Saturday, April 30, 2005
immersion (mis)adventures part 1
this is a rather late post. immersion ended april 20. to cut short this intro, i haven't had much time since i got home from immersion (due to the freaking consti project). i only knew of my internship assignment when we got back from immersion during the send off dinner. anyway...
random thoughts about immersion na lang kasi i don't wanna make this entry sound like a blow by blow account of the immersion (hehe!)
anyway, i got paired off with peng (absorber ng kababawan ko) and was with lovely (tagalauto) and flory (entertainer). our group was kinda big (16 interns plus around 8 facilitators & lawyers) but the 4 of us were kinda isolated. the going to our areas was different from the paths the others were taking. so there...
we actually got away taking a jeep going to the area (much to my delight) instead of walking for 4-5 hours under the scourging heat of the sun. hehe! Ü we spent around 6 days there in the area with the aetas. oh, we actually walked up the mountain for an hour and i vomitted after. hehe! Ü
small stuff i appreciated while in the mountains:
1. black coffee (with sugar at least) READ: instant
2. vehicles with wheels that make travelling easier
3. cellphones (we were actually deprived of our phones for the entire duration of the immersion. wala naman kasi signal sa bundok)
4. electricty (walang kuryente dun)
5. food (it's really hard to get rice there. then i learned to appreciate instant noodles with sardines and malunggay on it)
another thing, when walking in the mountains with aetas as guides, never ask them "malapit na?" because they would give you a positive answer and malapit for them means another mountain or two to climb. also, when they say "short cut," it means short cut and hard way.
we also encountered a snake which kuya romy (our aeta guide) chopped into two. i actually freezed when i heard peng tell kuya romy that there was a snake. then when it was already chopped into two, i still didn't want to look at it so i ran not looking at it. hehe!
anyway, more immersion misadventures next time... the internet shop here (in palawan) is about to close
i miss my bed...
random thoughts about immersion na lang kasi i don't wanna make this entry sound like a blow by blow account of the immersion (hehe!)
anyway, i got paired off with peng (absorber ng kababawan ko) and was with lovely (tagalauto) and flory (entertainer). our group was kinda big (16 interns plus around 8 facilitators & lawyers) but the 4 of us were kinda isolated. the going to our areas was different from the paths the others were taking. so there...
we actually got away taking a jeep going to the area (much to my delight) instead of walking for 4-5 hours under the scourging heat of the sun. hehe! Ü we spent around 6 days there in the area with the aetas. oh, we actually walked up the mountain for an hour and i vomitted after. hehe! Ü
small stuff i appreciated while in the mountains:
1. black coffee (with sugar at least) READ: instant
2. vehicles with wheels that make travelling easier
3. cellphones (we were actually deprived of our phones for the entire duration of the immersion. wala naman kasi signal sa bundok)
4. electricty (walang kuryente dun)
5. food (it's really hard to get rice there. then i learned to appreciate instant noodles with sardines and malunggay on it)
another thing, when walking in the mountains with aetas as guides, never ask them "malapit na?" because they would give you a positive answer and malapit for them means another mountain or two to climb. also, when they say "short cut," it means short cut and hard way.
we also encountered a snake which kuya romy (our aeta guide) chopped into two. i actually freezed when i heard peng tell kuya romy that there was a snake. then when it was already chopped into two, i still didn't want to look at it so i ran not looking at it. hehe!
anyway, more immersion misadventures next time... the internet shop here (in palawan) is about to close
i miss my bed...
Monday, April 11, 2005
of malongs and creativity
i was desoerately looking for a malong in all places possible yesterday because i need one for the immersion. suffice it to say that i didn't find one.
as they say, desperate times call for desperate measures. add a little creativity (thank god for the college of liberal arts. hehe!) and a tinge of presence of mind and here's what i did... i just bought 2.5 yards of cloth (printed textile of sorts) and had it sawn to close the thing. voila! instant malong! hehe... just wanted to share Ü
as they say, desperate times call for desperate measures. add a little creativity (thank god for the college of liberal arts. hehe!) and a tinge of presence of mind and here's what i did... i just bought 2.5 yards of cloth (printed textile of sorts) and had it sawn to close the thing. voila! instant malong! hehe... just wanted to share Ü
random updates (and thoughts)
i've been really busy lately. started with finals... finals ended last tuesday (it was really hell... nuff said) and from then on things to do never seem to run out. well, i kinda had some time off after finals. i forced myself to revive my almost-dead social life. hehe! Ü
the 2004 bar results are out. only one atenean made it to the top 10. a person from up topped the bar. shucks! not that i'm super affected that ateneo didn't get a lot of slots in the top 10 (u see, i haven't gotten this school spirit for ateneo. hahaha! plus the fact, that i might just get kicked out or something. nothing's really sure in law school u know). but what i'm thinking of is that the professors might get stingier (if there's such a word... READ: kuripot) when it comes to giving grades. (they already give low grades to start with) i find this odd though because i remember a professor last sem saying that the batch who took the bar were strong bar bets. oh well, as they say, weather weather lang yan.
