Thursday, May 14, 2009

super PURPLE....!!!


...wala kaming magawa ni Sam...
pauwi na sya..
patawid naman kami ni Ate Mika nun...galing Engineer's Hill...
pagkakita ko kay Sam..aba!
pareho kami ng shade ng damit!!
Haha....!
By the way, purple ang favorite color ni Sam kaya di nakakapagtaka.
Then, bumalik kami ng school...
Wala pa ring magawa....
Naglakad-lakad kami sa IB, sa lobby, sa IM Plaza...
Hay...
Nakakatamad...
Nung bumalik kami ng lobby, naupo tapos nagpicture-picture....
Sabi ko nga di ba?
Obsession ko na yata 'to...
Pero konting pics lang kasi madilim na...
Konti na lang students...
Si Manong Guard palakad-lakad sa lobby....
Hirap magconcentrate...
Hehe...
Here are the pics:



Definitely purple, right?

as i quote Sir Popoy....


Hmmmm....
I'm really enjoying my summer classes (excluding the fact of the frequent rains).
I'm learning so much and i love it...!
I became more active and felt less nervous when it's my turn to answer some random questions even though most of the time I'm not really sure of what to say.
Like what Popoy said on the 23rd of April,


"Force yourself to think.
I know you have the answer,
you just have to let it out."

He said this when no one wanted to raise his hand to answer Sir's question. I wrote these words on my filler and read them every time I'm feeling confused.

Yeah, I guess we know the answer to most of the questions that we frequently ask ourselves or some of which that are asked by others unto us. We are just afraid of being wrong or by the concept of rejection once we utter our answers. Maybe we are just confused of what we know and what we feel. We are just confused; on the edge of self-denial. This makes things difficult for the people around us as heavily as how we sink unto them.

Maybe we just have to push ourselves more - to have more courage; to know when it's time to cross the bridge.
Our existence is accompanied by a lot of risks and doubts... we just have to know if it's the right and moral thing to continue with the current... and to keep on fighting for whatever is important to us.

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

happy birthday my RobertPattinson!


happy 23rd birthday sa kanya!!
i like his looks on Harry Potter better than in Twilight..
pero i like his role on the latter....
go Cedric!
go Edward!!!!!!

Neil Gaiman's SMOKE and MIRRORS<<<


I've been reading Smoke and Mirrors for weeks now. I bought my copy from National Bookstore, SM last February and just opened it this summer...
I really love Neil Gaiman and I'm trying to collect his books..
Coraline was the first book that I read from him - this was years ago. I borrowed the copy from a schoolmate.



As i was reading this one now, I got a mix of emotions from one story to the next. Maybe you were wondering why it took me so long to finish this. It's because I am not reading it continuously. If i have a break or just finished a book, I open this book and read one short story...
One piece at a time...
And I'm loving Neil Gaiman more and more...
(Plus points for the good looks despite his age... he's still cute...yeah... dangerously cute)

Monday, May 11, 2009

first time to Our Lady of Lourdes Parish...

Since I'd been to many churches here in Baguio, it was my long-time aim to visit/ attend a mass to all the Catholic churches here.
Some of the churches that i already visited are non-Catholic because of invitations from friends and schoolmates...(Iglesia ni Cristo, Philippine Baptist Theological Seminary, University Baptist Church, Victory/ Every Nation Campus Ministry ) and i like the idea of attending these churches since i also want to know how other religions conduct their masses...

Yesterday, for the first time, I attended the mass at Our Lady of Lourdes Parish, in Kisad Road, Baguio City...
Good thing, i still found a vacant seat...then i took my place.
During the mass, I saw my blocmate Jose at the far side. He gave his seat to a lady in purple carrying a child, and stood at the back... how courteous.

I wasn't able to listen perfectly since half of the attendance were children who stood three and a half feet and below - many were running, ascending the stairs, giggling over the bridge, and as expected, some were trowing tantrums. OH dear...

But was a nice church...
Lots of people attended. I even saw some familiar faces.
I'm sure I'll bring my family here once we all got the opportunity to stay...

started reading Life Expectancy the other day///


i started browsing the novel and now I'm halfway through it...
i can't have a continuous time in reading the book since i also have other stuffs to accomplish...
but so far, the story caught a variety of emotions in me - fear (my heart beat faster on the initial part, indeed), humor, gladness, confusion - and i expect more thrill on the other half of the story...
he has such a gifted hand and mind...
oh i wish i can share this talent!

buhay DORM...food chaos!






