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You know you grew up in MANILA when...

Sun, 05 Aug 2007 06:52:13 GMT

You laugh at words like KOKOTE.

Your yaya used to do your laundry and put it away for you.

You only drove to and from your prom/ball, otherwise you had a driver who drove you around.

You asked your prom date to accompany you THROUGH TEXT.

You found your prom date by going to a class soiree - and you played Funny Bones and Human Bingo until he decided to "court you" the next day.

Your driver grew out the nail in one pinky finger, and pissed in public beside your car.

You gave your driver P50 every time you made pahatid to a gimik.

Your driver went to Jollibee with his P50.

Although you think it's really jologs, you used to watch the variety shows your maids watched in their room.

You miss those days where you would go out with your friends to Manila's hotspots – Greenbelt, Embassy, Malate, and the Fort.

You know your way around Mega Mall. All 5 floors, A and B, plus basements.

You are familiar with the following brands: Colors, Molecules, Particles, Monnakiki, BNY Jeans, Oxygen, Petit Monde, and Pink Soda Blue Soda.

When Kamiseta put up their mystery model ads all over Metro Manila, you wondered who it was only to find out one normal day that, "Leche! Si Alicia Silverstone nasa EDSA naaa!"

You found out about the start of EDSA Dos via text or cars honking in your streets.

You were partly happy that the EDSA Dos rallies happened because WALANG PASOOOOOOOOK!

During EDSA Dos, you knew the cries of the MASA: "MIRIAM BALIW" and "TESSIE PROSTI"

Every night of rainy season, you would pray to God that the hurricane would go past signal #2 so that you could wake up in the morning to an AM radio station saying your school proclaimed WALANG PASOOOOOOOOOOOOK!

If you went to an all-girls' school, all your guy teachers were presumably gay.

If you went to an all-boys' school, all your guy teachers were presumably gay.

You know cellphones in Manila are way better than the ones here. Saan ka pa magpa-pass-a-load?!

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Thursday, May 19, 2005

Thu, 19 May 2005 11:59:15 GMT

Mga bagay-bagay na maririnig mo sa DLSU-M. ;)
[Salamat sa kung sino man ang gumawa nito...]

1) YUCHENGCO: ang taong "nayuyuchengco" ay najejebs!
ex: uy sh*t pare nayuyuchengco ako. samahan mo ko...
[yung friend ko lagi sa 3rd floor ata... nyahaha! ganda raw ng CR]

2) MANG JACK: eto ang pinaka nakaka alarmang pangalan sa campus. ginagamit na panakot ng mga prof.
ex: si mang jack! tagooooooo!!!
[nung frosh kami, sabi pa, ndi kayo ggraduate pag ndi nyo kilala si Mang Jack!]

3) D.O.: dito nanggagaling a supreme power ng #2.

4) AGNO o HEPA-LINK: ito ang yosi spot. ang hotspot ng dlsu,main kung saan hindi malayo ang posibilidad na magka hepa ang lahat ng tao dito dahil sa mga nasasagap na usok ng yosi.
[nakamamatay talaga ang usok sa Agno... pro masarap food dun!]

5) WILLIAM: ang estudyanteng maraming hinahabol na requirements. at dahil dito ay natutnan ang kaalamang hindi pinipindot ang buttons ng elevator sa william hall dahil lahat naman ng floors ay kusa netong dinadaanan.
ex: hay nako william nanaman ako mamaya.
[lagi ko nga nakakasabay sa "killer elevator" yung mga prof ko dati eh...]

6) FDA: salita ng mga propesor na walang awa.

7) YELLOW LINE (sa agno): border line ng kalayaan!! ang estudyanteng lumampas na ng yellow line ay hindi na pwede hulihin ng kahit sinong DO or administrator.
[hinanap pa namin yang yellow line na yan dati, eh mukhang nabubura na eh... pano kung ung isang paa mo nasa loob pa pro ung isa nsa labas na... pwede ka pa rin bang hulihin?]

8) ARISTO: tambayan ng mga CBE, kadalasan.
[naku, mainit dun. pro masaya naman paminsan ;)]

9) Z2: isang maliit, masikip at mahal na bentahan ng pagkain.
[lagi kami dito kumakain dati... sa SJ at Miguel kse umiikot ang mundo namin.]

10) VELASCO: dito makikita ang mga estudyanteng bihasa sa talentong nag-aaral habang umaakyat o bumababa ng hagdanan (dahil walang elevator doon at ang taas niya).
[ilang beses na rin ako nagkaron ng class dito pro naliligaw pa rin ako... O_o]

11) WARP ZONE: ang bridge na nag-uugnay sa ikatlong dimension ng GOX sa lahat ng sandaigdigan ng la salle.
[tama! dahil ang mga "gox people" (see #12) ay naninirahan sa planetang Gox]

12) "GOX PEOPLE": ang mga inhabitants ng gox madaling ma-identify ang mga creature na ito dahil kadalasan sila ay may dalang laftaf!
[tuwing umaga pag MWF ay nakikita ko sila, dun kse ako dumadaan papuntang Miguel... hehehe]

13) "ARAL LANG AKO SA LIB": inaantok na yun.
[hindi ko pa naman nagawang matulog sa Lib. may nakapagsabi sken na offense daw un... at isa pa, napakalamig dun noh!]

