As Told By Renk

la la la

2009-04-16T17:14:00.002+08:00

04.16.09

Q. Ave. MoA. Silent Hill: Arcade. Fast and the Furious 4. Starbucks. Orange Shuttle. _____ Monster. Magic Guy. Rod. :)

La La La La La La La La. ^__^

gaming with melbs

2009-04-12T21:55:00.005+08:00

Weee! Today Rod came over for a whole day of Silent Hill-Star Wars-Kungfu Panda-MK vs DC-Left4Dead action! Wahahahah!! A whole day of gaming with Melbs. ^__^

Hahahah. Rod arrived at about 11am and he brought with him his Xbox 360 console, as well as heaps of games he wanted for us to try out and play. Hahahah. Super enjoy!!! ^__^ Hahahah. We ate lunch first, and after that we started trying out the games he brought starting with Silent Hill. Hahahah!!

Silent Hill: Homecoming was fun to play! And it was my first time to play using xbox controllers, hahahah. Had to first get used to the controls, and luckily it was quite easy to understand naman, much like playstation ones. :) The letters are just different and there were more buttons too. :p Heheh! We were able to play the game for a while, but unfortunately, the CD gave up on us so we had to resched it nalang, wahahahahahahah. Excited much! ^__^

We also played Kungfu Panda, Star Wars, Mortal Combat vs. DC as well as our hobby, Left4Dead. Hahahah. It was my first time playing L4D using the Xbox version of the game, but it was still fun! Hahahah! As usual, Melbs saves me from the zombies, wahahahah! XD Too bad we weren't able to escape in the end though, even after 3 attempts. Practice pa. XD Hahahah!

After getting exhausted from playing, we watched and finished Nodame Cantabile. ^__^ Hahahah. Sweet ending, waaaaaaaa. Very nice. ^__^ Im gonna watch again so I can focus more on the dialogues. Hahahah. ^__^ Chiaki and Nodame. Aww. :)

Dinner time and we ate dinner together! Hahahahah! Kwentuhan ng madami, hahahah. Reminisce, hahahah. Funny moments, "huli" moments atbp. Hahahah. Too bad it was late already so Melbs had to go home. Heheheh. Would've wanted to listen more! ^^v Waaaa! Heheheh.

Hayun, gaming day with Melbs. Hahahah! Weee! Thanks Melbs for the fun fun day! ^__^ Miss!

bfec at amana

2009-04-10T17:24:00.002+08:00

BFEC. ^__^

Went to Bulacan today with Edel, Jane and Jason (Edel's and Jane's aquiantance) to visit my bef Flor for the summer!!!! Super on the spot vacation galore, hahahahah. Got informed lunch time and we left late afternoon for an overnight stay at bef's house in Pandi, Bulacan. ^__^

Hahahah. Jane dropped by at our place 5pm, and we met with Edel and Jason at 7-Eleven. We tried to wait for a Baliuag-destined bus, unfortunately, we waited for about 15 minutes at Abad, and there was only one bus, and it was full. We then decided to go to Divisoria, straight to the bus terminal near Tutuban. Hahahahah. It was Holy Friday, and it didn't surprise me that there were so few people in Div. Wahahah. Walang tao masyado, parang ghost town, wahahahahah! Funny. ^_^ Anyhow, after asking for directions from the friendly and very accommodating manongs on the sidewalk, we found the deserted German *pronounced as 'herman'* bus terminal and proceeded to board the last bus to Bulacan.

Hahahah. Along the way, we had so much fun catching up with each other's lives. It was in the early years of high school when we last got together, I think. And it was really very nostalgic, talking about our old classmates, aquaintances and such. "Ano nang balita kay [insert name of elem classmate here]?", "May family na si _____??" Wahahah! The bus trip was so fun! Hahahah!! Although when it got dark already, we all settled down na rin. :p Hahahah!! We got off at the bus terminal at Bocaue and waited for bef to pick us up. :)

I was looking for her trademark motorbike, but got surprised because she picked us up by car. Wow. Her business was successful enough to buy her kahit a secondhand car na. Wow. :) Heheheh. She's still practicing her driving though, ahahahah. We ate at Jollibee for dinner and then drove back to their apartment. When we got there, she rented another door pala, hahahah. So she lives separately with her younger siblings. Haaay, napakaraming responsibilidad ni bef! Family, business and her own family. She also told us Randy would be arriving this May. Weee! :)

And then, the kwentuhan turned to an inuman con videoke night, wahahahahah!!! We sang like crazy while taking shots of brandy, kulit nila, andaya ko daw bakit daw ako line of 9 palagi, wahahah. Its probably because I sing loudly, but they won't believe me mehn. Hahahah! And they were teasing, and teasing, and teasing me coz I was texting Rod all the while, wahahah. Salbahe nila, bully ako! XD After that, we then went outside to buy footlong!! Ako unang nakaubos, antakaw ko daw! Wahahahahahahah!!! XDDDD

Tickets.

We slept late, or should I say early already and woke up at 6. Hahahah. After coffee and tinapay, we went to the Amana resort complex at Pandi. The weather was sooooooooo searing hot that day mehn, grabe. Waaaaaaaah!!!! And having been to two swimming outings already, my epidermis was not so happy about this, wahahahah! It was painful to be under the sun for a long time, waaaa. Even with sunblock. Huhuhuh. So most of the time, I was just at our cottage. Heheheh, texting Melbs. :p

Elem buddies. :)

The resort was still unfinished and because of that, there were only 2 pools available and the shower areas were filled with people almost always. Tsk. My clothes already dried and I just showered back at bef's place nalang, whew. Another kainis thing that happened that day was that I was supposed to get Henna tattoos, but unfortunately, I'l have and OT the next week, and a Henna on my hand would be too conspicuous. I didn't want to put it anywhere else though, what's the point of hiding it? XD

When we got back to bef's place that night, we just ate dinner and had to go right away since we were trying to catch the last bus home. We said goodbye to her and promised we'd be back soon, and then rode the jeepney back to the terminal. Unfortunately, we didn't catch the Divisoria bus so we had to ride the Cubao one. Hahahah. We got off at Kamachile, took a jeep, another jeep and I was home. Heheheh.

Really, really enjoyed the day!! Seeing my first barkada, my inaanak Alex. Mehn, BFEC again. Suddenly feeling sentimental and nostalgic, huhuhuhuh. My friends ever since elementary. Haaaaaay. Wanna spend more time with them soon. ^__^ Thanks Flor, Edel and Jane! (Si Jason na nga din. :p)

splashing at splash island

2009-04-05T23:10:00.003+08:00

Splash Island!

My family and Rod and Ate Leslie went to Splash Island today. We were so bored at home and since it was my Ate's day off, we decided to go have fun at Splash Island!! ^__^

Rod picked us up at around 6 am. *Thanks for the ride! ^__^* We left the house at about 7 am and we were at the resort by more or less 7:30. There was little traffic since it was a Sunday and because it was a long weekend. Heheheh. After waiting for the gates to open, we the proceeded to the inside of the resort. It was my first time there. First impression: the place was quite spacious. Apparently, the water park measures approximately 6 hectares. Hahahah. There were lots of places to go and there were a lot of mini kiosks where you can buy anything from nachos to fruit shakes. So even though the place does not allow visitors to bring food, there was absolutely no shortage of food and food varieties. ^__^

Buhangin sa resort.

The cottages and tables were free for everyone's use. So you'd just have to find yourself a nice spot and your free to stay there. :) The resort also provides lockers for the important stuff that the visitors want to keep safe, and are available for use for 100 pesos. Again, every facility in the resort, the cottages, the lockers and even the pool "rides" are "first come, first serve" so it would be advisable to go there when it opens at around 8 am. ^__^

The tickets you buy entitles the user to all the facilities inside Splash Island, meaning you are free to use, at an unlimited time and frequency, any ride that you want! Heheheh. During our stay, we managed to try most of the pool rides there for adults. Aside from the Kiddy pool and Kiddy slide, we were able to try 5 of them which I will now write in detail. ^__^

The Magellan's Drop: It's a, probably, four-storey high slide in which the person lies flat on his tummy on a foam-like sled-looking blue thingy, *hahahahah!!!* and with the aid of flowing water, slide down an alternating steep and leveled giant slide. ^__^ Hahah, so it's not actaully slanting all throughout, but there are about two or three leveled segments in the slide. So that you won't go speeding on the slide all the way to the highway, hahahah. The slide ends in a leveled area, so you just get up and walk away. Wahahahah!!

The Family Raft Ride: Located in the same complex as Magellan's Drop, its a giant slide wherein a lifeboat-looking raft is used by more or less 4 people to go down the twisty, turny green slide which will end up in a pool. Hahahah. Its not really that scary since you're with other people during the ride, but it's a fun, fun ride to try. ^__^

Wee!

The Dos Supremos: *I'm not really sure about the name, hahahah.* For more action, hahahah, this ride is a single-person ride wherein the person will just slide down the water slide and end up in the pool. Hahahah. No rafts, no salbabida's. Just you, the slide and the water. Hahah!! The thing is, you have to be shirtless though, baka daw kasi masira yung damit. Hahahah!

The Agos Grandes: The sort of main pool of the resort. A huge reactangular water-filled area wherein you just go there and have fun with the waves. ^__^ The pool continuously produces waves and its really fun to get "washed away" at first, but as you get farther away from the shore end of the pool and into the waves, the waves get a little annoying as it really pushes you and the impact force is really a bother. Wahahah!! But after that, just a bit farther, its just big swellings and the impact of the wave won't hurt as much as before. Hahah.

Issa and ate.

The Balsa River: A long, winding, looping stretch of water filled with salbabida's. Hahahah! Green, Orange, Yellow and Blue ones. Hahahah. It's supposedly a ride where people can relax and sunbathe while going down the river, hahah. But for some reason I got exhausted there. Hahah. Must be because I walked my way through it. Hahahah! Ang init kasi, hahahah. Anyhow, its supposed to be a relaxing ride, no fast waters and no steep drops. :p

The most tiring ride of them all.. XD

The Big Bam Boo: Much like the family raft ride, only this time its for two persons only. You'll ride a two-holed salbabida down a twisty, not so steep tube and end up in a pool. Heheheh. Same principle as the family raft ride. :)

The personnel were good people to, and easy to talk with. Hahah. The area was clean and there were plenty of trash cans all over the place. The lockers were enough to accommodate lots of people. There was a souvenir shop inside as well, and we even saw an ambulance, probably in case of accidents. Hahahah! The shower rooms can accommodate lots of people and it was very well-designed. And even though there were lots of people, because the place was finely layouted, there was never to many people and there wasn't much crowding. ^__^

The only thing that I find lacking in Splash Island is its lack of "normal pools". Like pools with no waves, just a simple depression on the ground that's filled with water, hahahah!! Kasi, it was exhausting to stay forever in the Agos Grandes, and what if I wasn't a fan of thrill rides? I wouldn't have enjoyed myself as much and would've ended up staying in the cottage. But that's just my comment anyhow. Hahahah.

The ride home was also traffic-free, and before we went home, we ate at seaside first. We ate crab, baked tahong and tempura! And oh well, I got the hot seat again, and they spilled on everything but the kitchen sink. Grrrr. It was so awkward, it made me cry. Mehn, that was so uncalled-for. Grrrr. Waaaaah, still not over that. Waaaaaah!

Ako si Rudolf the red-nosed reindeer.

And so we went home and concluded our family outing day at Splash Island. I got darker again, but its okay. At least I spent an entire day with the most important people in my life. :) Weee!

pet society

2009-03-29T13:38:00.004+08:00

Pet Society. Adik nako. Hahahahah!!!!

On Facebook, there's this really cute application where you're able to rear a pet, much like neopets back in the days. The owner's job is to feed, clean and play with the pet. There are also lots of things to do like decorate your pet's house, visit friends and race in the stadium for gold coins. These coins are the game's currency, which is used to buy the clothes, shoes, furniture and even change the appearance of your pet. ^__^

And I'm so thrilled by my pet cloverfield. Named after the infamous movie. Hahahah. It's so cute!!! ^__^ Here's a photo of him:

Shh. Cloverfield's sleeping.

Hahahah. He's yellow and all, droopy eyelids and pink nose. Hahahah. Kulit. ^__^

Ayun lang, my new past time. Hahahahah. Please let the vacation fly by faster. :p Hahahah!!

layout 6

2009-03-28T16:13:00.004+08:00

Hahahah, bye bye to the grumpy layout because Renk's not so grumpy anymore.. :p Hahahah!! Hmm, off with a new start since it's also the start of a new year at PLM-CM. Second year nako!! Heheheh. And maybe a few more new starts. Ahahah!!

Anyhow, without further ado, here is my sixth layout for ice, *drum roll..*

Heheheh. Green and white. With some abstract, floral thingamajigs on the side. Wahahahah!!

Green daw is the color of balance, growth and learning. Pretty symbolic of the next few months to come. ^__^ Heheheh. Yey!

Happy new layout to icepoints. :)

left4dead

2009-03-25T16:31:00.002+08:00

What makes a game cool? Hmm. Usually, words like zombies, action-packed, strategy, shooting, gore would come into mind. Wahahah. Which was exactly what I thought after playing left4dead for the first time. XD Wahahah!!

The game is basically a shooting game. Reminiscent of counter strike, wahahah. Maximum of four players per faction, you can either take the zombie side, or the human side. The aim of the game is for the humans to make it to a "Safe Room" at the end of every stage, and of course, its the zombies' duty to not let them reach that room. Hahahah! Four stages, and at the final stage, instead of a safe room, the humans will have to defend themselves against hoards of life-leeching, blood hungry zombies while waiting for rescue!! Waaah! And did I mention that they're gonna be running towards you from all directions??? Wahahahah!!! Panic mode!! XD

The humans are equipped with guns and granades, as well as health kits scattered throughout the vicinity. The zombies on the other hand, have no weapons; instead they are equipped with special abilities and are categorized based on them. 5 categories - Boomer, Hunter, Smoker, Tank, Witch. :p Based on what I've seen so far, Boomers are those big chubby zombies that sprays the humans with slimy green stuff that attracts zombie hoards. Hunters are the type who pins down the humans and disables them. Smokers have this long, long tongue thing that wraps around the victim which it uses to drag the person towards him. The tank are big-muscled, war-freak zombies that has a relatively large life and not readily easy to kill. Lastly, the witch is a frail, thin, creepy-looking zombie that only attacks when disturbed. It always targets the one who attacks it so beware. Nyahahah!!

It was actually Rod, Yel, Jojo and TM that introduced me to this game. XD After going to school for a supposed promotion list, we went to Makati and before going home, we dropped by Arena to play Left4dead. Wahahahah!! Fun, super!! Hahahaha! De-stressing. Hahahahah!!!! Especially when you kill those big, fat, chubby zombie persons. Hahahah!! They explode and splash blood all over. Whew. XD And another funny thing was that my teammates always protected me so I got the least damage in the whole game. And I also had the most number of friendly fires owing to my lack of accuracy and random firing. Kawawa naman sakin yung mga kakampi ko. Wahahahah!!! But I was glad that somehow I was able to make up for it by saving/helping my teammates the most number of times. Hahahahah. Funny. XD And because we were four, we were kind of looking out for each other in pairs. Me (renkars) and Rod (the patriot) on one hand, and Yel (yel) and TM (braveheart) on another. Wahahah, ika nga ni Rod, yel and TM had a sort of bromance thing going on in the game since Yel was so intent on not leaving TM behind. Hahahahah. They save each other very often! Hahahahah!! As Rod always saves me. :p Hahahah!! Kulit! XD

So that's about it. Hahahahah. Left4dead, a super enjoy game. Especially when played with super enjoy company. More left4dead!!! ^__^

laiya!

2009-03-21T09:40:00.010+08:00

Its section A's year ender outing!! Heheheh!! Last time, we went to Laguna for a pool party, wahahah!! And this time, we were off to the beach! To the white sands of Laiya, Batangas. ^__^

Sec A at Laiya

March 17-18, after all the academic duties have been fulfilled, meaning tapos na din ang ethics play, lumayas ang 17 tao ng Section A para magdetox sa beach!! Hahahah!! Yey!!

Kabayan Resort is just one of the many many resorts along the shores of Batangas. If I remember correctly, it took us almost 4 hours from Manila to Batangas in a private van. Left Manila about 7am and we got there by 12nn. And there it was, the beach!! Weeeee!!!

Beach bound by mountains

I have always, always wanted to go to the beach! Ayaw ko na ng pool.. Pools are so boring... XD Hahahahahah!! Peace!! ^__^ And I was sooo very excited to go to Laiya, and it didn't fail my expectations!!! The beach was sooo cool!! Wala ring masyadong tao, and we had most of the beach to ourselves. Heheheh. Wala ring townsfolk, it was really a resort. Just for the weary vacationers. :p

Our cottage was priced at 10k, and it can hold 15 people, but since we were 18 (plus kuya driver), we had to pay an extra fee. But it was just naman. Hahahah! It had 2 bedrooms with AC, two bathrooms, a cable TV, a ref, cooking and dining area. Heheh. And you can already see the beach from the house! Cool!! ^__^

So Ate Annie, Lean, and Kathy cooked food for us, while we, the "anaks" were waiting by the table. Hahahah. Feed us, feed us!! XD Wahahahah!! Other classmates also brought food din. Heheheh. We had fish, chicken, pork and fruits. Hahahah!! And after that, we went to the beach, mid-afternoon for beach volley, sand castle making and of course, swimming. Nakakatuwa!!!!! Hahahah!!

Beach volley. ^__^

The beach was wide enough to accomodate a mini volley court, as well as a spot to sunbathe at some benches and still a place to play with the sand. And being the excited person that I am, siyempre, may I swim ako agad! Hahahah!! Excited!! XD Hahahahah!! The waters were clear and the sand was fine. There weren't ant sharp pointy coral fragments on the shore so it was alright to walk barefoot. At a few meters from the shore, the water was still probably about 6 feet, high tide so there was plenty of room to swim around. Hindi agad malalim yung beach. Heheheh.

Sand gliding, hahahah!

After that, we went seashore walking!! Hahahah. Taking random shots of everyone and blinding everyone with camera flash. Wahahahahah!! Nakakatawa!! XD We were walking and running like lost kids. Hahahah. Hanggang sa umabot kami sa may delta area. :) A river was emptying into the sea. Cool, it was my very first time to see a delta. ^__^ We then went back for dinner after that. Hahahah. As usual, hindi ako ang nagluto. It won't be edible!! :))

Then a bit of kwentuhan/inuman/tawanan/sayawan/frisbee-han moments on the beach! It seemed as if we were the only ones to spend the night at the resort, so the heck, we were all shouting and singing loudly by the bay!! :p Hahahahah!! Sayaw Pipay, sayaw!! :)) And I got defeated by Kris sa frisbee. Mehn, she was so competitive! Hahahah! She was practically jumping just to catch the frisbee! Hahahah!! Eh I didn't want to get sand on my clothes so I was a bit more careful. Hahahah!! Anyhow, a win is a win and the final score was 2.5-5 in favor of Kris. And don't ask how I got that .5 na. Wahahahah!!

We slept that night at about midnight ata? And I woke up, along with my roommates at about 7am. Hahahah! And then I remembered the boating/snorkeling thingy booth on the shore, and asked everyone if they wanted to snorkel. Hahahah! And hoorah! We all went snorkeling! Nyahahahah!! 10 folks rented the gear while the other 6 was left in the boat. Edz opted to stay at the beach house to take care of our things. :) Heheheh.

