espaňa vs katipunan

Nakakainis! Manonood sana ako ng Ateneo-UST Game kanina, pero nakatulog ako!!! Pag gising ko, i found out na we won!!! Sabi sa news that it was a very exciting game. UST was leading at the last few seconds of the game (malamang mananalo na sila), but no! Naka shoot pa si Doug at the very last second!!! Sayang I wasn't able to watch it. Actually, I would have wanted to watch it live. Syempre last year ko na in Ateneo, I want to see a live game sa Araneta (as a student). Usually, I only watch Ateneo-LaSalle Games sa Araneta, but since finals naman ito, ok na rin. Go Ateneo!

Reasons bakit nakatulog ako (and why I wasn't able to watch the game):
1. We had a fieldtrip kanina sa Home for the Aged sa Tayuman, Manila. It was under the Missionaries of Charity. It was an experience! We really had to push wheel chairs, help sa food preparation and more. Nag mass din kami with the lolo and lolas. Cellish nga kami sa mass kasi while the rest of the Atscans were in the chapel; lee-ann, JD and I were at the other ward with the lolo, lola, staff, and some sisters.Nakaka believe lang talaga ang mga madre and the lay people working there. I couldn't imagine myself working my entire life in such a place. Hanga talaga ako sa mga alagad ni Mother Teresa. And also, I think I never will bring my parents sa home for the aged. I'll really try to take care of them in our home. Most of the aged people there kasi were abandoned na.The fieldtrip started early till lunch.

2. Prior to the fieldtrip, I only had 2-3 hours of sleep kasi we went to Shindig last night. It was held sa BMW Autohaus sa Libis. At first, dapat kami lang ni Jus ang pupunta. We planned to check out girls (?) and really wear a dress to kill outfit. Before the party, both Jenny and Christa (both 2nd years) txted me and wanted to join us. Of course they were welcome. Nakakagulat si Jenny! Naka mini skirt with spaghetti strap!! (may matching bag pa)... The party was ok lang, nothing very special pero there were a lot of people. Kainis rin kasi naubos na yung free beers and drinks. May bands rin and fashion show. Nakakagulat din kasi we saw Jeff there. Sabi ni Jenny, awkward daw (and hindi siya nagpa-alam). Ok naman lahat. After we ate at Dencios sa Eastwood and also at Jacks Loft. Home by 3am.

3. And prior to the party, I was doing my academic work the whole day. Meeting with Theo group sa afternoon at SBC and doing my paper sa lib sa morning. Ok naman. We passed na our Thesis Draft last Friday. Hell week this week, but not so hell week. Thank God.

I hope I can watch the next game between Ateneo and UST.
And I pray we win again.

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thesis overnight

Past 6pm na, nasa lib lang ako naghihintay. Later around 7pm mag meet na kami for our thesis. It's Thesis overnight later. Todo type and watch all our recorded videos. Sana matapos lang namin lahat. Due na kasi sa Friday!

Hectic talaga this past days. Fully booked talaga ang mga days ko from morning till evening. Interviews, FGD's, research, papers, meetings... lahat na! I just can't wait for 2nd sem! Gusto ko October 20's na, para retreat na.

Nanalo pala ang team namin last Sunday sa Inter-SCA Sportsfest held at the LHS Cov. Courts. Participants were from AtSCA, UPSCA and PSBA-SCA. I was part of the White Team. We won 2nd Place Overall. Our chear is "Go Puti!" (in the tune of UST's Go Uste).

If I am not mistaken, we had more members sa prayer last Friday than other cells. It was such a nice prayer (biased ako.. hehehe). Pero truly, it was very ok. I learned many things also. And to think na wala kami cell adviser lagi. Ang hirap mag synthesized. Pero seeing 11 souls, nakaka inspire lang. Sana ganito lagi.

30 mins na lang... Thesis Overnight na!!
Can't wait for the sun to rise.

