't get any awesome than that.
So we just fixed our things some prepared the food while the four of us T-Tin, Tito Ricky, Chito and Me went to the nearest convenience store to buy the things that we are lacking. So here we are at Uncle Ed's convenience store. It's like a mini version of S&R. Well we were the only customers at the moment. And we spent like more than 30 minutes or so. But when we were about to leave another car stopped by and there's this hot girl that went out that car with her family. Hmm I think she's 8 or higher. Lovin' this place already. But there's more to come.
And after we ate dinner I played PSP for a while until I began chatting with Maan via text. We had a little chat of our own and after a while we're all set to play the game of pinoy henyo I did cut off our conversation and said goodnight to her.
Game time!! I went on first and I was able to answer it correctly. We are definitely the underdogs in this because I am the team captain against T-Tin. We lost the game in the end because it's really tough.
And we also lost the next game of charades but we eventually stopped because it's 2:30AM in the morning and the huge rat showed up. We began making a plan to make the rat get off the kitchen and nearly 3:20AM we gave up and just went upstairs to prepare to sleep. While they are already sleeping I'm still up creating this blog post. And it's now 4:04AM and it's more than a day with no sleep for me and I don't think I'm still going to sleep.
Well even though this day had been a long day for me. And even though we got delayed and stranded. In the end the fun mattered most. And later today I'm sure there's lots of fun waiting for us in the beach. I'm so happy today. Really I am so happy today. And keep in mind that things happen when you least expect them to happen.
EP#43: Surprise Bonding
It's been like 2 months since Alah and I have seen each other and during that time frame as well we have not talked. There's a lot of ground to catch up. So what I did is that I told him that we would meet up this weekend Saturday January 6 '09.
So here we are in SM Bacoor (SMB) I arrived earlier so I just walked around for a while then here he is.
What happened next is the typical talking about what's happening in each of us. We talked about the usual topics but adding a new topic which is my book.
We ate at KFC for lunch the roamed around the mall for a while then finally settled down at Beanhopper's Coffee (BHC) to have a place to sit down and chat. In the middle of that conversation I asked him about something weird that happened in the past Tuesday and I smelled something else there. And it turned out what I smelled is true. I ain't going to tell you about that it's quite confidential. I can't believe it at once but once I saw such evidence of course I immediately changed my mind and believe what he said.
Then after hanging out at BHC we went to Circuit City because we want to play a game of NBA2K9 after a long time of us not playing. So the game was so close we ended up tied at 140 each with 3:16 left in overtime. We were not able to continue because our time in the rental ran out. After that we eventually went home.
So here we are in SM Bacoor (SMB) I arrived earlier so I just walked around for a while then here he is.
What happened next is the typical talking about what's happening in each of us. We talked about the usual topics but adding a new topic which is my book.
We ate at KFC for lunch the roamed around the mall for a while then finally settled down at Beanhopper's Coffee (BHC) to have a place to sit down and chat. In the middle of that conversation I asked him about something weird that happened in the past Tuesday and I smelled something else there. And it turned out what I smelled is true. I ain't going to tell you about that it's quite confidential. I can't believe it at once but once I saw such evidence of course I immediately changed my mind and believe what he said.
Then after hanging out at BHC we went to Circuit City because we want to play a game of NBA2K9 after a long time of us not playing. So the game was so close we ended up tied at 140 each with 3:16 left in overtime. We were not able to continue because our time in the rental ran out. After that we eventually went home.
