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Monday, July 24, 2006

Come What May

Sunday night and it was raining hard outside.. Haha.. Ang saya, suspended nanaman classes. Good for them, wala naman kasi akong pasok MWF. Haha.. Anyway, so little time, so much to do. Line these up: thesis, litera1 poetry recital, drama, intphil homework, house stuff, sad mode. Haaay, buti na lang nagkaroon conference group namin sa litera. Ang saya nun eh. Lalo na 'pag asaran, yung tipong "waaaaaaah" (nalalaglag). Bwahahaha. Great, I'll play the character "Leonard" in our play. By the way he's gay. Great huh? Thanks guys.

The conference was crazy. Haha. Sure, I enjoyed it. *Sigh* It diverted my attention somehow. I'm still lamenting on something. I feel really uneasy and yeah, you can say sad. I don't want to talk about it. MOVING ON, hehe. It has been quite a while since I've laughed hard. Salamat sa matitinding "knock-knock" jokes tska sa mga korni kong jokes na tinatawanan ko. Hehe. The conference ended at about 3:30am. My eyes and back felt so appalling (awful). But hey, it was worth it.
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Listening to Blood Red Summer by Coheed and Cambria.. Ooooohh!

What did I do to deserve??

Hinampas nung 6:06 AM

Saturday, July 22, 2006

Gone

It's been more than a week.. And whew, what a week 't was. Andami mga nangyari at susubukan kong alalahanin ang mga iyon..

July 15

Usual GAMEDES class. Of course I went in and out of the room. Just can't stay still huh? Haha, we ended up playing DOTA! Labshoo bhie..

July 16

Pagsanjan trip. Together with my uncle and kuya Noel, we went there to survey the 4.something hectare land, which my cousins newly bought. Oryt! Haha.. It was fun, the heat was not though. Talk about tanning up. That surveying session was the last of 3. The land was savage (ayan 'di na maarte), and the first two sessions were hampered by the bad weather and the geodimeter's battery. What's more enjoying was that I managed to be with Kim and her family, who resides there in Pagsanjan. Hehe..

July 18

School.

July 19

This day was full of events. The two main highlights were my trip back to Ateneo and the Thesis regular defense deadline. On my way to Ateneo, as I went down the stairs of MRT Cubao station, and walked towards Aurora Blvd., a man tapped my shoulder for some reason (maybe he was calling me, which I hardly noticed because my earphones were on).

Unknown guy: Pare, angas mo ah!
Loy: Ha?
Unkown guy: Taga-STI ka b? Dinuduro ka kc nung kasama ko dun oh..
Loy: Hindi. Bakit, ano problema?
(I continued walking)
Unknown guy: Pare, kinakausap kita. 'Wag kang bastos.
Loy: Ano b problema?
Unknown guy: Eh ang angas mo daw eh.
Loy: 'Di ako cguro yung tinutukoy niyo.
(Kinakapa ko kung nasa bulsa ko pa cellphone ko)
Unknown guy: Ah ganun ba, mali ata yung kasama ko. Sige. Sensya ka na.

The hell with that guy?!

Whew, kinabahan din ako dun ah! Moving on, fortunately, I reached Ateneo safely.
As I was going through gate3, the past started filling up my mind. Oh, highschool days. I really started to miss it. I went there to get a college application form for my sister by the way. Anyways, luckily, Maron was on his breaktime and toured me around the college. I was re-acquainted with some of my former classmates and I chatted with them for a while. It was nearly dusk, and it was time to go home. My way home was not as intensed as what I experienced that morning. Haha.

Thesis: Redefense na lang..

July 20

(I'll just put in the highlights)

July 21

Home is where the heart is.

July 22

We'll surely gonna miss her. She's now up there with my grandpa.
We love you very much.
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Oh well, that's life..

Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall..

Hinampas nung 10:30 PM

Thursday, July 13, 2006

Rainy Day

A dark-cloudy day. Last night, classes in all levels (covering a great portion of Luzon) were suspended due to the hard and non-stop rainfall. Well, the pouring of rain today was not as extreme as it was yesterday, where classes were halted only when the day hit noontime. Thanks huh? Fare, effort and all were lost by many yesterday. They should've made their mind from the get-go. Learning from that, the palace wasted no time, at around 9pm i guess, announcing the suspension of classes for 07/13/06 (today). Hmm, I'm wond'ring what they're thinking this very moment. Haha, "mali yata yung pagsuspend natin ng pasok ah." I'm currently going through the breaking news in inq7 saying that classes (except for northern luzon) resume tomorrow. So there you go. I'm pretty sure the palace is praying that they won't regret this one. Have a great and safe day tomorrow.
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Sarap ng walang pasok 'pag MWF.. Haha..
Thesis time!

"Life is like a rainbow. You need both the sun and the rain to make its colors appear."

"Anyone who says sunshine brings happiness has never danced in the rain."

"I love walking in the rain, 'cause then no-one knows I'm crying."

Hinampas nung 5:08 PM

Friday, July 07, 2006

Blue and Green

Blue - as wikipedia says, it often denotes injury and it's used as a word to denote a sad or melancholy state, as in depression, or simply a state of deep thinking/worry/contemplation. On a side note, it's used as a slang term for a pornographic film.

Green - as wikipedia says, it symbolizes the earth/nature and the life, in a sense. Money's green too, and people who think in a naughty way, are regarded as green-minded.

So what the heck? The two colors seem to contradict each other, with one signifying life (green) and the other showing the feeling of lonesome or loss of fun in life. Any person, I'm sure, has felt being blue or green at some point in his or her life. It is a fact that each one of us has his/her own preference of mood. Some of us don't want to feel blue but just stay blissful, and some just turn out to be too emotional and serious. I think it's just ideal for us to be open for two opposite feelings. Honestly, I hate bein' sad. Never in my life, I think, I've been depressed and felt that the whole world's going against me. But hey, I realized that the "good city" can't really just exist. What's a good life anyway? I don't think the abscence of despair, loneliness, crime, war would make up a good life. Without those, challenges, never we'll be able to feel or gain satisfaction or fulfillment. What I'm saying is that there should be a balance, an equilibrium.
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It's fun to be blue and green! I've gone through it. And I tell you, it's really one of the greatest rides of my life, by far.

You'll feel blue at times. Later on, green! Yeah!
What were you thinking? The other symbolisms of the two colors? Haha..

Plato's view of a "Good City"

A "good city" is depicted as being governed by philosopher-kings; disinterested persons who rule not for their personal enjoyment but for the good of the city-state (polis). The paradigmatic society which stands behind every historical society is hierarchical, but social classes have a marginal permeability; there are no slaves, no discrimination between men and women. In addition to the ruling class of guardians (phulakes) which abolished riches there is a class of private producers (demiourgoi) be they rich or poor. A number of provisions aim to avoid making the people weak: the substitution of debilitating music, poetry and theatre by a universal educational system for men and women -- a startling departure from Greek society. These provisions apply to all classes, and the restrictions placed on the philosopher-kings and the warriors are much more severe than those placed on the producers, because the rulers must be kept away from any source of corruption. (Wikipedia)

Hinampas nung 4:08 AM