Pictorial But No Pictures

Posted at 10:02 AM

i had my graduation pictorial last tuesday. dat really felt good. after four years, finally.

then, my groupmate forced me for an overnight to finish the design being 80% functional. no extra shirt, no extra money. they provided. but of course, there's a piece of clothing that can be compared to cassette tapes. it's called side b. get it? got it? good. it's disgusting, i know. the hell i care, this is my blog. i went home just last night, 11pm. i still managed to catch a film, shutter.

hell, everybody's disgusting in one way or another. right? people who claim they're so clean look really disgusting to me.

Tuesdays With Morrie

Posted at 11:16 AM

Tuesdays With Morrie, my all-time favorite book, movie adaptation on Hallmark Channel. June 24 9pm, June 29 9pm and June 30 9:30pm

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Mitch Albom seems to have everything a man could want. Everything except a meaningful personal life. His relationship with girlfriend Janine is continually pushed aside whenever his job takes precedence. With no hope for marriage in sight, Janine ends the relationship. But it takes one of Mitch’s former university professors, Morrie, who is now dying, to teach Mitch the importance of living life to the full. Stars Hank Azaria and Jack Lemmon.

Release: 1999
Actors: Caroline Aaron, Hank Azaria, Jack Lemmon, Wendy Moniz
Director: Mick Jackson

My Red Wine

Posted at 02:57 PM

we had the last seminar for the graduating class yesterday. it was the best, the speaker is an HR consultant of DTI, a very cool 40-year old lady, reminds me of my bubbly female high school friends.

 

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then, i was awarded as the fourth most outstanding student of the class. this is based on my behavior during seminars, my reaction papers and punctuality. i duno how i did it but hey, i got a big bottle of RED WINE when i got home. though, i wished it could've been in cold cash instead.

 

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my reward: i went to my groupmate's haus to carry the steel-made design frame of about 8 kilos, plus i have the bottle of wine on the other hand, plus my bag is in my armpits, plus my new shirt is in my armpits as well (together with the bag), plus my certificates are inside my bag so it shouldn't be pressed to hard in my armpits, and i'm wearing a business attire, i'm soaking with sweat, i stink, i'm walking in the deadliest streets of u-belt (where my groupmate's condo is)... and ... that's it.

when i got home, i took a nap. when i woke up, it felt like i did a hundred crunches, a hundred curls, felt like i worked out the whole day. then i looked at my red wine, i smiled

end of the day.

rachel griffiths

Posted at 09:10 AM

one of the many reasons why i love Six Feet Under is because of Brenda, played by Rachel Griffiths. i had this batchmate who resembles her a lot, especially when she had her make up during our graduation pictorial. hell, everybody's really good looking during this kind of pictorial. but i haven't seen her upload her pic though, anyways, here they are.

=-this is ahjoy before pictorial-=

=-how did she become like this chick rachel griffiths?-=

that i wouldn't know. but, i was swept away.

pikchur pikchur

Posted at 01:29 PM

the proof of red wine for the most outstanding students. naks!

first four, excited sa field trip 5:30 am

bawal daw papikchur sa loob ng fujitsu, no animals allowed

tagaytay side trip

Perfect Week

Posted at 12:46 PM

i didn't get enough sleep this morning. we tried to finish our design: microcontroller-based rice and sugar dispenser. for the heck of it, i got a third-degree burn in my left foot because of stupidity. i placed the soldering iron at my right, and then i crossed my legs. it's really toxic to sit all day and all night on a floor, back hunched, melting lead, try not to make it touch the other row of the printed circuit board... blah blah blah

we were given a deadline by monday to make it 100% functional and ready for presentation. out of 12 groups, only four were given this chance. the rest were given a grade of 7.00, incomplete. it's hard to comply in this kind of status to think that we're all graduating in the class.

Tonight: Get enough sleep

Thursday: Complete the hardware parts; No Apprentice and Desperate Housewives for this week...

Friday: Overnight at Marc's for LAN Design due on Saturday

Saturday: Overnight at Aquinas' for final interfacing of the microcontroller to the rest of the components; Submission LAN design; try to go home

Sunday: Improve the presentation part of the design

Monday 8am: Pre-Defense (if not functional, 7.00 incomplete; otherwise, schedule for final defense)

o0o  Good luck to me  o0o

red bull

Posted at 08:03 PM

it's monday 4:30am, wla pa tulog, ndi pa ayus design namin, 3hrs na lang. kelangan pa namin ng isang IC, sarado pa alexan sa raon. ndi pa tapos docu namin. ayus na microcontroller namen. ndi ako makatulog, uminom kc ako ng coffee sa 7-11, nag-gudang, tapus pinainom nman ako dito ng red bull. ang tindi.

yun lang. balitaan ko na lang pag ggraduate na ko!

p.s. gusto ko pa nman pnta sa fete la musique (kahit anu pa man ang sfeling) sa dami ng kakilala kong andun, nalungkot tuloy ako. prang kaya ko pa yata makipagtakbuhan kalaban si lydia de vega sa kahabaan ng espana. nanginginig mga kalamnan ko. high ba ko?

gudang tayo!

Posted at 12:32 PM

gawa ng mga ininom ko't hinithit kagabi, hanggang ngayon, monday 9pm na, ndi pa rin ako nakakatulog.

mga 6am, naligo na ko. ndi pa rin functional design namin

7:30am, nag-cab na kame. sa dami ng bitbit namen at yung 20-kilo na dispenser namen... blah blah blah

8am, dating kami skul, nakita namin yung other 3 groups, we called ourselves survivors. kasi 12 grups sa klas, lahat 7.0 ang grade, incomplete.

