Just a Thought

The beauty of nature.

Just a snap-shot from below.

"The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be and that God wishes to see people happy, amidst the simple beauty of nature." ----- Anne Frank

Happy New Year!

A Year-End Post

Before I got run out of chance to use the net because tomorrow I'm sure that DSL will be disconnected, I will savor this moment to post my year-end update.

I have been doing this for a while. My post usually consist of my new year's resolution which end up not getting fulfilled. :D

I am not listing any new year's resolution anymore by now. I just want to keep it simple. Just simple wishes from myself and from my loved ones- family, friends etc. I wish them all the best this year, peace reigning within them and just all-around love this 2009! As for me, I wish that I will be more responsible, a very productive, rational person. No more long list of "things-to-change", coz it all ends up to nothing.

2008 has been the hardest year in my life, so far. I have been driven to different phases of emotional hype. In this year, that I have experienced that greatest failure, pure happiness and almost everything mixed up, there are times that I feel nothing at all! Like I said, I am not here to list my resolutions, rather I am here to jot down the major highlights in my life this 2008. Anyway, as soon as 2009 knocks on the door, all those past memories whether good or bad will be just history.

1. My baby sister. I have a post about my bitterness having my mom got pregnant. I was totally dumb-founded when I knew that I will still have a baby sister. But everything just slip out when I saw how beautiful and adoring my sister is. She's like an angel from heaven, God sent. The feeling was unfathomable the first time I saw her, it's like angels from heaven began singing and you feel this perfect bliss like you don't want anything at all.

2. The whole U.P. thing. Now this is a major, major "mishap" for me this 2008. Nothing more to say, nothing more to say.

3. Masci Graduation. Graduating from my beloved alma mater is one of my greatest and proudest moment of my life. Remembering Masci brings back so many precious memories
sharing it with my best of friends for life. The frenzy, the pressure and the experience I have long endured during my stay proves worthy in the end. I have been able to apply everything that I have learned from this "institution" from academic learnings to everything actually under the sun. I have met great people here and I am sure missing them so much.

4. My role in serving God. I have been appointed to be one of the pianist/organist in our church, which gives me the greatest blessing of all. Though, I am hesitant for a while because I think my age doesn't fit this huge responsibility, God provided me with strength that gives me faith to do it.

5. Everything. From good grades to understanding parents. From mistakes to successes. From failures to triumphs. I gain a lot from all of them.

Saying goodbye to 2008 is quite hard but yet exciting. Hard, because you're uncertain of what will happen next, no idea how many trials to fight, cries and sorrow to endure but at the same time excited, because another year that you will be with your most beloved loved ones and another year to correct and straighten all of your mistakes from the past.

So let's delight, celebrate and embrace 2009 with our family and friends!

Cheers everyone! Be safe! Happy New Year!

:D

Crisis Stirring Up.

Oh well, DSL is just too annoying. So posting is delayed. Oh well, I didn't have the chance to greet y'all guys a Happy Holidays! It's the most festive time of the year, so make peace with everybody!

I have been at my lowest point these past few days. My mind is just a mish-mash of nothing really in particular. I just think of somethings that I really don't have the answer, yet. Have you ever felt that you want to rule the world? Felt envious about people because you don't have what they have? Felt that you want to know everything, so people can look up to you? Or maybe just to fill all their expectations to you? I know. It's frustrating. Sometimes you will end up disappointing others and yourself.

I am just really not inspired, lately. I am reading The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini and it really strikes the core in me. I am still not halfway reading it, but the flow of the story is really good. I think I will be getting emotional on this one.

Before jumping into 2009, I will have a post... Major highlights this 2008.

Sorry, for this stupid post, I am just not feeling emotionally well today.

:(

Receiving Some "Green" Stuffs, Vacation at Last! And Celebrating 4 years of Blogging!

"Green" gifts= "Green-minded"

It's green! Haha. My dear blockmates did not fail to make my day today. Last day of Hell Week.
I receive some gifts from my closest friends, even my not so close friends gave me gifts like chocolates! Thank you people! I appreciate it a lot. One thing that I really notice was that "incidentally" they are all "green" stuffs. Am I that green? haha! Oh well, green is good. :D

I have longed for this day to come, to be able to read novels again. Deprivation and prohibition to read books (novel stuffs, I am already quite fed up with textbooks!) while in school was a big task for me to do, it's like mom controls me from an addiction... with books! Too much studying can make you feel so used up and I cannot practice anymore my so-called "Observation-Method". Haha. As a bio student, you must be aware of the things that go around you and I like observing stuffs, from the people to the smallest and tiniest living organisms that I can see in the microscope. Not really sinking yourself into textbooks. Oh well, I know medicine requires a lot of reading.

