inanounce nung nung wednesday ng gabi na walang pasok kinabukasan. Nakakaasar kasi mawawalan ng pasok kung kelan onti yung class. Balita ko mabilis yung bagyo kaya "nooo! baka magkaroon na ng class sa friday". Buti nalang wala. At eto na nga tayo ngayon.. kami lang ata ang may kuryente sa buong luzon.. oo exage. Pero lahat kasi ng taong nakakausap ko wala pa.

Lahat na binawi ng Diyos. Kuryente, tubig, cable, signal and for a while (samin anyway) telepono. Nakita na kung gano tayo nakadepende sa teknolohiya. Sinubok ang ang creativity nating lahat, kung pano natin aalwin ang sarili natin para di mabaliw. Kaya sa mga nakasurvive kay ng buo kay Milenyo, congratulations! Telepono lang ang tanging naging outlet ko sa di-masukat na pagkabato.  Pero sabi ko nga karamihan ng kakilala ko sira ang telepono. So ayun pagkatapos ng ilang "the number you dialled is under repair", "the telephone number you dialled is temporarily blahblah" nakahanap din ako ng makakausap.. si jav.Magugulat ka nalang sa mga maiisip mga tao na overexposed sa stone-age... Ang laftrip kung ano ano yung pinapicturan nya sa pinsan nya para "pagamitin" nya ng telepono. Tas kung ano ano na yung pinaguusapan na parang huh? san nanggaling yun. Pero salamat na rin naaliw naman ako. At nakatulong din naman sa paglinaw ng mga bagay bagay sa paligid. Kasi nakakainis na tlga mga nangyayari >.<.

ang bilis ng pangyayari, parang kelan lang e nagkakatuklapan ng bubong, putulan ng puno, gibaan ng waiting sheds, bagsakan ng poste, durugan ng kotse etc. tapos biglang mainit na, nawala.

Nabuhayan ako ng pag-asa. May araw pa pala. Parang nung bumabagyo nakalimutan natin na may araw pa na nagtatago sa likod ng mga ulap.

So I woke up today and realized I've been sleeping for quite a while. Makaraan ang ilang minuto... sana di nalang pala ako naigising. 

napapadami na to ah.. mukhang nakabalik na tlga ako. aayusin ko muna to pero lilipat na ng address na 'tong blog ko soon. may ibig sabihin yun.

teka lang. loading.. *woah* i'm actually blogging again. ipagdasal nating lahat na magtutuluy-tuloy na to.

kumusta na ako? uh... eto magulo parin ang buhay pero at least umaayos na unti unti. But that's another entry.

Sa kauna-unahang pagkakataon (sa sarili kong pagkukusa) di muna ako umuwi at tumambay muna sa magulo at matrapik na bahagi ng Taft na nasa pagitan ng dalawang La Salle. try lang buh. At panahon na nga siguro para tanggapin ko na College na ako. Dapat enjoyin ko nalang. It had to sink in someday. Ok, ok naman na ang mga nangyayari sana tumuloy. Stapit chie ibang entry nga yan!

Ako'y magkukwento na ng mga nangyari kanina...
*flashback effects*

Isang inosenteng frosh ng benilde ang pumasok sa max3d. Sari-saring ingay mula sa iba't ibang laro ang namamayagpag sa hangin. Naglaro para magpalipas ng oras. Madaming tao malamang. Pa txt txt ako in between games. Napansin ko na yung katabi ko, naka-upo lang at di gumagamit ng pc tapos nung nilabas ko yung phone ko e halos lumuwa yung mga mata niya; di ko nalang pinansin. Hanggang nung nagpunta ako sa green na McDo at pumila, pagtingin ko nasa likod ko xa. Sinundan ako ng pangit.  Tapos tingin sa menu effect pa... tanga pala nya e. Alam na. Ayun bumalik nalang ako sa loob ng CSB at nagpalipas ng oras bago lumabas ulit.

Mag-ingat kayo mga kapatid... hindi lahat magiging kasing palad nung nakuhaan ng phone tapos nabawi. Basag yung bungo nung tanga eh... buti nga.

hey aymbeck.

