Saturday, March 24, 2012

Quest @ the Life Party Sem-ender

03-22-12


During the sem-ender of the SOD Life Party, Quest guested. And it was just awesome! =))

Here are some photos:







After the worship team played, Quest came out from the backstage! I was so starstruck. I mean, it was just so amazing seeing him again. So he sang two songs and then went back to the backstage. Pastor Carlo Panlilio preached. It was all about 2 Kings 2: 19-22! Here are some points:
  • If you change the campus, you change the world.
  • And every campus is very well situated. It reflects the nation of the future generations.
  • If we want to see our nation/life change, we need to do something new. Boom!
  • Hindi dahil nakagisnan mo na, ay yan na ang destiny mo.
  • You need to stop something for a brand new something to start. 
  • Maging asin ka! Bring out the best out of people, out of this nation. Wag kang maging lason!


After that, Quest and his band performed again! Now this time, it was really like Kontrakultura all over again. He's just so great and anointed. Here's the link of the video I took of him performing one of his songs: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAW2KcltU3s&feature=g-upl&context=G2119b76AUAAAAAAADAA.

After Quest was the Revolution thingy. The graduating SODs were called to the front. I'm so proud of them! Many of them had Latin honors. SOMEDAY... Hahaha :))

Picture taking afterwards.


OMG yes! That's Quest right there, =)) This was after his perf.








After the Life Party, I stayed outside Kalay and planned to order at Bogchi since some of the delivery men were there. I saw Girro and JJ and "forced" them to order. Hahaha, and then got some of the annex boys to order also. Afterwards, studied for Math53 final exams.


Friday, March 23, 2012

Parable: Vision


Sige, magkkwento na lang ako. (Forever Alone mode)

Actually, this story was told by a guest pastor, one of Pastor Carlo Panlilio’s national 12 - Pastor Al.

   Once, may farmer daw na may alagang aso at rabbit. Bigla dawng tumakbo yung rabbit, at sinundan siya ng aso. Sobrang bilis nung takbo ng rabbit hanggang sa di na siya makita nung aso. Tumawid na sa valleys, mountains, rivers at kung saan-saan yung aso. Hindi siya tumigil, tahol lang siya ng tahol habang tumatakbo. Tapos on his way, may ibang aso na nakarinig sa pagtahol nung aso ng farmer so sumunod rin sila. Hanggang sa andami ng aso yung tumatakbo kasabay nung aso ng farmer. Kinalaunan, isa-isang tumigil sa pagtakbo yung mga aso. Napagod sila, pero yung aso ng farmer, never siya nag-stop. He still pursued the rabbit hanggang sa mahuli niya.

So you would ask, “Bakit tumigil yung ibang aso sa pagtakbo?”
Wrong question.

The right question is “Bakit hindi tumigil sa pagtakbo yung aso ng farmer?”
Answer: “Kasi siya lang ang nakakita sa rabbit.”

   May mga instances na ganun e, sa buhay natin. Only those who have seen and who have been caught by the vision will pursue the vision. Others who have heard it may chase it, but sooner or later, they will stop. Hindi kasi nila alam o nakita man lang yung vision kaya ang nangyayari, nagbabackslide sila sa church. Nagdedevo sila, nagchuchurch nga sila pero parang nagiging routinary na lang yung mga yun. If you ask them, “Why are you going to church? Why are you doing your devotions?” Hindi na sila sigurado sa isasagot nila.

   Parang sa paaralan lang rin. If you ask students kung bakit ba talaga sila nag-aaral, isasagot nila most probably is “To have a better future or to have a good job.” But in every day that they’re living their lives as students, do you think they really are looking forward to that “better future”? Do you think they’re doing their best at all times to pursue that said vision? Most probably not. Why? Because they only answered that because that’s the expected answer. They really haven’t stopped for a sec and imbibed the real essence of the question. They say it’s for a better future, but in every class and in every exam that they take, they complain or rant or get bored or just don’t care. Why? Because they just heard of the vision, they haven’t seen it…yet.

