Friday, December 31, 2004
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thinking... i haven't done this for the past (almost) two weeks already. since the last week of classes this month, my brain automatically went to vacation mode. hehe!
wednesday night i went out with ces and ella... had dinner in soul food and then went on drinking at cena. (yeah, mga alcoholic... 3 pitchers of gin pom!) then we saw carlo with his friend. they joined us there also. i haven't seen ella and carlo for ages. aww... i miss the C8 and friends dinner. hehe! as much as i wanted to continue drinking, i had to stop after sometime because i was driving home and i'm driving ella home (baka mapatay ako ni dek pag may nangyari dun. hehe!) well, i had a great time with them. as ces puts it, kelangan maulit. hehe!
oh, it's the 31st already. tomorrow will be a new year. hope it will be a great year for everyone.
what else? i stayed home the whole day... well, not exactly. i had my haircut. actually, had my hair trimmed a bit. i kinda got tired of the short, cleancut look. i'm planning to grow my hair a bit longer. (not the rocker-type long hair though) let's see how it looks like. i could always have it cut if i can't manage it anyway. next problem goes like, how do i fix my hair? haha!
i'm sleepy. more stuff later Ü
wednesday night i went out with ces and ella... had dinner in soul food and then went on drinking at cena. (yeah, mga alcoholic... 3 pitchers of gin pom!) then we saw carlo with his friend. they joined us there also. i haven't seen ella and carlo for ages. aww... i miss the C8 and friends dinner. hehe! as much as i wanted to continue drinking, i had to stop after sometime because i was driving home and i'm driving ella home (baka mapatay ako ni dek pag may nangyari dun. hehe!) well, i had a great time with them. as ces puts it, kelangan maulit. hehe!
oh, it's the 31st already. tomorrow will be a new year. hope it will be a great year for everyone.
what else? i stayed home the whole day... well, not exactly. i had my haircut. actually, had my hair trimmed a bit. i kinda got tired of the short, cleancut look. i'm planning to grow my hair a bit longer. (not the rocker-type long hair though) let's see how it looks like. i could always have it cut if i can't manage it anyway. next problem goes like, how do i fix my hair? haha!
i'm sleepy. more stuff later Ü
Wednesday, December 29, 2004
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i just read through what i posted last night, and true enough i laughed at myself. yeah yeah, stupid me. i'm not usually like that. must be the alcohol. no wonder intoxication is an alternative circumstance in criminal law. wahaha! (despite this comment, i still am not inspired to start studying... or this is probably a refusal to get inspired. hehe!) well, yeah, enough of that. don't dare comment on it (unless you want to get hurt).
today (make that yesterday) was quite tiresome... it's mom's death anniversary so we had a mass at home and a small salo-salo (yeah right, small pero may catering!). not that i hate smiling. but there's also the fact that i drank the night before so it was quite an effort to be pleasant with all the guests. everything went well though.
as for me, i dozed off quite a number of times the whole day. time to hit the sack. i might not be able to wake up tomorrow.
i'm excited tomorrow, i'm gonna watch a movie with cecille, ella and kat Ü
today (make that yesterday) was quite tiresome... it's mom's death anniversary so we had a mass at home and a small salo-salo (yeah right, small pero may catering!). not that i hate smiling. but there's also the fact that i drank the night before so it was quite an effort to be pleasant with all the guests. everything went well though.
as for me, i dozed off quite a number of times the whole day. time to hit the sack. i might not be able to wake up tomorrow.
i'm excited tomorrow, i'm gonna watch a movie with cecille, ella and kat Ü
Tuesday, December 28, 2004
in the state of being half-tipsy and half-sober
i kinda forced myself to do this post. umm... why? probably because i haven't tried writing or posting anything when i'm in this state. anyhow...
there's still quite a number of things i don't understand in my life or probably life in general. there's this moment when you know you are somehow someone, yet you seem to be a nobody. (wala lang, i just thought of this. it applies to many people anyway)
to someone, my only question is: why did you have to come into my life? or the better thought on this matter is: why did i have to become so stupid to wait? but since this is my blog, i happen to have all the right to say anything and rant (don't worry people, i don't plan on hurting anyone -- i'm just tipsy, i still know what i'm doing). ok then, why can't you understand that you could just tell me to bug off and that's it? that would be better off with my ego than finding myself looking like a fool waiting.