7 pasok ko bukas at gising parin ako at ngayon 11pm na, wala parin akong natatapos sa mga dapat kong gawin. Ngayon, natuklasan ko pa na nawawala yung notebook ko. Goodbye notes, handouts at.... wait for it... EAF. Shit!. To top it all off, wala pa ako nung booklet crap na kailangan para sa quiz kay ms.frizzy. Is Lemony Snicket's writing my life?

on a lighter note, salamat kay jav sa mga kantang sinend nya at naaliw ako kahit papano.

sa susunod ko na aayusin ng matino ang blog kong nilalangaw. sige hanggang sa muli. i will burn my eyebrows muna...haha

 

I still have tons of stuff to do. The list has been getting longer and longer everyday. I don''t know what got into me but I haven't been submitting any take-home requirement for the past 2 weeks. Now, I don't know where to start, so I will continue on procrastinating until life slams me on the ground just to wake me up from my hibernation from reality.

I've been up and online since 13 0630H August 2005, it's now 14 0130H August 2005. Oh, before I forget...Happy Birthday Nicole! and Happy Anniversary to Lawrence and Trixie. Whew! one year together. Hanga ako sa inyo!

Anyway back to the events of my life...

I have been online for a full 19 Hours now, what have I been doing with my life? No, I wasn't in front of the PC the whole time; I had to eat, sleep, answer the call of nature, pick up the phone, etc. at some point. I got to some deep thinking (dun dun dun, stuff happens when I think) during this loooong moment of being idle. I realized, among other things, that the dates on my blog don't mean turd since I go on writing my rants in the full meaning of the word "random".LOL. Anyway, I got into the details of my existence which I don't like to dwell on because it just amplifies my negative vibes (as if they weren't strong enough already). I think it's natural for a person, for any person, to overlook anything good that has happened or anyone has done for them if a bad memory surfaces. I am no exemption. Only thing is, I am a person of extremes; when I am happy, nothing in the world, not even a nuclear holocaust, can stop me from spreading my bliss. The same goes for it's opposite. Anger, not sadness. I sympathize with my friends but the same isn't always true for myself. I get sad, but what comes after is what to be feared. That's when problems start. My mind will make up an impossible number of scenarios on a certain event and when one proves itself plausible, it's my mouth's turn to shoot everyone involved dead. Words are very powerful, it's just their luck that I extraordinarily good with them. Don't get intimidated this is just my evil-half talking. Wait until you meet my other half.

Schizophrenia is a state of mind for me, don't take it literally. Don't be like a person I know, a person of authority in my school that is dumber that a rock. Do me a favor and tell her the meaning of "COMPREHEND"

A day is bound to see multiple log-ons and log-offs from a running messenger. I bore witness to that in the silent depths of the "invisible mode" setting of my messenger. I have seen the same people go online and offline, while I was cycling through the four play-worthy games I had in my PC. It took some waiting before some people I could talk to went online. I told myself "Thank God" but they were busy doing book reports and projects, so I only bothered them for a while. What about my Book Reports and Projects you ask? Our english and our panitikan teacher still hasn't given us our book reports, as for the projects...two words..."group research" and I have no plans of doing it by myself this year (that's what has been happening for the past 3 years).

When 3 people I wanted to talk to went online, I was already busy editing pictures for the yearbook. Just my luck. I still talked to them while carrying on with my editing and layouting. It's not the same when talking the only thing your doing.

I hope to have more luck with the internet later when I go online again... I will be updating the layout of this crappy site in a little while.

What a day! Well, at least half of it.hehe.labo.Anyway... Bago ko 'to simulan, kukuwento ko muna ang mga nangyari kagabi para lang alam ninyo hehe. A lot of my friends have been texting, PM-ing and calling to wish me luck on my UPCAT. They shared some tips, and told some stories of their UPD adventure--the people they met, the new circumstances they faced, the and jitters they couldn't seem to lose. That was about it.lol.

