Friday, December 25, 2009

Twenty Five

The warm and bright lights are just in sight.
My heart sees nothing but mere illusions,
Illusions of what was supposed to be the season of love.

Damn the feeling of this solitary freedom.
How to fly in the vast sky with only a wing to flap?
I don't want to face the world alone with a broken heart.

When will my heart be enlightened?
That I may face the world even in nobody's shadow,
That I may withstand the current of winter against my body.

How could this season remind me of such lonely feeling.
Lies between my fingers is an evidence of loneliness
The space finds its partner to fill in the emptiness.

Until when will I sleep in this indefinite distress
I'll await the spring to come and shift the prevailing wind.
May it replenish the life I once had and rejuvenate my soul.

The city sleeps in bright lights and carols of joy,
Everyone dreams of faith and hope
but my heart just suddenly weeped in thoughts of you.

Oh such bittersweet Christmas.

- mikagiyasuo02





Sunday, December 20, 2009

The Frustrated Architect and the CSC Paskuhan Float

After lahat ng hirap, CONGRATS CSC! Sikat ang baby nating lahat - our UST400 Float.


Congrats to Tope and Yziel, as well as to my co-team leaders Anna, Alex, Poli, Justine Boy and all, sa mga nagovernight at nagpahiram ng materials, Ate Jeanne, Joko, Marge, Kuya Cachi, Ate Chesca, Kuya Jarry, Nicole, Kim, Kat, Juancho, Guggles, Roan, PI, Karen, Yzza, Dane, Hannah, Pipoy. Thanks to my Team Xmas Tree: Kirby, CJ, Jeff, Sarah, Fathy, Angiel, Paowee. Astig!

I thought my ideas would flop or so, it's better than what I've imagined before as I am planning and analyzing Cathy's Design (Cathy Mendoza, President of CFADSC). Nagkaroon pa ng times na gusto ko na sumuko for I can't manage things right since isa ako sa naghandle ng operations ng paggawa ng float. Kinabahan din ako for I just used assumptions and mere prediction sa mga gagamiting materials, sizes and quantity.

Thanks Team CSC. :D

Nakakatawa din dahil it is a time to release all my frustrations for Architecture. I even drew sketches and pseudo-blueprints. Ate Chesca (former CSC Secretary) even thought I had a year in Arki being able to draw such, pero sobrang amateur attempt lang talaga yun ginawa ko.

Here's our baby. :D







Paskuhan 2009

"It was really a good night"
There's always something new every Paskuhan.


After lahat ng hirap at pagod, overnight sa Tan Yan Kee, pamimili at lahat, naayos din namin yung Float.

Nakakatuwa din dahil for the past years, pagdating ng 10PM, medyo Nababawasan na yung mga tao, pero this paskuhan, puno pa din ng tao yung field. Sobrang kakaiba yung program, nakakakilabot nung sinisindihan na yung candles during the prayer. Ibang klase nung pinerform na yung Quadricentennial Song then Fireworks. Astig!

Sabi nga nung isang nakausap namin, "Sana every year, ganito ang paskuhan".




















What a memorable paskuhan experience. :)

Saturday, December 12, 2009

Life is a game.

"Life is full of 'what if's' and these 'what if's' always ends to a discovery - one must have the courage to step out his/her own boundaries that he/she may learn something new about life."

After hearing thoughts and after drinking enough alcohol, gumana bigla ang utak ko para magblog. To Nicole, Alex and Kim, this one's not about you peeps, random thoughts lang since ginising niyo utak ko. haha! :D



I do believe that one must seize every moment while it lasts, although I'm optimistic that I'll live longer, I still wanted to be happy while I am still existing in this world. Life is just too fast to handle, there are things that you'll regret that you haven't done, there are things that you'll long to have, and stuffs. It is full of surprises, one will be discovering and experiencing stuffs from time to time, which started from just a simple thought and idea.

There are people who will end up contented with their life for they have stepped out of their box and had seen life in a bigger picture, while there are some who will be stuck in what they have. Destiny is just a game, play along and defeat every challenges, gain points and experience and after everything, we'll earn the reward that destiny would like us to have. We are still the player of our life, we have the gameplan to conquer and win this game that destiny had set.

As we play along, we will encounter challenges that we must face and we'll eventually win or lose. One must have the courage to break the boundaries and move on with life, the game will not move on for one to win the whole thing, it is the player who must dare to make the move to win.

In order not to regret in the end, one must be courageous enough to make the move to live life in its fullest.






Sunday, November 29, 2009

2nd Semester 2009-2010


Ako nagayos ng schedule ko pero ewan ko ba kung bakit parang may ginawa akong pattern. Haha.


HST101: History of Western Civilization - Assoc. Prof. Carlito Dalangin

ECO8: Econometrics - Dr. Alvin Ang

RESM/PW: Research Methods and Proposal Writing - Prof. Narita Ellar

CWG: Contemporary World Geography - Ms. Analiza Yanga

POL221:
Dynamics of Philippine Politics
- Dr. Lysander Padilla

FIL3:
Retorika
- Prof. Milagros Aquino

SPN2: Intermediate Spanish - Señorita Vanessa



Sa wakas may 3rd year Major na din ako, though my and my other shifter colleagues were not able to take the pre-requisite (Eco7: Statistics for Economists), still kakayanin namin to, having a background in Basic Statistics.

Its also a first for me to experience the dreaded "3-Hour, once a week" AB Schedule. So we only have 11-13 meetings, and we are given max of 3 absences, otherwise we'll incur a failure due to absence. Unlike our 3times a week schedule, which I find comfortable and flexible.

Wala pa rin naman nagbago with the section choices, ganun pa din. Sabog. I have 7 sections in 5 majors (Economics, Legal Management, Communication Arts, Philosophy, Behavioral Science), Full Irregular student ulit ako. haha!

Goodluck! :D

Sunday, November 22, 2009

The White Sheep

Kada isang pamilya ay sinasabing may black sheep, heck in our case, may white sheep.


I'm not bragging for being such, pero its how i feel. its not even the exact opposite, dahil kahit sabihin na hindi ako yung nagiging masama, pero still i'm being punished or being discriminated for being the good guy.

