UP Industrial Engineering Club

in cooperation with

 Astring-o-sol Ice Extreme

invite you to join two extreme events:

ROADRACE: Extreme Rush

[a race around the Metro]

September 22, 2007

4 people + 1 car per team

Php250 registration fee per person inclusive of entrance to afterparty

PRIZE:  Php15,000!

To register: email roadrace2007@yahoo.com or

Text: 09175354883 (Franz Costales) or 09178350101 (Gijo Mantaring)

and

2007 ULTIMIX

[DJ competition]

Finalists perform at Warehouse 135 on Sept 22, 2007

during OVERLOAD (the Road Race afterparty)

Winner gets Php15,000!

To join: sign-up at ultimix2007@yahoogroups.com

Or text: 09152773809 (Alvin Intal) / 09184897190 (Jordan Ursua)

For more information on Road Race or Ultimix visit http://roadrace2007.tk

NAKAKAINIS SILA AT WALA NA NAMANG PASOK BUKAS!

i know it sounds harsh and irrational. but, it would be just like last week, walang ulan na mangyayari bukas.

in the end, people get irritated. they lose a day for studying, maybe for some, they lose a day’s worth of allowance. no matter what perspective they look at it, the suspension of classes are of the students’ expense.

grabe, hindi ba nila na-sense na walang ulan bukas. hindi ba sabi nila na intuitively silang nagsuspend ngayon and they just assumed that the rain will pour harder. eh, wala namang “raining cats and dogs” na nangyari. actually, and ironically, wala ngang ulan all afternoon. what rain are they talking about?

sige, sige, kapakanan ng estudyante ang inisip nila. hindi ba nila na ang schedules namin ay patterned na MTh at TF. ang mga sinuspend ng gobyerno na classes ay Aug.8 (last thursday), Aug.16 (this thursday), Aug.20 (this monday), Aug27 (monday after next). biruin mo, 4 class hours ng IE27 ang nawala sa amin. and when will the exam be? next next week na. yeah, tapos na yung coverage ng exam, pero kelangan pa rin naman naming intindihin ang lessons diba?

kung akala nila nakakatulong sila sa estudyante, mas productive pa kami pag nasa school kami kesa nasa bahay tatambay lang at pagagalitan na wala kaming magawa o ginagawa!

yeah. i speak for the entire community. oh well, college community. every school day is important. no matter how tiring it is, kelangan naming pumasok. at alam mo ang masama dun, pag nagkaroon kami ng break (kahit long weekend lang) nakakawala ng momentum sa gawain. alam mo yung nakakapagod biglang bumalik sa mga gawain mo. hindi maganda yun!

another example, ang ES21 exam ng iba kong blockmates ay supposedly last saturday pa. dahil sa sunod sunod na suspension ng classes namove today. dahil suspended na naman ang classes today, namove siya tomorrow. and, you know what happens next. nakakaawa. instead of being done with, they are held up by the pressure of studying harder. the teachers would have an excuse of making a harder exam. hindi ba gets yun?

oh well, hindi naman nila kasalanan they dont know what happens inside our school. state university pa naman kami. at intuitive judgement na lang hindi pa kayang gawin. i can forecast weather better than they do. argh.

all along, i was finding some push on making another entry. but then again, rainy days got the best of me.

rainy days and mondays really get me down. i hate it!

my parents and i live under the same roof!

yeah you heard me right. after almost 14 years of living, my parents and i share the experience of getting to live in the same house. yeah. naranasan ko na yung bata ka tapos wala kang magulang to turn to. i have been living with my aunt for ages kasi nung nabili itong bahay sa marikina, siya lang ang pwede tumira at ako yung pinili niyang kasama kasi about 2 years old pa lang ako nun.

and, i experienced it too – being an only child. kahit 4 kaming magkakapatid, i knew what it was being the only one. nasa iyo lahat ng attention. pag magaling ka edi very good. kung may nagawa kang mali, edi too bad for you. walang pagbabalingan ng sama ng loob. haha. joke lang.

anyway, because of that naging spoiled ata akong bata. sobrang tamad ko kasi with household chores. pero mag-aral hindi ata. haha. o kaya manood ng tv and matulog.  ewan ko ba. when i was a child, ayokong ayoko na natutulog. pero ngayon, kahit gustuhin ko man, i cant get it. oh well.

also, i have another news.

the La Salle exchange continues this week – august 6-10. so i’ll be in La Salle this friday.

haha. i met Sho today pala. she is a second year IME student at La Salle. she took part in the Tri-exchange. actually we spent the afternoon with her and i guess she had fun naman. too bad, her two orgmates were not able to participate because they had quizzes and they didnt want to miss it.

tsaka, we told her that we would still be seeing each other in La Salle on friday. haha. baka maalala niya kami. oh, i think she definitely remembered us.

also this afternoon, Arjay was devirginized of Cerealicious insanity. haha. i forgot na may Cerealicious pala sa Taft so alam din ni Sho yun. i ordered Jumango, a personal favorite. mas gusto ko kasi yung fruity kesa dun sa mga chocolate-y. promise! sabi ni Arjay worth it naman daw ang 43-pesos worth of cereals. hindi lang enjoy, healthy pa.

