:: Something fishy ::

i stumbled upon this survey on my friendster bulletin board. i don’t usually answer friendster surveys, in fact i have only posted once! eh ang tagal ko nang may account! i have nothing against it though! siguro try ko ulit minsan.. hindi ko pa lang sha feel ngayon. anyway, i found this survey interesting and i just want to share it here. =)

1.Naglalaro ka ba ng Langit Lupa?
==>oo naman noh! batang kalye ako dati! hehe…

2. Natatandaan mo pa ba ang kanta sa
Monkey Monkey?
==>i think so…hmm…yep! i remember! i just sang it outloud! =P

3. Saan ka mahilig magtago pag naglalaro
kayo ng Taguan?
==>sa likod ng water pump namin dati

4. Hanggang saang bahagi ng katawan ang
abot mong talunin pag naglalaro ka ng 10-20?
==>hanggang ilalim ng kilikili! haha! favorite ko to nun! every morning before class starts and every after dismissal, 10-20ng walang humpay!

5. Nagkasugat ka na ba dahil sa maling
pagtalon sa larong Luksong Baka?
==>luksong tinik linaro ko eh

6. Ilang tsinelas na ang napudpod mo sa
paglalaro ng Tumbang Preso?
==> never played this game

7. Ano ang madalas mong pamato sa Piko?
==> ordinary stone lang! i didn’t really played Piko often… iilang beses lang yata!

8. Hanggang anong oras kayo inaabot pag
naglalaro kayo ng Patintero?
==> naku! late na! mga until 9 or 10 yata nung sa Quiapo pa kami nakatira!

9. Saan niyo nilalaro ang Shato?
==> nakalimutan ko na kung ano to! pero familiar eh!

10. Ano ang madalas na "base" niyo sa
larong Agawan Base?
==>black(block? ewan) 123 tawag namin dito eh! at yung magkaharap na pader sa basketball court sa street namin ang ginagawa naming base.

11. Hanggang ilang jackstones ang kaya
mong pulutin sa isang talbog ng bola sa larong
Jackstones?
==>10!! ok ako sa jackstones eh!

12. Ginagamit mo ba ang itim na stick para
panungkit sa larong Pick Up Sticks?
==>minsan.. usually i just use my hands. mas madali eh!

13. Saang grupo ka madalas pag naglalaro
ng Cops and Robbers? Sa Cops o Robbers?
==>eh take turns naman to diba? so pareho lang!

14. Madalas ka bang maging taya sa larong
Habulan?
==>hindi! mabilis ako tumakbo eh.

15. Malakas niyo bang binibilang ang mga
numero pag naglalaro ka ng Nanay Tatay?
==>when i was younger oo! pero after some time hindi na! mas challenging kasi!

16. Gaano ka katagal maging taya sa larong
Pass The Message?
==> uyy!! haha! miss ko na to! isa din to sa favorite kong laro noon! magaling ako dito! hindi ako mashadong natataya!

17. Naglalaro ka ba ng Tic-Tac-Toe kahit may
klase?
==>oo naman! pero mas uso nun ang SOS eh!

18. Nakapaglaro ka ba ng SOS sa graphing
paper?
==>oo naman! patok nga kasi to samin nun!

19. Alam mo ba yung laro sa pad paper na
Sabugan ng Tangke?
==> OO! gusto ko nga yun eh! hahaha! nakakatuwa naman tong survey na to! naha-hyper ako!

20. Naniwala ka ba dati sa kapangyarihan ng
FLAMES?
==>not seriously… pero shempre kinikilig pa din ako at nalulungkot ng konti depende sa resulta!

21. Sa palagay mo, may katotohanan kaya
yung hula sa iyo noon nung naglaro ka ng MASH?
==>ano na nga to? nakalimutan ko na! mas sikat samin yung FLAMES eh!

22. Nagta-tumbling ka ba sa larong Chinese
Garter?
==>ay nako! asa pa ko! HINDI! never ko natutunan mag-tumbling tumbling!

23. Sa tingin mo, malalaro pa kaya ng
susunod na batch ng kabataan ang mga larong ito?
==>ewan ko lang… i hope so! parang hindi kumpleto kabataan mo pag hindi mo to pinagdaanan!

