scintillating dreams

hot air balloon

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 08:04:00 GMT

drama mode off

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:43:26 GMT

SOS~! anyone, papano nga palang mag deactivate ng facebook?
padrama-drama ako, hindi ko naman pala alam kung papano.
a helpful comment would really be appreciated o kaya message na lang.

hermit muna uli

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:43:02 GMT

papano ba yan? magtatapon muna ako ng cellphone at magdedeactivate ng facebook at twitter.

kailangan ko munang magpanis ng laway.

see you all on summer!

ora et labora.

people, tanggalin ang unnecessary stress sa katawan.

to anyone who has any issue on me, ok na. no need to talk. palayain mo na ang konsensya mo or whatsoever. forgiven ka na. no need to talk. ayan ah, pinadali ko na para sa'yo.
to anyone who has negative feeling towards me, bahala ka na. nasa sa'yo naman yan. wa ako care. ikaw naman ang tutubuan ng wrinkles.
to my beloveds (ayan marami kayo), andito lang naman ako. di naman ako nawawala. di lang nga nagpaparamdam. haha! pero at least, di ako nawawala at never akong mawawala. mawawala ang lahat ng yan ako andito pa rin. why? stagnant kasi ako! para rin akong puno, inuugat na rito. hahaha.. joke lang. seryoso. sa sitwasyon ko ngayon, sa tingin nyo ba mawawala pa ako sa lagay na to. you know where to find me. :D

baboosh!

ay since last blog entry for the year na 'to may pahabol ako:
Absenti Nemo Ne Necuisse Velit-- let no one be willing to speak ill of the absent.

atsaka, due process dapat, ibig sabihin mayroong notice, inquiry, at judgment. hence, bago magalit sa isang tao, ipaalam muna sa taong yun kung bakit ganoon ang naramdaman mo sa kanya, tapos tanungin sya ng diretsahan. hindi na uubra yung pasabi pa sa iba. minsan kasi maling interpretasyon at magulong pagkaunawa lang. tsaka pa lamang dapat humusga pagkatapos noon. otherwise, suspend judgment.

matatanda na tayo para magpadala pa sa mga pambatang awayan, sakitan at kaguluhan.
yun lang naman.

pero ang akin lang sa ngayon, what happened happened. tapos na yun. move on na po tayo at mag let go. sa lahat lahat ng nangyari, may natutunan naman tayong lahat di ba?

no regrets.

forgive and forget kasi ako.
kaya kung isang araw magkasalubong tayo, wag magulat kung pati kayo eh hindi ko makilala. wala lang yun, malabo lang talaga ang mata ko at nakasuot ako ng earplugs.

lastly,
Merry Christmas! Happy New Year! Happy Three kings! Happy Valentines! at happy birthday na rin sa lahat!

bob ong

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:50:36 GMT

wala na akong ibang mailagay sa blog kundi quotes. anyway, i really feel the need to put this here. dapat yata ginagawa ko na lang quotation compiling blog to.

"Iba ang tinititigan sa tinitingnan. Ang tinititigan, sa isang bahagi lang nakatingin. Ang tinitingnan buong bahagi ang sinusuri. Iba rin ang iniintindi sa inuunawa. Ang iniintindi, pinipilit sa isipan. Ang inuunawa alam kung bakit dapat ipilit sa isipan. Kung kaya dapat: Tinitingnan ang mga bagay para maunawaan at hindi titigan lang at intindihin." - BOB ONG

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The first day of this month is really memorable. alam mo yung pakiramdam na di mo maipaliwanag? basta super saya.

babala: wag mong basahin

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:18:44 GMT

one of our neighbors is having a house party. their sound system--full blast. at this hour!!! ok lang sana eh. ayos lang naman magsaya, wag lang sobra! ay grabe!!!! ok na sana kaso lang naman yung tugtog 'I don't care' ng 2ne1. kaninang kaninang kaninang kaninang kanina pa yun!!!!!! paulit ulit ulit ulit ulit ulit ulit ulit ulit ulit ulit na!!!!!!

a rant in the middle of the night. thank you so much! thank you so much!!!!

gusto kong lumabas at i-request na pakihinaan naman o kaya pakipalitan naman yung song. nakakatorete. nagmememorize ka ng provision tapos puro i don't care naririnig mo! 'di pa dyan nagtatapos puro "eh eh eh eh errrrrr... eh eh eh eh errrr.." naririnig ko. constipated ba ang 2ne1 kaya puro eh eh eh eh errrr ang lyrics ng 'i don't care!?'