another news pala.

i’m reading Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows na.

well, i cant wait till my very own copy comes. so, iyon i was tempted to start. i can’t leave it without finishing. so, while studying for my exams this thursday, ako ay nagbabasa ng HP. whee.

iyon lang. and that i have two exams this thursday. so i better study na.

actually i made a draft of this blog at around 7am. i was up kasi pinipilit ako magsimba ng housemates ko ng 7am-early. i cant go to mass that time. well, first ayokong ma-put into waste and homliy ni father. kasi, hindi pa gising ang utak utak ko ng ganoong oras.

what i dont like about sundays ay lagi silang nagagalit whenver i say na at a later time na ako aattend ng mass. i mean, wala namang mali dun. or, wala namang itinakdang oras para magsimba ang mga tao. hindi ba nila naisip ang mass schedules na nakapost sa labas ng simbahan. meaning, if you cant catch one mass there are other times to choose from. or simply, you choose the time slot that best suit you. yung whole-hearted kang makakasimba.

i have the initiative to go to mass naman eh.

anyway, i just came home from watching a uaap game. our loss was overwhelming. and yeah, you heard me right, OVERWHELMING LOSS. haha. we gave FEU a bit of fa fright when 5 minutes into the last quarter we were leading by as much as 10 points. oh well, they won by 5 points lang. if UP was playing that way the whole first round of elims, we should have won a game or two. anyway, maybe they do play like that and tinatago lang nila. ito lang masasabi ko, LANGHIYA NAMAN EH! haha.

nakakfrustrate lang. pero, after a while, i still believe in them. good luck next season.

ayan, i am excited na talaga with the La Salle exchange. haha. anyway, enough of that baka hindi pa matuloy.

so, ako ngayon ay nagtatapos ng IE21 report. at kung binabasa mo to, i-ym mo naman ako. im lonely eh. haha. jod_two ang YM ID ko ha.

it was not that bad after all.

that could be the theme of the week. there has been hell everywhere and at the end of it all, ok lang pala.

first, the La Salle exchange was moved to next week. of course, mejo nakakairita siya at first. you would be waiting for the week to end tapos biglang you would have to wait a week longer.

but, then, biglang nag-announce ng NO CLASSES si pangulong Gloria. so, naisip ko na lang, GREAT! so, it was not bad after all.

after that, nagkaroon ng transfer of dates ang lahat ng exam. the exam this tuesday will be moved to friday and this wednesday’s exam to thursday. it gave me additional time to study. pero honestly, hindi grave studying ang kailangan ko. haha. kelangan lang naman ma-master ang concepts when you take an exam in Psych and Management.

thank you to the suspension of classes.

sa UAAP naman, natalo kami sa Adamson. but hey, hindi lang men’s basketball ang buhay ng UP. haha. people keep forgetting na 6-0 na kami sa women’s basketball. kung ano yung mga natalo sa men’s, binawi ng women’s.

and after that UP-AdU game i realized how happy i am na UP ako.

after the game, i decided to grab some food at McDo. naturally, maraming nakakalat ng students dun sa area – most of them Adamsonians (or whatever they call themselves). as i pass a group of them, someone shouted.

ADAMSON PERSON: kuya, transfer ka na sa amin!

then and there, naisip ko, “baket?” ayaw ko ng patulan kasi someone told me na “the more educated a person is, the more tolerant he is of others.” pero napaisip na din ako na, ganun ba sila kababaw na sa UAAP na lang sila umaasa. or maybe, sobra lang silang nagenjoy sa kanilang first win.

losing that game was not as bad as i thought it would be. actually, it makes you appreciate your team more. not because they lose, but because they lose trying. hindi ako plastic! kung plastic ako, i would not watch games live or not watch games at all.

basta, after that incident there was some spark that told me that i should be happy i was asked that question. anyway, onwards to a great centennial. there is always next season. UP FIGHT!

anyway, i was looking at applications for transfer to US universities. my uncle tells me that i should take a chance to transfer. oh well, it would be good. a change in environment. and, there, i can start again. i wouldnt mind. magsasaya pa nga ako eh.

pero sayang naman kasi im starting to take my majors na. siguro for master’s na lang. then, babalik ako ng Pilipinas at dito magtatrabaho.

so there, i realized that i have so many things to be proud of. i just did not know it at the time.

also, i am sad that it has been two years since FRIENDS ended. and now, nanonood na lang ako ng reruns and i was teary when i watched their season ender. i want a reunion episode! 

also, excited na pala ako sa La Salle exchange. and sana payagan ako to take an early Psych exam. sino kaya magfofoster sa akin? hmm.

i mean, i think i need a change of environment. something in this country is making me tired of studying.

also, i have been surfing the 2008 Beijing Olympics website for some time now and i have been impressed. sa tingin ko, ganoon na kaganda ang improvement ng economy ng China. honestly, it makes me want to visit China in the future.

