my flight pala is 8:05pm
and i will arrive at 8:55AM
WELL I DONT KNOW IF THAt's australian time or not
hany is in the house right noiw watching
i asked her to come over so that i wont be left alone at the house
somehow im quite sad
i wish all of us will go there
because i would feel like a stranger there of course...
well see yah!
our visa has been approved
so im going to australia tomorrow 8:55pm
im kind of sad because im gonna miss my family
especially my brother
and my dad's gonna leave me after 1 week...
huhu im sad...and a little bit shy
it's election day today
but im not voting co'z im not registered haha
sorry.....
i know
they re together...
the ms. and mr. popular in school
at cas actually.
but why am i sad?
i know it would be so good to be true...
for me...
i have to cut it out...
i have to excel though for now i think it's impossible...
mikaela is right...
take not the road less traveled...
but make a new one...
the title is like that because i just felt like writing it(hehe)
just arrived from gym...
raymond , sheila and i went eating again after ...
actually i was in sm earlier because i planned to be a good girl and have an advance reading on phchem..
infortunately someone noticed me way back in jasms,, shan- shan's sister
i was surprised that she still remembers me...
maybe my face is still the same up till now...
is that a good thing??
so i wasnt able to finish my goal...
and i did something bad =( huhu i thought i would never do that but i was tempted again...sorry Lord....
and now i still feel like a big fat pig=)
Take not the road less traveledMikaela Irene Fudolig – BS PhysicsSpeech at the Commencement Exercises, UPDApril 22, 2007One of the things that strike me as being very “UP Diliman” is the way UPDstudents can’t seem to stay on the pavement. From every street corner thatbounds an unpaved piece of land, one will espy a narrow trail that cuts thecorner, or leads from it. Every lawn around the buildings sports at least oneof these paths, starting from a point nearest to the IKOT stop and ending atthe nearest entry to the building. The trails are beaten on the grass by manypairs of feet wanting to save a fraction of a meter of traveling, no matterthat doing so will exact some cost to the shoes, or, to the ubiquitousslippers, especially when the trails are new.What do these paths say about us, UP students?One could say that the UP student is enamored with Mathematics and Pythagoras,hence these triangles formed by the pavement and the path. Many among you woulddisagree.Others could say that the UP student is naturally countercultural. And therefusal to use the pavement is just one of the myriads of ways to show hisdefiance of the order of things. This time, many would agree.Still, others will say that the UP student is the model of today’s youth: theywant everything easier, faster, now. The walkable paths appeal to them becausethey get to their destination faster, and presumably, with less effort. Nowthat is only partly true, and totally unfair.These trails weren’t always walkable. No doubt they started as patches of grass,perhaps overgrown. Those who first walked them must have soiled their shoes,stubbed their toes, or had insects biting their legs, all in the immovablebelief that the nearest distance between two points is a straight line. Theymight even have seen snakes cross their paths. But the soiled footwear, soretoes, and itchy legs started to conquer the grass. Other people, seeing the yetfaint trail, followed. And as more and more walked the path, the grass gave inand stopped growing altogether, making the path more and more visible, more andmore walkable.The persistence of the paths pays tribute to those UP students who walked themfirst – the pioneers of the unbeaten tracks: the defiant and curious few whorefuse the familiar and comfortable; the out-of-the-box thinkers who solveproblems instead of fretting about them; the brave who dare do thingsdifferently, and open new opportunities to those who follow.They say how one behaved in the past would determine how he behaves in thefuture. And as we leave the University, temporarily or for good, let us call onthe pioneering, defiant, and brave spirit that built the paths to guide us inthis next phase of our life.We have been warned time and again. Our new world that they call “adulthood” isone that’s full of compromises, where success is determined more by the abilityto belong than by the ability to think, where it is much easier to do aseveryone else does. Daily we are bombarded with so much news of despair aboutthe state of our nation, and the apparent, perverse sense of satisfaction ourpoliticians get from vilifying our state of affairs. It is fashionable tomigrate to other countries to work in deceptively high-paying jobs like nursingand teaching, forgetting that even at their favored work destinations, nursesand teachers are some of the lowest paid professionals. The lure of high andimmediate monetary benefits in some low-end outsourcing jobs has drawn evensome of the brightest UP students away from both industry and universityteaching to which they would have been better suited.Like the sidewalks and pavement, these paths are the easiest to take.But, like the sidewalks and pavement, these paths take longer to traverse, justas individual successes do not always make for national progress. The unceasingcritic could get elected, but not get the job done. The immigrant could get hisvisa, but disappear from our brainpower pool. The highly paid employee would beunderutilized for his skills, and pine to get the job he truly wants, but is nowout of his reach. And the country, and we, are poorer because of these.Today, the nation needs brave, defiant pioneers to reverse our nation’s slide todespair. Today, we must call upon the spirit that beat the tracks. Today, wemust present an alternative way of doing things.Do NOT just take courage, for courage is not enough. Instead, be BRAVE! It willtake bravery to go against popular wisdom, against the clichéd expectations offamily and friends. It will take bravery to gamble your future by staying inthe country and try to make a prosperous life here. It might help if for astart, we try to see why our Korean friends are flocking to our country. Why,as many of us line up for immigrant visas in various embassies, they getthemselves naturalized and settle here. Do they know something we don’t?Do NOT just be strong in your convictions, for strength is not enough. Instead,DEFY the pressure to lead a comfortable, but middling life. Let us lead thiscountry from the despair of mediocrity. Let us not seek to do well, but striveto EXCEL in everything that we do. This, so others will see us as a nation ofbrains of the highest quality, not just of brawn that could be had for cheap.Take NOT the road less traveled. Rather, MAKE new roads, BLAZE new trails, FINDnew routes to your dreams. Unlike the track-beaters in campus who see wherethey’re going, we may not know how far we can go. But if we are brave, defiantsearchers of excellence, we will go far. Explore possibilities, that others mayget a similar chance. I have tried it myself. And I’m speaking to you now.But talk is cheap, they say. And so I put my money where my mouth is. Today, Iplace myself in the service of the University, if it will have me. I would liketo teach, to share knowledge, and perhaps to be an example to new UP students inthinking and striving beyond the limits of the possible. This may only be asmall disturbance in the grass. But I hope you’ll come with me, and trample anew path.Good evening, everyone.
