you give love a bad name -bon jovi June 24, 2007
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yeah. this will be the first and only post to rant about something.
you know, there is this angas shirt in school. we, the UP College of Engineering students are noted of. and it says.
So what kung Uno ka? Bakit eng’g ka ba?
it does not mean anything but college pride – the pride of being ang engineering student.
well, news reached us that some college noted for its engineering courses made the same shirt that says
So what kung eng’g ka? Mapua ka ba?
the nerve! and, it goes with the same font. i dont know if they made them with the same colors too. talk about originality. wala lang, nakakainis lang. they talk about being the best and they cant formulate their own statement shirt. nakakainis lang.
pinalagpas na nga namin sila sa panggagaya ng statement na
There are only two schools in the Philippines: UP and others.
haha. if you really have your pride on, mag-isip kayo ng sarili ninyong pakulo. eto lang masasabi ko,
So what kung eng’g ka nga? Mas so what kung Mapua ka.
peace. y’all. im going back to my case study. 
chasing cars -snow patrol June 22, 2007
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hey. ive been busy with all the stuff im dealing with. i need not enumerate all since i have been mentioning them in my previous posts.
anyway, this day turned out to be real ironic for me. i mean that it is ironic since i feel so different.
hindi man lang ako naging uber active today pero i feel so tired. siguro with all these training ang stuff. i barely sleep 8 hours and eat dinner. what i always have at night is water and fruits. haha. at least not junkfood! my break is intended for reading ang understanding my lessons kasi when i get home i usually eat and then sleep na kagad. all this hard work will pay off. today, kahit wala talaga akong ginawa, sadyang napagod lang talaga ang katawan ko.
i wish, by the end of this sem, buhay pa ko. haha! pero, i know i can make it. i did it for the past 2 weeks and i can do it for approximately 20 more. haha. see, im through with at least 10% of it.
if i finished this sem with high marks, a junior member of the pep squad and with no sign of delay, this will be the most fulfilling part of my life. everything i once wished for will just be coming true. but, i will stop about thinking about it now since we have the saying, dont count the chicks before the eggs are hatched.
also, i went buying books this afternoon – after my psych class. i was at the mall and i saw people holding shopping bags of Bench, Penshoppe, Girbaud and other botiques and clothing stores. and then, i just looked at myself and i was holding nothing but a bag of National Book Store with several books in it. parang, i thought i was in the middle of a place i should not be in. biruin mo, at this time, people are shopping for clothes and i am shopping for books. haha. i mean wala namang masama to shop for clothes, i just felt, different – or out of place.
nga pala, before ending this, i just thought of the best example of irony today. you know the Mikee (of PBB teens) Bench poster along Katipunan Avenue? Bench has its tag line that goes something like “What is your color?”. and, since Mikee is known to be studying at Ateneo, he is wearing blue. if ever you will be passing by Katipunan, might as well notice the print on his shirt – it is a tiger. it is up to you how you would see this; but to me, it is the perfect way to describe irony based on recent events.
better get going, ive got a case study to crack!
lightning crashes -live June 16, 2007
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hey. nakulong ako sa bahay the whole day. i was not given the chance to go out eh. yan hindi tuloy ako nakaattend sa drum room and mats cleaning activity ng pep squad. i said sorry to carlo early this morning na i will not be able to make it. oh. bawi next time. ill make sure na lahat ng beats na naturo na sa akin kakayanin kong paluin.
oh. iyon. since i am trapped inside the house, i had nothing to do. i woke up and then suddenly i remembered i should be covering my books with plastic cover. haha. sorry, im a bit OC with books kahit na sinusulatan ko siya. pero, maingat ako sa labas. so, i felt i was back in highschool. where pagandahan kayo ng cover ng books. as i was covering my books, i was watching game ka na ba. while i was doing that, i was eating lunch.
oh, by the way i woke up 7am, and then i figured out there was no way i will be able to leave the house so i slept again. i woke up 830am and that is when i texted carlo i cant come. i slept again and woke up 945am. i headed towards national bookstore and bought plastic cover, a bright highlighter and a ballpen. [lagi na lang akong nawawalan ng ballpen!]