Snorkel adventures

Fun!!!! So much fun!! Hahahah! It was my second time to snorkel and I must admit that I think I'll never get enough of it! Heheheh!! Sana maexperience ko na din ang SCUBA. Mehn.. So many things to do, so little funding. Wahahahahah!!! Sige na nga, so little time na din! XD

Anyhow, after an hour of feeding fishes, coral stalking and watching Jojo swimming underneath, we went back to the resort. We ate lunch and then prepared for the journey back to the city. Heheheh. We left the place at 2pm. Heheheh. We took a few group pics and proceeded to a 3 hour ride home. But along the way, we decided to drop by Kei's place in Calamba kasi coding pa yung van. Hahahah!! Ang cute nung pamangkin ni Kei. ^__^ And they had a mini-garden with a swing! Inggit!! Gusto ko din ng swing sa bahay! :D Hahahah!

Swing swing swing!

After arriving back at P. Gil, we ate dinner at McDo and went home. Heheheh. Ang saya!! Kahit nangitim kami, worth every melanin pigment. Hahahahah!!!! Just wished we had more time to bond. :) Bitin!! Hahahah!!

In our cozy beach house

The Laiya getaway was super fun fun! Hahahah! Wished we had more classmates there. But anyhow, hopefully next year we'd still have vacations for 1A. ^__^ Anticipating. :p

photoblog

2009-03-15T20:26:00.001+08:00

Hahahah!! Copied this from Sith's multiply, which he copied from some post in livejournal which I will now post here in blogger. Whew. Hahahah!!

Very amusing and intriguing. Hahahah!!

Ano kayang kalalabasan??? :p

1. A picture of you in your room

2. A picture with someone you don't really like

3. A picture of you very drunk

4. A picture of you on your birthday, or your fave holiday
5. The youngest picture you can find of yourself in digital form

6. A picture of you in one of your fave outfits

7. A picture of you making a goofy face at the camera
8. A picture you might have edited to make yourself more attractive
9. A picture of a night you regret

I honestly, have no night I regret. :)

10. A picture of you being truly yourself

11. The most recent picture of you

12. a picture of you being absolutely ridiculous

13. A picture of you showing a new haircut/color

14. A picture of a time in your life that's over but you wish it wasn't

15. A picture of a time in your life that's over, and you couldn't be more thankful that it is
16. A picture of you when you were anything but happy

Wala akong makita. XD Akalain mo nga naman! :))

17. A picture of you that you had no idea was being taken
18. A picture of you when you were a different person than you are now

Wala din. XD

19. A picture of you with someone you love

20. A picture of how you'd like the world to see you

21. A picture that describes how you'd like to spend every day

22. A picture of a time when everything was changing

Can't find any. :p

23. A picture that makes your heart hurt

24. A picture that makes your heart smile

25. A picture of one of the best days/nights of your life

Heheheh. And that's about it. My very first photoblog. ^_^

blissfulness

2009-03-12T20:47:00.007+08:00

Heheh. Happy!! ^__^

I am happy!! Yehey!! Hahahahah!! Can't explain. Don't want to explain. Hahahahah!! Happy that I found new company, happy that I've made people happy, happy that people are happy around me, happy that I'm free of complications, happy that my efforts are very much repayed *thank You po, super. :)*.

Nakakaiyak, slightly lang naman. But it's true, heheh. Natutuwa ako, na somehow, I've managed to survive my first year at the PLM College of Med. I know, I know, neuro finals are still up tomorrow. Heheheh. But I feel the happy stuff starting to come out from everywhere! Hahahah!

Natutuwa ako na I've gotten to know a few classmates, even though the SY's about to end. Heheh. Natutuwa ako na nakakwentuhan ko pa sila TM, sila Mareil, sila Jojo, sila A , sila Kei and sila Rod. ^__^ Heheheh. They're good people and I feel happy with their company. Heheheh. Nakakahiya ngalang, na most of the time, eh treat ni Rod, but we really have fun and walang complications whatsoever. ^__^ We even had a "neoprint" done yesterday after our biochem exam. Ang Wednesday group. Hahahah. Unfortunately, I don't have a scanner so I can't post the pic here. But Jojo's pose was HILARIOUS!!! Tawa ako ng tawa!! Parang wala nang bukas!! Wahahahahah!!!

I'm happy that I've made people happy. Heheheh. *Ayan, gumagana na ang lacrimal glands ko. Heheh.* In the short time that I've gotten to know my classmates, natutuwa ako, na minsan, may nagsasabi ng "thank you!" na as in nakikita mo na natutuwa talaga sila sa inoffer mong help. Nakakatuwaaaaa!!! ^__^ Yung hindi mo ineexpect, na parang akala mo hindi naman importante, but it meant a alot for them. Those moments almost make me feel emotional. Hahahah. Although parang may default answer nako kapag ganun, "nyok". Ahahah!! Para tuloy di ko naaappreciate, pero honest to goodness, swear, nakakapagpasaya ng buhay. :D Thank you din, heheheh. Sana naman maiparating ko din ang aking thanks someday. :)

Happy that people around me are happy. Of course, we're not talking superficial happiness here, and hindi rin ibig sabihin na 100% happy lahat. Siyempre, minsan may mga not so happy times, but I'm happy that everyone's generally happy. Hahahah. Natutuwa ako na kahit papano, I can contribute din in my own little way na mapasaya ang mga taong kailangan ng saya. *Weird line..... XD* Heheh, and to Kris, natatawa ako sa request mo, but sure, I'll watch Katy Perry's concert with you. Hahahah. Kakanta tayo ng "Thinking of You!" :))

I'm happy that I'm free of complications. Heheheh. Although we're not as close as before, I really appreciate that Fai and I still talk. Malaking bagay na kahit minsan, may onting tawanan. Heheheh. Icebreaker. :) I'm happy that I am in good terms with everyone, and civil with a few. Heheheh. Wala namang masamang tinapay sakin, siguro tinapay lang na hindi ko gusto yung flavor. But edible, still. Hahahahahah!!

Happiness that my efforts are repayed. Heheheh. Thank You talaga, heheh. Salamat po sa masayang taon sa med. Heheh. At first, I wasn't sure if I could pull it off, and although I still don't want to saya nything until I get my grades on the 27th, I would like to thank You for giving me the will and drive to do this, to be in this thing that I really like. Heheheh. I can't wait to pay back what is due, and when that time comes, I'd be more than happy to do that "return service" for You. ^__^

Heheheh. Masaya talaga ako. Natutuwa ako. I am so ready to meet new people, and I am so ready to know more of my current classmates. Haay. Sana ganito nalang ang buhay. Pero shempre, hindi rin naman pwedeng ganun forever. Hahahah. May kulang, hahahah. Asan na kaya?

Sana anjan na. ^__^

reviewing for finals

2009-03-07T10:51:00.004+08:00

Its me, a couple of friends, caramel macchiato and ANATOMY. Dread, dread, dread. :|

I'm desperate and I'm going to try something new: I'm going to group study outside the house. My very first study group session.

Wahahahah!!! I'm really not used to studying outside the house, more specifically outside the confines of my room. I'm not picky about the place where I study, its just that I'm easily distracted *OMG do I have a prefrontal cortex lesion????*

And because it is ANATOMY, just my weakest subject in the lot, then I am willing to take my studying habits one step further!!!! XD Wahahahah!!!!

Anyhow, hopefully it'll be successful and I'd get better grades once I take the exam on Monday. And we're also gonna write the script for the Med Ethics play later, so we need both inspiration and creativity as well. :)

Whew, anyhow, off I go to Harbor Square now. Haay, wish ko lang talaga magwork to! ^__^

whew!

2009-03-03T14:35:00.008+08:00

It's been too long!!!! Ang tagal ko nang hndi nagblog!!!!! XD Hahahahah!!

Kasi naman, ang toxic! Errr!!! Super toxic, plus pc malfunction = no blog entry. Ahahahah! So what happened from my last entry up till now?? Hmm. Medyo marami din, but I can't quite remember them all. Waaaaa. Sayang ang memories... Hindi ko naisulat. >.<

All I remember was that I went to school, got home, ate dinner, slept, woke up the next day, prepared for school and repeated the cycle over and over. XD Wahahah!!! Hmm, Valentine's day, I was at home. Feb 24 was my sister's 13th birthday party, which was fun. :p We had a mini party here at the house and we invited her classmates and teachers.

Issa's birthday cake

And that probably was the most significant thing that transpired while I was gone. And now, I shall write about my current happenings. :p

It's over!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The lectures, laboratories, case conferences, lab conferences, etc., etc. are all done! Finished! Yey!!!!! Woot!!!! Our last day of class was Feb. 27. And now, the only thing left to do is to take the fourth shifting exams, final exams and the Med Ethics play on the 16th. :p

And speaking of the shifting exams, we are now on our second day of the fourth shifting exams, yet another hell week as we all would like to call it. Monday was Gross Anatomy and today was Physio. Tomorrow would be Biochem, next is Histology and FCM1 and on Friday are Neuroana and Med Ethics. Whew!!!! Toxic!! Super toxic since after this 4th shifting week is over, we are going to start again with the Finals Week. Mehn!!!!! And we only have a weekend to prepare!!!!!!!!!!! Waaaa! 2 days!!!! 2 effin days to read thousands of pages of everything from 11-cis-retinal to sternocleidomastoid. Dare I say everything but the kitchen sink? o_O

And in my desperation, I even bought a BRS (Board Review Series) book for Gross Ana because that subject is just plain evil!!!!! The book summarized the key points I need to remember for the subject and hopefully it would help me in the finals. I hate Ana. Mehn. Sana Physio nalang... Boo.

At siyempre, gaya nga ng sabi sa "24 Oras", kung may bad news, siyempre, may good news!! Wahahahah!!!! Our group, Section A Group3, won third place in the first Clinicophysiological Conference last Feb 27!!! Hoorah!!! Our case was Cor Pulmonale secondary to Emphysema. Weeeeee!!! Congrats to my groupmates Web, Arls, Jam, Mikko, Mareil, Mark, Lean, Edz, Nathan and Kristine!! Yehey!!! Sulit ang Yellowcab. :))

At Bulwagang Manilenyo, CPC 2009

So now, all I should think about is the exams. And hopefully I would get high enough grades to maintain my scholarship. Good luck, and God bless. ^__^

pc pc pc

2009-02-11T17:03:00.005+08:00

Pc pc pc. I'm having a very hard time right now as I realize how so very dependent I am on technology. Our pc is now "malfunctioning" and it seems as if at any moment, its gonna crash. Hahahah.

Current pc state: No start icon, no taskbar, can't burn, can't copy-paste, can't move files, can't play sound (prolly due to the soundcard program malfunction) and most especially, it can't sync my iPod. T___T I wanna listen to Jason Mraz's "Lucky" some more.. Boooo......

I can't type reports, I can't make powerpoint presentations, I can't download uploads in our school yahoogroups, I can't update my med files since I can't transfer files from/to the pc. Very debilitating?? Heheheheh. I even lost my will to blog. Tsk.

My files are in constant danger. My 6GB music is definitely something that I would "grieve" for if our pc would crash. Mehn, Song by song, I have accumulated these beloved files of mine and in the blink of an eye, they'll all be gone!!! T__T And don't get me started on my med files and thesis files.. Haay.

Tomorrow I shall transform into a computer technician, as I will do my very first operation - pc operation that is. Hahahah. My kind-hearted classmates are kind enough to lend me their OS installer and to step-by-step guide me to computer reformatting 101. Wahahahah. And this I'm gonna do while studying for neurophysiology and neuroanatomy. Weee!

Anyhow, seems like I'm still gonna be able to keep our files if all goes well. I can't burn/transfer to usb our files so all I can do is to wait till after the reformatting is done. Haaist. Please let it be successful... *crossing fingers*

PS: A happy birthday to Krisette Bautista. :)

bagaberde night

2009-01-31T13:49:00.008+08:00

Haay. I just got home after spending the night in Arl's place in Intramuros. I slept freezing over the AC that blew 16 degrees of cold breeze the whole night. I slept at Liz's bed yesterday, and of course, because its not my bed, my muscles are aching. But I'm very very thankful that they invited me to stay. Thanks gurls. ^__^

Earlier that evening, the whole lot of med studens flocked over to Bagaberde along Roxas Boulevard, near Pier One. It was a fund-raising event organized by the MARSF people (Medical Alliance Rendering Service to Fellowmen) for a new ECG machine for the Ospital ng Maynila. Fun night, quite boring during the start, but all-in-all it was still enjoyable till the end. But there's definitely more room for improvement. :)

That night was crazy-weird. Errr. People, people, people, issues, old classmates, new classmates, old stuff, new stuff. Halo-halo na. Haay. Crazy night.

Issues, ensuing that evening made my evening quite "low". I lost my hype. Errr. Complicated stuff. All I can say is that sometimes, I just want to be alone with just me and myself. That's probably it. And I bet in a few months time, I'll be mouthing the words "Leave me alone." Konti nalang, I can feel it.

The night was a happy occassion too though, since old classmates were there, especially Lala whom I haven't seen since last year. :) Nicole, Cae, Ton, Tomi, Joyce, Kia, Odie, Ross, Roy and Dai were also there to celebrate. Heheheheh. Mini-reunion. ^__^

Bar peeps?? XD

Bar life is not as fun without good company. If you're with some poeple you are not comfortable with, pangit. If you're with persons who just want the same people, excluding everyone from the crowd, pangit lalo. It would be better if you just go where you please and not force company of other people. And I mean forcing company to people, and from people. Haay. I know it sounds weird and all that, but I really don't want to elaborate anymore.

In essence, thanks to the event we got to see old friends and got to hang out with new friends. :) And thanks to the event too, I had some realizations that might just be the start of another chapter of my weirdo, unpredictable, crazy med life.

turgsh

2009-01-29T19:08:00.005+08:00

Turgsh. Its not a word. Its a statement.

I got my anatomy exam results today. Shet, I got 69 out of a hundred. 60 is the passing score for the lec exam. As for the practicals, I got a whopping 33 with 30 as the passing score. Crap. Shoot. Very very low for my scholarship maintenance. Ack.

I don't know what happened to me this third shifting. I got low scores. Low scores that shouldn't even exist in my point of view. Something is wrong with me and the enormity and the importance of grades is clearly not making its mark on my brain. Arrrrrrgh. What can I do?? I DON'T EFFIN KNOW.

Oh, and before I forget, did I even mention my biochemistry exam resulted in my having an all-time low of 55/100? Is that even a score? Gawd, 45 mistakes. 45 mistakes!!! Who makes 45 mistakes???? NOBODY but ME!

Struggle. I am now in struggle mode. I am too afraid to calculate for anything, and therefore I shall just wait for the actual grades to come out. F. F. F.

I am supposed to be good at this. Life sciences people. But the hell, what the hell is happening to me. My study habits, or lack thereof has brought me to this.

Last shifting. Last shifting exam. Finals will be next. Please, please, help me. I need inspiration.

grumpy

2009-01-27T14:25:00.005+08:00

Updates.

Third shifting exam week is over. Whew, finally. Crappiest shifting exam I have ever taken. Grades aren't out yet, and I have a weird feeling I won't have high grades at all. BELIEVE ME BECAUSE I AM NOT USED TO SAYING THINGS THAT I NEVER REALLY MEAN. I even have a feeling that I'm gonna fail.

Crappy. Errrrrr.

I bought new shoes today, since I can't use my other pair anymore because this certain person from section C has the same, exact pair of wedges like mine. Dang it. So I went to SM Manila yesterday to look for a pair, but with and irreversible stroke of luck, all the pairs I was interested in buying were either out of stock for my size or just plain expensive. And when I went to Rob earlier today, I really liked this certain shoe and oh well, again, out of stock for my size. Fortunately though, there was a pair that eventually fit my feet. Thank you, universe. Thank you for lessening my burdens even for a bit.

Arrggh. CPCs are coming and we are now starting to prepare for it. We still don't have a diagnosis on our case but we do have an inkling as to what it is. We think, that generally, it's heart failure. What the cause is, what kind it is or how certain we are about our analysis, we're still not 100% sure. But that's a start.

Unfortunately, yesterday, 6 people from section C got mugged. Mehn, the bags were inside the classroom, open to everybody's view, easily seen and yet 6 people lost wallets, cellphones and bags even. Wow. Nice security people.

Fourth shifting is looming. And after the exams, its time for the finals. How I wish I would have the motivation to work on my lagging-behind subjects so that I could compensate for this crappy third shifting.

*Sigh* The things I could do just for a bit more energy, drive, motivation and inspiration. Does anyone have an extra limbic system here? Mind if I could borrow?

3rd shifting detox

2009-01-25T05:43:00.007+08:00

Nagdetox ako kahapon after a barrage of never-ending questions from our week long third shifting exams. Whew!!! Grabe, I've never felt so harassed and so tired after shifting exams prior to this one. Wahahah. Harrased talaga eh no? XD But its true!!! Sobrang hirap ng exams. Especially Physio and Biochem. Dang.

Anyhow, I spent Saturday with a very good friend of mine, chong Kenneth. Nagdetox kami kahapon, at super enjoy namin ang Saturday!!! XD

We first went to Galleria, since both of us still haven't been to galle. Ahahahah. Nagmeet kami sa Buendia, which according to chong, is synonymous to Gil Puyat. Hahahaha. Ngayon ko lang nalaman yun!!! XD Wahahah!!!

And then after riding the Ayala bus, we got there and decided to eat first before watching "Underworld: Rise of the Lycans". So we ate at Cafe Mediterranean and I ate Eggplant Parmigiana, which was very very tasty!!! Ang sarap. ^__^ It had lots of mozarella. Yum, hahahah!!!

After that we watched the movie. Hmm, I think the movie was a bit mediocre. Hmm. From my perspective, it could've used more/better special effects. I mean, the plot had a lot of potential, but it was somehow dulled by the lack of detail and intricacies which made me think that maybe, maybe lang ah, the movie was on low budget?? I dunno. I mean the props were good, but hey, the one and a half hour story was almost fully shot at this huge tower, a forest and a "throne room". I mean, c'mon people. Sayang, there were so many things the director/production could've done to improve the movie. Then again, it was alright, I guess. And the fact that everyone was expecting Ms. Beckinsale and didn't see her, at least till the movie was over, was also very dissapointing???? O baka ako lang yun, since I didn't even bother to read the cast. Maybe the producers were relying on Kate's appearances on previous installments to save on advertising and publicity for said movie... Whatever, Hahahah!!

After that, we decided to mall hop and proceeded to Glorietta. Again, we rode the Ayala bus and when we got there, nagdecide kaming mag Timezone. Waaah!!!!!!! Natalo ako sa basketball, of course, naman, kalaban ko daw ba si chong, asa pa ako. Final score: 38 ako, 146 si chong. Kamusta naman yun. Hahahahah. Dapat yata talaga ginulo ko si chong habang nagsh-shoot. Nyahahah!!!! >:)

And then we played this new arcade game "Silent Hill". I am a huge, HUGE fan of the series and when I saw it on Timezone, mehn, was I so very very excited to play the game. Ang ganda!!! Ang galing!!! Waaah!!!! At first the graphics were very simple, and there were a lot of dull moments, wahahahah. Eh kasi naman, sometimes the characters are just talking and walking, no zombie-bashing action for seconds at a time. Hahahah. And then as we played through, ayun, gumanda na din ang plot. And I realized that mali pala ako sa graphics thing, kasi nga arcade game siya so I would be over-the-line optimistic kung gusto kong makakita ng graphics katulad ng sa PS games. Hahahah. Stupid. XD But it was great!!! The kind of game that you'd really want to finish. Plus, the SH trademark of shifting to parallel dimensions were there too! The bosses are not that hard to beat, but the characters take a lot of damage from one swipe. 100 hearts is the maximum health, and you'd only be lucky to encounter a few health drinks along the way. The zombies and creatures are also those familiar "faces" in the SH series. Cool game. Very, very, very. ^__^

After that, we were looking for a place where we can play billiards, but unfortunately, I had to go to Greenhills to meet with my sister. So I figured we can settle our 3-3 score some other time and we were thinking of inviting Yim and Kiwi. Hahahahahah. Yim is chong's classmate and Kiwi is my classmate. Bonding kaming apat. XD

Anyhow, the day was concluded after a bit of shopping at Greenhills, and dinner at Mini Shabu-shabu. Ang bano ko mag-gawa ng sauce. Wahahahah. Anyhow...