Saturday, May 30, 2009
LP#13: One of A Kind
Written by: Benj Medina III
On: May 28,2009
Finished at: 11:46PM
There's more than billions of other girls
In this world
But I still can't see someone
Who could be more special than you
But it's like living in a dream
These things I want to happen
But it can't really happen
I won't stop
Staring at you
Hugging you tight
Thinking of you
From day to night
From sunrise to sunrise
And don't wake me
Because waking me up
Will make me lose all of these
Yes you're not the the prettiest
But you're something else
And no one else
Could be better than you, the best
And I want to keep my eyes closed
Because it's there that I could see you
Staring at me
Hugging me tight
Smiling at me
From day to night
From sunrise to sunrise
And don't wake me up
Because waking me up
Will make me lose all of these
But one day I woke up from this dream
And I'm shocked on what I saw
It's you
Staring at me
Hugging me tight
Lying beside me
Till the sunrise
And now this is real
No longer a dream
And there's no other girl
That could be compared to you
On: May 28,2009
Finished at: 11:46PM
There's more than billions of other girls
In this world
But I still can't see someone
Who could be more special than you
But it's like living in a dream
These things I want to happen
But it can't really happen
I won't stop
Staring at you
Hugging you tight
Thinking of you
From day to night
From sunrise to sunrise
And don't wake me
Because waking me up
Will make me lose all of these
Yes you're not the the prettiest
But you're something else
And no one else
Could be better than you, the best
And I want to keep my eyes closed
Because it's there that I could see you
Staring at me
Hugging me tight
Smiling at me
From day to night
From sunrise to sunrise
And don't wake me up
Because waking me up
Will make me lose all of these
But one day I woke up from this dream
And I'm shocked on what I saw
It's you
Staring at me
Hugging me tight
Lying beside me
Till the sunrise
And now this is real
No longer a dream
And there's no other girl
That could be compared to you
Thursday, May 28, 2009
EP#42: PT Clinic '09 Outing: Caylabne
This happened today May 28 '09 we went to Caylabne Beach Resort at Ternate, Cavite. The one's who are included in this outing are the PT Clinic staffs and our family. We are 9 in the group composed of Me, T-Tel, T-Tin, Anne, Mommy, Kuya Natz, Kuya Nino, Ate Leslie and Ate Ann. We used two cars T-Tin's and Mom's the whole family except for T-Tin were in the Lite Ace and T-Tin together with Kuya Natz picked up the rest of the staffs mentioned above in their respective houses, I think. We were set to leave at 7:00AM but we left the house at 7:30AM. Oh well, that's the way it always goes. Btw I have a cold today and not feeling very well but I really want to go with them so I just thought of being awesome and not being sick and that did the trick.
Then during the road trip it was not really far but it took us I think 1 and a half hour, well I'm not sure because I didn't wear my watch today. On the way to the resort we encountered beautiful nature as seen from both sides of the road. So I started taking pictures using my very awesome MP5 player.
And here we are in front of the gate of the resort, we pulled over to eat snack before entering because it is a no brought food allowed resort. And all of a sudden it rained we stayed there for about 20 minutes and we saw a bus going inside the resort. I thought it was a tourist bus but no they are the Dangerous Drugs something.
Oh well moving on then, so here we are in the resort it's like as if we rented the whole resort we're the only ones who were in it. No not really of course there are other people in there but still it almost looked like a private beach resort.
When we finally settled down we started walking and went to a couple of awesome picture taking spots but it really is a long walk from the beach, not just long but very long. Walking under the extreme heat of the sun and not feeling a hundred percent because of that stupid cold, I am really feeling exhausted after that picture taking.
And after it we went to the restaurant in the resort to eat lunch and beside the restaurant is the deep big pool. It really is deep and in fact it is 7ft and how deep it is for me if I just stand up there and raised my hands up the only thing that you'll be able to see are my fingertips. No joke, it's really that deep, but who cares it's still like me awesome.
Then after eating we went back to the resorts other pool the dirty pool. But we played "taya sa gitna" there and it was really fun. I've been it couple of times wait oh yes twice. Then as time passed by we got tired of playing and transferred to the sea but I was only with T-Tel and Anne at that time and I was the only one who went in the sea. It's kind of scary it feels like a shark is coming after you. And then I saw T-Tin and the others on their way to the deep big pool so I went there as well. And began swimming from end to end and end to end. Then when we all decided to go back to the beach and rent the Aqua Trike. Kuya Natz, T-Tel, Mom and I we're the ones who were left in the deep big pool and I started doing my tumbling dive or my T-Dive.
Then after a short while we all went back to the beach and go Aqua Triking the first ones to go are Kuya Natz and Kuya Nino followed by Ate Ann and Ate Leslie then by Me and T-Tin and then Anne and T-Tel rid after us and the last pair to ride it was Me again and Mom. It was really fun but somehow tiring. We rented it for an hour and we only spent less than 30 minutes after all of us have riden the Aqua Trike. But of course I tried to do it on my own I went around with it twice. Then went back to the deep big pool and started doing T-Dives again.
At around 4:30PM we all went to clean up ourselves and be ready to leave the place. And after taking a shower and dressing up we all left the beach resort but stopped over at the Eagle Viewing Spot still inside the resort and did some picture taking and then left the resort.
We then dropped Kuya Nino off because then ate at Lolo Claro's well I was so tired that I was not able to read the description of what I've ordered properly. I thought it was 1/4 chicken + lumpiang shanghai + pancit canton. But in turned out that it is only lumpiang shaghai and pancit canton. Well my bad. After eating there we went home.