10am, kami na lang ang ayaw magpa-incomplete, buset yung isang i.c. nagloko, ayus na lcd namen at keypad. ayus na microcontroller. ayus na. putrages tlga. naubos oras namen kakatroubleshoot. pinipilit na kame ni ma'am magpa-7.0

11am, 2PM ultimatum namin dpat functional na, takbo ako ng raon bili ng i.c, balik sa condo ng kagrup ko iniwan ko kasi bag ko kala ko babalik kame agad, eh may exam pa ko ng 4:30

1pm, nagbreakfast, este lunch na ko pagbalik ko ng skul, sila muna magtroubleshoot.

2pm, ndi pa rin gumagana.

3pm, 7.0 kami. next wk na uli kame magpapakita, pero ang lalabas na final grade namin this term 7.00, incomplete. sa enrolment wk kame magdedefense.

4:30pm, gutom na uli ako. habang nageexam, inaantok, kumakalam ang tiyan, inaantok, mahapdi mata, mahapdi pa rin yung lapnos ko sa kaliwang paa, ambaho ko pa

7pm, nakaidlip sa bus, parang malaya na ko. design na lang problema ko sa kolehiyo. pag ntapos to, hoot hoot. parang namiss ko yung gudang, nakakaadik pala yun. (b.i. si ivy, sa kanya galing yun) 

Hallelujah

Posted at 07:16 AM

may mga songs na ndi ko gusto sa unang kinig, pero pag lagi mo napapakinggan, natitripan mo na. like, first day funk. pero na-astigan ako sa song ng bamboo. kakaiba yung impact ng lyrics sakin tuwing naririnig ko.

Alam naman natin kung sino ang tuso
Sa bawat sumpang umiiyak, singil ko ay piso
Sa bawat lumuluhang dukha, alay ko'y dugo

ndi talaga ako mahilig sa love songs, pero pag alternative ang tugtog, ayus din.

Ngayong gabi, ako ang sundalo mo
Habang ika'y tulog, ako'y gising nakabantay sa iyo
Kasi mahal kita, kita mo
Pag-ibig ko sa 'yo lamang

may mga banda na ndi naman Christian band, pero in a way, nailalabas nila yung message sa tao. naipaparating nila, dun ako bilib.

Run the blood of mine to convey
To see these faces in front of me
Yes, we have, and we begin
We are the scars from within
I'm ashamed of what I become in the mirror
The face of my one true enemy
Hallelujah, some music
Let's take control
If I have to take this message door to door
See myself in every soul
With the mission, I'll make this my personal mission
Set me from the fire, from the fire
Set me from the fire

FLOOD 101

Posted at 10:29 AM

kahapon, dapat gigimik ako. astig get-up ko!

6pm, nagpunta kami ng kagrupo ko sa design sa raon, nagkulang kasi kame ng dpdt relay. pagbaba namin ng jeep, biglang lumakas ang ulan. nakatsinelas lang ako, pero may medyas (may sugat kasi ako yung nalapnos ng soldering iron) at wala kameng payong. naligo kami sa ulan, tampisaw tampisaw... nasa pangatlong kanto pa yung alexan, dun lang meron nung hinahanap namen.

sa unang kanto, baha na. basa na medyas ko. bleh.

pangalawang kanto, suko na ko. may sugat kasi ako.nauna na cya. sabi nya saken: babalikan kita. para kaming nasa papalubog na titanic. 

tumayo ako dun habang bumubuhos ang ulan, tumataas ang baha. hinintay ko cya nang isang oras. tapos napagtanto ko, wala na cya dadaanan malamang ndi na yun makakabalik. ako nga yun ang walang madadaanan, lubog na lahat. tapos may nakita akong mga pedicab, ayos! pagsakay ko, nakataas na paa ko. pero, nung nasa gitna na ng unang kanto, pati puwetan ko itinataas ko na sa upuan, ganun kataas ang tubig. tapos sinisingil ako ng 30 pesos. nakatawad ako hanggang 25 lang.

di pa nagtatapos yun, sakay ako ng jeep espana pabalik sa condo ni kagrupo, habang iniisip kung babalikan kaya nya talaga ako? ndi kaya ng jeep ang tubig, sa ibang way dumaan, bumababa ako. tatlong kanto rin uli yung nilusong ko. parang Manila Bay ang Espana, sa tv ko lang nakikita to pero chong, iba ang pakiramdam pag andun ka!

ang ganda ng tanawin: mga nakatirik na jeep, lumulusong na naka-dahon (feu students) at ibang kulay ng tubig. buti naka-medyas ako, nafilter yung mga papasok sa paa ko. gudlak na lang kay leptospirosis. (tama ba sfeling?)

lahat ng ito, para lang sa relay. para lang sa design, para lang pumasa, para lang gumradweyt. weh! demet

                     

Singing In The Rain

demanding

Posted at 06:09 AM

every point of view has another angle. every angle has its merit. but, it all boils down to faith, that's the way I see it. -Plumb-

people try to hide so many things from you during the first date, or first meeting. the longer they keep it, the harder it is for them to confess.

confessions and acceptance build lasting relationships. come on, just be honest. can't we all be?

when people can't get what they want from you, they'll say "ang hina ko naman sayo!" but they can't even ask themselves if that person is getting, too, what he wants from them.

do you really care?

that's just my point of view.