Creative shots

Raish got me thinking again for my creative shot for graduation. Last year, they shot everything inside the studio. I am hoping that this year, our creative shots may be taken 'on location' for realistic and amazing photos.

The funniest creative shot I have seen so far was from the 2005 graduates of Ateneo. A guy (macho) wore a wedding gown for his creative shot. I must say, it was very creative and brave. So now we all face the sort of dilemma of a creative shot. I have a few ones in mind. If indeed, we can have our shots done on location, them OMG, I am hell excited!

I'm thinking something like street fashion-ish OR haute shot, like Nicole Kidman's campaign for Chanel No. 5. It's so pretty, I love it.

But right now, I need to find the perfect dress for my Chanel-ish shot.

OR

At the very least, get through this semester first.

Killer Sem

This semester, I have every intention (with real reasons, mind you!) of being unreachable because I am
A. preoccupied in revamping Head and Shoulders so that Clear will crumble into pieces. (with my fabulous group in Brand Management)
B. developing an exclusive salon for metrosexuals (with the girls and Aldren)
C. busy stalking and begging a CEO to come to school for a talk and/or give me an interview for 190.
D. mining data for our feasibility study.
E. studying the ever changing global market
F. doing org work.
G. All of the above.

I still need a little more time to get used to the Tuesday-Friday school week. Right now, I just feel exhausted after every day. It is now a mortal sin to not be busy with any school related activity. And so, I plan to

A. Start on our final paper for 190 with Fa and Dianne. I hope we get to finish this before August ends. Homayghad.
B. Carry all my notes with me everyday so that if I get stranded in school because of the rain, or if need to kill time for an important meeting I could make use of my free time reading, rewriting, and conceptualizing stuff. (MY LATEST PURCHASE: A multi-section plastic folder that can segregate my notes per subject. Plus, it's light and waterproof! Perfect!)
C. Religiously read my new books in consumer behavior and Global Maketing.
D. Continue to pray to God that he will not let me lose my focus. Not this time.
E. Make time for relaxation, hopefully twice a month. Like a massage or movie (ehemcaloiehem), or a simple dinner with friends.

Because this week was a hell lot of stress, Little Miss Panda FA and I went to Eastwood to catch the last full show of Kung Fu Panda. (Too bad Ckeska couldn't come!) Before we hit the movie, we strolled and hopped from store to store in Eastwood since they were holding a super sale! Yay! While store hopping, she decided to be Farrah Jessica Parker for sometime and partially thought of wearing her long pearls with pajamas too. hahaha

In the movie house, Fa and I enjoyed watching the trailers (Maid of Honor okay? Mama Mia? Wanted, Dark Night?). This will be the ones I shall be saving for in the next few weeks. OMG mahal na ang sine, 170! shemay naman oh. Maybe, just maybe I shall shout to the world that life is like a ball of yarn just so I get a free movie from FA. Yahey! But as of now, I can only agree to 'Life is like a ball." HAHAHAHA Sorry, inside joke. I love Kung Fu Panda! I laughed, got teary, and had 'awww' moments throughout the movie. Moral lesson: Believe.

So Dear God, I BELIEVE I will get through this sem. After this, I am wiser, smarter, and better.

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I still don't understand though, why life is like a ball of yarn. HAHAHAHA Disclaimer: This is not in the movie. hehehe

Hugs for Survival

Today I really felt bad due to academic and non-academic stress. I am tired of ranting and cursing and it has stopped to make me feel good already. So I guess I should just mention the people who made me feel better, somehow. (in order of appearance)

Leslie- (speaking of, she just went online as of this writing haha) I can clearly remember what she said. "Where is Adz? I can hear Adz's voice. Aaaaaaddzzz! (Sabay hug sa akin) I missed my quiz for the sem." (Why did you miss it?) "I was late. I read the chapter pa naman!" She needed a hug, I needed one to. Perfect! Two people, one hug- very efficient. That's one good thing about hugs, both people benefit from it. In some cases, the other benefits more. Hahaha

Raish- I saw her at the back lobby and ran to her for a hug. I just feel like we never get to catch up in school unlike we do online.

ISAW Date with Fa, Cheska, Weng and later on, Jay-Ar came. It made me forget stress for sometime. Just pure eating, catching up on things, and geeky marketing stuff like market shares, leading brands, good and bad campaigns. Yey! I love diverse conversations. We also talked about 'poets' and hifalutin people, and their self-praised deeds.

