Ang aking kalokalike. Bow.

A former classmate who is fond of calling me JL which is short for John Lloyd made this and she uploaded and shared it in facebook with my permission. HAHA. She calls me JL because during our sophomore years, i would always claim that I look like John Lloyd. Ayun, nasanay na ata siya kaya yun na ang tawag niya sakin. hoho.

Hmm. Regarding the pic, nag-expect pa naman ako dahil sabi niya sa text katulad daw ng picture ko. Yun pala, kakulay ng damit ko. hohoho. anyway, sayang lang at lamang pa rin sakin ng kalahating paligo ang totoong JL. I was that close pero ang layo pa rin! HAHAHAHA. Salamat nalang kay Argelyn na nag-abala. :)

Testi

I had been lucky to be a part of the organizing team of the 3 out of 4 testimonial rites that was conducted by the Social Work Department since 2009. In fact, I acted as the head of the organizing team twice. As always, tasks were arduous and things were being given attention and being checked to the last and smallest details. Yung tipong dapat ay no stones are left unturned. Organizing such activity (which was simultaneously being conducted with the Acquaintance Party of the department) is very much stressful and tiring. And I can say that it's the biggest activity of the department with the end goal of making your guests and honorees feel special.

As years go on, the simple joy of being a part of the organizing team and attending the said event as regular attendee ignited a dream in me and to my classmates as well. That is, to attend the said event not as a student, nor an organizer but as an honoree. I would like to admit that I even dreamed of speaking in front of the department sharing my experiences and my journey towards passing the board exam. Of course, just like how we did it, at first I dreamed of a Testimonial Rite in a comfortable venue with an atmosphere of joy, gladness and appreciation with all the students in the department together. Feeling ko, kaparehas ng ilan (kung hindi man lahat), eto yung isa sa dalawang mga pangyayari na matagal kong (or naming) inantay at inabangan.

Pero siyempre, I know for a fact that dreams do not come true most of the time and as early as March 2013, I laid down my expectations regarding the testimonial in order for me to avoid being disappointed in the end. Okay na ang simple basta masaya at basta sincere ang atmosphere - that's what I said to myself. But as time progresses and the date for the activity is nearing, the information I got regarding the activity made me realized that this dream is now dead. In fact, when my classmates would ask me if I would attend, i would either keep quiet or answer a straight NO. But in the end, I still attended the activity. Not because I really would love and I really want to attend. I attended because of the respect and courtesy that I still have for the department. Come to think of it, last naman na ito. After that, sabihin na nating, I'm through with the department. Tapos na and I'm thankful for that!

Marami pa akong gustong sabihin pero I guess I have to end here to avoid saying things that may put me again in the spotlight. I just hope that the organizers and the department itself will hold an honest-to-goodness evaluation of an activity once fit for professionals and would be professionals (except ata kung barrio meeting or gathering ang theme ng activity). But before others react negatively to my statement, let me validate it. What I am trying to say is that I hope they (the organizing team) will give more effort on the next testimonial rites to come. Simplicity is fine or simplicity is even beauty but simplicity is not the avoidance of things that we think are grandiose, it's about making things comfortably easy for everybody without sacrificing the basics (eg. a truck for passers with simple designs made of recycled materials, proper coordination and information dissemination, a humane venue for all attendees, a nice and better program perhaps and such other things).

Well, yun lang naman ang sa akin. Simple na yan para maintindihan mo/niyo! >.<

Motorcade Truck

Lo and behold, ang pinakamagandang motorcade truck that I've seen in years with matching 'College of Social Services and Philosophy' streamer hanging on the front. This is epic. Just epic!

eerie twenty-fourth

today is november 24, 2011, thursday and there seem to be an eerie (at least in my perspective) atmosphere in Bicol University. classes in MP/CAL building are said to be suspended tomorrow, the fences, gates and even buildings are re-painted, light bulbs were replaced with new bulbs, the facade of MP Building was well-lighted at night same with the four pillars of the university - all because of the ISO visit and the visit of President Noynoy Aquino for the Inauguration of the Climate Change Academy of Albay which is located at Bicol University.

well, the eerie thing was because of the unusual cleanliness of the university and the extra-ordinary politeness of some of the rude security guards of the university. naisip ko tuly, sana everyday ISO visit. sana everyday AACUP Accreditation at sana everyday bibisita si PNoy para mas maganda, maayos at mas malinis ang beyubs.

i wonder why this kind of mentality is still being observed by BU up to now. hindi ba pwedeng kahit walang bibisitang VIP o accreditors, maayos ang BU? I wonder...

i love you daw? anyare?

may spam ba ngayon sa FB na bigla-bigla na lang magsesend ng I Love You and isang friend? wala lang, nacurious lang ako dahil a chatbox appeared while i am having my fb session and it contained a message from a friend with idiosyncrasy credit (or kumbaga ay professional na) saying I Love You. ayun hindi ko pinansin at nireplayan.

pero nashock ako at moments later ay may sumunod pa. feeling ko magandang spam ito. connecting people and developing relationship. haha. parang blind date? what's happening in the world? BU friends, don't ask me kung sino at pagtatawanan niyo ako. haha. :D

creepy friday

had a storytelling of our experiences with the supernaturals during our Philippine literature class. grabe ang mga kwento about white ladies, dwende, engkantos and our department's very own - si ANN. si ANN ang batang babae (daw) na nagmumulto sa department. ANN is well-known in the department even with the faculty. well, i myself had an experience about ANN i presumme. hmm.

it was about 9pm when our meeting in human welfare advocates was about to end. galing akong labas ng building and i was checking if rooms A11 and ICTC were already lock and indeed the 2 rooms where locked, lights were off and we are the only persons left in the building. after, i proceeded to the HWA Office, get my things and together with the remaining HWA officers got out of the office and proceeded to the walkway. but to my surprise, the two rooms were open - halos parehas ang pagkakabukas. i pretended that i was not surprised and that everything was normal while we were approaching the door. upon reaching the door, i immediately close the door and hurried to the exit. at nagsi-uwian na kami.

another was when we are practicing for something. sad to say, i forgot what happened during that incident. haha. well, marami pang kwentong katatakutan sa BU. there was a story of santelmo sighting and reports that as if someone is following them while going out of the building at night in BUCAL MP Building and lastly, there was the story of the spirits in BU's Century Tree or Centree wherein one student was said to have died because of the spirit's envy to his beautiful hair.

meron din namang about sa classmate ko na namatayan ng auntie because pinaputol daw ung puno sa may bahay nila. her aunt was sent to the hospital because of an unspecified illness and while she was in the hospital, her son lighted three candles in her room. when the son came back, the candles were not lighted anymore and were sliced into 3 pieces per candle. the son lighted candles again and the same thing happened but this time the three pieces slice per candle was now 10 pieces slice per candle.

kakatakot! ikaw naniniwala ka ba sakanila at sa mga ganyang story o naghihintay ka lang na makaexperience? haynaku. creeeeeepy!