i was doing my first activity for the day, covering my books, at around 10 or 11am. i guess it was 11am since i was watching game k n b? back then. so, i just realized how great of a multi tasker i am. i was covering my books and watching tv and eating lunch all at the same time.
after being happy with how my books look like, i checked whether people are online so i logged in my Y! messenger. and fortunately, ie freshmen handled by my org are online. yeah, we did chat. what else? wala akong magawa talaga. haha. you know the time when ang tagal mong nasa tapat ng pc then sumasakit na yung leeg mo, your eyes hurt and water. naexperience ko yun kanina. eh that time airing na ng v-league sa tv so, sinabi ko sa freshies na alis na muna ko to read my psych book.
oh. hindi naman ako nagsinungaling entirely. i was reading and watching tv at the same time. haha. another proof of being a good multi-tasker. biruin mo natapos ko yung first two chapters and naintindihan ko lahat. come on! oh well. exhibition game yung kanina. it was FEU vs Letran Men’s. magaling parin FEU pero i bet that Letran should have won if not for their 4 straight service errors. nakakafrustrate yun. lamang na sila eh! oh well. excited na ko magka-men’s division ang v-league. if ever ganun nga.
after the game, i went directly to my room and then i continued on reading. tapos na yung chapters 1 and 2 so i decided to read the next lesson, personality. it really is interesting. i learned loads at yung ibang akala kong ganun, hindi pala. basta, i agree na psychology is not merely common sense. haha. pero, sad kasi nakatulog ako. haha. not out of boredom, siguro kulang lang talaga yung tulog ko the previous night. actually, 230am na ko nakatulog. haha.
so, iyon. pagkagising ko, eto na. online uli. dumating si ate. nagluto siya ng dinner at tinatawag na niya ko para kumain. nakikilala ko na yung ibang freshies through chat pero nakikita ko naman sila in school. haha. masaya silang bunch ng freshies. pero di pa sila magkakakilala masyado.
sana makapunta ako sa pool party nila this wednesday i can go if not for pep squad training. but i have a better plan…
awake -secondhand serenade June 13, 2007
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hello. haha. i was gone and i am back. obviously. haha.
anyway, i would want to tell you that i am on my third year in college. whee! and this, for me, would be the best year of my college life – the best, the most crucial, the most fulfilling. i can say so since i have been fulfilling every dream i have right now. every thing that i once dreamed is coming true. what are these things you may ask. first and foremost, i am enrolled in a psych class. second, i am training with the pep squad every night at 6pm. and i am taking my major subjects.ok! i am enrolled in a psych subject, and so what? so are other people. to think that i am a college of engineering student, there is definitely no room for psychology. we look at things from the physical, chemical and other “science”-al point of view. we understand why things reamin in equilibrium. why blood is thicker than water. why this goes with this and that in a mechanical perspective. i mean, there is no way of putting psychology in everything there is in engineering. but, in engineering, there is a course namd Industrial Engineering. hindi kami instant engineers for god’s sake. please, dahil lang wala kaming board. oh common.
anyway, industrial engineers plan how to make work more practical, easier, more efficient, cheaper and the likes. so, there really space for psychology here. and, for the long run, ive been telling them that psych was my first choice for a course. yeah. and that i was waitlisted and i had no patience so i took my second choice.
to tell you more about my rants about my course, my first choice of school is Areneow [i would just tell you that i saw a shirt with that print], haha, sorry it was Ateneo. yeah, i think they are the best school for studying psychology. anyway, my aunt doesnt want me in UP too. but, since they did not accept my scholarship [kahit na honors program ng psych ang pinasa ko. too bad. i remembered na when applying for scholarship yung ACET grades/scores ay out of the criteria.