I feel bad, lalo na ngayon na our family is facing a problem, a big problem. My dad is having a serious health problem at the age of 62, sana maging ok na siya. Nagulat lang ako sa sinabi ng tita ko kanina na "alagaan niyo, baka mamaya makita niyo patay na yang daddy niyo", to think na yung tita ko is 80+ na, kaya medyo nakakatakot. bothered pa rin ako.

Kanina ko lang narealize na gusto ko nang gumraduate, that even at least kung sakali mang mawala na ang daddy ko *knocks on wood* eh maabutan man lang niya yung graduation ko, that even one of his sons would allow him to be proud just even for that moment. Alam ko na sobrang taas ng expectations niya sa akin, being the youngest, lahat ng burden ng parents ko sa mga kuya ko ay naipon sa akin, graduation, having a job, and all.

Sobrang deviant ko sa family, thinking na ako ang nagmumukhang white sheep of the black sheeps, i don't blame my brothers for such, pero nagmumukhang ako pa ang mali at sila ang tama, by which kinasasama ng loob ko. Mali ang pagsali ko sa orgs, mali para sa kanila na magpakaactive ako sa school at mag-aral ako ng matino. Masama for them na magstarbucks ako at doon mag-aral at iba pa. Kaya even my parents wouldn't allow me to have stuffs na hinihingi ko sa kanila, lalo na't malaki ang age gap namin ng parents ko. My dad is 62, my mom is 59, and 19 lang ako.

Of all sons, ako yung tinatawagan parati ng parents ko, ako lang ung pag 11PM wala pa sa bahay, tinatawagan na. I mean at my brothers' time, hindi nila to naranasan, sa akin sobra sila, eh ako nga yung tipong hindi maglalasing ng sobra at maglalayas ng ilang araw.

Sila na ang tama. Ako na ang mali. I just needed their support, kaya siguro ako pinanghinaan at nauwi sa ganito ang sitwasyon ko. Hindi naman ako humihiling ng sobrang laking bagay from them, pero hindi pa din nila ako sinusuportahan even in simple things. sigh.


But still I'll do my best, kahit without much of their support and that before things get worse, I'll be able to make them proud. :)



Sunday, November 15, 2009

Reunion Thoughts...


SJA IV-Courage Sembreak GetTogether

November 6, 2009 @ our house
[not present in the picture: Lesmer and Renz]


Andami palang nagbago sa amin mula nung HS, andaming bagong pangyayari sa loob ng apat na taon sa aming sari-sariling pakikipagsapalaran sa kanya-kanyang buhay sa iba't-ibang unibersidad. May ilang pumayat, may ilang tumaba, may ilan na nagbago ng itsura at may ilan din naman na ganun pa din ang kinasanayang gawin.

Gaya ko, may iilan din palang nagshift at may iilang maddelay sa graduation. At yung mga hindi ineexpect na maddelay nung HS yun pa ang mga maddelay. Siguro dahil hindi rin naman namin inexpect na magiging mahirap din ang papasukan naming mga unibersidad.

Hindi ko alam pero sa tuwing napapagusapan ang Graduation, para bang handa na akong depensahan ang sarili ko at maging confident pa na isagaw na "oo maddelay ako!", napapagisip tuloy ako, pero naisip ko ang lagi kong sinasabi, at least alam ko sa sarili ko na hindi ako nagshortcut sa buhay, mas lamang na ako sa dami ng pinagdaanan ko.

Ginagawa ko nalang siyang biro, pero di ko maiwasang pagisipan na dapat ngayong darating na March, graduate na dapat ako. buti na lang at 2007 ang start ng student ID ko at bata pa ako. Gaya nga ng sabi ng mama ko, "ok lang yan, bata ka pa naman!" kung tutuusin dapat 19years old palang ako graduate na ako. pero sa mangyayari sa akin 21 na ako sa graduation, by which is the normal age. Pero sayang pa din. Sigh.

Nakakatuwa at iba't iba sa amin ay may kanya-kanyang baong kwento, unang naguusap ang mga magkakasama. Pagdating ko nga, kinausap ako agad ni Lesmer at nagusap tungkol sa buhay-buhay sa student leader sa Tan Yan Kee building ng USTe.
Hindi ako makapaniwala na maga-apat na taon na pala ang lumipas since makagraduate kami ng HS, at humandang humarap sa panibagong hamon ng kolehiyo.

Sana magkitakita ulit kami bago magGraduation ng iba, mahirap na at baka hindi na kami magkasama-sama ulit.

Nakakatuwa. Nakakamiss. :D





Friday, October 30, 2009

Preparing the Last Chapter

Papaano ba tapusin ang matagal na palang tapos?


Sadyang bulag at nagmamaang-maangan lang siguro ako nang hindi ko pansinin ang totoong nangyayari. Kumakapit pa at umaasang maaayos ang lahat kahit alam mong hindi na talaga pwede.

Tumatakas ako sa mundo, para hindi niya hanapin ang dapat ay huling yugto na magsasabi ng mga kasagutan. Hinihintay na lamang ang bawat salitang bibitawan ko, takot ako magkamali, takot akong makagawa ng hindi tama dahil isang pagkakamali na lang, wala na ang dalawang taon kong pinaghirapan. Ako naman si tanga, umasa, binitawan mo na pala ako noon pa lang.

Manhid na siguro ako kaya hindi ako makaiyak ng kahit isang luha, tulog na nga ba ang puso kong umaasa pa na maaayos ang lahat? Ayoko na.

Bakit ganun?
You've always been there during my best - JUST during my best.
Nasaan ka nung nangailangan ako? nasaan ka ngayong naguguluhan at nahihirapan ako? Habang nanlulumo ako sa huling yugtong aking isusulat, ikaw nama'y humahawak sa kamay ng iba, nagpapakasaya kasama ng iba. Ganun na lamang ba ako para ipagpalit ng kay bilis?

Sigh. Ewan.

Ilang araw nalang ay matatapos ko na ang huling yugto.
Sisimulan ko na ang pagbibilang ng 3-Months na hindi mo man lang naisip.


Matapos ang aklat na ito, ipapakita ko sa mundo ang lahat ng inakala mong hindi ko kaya.




