Friday, 19 December 2008

2008 Survey

grabbed from Sister Ysa. :p

1. What did you do in 2008 that you'd never done before?
- Hmm. It's just a repitition of old stuffs i made only better or worse.

2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
- I dint make one. Maybe study hard, and i did, but it wasnt enough.

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
- Mags, Ate Joy, Elize.

4. Did anyone close to you die?
- Thea's (dwtl 54) Mum,

5. What countries did you visit?
- Wala eh. hehe.

6. What would you like to have in 2009 that you lacked in 2008?
- a Diet. a plan. maybe (just maybe), a girlfriend

7. What date from 2008 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
- April 10. Remedials. I found out i failed.

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
- UST DWTL 70.

9. What was your biggest failure?
- Failing Physiology.
 
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
- I think im on the boundary of hypertension, diabetes, and gastroesophageal reflux

11. What was the best thing you bought?
- food? haha. maybe books. or beer. :P

12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
- My Bio friends,Subsec, and Irreg friends. we've been trhough blood and shit this year. and Michelle Santillan

13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
- Jocjoc Bolante, yung mga pari, Ruffa, Gloria Arroyo, Mike Arroyo

14. Where did most of your money go?
- Food. Load. Xerox. FX.

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
- DWTL70

16. What song will always remind you of 2008?
- Always be my Baby. not that i loke that song, naging parang national anthem na kasi siya. haha.

17. Compared to this time last year, are you:

i. happier or sadder? Happier. :)

ii. thinner or fatter? Goddamn Fatter. :(

iii. richer or poorer? Poorer. Same allowance, but everything increased,

18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
 - Studying, exercising
   
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
- Eating, Wandering off,

20. How will you be spending Christmas?
- Family. so far im not missing any xmas parties. :D

22. Did you fall in love in 2008?
- yes

23. How many one-night stands?
- ...

24. What was your favorite TV program?
- Survivor pa rin! :D and Heroes. malapit na ang LOST! woohooo!

25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
- Yes. bwahahaha.

26. What was the best book you read?

- Hmm, wala ata akong nabasang uber memorable this year ah. tsktsk.

27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
- uhmmm. dwtl? haha

28. What did you want and got?
- hehe. an all star staff at dwtl. best. staff. ever. and a very wonderful batch.

30. What was your favorite film of this year?
- hmm, im surprised. nothing much memorable?

31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
- 22. haha. lost my bag, :p treated a lot of people, ate a lot. studied for the next day's exam. slept happy.

32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
- dwtl 70. obvious ba ang days high? haha

33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2008?
- Im never good at fashion. the only shirts i brought for myself are class shirts, frat shirts, and subsec shirts. the ones im required to buy.

34. What kept you sane?
- my faith.

35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
- Anne Curtis

36. What political issue stirred you the most?
- The Joc-Joc Bolante Case 

37. Who did you miss?
-  Subsec

38. Who was the best new person you met?
- Michelle Santillan

39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2008:
- God has a plan. a great one.

40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
- "I don't always understand, what your perfect will demands, but i've learned to trust you more, in your prescence Lord."

Wednesday, 10 December 2008

Cool Pics of the Week

sobrang astig!

first pic: Cheng, Yman, Celine, Van.


second pic Karl, JC



cool.

Monday, 8 December 2008

Culinary Chicks and Wishing Wells

I have 2 new Ideas floating around my mind these past few weeks.

1. I will Marry a beautiful hot Culinary Graduate.
2. Wishing wells are pretty good businesses.

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1. I will Marry a beautiful hot Culinary Graduate.

I just realized i don't want to marry a doctor anymore. They're always not at home, and there's a high chance that they're smarter than I am. damn. I dont want to marry a Lawyer either, they Lie. 'nough said. A few months ago I saw Angelica Panganiban graduate in a culinary school, and the idea dawned on me: wow, i want to marry her, or someone like her. Imagine, i dont have to worry about what food to serve when i throw a party (no more microwaved popcorns! or expensive Pizza deliveries, or "alak nalang pare?") May asawa na nga, may tagaluto pa. I'll get to eat foods that i-dont-know-what-they-call-it-but-i'll-eat-it, bawat ulam may pangalan ng food sa baba na french na di ko rin naman maiintindihan. tapos ultimong tubig lalagyan niya ng kung anu-anong trip... hahaluan niya ng mint, apple, orange, chocolate, tapos Zero calories. wag lang niya akong lasunin, ok na yun.

