Saturday, April 29, 2006

A Trip Down GC Lane

A Trip Down GC Lane

Ladies and Gentlemen, you are today given the special privilege of getting to know the Fantastic Four....

Nah. We're better than the Fantastic Four, because we're Grade Conscious.

Meet the GC Lane.

The Name:
GC Lane is pretty much self-explanatory. GC- because we're Grade Conscious. Well actually, sila lang. Nahila lang ako. On the other hand, I can also be GC when I smell competition! hehe.. Then Lane- because the four of us usually sat at the front row.Why? Because we're GC.

001. Carlo Francisco Calayag Castillo
aka "Casti"
Casti is the GC Lane's front man. Why? Siya yung pinaka-GC. Nope. Actually, si Anjo yun. He's got the most brains kasi, and he has the energy to stay up all night. Plus, he spent his summer vacation studying calculus.

specialization: math (the really difficult maths!) and science (the brain-twisting physics part..)

super powers: It takes him an average of three minutes to figure out everything. this is the scenario: He's usually out for a week for his contests, he comes back to class and asks me what the lessons in Physics are. I've been sitting in Physics class the whole week, and I have no idea about anything. He sits there, stares at the board for about three minutes and says, "Ahh. Do you want me to teach you the short cut?"

college: BSMBB UP Diliman

Halimaw eh.

002. Antonio Jose Rafael Damasco
aka "Anjo"
Anjo is a nutcase. He's the meanest, greenest AdChem-loving boy ever. He's known for his ultimately green jokes. He loves lying on the floor and has a monstrous appetite for Japanese Food.

specialization: Chem (he's good in maths too, but Chem is his domain.)

super powers: He has a knack for memorizing formulae and figures up to their nth decimal place. He's sooo good in AdChem which is one of the reasons why I want to kill him sometimes.

college: BS(?)MAC - AdMU

003. Maria Janica Villas Brigola
aka "Jani"
I'm sooo happy Jani's with us. Syempre, if it was only Casti, Anjo and moi.. (Enough. That's too scary.) She's kikay. She's a true fashionista. We share the same passion for fashion and fashion photography. She's not your typical nerdita. She knows how to study and how to strut it.

specialization: She's good in a lot of stuff, but she stands out the most in MAPEH, HE and Economics.

super powers: No one can dance the Tango like she does! This girl is reaaally hot! Among the four of us, she has the most discipline. She does all the homework ahead of time, and she has the world record for the most complete notes in all the subjects (not exactly the most legible though. PEACE!! ^_^ )

college: BSBAA -UP Diliman

004. Jobel Marie Villanueva Tombado
aka "Jobi"

Hah! I'm the laziest. I really don't know why I'm tagged "GC", but I'm so grateful that I got to be friends with these guys. I am the slacker. I don't copy notes and I don't listen in AdChem class.. Oh, in math too. And in Physics.

specialization: English daw, and writing,and languages and all other stuff not related to the special science curriculum. hehe..

super powers: wala eh. Uhm, I can forge the AdChem Teacher's signature! Woot. And I can recite a poem in French, complete with accent yan ha!

college : BA COMMRES - UP Diliman
(Syempre, hindi na naman BS.. poor me)

This is just the first installment. More to come... (",)
here's to the GC Lane! Above and Beyond!

C h i n i k a n i M i m o s e n u n g b a n d a n g 6:45 PM

Finally!

Damn! I miss my bloggie!! ;)

So what happened? Wala lang. Since this is my blog, I think I have the right to gloat - it feels so good to win 30 grand! wahahahahaha!! (not to mention a coputer system for the school.)

Oi, I'm not being *very* mayabang naman. I just feel good cos it's a big privilege to be a part of something socially relevant. Kasi, I joined the UNAP -sponsored essay writing contest. I got to meet some people from the UN and Dr. Ang a board member of the UNAP who also happens to be a former Mascian.