I know I should have slept early but I think the sandman ran out of powder when he came to to me. Everybody else in the house was asleep, I on the other hand wasn't even close to blinking. It was already 9:00 and my eyes were still wide open. Yeah, I know, 9:00pm's not yet late but I still had to get up at 3:30am to get prepared and to leave on time (which I didn't). I decided to force myself to sleep. I lied in bed for a full hour; still, drowziness was something in short supply. I got restless and eventually felt the urge to press...my...KEYBOARAD (loko ka ah! :p) I turned the PC on again and went online. I caught a friend of mine, Raf, online. I chatted with him for quite some time while finishing up my group's project in our Computer Subject--we had to perk up the casing of a dull old and yellowed (is that even a word) computer and texting my batchmates who were also going to take the test, hoping to get sleepy in the process. It wasn't a big deal at that time because I was still waiting up for my uncle who would drive me to UP. I cheked the time a little later and boy was I scrambling to wrap up everything I had to do, it was already 11:30 and I was still buzzing about the house. When my uncle finally arived at around 12am, I had no choice but to shut my eyes and hope for the best. I told Raf to kill me if I go back OL before 0300H.LOL.

No, I didn't go back OL. I managed to get some sleep, about 3 hours of it (yay!). I had a big test coming up for crying out loud. What got into me? If you do, please tell me. It's a good thing I overslept the day before that :p. When my cell alarmed at 0330, I bolted out of bed, jumped into the shower, got into my clothes, ate breakfast, prepared all of my things (I almost left my Exam Permit of all things) and went off at around 5:00am. I was feeling a little bit nervous on the way there but it faded away eventually, I'll get to that in a while. Anyway, we were on our way out of BF when a crazy driver swerved into our lane and almost crashed into us and another truck. That was the least of our problems because when we got to the C-5 exit, we accidentally took the E-Pass-only lane that was barricaded with concrete barriers. Oh no! hehe. Getting out of that sticky situation slashed a good five minutes from our travel time. The people tried to husle us...I think...sorry nalang sila MALALATE AKO!!! Then there was a small traffic jam somwhere in Libis, may tangang bumangga sa barrier ng kalsada. After that, it was smooth all the way to Katipunan and to the road leading to UPD. I thought "Yes, nandito na 'ko!" and it was only 5:55am.

I soon found out there was more bad news on the way. As we were nearing the entrance to UPD, there was a long line of impatient drivers and examinees, who were honking endlessly and getting out of their cars to save time, that separated me from my testing center (College of Business Administration Buliding). I asked my other batchmates through SMS if they were even close to getting into the cramped up campus. After a few messages of "no", they finally got in. I was still waiting impatiently in the car then. When we managed to get in, the traffic was even more unbelieveable, it was barely moving. I checked the watch I had on my wrist "6:25?! I better make a run for it!". I told my uncle that I would be completing the rest of my "journey" on foot and then I got out of the van and dashed to my building. It took some asking around. Good thing it was not that far away. I thought "Don't I look weird running around the Sunken Garden?" but what the heck, it was either that or loosing any hope of even taking the UPCAT = bye bye UP. Feeling ko nagjjogging nanaman ako sa Manresa (COLT days). Maaga na nga ako nagising, with matching jogging pa! whew! Parang "Run Zach!!! Run!!!"

I made it just in the nick of time, I was already directed to the third floor when I got there. Good thing, there were a lot of latecomers.hehe. Para naman di masyadong nakakahiya sa parte ko. Tapos nun bigayan ng ng instructions, test booklets and answer sheets. One of our proctors, the one that was reading the "scripted" UPCAT proctor's guide hehe had a weird voice, buti nalang di umiral ung pagkatrippers ko ko at di ako tumawa. Ah, by the way, nawala na pala yung nerbyos ko nun, maybe because of that Adrenalin Rush while I was trying to make it to the building on time. Then the test started, sobrang lamig...brrrr....yung suot ko pa naman din mejo manipis. Imagine, non-stop heavy rainfall + full-blast aircon + warm weather clothes, san ka pa...freezer na tau tsong! Pero despite all that i found the English and Filipino parts of the exam easy ENGLISH and FILIPINO ha hehe di lahat. Sobrang tahimik dun sa testing room tas meron dun isang abnormal and huge fag na parang diring diri madikit sa kahit ano ang sarap batuhin eh.