Sunday, October 25, 2009

What Major is Right for you

WHAT MAJOR IS RIGHT FOR YOU?

You scored as a Visual&PerformingArts


You should strongly consider majoring (or minoring) in the Visual or Performing Arts (e.g., Art, Art Education, Art History, Ceramics, Culinary Arts, Dance, Drawing, Fashion Design, Film, Graphic Design, Interior Design, Marketing (advertising), Music, Music Education, Music Theory, Painting, Photography, Theatre).


It is possible that the best major for you is your 2nd, 3rd, or even 5th listed category, so be sure to consider ALL majors in your OTHER high scoring categories (below). You may score high in a category you didnt think you would--it is possible that a great major for you is something you once dismissed as not for you. The right major for you will be something 1) you love and enjoy and 2) are really great at it.


Consider adding a minor or double majoring to make yourself standout and to combine your interests.


History/Anthropology/LiberalArts

81%

Visual&PerformingArts

81%

HR/BusinessManagement

75%

French/Spanish/OtherLanguage

69%

Accounting/Finance/Marketing

63%

Psychology/Sociology

56%

English/Journalism/Comm

56%

Education/Counseling

56%

PoliticalScience/Philosophy

56%

Religion/Theology

44%

Biology/Chemistry/Geology

44%

Physics/Engineering/Computer

38%

Nursing/AthleticTraining/Health

31%

Mathematics/Statistics

25%


merely true! no.4 choice ko ang Accountancy!!


during my 4th year, i usually choose Film and AV Communication as my first, followed by Architecture, then Tourism or Economics, and my fourth Accountancy..



Tama pala ang choice ko for Liberal Arts. :)


take this quiz!



Waiting for the Last Dance

I'm hearing the symphony again although in a different tune, singing our melodies of love. But where were you all along? You've left a clue, but i wouldn't believe that you can leave me all alone and be in the arms of another. Yes, jealousy and bitterness have taken over me, at least I am aware of the fact that I have to weep for things happened. Its seems that you were able to smile again - good for you. I'll always be happy for you.

You've given me freedom, but left me still in slave of your love. I am left misunderstood and misjudged. How can things work out? Yes, I am crying foul for things did not worked out right. Don't worry I'll be ready to accept everything. Tell me that you already don't and I'll be the one to raise the white flag and accept the defeat.

If you are to give me freedom, give it wholeheartedly.
Let's finish the last dance, if this is what you really want.


Is it time to begin our last dance? that I may already weep and be defeated in good faith. I'll let the world embrace and hide me from all the pain, take me away from all this uncertainty that you may already start anew.
- mikagiyasuo02



Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Congrats! New Thomasian CPAs!


Congrats to the newest batch of thomasian Certified Public Accountants. :)

University of Santo Tomas Alfredo M. Velayo College of Accountancy
88% Passing Rate
93% Passing Rate for First Takers
6 Topnotchers




Sorry for those I haven't included in the list. :) peace.




To ASC0809, Lakasdiwa Accountancy,
4A1, 4A4 - Social Climbers Society, JPIA0809


Congrats! Keep it up.
FInally after years of hard work and torture. haha!
So proud of you guys!



Saturday, October 17, 2009

Sa Bingit ng Isang Paalam

Hindi ko alam kung ano ang dapat gawin at hindi ko din alam kung ano ang dapat sabihin. Nakatulala lang ako at naghihintay ng pagkakataon na makapagpaliwanag, pero hanggang ngayon hindi ko pa din alam ang sasabihin ko kung sakali mang magkaroon ng pagkakataon na makapagusap.

"isang paalam" ito lang pala ang katapat ng lahat. Ang dalawang taong paglalakbay ay napahinto lang ng ilang salitang binitiwan. Hindi ko alam kung bakit kailangan pang mapatagal ang lahat, may problema na pala pero hindi pa sinasabi. Pero oo nga pala, hindi nga pala talaga kami di ba? sino ako para magreklamo sa bagay-bagay.

Hindi ba't dapat sa isang relasyon, hindi lang isa ang may problema? hindi lang din isa ang tama, sabi nga sa One More Chance "it takes two grown-ups to make a relationship work".

Ang masakit, bakit hindi kayang maghintay, bakit hindi kayang makinig, bakit hindi kayang umintindi. Sa panahon ng pinakakailangan ko ng pag-unawa, tsaka pa bumitaw. Alam kong madami akong pagkukulang pero hindi ko maintindihan kung bakit kailangang yumakap sa iba para lang maibsan ang lamig na nadarama. Kaya ngayon hindi ko alam kung saan at papaano ang gagawin, dahil masyadong nabigla ang lahat.

Kailan kaya ang pagkakataon na makapagusap dahil sa ngayon tayo'y tila nasa bingit pa rin ng isang paalam.



Kailangan nating isiping lubos
Ano nga bang ating dahilan?
Sa’n nga ba tayo nakatuon?
Kay rami nang mga nagdaan

Sa isang paalam lamang ba lahat magtatapos?

- Sa Bingit ng Isang Paalam, Spongecola







Sunday, October 4, 2009

Flight of the F-19: The Beginning of the 19th Year



The F-19 Stealth Jet Fighter has set to take a year of adventure and another set of challenges

Others would wonder the reason behind F-19, it is a Stealth Fighter commissioned by the US Air Force, but then its existence wasn't accounted during the World War II.


Why choose a Stealth Jet Fighter as a theme for my 19th Birthday? It is because in this year that when I must aim to break the limits and be able to burst to the vast sky. Vague as it may seem, but the target of this year is to break out with my conventional ideas, my childish philosophies, my own problems with my own self, my over-radical ideologies, and to be able to change for the better - a new, improved and a better me.

My 18th year had been a challenging one. in this year, I must do something about it in order to grow as I step outside the teenage life to the more matured, and yes, older me. (its hard to admit it :P) I must work on my own challenges that I may go on, kick forward and be able to go on.

I am always then thankful everyone for accompanying me in this journey, for being witnesses and mentors, and for guiding me along.. :)


Fly higher and higher towards the endless future,
Lift up your hands and we'll fly towards the vast sky

Let's kick the ground and together, move forward!
- mikagiyasuo02



Monday, September 28, 2009

Typhoon Ondoy hits UST


UST being tremendously hit by typhoon Ondoy.