So even though I'm sick I was still able to keep up with them and was able to do the things I wanted such as T-Diving and jump shots. And it looks like from my story we only did few stuffs but I can say that really time flies when you're having fun. And it's been a long time since I've been in a beach but this experience was deifinitely like me, wait for it.. Awesome! Together with my family and the PT staffs just like me we all had a blast today.
Then during the road trip it was not really far but it took us I think 1 and a half hour, well I'm not sure because I didn't wear my watch today. On the way to the resort we encountered beautiful nature as seen from both sides of the road. So I started taking pictures using my very awesome MP5 player.
And here we are in front of the gate of the resort, we pulled over to eat snack before entering because it is a no brought food allowed resort. And all of a sudden it rained we stayed there for about 20 minutes and we saw a bus going inside the resort. I thought it was a tourist bus but no they are the Dangerous Drugs something.
Oh well moving on then, so here we are in the resort it's like as if we rented the whole resort we're the only ones who were in it. No not really of course there are other people in there but still it almost looked like a private beach resort.
When we finally settled down we started walking and went to a couple of awesome picture taking spots but it really is a long walk from the beach, not just long but very long. Walking under the extreme heat of the sun and not feeling a hundred percent because of that stupid cold, I am really feeling exhausted after that picture taking.
And after it we went to the restaurant in the resort to eat lunch and beside the restaurant is the deep big pool. It really is deep and in fact it is 7ft and how deep it is for me if I just stand up there and raised my hands up the only thing that you'll be able to see are my fingertips. No joke, it's really that deep, but who cares it's still like me awesome.
Then after eating we went back to the resorts other pool the dirty pool. But we played "taya sa gitna" there and it was really fun. I've been it couple of times wait oh yes twice. Then as time passed by we got tired of playing and transferred to the sea but I was only with T-Tel and Anne at that time and I was the only one who went in the sea. It's kind of scary it feels like a shark is coming after you. And then I saw T-Tin and the others on their way to the deep big pool so I went there as well. And began swimming from end to end and end to end. Then when we all decided to go back to the beach and rent the Aqua Trike. Kuya Natz, T-Tel, Mom and I we're the ones who were left in the deep big pool and I started doing my tumbling dive or my T-Dive.
Then after a short while we all went back to the beach and go Aqua Triking the first ones to go are Kuya Natz and Kuya Nino followed by Ate Ann and Ate Leslie then by Me and T-Tin and then Anne and T-Tel rid after us and the last pair to ride it was Me again and Mom. It was really fun but somehow tiring. We rented it for an hour and we only spent less than 30 minutes after all of us have riden the Aqua Trike. But of course I tried to do it on my own I went around with it twice. Then went back to the deep big pool and started doing T-Dives again.
At around 4:30PM we all went to clean up ourselves and be ready to leave the place. And after taking a shower and dressing up we all left the beach resort but stopped over at the Eagle Viewing Spot still inside the resort and did some picture taking and then left the resort.
We then dropped Kuya Nino off because then ate at Lolo Claro's well I was so tired that I was not able to read the description of what I've ordered properly. I thought it was 1/4 chicken + lumpiang shanghai + pancit canton. But in turned out that it is only lumpiang shaghai and pancit canton. Well my bad. After eating there we went home.
So even though I'm sick I was still able to keep up with them and was able to do the things I wanted such as T-Diving and jump shots. And it looks like from my story we only did few stuffs but I can say that really time flies when you're having fun. And it's been a long time since I've been in a beach but this experience was deifinitely like me, wait for it.. Awesome! Together with my family and the PT staffs just like me we all had a blast today.
Monday, May 25, 2009
EP#41: The Life Changing Approval
If you are thinking that this is about some girl again, no this isn't. So moving on then remember the shifting that I was nagging to you guys about the past weeks and like almost 2 months to date. Well, it is just this week Monday in particular that I started to make a move on that. And today May 20, 2009 I was able to finish the application process.
Here's the detailed version on how I did it.
Friday: It's my Mom who talked to Ma'am Yumang to seek some advice regarding my status and everything. And thanks to their little discussion my Mom was at last satisfied about my current standing, especially in the CoE/CpE field. Therefore she gave me the chance to make the call. To shift or not to CS or IT? Well, at this point I have already decided that I would really be shifting my course/program. But the huge thing that is still "smoky" or unclear to me is that I don't know whether to go for CS or IT. So I then made a schedule of my to do list for the next dew days because I am going to apply for shifting.
