mcDo stories

2008-07-11T23:18:00.003+08:00

One of those days that I feel like blogging.
Updates since my last update...
graduated from uni!
almost one year working at ExxonMobil!
crazy about tennis!

Overall, I'm liking with the way things are right now..of course still hoping for some improvements.
But still can't see the clear and big picture yet.. I must first look for the right motivation..
Maybe I'll explain more when I'm in the mood to blog again..hehe

New Linkin Park Single

2007-04-12T00:55:00.000+08:00

What I've Done
Linkin Park

In this farewell,
There is no blood,
There is no alibi,
Cause I’ve drawn regret,
From the truth,
Of a thousands lies,
So let mercy come and wash away…

What I’ve Done,
I’ll face myself,
To cross out what I’ve become,
Erase myself,
And let go of what I’ve done…

Put to rest,
What you thought of me
While, I clean this slate,
With the hands,
Of uncertainty,
So let mercy come,
And wash away…

What I’ve Done,
I’ll face myself,
To cross out what I’ve become,
Erase myself,
And let go of what I’ve done…

For what I’ve done,
I start again,
And whatever pain may come,
Today this ends,
I’m forgiving what I’ve done…

I’ll face myself,
To cross out what I’ve become,
Erase myself,
And let go of what I’ve done…

(Na,Na,Na) [Mike Shinoda!]
What I’ve Done,
What I’ve Done,
Forgiving what I’ve done…

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LP's new single really sounds different from their previous songs and it was actually kinda refreshing. I'm not sure though if most of the songs in their new album, Minutes to Midnight, will sound like this. But I'm sure that they will still have those rap-rock type of songs to stay true to their roots. Sure, most hardcore LP fans out there may not like their new single, but hey, if you're really a true hardcore fan, you'd appreciate this new style because it shows that they're true artists by being creative with the music they make. It shows that LP is evolving and "growing". Plus, they have a new logo too!

sulyapan

2007-03-27T00:45:00.000+08:00

masayang makipagsulyapan at makipagtitigan, lalo n pgnahuhuli mo ung katitigan mo na tumititig sayo hahaha.. I'm just so giddy after submitting the final copy of the fyp report. woohooo! =D

updates!

2007-01-20T02:41:00.000+08:00

been so long. where to begin. hmmm...

celebrated X'Mas and New Year in Singapore.For the 2nd time.

would have loved to go home because my cousins (now working in the US) and eldest brother (now living in Pampanga) came home to Naga and my family and relatives on the mother side had a very big reunion. a reunion which always happens during x'mas, new year, fiesta, bdays. almost everyone was there except for one person. the sacrifices we have to make. frack. but still had a lot of fun, and saying this about celebrating X'Mas and New Year (probably the top 2 most fun holidays for Filipinos) in Singapore is really saying a lot. mainly because I was with my friends and anything/anywhere can be fun as long as you're with friends.

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shortest, longest and most hellish week of my life: 8 - 15 Jan

was told by FYP supervisor to join the Singapore Robotics Games 2007. basically had 6 weeks to prepare for it, but wasted around 2 weeks (23 Dec - 7 Jan). so crammed all that can be done in a week to make the project ready for competition . team is composed of 2 people, myself and FYP partner which is a part-time student (who is also competing in a different category at the SRG2007). Seven teams participated in the Open Category, 2 from SP, 2 from NYP, 2 from ITE Dover West and 1 from NTU. Clearly, NTU was the underdog as the other teams were composed of 6-8 students, with full support of lecturers and staff and at least a year of preparation. Clearly, NTU lost.but hey, was a good experience and added intangible value to my resume. yeah!

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Hopia, Mani, Popcorn and Kami nAPO Muna

don't like oldies OPM 'coz their "baduy". only like OPM made and performed by bands. oldies OPM performed by bands.. LOVIN' IT SO VERY MUCH. just got the albums The Best of Manila Sound, HOPIA, MANI, POPCORN and Kami nAPO Muna: Tribute to APO Hiking Society. favorites from the Hopia, Mani, Popcorn are Ipagpatawad mo by Mayonnaise, Kahit Maputi na ang Buhok ko by Soapdish, No Touch by Rocksteddy, Handog by Join the Club and Bitin Sa'yo by Up Dharma Down (really like the band's name, sounds cool, funky and totally senseless haha). favorites from Kami nAPO Muna are Nakapagtataka by Sponge Cola, Panalangin by Moonstar88 and Awit ng Barkada by Itchyworms.