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palengke punk

As much as I do not want to rant and discuss my problems and stressful weeks ahead, I have to. First, wala ako maisip na isulat pa. Second, i have to face it din kasi. Kailangan ko ilabas ito or else...
Anyway, the things that I believe will stress me out in the next few weeks is actually my COM Classes (syempre given na rin yung core subjects). Basically it is my thesis and my Investigative journalism class. For thesis, obviously maraming kailangan gawin- we have to facilitate Fgd's and research more. Walang tulugan next week para mag type ng 50-60 pages na thesis (not included pa ang bibliography, appendices). Tapos sa investigative, syempre kailangan namin mag investigate. Yung tipong kailangan namin mag fieldwork, interview people, parang real journalist talaga. Yung topic namin is the cheating tactics in markets, plus connected to the possible bribery of market owners to the QC Hall. Medyo mahirap talaga kasi interview mo mga big people as well as vendors. Malamang naman walang aamin, so kailangan talaga mag strategize. When we reported our propsal kanina, maraming questions and doubts si ma'am sa amin... huhuhu... Later nga punta ako sa palengke ng mag-isa.

Oh well.

Btw, i went to divisoria again for the 2nd time noong sunday!!! (my first time was just last week). It was planned and maraming nag yes na pupunta, but during the day itself maraming nag back out. So pj and i decided to cancel it. So I went to gateway na lang. But then, Teruha (the japanese atscan) thought na tuloy. So nag meet sila ni pj sa mcdo and hinintay ko sila sa Cubao station and yun nagpa divisoria na kami. Ang funny lang kasi nag english kami sa divisoria kasi syempre hindi maka-intindi ng puro tagalog si Teruha. It was nice kasi nakapag bonding din kami with Teruha. Next time ulit.

Palengke muna.

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washing of the feet

Yesterday, no other than the Jesuit Provincial himself gave a short talk to us atscans with the theme "Filipino Christian Leadership". Fr. Danny Huang, SJ delivered his talk very well, kahit pa na sinabi niya na minadali lang daw niya yung powerpoint niya. Ang galing lang kasi a simple story such as the washing of the feet by Jesus, mas napalalim pa ni Fr. Danny and he pointed out how a leader should be. Actually, he gave 7 traits of a good Christian leader based on the story of the washing of the feet. Tapos marami pa siyang anectdotes na funny rin. Syempre kami lang B6 ang nagpa picture with him (hehehe b6 talaga!).

Sad lang na hindi napuno yung classroom, pero expected na rin din kasi maraming ginagawa yung mga tao. I'm just happy na there were 7 b6 (including lee-ann and I). Syempre, sa dinner after, b6 ulit dominated the crowd (hehe tamad lang mag-aral). Thanks to Caloy for a successful Ed Session and for the great Ed Articles compiled in the book "Pagbabalik Loob".

Yesterday morning din pala, my Investigative Journalism groupmates and I did our very first fieldwork sa MEGA-Q Mart and NEPA-Q Mart. Ang iinvestigate kasi namin ang mga pandadaya sa palengke like tampering of weighing scales, injecting fluids sa chicken and other strategies. At the same time digging into why the QC government, despite having a Market Inspection Division, failed to stop such pandaraya.

We interviewed the vendors and we had to tell a small lie. Sabi lang namin na may research kami for marketing class and we need to know about business and focus kunyari namin market. Lumabas rin ang siguro matatawag kong atscan side of me, kasi while my groupmates were asking questions related to weighing scales, market profits, etc. I started asking ilan na anak nila, ilang years na sila nagtitinda... Wow ang iba sa kanila 30 years na sa pagtitinda ng meat. Ang galing lang na most of them napa aral talaga ang mga anak till college because of being a market vendor. Some were very proud na ang anak nila student ngayon sa ABE, UP and others. Naalala ko lang si ate Baby sa area na may anak sa FEU.

Of course, the vendors denied na nandadaya sila.

Here are some pictures of my August life:

BLUEREP 15TH ANNIVERSARY PARTY

Fort Bonifacio

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BLOCK A1 DINNER

Teriyaki Boy

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K1B6 FIRST PRAYER
Cervini Chapel

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shepherd

Sometimes I asked myself why I am where I am today and why am I what I am today. Looking back, I feel blessed for all the life I experienced. And now I am in Senior year, officer of 2 great orgs, taking a fun course and an interesting minor. . . And I thanked God for all of it.

And this year I am a cell leader in AtSCA. I am not the perfect person to fill that position. A lot of people know that the cell leader position was not really my priority choice. But because of some circumstances, I got the position with no sweat. It was as if the position was really for me. After the deliberations, that was the time I tried loving the position. Still, I know that I am not the best person for that. But God chose me for that position and that is the only thing that makes me do the best that I can. God knows my limitations. God knows what I cannot do.Yet God made me a cell leader, a position that is so special and so valuable. It is the position that directly interacts with the members on all matters of their life. God believes in me. A cell leader I become because of God.

