My Un-Valedictory Address

Exactly an hour and a half from the time I'm writing this entry, I'll be marching together with the other almost a thousand graduates of Ateneo de Davao University.

We will be wearing our smiles for the world to see. There will be joy and happiness around, and this joy we share not only to ourselves but also with our parents and loved ones and even our mentors and teachers.

But today is not just a graduation day, not the end of our lives, rather it is an opening. Today is the time to be thankful to our parents who worked so hard and dreamt of this day finally coming true even before we were born. To our teachers and mentors, thank you for imparting your knowledge to us and even disappointed us in some of your ways. My heartfelt gratitude to all of you. Thank you to our peers and friends to whom we share the boons and the banes of the life we call College. 

But more than the medals, the diplomas, the wonderful photographs, today is a gift...

As we continue to jot down the story of another of our lives, may we remember this day as a present given by God, the One who has remained faithful to us...then, now and for sure, tomorrow.

Congratulations to the Class of 2009!

xoxo

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*Good Morning! The sun is up today!

101 things i will miss about Ateneo

I have to accept the fact that I am FINALLY leaving Ateneo. The four years I spent in the university were like a roller coaster ride...full of unexpected turns, ups and downs and yes...the ride was memorable.

 

So this is my chance of expressing my gratitude, learnings, unmet expectations and angst all-rolled into a lengthy stream of consciousness to the institution that helped in making me who I am...right now.

 

1. First day of Classes

2. the immaculate white uniform

3. 7:40 class

4. First year orientation

5. shoes with no socks

6. the rooms in D Building

7. the labs in R building

8. the CR in the 3F in C building

9. the enrollment process

10. falling in line at the Finance Office

11. coming to class late

12. Being the class Beadle

13. Photocopies, photocopies

14. Kuya and Ate of the Elevator

15. Maam Jo of Humanities Division

16. Manong E and Kuya Bogs of HumDiv

17. Sundays spent in school doing assignments and other stuff

18. The smell of the freshly-mowed grass in the open field

19. the anticipation of seeing your name as a Dean's Lister at the SAS Bulletin Board

20. although I hate the smell of the foodcourt, I will miss it

21. those times that i use the flight of stairs up to the 5th floor

22. the secret stairs to the 6th floor

23. the Humanities division

24. Humanities Sound Booth

25. the Humanities lounge

26. the UBER chic Humanities Editing Bay

27. The Radio Room! 

28. The 5th Floor Finster Building--Home of the Humans

29. Wednesdays in Ateneo

30. Mondays in Ateneo

31. Saturdays in Ateneo

32. City Tri

33. Roxas Gate

34. Jacinto Gate

35. Claveria Gate

36. The guards whom I like so much (esp. the Jacinto guards!)

37. Falling in line for Cheerdance and Sayawten during Fiestas

38. Parades!

39. Pressure of deadlines!

40. The Adrenaline rush during exams

41. the library

42. The Periodicals 

43. the hi-hellos with people you were introduced to..but not necessarily your friends

44. the teachers and their trademarks (hahaha)

45. the anticipation of knowing your grades after the exam

46. the quizzes and the feeling of uncertainty when you did not study AT ALL

47. the quizzes and the feeling of CONFIDENCE when you KNOW you got the answers RIGHT

48. TANGA-moments in the chapel...until...nadapuan ako ng higad...

49. Simbang gabi in Ateneo

50. Tambay moments in the Foodcourt

51. Tambay moments at the Gazebo

52. NCCC Express

53. Division spirit during Fiesta!

54. Speech Choir, play, show during 2nd Year for English21

55. Tawanan sessions with classmates

56. Libakanay sessions with friends (HAHA)

57. PE 1--aerobics, tae-bo and some dancing

58. PE 2--Folk Dance (I danced during PE Night!)

59. PE 3--Volleyball (Champion kami neto!)

60. Transport strikes then either manood ng movies or ikot sa Mall instead

61. Essays, essays, essays (I wonder how many essays I made in college...)

62. NSTP (although hindi ko masyado gusto yung teacher, I had fun with classmates)

63. TV Production and the overnights

64. Being the leader for a group project and able to pull everything off!(saya!)

65. the pretty girls in Ateneo...pero sasabihin ko agad sa sarili.."Pre, mahal ka ni Lord.."

66. the cute guys of Ateneo..there are A NUMBER of them...

67. the scary teachers of Ateneo..

68. the fear of passing through the Faculty Lounge (ewan, nakakatakot dun..)