A dream come true!!! So, I got to talk to them about the Millennium Development Goals and I got to pitch in my ideas for the systematic action plan about the MDG's. I am primarily concerned about making primary education universally accessible and I'm really interested in launching reading campaigns for kids. Now I know that it's actually possible.

So, dear friends - I also encourage you to learn more about the MDG's. You can visit MillenniumCampaign.com. Also, Masci has been given an educational kit complete with statisical infos, vcds of round table discussions and a cd of the MDG album. I have a kit too, and I'm planning on reading more about it. I really want to be able to help, and I want to get involved with the MDG's as much as possible. Hopefully, more young people will share the same passion that I have.

Extreme poverty and hunger, illiteracy and gender discrimination - These things don't happen only in Somalia or India... These things happen before our very eyes too.

Let's take action now!

C h i n i k a n i M i m o s e n u n g b a n d a n g 6:18 PM

Tuesday, April 18, 2006

Death Metal

DEATH METAL

I have very little (if not non-existent) tolerance for pain. Especially physical pain. Yeah, I'm talking about physical pain. Emotional pain would be like watching TRL compared to this unbelievable ordeal I have to go through every month.


Now, I think it is very rational of me to do this only every four or five or seven months. Or whenever someone manages to drug me.

Why did I say yes in the first place?

What for?

Well, let's just say they were very convincing then. They cited the following reasons...

1. Self-esteem... (ha!)
2. Security in finding a job (Um, they said it would lead to this in the long run..)
3. Health.. (ha!)

and lastly.. the one that got me..
4. aesthetic purposes...

damn vanity! and i never really knew something was wrong with me...

tell me now, does it really matter to you.. um no.. let's put it this way.. Would it bother you so much to know that I have a *slight* cross bite to the right?

whatever that means.

And right now, I am suffering from unimaginable pain because of these goddamn foreign metal objects stuck in my mouth.

aaarrrghhh! i've had my braces for almost two years now. it's not any fun. so for those of you who think it's really cute when people have braces - think again. I would give anything (ok.. not anything..maybe just a few bucks or my hair permer) to be able to chew on some dubble bubble gum.

gaaaaccckk! and while there are so many twisted people out there thinking and displaying their braces as some sort of status symbol - thank heavens I am not one of you.

True- my braces and I have shared so many things together. A number of chocolate parfaits, several hundreds of phony smiles and a few heartbreaks (oy! panis kayo jan! hehe..) but sadly, this is not how it's supposed to work out. you have caused me so much pain over the past (almost) two years.

let's end this up...





(enter the dentist.)
"Hoy! Hindi pa no! 1 year pa yan at the very least."

bizimmm-bizimmmmmm... (the noisy electronic dental torture apparatus that works like a power drill-slash-saw)

"O..gargle ka muna..."

"Kasi tingan mo.. di pa nasasara yung bite mo sa right side.."

bizimm-bizimmmm....

"Masakit ba?"

Me: &#&^(&(@&_$(@!@###)#!&($#^

bizimm-bizimmmmm...

Ano bang malay ko na barkada ata ni Jack the Ripper tong dentista ko?!

C h i n i k a n i M i m o s e n u n g b a n d a n g 3:45 PM

Wednesday, April 12, 2006

Ano ba?!?!!

Ano ba??!!!

What's with this world?

Bakit nung una, forever coinciding ang mga "lovelife" namin ni ayah.. (ehehe)
and now?

si Ninia?

well.. this is no longer news.. syempre, who can forget about Anthony? pero ngayon, obsessed na siya kay Casti?!!!

Oh my.. Am i being too mean now that I'm posting this? Di naman cguro.. Dahil feel ko marami nang may alam..

it's just so weird..

but i can't say I didn't see this one coming..

hay nako, casti.. pinapasakit mo na naman ang ulo ko! oh well..

that's life.

move on.. move on..

Ano ba to? Ang clingy ko kasi! kelan kaya darating yung time na magkaka-album ako tapos sa cover, may picture ako: senti mode with wind effect.. Sabay ang title..

