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The name is Elaine or Ien or Pssst or Hoy ...or whatever suits you
...from the city of Davao
...26 with fine lines and wrinkles already
...short-haired, two-eyed na! (thanks to constact lenses), right-handed, flat-footed
...wants to be a Buddhist and a United Nations interpreter someday
...confused about life in general
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Monday, May 30
My Summer 2005
twas the best summer ever... i think.
joined a convention... met ken yeang... interviewed some freshmen... met up with des... met up with jazzie and paula (HS friends)... went to cebu... got answers from a Taoist temple... went to bohol... saw the chocolate hills [for the first time]... held a tarsier... sailed along the loboc river [ala panaghoy sa suba]... visited heritage churches... predicted the victories of jerome sala (star in a million), tom westman (survivor palau), ucheanna and joyce (amazing race), and carrie underwood (american idol)... took and passed an entrance exam (with flying colors!)... lived with a bagobo tribe for 2 days... baptized as "che-che" in my foster bagobo family... met lots of people along the way...
haaaay, too bad it's almost over. sana araw-araw summer
twas the best summer ever... i think.
joined a convention... met ken yeang... interviewed some freshmen... met up with des... met up with jazzie and paula (HS friends)... went to cebu... got answers from a Taoist temple... went to bohol... saw the chocolate hills [for the first time]... held a tarsier... sailed along the loboc river [ala panaghoy sa suba]... visited heritage churches... predicted the victories of jerome sala (star in a million), tom westman (survivor palau), ucheanna and joyce (amazing race), and carrie underwood (american idol)... took and passed an entrance exam (with flying colors!)... lived with a bagobo tribe for 2 days... baptized as "che-che" in my foster bagobo family... met lots of people along the way...
haaaay, too bad it's almost over. sana araw-araw summer
Monday, May 23
Burnt and Broke
for the first time in a long long time, i'm broke.... as in Purita Zobel (para sa hindi maka-gets... poor-ita zobel)!!! half of our 13th month pay just went in [and out of my wallet] last week. i don't know ha, hindi naman ako gastador, pero it seems i paid an awful lot of bills and loans (not mine!) this month. my financial situation at the moment really bothers me because i feel i'll be in this state for a very looong time starting june. i'll be spending around P18,000 for tuition (that's highway robbery compared to UP's tuition, don't you think?) and God-knows-how-much for books this coming semester. on top of that money-drain, i'll be a working full-time student, which means i won't have time to make "raket". no third job, no projects. to add to this series of unfortunate events, the registrar told me i need to finish 15 units of English subjects before summer 2006!!! how in hell will i do that?!
...ding, ang puting bato... bilis! DARNA!!! yeah, they probably think i'm some kind of a superhero. i know, i know. this is what i get for "seizing the day." again, self-inflicted suffering.... hey, i'm inadvertently becoming a Buddhist!! hahaha but seriously, this is insane... and i like it!
for the first time in a long long time, i'm broke.... as in Purita Zobel (para sa hindi maka-gets... poor-ita zobel)!!! half of our 13th month pay just went in [and out of my wallet] last week. i don't know ha, hindi naman ako gastador, pero it seems i paid an awful lot of bills and loans (not mine!) this month. my financial situation at the moment really bothers me because i feel i'll be in this state for a very looong time starting june. i'll be spending around P18,000 for tuition (that's highway robbery compared to UP's tuition, don't you think?) and God-knows-how-much for books this coming semester. on top of that money-drain, i'll be a working full-time student, which means i won't have time to make "raket". no third job, no projects. to add to this series of unfortunate events, the registrar told me i need to finish 15 units of English subjects before summer 2006!!! how in hell will i do that?!
...ding, ang puting bato... bilis! DARNA!!! yeah, they probably think i'm some kind of a superhero. i know, i know. this is what i get for "seizing the day." again, self-inflicted suffering.... hey, i'm inadvertently becoming a Buddhist!! hahaha but seriously, this is insane... and i like it!