i know i'd laugh at this post when i'm completely sober. but what the heck?!? for now, i know that the proper thing to do is just sleep this away. besides, i'm getting a bit dizzy. hehe!
just an afterthought though, i just hope this doze of alcohol does help relieve my colds. hahaha!
there's still quite a number of things i don't understand in my life or probably life in general. there's this moment when you know you are somehow someone, yet you seem to be a nobody. (wala lang, i just thought of this. it applies to many people anyway)
to someone, my only question is: why did you have to come into my life? or the better thought on this matter is: why did i have to become so stupid to wait? but since this is my blog, i happen to have all the right to say anything and rant (don't worry people, i don't plan on hurting anyone -- i'm just tipsy, i still know what i'm doing). ok then, why can't you understand that you could just tell me to bug off and that's it? that would be better off with my ego than finding myself looking like a fool waiting.
i know i'd laugh at this post when i'm completely sober. but what the heck?!? for now, i know that the proper thing to do is just sleep this away. besides, i'm getting a bit dizzy. hehe!
just an afterthought though, i just hope this doze of alcohol does help relieve my colds. hahaha!
Monday, December 27, 2004
lazy monday
i slept relatively early last night (this morning, rather). slept at around 3am. yeah, that's kinda early considering i went to bed the other morning at 6am and the following morning at 4am. anyhow, i woke up at 12:30pm. what a way to start the day. i've always despised mondays. probably for the same reason why many people don't like mondays too. which makes me think why i don't dislike tuesdays and wednesdays and so on. (this paragraph is going nowhere, better end it)
i was chatting thru ym early this morning with an old friend. she saw my baby pic in the window (i'm using ym beta... so there) and said "ang cute ng pic mo!" as i always do, i started the joke that it was not me but my kid. i was expecting to draw the same reaction like those of other friends who knew that it was a joke. but to my surprise, the following are excerpts from our conversation (not the exact words, but something like this):
me: nde nga ako yan, anak ko yan
her: seryoso, anak mo nga yan?
me: oo nga anak ko nga yan. bakit nde ba believable?
her: ganon na ba tayo katagal hindi nagbabalitaan at hindi ko alam na may anak ka na pala?
me: medyo nga
her: bakit hindi ako invited nung wedding?
me: civil wedding lang kasi. didnt invite people. the church wedding will follow soon. dun invited ka na
her: dapat lang invited na ko sa wedding no
me: oo ba
her: so who's the lucky girl?
(i don't answer immediately bec. i didn't know what to say...)
well, to end everything, i realized that this friend of mine was super gullible. as in she would believe almost everything that you would tell her. so i ended up confessing that it was a joke. hehe... if i didn't (as ella put it properly), na-chismis na yung buhay ko. hehe!
i was already planning to start studying today when i thought that i wouldn't have anything to do anyway. but no, my cousins came over and there. it's ok though, it's as if i want to study today anyway. hahaha!
thoughts for the day (for no apparent reason): why am i affected? bakit ako naiinis? if someone doesn't want to text you, then what can you do? even with that, why am i still affected? i don't know why... i hope someone helps me find the answers to these questions.
i was chatting thru ym early this morning with an old friend. she saw my baby pic in the window (i'm using ym beta... so there) and said "ang cute ng pic mo!" as i always do, i started the joke that it was not me but my kid. i was expecting to draw the same reaction like those of other friends who knew that it was a joke. but to my surprise, the following are excerpts from our conversation (not the exact words, but something like this):
me: nde nga ako yan, anak ko yan
her: seryoso, anak mo nga yan?
me: oo nga anak ko nga yan. bakit nde ba believable?
her: ganon na ba tayo katagal hindi nagbabalitaan at hindi ko alam na may anak ka na pala?
me: medyo nga
her: bakit hindi ako invited nung wedding?
me: civil wedding lang kasi. didnt invite people. the church wedding will follow soon. dun invited ka na
her: dapat lang invited na ko sa wedding no
me: oo ba
her: so who's the lucky girl?