!!!oh noh..!!!
as i woke up around 7am kanina...
nagmadali ako na maglagay ng heater sa tubig na paligo ko sa 1st floor (by the way, i'm residing at roon 207, 2nd floor, UPBaguio Residence Hall ) kasi ang daming nakapila sa 2nd floor (as usual) hoping to have a warm bath kasi lagi na lang malamig yung paligo ko...eh pag umaga, ang lamig-lamig sa dorm...

after nun...i checked my grocery kasi i was planning to cook canton (as usual uli) for my breakfast plus some hot chocolate to pair it with...
as i was tring to find a pack of pancit canton at the SM plastic bag sa upper shelf ko...i discovered na wala na pala akong stock!


oh no talaga!

nakakainis...!
so i ended up making a hot Milo drink and eating a pack of 3-piece Presto Creams...so light...
hay....

sana makapaggrocery na ako mamaya....
di ko pa naman hobby ang magpagutom...
di kasi ako sanay ng walang kinakain kung walang magawa...
hay....
pero so far enjoy pa naman sa dorm..
di lang nga ako masyado nakakanuod kasi i prefer to read upstairs than to watch TV programs na di ko naman gusto...(pero usually come to watch the news for some updates)...

how BLIND people can see...(n_n)


I'd been walking my way home last Friday when i came to saw a line of people connected to each bother by clinging to the right shoulder of the person in from of them..
at a distant, it looked strange since they were all senior citizens i think...
as i came closer... i realized five of them are blind... the guy in the front was the one leading them as they walk and crossed the road... four old men and two old women...
isn't it just inspiring?
despite of their condition, they seemed to be happy and unbelievable comfortable of themselves...as if everything was the way it was before...
it really just tells us that the capability to see it only a dimension of our colossal cosmos.
for us, who live our life by how see it (up to some point), we would be in total mess if our visions expires within a blink of an eye...
it seems that you've been sleeping forever though you're really awake...
the curtains are down...
the lights are off...
you're imprisoned in the darkest dungeon you can imagine...
under the deep shadows of fear and frustration to escape...

if i were in their shoes,,,knock on wood... i don't think i can survive...
or it would be extremely difficult for me to adjust in any way...

but i really admire these people...
they, who despite the absence of sight, continue as if nothing has happened...
as if nothing was lost...
still enjoying every single day of waking up in the morning and living a life of contentment and simple aspirations...
i guess it's what you call
...FAITH...

i really salute these guys...
all of them who experience the same situation out there...
i really found the courage in you...

may God bless you always in every step you make...
in every day you are experiencing His grace...

Sunday, May 10, 2009

got the book: Gravity by Tess Gerritsen



Finally, I have the copy of this book - hardbound, used, but still in very good condition.
I bought it from BOOKSALE since I got interested with the topic and I saw at the back cover hoe Stephen King commented -- oh actually praise, yeah... I think that's the word -- how the author effectively wrote this book. He even stated that she is better than Cook. I had read one Cook novel and it was really great! How much more about this one?
I'm really excited to finish Life Expectancy...
next target... Gravity, of course.

Saturday, May 9, 2009

Mother's Day tomorrow...



my Mom and I near Burnham Park during Panagbenga last February...

so color coordinated, huh?
yeah...
but pink is not our favorite color, mine is blue and hers is green...

well, i will not be spending Mother's Day with her for the first time because i'm here in Baguio for my summer class (which doesn't really seem to be summer at all due to the RAINS!!).

hope she'll have a nice and memorable day tomorrow...
i'll just be whispering my sweet prayer for her like what i'm always doing for all of them...

...love you, Ma!!
thanks for everything....

seriously, THANKS!

hugs and kisses from me...

oh no!!! it's raining hard..i can't get out of the library!!!

how can i go home?
i guess I'm stuck here again...
i don't want my feet to be wet but how could that be??

finished reading Illusions...before sleeping<<<

Category:Books
Genre: Religion & Spirituality
Author:Richard Bach
another dimension of the human soul and faith...
Richard Bach, the same author of Jonathan Livingston Seagull does it again...
with the right words coming directly from the heart... like his hand and wisdom were tied together within the guidance of the Is...
(it is not an overly religious book as it may seem...it's sounds like the narrator, Richard, is just talking to you in a mild and pleasant way...how nice..)

this really gave me another way of looking into life...
full of illusions...

and here are some insights i got from the book:

"I am tired of clinging. Though i cannot see it with my eyes, i trust that the current knows where it is going. I shall let go, and let it take me where it will. Clinging, i shall die of boredom."
(talks about taking some risk and going an untraveled path...brave feat indeed!)