It was a great day and I really had a great time with chong. Things are settled now and reaffirmations, confirmations, clarifications are all done. :) Heheheh. Thanks chong, for everything, from before till who knows when, salamat. ^__^ You are one of the best friends I have. :)

And my neurophysio download is finished, and I'm gonna open the zipped folder in a short while and intoxicate myself once more. Mehn, one detox is just never enough!! Waaaah!!!

3rd shifting exam

2009-01-23T18:31:00.005+08:00

Gawd, finally. Its Friday. Exams over. I don't care anymore. I don't want to think about anything anymore. Waaah! The hardships and the five straight days of inhumane studying conditions are over. I am exaggerating... Or am I?? :| Well, I guess I'm safe for the moment. At least for the moment. T__T

Now that the hell-iest hell week is over, I shall burden myself more by posting the exam coverage so that I wouldn't forget. Arrrggghhhhh. This is the crappiest shifting exam I have ever taken and I wouldn't want to repeat this experience again, so here, gaze upon the evil known as the third shifting exams:

Gross Ana

Pelvic contents peculiar to male and female
Perineum
Skeletal and Articular System; Skull and Cranial Fossa
Thoracic cage, Vertebral column and canal
Bones and joints of UE and LE
Muscular sys generalities and shoulder region
Axilla, arm and back
Elbow jt., forearm, wrist and hand

Physiology

Gonads
Adrenals
Thyroid
General Endoc
Hypophysis and hypothalamus
Pancreas
GI
Calcium and Phosphate metab

Biochemistry

Carb metab II
Lipid metab I
Lipid metab II
Protein metab I
Protein metab II

Histology

GI
GI accessory organs
Endoc
Renal

FCM1

Intro to Biostat
Data collection
Data presentation
Measures of Central Tendency
Demography
Vital Statistical Rates and Ratios

Neuroanatomy

Medulla
Pons
Midbrain
Cranial Nerves (I-XII)
Cerebellum and cerebellar connections
Basal Ganglia
Thalamus
Hypothalamus

Med Ethics 1

Intro to Med Ethics
History/Hippocratic Oath
Human person/Act
Conscience
Good Doctor
Schools/Foundations of thought
Decision making

To think, that at this point in time, all of the above-mentioned topics should already be mastered by me. MY GAWD. No, I wasn't even able to finish the entire thing and we're talking mastery here?? Mehn, I only got to read all of it, but not even memorize everything and least of all master the topics. Wow. Paano na ako sa finals? Sa licensure exam?? Wow.

I can feel the growing uncertainty.

happy, sad, determined

2009-01-19T13:41:00.004+08:00

I was gonna write another "Leave me alone in my own pit of despair"-ish entry when I read Jacque's comment. Awww. See!!! Like I always thought, Maan and Jacque have too many things in common. Magkadugtong na kayo sa bituka guys! Hahahah.

Salamat, natatawa ako ngayon. My happy hormones got a kick-start and are up and running again. Thanks, seriously. :) You guys brighten up my day in many many unexpected and unprecedented ways. Ahahahah! ^___^

But before I got side-tracked, tutuloy ko na din yung initial idea ko for this entry. But because I'm a bit more happy, I'll make this short:

I learned from someone today, a friend of mine, that physical distance really helps ease bad things between people. Weirdly enough, I feel it too. That not seeing the other party really does help lighten the burdens. Heheheh. But of course, the "thing" would still be there, but at least it'll make it more bearable until that time does come that we are all ready to turn over a new leaf. :)

Haay. So right now, I'm gonna do my best to be as invisible as possible. I won't be very blunt about it though, I think I'll make my moves a little bit subtle. But the essence of it is that I'll keep away as much as possible. Give some space to breathe, and that applies to me as well. :)

But that doesn't mean I'll get out of my way just to AVOID. I WON'T BE AVOIDING. I'll just lessen the chances of meeting. Is that avoiding? That is avoiding, right? But its not avoiding for me!!!!! Waaaa. I'm confused. But I'll stick to what I've decided. Till when? I dunno...

Anyhow, I'm now gonna lock myself in my room and study GIT, Ca and PO4 regulation, thyroid, adrenal, hypophysis, steroids, catecholamines, reproductive physiology and who-knows-what-else in the topics included for tomorrow's exam. Wish me luck!!! :)

okay

2009-01-15T21:11:00.003+08:00

Stupidity. It seems that one of my best assets is stupidity. Wow. Really wow.

Why do I do stupid things? Why?

I didn't want things to be like that, I swear to all the beings up there, above, watching me 24/7.

Awful. Bad. Ridiculously callous.

Anything that comes out of my head right now is just awful. I am cursed, cursed with a curse of being mean. I may think that what I want to do is to be good, but it always, always turns out bad. Worse. More, more worse. So worse, I am running out of superlatives for this.

Crap. That is my current feeling. But compared to that thing that I just did, this is nothing. How come? I dunno. Maybe I am just oozing with hurtful intentions. Wow. Just like those monsters you see in the movies.

Hideous.

How many times should I experience this before I figure out how I should deal with this in a proper manner? Am I even capable of doing this in a proper manner? Looks like I'm not. You say why? I say I've repeated the same mistakes over and over again. Need I say more?

Horrible. Wow. I am feeling goosebumps all over.

Torture. Its very me. It seems that I have a knack for being very thorough in inflicting pain.

I know nobody would believe me if I say this, but with all honesty, I never meant for it to be this way. Honest, honest, honest, cross my heart and hope that whatever's waiting on the other side might take me right now.

Nothing. I have nothing more to say. So many more things in my head, but I feel that what I would write would only be the same, downright evil stuff that effortlessly goes out of my brain.

Wow, I think I just turned masochistic. Ouch.

Pero ayos lang, bakit ba. Wala naman akong karapatang mag-complain. Ayos, I got hurt. At least I feel better na din, in a way. Somehow, naibalik na din sa akin yung kahit kapirasong percentage nung nagawa ko. Thanks? Is that the appropriate answer? Who knows...

That's great. Nice. Good. Alright. Let's all be happy tomorrow.

delaying tactics

2009-01-13T15:08:00.004+08:00

Mehn, I feel really bad today. I have a cold and I have a fever too. Arrgh, how am I suppose to work on my synthesis paper in this condition?? Waaaah!

A mess. A big, humongous mess. My brain, that is.

Struggling to somehow "warm-up" this frozen brain of mine, I have decided to bloghop and finally, blog a few things here. Writing exercise before the big synthesis paper. Hahahah. Would that even work? I dunno. But what the heck right? :p

So here I am, typing, typing, typing, squeezing my mind of something more proper and more decent to write while I keep stalling myself trying to elongate more this sentence before I start with another line, hopefully filled with more sense. Okay? Did I do it? No. Errrrr.

So. I now decide to write something current about my not-so-adventurous life. Hmmm. Monday was physiology. Didn't do very well at the case conference. Seemed as if hypothyroidism wasn't my thang. Hahahah. And today, Tuesday, I skipped my stupid histology lab class because its just plain nonsense. And the shifting exams are up next week, but I don't care. Hell, I just wanted to sleep. I am sick and I don't want to be more sick tomorrow, so Histo'd just have to be a sacrificial lamb. Nyahahah.

My topic for the biochem synthesis paper is actually melatonin. Everything I can possibly cram into a paper concerning melatonin. But it has to have significance in health though, but I think I can manage choosing the RRL's relevant to the topic. The thing is, its the actual writing that I'm not very keen on anticipating. Haay. Just thinking about it makes my head find enough excuses to last me another day without writing the paper. Waaaaaa. But of course, I have delayed this much too long, as I am now cramming to finish, err, start would probably be a better term, the paper which is due tomorrow. Waaaaa.

Okay. Enough "brain exercise". I think I should get to work right now. Or maybe just a few minutes later? Nyahahahah!!! XD

the twilight saga

2009-01-11T17:50:00.004+08:00

Oh yes, I am one of those people now. I get it now. Hahahahah.

Funny how I once said that the series wasn't much of a good read as it lacked depth and the mind-boggling twists that I often found in the not so many books I have read in my lifetime. I am not a fan of love stories either, and that might've added to my premature judgement. And also, I reached this conclusion after reading "New Moon" which wasn't actually the best of the whole twilight saga - in fact, it was the least fun installment of the series to read, if I may be so bold. Nyahahah.

But now that I have finished with the series, DANG. Was I so very wrong... :p

It was so thrilling, the conclusion to the story. I did not read the first book, unfortunately because I already saw the movie, and even though I know there was a bunch of actual significant scenes not included in the movie, I was racing against "exams time" and so I opted to start reading the second book anyhow.

Super spoiler alert. Beware. XD

New Moon. So so. Depressing, yes. But not to an extent that I would flinch at my imaginings of Bella's hollowness in the book. I actually kind of hated her there. And let me just make it clear that I am not an obsessive fan of Edward Cullen, so please don't burn me at the stake! XD I liked Jacob in that book though. I saw how the author pictured him as Bella's personal sun. Heheheh. That actually sounded so nice, I was actually hoping I'd find something similar to that in the real world... But anyways, it was a good read, below average for me though. Maybe a bit more teenage angst would've done the trick! But nevertheless, it was a good read. Ahh, the pain of having to lose the one you love. And the grand feeling of having the chance not to and doing things differently. What most people would give. :)

Eclipse. Great! And cool. :p I liked it. ^__^ Heheheh. Found myself turning and turning pages for more. :p Finally, all the "I'm not suited for you, I might endanger you" crap is out of the window! Yey!!! But, but, but, again, with miss Swan, she's sooooooo indecisive! Mehn, why can't she get over things and start choosing once and for all. Its clear enough that she does love Edward MORE than Jacob, so why does she still insist on keeping Jacob? And why does she keep hurting him? I dunno, its just that I was thinking that there are other ways, alternatives to the stuff she always throwed at Jacob. And what about Edward? He's still sulking, I mean he should give himself a break, and Bella should too! Mehn... Heartbreaking... But fine, fine. Its all part of a grander plan. Mwahahah!!

Breaking Dawn. My most favorite part of the series!! Yey!! Let's get rid of all the baddies! Hahahahah! And Edward and Bella had a baby! Yey!! Pretty, pretty Renesme. :p Hahahah! But I still can't believe Bella would've named her baby Edward Jacob if it would've turned out to be a boy. Talk about masochism... Anyway... I really appreciated this book. Everything about it. Characters, plot, descriptions and details, it kinda completed the series, all in all. Somehow tying up all loose ends. Heheheheh. And the encounter with the Volturi! Mehn, it was awesome! Hahahah!!! They were all creepy and stuff and with all the abilities both sides had, I never had the chance to foresee what could happen! Unpredictability, hahah, which suited the story since future-seeing Alice, my most favorite character of them all, was absent in the story, for the most part of it at least. :p But wow, just wow. It ended very very well. Tasteful, enough mushyness and humor mixed together to make the reader smile as they lived their happily ever after. :p

Ah, the feeling of just wanting to love someone. Its really great. ^__^ How I wish... :p Ahahah.

In summation, I have enjoyed the series and hopefully, the sequels for the movie would give justice to the book. Stephenie Meyer may still have plenty of room for growth, but I must say that her novel was a good read. ^__^

After all, this story was not meant to impress those who have eyes for criticism, this book was made to please those who wanted love and happy endings. ^__^

my room

2009-01-10T18:23:00.008+08:00

Hahahah. That's actually it: my room!! Hahahah. I was reading "Breaking Dawn" of the Twilight saga earlier when I had the urge to just suddenly take pictures of my room, and remember it as "karen's room while she was still struggling in her first year as a medical student". Wahahahah. I pretty much did not touch anything and just took pictures. Hahahah. The room's a mess, but as they say, its my mess and no matter how cluttered my room can get, I still know where to find all of my stuff. The human mind is very, superbly amazing! :p

So here is my south wall:

My study table:

My study table wall:

My notebooks and handouts area:

The room actually looks brighter than it seems, hahah. Its just that my 2mp phone cannot handle all those brightness and had to adjust automatically. Hahahah.

As is noticeable from the pics, my wall is quite empty, if I may say so. Heheheh. Its because I was trying to minimize distraction, because I tend to fix my gaze on stuff so I figured that if I have no wall decors, then I might actually concentrate on my study table which is full of clutter. Hahahah. But I guess that didn't make a difference since I still catch myself staring blankly into space sometimes. LOLs. XD

Also, my walls and ceiling are white, I wanted to have my room as bright as possible so that I would stay awake and not fall asleep. My floor is blue though, like my study table. Hahahah. So generally, my room is a mix of white, blue and pink. The pink was my Dad's idea by the way, maybe he thought my room should have a little more femininity in it. :p

So up I go now, I'm done with my dinner and I'm gonna continue the saga upstairs where I left it. Heheheh.

layout 5

2009-01-09T20:14:00.005+08:00

Haay, it seems that whenever I get a vacation or a short break, I tend to miss out on blogging. Hahahah. Weird since I have this tendency to blog more when I'm very toxic with acads. Or does that make perfect sense since I am actually using this to vent out some extreme and not-so-extreme emotions I experience from day to day? Hmm, ANYHOW...

Hello to a new layout! GRUMPY TOAST! Hahahah!

I chanced upon this layout while browsing this newly added twitter friend of mine, PHSocialNetwork ata, where I saw this link for free web layouts. And feeling that I need to re-do my blog so that I would be more inspired to write, the wheels just turned and after a few hours of manual HTML labor, painstakingly putting together bits and pieces of the blog *since this layout is a classic template, hence, there are no shortcut boxes for the tags, links, etc.* this is what it looks like now. :p

Heheheh. Same old "As Told By Renk", new grumpy author Renk. XD Nyahahah!!!

Oh beware: wicked thoughts are lurking, just around the corner... :p

8th of jan

2009-01-08T19:22:00.001+08:00

Happy birthday to mama and ate!!! ^____^

weee!

2009-01-07T18:34:00.001+08:00

Hello, hi!! Hahahahah. Sorry for the weird intro, I'm just very very happy today. :p

I got permission to buy that Reichter stethoscope!!! Hahahah! Yey!!

Ehem, ehem: this stethoscope would be my very first owned stethoscope in my entire existence sa mundong ibabaw. Hahahah. Hoorah! XD

But of course, it's not final until I have the stethoscope on my hands. Wahahah. Still, the thought of having my own one-of-a-kind steth! Wahahahah!!

Hoorah! I am so very very thrilled. ^__^

EDIT:
Crap, my parents had a 180 and decided that I buy my med stuff next school year instead. I hate my parents. >:(

yikee

2009-01-06T19:16:00.000+08:00

Ahahahah!! I was browsing manga earlier when I suddenly decided to drop by CLAMP's "Cardcaptor Sakura". I was planning to read this, but of course, my superly duperly demanding schedule hindered me from doing so, so I opted to just browse some pages on some random chapter. And voila! Look at what I've found, the proof to that persistent not-so-rumor-anymore talk about yukito and Touya. Wahahahah!!!

See this and more at mangafox. :p

duality

2008-12-05T22:59:00.009+08:00

Why does it have to be two? Dual. Dichotomous.

Why can't it be three? Four? Or more?

Can't it be in between? Median? Halfway?

Its always one or the other. Black or white. Night or day.

Today, I had a few "out of the ordinary" school stuff, as well as an extracurricular activity. Heheheh.

Earlier, during FCM, we had a new professor teach us about demography, Sir Biso. Heheh. He had a bit of a speech problem, but he explains the topic really well and doesn't make us feel like we're kindergartens unlike some profs I know... Err. Hahahah.

Then Neuro was next and we discussed about cranial nerves. Hahahahah. Ang dami, nakakalula. I almost fell asleep during the lecture!!! Good thing I had some paper and pen and a spark of creativity, that I was able to draw this seaside scene with a girl on a bench saying, "I want to go to the BEACH!". :p Hahahah. We were merged with sec B so we used the AVR for the lecture which made me even more sleepier and unattentive. Sorry Sir. :p

Then we watched "Patch Adams" today at Med Ethics! ^__^ It wasn't my first time watching the film, but it felt great to be able to see again such an awe-provoking, med inspirational movie. Heheheheh. ^__^

Then me and chong went to buy christmas exchange gifts for our monitas at MoA. Hahahah. We bought books because both our ka-exchange gifts wanted books. XD Hahahah. Paulo Coelho. :D Then we ate at Kitaro and then had a long walk/talk while we searched for Smart Wireless Center at the huge MoA. Hahahah. I'll really get lost if I go there alone and without no one to ask directions from. Hahahah!!!!

Lesson for the evening: dichotomy, duality, no shades of gray. Wow. Quite hard to comprehend in such short notice don't you think? :)

But it was good to have unloaded some stuff earlier, and get some new perspectives from other people. Heheh. At least, kahit papaano, ang aking makitid na utak ay lumawak kahit konti. Heheheh. I'm sure this'll occupy my head for a good few days. Kasi naman!! Naman, naman!!!! Hahahah!

Haay. I'm gonna be toxic starting next week, so this weekend will be my chance to think about things and other stuff. Heheh. I really don't know how this'll all turn out, but I do hope I can somehow fix even a few of the things I need to reevaluate on. Heheheh. One small, definitive step at a time instead of big, unsure leaps. I think this would be the best way to go. :)

So if the universe requires me to make straight, one-sided decisions, I'll try my best to reach some point of agreement so that I'd be able to answer one out of the two choices I'm constantly facing. It sure won't be easy, but I'd definitely do my best. For the things, and most especially the people who are important to me. :)

P.S. (for chong)
Cul-de-Sac link 1 and 2. It was shown November 7, 1966. Dunno if this is the same movie though. :p Nyahahah!!

24 days and counting

2008-12-01T11:52:00.004+08:00

Good morning people!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hahahah!!!! Its December 1 already. ^___^ Yey!!! Malapit na mag christmas! I can't wait! :p

Hahahah. Natatawa ako, nag December 1 lang, yung mga tao biglang nagbago ng aura. LOLs. People were posting special "wishlist for christmas" entries in multiply. Hahahah!!! Its christmas time na talaga!!!

But here I am, sick with a head ache. Ahahahah. Doing research for biochem, rearranging files for various subjects. Here, at home. Wahahahah!!

Nevertheless, I am very happy that its already December. This only means that Christmas is definitely less than a month away!!! Wahahah!!! And the best part is, CHRISTMAS VACATION!!!!!!! Hahahahah!!! Away from acads and research and exams and quizzes and case conferences! Wahahah! And near to noche buena and media noche and gifts and gatherings up until new year. :) New year????? 2009 na?? 3 years nalang doctor na ako!!! Wahahahahah!!!!

Weee! I am in such good spirits today, kahit may cold ako. Ahahah! I think its the December air... Yes. :p

And partly, probably due to my new LSS! "All I See" by Kylie, featuring Mims! Waaa!!!! I was listening to it repeatedly for like 4 hours! Wahahahahah!! Kung may recording system lang ang iPod, it would probably say I've listened to it 1 million times already!!! JOKE!!! XD

Heheh. Ano pa ba, what else do I want to write? Hmm. Oh yeah, excited na ako sa class exchange gift!!!!!!!!!! Hahahahah!!!! I dunno, although its a bit childish, the thought of receiving a surprise gift for christmas sounds fun! ^___^ Weee! Can't wait, can't wait! XD

So happy first of December, and hopefully, this would again be a December that I'll never forget. :p

edward cullen for real

2008-11-30T23:33:00.007+08:00

Hahahahah!!! Just watched Twilight yesterday!! Nyahahah!!!

Edward and ~~Karen~~ Bella :p

Okay, so this would probably be a delayed reaction, since almost everyone in class watched it last week, but hey, delayed or not, I'm still gonna scream "Edward Cullen is so hot!!!!!!" LOLs. Nag-fafangirl na naman ako. Wahahahah!!

