new things learned, few firsts and some thoughts...(a verly long post!)
0 comments by yanex at 6:51 AMi was in manila last wednesday and thursday. it was all unplanned but i have to go there to bring something important. i was amazed with how i experienced some "firsts"and learned a couple of things (some are trivial pero nakakatuwa ding isipin!)
1. pwedeng magkaJob oportunity kung mag-isang nagbabyahe
- the story: i was seated in the back part of the plane, mag-isa...as in no seatmate at nang nakapagtake-off na there were two professional looking businessmen who transferred on our row. ewan ko kung anong nakita ng isang iyon at biglang nakipag-usap. di naman ako kinabahan kasi mukhang desente naman talaga siya. he asked about my purpose of travel, where i'm working etc. eventually he introduced his business and gave me his calling card. he said that i could send my resume to him and if i have recommendable friends in the field of engineering, he would gladly take time to consider them for employment. (he's the owner of vercide enginering works based in Phividec area in Misamis)
*first time to be seated near the window!really nice view from up above!
" ano ang laman ng mga suitcases ng mga pilot at flight attendants at daladala talaga nila ito sa kanilang byahe?di ba nakauwi din naman sila sa kanilang mga bahay by the end of the day? wala ba silang locker sa airport?
2. walang seat/row 13 sa eroplano (PAL)
"bakit kaya?...malas?...at bago ko lang talaga na pansin yun ha
3. hindi lahat ng pizza sa mga restaurants ay masarap
-kumain kami sa isang resto sa MOA at hindi talaga ako nagdalawang isip umorder ng pizza kasi "specialty" daw nila yun pero ayun disappointed ako. sayang din yun pinagbayad, sana nag.greenwich na lang..haha
4. magdala palagi ng flipflops
-bestfriend ko na talaga tong flipflops kong to. more than a year na siya sa akin, overused but no signs of "wear and tear" kaya di na rin ako nagnhinayang sa presyo nito, sulit din talaga. nakasandals or shoes, palagi kong dala ang bestfriend kong to kaya kahit na buong araw kong libutin ang MOA, no worries.my havs is in my bag ready to rescue my dear feet!
*first time kong magDivisoria, buti na lang nakita namin kaagan ang tutuban. i was really hoping na sa 168 pumunta pero sumuko na talaga ang paa ko. enjoy din tumingin-tingin sa murang bags and dresses pero yun nga lang dahil sa dami ng pagpipilian at pagbabakasakaling baka may mas mura pa sa susunod na stall, wala akong masyadong nabili.isang bag at dress lang talaga.
5. uso na ang garden sa loob ng mall.
-dati pagandahan at pataasan ng fountains sa loob ng mall, ngayon it's all about bringing the nature inside.parang nagsimula ata sa greenbelt tapos sa gateway at ngayon meron din pala sa trinoma. first time ko makapunta sa trinoma at nagenjoy talaga kami ng pinsan ko sa minifalls at minigarden.
"mas malapit ang Ayala Center sa Trinoma kesa SM north! haha... supposedly next stop namin after tirnoma ang SM north kaso tinamad sa kalsadang kelangan pang tawirin kaya ayun, dumiritso na lang ng Ayala. thanks to the MRT, parang ang lapit lang ng lahat sa EDSA!
6. looking for corporate attire?wag ng maghanap sa iba, dumiretso na sa Ayala Center, preferably sa Landmark.
-ang daming mapagpipilian, from shoes to bags, pants to skirts, blouses and jackets...may mahal at meron ding mura. i don't know how true it is, pero every weekend daw ang sale dun...ang saya din kung ganun noh?...
*first time kong magStarbucks! i don't understand whta's the craze all about pero nakijoin na lang din ako, anyway libre din naman kasi. comment? mocha frapuccino ang inorder para sa akin, masarap siya, nag.enjoy din ako pero feeling ko talaga kaya ko ding tiisin na isave na lang yung pera ko at magenjoy sa nescafe 3 in 1. pero at least i can say na i've been to starbucks and i like there mocha frapuccino!hehe
7. kaya ang 30 minutes na byahe from Pasay to Molino, Bacoor.
