31.12.10

MY decemberFEST

well, i planned to do all my updated posts that should have been posted days or should i say months before. but then, sad to say, i really did not succeed in executing my plan. but then, i believe it's not that late so i'll try to cope up with my supposedly done postings but i'll do it briefly and concise.

moving on, december is always my most awaited month aside from june (which happens to be my birth month) because of the different atmosphere that the Christmas celebration brought and the upcoming entry of a new year plus the sometimes cool temperature that we experience considering the fact that we are used to hot and not-so-hot temperatures. well, speaking of december, i really don't have a plan except the fact that we will celebrate Christmas yet many activities aside from the Christmas celebration itself pushed through. so here is a glimpse of my december:

December 3
Farah's 18th Birthday Celebration at Tabaco City. i was one of the few bucssp-social work students who attended her birthday. nakakahiya kasi, personal niya pang ini-abot ang invitation so despite my colds and sinat, i pushed through in attending her celebration. besides, after her shift in bu tabaco social work, this is the only time that we will see her again. moreover, since she also gained friends in TC (tabaco campus), she also invited them. however, it's so weird that when we arrived, they all... poof! - decided to go home even though they really have no plans of going home yet. tsktsk. moving on, the celebration was okay and we stay in tabaco over night.

December 6
Presentation of Proposed Activities of HWA to the Social Work Faculty. my activity was moved and will be fused with other activities to create the 32nd Social Work Days with me as one of the activity chairs.

December 10
Second Human Welfare Advocates General Assembly. we presented the accomplishments and the proposed activities for the 2nd Semester of the organization before its members for their perusal.
Doming's Birthday. who's doming? he is a AB Political Science student who was never my classmate. i mean, he was the classmate of my friends from the other block in one class and since he is the friend of my friends, friends na kami. parang ganun yun. that's why even we're not that close, i still attended his birthday celebration at his house.
First Flag Retreat in my College Life. our organization is the host of the flag retreat this week and since, i am one of the officers plus one of the college student council officers plus nagtatambay lang, i attended the first flag retreat that i actually attended in my college life. i even asked my classmates to join.
Boys Night-Out. i really felt heavy these days. maybe because of disappointment over my friend's unenthusiastic response over our planned Christmas get together and celebration that's why i joined mj in his/her (he's actually a lesbian) request for a night out.

December 15
2 hour special Swimming Class. since we did not meet last time, our professor called for a special class. we actually had our practical exams and gladly i passed with flying fishes. haha. joking aside, i passed the practical exam though i was expecting that i would fail. thank God!

December 16
Christmas Outreach 2010 at Barangay Burgos in Daraga. Barangay Burgos is actually a rural barangay in Daraga with agriculture and pamaypay making as its primary source of income (based on my observations). the class spend some time with the day care children of burgos acting like santa claus. facilitating games, giving foods, gift giving and picture taking are among the activities we did to share the spirit of Christmas and bring the university closer to the community.Moreover, aside from the burgos outreach, i also took part in the outreach of the first year block a in Mabini with Senior Citizens as their beneficiaries as my hwa assignment with melvin. i realized that dealing with lolos and lolas was never really that hard as what i imagined at first. actually, when i see lolos and lolas , there is a strange feeling of 'awa' that struck me out of nowhere. that's why seeing them smile and laughed really touched my heart and made me feel that 'HEY THIS IS CHRISTMAS!' ps. i actually participated in the parlor games especially in the one with the talong. :P
ps. first time kong kumain ng DINUGUAN at hindi pa masarap. tsktsk

December 17
MnT Christmas Celebration and Get Together. After the disappointment, the get together still pushed through. we spend the night swimming and telling stories, sharing laughters and non-sense with sense talks at Manhattan Resort in Sto. Domingo, Albay. It was also my first time in Sto. Domingo. sadly, we didn't have the opportunity to roam around sto. domingo. however, we went to Sto. Domingo Church. their plaza and municipal building is quite spanish looking as if they were preserved since the spanish years just like in Guinobatan.
LAST DAY OF CLASSES FOR 2010!