"Jobel... Moving On..."

Syet.
Ara Mina pala yun.

C h i n i k a n i M i m o s e n u n g b a n d a n g 3:01 PM

Ano ba?!?!!

C h i n i k a n i M i m o s e n u n g b a n d a n g 3:01 PM

May Sasabihin Ako Pero...

May Sasabihin Ako Pero...
hindi pa ata ako handa at hindi pa rin siguro kayo handang makinig...

kailangan ko lang sigurong marealize na hindi tayo pare-parehas ng mga ipinaglalabang prinsipyo. Akala ko kasi dahil sa ibinigay na experience ng masci, lahat tayo may balak ipagpatuloy yung ideolohiya ng science,truth,country.

science,truth,country.

science. maraming salamat sa lahat ng naging science teachers ko lalung lalo na kay ma'am bunagan at pati na rin kay moki. pero mukang di ko talaga magagamit. nakakadepress minsan. na napapalibutan ako ng mga taong double or triple quota ang course na pinili. nakakapangliit. nakakapanghinayang. pero sa tingin ko, nararamdaman ko naman kung saan ako mas kakailanganin ng mundo.

truth. at sa panahong ito, nagsisimula akong magpakatotoo at maghanap ng katotohanan sa buhay ko.

country. dito nagsisimula ang lahat. sabi nila, sabi niyo- masyado akong idealistic. at syempre, nandito na rin yung pangamba ng mga magulang ko na kaya raw ako nag UP dahil nga tibak ako. (hindi naman no.) concerned lang ako talaga.

minsan iniyakan ko si Mutti, sabi ko parang ako lang ata ang may pakialam sa kapakanan ng bansa. (na hindi naman totoong ako lang..) Naiisip ko kasi, parang ang selfish ng ibang tao na ang pangarap lang para sa sarili. Oo, phony na kung phony pero mahal ko talaga ang Pilipinas.

Iilan lang ang mga bagay na kaya kong ipaglaban ng patayan..
ang Diyos...
ang Pamilya ko...
ang Channel 2 (hehe)
ang MaSci..
ang Ptolemy..
ang UP
at syempre ang Pilipinas..

ngayon, iniisip ko mag-aaral ako ng mabuti para makapaglingkod sa bayan, pero bakit ganun? Parang walang nakikiisa sa vision ko.

Akala ko lang yun, alam ko.

Sa ngayon, nauunawaan kong makitid pa ang utak ko. Pasensya na kung inaakusahan ko man kayo ng pagiging selfish. Alam kong hindi naman kayo talaga ganun.

Mahirap lang siguro yung ganito.. na magkakawatak-watak na...
At mahirap malamon ng sistema...

Hoy! Ikaw pa ba yan?

C h i n i k a n i M i m o s e n u n g b a n d a n g 1:52 PM

Tuesday, April 11, 2006

Yellow... Reprint

Of all the things I ever wrote in my blogs, this would have to be the most meaningful.. and with this come my sincerest apologies and gratitude to a good friend... I wrote this almost a year ago..

Yellow
look at the stars
look how they shine for you...

it's my current favorite song right now. i'd sing it at night in my bed, and i just end up crying at the last two lines. when something is that beautiful, it's definitely worth some tears.

my friend, the sterngeliebter, has taught me a really beautiful thing. he once told me that for sure he would be able to influence me in a great way. maybe he has.

stars are really wonderful creatures. astronomy used to be (and remains to be) one of my most hated science subjects,next to physics of course, because they just talk of the diameters and temperatures of celestial bodies. we don't need to know how big a star is. we just need to see how beautiful it is.

i believe that stars are alive. they breathe as much as we do, and wish as much as we do. i remember being asked at the first day of junior year about a something that i want to be. i drew a star.

stars are lovely because eversince, they have been brave enough to be exclamation points amidst the mundane nothingness of the universe.

we all know that the sun is also a star, but i'd really rather be just a star. not a red star, blue star or neutron star. just a small yellow star. shining quietly.

stars are lovely because they have never been selfish. they chose to shine. and shine not just for themselves.

i have never really imagined what it feels to be a star. many people dream of becoming stars - superstars and megastars, but i would like to be just a dwarf star. i have been tired of trying to outshine the rest,and i know it's something that i can never do. neither can i just belnd in with the darkness, i was not born for that.

i just want to shine quietly and shine for you too.

