smoke

Smoke Gets In Your Eyes

They ask me how I knew
My true love was true
I of course replied
"Something here inside
Cannot be denied"
They said "Someday you'll find
All who love are blind"
When your heart's on fire
You must realise
Smoke gets in your eyes
So I chaffed them and I gaily laughed
To think they could doubt my love
Yet today my love has flown away
I am without my love
Now laughing friends deride
Tears I cannot hide
So I smile and say
"When a lovely flame dies
Smoke gets in your eyes"

for those of you who don't know (probably all of you don't), we live VERY near Sarah's (yeah!) and every night i pass by it and see many people smoking. last friday, as we reached Alabang, we had a little stop and i saw teens under the viaduct smoking (and inhaling rugby) happily, while some id-laced girl were 'interviewing' them. on our trip home, several buses belched us with black smoke. earlier, on the news, they reported that although the clean air act (RA 8749) had imposed emission testing in vehicles, only 5% (o 10%) REGISTERED vehicles passed these tests.

so, is smoke replacing air?

we had a great (understatement) EnE exam last thursday. it was easy, in fact the easiest so far this term. i hope i'll get an acad cup-worthy score. :D

i'd like to congratulate buddies krista and marvin for surviving (?) the talent show. go buddies! tuloy tuloy lang tayo!

now, to more serious (actually comedic) affairs. last monday there were no classes and half the commonwealth avenue was closed (ooh...we crossed commonwealth not by the overpass... it's so baaad...) because of the SONA. we arrived at 'pool house' just in time for the president's speech and actually, i watched it, and listened (though not entirely seriously because i might get more mature, way mature... get what i mean?). she said some pretty good things though like charter change (to make the world a better place and not steal from the people through the government... yes, you, i'm pointing all my fingers to you, whoever corrupt politician you are!) and other stuff which i will not mention not because they are horrendous, i just forgot them. and, oh, mr. drilon, a little clap won't hurt. (see, im pro government...) [no!!!! im not into any side at all] (hey! you're supposed to have sides now, you're nearly legal...) [legal does not mean taking sides right?] (argh!)

talking to myself.

visited some blogs. pat's had a new look, and ate shally gave in and changed template (lou won't budge).

great weekend, spent more time with family (i mean the kids). john {my little [big actually for his age (4)] bro]} decides to spend the night here at lola's house. :D and stayed at home for 3 hours to make sure it doesn't end up in ruins while my parents are away.

please no more carbon monoxide for me. CO must be left only in ChE. CO is not meant for the air, it's much better solving for it than inhaling it, right? or maybe not. [20's (out of 100) on your first quizzes in ChE 32...BWAHAHAHAHA!]

apathy

who cares anyway?

self-suicide

as fra laughingly put it

i had virtually no classes last thursday and friday. the whole political thingy and the investiture had to do with it.

thursday was frustration day. i had expected there will be no ChE 32 that day (yahoo!) and planned my activities. at 10 am i'm going to make and post teasers for Smash! all around UP. at around, 1pm, i'm going to tambay at the SME tambayan. none of it happened.

unexpectedly, the 10 am Smash teaser deadline was 'extended' (but it's ok, im not blaming anyone, or anything) and so i had to twist my schedule. i planned on going to SME first, but my co-apps didn't want to. ayoko tumambay nang walang kasama. and so, at about 2 pm, Maja finally gave me the Smash! teasers and took off. just at the same time, julie pearl and the others called me so that we can tambay all together. i said that i can't tambay anymore because i have to make teasers. so they left. when i was starting to work on them, i reallized i had no tape to make big teasers, moreover to post them. i decided that i postpone posting and tambay instead, but when i got to the tambayan, no co-apps were there, so i returned (sad now) through the canteen, buying some pastillas to soothe me. (!_!) i went up, back to the tambayan, and started looking for tape. after about 30 minutes, i found some tape somewhere in the tambayan.

i was starting to make teasers when quincy saw me. she helped me make posters, have then stamped by the admin, and post them around engg. at about 3:30pm, we were finished, and i decided to go home. at the steps, i saw doodz, and asked for the gate's key (luckily). i arrived home, and nobody was there. i finished my es 1 plate, while lovely and zsappy came home. after doing my plate, i decided that i should take a nap. i checked my celphone and discovered that ate jhovy called (i missed it). i suddenly remembered that there was an awitan meeting that day at 5:30. ha! i was very sorry and sent ate jhovy a text message with about 5 to 6 "sorry"'s.

