tuesdays with chami

ok so the only reason why the title reads as such is because i'm currently chatting with her. so sue me for being too damn lazy to think of a relevant one.

just finished reading derek kirk kim's same difference which saul had recommended to me. as usual his taste is impeccable and it's definitely worth the wait even with my stupid-ass 56k modem and stupider-ass 31200bps dlsu connection.

my horoscope today in the inquirer libre read, among other things, something to the effect of "masisiyahan ka dahil ikaw ang pinagchichismisan" which is really freaky since my shangri-la antics last saturday [long story, ask me in person] suddenly appeared in the malate logbook under a blind item. i reiterate: freaky.

ms soriano once again thwarted my efforts to pull off a respectable score in my presentation. not only did i forget the best part of my speech but according to her i "came on too strong". i guess i better unlearn my debate training fast if i want to get a 2.5 at least. the next activity is 60% of the midterm grade [compared to today's 20%] so i have one last shot to make it good.

saliksik tomorrow... er... later. i'm actually not looking forward to it at all, just sideward, if that's possible. maybe it's because i don't think i need any more 'bonding' with my blockmates - i can do that just by showing up at the venue for two hours at a time. of course, two hours somehow always stretches to five hehe.

in any case, as long as i don't have peteams, it's all good.

sige ingat.ü 
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i'm too sleepy to think of a title right now; maybe tomorrow

lasalle won over ateneo in the last game so animo!, i guess. i'll probably be dragged off to watch the game on tuesday. well, i hope they pay for my ticket if that's the case.

sugarfree cancelled their free concert yesterday so i went to the zobel concert instead. lucky i hung on to an extra ticket. i arrived around 9 so i was only able to catch barbie's cradle, although the use of the word 'only' is an understatement: their set [as far as i know] was the longest, with 15 to 20 songs. i don't know about 250 pesos but definitely worth trekking all the way from dlsu.

i went to ua&p for a microbiology talk [for plus points of course] that was supposed to run until 4pm but by lunchtime the boredom was too much so i and a bunch of my blockmates ran off to shangri-la. hey, i registered and i ate the lunch i paid for with the entrance fee so technically my business there was done.

the remaining five of us [from a high of nine] hung around shanee's condo from around 8pm to 10 then i went home. and here i am, three hours later and soaking wet. it would seem that the rainy season has finally arrived. oh joy.

sige ingat.ü 
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in pacem requiscat

my dog died yesterday. i feel kinda sad because i didn't play with her for the past two weeks and the funny thing is that i was planning to spend some quality time with her this saturday. well i can't do that now, can i?

in response to a comment on my last post, i apologize to all the paolo santos fans out there, but i stand by my statement: if you listen to his rendition of moonlight over paris you'll hear the vibrato when he hits the high notes, i guarantee. and you can't deny that he has a future in necromancy.

i played counter-strike again yesterday [yes, i was playing while my dog was dying. so sue me] and this time i managed to contribute something to the team. oh and i racked up more kills than deaths hehe. i'm still hopeless at sniping though.

encomp2 was a fiasco as usual. i know that ms soriano's approach will in the end be the best for a speech class but she's just too weird for my taste, and that's really saying something. for example, last meeting she made us say "he was the... LAST... to arrive" standing up while saying "last" and sitting back down afterwards. cue toccata in d minor!

sige ingat.ü 
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softball, counter-strike, and paolo santos

we got softball for peteams. could've been worse i suppose. i was late for class so prof bitchy made me run around the field twice. i wonder if i can use my dl certificate to nullify the deductions i got for tardiness.

i played counter-strike at the venue after classes with bj, frytz, geric, and [to some extent] jerwin. haven't done that in a long time so i died a lot at first. naturally the moment i started racking up kills, frytz and bj decided to hit the road. my deaths were still twice my kills but only geric had more kills than deaths so it's all good.

after extensive listening to various paulo santos songs, i therefore conclude that he's sintunado and has a vibrato like a drunken goat, but since he plays a mean acoustic guitar he's still an adequate musician. there's hope for the rest of us yet.

sige ingat.ü 
posted by stani at 5:12 AM
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feeling rockstar

bunny's debut was fun too. especially the bailey's irish cream but i have yet to develop a taste for long island iced tea [note to self: alcohol + anything sweet = tempra]. it's strange, but i knew almost all the guests for another reason, aside from bunny's friendship, for example malate, debate, and sisters of classmates [ok so that last one was a givaway]. saul couldn't make it though.

i couldn't make it to the lsyc retreat [don't ask] so i had a haircut and hitched a ride with paco to bunny's. i was able to catch episode 49 of naruto afterwards. must buy dvd-r... must burn naruto on dvd-r disc...

anyway i brought chami's guitar and - get this - bunny said i looked so cool when i was playing. hey my ego needs a little stoking once in a while too. i just realized that i don't have any michelle branch tabs so i'm rummaging for some now. or tabs of the apo hiking society for that matter. although, that second one might take a while, even on the all-powerful internet. hmm.