-since nag.cocomute lang din kami (courtesy of the colorum vans) it would usually takes us 45 minutes to one hour to get to Pasay. it was past 9 in the evening ng umuwi ako, kaya medyo light na ang traffic kaya dire.deretso ang byahe. tsaka ko lang narealize na ang lapit na nga pala talaga ng Bacoor sa Manila.
(binasa ko ulit ang entry kong ito at na realize kong non-sense talaga...hehe sayang naman kung idelete ko lang. di ba?... basta ang point ko, if we're conscious enough and we allow ourself to notice and appreciate the little things, nakakatuwa din na balikbalikan ang memories lalo na kong naidentify mo kung saan ka nasiyahan. i've travelled to manila a couple of times but sa 2 day visit ko nato mas marami akong narealize. and i thank God even more for how he could show his goodness and greatness even thru this simple experiences.)
i love the high school musical 3!
i watched the movie today and i totally enjoyed it.super! i was a big fan of the first tv movie, not so much with the second and now that it's in the big screen, i super love it. i personally believe that everyone behind the movie really made sure that what we paid for is worth it. mega production talaga, from the choreagraphy to the set and props...astig talaga. i know there were mixed reviews but if you asked me, it's definitely my favorite of the three installments.enjoy din ang songs, very high school life.
i heart zac efron!
a guy who can sing and dance and not look gay, indeed a sexy thing.
grabe, parang habang tumatagal gumagwapo tong si zac.i was not really a fan of him at first (hindi siya yung typical gwapo for me) but when i saw his performance in Hairspray, i'm in awe. very talented and laidback, parang effortless talaga though minsan nagiging oa but still astig niya talaga. one of my favorite part of the movie is his performance with corbin in the junkyard and of course the opening scene- the game's final minutes. magaling kumanta at sumayaw na baskteball player...too good to be true na yan ha...i super love both troy bolton and zac efron!haha
"high school musical who said that we have to let it go... i want the rest of my life to be just like high school musical" - hahayz...parang mamimiss ko din ang grupong to. if ever there's a fourth installment, most likely special appearance lang siguro ang origincal cast. the movie introduced two new younger characters, giving us a hint that the storyline of the future HSM (if ever there will be) will revolve around them.
hahayz...high school musical... parang ang sarap balikan.ang high school life...
congratulations to all my dear friends who passed the exams:
Amera Marsangca! way to go bestfriend!
Kristine Argallon! everdearest idol!
Peterson Cheng! chinchan...astig gyud ka..
Harold Edralin! go harold!
Kareen Jane Guinayon! kring-kring...so happy for you kring
Lovely Macario! go lovely...
Joseph Mutia!davao ta seph?..hehe
Necel Oclarit! tatay, congrats!
congrats to all of you guys!
by the way...inaayos ko pa tong blogsite ko..hehe
i'm still trying to fix my blogsite...
i want to customize this myself and i'm still trying to figure out what it'll look like and how i'm gonna do it! hehe
peace! =)
as you all know i super love How i met your mother... super nakakatawa at ang storyline and themes ng mga episodes ay relatable. for sure, you can expect me to write a lot about this show. anyways, i was watching the season three last night when there was this episode entitled "guilty pleasure" and they mentioned the term "revertigo" which according to Marshall means "when you're around someone from your past, you revert back to who you were when you knew them". i realized na i have the tendency to be like that. may it be with family or friends, there are really certain times when i'm with them that i tend to be and act as the person they used to know even if i have changed (kahit good and for the better na change). alam mu yung feeling na the moment you are with them you suddenly act the same way you do when you first knew them. like when i'm around high school friends, suddenly i'm like in high school who loves to laugh and sometimes melodramatic and when i'm with my college friends, what they see is the serious version of me. i don't know if i'm violating the "be true to yourself" attitude but it's something i can't deny. i was thinking of the possible reasons why this happens to me and the only one i can find is maybe because I don't want them to feel that ive changed. i want them to feel and know that i am still the same old person that they had fun with. and that if i act differently, they would also do in return. or maybe i just enjoy reverting.