No trace of Lovers' Lane?



UST Hospital needs help.



Ondoy trapped us for how many hours.


September 26 - 27, 2009
AMV College of Accountancy
University of Santo Tomas


http://coderedwing2.multiply.com
a photo collaboration with Krisha Macaraig



3,000 stranded in UST due to 'Ondoy' [from the Varsitarian]

3,000 stranded in UST due to 'Ondoy' AN ESTIMATED 3,000 people were stranded Saturday in different buildings in UST due to flooding and continuous heavy rains brought by tropical storm "Ondoy."

The Central Student Council said it did not have an official count of the people trapped inside University buildings, relying only on figures provided by the dean's offices.


The following are the CSC's estimates: 200 to 250 people in Saint Raymund's Building; 100 to 150 in Roque Rua�o (Engineering) Building, 350 in Beato Angelico (Architecture and Fine Arts) Building, 400 to 450 at the Tan Yan Kee Student Center, 900 at the Alfredo M. Velayo College of Accountancy and multi-deck carpark, and 250 at the Albertus Magnus (Education) Building.


"Ondoy" made landfall o
n the eastern side of Infanta, Quezon early Saturday morning based on the monitoring of the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical Astronomical Administration.

Early on Saturday, the Office of the Secretary General announced that it was giving college deans the prerogative to suspend classes given the weather disturbance. Metro Manila was already placed under Signal No. 1.


As a result, classes were suspended at the Faculty of Arts and Letters at 10 a.m. when flood waters were already gutter-deep. Nursing did not call off classes until 12 noon.


At 7:30 p.m., CSC
public relations officer Margielyn Asilo said food and water had yet to be delivered to other buildings except Tan Yan Kee.

Only the Students' Center and the Central Library had power supply, leaving stranded people in other buildings without electricity, according to a security guard.


"Ang tagal tagal nga ng pagkain," Asilo said, adding that waist-deep flood may have caused the delay.


Food given ranged from cup noodles to fast food spaghetti.
Asilo said seminarians also cooked arroz caldo, which the CSC would distribute to people at St. Raymund's, Roque Rua�o, and Beato Angelico.


Asilo said the plan was to transfer all stranded people in other buildings to Tan Yan Kee. "

But they [people] are objecting because it is already too dark and dangerous," she said.



Prinz P. Magtulis (Photos courtesy of Jale Nonan)


http://www.varsitarian.net/breaking_news/20090926/3000_stranded_in_ust_due_to_ondoy

Sunday, September 27, 2009

Tulong Tomasino: Donation Drive for the Ondoy Victims

CSC ADVISORY:

In the midst of hard times, once again, we Thomasians have shown the spirit of unity and brotherhood and we made each other reach and lie on stable grounds. Let us thank God, our shield, because He served as a sturdy wall to protect us. Let us all pray not only for ourselves but to our fellow Filipinos, who have been affected.

We salute the courage of every Thomasian who has stood strong despite the presence of this apparent danger.

We have helped each other and now it is the time to help those people who were really hit by the typhoon.

For those who want to donate canned goods, clothes, etc. to help the typhoon victims, kindly communicate with the Central Student Council Committee on Community Development on SEPTEMEBER 30, 2009.

We, Thomasians, stand on an indestructible rock of faith and hope; we have strengthen ours, now is the time to take the hands of others and keep the flame of faith and hope burning in them.

*Please repost! Please pass the CSC Advisory around. We have sent you this message, through SMS. Let's not only pass SUSPENSION ADVISORIES but also this important message.

UNITY. SOLIDARITY. LET'S ALL PUT UST ON TOP!


Sunday, September 20, 2009

on Understanding

Last Month, may nanghula sa akin from SOCC, sa 15mins session na yun, ang daming tumatak sa mga sinabi niya, nahulaan niya na complicated ang estado ng lovelife ko, hilig ko sa photography, nature and computers, ang pagiging adventurous at friendly, pati favorite color ko na both blue and green. Pero ang tumatak sa akin ay ang ilang beses niyang inuulit na, "Malawak ang Pag-unawa mo..."

Hindi ko alam pero sinasabi niya na may kinalaman ang pagunawa ko sa mga tao at sitwasyon sa paligid ko. Oo, ako yung tao na tumitingin sa iba't ibang perspective, natutunan ko ang pagiisip na ito nung highschool kung saan bawat isyu ng buhay ay maaaring tingnan sa iba't ibang direksyon. Hindi ko rin masasabi na mature na ako ngayon mag-isip, college palang ako, kung baga, madami pa akong kakaining bigas.

Ang nakapagtataka, naiintindihan ko naman, pero hanggang doon nalang ba? paano kung minsan wala ako magawa dahil ang masaklap ay hindi ko nauunawaan ang sarili ko. Papaano ko ipapaunawa sa pamilya ko ang sitwasyon ko lalo na't hindi nila kilala ang tunay na ako., maging sa mga bagong kaibigan na hindi pa nakakakilala sa akin. Papaano nga kaya?

Mahirap din kung minsan sa sitwasyon ko, kadalasan ako ang nagsasacrifice para lang maayos ang lahat, ako na ang nag-aadjust, ako ang nangangarap para sa iba, at ang masaklap, ako ang gumagawa para sa iba. Sabi nga ni Kiel, ang mahirap sa akin ay masyado akong mabait. Naisip ko tuloy, papaano kapag lumayo ako at nagbakasyon kahit isang linggo lang, hindi ako magpaparamdam. Papaano pag ako naman ang nagpakaimmature? Ano kaya ang mangyayari?

Minsan naisip ko, papaano kung ako naman ang humiling ng pag-unawa? Mauunawaan kaya nila ang nais kong iparating?

Magulo ba? pero kahit anong gulo nito, hindi dapat iwasan ang mga tanong at bagay-bagay dahil ito minsan ang nagsisilbing sagot sa susunod na tanong sa buhay.


"to understand is mature, to complicate is normal, and to ignore is foolish."
- mikagiyasuo02




Thursday, September 10, 2009

a message to the past.