], i went to UP instead.
so iyon. when i was up for post-advising, someone from the IE dept noticed that i had a psych101. they asked me whether i know that it was not credited or not. i told them that i am planning to minor in psych since i couldnt wait for forever before i start takign up psych courses. and, so, they allowed me to go on with a warning that it would be additional units for me and that i still have to take my ssp GEs. hah.
ok! i am training with the pep squad at 6pm, so what? well, it has been one of my dreams ever since that person asked me to join. i couldnt possibly join the dancers of course. oh well. and, if i do well in training, i might be up for this year’s line-up. woohoo! all i can do for now is trian as hard as i could and not forget about my studies. time management is the real key here. yes, i can do this. i really am excited. wait, i have been training for summer. and i think i can do it. anyway, i passed es11 last summer. haha.
i am holding a bass drum pala. and, i am looking forward to the start of this season. on July 7, UP battles it out against La Salle. haha. i hope we wont get chopped up and we dont give them an early welcome back gift. haha.
UP People! the UP pep squad is on the look for new applicants. haha. dont hesitate to go to the gym at around 6pm. haha. look for pep squad looking people.
ok! may majors na ko, so what? well, napakcrucial ng year na to since it would be determining whether we should be staying or not. one failure will mean another year added to your life in the college. oh well. so, bukas na ang first taste of majors. and, hindi ko alam kung matutuwa or masusuka sa takot. matutuwa, in the sense na, im third year na – a fully pledged engineering student. i get to know what my course is all about. thanks for the help, IE10! haha. being guinea pigs, we never really had experience on learning what ie is all about. pero, i had a background na. so iyon.
matulog na kaya ko.
excited ba masyado. oh no.
ill be finishing OSA form. for org recog due on june 20.
hindi ko pala alam yung song na yan. i was talking to kevin earlier and he suggested the song. i asked him what it was about and said it was about girls. i asked, anong relevance nun. sabi niya, eh importante sa akin ang girls eh. sabi ko, okay. haha. anyway, i guess narerelate to in the way na kung pano kaimportante ang girls kay kevin, ganun kaimportante para sa akin ang psych, pep at majors. FISH!
this is the moment -erik santos June 5, 2007
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yey. im quite done with my enrollment na. haha. thanks to the super duper mega uber efficient manual registration. it may be frustrating to some pero, still, it is better than what i experienced of real-time enlistment. i guess. haha.
when i got my form5a, [beforehand, i knew my subjects na kasi i enlisted them in the first place] i got 15 units. and, as you know one of those subjects was dissolved. kasi naman, ako lang ata nag-enlist dun. haha. kamusta naman ang pagpasok sa class knowing ikaw lang ang nagiisang studyante. oh well.
it pays to wait naman. kasi, i waitlisted for a slot in the class Shop7 and hopefully no industrial design students came by the ME dept this afternoon. haha. and, i got an ie31 slot since there was enlistment also this afternoon. after that, i get to pay for my tuition fee. and, thankfully, hindi kami kasama saToFI. well, who would want to be included. hirap kaya ng 1k per unit. tsktsk. so, after al of those tomorrow, all i have to do is wait for the first day of classes. whee!
anyway, since it is the start of the sem once again i might as well introduce to you my subjects this coming semester. this, i have done last time.
IE 21
course description industrial processes
industrial processes and their effects on production system decisions, metal, plastic, ceramic, elastomer, fiber, wood & pulp processes, etc. ayan. ahm. industrial processes. siguro, alam ninyo na ibig sabihin nito. oh well, sabi nila madali lang daw to. halos walang bumabagsak; though, hindi uno-able. hay.
why take this course? duh, major subject yan. haha
IE 27
subject description statistics and probability for industrial engineers
it includes applications of logic & probability in industrial engineering; random variables & their functions, descriptive statistics, discrete & continuous probability distributions & their applications. sampling theory. estimation & tests of hypotheses. oh well. math na naman uli. haha. pero, i guess this wouldnt be so much of a terror subject anymore. kasi, sabi nila, better na daw yung professor.
why take this course? tama ka, major nga uli to.