But I couldn't help it!!!!!! He is such a great imaginary person! Wahahahah!! Errr, how I wish people like that existed. I mean, c'mon people, saan ka naman makakakita ng taong nice, intelligent, good looking, gentleman, sweet and sporty all in one package?? Wahahahahahah!!!! Fan girl entry na talaga 'to!!!!!!!!! Wahahahahah!!

Grabe, I still haven't got the chance to read the series, since I didn't want to read e-books. It kinda takes away the overall feeling of a novel. :p And so I went to the movie house, half-expecting Twilight to be just another torn between two worlds type of story, where two people who can't be together somehow manages to actually be together against all odds. But, but, but... Against all cliche, it made me impressed! So impressed that I am so gonna vow to watch every single movie of the series, which would hopefully be the case, every year!!!! Waaaaaaa!!!

Looking forward to it already! ^___^

Twilight is such an amazing romantic story. :) Awww. Kilig..? XD Hahahahahahahahahahah!!!!! *Kinikilig na naman ako.* Wahahahah!!!!!!!!!

And to think, that most people who read the book were a bit dissapointed at the movie! This only means that the book is even more romantic!!!! Waaaaaaaaa! Mehn, someone give me the series this christmas... Please?? Anyone?? XD I'm begging you. Wahahahah!!

Edward Cullen and Isabella Swan. Mehn. Meant for each other. :D Twilight is one heck of a romantic, action-packed story. ^__^

edward cullen

2008-11-28T19:50:00.007+08:00

Nope, I'm not here to talk about Stephenie Meyer's Edward Cullen. Though I must say that the motivation to write this entry mainly came from that guy, that Edward person. Wahahahah!!

Last week, on November 21st, Arjay and Arlene became an official couple! ^___^ Yey!! Heheheh! Congrats dude and gurl, may you always be happy throughout your life together. :p

And so, with the prospect of Jeans and Nathan soon being together, officially as well, I was starting to think what'll happen when the time does come. I'll be all alooooooooone. Waaaa!

But before I expound this dilemma-ish blah of mine, let me first give a short background of the topic at hand.

I entered med school together with a handful of my undergrad friends. Since we were all grouped alphabetically, I ended up with Fai, Arls, Jeans and Mareil at section A. Okay. There were 5 of us together, initially at least, wahahah. And then Fai found new company and then there was 4. And Mareil of course, would tend to go with the guys. So 3. Then Arlene and Arjay, therefore, sometimes, although not too often, Arls and dude would eat lunch together, leaving me and Jeans. Two. And right now, things are going smoothly between Jeans and Nathan, another classmate of ours, so it wouldn't be so farfetched to say that in the near future these two would be together too. So, it is now apparent that I, watashi, ako, ay kakain nalang ng lunch mag-isa? Please NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Hahahah. Okay, I'm exaggerating a bit. But its like I'm kind of feeling that I'm gonna be alone soon. :(( Waaaa. *Change song. Now playing Kylie Minogue's "All I See"* Haay. Sad. I know that we'd all still eat lunch, but the fact that we may be eating together physically but they're somewhere else, its not at all very charming. :) Heheheh.

But don't get me wrong ah!! I'm very very happy for Arls and Jeans! ^___^ Heheheh. Its just that it somehow emphasizes certain points in me, certain things that I am lacking. Ahahahah!!!

Anyhow, all of this began when a classmate asked me if my lacking of that thing is because I'm searching for Mr. Edward Cullen. Hahahah. Of course that would not be the case as I am a firm believer that waiting is better than searching for something when its still not there. Well anyways, that question would probably be the least of my worries now that I am barely maintaining my grades last semester. But somehow, it echoes and echoes in me.

Like when you go home, walk alone, stand waiting for the train and during the train ride itself... Those quiet times alone where you begin to reevaluate yourself just to pass time. Haaay. Think, think, think. 'Coz if we use our mind and take a step at a time, we can do, anything, that we wanna do! CUT!!!!!

And our discussion earlier at med ethics further contributed to this muni-muni of mine. Heheheh. Apparently, we are now at a stage more popularly placed as "Intimacy vs Isolation". Huwaw. XD Which led me to the pilosopong conclusion na its either you're intimate with someone, or you're isolated from everyone. Hahahah, what was I thinking...

Well anyways, to end this self-torture, I'll just watch Gossip Girl Season 2, Episode 8. Haay. I'd better find someone in there whose heart life make it seem as if I'm the luckier one. XD Whew!

being emo about emo's

2008-11-24T23:14:00.008+08:00

I hate emo's. Weee!!

After wasting precious time browsing friendster for old friends, and new, I came across several people who apparently claim being emo. One, then another, and then another. Wow. Annoying much..

Emo. What is the effin' definition of emo? Wait lang, check ko si Encarta.. *after 1 minute* Sabi sa Encarta 2007:

e·mo [i mṓ]

adjective
over-excitable: given to excessive displays of emotion (informal)

noun
emotional punk rock: a genre of punk rock music that began in the mid-1980s in Washington, D.C. and is noted for its thoughtful and emotional lyrics

Microsoft® Encarta® 2007. © 1993-2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

Okay.. So now that we have a definition, I can definitely say that the aforementioned people are not emo!!! Mehn!!! Category 1, the adjective emo. Excessive displays of emotion?? Does a picture of a person sitting on the floor with long bangs and such while posing for a shot illustrate excessive display of emotion?? N-O, NO!! Category 2, the noun emo. All the more that these people are not emo. Errr, unless they belong to a band with emotional lyrics..?

Anyhow, my point is, this "emo" blah is really getting out of hand. I mean, people don't even know what it means and yet they are claiming it as if it were their way of life. LOLs. I so won't believe that. Grr-ness.

Waaaaa. Kainis. Naiinis ako kapag nakakakita ako ng emo. Ang sarap niyang i-*removed by me due to the term's overflowing evil intent*. Wahahahahahahahahahahah!!!

Haay. The hell, its not even significant to me anyway. Just wanted to release some not so positive EMOtions over here. So good night, I'm going to sleep now. Zzz.

hell week-ness

2008-11-22T22:31:00.010+08:00

Waaaa! Its over.. Another hell week is over. Wahahahah!!!! Exams *not shifting exams, but quiz lang*, case conferences, lab conferences, practical exams, boring lectures and good ol' "midical itiks". *Peace! ^^v*

Hahahah. Okay, since I'm in the mood for a little detoxing, here's a rundown of my toxic week last week:

Monday
Subject: Medical Physiology
Which meant that we have a conference since last week we did an experiment as well as a case for renal physiology. Double conference this week though, since coincidentally, our schedule for lab and case happened to be on the same day. Wee! We had renal physio for lab, and a case of renal failure for the case conference. Whole day, no lectures, just me, my group mates and my professor. And some of us also had a little inspiring talk from Doc M. Thanks. :) Creatinine clearance, Na-K-2Ca ATPase pump, hematocrit. Wee.

Tuesday
Subject: Histology
Which meant that we have a practical test, since the lectures were all finished last semester. This shifting, its all laboratory. Gastrointestinal tract was the topic. Supposed to start at 7 am in the morning, but of course, the exam commenced at 9 am. Naman. There was a bit of confusion since the lab technicians weren't there to assist my oh-so-paimportante professor. Sheesh. And I got an average of 87 on the move exam. Appendix, Von Ebner's gland, paneth cells. Dang.

Wednesday
Subject: Biochemistry
Which meant that it was a didactics exam involving carbohydrate and lipid metabolism. And did I mention that there was supposed to be an oral exam too? Mehn. Good thing we were able to appease our professor's good side and appeal to his better nature, ahahah. So he gave us an uber long seatwork instead. And then the exam was really hard!!! Mehn, I think this would be my lowest quiz for the week. I hope it'll still be within 80%. :| Fructose 2,6-bisphosphate, acyl CoA carboxylase, carnitine palmitoyl shuttle. Fark.

Thursday
Subject: Gross Anatomy
Which meant that its time for true blue memorization! No laboratory exam though, since it would be for next week, along with the bones. Hahahah. The quiz covered everything from the male/female pelvic contents as well as contents of the perineum. Whew. As usual, the exam was hard and depended solely on memorization, not much analysis. And worse, some of the questions were taken from the book, and was not mentioned in the lectures. Si Doc DJ talaga. Boohoo for me who didn't have time *or just really got lazy. Wahahahah!* to read Snell. Result, 26/30. Ischiopubic muscle, pudendal nerve, Denonvillier's fascia. Err.

Friday
Subjects: Family and Community Medicine 1, Neuroanatomy, Medical Ethics
Which meant that we were in store for more medical jargons, statistics and the brainstem. Wahahah. Started at 8 am, and I was late for FCM1. :| Mehn.. We discussed graphs and tables.. Booooring.. Then neuroanatomy after lunch, brainstem, 1 hour lecture.. Blah, blah. Then midikal itiks, I mean, medical ethics, more actus humanus vs actus hominis. Heheheh. And after that was the departmental physiology exam. Whew. Very, very exhausting day!! Median lemniscus, histogram, psychosocial theory. Whew.

After that, we went to Macapagal, near MoA to detox. Hahahah. Billiards up to 12 am! Hahahahah!!! Weee. Bonding, bonding and more bonding. :p

And today is Saturday, and not to my surprise, it was my very first decent rest day in weeks! Hahahahah!! No 4-hour sleeps, no fast lunches and no photocopy reading whatsoever for the whole day! ^__^

Wahahahah. I have more than 24 hours left for my weekend and I swear I'll enjoy every last minute of it! XD

quotable quotes from bob ong

2008-11-20T17:54:00.007+08:00

Hahahah, this collection of Bob Ong quotations were sent to me via e-mail today, and I couldn't help but laugh when I read these. It was like when I read 4 of his books before, and still, up to now, it never fails to make me ROFLMAO. XD

Hahahah. So enjoy. ^__^

PAG-IBIG
"Kung hindi mo mahal and isang tao, wag ka nang magpakita ng motibo para mahalin ka nya.."

"Lahat naman ng tao sumeseryoso pag tinamaan ng pagmamahal. Yun nga lang, hindi lahat matibay para sa temptasyon."

"Gamitin ang puso para alagaan ang taong malapit sayo. Gamitin ang utak para alagaan ang sarili mo."

"Huwag mong bitawan ang bagay na hindi mo kayang makitang hawak ng iba."

"Huwag mong hawakan kung alam mong bibitawan mo lang."

"Huwag na huwag ka hahawak kapag alam mong may hawak ka na."

"Parang elevator lang yan eh, bakit mo pagsisiksikan ung sarili mo kung walang pwesto para sayo. Eh meron naman hagdan, ayaw mo lang pansinin."

"Kung maghihintay ka nang lalandi sayo, walang mangyayari sa buhay mo..Dapat lumandi ka din."

"Pag may mahal ka at ayaw sayo, hayaan mo. Malay mo sa mga susunod na araw ayaw mo na din sa kanya, naunahan ka lang."

"Hiwalayan na kung di ka na masaya. Walang gamot sa tanga kundi pagkukusa."

"Pag hindi ka mahal ng mahal mo wag ka magreklamo. Kasi may mga tao rin na di mo mahal pero mahal ka.. Kaya quits lang."

"Bakit ba ayaw matulog ng mga bata sa tanghali? alam ba nilang pag natuto silang umibig e hindi na sila makakatulog kahit gusto nila?"

"Hindi lungkot o takot ang mahirap sa pag-iisa kundi ang pagtanggap na sa bilyon-bilyong tao sa mundo, wala man lang nakipaglaban upang makasama ka."

"Kung nagmahal ka ng taong di dapat at nasaktan ka, wag mong sisihin ang puso mo. Tumitibok lang yan para mag-supply ng dugo sa katawan mo. Ngayon, kung magaling ka sa anatomy at ang sisisihin mo naman ay ang hypothalamus mo na kumokontrol ng emotions mo, mali ka pa rin! Bakit? Utang na loob! Wag mong isisi sa body organs mo ang mga sama ng loob mo sa buhay! Tandaan mo: magiging masaya ka lang kung matututo kang tanggapin na hindi ang puso, utak, atay o bituka mo ang may kasalanan sa lahat ng nangyari sayo, kundi IKAW mismo!"

PAG-AARAL
"Mag-aral maigi. Kung titigil ka sa pag-aaral, manghihinayang ka pagtanda mo dahil hindi mo naranasan ang kakaibang ligayang dulot ng mga araw na walang pasok o suspendido ang klase o absent ang teacher. (Haaay, sarap!)."

"Nalaman kong marami palang libreng lecture sa mundo, ikaw ang gagawa ng syllabus. Maraming teacher sa labas ng eskuwelahan, desisyon mo kung kanino ka magpapaturo. Lahat tayo enrolled ngayon sa isang university, maraming subject na mahirap, pero dahil libre, ikaw ang talo kung nag-drop ka. Isa-isa tayong ga-graduate, iba't-ibang paraan. tanging diploma ay ang mga alaala ng kung ano mang tulong o pagmamahal ang iniwan natin sa mundong pinangarap nating baguhin minsan..."

"Hikayatin mo lahat ng kakilala mo na magkaroon ng kahit isa man lang paboritong libro sa buhay nila. Dahil wala nang mas kawawa pa sa mga taong literado pero hindi nagbabasa."

"Dalawang dekada ka lang mag-aaral. kung 'di mo pagtityagaan, limang dekada ng kahirapan ang kapalit. sobrang lugi. kung alam lang 'yan ng mga kabataan, sa pananaw ko ehh walang gugustuhing umiwas sa eskwela."

BUHAY (IN GENERAL)
"Nalaman kong hindi final exam ang passing rate ng buhay. hindi ito multiple choice, identification, true or false, enumeration or fill-in-the- blanks na sinasagutan kundi essay na isinusulat araw-araw. Huhusgahan ito hindi base sa kung tama o mali ang sagot, kundi base sa kung may kabuluhan ang mga isinulat o wala. Allowed ang erasures."

"Kumain ka na ng siopao na may palamang pusa o maglakad sa bubog nang nakayapak, pero wag na wag kang susubok mag-drugs. Kung hindi mo kayang umiwas, humingi ka ng tulong sa mga magulang mo dahil alam nila kung saan ang mga murang supplier at hindi ka nila iisahan."

"Mangarap ka at abutin mo. Wag mong sisihin ang sira mong pamilya, palpak mong syota, pilay mong tuta, o mga lumilipad na ipis. Kung may pagkukulang sa'yo mga magulang mo, pwde kang manisi at maging rebelde. Tumigil ka sa pag-aaral, mag-asawa ka, mag-drugs ka, magpakulay ka ng buhok sa kili-kili. Sa banding huli, ikaw din ang biktima. Rebeldeng walang napatunayan at bait sa sarili."

"Tuparin ang mga pangarap. Obligasyon mo yan sa sarili mo. Kung gusto mo mang kumain ng balde-baldeng lupa para malagay ka sa Guinness Book of World Records at maipagmalaki ng bansa natin, sige lang. Nosi balasi. wag mong pansinin ang sasabihin ng mga taong susubok humarang sa'yo. Kung hindi nagsumikap ang mga scientist noon, hindi pa rin tayo dapat nakatira sa jupiter ngayon. Pero hindi pa rin naman talaga tayo nakatira sa jupiter dahil nga hindi nagsumikap ang mga scientist noon. Kita mo yung moral lesson?"

"Nalaman kong habang lumalaki ka, maraming beses kang madadapa. Bumangon ka man ulit o hindi, magpapatuloy ang buhay, iikot ang mundo, at mauubos ang oras."

HALO-HALO
"Wag magmadali sa pag-aasawa. Tatlo, lima , sampung taon sa hinaharap, mag-iiba pa ang pamantayan mo at maiisip mong di pala tamang pumili ng kapareha dahil lang sa kaboses niya si Debbie Gibson o magaling mag-breakdance. Totoong mas importante ang kalooban ng tao higit anuman. Sa paglipas ng panahon, maging ang mga crush ng bayan sa eskwelahan e nagmumukha ring pandesal. Maniwala ka."

"Ayokong nasasanay sa mga bagay na pwede namang wala sa buhay ko."

"Hinahanap mo nga ba ako o ang kawalan ko?"

"Hindi dahil sa hindi mo naiintindihan ang isang bagay ay kasinungalingan na ito. at hindi lahat ng kaya mong intindihin ay katotohanan. "

"Sabi nila, sa kahit ano raw problema, isang tao lang ang makakatulong sa'yo - ang sarili mo. Tama sila. Isinuplong ako ng sarili ko. Kaya siguro namigay ng konsyensya ang Diyos, alam niyang hindi sa lahat ng oras e gumagana ang utak ng tao."

"Obligasyon kong maglayag, karapatan kong pumunta sa kung saan ko gusto, responsibilidad ko ang buhay ko."

"Masama akong tao, tulad mo, sa parehong paraan na mabuti kang tao, tulad ko."

"Mas mabuting mabigo sa paggawa ng isang bagay kesa magtagumpay sa paggawa ng wala."

"Iba ang walang ginagawa sa gumagawa ng wala."

"Iba ang informal gramar sa mali !!!"

"Para san ba ang cellphone na may camera? Kung kailangan sa buhay yun, dapat matagal na kong patay."

"Pare, isa kang totoong tao at walang halong kasinungalingan. In English, FACT you, pare. Totoo ka. In English, FACT you!"

More? Check out Bob Ong's books like "ABNKKBSNPLKo?!", "Bakit Baliktad Magbasa ng Libro ang mga Pilipino?", "Stainless Longganisa" and many more. ^_^

bam-bam bee-dam

2008-11-16T23:18:00.005+08:00

Wahahah. Today was Rihanna and Chris Brown's concert in Taguig!!! XD Weee! Watched it with my sis. :D It was my first international concert and it was so much fun! Hahahah!!

Rihanna and Chris Brown

Eventhough we were far from the stage, watched them mostly from LCD screens and they were only 3 inches tall, I don't mind. :p Hahahah!! The live music was amazing enough to make me say the concert was worth the lines, the crowd and the 5 hour stand. ^__^

First up was Chris Brown who opened his performance with a bit of a stunt as he was singing "Wall to Wall". Hahahah. He was in a harness and he kinda flew to the stage. Hahahah!! I was hoping he would sing "Superhuman" though, but he didn't.. Awww. But he did close his performance with "Forever", so I guess its fine. Wahahah. Everyone was just screaming like crazy during his performance! *including me* XD He even danced to the tune of MJ's "Thriller", with matching moonwalks. Hahahah!

Then there were fireworks, after which came Rihanna's performance. Bam-bam bee-dam, bam-bam bee-dam-dam. Hahahah!! She started with her song "Disturbia" which made the crowd go crazy!! Ahahahah!!! And the outfit mehn, high-cut bikini.. LOLs. XD Super sexy outfit. She sang mostly her hits like "S.O.S", "Unfaithful" and "Shut up and Drive" to name a few. :p She ended her part with "Umbrella"-turned-"Cinderella" when Chris Brown suddenly came out on stage and performed a duet as a finale of the concert. Awww. They were so sweet on stage! XDDDD

And that concludes the night, the 4 hour concert and hopefully I'd get to watch more of these in time. Hahahah. How I wish I had the funds and the time!!! XD

APMC

2008-11-15T21:40:00.002+08:00

PLM's Badmin Team

Weee!!! My very first formal sports competition. :p Heheheheh.

Today, we went to ULTRA (Philippine Sports Arena) for the annual APMC (Association of Philippine Medical Colleges) inter-medical school competition!! Yey!!! XD

It involves all of the APMC members such as UP-PGH, UST, ASMPH, La Salle - Dasma, FEU-NRMMC, UE-RMMC, and of course, PLM-OM and all the other known medical schools here in NCR. :p There were a number of sports to choose from to, like basketball, volleyball, table tennis, swimming, and badminton, which I was a participant. :p Hahahah.