December 18
Aside from the fact that this is the day when i left Legazpi City to spend the Christmas break in Naga, this is the 2010 Kantang Jovenes: A Christmas Caroling Contest day wherein the City Youth Officials 2010 sponsored the activity. actually, i only helped during the pre-contest preparations such as drafting the contest's mechanics and guidelines, preparing the registration forms and the contest 'logo'. I was able to attend the contest eventhough i arrived in Naga at around 5 pm and that's my additional help: presence.

December 22
Biglaang Food and Ukay-ukay Trip with Jo and Bstfrnd. it was really biglaan. bstfrnd just pm me jo sent me a message in fb inviting me to join them eat. i was really tamad that time at ako na ang tamad. i made them wait for 42 minutes because of the distance of del rosario to centro. haha. well, i enjoyed the food trip. it was nice seeing jo after 7 months and rica again after 10 months. nakakamiss din! thanks jo and bstfrnd! and thanks jo again for the food. :D

December 23
Biglaang Bisita ni Teacher Jaki and Kevin. Teacher Jaki and Kevin are part of my elementary buddies and we live in one subdivision. they decided to pay a surprise visit because it was years when we last saw each other. probably, four or five years. since, teacher jaki is here, we planned to have a mini-jamming/reunion by asking our former classmates and teachers john and zach to join. December 27 was the date of the mini-jamming/reunion.

December 24
CHRISTMAS EVE. We attended the Christmas Mass as a family and ate Noche Buena when the midnight struck.
MERRY CHRISTMAS!

December 25
Polangui. We went to Polangui and visited our relatives on the mother side.

December 27
Kathy's Birthday
NCSHS Alumni Homecoming. Hindi sana ako mag-attend but because of some underlying factors and people, i decided to attend. I actually stayed for just about an hour since i also have another event to attend to. nonetheless, i still enjoy! seeing my former classmates and friends after some time feels good. i saw mara after (1 year and 2 months), angela (after 7 months), red, jomari, mikee, darren (after 9 days), alfred, jo, claudz, alekks, tin-tin, france, johannes, nikki, kathy, yayen, kitz, iris, dada, erron (namiss ko to!), and so on and so forth.
MdeP Mini-Jamming/Reunion. Bar hopping at magsaysay. we started at Bob Marlin, Mico/Nico (i don't really know) Arch - the one with the ship like facade but no vacant seats, Clubm8 but was closed until midnight, and finally teen-teen's. It was an all-expenses paid by teachers john, zach and jaki. thank you teacher. i had fun remembering those MdeP days.

December 28 - 29
Sipocot. Had time with my relative on the father side, played with my 1-7 years old cousins that's why i realized that nakakamiss din pala ang maging 3-5 years old na bata, missed the opportunity to join mama in her field to Caima (a rural barangay in Sipocot with 45 minutes - 1 hour ride from centrosipocot and 2 hours walk). bottomline, ENJOY!

December 30
Biglaang Bonding with Alekks. postponed na bonding namin nila alekks, trixia, rica and rufo pero natuloy kami ni alekks. CRITICS for a DAY. Double Down sa KFC na nagtataka pa rin ako kung bakit hindi up and down. RPG Metanoia, the first Philippine full length 3D movie na hindi napanood namin ng hindi 3D (sayang!)

December 31
NEW YEAR'S EVE! Attended the New Year Mass, nagpaputok ng lucis at kumain ng cake for media noche.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!

20.12.10

reunion part I

it was such a surprise seeing and talking to one of my childhood friends and teacher after such a long time of just a mere his and hellos. kevin and teacher jaki went to our house today and we have a good time of story telling. teacher jaki, our elementary adviser and teacher, told us her hong kong stories plus her travels to israel and thailand and she actually discouraged us from working abroad. well, the time did not suffice our story telling sessions so we actually decided to have a night-out of december 27. that's the part II. :D

btw, i think i will not be attending the 2010 homecoming of NCSHS alumni which also falls on the 27th because of some personal reasons such as my belief that it is too early for me to attend the homecoming since it was just only two years from the date of our graduation if i am right. haha. :p

10.12.10

movies

this december, aside from having our weekly swimming lessons every friday from 9am - 11am which i think was the major cause of my continuous blackening, we also have a couple of movie viewing and analysis related to our course, world literature. well, it was just Helen of Troy - for the epic Iliad and First Knight - for the Le Morte d'Arthur. not so new but then i was really satisfied and interested upon seeing the two movies which i think justified my interest in history or history-like stories (i don't know what to call them). bottomline, i like the two stories. good thing, we viewed it because i really don't have the patience to read books or novels. another thing, the audio visual center of bucal is quite cool. as if we are on a movie house. haha. wala lang share ko lang. :D

8.12.10

college survey

i got a survey at fb and decided to answer it here at my blog. sige. umpisahan ko na.