sige ingat.ü 
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long-overdue update update

jil's birthday [at the tavern on the square, ha!] was a blast, although i was kinda bummed by how fast the time flew, and by the fact that i wasn't able show the house band [fat session, i think] what i got. wait, that second bit is the residual mule and pulutan speaking. good news is that i gained two new connections: pit's sister [whose name escapes me right now], and the very fine rose anne [trust me, she's very fine]. amazing how alcohol just opens people up hehe.

in other news, rumor has it that the uaap has turned over dlsu's win to ue. owel that's life. i guess it wasn't a legit shot anyway, albeit very dramatic.

i'm off to zobel right now, hopefully to crash the lsyc retreat [that is if i can get in at all - there seems to be some past fiasco making guards wary of alumni entering purposelessly] then it's off to bunny's debut. strange, she seems to be under the impression that i'm going as a kiss-esque rockstar. um, no.

sige ingat.ü 
posted by stani at 11:49 AM
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long-overdue update

i'm cutting encomp2 right now. hey, i have to use those unlimited cuts sometime; what's the point of being a dean's lister otherwise? ms soriano is making us declame on the essence of good speech. yuk, as she herself would put it. in any case i'm typing out a draft so she can't say i'm just too damn lazy to attend her class.

somehow i'm doing really bad in biocom1. our prof [who will be replacing paul lassiter on spin city any day now] keeps giving us these five-point mini-quizzes that i keep failing. hey it's not my fault - who really knows the difference between "variation" and "variety"!?

as for relsone, i had no idea that rev canlas finished ab theology, specializing in atheism. sheesh, you'd think he'd defend the faith once in a while.

it's jil's birthday today! or yesterday! whatever! the point is she's having the celebration tonight at some bar in gb3 [sorry jil, i forgot where it is]. there's nothing like being drunk on a friday night, especially after the case study and the ue-dlsu game.

first things first, the case study: we did bits and pieces here and there, so when we schlumped it together, it obviously didn't work. luckily i was oc enough to make one on my own so we ended up using that. the down side was when they kept using "arun arun arun the big man in compro one" during the beta test [the case study is string manipulation]. flattering but quick to age.

as for the game, we actually shouldn't have won, since cabatu made the shot after 0.0secs, but naturally it would be in the uaap's best interest to let that one sneak by, so that the final game will be ateneo-feu for the championship. may the best man win, of course referring to feu hehe.

i've decided to go as a rock star to bunny's debut, which means that i'll be wearing the exact same thing i wore to anne's. i hope saul is the only common guest, but that will probably be asking too much.

anyway, i have to get to the classes i don't want to miss.

sige ingat.ü 
posted by stani at 11:21 AM
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i hate encomp2!

ms soriano gave me a 2.0 for our first graded whatever. i was supposed to introduce the person sitting next to me but she timed me out before i could say a single coherent thing. what's worse is that my score was a 3, then she goes "that score is over five so could you all deduct one point from your scores..." oh, and did i mention that she continuously refers to me as "prun"? does the starting letter of my name in any way resemble a p!?

grumble grumble sombitch gerdemmit!

hmm, that's it i guess.

sige ingat.ü 
posted by stani at 8:03 PM
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after party kuno

anne was plenty surprised, but not as surprised as i was when i was told i'd be one of the emcees [besides mon], or when nikki, kris, and i did an impromtu murder of the eraserheads' with a smile. funny, i saw daryl there; it turns out that he's a family friend of anne's, so we were both roses.

i had hoped to jam with anne and my other friends after but she had to retire for the night, so nikki, mon, mikey, saul, and i went to gb3. nikki, saul, and i ate at café breton while mikey and mon did something else somewhere else [drama alert!]. we all hung out at sbc after. or rather they hung and i fell asleep. owel. mon was even kind enough to give me a lift home [thanks mon!].

now i have to rack my brains to accomplish the homework i have to do for tomorrow and|or tuesday. as far as i know i only have relsone to contend with so i should be done in a couple of hours max. argh, this friday is jil's birthday celebration and the lsyc retreat and praise & worship. being carbon-based sucks.

sige ingat.ü 
posted by stani at 1:25 PM
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yay weekend must get sleep debut oh shit

the profs of all my major subjects are also major weirdos [at last count, i have three gilderoys and two draculas]. that is of course discouting bart, our introds prof who will probably turn my dislike for math around 180°. a little intellectual humor for you there.

i took emode's online iq test and got a 135. that means i'm supposed to be a genius. i was pretty jazzed about that until frytz told me he got a 145. dear god, there must be something i'm better at than him!

jp somehow convinced me to meet up with him tomorrow afternoon and drag along chami's guitar. lucky for him i have to be that side anyway because i'm emceeing a surprise debut later that evening. whose? secret. it's a surprise, remember? i still don't have a gift though. since i'm bringing the guitar maybe i can just play a tune or two and pass it off as performance.

i went to cell after almost two months. i'm starting to miss a lot of people from the community already. can't go tomorrow [because of the debut, obviously] so i'll have to settle for next friday instead.