a few days ago, inaasar ni kuya mac at villazor si kim na hindi na sha mae-enroll sa CSA dahil sa problema nung educational plan niya! they were teasing my sister that she’ll be studying in Tambo instead. (hindi ko alam kung anong school yun, pero basta some public school malapit samin) sabi nila dapat baguhin na daw ni kim ang mga habits niya, she can’t go "hey, did you watch Raven last night?" or "I want s copy of ‘a series of unfortunate events’, do you know where i can get one?" dahil hindi daw sha maiintindihan! dapat daw… "uy! napanood mo ba yung ‘can this be love’?!?! EEEEHHHH!!!! ang gawapo ni hero!!!" tawa kami ng tawa! pikon na pikon na si kim! tapos napunta yung usapan sa mga larong kalye… and i had a renewed realization of how worlds apart my sister and i are. there were games that i used to play that she has never even heard of. laking subdivision kasi eh! conyo school pa ever since kinder! we grew up in very different environments. she grew up in my father’s care and i with my mother’s family. i only met her 3 years ago. she was born with a silver-spoon in her mouth. ako din naman, but only until i was 4 years old. when my parents separated and my father left, he brought my silver spoon with him. I was demoted to an ordinary stainless steel made. Minsan nga plastic pa! Don’t get me wrong, i loved my childhood! i loved the fact that i was able to run around the neighborhood all sweaty and dirty playing street games and that i experienced to bathe in the rain. Masaya akong balikan yung time na nagpupukpok ako ng tansan para gawing flat tapos lalagyan ko ng butas sa gitna para lagyan ng tali at paiikut-ikutin o kaya yung paglabas ko ng school may nagbebenta dun ng mga colored na ibon at sisiw at scramble at isaw at yung mga papel na ilalagay mo sa tubig para malaman mo kung nanalo ka ba ng premyo o nagsayang ka lang ng piso! Proud ako na nakahawak ako ng gagambang pinagre-wrestling at ng salagubang na tinatalian sa paa. I consider myself very lucky that i was able to do all these things that my sister could only imagine as i tell her about them. She might have enjoyed her silver spoon and i know it has its own perks and all. But i know in my heart that i’ll never exchange my plastic spoon for that. =)

anu ba yan! i got carried away again! hindi naman to dapat maging isang buong essay eh! intro lang to dapat sa sa survey na gusto ko i-share eh! daldal ko talaga! so much for my attempt to keep my entries short so as not to be too intimidating to read! hay naku! next entry na nga lang yung survey!

we watched this film in our biology class entitled medicine man. it was a pretty good film if i may say so.. the main character was played by sean connery and it was about a scientist who have found the cure for cancer in the depths of the amazon rain forest in venezuela. it was very scientific and technical (well, after all, it was for a biology class) but it was not boring at all. i think the whole class, myself included, actually enjoyed it a lot. the only thing i’m not so happy about was that i have to make a research paper/film review about it. that wouldn’t be a problem if it’s just a simple 1-page or 2-page, double-spaced film review but the professor wants a 5-page, single-spaced, font size 11 paper. he gave us a guideline, a list of important things to take note of. i had to write it down while watching the film because they’re so detailed and technical that i can’t simply rely on memory when i get to writing the paper. i was hanging on every word, every gesture, every situation, every scientific term or person, i even had to scrutinize the background scenes. i mean, i know doing all that comes naturally when you’re watching a film but i realized that if you are actually "required" to do it, it becomes quite tedious. so i took notes only during the first part and later on decided to just relax and enjoy the rest of the film. i figured i’ll just buy my own copy. that way, i don’t have to be pressured. i had a feeling i saw a dvd copy of that film somewhere, i just don’t remember exactly where… probably in ruins… i’m not sure. hmmm… maybe it was not such a good idea to be so careless and complacent. what if i’m not able to get a copy…LAGOT! =S nakow! i just hope i find that film…SOON! wish me luck! ahehe!

hay naku! sumasakit talaga puso ko sa stained glass! hay… i feel for kevin’s character… kawawa naman sha… *sigh* life’s unfair! =(  i’m starting to get really irritated with jamie’s character! pa-cute kay jerry eh! uggghhh… tama na nga! OA na ang pagiging affected ko!

g knakakainis! why can’t she just love kevin instead??? hay naku! i know i’m being pathetic by letting a telenovela affect me but i just can’t help it! why can’t the girl just go for the guy who has always been there for her, who has loved her all his life, who prepares her breakfast because he doesn’t want her to go to work hungry, who carries her on his back when she decides to get drunk after a bad day, who makes it a point to always know what she needs and do everything to provide it for her, the guy who practically worships the ground she walks on! why? why? why??? hay naku! i know! i know! kadire ako! but then again, we all have our guilty pleasures! this is one of mine!

nakakatawa! my sister and i were both screaming when jerry kissed jamie, but for very different reasons. hers is a "AAAAHHHH!!!! kinikilig scream" while mine’s an "OH NOOOO!!! naiinis scream" (if we were in a movie, this scene will be in slow motion and our voices will have echo effect) obviously, we’re rooting for diferrent guys! and too bad for my guy the girl is clearly more attracted to the other one. hay…sadness… hindi yan! umaasa ako sa sinabi ni ju na baka may twist pa to sa huli! parang meteor garden ganyan! at first, Shanchai’s head over heels with Lei but later on she discovers that Dao is her true love! oh diba! di naman mashadong halata na nanood talaga ko ng mga ganitong shows ano? hahaha! =D