This is all about your recent course in college. ONLY COLLEGE STUDENTS ARE REQUIRED TO ANSWER THIS.

1. Anung course mo? BS SOCIAL WORK

2. Saan ka nagaaral? BICOL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF SOCIAL SCIENCE AND PHILOSOPHY

3. Napilitan ka lng bang kunin yang course na yan? HINDI. IT's MY CHOICE.

4. Sino nagpapaaral sayo? PARENTS at ang UNIVERSITY (scholar eh)

5. Anung year mo na? 2ND YEAR

6. Nageenjoy ka ba sa college life mo? OF COURSE! 100% KASALI ANG UPs and DOWNs

7. E sa college barkada? YEAH.YEAH.YEAH

8. First college friends? LONER AKO NUNG UNA. I WAS ACTUALLY PRETENDING THAT I'M COMFORTABLE WITH THE NEW PEOPLE AROUND ME DESPITE THE FACT THAT I AM UNEASY.

9. First college boyfriend/girlfriend? NO GIRLFRIEND SINCE FIRST DAY OF COLLEGE. KAIBIGANG BABAE AS IN KAIBIGAN? MARAMI SILA.

10. Ano ung top 2 choices mo na course? SOCIAL WORK AT ACCOUNTANCY. PERO POLITICAL SCIENCE ANG FIRST CHOICE KO BUCET.

11. Have you ever felt out of place sa school mo? NOON.

12. Irreg ka ba o regular? REGULAR NA REGULAR

13. May crush ka sa school mo? KUNG SA COLLEGE, MAG-IISIP MUNA AKO. PERO KUNG SA UNIVERSITY, IBANG USAPAN YUN. MERON NA MERON ANG SAGOT KO.

14. Favorite subject(s)? PERSONALITY DEV'T at PERSONAL GROWTH AND PROCESSES.

15. Saang subject ka natutulog? NATUTULOG? HINDI KO PA NATRY. NUNG HIGHSCHOOL OO, SA PHYSICS. PERO NGAYON, INAANTOK LANG PERO HINDI TULOG.

16. Pinakahate mong subject? COLLEGE ALGEBRA AT STATISTICS.

17. Kilala ba school mo? I GUESS SO. THE FIRST PHILIPPINE SUC TO HAVE AN ISO CERTIFICATION.

18. Ever thought of taking up nursing? NEVER!

19. Gusto mo bang magshift? HINDI. HANGGANG DULO, SOCIAL WORK PA RIN.

20. Anong course naman? WALA. SOCIAL WORK PA RIN SABI.

21. Do you miss your highschool life? OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

22. Anong balak mong unang gawin pagkagraduate mo? MAGTAKE NG BOARD EXAM AT PUMASA!

23. San ka naman magttrabaho? SA NGO MUNA ATA AKO AT MAGGOGOVERNMENT AFTER.

24. Do you have plans of going abroad? MERON AT THIS MOMENT.

25. 10 years from now ano ka na? RUSS DANIEL O. BALDOZA RSW, MSSW, Ph.D, JD

26. Do you love college life? YUUUUUUUUP

27. Anong gusto mong gift ang matanggap mo sa graduation mo? DSLR o KOTSE PLUS YUNG WALLET NA MAY LAMAN GALING KAY ALEKKKS.

