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Mood: smiley wiley
Listening to: Girl from Ipanema - Lee Riteneur, Al Jarreau, Oleta Adams

ok ok, i've recovered my lost sleep.. how i did that? i made a no-show to my teacher's required booth manning in the trade show in megamall.. heller? i-require bang mag 20 hours kame over the weekend? i didn't go to UP just to be bossed around (again).. technically, we can complain about it in the student board or something.. hey, i'm not your regular activist. but i really hate it when people powertrip.

anyway, i've recovered sleep, that's my point. the past week seemed like eons ago.. over! grabe tong thesis na to. but my first draft is over, i'm so glad. so what did i miss to blog....?

feb 18, saturday: i went home to antipolo, it was my granny's 69th birthday. ayos.. i kinda wanna work really hard so i can give her a 70th b-day party... yikes. that's like a year from now. but well, she's the dearest thing to me so it'll be all worth it.

in the evening, i went to san mig in san marcelino, GDMC's installation.. but i only got there in time for drinks, then we went to UP fair.. uy i miss third "lavaboy" lava.. we got to UP just in time to see Brownman! grabe i'm in love! haha

of course who could ever forget about "pa".... grabe.. asar talo sya.. he's pikon i know, but i guess i really stoofed him well. am i guilty? hell no! that's what you get for hitting on too many girls in the same group. he hit on two very dangerous girls (trish and me), little did he know that revenge was sweet.

with nacs, trish and jem at the booth

kasama si ren and third

me and jemzie... again

ang may ari ng bahay

feb 21, tuesday: "sin city, 2nd floor" invited us to go to meatshop, sure. so i did. i met up with joev, sweet, gian, benj and martin @ starbucks katips.. i'm just glad that we get to hang out someplace actually 5 mins away from my home, sweet, home. i'm tired of travelling miles away just to hang out. we met trish before we went to meat shop. and no, no smokes, no booze. just coffee and iced tea for me on the account that i was on my detox diet. and guess what, i think i did well.

feb 23, thesis thursday: thesis till you drop. for a couple of days i've been conceptualizing the content of my thesis.. and i was able to.. i had it all in my head and in my concept outline i made for myself... i've been burning wires and keeping my sisters off from the pc. then on a thursday morning, thesis partner texts: "tasha, submission ng thesis tom, gawa tayo today?"...... THE NERVE!

my reply: "yon nga e, tomorrow na, anong gusto mong gawin, magic-in natin data natin?"

partner: wag na tayong mag away, let's maximize the time we have left and the data we've (potah, anong WE!!!) gathered. ilan ba nakuha naten?

me: FYI, i started the thesis last week pa. we only got 8 (4 i got my self, 3 share kame, 1 sa kanya).. since obviously we lack data, i consulted w/ ma'am and she suggested that i do a separate interview on baranggays, and i made 6.

partner: o bakit hindi mo sinabi sakin? di ba dapat 2 tayong gumagawa? i'm sori, i did the best that i can do, i went to 5 schools who just made me come back over and over (hmph... based on experience, schools don't make you "come back over and over", they either help you or reject you). i'm sory i'll do anything..

me: may napapala ba ko dun sa mga times na sinasabi ko sayong tulungan mo ko? saka gusto mong magbilangan tayo ng schools na napuntahan? and do you actually expect me to let you do the analysis when you don't know anything about our data or where we are in our thesis.. kasi hindi ka nman nagtatanong.

shortcut: mahabang diskusyon and then i finally let him come help me, but that i will still inform our teacher with what seemed like a division between our labor.. and as if an insult to my effort, the only thing he did was to make a 3-page (double spaced) analysis on my 11-page data full of diagrams and precious information i researched via interviews (both ambush and scheduled), phonecalls and googling? amp! in the end i had to edit his work almost replacing everything he said and came up with a more comprehensive 6-page analysis. what did i expect from him anyway right?

feb 24, friday: while the philippines was still in a state of emergency, i was in front of the PC w/ only an hour's worth of sleep. still groggy i learned that there's no classes... coolness. more hours and i finally finish my thesis..

as a reward for my hard work i go to xaymaca... before that... i insisted that my dad buy a digicam.. haha. and we did. just in time to go to xaymaca to watch brownman revival... deym!!! dino's so hott!! unfortunately our installer won't effin work.. hay.. i'll continue this when i've uploaded the pics..

VDay's over, time to pimp mah site... soon i will... gotta run

i'm so summer excited!!

i miss prince charming!!

woohoo!!!!

