HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Enjoy the celebration while I watch bright expensive fireworks displays flash in the sky while Philippine snow falls all around me (falling hot cinders from fireworks)
I'll post something substantial later. Damn, it's 2008 already! Happy new Year! Hehe
Monday, December 31, 2007
Wednesday, December 26, 2007
Discovery
It's been more than or almost a month since my accident, my birthday, Christmas, New Years and our Bataan Ecotour. Now that's procrastinating. It's not that I don't have anything to write about. When school came back it swamped with work and stress so I put off writing about this year's Christmas until now. Add the fact that we have Discovery Channel back in our cable, it's been difficult for me to get away from the TV. I love watching Discovery
A month ago I was in an industrious mood - all I've been doing before Christmas was keep busy - play games, watch the new season of Avatar, watch TV, even read schoolwork just to keep my mind busy and not bothered by troubles. So I was surprised when I discovered that I lost my drive after Christmas day. Industriousness has always just been an excuse for me, work just a distraction. I hate idle times like vacation, it makes me think. Christmas this year was better than last year.
Our Bataan Trip was fun. I discovered alot of things, like facts about turtles, how incredibly bad the feeling of being wasted is, but what amazes me until now is the awesome power of the Law of Attraction. If you've heard one of my motivational speeches then you'd have an idea of what I'm talking about. I mean, it cannot be coincidence anymore!
This post is made just for me to put into writing most of my thought this past two months. It's very cryptic i know, but that's for the off-chance someone actually got to reading this. Don't worry, I'll understand what I wrote about, even if you wouldn't.*insert sly smile here*
It's been more than or almost a month since my accident, my birthday, Christmas, New Years and our Bataan Ecotour. Now that's procrastinating. It's not that I don't have anything to write about. When school came back it swamped with work and stress so I put off writing about this year's Christmas until now. Add the fact that we have Discovery Channel back in our cable, it's been difficult for me to get away from the TV. I love watching Discovery
A month ago I was in an industrious mood - all I've been doing before Christmas was keep busy - play games, watch the new season of Avatar, watch TV, even read schoolwork just to keep my mind busy and not bothered by troubles. So I was surprised when I discovered that I lost my drive after Christmas day. Industriousness has always just been an excuse for me, work just a distraction. I hate idle times like vacation, it makes me think. Christmas this year was better than last year.
Our Bataan Trip was fun. I discovered alot of things, like facts about turtles, how incredibly bad the feeling of being wasted is, but what amazes me until now is the awesome power of the Law of Attraction. If you've heard one of my motivational speeches then you'd have an idea of what I'm talking about. I mean, it cannot be coincidence anymore!
This post is made just for me to put into writing most of my thought this past two months. It's very cryptic i know, but that's for the off-chance someone actually got to reading this. Don't worry, I'll understand what I wrote about, even if you wouldn't.*insert sly smile here*
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Tough shoes
A tough shoe makes all the difference. I would know, I put mine through tests that would make any terror prof blush and my shoes never failed me. I walk miles in my shoes. I like walking. I walk from Petron Katipunan to campus and back everyday, not to mention the walking that happens going from point A to B to J within campus. I don't even mind walking all the way home from Ateneo. It's becoming often that traffic jams so bad occur that I can practically walk faster than the vehicles. So I just press on from Katipunan past the bridge, past the LRT station and onwards on foot until I see that I can get a ride when traffic is gone.
I'm not really a shoes kind of guy. That's my dad. I'm more on shirts. That's why I volunteered to help in the Ateneo alumni homecoming last Saturday as a marshal. Free shirt, free food, free beer and good music, not to mention what must be a very expensive fireworks display. Ateneo sure knows how to throw a good party.
Speaking of free stuff, my tita gave me these rubber shoes from the States a month ago. It's kind of too rugged for me. It's a little on the hard side. Maybe because it's still quite new. Anyway, I was wearing these shoes on my way school this morning. Because of that darn traffic I got a little later than usual so I decided to just ride a trike to make it to class on time. There was a cute girl in the trike so I rode on the back. Now instead of getting to know that girl, I got to know my tricycle driver instead. Mang Rueben the trike driver and I got chatty after something got stuck in between the shock absorbers and the rear wheel of the trike after entering gate 2 that brought the trike to a halt. The girl in the cab went down to see what happened and while we were waiting for Mang R to get the wheel removed I saw that I wasn't making much of a good first impression. Maybe because I had this stupid look on my face, or maybe she saw my dirty shoes. Yeah, I think it's that.
So since Mang Rueben's trike is lying in the middle of the road wheel-less, he and I got on another trike and that is where we got to know each other. He seemed troubled so I tried to calm him down with some small talk. I think that helped. So we went to the HealthDev building (across ISO) where I got to sit in a wheelchair for a while. that's because that was my foot that got stuck.