   So it’s important to know why you’re doing the things that you are doing. Why are you wasting the precious minutes of your lives doing this or that? Why are you living your life the way you are? Is it because of the vision you have set for yourself or is it because everyone is doing it and you just go with it? Are you really studying because you’re looking forward to the best future you can have or are you just studying because everyone’s doing it and that your parents will be furious if you don’t? Do you believe in God because you really have the faith or you just do because you need to believe in something, a higher power, that would make life less insane.

Ponder about it. See yourself.

Are you the farmer’s dog or are you just one of the stray dogs who just ran and tired themselves for nothing?

Monday, March 19, 2012

Of cups of coffee and nocturnalism.

Since Saturday, I was already reviewing for Phy71 LE3. It had been tough on me since I wasn't really paying attention-slash-present on those days that my beloved instructor tried her hardest to teach us the lessons. And so, it had been very hard. I was learning topics for the first time, thank goodness for Pisay, I had a little background on 50% of the topics listed in the syllabus. As I flipped through pages of what seemed like infinity, (6 chapters, imagine that), I stopped on the 5th chapter and rested for a bit. To keep my system awake, I tried drinking coffee and nibbling crackers, eating instant noodles while walking back and forth in my room, reciting orally the unending list of equations I had to familiarize. C'mon, I meant memorize. Btw, I have a room mate and she didn't seem to care. She seemed unaffected by the annoying noise I was making, which is a really good thing. Again, thank God for an understanding and awesome, oddly silent room mate. She's really nice though. I bet she's also a talker like me, but dating her favorite KPop stars in Youtube seems enough for her. Anyway, as I was distracting myself from sleep, my bed kept on seducing me. It looked at me straight in the eye and did those seductive stuff that no human being is ever capable of doing. So I just sat down on my bed, handouts in my hand. It was already 5am that time. Boom! Next thing I knew, it's already 9am. Sundaaaay and I haven't done my SOL1 requirements yet. So first thing I did was do my devo, of course, and did my homeworks. It was just a reflection paper about my water baptism experience, which by the way was so awesome! And a list of verses that would counteract the curses in my family, oh and the memory verse: Matthew 11:28. Took a bath, dressed up and went to SOL1. Then, Sunday svc at 3pm and then grabbed a strawberry MT at Universitea and went back to Kalay. I took hold of my Petrucci Chap. 24 handout and started to read them, aloud. But then again, my room mate didn't mind. Or maybe she really does mind but she's too nice and she doesn't want to seem rude so she just keeps her mouth shut. I have no idea which is which. Hours have passed and coordination chemistry just kept on sinking on me. Chem17 for hours and hours. And Monday came, and I wasn't done reviewing yet. I still had the last 2 chapters in my phy71 and I'm not done with Latimer's diagram. But, I just stood firm on my faith and believed in the impossible. Cram the uncrammable. I just kept on reviewing until it was just minutes away from physics 3rd long exam and so I managed to shower for 15mins and dressed up. Rode the Ikot jeep (there wasn't any Toki jeeps around, as usual). As expected, I was late for about 15minutes. I was lost! I didn't know what room I was supposed to be in. Luckily I saw my prof and asked her the room. And then, I got my booklet and began to battle.

[x] Phy71 LE3

I dare not say anything about the exam. Not because I'm bitter, or it was too easy for me. I actually don't know how to put it into words. It was indescribable. That doesn't matter now. It's done. All that would matter would be its results. Praying for the best.

From the NIP, walked to the waiting shed near the CS Lib and rode another Ikot jeep. I went to Area 2 and pigged out. I thought I deserved a reward for surviving the exam. Btw, I haven't eaten lunch or breakfast yet so I really needed food. Menudo + hotdog + cheesedog + Chuckie. Mmm :9 Went back to Kalay and started reviewing again for Chem17 LE3. At first, I couldn't seem to focus. I was too fed up by the idea that physics exam was finally over. I managed to nap for a few minutes and resumed reading the Frost diagram site. And then, I shuffled my Unknown Analysis notes and did my UA routine. I also managed to answer some of the items in the samplex given by a Chem Eng'g org. 15 minutes before the clock struck 5, I started heading to the Chem Pav. When I arrived there, my classmates were already busy answering. I got my test papers and began answering.