Cyberhug: From Fa who thinks I wanted a hug from someone else. No mare, your cyberhug means a lot, I need not ask from you know who.

More cyberhugs from Vincent (unexpected but really sweet of him) and Raish again. Which was followed by a long catching up.

Andy- who shared a really funny Junjun moment. I will share it too!
Feasib class under Sir Jonas: Introduce yourself and your nickname.
Jun: "My name is Lauro. But you can call me Junas." OHMYGHAD I died of laughing last night. hahahaha

One more Junjun moment.

Brand Management class under Sir Acedera: Introduce yourself, your favorite brand and why.
Jun: "Hi, I'm Jun. You can call me Jun. My favorite brand is Hello Panda.
Coz it makes the panda look friendly. When you see a bear, you run away.
But when you see a panda, you say hello."

I guess, everyone else, just like me, still haven't figured where Jun gets all his funny lines. Maybe it's innate. haha

Yey! I'm okay now. I had a good sleep. And somehow, there is a rewarding feeling of getting the job pseudo-done already. So there, thanks y'all! I survived day 4.

Day 2

Today I probably received the most number of text messages from different people. That is disregarding Christmas, New Year and my birthday.

Early morning, the continuous inflow of messages on my phone served as my alarm, causing me to wake up 30 minutes earlier that I'm supposed to (that's 10 am). I had to reply to each of them so I go typing my replies while roaming around the house and working on my computer. While having lunch with my dad, my phone kept buzzing again. Of course I cannot bring the phone to the table so I settled with guessing from whom those messages are.

With so many people to reply to, I had to take my phone with me to the bathroom. I had to reply to them asap so gawd, it took me around 10 minutes before actually bathing. Refreshed, I checked my phone and had already messages waiting for immediate replies. One was from my professor, one from a friend who's ranting about some yopuks (w/c I didn't understand until she replied to explain), one from a friend again who had to reply to our prof to settle his absence, another from my mom, another from my brother, two from driving school and others were repeat messages of our professor's text brig.

Thnakfully, I had a break from all the messaging while I was in class. But right after class, I had texts from different people again. One was from the girl whose form 5 I found, some from my execore-mates, and until I got home, I was still receiving yet more text messages. From my EVPs to send articles for our org website and to process the OSA files asap, from an orgmate who needs to borrow my Management accounting book, from another classmate who needs her Law book back.

I AM SO EFFIN' TIRED TODAY. I CANNOT BELIEVE IT'S ONLY THE SECOND DAY, and I am working on so many things already. I can't even remember who exactly are my groupmates in which subjects. Yep, I am that lost today. I can't believe it.

Don't get me wrong. I am excited for the many things I'll be learning soon. I am afraid though, that I might not be able to remember everything. I'm afraid I won't be able to comprehend them completely. Thank God I have really good groupmates in my classes. We'll keep each other in check for the whole five months we will be spending together. Which reminds me...

We need to set our meetings soon.

Ugh, yet some more stress.

Transition

So that everyone (read: Emm and Raish) can forget about THE word, I decided to post a new entry. haha

Tomorrow is the official start of the first semester of our senior year so like Raish, I shall post my start of the school year resolutions. haha

In my senior year, I will...
1. Do what I can to effect change in my orgs and to the BA community.
2. Give the best of me as a friend to everyone who needs me.
3. Improve GWA and excel in Marketing. weeee! (OO, KARIR MODE AKO. HAHA)
4. Perfect attendance in all batch-related stuff.
5. Avoid drinking (too much. wahahahahaha)

Things to do before I graduate...
1. Have a photo in the carless oval. ( have one but it looks rushed and I can't even find it. I want a posh, artsy fartsy shot. haha)
2. Walk on the huge pipes near the University avenue. (I think wala na yung pipes. booo)
3. Mag comedy bar with friends. (Sino sasama? haha)
4. Of course, learn Photoshop.
5. What else can I do pa ba? howel papel...I'll add if I remember something. hehehe

And yes, I just might take the Law exam so ugggghhh, good luck naman dun. I am doing this for my mother. But personally, I cannot wait to end my academic life. Four more years in school will kill me. HAHAHA I kid! I'll cross the bridge once it's finished. HAHAHAHA sabaw, sorinaman!

Anyway, one thing's fo sho, Imma have that dream house and shameless bank account and be the doña that fa and I have always planned. I can almost see the shopping sprees and spa trips with my girlfriends! weeee!

Cheers to a great start of the sem (no traffic, no sweat ride to school)! See you in a few hours! ♥