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sabaw na naman ako. at dahil dyan mahabang mahabang mahaba tong isusulat ko:
instead of nursing a grudge towards my neighbor, i think that it's better to lash out on the song. tutal, sa song naman natotorete yung tenga ko. di ko maintindihan ang lyrics ng i don't care because it's in korean. i don't know korean and i don't have any intention of learning the language. masaya na ako sa wikang alam ko. anyway going back, i don't get the point of saying i don't care or writing an entire song just to point out that someone doesn't care. di ba? ano ba yun? i don't care kuno pero mega effort of composing an entire song in order to express the i don't care attitude. dapat pag i don't care, i don't care talaga. meaning, wa-care, wa-paki, at NR as in no reaction.

the point is, if the 'i don't care' attitude is to be taken seriously dapat major no reaction na. ay grabe! a reaction, a comment or even a criticism could be equated to caring. gruuuhhhhhhh-beh!!!! time is gold. time is the scarcest resource among all resources. once it's lost, it's lost forever. never na maibabalik yun. so, why would someone take time and use a portion of his scarce resource in order to say the words, 'i don't care', give a reaction, comment or even a criticism?! perhaps that must mean that he cares.

grabe, toreteng torete na ako. i can't find my headset! 'di kaya ng powers ng laptop ang lakas ng tugtog ng kapitbahay. at kahit isara ko ang lahat ng bintana ng kwarto ko, wala na rin. kasi, LSS ko na 'tong song for the constipated people... "eh eh eh eh errrr..."

i just used a portion of my scarce resource to rant about that 'idon'tcare' song.
tsk tsk tsk.

ano, binasa mo pa rin 'to? sabi ko sa'yo wag basahin eh! may napala ka ba?
tsk!

in lieu of

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:15:08 GMT

my supposedly studytime for legal writing, i am writing this entry to impart to the (un)fortunate souls who stumbled upon this blog, the meaning of punctuations.

punctuations, as we know them, are integral parts of writing. they make the meaning of written communication clear, and if possible, unmistakable. neverthless, most people tend to overlook them. i guess, everybody's guilty of this, at some point.
so anyway, here are the punctuations and how they are supposed to be used: (note: closely read the description of each punctuation).

the asterisk (*) - it is a star-shaped figure which is a reference mark to indicate that something had been omitted.

the brace [ { } ] - it is used for clarity.

the period (.) - placed at the end of an imperative sentence that does not express strong emotion.

the comma (,) - helps to clarify the meaning of writing. widely used of all the punctuations.comma usage varies so greatly that only a few rules can be considered unchanging. this is the reason why the comma cause more mischief in the law of all the other punctuation marks combined.

the semicolon (;) - a mark to indicate separation or division in the relation of the thought. it is a stronger mark than a comma, signifying a greater break or longer pause between sentence elements.

the colon (:) - a mark of expectation or addition. its primary function is to signal the reader to "watch out for what's coming."

the exclamation point (!) - it is used to mark a forceful comment or exclamation

( the descriptions i put are only part and parcel of what these punctuations really stand for. they have other uses. mahaba na kasi. katamad i-type. )

so, what's the punctuation for you? ako, ito, :

xxx is another way of writing ...

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:12:03 GMT

“I don’t live in either my past or my future. I’m interested only in the present. If you can concentrate always on the present, you’ll be a happy man. Life will be a party for you, a grand festival, because life is the moment we’re living now."

-The Alchemist

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dum dum dum dum xxx

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 07:08:50 GMT

A Slice of Pizza, Please.

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:17:51 GMT

" True, a hungry man does not have much freedom of choice. But equally true, when a well fed man does not have freedom of choice, he cannot protect himself against going hungry."

- Sen. Jose W. Diokno

* So, would you still choose food over freedom?

behind the silly question is profound wisdom

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:20:19 GMT

ang tanong:

Adam was molded from spit of clay and Eve from Adam's rib. Neither of the two was born of a woman.