dad,kya's and I went to villa mejia for a night swimming
as ever we ate again and i am getting diabetes na!
then my dad and i swam first and we stopped around 11 pm
kuya f had a mini hika again!
so we all slept and they woke up around 3pm to swim
then we checked out around 5am
we are rushing because dad said we have to go to dasma to bring kendi to the airport
she's going to surigao
then after we went to eastw00d
actually my first time
then we had our breakfast (dad and I)
and i sw a very big dog
like the one in the avilon zoo
and they were so "sosyal"
eating their master's salad
ohhh the rich people.....
and i forgot to mention my tarpaulin at the mall... a little embarassing...here the pic so i'll remember someday..
my uncle is a certified attorney!
uncle atty. jose eslao jr.!
at last!
we ate at saisaki!
whoah actually before that we went to church(at least with kuya F)
then we ate at mann han(funny kuya broke a small glassware and fortunately they did not made us pay...good for him because he's short in his allowance)
we onler ate pure veggie:brocolli flower,brocolli leaves and mixed veggies because we know that we are later going to eat on a buffet
then went to starbucks
at last i ate oreo cheese cake
and drank java chip
then went to dinner
whoah i wished we did not eat before because i cant eat anymore
so many viads and desserts and japanese food!
whew and i am a pig... my blouse that i bought from mint is somewhat tight already huhuhu
this is one of the summer's wherin i am most fat because i usually get myself thin during this time.huhuhu
i am a babe in the city(huhuhu)
pics with cousins(some)
the attorney
it was a happy day! we went to 168..
i bought a lot!shirts,legging,mini shorts,blanket
then overnight at kai's house
ate and ate
watch dvd
and heart to heart girl's talk
and sing a long...
we are very old friends already...and we still love each other...
we bought this...the three of us have these cellphone accesory'
happy=) and tired...
i look like a pig already because i always eat sweets and watch tv
always the marathon thing!
anyway it's PMAO birthday...but i dont care
im even bad because i greeted him in kai's phone saying
"happy birthday jerk"
yes he's really a jerk for telling my friend "dont message me again"
who do you think he is? a superstar??!!!!!! nahhhhh
im over it
i hate myself for realizing just now....
still i'm happy=)
well i just got home.
i got my passport already = )
then i went to the gym
and had aerobics
the i ate at chowking.
im really tired.
and tomorrow we're gonna go shopping with hany and kai at 168.
and overnight at kai's place.
so... that was the tired part.
well what thought would i really like to say?
that i moved on!isn't that happiness?!
i was thinking why i forgot his birthday...i'm talking about him...my first...
and i never did forget that special day for the past 3 years...
and it was wierd because everytime i play the song stay...
i can't fel anything any longer...
but before, everytime i play it... my heart would just sink in...
isn't that good!
i'm free!~
i can really say that i am
single and fabulous in my whole being!
bet i can focus more now!
today i went out with my bestfriends.
encar arrived at the house around past 10
and actually i was very sleepy because i slept aroud 4am watching the English patient.
we went to rob ermita to have the foot spa just to find out that there is only one who can attend and massage as so we proceed first to megamall to meet kelvin
and we ate in ohana hawaii.
then went back to rob again and kelly went back to his dlsu friends to watch movie.
then around 4 we were in rob ermita and had our foot spa at holiday spa.
it was really relaxing but i still have cramps due to my gym activity since tuesday.
then we went to sm manila and waited for hany.
then went to visayas avenue starbucks
and at last i ordered the banana java chip.but i was disappointed with the taste.
the bottom line is that
i went on mall hopping
and i miss my bestfriends...the best really among my best friends... because they are the original ones... and we still have a lot of plans ... i hope they will come true...i'll keep it posted anyway i have to keep in mind that i am losing my funds! and i still have to go shopping with them, and the body spa...etc!haha
now my posts are showing up... think tere was a problem on my template... now im relieved...but the thing is that the them is so simple...i miss my old lay out...