Here's the good part (you mean there's more?) Oh yeah, lots more...actually onti nalang...LABO mode hehehe...When the test ended, we were asked to leave the building. Nadisorient pa ako kasi dun kami sa likod pinadaan. My uncle took a long time to get there so I explioed a possible future campus of mine. 3 Building lang naman ang nalibot ko hehe. Food trip to da max. Tas nung naglalakad ako, may nakita ako "Oi, prang kilala ko yun ah...Izzy!" tas xa nga hehe kasama tropa nya, ata. Tas when I passed by the College of Economics Building I saw another familiar face, James Wong from the Diliman Access Review pero di ata ako nakita hehe. After about 10 or more minutes of walking around and eating while listening to muzik, i returned to the CBA. Tas nun umuwi na ako hehe....watch out for part II sa Town naman.

Sabi ko na nga ba mabubulok nanaman 'tong blog ko... anyway here I am to entertain you with the events of my life...

So how was life after COLT? It was back to the same old routine, unfortunately eating was part of that...huhuhu...kelangan magpigil. Before classes started we had what Sir Jamandre dubbed as "Refresher Course Training" for the people who didn't attend the COLT, hmph! sasamahan daw ako! In the RCT, I enjoyed a week of being and MTI although it wasn't as, shall we say, "exciting" as i expected. Kasi naman sandamakmak lang na lecture ang nangyari...BORING!, we only had 2 hours of Drills for that entire week. During the span of the training, I was busy doing everybody's work in preparation for the next school year, one-man corps buh. I eventually gave them their designations, some were happy, some weren't but accepted whatever came anyway but some didn't give a damn for 3 people's better judgment. For every succeeding school day up to this date, they have been trying to create hell for themselves by doing everything humanly possible to show their distaste for positions they shouldn't even be getting. If I had my way, they would have been discharged by now, but I do not hold the key to that door. Much to their dismay, I am always a step...no, a light year in front them. Kawawa naman cla. Muahahaha. Oh, I almost forgot, may COLT-Buddies visited the the humble campus of MDM to watch the RCT kahit wala namang mapapanood kundi Lecture, Lecture, Lecture. Kaya ang nangyari nung araw na yun, ay sikreto nalang namin he-he-he baka kung ano pa ang mangyari sakin *wink wink*.

Baka naman sabihin ninyo puro CAT na lang ang naging buhay ko pagkatapos ng COLT. Di naman, siyempre isa din akong mag-aaral. I admit, last year wasn't exactly as I wanted it to be: the crowning moment in my academic life. But looking at it from a different perspective I saw that it was in fact the year that taught me the important things, it was more than I expected. Sana this year or nung second year nalang nangyari yun para hindi napahamak ang grades ko nung 3rd year but I can't do anything about that now can I? It took some time to absorb the events of SY 2004-2005, but I now realize that it is part of a bigger and growing picture, i just cant see the frame yet. Random Thought: Meron din namang nangyaring sobrang sama nung 2nd year na sobrang ding nakatulog sa paghubog ng aking katauhan. It seemed that all challenges possible in ones High School Life attacked me last year

tsu zu ku...(di pa nga tapos ung isa eto nnman ako sa 2bCont)

this will be the dullest entry i have, for the moment, because i still dont have the COLT pictures. thank you.

It's been one month since my last entry (well, technically anyway; because, I have been compiling this for some time now.) Here goes...

Huwata way to start the month and put a dot to the summer. I just got back from vacation and now, THIS...Cadet Officer Leadership Training. To quote something from our MTI's: Sana parelax-relax nalang kayo sa bahay, pero nagCOLT kayo kaya... May punto nga naman sila, I could be watching TV at home, bumming around, enjoying cold air from my air-conditioner, spending the whole day in front of the PC, in other words doing my usual routine and not working to exhaustion, being under a leash nor eat with counting. But who likes routines anyway, it's nice to have something different once in a while.