Do they have navels?

kowts

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:46:30 GMT

" A language is the expression of a nation's soul. Without it, no nation would be able to express its deepest thoughts and sentiments. Therefore, if the Filipinos want to continue as a national unit, develop their own specific qualities, they shall not abandon their own language."

- quoted from the 1935 Constitutional Convention proceedings.

cut it short!

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 03:41:37 GMT

the day after i had my interview for the alumni homecoming, i had my hair cut short. nasobrahan nga yata ng iksi. now, it barely touches my shoulders. kindergarten-haircut much? prior to that my hair is already waistlong. ang tagggaaalll kong pinahaba nun! but then, it's hard to maintain something that demands too much of my time. priorities must be set straight. one must relieve himself from the unnecessary stress of this life. grabe, yun nga eh, although i would love to maintain and continue wearing long hair, hindi pwede.

someone once told me that a change in hair style signifies an end in the phase or stage in the life of a person. ewan ko lang kung totoo. after the interview kasi, i just felt the need to let my hair go. as if there's a connection naman di ba? i was just so happy seeing my old college campus again tapos seeing the people again. 'twas really nostalgic! ang daming nagbago sa campus. for instance, yung bilihan ng nai cha nasa "agno" na. i don't even know if they still call that agno. grabe! unfortunately, i wasn't able to go up our org office. squeezed kasi talaga yung time. after the interview, i even had to rush to mendiola to attend my classes. then, i went back to la salle to have dinner with my old orgmates. i missed them so much! kaso, i went home early because i still have to study. hahaha.

grabe! ang ganda sa cafe noriter! sayang talaga, i graduated before they even opened. now, i was thinking of going to taft every now and then just to stay at cafe noriter. iba kasi yung ambiance. the entire time we were there, super na-aamaze lang ako sa ayos nya.
imagine, even days after the experience of eating there, puro yun pa rin yung bukambibig ko. haha... talk about walang social life!

anyway, ito na naman. daldal ko na naman. i have to study na! i also have to think about my wishes!!! i'm super excited about the meteor shower later! i shall definitely watch it! HAHAHA.... at last meteor shower! nung friday the 13th nabagsakan ako ng blinds in my room kasi inaayos ko sya to see the stars, ayun. stars nga nakita ko.

gosh! meteor shower later!!! :D

noriter

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 12:45:13 GMT

hello net! ang tagal mong nawala!
fast blog lang. next time na yung full blast entry. busy ako.

right now, very few things could make me feel really really happy. isa na dun yun plaridel. formerly known as top four, now known as the tough four.
pinatibay ng mga karanasan sa plaridel. heartaches and all.

basta. yun.
super ligaya ko. i'm glad i went to the interview for the upcoming homecoming.
i missed them.
kung may isang bagay man akong babalik-balikan at aalalahanin parati, isa na sila yun.

thank you, tough four.

now, back to my own little world na naman.
back to reality.

P.S.
APP, go for the gold in SPO Cup!

Cthulthu

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:37:56 GMT

No, that's not a set of letters randomly typed on keyboard--that's what we'll be encountering this sem.
Mercy killing please?
NOT! We shall slay the dragon and battle its minions!
ARRRGGGGHHH!!!!!! the horror! the pain! the agonizing pain!!!

ENOUGH!

Ok, so my blockmates' autism and their anxiety are so contagious that I'm also reacting, blogging and thinking this way!
Looovvaaapalooozaaa!

Seriously, I'm thrilled to have this Oh-so-great-lawyer-legend as my professor! I cannot wait...to be eaten alive!
If I'm lucky enough to have survived the upcoming ~~torture~~ genocide this coming week, then I'll major update this blog about my face to face with *thunder and lightning* the great Amurao.

lechugas part 2

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:24:04 GMT

lechugas part one was labeled a for friends only entry.
so anyway, this is lechugas part two.

nao-autistic na naman blockmates ko. well, kasama na ako dun. we are currently searching the net. getting as much information as we could regarding our torturers this sem (ehem...torturers=professors). apparently, we have a killer schedule and a killer set of professors.

can we handle this?
bring it on?
tap out! tap out!
are we still all in this together?
or probably a me, myself and i battle?

lechugas.
someone even twitted that our LEGEND prof eats people alive XD (jabbawockeez!)

so much for the rant.