anyway im so happy because i got myn passport already...it should be fast...
and i got this sickness called vertigo wherein it reminded me of my childhood,, the feeling of tiopsy turvy when you try to turn rounda nd round... and i experienced it from time to time!it was so wierd...
tomorrow encar and i will be having a foot spa...haha
i hope kuya f will get better and i can have my visa successfully
well.. i got a new lay out already
thanks to blog skins...
i ... what did i do today
i planned to go to the gym
but i just slept and i told myself to wake up at 6
then i woke up at 7pm still wearing my jogging pants
so what happened? i wasnt able to go to the gym...
tomorrow i will be out with my high school friends
but the problem is that i have to get my nbi clearance
so i have to be there early...my goodness
i have to catch up in MOA
anyways i am stupid
i watched a mushy movie
and a mushy korean series because i opened the tv
and now i'm feeling mushy and i am stupid....
i just hate it to feel this way
hoping of love and some other stuff
im only 18 and there's more to life
i dont wnat to rush on things...
i just enjoy books right now and watch prison break
grey's anatomy
ang one tree hill
they make me feel good.
and what's wrong with me?
im like an itchy worm who does not want to stop and just do my things
i have some fighting things to do..
well dad said that most probably we will be leaving on may 7 for australia
and we'll just be there for 2 weeks
...and he said it's winter there
i don't think i can stand that..im pretty sure
because i easily get cold
and the study stuff in australia?
well there's a lot of requirements and high grades
2.0 gwa
hello?!
since i transfered in upm as a pharmacy student
i got 3.0 for the first time...
im so sad
and i need around 380000 pesos per sem
just for the tuition fee
i know i just have to keep on dreaming
but somehow some are so difficult and this one is sure one...
well i'll just pray
pray hard.........
well what do we have here....
hi! i am joanna and i am just havin my vacation last tuesday night and it was holy week and i just wasted my time watching one tree hill, grey's anatomy and prison break... well i guess it wasnt wasted that much. what i call wasted in here is the fact that i began to become a couch potato, lying in my bed for a long time and eating some junk. that was how i spent my vacation.... a vacation of some sort that it is just for a week or less.
i also watched this suzuka anime and i was disappointed of the story because it was so predictable unlike prison break where in the guy is very hot (Wentworth Miller) my new crush by the way aside from james lafferty. or maybe did i just became too mature for me to watch this anime and i got to be disappointed with my attitude towards myself for not enjoying it. actually i was even pissed and i told myself of what's the point of watching this anime series....
maybe i began to mature more on the perspective of having tastes in watching or is it because i learned to find that these american series would turn out to be much better that teeny bopper cartoons and stuffs?
well i got 3.0 for the first time in my math and i am thankful that i passed because that subject gave me a hard time... really! a hard time! and i found out that a lot of my classmated got 4.0 and 5.0 so i'm better of. thank God that He answered my prayers!(i love God!)
as i was saying i've been observing my friends and my highschool friends and they spend a lot of their time making fun... and here's me and the rest of my new friends studying and talking about flanking and stufff..............
i am no a wierd nerd ok?! i also want to take a rest from studying!
and i know that i can always take a rest because it's just a matter of choice.but as i wake up everyday i really want to do something and i don't like to be like my brother who is always sleeping,it's better to be busy and study that to be idle (well because i started to become idle last week and i don't like it).
surprises!
wanna here one?
we were at the mall with j0c and kenvee and our classmate kimy talked to s about her aplying to usa and it trigered me to study abroad again, of course it would give me another hard totime but i would really like to be a doctor,,, how's that?so i kn ow that the education their is better of here.. and guess what??
oh dad just wants me to go with him in australia this may so i can take a look with the school and see for myself...
oh how's that?
so i thought i can get this chem150 and everything is turning out right but then i have to got to australia already! well i just dont know if it will turn out alright...
i just want to here everything's gonna ba alright.bow.
although i wasn't able to write a lot of times before... well write now i have an opportunity to do so
i am so happy with our fiedtrip in bio... actually i wasnt excited at first because i know we are just going to a typical zoo... but then the zoo is brilliant! a lot of animals are in there and aside from that the place is really beutiful!and we had a lot of pictures!so fun!
waaa snake!
my classmates
my buddy!
haha we really enjoyed!haha
but it so wierd, after that i was lonely that night... so some things are still not finish huh?
well i don't want to think of that now...
piles of work are waiting for me!pics are at mu multiply
so many exams again...
well i posted pictures in myn multiply because i know i can't blog that mech anymore
...........life is tough!
i can't read novels anymore...
i am this busy that i got to blog after 2 months
and even though i am so busy, i am failing with my subjects!
grrrrrrrrrr what can i say?!!!!
do i still deserve to study in uP???
gosh i even neeed 99.5 over 100 on the next exam in ip lab just to pass!~
and it's not possible..........
gosh........(sigh)