birthday parties galore for my family this week... april 7, it was my cousin grace's birthday. then april 9, my sister's (loves u!). then april 10, my cousin garne's (fat little boy... 5 years old and around 90-95 lbs. hehehe!) happy birthday you all!
these parties seem to have contributed to the "things to do" list. think about "enjoying" the party while thinking of what to write in the legal memorandum and what to say in the oral defense for legal logic finals. nevertheless, they were fun.
speaking of logic orals... hahaha! i was really not myself that day. i didn't read my paper the night before. it was only 30 minutes before my turn when i read through the whole paper again. by the way, the orals were kinda odd because we had it in starbucks. (twas a holiday -april 9- and school was closed) at certain points, i really didn't understand what she was asking me. it's either she doesn't know how to ask the questions or i was just in a daze that time. more of the latter. hehe!
oh, i haven't mentioned this in any of my previous posts. i'm having my summer internship with the ateneo human rights center. we're actually off to the basic orientation seminar later until thursday. then friday until wednesday next week (april 20), we'll have an immersion in tarlac. it's been quite an effort doing the packing; i spent a good 2 hours for it. oh, i haven't done hiking or trekking before so this would be quite an adventure. plus the fact that we'll be incommunicado (READ: no cellfones allowed) for the duration of the immersion. i don't know if i'll survive without my phone. another thing i'm so so fearful about... the washroom! i so hate dirty washrooms. oh no!!! more about the immersion when i return (that is, if i live to see that day. hahaha!)
but seriously... about this internship... i've really been looking forward to this. it's something i want to do. i'm looking forward to an adventurous, fulfilling and fun summer. i just hope not to get sent to an unsafe place (god forbid... basilan. hehe).
what else? oh... last friday, i forced myself to "finish" (i kinda corrected it again earlier this morning) the legal memo for legal writing class so that i could go to greenbelt. so there, i met up with tiff, fria and sharlyn in gb3. a little later, my dad was calling me asking me to go to powerplant so that he could introduce me to his friend who own a restaurant in powerplant (the chinese resto beside burgoo... forgot the name). about the resto, the owner told me that they were one of the first establishments in the mall. i smiled at him nodding, and at the back of my head, i go like... oh, i don't even know this place. hehe... going back, around 11:30pm, i gave in. so i drove back to rockwell and met up with my dad and his friends. (i really don't know where the resto was... i had to ask while taking the elevator) so there, introduce-introduce-nod-nod-smile-smile. after a 15-20 minutes, my dad goes, ok, you can go home now. i wanted to shout: whaaatt?!?! you actually ask me to rush back here in the midst of my having fun just to sit down for not even half an hour and tell me to go home? anyway, i still didn't wanna go home so i went to starbucks rockwell and sat alone in our usual "study table" minus the books and readings, of course.
i miss starbucks rockwell... just the place and the people (blockmates and the friendly baristas)...
i'm supposed to be sleeping now. i should be in school at 6:30 later. yet, i still have to get materials for our consti paper and update my blog and shave and cut my nails and check if my things are all ready and the list goes on. hay... too many things to do in so little time.
hmm... quite long already. this should keep you busy while i'm away. again, friends, i'd be incommunicado from april 15-20. i'll see you people when i get back. wish me luck and pray that i'd be able to survive immersion (just kidding). watch out for my immersion adventures... Ü
the 2004 bar results are out. only one atenean made it to the top 10. a person from up topped the bar. shucks! not that i'm super affected that ateneo didn't get a lot of slots in the top 10 (u see, i haven't gotten this school spirit for ateneo. hahaha! plus the fact, that i might just get kicked out or something. nothing's really sure in law school u know). but what i'm thinking of is that the professors might get stingier (if there's such a word... READ: kuripot) when it comes to giving grades. (they already give low grades to start with) i find this odd though because i remember a professor last sem saying that the batch who took the bar were strong bar bets. oh well, as they say, weather weather lang yan.