I want to accomplish many things this christmas vacation like cleaning my room! Yes, I remember, my room now is like a rain forest with living prokaryotes and different protist in it. It's like a habitat of all sorts of organisms. Well, cleaning my room is my priority but there's a lot more to do and I have no idea what would it be.

Before I forgot my blog is now 4 years old. 4 years blogging, time really flies so fast.

F.Y.I. I started blogging because I had a crush on this guy and I tbe stalker I am, googled his name. I won't mention him anymore. I saw his blog and stuffs posted there are all his poems. He's a really good writer. I tried blogging, then voila! I thought that its more fun to have an online journal than to keep a diary, because moms are very sneaky when it comes to diaries, so online journal would be safe. Now blogging becomes a ritual to me. Whenever I am fascinated about something or someone, I encode it to my blog, I really don't care whether people like it or not, besides its a form of self-expression. Blogging is in fact, good for your health, it relieves stress. I remember I have a post related to blogging it's medicinal benefits. Just click here.

P.S.
If you would try to give me some gifts this christmas, please avoid sending green ones. :D

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

Whew!

I just sneaked from the books that put me into prison now, so before I get caught, I just want to tell that after this hell week of no sleep or good beauty rest, I promise, really, to have a substantial post or update.
I haven't really been inspired lately, maybe this is the consequence of too much studying, I became very irrational. Oh well, this will pass.

So pray for my soul! Haha.

P.S. Lota! Yay! You're back from blogging. Why don't we celebrate it? How 'bout a drink?

Stereotype

Warning: This post is a serious post.... hahaha!!!

What comes into your mind when you hear U.P? Ateneo? Lasalle?
These schools are the three top universities in the country. But stereotype people always make some comparison on these three universities.

U.P- home of the scholars ng bayan; witty; radical people; freemen; ability to profess their thoughts freely; some belong to the social and upperclass while some are average, in other words "pangmasa ang school na 'to".

Ateneo- mostly elite people; money+ brains

Lasalle- mostly elite people; but here's the catch.... only money; no brains???? WTF!!!

Note: I am a Lasallian.

--- I reserved this post to those stereotype people, no offense to the Skolars and the Atenistas.

Honestly, while I was in highschool and planning to take some entrance exams, I first prioritize UP and Ateneo taking Lasalle as sort of an alternative, in case of not passing/ not been able to take the tests of those two. I was not exempted on being a stereotype. Maybe it's because I really don't know things when I am in highschool, I thought that UP is everything.... like everything. Ateneo, uhmm, can be, but not really my dream-school and Lasalle, I never really thought that I am going to be a Lasallian, never in my wildest dreams.

Now, I too had been a stereotype person, but I am trying to erase these stereotypicality at all! It's stupid for a person to think something like that. I just want to tell people that you are wrong, I have proven it! Life really does not revolve in Ateneo or in UP. When i knew that I didn't passed the UPCAT, I was devastated. The fact that I cried, yep! I literally cried. But that was history. I remember what Carlota, one of my dearest friend, told me... "Buti na lang at di ka nakapasa UP, kasi mag-iiba ka." At least there's someone so honest a person like Lota who told that UP is not everything, though she is also a Lasallian. Lota is one of the best students of Lasalle haha!!!! :D

Many have asked me this question: "Bakit 'di mo sinubukang magpa-recon (reconsider) sa UP?". Well, actually, I have planned but never really tried. Many reasons: first, I am too lazy with all the paperworks and interviews, haha. Second, if I'm not really meant for UP then, fine. I am not a type of person who push himself for something that is really not meant for him, 'cause it will only end up in disappointment, depression and "unhappiness".

Being stereotype is actually a "natural" thing. It's like a norm or a standard that we can't avoid and everybody is at fault. It only affects people when it goes beyond what is right.
So, this is a persuasive attempt to tell you stereotype people, to stop thinking like one! It only ends in rivalries (Ateneo vs. Lasalle) and endless fights and arguments. Why don't we just go on our way and let's mind our own business. Just focus on pursuing our own goals and dreams and you'll see that school is not what it counts.

P.S. Lota! Yey! I have already posted an update, just as you wish! Go Lasallians! haha. And by the way, forget him! He does not deserve someone who is beautiful, intelligent, kind creature like you Lota! So move on! Haha. :D