Naka-1 din SA WAKAS!

Ang mundo sadyang nakapagtataka... gaya na lang ng tuwing may Lasalle-Ateneo.

Napapansin ko kadalasan ang mga taong manunuod sa laro ay dumadating ng batalya-batalyon (they come in troops) na waring nagmamarcha sa iisang patutunguhan. Makikita mo sa daan, sa lrt, sa mrt, at lalong lalo na sa kalapit na Mall ng Araneta. Siguro sa pagpatak pa lang ng alas-8 ang mga tao simula nang dumadagsa sa Cubao at kadalasan ang karamihan sa kanila ay namamalagi na lang malapit dito dahi sa pag-aabang ng laro. Makikita mo, para silang mga langgam, nagtutumpok tumpok at sunud-sunod, kadalasan lageng umaandar, gumagalaw, o di kaya'y nag-aantayan. Dalawang grupo ng mga langgam---ang iba nakaberde ang iba naka asul.

Bigla ka na lang tuloy mapapaisip? San galing itong mga taong to?!

Noong ako ay estudyante pa, sa tuwing may laban at may klase kame... nong unang taon namin (o noong kame ay tinatawag pang frosh), kadalasan ang mga klase isinususpende upang kame ay makapanuod. Lalo na dahil noong taon yon ay ang huling taon ni Ren-Ren Ritualo, bidang bida yata kame non. Pero sa mga susunod na taon, wala na! Kanya-kanya nang diskarte ito. Madalas sigurado cut na, o di kaya papasok ka lang para sa attendance pagkatapos non kunwari magbabanyo ka tos mag-iiwan lang ang isang libro o kaya ang buong bag mo sa silya mo, pagkalabas ng kwarto, ayon laya na. Gaya nga ng ginagawa ko non, No looking back na, dire-diretso lang. Isipin mo na lang for the school spirit. Malas na lang pag biglaan pa lang may exam o kung ano man. Pero kadalasan naman, kung wala talagang choice, may big screen naman sa canteen na pwede mo na lang silip-silipin habang nagklaklase ka. Yon nga lang, Baduy!

Ngayon naman na nagtratrabaho na ako (diumano), sadya kong naiisip. May mga tao kayang inilalagay yon sa mga saktong hinihiling nila bago pumirma ng kontrata sa isang kompanya na kapag huwebes at may laro ang Lasalle, lalo na kung ang kalaban ay Ateneo ay pihadong Half-day na sila o kaya ay on-leave na??? Madalas kase ang mga taong nakakasalimuha ko sa mga laro ay yaong mga pare-pareho din namang mga tao na nakasabayan ko pa din noong nag-aaral ako. (Subalit inaamin ko, talagang mabibilang na lamang kameng nagkikita kita sapagkat kadalasan ay yaong mga totoy at nene na mga estudyante na ang kasabayan namin!) O kagaya lang din ba ang karamihan sa aking sitwasyon?


Ganto ang simula... payapa at kalma. Lamang kase sila!


Ang mundo ng UAAP...

Akala ko babalik na ko sa aking dating buhay nang bigo. Sa season 70, nakakapanuod na ako ng 3 laro, at don sa lahat ng yoon, ni hindi man lang ako nakakanta ng aming alma mater song. In short, lageng talo! Mga panget na talo pa. Kulang na lang umuwi na ko kapag 4th quarter na, dahil kadalasan ang talo namin o ang mga kamalasan ay dumadagsa sa period na ito. Hay buhay....



Sa huli, ito ay isa lamang laro...

May natatalo, may nananalo at may pinapanigan ng buenas. ... at mayroon din namang ipinagkakaloob talaga.


Ito ang dahilan kung bakit mas masarap manuod ng gumagalaw (LIVE!), maingay na libre pa sumigaw at may bonus pang lobo!

Sa aming paboritong kalaban, isa lang ang aking nakabiting tanong... Hindi ba malungkot noong nawala kame?

Ang akin lang... masaya na ako nang makapanuod nang kahit na anong laban, yon lang makapanuod ng 3 laban, kahit puro talo OK na talaga. Pihado ganon din naman ang karamihan sa amin, basta masabi lang na naglalaro na ule OK na! Pero kagaya nga ng buhay, natural mente masarap din namang makatikim nang MAS OK pa!

Dead dad's club... 12 members mourning.

And here's a few of us.

The Grey's Anatomy's episode where George's dad died, I remember Christina consoling him about it. She mentioned the Dead Dad's Club and like how she said it, it is sad to be a part of it. Ironically, I knew the feeling as at 17, I became a part of it. Christina's "club" may have sounded a bit, well Christinaish, yet (I think) it was the right words of support at the right time.