[this is awkward but i have to spill this out even so for i guess i have nothing to hide about her or to say its been quite a long time]

She's my first. December 2, 2005 marks the date, and January 2006 ends everything in a glimpse. Ang bilis isipin pero sadyang ganun ang nangyari, hindi siguro talaga para sa isa't isa. Nakakatawang isipin dahil naging usap-usapan ng buong paaralan ang kwento natin, kahit nga Physics Teacher natin na si Ma'am Tolentino ay inaasar tayo. Pero alam natin dalawa kung bakit, siguro ay masyado lang tayong immature nun. Ano bang malay ko nun? 15 years old palang tayo. Hindi tayo nagusap ng 3 months at muling nagharap nung JS PROM, kung hindi pa ako kinausap ng nanay mo sa may gate at pinahanap ka sakin. Pero nagkaayos din tayo bago maggraduation.

April 2008, nagkita tayo sa debut ng bestfriend natin, walang pansinan. hindi pa nangangalahati ay umalis ka agad, naiwanan mo ang cellphone mo at hinabol kita mula sa hall hanggang labas sa may taxi at nakita ko nga, andun yung boyfriend mo, ayoko ng away. First time namin nagkita at hindi pa naging masyadong maayos.

Mula noon, wala ng communcation, tintext kita pero sabi nga ng bestfriend natin eh yung isa nga daw ang nakakatanggap. Nakakabasa ako ng mga posts na puro "insecurity" nung taong yun, wala akong ginagawa, may sarili na din akong buhay. Pinili ko nalang na hayaan ang mga bagay-bagay.


September 11, 2009. Nabalitaan ko lang din sa bestfriend natin na graduation mo na ngayon. magkabatch lang tayo pero ikaw ang una sa section natin na magtatapos ng college. Nakwento din niya na kinakamusta mo pala ako, alam ko na naman na wala nang problema sa atin di ba? Sana mabasa mo to, proud ako sa mga naaccomplish mo.


CONGRATS Badette!
Galingan mo sa board exam. :)




Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Mapaglaro ang Panahon

[disclaimer: this is not an "emo" entry but rather just a realization and explanation of ideas] this perhaps is the first taglish blog i've posted. - too late for the buwan ng wika. haha!




Kaninang umaga, nagmamadali ako para pumasok sa klase, malapit na akong umalis ng mapansin ko ang orasan sa cellphone ko, mga 10:35 na, late na ako. Pumasok ako sa aking kuwarto at nagsapatos, nag-ayos ng gamit at paglabas ko.. ngunit paglabas ko, 10:35 ang nakita ko sa orasan sa sala namin. Nagtanong ako kung anong oras na, at nalaman-laman ko, sira pala yung orasan - wala ng baterya.


March 2011 or October 2011? basta 2011 - pero hindi ba dapat 2010?. Hindi dahil sa hinahabol ko ang Quadricentennial Batch ng UST pero talagang eto na ang kinahantungan ko. Hinahabol ko na ang oras, ang oras na dapat na minsa'y naunahan ko. Nagskip ako ng kinder, kaya naging bata ako sa batch na kinalakihan ko, madalas ako pa ang pinakabata sa klase, pero sa nangyari sakin, binawian din ako at sadyang pumantay ang panahon. Kung hindi ako nagkabagsak, suguro ay 2010 ako ggraduate, pero ngayon, isa or dalawang taon pa ang kailangan ko para makatapos.

Nakakainggit isipin na yung mga kasabayan ko dapat may Graduation Picture na, nakapagattend na ng CarSem (Career Seminar) at ramdam na ramdam ang malapit na pagtatapos sa kolehiyo, habang ako, namumuroblema pa din kung papaano mapapadali ang pagtatapos sa loob ng dalawang taon. Dati pa ay proud ako sabihin na ako ang pinakabata sa batch namin, ako ang pinakabata sa barkada. Sadyang mapaglaro lang talaga ang panahon. iba na ang mga tao sa paligid sa mga taong kinalakihan ko. - Napagiwanan na ata ako ng panahon.

Pero naiisip ko din na pag siguro dumating ang tamang panahon para sa akin, maibabalik din ang mga samahan na naipagpaliban dahil sa pag-aaral, magiging maayos na ang lahat at kaya ko nang paglaruan ang oras, ako naman ang babanat, ako ang magsusumikap para maunahan ang mga kasabayan at bumalik sa karera ng panahon.


"Minsan ay pinaglalaruan natin ang oras, kaya kung minsan tayo naman ang pinaglalaruan ng oras."
- mikagiyasuo02


Photo source [http://farnk05.deviantart.com/art/clock-52988719]

Sunday, August 16, 2009

Adjusting Entries of a one month-old Economist

here I am experiencing once again the hardships of a stranger trying to adjust in his new environment. I can list 2 entries by which i am trying to adjust as I experience my first month in AB.

Culture

It seems that AB is really different from AMVCoA. The lifestyle and personality of both colleges are quite that far with respect to other colleges inside UST. As what Arch said, "Welcome to the Liberal Arts" and i was then asking in my mind, "how liberal is liberal arts?" Ma'am Ailil even told me not to be swayed in the artlets' culture, thinking that she also experienced both environments as an instructor in AMV and a student in AB.

Being a faculty gifted with many branches, each program under the Faculty of Arts and Letters have their own unique characteristics. In my case as an irregular student, I enrolled in courses under 5 MAJORS: Economics, AB-BSE, Literature, Political Science and Sociology. Wrong move perhaps.

Examinations are also different. Hello to 60-item pure identification, Essays and to the other types such as True or False, Multiple Choice and Matching Type. Major Examinations (Prelims and Finals) are done in a different manner, taking up 2 exams in 2 different minor subjects simultaneously in 2 hours. So as for us irregular students, sometimes we have to be aware of the time and be able to run fast to another classroom for the next exam.

But come to think of it, I appreciate the radical lifestyle of AB, i even realized some thoughts about being independent, having a strong personality, using your rights to express, being flexible to different fields and a lot more.



Classmates and Professors

I find my first day in AMVCoA so smooth, being approached by my classmates and they are the ones to befriend me. But in AB? culture shock striked, its that hard to relate with my classmates, define strong personalities. I even have a female classmate who raised me an eyebrow, wooh.. tough. Though there are some who are nice, i guess i just need to know them a bit more. Thankful I have 5 Co-Shifters from AMV who I can easily relate with.