LECHUGAS - n. a green leafy veagetable.

Lslli*ns are such babies!

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:30:31 GMT

Or baka ako lang. HAHAHA...

Ganito kasi yun. Ngayon ko lang napagtanto kung papanong klase ng spoon feeding and pampering ang ginawa sa akin sa aking dating Pamantasan. Magmula sa online enrollment hanggang sa Student council, isama pa ang iba't ibang orgs at hanggang sa emergency moments. Well, wala naman talagang masama sa magandang pagtrato sa amin ng mga Lasallian brother. Laking pasalamat ko nga, sulit naman pala ang mahal na miscellanous fees ng Pamantasan.

Pero, wala lang...it's only now that I've come to appreciate those things. Ngayon na graduate na ako and currently enrolled in another academic institution in pursuance of another degree.

So, ganito kasi yun. 'Twas my first time to actually enroll in Beda (incomparable naman kasi yung first enrollment as freshman nung first sem). So anyway, 'yun nga enrollment ko sa Beda. There was an online registration. So okay yun. Mabilis. Then, the manual enrollment... TADAN!!! ANG BAGAL!!! INABOT AKO NG DALAWANG ORAS!!! HANEP!!! Isipin mo yun. I know that it's not good to compare pero as one of my current blockmate puts it, "the longest time it took me in enrolling in La Salle was 15 minutes."

So syempre, sanay ako sa mabilis at high tech na sistema in my former school. So, after I finished enrolling medyo di na so happy happy ang timpla ko. Diretso ako ngayon sa bahay. To my surprise, another blockmate. This time, someone from UP (oo yung peyups, yung maraming isaw ba :D) posted his appreciation to Beda. Super saya nya because it only took him two hours to enroll. Sa isip-isip ko, hello ano ba?! ang tagal kaya!!!

THEN IT HIT ME...

Super masyado akong na-baby sa La Salle. Lining up for two hours for enrollement got on my nerves, while my blockmate was soooo happy and amazed that he only lined up for two hours. Such difference! Grabe. When I saw how thankful he was, as compared to how devastated I was... nahiya naman daw ako sa sarili ko. *bulang nag-pop bigla*

So there. I am really thankful for the kind of efficiency that my former school provided me with while I was there. However, it's time to live in the real world and try to go with the flow. I should be more patient and appreciative from now on.

not all fairytales end in happily ever after

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:29:04 GMT

Wicked is indeed wicked!
I wonder is the upcoming movie would do justice to the musical, forget the book (HAHA).

Wicked the musical is the "fairytale" version of Wicked the book by Gregory Mcguire.
And although the book did not have a happy ending, still the story of the Wicked Witch of the West is one of the best "background" stories ever told.

With Wicked, it's indeed true that not all great stories end in happily ever after.

The Road Not Taken

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:03:32 GMT

by Robert Frost

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,

And sorry I could not travel both

And be one traveler, long I stood

And looked down one as far as I could

To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair

And having perhaps the better claim,

Because it was grassy and wanted wear;

Though as for that, the passing there

Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay

In leaves no step had trodden black

Oh, I kept the first for another day!

Yet knowing how way leads on to way,

I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh

Somewhere ages and ages hence:

two roads diverged in a wood, and I --

I took the one less traveled by,

And that has made all the difference.

Defying Gravity!

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:15:14 GMT

I think Lea Michele looks like Idina Menzel.

Anyway, so much for trying to convince people about the similarities between Lea and Idina.
At long last, Glee featured a song from my favorite musical, Wicked (which by the way, also stars Idina Menzel)

Something has changed within me
Something is not the same
I'm through with playing by the rules
Of someone else's game
Too late for second-guessing
Too late to go back to sleep
It's time to trust my instincts
Close my eyes: and leap!

It's time to try
Defying gravity
I think I'll try
Defying gravity
And you can't pull me down!