Kevin Park: Alam mo naman kung ano ka sa akin Jamie eh… you are the oasis of my desert…

aawww… ang ganda diba???

haaayyy…

oo na! oo na! cheesy na ko kung cheesy! so, i’m a hopeless romantic! sue me!

haaayyy…

Nine dead as military helicopter crashed in Philippines

this information created quite a commotion in the office today! all other news stories were set aside, everything’s about the crash! feel na feel ko talaga kanina na nagttrabaho ako sa isang news organization! adrenalin rush talaga! and i was one of the first people to know that Punongbayan was one of the victims. at first we thought it was just a group of PHIVOLCS and Red Cross staff… so i called the PNRC office to ask if they have already confirmed the identities of the victims…at ayun na! sabi nung girl si "governor Punongbayan" daw ang nandun. i asked for the first name… "Raymundo"! i asked her a couple more times to make sure that it was THE "Raymundo Punongbayan"! and she repeatedly answered yes. sha daw talaga! when i told my editor about it, he too doubted the information for we all thought Punongbayan couldn’t be governor since he’s PHIVOLCS director! i called PHIVOLCS and it turned out to be true. he was now the governor of Red Cross and he was indeed in the chopper that crashed. I also talked to senator Gordon to get his statement about the incident since he’s chairman of the PNRC. (by the way, ang sungit niya! but then again, nagpapanic na naman kasi sila and all so in understand.) before the radio flash reports, before the tv news coverage, i already knew what happened and i’m one of the people whose job is to tell the world about it! coolness!!! =P 

i feel so guilty… =S just a few days ago i was ranting about inconsiderate people who have no respect for others’ schedule, and now, ashamed as i am to admit it… i did the very same thing! but it was an honest mistake! i swear! (defensive!!! guilty talaga!) this is how it happened… our bio prof asked us to draw the map of what i understood to be south america. at dahil masipag akong bata.. (ahehe! =P) even though the deadline is not until thursday i already finished it as early as Monday night. tuesday morning, to my horror, the professor clarified that we are supposed to include central america in our map! bad trip! sayang lang ang pagod ko! kinarir ko pa naman yung map ko! hay hay hay… anyway, the girl who’s sitting beside me was in the same situation. she too already finished the assignment but misunderstood the instructions. she was also carrying a world atlas, with maps that are easier to copy because the lines and bounderies are very defined. i asked her if i could photocopy her book and she was kind enough to say yes. when we were dismissed, i told her i’ll just make a quick run for the cr before we go to have the map photocopied in AS and that i’ll just meet her at the building entrance. on my way to the cr i was joking around with juju, he was trying to convince me to go with him and our batchmates to batangas this weekend. kulitan…kulitan…kulitan…nakalabas na kami ng bio building…nakarating na kami dun sa street between AS and CASAA…nagbeso, nagba-bye-an…and then as i was walking away, somebody called my name…si pauline…kasama si kriz…tinawag ko ulit si ju…nagkuwentuhan ng konti…they were ganging up on me about the batangas trip…kulitan…kulitan…kulitan…hanggang sa kailangan na nila umalis dahil malalate na sila…naghug…nagbeso…nagba-bye-an…diredirecho ako sa shed…sa jeep…and then just as i stepped on the escalator of the mrt station in quezon ave…i remebered her! the classmate i was supposed to meet at the bio building entrance! waaaahhhh!!! anu na kayang nangyari sa kaniya!!! i didn’t have her cell phone number so i couldn’t text her to tell her about my stupidity and to save her from the trouble of waiting for me…uugghhh!!! she must have been so pissed off… =S sana di niya naman ako hinintay talaga! sana madali shang mainip at umalis na agad! sana sana sana… ang sama ko! di ko naman sinasadya eh… it totally slipped my mind! i became preoccupied with other stuff. saka dun naman kami dumaan ni ju sa entrance ah! bakit di ko sha nakita dun??? aaahhhh!!! no excuses! ang sama ko pa din! nag-ask ako ng favor, nagmagandang loob shang tumulong, nag-allot sha ng time, na-hassle sha. what if may class pa pala sha after that? tapos na-late sha kasi naghintay sa taong hindi nagpakita! tapos shempre di niya alam gagawin niya habang naghihintay kasi wala nga kaming contact numbers! clueless sha kung ano nang nangyari dun sa lintek na classmate niyang nabaon na yata sa cr! sobrang nakakainis on her part! uggghhh!!! what will i say to her when i see her tomorrow in class??? hay naku! kasi kasi kasi eh! ang galing mo talaga michico! =S *toink*