how about you...have you experienced revertigo?=)
how about you...have you experienced revertigo?=)
i was cleaning our room when i found this dvd of hayley's concert in NZ and i can't help myself but fall for her voice. gosh...i have goosebumps everytime i hear her sing. very angelic, sweet and so pleasing to the ears. check this video of hers and tell me what you think...
urgh... I hate hearing christmas songs with themes about their "love ones" (read:lovers,patners,boy/girlfriends)!
two more months to go and it's christmas time thus it's not that surprising to hear christmas songs being played eveywhere. but this afternoon, while i was riding the jeep going to the city, i hear five consecutive christmas songs that is more of a love song than "the birth of Christ" song. it doesn't really bother me before but now, i'm starting to react negatively. you see, i'm more of a "lyrics kind of listener". i love the song not because of the music (or melody is it?!hehe), or the voice of the singer but because of the lyrics. if i like the lyrics then i like the song. if the music and the singer is good, then the song will be included in my playlist. (i'm getting out of topic already...) anyways about those christmas songs, what happened to Christmas being a "happy holidays" if all what we're hearing are sad love songs?!...
pasko na sinta ko, hanap-hanap kita...
kung mawawala ka, sa piling ko, sinta
paano nag pasko....
last christmas, i gave you my heart
but the very next day,you gave it away...
pasko na naman, ngunit wala ka pa
hanggang kailan pa kaya ako maghihintay sayo..
imagine hearing these songs one after another...won't it let you think of sad things...aw...
i'm not really the type who gets so excited for Christmas since i'm not yet working (no bonuses and 13th month pay to look forward), i'm not a student anymore (no chistmas vacations to look forward) and i'm just staying at home so it's all the same for me. i'm not even expecting to receive gifts from anyone but if someone would be generous enough to make me feel special then i'd be more than willing to accept it (aw..nagpaparinig!haha) and worse, i don't have that certain special someone to celebrate a mushy christmas with. (this is probably why i'm ranting! now i'm asking myself!haha) seriuosly, i just don't like the idea that the world's celebration of "Christ Birth" is tainted with sad love stories. though i still believe that we ought to make everyday a celebration of Christ's birth, i myself cannot deny the energy surrounding all of us when december comes. and if we continue to listen or if we constantly hear sad stories in a christmas songs do you think it would not affect our feelings about christmas? (in my case it does)
by the way...i'm just ranting! aw..
I love F.R.I.E.N.D.S and How I met your mother! - my top two favorite sitcoms and tv barkada of all time. these are the shows that no matter how many times i watch and hear the jokes...i can't help but laugh out so loud. the best stress reliever for me! both shows was able to pick out the perfect cast to play the characters and of course every episode is very well written (kudos to the writers...i wish i have their talent).
but what i like about these shows is how they incorporate reality specifically the journey of adults in the real world and how a company of great friends can be of big help. there are even times i fantasized that i'm part of their group...hanging out, laughing, joking...knowing that if you reach the lowest point of your life a group of really good friends will be there to help you get through. i did experience this when i was still a student- you know the constant presence of really good friends but eversince i've graduated and stayed here at home i just kinda miss all of it (hence i'm enjoying the company of my new found friends...books, internet, dvd and tv!)
if God would grant me three talents, i would definitely ask for a 1)good singing voice 2) a talent in drawing and 3)the ability to pull off a joke (i'm really lousy in making people laugh..huhu). that is why i love to surround myself with friends who are not only funny but those who know me too well that they won't expect a joke from me.
by the way, did you know that there different types of verball and written humor? let me share what i found...
