"the" earth day

last april 22 was earth day- a day of heavy rain (really heavy rain), floods and many stranded people. my classmate joked "galit na si mother earth", and actually i was thinking it is true. mother earth is pissed off because we celebrate a day for her but we really are doing nothing.

we were on our way to duty when i saw how abused mother earth is. the floods were knee- deep in almost every corner of manila. i witnessed a world- record traffic. drivers were getting hot-headed while children were happily LOL-ing bigtime, enjoying their free swimming not realizing that they can get a planet of disease out of the dirty water. we passed the pasig river and i was extremely saddened and maddened by the look of it. it is like a floating dumpsite. i cannot understand why people have to throw their wastes on the river. i am sure, the inventor of garbage would be extremely disappointed because most Filipinos don't recognize the use of his great invention.

then most people have the guts to get mad because they cannot get a cab or they are stranded to death in a particular place or they have to cancel a date because of the rain. most of us don't realize that we get angry of our own faults. organizations, programs and projects are everywhere, seeking our cooperation and help but we are more interested in finishing a computer game, chilling out in a nice cafe or watching sh0wbiz news to get gossips.

"isang balat lang naman ng candy eh" is what we usually say. what if half of our country's population also said that and threw a candy wrapper the same time as you did? we have to wake up. banners, pictures, tv commercials are not enough if we don't give our hearts to it.

WAKE UP... nothing is too late.

first of summer

one week down, 20 zillion weeks to go.

my first week of summer school is indescribable. we had two days off but i didn't feel the yehey-walang-pasok emotion. i don't know... maybe having summer classes during, well, summer is just a not-so-happy idea generally. why? because first, it is burning hot anywhere you go. actually i am half- dreaming that we have our orientation thingies inside a big refrigerator... while eating ice chips on bathing suit. second, i'm pressured to pressure myself to focus on school because 3/4 of my mind is thinking of fun, parties and getaways leaving only 1/4 for school. third, i so not want to wear 4 layers of clothing for duty because (see first reason). why o why does it have to be this way?

i hate it, i hate it, i hate it.

uhh...this is so weird but while i'm in the middle of typing another i hate it, i realized that it's for me and my patients so i don't have to complain. and besides, it's my last summer of being a student so yeah... i don't have to be a whiner and just wish myself a happy summer ahead.

why you have to use it.

learn from it. ha-ha!

my summer wishlist

it is summer and it is obviously hot. i am sticky and sweaty because the sun won't just stop radiating. the church this morning was full of people because it is palm sunday, it looked like it was the premiere night of harry potter, twilight and you changed my life all together. the church seemed like a huge sauna. after the mass, i have decided that i must really go somewhere else to satisfy my body's need of water.

last night, i was watching a show that featured all these popular beaches of our country and i cannot imagine how i envied all the people in those beaches and how i wished i was there too. i'm actually asking myself what am i doing wasting the precious time of my summer. i must have fun! summer is for fun.


beaches i hope to visit this summer (or this very moment if i can):


BORACAY. boracay is another meaning of summer when you look in the dictionary. haha! i've heard being there is sooo much fun but requires some large amount of money. nevertheless, i still hope (even though i know my mom would not allow me and would not give me money) i can visit this world- renowned place... THIS SUMMER.



SIARGAO. it seems like another yumyum place to be. i hope i can fly to surigao del norte even though it's hundreds of meters away from manila. they say that one of the highlights of the island is surfing since it has the reputable surfing break named Cloud 9 which is one of the top surfing waves in the world.




PAGUDPUD. it is called the haven in the north. well, the picture is telling me that it is really a, wow, haven. my cousins went there and they say that it is really a two thumbs up since the beach is not too crowded. what is amazing is that it is near taiwan already and you can see taiwanese fishermen and boats in the sea.



LAIYA. this is the most accessible, because it is only in batangas, so i am quite sure that if ever i will have the chance to go beach-ing, this is the place where i would be.... and now, i am actually thrilled to go there.


i hope i can go before the classes starts. but na-ah... it is holy week so having fun is really not my priority for now. anyway, happy beach-ing people. wherever you will go, just tell me about it when you come home! :)

when you are alone...