(i don't answer immediately bec. i didn't know what to say...)
well, to end everything, i realized that this friend of mine was super gullible. as in she would believe almost everything that you would tell her. so i ended up confessing that it was a joke. hehe... if i didn't (as ella put it properly), na-chismis na yung buhay ko. hehe!
i was already planning to start studying today when i thought that i wouldn't have anything to do anyway. but no, my cousins came over and there. it's ok though, it's as if i want to study today anyway. hahaha!
thoughts for the day (for no apparent reason): why am i affected? bakit ako naiinis? if someone doesn't want to text you, then what can you do? even with that, why am i still affected? i don't know why... i hope someone helps me find the answers to these questions.
Saturday, December 25, 2004
MERRY CHRISTMAS everyone!!!
wishing all of you the best of the holidays! Ü
wishing all of you the best of the holidays! Ü
Thursday, December 23, 2004
change of url / handle name
i'm thinking of changing my blog URL (or handle name or whatever is the proper term for it)... this ryanquan.blogspot.com is starting to get boring. no tinge of creativity or anything. i just can't figure out what.
any suggestions? Ü
any suggestions? Ü
christmas wishlist
other than wanting or asking for world peace this christmas, i also do want some material things. hehe! Ü (actually, nainggit lang ako sa mga wishlist ng mga tao so i thought of making one also)
1. a laptop
2. a vacation (beach or anywhere relaxing and cool --> as in malamig)
3. facial treatment (for vanity's sake)
4. brown rubber shoes
5. the black (with dark purple and white stripes) long-sleeved polo at esprit
6. a digital SLR cam (and a new tripod to go with it)
7. something new from tyler
8. new hairstyle (though i can't think of a new one)
9. more gimmick time (hahaha, dream on!)
10. a new pair of sandals or slippers
11. a new clutch bag (black)
12. love life (yeah right! career muna!)
13. printed shirt from people are people
14. an espresso machine (may kasamang coffee ha)
15. CDs (too many to enumerate but the ones i desperately want are alicia key's diary and side a anthology)
16. starbucks gift certificate
17. watch (i don't know what kind though)
18. black leather shoes
19. blue nike jacket at shoe salon
20. a new phone
no particular order. just like my thoughts, they're random Ü
1. a laptop
2. a vacation (beach or anywhere relaxing and cool --> as in malamig)
3. facial treatment (for vanity's sake)
4. brown rubber shoes
5. the black (with dark purple and white stripes) long-sleeved polo at esprit
6. a digital SLR cam (and a new tripod to go with it)
7. something new from tyler
8. new hairstyle (though i can't think of a new one)
9. more gimmick time (hahaha, dream on!)
10. a new pair of sandals or slippers
11. a new clutch bag (black)
12. love life (yeah right! career muna!)
13. printed shirt from people are people
14. an espresso machine (may kasamang coffee ha)
15. CDs (too many to enumerate but the ones i desperately want are alicia key's diary and side a anthology)
16. starbucks gift certificate
17. watch (i don't know what kind though)
18. black leather shoes
19. blue nike jacket at shoe salon
20. a new phone
no particular order. just like my thoughts, they're random Ü
Wednesday, December 22, 2004
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wahaha! i woke up at 3pm already. i heard mass (simbang gabi) earlier this morning. got a bit hungry after mass and saw puto bumbong vendors outside the church. i bought some and ate them as soon as i got home. (while watching tv) i didn't go to sleep immediately because i was full so it wasn't until 7am when i hit the sack. hence, i woke up at 3pm.
why do i have this feeling that i should be reading the cases and books yet, i feel lazy. must be the holiday season... i wonder if other people feel the same way...
for now, i'm enjoy bumming around the house Ü
why do i have this feeling that i should be reading the cases and books yet, i feel lazy. must be the holiday season... i wonder if other people feel the same way...
for now, i'm enjoy bumming around the house Ü
just fun!
last school day for the year was last saturday. so, it's technically gimmick time. monday... went shopping in greenhills for christmas gifts with julie and cecille. (yeah, i kinda made julie wait for an hour or more... bribed her with chocolate though) afterwards, we met up with ida, anne and weng and had dinner at gayuma. the food was great and the ambience was really something else. maybe we should go there again.