69. the fear of Sir Rikki (dati..yung hindi ko pa siya teacher...hehehehe)

70. Sir Bong Eliab as my teacher in Film Appreciation

71. The movies in Film Appreciation (hindi ko kinaya ang Jan Dara..promise!)

72. Journalism classes--because I got to go back to the reason why i took MassCom in the first place..(of course, wala akong below 90 sa aking write-ups! hahahahaha)

73. 6:00 to 9:00 PM classes..yung wala ng elevators at kayo na lang ang students sa school

74. KALASAG (i will dedicate another blog entry for this part...*__*)

75. the rainy days in Ateneo

76. airconditioned classrooms 

77. yung malangsa feeling after a PE class (hahahaha)

78. Journalism Lab (Journ classes and web design...nagnenet lang kami!)

79. Yung class plays, reportings, presentations and kung anu-anong maisipang irequire ng teacher mo...

80. Having to go home late and coming to school really early the next day...

81. Splurging after a stressful (kahit wala talaga akong pera..)

82. Other friends from other divisions...yung nakilala mo dahil naging kaklase mo sa isang minor subject

83. yung bigla mo lang nakita yung crush mo for the season...tapos bigla kang ngumiti...

84. yung nakita mo yung crush mo kasama ang pangit niyang girlfriend!

85. laughing hard with friends until i almost cried...which, thank God, happens all the time kasi kami naman sa MassCom have our ways of amusing ourselves...

86. Learning new words in gay lingo

87. Covered court building offices (SAMAHAN, ATENEWS, GACP, COMELEC..yung mga kapitbahay namin sa Kalasag)

88. Mini-aud...(first year when I had my first hosting stint with Ian..)

89. My MassCOM friends and lovers who are with me all through out! (I want to special mention some names..pero sosobra na at baka may ma-hurt..hehehe)

90. My teachers in the Humanities...you are all great! kahit na minsan ay binibigo nyo kami...okay lang yun...nobody's perfect.

91. times na nilalabhan ko yung uniform ko (hehehehehe...which happened quite a few times)

92. having to meet wonderful and inspiring people...and even weird and annoying people...

93. meeting students that i wonder why they even go to school..

94. meeting arrogant students (nachachallenge ako eh...sarap nilang...)

95. mababait na Ate's sa mga offices ng Ateneo who make my life a little easier...

96. reading and finding my name in the long list of students with account balance dun sa may roxas benches...yung mga hindi pa nagbabayad ng tuition! (hehehe)

97. Admissions Office and their staff...

98. OSA and their staff (lately lang kami naging friends)

99. my locker back in first year...nasa 2nd floor ata yun...

100. F213 and 7th Floor Amphitheater

101. The other 101 things i will miss is Kalasag-related (, ")

 

These are just the 101 things I will miss...i believe the list can go on forever...pero eto lang sumagi sa isip ko.

 

I had fun writing this entry! It sure brought a lot of memories...i wish i stayed in the Ateneo longer..pero ok na yun..dami na akong natutunan..I learned more than my transcript would say..more than the grades, it is with stress and a lot of experiences, disappointments that made the whole journey fun, exciting and yah...

 

Everything is all worth it.

 

 

 

 

 

xoxo

Pre

TAO Awards: a success!

Wow! I still can't believe it! We made it!

After everything..all the hardwork...its over and done..and it ended with a bang!

TAO AWARDS 09 was a SUCCESS!

THANK YOU TO ALL!

THANK YOU GOD!

I'M FINALLY GRADUATING!

YAHOOOOOO!!!!!

I.AM. Mystique PR Team and the rest of the MC 4 Batch 2009...

THANK YOU!

To my friends and to my family...Thank you!

To my GOD...You have always been faithful.

ROck and ROLL!

xoxo

Pre

Korina Sanchez, Melissa Ricks, GMA, ABS-CBN celebs coming to ADDU

TAO AWARDS

MARCH 14, 2009 - SATURDAY

5:00 PM - FINSTER AMPITHEATER

Korina Sanchez

Melissa Ricks

Tek Ocampo

Stephen Manangan

AL Ryan Alejandre

Local DJs

ASAP, Betty La Fea, Wowowee EP

Whaat a day!

I missed the first graduation practice. 

But its okay. I had a fruitful day anyway.

I'm done with THESIS! Kudos to my thesis friends, JEBO, JYMMES and EDEL! Muwah!

Tomorrow is gonna be a BIG day!

Its gonna be my last PRODUCTION in my entire college life.

I took the NCCC Personality Test today. I was supposed to answer it in 2 hours. 

But i did it in 40 minutes!hahaha...I hope I'll get an answer from them soon...I need a job after grad...or maybe the other company might get me...hahaha I'm considering all my options. Fingers crossed!

One thing I learned today...

"Always keep your cool...just look ahead...you'll find what you are looking for..."

weeeh!

xoxo

Pre

"Today is a gift...

that's why its called present.."

I'm just trying to take each moment at a time...

...enjoying every opportunity to pause for a second...

...counting every laugh and hug of a friend...

...a pat on the back...

...a perfect glimpse from afar...

Everything will just conspire, 

...because tomorrow is a mystery...and today will just be part of history.

xoxo

Pre

So many things to do, so little time!

