Saturday, November 24, 2007

One Reason Why I Hate Ateneo

If there is one thing I hate about Ateneo, it is its inconsideration to students who come from the provinces.  Case in point: Christmas break.  In the academic calendar released months ago, it stated that Christmas break starts on December 21.  But voila!  An e-mail containing a recent memorandum written by the lovely Vice President of Loyola Schools said that the break starts on December 22 (I checked ateneo.edu, and it indeed starts on December 22).  F**k you Cuyegkeng!  I already booked for my flight.  To make matters worse, flights for December 22 (and possibly December 23 and 24) are fully booked (and how about the other people from the provinces who already booked their flights?!).  What do you want me to do?  Be stranded in Manila for Christmas?  If I have the power to bomb your house, I'd truly bomb it!

Gahd!  I'd just hope no long tests are scheduled on December 21 (Accounting, please don't be scheduled on that day).  I will really have to cut on that day.  I have no choice because of a late memorandum sent by an a*****e VP.  If I could only wring her neck right now

Thursday, November 1, 2007

Lingaw ... masuya lang ang masuya XP

Lingaw.  That's what I can describe the Tinago outing today.  Sure there were only nine of us who went (me, Kara, Jade, Dahl, Maan who wore a bikini, Sheryl Lyn, Vinn aka our driver, Ian, Martin).  We don't care because we had FUN.  Nine was just a good number of people that could fit in the van that Vinn brought.  It's a good thing that I decided to go to Tinago with them.  I was feeling really lazy the day before.  Too bad this blog post is my only documentation of the event.  But I'll probably steal pictures from Kara, Shai and Martin XD

The day started out slow.  I was the first to arrive at the meeting place even though I was moving more slowly than usual while I was in my house.  Jade and Kara followed shortly.  We waited 2-3 hours for the other people to arrive (*ehem*Ian*ehem*Shai*ehem*).  So we bought lechon manok, eating utensils, and drinks.  When we were complete, we headed to Tinago (but we had to stop by to buy 2 additional lechon manok, rice/puso, and to pick Dahl and Ma-an at Tominobo).

The fun started at Tinago.  After descending ~500 steps (according to wikipedia), we reached Tinago Falls.  Since it was lunch time when we arrived (see how late we were?  the call time was 8 AM), we ate the food we bought.  After that, we went to the cold waters of the lagoon.  We swam a little before we decided to ride the bamboo raft to reach the falls (and we rode it a few more times after that ;P).  We reached the falls and felt the heavy (and a bit painful) patter of the water.  We swam again.  Went back to the falls area to go through it and sit under the falls.  We had pictures taken (special mention to the vain people: Ian, Shai, Martin).  We formed a circle.  Some of us (including me) learned how to dive a little.  We swam again.  We finished off the leftover food.  We went to the falls area.  Basically, that's what we did when we were there.  We acted like we were the ones who were entirely new to Tinago Falls (even if we are pure-bred Iliganons).  It was really fun.  The only ugly part was when we had to ascend the ~500 steps so that we could go home.  I'd love to be there and do these things with my friends all over again (except for the stairs part o_O).

The last time I went to Tinago Falls was way back in grade school.  I just swam in the lagoon with my cousins.  It was still fun.  But the fun today is definitely better.

Happenings like this make me sad of the fact that I have to return to Manila.

Wednesday, October 31, 2007

sluggish

It's the middle of the sembreak and I feel lazy. 

Tomorrow, my HS friends are planning to go to Tinago Falls.  It's been years since I went to that place.  And yet I feel so lazy to go outside of my house, be with my friends & eat with them, swim & visit Tinago Falls, and have some more bonding time with them.  I was looking forward to this outing a few days ago.  Now that feeling has dissipated.  The 8 AM call time doesn't help either.  I hate waking up early.  Especially during breaks.

Until now, I still can't decide whether I'll go or not.

To go or not to go?