tuesday... went out with the layout staffers of green & white 2004 (hi jatts, albert, lau, pam, er, cherry!). had lunch at food choices in g4. forever-friend kat joined us for lunch. afterwards, we just went around the mall and settled in seattle's best and had much-missed laughs. [check out the pics below] i really miss these crazy and wacky kids (i realized just this afternoon while walking in the mall that they're all two batches lower than me!) and it was nice to see them all again. too bad vince wasn't there. as usual, we had the wacky stories followed by boisterous laughter. oh, we did yet another crazy thing... we posed with santa in greenbelt park. with er commenting, "i thought santa was caucassian... bakit siya kayumanggi?" hahaha! [see pic below]
at any rate, i really had fun and i hope to do this more often or probably as often as time (or law school) would permit.
oh, i just finished wrapping my christmas gifts already Ü
tuesday... went out with the layout staffers of green & white 2004 (hi jatts, albert, lau, pam, er, cherry!). had lunch at food choices in g4. forever-friend kat joined us for lunch. afterwards, we just went around the mall and settled in seattle's best and had much-missed laughs. [check out the pics below] i really miss these crazy and wacky kids (i realized just this afternoon while walking in the mall that they're all two batches lower than me!) and it was nice to see them all again. too bad vince wasn't there. as usual, we had the wacky stories followed by boisterous laughter. oh, we did yet another crazy thing... we posed with santa in greenbelt park. with er commenting, "i thought santa was caucassian... bakit siya kayumanggi?" hahaha! [see pic below]
at any rate, i really had fun and i hope to do this more often or probably as often as time (or law school) would permit.
oh, i just finished wrapping my christmas gifts already Ü
g&w2004 layout team with layout ed's forever-friend, kat :) --> Php 10000 ang buhok nyan! hehe...
green & white 2004 layout team @ glorietta (minus vince) [21 dec 2004]
Monday, December 20, 2004
country test... this is funny
i took this country test that i saw in janice's page. just for laughs. ang weird din... hehe!
You're South Africa!
After almost endless suffering, you've finally freed yourself from the oppression that somehow held you back. Now your diamond in the rough is shining through, and the world can accept you for who you really are. You were trying to show who you were to the world, but they weren't interested in helping you become that until it was almost too late. Suddenly you're a very hopeful person, even if you still have some troubles.
wala lang... hehe! nakita ko kasi sa archives ng pc. haha! :)
Sunday, December 19, 2004
of responsibilities and trust
i still haven't found the answer as to why i haven't quite gotten used to my dad being a nagger (and overly protective) after all these years. i can hear comments... "nah, he's just concerned about your safety" or "he just cares for you." well, this is really an over-used topic, call it gasgas. you know, stuff like generation gaps and all. i just can't help it, i just want to do some ranting as i always do.
ok, first... why the topic. i came from 2 christmas parties earlier. one at my high school alumni association (take note: in manila) and the other is the party of our law school block (in ortigas). i was supposed to ditch the alumni association party because it was my friend's birthday party also (i'm really sorry janice... got lost in pasig. juice ko naman kasi san ka ba naman kasi nakatira? hehe... joke! more on this later) but no thanks to my dad, he took it that i was going and said yes to the president without first asking me. this explains my ire, my schedule for the day is ruined. why does my dad not understand that i have my own schedule and commitments to keep. so much for him giving me endless lectures on punctuality and learning to keep commitments (i can hear him: "just like the doings of good businessmen" yeah right!)
fine. as they say, patience is a virtue. i went to manila after my classes and literally just dropped by the party. talk about eat-and-run. the traffic was horrendous, to say the least. i tried to go to janice's party but to no avail. (janice, here's my explanation) i was driving alone. my cellphone battery got emptied. i had no car charger. i was starting to get lost in pasig and had no way of calling my friend (or anyone at all) for directions. realizing that i was on my way to rizal (i think) already, i decided to re-trace my path and just head for the block party in ida's place.
