but it has started

"Leadership is complicated. It has many facets: respect, experience, emotional strength, people skills, discipline, momentum, timing--the list goes on, most of which are intangible..."

I had quite a very long week, which started with a very long day. we went to lola ched's on sunday where we had lunch. it was her birthday and she cooked (or might have told some people to cook), and i ate a lot (oooh, porky me). then, papa, mama plus the three younger boys dropped me off at the apartment. i basically dropped all my things and went to engg so that gary and i could work on the poster thing. (he said he would start at 10 am, but then...) so we went to yia to make the poster. ok. while we were working, several inhinyero people came in (as it was their office.) alou, the eic for this year's yearbook asked gary if he would hear mass. (or i think gary asked her, but hey...) anyway, i went to hear mass too. after mass, alou met rhet (her thesis groupmate, i think) and we all went to lutong bahay to have dinner. it was a nice dinner, although they almost forgot to give me my avocado shake. then, we went back to yia (after a stop at molave) to continue working. the hours passed by, and i did not want to go home, leaving gary with the work so i stayed till past midnight. i didnt want to go home alone at that time so i stayed. we finished at 5:30 am (with the inhinyero interview portion at 3 am), and we went home. i took a bath (though i shouldnt have), and ate my oatmeal. then, i fell asleep (accidentally) for an hour, but rushed to engg for my 8 am exam.

whew! [so much details!!! anyway..] we started the 132 exam at 8:40 am, and i just realized i didnt have my calculator with me, so i borrowed from gert (thanks). i finished the exam (which was quite easy) at 9:45 am, and went to the tambayan to find celeste. we went together to stat for our stat finals. as we were walking, i remembered that i forgot to borrow a calculator, and i fretted a bit, but what can i do? when we reached stat, daril welcomed us with the news that calculators are not allowed for this test, as jay louie told him (who took the exam earlier). ok. so, stat exam. easy. es 12 exam next. (i found out that i got 61+ on my 4th exam, so i had fresh confidence... and i needed only 61 to pass dose!!) [es was a bit hard, yes, but was easier than all of our exams. ok. im tired now, so im making some shortcuts]

tuesday now. ttoday, i have my 131 exam, which turned out to be okay, kahit hindi ako nag-aral. more significantly, pat sent us some food! i had fun eating the chocolates (with brandy, kimchi-flavored, green tea flavored, ginseng (bleargh!) flavored and the one with seaweeds (which i enjoyed because i love throwing up because of yucky food). also, the seaweeds, without the chocolate, and the soft cookie. thanks pat. im sorry i havent sent you anything. but janine and ceres' "secret gift" will make up for my not sending you anything.

wednesday. totally free. i just read like 3 chapters of draco veritas. haha. it was a good read, especially if you want to sleep. (just read it lying down.) wait, i did something else. oh yes. we did our eee 1 report, but basically, kenneth did all the work, but we still contributed something, aside from the very required individual insights portion. and got all our eee 1 papers. my grade in eee1 is definitely my highest grade for this semester. but i can do with higher... please...

thursday. some reading... and a little pissed off by something on wednesday's events. went to school only for easl meeting (which was boring), and ec meeting (which was fun). lisa tucker got eliminated, and i failed to watch the week's episodes. T_T

friday. today! had a meeting with A (hmm...similar symbols with janina's blog), which went smoothly, much smooth than we expected. we did not need to you know, get rough. hehe. but i forgot all about the ChESI interview. sorry cathy. went home. had a nice dinner. john's graduation (nursery) was today, and also papa's birthday. happy birthday! 48 now...

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last saturday, we had an ec meeting. after that, kuya bars treated us to dinner at Trelis in kalayaan. :D (thanks!) more than all the food (haha, the sizzling stuff with the smoke going to mike!!!), was the words of wisdom (yuck, such cliche, i mean my use of 'words of 'wisdom', but then...). he told us that we should do things like this and like that. not lectured us, but gave us a heck of useful advice.

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it has really started. and i am moving from "oh im so nervous!" to "oh, im so ready to rock the prc out of kem!" come on! but then, there's still acads. for the nth time, i promise, with hopes that i will keep it, that i, like the phoenix, will rise from the ashes and redeem myself. glory in academics. but then, there will be many pains first. but then, again, to quote my favorite writer (me!):

"...the rewards are worth the pains..."

it doesnt have to start/end that way

i have to pass all subjects for this sem. or else. (i seem so stupid and moronic and all related words but im not, so read this blog. you might find some useful stuff. but i doubt it.)

yey! we were officially the new ec for the fastly approaching academic year. so the induction. the last skittles presenation for its first season went, as usual, wacky, but extremely funny. we all had a very nice dinner, served by us. and there some tears, and arms, on the PRC side. haha :) anyway, the induction was a learning experince for me. i wrote in my previous post how i got annoyed with the constant rants of the people about the tindahan prices. i should have not let that get to me. i realized that if i were on their side, i would probably have complained too. also, i should try to see that these imperfections of these people needed to be accepted. i should be the one who should carry more patience, and wisdom. i should keep and nurture the respect and trust of these people. it was an honest mistake. i am sorry.