IE 31
subject description industrial organization and management
basic features governing the organization, administration, & financing of industries. relations between labor & management. this is one of the reasons why IE is a good choice for a course. you get to be exposed to different fields other than engineering. thus, it makes you more flexible in jobs. mas marami kang opportunities when it comes to work since you get to know different fields of the working world.
why take this course? same as above. ahaha
Psych 101
subject description general psychology
psych101 to ha hindi psycho101. we dont learn to be psychos; we are, naturally. peace mehn.the empirical and conceptual foundations of psychology in its main fields. this one is not required. if you might remember, i was ranting about not getting to enroll in the course i really like. and now, i am starting to fulfill that dream. i cant wait for 3 or 4 more years just to take this course. there is the saying as “if you can do things now; then why let it hang on for tomorrow.” you never know when it is too late to make your dreams happen.
why take this course? i just explained it. doofus [got that from the books i last read. i am just wondering what it is]. haha.
ChE 2
subject description elementary chemical engineering
since i am in engineering. they get to be fair with other departments. they let us take elementary courses of the different departments in engineering. so, this is one of those courses which we are required to be exposed to. well, i guess it just tells us what ChE is all about. haha. wala talaga akong slightest idea about their course. ang alam ko lang, marami silang chem. haha. wala talaga akong alam the site of the ChE department was not kind enough to give a background of ChE 2. peace!
why take this course? required eh. got no choice.
Shop 7
subject description general shop practice
wala akong alam. the ME dept site did not also include a background of the course. basta ang alam ko pupukpok lang ng kahoy. haha at magkakatam. well, we need to pass a chair we made through out the duration of the course. is it? haha. hindi ko alam. parang highschool THE lang to na woodworking. hehe. siguro.
why take this course? prerequisite or correq siya ng major namin for next sem. ayoko namang madelay diba?
ES 13
subject description mechanics of deformable bodies
ibig sabihin yung statics nung es11, gagawin mo nang nadedeform yung mga bagay dahil sa forces exerted on them. hahay. analysis and design of structural and machine elements, such as tension and compression members, shafts, beams and columns, based on equilibrium and material properties. elementary stress and strain analysis. riveted and welded connections. members of two or more materials. dagdag pahirap. haha. i just hope hindi si sir mike ang prof. pero, i highly believe, siya nga.
why take this course? dahil eng’g ako. that is why.
many believe na nag ibig sabihin ng ES sa ES1, ES11, ES26 or kahit anong ES## ay engineering subject. nais ko lamang linawin na ang ibig sabihin ng es ay engineering science. iyon lamang.
now ang sked ko?
MONDAYS and THURSDAYS
830-10 IE 27
10-1130 IE 21
1130-1 ES13
1-onwards. UAAP na. haha. games on thursdays start at 2pm. kaya, dapat free to. haha.
TUESDAYS and FRIDAYS
830-10 ChE 2
10-1130 IE 31
1130-230 break. kelangan na magaral. as if naman makakapagaral talaga ko.
230-4 Psych 101
WEDNESDAYS!
830-1130 Shop 7 [biruin mo, 3 hours kang magpupukpok ng kahoy. tsktsk]
minsan nga pala, nagtataka yung friends ko from other schools na medyo unfair ang UP. kasi sila, kesyo their regular sem is composed of 20++ units tapos kami 18 lang. parang, heavier load nila diba. wala lang. i just asked my friends kanina. they answered. 18 units natin parang 100 units na din nila yoon. pero, come to think of it. we [i mean, all students of all universities] go to school 5 times a week – some even have saturday classes. and, they require us of things we just hope the profs are imagining. sobrang pahirap sa UP. kahit sasabihin nilang uno-able ang isang subject, you can never tell. mahirap magexplain kasi hindi makikita ng ibang tao in my point of view. haa. and it would really be a hassle if i try looking from the outside.
sorry, medyo nagulo lang. haha.
and, yeah, i need to tuck myself into my bed na since i still need to go back to school. to finish enrolling. to nood sine. joke lang. i need to go home by six pala. so. babay.
p.s. right now, i really am excited about taking my majors. and at the same time, i really am nervous. i think this is the part where i have to prove i am worthy of staying in engg. honestly, nobody wants to be delayed and it is a great deal of having to graduate on time.
satisfaction -benny benassi June 4, 2007
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yey. enrollment na tomorrow. i really am so excited to go back to school. and i mean it. you know, i hate it when you do nothing at home. oh no, dont start telling me about having to do chores and stuff. if you are me, then you would easily understand that chores is equivalent to boring. yeah, you dont have fun sweeping the floor and finishing with your back aching! the clear definition of something not boring, for me, is when you are having fun doing it. and enrollment even though i study at the Unidersidad ng Pila is fun.
you know. you get to wait for slots to open so that you can have a subject added to your list. aint that exciting? oh, by the way i only got 15 units sa crs.