Tapos, if ever we'll fight, she'll just bribe me with a sumptuous meal, preferrably italian, with loads of cheese, and BEER! and that will draw a smile on me, and we'll be ok na. But if im the one who has to do something for her... well... uhmm.. maybe ill hust sedate her? give morphine? make her drunk? haha.

Damn. it excites me. I want to marry a culinary expert. (Kia, hindi ikaw, pero malay mo may classmates kang hot? :D.),

but then again, love chooses nobody, no profession, whatever kind of person. when love strikes, standards and expecations are most of the time thrown out of the window. love is love. if i end up with a culinary chic, that's great. if not, that's ok, i'll just send my daughter to culinary school. yebbah.

2. Wishing wells are pretty good businesses.

Malupit na negosyo to. Ilang hollow blocks lang at isang bubong na may shingles, ok na. Yung lalim ng balon, kahit 3 feet lang, di naman nila makikitang 3 feet lang yun dahil bubudburan ko ng lumot ang surface para magmukhang malalim. Hindi na rin ako mag-aabalang i-maintain ito, the dirtier, the damn better. Mas mukhang luma, mas ayos, kasi mas mukhang ancient at mas mukhang may wisdom at mas mukhang magical ang balon. Pag nagkatotoo yung wish ng mga tao habang naghulog sila ng mga barya, edi ayus. pag hindi nagkakatotoo, di naman nila masisisi ang isang inosentang balon diba?

Mahilig ang tao sa placebo. sa false hopes. sa supernatural. Panahon na para pagkakitaan ang paniniwalang ito. Kung ang simbahan nga napaniwalang may epekto ang pagtirik ng kandila sa kaluluwa mong mababawasan ang kasalanun kuno, wishing well pa kaya? Di hamak na mas mura yun sa kandila. At least yun kahit ano pwede mong i-wish. Yung kandila sa simbahan, karamihan daw dun napupunta daw sa mga tao sa purgatoryo, kumbaga yung effect ng wish hindi 100% para sa iyo.

Every month, kokolektahin ko ang mga laman ng balon. Pag may nagquestion kung nasan ang mga barya, sasabihin ko, "kinuha ng fairy para iaanalyze ang mga wishes niyo." Mas madaming barya, syempre, mas malaki ang chance na matupad ang wish mo, pwede rin namang maghulog ng perang papel, ipapatuyo ko pa naman eh. wag lang credit card. wag na rin cheque.

Pag nagimprove na ang negosyo, magbubukas ako ng branch. Yung una, ilalagay ko sa UST Med, sa Gitna, dun sa may swamp na may turtle. Yung next branch naman, sa faculty of Civil law, tapos, sa Main Building naman, tapos, icoconvert ko yung fountain of Wisdom and Knowledge sa tabi ng arch of the centuries into big ass money-making wishing wells. yung parang sa mga SM Malls, yung maghuhulog ng barya sa gilid, tapos iikot ikoy yung barya na parang gagawa ng buhawi sa fountain, tapos magssquirt ng tubig pagdating sa gitna at may message: "your wish is being processed. add Php 5 Pesos to bypass the processing time. If you're wishing for love, add 10 pesos, for Grades, add 15 Pesos, for Money, add 20 Pesos. Then close your eyes while making bunot to your wallet and Let God pick the best bill you will offer."

whatever.

but, seriously, I can't believe people actually drops coins on wells... maybe it's the placebo effect. the false hope. the expectations. 'the secret'... well, if you actually believed it will happen, then, maybe it will? maybe they built wishing wells to fuel false hopes and eventually make it come true?

Interesting.