(omigosh! i was scared of the michael jackson evolution email, from the third picture where he was all red, i deleted it realizing that he would turn uglier in the next pictures. it was horrific!!! ugh!)

ate raissa gave me loads of cds which i plan to use for transferring files from the groups files section, for convenience. she also gave me a can of pringles which i enjoyed eating (it is now half full, which is unbelievable). she also gave me the old logbook, and a new one which i plan to write on immediately as my work is already starting.

the prc peeps gave her a nice nice tribute video on the prc party (attendance: 10 people). although the programs people (read:apps) did not come, we had a smashing party as we danced to janine's mp3s.
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let me take the opportunity to thank the ec 2005-2006 who did a good job, especially erik who steered the organization to silence and cleanliness, dodging possible warnings from the admin. and of course, ate raissa for being an inspiration to all prc peeps, most of all me. (though fra also inspired me, but not too much to affect my decision to ummm...run.) :D

due point

you are in again for the tireless whining of yours truly.

i really messed up my 132. and, because of that, sure, ill repeat it, if it is to be. but i don not like repeating es 12. it just sucks so much.

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anyway, i had quite a food trip this week. but, only for two days. i ate at kha's on monday, which was beside the swimming pool area. i didnt know what to order so i just copied gary. but, i just read from the philippine daily inquirer that that place sold the ox brain food i so wanted to try (the adventurous eater that i am), so maybe next time.

tuesday. i went with mina and erik (yikeee.. hehe) to gayuma at katipunan. i had lamb!! while erik and mina had the same thing, beef something... it was a most enjoyable night, and i didnt have to spend a penny (except the katipunan jeep ride to up), and mina treated me ice cream (thanks!). we enjoyed talking and laughing and well, discovering how to change the lock code on a cellphone, but it was nice. :D

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congratulations to janine who is the new sociocom vp. only wam (but i shouldnt have said only) left and the ec's complete. i hope, we decide on this one on monday. we have to make the movies for the induction on tuesday.

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i told gary that im 10% tired as ec, so far, but it seemed very stupid because the year isnt starting. but why, oh why am i tired?

1)the tindahan. we have to open it, close it, buy things, sell things, keep stuff cold, check stuff, collect one hundred pesos (or multiples of) every hour and clean the mess it makes. its not really so bad considering it rakes in money for kem, but i have to endure daily, and repeated daily whinings which are, for one, pointless. almost all people will complain that everything is so expensive, but then they continue buying, and somehow, pig out despite the "high price" of the stuff being sold. its just so irritating. maybe they want to cause the ec emotional and mental pain as they experience their "financial pain", or whatever.

2)the fees. as of now, i am financially exhausted, and i pinch every peso so that i can save some for future expenses. i have a big big utang from our house fund, because i failed to pay the 40/week fee for 4 weeks now. but i will, someday. but, there are more, much much more fees to come. so help me God.

that constitutes the 10% fatigue. and my pimply face shows that. too much stress nowadays...

i need to moisturize.

and now, four more

(additional stuff)
to my new EC-mates... angge, maja, gary and martin. come on! let's do this... :D

anyway, i hope we all perform well, and with minimal conflict, please... haha. anyway someone is coming to my well, aid (?) basta...

i dont know much but i hope i know enough to say that everyone deserves a second chance, even more the people who are really, really capable or more than just qualified. temper, it kills us all, so i think it's the one thing we should take control of, and of course pride.

you cant please everybody (although i stupidly try to, the idiot that i am...), and perhaps doing so will just waste energy (take it from me), so you cant expect someone (uhm, me) to do it.

but still this is a waste of words, and of electronic information, whatsoever. and of course cash. but hey...

congratulations to everybody who deserves it. open your hearts. it helps.

recovery

hehe, ive changed the look of this blog, but will be improving it. if there's time. i hope i still have enough time to update next academic year. *sigh*

let me say: i am the new prc vp! and i am excited (and scared) to work. i trust that the organization will work together to be the premiere chemical engineering org, not that we aren't. some trivia: 3 out of ten people don't like me as vp, but then, the 7 others are good enough for me (yesss...optimistic!). so, ive recovered from my depression and is now shouting from the rooftops. and screaming, with my newly-acquired power (bwahaha!) at people, with so much pangmamata, and of course joy...(it is a joke.).

only two more left for the ec, and then we start work. good luck to us, and for the whole org. hayyy...buhay.

congratulations to all who have won the elections especially gary, who i think is the best for the job.

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the acads are fine, i hope, except for my moronic performance in the 2nd 132 test. i really hit rock bottom with that...hmmm. but, "failing is motivation to study", a more specific interpretation of "excellence" by ozie.
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std was a smashing (i really want to smash some heads, erm, issue... issue...) success. but, i screwed up a little bit on playing the profile videos, and making sir senador's video. that was really a mess. but everything else went fine. only kemers, attended, i meant attended with a significant number of members. that shows...
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happy birthday to anderson (feb 25), and shie (mar 5).