[x] Chem17 LE3

Done with chem! Again, I won't mention anything about the exam. All I can say is I am forever amazed by how those people who make the chem exams can manage to shut my brain down. It's so amazing. From that, I think you already know what happened.

Back to Kalay. Ate dinner and went up to my room.

And here I am, writing this. 

This is getting too long and boring.
I am hoping for a long sleep tonight. I missed my bed too much.

Tomorrow, I'll start reviewing for Math53.

Finals week coming up! (game face on)

Friday, March 16, 2012

Formal Dinner 2012





03-10-12

Formal Dinner 2012 @ Kalayaan Residence Hall, UP Diliman

Himig Kalai 11-12

Magka-table kami lahat! Yehey! Masaya ang formal dinner. Isang week rin kaming nag-aral ng mga kanta for this event: Banana Song, Love On Top, Torete and Seasons Of Love. Isang linggo kaming nasa conference room or MPH or basketball court or sa labas ng MPH. HAHAHA. :))
Sa mga gabing yun nabuo yung relationship at friendship. Sobrang saya lang. Never kong ipagpapalit ang mga gabing yun. I just love this group. Thank God I decided to audition last July 28, 2011!

Ayun. Bonggang success ang perf namin. Awesome!

Pagdating sa food, medyo okay na siya. I was a little bit disappointed pero ayos na. Masarap yung salad. yung beef...well, food siya. Hahaha :)

After the formal dinner, bumalik kami sa conference room. Kanta-kanta ulit and said our goodbyes.

I LOVE HIMIG KALAI.
I'm so looking forward to more jamming sessions and fun moments with these awesome people. YEY!

Chicken Inasal + Garlic Rice








03-14-12
Kakatapos lang ng Kas1 report namin ni Daci (groupmate ko siya) so we decided to have lunch sa Katips since 4pm pa naman next class namin. And then bigla naming nakita si Kenneth and we invited him. And so to Katips we went.

PS
Ampangit ng lasa ng ALLMYTEA. Anyone who sees that drink is obliged to dispose it immediately. Pretty please. Thank you.

PS2

Cha @ 18


03-13-12
Cha @ 18.

Nung morning 'til afternoon nun, di ko pa talaga nakikita si Cha. Ate Gelaii went to my room and told me na magsulat ng msg for Cha sa post-it so I did it nga, pero sa colorful index cards naman. And then, since I was studying for Chem17, I decided to shoot a video greeting na lang and then post it sa Youtube maybe then I'd send her the link na lang. Tas biglang kumatok si Rej and she told me na isusurprise daw namin si Cha so napilitan akong lumabas.

And then there, the Onse girls with a cake and a gift and a birthday song. Pumasok kami sa room ni Emily, andun kasi si Cha. And then yun, "moments". HAHAHA. I actually have a video. Here's the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nrefAeQbkM&feature=plcp&context=C4d7c381VDvjVQa1PpcFPMRStIOO1lrorna3tZoXI4mxv_wmyNLdA%3D

And yun. Back to Chem17.

#kainankantahankwentuhan

03-16-12



















Kakatapos lang ng Math53 5th LE ko kanina. MADUGO. Whew.
Buti na lang tapos na.
At buti na lang may Himig Kalai!

First, kumain kami sa JM Burger na iniindorse ni Allen. Bestfriends kasi sila ng may-ari. Hahaha. And then we walked papuntang ampitheater, sa likod ng Quezon Hall. We sang the Himig playlist. Awwe, SOBRANG FUN TALAGA ASDFGHJKL!! Ang ganda ng blending and all that stuff. Sorry naman, kumo-conceited bigla. Ayun. :))
And then kwentuhan. Biruan. Sayawan. Kung anu-ano lang. Random. At sa huli, naglaro ng Ninja game. Lagi akong talo. 2wins si Allen. Siya na. (This explains the weird poses sa photos. HAHAHA)

Ayun. Sana may part 2! Yey!

HIMIG KALAI 11-12:

Clodette Punzalan
Aug Cunanan
Erwin Salta
Allen Tuazon
Janina Guarte
Marj Calabia
Shaira Rabang
Joshua Santiago
Pat Gloria
Girro Rigor
Nikkarrietta Navarro
and
Olan Junio
Gye Vecusa