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Saturday, April 30, 2005
Lumalala na ang topak ng SUN. Biglang nawawalan ng signal (from "full bar" magiging empty), mahirap mag-send, hindi ako makapagpa-ring ng cellphone ng iba... Isang malaking AMP. Kaya balik na ulit ako sa Globe. Kaka-load ko pa lang ng P300 sa Globe ko, isang "feat" na matagal ko nang hindi nagagawa. Kapag naubos na ang load ng SUN ko, Globe na ang gagamitin ko pang-text. Naka-stand by na lang ang SUN ko pag nagkataon.
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Wala umano kaming pasok sa Lunes, May 2. Nakasaad daw sa batas na kung ang isang holiday ay matapat sa isang Sunday, ito ay ililpat ng Lunes. Labor Day ang May 1, at dahil Sunday, linipat sa Monday.
Hindi ako natuwa sa pangyayaring to. Siguro kung nasa high school pa ako at ganito ang mangyayari, matutuwa ako dahil walang pasok. Pero pag college, ang bawat araw ay mahalaga. Planado na ang mangyayari sa buong term/semester. At pag may nalaktawan na isang araw, medyo hassle na, kasi kailangan makahabol, lalo na kung sakto lang ang schedule na nakasaad sa syllabus.
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Um-attend ako sa isang lecture tungkol sa driving. Sa simula ay parang gusto ko nang umalis dahil:
1. wala akong ibang kilala sa mga iba pang a-attend ng lecture na yun
2. baka matanong ako ng nagle-lecture at wala akong masagot, baka mapahiya ako
So ayun nga... natanong ako once, pero ang kailangang sagot ay "oo", at nagawa ko namang sumagot ng "oo."
Natutunan ko ang troubleshooting pag nag-overheat ang sasakyan, kung ano ang pwedeng gawin pag ayaw mag-start dahil walang power ang baterya at kung ano ang mga pwedeng gawin pag nawalan ng preno at umaandar ka nang mabilis (pati handbrake wala na rin.) Natutunan ko rin ang mga common driving errors. Next week ay may lecture ulit. Pinag-iisipan ko pa kung pupunta ako. Pero sayang kasi kung hindi ako pupunta, marami pa naman akong matututunan dun.
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Napanood ko ang dalawang huling episodes ng Full House sa Channel 7. Dati ay hindi ko yun pinapansin, pero nang magawa kong panoorin ay natuwa ako sa mga napapanood ko... sabay nai-relate ko sa mga nangyayari sa akin ngayon at parang naluluha ako... (WTF?!)
I was here at 4/30/2005 9:26:25 pm
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Friday, April 29, 2005
http://keopaolo.blogdrive.com
Na-cancel ang second day ng driving school ko dahil ang instructor ay nasa ospital, nakunan daw kasi ang kanyang asawa.
Naaalala ko ang mga lessons na ituturo sa akin within 5 days. At sa naaalala ko, ang parking, highway driving at heavy traffic driving ay nasa may bandang dulo pa (4th-5th days), pero pinagawa na agad sa akin kahapon. Excited na sana akong mabangga kanina kaso na-cancel nga...
Pumunta na lang tuloy akong Lotus mall (yeah, Lotus). Bumili ako ng PSone CDs na Final Fantasy VII at Final Fantasy IX. Bumili rin ako ng DVD na 3-in-1, merong "My Sassy Girl", "Windstruck" at "My Crazy Love."
Nagpagupit din ako kahit kalbo ako (?).
Napakainit kanina, lalo na nang sumakay ako sa jeep pauwi sa amin. Tumutulo ang pawis ko. Sobra ang init ngayong summer. Sa kwarto ko na dalawa lang ang bintana (at hindi pinapasok ng hangin maliban na lang kung bukas ang pinto), tinotodo ko na ang electric fan upang maPAOE ang init.
Bertdey ko nga pala noong April 26. Salamat sa mga bumati, sa mga bumabati, at sa mga babati. Gumala ako noong birthday ko. Saan ako gumala? Sa LTO. Hehehe... Pahabol: Giving of gifts is encouraged.