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Sana Maulit Muli

Never watched telenovelas, not even the one with heart evangelista. but due to some unknown force of nature, began watching Sana Maulit Muli. True, have a big crush on Kim Chiu 'coz of her supercute, kind and gentle face. Also liked her down to earth personality from watching a few episodes of Pinoy Big Brother Teen edition. But these reasons are usually not enough for me to watch telenovelas. Maybe I'm just that bored to even start watching telenovelas..tsktsk.

meltdown

2006-10-08T02:49:00.000+08:00

I've been in this type of situations and somehow I always get thru it. But I have a strong feeling that it will be very different this time around. I guess the results a few months ago was kind of a sneak preview of what may(and most probably will) happen this time. I.am.so.doomed....

besfren

2006-02-05T19:27:00.000+08:00

ngyng mga nakaraang araw ay nailagay ako sa mga sitwasyon n mejo nakakailang at para bang ung mga taong nasa paligid ko ay hindi man lang iniisip ang mga nararamdaman ko tungkol sa mga ginagawa nila. ewan ko ba, siguro akala nila na ok lang sa akin ang nangyayari dahil s tumatawa at nakikisabay ako s mga biruan nila. nalagay na rin ako sa ganun sitwasyon at sa mga pagkakataon na yun, 2 tao pa lang ang nakapansin na ako ay naiilang s mga sitwasyon n yun kahit n ako ay nakikisakay s mga nangyayari. sa tingin ko nga isa lang talaga e kasi ung isa e palagi naman iniisip n may problema ang ibang tao kahit wala naman talaga. sa mga pagkakataon n yun, naisip ko na sana andito ang bestfriend ko kasi hindi lang nya ako kukumustahin pagkatapos mangyari ang nakakailang na sitwasyon na yun, mumurahin pa nya yung mga tao na nagpasimula ng sitwasyon na yun. ganun ka-astig ung bestfren ko kasi alam nya kng kelan sha may mumurahin, may titingnan ng masama at makikipagsuntukan pa para sa akin kasi pareho tlga kami mgisip at mgreact s mga pangyayari. Hindi ko naman sinasabi na tamang gawin yun, shempre pipigilan ko sha kng gagawin nya ang mga yun pero ang mahalaga sa akin ay may balak shang ipamukha nang diretsahan sa ibang tao na nakakagago ang ginagawa nila. Kasi bilang isang katoliko, masama nmn talaga ang murahin ang isang tao, kahit ano pang ginawa nya. Para sa akin ay sapat n ang maisip man lamang ng besfren ko n gagawin nya yun kasi shempre ayoko rin naman magalit ang iba sa kanya dahil s pgmumura nya sa kanila. Basta, pagdating tlga sa ganung paksa, wala akong pakialam kng magkakaibigan pa tayong lahat. Kung tungkol dun ang paguusapan, ako ay selfish at matampuhin. Kung kailangan, gusto kong murahin o batukan nyo ang isa din kaibigan. Pero un nga, pipigilan ko pa rin kayo so wag kayong mgalala, basta pakita nyo lang sa akin n kayo ay handing gawin yun ;)

you're beautiful

2006-01-15T02:10:00.000+08:00

You're Beautiful
James Blunt

My life is brilliant.
My love is pure.
I saw an angel.
Of that I'm sure.
She smiled at me on the subway.
She was with another man.
But I won't lose no sleep on that,
'Cause I've got a plan.

You're beautiful. You're beautiful.
You're beautiful, it's true.
I saw you face in a crowded place,
And I don't know what to do,
'Cause I'll never be with you.

Yeah, she caught my eye,
As we walked on by.
She could see from my face that I was,
F**king high,
And I don't think that I'll see her again,
But we shared a moment that will last till the end.

