Reyna and Doña

Finance exam- better, i think. hahaha

3-hour Law class- We survived it! Yay!

Shopping with Fa at Trinoma. Suuuuper sarap pumili ng bibilhin! hahaha Shopping is healthy. You walk and walk and walk. Which exercises your muscles. You sharpen you practical Math skills when you compute for discounts. You also get to apply your Cost-benefit analysis when deciding to avail of your credit card's 15% discount or using that gift certificate with the normal 10% discount. You improve your taste while updating yourself with the current trends in the market. You are able to study the layouts of the stores and see how they segregate their goods. You observe how well they treat their customers. You realize that work performances are actually practiced and appraisals really happen. hahahaha See? Shopping is part of our holistic development as students- especially business students.

Okay, enough justifying our guilty pleasure. haha We wanted to buy a lot of stuff. Numerous pairs of pretty shoes, endless shelves of bags and clothes. Fa and I kept repeating to ourselves "Hayaan na natin. Mabibili natin yan lahat pag doña na tayo." That's some kind of motivation noh? hahaha

My other motivations would be my dream house and my travel list. That's about it. This may sound quite materialistic but who am I to deny that? In a world where people work hard to succeed, I guess we all deserve to reap the fruits of our labor right? I want to see the beauty of the world! I want to travel with my family, with my friends, I want to travel alone too! But maybe not soon. That'd be freaky for me. hehehe For my dream house- I want it to be perfect for relaxing after a hard day. I want a cool house where my kids can hang out with their friends. Kahit pang batch party, panalo! hahaha Joke lang. Well, I'd understand that. hahaha A house with lots of garden space where family gatherings can be held. Where endless videoke nights happen and where the cutest sleepovers take place. Oh diba? I want a house big enough to satisfy the simple things that I appreciate in life, like spending time with the people who really matter.

That won't be so soon but even if we're like 10, 20, 30 years older, we can still have a batch party right? hahaha Isama mo na buong pamilya mo! haha

So you see, shopping is more that just spending your allowance on pretty footwear. It's where dreams are built...at least for us.

In the meantime, I'll enjoy my dinner with the queen.

Check out her crown. HAHAHA

Pisay

Pisay is an independent film by Auraeus Solito. Pisay- a colloquial term for the Philippine Science High School, is a special school for a chosen few who are groomed to excel in the fields of Science and Engineering. The take exaggeratedly advance classes in Physics, Mathematics, Biology and Chemistry. What we normally learn in our Junior and Senior years in high school, they learn in their freshmen and sophomore years.

I was very eager to watch it because my two brothers- Jom and Joop are both Pisaynons. (That's a Pisay student in Ilonggo). My kuya, Jom, graduated from Pisay in 2004 and my younger brother Joop is currently in his freshman year in Pisay's Western Visayas Campus in Iloilo City. That explains my natural attachment to the Pisay world. haha

I like the movie. They have this certain togetherness that only they can understand. I can't blame them. We are like that in BA, aren't we? When we leave the premises of the college, our choice of words, manner of speaking and geeky jokes define what we've shared in our years together. When they have a friend who's struggling in class, they'll cheer him up and help him understand the lessons. That reminds me of our Pineda days.

I particularly love the character of Minggoy, their official class shutterbug! In fairness, wala pang digicam nun ha! Film pa yun, magastos! hahaha

Eugene Domingo also did a great job as their Physics professor Miss Casas. She has this accent that we can connect to Ma'am Valmoria, only better.

"Hypowtesis"

Parang she's Bisaya who speaks good English. Yes, the grammar is correct. Just the accent.

The blue lab gown is one of their trademarks. I remember when Jom was required to bring a blue lab gown to school, my mom couldn't find one! Everything in the medical stores were in white so she had to patahi Jom's lab gown.

They also used the Dagitlab language- the reverse of Baligtad. Most notable line was "Egis, p're!" or "Sige, pare" in our normal Filipino.

I got teary in many parts of the movie for many reasons. Their friendship is amazing, their struggle in their classes is familiar, and their togetherness until graduation is just super touching. It was pure nostalgia while watching the graduation scene. I felt tears, just like the time I witnessed Jom graduate. I was standing quite far from the stage, looking at him in a crowd of blue togas, holding his diploma and beaming like a kid. I cried. My mom did, too. haha

Pisay is fun to watch. Even if you're not an alumnus of the school, the message is universal. it's friendship strengthened by memories and tested by time. it's fighting for your dream. it's following your heart.

♥

Quod Erat Demonstrandum. Proving what you say with action.

Losing everything

Losing everything when there was nothing at all in the first place.

Did you ever miss your friend so much even if he/she is just there? That's exactly how I feel. And last night, I tried to address this dilemma. It's been weeks since our last real conversation. Over the silence weeks, my friend made decisions I did not see coming but I still let it go. I have no idea what is happening in my friend's life. So wanting (maybe desperately) to catch up, I called my friend.

Would you happen to be wide awake and would want to talk tonight?
I'm wrapping up a movie.
*some other forgotten and unheard conversation*
So, wanna meet up?
Thanks but I'm having fun.

I didn't know how to react. I felt I lost all my pride when I got turned down. My friend hasn't been catching up for weeks and I make the call.

I RAN AFTER YOU TO SAVE US.

YOU TELL ME YOUR OTHER FRIENDS DID NOT TRY TOO MUCH TO KEEP THE FRIENDSHIP.

Look who's talking.

Yay to the boss!