Pamatay yung first day...mga "From that position, change your attire in 10 counts" tapos maya't maya may sigawan. Tapos nung reception, pag sumigaw si Sir Otadoy parang lumilindol...tas ang lakas lakas na nga "Louder! Louder!". Nakakaasar nga lang kasi parang ang dami kong hindi alam (pero ok lang, nakahabol naman ako ng madali). It was also my first time to mop the floor, with my body (hehehe Ma'am Lamberte).

MTI's
Thoughts to live by are as follows:
1. Lucy, Paola, Josephine and "ahfowgot na eh"
2. Anak ng Teteng!
3. Gademmit!
4. Banat
5. Fuego
6. Double Time!
7. Pipe DAwn
8. Sir Oñang's Water Depot
9. Kweba ni Sir Jamandre
Anyway MTI's or Military Training Instructors were our slave-drivers for 22 days. Nah, just kiddin, they weren't slave drivers...they were worse; they were slave drivers who had a mission. To educate us on the proper actions, conduct, attitude, responsibilities, etc. of a Cadet Officer. They're ability to teach us while still being fun and lively people is something to be admired. (to be cont.)

Standart First Aid and Basic Life Support with SSgt. Carlito Pantig PAR
Thoughts to Live by: SFA (es-fee-ey), its owreydi, Sabayang Upo Ngrahhh, Asparagus

We learned a lot of stuff, like things to do during emergencies (SUMO Bandage!!! LOLZ), the different kinds of transfer and not to forget the bonding we had with our Triangular Bandage (na hindi namin malaman kung pano itutupi nung una). We were also taught the basics of AR and CPR. After each activity we had a practical but the best was yet to come. At the end of our First Aid course, we were given a "scenario" that we were supposed to perform with our teams (wooh! Charlie). Napunta saming MTI si sir Dads, after their make-shift bomb at the center of the Manresa Field exploded, we scrambled to find our victims (which were scattered all over the place, yung isa pa nga nasa labas, kunwari car accident), Sir Dads was lying on the field with fake blood all over him (ang laf3p nga, sabi samin left arm yung may saksak tapos yung blood nasa right). By the way, our victim was supposedly stabbed, practically everywhere. Whew! challenge yun, pero we got through it kahit naka rami kami ng break papuntang stage (malaki kasi katawan ng Dragon heheheh). After that, the brave ones tried out how it feels to be an unidentified and lifeless corpse by getting into a Cadaver Bag (ang saya sa loob wahahah...di ko pa nakukuha yung picture ko...ipopost ko pag nakuha ko na).

Physical Training, Inspection
Thoughts to Live by: Squat Vender, Snup!, Poshishon of Attenshon

Throughout the 22 Days, we had Physical Training every morning (pero nung malapit na grad inalis na) after cleaning up the Canteen, Gym, Stage and Barracs. Walang kamatayang, Air Force Dozen, Rifle Exercise at Jogging with matching Chanting. Ang dami ding mga katawatawang tagpo pag nageexercise kami, na nadiskubre namin nung Frolics, yeah! Team Echo. One time, Sir Nuñez talked to us about the "Dying" issue (mga cadet female hehehe), but aside from that, we count to fast that's why we get tired easily. After PT, we change into our GOA uniforms for inspection, asahan mo ng tatadtarin ka ng demerits.

Pasamasid, Mess
Thoughts to Live by: Banana, align your bottles, Hands on Lap

After Pasamasid we go straight to the Mess Hall aka Canteen to eat, what else? At doon namin natutunan ang different ways of eating. hehehe. First on the list, Free Meal: The ordinary way of eating. Square Meal: Eating with Counting. Boodle Fight: Eating unrecognizable(?) but yummehh food from a Banana Leaf with your hands. And the last...hmmm kami nalang mga nagCOLT ang makakaalam nyan, kasi baka maspoil para dun sa mga Officers ko na magcCOLT next year hehe.