Kahapon ko lang nasubukang laruin ang binili kong PS2 game na Tenchu: Fatal Shadows. Maganda yung laro kaso mahirap. Pero sa unang level, ang nakuha kong "ranking" ay "Expert Ninja."
SABON!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I was here at 4/29/2005 1:12:59 pm
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Thursday, April 28, 2005
Hmmm... medyo napaaga ang aking pagharap sa isa sa mga fears ko: "Fear of the Road"... or roads, whatever. Well, fear habang nasa driver's seat ng isang sasakyan (Hindi naman ako takot pag ako ang pasahero o pag nagb-bike). Hindi ako takot na masaktan o mamatay.... Takot akong ma-damage ang minamaneho kong sasakyan.
Nag-enroll ako sa isang driving school para naman magkaroon ng kabuluhan ang one week "vacation" ko, pero puno na pala ang mga slots para sa week na to. Dapat ay next Saturday pa ang unang session ko, pero dahil may isang nag-cancel ng appointment (naduwag ata), nakapagsimula na ako kanina.
Tinuruan ako ng basics ng pagd-drive ng kotseng may manual transmission. Pinag-drive ako sa buong subdivision. Taena... Masyadong mataas ang ilang mga humps dun.
At akala ko ay sa subdivision lang muna magd-drive. Medyo kinabahan ako nang sabihin ng instructor na "Mamaya lalabas na tayo."
Ayun, lumabas nga kami pagkatapos kahit hindi pa ako masyadong marunong. Akala ko ay sa looban lang magd-drive, pero umabot kami ng highway. Taenang yan, nanlalamig ako habang nagd-drive dahil hindi ko inaaasahan na sa unang araw pa lang ay dun na agad. Pinag-U-turn din ako. At pinag-park. Pinag-reverse ulit pabalik ng highway, at sa wakas bumalik na rin sa "base."
Medyo nahihirapan pa ako sa clutch dahil lagi kong nabibitawan kaya namamatay ang kotse. Oo, namamatay. Buti may gamit akong GameShark, naka-infinite lives ako.
I was here at 4/28/2005 5:00:20 pm
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Wednesday, April 27, 2005
Konti na lang... Itatapon ko na ang SUN Cellular SIM card ko. Hmmm... Mukhang bumubulok na ang network ng SUN dahil sa biglang pagdami ng subscribers. Hindi naman masabayan ng SUN ang pagdami ng subscribers sa pamamagitan ng pag-upgrade din ng kanilang network.
Madalas na ulit lumabas ang "Message sending failed" pag nagte-text ako. Nakaka-lampas ng sampung ulit ang pagse-send ko bago lumabas ang "Message sent." Hindi na to maganda. Gagamitin ko na ulit (on a regular basis... teka, ano ba ang regular basis?) ang Globe ko.
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Ang pagpapayat na kombinasyon ng diet at exercise ay isang matinding test ng discipline at patience. Kailangan ma-control ang urge na kumain ng marami, at kailangan dedicated din ang isang nagpapapayat sa kanyang ginagawa. Kailangan magkaroon ng isang matibay at malakas na katawan para tumagal sa mga exercise, at isang matatag na pag-iisip para malabanan ang anumang makakasira sa pagpapayat.
Hmmm... Andito na naman ako sa stage na to.
Simula April last year ay tuluyan kong sinira lahat ng pinagpaguran ko. Kumain ulit ako nang marami, at naging sedentary, kaya tumaas muli ang aking timbang. At ngayon, uulitin ko lahat ng ginawa ko dating pagpapapayat. Wala lang.
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Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. Nauubos oras ko sa laro na to.
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Hindi ako natutuwa sa mga forwarded messages at mga testimonials na graphics, copied messages at lyrics ng mga kanta. Ang ipinahihiwatig nito ay lack of sincerity and drive (willingness) na gumawa ng sariling message para sa taong concerned.
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Aaron... SSSSHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!