i cant believe na they have been building stadium after stadium after stadium just for the Olympics.  pero looking at it on a long-term basis, magagamit naman nila yun para sa future sporting events. maganda pa yung architecture, napaka-modern. oh well, meron akong liking sa mga buildings made out of glass.

ang galing nila. ang i really commend them for a job well done. walang sarcasm yan friends, nalulula lang talaga ako sa narating ng China.

regarding our economy, i think maganda din naman ang ginagawa ni Gloria. i mean, it was stated in the news report earlier that the Peso-Dollar exchange rate dropped down to 52.220 something. and, it is the lowest rate that we incurred for about 5 years.

for the fact na nandaya si Gloria, i think she is doing a good job. and kung nandaya nga siya, i think she is looking for the welfare of our country. kasi nung time nga na yon, sino sa tingin mo ang magli-lead sa Pilipinas, si fernando poe? what good can he bring? we had an actor for a president already and i wouldnt want another one.

ang galing ko magsalita no. as if naging good citizen ako ng country. eh, hindi nga ako registered voter.

haha.

people say na maganda mag-aral sa singapore. ayoko dun. gusto ko ng country na may mas maganda pang culture – EUROPEAN COUNTRIES! haha. may bias ako i know. pero, sa tingin ko, sila ang may pinakamagandang culture since sa kanila din nanggaling yung atin.

kaya iyon, it makes me want to study abroad. pero i have to take SATs pa. tapos aayusin ko pa grades ko kasi obviously hindi ako pwede mag-apply as a freshman. so, sa tingin ko, sa master’s na lang ako mag-aabroad. hmpf.

tama! kasi hindi naman pwedeng iwanan ko na lang ang IE at Psych ng ganito. di bale, pag nagmaster’s naman, may kasabay ako. haha.

anyway, till here na muna. i’ll be doing IE21 flowchart for hot working processes!

when in fact, we really arent.

hindi ba tayo nagsasawa sa mga bagay na tulad niyan.

bakit kailangang sila ang laging masaya?

can’t we just tell them na tama na ang sila ang masaya, tayo naman?

o sobrang unethical na iyon? hindi ba mas unethical ang hindi mo pagintindi sa kapwa mo tao?

minsan, sasabihin natin na tama na.

do i make sense?

i think not. pero i hope you get the idea.

if we love someone we have to let them go.

i think not, if they are telling us that they are leaving, it might mean na hindi mo pinaramdam sa kanya na mahal mo talaga siya.

nagsawa lang yun. nakakpagod din maghintay no.

and they say patience is a virtue. it really is.

pero pag sa wala ka naghihintay, hindi ka na patient. tanga ka na, tanga!

oh well. hindi ko talaga alam.

i dont know why i am ranting like this. and it is about love pa.

what happened to the world?

or maybe, wala lang talaga akong luck sa mga bagay na tungkol sa love.

kaya ba mas pinagpapala ako sa academics? haha. i hope so.

i hate it!

he meant that a person wants to experience his or her potential as a human being.

however, what he missed is that by being too OPTIMISTIC we lose our touch with reality.

this is what became ironic of his statements. oh, i would include maslow too.

they said that a fully functioning individual or those who are self-actualizers should be in touch with reality.

their theories proved them wrong as being in touch with reality might mean that you have to address with life’s misfortunes and that somehow, some things are not meant to be yours.

i mean, how can you realize your full potential when everything around you is ideally perfect?

—

enough of the ranting. haha. i mean, medyo nakakinis kasi yung nangyari sa akin lately. akala ko kasi, i was ok with everything but there are times na susubukan talaga tayo if ever we really want the things we are holding. but, as for me, as much as i want it, there are factors to consider.

it was not a choice between what i wanted and what society wants me to do. but, a choice of what was more important to me.

UAAP Figures:

Men’s Basketball 0-1 lost to DLSU last july 7

Women’s Basketball 1-0 won over FEU last july 11

next game:

UP vs Ateneo (The Battle of Katipunan) @ 4pm, Ninoy Aquino Stadium

UP Fight!

i have been waiting for this time and they have given me permission, now they want me to stop? what?

and they have been telling me na, “baka mamaya  mga kasama modiyan kung ano ano ng ginagawa sayo.”

and i come to their defense naman saying that they dont do any harm i guess i know what they do. then they start telling me that i sound too defensive about it. and i tell them that dont be judgemental about things i do.

that is what they always say. they dont even know what being judgemental is. they tell that they’re not. but, from their tone they think they could fish something out of me – something that is not right.

i dont know. why they keep on doing that to me. sometimes, i just want to do things i really like to do and then they tell me to give way to more practical things. i am also thinking of practicality naman. pero, for the meantime before i divulge my self into being a serious working person, i might as well enjoy the remaining days of my school life. after that, i know what responsibilities i attend to.

just like what my professor in ES13 said (naks naman si sir mike yan!), kelangan alam nating ang plano nating 20 moves ahead. he was referring to playing a game of chess. hindi naman daw pwede na alam mo lang yung first move then tutunganga ka for the rest. dapat planned. and my life, is planned. i know what i am going to do.

as far as i can remember, i am sticking to it. and nobody can make me change it.

so, better stop bugging me about it.