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[Nov. 10th, 2009|02:06 am] |
Tomorrow (or rather later) is the first day of school for my 10th term in UP, and I don't have a notebook yet. I think this will be an interesting semester though, and I would be doing much more than just focusing on academics. I plan to do the following things:
1. Lose weight: I'm at 170 pounds right now, and it's the heaviest I've ever been. I've said yes to two bets already concerning my weight because I need that motivation.
2. Study another language: a drunken day in Davao gave me the ability to speak Bisaya. I can speak and probably carry a conversation but I'm far from fluent.
3. Make jogging a habit: Part of my plan to lose weight. Also, I plan to use jogging as a release for my frustrations. Better than binge-eating.
So there. A few of my plans. And finally, a note to myself before the start of the sem: pagtarong. HAHA.
Good luck to everyone! Hope the sem will be good! :D
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[Oct. 18th, 2009|11:33 pm] |
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Should I be happy or sad if I'm at a right place at a wrong time? |
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[Oct. 16th, 2009|12:04 am] |
It's very, very easy to turn your world upside down, and it's a bitch to turn it back right side up. A simple push, a few phrases or a single gesture can turn your world tumbling down to oblivion.
But, I think it's just a way of saying that I should get back on the ground again. I exist in a mesh between illusion and reality, which operates on degrees of happiness and emotions. My happiness should not be a mark of normalcy, as it only sees one corner of the world.
Damn. I need balance.
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[Oct. 13th, 2009|01:48 am] |
Beneath the warm orange glow, and the embrace of the cool breeze, I found myself smiling again.
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[Oct. 3rd, 2009|03:35 am] |
The bed awaits my brokenhearted self. Malice is such a nasty character. It seems that whether I like it or not, I'm writing a new chapter.
I miss my past.
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[Oct. 2nd, 2009|10:19 pm] |
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I know, all along, that this is an illusion, yet I am letting myself be consumed. |
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[Oct. 1st, 2009|01:16 am] |
Intentional fallacy is always difficult to deal with.
Let's hope I go through dreamland unscathed tonight.
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[Sep. 21st, 2009|11:22 pm] |
My soul yearns for peace
in this night as cold
as indifference. |
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[Aug. 24th, 2009|01:40 am] |
Twitter's pretty fun. This is just the first night I got my account but I posted (rather tweeted) five, six times already. The 140 character limit forces you to be creative with your messages to put out as much thoughts as possible, and it's a perfect venue for those one-liner thoughts--posts like that on livejournal, or any other blogging service, would make it look lazy or too cryptic or something.
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I'm figuring out a way to preserve all my writing. The thoughts in this journal is five years worth, and it witnessed my the changes I went through in my adolescent life. If you go to the first pages of this journal, you'll see how naive I was about the world. Scroll through after, and you'll see how my thought patterns changed.
I want to keep that and show it to my children, and hopefully to my grandchildren, to let them know who I was, and that I had a childhood as well. I just don't want them to let them know what I did, but I also want to let them know what I thought of the world, and how I loved or hated it at certain times during my life.
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[Aug. 21st, 2009|12:40 am] |
Kahit masakit sa ulo, masaya ang critical thinking. Isipin mo, imperyalismo sa pamamagitan ng ekonomiya. Pananakop ng ibang bansa sa pamamagitan ng pagmanipula ng kanilang yamang likas. Parang mga British lang noon O mga Greek or Romano. Kaso, may "independence" ang mga bansang nasasakop. Puro negosasyon, korapsyon, kagaguhan ng mangilang-ngilang tao sa pagtitindig ng sistemang babagsak rin balang-araw.
Pero, paano kaya kung mawala ang lahat ng nabanggit ko? Paano kaya kung pantay-pantay tayong lahat sa buong mundo? Ano kaya mangyayari? Dali. Post kayo sa comments kung gusto niyo. Bigay kayo ng ideas. Hehe.
*galing sa ACLE. Marami lang talagang naiisip na tanong at mga posibleng problema ng mga suggestion, mula sa Zeitgeist Movement, para sa pag-aayos ng problema ng mundo. Hanapin niyo nga pala sa internet yun kung interesado kayo. I-google niyo.
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[Aug. 5th, 2009|11:23 pm] |
For the first time in my life, I encountered pain like I never encountered it before. I somehow witnessed it crawl up my nerves in slow motion, and I felt its destruction. I knew that it could incapacitate me. I knew that it could throw me off balance. I knew that it could stop me from doing what I want.
But, I also knew that I'm alive, and that my body's still functioning properly. I also knew that I'll still see a tomorrow, and all the days after that.
So...pain is your friend. Haha.
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[Aug. 5th, 2009|01:12 am] |
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My LJ is five and a half years old. Horaay, I guess. Hehe. |
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| another paper-related rant |
[Aug. 5th, 2009|12:27 am] |
Honestly, I'm quite tired of ranting about school already, because it has now become a routine. It goes something like this: I have x, x>2, number of papers due by the end of the week and I still haven't finished anything blah blah. Now, I'm getting used to the fact that it's part of the path I chose, and ranting about it doesn't do anything but release a few words into the atmosphere. However, there's this new thing I'm ranting about--rather looking for--and it's pretty difficult to find.
I'm looking for balance, because of the supersaturation due to nutrition-related shizz, and that may be through music, through social studies, or through films.
It's been three years since I last had a band--a decision that stemmed from the desire to excel in the field of academics, which has failed me recently. The said occurrence led me to the conclusion that not playing for a group has no bearing on my academic standing anymore, thus prompting action on my behalf. Therefore, starting Monday, I will start playing again, and I'll finish what I need to finish without complaining, because I need it THAT badly.