I was here at 4/27/2005 2:39:36 pm
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Saturday, April 23, 2005
Nutrition END, Kitchie Nadal, A Portrait of Denial
So tapos na ang Nutrition and Diet Therapy namin. Kanina ang final exam namin dun, at isa lang ang masasabi ko tungkol dun: MAHIRAP.
Maganda ang ginawa kong preparation para sa exam na yun. Ginawa ko lahat ng nakalista sa previous entry ko. Nanood ako ng Wrestlemania 21 hanggang 11:30pm. Tumanga ako pagkatapos ng palabas. Tapos natulog, gumising, nagbasa, natulog, gumising, nagbasa ulit at natulog. Kaya wala akong naintindihan sa mga binasa ko.
Wala kaming pasok next week. Tapos sa susunod na linggo ay kukunin na namin ang Fundamentals of Nursing (Nursing Foundations with Drugs and Solutions).
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Pagkatapos ng exam ay pumunta ako sa SM Bacoor para bumili ng isang Sony PlayStation™ 2 accessory. Dumiretso ako pagkatapos sa Robinsons Imus para panoorin si Kitchie Nadal. Matagal bago nagsimula ang performance. Hmmm... mga tao sa Robinsons Imus, sabik sa sikat. Ako pangatlong beses ko na napapanood si Kitchie kaya hindi ako ganoon ka-excited.
Nagdala ako ng camera kanina. Pero nasira na agad ang diskarte ko dahil pagdating ko, marami nang tao. Ang balak ko sana ay uupo ako sa unahan para maganda ang pwesto ko sa panonood at pagkuha ng mga pictures.
Kaunti lang ang kinanta niya. Hmmm... may bago silang gitarista. Mukhang tanga nga lang.
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Pumunta kaming Bambang pagkatapos para sa gig ng A Portrait of Denial. Na-disappoint ako sa venue, ibang-iba kasi sa inaasahan ko.
11:20pm na ako nakauwi ng bahay.
Sabon!!!
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Thursday, April 21, 2005
If all else fails... tumigil ka na lang hehe
Sige na nga... Ito ay aking isusulat (ita-type actually) sa wikang Filipino (na may halong konting English pa rin). Para naman maintindihan ni Ryan Medina.
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Yey... Natututo na akong mag-gitara. Well, beginner pa lang ako kaya pasensya na sa mga nakakarinig. Hindi ako magaling sa chords, pero ewan ko, mas magaling ata ako sa pag-kapa ng mga... Hindi ko alam ang tawag dun. Basta yung "plucking" part ata.
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Kahapon kami nag-present ng mga hinanda naming "diet therapy" diets (diet therapy diets eh?). Nakita ko ang "judges" sa ibang sections... Ang nakita ko lang ay isang guest "taster" sa ibang section. Sa amin umabot ng 5 guests, plus yung professor namin. So anim silang lahat. Pero ok lang, kasi nasarapan at nagustuhan naman ng mga guest tasters ang aming mga hinanda.
Half day lang kami kahapon, hindi tulad ng section 7 na inabot ng mga 2:00pm. Oo, half day. Tanghali pa lang dismissed na kami. Pero 9:00pm na ako nakauwi.
Wala kaming pasok ngayon. Natapos na kasi agad ang mga kailangang gawin na nakasaad sa aming syllabus. Bukas ang aming final exam. At ito ang mga plano kong gawin mamaya bilang paghahanda sa exam:
before 12:00 noon = mag-PlayStation™ 2
12:00 noon - 2:30pm = nood ng Eat Bulaga!
2:30pm - 3:00pm = nood ng Daisy Siete
3:00pm - 6:00pm = kumain, matulog, mag-PlayStation™ 2 o kaya mag-exercise (bago to ah)
6:00pm - 6:30pm = nood ng The Simpsons
6:30pm - bago mag-DARNA = tatanga
DARNA time = nood siyempre ng DARNA
Oo nga pala... Wrestlemania 21 mamaya sa USA Channel... Naguguluhan ako. Exam namin bukas... Anong gagawin ko???!!! Di ko malaman kung...
Wrestlemania 21 o Darna ang panonoorin ko...