God has his own reasons for everything. Even why I am a cell leader. Yes it is also a position where one can be depressed and frustrated easily. Members do not reply, members do not attend. Members just do not communicate back. But also, we must not force them. Each one has its own pace for growth. Perhaps hindi pa sila ganoon ka ready. Of course, we are here to help, but just can't coerce them. If they don't go to events or other activities, it is so frustrating, but I guess it is a choice, a decision that they made. And I do not believe it is entirely a cell leader's fault. All cells have the same problems with members.

Sometimes it takes time for a person to grow. There are a lot of inducted members that were not at all active in their first year of stay in AtSCA. But now, they are one of the inducted or even one of the EB.

How I wish I will see my members grow this year. But there are just a lot of them who needs more than being friendly to them. Praying for them will help.And I pray that they may experience the joy and the true meaning of being an Atscan and being a Christian more than I do.

Most things I wrote here is a result of our EB prayer kanina. There were just 5 of us, pero well represented naman ang 5 cells (including cell zero). Si Hannah came directly from the her field work sa mga Ifugaos. As in dala dala niya mga bags niya and all her stuff sa prayer, hindi pa siya umuwi sa dorm just to be in the prayer.And ang galing lang ng prayer kasi perfect ang theme for me. It was about shepherding your flock. And what better thing to share than all about being a cell leader- my thoughts, my hurts. Thanks to the profound minds of Hannah and Bro. Weyms.

All of us went home with a bag of goodies. Since Hannah just arrived from the "mountains", she gave us a lot of pasalubongs!!! And since konti lang kami sa prayer, pj, diang, caloy, bro. weyms and I had lots of take home stuff. Take note: hindi native delicacies ang dala ni Hannah, kungdi mga Cloud Nine, Big Bang and other candies. Pero sabi naman ni Hannah, bili niya pa daw yun doon, so ok na rin. Thanks hannah!

Share ko na rin that before prayer, PJ and I went to the area to distribute Nido Products. I texted my mems, pero hindi sila nag reply (oh well). So kami na lang ni PJ. Sobrang bigat ng boxes! Kaya naman na carry, pero kasi may kasama pang pa-akyat eh. Each of us carried 3 boxes, 3 each for b4 and b6. The manangs and kids were very happy naman. Thanks din pala kay ate Baby, sinamahan niya kami mag ikot sa b6 area to distribute the milk. May muscles na yata ako... hehehe.

After, PJ and I applied for our cedulas. I didn't really intend to get mine, pero well cge na lang. Sabi ni PJ, important daw yun. Ok na lang din kasi P21 lang naman. And yes it rained so hard kanina, buti na lang tapos na kami mag area. And thank God, its official, wala pang dengue sa area namin. Our area and nstp aksi were cancelled last saturday due to the dengue outbreak.

Ang haba na ng blog ko...
Thank you God for continuing blessing us.
Thank you oh Lord for the people in my life.

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judge me not

People judge you for what they think they know about you. People judge you for what they think they feel about you. They see the general view of you, but they do not know the effort you are doing deep inside you. They do not see all the pain, the frustrations you feel. They do not see also the hopes and aspirations you feel. Of course, you can't really blame them; you also must show it to them that you are not what they think. But still there are just a lot of people in the world that judges you and never really see everything. They feel they know a lot.

On a lighter note...
I was so surprised last Friday because of acads. First is thesis. We had consultation with our thesis adviser about the first half of our thesis. My part was to type the methodology. My thesis mates were (i think) mad at me kasi kulang daw yung part ko etc etc. But during the consultation, our adviser said a lot of comments and in the end she said "I really like the methodology part." Well... I felt good that morning. Then, another surprise came. My theo orals. I really expected a C, D, F grade. But no, B ako! Paulit ulit kong sinigurado if id number ko ba yun. Thank God!!! Next surprise this week... philo exam results and history also.

