Thursday, May 31, 2007
unintentionally funny
this is the result of staying home for the past 4 days and watching tv for practically the entire day (and doing thesis in between)... simply put, a bored person...
there's this tv commercial for an anti-diarrhea drug which shows a mother looking at her son's report card with declining grades. the mom makes a remark like, "bumababa ang grades dahil palaging absent. lagi kasing may diarrhea." this statement is really really funny, though it may not have been the intent of the remark. then the kid (presumably) took in the anti-diarrhea drug and the next scene shows the kid running to his mom enthusiastically shouting, "top 1 akoh!"
my thoughts:
one, having diarrhea is not reason to always be absent (unless of course, it's just an alibi). hello? whatever happened to the washroom and tissue papers and yes, the bidet.
two, i remember having perfect (or almost close to that) attendance in grade school and high school or even in college, but i never became "top 1." hahaha! parang yung commercial ng gatas yan. kahit lunurin ang bata sa gatas at ipaligo ang gatas sa bata, kung hindi talaga henyo ay wala tayong magagawa.
okay, enough of this. i just needed to take a break. as for now, back to doing my thesis.
there's this tv commercial for an anti-diarrhea drug which shows a mother looking at her son's report card with declining grades. the mom makes a remark like, "bumababa ang grades dahil palaging absent. lagi kasing may diarrhea." this statement is really really funny, though it may not have been the intent of the remark. then the kid (presumably) took in the anti-diarrhea drug and the next scene shows the kid running to his mom enthusiastically shouting, "top 1 akoh!"
my thoughts:
one, having diarrhea is not reason to always be absent (unless of course, it's just an alibi). hello? whatever happened to the washroom and tissue papers and yes, the bidet.
two, i remember having perfect (or almost close to that) attendance in grade school and high school or even in college, but i never became "top 1." hahaha! parang yung commercial ng gatas yan. kahit lunurin ang bata sa gatas at ipaligo ang gatas sa bata, kung hindi talaga henyo ay wala tayong magagawa.
okay, enough of this. i just needed to take a break. as for now, back to doing my thesis.
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
knowing too much
sometimes the problem in knowing too much is you can't do freely what you want to do...
no regrets. i chose this path or allowed myself to get into this yet again. baka mahilig lang talaga akong kumuha ng batong ipupukpok sa sarili kong ulo. hehe!
but this has to go somewhere this time...
no regrets. i chose this path or allowed myself to get into this yet again. baka mahilig lang talaga akong kumuha ng batong ipupukpok sa sarili kong ulo. hehe!
but this has to go somewhere this time...
Friday, May 18, 2007
me, the lasallian ambassador
instead of doing my thesis or doing election work (and earning. hehe!), i found myself back in dlsu in the morning of may 11 for the lasallian personal effectiveness program (LPEP) 2k7. backtrack a bit...
a month or so back, i received a text message from jordan (lamb 2k7 HR head) asking if i could help out in the orientation. first thing that crossed my mind were 2 words: GENERATION GAP. i didn't reply immediately. i asked cindy about her thoughts about it, the reply i got was something like, if you have the time, why not orient? i thought, well, it wouldn't hurt to give a try once more. then my schedule became so erratic, to say the least. until wednesday (may 10) night (aroung 10:30pm) while driving home from school thinking how to convince my dad to allow me to go to camarines sur for election work, i received another text message from jordan asking for confirmation if i could orient the following day. hay, stressful. after considering a lot of thing (like election work, thesis - well, not really, among others), i finally said yes, which meant i had to wake up at around 4:30am the following day.
the following day, i found myself driving to la salle and much later in south gate. i had apprehensions, lots of them. so i did the usual lpep routine, greeting the frosh, telling them what to do and expect, preparing / setting up snacks and lunch, doing campus tour, etc. except for the fact that i am years older than the present lasallian ambassadors and yes, i'm not used to waking up early anymore and walking tirelessly all around campus, nothing much has changed. the experience of orienting the froshies was as fun and fulfilling as ever. and i was back with good old friends whom i haven't seen for the longest time, and new friends who relentlessly (wow, big word!) called me kuya. this time around, i didn't mind. i'm resolved to the fact that the current lambs (except the alumni) are at least 3-4 years my junior. i think up to last year, lpep 2k6 (i did an orientation for CLA), i was not comfortable with everyone calling me kuya. haha!
