1. Go out on a completely new adventure and/or get lost somewhere
2. Relearn how to bike and cycle from Ateneo to Alabang and back
3. Cut my 5km time down to at least 20 minutes again and join more fun runs
4. Hermit mode with the Blue Symphony Executive Board
5. Write more songs with Kev and Aj :))
6. Freestyle Cypher sessions with Francis
7. Blue Symphony Rehearsals
8. FIND A DAMN OJT ALREADY
9. OJT wardrobe hunt
10. Jamming sessions with Milos Garcia
11. Afternoons/Evenings at Moro w/ Micah Bautista haha
12. Create a piece of art everyday and scan/post it when I have the time
13. Hang out with friends :)
14. Pleasure read through three books
15. Find out I passed OR2!!
16. Clean my room and toss out the useless stuff
17. Check out the National Museum!!
18. Connected to #6: learn how to rap haha
19. Make a plaster sculpture
20. Learn the piano score of Rent
21. Whole day reading fests at Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf or Starbucks
22. Join an Open Mic
23. Blog or microblog every day
24. Start a new concrete/internet business
25. Learn PHP and C++
26. Get my first Adsense paycheck. heehee
27. Watch a movie
28. Family outings
29. Apologize to all those I need to say sorry to
30. Ponder the meaning of life
31. Make at least one person smile everyday
32. Attempt to beat the world record of having the most number of ferreros eaten in one minute! (ouch, my braces!) :))
33. Gain weight and pack some muscle mass
34. Reconnect with old friends!
35. Meet new people
36. Smile more often
37. Grow my hair
38. Join the Half Ironman team event with Gui hahahaha (ang mahal talaga eh)
39. More ted.com marathons
40. Scout for law scholarships
41. Migrate to Ubuntu
42. Get updated with the sitcoms
43. American Idol!
44. Sleep at least 8 hours a day
45. Vote!
46. Be more nationalistic
47. Start giving a shit more often
48. Dream bigger
49. Pray more
50. Live each day to the fullest :)
Happy Summer everyone! (except those in the JTA sem, in which case, Good Luck to ya'll)
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Monday, March 15, 2010
A Pledge
This is it I guess.
There is absolutely no turning back.
No lame-ass excuses.
No half-baked crap.
None of these napkin promises:
Crumpled and pirouetting in concentric circles;
Smearing the walls in descent.
There is absolutely no turning back.
No lame-ass excuses.
No half-baked crap.
None of these napkin promises:
Crumpled and pirouetting in concentric circles;
Smearing the walls in descent.
Saturday, March 13, 2010
Will You Allow Yourself to be Lost Forever?
Like all Fr. Arcilla's students (and former students), I was faced with this line, among others, more times than I could possibly remember. Most likely the effect of the question being hammered relentlessly on us with his trademark modulated voice, I have felt the gravity of it more than once. It hits me each time I become acutely aware of how much time I tend to be wasting, of all the unflinching idleness, or of significant moments wasted.
Straitjackets and Loony Bins
(1) Five reflection papers for ITM110,
(2) A research paper for the aforementioned subject,
(3) Four philo articles,
(4) A presentation for theology,
(5) Four theo readings,
(6) Our LS100 paper on CFC,
(7) A case/LT for LS100, and
(8) UNDERSTAND QUEUING THEORY AND RELEARN PREVIOUS OR LESSONS FROM SCRATCH.
What I Really Think About The Last 2 Weeks of School
Please tell me there's an end to these sordid days. Far too long I've been dragging myself to school with only the half-assed conviction of somehow snatching something essential and useful (for me at least), instead of an innane melting pot of facts and figures I feel totally divorced with. I wake up to each day and long to ponder the meaning of life, the intricacies of living; to find that solitary ignition that will singe the fringes of this clockwork routine; to seek and rediscover my passion, dulled by my inability to make use of it in this highly contradictory setting, and gathering dust.
But what the hell happens?
I am weighed down by the heaviness of the unending pile of requirements, of lectures I'd rather not attend, of the demands thrown upon thrd year Management Engineering students, of issues of note and other distractions. I feel the contraction of a world slowly robbed of light, like a listless fellow thrown into an abysmal well, second by second losing sight of that which is truly essential.
I am losing the ability to keep silent. To listen. With everything happening the way it is, my mind is aflux even in the most opportune moments for reflection. But I've come to discover that even in this most sordid state, the countless aphorisms I have been exposed to throughout the years have not lost their luster; that I still have the balls to believe that there is something more to life than the routinary demands of this system and that moreover, that there is something I can do about it.
Sigh.
I can't wait for summer. :))
But what the hell happens?
I am weighed down by the heaviness of the unending pile of requirements, of lectures I'd rather not attend, of the demands thrown upon thrd year Management Engineering students, of issues of note and other distractions. I feel the contraction of a world slowly robbed of light, like a listless fellow thrown into an abysmal well, second by second losing sight of that which is truly essential.
I am losing the ability to keep silent. To listen. With everything happening the way it is, my mind is aflux even in the most opportune moments for reflection. But I've come to discover that even in this most sordid state, the countless aphorisms I have been exposed to throughout the years have not lost their luster; that I still have the balls to believe that there is something more to life than the routinary demands of this system and that moreover, that there is something I can do about it.
Sigh.
I can't wait for summer. :))
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