I've also been looking for discourse recently, ranging from the mundane to the intellectually-stimulating. Talks about Marxism, Neo-Marxism, Deconstruction, Cultural Hybridity--things I've learned from the three years I've been in college that's not necessarily related to my major, are the things I've been looking for. While I'm not yet ready for some hardcore word-for-word action, a primer would do me nice to inspire me to aspire for knowledge greater than the four corners of the classroom.
Also, I watched Last Supper No. 3 this evening, and I'm seeing my BA Film and Audio-Visual Communication self dying. I don't see films the way I saw them before, when I was fresh out of the program. Now, it's just the story. I barely see the treatment and the motivations behind it. Given the chance to learn it again, I'd still give it a shot though, since I'm all pro-learning all of a sudden.
And finally, as a passing but final thought for the night, I wanna write creatively again. You know, the transmission of thoughts from the mind to the fingers, presented as meanings through the words that culture defined. HAHA.
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[Jul. 29th, 2009|08:39 pm] |
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It feels good when you're motivated. It feels bad when your motivation goes somewhere else not really important. :P |
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[Jul. 22nd, 2009|11:07 pm] |
I guess it's a good thing to feel guilty for not doing any work during my free time. I take it as a sign of maturity and great fear for not having enough time to do the six major papers due at the end of the week. Haha. I guess this comes with being a third year student of nutrition--all the papers, all the time set aside for community visits, all the time set for other school-related things. To juggle all of these takes some skill, and a couple of months into the semester doesn't quite give that yet, since things are just starting.
Knowing that my friends and I will be like this for a couple of months is quite horrendous, but also knowing that I'm not alone, figuratively and literally, takes away some of the stress of toiling all night for three days. Dreaming is now just a dream. HAHA.
Anyway, just letting out some steam before doing another paper.
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| just a break from all the work |
[Mar. 16th, 2009|08:16 am] |
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there's just three more weeks worth of school work i have to finish before i can have my first summer break in almost three years. work has been piling up and so are my pictures. i apologize to some for not posting photos yet (and including some videos). somehow, multiply cannot recognize the vertical orientation of photos so they still end up horizontal.
anyway, i have...three months worth of photos to upload. maybe it'll be four months worth when i get around to uploading it. haha. oh well.
i want a summer job. :D |
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[Feb. 24th, 2009|10:36 am] |
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some people are lucky to have their time at their friggin' fingertips while some people's fingertips do not have access to anything but the keyboard and the coffee mug.
and when everything's done, despite doing a lot of the work, all of you are *still* equal, which is a solid slap to the face because martyrdom's useless in this setting. |
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| YOU ARE INVITED TO THE ILANG-ILANG JAVA NIGHT! :) |
[Feb. 20th, 2009|10:44 am] |
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Ilang-Ilang Residence Hall
Presents
JAVA NIGHT
fashion and music in sync
Featuring:
INGENIUM
TSAKA NA LANG
TED CONTRERAS
THE DENNIS ROLDAN PROJECT
MADE FOR MIDNIGHT MOVIES
THE UP MUSIC CIRCLE
with a special performance from
KONTRA-GAPI
We will serve free-flowing coffee until supplies last!
See you on the 21st of February at the Ilang-Ilang Garden, UP Diliman, Quezon City, 7:00PM sharp! Tickets at P30.
*There will be a mini fashion show launching this year’s Ilang-Ilang shirt featuring the beauty and ingenuity of the Ilang-Ilang residents in 4 categories: ethnic design, designs for the seasons, zodiac signs, and famous guy impersonations.
**for students of Sir Xiao (Michael Charleston Chua), he’ll be playing with Sir Mayo as The Dennis Roldan Project. Sir Mayo will also be making available his first album at the venue. Check out his sound at http://meyoneyz.multiply.com or athttp://odysseylive.net/meyoneyz
Limited copies only! |
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| the MMDA hotline works! |
[Feb. 4th, 2009|10:36 am] |
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this evening, i was pulled over because of beating the red light. it was still yellow when i crossed but somehow the vehicle i was driving caught their attention. they stopped me in the middle of the road and told me that it was reckless driving. i insisted on moving to the side of the road and they asked for my license. i asked how much the fine was. they didn't tell me initially how much, but she told me it was 500 for my "violation", and according to her, "masmahal pa daw sa munisipyo", although it could be arranged, rather bargained for at a lower price *hint hint*.
she told me that my license would be confiscated and the ticket would serve as my temporary license. i refused to let my license be confiscated because from what i know, it is illegal for MMDA officers or for anyone to confiscate licenses. she refused, and i called the MMDA hotline, and asked if that was true. i gave the officer's name to the guy on the line and our exact location, and made the officer talk.
and then, a sudden change of heart--she suddenly told me that i didn't understand what she said, and she insisted that i should understand the conditions first before making any statement. i laughed in my head while my companions were already furious. before letting us go, she said that the fine was lowered ("binabaan ko na yan") from 500 to 150.
the evidence: http://thebassist.multiply.com/video/item/2/MMDA_corruption
unfortunately, i was not able to capture a video of our first few words exchanged. the idea struck me too late, but there's still evidence of "haggling" in the video i have. if you wait for the video or if you scroll to the second half of the clip, you'll hear her say that.
the confrontation may not be much, but i hope in some way, it will inform you about their limitations as officers. they cannot take your licenses, and traffic tickets cannot serve as temporary licenses. try to call the MMDA hotline numbers listed below if you sense that the officer is being dishonest.
09209389861 09209389875
i have to pay for my fine. however, i still have my license, and they didn't get any money. |
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