friday. the ge 1 class was enough to piss me off for the entire day. but, i did not let it. we were doing remote sensing stuff on the pc, and tin was like "dali...yung next na!", because i went about doing some stuff because i did not quite understand the activity. so instead of holding my anger, i went on to the other parts as fast as i could, and they were all swept, and was saying "uy, ano na nangyari?". after the class, i walked past them, and hurried to go upstairs. just as i was approaching the steps, jaime saw me and told me that classes were once again suspended till 12 pm (yahoo!). so i rushed up to the tambayan, but saw sir oca preparing for class. i saw our test papers and he said that we were just going to receive the results, and we can go. i got my es 13 test result. i got 42.67 %, which surprisingly, made me happy. or maybe not. i was happy because doodz would have to treat me, because she got higher. also, the euphoria of not having classes was at trhat time much more intense than failing es 13. but last night, i was very depressed.

we did not have es 26 classes. and i waited 5 hours for my es 1 class, which was okay, because i was thankful that vany was back. i made it through the plate (i can make it through the plate...), since i copied one problem from chiara and vany. i went home at 6:10 after winning in squabble (thank god, im finally good at something). but i realized i have to get back to engg because i left my remote sensing books, which i have to borrow because of the frustrating activity that i had. but, i did not get it back, somebody (hopefully si sir) took it. now what?

i went home full about 8:30 pm, after eating out with pat, ceres and janine. leaving the consti-lec at the tambayan. i rode the mrt, and at guadalupe station, stood up and let a tired woman sit (im good...). when i (finally) got a bus at magalllanes, i discovered that my wallet is not in my pants' pocket anymore. i panicked, although silently. luckily i still have enough cash for bus and jeep fare. i decided to ride the tricycle to my lola, because she would have some money for me. BUT, when i rode the jeep, i discovered that i did not lose my wallet. i put in the front pocket of my bag. silly me! i wanted to bang my head on the jeepney floor, but i wanted to look as sane as possible.

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took from lou's blog. though pat must have had it somewhere else. pat, lou and me at es 26 class.



one good thing that happened this week is that i met lucky. we chatted for about 10 minutes on my way to geog class (and i was late!). i miss him...:D


lucky and me on someone's debut somewhere (ah! bernie's (crista) debut at the manila pen)

no classes on monday.

ayoko na!

argh! for the second time, nawala ang post ko!

maghintay na kayo sa sabado!

hmph!

acad pop

actually writing in the middle of emailing report, doing a homework (argh! difficult ene homeworks!)and eating.

i had two exams last week. one, ge 1, which is really not of importance---i got a 70+%. and the other, which brought me so much sadness---es 1. Although i practiced doing drawings and stuff, i guess i'd fail this first exam.

we had our second mx this week, and we almost failed to finish the second one. but, sir, being all kind (maybe he saw an apparition), made us finish the mx last thursday for a maximum score of 9 (ouut of 10). [lou got 10, because he was already done]

i would like to thank:

Hernan for teaching us geometric construction last wednesday
Ceres for the 2 pesos yesterday, because the canteen kept asking me for 1 peso.
and, Lovely for sharing coffee, and Zsappy for sharing Pepsi ice and dried mangoes.

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Hmm.. I lost my one pack of pancit canton last week at home. It was just in the food basket where all people put their non-can food and when i was about to eat it, poof! (and it didnt even became koko krunch!) im not very mad right now, two weeks after the incident, but i want justice! i know its only pancit canton but what if pera na yon? naku... . tsk tsk. im not expecting it to be replaced anyway. bahala na sya, kung sino man sya but im not pointing any fingers...really..

watergate

alam ko na rin kung bakit Watergate! kasi tungkol sa isang burglary sa Watergate Hotel yung case! yung ibang details saka ko na aalamin



Watergate Hotel

when getting older means that life is getting harder

the week passed by very fast and i was completely swept off by its speed.

