Cheers Campaign Ads

the simplicity of the idea behind these commercials is what made me post this on my blog. the littlest things that could happen to us could make a very BIG difference.

just the type of advertisement that makes me want to buy the comodity on sale…wehehehe…

enjoy watching!!!

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Happy New Year!!!! 

A licensed idiot

i wanted to be a writer…a poet…a photographer…an artist. i was thinking about those things before i entered Pisay.

i never wanted to take up engineering…worse, chemical engineering! that was far from my imagination. Yet, here i am, a licensed chemical engineer for 3 years now…a walking idiot at that! ha ha ha! i have a license that i don't know where to use aside from identification purposes. why i am writing about this now is because it is about to expire on February 2007. Yes, i am born a Piscean…(now that's a different topic)

anyways, must i or must i not renew my license? if i do, which i am really contemplating on, then must i finally put everything (if there is any) i have worked hard for in college into practice? thus the big ? lingers…

all of this is an accident. at least that's what i've always thought. chemical engineering (or any engineering course for that matter) was NEVER in my choice of courses when i took up the UPCAT. so you can just imagine the look on my face when my friend told me i passed the UPCAT and is enlisted in an engineering course…i said, "Huh?!" that was my initial reaction. I don't know how that happened. being an idiot that i am, i never questioned UP for that basically because i was overwhelmed by the thought of getting in! i passed the test, that's what mattered! when i am finally into the whole thing, that's when i realized my mistake. i dread every subject, every theory, everything. if i did suck in any of my subjects in high school, that's CHEMISTRY! so what the hell am i doing in this course?!!! i got into trouble with my laboratory instructor on my first week in my first chemistry class. how's that for a start? hmmm…very bad omen! ha ha ha! Avi Car (as we fondly call her), i wonder where she is now, cursed the hell out of us 4 Pisay grads…hehehe…never knew why her blood's so hot with our likes. hmmm…told us we'll experience KARMA for being disrespectful…oh man! that was the farthest thing on my mind…i am just a budding freshman with a curse on my back!

anyways, i struggled my way out of UP. i did get out IN TIME (whew! that was hard). reviewed with my classmates in Morayta. took the 3-day board exam. almost lost hope of passing. and finally, i am a full-pledged Chemical Engineer. took my oath with other board passers at the Manila Hotel. and after? what after? ventured into copyediting. makes sense huh?

i find it funny…really. people in our office find it hard (i guess that's what i think) to swallow that one fact about me. hehehehe…who would imagine me, if you have been with me for a while, a licensed geek?

oh well, must i or must i not? this license means so much to my Dad. he's the sole reason i finished the course and studied real hard to pass the darn board exam. for my Dad. he's so damn proud of his daughter, the Engineer. i am not so really…hehehe…

i guess i'll make plans when New Year is over. whatever happens, i'll still be a licensed idiot…the idiot for all times!

who cares? not even the carebears care!

…sisinghot lang uli ako.

I used to think that Peter Pan will come for me…Proof is that I always kept our bedroom windows open. But after so many years of waiting, no Peter Pan came. I have come (now) to realize that there are some things that I better keep (hidden) in the rich world of my imagination. Like my Mom used to tell me, I shouldn't dream too much…wait let me rephrase that, I shouldn't fantasize too much.

But is it really too much? I am ignorant in measuring the extent of this REALITY. It sucks to even think that there are limits to what we must do, when the world beyond what we have here is Limitless. How cruel can it get to be talked out of your fantasy? Very. When doing so doesn't hurt anyone, it hurts to be told that you better keep yourself in the realms of this world. This world where no Peter Pans and Mermaids ever exist. Darn! I won't let that happen to my only child. As a mother, I'd keep her open to a lot of things. I wouldn't want her confined to what the norms want. She can dream all she wants. Her soul be free of things that will make her confuse. And, be able to appreciate the things that only a child can. That doesn't mean I will let her make a weirdo out of herself. I will just show her that a little imagination won't hurt. That it is fine to let go of the pressures of this world for even a short time and live in her secret place. Her solace. Her sanctuary. She can be a normal person afterwards. Play with the games of this world. Be a real player. Lose sometimes, but never lose hope of recovery.  Achieve. And dream. There's always that nagging sense to dream. I am a dreamer. I want her to be too. If that won't mess her life. She must have a choice. I won't bug her into trying things out my way. I've been through that under my Mother's wings. It's enough. She won't have to go through that.

Oh well, I am supposed to finish something.

I better hit the screen.

Till next time.

The fairy has landed!

I am a fairy…

no tooth to offer…

no wings either…

Just a fairy…

with one feather to my name…

a fairy…la-la-la-la…

there are certain things that i love doing; making fun of myself is one of them…hehehe…isn't it too obvious eh?

here, in this blog, is where all the "merchandises" of my life are showcased!

A Sari-sari store of my life's goodies!

as a fairy

as a jogasaurus

as a person (sometimes)

as a writer (i hope so)…

as i am!