C h i n i k a n i M i m o s e n u n g b a n d a n g 5:08 PM

Usapang Kolehiyo

Usapang Kolehiyo
tantananan...

saan pa ba hahantong ang lahat? edi sa usapang kolehiyo.
Kahapon, nag pre-enlist ako online at sana lang masunod yung sked at subjects na pinili ko. At ano pa ba, edi maluha-luha ang lola niyo habang nakatitig sa monitor.

Punyemas in pajamas. College na ang igin na ito.

yan siguro ang sinasabi lagi ni Vati (ang aking mahiwagang ama..)
Sino ba namang mag-aakala na (hooray-ness!) natupad na rin ang aking dream since kindergarten.

Feeling ko mamamatay ako sa first day. Kasi ba naman after how many years ng pagiging spoiled brat, bigla akong itatapon sa isang bagong environment na naman. Ika nga ni Mutti para daw akong anak ni "Gatuslao" ( o Gatus Lao man yan..)

Sino nga ba si Gatus Lao? Sabi ni Mutti ang nanay kong medyo barbero, may historical significance daw si Mr. Lao. Sabi niya isa raw ata siyang Chinese (malamang) trader noong unang panahon na yumaman sa pakikipag-kalakal (at mas malamang sa pandudugas) sa mga sinaunang Pinoy.

Ganun ako kalupet.
Parang anak ni Gatus, ehm.. Mr. Lao na lang.

Kamusta naman diyan?
At ano pa ba.. edi dilemma ang paghahanap ng titirahan sa college. Sa kabilang banda, chill out mode pa naman siguro ang sked ko sa first year.. at pwede sigurong mag-uwian. Sa madaling salita, pwede naman akong magsuicide araw-araw.

Pero hindi iyon ang plano ni Mutti. Kailangan ko na raw matutong mamuhay ng matino. At mula dito umuusbong ang isang bagong suliranin ng paghahanap ng boarding house o bahay ng kaklase. Ayoko kasi ng dorm. Actually, ayoko rin ng boarding house. Hindi ako masyadong komportable sa existence ng isang evil Landlord o Landlady sa buhay ko.

Kadalasan kasi, kami ng lola ko ang evil Land ladies na umaapi sa mga umuupa.

Mwahahahahaha..

At ano pa ba.. edi ikinonfirm ko na ang enrollment ni Carlo sa MBB.. Ganyan na naman ako kalupet.. Hanggang college, ako pa rin ang personal secretary niya.. hehe.. I wonder kung ifoforge ko pa rin ang pirma ng mommy niya hanggang college..

OOps.. napag-utusan lang po..

At ano pa ba.. Sadyang kay-init ng buga ng hangin ngayon... Summer ba ito o ito na yung mga ikinakanta ng Asin noon? Haay.. sa April 20 ay on-the-spot finals ng essay drama na sponsored ng UN.. syempre kakaririn ko dahil kailangan ko ng pera. 30k ang usapan.. Hehe.. At sa 30 naman ang deadline ng Carlos Palanca Essay drama..

Akalain niyo yan.. Syempre bilang isang "writer", malaking karangalan ang pagsali sa Palanca awards.. Eventually matatanggal na rin ang quotation marks sa tabi ng salitang writer manalo man o matalo ako.. Palanca Awards kaya yan oy!

At higit sa lahat.. masaya manalo ng pera..
haha..
syempre naman no! magpapaka-phony pa ba ako?

C h i n i k a n i M i m o s e n u n g b a n d a n g 1:18 PM