Friday, May 30, 2008
Internship - Week One and one more thing
Every morning I'd feel really tired because I still sleep at around 1. I'm still having difficulty sleeping. Zombie mode every morning. Rawr!!! Meh eat yourh brainssssss!!
BUT the internship is great. The office is really casual. We get to wear whatever we want. Yehey! We get to practice our Spanish. Our bosses are awesome and not scary at all. Everytime they see us, they'd say "Hola!" or "Que tal?" We'd say "Hola!" or "Muy bien!" Hahaha. Ang loser na nga namin tignan minsan.
This Wednesday was Manolo's birthday. He's the head of the administration. He's one of the crushables in the office. But Lv says he's gay. I say he's European! There were lots of food. There were Becky's Kitchen cakes, Filipino cookies (spanish cookies called "Filipino") and turron (not the banana wrapped in lumpia skin, but it's a kind of dessert that's made of "miel" or honey and it's very popular every December). Lv and I are so happy because we can somehow understand really fast Spanish conversations in the office. Ole!
Another perk that we get as an intern is access to the library. We have a one month FREE membership. We get to borrow books, DVDs, CD-ROMs, CDs and VHS (hahahaha). I borrowed a DVD entitled "Sin Verguenza". Walang hiya. I might watch it tomorrow morning.
All of the computers are in Spanish. The keyboards have a different configuration. The other day, when we had to type a document, I kept pressing different keys just to find - and ".
Since the office staff is relatively small, we get to have actual interaction with the boss of all the bosses. The director of the institution. He looks like the Godfather.
LV: Ano sa spanish ang godfather?
Ako: Ninong? Hahahaha
LV: Ninong na lang tawag natin sa kanya! Hahahaha
As I have mentioned, we get to talk to Ninong every now and then. In fact, the other day, he called us into his office and gave us a peptalk. It was great. He said that it doesn't really matter what course you're taking right now as long as you're doing something because you are passionate about it. All he wants for us at the end of the internship, is to discover something we want to do. Saan ka pa!
Today, I assisted Ninong as he was the guest speaker for an event in Camp Aguinaldo. It was way different from what we expected. Kaya tuloy medyo hindi bagay yung na prepare niyang speech. Okay lang.
On our way there, Ninong asked me about my plans after I graduate. He mentioned again that it is okay if I don't get a job related my degree. He told me that he's as Engineering graduate but he has never practiced it since he graduated. He wanted to express himself and be a writer, that's how he got into journalism. Oh! He has a collection of newspapers from 1890's to World War 2. He said that when he retires, he'll dedicate his time to organizing his collection. Oh di ba!
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We're doing "Ang Mga Halimaw" by Carlo Garcia for Virgin Labfest 4. We started rehearsals this week. That's why I'm really tired. Lack of sleep + Internship + Commuting + Broke = Groggy me.
But I'm really happy that I'll be in the 4th labfest. Perfect attendance! Bwahahaha.
And we have a virgin to the Virgin Labfest, our SM Mia! Thanks again Mia for being our SM.
Thursday, May 22, 2008
Paper Mario Toy
I got this from cubeecraft.com
Paper Mario meets Stuff Toy Mario
Friday, May 2, 2008
Lalalala + A List for me
I want to be a Myth Buster!
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I just have to write this down.
Movies I want to watch because I haven't seen them yet:
- Super Bad
- Incredible Hulk - They say it wasn't good, but I haven't seen it yet
- Batman Begins
- Ang Pagdadalaga ni Maximo Oliveros
- Gone with the Wind
- Scarface
- Manila After Dark
- Insiang
- Scorpion Nights
- Godfather Trilogy - I have tried to watch before but I always fell asleep.
- Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
- Amelie)*
- A Very Long Engagement
- Vidocq
- La Vie En Rose*
- Knocked Up
- Juno*
- Atonement
- IRON MAN!
- Indiana Jones - for review
- Bagets
- Oro Plata Mata
- Booba - pampa-bobo lang
Kung mayroon kayong kopya ng mga nakalista sa itaas, ako'y lubusang matutuwa kung ako'y inyong papahiramin.