after lpep for COE, i slept for almost 12 hours, thus sleeping at past 10:30pm saturday night and waking up at almost 10:30am sunday. oh, and i gave in to orienting for another college. well, because it was liberal arts (yes, best college without any doubt. hehe!) and i just had to have "fun" in "threatening" somebody. haha! (basta yun na yun) anyways, as expected CLA lpep was much much fun. i also hosted the lamb games during the animo building with jorette. hehe! Ü during the animo building, i was shouting the familiar cheers that i haven't heard for the past year. i felt proud, i had goosebumps. in short, sobrang kinilabutan ako, especially during the singing of the alma mater hymn.
after orienting 2 blocks for lpep 2k7, i realized that my passion to serve hasn't died down a bit and despite a lot of things (good or bad), i will never get tired of serving the lasallian community, even in the littlest way possible. while i'm in another school now, my lasallian spirit (yes, animo!) does not, and will not, waver.
cheers to the lamb 2k7 core and all the lasallian ambassadors for a successful lpep 2k7! i am so, so proud of you guys. it was such a humbling experience to be back and to have worked with you guys this year, which could be (and most probably will be) my last year of orienting. (but i will be more than willing to help in many other ways Ü) i hope that each one of you will live up to the title and feel a (not false) sense of pride like i do each time i introduce myself, "hi, i'm ryan, lasallian ambassador. proudly lasallian." Ü
a month or so back, i received a text message from jordan (lamb 2k7 HR head) asking if i could help out in the orientation. first thing that crossed my mind were 2 words: GENERATION GAP. i didn't reply immediately. i asked cindy about her thoughts about it, the reply i got was something like, if you have the time, why not orient? i thought, well, it wouldn't hurt to give a try once more. then my schedule became so erratic, to say the least. until wednesday (may 10) night (aroung 10:30pm) while driving home from school thinking how to convince my dad to allow me to go to camarines sur for election work, i received another text message from jordan asking for confirmation if i could orient the following day. hay, stressful. after considering a lot of thing (like election work, thesis - well, not really, among others), i finally said yes, which meant i had to wake up at around 4:30am the following day.
the following day, i found myself driving to la salle and much later in south gate. i had apprehensions, lots of them. so i did the usual lpep routine, greeting the frosh, telling them what to do and expect, preparing / setting up snacks and lunch, doing campus tour, etc. except for the fact that i am years older than the present lasallian ambassadors and yes, i'm not used to waking up early anymore and walking tirelessly all around campus, nothing much has changed. the experience of orienting the froshies was as fun and fulfilling as ever. and i was back with good old friends whom i haven't seen for the longest time, and new friends who relentlessly (wow, big word!) called me kuya. this time around, i didn't mind. i'm resolved to the fact that the current lambs (except the alumni) are at least 3-4 years my junior. i think up to last year, lpep 2k6 (i did an orientation for CLA), i was not comfortable with everyone calling me kuya. haha!
after lpep for COE, i slept for almost 12 hours, thus sleeping at past 10:30pm saturday night and waking up at almost 10:30am sunday. oh, and i gave in to orienting for another college. well, because it was liberal arts (yes, best college without any doubt. hehe!) and i just had to have "fun" in "threatening" somebody. haha! (basta yun na yun) anyways, as expected CLA lpep was much much fun. i also hosted the lamb games during the animo building with jorette. hehe! Ü during the animo building, i was shouting the familiar cheers that i haven't heard for the past year. i felt proud, i had goosebumps. in short, sobrang kinilabutan ako, especially during the singing of the alma mater hymn.
after orienting 2 blocks for lpep 2k7, i realized that my passion to serve hasn't died down a bit and despite a lot of things (good or bad), i will never get tired of serving the lasallian community, even in the littlest way possible. while i'm in another school now, my lasallian spirit (yes, animo!) does not, and will not, waver.