adivser - the comic adviser gives uncalled for advise in a punch prototype
anecdotes - any interesting event, either having to do with a celebrity or something smaller, that helps the humorist make a point. great for speakers and writers
aside - a thought added as if something the speaker was saying reminded him of it
banter - godd-natured teasing back and forth; exchange of witty remarks
blendword - blending of two word to make a new word
blue humor - not appropriate for the public speaker, based on easily offensive subjects
blunder - wit based on a person who makes a mistake, which them appear foolish
bull - a humurous statement that is based on an outrageous contradiction
burlesque - form of satire, ridicules any basic style of speech or writing
caricature - exaggeration of a person's mental, physical or personality traits, in wisecrack form
the catch tale - a funny story that messes up the reader or listener by implying an awful ending but then stopping with a small declaration
conundrum - a word puzzle that can't be solved because the answer is a pun
epigram - clever, short saying about a general group, mostly satire about mankind
exaggerism - an exaggerated witticism that overstates the feature, defects, or the strangeness of something
freudian slip - funny statement which seems to just pop out, but which actually comes from the person's subconscious thoughts
hyperbole - extreme exaggeration
irony - leading part of humor. irony is using words to express something completely different from the literal meaning
joke - short story ending with a funny climactic twist
nonsensism - inclusive of the epigram and the wisecrack, it is any kind of funny nonsense in speaking form. includes all kinds of absurdity without the realistic logic and makes a general observation of absurd reference.
parody - humurous version of any well-known writing
practical joke - joke put into action
recovery - combination of blunder and wit, where a person makes an error, and then saves himself with a fast correction
repartee - includes clever replies and retorts, most common form is insult
satire - wit that is critical humor, sarcasm that makes fun of something
situational humor - comedy that comes from your own life
switching - common form is changing the main parts of the story such as the setup or the punch line and creating a new joke
understatement - making something that is regular or large seem extremely smaller or less.
wisecrack - any clever about a particular person or thing
wit - humor, irony, sarcasm, satire, repartee. funny because of the sudden sharpness and quick perception
...something new to learn about...if only all these can be easily learned.tsk.tsk
Wednesday noon, I received an unexpected call from someone who sounds very familiar – it was Aaron, my used-to-be regular caller and one of my best friends in high school…
Yan: Kuya aa! Himala…kamusta?...
Aaron: Invite unta taka yan sa bday sa akong anak….
…time flies so fast…memories of my high school life is still so clear in my mind and that one call from kuya aa made me realize how things have changed big time! I can’t believe how situations have changed since the day I left high school. Some are married, some have their own kids, some are hurrying up to go and find greener pastures…gone are the days when all we’re worried about is the deadline of the research, the math quiz, the answers to the advance chem exam, the group projects in science, dance presentations for PE…gone are the days when “slipper game-turned SG tournament is the highlight of our day…gone are the days when we don’t really have to worry about life and future…gone are the simple days when we can simply be kids anytime we want.
Friday:
I met with jaylyn so we could find a gift for aaron’s baby and eventually go to the party together. We were in Trendline looking for the best gift that hopefully the parents would like (lol), going to the counter we saw Ella, looking like an executive with her company uniform while giving instructions to the cashier…
Jaylyn: ella…abas (that gay linggo again)
Executive look gyud…
Yan: wow, ella…sosyal! Maulaw man sad mi nimu oi…
(chat.chat.chat…-we told her that we’re looking for a gift)
Jaylyn: discount dayon madam
Yan: bitaw ell
Ella: (pointing to the cashier) tagai sila discount, ingna sa ako lang…
Wow…someone who used to be meek in the class is now giving instructions like she owns the place (so happy for you ell!)