"Accountancy Majors in Economics!", Dr. Manapat shouted upon calling us shifters from AMV at the back of the class, i never thought that the four of us can get his attention as we were just discussing about the lesson. But sometimes come to think of it, its an advantage being shifters for we can be easily recognized by the professors.



I am trying to get a hang of everything, but i guess these adjustments will not just be for these two issues for there would always be that part in everybody's life that one must cope up.


"Consider the wasted years in Accountancy as Liabilities, by which later on your knowledge in Accounting will be your advantage as an Asset in the field of Economics."
- thought coming from Dr. Manapat (Eco5: History of Economic Thought)




Sunday, August 9, 2009

A Yellow-colored Thought

"Am I part of History?"

This is a time wherein our nation is recovering from a hero's death. Have you noticed that many of the youth today just consider this event as to their advantage of "being part of history", yes, i've thought of it for quite a few times but I realized then that I am part of history in my own way.

The late president Cory Aquino is an example perhaps of how can we be part of the bigger picture of history, she had been an ordinary citizen before the people gave her the lead for our country. And even after her term, she returned back to as a simple mother to her family. Taking part in history is a wrong note, for every living human being is part of the process of shaping the history. Only some are given the opportunity to be part of the bigger picture, but majority are witnesses to such events in our country's timeline.


"Our past directs our present to what will be then our future"

This blog wouldn't be published if not for Cory Aquino and the People Power Revolution - true perhaps, for the freedom of expression and the democracy that we are experiencing are the fruits of what they had sacrificed for the nation. I guess history was tired enough of seeing the Aquinos to save the country in such time, by which I thank them, but aren't there any other filipinos aside from the Aquino family? There are few who managed to make the scene, but as what i have said its just a bigger picture of the history.

We have to partake not just in history but in nation-building. This 2010 Elections is a big opportunity for us to make a change, this is the time to participate and share in the fruits of People Power and late Pres. Cory's "Laban" back in 1980's. We have to learn from the past and be able to cherish what we have right now. This is a big challenge that "Tita Cory" left our generation. Thank you Tita Cory.

What I've learned and realized upon the death of the mother of the Philippine Democracy is that I can help in the process of nation-building in my own simple way.
Humility in every sacrifices and do every deed with the guidance of God.



"At this point, all i can do is to wear a simple yellow ribbon and live in the ideals of the late President Cory Aquino."
- mikagiyasuo02



picture courtesy of hirokada.deviantart.com



Saturday, July 25, 2009

Shapeshifter: a new chapter begins.

"The new chapter in my life has just begun. It's payback time!"

Finally got my new uniform, a change in lifestyle, and a better me.


After everything I've gone through, all the hardest challenges and experiences, now is the time to bounce back a notch higher and catch up the heights and the test of time.

Every character in this new chapter had been set off from the previous one, already have adjusted and am ready to catch up. I already have stood up and ready to face 2-3 years of this new chapter.

For everyone's knowledge: Yes, I already have shifted to AB Economics, under the UST Faculty of Arts and Letters and just got approved last first week of july.

I asked for a sign on what to pursue, and hopefully it all lead me to AB Economics. After 2 weeks, i merely understood why I am in AB-Eco, i somehow find it interesting and i guess fits me as well, even though culture shock really striked my first week in AB. wooh.



It's payback time.

I finally had the courage to walk around wearing the new uniform (thanks arch :D), for at first, i really feel that everyone seems to be staring at me and having some questions in their mind. I got excited to visit a few friends and surprise them with what happened, and I never fail to hear them shout, hug me, and whatever reaction. So thankful for their support along the way.

as i begin this new chapter, I will always keep in mind some thoughts and lessons about the previous. Joko even told me that he will watch my move and keep on track that it will never happen to me again, and I've got someone to accompany me all along, she never failed to cheer me up, thank you Karen :D

to everyone, i will always be the same me, only better. I will rebuild my life and make it better, hopefully i can hang out again with my close friends like before. though still i still have few months to make myself that stable, i've got to focus on my academics and get pretty high grades, hopefully even now that my subjects are so interesting.

and i can say that i am happy deep inside, so fulfilled with what happened. Thanks!



now that i've been given a chance, i've got to prove myself and be able to aim my target right.



Sunday, July 5, 2009

Back to Square One?

I heard my mom over the phone with her bestfriend, and i don't like what she said.

I know its supposed to be my final year in college, but things did not worked out as i wanted it to be. My cousins of my same level are already set on their final year, and i couldn't say that i still have 2 to 3 years to finish college. Even my father don't know that i'll be extending his duties to pay my tuition.

I'm hesitating to talk about it with some of my friends, i know they have their own problems and the fact that nobody understands my situation except those who really experiencing it (thanks kevin)

Its that, I'm afraid to lose everything, what i have right now, where i am in... I don't want to have another life, and again return to square one.

it may be a good opportunity, but no thanks. :(


Saturday, July 4, 2009

Mid-Crisis Report

its the 2nd month of the challenge and i haven't posted for a quite a while now, for the problem keeps on getting worse.


CRISIS REPORT OVERVIEW:
I haven't got anything good to say yet. i tried everything, as in everything possible to make things right, but as long as that old lady is sitting there in that office, things will always be this way. Got to find another plan, and do it quickly. (Read: She sucks bigtime)



There are 5 major issues to consider as of date:


Family
I've been hiding everything to them, they don't know the trials i am currently undertaking, except for my mom, she knows almost everything but not all. Earlier, we had a dinner at my aunt's house. its me, mom, dad, my cousin and my aunt and uncle - a talk over red wine. I almost spill everything up, and i don't know what to say, but thank God my dad wasn't able to guess things about me.



Responsibilities
i guess i really have to pause everything up after this coming project, just for now since i already have started it. I don't want to hang everything just because of my situation, i don't want to get their concern but at times i wonder if they can help me in my problem. i guess only moral support is what they can offer. i am just hanging on because of persons whom i have trusted and who needs me. I know they already have observed that i'm starting to detach from the group, but i am not going to totally get out as long as i am still finding a solution to this problem.