28. May bf/gf ka ba? WALA PA AT WALA PA AKONG PLANONG MAGKAROON HANGGANG HINDI AKO NAKAKAGRADUATE.

29. Recent school problem? WALA PA NAMAN SO FAR.

30. Pinaka-hate mong prof? - WALA AKONG HATE. LESS LOVE NA PROF MERON.

31. Pinaka-favorite mong prof? SIR CARDIÑO, MADAM VIDA, MADAM TANIE, SIR JORI AT IBA PA.

32. Crush mong prof? WALA.

33. Crush mong kaklase? KAKLASE????

34. Pinakakaclose mong college friends? MNT

35. Anong oras ka natutulog? 11-12-1-2-3 (DEPENDE KUNG GINAGANAHAN AKONG MAG-ARAL O HINDI) O PWEDE NA ANG WALANG TULOG.




more.more.more.more.

6.12.10

NAGA-gayon lalo

naga city, under the leadership of mayor john bongat and other city officials, is taking the good road ahead in terms of investments in making naga a more beautiful tourism hub and a city that gives importance to its glorious history as one of the golden seven cities of the sun (a name given by the great writer nick joaquin to the original seven settlements that the spaniards established upon their arrival in the philippines.

what i am referring here are the two plans of the city government to invest in the physical development of naga. maybe some would see it shallow but for me, investing in physical development of naga would help in promoting naga as an investment hub in the southern luzon area. kapag maayos, maganda at malinis, more investors and visitors will like naga. however, physical development should not be the only priority of the city administration (this is another issue)

first is the plan of the city government to revitalize the naga river which is of historical and cultural significance to the city. the salog kan buhay program of the city. the plan to relocate the informal settlers near the river and make walkways and parks along the river and of course, to clean the river and make it cleaner.

second is the plan of the city government to construct the monumento de naga which will become the fuente osmeña circle/el angel column(mexico)/july column(paris)/berlin victory column of naga city. the said monumento will be constructed at the magsaysay-roxas-panganiban-national highway intersection near the immaculate conception church. the said monumento will honor naga city's status as a pilgrimage capital. actually, just like the salog kan buhay project, this project is just on the drawing board. the city government is inviting architecture/engineering students or professionals and even ordinary people with ordinary lives to participate and they will receive a prize in exchange if their design will be chosen.

well, i commend the city government for their wonderful plans but i will commend them more if they will implement their proposed projects and walk their talk. :p


for more details, just click the link below

4.12.10

overheard and confirmed

it's been long since I've heard my friends that a new design of the Philippine bills will be released with the mayon volcano and the butanding as one of the latest addition to the bills. at first i was shocked and surprised but i'm excited to see it and used it. i actually searched it on the different news website like abs-cbnnew, gmanews, inquirer and mb and i actually read it and it was confirmed.

now, from what i've heard and read from the news, the new re-designed bills are now on the circulation and some are even criticizing the minor mistakes. nonetheless, i'm excited to have a piece of the new generation philippine bills.


ps. i cannot understand why some people criticizes or questions the president when in fact from what i have learned, the plan of changing the design of our bills was crafted even before pnoy was elected president. i think it was bsp's initiative. that's all. :D

2.12.10

something BU

wednesday is the declared university wash day and a perfect day to roam around BU with friends. well, since i had my digicam with me, i decided to take some shots of some of the places in the university. in this case, we were at the college of arts and letters.


the bucal pyramid


the rear view of the newly constructed facade of bu
(fronting camp general simeon ola)

the bucal building with the pyramid, formally the mp building which
houses the college of arts and letters.

this year's bu christmas tree located infront of the
general administration building or the white building.
simple and not that elegant. last year's christmas tree was better.

that's it. :p

1.12.10

that little devil

hey little devil,

i know it's been months since the last time we see each other and i can't even remember it. was it august or september or maybe way back may? Christmas is fast approaching and i know you're not that okay based from what i have read from your blog posts and i'm sorry if i'm not that accessible (if the term is fitted) and is not there beside you when you needed someone to talk to. sorry for every little thing i made and not made for you. but hey, i'm always here for you though our communication line had been down for some time and i'll always be at your back. little devil, would you mind spending some time with me this Christmas break and have for ourselves a time to tell our stories and share our problems? besides i really miiisssssssssssssssss you soo much little devil. i miss your stories and i know that i have many stories to be heard from you. well, the bottomline is this, I MISS YOU BESTFRIEND. hope to see you this Christmas. :D