cheers to the lamb 2k7 core and all the lasallian ambassadors for a successful lpep 2k7! i am so, so proud of you guys. it was such a humbling experience to be back and to have worked with you guys this year, which could be (and most probably will be) my last year of orienting. (but i will be more than willing to help in many other ways Ü) i hope that each one of you will live up to the title and feel a (not false) sense of pride like i do each time i introduce myself, "hi, i'm ryan, lasallian ambassador. proudly lasallian." Ü
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
choices
despite looking forward to do election work and earn big bucks, i decided not to push through. well, first of all, i got assigned to camarines sur and my dad wouldn't let me go to the province (yes, i'm turning 25 and i still have an overly-paranoid dad). but more importantly, i knew later on that had i pushed thru, i would have left for cam sur the day before the elections and i would not have been able to vote.
yes, it sounds cheesy and it sounds stupid to most (you know, hindi pinupulot ang 4000 a day), but i chose to vote. i felt it was simply not worth it to go to cam sur to "guard" other people's votes and not be able to vote myself. i felt a some sort of responsibility for me to vote. while many people think that their single vote wouldn't really make a difference, i beg to disagree. even though i complain of having a seemingly messy pointing finger, i felt a sense of pride for having been able to vote and somehow shape the country's history
nothing against who chose to go and work (and earn), it's a matter of choice. in my case, i chose to vote.
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plus! even if i didn't end up volunteering for the "more noble cause" (although i didn't have plans of doing so due to the presence of some people in my unwanted list), i was able to orient the froshies in my beloved alma mater called de la salle. yes, i'm getting quite old for this task. but i'm enjoying what would most probably be my last time to do take part in the orientation. (more on this in a later post)
yes, it sounds cheesy and it sounds stupid to most (you know, hindi pinupulot ang 4000 a day), but i chose to vote. i felt it was simply not worth it to go to cam sur to "guard" other people's votes and not be able to vote myself. i felt a some sort of responsibility for me to vote. while many people think that their single vote wouldn't really make a difference, i beg to disagree. even though i complain of having a seemingly messy pointing finger, i felt a sense of pride for having been able to vote and somehow shape the country's history
nothing against who chose to go and work (and earn), it's a matter of choice. in my case, i chose to vote.
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plus! even if i didn't end up volunteering for the "more noble cause" (although i didn't have plans of doing so due to the presence of some people in my unwanted list), i was able to orient the froshies in my beloved alma mater called de la salle. yes, i'm getting quite old for this task. but i'm enjoying what would most probably be my last time to do take part in the orientation. (more on this in a later post)
Monday, May 14, 2007
just the beginning
(here is an entry without any coherence. product of a confused mind)
i thought i was at least nearing halfway through things. i was wrong. i'm just about to start things, that is assuming i do start soon.
here i go again, i'm starting to get myself into complicated things once again. all of a sudden, i find myself in an all too familiar situation that i've encountered before. i don't know if i want the same amount of details i had years back. same situation, but different persons. but this time around, it's going to be a struggle for me.
funny how i found myself saying, "...blunt as it may sound, it just takes some getting used to. totoo yun. trust me, i know..." to the exact same person who was the reason why i said the same thing.
if i would do something anytime soon is a question yet to be answered. as of now, only one thing is sure. i wouldn't want to commit the same mistake i made almost 5 years ago.
i thought i was at least nearing halfway through things. i was wrong. i'm just about to start things, that is assuming i do start soon.
here i go again, i'm starting to get myself into complicated things once again. all of a sudden, i find myself in an all too familiar situation that i've encountered before. i don't know if i want the same amount of details i had years back. same situation, but different persons. but this time around, it's going to be a struggle for me.
funny how i found myself saying, "...blunt as it may sound, it just takes some getting used to. totoo yun. trust me, i know..." to the exact same person who was the reason why i said the same thing.
if i would do something anytime soon is a question yet to be answered. as of now, only one thing is sure. i wouldn't want to commit the same mistake i made almost 5 years ago.