If your thinking it's impossible for something to get stuck in between the shocks and the wheel of a trike, believe you me, it can. It happened once with my camera, now it has happened with my left foot. It's not as bad as it sounds, or might have looked. Slightly embarrassing cuz it happened in the middle of the road. At least got to practice my wheelchair driving skills. Now I'll need to practice my crutch (saklay) handling skills.
It's my shoes that saved my foot for the most part. Those thick shoes took the brunt of the damage that would have torn any lesser shoe and my foot to shreds. My foot essentially stopped the forward motion of a speeding trike with sheer friction. It took one hell of a beating. Some of the designs on both sides of the shoes were shaved off. I shudder to think what might have happened if I were wearing chucks instead of those hard-ass shoes.
And these Ateneo kids bitch about not being able to wear slippers anymore because of the dress code. Thank God I wear shoes. Because by the end of the day, a tough shoe makes all the difference.
A tough shoe makes all the difference. I would know, I put mine through tests that would make any terror prof blush and my shoes never failed me. I walk miles in my shoes. I like walking. I walk from Petron Katipunan to campus and back everyday, not to mention the walking that happens going from point A to B to J within campus. I don't even mind walking all the way home from Ateneo. It's becoming often that traffic jams so bad occur that I can practically walk faster than the vehicles. So I just press on from Katipunan past the bridge, past the LRT station and onwards on foot until I see that I can get a ride when traffic is gone.
I'm not really a shoes kind of guy. That's my dad. I'm more on shirts. That's why I volunteered to help in the Ateneo alumni homecoming last Saturday as a marshal. Free shirt, free food, free beer and good music, not to mention what must be a very expensive fireworks display. Ateneo sure knows how to throw a good party.
Speaking of free stuff, my tita gave me these rubber shoes from the States a month ago. It's kind of too rugged for me. It's a little on the hard side. Maybe because it's still quite new. Anyway, I was wearing these shoes on my way school this morning. Because of that darn traffic I got a little later than usual so I decided to just ride a trike to make it to class on time. There was a cute girl in the trike so I rode on the back. Now instead of getting to know that girl, I got to know my tricycle driver instead. Mang Rueben the trike driver and I got chatty after something got stuck in between the shock absorbers and the rear wheel of the trike after entering gate 2 that brought the trike to a halt. The girl in the cab went down to see what happened and while we were waiting for Mang R to get the wheel removed I saw that I wasn't making much of a good first impression. Maybe because I had this stupid look on my face, or maybe she saw my dirty shoes. Yeah, I think it's that.
So since Mang Rueben's trike is lying in the middle of the road wheel-less, he and I got on another trike and that is where we got to know each other. He seemed troubled so I tried to calm him down with some small talk. I think that helped. So we went to the HealthDev building (across ISO) where I got to sit in a wheelchair for a while. that's because that was my foot that got stuck.
If your thinking it's impossible for something to get stuck in between the shocks and the wheel of a trike, believe you me, it can. It happened once with my camera, now it has happened with my left foot. It's not as bad as it sounds, or might have looked. Slightly embarrassing cuz it happened in the middle of the road. At least got to practice my wheelchair driving skills. Now I'll need to practice my crutch (saklay) handling skills.
It's my shoes that saved my foot for the most part. Those thick shoes took the brunt of the damage that would have torn any lesser shoe and my foot to shreds. My foot essentially stopped the forward motion of a speeding trike with sheer friction. It took one hell of a beating. Some of the designs on both sides of the shoes were shaved off. I shudder to think what might have happened if I were wearing chucks instead of those hard-ass shoes.
And these Ateneo kids bitch about not being able to wear slippers anymore because of the dress code. Thank God I wear shoes. Because by the end of the day, a tough shoe makes all the difference.
Tuesday, December 04, 2007
100 Truths (from lemarc and luz)
001. Real name : I choose to keep that a secret
002. Nickname: I wish I had a better nickname
003. Single or taken : Single
004. Zodiac sign : Sagittarius
005. Male or female : Male
006. Elementary : Lorenzo Ruiz De Manila School
007. High school: Lorenzo Ruiz De Manila School
008. College : Ateneo
009. Eye color : Dark Brown
010. Hair color : Black
011. Long or short hair : Short now
012. Shoe size : 8
013. Asthma? Yes
014. Are you health freak? If you call being OC about inhaling smoke, avoiding fatty foods, trying not to get sunburned and loving exercise being a health freak, then I guess.