Saturday, October 27, 2007

jeep survey

Got this from T2 people
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1. Ano'ng byahe ng jeep ang madalas mong sakyan?
=Tubod Rosario Heights (when I'm in Iligan XP)

2 . Ano'ng oras ka bumibyahe?
=about 5 something PM when I was in high school... now, it depends

3. Magkano pamasahe mo?
=P5.25

4. Gaano katagal ang byahe mo?
=10-15 min

5. Saan ka madalas umupo?
=malapit sa exit

6. Mahilig ka ba sumakay sa "patok"?
=hindi

7. Bakit?
=because I hate that kind of jeep

8. Habang nasa byahe, paano ka nagpapalipas ng oras sa jeep?
=thinking about anything

9. Nakakatulog ka ba sa byahe?
=nope

10. Ano'ng radio station ang madalas mong ma-tyempuhang pinakikinggan ng driver?
=I don't really know

11. Gusto mo ba ng loud music?
=nope

12. Ano'ng sinasabi mo kapag bababa ka na?
=Lugar Lang

13. Naranasan mo na bang di magbayad sa driver?
=Yeah... I only remembered I haven't paid when the jeep sped off

14. May nakaaway ka na ba sa jeep?
=None

15. Mahilig ka bang manlibre ng pamasahe?
=Nope

16. Mahilig ka naman bang magpalibre?
=If I get the chance ;D

17. Paano ka nagre-react kapag biglang nagpreno?
=uhm... I don't know

18. Naranasan mo na bang di masuklian?
=nope :)

19. Nakalampas ka na ba sa biyahe?
=nope... I think

20. Sa anong dahilan?
=see above

21. Nakasakay ka na ba ng maling jeep?
=see above

22. Naranasan mo na bang hindi pagbayarin ng mismong driver ng jeep?
=yeah :)

23. Naranasan mo na bang ma-stranded sakay ng jeep?
=nope

24. Na-hold-up ka na ba sa loob ng jeep?
=nope... thank goodness

25. Nasuka ka na ba sa jeep?
=nope

26. Maliban sa mga nabanggit dito, ano pa ang kakaiba mong karanasan habang sakay ng jeep?
=I was going to school and there was this crazy person (he looked decent) who got inside the jeep and started talking to all of the passengers inside.  I didn't understand what the hell he was saying.

27. Ano ang pinakamalayong destinasyon mo sakay ng jeep?
=err... city proper to naawan beach resort

28. Ilarawan mo ang pinaka-weird na itsura ng jeep na nasakyan mo.
=none that I can think of

29. Sasakay ka pa ba ulit ng jeep?
=yes

30. Huling tanong: May jeep ba kayo?
=nope

Friday, October 26, 2007

hungry

After reading a blog post and some comments about siomai... I am hungry.  Damn you Marnelle and Dyl for talking about food.  I want to eat siomai from JY Dimsum and meat bread from Lady Luck Bakeshop... *drool*

It's great that I get to eat home-cooked meals at home.  But there are no snacks available when I want to eat something at any moment.  I think it's because only my father is around since my mother is somewhere in the Philippines because of her work.  My father is not like my mother who always brings something edible when she gets home.  So what do I do to relieve my hunger?  I eat peanut butter or Milo.  Good thing there's ice cream in the fridge today (and it was not my father who bought it).  However, I don't like to brush my teeth and use mouthwash again.  I am still hungry even if there's food available right now.

All this talk about food reminds me of the "food trip" later.  I didn't even know that lots of food are available at Children's Park in Iligan.  I prefer going to the city proper and eat at Zoey's and JY Dimsum.

Hungry...

*edit: maybe the unavailability of food is all for the best... after all, I still have to attend Kyna's debut

Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Sembreak 07

Sembreak so far:
- visited (and will still visit) my high school campus
- finished season 1 of "How I Met YOur Mother"
- finished watching the Fushigi Yugi series (52 episodes!)
- watched Disturbia
- watched anything on TV (even a documentary about Atlantis O_o)
- read a tenth of Don Quixote
- swam at the local pool with high school friends
- went to the dentist for my teeth
- mindlessly surfed the internet
- successfully enlisted
- SLEEPING whenever I want to sleep
- eating home-cooked meals

Things coming up:
- Tinago Falls outing (?)
- more bonding with high school friends
- Kyna's debut
- more sleeping
- more eating


I know it's boring in Iligan.  It has no malls, coffee shops or even McDonald's (but hey, we have Jollibee).  Still, nothing beats the comfort of home.  I don't want to return to the fast-paced life of Manila!

Saturday, October 20, 2007

Iligan

It's good to be home