On our way to the party venue, jaylyn and I talked about her job and how our friends have grown much over the years. Jaylyn was the first friend I had in high school. I got close to her because we like the same things…the color yellow, the sunshine colgne and some tv shows. Even with time and distance separating us, it still surprises me how every time we get to see each other I never run out of things to tell her and that even if we have changed, there are still things that connect us (it was the color yellow that started our friendship, and now it’s our love for the shade of purple/lavender that would probably continue to bind us!haha). We realized how people have grown so much. How a lot of lives have changed over the pat five years. Every get together, the topics would either be jobs, who got married, who’s with who, where is he/she…though there are still the occasional “kulitan” (one thing that I hope would not changed)…everyone has indeed gone to different directions. It makes me think, how much of me is still the same and how much is different?...Have I grown? (in height and in wisdom..lol)…
I have always been scared with changes, it’s always a challenge for me to accept change but seeing my friends and how happy most of them are with the changes and the growth they’re experiencing in their lives…then I guess it’s a testimony that changes can be good and that I should deal with it positively. I just hope that the friendship we all planted and nurtured for four years in ct hi will continue to grow. (corny…hehe but I mean it!) =)
Miss you all pips…SG na pud!
it's october again
leaves are coming down
one more year's come and gone
and nothing's changed at all
wasn't i suppose to be someone
who can face the things that i've been running from
let me feel
i don't care if break down
let me fall
even if i hit the ground
and if i
cry a little
die a little
at least i know i lived, just a little...
i've become much too good at being invincible
i'm an expert at keep it safe and keep it cool
but i swear, this isn't who i'm meant to be
i refused to let my life roll all over me
- bathany joy lenz
leaves are coming down
one more year's come and gone
and nothing's changed at all
wasn't i suppose to be someone
who can face the things that i've been running from
let me feel
i don't care if break down
let me fall
even if i hit the ground
and if i
cry a little
die a little
at least i know i lived, just a little...
i've become much too good at being invincible
i'm an expert at keep it safe and keep it cool
but i swear, this isn't who i'm meant to be
i refused to let my life roll all over me
- bathany joy lenz
it's the first day of october again...three more months to go and we'll celebrate the new year.
how was your first 9 months of 2008?
i'm not the type of person makes "my list of new year's resolution" and religiously follow them all but i think of things that i wanna do for the coming year. i believe it is innate for us to desire for improvements... to better ourselves... to find our purpose and somehow fulfill them. for this year, i believe i did achieved some of them; i finished my undergraduate degree (hopefully i can enroll for graduate school this coming semester), i'm starting again to take part in church activities and hopefully find my ministry. but still it's not enough.
i know i'm destined to continually think big, do more and be better. i'm fully aware that God gave me knowledge and wisdom because He's simply generous, because He wants to use me and because He needs His army in advancing His kingdom. same goes for everyone else, God gave us talents to be used, we all have potentials waiting to be unleashed however if we let the demons within (insecurities, pride, self-pity...etc) beat us then the world will just continue to turn while we rot with all out potentials locked within us. sayang di ba?!
life is too short to waste...there is so much we can learn and do with it. if being scared is the reason why we don't move forward then it's not worth it. why be afraid of rejection? of failure?... these are just small things compared to what good things we can experience in this life. and besides, if God is with us...we are rest assured that we are taken care of...right?
how was your first 9 months of 2008?
i'm not the type of person makes "my list of new year's resolution" and religiously follow them all but i think of things that i wanna do for the coming year. i believe it is innate for us to desire for improvements... to better ourselves... to find our purpose and somehow fulfill them. for this year, i believe i did achieved some of them; i finished my undergraduate degree (hopefully i can enroll for graduate school this coming semester), i'm starting again to take part in church activities and hopefully find my ministry. but still it's not enough.
i know i'm destined to continually think big, do more and be better. i'm fully aware that God gave me knowledge and wisdom because He's simply generous, because He wants to use me and because He needs His army in advancing His kingdom. same goes for everyone else, God gave us talents to be used, we all have potentials waiting to be unleashed however if we let the demons within (insecurities, pride, self-pity...etc) beat us then the world will just continue to turn while we rot with all out potentials locked within us. sayang di ba?!
life is too short to waste...there is so much we can learn and do with it. if being scared is the reason why we don't move forward then it's not worth it. why be afraid of rejection? of failure?... these are just small things compared to what good things we can experience in this life. and besides, if God is with us...we are rest assured that we are taken care of...right?
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