6 am

*hahahaha ayoko na ata mag-blog dahil nagkamali ako at na-ipromote ko ito sa mga tao,
kaya may nagbabasa na ngayon n

first day
di pa rin ako enrolled
2 lng subject ko: isang 8:30-10 at isang 4-5:30
6 hours na vacant
hahahhaha

ayusin ko n lang to mamaya
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interview ng WYD nung isanggabi
nagulat ako na kasama ako sa initnetrview
astig
sana mapili ako
...
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Blasts

3-4 NOV
My last weekend before the second sem starts was quite a blast.
Blast as in blasted to wastedness, blasted to amazement, and blasted to becoming a secretary.

Blasted to wastedness
After our trainee evals in Koro Stigmatino,
...which was scary as hell. Being an inexperienced bass, it was as if no sound was coming from my mouth because of the pressure, nervousness, anxiety and what not. Feeling ko kakainin akong buhay ng panel. Buti wala yung crush ko sa Koro hahaha...
we celebrated the choir's 18th anniversary with a party. Syempre may inuman. We--the bass and tenors at least--ended up drinking and singing to the vidoeke's lyrics up until 6 am the follwing day. Hahahhaa. It was only then that i realized what wobbly walking is. I guess i wasn't really wasted yet it felt that i was pass my alcohol limit.

Actually, it felt good to drink. Wala lang. Some form of release. Ngayon lang naman. No worries, I have no plans to turn to alcohol in times of problems. I'm a tea guy you know. hahaha.

Blasted to being Secretary
I was voted new secretary of Koro. By the system(the secreatry automatically becomes vice next year and president the year after next) it says that i would be president in 2010. Weird system actually. Let's see what will happnen. Sabi ko nga in my speech, "magsisisi kayo."

Blasted to amazement
It is a tradition for the Koro to invite the alumni to sing with the current members in the 6:30 pm Sunday mass nearest the anniversary. That's exactly what happened. We sang with the oldies (not that their old or 'sumtin) and they amazingly made my jaw drop. Througout the mass they were breathtakingly oh-so-good. lalo la yung mga sopranos doing their obligato in some songs. And when The Majesty was sang, I was really awestruck. I had been the entire mass actually. Hay.

It was also my first day as secreatary. Ang hirap pala, especially with the collection of the music sheets after the mass.

more pics?: http://themistermistaker.multiply.com/photos/album/13

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Just a day before enrollment. Di ako nakapag-driving lessons this sembreak. Hay. Sa Christmas break kaya?
Also read a mate's blog entry about black and white and the gray areas in between. I promise to make a blog entry about it.

Thanks LORD for this sembreak.

I pray that i'll recover from my state.

I know that if i want to, I will be able to do it

It's a matter of choice.

If I'm for You i'm for You. If not, then I'm not. No in-betweens

HAPPY BDAY F8!!!

San Juan Cemetery

1 November
A tiring day and I havn't retired yet, not until I blog

At 12:00 am, i was at a friend's house with some of our friends. What was suppose to be a DVD marathon turned out to be a serious-mushy-cheesy talk about love and relationships.

Heck did they put me in a serious hot seat. I hate this topic (check my previous entries). They asked me stupid questions like "bakit wala ka pa girlfriend?" and "May gusto ka ba kay ****? (**** was there with us actually!!!!%&#), just imagine how awkard it felt for me. Of course I had to do some answering. Pero syempre i'm an expert in geting out of tight spots--like giving safe answers for mushy questions.

HAHAHA!

anyways, it didn't end with my answer. The next thing i know questions were falling like bullets fromt the air. It was so weird and akward. Hay, i'd ratehr not tell the whole lot...
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Went to Lolo Papang's cemetery earlier at San Juan. Honestly, compared to my lola's cemetery in loyola, the place was really crammed with people. Plus, it was poorly maintained with skulls and garbage left here and there. But still, it was fun going with my cousins and aunts to the cemetery. admitedlly, i didn't had the chanc to get to know my mom's dad. He died when I was in third grade at age 8. To me, all that I knew back then was that I was so scard to take a peek at the coffin. It was only later that I realized that I wish I knew him better.