It was fun!!! We had so much fun being representatives of the school and being able to meet friends from undergrad which were now enrolled in different med schools all over the metro. It was like a bit of a reunion, somehow. Hahahah.

And the fact that we were all studying medicine and will be the future doctors of the country, made the event all the more exciting for me. ^__^ Ang cool lang, palagay ko, playing with future colleagues. Naks. :p

At Becky's Kitchen, Valle Verde Pasig. ^__^

And even though we didn't win, it was a great experience and I'm really looking forward to next year's event. :D Hahahah! Go badmin/sexy team!

PS: Congrats to our women's soccer team, champions for AMPC Soccer event. ^__^

one liners

2008-11-11T13:36:00.005+08:00

"Mabuhay ang larong pinoy!! XD"

"I'll do the pelvic cavity contents peculiar to the male."

"The presence of duodenal glands delineate the duodenum from the jejunum."

"Harrison's Internal Medicine volume 2."

"Matanda ka na, sana naman tumanda ka na talaga."

"Turn-off number 2!"

"You will forever be irreplaceable."

"Whoever got our stomach fundus slide is gonna pay dearly. >:)"

"Do not rob from me! Mehn! You and you!!!"

"Bahala ka diyan, I won't budge. :p"

"The missing slide -- I have it. >.<"

"I am so broke I'm eating lunch at home. O_O"

sabishi

2008-11-10T22:02:00.003+08:00

I feel sad. Heheheh. After reading yet another chapter of "Special A", I suddenly felt sad. Heheheh. Its sad. The chapter was lovely though, but somehow I felt sad.

I kinda remembered the last chapter of "Hanazakari no Kimi Tachi eh". The same feeling. Its so happy, it made me sad. Heheh.

I'm emoting again. Sigh.

This thing keeps popping out every once in a while. Heheheheh. Sad. Heheheh.

Wee, I'm getting depressed suddenly. :) Heheheh. And I'm beginning to notice that I'm alternating sentences with "heheheh". Heheheh.

I suppose I should go study now. Heheheh. I suppose I should go back to my usual me.

What am I writing. Sigh.

making things happen

2008-11-09T23:36:00.005+08:00

After many days of grief and sadness, I finally had the initiative to write something for my blog. I visit my blog everyday, but it seems as if every time I try to write something, the train of thought stops, and I have some sort of "writer's block". Whew.

As much as I would like to move on from the occurrences described on one of my previous posts, its as if I still couldn't and so I couldn't write anything either.

But we all have to get over things eventually. Have to, meaning there is no other alternative, its a one way street and there is no turning back. Life won't wait for us, and as cruel as it may seem, we all should just pack our bags and continue the journey no matter what happens.

At this point, I would also like to give a moment's peace for the soul of Ralph EJ Bautista, who will be greatly missed by friends and acquaintances.

...

Haay, so many sad times. Haay. When you think about it, so many things are going to be missed when they're gone. And I'm not just talking about people, but even those intangible objects too. Like love, companionship.. Friendship.. Haay.

When its there, it doesn't amount to much, but once its gone, you'll realize just how much it meant for you. Heheh. Funny line, so cliche, and yet so true. :)

I'm missing a lot of things lately. Lots and lots. I'm missing friends, old and new. I'm missing vacation days. I'm missing fast food, especially my beloved KK's Strawberry Jelly Mousse, gawd, if only I could eat that every lunch!!!! ^____^

Heheheh. Jason Mraz is singing on the back ground, and apparently he says "Wake up everyone, how can you sleep at a time like this, unless the dreamer is the real you.." Heheheh. Nice lyrics. :) Why do we spend our time contemplating, dreaming but not doing anything about it?

He also says "Timing's everything, and this time there's plenty. I am balancing, careful and steady, reveling the energy that everyone's emitting." Wow. Really, Jason Mraz is one hell of a song writer. :p Why don't we make use of our time, since its always there and it would be such a waste not to use it? :)

"I gonna make it mine. Yes I, I'm gonna own it." Attitude also helps a lot. And so why do we think pessimistically, when we can think more positively? Isn't that what "The Secret" is all about? Thinking and making things happen? :D

Oh yes, and so, if I say I'll move forward, I will move forward! And if I want a strawberry jelly mousse, I'd go get one! I have all the time in the world, and toxicity is just another word. Timing is just the thing I need. :D

And with this, I'd say if I miss my friends, then I'd do the best I can to be with them!!

I'm packing my bags, I'm gonna start walking, and tomorrow, I'm gonna make things happen. :)

one

2008-11-05T00:18:00.001+08:00

Ice, thanks for all the great memories you've kept for me. :p Heheheh. So I would like to greet you...

Happy First Birthday Ice!! ^___^

A year full of humor, anguish, nonsense, excitement and many other emo-tings I was able to experience.

We did it!! We beat my 8-month record for my very first blog. :p Wahahahah. LOLs!!

Looking forward to many more years writing here. :)

Happy blog anniversary!!! :D

to kris

2008-11-04T13:18:00.011+08:00

Kris. I've known you for the last 14 years of my life. I've shared with you a lot more than what I've shared with others. A lot more than I would've imagined. I've known you since we were kids. I've known you when I first got my gold medal ranking in our batch. I've known you when you were still thin, and I was still boyish. I've known you when I first knew the happiness of male company. I've known you when I was just learning many things, things that started me on my path to medicine. A path you and I chose for ourselves, a path which would've meant we'd be together again for the rest of our lives after almost 7 years of being apart. Together in friendship, in school and in our future profession.

I. I was your geeky friend. I was your seatmate. I was your secretary. I was the subject of your jokes. I was your girl buddy. I was your kabiruan. I was your kakwentuhan. I was your kalaro. I was your conscience at certain times. I was one of the persons you came to see whenever you're here in the city. I was your Karen.

Love. Love the times when we'd go party at your house. Love the way you manage to bring a smile to everyone, with your jokes, your rants, your witty, evil songs. Love the way you show affection by masking it with angry concern. Love the times we spent during journalism. Love the times when we'd go to and from school together. Love the way you always call me, talk to me, confide to me which made you feel less anxious, and me more appreciated. Love the times when we'd go to your house to visit your pet snake. Love the times when we scared Edel with them too. Love the times when we'd just hang out, and not care about anything except what lies in front of us. Love all those times I spent with you.

You. You showed me lots of things. You introduced me to my first ever seen iguana. You let us wreak havoc in your house and didn't care a bit that we were tearing it apart with our horseplay. You opened the door for our parties, our gatherings, our monthly paper GKK. You taught me how to play the "Spirit of the Coin". You were my seatmate when I first got my noisy remark on my report card. You introduced me to computer games, most especially our beloved Final Fantasy 8. You were Squall, I was always your Rinoa.

God Kris, I don't want to remember all of it quite yet, but I'd kill myself if I forget. So before I forget, I'll write everything. Everything I remember of you, and your silliness, your mischief, your misguided wisdom, but wisdom nevertheless. I loved you. I love you. I'll love you forever.

I honestly cannot believe you left us. You left me. You were always there, even if I can't reach you physically. You'd call me when you were bored, and talk for hours. But you were there. Somewhere in Davao, I knew you were there. With us. Among the living.

But why did you leave so soon?? Weren't we supposed to have a reunion this summer? Remember our conversation? You were supposed to wear trunks and I was supposed to wear a bathing suit. Remember? We were supposed to go to the beach!! Why didn't you wait for the beach??

And remember what you told me summer this year? You said you'd go to whatever med school I want to go to. You told me that, hell you promised that to me!! I'm hurt Kris, hurt that you couldn't even wait for me. I was always patiently waiting for you. Why didn't you wait? I told you to hold on! But why? Why did you have to go now? Now that its only a matter of time when we could all see each other? T__T

And what hurts the most is that I didn't know. I didn't know!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! July, August, September, October, November. My God, Kris. I can't believe I didn't even notice. Shit. Shit. Shit. I failed you Kris, I failed you as a friend!! It hurts when I see your face on my friendster account, that face on my featured friends. And it kills me to know that I, that same person on your featured friend's list, didn't even know you left until 5 months later. God Kris, I failed miserably as your friend. I don't have any right to be called your friend. My God. Kris. My God. T__T

I know that I should be happy that you've been released from your pain. That spinal surgery performed on you, the one that got you confined at PGH? And your leg. And you don't even have to diet too! Wouldn't that be nice? I think that would be nice. That would be great..

You're alright now. No more school, family, friend or love problems now. You are in peace. And I will be happy for you. I just think that now wouldn't be the time, as I am still grieving for a loss of a precious friend. But I know I should. And I will.

I will continue my studies for you. And be a doctor together with you. You will always be one of my inspirations for moving forwards. So help me and guide me towards our dream.

A friend. An inspiration.
I.Love.You.Kris.

✚Kris Anthony Hipolito (1987-2008)

layout 4

2008-10-27T01:48:00.014+08:00

Its been a while since I've changed my layout. Hahahah. Somehow, I got tired of my layout already, but due to time constraint, I wasn't able to change my template up to now. Heheheh. I was actually planning to change it to a blue one, and then I found this lovely layout somewhere on the net. Change of plans. Wahahah!!

So without further ado, a few days before my grand blog anniversary, I would like to present to you my fourth blog layout. Tadaa!

Green, with pretty flowers on the side. Hahah. And its a three column layout too! ^__^ Ain't it just perfect? XD Although I must say it's a bit too green for my taste. But who knows, maybe I'd have time to do some HTML tweaking on this layout. Heheheh. Baka magalit yung may-ari. XD

EDIT: I changed the layout codes. Heheh. Some font and background changes. I wanted to have stars as my background. :p But the original codes, for the original layout shown above can be found here. Credit all goes to that wonderful blog. Thank you, thank you! :D

Happy fourth layout icepoints! ^__^

quotes-ing

2008-10-25T14:30:00.006+08:00

It's Sunday afternoon, cozy, not so hot and not so cool. A fair, Sunday afternoon. Its my first break from my extracurricular activities these past few days, and I felt an urge to do some "spring cleaning" in my room. And included in this spring cleaning activity is a bit of mini-organization and decoration of my study space, aka that small corner of my room where I study. Hahahahah.

And since I know how stressful studying is, I bought this mini-poster from Papemelrotti where you're supposed to point your finger at it and whatever box it lands on has a simple thought for the day that can help you be more happy and anticipating for the day to unfold. Heheheheheh.

And since I'm in a bit of a mood for these inspirational quotations, I tried to search for some and increase my knowledge on this stuff, so that maybe, when some person asks for advise, I'd gladly tell that person something that made me feel more confident and inspired. :p Hahahah. Ang yabang, kunwari ang galing ko. LOLs! XDDDD

Copy-pasting these on Word, I printed them on specialty paper, put some decors and stickers and hung it on my room. On the back of the door, so that when I go out in the morning, hopefully I'd take time to read one, or when I get bored and uninspired to study, I'd see these and say "Hey, that's right. I should not feel tired at all since all of what I'm doing is what I really want to do and nothing is better that being happy by doing what you want. :)"

Here are some of the quotations that somehow appealed to my current emotional self, and I hope would inspire me through the days of unending readings and exams. :D

"Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks about changing themselves." - John Randolph

"If you can't make a mistake, you can't make anything." - Marva Collins

"The best way out is always through." - Robert Frost

"Pray not for things, but for wisdom and courage." - Anonymous

"The more credit you give away, the more will come back to you. The more you help others, the more they will want to help you." - Brian Tracy

"The difference between the ordinary and extraordinary is the little extra." - Anonymous

"Happiness is when what you think, what you say and what you do are in perfect harmony." -Mahatma Gandhi

"Life is measured not by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away." - Anonymous

"If you learn only methods, you'll be tied to your methods, but if you learn principles you can devise your own methods." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance." - Confucius

And for me, the best of all those quotations I've managed to gather would be this:

"I would not exchange the laughter of my heart for the fortunes of multitudes." - Kahlil Gibran

Happy Sunday. ^__^

section a at laguna

2008-10-24T15:32:00.001+08:00

October 23-24 was Section A's block outing, sem-ender overnight, held at Calamba, Laguna at a private pool named Jovita Lourdes. :D Overnight, pool, classmates, FUN SEM BREAK! XD

Sec A peeps!

Wahahah. A night of friends, liempo, pool, beer, vodka, videoke and love teams! Hahahah! Grabe na 'to. XD

12 hours straight. Walang tulugan! Hahahah! Who would have thought that even if it was just half of the class that attended, we would have so much fun in one night!! XD It is therefore in this view, that I propose, that its not about the quantity of people that go to gatherings that matter, its more of the quality of people, if they are willing to have fun, if they want to stay in a corner, if they want to get wasted, if they want to sleep, if they want to sing, it doesn't matter what they want to do; what matters is they want to go and they want to spend an evening with the block. ^__^

Sa jeep palang, sabog na yung mga tao. Hahahah. We rented a jeep for our transpo, courtesy of Nathan. And Kei took care of the food. Rolan was the one who arranged the accomodation and Ate Annie was the one who managed our finances. As for me, I came there to eat, to sing, to swim, to bond with my classmates and to have fun!!!! ^___^

Whew. The night was very tiring!! Tiring but so much fun!! Hahahah. The people were all so hyper, and there was never a dull moment!! Hahahahah!! They were all running around, posing weird for the cam, singing their lungs out and drinking and eating stick-o's at the same time. Talk about a wild bunch of med students. Hahahah. Study hard, party harder!! XD

Getting amused. :p

Most of the time, I was either at the pool, doing laps so that I could lose some weight I gained over vacation, or at the videoke area, singing with Miguel. Wahahah. Entertainer ako for the night. Dang, I hope they won't hate me for being sintunado. Wahahahah!!

Prihanna? XD

Around 3am, the people either got exhausted or too drunk to keep awake, and so most of us went to the rooms to sleep. And the ever so active person that I am, I stayed downstairs, in the pool swimming, or being cornered by the people asking questions blah, blah. And I was very happy since I saw a shooting star!!!!!!!!!! It was so cool!!! I never thought I'd see my first one while I was floating on a pool. Cool. ^__^

It was also a very touching night, as one of my classmates said some very nice things to me. :) It was very heart-warming and I was honestly very flattered to hear those words. Thanks. :D And even if there is only a small chance of you reading this, I'm very happy that you believe in me and that you're able to appreciate me. Heheheh. And I'll also be always here for you no matter what! For you and for her. :) Thank you for the concern, I'll keep those things we talked about on the pool with me always. :)

Hahahah. Whew. So many things happened and I must say, I feel more close to my classmates, at least those who were there, now more than ever. ^__^ So thank you for a great sem-ender, and may we continue to be successful freshies and close friends. :)

Isa pa uliiiiiiiiit! XD

arlene, karen, alaine

2008-10-22T14:38:00.001+08:00

It's our triple birthday celebration!! ^__^ Arlene (Oct. 12), Alaine (Oct. 26) and I (Oct. 17) celebrated our 21st yr. of living at Trinoma, Heaven 'n Eggs. Incidentally, Arlene has egg and chicken allergy which made it all the more funnier. Hahahah!!

The latecomers! Hahahah!

We were supposed to meet at the mall, 16:00 sharp, but oh well, people had things to do, things more important than us. Huhuhuh. Hahahahah. But later on, we found out that they were just late because they were busy choosing gifts for us. :p Weee! The three of us got huge pillows which was very much needed, and appreciated. Thanks guys. ^___^

And the party served as a mini-reunion too!!! Our college circle were mostly there, except for a few like Blythe, Val, Nikko.. But Sithli, Lala, Ian, Randyh, Lovely, Alaine and Ann were there! As well as the PLM peeps, straight out of ___________. Wahahahah. Bawal sabihin, baka magka-isyu pa. Hahahah.

Arls, Ann, Sith, Ian

We ordered a lot of stuff including Lamb Shawarma, which by the way, was my first time eating lamb meat. Yey!! A first! XD And then, after a few sessions of vanity and pictures, pictures, pictures, some of the people already had to go home. Jeans, Arls, Zeti, Ann, Lala, Ian and me then had a look around the mall since it was Arl's first time to go to Trinoma. Pictures, here and there. And then when it was only the five of us, because Lala and Ann had to go home, we went to Time Zone just to spend more time together. Heheheh.

It was already 10pm when we decided to part ways, and because Jeans, Liz and Arls wanted to have coffee, Ian and I had to go home first since we were after the train. While we were at the MRT though, we talked about a lot of stuff, and because I was in such good mood, hahahah, I kinda got teary-eyed, which was soooo embarrassing, with all those poeple in the train!! Hahahah! But I don't care!!! They don't know me anyway!! XDDDD

So the day ended, and it made me very happy to be able to see our friends together, even if we're busy with our own lives. Heheheh.

I hope everyone had fun, and granted that another get together would be arranged, I hope to see them there too. ^__^

silent hill 4, classmates and chips

2008-10-20T00:18:00.002+08:00

Weee! Today, we went to Kris's apartment to play Silent Hill 3 which we weren't able to continue because the pirated CD was defective. Dang, are the pirated CD business degrading?? LOLs. XDDD

Anyhow, I first went to Vito Cruz to find a new CD, but unfortunately there wasn't any SH3, so I bought SH4 instead. But to my dismay, Kris already has the SH4 game so it was a waste of precious money. Wahahahah!!

So we played SH4 and then Lean and Mark came to the apartment later on. We played from 4pm to 10pm in the evening!! Wahahahah! Marathon! And we're almost nearing the end! I can feel it!! Hahahah!!

The game was soooooo creepy!! I mean, for a videogame, it sure is freaky, making me scream out of fear and anxiety at several parts of the game. There weren't much puzzles though, and there wasn't any boss. Heheheh. The gameplay is also different from your usual SH installments. The main character is a guy named Henry, and he's stuck in his apartment with chained doors where there was a writing saying "Don't go out. -Wilson". And there's really no way out!! The only way to go out is through a hole in his bathroom wall which leads to a different dimension. After finishing his job there, he returns to his room, seemingly waking up from a dream. :| Whew. When it'll all end? Who knows. :|

The Room. :|

While we were there, we had lots of food while playing. Hahahah. We were eating chips, flat tops, drinking softdrinks and many others. Hahahah! It was really fun! ^__^

Hahahah. But unfortunately, I had to catch the train so I left at 10:15. Heheheh. We saved the game, and vowed to continue it sometime next week! XD Hahahah! Weeee! XD

I can't wait to finish it with them. :p Hahahah!!

tea, crepe and dominoes

2008-10-19T23:35:00.007+08:00

Maan, Ruth and Jacque are my three buddies way, way back in high school. ^__^ We've been meeting every once in a while every year and its really great how every time, we never run out of stories to share. Kung sabagay, minsan lang din naman kami magkita kita, pero masaya talaga. :)) Sometimes we go out for movies, for pig-outs and anime conventions. Hahahah. I know... Hahahahah!!!

So today, I celebrated my bday with them but unfortunately Jacque couldn't come. Sabi ko sa kanya bawal na siya umabsent next time!! Wahahahah!!! XD The three of us met at Glorietta and decided to eat somewhere fancier than where our usual cravings take us. While walking at Greenbelt, we saw this milk tea Lipton booth and tried the tea, unfortunately, it was as hot as the midday sun. Wahahah!! We thought it was ice-cold milk tea mehn! Wahahahah!! And one of the booth people even took a photo of us. Hahahah. It was so funny!!!!! Maan wearing bright pink, sitting with us on bright yellow couches. Wahahahah!!

And so, we ended up at Cafe Breton at Greenbelt. And we had tea and crepe for lunch!!!! Hahahah!!! I never thought crepe could be eaten as a main dish and not as a dessert! Wahahahah! I remember ordering "Hamburcrepe" which was very filling and delicious by the way. :p Nagkwentuhan kami hanggang sa inulan na kami and had to stay there for the meantime. Good thing there was tea. ^__^

After abusing our customer rights and staying there for a while, we went strolling around the place and buying random stuff and trying out stuff we didn't even buy!! Hahahah. We even went to the anime cd store where we got sales-talked and "held-up" *Wahahah, I couldn't think of anything that could replace hold-up, so I just "past-tensed" it. Would "hold-upped" been better? ROFLMAO.* Hahahah. Ruth ended up buying some series, which I unfortunately couldn't remember, I bought "The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya" and Maan, the one which was "held-up" the most ended up buying "La Corda D'Oro" and "Code Geass". Wahahahah!