Tuesday, May 17
Change of Plans
how many plans do you have for your life? or do you even plan at all? i know of people who are so tired of frustration that they'd rather "go with the flow" and cease to be the captain of their ships. i, too, had thought of doing just that. after graduation, when my "Plan A" didn't work out (that is to get an architectural job in a firm), i made other people steer my wheel and forgot all about my "Plan B." surely, i accomplished my parents' ultimatum to pass the board. and yeah, i did meet wonderful people along the way. but lately i noticed no one's steering my wheel anymore. it feels like college life in UP all over again -- such overwhelming freedom. now, where will i go from here? study MArch, work abroad, work for NGO, or follow my passion? sounds like giveaway to me.
d'you know that feeling when you keep praying for a sign (nothing in particular, just something that will make you feel it's a sign) and then out of the blue it's there? whoa! Plan B's sign is there!! or that feeling when you deliberately avoid a subject/topic, yet it still keeps popping out of conversations, in books you read, in Game Ka Na Ba, in everything?!! ooops, there's Plan B again! that feeling haunts me for 3 years now.
"Plan B" is my passion. when i was in gradeschool, i used to answer in slum books and autographs that my ambition is to be an architect and "Plan B". in high school, my mom came home from a trip and bought me a shirt with the definition of "Plan B". it made me think she's probably brainwashing me to become one. during my freshman year in college, one of my teachers told me i'd make a good "Plan B". since 2002, i've been asking for an application form for "Plan B" every year, but always too chicken to continue. if i had to tell every instance i bumped with "Plan B", blogger's bandwidth won't be enough.
so what will i do then? i read Ferdz's blog entry on being uncomfortable with being comfortable. ditto. and like him, i can't be a dreamer forever. kaya nga idol ko si Ferdz! i'm seizing this lifetime! i'm going to Plan B.
just like my good friend Alan, i will keep Plan B to myself for now. i'm still working on it. by the start of the schoolyear, i'll post the big news (if it gets realized) and i hope everyone will be happy for me.
PS - no, i'm not getting married... not in a hundred years!
how many plans do you have for your life? or do you even plan at all? i know of people who are so tired of frustration that they'd rather "go with the flow" and cease to be the captain of their ships. i, too, had thought of doing just that. after graduation, when my "Plan A" didn't work out (that is to get an architectural job in a firm), i made other people steer my wheel and forgot all about my "Plan B." surely, i accomplished my parents' ultimatum to pass the board. and yeah, i did meet wonderful people along the way. but lately i noticed no one's steering my wheel anymore. it feels like college life in UP all over again -- such overwhelming freedom. now, where will i go from here? study MArch, work abroad, work for NGO, or follow my passion? sounds like giveaway to me.
d'you know that feeling when you keep praying for a sign (nothing in particular, just something that will make you feel it's a sign) and then out of the blue it's there? whoa! Plan B's sign is there!! or that feeling when you deliberately avoid a subject/topic, yet it still keeps popping out of conversations, in books you read, in Game Ka Na Ba, in everything?!! ooops, there's Plan B again! that feeling haunts me for 3 years now.
"Plan B" is my passion. when i was in gradeschool, i used to answer in slum books and autographs that my ambition is to be an architect and "Plan B". in high school, my mom came home from a trip and bought me a shirt with the definition of "Plan B". it made me think she's probably brainwashing me to become one. during my freshman year in college, one of my teachers told me i'd make a good "Plan B". since 2002, i've been asking for an application form for "Plan B" every year, but always too chicken to continue. if i had to tell every instance i bumped with "Plan B", blogger's bandwidth won't be enough.
so what will i do then? i read Ferdz's blog entry on being uncomfortable with being comfortable. ditto. and like him, i can't be a dreamer forever. kaya nga idol ko si Ferdz! i'm seizing this lifetime! i'm going to Plan B.
just like my good friend Alan, i will keep Plan B to myself for now. i'm still working on it. by the start of the schoolyear, i'll post the big news (if it gets realized) and i hope everyone will be happy for me.
PS - no, i'm not getting married... not in a hundred years!
Thursday, May 5
Summertime
i'm off to cebu and bohol for the weekend 'til early next week. if you're around that area, text me. oh yeah, summer has just begun!!
i'm off to cebu and bohol for the weekend 'til early next week. if you're around that area, text me. oh yeah, summer has just begun!!