Pasko na!

hehehe…nakatapos na kami ng isang taunang celebrasyon ng pasko!!! nananatili akong kumakanta…medyo malaman nga lang ako kumpara nung nakaraang taon…

"it's christmas time….there's no need to be afraid…" 

eto pa…

l(a

le

af

fa

ll

s)

one

l

iness

achoo!

Gusto ko lang magsulat…

ayoko magsalita…kahit na kilala akong daldalera (naaalala ko nun Prep ako. tinanong ko si Mommy, "ano ibig sabihin ng TALKATIVE?"). wala lang ako sa mood magsalita at magkwento…pwede mo ko kwentuhan…makikinig ako.

lahat pwede ko isulat e…hindi lahat pwede ko sabihin. Sa pagsusulat, hindi lahat ng tao pwede ko tamaan, maliban na lang sa makakabasa nito (kung mamarapatin ko). Pero ang sasabihin ko, hindi ko maiiwasang may makarinig. kahit ayaw ko iparinig, may mga taong nabibiyayaan ng malakas na hearing aid. asteeg di ba?

ang daming hinananakit na sa sulat ko lang inilalabas…karamihan ng mga isinulat kong tula ay nagsasalamin ng ganoong damdamin…pero di ko na rin maatim ipost pa ang mga iyon dito…nakabaon na sa alaala ang pinatutungkulan nila. 

ang mga sana gusto ko mangyari sa buhay ko, naisulat ko na din. madami sila. madami. di sapat ang pahinang ito para i-accomodate sila.

hay!

isang araw na naman ang lumipas kahapon…di na ako nag OT kasi papasok din naman ako ng sabado at linggo…ngayon hindi na rin siguro…tapos bukas, undertime naman. hehehehe…tawagin nyo na akong tamad…okay lang. kesa mabato na naman ako sa )*(@&#_) opisina na ito. nakakasawa na! Whoohhhh! Whooohhh!!! (gusto ko isigaw yan ngayon. pero dito na lang)

o sya, may tatapusin pa ako.

may bisita na naman…kelangan na naman magtago ng mga gamit ko…para mabigyan ng impresyon na alinsunod sa 5S ang aming opisina…hehehehe…ayus din!

ay eto na sila!!!! dan dan danan!

Wednesday

Wednesday na!!!! Ha ha  ha! Ano naman? Basta. Pakialam mo?!

hmmm…ano kaya pwedeng gawin sa araw na to?

Masarap magmaneho lang ng walang patutunguhan…magpunta sa Cubao…maglakad sa Recto papuntang Avenida…magmuni muni sa Intramuros…magpunta sa Baguio (pwede!)…kumain sa may Eat All You Can buong araw…mag piko…pumunta sa Market! Market!…magbasa…magtahi…manuod lang ng TV…matulog.

Chef! Chef talaga!

Lahat ng yan di ko pwedeng gawin kasi andito ako sa ^!(&#^( opisinang ito!!! gumagawa ng ginawa ng mga mas nakakataas-ang-antas-ng-pag-iisip na mga nilalang, at higit sa lahat, nababato sa articles na paulit-ulit nagsasaad ng balita tungkol sa walang kamatayang KANSER!!!

Hay!

Wednesday na!! Bukas Huwebes…palit araw ng sine…

ano kaya ang magandang gawin????

Finding my heart song: a HAPPY FEETure

We are all weird. By theory. By default. By whatever others may based their judgment upon. I learned that since the time I realized I wasn't like the rest. That there are certain things I cannot find myself belonging to…or at least coming close to. And the weird part is that there are other "weird" people like me! That when us "weird" people overnumber the "normal" ones, they are the ones who fall beyond the bell curve! haha! Just like what we used to say among ourselves, "they are weird because we are many in this room compared with them."

Just like Mambo. He is judge not because his eyes are blue and his feathers haven't changed to the normal penguin color, but because he cannot sing just like any normal penguin does. That he is discriminated because of his lack of talent and not bacause of his different look. Now that is a different perspective! Little details that are embedded for the observant among us (or should we say, the weird one among us) to realize. I didn't realize that…Oday did! So does that make her a weirdo too??? And one more thing, that penguins can sing and have a heart song is another good thing about this movie! Who among the normal beings would ever think that a penguin who seems to wear a suit could be a singer by nature? Who normally has a song in his heart that distinguishes him from the rest of penguindom! and who needs this heart song to find his one true love!!! hehehehe…that's from the creative mind of another weirdo I guess!

I learned from this movie (some movies are meant to teach children values…and i did learn one from this) that being different doesn't mean something bad has to come out of it. That if one could just turn the norms around and look at things from a different view, then one can see that behind that weirdo is a brilliant mind! I am vocal in saying I am weird. That the set of friends that I have are a bunch of weirdos. That we see the world in a not-so-normal way. Because we don't offend anyone. We don't provoke them to kill us (which could eventually forfeit our insurance). And most especially, because we love being our normal weird selves. That saves us from all the looks that we get sometimes whenever we become just ourselves amidst normal people.

Now, i must end this. how? by sharing with you my heart song…

 Nowhere Man (The Beatles) 

He's a real nowhere Man,
Sitting in his Nowhere Land,
Making all his nowhere plans
for nobody.