I'm through accepting limits
''cause someone says they're so
Some things I cannot change
But till I try, I'll never know!
Too long I've been afraid of
Losing love I guess I've lost
Well, if that's love
It comes at much too high a cost!
I'd sooner buy
Defying gravity
Kiss me goodbye
I'm defying gravity
And you can't pull me down

Although I am a huge fan of Glee. I could say that I am a bigger fan of Wicked the Musical. Although for most songs, I find Glee's version better, this time, I find WICKED's version of Defying Gravity better.

BUT I still lalalalallloveeee Kurt Hummel's voice. :D

Bright Star

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:40:13 GMT

by John Keats

Bright star, would I were stedfast as thou art--
Not in lone splendour hung aloft the night
And watching, with eternal lids apart,
Like nature's patient, sleepless Eremite,
The moving waters at their priestlike task
Of pure ablution round earth's human shores,
Or gazing on the new soft-fallen mask
Of snow upon the mountains and the moors--
No--yet still stedfast, still unchangeable,
Pillow'd upon my fair love's ripening breast,
To feel for ever its soft fall and swell,
Awake for ever in a sweet unrest,
Still, still to hear her tender-taken breath,
And so live ever--or else swoon to death

excited na akong pumasok! second sem na!

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:10:28 GMT

It goes on and on and on and on...

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:02:49 GMT

"And now the movie never ends
It goes on and on and on and on"

Tomorrow shall be enrollment day. The day after that, the classes shall resume.
Sleepless nights, bulky books, hundreds of cases lie ahead.
The hardest semester yet is waiting.

"Payin' anything to roll the dice
Just one more time"

Competition is stiff. The real competition is on. It happened during finals week. Powerplay would be heightened.
We'll fight against one another just to get a slot in that quota. A fight against one another. A fight against oneself.
Survival of the fittest.

"Working hard to get my fill,
Everybody wants a thrill"

After this semester those who will carry on with the battle shall be determined.
There's no room for self doubt.

"Their shadows searching in the night
Streetlights, people, living just to find emotion"

This is the time to prove that we're not here for shrill thrill.
We're here to make our dreams reality.
I am here to make my dream a reality.

"Some will win, some will lose
Some are born to sing the blues"

This is the most crucial semester YET. After this, many might bade goodbye.
Some might realize that this isn't their calling.
While others might continue the battle in other places.
I can forgive failing but I cannot forgive quitting or not even trying.
To quit is to lose without even fighting.

"Don't stop believin'
Hold on to that feelin'"

TRUST YOUR HOPES NOT YOUR FEARS.
Countless battles lie ahead. The technique is to never count. Just deal with the harships one after the other.
It's hard. It's not easy. But it's not impossible.

"It goes on and on and on and on"

Tomorrow shall be enrollment day. The day after that, classes shall resume.
I decided to enroll again.
Now I must try to fight the battle. I must get a spot in that quota.
Ora et Labora.
So help me God.

hmmmmm...???

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 17:54:17 GMT

fb quote. this made me think.

"Everything that's in your mind is a belief. The function of the mind is to produce beliefs about what you see, hear, feel. And that's useful. But you keep forgetting that what you think is only a belief. Every time you take any of your thoughts (or someone else's thoughts) as THE truth, you judge And with every judgment you grow farther and farther from God. Stop. Start coming closer to God through acceptance of other, different from yours, perspectives on life."

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 07:28:36 GMT

we should never have any doubts in the power of God.

Ora et Labora works.

I'm soooooo happy!

LOL

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:55:35 GMT

I was mindlessly browsing the net (as usual), searching for some interesting finds (parang ukay-ukay lang at flea market), then I stumbled upon a twilight related site. So, I decided to browse about the upcoming movie in the twilight saga, New Moon.

THEN...

GRABE!!! NATAWA AKO! SOBRA!!! TAYLOR LAUTNER!!!! Sobrang napatawa ako ng malakas.
Bakit ako natawa?

HE WAS BORN IN 1992!!!

Siopao, Siomai, Sharksfin at Ginisang Gulay!!!

Sobrang natawa ako! He's basically a child! Someone who hasn't reached the age of emancipation yet!
WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO THE WORLD? WHY ARE WE "EXPLOITING" OUR CHILDREN LIKE THAT? :))

Seriously, natawa talaga ako. To think that he has a LOT of followers, both girls and gays.

LoL to the max talaga ako kanina.