016. Do you have a crush on someone? Of course. I'm a guy
017. Do you like yourself? Yes
018. Piercings : None
019. Tattoos : None
020. Righty or lefty: lefty
FIRSTS
022. First surgery : Does getting your umbilicals cut count?
023. First piercing: Never
024. First best friend: Some kid way back then
025. First movie made : a presentation for Fil class
026. First sport you joined: Chess I think
027. First pet : Dog
028. First vacation : Zambales
029. First concert : Orsem
CURRENTLY :
049. Eating : Nothing
050. Drinking : Nothing
052. I'm about : to get a good night's sleep after almost dying again in swimming class
053. Listening to : Silence
055. Waiting : for someone
057. Wearing : clothes
YOUR FUTURE :
058. Want kids? Of course
059. Want to get married? Of course
060. Career in mind? Professional tourist/backpacker
WHICH IS BETTER WITH THE OPPOSITE SEX?
068. Lips or eyes? Eyes
069. Hugs or kisses? None. Both are great, but for the sake of choosing hugs.
070. Shorter or taller ? shorter. I'm already short
072. Romantic or spontaneous? Spontaneous.
073. Stomach or arms? Stomach.
074. Sensitive or loud? Loud.
075. Hook-up or relationship? Relationship
HAVE YOU EVER :
078. Kissed a stranger : No
080. Lost glasses/contacts : Cellphones, googles yes
081. Ran away from home : in the sense that I ran towards a friends house away from home yes
082. Broken any bones : thank God no
084. Broken someone's heart : I...don't think so
085. Been arrested : Nope
086. Turned someone down : people offering me food or pamphlets
087. Cried when someone died : If characters in anime's count, then mebbe
088. Liked a friend : Yep
DO YOU BELIEVE IN :
089. Yourself: Yep
090. Miracles : I guess
091. Love at first sight : Hmmm...
092. Heaven : I guess
093. Santa Claus : No
094. Fairies : No
095. Kissing on the first date: Perfectly fine
096. Angels : Sorta
ANSWER TRUTHFULLY :
097. Is there one or more people you want to be with right now? Always
098. Is Superman really better than Batman? No. Batman pawns superman because he is richer
099. Have you had more than one boyfriend/girlfriend at the same time? Nope
100. Have u had a crush on someone secretly? every single crush
001. Real name : I choose to keep that a secret
002. Nickname: I wish I had a better nickname
003. Single or taken : Single
004. Zodiac sign : Sagittarius
005. Male or female : Male
006. Elementary : Lorenzo Ruiz De Manila School
007. High school: Lorenzo Ruiz De Manila School
008. College : Ateneo
009. Eye color : Dark Brown
010. Hair color : Black
011. Long or short hair : Short now
012. Shoe size : 8
013. Asthma? Yes
014. Are you health freak? If you call being OC about inhaling smoke, avoiding fatty foods, trying not to get sunburned and loving exercise being a health freak, then I guess.
016. Do you have a crush on someone? Of course. I'm a guy
017. Do you like yourself? Yes
018. Piercings : None
019. Tattoos : None
020. Righty or lefty: lefty
FIRSTS
022. First surgery : Does getting your umbilicals cut count?
023. First piercing: Never
024. First best friend: Some kid way back then
025. First movie made : a presentation for Fil class
026. First sport you joined: Chess I think
027. First pet : Dog
028. First vacation : Zambales
029. First concert : Orsem
CURRENTLY :
049. Eating : Nothing
050. Drinking : Nothing
052. I'm about : to get a good night's sleep after almost dying again in swimming class
053. Listening to : Silence
055. Waiting : for someone
057. Wearing : clothes
YOUR FUTURE :
058. Want kids? Of course
059. Want to get married? Of course
060. Career in mind? Professional tourist/backpacker
WHICH IS BETTER WITH THE OPPOSITE SEX?
068. Lips or eyes? Eyes
069. Hugs or kisses? None. Both are great, but for the sake of choosing hugs.
070. Shorter or taller ? shorter. I'm already short
072. Romantic or spontaneous? Spontaneous.
073. Stomach or arms? Stomach.
074. Sensitive or loud? Loud.
075. Hook-up or relationship? Relationship
HAVE YOU EVER :
078. Kissed a stranger : No
080. Lost glasses/contacts : Cellphones, googles yes
081. Ran away from home : in the sense that I ran towards a friends house away from home yes
082. Broken any bones : thank God no
084. Broken someone's heart : I...don't think so
085. Been arrested : Nope
086. Turned someone down : people offering me food or pamphlets
087. Cried when someone died : If characters in anime's count, then mebbe
088. Liked a friend : Yep
DO YOU BELIEVE IN :
089. Yourself: Yep
090. Miracles : I guess
091. Love at first sight : Hmmm...
092. Heaven : I guess
093. Santa Claus : No
094. Fairies : No
095. Kissing on the first date: Perfectly fine
096. Angels : Sorta
ANSWER TRUTHFULLY :
097. Is there one or more people you want to be with right now? Always
098. Is Superman really better than Batman? No. Batman pawns superman because he is richer
099. Have you had more than one boyfriend/girlfriend at the same time? Nope
100. Have u had a crush on someone secretly? every single crush
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