Mood: Super dooper elated to the max
Listening to: Pass the dutchie - Musical Youth

after weeks of sleeplessness, of cramming my data gathering, of touring marikina city in search of helpful inviduals who would answer my inquiries, of literally bonding with the PC for more than 24 hours straight, of missing my blog, of not drinking, of missing my friends, of missing some of my classes including that of randi's, of living on caffeine, of walking under the afternoon sun, of transcribing scribbled notes, of doing math and analyzing numbers, of going bitter over my partner, of not going out, of backaches and migraines, of using up what's left of my neurons, of not going on line in YM......

I'M FINALLY DONE WITH MY THESIS!!!!

.... meantime....

UP Fair: No FAIRmit, No Rally

Mood: Sleepy, full, contented
Listening to: Every Breath U take - UB40

Fair with TS

yeah! i just finished a week trying to survive my academic life and trying to have fun.

this is part 1 of my valentine's special... this time with my buddies from the UP Travel Society.

immediately after class.. 4pm, inuman na sa sarah's

this is drew.. aren't we cute?

this is mirelle... it's me and her against the world... thanks to her cellphone i was able to meet up with my prince.. hehe... more later..

me, jc, herbert bautista, janjoy, jb @ the sigma beta pakain

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Ma'am Vicky's Despedida

Ma'am Victoria Nañagas is one of my favorite teachers in AIT + my internship advisor + she's one of the bulwarks and the advisor of my maangas, pasaway org, Travel Society. She's leaving for an assignment in Korea. It's only fitting that we honor her before she left. The despedida was held friday, Feb 17 at the University Hotel.

a toast to ma'am vicky, si Ai pakyut! that's my arm over there...

"bawal mag recruit ng hindi kikay sa TS" - ma'am vicky

Randi Alampay, our new TS advisor... the love of my life! If only he knew.. haha.. but then now he does! sana lng hindi ako nilaglag ng orgmates ko di ba?

Malakas po kame kumain

TS peeps with ma'am Vicky

these are the things that happend before we got in the E=MC2 frat fair night for free c/o Herbert Bautista, before we rode the octopus, before i got drunk w/ my boy, gay and lesbo friends and before i went back to the fair to meet my prince charming.

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Prince Eryk and Princess Anastasia

Once upon a time, in the kingdom above the mountain, there was a lovely little princess. Her name, Princess Anastasia and she fell in love with a handsome young prince named Prince Eryk.

They had some great moments together. She would cook for him and they would dine together. He would give her the most delicious pastry and rescue her from perils.

Then one day, they had to be torn apart by distance. They both left the kingdom up the mountain. He went back to his kingdom to his seaside kingdom in the north, and she to her riverside kingdom in the east.

It was during the grand ball in celebration of the princess' 18th birthday that they last saw each other. That time, both of them had their own prince and princess, but they remained to be good friends.

Years went by without a word between the two. Until one day, because of the improved service of the messenger owls, they were able to reconnect with each other. He told her that he now lives in a kingdom near hers. And one day, they meet up at the fair in the university of higher learning. They spent their evening together on a friday night, talking about memories and sitting under the stars. They told each other how they missed each other. He hasn't changed a bit. He was still the dearest person she once knew, a sweet, kind gentleman.

As they were about to part ways, they agreed to see each other again... soon... Will she fall for the handsome prince again? will they live happily ever after? let's see...

Love, Marriage and Intoxication

Mood: Mixed Emo
Listening to: Dance like this - Wyclef Jean & Claudette

My Funny Valentines

Belated happy hearts day world! hope every body else enjoyed their day.. i sure did.. and yep, i didn't have a date. who says you need one to be happy?

ako single, pero hindi sad.. etong babae na to, may bf, pero bitter... see blog

well... i spent valentines with these guys... would u say we were sad?

and anyway, i was with RC

or was it Ren ren?

or was it Jian?

so don't go telling me i didn't have a date.. coz i have all the boys!

well anyway, now that vday is over and done with, i smile at the recollection of some past vday experiences....

CASE 1: The Bitter Fiasco. After being "single" again. i go to the UP fair with 2 other bitter people, Laarni and Sarah. we sat there sulking and playing a stupid game of "Questions".. asking questions like how, who, what, when, where.. then going sentimental.. thus submerging ourselves deeper into the pit of loneliness... stoof!

CASE 2: Lovapalooza. on valentines day i was at the up fair (it's an annual thing..) with my then-love interest. but on the eve of valentines, Sarah and i accompanied happy couple Jill and Reg to the Lovapalooza 1. Believe me, it doesnt seem as romantic when ur suffocated in a sea of people.. good thing no stampede occured. btw, i was registered to kiss some random frat brod who was also there.. ahem.. we didn't kiss ok!