14) SHARE NAMAN!: paboritong linya ng mga hindi nag-aaral para sa exam!
[ang tawag dyan ay mass-cheating!]

15) MADAMOT!: mga hindi nagpapakopya! selfish!

16) BAKIT SHA GANYAN?: mga tawag sa estudyanteng mabilis matapos magtest sa mga subjects tulad ng accounting (sa cbe), at lahat ng math subjects ng iba't ibang colleges lalo na sa ENG.
[iba na talaga pag henyo...]

17) OK KA PA?: ang tanong sa isa't isa matapos ang exams.
[madalas mo yang maririnig lalo na kung exam sa Chemistry!]

18) CHAPEL: nandito ang mga nanganganib ang kalayaan. season ng "chapel" tuwing midterms at finals.
[dun sa Pearl of Great Price Chapel kami nagpupunta...]

19) UM: nandito ang iba't ibang uri ng bisyo.
[smoke... smoke... and more smoke... = suffocation. kaya hanggang dun lang ako sa 1st floor]

20) JENNY: isang pulubing mabait. na kung hindi ka taga la salle o di kaya kahit anong eskwelahan sa taft, ay matatakot ka sa kanya, o kaya ay culture shock!
[napakabait nyan ni Jenny... minsan nagpapabili pa nga kami sa kanya eh...]

Hay... ang sarap talaga ng buhay sa La Salle!

Sunday, April 17, 2005

Sun, 17 Apr 2005 02:18:39 GMT

I've been watching the Sailor Moon Live Action TV Drama... four more episodes to go!

Anyway, in Act 44, Chiba Mamoru said:

"There is no order in which you treasure things. If you're willing to sacrifice it for something, it was never important to begin with. I don't want to die either, you know. But I don't have anything I would throw away just so I could live..."

So... what do you guys make of that?

Monday, April 11, 2005

Mon, 11 Apr 2005 11:47:01 GMT

I'm exhausted... but I feel restless. I'm aching to write. After who knows how long... can I still put my thoughts down on paper? I wish I had never stopped writing.

These thoughts torment me... invade my mind... haunt my soul...

All those unfinished poems... unfinished stories... chronicling my life.

I'll have to find a way to finish them.

Sunday, April 10, 2005

Sun, 10 Apr 2005 05:50:59 GMT

~la la la la.

I feel so much better now.

sings:
"Did you see the sky
I think it means that we've been lost
Maybe one less time is all we need
I can't really help it if my tongue's all tied in knots
Jumping off a bridge, it's just the farthest that I've ever been
Anywhere you go, I'll follow you down
Anyplace but those I know by heart
Anywhere you go, I'll follow you down
I'll follow you down, but not that far
I know we're headed somewhere, I can see how far we've come
But still I can't remember anything
Let's not do the wrong thing and I'll swear it might be fun
It's a long way down when all the knots we've tied have come undone
Anywhere you go, I'll follow you down
Anyplace but those I know by heart
Anywhere you go, I'll follow you down
I'll follow you down, but not that far
How you gonna ever find your place
Running in an artificial pace
Are they gonna find us lying face down in the sand
So what the hell now, we've already been forever damned
Anywhere you go I'll follow you down..."

Saturday, April 09, 2005

Sat, 09 Apr 2005 03:53:59 GMT

Desiderata
by Max Ehrmann

Go placidly amid the noise and haste,
and remember what peace there may be in silence.
As far as possible without surrender
be on good terms with all persons.
Speak your truth quietly and clearly;
and listen to others,
even the dull and the ignorant;
they too have their story.

Avoid loud and aggressive persons,
they are vexations to the spirit.
If you compare yourself with others,
you may become vain and bitter;
for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.
Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.

Keep interested in your own career, however humble;
it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.
Exercise caution in your business affairs;
for the world is full of trickery.
But let this not blind you to what virtue there is;
many persons strive for high ideals;
and everywhere life is full of heroism.

Be yourself.
Especially, do not feign affection.
Neither be cynical about love;
for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment
it is as perennial as the grass.

Take kindly the counsel of the years,
gracefully surrendering the things of youth.
Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune.
But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings.
Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.
Beyond a wholesome discipline,
be gentle with yourself.

You are a child of the universe,
no less than the trees and the stars;
you have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you,
no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.

Therefore be at peace with God,
whatever you conceive Him to be,
and whatever your labors and aspirations,
in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul.

With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams,
it is still a beautiful world.
Be cheerful.
Strive to be happy.

Monday, June 07, 2004

Mon, 07 Jun 2004 10:38:08 GMT

Life is not merely a series of meaningless accidents and coincidences, but rather a tapestry of events that culminate in an exquisite, sublime plan... and if we were to live life in harmony with the universe, we must all possess a powerful faith in what the ancients used to call fate and what we currently refer to as destiny... ~Serendipity

Sunday, October 12, 2003

Sun, 12 Oct 2003 04:13:48 GMT

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