Saturday, April 19, 2008
Isang Pagbuhos
Paano kong nagawang isipin ang lahat nang ito?
Ilang beses ko nang naisip na bigla na lang tumakbo palabas. Gusto kong tumakbo sa isang daan na puno ng puno, ng damo, ng halaman. Gusto kong tumakbo sa isang lugar na binibingi ka sa ingay ng mga kuliglig. Gusto kong tumakbo para malabas lahat ng nararamdaman ko. Gusto kong malabas ang lahat ng lungkot, saya at galit na naiipon sa dibdib ko. Para makapagsimula ako sa wala.
Pero saan naman ako tatakbo dito?
Gusto kong maranasang bumagal ang takbo ng mundo. Gusto kong tumalon at dahan-dahang baba sa lupa. Gusto kong huwag munang lumubog ang araw para hindi matapos ang hapong puno ng saya. Gusto kong huwag sumikat ang araw para hindi matapos ang gabing puno ng pag-uusap na tayong dalawa lang ang nagkakaintindihan. Gusto kong huwag kang tumigil sa pagsasalita dahil natatakot akong makalimutan ang tinig mo.
Masyado akong maraming gusto. Karamihan ay imposible.
Pero posible bang huwag matapos ang darating na linggo? Imposible pa rin. Masakit man isipin, pero iyun ang totoo.
Thursday, April 10, 2008
I got tagged again
instructions :)
1. Each blogger starts with ten random facts/habits about themselves.
2. Bloggers that are tagged need to write on their own blog about their ten things and post these rules.
3. At the end of your blog, you need to choose ten people to get tagged and list their names.
4. Don't forget to leave them a comment telling them they're tagged, and to read your blog.
-------------------------------------1. Whenever I see a Volks Beetle, I feel the need to Pendong someone. Siyempre, kapag wala akong kasama, nagpipigil ako na hindi mang-pendong ng katabi ko.
2. I like the word Chedeng! (slang for Mercedes Benz). I like saying "Nagmamaneho ako ng chedeng."
3. When I'm bored, I sing "I Am A Bendictine Child" in different voices.
4. Akala ko dati, selosa ako. Tapos nakilala ko si Jod. Nalaman ko kung ano talaga ang selosa. :-)
5. Lv and I enjoy searching the Spanish Dictionary for raunchy words and terms. Her xmas gift to me was a list of cusses in Spanish depending on the country. Ayos. Que pervitido.
6. I have declared this summer as "No Denim Pants Summer!" So far, all I have been wearing are skirts, dresses and shorts.
7. This is my version of "Evidence" by Urbandub:
Caught you in the arms of another and another and another and another and TEN others
8. I am currently using a Siemens celphone. That brand is now extinct. Kaya kapag itong selepono ko nasira, malaking good luck sa akin.
9. I won third place in the Search for Future Diplomats in our school. I now have the title of Charges d' Affaires. Ngayon ko lang na alala na hindi ko pala naisulat yun dito. Haha. Magyayabang lang ng kaonti.
10. I believe I have manly feet. I avoid wearing pointed shoes because I feel that my feet would look like a man's feet in woman's shoes.
GO TAG YOURSELF! :-P
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Out.
No more exams to take.
This semester has officially ended, for me anyway.
I'm off to Zambales with friends. I'll be back on Sunday. Wohoo!
When I come back, I have to face a very busy summer.
Hasta domingo mis chicas!
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Additional Seven Deadly Sins
Lust, gluttony, greed and the rest of the seven deadly sins gathered in the 6th century will have to get used to a modern companion. A Vatican official has articulated seven new categories of sin “due to the phenomenon of globalization.”
“While sin used to concern mostly the individual, today it has mainly a social resonance,” Monsignor Gianfranco Girotti told L’Osservatore Romano, Vatican City’s local paper. Bloomberg News parsed his remarks into a clip-n-savable list:
1. “Bioethical” violations such as birth control
2. “Morally dubious” experiments such as stem cell research
3. Drug abuse
4. Polluting the environment
5. Contributing to widening divide between rich and poor
6. Excessive wealth
7. Creating poverty
The message, according to a leading scholar on Catholic thought talking to BBC News, was meant as a reality check to priests “not sufficiently attuned to some of the real evils in our world.” There is more to life than following the Ten Commandments, it would seem.