CASE 3: "Can I hold your hand?" Valentines. because i didn't want to spend the evening ranting the night away, i finally went out with this guy who's forever asking me out. regular date, dinner, movies.. tab's on him. but please... there's no chemistry between us! he's a nice guy all right.. but then c'mon.. he's got the lamest tag lines on earth!

After all that sort of misadventures, i finally gave up and went with the flow.. and finally... in years, had the time of my life on valentines day. and puh-leez... i didn't feel pathetic because:

"i find it hard to believe that you're dateless, i mean being as hot as you are.." -sent through SMS by someone special (no, you probably don't know him.. and yes he was alone that night too)

although i wouldn't deny.. the night could've been so much better..... if only Brownman Revival played! but no! they didn't... i waited til after 2 am! on a school night.. broke my curfew and all that... and they didn't show up! ... well.. no use sulking.. i could always see them in xaymaca. and i dont have to contend with the (sorry for my term) "jologs" crowd of the UP fair..

to sum up my valentine affair, i would like to quote carlo. "valentines is a marketing scheme", and i couldn't agree more, it is an excuse to spend a little on the concept of love. Here's my warning though, when i fall and i mean hard, i will make everyday a valentines day... unlucky for him, he hasn't found me yet. Keep searching prince charming, one day your dreams will come true!

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MARRIAGE

What about marriage? Earlier today Hazel Jover, producer of the show Wedding Talks visited my class to speak about entrepreneurship. Now I’ve always wanted a beach wedding, now I really, really fell in love with the concept! As in! She showed us a video of one of her weddings which was held in Panglao Island Bohol….. hmmm… so should I go for that Ateneo Law student I’m crushing on? Clue: he’s the son of the congressman of Bohol. I doubt if he’s reading this anyway. He’s my newest crush! Deym! It's a hard hit!

Realizations
Recently, I was in a very resonant conversation with Carlo regarding evaluation of relationship patterns. Then I tried to evaluate myself. What I discovered wasn’t so surprising.

My ideal guy:

1. Someone I can take home to daddy anytime… (meaning: I don’t have to groom him for the “meet the parents”)
2. I have a special inclination to lawyers, or would-be lawyers (Ateneo/San Beda law, legal management.. name it, I got it!) Once they speak all those legal jargons.. I'm hooked!
3. A gentleman. Segway: once this certain law student offered to carry something for me.. i told him i could handle it myself. His response: "i know you can, i'm not doing it because you can't. i'm doing it because i'm a gentleman" kaboom! i'm in love!
4. Someone loyal... no sharing please!

Who I actually fall for?

1. same as above: looks smart, looks good, smells good, dresses well
2. same as above: lawyers, would be lawyers.
3. A gentleman.... in public. Turn out the lights and it's a different story.
4. The naughtiest playboy. it's like these men know that they are really appealing and so they turn into this casanova to every single woman (and pole wearing a skirt for that matter)... but nevertheless, i still fall into their venomous trap!

so where does that leave me? always dreamily on guard... i crush, infatuate, then tell myself... hell, i'm sure i'm not the only one. then find another would-be lawyer guy who can make my heart skip a beat like an instantaneous combustion.. all right.. dating pattern detected, case dismissed!

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INTOXICATION

Literally, i am. for a couple of days now. My body is a vessel containing the most gruesome substances on the planet. Alcohol, caffeine, nicotine and lots of sugar and fats! no exercise for a couple of days, minimal sleep time. this week has been one of the unhealthiest days of my life and i feel sick. earlier i was so pale, stomach queasy and head whirling! deym! i soooo need detoxification. remind me to eat only fruits and drink only water starting sunday ayt? fave granny's birthday on saturday and i wouldn't miss it for life.

Mr. and Ms. UP

Mood: confused
Listening to: Murder she wrote - Chaka Demus and Pliers

Last friday i watched Mr. and Ms. UP at Benitez Hall (college of music) to support my orgmates who participated the pageant, Renze and Miah.

me and my new boyfriend! jk!

Onemig Bondoc, was one of the judges. i was the first one who had the guts to have a picture taken w/ him... then the rest of the world followed. olats lintek!

Travel Society's bets.

My orgmates with Miah and Renze, Mr. and Ms. Travel Society

Lyanne and I with 1st Runner Up, Mr. GE Club.

He's so hot! love his dimples!