SERIOUS STUFF

Weh? Chos!

I've gathered some stuff that seriously made my week.

Quotable chuva:

1. From Ghea: "You cannot hold on to so much...inventory." - BA 141 Prof Panira daw sa emo. haha)

2. From Nicoleheyala on Wowowee: " Sa mga ex-boyfriends ko...Mahal ko kayo noon, maglaway kayo ngayon." HAHAHA I SUPER LIKE. Give me a few years before I can use this.

3. From Aleli: Para akong astronaut...I seriously need some space.  -bumenta rin sakin!

And this last one, the video...made me miss UP more!!! I want Rodic's!

Anyhoo, click click and enjoy!

P.S.

Shane Van Boening, USA's #1 billiards player, was in Wowowee today. I have no idea about billiards, all the more I have no idea who Van Boening is. But today in Wowowee, Pokwang asked a player in hephep hurray who he's with and he said "I'm with my friend Shane, he's the number 1 billiards player in the US." Haha Ni-google ko nga. Totoo!!! hahaha katawa!

What if...

I wonder what my 'language' would be if I pursued Law school. hahaha

I could do an Anna Sese slash Nica Yan and say...'Check yan hanggang Bulacan!' (hello Nica, I miss you!)

Or an Emm Enriquez and proclaim 'Wagi ang case!'

Or an Ace Ricafort and say "Mga bwiset na kriminal kayo!'  (Ace painom ka naman!)

I can probably try a Raisia Rojas and say 'What you did was forbidden shizz yo!'

But then again, I won't attend law school evar...I can probably use it in business. haha

(Post inspired by lawschoollite and Dahil May Isang Ikaw teleserye. haha )

Back!

After weeks of not blogging, and four days without internet (crappy smartbro), I'm sooo ready to start posting again. It's been pretty crazy lately. Photoblog nalang para mas masaya! haha

Got back from Iloilo last Thursday. Grabe while everyone was preparing to disembark from the plane, there was this lady why kept screaming 'mother*eff*'. We thought she was giving birth but the flight attendants thought she was 'possessed'. Haha Funny really but it was freaky at that moment.

Check out the new Iloilo International Airport

From the airport, I went home to change my clothes and leave my luggage then off to UP for the ABAM Acle. It made me miss college!

After ACLE, I had dinner with Mau, Ana and Carms. They're my friends waaay back freshman year. They're still in school but in their new courses- Mau in CHE and Ana and Carms in FA. Since it was a loong weekend, we decided to do some photo shoot session so I can sharpen my skills. We decided to go to Intramuros.

Arc in Fort Santiago

Roxas Bridge (I think! haha) shot from the dungeons of Fort Santiago

Shot inside Rizal's chamber

Sunday I had coffee with Fa, Emm and Sherry at Rockwell. I'm so happy to catch up with them after a looong time. Sherry left early. The rest of us were together until 11 pm. We even saw Juday and Ryan.

Monday was my me time. I watched Up. SUPER NICE MOVIE! You should watch it! I was crying in a lot of parts. hahaha

And finally, it's just me and my camera most of the time so I try to experiment on a lot of things. Here I tried the bokeh style. Not as pretty as Sandra Dans' photo but I'll get there in time.

My bokeh hearts... Achieved using two candles and cutouts from a Nescafe box. 

*from Sandra Dans' flickr account

(Hello Sandee, I love your photos!)

Btw, Sandra is one of the VP's of AdCore during our senior year. I met her through Fa. haha But I heard about her great photos from my friend Ana from Fine Arts. 

And oh, check out my Iloilo vacation in my new blog. CLICK CLICK!

*edit* Raish said she couldn't comment daw so here... It's located at the upper right part of the blog post. Not at the bottom part like we're used to. hehe

YAY! 

P.S.

Twitter doesn't seem to be working for me so Emm shared an idea. To make my blogspot account my own version of twitter. Haha I like it. I'll probably post short musings here in the future.