Ruth with the headbands

Then I asked them to accompany me to National Bookstore since I was looking for school stuff and we stayed there until dinner time! Hahahahah!! Darn dominoes, hahahah. It made us stay at the toy section of the store for quite some time since I was very, very undecided whether I'd buy the darn domino or not! Hahahah. And for the record, I didn't buy it in the end anyway. Wahahah!! Waste of time!! XD

Then it dawned to us: WE WERE SO BROKE WE COULDN"T AFFORD TO EAT DINNER ANYMORE!! Waaaa! Hahahah!! But we were soooo hungry!! So what we did was go to SM supermarket, holding on tightly to our 50 bucks, and bought rice-in-a-box. Wahahahah!! Grabe, nagkasya kami sa P50 worth of dinner habang naglustay kami ng daan daan sa lunch. Wow. XD It was really hilarious!!! XD

Maan with the rice-in-a-box/styro

After they turned off the lights at the food court, we then decided to go home already. Hahahahah. So we all took the MRT train, and then when we reached EDSA LRT, Maan took the bus home and I rode the jeepney. 11pm and I was home, sweet home. ^___^

Hahahah. Hopefully the four of us would get to meet for the holidays. ^__^

videoke, coffee and DDR

2008-10-18T22:20:00.001+08:00

I was to be found at Trinoma earlier today, with my oh so kulit high school barkada. :p We met lunch time and spent our afternoon at Redbox, singing our lives away. Hahahah! It was so fun, and Tina and Meryll were doing lap dances on me. Huwaw. Hahahahah!!! We had unlimited buffet consisting of fish fillet, pasta, rice and some kind of viand, the name of which i do not know. Hahahah. Then we had iced tea and bottomless servings of San Mig light, tequilla sunrise, tequilla sunset, rhum coke and a Shirley Temple. :)

Us 5 at Redbox, Trinoma

After that, Wenchie had to go home so the four of us, Meryll, Alma, Tina and me went to The Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf for a bit of friends only time and some catching up. :p Meryll and Tina, the working peeps, tols us office stories and stuff and made me realize how different work and school really is. :D

Time Zone was our next stop, because it was time to do our ceremonial DDR (Dance Dance Revolution) which was just crazy!! Hahahahah!! We were screaming and cheering all the while! Hahahah!!! We even played those unknown, hard to dance songs which made us more noisy which I think attracted quite a bit of a crowd back then. Wahahahah!!!!

And then we went to the rooftop area of Trinoma for some fresh air and to cool off ourselves after four gruelling DDR matches. Wahahah!! And then it started, VANITY PICS!!!!!!!!! Hahahahah!! We posed as if the place was ours. As if there were no people around and as if it was just the four of us. Wow, whatta redundant sentence!! Hahahahah!! We had model-ish pics, "jump shots" and a lot more. ^__^

"Posing" at Trinoma rooftop

And then it was time to go home, so we kissed each other good bye and the day when we celebrated my 21st birthday ended. :D Weee!! Next year ulit. :p

happy karen

2008-10-17T08:39:00.005+08:00

It's my happy Karen day today. ^__^ Heheheh. I'm 21! XD Its just 8:40 in the morning, and I just woke up. I replied to the people who texted a greeting for me. And now I'm eating breakfast in front of the pc, writing this blog entry. Hahahah.

Then I suddenly had the urge to look up my old blog for my birthday entry way back 2004. I was a freshie at UPM and it was the first time my high school barkada was complete. Heheheh. I could still remember the scene, although vaguely, but still, I knew we had so much fun that day. ^__^

Here's the blog entry I wrote about it, dated October 17, 2004:

"heheh.. nakakatuwa talaga!!!! ang saya, seventeen na ako!! sa wakas.. kasing age ko na ang mga tao..ü

kahapon ako nagcelebrate ng bday ko.. nag wall climbing kami.. dun sa may pasig.. nakakatuwa.. kasi buo kaming barkada kahapon..ü tapos akala pa ata ng mga tao, kahapon ang bday ko.. dami kasing bumati..ü pero ngaun talaga bday ko..ü

tapos, namasyal kami sa megamall.. then nanood kami ng "wimbledon" na sobrang ganda.. (kahit ayaw nilang maniwala nung una.. hahah..) nakakatuwa lalo na nung lunch.. kasi sa Carl's kami kumain.. eh sobrang ingay namin dahil ngayon palang kami nagsamasama ulit pagkatapos ng halos isang taon.. ang saya talaga..!!!

pero medyo embarassing kasi ang ingay ingay nila nung kinantahan nila ako ng happy bday.. eheh.. tapos napagkwentuhan namin yung mga katatawanan nung hs.. heheh..

haay.. we're not so distant after all.. jan pa rin sila.. ready kahit sa anong lakwacha..ü thanks talaga!!!!!!"

Hahahah. A very childish blogger. Hahahah. Pero natutuwa ako na naisulat ko pa pala yung isang bday celeb ko before. Hahahah. Blogging really preserves memories and I'm gonna do my best to write as many memories that I could so that one day, when I read these, matatawa din ako just like now. ^__^

Happy Karen. ^__^

back to audi

2008-10-16T19:28:00.004+08:00

Wahahah. As this whole month of October is my semestral break, I am back to being the me that was always inside the house, having fiction books in the morning, pirated DVDs in the afternoon and videostreaming in the evening. (Note: Activities may vary with time.) Hahahah!

So here I am now, waiting... Patiently... For the Audi server maintenance to be over! Waaah!!!! Hahahahah! I downloaded again the 1.06 GB installer just so I could dress up my character in Audi. Actually, that was my primary reason for playing Audi. The clothes. ^__^ Mehn, I'm starting to think that I'm a frustrated fashion designer. LOL. In a million years maybe. XD

Anyways, just to commemorate my first day of going back to Audi, here's a screenshot of one of my games. Alone, of course, since I wasn't very active these past few months, I somehow kinda lost my OL friends. :p But it's perfectly fine anyways.. So here:

Ain't renkars cute?? ^___^ Wee!

I hope the servers are up already. :p

questions

2008-10-12T09:36:00.004+08:00

Its 9:37 in the morning, Sunday, October 12. Incidentally, its ARLENE'S BDAY!!!! Happy birthday gurl! ^___^

Anyways, I'm off to the baptism of a friend's baby later so I'm gonna make this quick. :p

I was reading a book yesterday, alternating it with playing Mortal Kombat and Beats and a bit of texting, which practically sums up my vacation so far. A little blogging and net surfing on the side, and of course, the essentials of eating, sleeping and personal hygiene.

Completely unrelated to the paragraphs I wrote above, which may hopefully pass as an introduction, I have some questions in mind these past few weeks. Some of which I will write in the following sentences:

How come some people, knowing that its bad, still insist on doing those things?

Why can't I pass the 3rd dojo training in MK?

Why am I annoyed by the people using the YG to talk with their ex-es and other nonsensical stuff, flooding my inbox to up to 40 mails a day?

How come some people know things and do nothing about it?

Why isn't there a perfect location to celebrate your bday party with everyone being okay about it?

Why can't I perfect the extreme mode of Ne-yo's "Because of You" in Beats?

Why am I being "torpe"? :))

Wahahah. Ayun lang. Another non-sensical post. Its 9:48 and I've a baptismal to attend, so ciao. :D

kawaii

2008-10-11T12:44:00.003+08:00

He's such a cool person.
He likes sports.
He has a good sense of humor.
He is a gentleman.
He's so cute when he's serious.
He's very nice.
He's dedicated.
He always smiles. :)

I think I'm crush-ing. Bwahahah.

But seriously, I really like the guy. Hopefully we'd get to talk to each other more often. :)

Kyaa. ^__^

perspectives

2008-10-08T15:26:00.006+08:00

Heheheh. I saw Vincent's post on Multiply about missing HS friends. :p And I got a bit sentimental myself. Good old days of carefree and fun-filled afternoons, stuck inside the school. Heheheh. ^__^

Today, I was able to talk to a good friend of mine, and I assume he's also a good friend of everyone else, except for a certain person code named "bisugo" *a kind of fish* for reasons that shouldn't be said here in this entry anymore. :p

Anyways, it was a bit of a personal talk. I'm currently burdened by something and as much as I would like to talk to any one of my friends about my emotional blunder, I just couldn't find the right person who could relate to it, but then earlier today, we had a small talk which eventually led to my emotional catharsis. Ahahahah.

After the conversation, I realized, that sometimes you really need to hear a different perspective whenever you try to think about things. Its good that I have friends whom I can talk to, but its just unfortunate that as talkative as I may be, I don't actually like talking to other people about my feelings. I'm more of a listener, I think. :p

Perspective. That is something everyone needs to have during times of difficulty. Something that one can only get when he/she allows himself to share part of the dilemma that he's in. I know from personal experience that its hard to share feelings, but I can also say right now that saying my feelings brings new light to my often boxed point of view. :) Talking is definitely great, but a friend who listens is even 10 times more great! XD

So from now on, I shall make it a point to follow the tips that that friend gave to me.

Tip 1: Do not expect much.
Tip 2: Mag-ingat sa bisugo.

Wahahah. But I would like to add one more thing to those tips already mentioned:

Tip 3: Never underestimate the helping capabilities of a friend. :) You may think they'll just give cliche answers which won't help you at all, but still, there are things that only a friend can say that'll take you back into perspective. Heheheh.

Thanks chong. :)

current reality

2008-10-04T10:26:00.004+08:00

Astig. Tumutugtog ang Broken ng Secondhand Serenade. Nakakapukaw ng damdamin. Astig. I know, the song's quite sad. Heheh. But anyway, I'm also sad, so we complement each other. :)

I'm sad for a number of things. Things that made my 3 months of stay at the College of Medicine quite colorful. Hahahah. It gave me many memorable experiences, not because I went out of town or something like that. I'm talking about experiences that not everybody gets to have. :)

Its funny whenever people say, including myself, na baby kami sa UPM. Hindi katulad sa ibang campuses, especially UPD and UPLB, hindi kami masyadong nakaexperience ng so-called campus life. As much as UPM is confined to the walls of its concrete buildings, our college life too, is confined inside its four corners. Baby kami dati.

And it surprised me now, that despite the huge amount of knowledge that I've already learned in and out of campus, there are still some things that can shock me. Hahahah. And that is why I say "astig" ang first three months ko sa PLM-CM.

Astig, shocked, sad. These are just a few of the so many emotions that shook me these past few months. Hahahah. Ayos, I'm being more and more close to the real world. Hahahah.

ASTIG. Because I found out that I really do want to go to medicine. Astig dahil alam ko na ito ang profession na magbibigay sa akin ng kasiyahan sa buhay. Astig kasi hindi ko na mahintay ang second year para matuto na akong magtahi, magdiagnose at maging mas malapit sa pangarap kong maging doktor. :) Astig.

SHOCKED. Because I've never met anyone capable or even had the guts to doing such a thing to me. Hahahah. (Disclaimer: The information is not a hundred ten percent confirmed yet, but there is a huge possibility that the story is true.) Someone asked me out and tried to court me when in fact he has a girlfriend of 4 years. Wow. Huge shock mehn. Hahahah. I would never have guessed. Hahahah. I turned him down though, so there was never any courting. But a month later, I found out that he has a girlfriend!! Waaaa! Wala na akong nasabi. Natawa nalang ako. XD Shocked.

SAD. Because up to now, I still can't express my feelings on certain topics. Topics which included some people and the like. Hahahah. I'm repressing them, not because I am afraid of repercussions, but simply because I see no point in doing so. Hahahah. I know, its weird, Im saying all this in my blog and yet in real life I couldn't. Let's just say my blog knows how to listen and so I can write anything in here without being blatantly accussed of being so immature. Sad.

And so, its the last exam of the second shifting. Biochem. I ought to do the report today, but of course I'm lazing around since its Saturday morning. Heheheh. I'm still in the point of thinking about stuff that transpired this week. So many feelings were intensified, other new emotions surfaced during exam week. Everyone was tired and I guess I get tired too, no matter how many remedies I make.

I guess when it comes to the real world, smiling just isn't enough. :)

school visit

2008-09-30T18:28:00.004+08:00

It's our physiology exam today, and as usual, it got me bleeding to death!! Well, not really "to death", but I know you get my point. :p

Anyways, after the exam, everyone got really stressed and decided to go to Rob to eat lunch. It's Eid'l Fitr tomorrow so there will be no classes, meaning the biochem exam will be moved. Anyways, going back, everyone, from sec A to sec D went to Rob. Hahahah. The jeepneys going to Mabini were all full of students in white uniform. Parang school bus, nakakatawa! :))

So we ate at The Old Spaghetti House, which I have missed very very much! Waaaaaaaa! I missed eating pasta!!!! Hahahah!! But as happy as I was that we were going to eat at TOSH, I also got really dissapointed to see that the Aligue Pasta was scratched off the new menu. Huwaatt??? How dare they remove it from the list! Ugh! The horror! The absurdity! Waaaa!!!!! *Deep breaths of anxiety*

Whew. So okay, I ordered Chicken and Mushroom instead, and proceeded to eat with my classmates. After eating lunch, we all went our separate ways and me, I was left alone. Awwww. Hahahah!! Actually, I had stuff to do so I really opted to go alone. I was actually planning to go play audi at Netopia, but sadly, all the patches were not updated so I decided to wander the corridors of Rob and Midtown alone. Sad. Wahahah. But it was still okay since I bought some stuff I saw while walking alone, and besides, someone I'd really like to see was in Rob and the faintest hope of seeing him made the walk quite enjoyable as well. *P.S. I didn't get to bump on him, by the way. Sad. LOLs. XD*

And since it was just 3 pm, I decided to make my day a little more productive and since I was in the vicinity, I took the chances of arranging for my alumni ID at the Alumni Affairs office on PGH. So walk, walk, walk, elevator, stairs, walk and I reached the office. But sadly, the person in charge of making the ID wasn't there anymore, and apparently, I missed her by just about a few minutes. Heheheh. So unlucky. :p

I was in the elevator going down to the lobby of PGH when an idea struck me: Why don't I go walk from PGH to Padre Faura instead of going to Pedro Gil instead? I soooo miss my old schools and I wanted to pay them a visit. Kahit tanaw lang sa labas. ^__^

So I walked towards UPM and saw that it had a new gate!! Hoorah! Finally, we have a gate! LOLs! Napangisi nalang ako when I got there, and I even crossed Faura to get a closer look at it. Okay, okay. Not bad. :p Then I walked across Taft to Masci and saw that... It was still the same old Masci. Hahahah. But it was still weird, walking along Taft. Hahahah. I never realized I missed the polluted Taft Ave. Hahahah!!

When I got to the LRT, UN Ave station, I was already looking forward to walking towards home, with the preospect of seeing my elementary school which was along the way to our house. Heheheh. So after I got off the train, I walked along the busy streets around the school and got to the west side of FGCIS. Hahahah. Wala lang. Dumaan lang. Nothing new too, but it still made me a bit happy to see it still standing tall. LOLs. XD

Hahahah. And that was it!! XD My sidetrip for the day. Hahahah. I really need to get out some more. And I realized I miss walking alone. Somehow, it made me feel more independent and free. Hahahah. Funny as it may sound, its true. It felt adult-ish. XD If I had the money, I think I'd even consider shopping by myself. I think that would be great. :p

inconvenient truth

2008-09-27T13:04:00.007+08:00

Annoying. It's so annoying. I am annoyed. Hahahah.

Sometimes in a person's life, one gets to meet people who are overly dramatic, overly emotional, superly duperly perfectionist, majorly egoistic and exceedingly obnoxious. Well, I haven't met anyone like that, but I do have people in mind with part of those seemingly immature-ish characteristics.

Annoying. Arrgh. I can't help it. I couldn't help but to write on my blog because my emotional capacity just overflowed after reaching supersaturation. I can't hold it in anymore, and thus, I resort to this. But I really don't like making excuses, so maybe I'll revise my previous statement - I am annoyed, I am irked and I am going to write in my blog. Thank you very much.

Grrrr. Grrr-ness. Everyone has their own bad side, I know since I have my own life's evilness too. But I have it under control. And that's why I manage to live my life happily, taking care not to step on other people and in cases that I do cause inconvenience to other people, I know how to apologize and when I apologize, I do it from the bottom of my heart.

Ack. I am so annoyed. Overly annoyed that I have to put up with it since I am controlling my evilness not so that I would look kind and good in front of other people, but because it will minimize inconvenience to others, especially those that could be included in the crossfire.

I am old enough to understand other people, their likes, dislikes, capabilities, weaknesses, believe me I do. I may not be able to appreciate it 100% since I'm no psychologist, but I make it a point to know people around me. And it pains me to think that some people don't even take time to notice or take time to look around and check whether they are causing inconvenience to others while they are living their lives happily, tralala..

And may I just emphasize the fact that a person cannot in any way know another person completely as to say that they know every move you'll make and say it to you matter of factly as though you are at the mercy of a person whom you've only known recently in terms of your whole life? Gawd. Stop this.

Ugh. I hate this. I hate the feeling of not being able to say things out loud. I hate it. I am not a very outspoken person, but I know what I feel and when I want to say things, I would really like to say it in front of everyone. But in some cases, things are just not as easy as all of this sound.

Overdoing things is so annoying. Annoying, annoying, annoying.

Anything in excess is bad. Excess fat, excess vitamins, excess baggage, excess what-nots.. All are bad. So why are some people still overdoing things?? I dunno, I couldn't figure it out myself. But this is definitely not a rhetorical question. Ack.

And so I say why not try to reevaluate your life once in a while? Why not try to take note of what's important, what's right, what's bull, what's whatever? I dunno, try to look in a mirror once in a while. Do not slap people in their faces and then go back like nothing ever happened.

Although this may be geeky, but forgive me this is the only analogy I can think of at the moment.

If you are hemoglobin, then I am not your hydrogen ion that you could get everytime you run out of oxygen.

Crap.

med week

2008-09-25T20:16:00.003+08:00

Hoorah hoorah!! Its the annual Medicine Week!! Yey!!!!

Heheheh. I'm sooo excited for tomorrow, as it will be the culmination of the week, the Medicine Day!! There'll be games, activities, quiz bees and who knows what, and the best part is, NO CLASSES!!! Wahahahahahah!!!!

Anyways, as for the week that was, *today is Thursday by the way. :p* we had classes up until today, from 10 am-3 pm, from our usual 8 am-5 pm sched. The classes were sandwiched between Med Week activities, most of which are medically relevant and significant symposia as well as open forums and of course, booths. XD Yey!! Hahahah!!!

The seminars were sponsored by the different organizations of PLM-CM and were conducted by distinguisehd professors and other medical professionals outside the system as well. Topics included cancer, nutrition, dermatology and cardiovascular diseases. Heheheh.

Busy, busy, busy. We even had an exam on neuroana yesterday. XD But it was all good since we had the day to ourselves after the exam. :) We even had lunch at Rob earlier this afternoon!! Weee!! I missed Rob very much. :p

But tomorrow will be the day, as tomorrow, we shall open our org's boothand most especially, we'll be dancing in the Tanghalang Bayan in fron of the whole school!!! O_O Hahahah!!!!!!! And lo, the song will be: Boogie Wonderland. XD Hahahahah!!!!!! Weee! XD

So come what may, as for me, I'll enjoy every single bit of it, since next week would be hell week and tomorrow will probably be the last day of the semester that I'll have fun. XD Weee!! Happy Med Week!!

non-english post

2008-09-19T23:29:00.004+08:00

Tagalugin natin ang lahat. Ahahahah! Pagod na ang aking utak, galing ako sa "case conference", "lab conference" at isang makabagbag damdaming "pulmo quiz". Kamusta naman ang maghapon ng aking Biyernes. Hahahah!!