The seven deadly sins served another purpose, too: inspiring artists from Bosch to Balanchine. Can anyone picture a similar renaissance fueled by this new list. Or has it already happened?
Those who will rot in hell, raise your hand.
I understand sins 3 to 7, even if they are redundant. But what's with the "Bioethical violations such as birth control??
Ano, papalaganapin na lang natin ang STD? Hala, ipagkalat na ang AIDS, Syphylis, HPV at kung ano-ano pang sakit na hindi masaya kapag nakuha.
Hayaan na rin nating dumami pa ang populasyon ng mundo para lalo tayong mabaon sa kahirapan.
Pati ba naman "Stem Cell Research", MORALLY DUBIOUS EXPERIMENT?? Kung sa bagay, nadadaan naman sa dasal at himala ang lahat. Huwag na lang tayong mag-aral.
Lalo akong napapaisip sa relihiyon ko.
EDIT: This is not yet official. Pero kahit na. Mag-aaral na nga lang ako.
Sunday, March 9, 2008
Bwiset na Kaklase
Friday ng Umaga, nagkita kaming magkaka-groupmates para sa paper namin
Ako: Kapag isesend niyo yung summary nung na research niyo, dapat naka word file. Tsaka dapat may proper referencing. Harvard style na sundan natin para madali.Hintayin ko email niyo. May tanung pa ba?
Paolo: Sige, Isabelle. Send ko na lang sa iyo. Yun pa rin email mo di ba?
Ako: Oo.
Kanina lang pagtingin ko ng email ko, may pinadala nga siya. Hindi naman naka word file. Nagcompose lang siya ng message at doon niya nilagay yung summary. Payag na sana ako e. Kaso walang references. Paano kung inembento lang pala niya yang impormasyon na yan??
Kaya nagtext ako.
Ako: Sabi ko dapat microsoft word na dapat na naka attach. At nasan yung sources mo?
Paolo: Sinummarize ko nalang yun! (Aba, may exclamation point pa siyang nalalaman! Siya pa yata yung galit)
Ako: Yun nga. Hindi mo ba naintindihan yung sinabi ko? Dapat yung summary word file at may sources na nakalagay. (Siyempre nagpipigil pa ako)
Paolo: Sa yahoo at google ko lhat nakuha yun! (Galing talaga! Kumulo ang dugo ko.)
Ako: Hindi mo ba naiintindihan yung proper referencing na tinutukoy ko? Igoogle mo!
Hindi na nagreply. Sana nasa harap na siya ngayon ng computer at hinahanap yung sinasabi kong proper referencing.
At oo, ang pangalan niya ay PAOLO F. Bwiset. Ayoko nang ilagay yung apelyido niya. Kawawa naman mga kamag-anak niya kung sakaling ma-google.
Konting tiis na lang talaga.
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Stage Fright
It was during our defense in a class. Ang pangit sobra. Ngayon ko lang naranasan yung nasusuka sa kaba. Eh wala naman akong kinain. Tapos, nanlalamig yung kamay ko nang sobra-sobra. Boses ko nanginginig. Kumusta naman.
Hindi ko alam kung dahil ba hindi pa ako kumakain at kulang ako sa tulog kung kaya't nagkaganito ako? Maari. Kakaloka.
I couldn't say one proper sentence. If there was a grammar nazi in class, he would have killed me. At some point, I kept blabbering hoping that I would make sense eventually. But I didn't. Pati ako hindi ko maintindihan yung sarili ko. Ano ba naman yun! Hahahaha.
It was weird. So funneh to da haha.
Baka nga gutom lang ako nun kaya ako nagkaganun.
Monday, January 28, 2008
Proud Girlfriend Moment
See that picture on the upper right corner? Looks familiar?? See?!? Uh-huh!!! It is the boyfriend!!!