Thesis.TAO Awards.

There are a lot of things to do...

With so little time...

12 days to go..

tan tan tanan..

back to my uniform

Today, I was back into my old uniform. Funny thing was, a lot of people were..well kinda surprise to see me back in my immaculate white uniform. I looked a lot like high school. Hehe

I miss this uniform. I was used to the comfort it brought until we started wearing our Prac uniform.

xoxo
Pre

Doodles with Bridget

Econ time was doodle time with Bridget. We were writing at the back of the photocopied notes while semi-listening to the reports of our classmates.

I wrote something that goes like this...

"All good things come to an end..
But even not-so-good things come to an end either...

Not that's comforting!"

Everything is fleeting. Everything is changing. Everything will never be ever the same again.
Just like the weather now...the sun will come out tomorrow..maybe not...You'll never know.

xoxo
Pre

feeling summer na

Uhmm...bored kasi ako kaya napilitan akong sumulat..

Narealize ko na ang Awit entry ko eh ang first entry ko for 2009. Ganon ba ako kabusy? Hahaha. 

Kahapon Sunday, isang napakaboring na araw... i went to SM alone...watched a movie...boring...I went home...ate by myself...

hanggang sa...naiiyak na ako..kasi wala akong ginagawa!

Ganun ba yun? Binigyan ako ng chance ni Lord to rest..pero...bakit hindi ako masaya?

Ngayon...walang pasok...panetnet na lang ako...

Buti at binayaran na ako sa ginawa naming commercial...at buti anjan ang mga Bio kids to keep me company...Hanggang sa nakuwento ko na tuloy yung mga nangyari sa akin nung grade 2 ako...Wala rin namang nagiinvite sa aking lumabas...Finals na rin kasi at busy ang lahat...Marami pa ring nagcocongratulate sa akin about Awit...thank you po! 

Actually, dapat may ginagawa ako...pero pa rang wala pa akong gana...ano bang problema ko?

Natatakot nga ako...after grad...baka tumunganga lang ako sa bahay..

pero sabi ni DK ienjoy ko lang muna ang buhay estudyante ko ngayon...kasi sa totoo lang..ibang-iba daw ang buhay after school...

Hmmm...feel ko na ang summer...kita naman siguro sa header ko...

wala ng coherence ang mga pinagsasabi ko...halata bang bored ako?

ito ata yung mga panahon na dapat ay basahin ko ulit ang mga libro ni Bob Ong...

humanda na lang ako sa mga darating na araw...

baka next month pa ako makakapagsulat ulit.

xoxo

Pre

The Awitenista Experience

I had the chance to direct the biggest show of my life by far. Last night, was a nerve-wracking moment, yet it was a very special night for me. It was a dream come true for me.

I've been with Awitenista for four years. When i was in first year, I was just one of the audience. I got my first experience in a big live production when I was part of Awitenista 2007 and was the program committee head last year. This year, was a bit different...

I wasn't supposed to be the head of Awit productions this year. When we were having our planning, i was firmed to transfer in the Promotions. But due to a lot of circumstances...I stepped up and well...took the responsibility. That was October...

We were late...So we had our pre-production meeting, recruited the production staff, did our promos, posted ads and got through the Preliminaries.

The committee decided to get 16 deserving entries. 

So it was time to produce the Grand Finals night...

Kalasag, having a pool of creative and talented minds, took a big risk in the production. For us, the 22nd Awitenista Grand Finals Night is the most ambitious Awitenista ever.

The pre-production was a grueling process. It was hard for us because there were six of us in the group who are graduating students and we still need to squeeze in our academics while trying to keep us with our responsibilities. Being a MassCom student and the Literary Editor for the yearbook, I had to juggle my proofreading and acads and Awit all at the same time...I tried to squeeze in some personal time...but i failed in most times...

I lost 7 pounds in three days. Not to mention the pain of having two wisdom teeth growing inside my mouth at the same time...Stress and vertigo are two of my best friends. 

And did we did it. We got through the show. Although it wasn't perfect, but i believe that we had a great show last night.

With this, I would like to thank some people who made my last Awitenista experience a memorable one...

1. Of course, my Kalasag family with Sir Bong--another achievement for us guys. I'm proud of us.

2. To all Awitenista Production Staff

3. To all composers, interpreters, accompanists who joined us from the Preliminaries and the Finals--Thank you for your cooperation and sharing your time with us. We did all the best we could to bring out the best of everybody.

4. My MassCom friends--you never fail to boost me up

5. My family--I really wish you could see me with all the things I'm up to...

6. To Sir Rikki...thank you for the support and for believing that I can do it even though you were not around (I really wish you were there though...)

7. To my faithful God, you never fail to surprise me...I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength...

I want to dream bigger dreams...and make them all come true.

xoxo

Pre