- you would be insomniac. i have our bedroom all by myself and for two nights, i cannot sleep until 3 am! gawd! i am just used of sleeping with my siblings... hoohoohoo!

- you would be addicted to asianovelas. i cannot keep my eyes off the tv screen. kung pwede nga lang maligo sa harap ng tv, gagawin ko. ha-ha! i just cannot get over the sweet moments and scenes. such shows , i consider modern fairytales, yes.

- you would busy yourself with menu planning. since my momma is away and no one's gonna cook, i have to take the responsibility in the kitchen. i cannot ask the maid to cook cos she's busy with other household whatevers.

- you would find yourself visiting unusual websites. last night, i read things on wikipedia even if it is really not my hobby. i also visted manga university because i wanna learn how to draw the manga style. nagpapakadalubhasa... weird, right?

- you would have no other choice but do house chores. since i have just finished the asian romantic comedy i was watching, there is NADA to do but do good deeds and help in cleaning the house. cool? i don't know man.

hahaha! i don't know if this is worth blogging... I JUST HAVE NOTHING TO DO AND AM BORED TO DEATH!!!

boo-hoo-hoo for the summer

yeah, it is happening again. my family would, for the third summer, leave me alone. boo-hoo-hoo! they will go to saudi arabia without me! but yes, i have to understand. we have our summer duty so i cannot go with them and since i don't wanna be selfish, i have to let them fly to the land where everybody is prohibited to eat pork and is required to pray six times a day.

i just miss arabia. it may not be a country full of beautiful sceneries and breathtaking places but being there just feels sooo... yeah, good life! it is a country where social life starts at night because when you go out with the sun still shining, you will feel like you're on a gigantic toaster. when you go out in the morning, malls are closed and most women are inside their apartments because they are not allowed to work (now, that's the good life i am talking about. ha-ha!). i miss mall-hopping every night. literally...mall- hopping because in almost every street of jeddah, saudi arabia there is a mall erected or is being erected. people there don't know how to save. believe me.when you enter a grocery, you can see families pushing three carts or more. well, it is reasonable though, because supplies there are cheap. i miss eating shawarma and arabic rice and chicken...

aww... maybe after 3 years of not having summer vacation in arabia, i miss everything about it and if i continue, this post will be an unending list of what i love about the holy land of the muslims.

now i realize, how sad it is to be here alone. to survive, i must have a prestigious plan of how to have a blasting summer. and since my sister is working, the rest is in saudi, me alone... maybe house party is a lovely idea *evil laugh* ciao!

aww, sad...

wala pa ding nababawas sa movie list ko. huhu!

suddenly, unexpectedly

vacation, vacation. no homeworks, projects or papers. it's like everyday is POET's day (Piss Off Early Tomorrow's Saturday). vacation life is all but a bum's dream.

since it's nothing-to-do time, i just sleep like a lazy dog and read like a genius on every single magazine in our home. yesterday, i was reading a back issue of reader's digest and i came across an article about love then suddenly, unexpectedly, i remembered my religion class. as in, "the" last religion class of my college life (yes, it must have the "the", because it's like something important. haha!) . our last rel ed subject was about marriage so we were talking about love and commitment and everything about relationships for the whole second semester. our last topic was 'what really is love?'. and up to now, i don't like the topic. why? because it's just unexplainable.

my professor gave us a hand-out that served as a guide. and on that hand-out, the author said that love is not a:

1. feeling
2. falling in love
3. myth
4. so on and so forth (others that are not mudane to our everyday life)

yeah, i accept the author's opinion about it. love is not blah- blah- blah because love is blah- blah. but, if love is not the ta-ta-ta as what he stated, what really is love? love is an abstract noun that can never be quantified or defined as whatever by whoever. love has different definiton for each and every person.