Here are the ugly scans of the article. The ugliness is from the laziness of the scanner (me). Hehehe. Oh and the t-shirt his wearing is from Team Manila and he is not denying it.
Read the article here: Turning Manila's streets into fashion runways
And now I plug: Go buy Born Again clothes at Baul and Yellow Door located at Saguijo. Do your research. Ikaw na maghanap saan yun. Bwek bwek bwek!
And do check out other designer friends: Womyn in the Kitchyn by Alice and Love Parade Atelier by Santi
Now I sleep. Congrats ulit! Yihii!!
EDIT: OH look! The pictures are not pixelized anymore. Anu ba yan, ngayon ko lang napansin yung mali ko. hahaha.
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Odd News Galore!!!
At dahil hindi ko na alam kung paano ito ipagpapatuloy, nagbasa ako ng Odd News sa Reuters. Ang saya!
Heto, basahin at ma-aliw sa mga kwentong ito:
Goodness, gracious, great balls of protest in Rome - Sana nandun ako noong nangyari yun. Ang saya siguro tignan ng mga bolang tumatalbog. Bouncey! Bounce!
Police ask suspect: aren't you dead? - Grabe, akala ng mga magulang mo patay ka na, yun pala nakapag shoplift ka pa!
Don't send in the clowns - Tao rin naman ang mga clowns. But they could be really annoying!
Monday, January 7, 2008
Giggling Gigil
Then finally the Spice Girls were on! They sang "Stop". I was screaming with excitement. I turned up the volume and watched them with an enormous smile. Hay. Tapos tuwing chorus, sinabayan ko sila sa choreo. Hahaha. Si Angel nandiri sa akin.
Sana dumating si Santa Claus isang araw at sabihing "Isabelle, nakalimutan kong ibigay sayo ang regalo mong ticket sa concert ng Spice Girls sa <insert country here>. May kasama na rin yang plane ticket at accommodations." Sosyal si Santa kung ganun. Pero bakit hindi!
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Oh! oh! oh! He likes my giggle. Hahahahaha. <----- not a giggle.
Sunday, December 23, 2007
Not in the mood to celebrate
Wala akong gana magpasko.
Pero dati naman kapag pasko nagiging excited ako dahil alam ko na malapit na ang bagong taon. Pagkatapos ng bagong taon, alam kong malapit na ang birthday ko.
Pero ngayon ayokong magbagong taon. Ayokong dumating ang Enero. Ayokong dumating ang Pebrero at ang Marso. Lalong-lalo na ang Abril.
Parang may mamamatay sa Abril. Wala naman. Sa ngayon.
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Kumusta Ka?
Heto ako nanlalagkit ang pwet sa kakaupo sa loob ng kotse habang inikot namin ni Papa ang Ortigas, San Juan, Santa Mesa at sa kung saan pa man ang pinuntahan namin.
Inaantok na ako pero hindi pa ako pwedeng matulog. Ayoko pang matulog. Siyempre, kelangan ang pang trabaho. Huwaw! Trabaho! Halos dinugo ako nung sinabi yun. Take note, hindi ko tinawag itong raket. Bwahahaha!
Gusto ko lang magtype ng mga walang kapararakan bagay ngayon bago ako maligo at magpatuloy sa trabaho. OH NO! Muntikan na naman akong duguin! Hahaha.
Paano kung tunay na itong trabaho? Yung tipong pumapasok na ako sa isang opisina simua alas-nuebe hanggang alas-singko. Yung tipong may time-in time-out na card... siguro comatose na ako nun... Hahahaha..
Ito siguro ang napapala ng panay drive-thru na lang ang kinakain. Wala na kasing oras para umupo sa isang matinong kainan. Tsk tsk.
Tama na. Talo na ng mantikain kong mukha ang Minola Oil. Maliligo na ako.
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Save!