He's a real Nowhere Man,
Sitting in his Nowhere Land,
Making all his nowhere plans
for nobody.
Making all his nowhere plans
for nobody.
Making all his nowhere plans
for nobody.

in english this time

Daylight waits, comes, wanes, and leaves (Makata vol. 4, issue 9, sept. 2003)

Daylight waits

I shiver by the gates

The first sight of morning

Has caught me in mourning

Grief surrounds me

Engulfs me

Me

Daylight comes

I lost sight of kingdoms

The sunlight spreads its wings

I was left by the kings

Light surrounds me

Blinds me

Me

Daylight wanes

I feel I'm going insane

Darkness still awaits its time

I hear its distant rhyme

Trouble surrounds me

Scares me

Me

Daylight leaves

I am left in heaves

No more trace of daylight

I am left alone tonight

Evil surrounds me

Corrupts me

Me

Daylight I wait,

Please come

Don't wane

Never leave me

Me

I used to write poems…let's reword that: I used to write poems whenever I can…does that make me a poet?

This is my first ever English entry on this blog…what about it? nothing special really…i just wanted to say that for emphasis.

Sometimes life is italicized to give an impression of importance…more often, life is romanized. just simple in all its forms. I admire ee cummings for his simple yet very meaningful poems. I was introduced to him in my Hum II class, where I got a grade of 4.0 for crying out loud! anyways, simple as it may seem, living life is a bucket full of complexities…there are treacheries everywhere…hiding in the shadows of our past trying to come and get you anytime. I'm not saying i have a hideous past…again, i said that to be melodramatic.

Life enjoys melodramas! Full to the brim sometimes. That's why a pack of tissue is necessary to enter the journey called life….you'll never know when a tear will drop…or for my case, when the next attack of rhinitis will come…hehehehe…

My life used to revolve around cartoons (it still does sometimes), sneaking out to play in the sun while my mom sleeps, checking out the latest showbiz chika, and wallowing in the life called college. Now, my life revolves around many complicated trivial things…i don't know when for sure this is all gonna end. but i am sure trying to enjoy every bit of it…no sense trying to get somewhere without enjoying the trip. it's a matter of looking on a different perspective..trying to find the sides of a circle (yes, circles do have sides you know) instead of going around it. Letting yourself be one with the rest, and not isolating yourself from everyone. Checking out if one star failed to twinkle instead of cursing the dimness of the night. Trying to uncomplicate and bring things down to the basics helps a lot…it clears your mind, opens up your soul, and lets you breathe fine.

nobody is a loser in life. we just have to find our own little victories and stop worrying about the future. It's not yet here. live in the present. don't forget the past (it's a sin), but don't let it bother your now. being a fulfilled person takes a lot of everything. be a gentle fighter for yourself!

ano ang meron sa edad?

The first time I loved forever, was when you whispered my name…

nyewerps!

walang kinalaman sa one liner na yun ang isusulat ko…nagkataon lang na yun ang iniisip kong kanta sa mga sandaling ito…ganda e…

nga pala kadadaan lang ng bagyo…madami na naman ang nasalanta…kunsabagay araw araw naman may mga maliliit na bagyo sa buhay natin…tayo na nga lang ang bahala kung tayo ay magdedeclare ng state of calamity o pipilitin natin bumangon sa sarili nating mga paa…hindi na importante na binaha tayo ng problema o kinidlatan ng kamalasan….ang importante naman ay yung pagdating ng bahaghari sa dulo ng unos. malalim ata yun! hehehehe…ganyan nga siguro pag nagkakaedad na…dati kuntento na akong isipin kung saan kami mag-lulunch ng mga kaibigan ko: Mang Jimmy's ba (bilang muna kung sapat ang pera), sa Matchstick (chef!), CASAA (freshman!), o sa Chocolate Kiss (doble ang bilang kung me pera kasi SOSYAL!). ngayon samutsari na ang kahulugan ng mga bagay bagay sa akin…ang berdeng dahon may iba ng ibig sabihin…ang ngitin ng pusa iba na rin…maski ang huni ng ibon! Ay! Parang psycho ata ako nun!

walang halong biro…ang pagkakaroon ng iba't ibang karanasan habang ang edad ko ay lumalapit na sa dulo ng kalendaryo (mga 6 taon pa) ay nakakapagpaiba ng pananaw ko sa buhay…hindi ko naman sinasabing ako ay unti unti nang lumalapit sa borderline ng pagiging normal…malayo pa rin ako…nasa abnormal side pa rin naman ako…basta…iba na talaga…mas matured ika nga…hehehehe…pero sabi ni Atan di pa rin daw nadadagdagan ng 1 taon ang pag-iisip ko…hmmm…baka mas mauna pa magmature si Scout sa akin.

kung ano pa man, sana maexplore ko ng mabuti pa ang mga nakapaligid sa akin…wag na muna ang langit at lupa…yung mga kasama ko sa pagitan ng dalwang yun muna…saka na ang nasa ibabaw at ilalim…may panahon para dun…

TAMA!

…and I knew at once, you loved me…for the me of who I am