This morning, 10 junior BA people participated in Procter & Gamble's Consumer is Boss competition. Fa and I arrived 3rd and 4th respectively. Raisia was there already and also some Ateneo guy. Our first adventure was the hi-tech coffee maker. The kuya was very nice and he taught us how to use it but I asked him to make our coffee just so we avoid destroying the machine. The coffee-cream-sugar-milo vendo was also cute! hahaha

We were on SUPER COMPETITIVE mode! It was sort of a 'choose your own story' game wherein your next set of choices will depend on the first choice that you made. At the end of four rounds, we had to present it to Miss Joy and Miss Jane (ata), the bosses of CMK (Consumer marketing knowledge). Miss Jane pala was the lady who welcomed us sa front desk and also the lady whom Raisia and I was with at the washroom. Hahaha she wished us luck pa! hahaha Big time pala si Kumareng Jane. hahaha During the panel presentation, we nailed the questions naman. And they even said we talked too fast but hello? They had a two-minute limit and if we fail to do it, they'll cut us! hahaha talk about time pressure.

Not in photo: Trixie Rodriguez and Mau Usacdin

WINNERS! Team Hire Me won third. That's us-Fa, Trixie, Mau, Raisia and I. We got Php 5000 worth of electronic gift checks from Ayala Malls. Team Think Tank won first! That's Barnett, Tash, Cha, Peter and Mark. They got Php 15 ooo worth of Ayala electronic GC's. YAY!!! BA teams won the competition! Everybody happpeeeey! We also had a tour of their office. To echo Raisia, IT'S PHENOMENAL!

This is their cycling AND conference room where you can work out while meeting with your colleagues.

The 'Everest' meeting room. Romy Garduce was a P&G-er. :)
This is the pantry. That's they newest addition to their toys- the Wii. They also have the hoops thing that we see in arcades.

It's a play and work sort of ergonomics. Basta, you've got to see it talaga! It made me even more hungry for a P&G internship. HUWAW!

STARTING THE REVOLUTION

First first!
A SUPAH CONGRATULATIONS TO THE EL CONQUISTADORES

Pat, Tim, Jay-ar, Bobit and James for winning the UP in Smoke Marketing competition. Super galing nila, promise! Congratulations also to Migs who organized the competition. Anyway, take note! They got two 100% ratings from two of our judges. hello hello? And during the question and answer part, Ma'am Guevara was actually speechless.

"I, i, i, I like it!"

Well, I can't be more proud because you see, this is our batch's second victory in two years. They also bagged BAC's first marketing competition sponsored by the Asian Eye Institute. So hello? Ang astig diba? And of course, batch support was tremendous! May skit-ish role pa kami! hahahaha

RISE UP: Rebolusyong Itinatakwil ang Sigarilyong Epidemia sa U.P.

They got medals, certificates, Php 20,000 and the prestige of course! So we've decided to take the cash and let the boys take the prestige. wahahahaha!

Dinner at Shakey's was super fun. Everyone was there! Juniors, BAC, friends. Yay!

We then moved to our own little groupies. Raisia, Fa, Ian, Dianne and I moved to Cantina to meet Myka and Anne. They are Ian and Raisia's childhood friends who are now in Ateneo. It was a super fun conversation. Sakit sa ulo tumawa. hahaha

After that, FA and I went to Paradigm to check out the DOTA boys. OMG UP-wide na and DOTA org nila! Pets and Pindoy were there. of course the Juniors. Jon from Archi was there. And Marco, the honorary member from Ateneo. Powerhouse member base kayo ha!

Since we have no business watching DOTA there, Fa and I walked back to McDonald's to have dessert. Syempre the usual bonding stuff. We saw M.E. people- ahem ahem, Gerald. hahaha

When I got home, I had the greatest shock of my life. (Di naman shock because he as calling me na while I was in the cab) My tito was there and upon entering the house, I got a sermon. I do not wish to elaborate but let's just say I made my point and said my piece just so he knows. I cried in the shower and let the water run so I could calm myself. I thought I'd call my mom first thing in the morning but no! She messaged me and asked what's up. So I called her and reported what happened. I told her MY TITO WOULDN'T LISTEN TO ME. HOW WILL HE UNDERSTAND?!?!? I am a student. I have lots to do with so little time. I don't even have time to sleep. And when I get home you scold me just like that. I AM NOT ON DRUGS. AND SO WHAT IF I WENT HOME VIA A CAB. I'M HOME ALIVE AND WHOLE. WTF?! TELLING ME TO SHUT UP? I bet he's mad because I am the only person who does not get intimidated with what he says. AKO LANG ANG MATAPANG NA MAGSASALITA. No wonder he always argues with his girlfriend. BECAUSE HE DOES NOT LISTEN. I was crying the whole time on the phone, I was struggling to catch my breath because after winning a tough marketing competition with your batchmates, you'd be greeted by a f*ckung sermon. I AM NOT PERFECT. BUT I AM NOT STUPID. I WILL FIGHT FOR WHAT I KNOW WHEN I AM RIGHT. THE CURRENT ACADEME IS MUCH MORE COMPETITIVE THAT IT WAS DURING YOUR ANCIENT TIME. SO YOU CAN'T IMPOSE YOUR TRADITIONS ON ME. I APOLOGIZED BUT THAT WAS OUT OF RESPECT. MY MOM TAUGHT ME WELL. I WILL NEVER FORGET TO RESPECT YOU. BUT IF YOU WANT TO UNDERSTAND ME, THEN LEARN TO LISTEN. IF YOU JUST WANNA SCOLD ME AND NOT HEAR ME OUT, THEN LET IT REST. I HAVE OTHER THINGS TO DO.

After my Mom, I called Fa. Eto nananananaanaman eh...

HINDI MO KASI NAIINTINDIHAN!