birthday parties galore for my family this week... april 7, it was my cousin grace's birthday. then april 9, my sister's (loves u!). then april 10, my cousin garne's (fat little boy... 5 years old and around 90-95 lbs. hehehe!) happy birthday you all!
these parties seem to have contributed to the "things to do" list. think about "enjoying" the party while thinking of what to write in the legal memorandum and what to say in the oral defense for legal logic finals. nevertheless, they were fun.
speaking of logic orals... hahaha! i was really not myself that day. i didn't read my paper the night before. it was only 30 minutes before my turn when i read through the whole paper again. by the way, the orals were kinda odd because we had it in starbucks. (twas a holiday -april 9- and school was closed) at certain points, i really didn't understand what she was asking me. it's either she doesn't know how to ask the questions or i was just in a daze that time. more of the latter. hehe!
oh, i haven't mentioned this in any of my previous posts. i'm having my summer internship with the ateneo human rights center. we're actually off to the basic orientation seminar later until thursday. then friday until wednesday next week (april 20), we'll have an immersion in tarlac. it's been quite an effort doing the packing; i spent a good 2 hours for it. oh, i haven't done hiking or trekking before so this would be quite an adventure. plus the fact that we'll be incommunicado (READ: no cellfones allowed) for the duration of the immersion. i don't know if i'll survive without my phone. another thing i'm so so fearful about... the washroom! i so hate dirty washrooms. oh no!!! more about the immersion when i return (that is, if i live to see that day. hahaha!)
but seriously... about this internship... i've really been looking forward to this. it's something i want to do. i'm looking forward to an adventurous, fulfilling and fun summer. i just hope not to get sent to an unsafe place (god forbid... basilan. hehe).
what else? oh... last friday, i forced myself to "finish" (i kinda corrected it again earlier this morning) the legal memo for legal writing class so that i could go to greenbelt. so there, i met up with tiff, fria and sharlyn in gb3. a little later, my dad was calling me asking me to go to powerplant so that he could introduce me to his friend who own a restaurant in powerplant (the chinese resto beside burgoo... forgot the name). about the resto, the owner told me that they were one of the first establishments in the mall. i smiled at him nodding, and at the back of my head, i go like... oh, i don't even know this place. hehe... going back, around 11:30pm, i gave in. so i drove back to rockwell and met up with my dad and his friends. (i really don't know where the resto was... i had to ask while taking the elevator) so there, introduce-introduce-nod-nod-smile-smile. after a 15-20 minutes, my dad goes, ok, you can go home now. i wanted to shout: whaaatt?!?! you actually ask me to rush back here in the midst of my having fun just to sit down for not even half an hour and tell me to go home? anyway, i still didn't wanna go home so i went to starbucks rockwell and sat alone in our usual "study table" minus the books and readings, of course.
i miss starbucks rockwell... just the place and the people (blockmates and the friendly baristas)...
i'm supposed to be sleeping now. i should be in school at 6:30 later. yet, i still have to get materials for our consti paper and update my blog and shave and cut my nails and check if my things are all ready and the list goes on. hay... too many things to do in so little time.
hmm... quite long already. this should keep you busy while i'm away. again, friends, i'd be incommunicado from april 15-20. i'll see you people when i get back. wish me luck and pray that i'd be able to survive immersion (just kidding). watch out for my immersion adventures... Ü
Wednesday, April 06, 2005
EQ test of sorts
i figured it would be nice to check out my EQ after going through one year in law school. hehe! Ü
Your EQ is |
50 or less: Thanks for answering honestly. Now get yourself a shrink, quick! 51-70: When it comes to understanding human emotions, you'd have better luck understanding Chinese. 71-90: You've got more emotional intelligence than the average frat boy. Barely. 91-110: You're average. It's easy to predict how you'll react to things. But anyone could have guessed that. 111-130: You usually have it going on emotionally, but roadblocks tend to land you on your butt. 131-150: You are remarkable when it comes to relating with others. Only the biggest losers get under your skin. 150+: Two possibilities - you've either out "Dr. Phil-ed" Dr. Phil... or you're a dirty liar. |