ugghhh… my day is off with a very bad start… aaaahhhh!!! i hope it doesn’t get any worse… i’ve had enough frustration and disappointment this morning to last me days on end! hay naku!!! hay hay hay…

i’m feeling better… =) there’s still that acidy feeling i get in my stomach when i get really nervous or scared or when I’m dreading something unpleasant to happen (which usually invloves paternal-relations or in other words: "daddy-issues") grabe na! my father affects me so much that i actually have physical manifestations of having daddy troubles! everytime my father talks to me with raised voice and with his it-is-what-i-believe-it-is-and-nothing-can-make-me-change-my-mind attitude my stomach seems to secrete acid in overdrive! i have no idea why or if there is an actual psychophysiological justification to it (although i bet there is. hmmm…better research on that) but it happens to me without fail.

i felt it again this morning when kuya mac told me that daddy talked to him about his belief, and i repeat, HIS BELIEF, that i always come home too late. i say it is just "his belief" because it is so not the case! arrgghhh!!! that’s what frustrates me! what he thinks is wrong but i know there’s nothing i can do to change his mind. pag naisip niy na na ganun! ganun na yun! batas na yun! eh sus! it just so happened that of all the time that he could call me and that i would fail to answer my phone it actually coincided with the one night in quite a long time that i went out with my batchmates. hay naku kamalasan nga naman! and there’s more! around 7pm of the very next day, he called again and found me amiss again and from that two consecutive incidents he had already concluded that i always come home late. of course he doesn’t know that had he called every night for the last weeks he would have found me at home even before the sun sets! and of course he doesn’t know that the second day he called i wasn’t actually enjoying my time out, rather i was on my way home from UP after the Broad Ass planning seminar. the assers went out that night after the planning sem and of course he doesn’t know that i staunchly declined their pleadings that i come. and besides, modesty aside, i’ve always had good grades! my GWA this semester is actually my highest so far! i’ve never been a problem! i’ve always been the goody-two-shoes-responsible daughter! hay hay hay… aaaahhhh!!! so frustrating!

hay naku! ayan nasisira na naman mood ko! i started this entry with "i’m feeling better…=)" na may smiley pa talaga! but now i seemed to be back to how i was this morning! kasi kasi kasi eh! iniisip pa ng iniisip eh! tama na nga!

The real "feel-good survivor episode" entry

(ekek lang yung nasa taas, below is what i really intended to write)

anyway, hayun na nga! i’m feeling better! it’s because of this survivor episode that i’ve just watched. i call it the feel-good survivor episode. =) natuwa kasi ako dun sa isang contestant! (arrggh! forgot his name! o kunwari na lang "dave") hayun nga! dave is this bearded man, a little bit heavy-set, probably in his mis-thirties and who is one of the most resourceful and "survivor-material" in the group. (yuck! parang inspirational ekek na may lesson sa huli ito! hehe!) magaling sha! and the others greatly benefit from his skills in fishing. he’s always the one who gets to find food for everybody. in that particular episode, he caught a giant squid, which by itself is already more than enough for the other 8 contestants, and a couple of fish. everyone really had quite a fill. dave said he feels good that he’s able to provide for the needs of the others. and i really admired him for that. wala lang, nakakatuwa lang na in a situation where selfishness is very likely to breed since they are supposedly fighting for "survival" you see something like that. saka hindi lang kasi yun. there’s this individual reward challenge that they will be competing for. sling shooting challenge sha! basta yun! the reward is a buffet breakfast. as in nung start nung challenge pinaglalaway na talaga sila nung host. he was describing this really scrumptious array of breakfast goodies and he even gave each of the contestants an itsy bitsy sampling of cinnamon croissant yata yun so that they’ll really be inspired. shempre after three weeks in an island with only their own catch to eat, they’re all dying for an all-you-can-eat 1st class breakfast noh! as in sausages, bacon, pancakes, muffins, butter, jams, freshly squeezed orange juice…ganyang level! so anyway, to make it short, dave won the challenge. and then the host goes that breakfast is no fun when you’re all by yourself blah blah blah.. and told dave that he is given the chance to choose anyone from the group whom he would like to share the breakfast with OR he could give up his breakfast privilege, give it to another person and that person can choose anyone from the group (except dave) to share it with.

you know what dave did??? he actually gave it up! he transferred the privilege to this guy who he said previously gave him immunity in one challenge. and i was really in awe with his decision. i just thought that even if he believes he is indebted to that other guy and he would want to repay him, he didn’t have to give up the reward. he could have just chosen that guy to be the one to enjoy the breakfast with him and it will still be all good. but he chose give it up all together so others could be happy.

WOW! that is really something, isn’t it? =)