I was here at 4/21/2005 10:56:24 am
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Sunday, April 17, 2005
The cellphone is a very useful communication tool, especially these days. These cellphones outweigh the old, conventional means of communication such as telegrams, snail mails, and the like in terms of convenience and speed.
You can send anyone instant messages via the cellphone. You can ask, "Kumain na u?" (yeah, "u"...), and can also reply at once, "Oo, kumain na ME" ("me" my ass... who the hell came up with the idea of using "u" and "me" in such statements anyway?)
At first, phone kits, SIM cards, and prepaid credit/load cards (or prepaid cards) were too expensive for the ordinary Filipino. It was a real pain to shell out P300 for prepaid cards, P500+ for a SIM card, or P8,000 for a Nokia 3310.
Newer cellphone models emerged as time passed by. Back then, a phone with a bulit-in radio was considered "elite."
Cheaper prepaid cards were offered. Globe released a P100 call and text card. Smart, on the other hand, released PureTxt 100. A stupid idea. This PureTxt 100 would turn your cellphone into a pager: You cannot make outgoing calls, and you CANNOT receive INCOMING calls. All you can do is text, and all you can receive is text.
Then cellular networks came up with the very bright idea of electronic load. Cheaper denominations were made available so that more Filipinos could afford "cellular communication."
Other services were offered, like Globe's Share-a-Load, Smart's Pasa Load, and others.
And lately, the SUN Cellular network made a huge impact by offering the 24/7 Call and Text Unlimited. It made possible the limitless calling and texting within the same network. Other networks accused SUN of predatory pricing, but since they could not do anything about it, they also attempted to offer similar services for a certain period of time. (Right now, Globe's All-You-Want, Touch Mobile's Todo Text, Todo Tawag, and Smart's 25/8 promos are over)
Unlimited calls and texts. Sounds great? Nah.
Cellphones can be evil. Cellphone can make a slave out of anyone. And this is best achieved with the existing unlimited promos.
Imagine: As you wake up, you reach for your cellphone to send text messages. You wash your face, then you again reach for your cellphone. You eat your breakfast, then the next thing you know, you are holding your cellphone. Lunch time approaches, you eat, then it's you and your cellphone, again. The same happens at night. You wanna sleep, but the cellphone is just too tempting to let go of, because you can call and text all day all night without worrying too much about the cost.
So the whole day, it's just you and your cellphone.
A lot of other things are put off because you are too attached to your cellphone.
You do not realize it: You are being used by your cellphone. And when you do, it's too late. Your life is a total mess because you have been serving your master cellphone for so long.
During the time when there are still no unlimited services, when you run out of load, you achieve freedom from the possible slavery of cellphones. But now, considering that communication is a lot cheaper, you become an easy prey for these cellphones.
These advances in technology should only be used for important purposes only. Let us not be used by them.
Cellphones are evil. With irresponsible use.
I was here at 4/17/2005 1:15:51 am
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Thursday, April 14, 2005
If you smell... Take a bath!
Tomorrow is the last day of the first week of our summer classes. And for us who are currently taking up Nutrition and Diet Therapy, the faculty, staff, and everyone involved have prepared something very special for us students to celebrate the end of the first week. That something... is the midterm examination.
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I struggled throughout the week. I'll recapitulate the events that took place:
MONDAY - New faces (and new asses). I had this feeling of uneasiness at first. Discussion took place before noon, and continued until 3:00pm. We were informed that we're required to do a "creative report" about vitamins, to be presented on Wednesday.
TUESDAY - Quiz at 8:00am. I arrived late at school. My heart was beating very fast as I was on my way to our classroom. I was thinking, " Baka dictation yung exam...!" But fortunately there was a test questionnaire.
The test contained history of nutrition. Screw history. Damn you.
By afternoon, we were informed that we're also required to make a bookmark with facts about minerals.
WEDNESDAY - We applied the finishing touches on the bookmarks they forced us to do for the first hour. We then had a quiz about fats and lipids. Then there was this "emergency", and our professor left for that "emergency." During the time she was out, I just studied about proteins and carbohydrates, in preparation for the group "oral quiz" by afternoon.