Monday: It's my turn to talk to Ma'am Yumang now and as I planned I will talk to her during my vacant period which is 1:30PM. So 1:30PM I went to her office but I hesitated and decided to eat first. And as my food is being cooked I texted her and she replied that she's in her office and she can talk to me right away. What I did is I told the cook that I need to talk to someone and I'll be back after a short while and she agreed with me because I'm a regular customer in there. So I then rushed to Ma'am Yumang's office then I went straight to what I really want to know and that is which is more suited for me CS or IT? The big unanswered question to be answered in just a few moments. So here's what she said a CS graduate focuses more on soft wares, programming is the life of a CS student/graduate. My job would be a pure programmer where in I'll be sitting in front of a computer 8/5. Which is what I really want to be. And on the other hand IT is similar to CS as being a programmer but she said that in IT I won't always be a programmer, but there's quite a number of jobs that I can still do such as system analyst and she mentioned a bunch of others which I've forgotten already. And at the end of the conversation I decided to be a CS student. But as I arrived in Pasig and told the others about everything that happened my Mom and T-Tel in particular told me to pursue IT and not CS. But again the final call is mine let's see what's going to happen.
Tuesday: This is the day where I would start my application, the original plan was I am going leave Pasig at 10:00AM but I was able to leave Pasig at 10:30AM. Yes, I am late this thing doesn't happen very often and also there's one thing that I forgot to bring that I really don't forget usually, my handkerchief. I arrived in Mapua at 11:30AM and I still have a class at 12:00PM so I rushed to the canteen to buy a drink then finished it off while walking to the first office that I need to go to which is the guidance office. Well when I arrived there I saw the nurse's hideout which is that office. Of course, if there's one thing that really attracts me that is a girl in a uniform especially nursing uniforms. Well, there's like 6 girls in there and half of them for me is 7 and higher. I was accommodated very well but they said that I should come back at 4:30PM after my class. And from that moment I sensed that some of these girls are checking me out. Then I still haven't eaten lunch but I still went to my class. And at around 4:20PM I went back to the guidance office again and I was instructed to go to cubicle 6 where I presented my form and have it signed by the counselor. But I was expecting a sort of interview but surprisingly I wasn't asked about anything. So I just asked if every thing's okay now and said thank you then left the cubicle. And the next office is the Student Advising office which is located at W501, yes from the ground floor I need to go up to the fifth floor w/o using the elevator. So there am I, I said that I am applying for shifting and what they said is the person that I need to talk to just went down to the guidance office the office where I was in earlier. They let me log in then gave me a paper with a name then they said present it to the guidance office. At first I went to the OSA office but after a moment of rethinking it I went to the guidance office again. And then I said "Hi, pinabalik po ako dito nung Student Advising and I'm looking for" then I presented the paper, btw the one who took my paper is the 7.75 nursing student, then that guy was just sitting right there then he asked me to come with him. I am still feeling the effect of the five floor stair round trip that I had and still I haven't eaten lunch. Then he began asking me questions in English and in return I answered him in straight English as well, but there are times that my mind is "loading" and grasping for words that I am supposed to answer, that usually don't happen. But I still managed to pull it off. And on my way out I am sweating not big time sweat but you can see it, eew :D and as I am about to open the door one of the female nurses said "oh punas ka muna pawis, ingat ka huh" not directly to me but I know it's for me. I am so tired that I didn't bother looking back to know who among those girls is the one who said that. But hey even if I am looking so stressed I still can get stuffs like that from girls ;D. The last stop for the day is the OSA office I just gave my form and the receptionist said that I should come back after lunch the next day.
Wednesday: I was expecting another interview but when I arrived at the OSA office the receptionist just gave me my form and said that I can leave already, so I just asked where should I go next and went there the Customer Service it is. Then there I presented my shifting form and they gave it back after placing a signature. And then they said that I should go to the Treasurer's office to pay the shifting fee. I thought it's going to cost me some money so I went to the window and said to the cashier "Gusto ko lang po malaman kung magkano yung bayad for shifting?" she said that it's only 50 Pesos, so I paid it and went back to the Customer Service office again then handed out my form then the one who took my form said that I should check out the bulletin board before the enrollment. That's the end of the application for my shifting. Btw the course that I shifted to is IT. Hope that my request would be granted and wish me luck on this one. ;D
Here's the detailed version on how I did it.
Friday: It's my Mom who talked to Ma'am Yumang to seek some advice regarding my status and everything. And thanks to their little discussion my Mom was at last satisfied about my current standing, especially in the CoE/CpE field. Therefore she gave me the chance to make the call. To shift or not to CS or IT? Well, at this point I have already decided that I would really be shifting my course/program. But the huge thing that is still "smoky" or unclear to me is that I don't know whether to go for CS or IT. So I then made a schedule of my to do list for the next dew days because I am going to apply for shifting.