Sa totoo lang, ayoko ng mga larong takbuhan dahil mabagal akong tumakbo. Pakiramdam ko nga mas mabilis pa ang mabilis kong lakad kaysa sa pinakamabilis kong takbo. Pero bihira lang akong nagtataya sa mga larong patintero, taguan, langit-lupa, monkey-monkey annabelle at pepsi-seven-up.
Siguro dahil nung bata ako, maliit ako at payatot kaya madaling sumiksik sa mga gilid-gilid. Naalala ko na may isang beses na inabot yung mga kalaro ko ng 30 minutes sa kakahanap sa akin sa isang maliit na bahay. Yun pala nasa ilalim lang ako ng mesa sa likod ng basurahan. Actually, hindi nila ako nahanap. Lumabas na lang ako dahil naiinip na ako sa pinagtataguan ko. Pagkatingin ko sa base, nagpa-panic na yung mga kalaro ko sa kakahanap sa akin. Yung taya, pinagpapawisan na. Yung hindi mga taya, nakikihanap na rin.
Pagdating sa larong patintero, ako yung laging pinapadaan lang nung tayang team. Ayaw nila akong tayain. Ewan ko ba kung bakit. Siguro hirap silang abutin ako kahit nakatayo lanag ako sa gilid ng linya. Pero kami yung taya, nakakataya ako minsan lalo na kapag pwede yung "reaching" at "big step". Go flexibility. Hahaha.
Sa larong lagit-lupa, hindi ko na talaga maalala kung bakit ako hindi natataya. Pero na aalala kong natataya ako. Hahaha.
Sa pepsi-seven-up, lagi kasing may nauuna sa aking makahawak dun sa taya. Kaya tumatakbo na lang ako agad.
Yung monkey-monkey ang isa sa mga all-time favorites ko. Pwede rin yung isang version na Ice-Water. Gusto-gusto ko kasi yung kapag lahat naka-freeze na tapos paunahan kayong sisigaw ng "Viva!" sabay taas kamay na nakapeace sign.
Nakita ko kasing naglalaro yung pinsan at mga pamangkin ko ng taguan noong Linggo. Nakaka-inggit silang panuorin na pinoproblema lang nila ay kung kelan sila sasabihan ng mga nanay nila ng "Tama na ang laro, uuwi na tayo." Ang sarap pakinggan ng tawa nila kapag nahuli nila kung saan nakatago yung isa't isa.
Oh, to be really young... /buntong hininga/
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Sa dami ng mga pinapabasa...
...lalong lalabo ang mga mata ko this semester. Nakikini-kinita ko na.Patawad Mama at hindi ako kumakain ng mga gulay na sagana sa bitamina A.
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Manong forwarded me this link from Neil Gaiman's Official LJ community:
http://syndicated.livejournal.com/officialgaiman/413168.html
One of the best proposals ever...
Read the guy's entry first. Really awesome. Nakakabilib yung lalake na nagawa niyang itago sa girlfriend niya ang lahat nang iyun.
Forget sunsets. Forget romantic candle-lit dinners. Forget ring at the bottom of the girl's champagne. Forget ring inside the cake (I find this one disgusting!).
Get Neil Gaiman to propose for you!
P.S. I get all wooby-wooby inside when ever I see "Your boyfriend" in my Multiply Network. Hahaha! Girly-girl moments followed by a quick cringe.
Wala lang.
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Isang Eksena sa Ice Cream Parlor sa Libertad at Isa Pang Tanong
Tinanong niya ako kung alin ba daw ang mas depressing, yung kami na kumakain nun or kung isang mamang kumakain ng Lovers Delight ng mag-isa. Napaisip ako.
Ano nga ba?
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Hindi yata ako gumagaling dahil lagi akong kulang sa tulog. Ang daming pinapabasa sa amin. Napapagod na ang mga mata sa kakabasa ng mga pina-photocopy na kung ano-ano tungkol sa Globalization, Diplomacy, International Law...
Ano ba itong pinasukan ko...
Hanggang ngayon, ayoko pa ring maging diplomatiko. Pero natutuwa ako sa kinukuha ko. Pero wala talaga akong balak maging diplomatiko.
Ano nga ba ang gusto ko?