Yesterday, we watched 'The Devil Wears Prada". It was a nice movie. But what made the night more interesting was 1) All 11 of us were seated separately in the cinema kasi puno na. I was seated sa Q 18, sila nina, jo, ka, aika were seated in front of the railings, sila peabo, nescy, maby, rap, jr, doryll were seated in different seats scattered all over Cinema 2. Most of us were seated besides lovers. I was between 2 lovers. hehehe.
2) Bea Alonzo!!!! Jr and Rap had their picture taken with her. Starstruck talaga ang karamihan. I didn't really saw her face in detail, pero she looked pretty naman. Even Eastwood, a place for upperclass people, gazed at her intently. Every person really looked at her- from parents, to the youth. I wonder how Bea felt being stared by people and all saying "si bea ba yun?" "saan?" I guess that's the sad thing about stars, you don't really get privacy.
3) Happy Birthday Ka!!!! Tamang tama talaga yung random seat number ni Ka. "K22" Ka at 22. Perfect talaga! I hope you enjoyed ka!!

Kanina lang we went to Divisoria!!!!! It was my first time to go there (not that i do not go to those places). I was supposed to go to Quiapo alone, pero nag invite si PJ so sama na rin ako. Doryll completed the trio. Sobrang tiring, pero fun talaga! We went to Tutuban and 168. Ang dami pala talagang items na binebenta dun. Guess what, pj and I had to searched for doryll twice siguro kasi nahiwalay siya... only to find her sa mga shoes, clothes area. For lunch, we ate at Bodhi, an all-vegetarian restaurant. And for snacks, we ate at Namit Gid and bought a huge pancit na hindi naman naubos (less than 1/4 lang nakain namin). Sino kaya ang pinaka shopper sa amin? Here are the details;

PJ: a pair of shoes, reversible jersey, shirt, bulbs, cellphone charger = est. P2,700 (including food)
Jekki: a pair of shoes = est P 700 (including food)
Doryll: shirt, bra strap = est P 600 (including food)

Ang funny pa kasi si PJ bumili sa Adidas, si Doryll sa Giordano... (nagpa divisoria pa kami)
hehehe... pero ok lang, sale naman dun kanina!!! Tiring talaga, pero i can't wait for the next time.

Wala ako nagawa na acads this week pero ang nerd ko pa rin. Habang nag-aaral sila lahat sa SBC, i was also there reading a book- a book that is not acads related. It is not even a novel. I borrowed it sa lib and just read it. It is "The World is Flat"- a book about globalization. Wala lang, it is interesting naman. Bro. Weyms even commented na it's a good book and that its good to see me reading a book such as that book. Well... Pero of course, I'm not reading it because wala na ako exams. I still have an exam this week, I still need to do my thesis, pero I just want to have a break. After receiving good grade sa theo, i guess relax muna for a while. Aral ulit starting bukas. Everyone is in hell week mode, ayoko na sumabay pa sa kanila or we'll end up complaining and ranting about everything and anything.

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when september starts

September na pala. How time flies so fast, the next thing I know, graduation na... hehehe pero hindi pa naman ako na senior syndrome. Academically busy lang this past (and future) weeks- students call it hell week. Pero i think it's really part of college life, that's why I do not really try to be so depressed and sad in those weeks. It's a very normal week actually, mas magugulat ako pag walang mga exams, orals, etc.Well speaking of it, I had my orals sa theo last monday and philo exam kanina, and a history exam tom and next thurs. My philo exam was generally okay naman, kaya lang hindi ko sure kung ano yung ibibigay na grade sa akin (usually kasi mababa talaga siya magbigay). My down moment was the theo orals. Stupid ko naman kasi, I studied only the day before. Friday night- we watched a movie sa Eastwood- Click with ros, doryll, justin and benson (ok yung movie), then Saturday night- i attended a blueREP party at the Fort area (15 years anniv kasi namin). I went home around 5am the next day and slept the whole day. Kaya in short the only time I studied was Sunday evening. Nag aral kami sa house ni pj whole night and morning (with pj, doryll, di-ang). Naka aral naman ako, mga 2 articles lang ang hindi ko na-aral out of like a dozen articles. And the question that was asked was from the article na hindi ko nabasa!!! - "What is Moral Character? What are its conditioning factors? And what are its determinants?" Of all articles diba?! Oh well, it's a lesson for me.I do not want naman to blame anyone for it or even ms. tessa. Yung sa philo naman, i chose the question "Pumili ng isa sa Limang Landas ni Sto. Tomas... i forgot the rest of the question, basta explain lang one landas".

Anyway yun lang naman, I still have to write my take home exam sa history for today..

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