so what's my point? the topic 'what is love?' must be eliminated in every teacher's lesson plan. because it is just unexplainable. and it would just be an unending debate. i just have one sure thing about love- it is GOD and what He has for us.

hahaha! i'm so weird. i don't wanna think about school yet i'm blogging about it. maybe when you have nothing to do, you just remember about the things you are used to do... like school. LOL ^^

a surprise for someone. now, this is love... for us.

because i'm a loser

back then, i was not really fond of watching movies so i was one of those freaking losers. it is only when i started college that i had the chance to go to movie houses whenever i wanted to and had the interest to watch HBO, star movies or cinemax. but then i still cannot relate whenever they talk about films... the ones during my elementary to high school days.

one lazy afternoon when we were having our duty at a health center, we started talking about the greatest films there is. they were like "oo, the best yang movie na yan!", "ang hot ng bida don.", "ang panget nung ending e.." and i was like "sino ba bida dun?", "about san yun?", "huh?!". my groupmates were really amazed that i have no idea of 95% of the movies we were talking about so they decided to make me a list. A list that contains the coolest/ greatest/ hottest/ most touching/ whatever-you-want-to-call-it movies i still haven't watched.

MOVIES I NEED TO WATCH BEFORE I DIE:
- Lord of the Rings trilogy
- Noting Hill
- Serendipity
- Gladiator
- Matrix Trilogy
- Any Rocky movie except 5
- Saving private ryan
- Dawn of the Dead
- Saw 1
- The Guardian
- E.T.
- Tenacious D and the Pick of Destiny
- The Bachelor
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- V for Vendetta
- My Bestfriend's wedding
- Jerr McGuirre
- Closer
- Awake
- Dazed and Confused
- Sixteen Candles
- Never Back Down
- The Godfather
- American Gangster
- Deja Vu
- Vantage Point
- The Island
- Rockstar
- The Exorcist: Director's cut
- Constantine
- The Prestige
- Fever Pitch
- The Terminal
- It
- Face off
- Pineapple Express
- Juno
- Stomp the Yard
- You Got Served
- Superbad
- License to Wed
- Sweeney Todd: Demon BArber of Fleet street


I was able to watch 4 of them (the ones in orange)... 39 more to go! they gave such a dramatic title so i wanna change it to MOVIES I HAVE TO WATCH BEFORE THE SUMMER ENDS. i hope i can meet my goal. so now my first task is to borrow dvd's from everyone. toodles! :)

my simple dreams...

summer is here and summer jobs are everywhere. ever since i was a little kid, i dream of having something to do during summer aside from sleeping til noon, watching TV til it explodes and reading pocketbooks til my eyes hurt. i wanna earn extra money so i can have something to spend. too bad i still cannot fulfill that dream of mine because i have classes from april to may. but if you would ask me, i would love to spend my summer as a...


McDONALD'S CREW- i know it's hard and i know it's tiring and that's why i like it. i wanna experience the toxcity behind the counter of our favorite fastfood. i wonder how they make cheeseburgers and what's the secret why people love it so much. i want to feel the pressure in dealing with a demanding, out-of-the-reason customer. i want to wear that cute uniform and annoying hairnet.

TOURIST GUIDE- i want to go to places i haven't been to like, top of the list, baguio. i can read all the necessary information and study all about our country's famous spots because i know in return, it's going to be a lot of fun.

BARISTA- do i need to explain? it just seems fun to be one. hahaha! plus the free coffee. coffee= caffeine= me.

TEACHER- i want to teach street children. i want to teach them how to read, write and draw. i can be with them all day! it's not everyday that i see grateful smiles of children so spending a summer helping the unfortunate ones can be cool too.

RIDE OPERATOR- ... at enchanted kingdom. how cool is it to test the rides every morning? i wanna experience that. haha! even though i am afraid of riding the roller coaster. and yeah, i just think it's a happy thing to see families, group of friends and couples having their time at the amusement park.

if ever i would have the chance, i will- for sure- grab the opportunity and be one of those listed above. summer does not mean being a bum, right? have a blasting summer ahead! ^^