wednesday was a big day. although i seem to have killed my academic life by spectacularly failing the es 13 exam, the orsem skit was a huge success. and huge is an underststement. that is why we decided to form skittles (totoo na ba ito?) which offers fun like you never had it. well the troupers pardon me for saying that we had the spotlight that afternoon. or the people were just drugged or there was something in the ice tea. but then, as i am a big attention brat, i enjoyed it (not the praises, but the play).

shocking! shocking! (but not really because my avid reders know this) yesterday we (pat+lou) were playing around with the settings in our es 26 computers. i was viewing screensavers when i came across this star wars-inspired text scrolling screensaver. i made it say something about U turns. suddenly sir hs appeared (out of somewhere) and looked at my monitor. he saw it and asked me, "are you doing research on U-Turns?" (what the heck?!?!) I said, "Noooo..." Then he said, "NCTS is doing research on U Turns" haha. as if we didn't know that, and that he himself actually did those research. but if he knew it was all about HIM, im dead. much dead-er than 'die-bitch-die girl'. [and lou, sir hs is yours. all of him, i dont want any of him. (as if i did)] [errr..pat!]

as usual i try my best to have as little 'house affairs' as possible, because i dont know. i might crack, with all this internal anger. (internal anger- from erring bus drivers, people and myself)

i have been 17 for 5 months now, and yes, life is a lot harder at this point. maybe because i am introduced to a lot of complexities now. and my immaturity doesn't help. sigh! but it's all part of life. and i am all part of this world.

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lastly, i like to thank ROB for all the wonderful things and moments you've shared with me. but then, you're just halfway around. maybe, someday, i could see you again (if i get very, very rich, which is not impossible). but you're still on earth, there's no stopping us from communicating. still friends. have a nice trip. and when you get lonely and homesick, run naked on the streets. (hehe, joke) basta, there's still the net. ü

lost with a map, and a compass

i am a big attention seeker.

last week, i got mad at zsappy because i am a big brat. it was entirely my fault.. and sorry..

anyways, for the past two weeks (ah! blame the nasty thunderstorm that hit that transformer which took a week to repair..so no internet for me last week...*sigh*), we have been walking up and down the engineering area for our GE 1 class. so far, it was the greatest fun we had in that class. but last friday, we were back at class talking (pero si sir lang) about maps. sheesh.. so boring.

es 13 is much much terrible. not only is it boring, it scares me to think that IT IS an EASY class, but i cant understand a bit of it. but i am sure that the teacher is responsible... he's so boring and he keeps on reading the silly OHP slides of the derivations of the formulas we use. [magic formula for a boring class = prof + OHP about derivations of formula + the right heat and humidity (at 10 am!)] if he was more active, and if he was the prof i thought he was.. maybe. so, ill go on now to self-studying.

es 26 is FUN. not only because of the emotional, spiritual and mind you--physical benefits i get, but also the things i learn...i grow intellectually. i think of possibilities i would have never thought of (i am lazy). nagbabalik ang creativity ko. hehe. last week, we had our MX. The first part was to make a multiplication table. it was easy but i had a hard time making the graphics. haha. the next mx is the one where you input a number, then, it appears with its digits 3 spaces apart. it uses quotient and modular operations (or whatever they are called). happy! :) also, yesterday, we (lou + pat)kept bugging sir about modifying the worksheets given to us. ang saya!. i think sir thinks that were great students who always think out of the box.. hehe.

es 1 is boring. but i got 10's from the geometric constructions. (although pat said i didnt deserve a ten in one plate) the pain! the pain! it's so hurtful... i just controlled the tears forming in my eyes from falling. i forced myself to smile. but i was shattered. (haha..joke lang)

hmm.. ene 31 is (dont ask!) yes...like the others...boring. but our chismisan (hehe) solved the problem. [it's like a high school class according to pat]

i am excited however to make the layout for the folio. jasser invited (actually i presented myself) to layout with him. i practiced a bit yesterday, just to freshen up my adobe pagemaker skills. (ha! as if...)

the freshies...well...some of them are likeable, but some are bratinellas and bratinellos (yes even the boys).

major problem: kem + logscript + SME application + acads (20 units!) how? how on earth? hehe... but i will make it. <
i think kampanerang kuba is doing fine in the ratings war. popo watches it, so who wouldn't? haha..(popo is the least person i expect to watch those kind of shows)

ok. i have to get back to work now. [ene assignment] (i hope i get to report noise and odor pollution]