Kaya upang maligayahan naman ang aking utak, ayaw ko munang mag ingles, sapagkat sawang sawa na akong magingles buong maghapon. Wahhahahha!!

Wala lang #1:
Nakakatawa ang mga taong iisa lang ang tawa.

Wala lang, bakit ba may mga ganung tao? Yung tipong praktisado na ang bawat ngiti, bawat ipin na ilalabas sa pagitan ng kanilang bibig at ang posisyon nito, kung ngisi o tawa. Paano kaya yun ginagawa? XD Hindi dahil sa gusto kong gumaya, wala lang, interesado lang akong malaman. Hahahah!

Wala lang #2:
Nakakaloka ang mga taong hindi alam ang gusto sa buhay.

Wala lang, may mga tao kasing hanggang sa matanda na sila, hindi pa rin alam ang gusto sa buhay. Hindi makapagdesisyon, o di kaya'y sinasadya na maging ganito kasi gustong tumakas sa responsibilidad. Ayaw masisi kaya hindi makatayo sa sariling paa. Kamusta naman yun. Darating ang araw, malalaman din nila na sa huli, ikaw din ang kawawa. Waahahah!

Wala lang #3:
Nakakatuwa ang mga taong hindi nakakalimot.

Wala lang, may mga tao kasi na sa sobrang daming ginagawa sa buhay, ay wala nang panahon para sa ibang mga bagay. Ngunit hindi ko ito inihahalintulad sa mga taong unli na akala mo'y oras oras kang iniisip, ang tinutukoy ko eh yung mga taong kahit sa maliit na bati o mensahe ay nagpaparamdam, kahit gaano sila ka abala sa buhay. Awww. :)

Ayun lang. Wala lang. Pagod ako. Hayaan niyo akong magsulat ng aking mga muni muni. XD

and i tag anyone who reads this post

2008-09-14T00:50:00.004+08:00

Well, I don't write on my multiply blog anymore, but I got tagged by Fai. So I'm gonna write this here instead. :)) Here we go:

[x] People who have been tagged must write their answers on their blogs. Tag 8 people. Those who are tagged cannot refuse.

[x] These 8 people must state who they were tagged by. You cannot tag the person who tagged you. Continue this game by sending this to 8 other people.

If your lover betrayed you, what will your reaction be?
Indifferent. Hahahah. I'm fine with it, but he sure won't be as happy. :))

Do you have an eating disorder?
Nope. I don't. :p

One random thing about you?
Mosquitoes are weirdly, crazily, blood-lustingly attracted to me. O_O

Had any chocolates today?
Yep. Had hersheys chocolate slabs in the morning, had hersheys mini bar after dinner and is currently drinking Chuckie. :)

The one positive thing that happened to you today?
Managed to print biochem handouts. Wahahahah!

Truth or dare?
Truth. I've nothing to hide. :p

Would you rather be loved by that one special person or be liked by everyone else?
Special person. :)

If the person you secretly like is already attached, what would you do?
Nothing. He's friggin attached mehn! :))

What's the stupidest thing that you've done recently?
Fell down the stairs in front of all my classmates. :))

What do you want most in life?
Happiness. :)

How do you know the one who tagged you?
Fairoz M. Adap. Classmate, thesis partner, Muslim friend, DotA-mate, CS-mate, audi-mate, pig-out mate and the list goes on and on. XD

If you find out that your best friend is going out with your Bf/Gf, how would you react?
NR. Hahahah!!!! Violent reaction after. :))

Do you sing in the shower?
Never. :))

What do you think about the guy who started this whole tagging thing?
Wants to be loved by everyone. :))

How late do you stay up at night?
I stay up 'till morn. :p

How does it feel to be in love?
It feels great! :D

Would you give your all in a relationship?
Nope. I'd give my best, but not everything. :p

What type of friends do you like?
Those who do not make friends for any kind of profit, and those who will just listen and not just pretend to be interested.

If you played a prank on someone, and she/he fell for the trick, what will you do?
Laugh. Nyahahahah!!!

So that's it. Taggy, taggy, taggy. Now back to biochem. :p

shiftings are over!!

2008-08-18T09:59:00.005+08:00

Weee!!! The hell week was over last last week, and this week, we were given the results of our exam. And much to my surprise, *sarcastic mode* i only got an average grade.

Shifting grades are given every shifting period, a total of four, and a final exam which will comprise my whole grade for the year divided by 5. Sigh sigh sighness, i only got about 1.75 on average in my subjects for the first shifting. Haaay.

Although I'm still in scholarship status, i keep on thinking that if this was only the first shifting, the easiest amongst all the other shiftings, then what will happen to me by the second, third, fourth and in the finals??? Will my grades be going lower? Waaaa!!!!!! Wag naman sana... T____T

Anyways, now that the first evaluation blah is over, I now know that anatomy is my weakest subject followed by biochemistry. I'm doing alright on physiology and neuroanatomy, and my background on histology has given me a headstart on the subject too. Surprisingly, my highest grade for the shifting is Family and Community Medicine 1, which deals on the more non-academic side of medicine. Hahahah. My classmates always tease me, "Wow. Ambait bait mo naman. Talagang gustong gusto mo mag-doctor kasi mataas ka sa FCM1." LOLs.

So that's about it for the first shifting. Hopefully when I write my second shifting entry here, it would be good news too. ^___^

art of adaptation

2008-08-06T14:57:00.007+08:00

As the calendar leaves slowly fall, one by one, I am moving on with my life as a med student. There are a number of new things that I am learning, everyday, and I fear that there will come a time when I can't keep them all in my head! But anyways, that is probably what they are training us to do - to learn tons of info and make them stick to our kokote forever and ever amen.

As funny as it sounds, sometimes I ask people where I left things like my pen, my watch. Things that I should know since I use them everyday. I even ask my sister to remind me of something that I have to do, since I tend to forget most things that do not have anything to do with acads. When I was asked, funny I once told my mom "I'm reserving my neurons for more important things." She laughed at me like there was no tomorrow. And I was serious that time mehn! Wahahahah!

I once read that lacking sleep kills neurons. Well then, there must've been a very high mortality rate in my brain right now. But anyways, there is no other choice so I just have to deal with it and hope that the survivors would work extra hard to compensate with my lack of sleep. Hahah.

But what I'm driving at is, LOLs, is I have to make things work out for me. If there is much to be done, I must do it within the time that I can allot for it. If there are things to be done, I should learn how to be less dependent on people around me. If I can't get things done, I should make adjustments since the situation isn't gonna adapt itself to me, but its gonna be me who's gonna do some adapting. :p

So far, the first months of school has been kind to me. I still manage to wake up and go to school everyday. I'm pretty healthy, and I even think I've gained a bit of weight! Nyahahah! And as I write this entry, we are in the home stretch of our shifting exam week, and I hope that I could reach my goal of 2.5 for the scholarship. This shifting would be my first sort of evaluation, for my efforts, my weaknesses, and areas for improvement. I hope things would turn out alright. *Crosses fingers*

Its 3 pm, and I believe that my break is over. But before I finish this, I would like to say to myself, through this blog entry, that I am having a great time! I love to hate toxicity, much like workaholics like to love work. I am blending in with the class. I have met a few more people whom I can already have real conversations with. I am anticipating new stuff to learn. And with this in mind, I can say that in time, I would definitely learn the art of adaptation! ^___^

what's with the tagalog versions??

2008-07-20T19:19:00.009+08:00

What's with the world today? Hahahah!

I woke up early to read some handouts and decided to watch noontime TV for a change from what seemed like months of TV deprivation. So grabbing my favorite mug and plate full of lunch food, I went to the living room to watch S.O.P. And what the hell, their opening number is a collection of english-tagalog medley of today's popular songs, and it wasn't very entertaining. Naasar ako. Hahahahahah!

Wala akong ma-say! LOLs. Hahahah! Whoever had the idea of making tagalized versions of "Clumsy", "With you", "Irreplaceable", "Umbrella", "Low" and many other kanta ng bayan's may have had some serious mental problems! Joke. ^^v But jokes are half-meant right?? Hahahahahah!!

So just to illustrate my point, here are some lyrics I've managed to gather from the net. Hahahahah! What the hell, I don't really get how to put these lines in tune with the original melody, but what the hell. Nakakaloka! Wahahahah!

With You (Chris Brown original)

Oh
Ikaw lang ang mahal ko
Wala na ngang iba
Hinding-hindi ipagpapalit
Hindi ko itatanong kung bakit
Hindi mo napapansin ito
Marahil dahil siya ang kasama mo
Laging nasa tabi mo
Kahit na alam mo na
Mahal na mahal na mahal na mahal kita
Mahal na mahal na mahal na mahal kita

Source

Umbrella (Rihanna original)

Kasi... Tayo'y parang araw, sisikat
Pangako ko sayo'y di ka iiwan,
ikaw lamang ang aking kaibigan
Sumumpa pagkaibiga'y d mawawala
Ang unos ma'y biglag bumuhos
Tandaan mong ako'y nandito lang
Di ka na mauulanan

Di ka na mauulanan……
Di na, di na
Hinde… hinde… hinde...
Di ka na mauulanan
Di na, di na
Hinde… hinde… hinde…

Source

Irreplaceable (Beyonce original)

Wala kang kwentang lalake mahilig kang mambabae
Akala mo cguro di ko malalaman ang katulad moy lalakeng salawahan leche!
Wala kang kwentang lalake mahilig kang mambabae
Anong akala mo sa akin laruan na, pagkatapos mong gamitin iiwanan
Im not disposable

Source

So there, what the hell. "Kaliwa, kaliwa.. Kaliwa, kaliwa.. Pagkatapos mong gamitin iiwanan, I'm not disposable??" Hahahahah!!

me and med

2008-07-18T22:58:00.010+08:00

Wow. Just wow. I can't believe its a Friday once again, hahah. It always feels as if it was just yesterday when I dragged myself to school on a rainy Monday morning.

So far, med has been fun. :) But just as it is fun, it too is as nerve-wrackingly hard. By the word hard, I don't mean it's "undoable", rather, the fact that you know what it takes to get things done gets so much out of you that drains you by the end of the week. And Friday has just been nominated, deliberated upon and unanimously decided to be Karen's most favorite day of the week! XD

Rainy day at Anatomy lab

There really is a big difference between college life and med school. The subjects, as of now, are also the ones I already took in my undergrad, but still, there is a difference. The amount of work, the pressures, the time it consumes, almost everything is moved up by a notch. A big, big notch! Hahah!

I always thought that postgrad is like elementary schooling. The subjects given are good for 1 year, the academic year is divided into 4 shiftings and 1 final exam wherein NOBODY is exempted. Much like the 4 grading periods in elem and 1 final achievement test. Wala ngalang Mid-year exam ang med. Hahahahah!

Everyday, you go to school for a full 8-5 class, spend only 1 hour for a lunch break and sit in class, nose-bleeding yourself to death with medical jargons lectured to you by your very competent but unhelpful doctor professors. Unhelpful since what they do is just lecture and lecture, and leave us to reread and understand what they say in class. There is no rule stating that you can't ask questions, but since they think we understand already EVERYTHING, if not able to comprehend most of the stuff they teach, you can't actually ask them too. Heheh.

Much is also expected from med students. We are expected to be always at our best. Despite the fact that we are faced with a pile of readings from books, handouts, acetates, powerpoints, and lecture notes, not to mention lack of sleep due to studying *Yes, people. I lack sleep because of actual studying. XD*, we are expected to go to school early, be active in class and be the most productive persons for 5 days straight. And like I said, its not impossible, it is possible, but the amount of effort to do this is way way greater than whatever I have experienced before. Or as I always thought, it might equal in some way that of my elem days when everyday is aral day. ^___^

As of now, I know that I can still be sane enough to go attend class, and that I still have time for a little "me time" every Friday night, but sooner or later, I fear that this "me privileges" will soon be taken away too, heheh. I try my best to keep up with the world outside school, but when I think about it, parang hindi ata kaya. Hahahah! I can't go out with friends, I can't have weekend movie marathons, no more online/offline gaming, hell, I don't even have time for blogging! Nyahahahah!!

But what makes me sad the most, is how I lose quality time for family and friends. Haay. Its like I'm being distant, unknowingly and that I can't really make up for it that easily. Its sad that I can only update myself on friends via multiply, friendster, blogs and twits, all of which are impersonal ways of communication. I don't even text a lot nowadays, much less have phone calls. I am making myself more and more unavailable these months. Haay.

At Jeans's, Arls's and Liz's new apartment

Still, even though med has taken/will take much from me in its course, I still believe that it is a career choice that will make me happy. :) Happy that I have given up on the more happy-go-lucky side of me, and made way for more rewarding, but harder, things in life. Although I'm not so sure myself, I feel that my friends understand and that even though I'm not really very easy to ask out on barkada gimmicks, they will empathize!! wahahahahah!! Empathize eh no? XD

Heheh. Right now I'm watching "House", my most favorite TV series in the entire universe, and I heard Hugh Laurie got a nomination for a Best Actor in a TV series? Well I wish him best of luck. I wish me best of luck too!! Hahahah! Good luck to both of us. :p

the week that was

2008-07-05T09:52:00.005+08:00

I have a strange feeling that this blog will only be updated weekly, hahahah! Apparently, I can't really insert this blog thingy in my weekday "schedule" since its too jampacked, nyahahahah!!

But anyhow, since right now I am listening to JT's Sumer Love, I was in the mood for a little unwinding of my own. :D

Lunes (Gross Anatomy): (last week) Nothing much, just gross ana, gross ana long quiz that is! XD Not too bad, some questions were a bit misleading, and some were just plain easy. I didn't get a perfect score though, hahah, which means I'm just plain stupid. LOLs. Hahahahahah!!! (this week) We had a lecture on heart development which was very very... Zzzzzz...

Martes (Biochemistry): Cystinuria was the case for the day, reported by my fellow blockmates as well as Carb metab reported by Fai and her groupmates. Then we had a quiz, then we proceeded to the lab part in the afternoon, for the actual Carb Test. We were made to pick one unknown and test it for the presence of reducing sugars via Molisch, Mucic Acid and Benedicts test. :D

Miyerkules (Neuroanatomy): Lectures again, about the nervous system. LOLs. About the nerve tracts in the PNS and such.. Blah, blah..

Huwebes (Histology and FCM1): Wahahahah. Microscopy mode, and because the class was having a very scholarly conversation, our Professor had a fit that morning and lectured on and on which lasted for a good 20-30 minutes? Guess what, she was lecturing on time management.. Heller??? Hahahahah! FCM on aft, another boooring lecture on the traditions and customs of Filipinos on health. Still, although it was a bit boring, I did learn that binat is also known as "bughat". LOLs.

Biyernes (Physiology): Morning was applied lab exercise + case discussion. We did quite good, LOLs, eventhough we lacked a discussion due to lack of knowledge on how to make a proper report. Anyway, our professor said we're forgiven since it is our first time, but she would be expecting more for the next case conference. Whew. And afternoon was a lecture on SNS "neurophysio"-ish blah.. It was a bleeder! A nose-bleeder!! Waaaaaa! I think I lost pints of blood through my nose, hindi kinaya ng CNS ko, LOLs!

And that was it. The week that was. Heheh. On a side note, tried to join the table tennis varsity-ish yesterday, but coach was out so we weren't able to go try out. XD

Whew, now I still have loads to do, and Imma go back to Carb Tests, ako kasi yung malas na nakabunot ng Lab report-making. XD

hemosiderin

2008-06-28T09:07:00.007+08:00

Our histology teacher lectured last Thursday about "hemosiderin", this is apparently a pigment imparted by RBCs to phagocytic cells once they are ingested and degraded.

It's been three weeks since I started my med school life and believe me or not, its amazing how sometimes I wake up and not know that the week is ending already. It feels as if I am so busy everyday that I tend to lose track of time. Whew.

These past few days, I've been getting to know a few of my classmates, little by little. Although PLM grouping seems to be run almost always alphabetically, there are also times when you get to interact with other people which is really great. :)

I find all of my classmates really good people. Well, at least for now I feel that they are really friendly. :D Some may be noisy, over-the-top, super duper quiet and sometimes very mema-ish, but all in all, they are all good people. :D

It's a bit of a shock for me that some of us are a bit anti-social, while others tend to over-familiarize with people a bit. But then we all have our own personality so it makes sense that some people behave differently from my usual point of view. Heheheh. I may not know it, but maybe I too, behave differently as they expected. But anyways..

Everyone I talk to and have a bit of kwentuhan moments leave a piece in me and makes me feel a bit closer to them. Funny and mushy as it sounds, it feels like I'm getting a bit closer to everyone every day. ^____^

And as to the hemosiderin I mentioned earlier, all of these mini-interactions leave a bit of the person in me. And hopefully I would get to phagocytose all of my classmates eventually. Nyahahahahahahahahahahah!

patapon

2008-06-23T22:57:00.005+08:00

I finished patapooon!!! Waaaa! Pata-pata-pata-pon!!!!

Hahahah! Gawd, this game is just sooo darn cute!! And addictive! I sometimes find myself chanting "pata-pata-pata-pon" while I'm highlighting notes or rewriting lectures. Wahahahahah! Stop me!!!!!!!!!

Patapon is about an ancient tribe who wants to see this thing called "IT" which can apparently be found at Earth's end. The player's role in the game is to be their deity who will guide their way to Earth's End. Of course, along the way are obstacles such as the Zigoton tribe and a few monster bosses here and there. Since this is a tribe you are managing, you have to gather raw materials for them to continue living and for them to be able to have better weapons and better patapons too. Mini-games are also included in the game to ease boredom when the chanting gets too monotonous for your taste. Heheheh.

The mechanics of the game is simple. Each of the four control buttons (Circle, Square, Cross and Triangle) pertains to a specific sound namely Pon, Pata, Don and Chaka. Using four commands at a time, you make your army do specific moves.

For example, pressing square-square-square-circle gives the chant "pata-pata-pata-pon" which stands for the command "move forward/advance". By continuously tapping this sequence, you will be able to advance your army to their destination. When attackers are abound, of course you should command your army to "attack", and to do this, you change the chant into "pon-pon-pata-pon" by pressing circle-circle-square-circle which is the corresponding sequence. There are many other command chants available for use, depending on whether you'd like to defend, charge-up, etc.

There is no stopping once you've started giving commands, so while you are watching the action, you are still tapping the 4 buttons in order for your army to move. Pressing the wrong sequence or pressing them out of rhythm puts them to a halt, which of course has devastating consequences when facing tough enemies or bosses.

So that's basically what the game Patapon is. A fun-filled kiddie-looking-but-is-a-really-hard game for kids of all ages. TRY IT!!!!!! ^____^

new chapter

2008-06-23T21:55:00.007+08:00

Whew. After ten million years, I had the guts and the inspiration to update my blog, after receiving several comments as well as friendly tags over there on the right panel *advertising much?? hahahah!*

I never thought people would still care to read my silly posts, and honestly, I'm a bit touched by comments. Although all of these comments I am talking about are for my anime and manga posts, still, the fact that people take time to read my reviews makes me have a writer's pleasure-ish feeling inside. ^______^

So now, I am continuing my blog which I left and traded for summer life, probably the last decent summer I'll ever have in a long long time, to document my boring life, boring but NEVER unhappy life. :D

So to grace this, uhh, not so debut post, I shall give a low-down of what transpired for the last months of my few "me time" periods.