[for those who dont know, crs or Computer Registration System, is a program so you can enlist your subjects online. parang kuha ka ng subject online. design mo sched mo. stuff like that. pero, para makuha mo yung subject by random i gegenerate yung pangalan mo. so, swertihan lang talaga]
at, ang masama pa dun, my only GE subject, Fil40, is dissolved. how much more exciting could that be? diba?
tsaka when it is enrollment time, you see people you dont see on an every day basis. you can catch up on each other while waiting for the line to move. things like that.
there are many things that make enrollment at UP fun. yes it is fun. and, at the same time it is frustrating. well, my last enrollment was. grabe, sobrang down yung server, real-time enlistment was not very ideal. and they are pushing it through this enrollment. i really hope that they make the necessary changes for it to become successful.
really. i have to go now. i need to go to school early – like 7am. and i know the ie department opens at 8am and i know im a bit early. i know i really cant come to school at 7am. hah.
also, i need to prepare things. like extra clothes, fan, a book to read, charge my mp3 player, charge my cellfone. things that would make enrollement a non-boring thing to do.
the title of this entry, whatever it is, is so not boring. having heard it first time, it was clearly out of the definition of being boring. haha. thanks to idol joe for the suggestion! wehehe. special mention.
ironic -alanis morisette May 31, 2007
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i spent the day at ust. you might be wondering what the hell am i doing there. yeah, since i dont have any business there. well, in fact i do.
i helped my cousin who is an assistant professor sort her papers. haha. as if wala pa akong experience sa sorting – remember fopc. so, that was what we did in the morning. lunch came and she told me to buy something from the ust carpark which is ala food court. haha. it was not food court-ish. oh well basta the food stalls were on the side of the carpark. i bought daing na bangus, as requested, and roast chicken. wala na akong mapilign ibang pagkain eh! haha. so iyon.
after lunch, mejo mabilis na yung gawa, my cousin went somewhere and left me alone inside the ie department. so, medyo may consolation kasi she let me use the internet. haha. i was harassing the internet connection. i first tried to enter crs online. i was thinking, pwede kaya to? eh, it worked naman. so, i was happy kasi i get the chance to look up subjects i can prerog in. so, iyon yung end hanggang matapos na yung day.
i went home at 4, ata. tapos iyon, i texted cj kasi i told her i was at uste and then maybe we could cerealicious ourselves. haha. ang panget. nagplan kami magcerealicious. para maiba naman. lagi na lang kasing sm north. tapos, her dad, pala, invited them to dine out. so, i was left alone. i bought nerd of the rings. sarap! as usual.
so, before riding the sss fx, i passed by national book store. i looked up te price of the books i needed. unfortunately, yung sa es13 na book lang ang nakita ko. aww. and, to think na first day of classes is near na. after that, i went home na talaga.
haha. it was funny kasi i was successful in staying home for 3 full days. grabe. ang paa kong may nunal, hindi umubra. kahit na kating kati na ako umalis, i still managed to stay. masaya din pala. you get to wake up at 9. do nothing. go to the computer. haha. actually, i do house chores naman. kahit papaano. i wash the dishes. puna ng alikabok. i hate sweeping kasi the broom is too short. i need to bend my back pa, so iyon masakit sa likod. in irony, halos lahat ng tao mas preferred ang sweeping to washing dishes. eh, i love the water. what can i do.
all i can say is that this day, is not the day you would expect from me.
the start of something new -troy bolton and gabriella montez May 29, 2007
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minsan, in our lives, mejo mauumay na tayo. i think in this part of my life, i wanted something new. i needed to shed my skin just like caterpillars use to become bigger. well, in my case i need not to shed to become bigger, asa pa ako. pero, this time, i shed to feel like new again.
