Friday, March 20, 2009
My Un-Valedictory Address
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
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
Saturday, March 14, 2009
TAO Awards: a success!
Friday, March 13, 2009
Korina Sanchez, Melissa Ricks, GMA, ABS-CBN celebs coming to ADDU
Whaat a day!
Thursday, March 12, 2009
"Today is a gift...
Sunday, March 8, 2009
So many things to do, so little time!
There are a lot of things to do...
With so little time...
12 days to go..
tan tan tanan..
Thursday, February 26, 2009
back to my uniform
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Doodles with Bridget
I wrote something that goes like this...
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
Sunday, February 22, 2009
feeling summer na
Saturday, February 21, 2009
The Awitenista Experience
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Bagong taon, bagong mga pagkakataon
Kung ano man ang mga nangyari sa taong 2008, kalimutan natin ang mga hindi gaanong kaaya-aya at isapuso ang mga magagandang nangyari. Pero kahit na wala masyadong magandang nangyari sa nagdaang taon ay magpasalamat tayo sa buhay na ibinigay ng Panginoon.
Okay lang yun, may 365 na araw tayong pwedeng magbago. Manalangin tayo na araw-araw ay buhay tayo.
Maging sabik sa bawat araw ng ipinagkaloob ng Diyos. Matuto sa pagkakamali ng iba. Hindi kailangan na ulitin mo ang mga pagkakamali ng iba tao. Kung inulit mo, tanga ka!
Piliin mo na lang na maging masaya kahit hindi. Choice yun e.
Makinig sa mga magulang. Kahit mga kaibigan ay naiinggit sa'yo. Kaya, mas makinig sa mga magulang, hindi ka nila bibiguin.
Minsan, masaya rin namang mag-isa. Mas nakikilala mo ang sarili at mas magaan ang loob mo kung nag-iisa ka. Hindi ko alam kung bakit pero maganda ang pakiramdam nang paminsa-minsan ay nag-iisa ka. Secured ka, 'yung ganon nga.
Matuto, matuto at makinig. Kahit mahirap ang buhay, go pa rin ng go!
Itu-ito ang mga natutunan ko sa taong 2008. Alam kong mas marami pa akong matutunan sa taong 2009...
Kaya...manibagong bagong taon! Ang ingay na rito sa amin kaya mag-ingay na rin kayo!
Rock en Roll!
xoxo
Pre
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Astig maging Bayani!
Pero nais ko munang magbigay-pugay sa taong naging dahilan kung bakit kahit papaano ay masasabi nating mga Pilipino na tayo malaya.
Mas naintindihan ko ang kahalagahan ng buhay ni Rizal ng kinuha ko ang History 50 o mas kilala bilang subject na Rizal's works, life and writings. Noong una ay hindi ko naintindihan kung bakit siya ang ginawang pambansang bayani ng Pilipinas. Ngunit nang naglaon ay mas na-appreciate ko ang pagiging bayani ni Rizal.
Ang kanyang talino ay talagang hindi mawari. Ang mga sulat niya ay habang-buhay na tatatak at tuluyang magbibigay kahulugan. Hindi titigil and kanyang impluwensya hindi lamang sa kanyang mga kababayan. Patuloy pa rin ang kanyang imluwensya sa mga Pilipino ng kahapon at bukas.
Ang kanyang buhay nagsilbing apoy na sumiklab upang magbigay-liwanag sa madilim na buhay ng kanyang mga naghihirap ng mamamayan. Ang kanyang kamatayan ay nagsilbing mitsa ng ating mahabang paglalakbay tungo sa kalayaan...
Ngunit hindi ko alam kung bakit hindi gaanong binigyan ng pansin ang araw na ito. Wala man lamang espesyal na pagpupugay para sa kanya. Siguro nag-iba na nga talaga ang panahon. Wala na ang mga bumabatingay na sigaw ng mga sumisidhing damdamin ng mga kabataan.
Magkagayunpaman, maraming salamat sa buhay mo Pepe...Patuloy ka sanang maging inspirasyon lalung-lalo na sa mga kabataang tulad ko...Kung buhay ka sana ngayon, tiyak ko, hindi ka magiging masaya. Pero sa tingin ko, gagawa at gagawa ka ng paraan maiparating lamang ang pagbabagong nais mo sa mahal mong Pilipinas.
Astig ka talaga!
Monday, December 22, 2008
Tulungan niyo kami, anak ng Mindanao
Kailangan namin ang tulong mo, anak ng Mindanao. Tulungan mo kaming mabigyan ng sagot ang mga katanungang bumabagabag sa aming mga puso. Sagutin niyo sana ang aming mga katanungan upang makapagsimula kami sa aming proyekto...
1.Anu-ano ang mga maling persepsyon ng mga kababayan natin mula sa Luzon at Visayas tungkol sa Mindanao?
2.Totoo bang may kaguluhan sa Mindanao?
3. Totoo bang hindi ligtas tumira sa Midnanao?
4. Hindi ba maganda ang ipinapakita ng mga taga-Luzon sa totoong nangyayari sa Midnanao?
5. Dapat bang katakutan ang mga taong nakatira sa Mindanao?
6. Ano ba ang nais kong iparating sa mga kababayang may maling persepsyon tungkol sa Mindanao?
7. Bakit nagkakaroon ng mga ganitong maling akala tungkol sa Mindanao?
Iilang lamang ang mga tanong na ito sa nais naming bigyan ng kasagutan. Ngunit, malaki ang maitutulong ng inyong mga sagot. Huwag sana kayong mag-atubiling magbigay ng inyong komento.
Sige na anak ng Mindanao, hayaang maiparating ang inyong boses!
Thursday, November 27, 2008
Merry Christmas and
Thursday, October 23, 2008
One of the lasts
that is, if i ever decide to go back to school.
since, i "moved out" of the house almost four years ago, my youngest
brother unofficially claimed my room. therefore, i don't have my own room
anymore since then. i am just laughing in the thought that after i graduate in march,
and im going home for good...i realized that i have no room of my own.
i can't continue to rollout my sleeping bags and sleep on my parent's floor, can i?
thinking about it is funny. but im worried though. what happens when that time comes?
my therapist told me that i dont get to sleep a lot. i guess he's right. every night, my mind just goes nowhere...i tried talking with myself, and just thinking alot of things until my eyes grew tired and i realized its morning already. this happens all the time. i guess im a worry-wart.
im very much optimistic. i am. or i guess, i think i am...or i just want to be one.
i guess its so-humanly that people worry about certain things in their lives. mothers worry about her children...fathers worry about his family...friends worry about their friends...and me...together with millions of graduating students of batch 2009 worries about what lies ahead after getting that diploma.
will we land a job after immediately? will we like the job we'll get? am i going to proceed to law? get my masters? get married? be a slacker? we don't know.
sometimes, or should i say most of the time..things just don't work out the way they should. things don't happen the way we wanted them to be. and it just sucks.
but i do believe in one thing.
i think the past generation has underestimated us. i believe that the youth today has gone beyond what is expected of them. i believe that the youth of today has struggled much on their own...but also learned to mature on their own.
as flowers bloom in season, we have to bloom with the season, too.
i still worry though. i guess i just have to bloom on my own..and wait for the butterflies to pass by...
-xoxo-