i know that i have a lot of homework, but i forgot the actual tasks. hopefully someone will remind me of the particulars while there's still time to rush through them.

sige ingat.ü 
posted by stani at 1:18 AM
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first day jitters

just my luck that my first class had to be encomp2 [there was no free slot for encomp1 so i had to skip ahead]. luckily it turned out to be speech presentation class, which is fine by me, except for the fact that our prof is mina harker incarnate, only louder. much louder. strangely, my partner for the first activity is a close friend of enzo trajano. small world.

our prof in compro2 is a dead ringer for gilderoy lockhart. i won't speak of intelligences yet but his smile hits like a supernova and he's a bit too friendly for my taste. my fear is that if he goes easy on us in class, we might get flattened by the deptests. where's ms nats when you need her?

my sked is ok mwf but th is just crappy: my first class is 8am and my last ends at 6pm. owel, i guess it could've been worse. i'm really warming up to malate now. before the mos i felt like an asungot in the office but now it kinda feels homey. malate night tonight! everybody's going to showcase their latest work, be it poem or art or photograph or short story. i brought my latest six but i'd rather read a favorite than an original.

bunny invited me to her debut on the 20th but i have no idea how i'm getting there [rest assured bunny, i'll find a way] or what i'm going to wear, although i'd dearly love to show up as kakashi complete with sharingan. still don't get it? you obviously haven't seen naruto yet. hmpf.

i'm typing this out in biocol1 so i better wrap up before my prof gets suspicious.

sige ingat.ü 
posted by stani at 10:43 AM
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ang pagiging malateño

magbuhos ng tapang sa bawat pagsubok.
alalahanin ang kapakanan ng sarili at kasama.
lalong-lalo na ang malate at ang mga alagad nito.
alipustahin ang pag-aalinlangan at kabalintunaan.
takasan ang katamaran. bigyang-buhay ang sining ng katawan. ipangako:
estado ko ang salita, ang talinhaga, ang kulay, ang katotohanan.

ligaya ko ang makipagtitigan sa nakadilat na buwan.
ibig ko'y maging ginto ang palad ng pulubi sa daan.
tanod ko ang diyos, anod ng kaniyang mga utos.

filipinas ang hanggahan ng aking pangarap.
okasyong dapat ipagdiwang ang makapaglimbag ng mga likha.
lahat ng ito'y hindi lang mapupuntod sa salita.
itataas sa ulap ng tagumpay; iaalay sa kamay ng mortal.
oras ang siyang magbibinyag: ang sining ko'y sadyang banal.

as ate glo would say, "ang kati-kati, 'no?"

sige ingat.ü 
posted by stani at 8:11 AM
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dean's list wtf!?

i got my course cards yesterday [among other things], mostly 3.5's. my gpa [as far as i computed] should be a 3.333. this is bad. if i can get good grades without any effort at all, how am i supposed to develop effective study habits!?

i somehow only got a 3.0 in compro1 [yes i know most people would kill for a 3.0 in compro1, but i'm not most people] but strangely, enough a 2.5 in philhis. see, charm does count for something.

the auditions were in fact on monday [10am!] but since only two bands showed up, they're most probably going to let us both play at the frosh acquaintance party or wherever the hell it is we're playing. since the other band is playing heavier music, we're going to go with an opm set if ever.

i have a vague idea that this september i'm going to get really busy with debuts and birthdays and stuff but i can't remember a single date. hopefully the celebrants will be kind enough to remind me a week in advance.

now i'm going to go do a jason mraz and sleep all day [tagadagdag ng diyes!].

sige ingat.ü 
posted by stani at 7:17 AM
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these are the best days of our lives

i somehow misplaced my apex form. damned if i'll be taking englone. i'll just drop by the vice dean's office tomorrow after i get my course cards and beg and beg and beg and beg and beg and beg and beg.

my mom made a weird macaroni-type soup the other day, so i wasted no time in christening it "mac you". then of course when an evil twin of the soup showed up at sunday dinner [with guests of course], i blurted out "oh, mac you too!"

mastercard's got nothing on me.

practice last saturday was at jp's. of course we didn't practice; that's a given. after that vince and i invited ourselves to dinner at frytz'. mga bwisita talaga. but my point wasn't the food anyway, just the fellowship.

i'm getting as close to some of my blockmates as i am to lacorp, but on a parallel level. i mean, lacorp can't relate much to gox life*, and my block can't relate to zobel life, so it's all good.

dlsu lost another game yesterday. i guess lasallians are like that - win one, win 'em all; lose one, lose 'em all.

i'm more or less set to get a 2.0 in philhis, or at least i figure that since all my blockmates' grades were rounded up, mine should be too, unless ms corpuz decides to cash in my tardies.

i'm stuck at home today, which is bad since jp mentioned that the audition would probably be today also. if it is, hopefully it'll be in the afternoon so i can still sneak out.

sige ingat.ü

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while(bRain==1)
{
   nTraffic*=nTraffic;
   nTraffic++;
} 
posted by stani at 7:24 AM
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