"The river delights to lift us free, if only we dare to let go."
(don't hold on too much...know when to ease the grip...)

"Nothing good is a miracle, nothing lovely is a dream."
(know the reality from the abstracts...)

"When you ask the question properly, it answers itself, doesn't it?"
(grammar... sentence construction<<)

Try to look for this book and you will not regret reading it. I already returned it in the library. Hope i can also have my own copy of it.

bought another one: Life Expectancy by Dean Koontz

again..
i walked inside BOOKSALE and looked for some good reads...
then at the bottom of the shelf at the back, a hard-bound blue book caught my attention... (i must admit that my criteria on buying a book are quite 'odd' in some ways, sometimes i choose the one in good condition, with a good illustration , with the publication that i trust, known author, New York Times Bestseller, International Bestseller, etc., or with a praise from another distinguished writer... - something like these...).

i picked it up and saw that Dean Koontz was the author...
the i read the overview and the plot seemed to be good.
furthermore, the book is really in good condition and was published just in the year 2004.
it seemed that the book wasn't even browsed by the original owner yet...




gonna start reading this one soon...


hollywood hotties in just a matter of around 30 years!

the pictures were sent to me via e-mail around last year by my cousin but i didn't opened it because i thought i was just some sort of a forwarded message...
haha...
look at my Justin Timberlake!!!
oh noooooooooooo!!!!!!


....
great picture-editing!

gwen stef...
angelina jolie.jpg
avril lavigne.jpg
catherine zeta-jones.jpg
janet jackson.jpg
jess simpson.jpg
justin tim...jpeg
katie holmes.jpeg
kirsten dunst.jpg
nicole kidman.jpg
paris hilton.jpg

Friday, May 8, 2009

newly borrowed books...

even though i recently bought some books...
i just can't keep myself from looking over other books...
especially I'm now here at the library and have nothing to do for 2 hours... (i already reviewed my lessons for the next class - English).
as i was looking for some books in the shelves at the back... i saw the book entitled Illusions and took it out... Richard Back wrote it, and i expect it to be good like what he did with Jonathan Livingston Seagull...



as i went to the other side... i picked another book which i once borrowed before - paradoxes from a to z.





i checked these books out and hope to find new insights from them.

after the storm...

haven't blogged for a couple of days...
the system was down... good thing it's back to it's condition today.

AYER (Spanish, yesterday)
Typhoon EMOng stroke last yesterday... from signal no. 2 to signal no. 3...
it's so nice that i had classes during the morning that i was able to attend and enjoy despite the cold rain that made my feet wet (it was only signal no. 2 then... well i really didn't know that a storm was here until i woke up and a friend from Quezon City sent me a massage telling the news...).
by lunch, it was announced that the intensity of typhoon Emong reached a higher level which made it signal no. 3, thus, classes were canceled.
nice to be inside the dorm and eating lunch by that time...
by night..i was doing my assignment in English while all my roommates went down to the reception hall with the others to watch TV... the lights over there went off while the ones in the room dimmed a bit... all of them rushed screaming to their rooms. Elaine, one roommate, said that the power was down in many areas in Baguio... including our neighboring building.
i slept by around 12:15 am.

HOY (Spanish, today)
i woke up seeing the light from the window opposite me.
the storm was gone.
the sun is smiling again...
i put the heater, cooked my food, fixed my bed, ate my breakfast, took a bath, got dressed, grabbed my bag, walk to the school and signed the attendance in Physics...
no class today...
so i went straight here at the library doing this blog...
sooner or later I'll be signing out to go to my next class...

hope it would be sunny the whole day!
I'm just wearing a jumper-shorts and a blouse...
cross-fingers to that!


Wednesday, May 6, 2009

got new-bought super cheap books from BOOKSALE>>>

...after sending a friend a document through LBC SM Baguio, and after going to LBC Porta Vaga to receive some money (it was offline at SM)... despite the rain, i decided to walk some more to National Bookstore (back to SM...again..) to buy a refill for my Stabilo and to look for new books. after doing that, i went to the 3rd floor and scanned the books scattered on the floor at Booksale... and i saw Sir Popoy there (by the way, i also saw him at NBS).

i looked and looked and looked for books...
luckily, i was able to find good ones with definitely low prices.
i was abl to buy the following with less than Php 100.00 in all...



i think i got new (sort of) books to put my attention to...
happy reading...