You're beautiful. You're beautiful.
You're beautiful, it's true.
I saw you face in a crowded place,
And I don't know what to do,
'Cause I'll never be with you.
You're beautiful. You're beautiful.
You're beautiful, it's true.
There must be an angel with a smile on her face,
When she thought up that I should be with you.
But it's time to face the truth,
I will never be with you.

ebay

2006-01-08T23:51:00.000+08:00

ebay.that's what consumed most of my time this past week. I'm freaking addicted to this website. I'm quite new to this online shopping thing but I already got hooked on it,thanks to ebay! There are a lot of good deals,not only for second hand items but also for brand new stuff. The most common reason that people are selling their brand new stuff was that they won it at a D&D of their company, from a promotion or a gift that they already have or they just don't have any use for. I still had to go thru about fifty items before finding the ryt one bcoz sellers do not provide complete information about their stuff. But the satisfaction of finding a brand new or at least an almost new item for almost half the market price was just priceless. I was skeptical about ebay back then bcoz of trust issues. I just happened to read about articles saying that many of the items sold in ebay are not actually delivered and all you can do is give the seller a negative feedback and hopefully ebay can track down the seller and force him to deliver the goods. But little did I know that ebay also has a website for each country, so that you can do your shopping at that website and actually meet up with the seller. Now enough with the rambling, I wanna go back to ebay and search for kick-ass bargains!

to do list

2006-01-02T22:19:00.000+08:00

It's that time of the year that one rethinks of one's life and I thought of making this list of things that I want to accomplish someday. Making thes list kinda helped me to have a sense of direction for my life. I'm hoping to continually add to this list as reevaluate my life from time to time..so here it is.

1)fly a plane, any kind of plane
2)convince my batchmates to donate a research building in Pisay diliman
3)work for apple computers
4)help my family and relatives to migrate to the US
5)finance the education of an underprivileged child
6)watch a game 7 of an NBA championship series from courtside seats
7)meet Heart or Rachel Leigh Cook in person(mangarap k!)
8)tour the whole Phillipines
9)drag race
10)start my own business in the Philippines
11)learn and speak fluently a foreign language
12)go to Vatican and attend the Pope's mass
13)franchise a nike store with my barkada
14)build a high tech house and with a games room
15)go to Disneyland, hopefully before I'm 25

black

2005-12-28T00:27:00.000+08:00

Color Test. Your color is black. The color of night. Serene and mysterious, black conjures up images of elegant evening gowns, dashing tuxedos, and gleaming limousines. Traditionally a symbol of success, black also represents power and an uncompromising demand for perfection. Not surprisingly, you tend to set challenging goals for yourself and do whatever it takes to achieve them - your strength of character is second to none. This unfaltering determination, along with your natural elegance, impresses people. But keep in mind that your personality might be intimidating to some. Try to temper your demanding side with a little softness — trust us, it won't kill you. Overall, though, black is the color of professionalism and achievement, which means it's clearly the color for you.

looove xmas

2005-12-25T04:58:00.001+08:00

HAPPY BDAY JESUS!!! MERRY XMAS TO ALL!!!

I love Xmas. It's the one day of the year that I'm always happy no matter what. Yes, always. I don't why but I always have a joyful feeling on Xmas day even though shit is happenning all around me, and even that one time that I spent my Xmas in Singapore without my family(but ofcourse it would have been much, much better if I was with them). Perhaps all the good experiences on Xmas day when I was a child still has an effect until this day, or maybe it's bcoz of my attitude of not wanting to miss out on special days like this, I really don't know. Whatever the reason is, I'm just thankful that I have this oppurtunity to celebrate Christmas and to be happy at least once a year.

I also express my gratitude towards the Spaniards that made us, Filipinos, Christians. Amidst all the crap and shit that Filipinos experience every year, there's this one day where we can forget about all the negative stuff and just celebrate the birth of Christ. The celebration here is not, in any way, superficial, like that of other countries where it is only celebrated in malls and tourist spots. The true spirit of Xmas is more evident especially now bcoz more Filipinos are financially struggling and you see less houses with Christmas decorations, less gifts from godparents, etc. But whatever the situation is, there are still things that will not be missing from Xmas celebrations here, and those are beers and pulutan, and I'm not kidding haha. Cheers to all!