(skip party part... suffice it to say that i had fun kahit bitin)
i left ortigas at around 12:30am because my dad started to call asking me to go home at around 11:30pm. wow, what a way to enjoy the party. arrive at the venue at 10pm and leave after an hour and a half. goodness! fine, just so i won't have to have my ears suffer from hearing stuff i've heard before, i decided to go home. and as expected, the first thing i heard was that it was already late. (ryan retorts in his head: hello?!? you forced me into going to the party in manila and now you tell me that it's late?)
now the ranting part (as if i hadn't done so earlier). why do i sometimes feel that i don't get trusted with the things i do. i get the point that parents just want their children to be safe. but i guess that through the years, i've very much proven that i know what i'm doing. heck, if i didn't i could have had myself intoxicated during the party and drove home afterwards. but i didn't. another thing i hate is when my dad always double checks from other people the things i say (like where i will go or even what time my classes start and end). makes me think that i'm still being treated as a child (although i don't wanna age anyway) who has to be taught on a step-by-step basis. once and for all, i know what i'm doing and i know when i should ask for help. (again, don't get me wrong, i appreciate almost everything my dad does... well, except for this)
makes me miss my mom more. i wish she was still here with us. she trusted me so much, i hardly had to make (white) lies.
there...
ok, first... why the topic. i came from 2 christmas parties earlier. one at my high school alumni association (take note: in manila) and the other is the party of our law school block (in ortigas). i was supposed to ditch the alumni association party because it was my friend's birthday party also (i'm really sorry janice... got lost in pasig. juice ko naman kasi san ka ba naman kasi nakatira? hehe... joke! more on this later) but no thanks to my dad, he took it that i was going and said yes to the president without first asking me. this explains my ire, my schedule for the day is ruined. why does my dad not understand that i have my own schedule and commitments to keep. so much for him giving me endless lectures on punctuality and learning to keep commitments (i can hear him: "just like the doings of good businessmen" yeah right!)
fine. as they say, patience is a virtue. i went to manila after my classes and literally just dropped by the party. talk about eat-and-run. the traffic was horrendous, to say the least. i tried to go to janice's party but to no avail. (janice, here's my explanation) i was driving alone. my cellphone battery got emptied. i had no car charger. i was starting to get lost in pasig and had no way of calling my friend (or anyone at all) for directions. realizing that i was on my way to rizal (i think) already, i decided to re-trace my path and just head for the block party in ida's place.
(skip party part... suffice it to say that i had fun kahit bitin)
i left ortigas at around 12:30am because my dad started to call asking me to go home at around 11:30pm. wow, what a way to enjoy the party. arrive at the venue at 10pm and leave after an hour and a half. goodness! fine, just so i won't have to have my ears suffer from hearing stuff i've heard before, i decided to go home. and as expected, the first thing i heard was that it was already late. (ryan retorts in his head: hello?!? you forced me into going to the party in manila and now you tell me that it's late?)
now the ranting part (as if i hadn't done so earlier). why do i sometimes feel that i don't get trusted with the things i do. i get the point that parents just want their children to be safe. but i guess that through the years, i've very much proven that i know what i'm doing. heck, if i didn't i could have had myself intoxicated during the party and drove home afterwards. but i didn't. another thing i hate is when my dad always double checks from other people the things i say (like where i will go or even what time my classes start and end). makes me think that i'm still being treated as a child (although i don't wanna age anyway) who has to be taught on a step-by-step basis. once and for all, i know what i'm doing and i know when i should ask for help. (again, don't get me wrong, i appreciate almost everything my dad does... well, except for this)
makes me miss my mom more. i wish she was still here with us. she trusted me so much, i hardly had to make (white) lies.
there...
Friday, December 17, 2004
party pooper of a professor
our block was preparing christmas parties for our professors (yeah, anything for passing grades. hehe!) for the entire week. last party is on saturday. anyhow, except for one professor who earlier expressed his grinch-y attitude for class parties, we prepared parties for the rest.
first party. tuesday. everything was set, we even had a "buffet table" in front of the classroom. when she was coming, we switched off the lights and when she entered the room, we even sang "we wish you a merry christmas" and after that, her very exciting remark was: "oh, we're having class, you could all sit down."
other FUN (or pun) remarks from her:
while a blockmate was reciting... "c'mon make it fast, i have christmas parties to go to. i'm sure you do also"
seeing that the drinks prepared were zest-o juices... "enjoy your zest-o!"