One. After finishing the thesis, we walked the walk *walked the walk?? XD* and marched on to become the centennial graduates of the University of the Philippines - Manila. Recognition was held at the Gusaling Andres Bonifacio Roofdeck and Univ Grad. at the CCP. Hoorah, hoorah! I'm a bona fide UP alumna. :D

Two. I attended the graduation ball, which was held at Sofitel, I think on the 22nd of April? at the Mindanao Suite. :D Only a few courses attended, due to lack of interest from the other batch mates, nevertheless, it was a fun night of food. Yes people, "I only came for the food." Nyahahahah!

Three. I audi-ed my nights away during summer, reached the 29th level, aka the back-up level. Unfortunately, I already quit audi, so I said byebye to renkars last May. >_< I got wed in the game, managed to get to know a few people, and spent most of my "happy hours" at home. I have been a good girl, staying at home during nighttime. O:D

Four. Went to Ocean Park! Weeee! It was cool, the exhibits and all. Too bad it's still unfinished, hence, the tour wasn't as fulfilling. I felt that the Ocean Park had more to offer, unfortunately, they still can't offer it at this point in time, as only 1/3 of the whole exhibit is open for public. But if I do get the chance, I'd still go back to Ocean Park once its done. :)

Five. HS barkada reunion!!! Gawd, I missed these people sooo much!!!!!! Waaaa!!! We've been living quite far from each other, and have been studying in different universities, and this summer, we got to see each other!! Yey!! Haay, too bad Wench couldn't come. But still, I got to see Meryll, Tina and Alma. :D

Six. I watched two Pyro Olympic presentations this summer, my very first ones since for reasons I could not remember, I wasn't able to watch the earlier shows these past few years. It was great!!! Great and cool. :D Watch it! Watch it! Hahahah!

Seven. Well, I got accepted 2/3 of the universities that I tried to get into. And in the end, I went to Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila (PLM). So here I am, continuing my search for knowledge to satisfy my life long enthusiasm of becoming a health servant of the Filipino people. LOL. I'm just here for the prestige and for the paycheck! LOL. Hahahah! Joke. *Half meant* Wahahahah!

And that was it. Aside from a few side trips every now and then, that basically was my summer. My first summer in 4 years and probably my last one 'till I graduate from Med. Heheheheh.

I know that in a few days time, I'll be busier than ever, still, I shall do my best to update whenever I have a bit of time for rest and relaxation. :D Blogging makes me feel at ease for some reason.^__^

And with that, I declare: I am back in ~~business~~ blogging!

all is well

2008-03-20T18:23:00.003+08:00

Hahahah. Sorry, couldn't think of any other title for this post. Hahahah. I dunno, maybe it was just the influence of my self-spoiling while we were doing our powerpoint presentation at Fai's place since I was busy spoiling myself, reading the Epilogue of HP book 7 when I still haven't read the book yet. :p

Wahahah! Anyways, all is indeed well for the thesis defense is now done. :) Happy!!!! ^____^

Whew. It was a hot, and I mean literally uber HOT day, the 18th of March. Heheh. Funny, we slept at about 2:30 am and woke up for rehearsals at about 4:30. Fai and me were really feeling very sleepy, then again, we had to do pre-presentation rehearsals so we still had to practice even if our eyelids were feeling very heavy, as if they'd close at any moment. Wahahah!

So we left Fai's house at around 7:30 am and proceeded to ALVA, hahahah kasi somehow, for some weird reason, I went to ALVA the day before and I said I wanted TWO copies of our defense paper. And lo, when I got to Fai's house later, I only got one. Wahahahah! So buti nalang, ALVA was open that time and we dropped by to get the other copy.

We didn't have time to check where the defense room will be, we just know that it would be in the IMS Training Room, Dietary Building, Philippine General Hospital. So Fai in me, in our defense outfits, were walking towards PGH's Main Building carrying a big envelope full of defense paper copies and a big bag containing Tink, Fai's lappy. And while we were walking, what do you know, the lappy's bag's strap broke! Wahahah!! Buti nalang hawak ni Fai yung bag, kundi Tink would have fallen to the ground. Wahahah! Whew!

And after asking directions from the guard, we were told to go "Left, left tapos right." and we then found ourselves at the Dietary Department. Feeling marunong, pumasok kami sa loob and asked where the IMF training room is *At this point, we still didn't realize that it was imS not imF. XD*. And we were told that it was located at the Science building, not at the Dietary Department. Wahahahah!!!!

So we went to the Science Building's third floor, and found ourselves lost once again. Hahahah! Fortunately, we were directed by Kuya Guard towards the room, the IMS training room daw. Wahahah!

Whew we got there, Sir Dalet already arrived and there was also some unfortunate news: apparently, we didn't conform our defense date and time, which happens in about a few minutes. Huwat???? Whew. But the people there were really kind and they let us use the equipment although it was of short notice. Awww. *Later on, we even learned that we were supposed to pay for the LCD projector, the payment for which they said is not necessary anymore.* Gawd, I'm really going to give those people some form of token of appreciation!!! Very, very nice people. :)

Anyways, so set-up, webinar set-up and defense. Hahahah. It went on smoothly naman, thank goodness. :p Heheh. We finished on time without any interruption, although it seems like Dr. Custer couldn't see our visuals. Heheh. But the presentation was okay. :)

The question and answer portion went on after, and thank goodness again, that the questions weren't that complicated. Plus, Dr. Custer was there as well as Ma'am Endriga so they were able to help us through some of the more technical questions about the IPA and such.

Whew, at the end of the day, all of us went to Rob to pig out after a successful defense. Awwww. How I wish moments like this would go on forever. Just us, friends eating pasta and having fun. :)

Thanks Fai for being a very very great thesis partner, and most especially for being a great friend. :) AJA! XD Congrats to us. ^____^

recognize

2008-03-15T20:01:00.005+08:00

How do you know a person? How do you know them even after being separated for years? Hahah. Its a hard question and it seems that it has no easy answer.

I have been around different crowds of people, ever since I was young. I'm not really the social butterfly type, but I do get around and try to know people whenever I get the chance. And the fact that I have always changed schools for every step of my educational ladder also contributed to my knowing more and more different people all over the country. Naks. :)

The people I have known have always been good people. In fact, I do not remember any acquaintance whom I have shared bad memories with. There are some quite annoying people every now and then, and those people one loves to hate, but in the end, they still have goodness in them. Walang taong masama. And even when we meet after some time, I still feel the same way about them. :)

Some people say that they are able to recognize a person even from afar. Mukhang wala ata akong ganong talent, but I have often heard people say that they can recognize me from a distance. It seems that I have this certain walk and certain posture that makes me recognizable. Then again, I myself don't know how I look from a distance, so I can't really imagine how my friends recognize me. :p

And since I am in the midst of "recognize" talking, sometimes, I think that you can't really know a person well enough to recognize everything about them. There are always certain details that you wouldn't notice and this kind of situation is almost always true. That is why spending time with people is always very important, for it is only when the person himself tell you his unrecognizable self that you will be able to know who the person really is.

Its already March and the time for parting is nearing. Sometimes I wonder how well I know my college friends every now and then. I tend to think if I did get the chance to recognize their other sides and whether I have spent enough time with them, for them to be able to tell me things that would let me know them a little bit more.

Nakakalungkot na hindi kami magkakasama after grad, but then it isn't that bad either. Heheheh.

After a few years, would we still know each other? Could we still strike funny conversations spontaneously just like how we are right now? Are we still going to be close enough for us to tell each other things that we are able to share at present time? Hahahah. Andaming tanong. Pero kasi, in the end, for me it'll just boil down to one question: Are we still gonna be able to recognize one another after college? I sure hope so. :) Heheh.

Anyways, to end this post, I would like to say good luck and congratulations to UP-PGH College of Medicine Batch 2013. ^___^ Gambatte!

hateful

2008-03-13T03:15:00.003+08:00

Why?? Why did you have to be so good at drawing! Shoot! I soo love your artwork!!!! Gawd... How can you draw manga characters so beautifully? Gawd..

Then again, why?? Why did you have to pick that genre?? Why???

As it turns out, your stories are becoming a guilty pleasure. Waaaa..

Hateful.

what the

2008-03-11T14:26:00.002+08:00

What the. What the. What the.

[NO SUBJECT]
Between You and Michael Sobotta

hi beauty. i think i love your eyes, your face, your lips, your shape and also some other things i don't want to mention at the moment ;)
what do you think about me?

greez michael

What the. What the. What the.

So facebook has these people too? What the. *Snore. Zzz.*

windstruck-struck

2008-03-10T22:41:00.003+08:00

Wahahah! Today I got a visit from Gino, my long-time friend, long-time meaning we've known each other ever since we were in grade two. XD

Heheh. We went to the same elem and high school, but we went to different schools in college in our pursuit of wanting to be a lawyer and doctor. :) Heheh. Anyways, he came by today to do some house-hopping on our old classmates' houses. Hahah!

So we ate lunch and then proceeded with the search. Unfortunately, none of them were home and that was just weird. Wahahah! So we resorted to going back home and watching Windstruck, My Sassy Girl's prequel movie. :)

GAWD!!!!!!!!!! I FRIGGIN' CRIED!!!!!!!!!!! As in for like three times, tears were rolling down my cheeks. Gawd, and Gino was there too. Hahah! Anyways, I didn't mind and he didn't mind either, so no damage done. Wahahah!

But the movie was just awesome. As in AWE, I'm in awe how great the movie was! The plot was simple, yet every bit of the movie was just adorable. The attention to details and such were very very nicely done. I was like saying "Sh*t" everytime I saw the things that Myeungwoon used to communicate with the girl. Arrgghh. The ideas in the story was just incredible.

The only movie that I genuinely cried due to immense sadness is Spark's "A Walk to Remember" and now, I'll have to add "Windstruck" to that. Shoot!!!! Very very tasteful love story. Arrggh! I like it waaaaay better than its sequel! Waaaaaaa!

Anyways, after the movie, we went to another friend's house and later on went home. Whew. It was a tiring day, but the fact that I was able to watch Windstruck and I saw Gino made it a very heartfelt day too. :)

In the end, I still haven't gotten-over Windstruck. I was definitely Windstruck-struck. >.<

102

2008-03-07T21:47:00.002+08:00

Hahah! I didn't realize this was already my 102nd post! Hahahah! I would've wanted to announce on my 100th post. :p But anyway...

Happy Happy 102nd post to icepoints!!!!!!!!!!^____^

Weeee! :)

my very first med interview

2008-03-07T21:10:00.003+08:00

Wahahah! Earlier, I went to UERM-MMC for my very first med interview. Kyaa! Hahah!!

My interview was scheduled at 1 pm, and I got to UERM via LRT1 and LRT2 at about 12:45. My interview location was at their medicine building, at the Department of Anatomy, to be done by Dr. Maj-maj Deriada. There were quite a few, actually there were many, med students in the "floor lobby" when I got there, and they were kind enough to tell me where the department was. But because it wasn't 1 pm yet, I waited with them for about 30 minutes. Unfortunately too, I was the first interviewee of the day and there was no other applicant besides me. I was all alone. Wahahah!

Funny thing I noticed while I was there was that if Bio jokes are the most geeky thing there is, things just get better when you're in med! Goodness! I couldn't help but overhear their various humorous conversations about their courses, and there was one thing that caught my attention: this "Kung sinong unang maluha, siya ang makakakuha ng Gummy Bears!" contest they were having.

I wasn't really looking and pretending to do something else all the while, but basically they were trying to find out who'd cry the fastest and that person would get the Gummy Bears as a reward. Nakakaloka!!! Hahahah! There was this guy, who I think put his head below knee-level while he was sitting so that blood would kinda rush through his head and he would get all red and be teary-eyed. One of the students were saying "Nakakasakit ng ulo yan! :)" and all of them were laughing at the attempt of the guy to cry! Another student then said "Alam ko na! Hahah! Parang yung tongue lang yan eh, inaabot yung uvula tapos *mimics sound of vomitting* na! Hahahah!" I was like, omg, these people are using their med knowledge to friggin' get a Gummy Bear pack! O_O Hahahah! But I thought that it was fun. :p

So 1:15 came and I was called in the office of the doctor. I didn't know if she'd be a man or a woman, but anyways, they led me into a small room with a table and two chairs and left me there. Then she came into the room. She was a woman! Thank goodness. :) She actually was a doctor in the Department of Surgery! Cool!!!! But before you imagine mental images of a grumpy, 50-year old woman, she actually is very young!!^___^ Heheh. Amazing. :)

Anyways, to basically summarize the interview, there was a pre-made questionnaire there and all she did was ask me the questions based on it. Gaddd!!! There were so many times, okay not really so many but, that I answered "I can't really think of anything right now." The stoopidest thing to do! Wahahahah!!! But it was really true! I couldn't think of any principles in my life that I went against, I don't have a career role model, and some other confusing questions! Waaaaaa!! I feel stoooopid.

There were basic questions also, and some that revolve around my out-of-school life and the likes. There weren't many academic questions, but it was okay all-in-all. :) Shoot! I just thought that sometimes, I would answer more than what was asked and that sometimes, she'd see me looking to my right while I was thinking of the answer to her question. Gulay! Parang di ako nag-psych, that people who are thinking *including thinking of something to answer that is not necessarily true* tend to look to the side. Waaaaaaaa!! But I wasn't thinking of a lie naman! I was just trying to remember past situations and people I've met so I could answer her properly. Naiisip ko tuloy, baka isipin niya nag-lie na ako. Waaaaaaaa!!

So the interview ended precisely 30 minutes after, and when I got out of the room, I passed by the other applicants, and I was sort of thinking "Whew, thank goodness I'm finished already! >.<" So I went back to the registrar office and handed over the paper signed by the doctor. And then I went home. Home sweet home. :)

Hahah! I wasn't really "kinakabahan" when the interview started, but like everybody else, after the interview, I felt as if I didn't do well. Waaa!! They instructed me to call two weeks after today, so during the Holy Week, we'll see if I get in or not. *I'm really worried. Shoot.*

thesis poster

2008-03-05T17:49:00.006+08:00

YEY!!! Hoorah for the great day today. XD The thesis poster exhibit was launched today! Weeee!

Our thesis poster, me and Fai's pride and joy. Hahahahah! Whew, it was really a happy moment, seeing our work hung at the lobby, boasting of the efforts and time we gave to finish our thesis. Ma'am Endriga said she couldn't come, but neverhteless, we were happy that a few professors of ours stopped by to ask questions about our thesis.

In Silico Identification of Putative Muscle Adaptation-Associated MicroRNAs and their Gene Targets' Molecular Network During Voluntary Wheel Running in Mus musculus.

Heheh. It was kind of scary when I think about the questions they would ask, but when we were there, we kinda answered quite properlay naman. :p Heheh. And the fact that ours and Ian's and Sith's work were displayed side by side made the explanations even better. Cos this way, they could look at both of our topics at the same time and find what they are looking for since we have the same methodology, but different topics and presentations. :)

Some of the profs were really interested in our theses that they were enjoying asking us questions pertaining to our work. I was definitely very very happy about that and I feel that these two theses will be of great help in the future, when the field of Bioinfomatics become known and more explored in the country.

Well of course, some of the profs too were kinda asking "defense" questions already, but it was okay. At least we ge to have a preview of what they would want to ask when our defense pushes through on the 18th. I can't wait to explain our paper to the world!!! >.<

Okay, okay, not really the world but to the DB faculty and to Dr. Deocaris. :p

Weee! Tadaaa! Happy poster posting day!^___^

dang ack-ness

2008-03-03T18:43:00.007+08:00

Errr. Today, 03-03-2008, is a very unfortunate day. Errr. Arrrrrgggghhh.

The day started late for me. Late because I woke up late for our 10 am meeting!!! Waaaa! I am 110% sure that I ALARMED MY PHONE YESTERDAY EVENING. But for some reason, I did not notice any "kring, kring" around 8:30 am. Shoot. I dunno if I accidentally canceled my alarm earlier or if it just didn't ring. Tsk. Is my phone really broken? Or am I just not in the right condition. x_X

After arriving at KK to join Ton, Ann and Fai, I wanted to order Akida *strawberry* Jelly Mouse since I always, always order that whenever I go to KK. I actually didn't plan on eating lunch since I already ate at home, but when I got to the counter, hoorah hoorah, there wasn't any left. TSK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I had to order Cali maki and Gyoza instead. Tsk! Napamahal pa ako, not to mention it gave me more calories than I originally planned to eat.

Anyways, since Fai and I were originally planning to edit the poster she borrowed Ton's lappy for a moment, to open our poster which was saved by me, on my USB earlier that day. And guess what, I SAVED THE WRONG VERSION. I saved the older one, hence some changes that we made weren't included in that copy. Dang it! I thought I saved the correct one, but apparently, I saved the less recent copy. Shet, I had to call my sister back at home and make her mail the copy to me. Shooot! And of course, we had to go to Netopia to download the copy. Tsk.

Back at school, we had our last Parasitology lecture meeting and after that, Fai and I decided to bug Prof. ****** about our thesis. We gave that darn copy to him almost 2 months ago, and we always reminded him to read it, evaluate it, talk to us about it, DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. But dang, he never did any of those. Ayaw ko na. He even said he'd return it last Friday, but instead, he went home with it and left without telling us anything. But that was fine by me, actually, I was kinda relieved to know that at least, somehow he wanted to read our paper so he brought it home with him. After all, he did "brag" that he READS PAPERS THOROUGHLY.

And lo, guess what, he still haven't read it. :D

:D
:)
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:'(

I snapped. I hated it. I hated how our efforts to help him read our paper by PATIENTLY waiting for him was wasted. Halos balik balikan lang namin siya, and everytime he said something associated with hindi ko pa tapos, we did not impose on him. We simply said okay po, and left him with his work.

But we too are busy and blul shlit, poster presentation is on Wed already and dang, its Monday already, darn it. Then he said that our paper was okay and that the reason why he checked the other student's theses was because they were the ones who were more probably in danger of not doing well on the defense or something to that effect. Dang, I couldn't look him in the eye. It required too much effort for me, so I didn't talk or even look.

Dang, and if that wasn't enough, I went to cybernook to print the abstract of our paper and oh well, they ran out of ink. Dang, I had to go to ALVA to have it printed. Dang once more, as if the afternoon couldn't get any better, it rained. Dang it, I had to ride a jeepney for a few meters since I didn't bring an umbrella and all I had was my hoodie. I also didn't want to wet the printouts anyway so I rode the jeepney.

Dang, it was sooo stressful my goosebumps won't stop. My arrector pilis are working overtime, maybe due to the severe flow confused signals from my brain. Tsk.

Dang! Dang that ack-ness!

first week of march

2008-03-02T23:43:00.004+08:00

Yey!! The thesis is most definitely nearing its completion! Wahahah! A few more edits here and there, since some person out there is kinda having fun delaying our strict sched *tsk*, and we're all done! Weeeeee!! Done I say! Wahahah!

The paper is finalized already, more or less, and the poster too is finished. :) Yey! The room for the defense will be reserved tomorrow and the webinar equipment is good to go!

Thesis posters will be displayed at the lobby on the 5th and I'm getting excited to see my other classmates' works! Heheh. All of our hard work will be there. Yey. :)

My UERM-MMC interview is going to be on Friday. Whew! My very first med school interview. Kyaa! I'm getting anxiously excited! Naks! Hahahah! But seriously, I don't know what to think! What questions would they ask? How should I answer? Waaaa!! Naguguluhan ako! :p

Kinakabahan ako everytime I think about those things. Heheheh. Parang ewan. Hahah! Like my heart is pumping twice as fast! Wahahah!

I bought my semi-formal attire earlier today which consist of a pair of high-heeled sandals, slacks, a formal top and a long-sleeved blouse I'd wear on Friday. Waaaaaa! Kinakabahan ako kasi mag-isa lang ako! Waaaa!!! And a real doctor would interview me! >.<

Waaaaa! Heheheh. I hope things would turn out fine. :) Anyways, all I have to do is sit there, answer their questions and it's done! Heheh. As if ganun kadali. XD

Well anyways, lots of things to do this week! I have to reserve extra energy! Wahahah! Good luck to me!^____^