fuck lab

2005-12-21T14:57:00.000+08:00

fuck lab.fuck project lab! what the hell do I have to do to get an A for this worthless and pathetic module. I was sure that with the project lab formal report, I'd surely get an A this time but fuck, it still wasn't enough. It certainly wasn't the individual assessment from the other 2 project modules coz I'm sure that I impressed the heck out of the lab tutors. I did the bonus problems, hell I even did something that the even the lab tutor didn't know how to do! So what the fuck was it?! Do I have to be a Hermione Granger that raises my hand even if the tutor is not asking for any question, what a suck up! I don't think they'd allow me to ask for a review of the lab grades and doing that is just pathetic. I'm really pissed off. And what the hell's with the + and - of the grades, I thought the new grading system would only be implemented for the incoming students. So there's no DI anymore?? Even though A+ is equivalent to DI, it's still not the same. Distinction sounds much much better than A+, dammit. Thank goodness my barkada went online right after checking my grades. Our wacky conference chat certainly made it easier for me to accept the freakin exam results.This is the worst exam results, ever.

hahaha

2005-12-19T01:21:00.001+08:00

While watching Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire today for the 2nd time(1st one was in Singapore) I experienced a very weird phenomenon..the audience here in my hometown weren't laughing at the same jokes in the movie that the audience back in Singapore were laughing at. It.was.just.so.freakin.weird. Maybe this is just normal but it still is strange for me bcoz this was the first time I watched the same movie twice and getting different reactions from the audience. If I remember correctly, i didn't hear any laughs from anyone(maybe one or two ppl) during the first half of the movie(what the heck???).

On the way home, i thought of 3 reasons for the audience not to laugh at the jokes

1) maybe they were not paying attention during the first half bcoz they were trying to remember the characters and the storyline of the 4th HP book(and the Singaporeans were not?),

2) The acoustics of the cinema was not that good and they didn't exactly have Dolby Surround Sound so the audience cannot comprehend what the characters were saying, hence they cannot appreciate the jokes,

OR

3) most of the jokes were just,simply corny(probably the most logical reason).

This last reason was the one given to me by my cousins when I asked them why they were not laughing. I think there's more to this..but in the spirit of Christmas, this entry has to stop here to prevent myself from making any discriminatory comments.peace.

d ali g show.....

2005-12-16T01:10:00.000+08:00

Have you ever moved on with life, but everything else in your life is still somewhere else...

and you can't really move on coz u don't want to let go...

so your stuck in that limbo-esque place for a freakin long time until something pulls you out of it and helps you to truly move on...

but as you are halfway thru with your new life, everything changes again and the whole cycle just repeats...

it's one of d shittiest thing that can ever happen to anyone...

and the worst thing is you can't do anything to make it stop simply coz that's how life works...

But while watching the Ali G show(tawa nmn jan, ang seryoso ng mukha mo e =P), you realize that maybe you don't need to let go in order to move on...

yeah, just like that.period.

12 days to go

2005-12-13T16:11:00.000+08:00

12 days to go and here's my xmas wish list

* ipod nano

* new celfone(clamshell or sliding type), or a pda(maluho k!)

* lebron zoom III, lebron cavaliers jersey(consider this as an investment coz it's value would increase tenfold after 5 yrs when Lebron starts making winning shots every game and his team would go on to win 6 or more back-to-back world championships)

* an iBook G4(everybody loves Apple, it's just compatibility issues that stops it from dominating the PC market =P)

* electronic drums

* Sony PS3!!!(altho it's not out yet..actually i juz wanna hold the game controller coz it looks so damn sleek, coolness at its best)

* Alienware Desktop Computer(this is really an out of this world PC product,check it out)

* new yonex badminton racket(wish nike made high-quality badminton rackets)

* nike dumbbells(IT HAS TO BE NIKE, wouldn't settle for anything else hehe)

* basketball half-court here at my own backyard(with fiber glass backboard and metal chain net..oh and wid a nike swoosh painted on the court)

* and of course, world peace, lol =P

not a poem

2005-12-11T19:00:00.000+08:00

there's this cool chic named _____
always on my mind coz she's so pretty
she's also elegant and sweet they say
can't wait to see her again someday

want her to be my girl and I her man
to stay together as long as we can
to live each day loving each other
make our hearts yearn for one another..forever

but everything is just wishful thinking
all I'm hoping for has no meaning
coz _____ has been living this dream of mine
with someone else since she was nine

6:73 9/9/70