CHARLIE! Okay! LOL

Elementary Map Reading
Jejeje, after we had our lecture we were given maps and were tasked to look for certain objectives hidden in IMPOSSIBLE places. After we plotted and after Sir Dads was ready (hehe xa nanaman ang MTI na napunta samin) we started. Kung saan saan kami umikot yun pala sa Calderon St. lang yung objective namin. We reached Villamor and Buencamino, what a waste of time. When Mr. Navigator plotted the coordinates for the nth time we still couldnt find the effin sticker, the other teams already passed us and they were already going back to Manresa. Anyway after an hour of drinking, eating jellyace, slow marching in the street and being hostile to a cat under the heat of the sun, Sir Dads told us to call Sir Oñang from inside Manresa. There were only three of us, so we joked around that everybody else got kidnapped, sila naman parang "Oh? Talaga? Pano?" hehehe and then Sir Oñang came with us to Calderon, we were all praying that the clue was missing, but it wasn't grrrr. We already wasted an hour, so Sir Oñang Asked us if we still wanted to continue and we did. The map led us to Buencamino St. but we soon found out that it was the Buencamino St. in Sinagtala...and on our way there the Rain poured...ang saya...so we went into somebody's garage for cover. Kami naman parang "pwede ba tong ginagawa natin?" sabi ni Sir Dads ok lang yun...and then the owner of the house went out, she seemed to be nice and let us stay until we were fetched by Sir Jamandre and Sir Otadoy (ashuu ang saya saya ng mga Cadet Females ng Charlie). Anyway, when we were in the "Natasha, bentahan ng panty at bra" as Sir Dads so lovingly called in LOLZ...Sobrang daming kwentuhan at tawanan, astig! Tapos pag balik namin sa Manre, sobrang lakas nung ulan, tas parang ang sarap tumakbo sa ginta ng field, at maglaro doon.

Overnight

Part I
Started with the Tent Buliding that came after the Frolics Presentation and Public Speaking. Ang saya ng pwesto namin gitnang gitna ng gym hehehe, tas nabigyan kami ng Merits thanks to the logo! Buti nalang wala akong magawa nung nakaraang gabi. After everybody got their tents up, kainan na!!! Boodle Fight, kahit ano talaga masarap pag gutom ka hehehe, talagang lamon mga tao eh. Charlie da best sa kainan waheheh and then after, "This is the way we brush our teeth, brush our teeth, brush our teeth. This is the way we brush our teeth early in the morning" (kahit ang dilim dilim na nun). After all that, we went back to our tents to fix up everything and then filed by team, the MTI's prepared a little something for us, they invited special guests *wink wink* Lucy, Josephine, Paola, at nakalimutan ko name nung isa. Sobrang laf3p nun ang saya saya.

Part II: Night Navigation
Eto talaga ang "The Bomb"...sabi nga nila hehehe. There was a light sweeping the gym and canteen area for the entire duration of the exercise. Our objective...to find another set of those effin little stickers. After we were told to start, we regrouped at the back of ourtent. We decided to start searching in the Gym first, after a few shouts of "Drop!", "Crawl!", "Takbo!" we finished with the Gym and proceeded to the Canteen. Nakakumpol lahat ng teams dun, and even before we got to the Canteen, one of us got kidnapped. So we rescued Mia from the stage and got on our way. Awa ng Diyos, isa lang ang nahanap namin (out of 4) hindi pa kami ang nakakita. The MTI's even managed to grab the rifles of some of us, so we decided to rescue our rifles too...weee, nabugbog si Sir Chico, hindi tinigilan ni Manlapaz ang kakahila. Have you noticed anything, we were more focused on keeping ourselves complete than finding the objectives hehe, ayaw lang namin na may magkukulang. But there's always an exception, sana nakidnap nalang si para mabilis kamihehe jowk lang pish tayo. Basta alam na ng Charlie yun jejeje.
[Lesson: wag nyong isasama si ^&(%^ sa paghahanap ng mga maliliit na bagay dahil magigigng SOUP kayo. jejeje lolz]

TO BE CONTINUED