Commitment and Friends
There would be no commitment for us, but we will be hanging on with each other, thank you for being there for me. :)

I miss my friends. I wasn't able to show up and got to hand with them for some reasons that i can't explain to them. If it wasn't for this stupid problem, i'll be glad to show up and hang out again.



Persons who depended on me, and those whom I expected
I always thought that they all would help me in this problem but as times pass by, only few submerged to be true to their words. I thought that the powerful generals on the field would help me, but i guess they would always be worthless signatures. She should've kept her word when she said that she'll really help me, coming from a respected officer.

What happened to those whom i expected to help and guide me and who will help back? they already forgot that i'm still stuck here.



Unfair Bureaucracy
Yes, its unfair. Others will think why am i saying this one. I know that everyone seemed to have been benefited with such, but what sucks is that others don't deserve to be helped. I played with the system - true, but i know that i worked hard for it, i deserved to be treated with such.

I've been humiliated quite a few times now in front of those bloated second-class bureaucrats. They say things to me as if i'm just a puny little stupid person, but hey, I don't need to cry and kneel to them, heck, they don't deserve me. I was just forced to be nice to them, but what happened the other day will be the last.



----------------------------------------------------

Only few days remaining, and a few more problems can kill me.





Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Wasted Ticket


June 23, 2009: a perfect day to relax and have fun due to suspension of classes, but heck, i find it not a good day.

I was supposed to watch a movie with my ASC friends, but i had slept and got there too late for the movies. All my fault. waited for merely more than 1 hr and 30mins for the movie to end and see my friends. sigh.

Don't worry, i'll be watching this movie by the weekend and hopefully its free :)




"It seems that no one in this world haven't got a wasted opportunity in life, and every opportunities wasted doesn't mean one cannot catch up. in my case, i just got a wasted transformers ticket. but hey, there would always be a DVD somewhere? lol."

- mikagiyasuo02

(nag-emo dahil sa movie? amf)

Saturday, June 20, 2009

The Observer

a week has already passed. and it's not good.

i've been thinking about stuffs lately, and i wondered why it took me this late to notice things and to get to know myself more, i guess because of the current situation i am in, a situation i can consider as the hardest challenge i ever encountered as of date.

at this rate wherein everyone seems to notice my difference amidst all, I HAVE TO ADAPT, TO ACT and TO BE MATURE.

over the past week, i've been sending "emo" quote messages just to get over what i feel, to stop thinking and move on. I even get exhausted and got so emotional. thanks to joko, charm, hearty, kevin, robin, kuya eman, ate jeanne, camille, kuya randolph, kuya vince, tatie, marge, dennis, akina, carlsberg, arch, tope, yziel, karen p., ivan, kiel, bel, madz, guggles, nikko, kuya stu, claire, iris, chum, mam ailil, mam dawn, and karen-kun for cheering me up and witnessing my fight.

i can't get over as i walk along the hallways, seeing people having their life. i wasn't able to go back and see the home I was in for about 2 years, miss my friends, miss the world i was in before. I MISS MY LIFE. Kuya eman said that in what happened to me, i should've realized the value of things. and heck, i really knew how to value things and time then.

in spite of everything, as i may quote what ma'am ailil said, "buti nakakangiti ka na", yes I am able to smile amidst my problems. but before our conversation she's very worried about my situation, she even talked to kuya eman and arch to update what happened to me. i guess, i have to be mature in this situation, to face my problems and not to cry over it.

I have to be fight and be courageous for myself and for everyone around me.


The world will always keep turning.
And so, one must always keep aiming,
not to stop and cry in the shadow
but to adjust and conquer the flow.

This is the life. This is the challenge.
- mikagiyasuo02






Saturday, June 13, 2009

Gambatte Ne! (do your best!)


It’s ok to fall down.
Anyway, we can still get up, isn’t that a good thing?
While falling down look up the sky.
The blue sky high up my head, seems so wide and limitless
Can you see it smiling at you?
I am still alive

- Kitou Aya, One Liter of Tears


It takes courage and perseverance to move on, to find your purpose in life and be able to achieve whatever reason why you were born in this world. One can never realize the true value of life unless you are near end, until destiny seems to almost close your path ahead.

Indeed, challenges in life are part of the path that we are all taking, its part of the process where we can realize who we truly are and our reasons in life. Giving us the power to stand again, it depends on the person if he/she would allow others to help him, or he/she would stand up on his own. No one is said to not be able to stand up except those who are disabled. We don't have the right not to stand up.

There would always be the sky above us, giving us the hope to reach and aim higher, and even giving us the dream that we may be able to fly high. As long as there is the sky, I will always look up and aim higher.


I realized then as i watched Kitou Aya's Story:


As long as we are living, we must always do our best.
We all have the power to stand up and face the vast future ahead of us,
thus, we don't have the right not to do so, for we are not disabled.

On another shade, No one in this world is really then disabled,
as long as there is hope, as long as there is courage,
there would always be that single thing that we can do in life.

- mikagiyasuo02





Monday, June 8, 2009

Realizations during the Maturity Date

sure, maturity was then discussed in finance or in the mathematics of investments, but this blog would not tackle such.


there would come a time wherein you would realize that you are acting as if you're not the person you are, probably turned to be a full-grown monster, i mean person. :P you'll then realize that you've been acting, talking and thinking strange, as if you know everything, you own the world and feel the breeze of independence.


I am thankful that my parents allowed me to be like this, to be independent enough to face my everyday problems. Would you believe that my father don't know anything about my everyday problems, my mother know a few but she can't even barely relate to it. Age Gap perhaps is the reason, they're both 40+ years older than me.

In the peak of the most challenging part of my life as of date, i realized that this problem makes me mature enough. As i was talking with my bestfriend, she's asking for an advice about her academic and work life, and i said "Eto advice lang, *blah2* ...ang labo mo kasi eh" and poof, shit did i said that? haha. Its as if i am that expert enough in issues regarding academic problems and all.

And know what? CONGRATULATE ME! I now know what i wanted to be in the mere future, i kind of weighed things off and i already know that i'll be having this and that then. (Only my bestfriend knows it as of this date, probably by my next blog i can already share it to everyone)


This day, i had conversations with my high school classmates, and heck i miss them, they already had known about my situation and i really thanks for their concern. A classmate told me to forget our past problems and look forward to a future wherein we can team up and establish a new friendship. so nice :D


I know I can face this problem. I WILL AND I CAN.




Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Bring it on!


"Darating talaga sa point na madudurog ka at sa point na durog ka na mararamdaman mo ang renewal, ang point na pinakahihintay ng lahat."

May 19, 2009. Is there anything wrong with this date?


The first news came to me i stepped inside the ASC Office, its the CPA Board Exam Results. I don't want to talk about the exact details but i really feel so sad when i heard the news. I am still hoping that its just a joke, i don't know why even though he tends to be not so serious but i know and i have that confidence in him to pass. So happy for others who made it, but i don't feel i can be glad for there is a person close to me who did not made it.

So I left and headed to the CSC Office, I talked with Kevin, sat on the floor and had a serious talk. We were thinking of plans for the coming days, i shared my stuffs and plans and somehow opened up about my current problems. Marge joined us and shared with us her points and stories. I don't know why she knew that we're talking about our problems.

I remembered what she said that regret is sometimes useful, regret makes us look back on our mistakes and act forward to cope up with life. Everything has its purpose, even if i might have been delayed already, i know i can graduate in God's time, i have faith in Him. We are not in school not to actually learn about the courses, but to mold ourselves and learn life.

Joko later on joined and had a time to somehow lessen the drama and focus on the actions we must take ahead. I am so thankful I have friends, that amidst all this problems i have them with me.

Thank you Marge, Joko and Kevin. :D


It's already May 20, another battlefield to conquer. As what Ma'am Cabral said, BRING IT ON!




Saturday, May 16, 2009

What Time is it?

"What day is it, and in what month... this clock never seemed so alive"
- You and Me by Lifehouse


I am a confessed latecomer, yet i know how to value time.

I was writing my composition for Accountancy Journal's Diskwento when i started realizing about this stuff. "Others may say that I have wasted three years of my life, but it was really a fruitful 3 years which helped me to be the better person I am now." Quoted from my composition.

Its a plain blah. i needed to defend myself from that statement, and yes, i am not regretting the 3 years, but i am afraid that others would consider those 3 years a waste, i don't know how to answer questions about that 3 years, how i failed and how i almost drown myself with problems.

In these 3 years, i may not have gained academic knowledge in accounting but i know i've gained wisdom in life and extraordinary friends. My parents wouldn't understand my sentiments but i am happy that i have friends with me who can understand me all along. Sorry for having a different perspective in life.

There are chances wherein i sometimes consider those years a waste, earlier, i imagined myself if i fought for my aspirations and already shifted to Advertising or Architecture, will there be a difference in my life today. I even got irritated when i remember a person merely said that "if you'll be in CFAD or other college, maybe you can graduate or better with a latin honor".

I talked with kuya Mon Yu, and i was surprised with what i heard from him thinking that we just met for about a week, "kahit ganyan nangyari sayo, alam kong intelihente kang tao". I know that i can defend what i've been telling all along that i am a student misplaced in the wrong college and program.

Its already May 2009, only a few weeks left and its another academic year, i really don't know how to build my life once again and be able to stand up proud. If you'll ask me, i am proud of myself, but i am not proud of what situation i am in.




Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Reminders good for 3 days!

i'll be delaying my other post for today til next week, but i'll be posting some reminders while i am away for 3 days. Hope they would be able to read it :D

(akala mo mawawala ng sobrang tagal) haha!


Dennis: "Yung bilin ko, maraming salamat talaga, don't worry pagbalik ko mag-aaral na talaga ako at aayusin ko lahat ng problema dun, after nitong problem gagawin ko na yung pinapagawa mo :D"

Kuya Eman: "Thanks, alam ko talagang loser yun taong yun. haha! sana talaga, and thanks sa pagguide sakin :D haha! di ako sasablay don't worry, takot ko ba sayo eh. haha! gagawin ko talaga lahat at pagbalik ko papakaseryoso na ako (kahit papaano, sana magimprove) lol. Galingan mo sa IAC."

Robin: "Alam kong babasahin mo rin to, at iwan mo sa SC to ah para mabasa nila, Galingan mo sa Board Exam, naniniwala ako sayo. promise!, wag patalo sa stress at pressure and wag magpapanic. Pakisabi din kay ate albie na wish you both the best! pagdadasal ko kayo para hahanapin niyo nalang pangalan niyo sa Top10 :D, kahit away-awayin mo ako sa CSC tae ka. haha! note ko?!"

Stepdad Randy: "Plurk pa din ah! :D galingan mo itay! daya mo yung lanyard ko, mukhang senyales yun, grabe ka talaga! nararamdaman ko na. amf, pero kaya ko to, di ako magpapatalo sa laban na to! argh!! haha. salamat talaga sa lahat"

Kiel: "Hayaan mo na siya, haha! basta ako malinis ang konsensya ko. :D flat one ah!, sabihin mo sa kanila sa council na may message ako dito. haha!"

Jetan: "Alam kong wala kang multiply, pero makikibasa ka nalang if ever.. galingan mo! :D"

Mommy Krissy: "May kasalanan pa ako sayo, pagnaayos ko na tong mga to, aayusin ko na yun, galingan mo ma ah! sipag mo kanina"

Ivan: "Di ko nasend. haha! bigay ko pagkauwi ko. :D, wag mong kacareerin si ano ah, haha! lol."

Akina, Princess, Mikko, Janine, and the whole ASC peeps: "Yung mga nag-i-IAC, aral kayo mabuti ah, galingan niyo :D, bantayan ni si stepdad randy baka late na naman. haha! goodluck!"


-----------------------



Hearty Rejean: "oi, sa 24 ah, final na yun, wala ng atrasan :P daya mo, try pa din natin sa 17 kung kaya, kung hindi talaga, sagot mo na yun. sige na. haha!!"

Kat: "Text kita next week ah, hayaan mo yung katulong na yun. haha!"



-----------------------

"Monday mukhang tuloy tayo, text kita sa sunday, haha! kakahiya wala akong regalo, heck, ingat ka, galingan mo ah! sana ok ka na and ayun, di pa rin tayo nagkikita ever since summer? haha. Gambatte!"