Monday: It's my turn to talk to Ma'am Yumang now and as I planned I will talk to her during my vacant period which is 1:30PM. So 1:30PM I went to her office but I hesitated and decided to eat first. And as my food is being cooked I texted her and she replied that she's in her office and she can talk to me right away. What I did is I told the cook that I need to talk to someone and I'll be back after a short while and she agreed with me because I'm a regular customer in there. So I then rushed to Ma'am Yumang's office then I went straight to what I really want to know and that is which is more suited for me CS or IT? The big unanswered question to be answered in just a few moments. So here's what she said a CS graduate focuses more on soft wares, programming is the life of a CS student/graduate. My job would be a pure programmer where in I'll be sitting in front of a computer 8/5. Which is what I really want to be. And on the other hand IT is similar to CS as being a programmer but she said that in IT I won't always be a programmer, but there's quite a number of jobs that I can still do such as system analyst and she mentioned a bunch of others which I've forgotten already. And at the end of the conversation I decided to be a CS student. But as I arrived in Pasig and told the others about everything that happened my Mom and T-Tel in particular told me to pursue IT and not CS. But again the final call is mine let's see what's going to happen.
Tuesday: This is the day where I would start my application, the original plan was I am going leave Pasig at 10:00AM but I was able to leave Pasig at 10:30AM. Yes, I am late this thing doesn't happen very often and also there's one thing that I forgot to bring that I really don't forget usually, my handkerchief. I arrived in Mapua at 11:30AM and I still have a class at 12:00PM so I rushed to the canteen to buy a drink then finished it off while walking to the first office that I need to go to which is the guidance office. Well when I arrived there I saw the nurse's hideout which is that office. Of course, if there's one thing that really attracts me that is a girl in a uniform especially nursing uniforms. Well, there's like 6 girls in there and half of them for me is 7 and higher. I was accommodated very well but they said that I should come back at 4:30PM after my class. And from that moment I sensed that some of these girls are checking me out. Then I still haven't eaten lunch but I still went to my class. And at around 4:20PM I went back to the guidance office again and I was instructed to go to cubicle 6 where I presented my form and have it signed by the counselor. But I was expecting a sort of interview but surprisingly I wasn't asked about anything. So I just asked if every thing's okay now and said thank you then left the cubicle. And the next office is the Student Advising office which is located at W501, yes from the ground floor I need to go up to the fifth floor w/o using the elevator. So there am I, I said that I am applying for shifting and what they said is the person that I need to talk to just went down to the guidance office the office where I was in earlier. They let me log in then gave me a paper with a name then they said present it to the guidance office. At first I went to the OSA office but after a moment of rethinking it I went to the guidance office again. And then I said "Hi, pinabalik po ako dito nung Student Advising and I'm looking for" then I presented the paper, btw the one who took my paper is the 7.75 nursing student, then that guy was just sitting right there then he asked me to come with him. I am still feeling the effect of the five floor stair round trip that I had and still I haven't eaten lunch. Then he began asking me questions in English and in return I answered him in straight English as well, but there are times that my mind is "loading" and grasping for words that I am supposed to answer, that usually don't happen. But I still managed to pull it off. And on my way out I am sweating not big time sweat but you can see it, eew :D and as I am about to open the door one of the female nurses said "oh punas ka muna pawis, ingat ka huh" not directly to me but I know it's for me. I am so tired that I didn't bother looking back to know who among those girls is the one who said that. But hey even if I am looking so stressed I still can get stuffs like that from girls ;D. The last stop for the day is the OSA office I just gave my form and the receptionist said that I should come back after lunch the next day.
Wednesday: I was expecting another interview but when I arrived at the OSA office the receptionist just gave me my form and said that I can leave already, so I just asked where should I go next and went there the Customer Service it is. Then there I presented my shifting form and they gave it back after placing a signature. And then they said that I should go to the Treasurer's office to pay the shifting fee. I thought it's going to cost me some money so I went to the window and said to the cashier "Gusto ko lang po malaman kung magkano yung bayad for shifting?" she said that it's only 50 Pesos, so I paid it and went back to the Customer Service office again then handed out my form then the one who took my form said that I should check out the bulletin board before the enrollment. That's the end of the application for my shifting. Btw the course that I shifted to is IT. Hope that my request would be granted and wish me luck on this one. ;D
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