before dismissing the class... "oh, so you'd remember me while christ is being born, your assignment is..."
to top everything off, after having us settle down right after announcing that we were having class... "one whole sheet of paper. you have a quiz"
fun, ain't it?
first party. tuesday. everything was set, we even had a "buffet table" in front of the classroom. when she was coming, we switched off the lights and when she entered the room, we even sang "we wish you a merry christmas" and after that, her very exciting remark was: "oh, we're having class, you could all sit down."
other FUN (or pun) remarks from her:
while a blockmate was reciting... "c'mon make it fast, i have christmas parties to go to. i'm sure you do also"
seeing that the drinks prepared were zest-o juices... "enjoy your zest-o!"
before dismissing the class... "oh, so you'd remember me while christ is being born, your assignment is..."
to top everything off, after having us settle down right after announcing that we were having class... "one whole sheet of paper. you have a quiz"
fun, ain't it?
the super typhoon and bridget jones
two weeks ago, there was this super typhoon. i don't particularly remember the name because of the absence of tv and newspapers in the apartment. anyhow, classes got called off for thursday. we were doing nerdy stuff. READ: reading consti cases! (woohoo, exhilirating!) night fell and classes for the following day (friday) also got called off. talk about luck. hehe! so the palma kids (we call ourselves this. me and my blockmates who stay in palma st. - the street near ateneo law) namely julie, lea, sheila, kaye, deb and myself decided to watch the last full show of bridget jones in power plant. after confirming if the movie houses are still open (thinking it was already closed due to the extremely bad weather conditions), we ate dinner (canned goods feast) and got ready.
well, besides the nice movie, this was the most exciting part of the night. amidst the strong winds and torrential rains, we braved the streets walking in rockwell armed with our jackets and umbrellas. it takes around 5-10 minutes to walk from our pad in palma to the mall. so, those 10 minutes were filled with shouting and umbrellas overturning (most of us were using these "foldable" umbrellas). lea was even using a freebie umbrella with the name "jollibee" prominently stamped on top; that particular umbrella was used for the first and last time that night. go figure.
we got to the mall safely, yet looking like newly born chicks (i was thinking chicklets kasi pig - piglet). the movie was very nice, to say the least.
the next day, it was a sunny friday morning. haha! (no kidding) Ü
well, besides the nice movie, this was the most exciting part of the night. amidst the strong winds and torrential rains, we braved the streets walking in rockwell armed with our jackets and umbrellas. it takes around 5-10 minutes to walk from our pad in palma to the mall. so, those 10 minutes were filled with shouting and umbrellas overturning (most of us were using these "foldable" umbrellas). lea was even using a freebie umbrella with the name "jollibee" prominently stamped on top; that particular umbrella was used for the first and last time that night. go figure.
we got to the mall safely, yet looking like newly born chicks (i was thinking chicklets kasi pig - piglet). the movie was very nice, to say the least.
the next day, it was a sunny friday morning. haha! (no kidding) Ü
a new post (after 10 years Ü)
haven't got the time to make my posts for the past weeks (almost a month, i guess), hence, the backlog. well, friends, i'm back in the blogging world. i'm trying to remember everything that had transpired for the past weeks...
as for now, i feel bratty. i haven't felt or acted the same way for the longest time. this is one of the rare moments that i just want everything my way. very selfish, i know. just one of my, uhh... call it eccentricities. i'm not usually like this. oh well...
umm... i figured i asked myself this question just now. why are girls so fickle-minded? i thought the thing with naming typhoons after girls due to their fickle-mindedness was just a fallacy. well, i realized that more than just being fickle like the whether, they can also wreck you schedule like a typhoon.
not looking for enemies here. just my two cents' worth. pax! Ü
as for now, i feel bratty. i haven't felt or acted the same way for the longest time. this is one of the rare moments that i just want everything my way. very selfish, i know. just one of my, uhh... call it eccentricities. i'm not usually like this. oh well...
umm... i figured i asked myself this question just now. why are girls so fickle-minded? i thought the thing with naming typhoons after girls due to their fickle-mindedness was just a fallacy. well, i realized that more than just being fickle like the whether, they can also wreck you schedule like a typhoon.
not looking for enemies here. just my two cents' worth. pax! Ü