When my dad died, I appreciated everyone's support, their love for me and my family. But, always, always... at the back of my mind, I was always thinking that they do not know the feeling. Like everyone else, my friends especially, I believe that I lived a sheltered life. During that time, the only closest person whom I know that passed away was an aunt. I "knew" of the grieving part, the praying for the dead, and all that but I never truly understood it, felt its impact on my life... not until I lost my own dad.

For the longest time, I dint want to talk about it. Not a lot of people knew that for months we considered a couple of hospitals our home. For months, the whole family's plans and our own lives were put on hold. I remember going to my school's chapel everyday to pray... the rosary, st. joseph's novena, and all other prayers. It was that type of comfort that I was looking for, it was as if staying at the chapel bought me more time. In there, time freezes, and I was at peace that my dad was taken cared of even while I was away from him.

It was a tough, trying time. And to this day, I remember everything like it was just yesterday. And how I wish for just one more day with our dad.


And now, zoom back to life. We did loose our dad but we all learned and got our strength from the experience.





The family keeps on getting bigger... and better (???)... but at the end of the day, we all wish to be with our dad.





















As for me, I'm no longer that baby in the family who hides and lives by my mom's or brothers' and sisters' wings. I can now stand on my own. And moreso, I am no longer afraid of death.



More importantly, please say a prayer or two today for the most important man in my life, my dear daddy. He would've been 62 years old today!

And to my smoking friends, skip a stick or a pack today, you never know how much extra time it could give you and your loved ones.

JUST FACTS... Version 2

After a very uneventful birthday last year, I was only waiting for my mom's GO signal (ows? pinilit nga ba?) to finally extand/ overstay and celebrate it home. It's not everyday that I spend my birthday on a Friday and looking at it now, It would have been utterly stupid to just go 2 days before my birthday? Ano ko bale???

A person's birthday is that one day that we all can claim to ourselves, in short to be excuse-fully SELFISH about everything. And so what better way to do it than by wasting your time on some silly facts about me:

1. If you don't know it by now (kailangan pa bang imemorize yan?!) I am from a very big, HUGE family. And one of my biggest concerns whenever I live away from home is that my nieces and nephews would forget about me. Or that I would miss a lot on my family's happenings!

Speaking of family events, here's my family







celebrating my birthday....

... not just once, but 3 times in different venues!





2. I am a very picky person, especially in terms of my friends. My dad always, always stressed this out, that we should learn to be able to choose our friends for they can often bring us up or pull us down. I have a handful of people I know by name and face, but I also have a lot I consider my treasures in this lifetime.

And here's a bunch of them who came and celebrated their Friday night with me!




3. I am obsessed with my name, it's probably one of those brilliant things that my parents did to me pre-birth!


4. Just recently I realized that my fear of mascots can be traced back to childhood memories of Takeshi's Castle. I remember being scared of Master Takeshi's head (which one?!); and also those 2 goons from the show that chases around people through doors and if caught would rub black makeup on your face. SCARY!!!

5. I am honestly scared of cats; and believe it or not, whenever I see or dare to look at one (whether in a movie, cartoon, or WORSE in real life) that would mean that I would have a NIGHTMARE about them! Really disturbing!

6. If you want to see the worst of my temper, wake me up UNEXPECTEDLY. One of the things that I hate most is when someone wakes me up. It's true for me with what they say, lokohin mo na ang lasing wag lang ang bagong gising or make that WAG MO LANG AKONG GISINGIN! I wake up on my own, you dont need to bother with me!!!

7. I love to sneeze... always WITH FEELINGS!

8. Every time I watch children perform, whether a simple song, or a dance number. No matter how happy the occasion I often cry!!! I cry because just like their parents, I am proud of their little achievements.

9. I cry when you cry. Whenever I see someone, anyone, I know (or even those I do not know) cry, it also makes me cry! Wuss!

10. When I was a kid and it was time for our afternoon nap, I often hid in my room and would line up my dolls and pretend they were my students. I would make the wall my blackboard and just loved playing pretend school with them!

11. Jason Webb will always have a big part in my heart! Yiiiiiiihhhhhh-hA!

12. I black out when I'm totally drunk, wasted!

13. I am very matampuhin. Little things get to me and when they do sometimes it takes a while before I go back to my usual self.

14. I'm the type that often PLANS things and when I want to go out or do something, I often start by asking people of their plans.

15. I can drive, but when I do, please, please do not distract me! My multi-tasking capability is in 0 gear when I am driving.

For more bday pics --->
http://www.flickr.com/photos/livingnleaving/

September 5, 2007

My special guest for my birth month!




And he comes here in the Philippines... with wings!




And this is all he had do to take my breath away!



That smile shot me down to the ground and back to my bed!

Ang sarap mo Kobe!
Sinundan mo pa ko dito ah!