if you will notice, the last time i blogged was when i arrived from our ilocos trip. that was a long time ago, about two months na. the time i wasn’t blogging was the time i spent time studying and training and dancing. yesterday lang officially nag-start ang summer vacation ko. kasi, i needed to repeat an ES subject which i passed (hopefully!). also, i trained for pep squad – my dream. aww. and, we practiced and choreographed 2 dance routines for upstage, a dance competition whose beneficiaries include incoming freshman.
for my acads, they’re good. my first exam worth 99.67% was my saving grace. if not for it, i may have repeated ES11, AGAIN! but, thanks to God and my determination i pushed through. and, i thought i passed. according to my assessment, i passed. i calculated it right, and i think, i passed. wah. haha. as for the other subject, english10. i saw my grade online na. and i got a 2.25. it was not that bad. knowing all my paper work was not that thought of. haha. it is not that i did not think of it, i just did not maximized the use of my mind. usually, feelings came in first before logical thinking.
for the pep squad, i sure hope na they take me in. we were only three sa batch. i mean, three lang kaming applicants this summer – archie, abi and me. abi holds the snare. archie and i drums the bass. haha. it was fun. masakit lang sa arms when they ask us to use our non-dominant hand. after excercises medyo numb yung arms ko. ang hirap magtext. anyway, ibig sabihin lang noon an we do things right. i really hope na thay admit us into the squad. *crossed fingers*
as for the dancing, as i’ve said we made two routines. one is marked 3 minutes and the other 5. yung 3 minutes, for the auditions pa lang yun. tapos yung 5 minutes, para sa finals. well, we made it through the auditions kahit na when we were performing na-blanko lahat ang isip namin and we were just marching those two-eights that we missed. it was funny. kasi kahit na we didnt remember the steps pare-pareho kami ng march na it looked liked it was part of the routine. anyway, we got the news na nakapasok kami sa 12 and misunderstanding it as we were 12th – which was not true kasi random daw yun. on the night itself, we were all so happy kasi nearly flawless daw yung routine namin. and the judge said that there was so much energy and we had good choreography. (we were thinking nasaan na yung good-looking part? haha) masaya naman kami kahit na we didnt win. if i remember it right ang score namin ay 89.25% and the third placer is 90.25% well, one point away lang kami from winning.
well that is all for now. i need to finish my batch info document kasi frauey needs it na. and also, i need to finish contacting the workers of the new IEC logo. haha. a batch rep’s got to do what i got to do. argh. sobrang nahihiya nga ako kasi hindi ko siya nagagawa kasi may practice gabi-gabi. sa morning naman, hindi din kasi may pep squad training gn 7am. sabi naman ni frau, i need to make bawi na lang. so, i will make bawi.
also, i just came home from a family outing at batangas. maganda yung place. but, the time spent there is too short. grabe, nakakabitin. we went snorkeling and saw fish talaga. there were coral reefs. it was then that i remembered na may diving spot nga pala sa batangas. also, i saw the way to balayan. if i remember it right, dun nakatira sa tonton. i just figured out how mucht ravel time tonton goes through every time he goes home. well, the vacation was really good. especially when you just came from a very tough night. mind you, the upstage competition ended at 1am and i arrived home at about 2am. we left home at around 5am. talk about being excited!
anyway, we will be repainting the tambayan on june 2 and i will be enrolling on june 4.
grabe. one whole week lang talaga bakasyon ko for the academic year. tsktsk. if you count out the enrollement, two weeks. but, wala namang nakakatapos sa amin gn enrollment in a day. that would be a miracle.
it is better blogging in taglish. well, i dont sound conyo naman. haha. pero, wala namang masama sa pagiging conyo. is there? haha. i learned this in english. na it is better to use taglish in writing your thoughts. mas mabilis ang flow. at mas reader friendly. thank you ma’am! also, this time, my entry titles will be song titles as well. since this blog is themed as dance, it is better that way. anyway, all songs can be danced!