Hmmm... "Emergency" eh...
Anyway, the "oral quiz" became a group written quiz. Our group wasn't able to answer the last question (from the difficult category). We then had the lowest score among the four groups. Lowest. 92.5. (the term "lowest" was used for comparison only)
THURSDAY - Quiz again, this time it was about "minerals." It was an open book, open handout quiz. A multiple choice quiz, but with a few modifications. We had to explain why we did not choose the other options given. And that... that's not cool. Anyway, since I did not bring my book, I had to borrow from another section. And I was able to borrow one from someone I personally do not know. But anyway, I thank you... You saved my life (naks!)
By afternoon, we had another quiz, and it was about "vitamins." I was not able to study. I made a wrong decision earlier. I should have just stayed in our quiet room after lunch break. I could have studied, and could have performed better in the test.
The 10-item quiz was easy for those who were able to study, but since I wasn't able to do that, I relied on my guessing powers (the ones I used in Anatomy and Microbiology exams.) Since I am so great (?), I got 6 correct answers out of 10 items.
And another quiz was given before we were dismissed, about "Nutrition during Infancy, Pre-school Age, School Age, School Age and Adolescence," topics which were discussed just before the said quiz.
I was here at 4/14/2005 6:42:49 pm
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Tuesday, April 12, 2005
So, what did you learn from school?
Yesterday, I learned that Vitamin E contributes to the sex drive / libido of an individual.
Summer classes have officially started for De La Salle - Health Sciences Campus nursing students. Sections 1-4 are currently taking up Nursing Foundations with Drugs and Solutions (is this the same with Fundamentals of Nursing?), while sections 5-8 are taking up Nutrition and Diet Therapy.
We sported the DLSU-D uniform. Yeah. I was wondering what could be running through the minds of other people when they see us wearing that uniform during the summer.
Maybe... "Bobo naman nito... Naka-uniform, e pag summer, dapat naka-civilian clothes."
Whatever.
I had this feeling of awkwardness as I entered our room. Most of the faces I've been with for almost two years are now gone.
I also had this *fear* that our professor for the subject would be a terror one as I was on my way to school. Fortunately, she was not.
By Friday, we will already be having our midterm exam. And by next Friday, we will take our final exam for the subject. The subject will be over in as fast as 2 weeks! Faster than regular brands and is recommended by doctors (?).
I had a hard time sleeping the night before our first day of summer classes. I was not excited dammit. It's just that I used to sleep at around 2:00am. So I just played Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas until my brain demanded, "Hey!!! Go to sleep, asshole."
After our class, I went home early. I felt somehow strange. I got used to going home late at night during the last two semesters.
I was tired and sleepy, so I slept at around 5:00pm. I woke up at around 9:00pm. I ate my dinner, then I realized something. I felt really bad.
DARNA was over by that time.
I was here at 4/12/2005 1:50:07 am
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Monday, April 11, 2005
FINDING ME - Vertical Horizon
I don't think you notice
When you see my face
I guess you're waiting
To spin me around again
Wheels I guess are turning
Somewhere inside my head
I know that this is
Deeper than you get
But you're coming back again
You don't mean to waste my time
But you're coming back so
Don't tell me
How to be
'Cause I like some suffering
Don't ask me
What I need
I'm just fine
Here finding me...
Me...
I've already given
Up on getting through
I never question
Who I'm talking to
Oh, so much for nothing
But nothing means so much
I know it's touching
But I've been out of touch
And it's all that I can do
I'm a sight for my sore eyes
But it's all I am so
Don't tell me
How to be
'Cause I like some suffering
Don't ask me
What I need
I'm just fine
Here finding me...
Me...
I don't think you notice
When I can't reach out
I guess you're waiting
On somebody else again
Oh, so much for talking
It's all been said before
I'm hearing something
but I wish you'd just say more
But you're going off again
When I try to just hold on
But you're going off, so
Don't tell me
How to be
'Cause I like some suffering
Don't ask me
What I need
I'm just fine
Here finding me...
Me...
Finding me...
Me...
I was here at 4/11/2005 1:18:39 am
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