Only For Tita Cory

I am temporarily breaking my blog hiatus to give way for my entry about my encounter with Tita Cory.

Manila Cathedral (Where my parents got married btw. hehe)

My normal day would usually be in this order:

Wake up at 11 or 12 noon

Turn on the tv

Prepare lunch while hearing Willie sing Giling-giling on Wowowee

Watch the rest of Wowowee or switch to Cinema One, Star Movies or HBO

Do stuff on things-to-do list

Check emails 

Prepare dinner

Watch teleserye

And finally, while watching tv, go online to catch up with friends and check Facebook

Last Saturday however, it wasn't Giling-giling that Willie was singing. It was a mellow song, the audience weren't grinding to the floor to be picked for BigaTen. Candles filled the studio, the Willie and the ASF dancers were all clad in yellow. I was confused. I switched the channel to ANC and there I saw the news- Tita Cory already left us.

I texted my mom saying "Wala na pala si Cory." because I was wondering why she didn't leave me a message about it on my phone. (She usually leaves me messages on important stuff so that I can read it when I take a peek at my phone before I get out of bed.) She said "Yes, kinuha na ni Ninoy." We exchanged texts until she finally said "Punta ka kay Cory." "Balak ko naman talaga pero paano naman ako pupunta dun, wala ako kasama", I replied. Mom messaged me again: "Sige lang, pag may chance ka lang. Baka ilipat naman siya." 

Visiting Tita Cory's wake crossed my mind even before mom told me. "I visited Francis M.'s wake. Why not the former president's wake right?" I told myself. To make this possible, I made arrangements with my ABAM friends RC and Issa to join me to Manila Cathedral to pay our last respect. They agreed to come however, it was raining badly that Monday morning and I cannot imagine lining up under such weather conditions. We unanimously decided to cancel the visit. Later that day my Auntie Fely arrived and said to me "Sayang, andun na kami kanina sa Quiapo. Nalimutan ko lang, dapat bumisita na kami kay Cory." I told her what happened to my schedule and decided to ask my Auntie to accompany me to the Cathedral instead. She was happy with the idea. When I relayed to her the schedule of public viewing, she decided we go early in the morning, in time for the viewing to start.

We left the house at 6 AM of Tuesday- quite a sacrifice for me coz I just had 4 hours of sleep. I kept praying for strength to stay awake and to be able to endure the loooong line (according to the news, the public had to wait around 4 hours before they could enter the Cathedral). 

Assembly outside the door

It was raining super hard while we were in the bus to Intramuros. But when we got to Plaza Roma (aka Plaza Mayor), the rain stopped and to our surprise, there was no line! We walked alongside other early birds, received free Absolute distilled water and finally we organized ourselves outside the side door of the Manila Cathedral. The bouncers were really genuinely polite. Upon the entrance they smile and say "good morning po". They didn't scold some of us who had SLR cameras with us. They said "Paalala lang po, bawal po mag picture ha?" That reminder didn't make me feel threatened or 'pahiya'. (besides, I'd never want to take photos of dead people. Hindi ko kaya.) And then on our way out they'd send us off with "ingat po, umuulan na ho eh." I felt it was their pure desire to be of service that they were so nice and respectful to everyone. 

It was a quick encounter- probably less than 10 seconds. You aren't allowed to stop by the coffin. Probably 2 seconds max. You have to (slowly) walk beside it, take a peek and store it in your photographic memory and make your way to the exit. She looked so different- I cannot explain in what way. But it felt good to see her. It felt as if I did something right just by visiting her for the last time. 

Outpour of love

It was very rewarding, touching, and fulfilling. It was one of those times that you'd really feel that you are one with the people. Seeing THE Icon of Democracy re-awakened something in me- the pride of being a Filipino.

Sa pagiging Ina ng bawat isang Pilipino, maraming salamat, Tita Cory.