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

times we didn't know what to do...


well..
my roommate (at the same time, my blocmate, friend, orgmate) ,Tin and I share the same bed in our room (though we have 2 king-size beds there). we knew each other for 2 years now. and as friends, one thing the keeps us occupied (aside from eating, reading books, surfing the net, sleeping, and walking around) is taking posing and taking pictures of ourselves. Take note: lots and lots of pictures until our cams ran out of battery!
Whatever the position, wherever we are...there's no stopping this vice!

here's just one picture on our room...
she was about to sleep while i was reviewing my notes... getting ready for the lesson tomorrow (can you see my orange Stabilo marker?)....but we decided to take one shot before that...
haha...


try to see some more picture at my multiply site.

finished reading New Moon last night




..yes..!
see what a good student i am...
i finished reading the last 3 chapters of New Moon before reviewing my lessons...
hahaha...
i just can't get myself out of this mess...
i just can't resist myself on waiting for Edward (as if i'm Bella).. good thing this part ended well (although it didn't really ended yet),,
i re
ally can't keep my mouth shut while going on with the pages..
i keep on saying comments or telling Bella what i would like to tell and do to Edward the exact time they united under the shadows of the clock tower...
since after Edward has left, it indeed broke Bella into pieces... as she said,
I'd been broken beyond repair.
it was really, really romantic! the fact that Edward held Bella so close to him made me feel the true love between them. so sweet!!!!! and i know that Edward was just being so protective when he said that he didn't want Bella to be one of them (vampire) but as her nature tells her, she tried to solve this by casting the votes of the Cullens...good thing, MOST of them welcomed Bella wholeheartedly and said Yes to her...
*** *** ***
Something more...
i really loved the line which said...


His midnight eyes g
lared into mine with the gravitational force of a black hole...

i just loved the concept... the sincerity... how i wish i can also find my Edward... in the right time maybe...



Monday, May 4, 2009

so happy because of the sun!!!

just glad that the sun is out FOR REAL!
and not just for the half of the day but i guess it would be shining 'til late in the afternoon..
wow..!
i really can feel its heat striking my face!
this is REALLY the longest time that the sun had shone for a couple of weeks!
i hope that this would officially start my summer season....
and more days of fun as well....!

paranoid about the Black Hole

when we were in our Physics class early this morning, we had a few clips to watch about the space - it's discovery and age - in relation to gravity...
plus we got to watch a special episode from The Discovery Channel some sort about the Black Hole...
the sound effects and the narration were great as if we were watching a horror film..and the sound just terrified me...and also because the narrator really did well in scaring me.

i learned that Gravity is not a force but some kind of a curvature within the fabric of time and space...

and the thing that makes me feel so creepy about the idea of the Black Hole was that it was a dying star that was gathering enough energy...



it whirls and whirls until a thick cloud of gas surrounds it like a galaxy itself. This huge star whose size and mass is indescribably large (could be half the size of the galaxy it is located) would then shrink into a very small body while retaining its how heavy is was. Thus forming a seemingly endless abyss...dark and powerful thing that can attract other celestial bodies to its depth... depth that is unknown to human... a void that keeps so many mysteries in the billions of years that the universe had existed.



This just made me shiver... Thinking that i am lucky enough to live in this age where the possibility of being eaten by this monster is far as the sky. Good thing the Black Hole in this galaxy is said to be dormant (well I'm really not sure about this..maybe i didn't hear it right) and the Sun is still young as well...

i know the earth can still survive for thousands and thousands of years (hopefully). but the next problem being faced is not about the death of the sun or the Black Hole yet...but the thinning ozone layer and global warming..
i hope people would be concerned with this issue as well...
now that i believe something can still be done...

Sunday, May 3, 2009

reading New Moon by Stephenie Meyer

just started reading Stephenie Meyer's New Moon...
it's just so bad that i already read Eclipse and almost halfway through Breaking Dawn before summer class and I'm just having a close reading of this sequel now...
well, this is due to the lack of copies of its stock here.
it was only last week that piles of copies are delivered in local bookstores here in Baguio that's why i was only able to buy this one now...
well...
the story is nice..
just sad 'coz the majority of t he part was Bella with Jacob and not Bella with Edward...
(*sigh*)
but i know Edward will start appearing again...soon...

Lost

Confused.
Silent.
There's a crossroad.
You stopped
and tried to look back...
The past is bitter.
The present is uncertain.
Tomorrow...
Would there be a tomorrow?
The road is dark...
The sun is black.
The wind is harsh..
A tear.
A sob.
An end...

this is my latest update on my deviantArt account...
just a poem..
i just love the title..