Saturday, November 17, 2007
Spice Girls!!
I asked Angel to download the Spice Girls and Spice World albums for me. Girl Power! Hahaha. My-pechay-pie-gulay-wow! Memorize ko pa ang lyrics ng bawat kanta. Pati 2nd voice na gawa ni Mel C nakakanta ko. Hahaha.
I once had a Spice Girls notebook and pencil set. Mama bought me the Spice Girls tape, my first non-Disney album, when I was in grade 4. Now, I'm trying to remember the dance steps of "Wannabe".
Aaminin ko na talagang pop ang hilig ko bago ako pumasok ng Makiling. Maaalala pa nina Alison na meron akong tape ng Steps, Cleopatra, B*witch at Britney Spears sa table ko sa dorm. At tuwing pinapatugtog ko ang mga yun, nababaliw ang mga roommates ko na sina Ate Vera at R'love.
My gas, the memories.
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I'm no longer sniffing.
But now I am a cough machine. Damn it!
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Nuod kayo ng INSIANG. Magaling talaga. Suportahan!
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Balita
Tapos yun nga, noong lumabas ako ng banyo, tinanong ko kung anong nagyari. Nanuod ako ng konti. Nawalan ako ng gana nuong kinuhanan ng cameraman yung isang biktima ng pagsabog. Naawa ako doon sa nasabugan, kinuhanan muna bago dalhin sa hospital.
Part of me was expecting something to happen after the Glorietta thing. But I am hoping that these two bombings have no connection. I am afraid something might happen soon.
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Odd news:
Man in India marries dog as atonement
- At binihisan pa nila yung aso. Do they have to practice the whole husband and wife thing? I hope not... eeew.Woman being 'silly' hit by freight train
- She decided to be silly while drunk. Good idea? I don't think so!!!Cows flee after seeing McDonald's
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I am officially sick. I haven't been sick for a while. Maybe because I wasn't getting enough sleep and body is having a hard time with my early morning schedule for the semester.
I need to get well soon. I have work and articles to do. Ugh. So many readings!
Lapit na! Para March '09 ito!
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It was Mama's last session yesterday. And she doing extremely well! Go mama!
Monday, November 12, 2007
Words
I decided to make a list of words I enjoy saying outloud because they sound interesting. May English, Tagalog at Español. Hahaha.
Here goes:
- Spontaneity
- Redundancy (Your redundancy is very redundant.)
- Awesome
- Sovereignty
- Kamuning (Kamuning! Kamuning!)
- Tiririt (Gusto ko pumunta sa Tiririt Pub sa Cubao. hahahaha)
- Innovative (Try this: inNOvative)
- Benq (benq! benq! warf! warf!)
- Poke! (English ito ha!)
- Chicos (Oi! Hay muchos chicos!!)
- ChicHas
- Mujer
- Ole!
- Nakakapagpabagabag! (Sabihin mo ng mabilis at paulit-ulit)
- O' Brien
- Gua gua (Tunog ng aso sa Espanñol)
- Blagag! (Pagkatapos ng isang Hug Attack!)
- Emparedado (sandwich)
- Astig
Madadagdagan ang listahang ito sa pagdating ng panahon.
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Hindi ako magaling tumula. Pero noon nakakagawa ako ng tula na matino naman pakinggan.
Ngayon hindi na.
Hindi na ako marunong tumula.
Nakalimutan ko na kung paano magtugma.
Hindi ko na magawang magsulat na parang maharlika.
Yun lang. Kaya kapag bored na ako sa klase, kung ano-ano na lang ang ginuguhit ko. Wala naman sense.
Sunday, November 11, 2007
A Reminder
This is from Postsecret.com.
It reminded me to clean my room.
Minsan na isip ko na kapag ako namatay sa kwarto ko, mahihirapan yung mga CSI sa tindi ng kalat. Pero nasa Pilipinas nga pala tayo. Pagdating ng mga imbestigador, contaminated na yung crime scene sa dami ng chismoso't chismosang sumilip sa kwarto.
Barry the Bed should be cleaned. Hahaha. ;-)