Also saw JV ejercito. hehehe i had a laugh when I saw that his head was really big hehehehe

The Invisible October 31st

I forgot that October has a 31st day.

So, it didn't surprise me that when i woke up this morning I was in a panic state. Being assigned the Wednesday-AM commentator for the month of October, I forgot that i am still the commentator for this morning's HolyEucharist.

Bad. Bad.

I have no idea what happened then. Usually, the elders (yung mg titas in red skirts) get a bit angry whenever a fellow lector doesn't show up for their assigned duties, what more for a commentator.

I guess papagalitan ako pag nakita nila ako sa meeting--which won't be happening until next week since its all saint's day this thursday.

hehehe
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Nagpunta kami kanina sa Loyola Memorial Garden para dalawin si Lola Goring. Parang kelan lang noong namatay siya taong 2005--noong unang linggo ko sa Unibersidad ng Pilipinas(gagawan ko si Lola ng blog entry sa susunod). Kaya naman ika-3 taon pa lang ito ng aming pagbisita kay lola.

Naisip ko nga kanina bago kami mag-rosaryo, na nang pumanaw si lola nadagdagan ng isang araw ng pagtitipon ang angkang De la Paz. Si lola talaga, hanggang sa langit ay nagpapakita pa rin ng pagmamahal sa pamilya.

Madrama na ba?

Hehehehe. Sa totoo lang ang saya saya kanina. Nandun na naman ang aking mga pinsan na sa Pinas sa side ni papa na lahat ay mas bata sa akin. Ang weirdo.
Ako ang pinakamatanda.
Ayoko na kasi maging kuya.
Hehehe

Ayun, kaya naman ako ay nakipaglaro sa kanila. Tapos ay nag-story telling pa ako gamit ang mga puppet na binili namin sa naglalako nito sa halagang Php 30.
Nakatutuwa naman talaga.
Akalain niyo na ako pa ang nagpabili nito kaysa sa mga paslit kong mga pinsan hehehe.

Ang bilis ng panahon, parang kailan lang na may tindahan pa si lola sa may harapan ng bahay namin kung saan lagin akong humihingi ng kendi. Na-mimiss na kita lola, sana nandito ka pa para makita ang aking tulong sa simbahan na natutunan ko pa mula sa iyo.

for more pictures: http://themistermistaker.multiply.com/photos/album/11

Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord.

And may perpetual light shine upon them.

May the souls of the faithfully departed

through the mercy of God rest in peace.

Amen.

Bukas kay lolo naman sa San juan North cemetery.

Messed up ME

Can't believe sembreak's ending. Compared to my previous sembreaks, nothing happened this year actually.
Well, theoretically that's impossible. Nothingness is something happening:
So far this sem i was able...

1.) to get the original OVER MY HEAD
(cable car) by the FRAY piano sheet for free
and am almost finish.
2.) to catch up with friends
3.) to enter my 6th month in the gym
4.) to cook and bake (learned new techniques btw)
5.) t0 blog
6.) to read
7.) to watch movies
8.) hay... and sadly, to think

Sana maka-driving lessons pa ako kahit less than 2 weeks na lang.
Tapos, i have to finish my shirt design for the artwork contest
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KORO Evals na sa Saturday. Gudluck (lalo na sa Tagumpay piece).
Plus the aniv party where I have to wear something cowboy-ish
Another Gudluck.
(I usually skip parties that require costumes hehe)
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bummer...
I'm still waiting for a one more grade
4 1.5s so far
Not bad I guess
I'm really enjoying educ so much
(hanggang kailan kaya?)

Really thanking the Lord for giving me 2 educ subjects, PI 100 and BIO 1 on the online enlistment. That's 2 pahirapang-pumila down the drain

Here's my enlistment schedule right now before the last processing:

I'm trying to get a better PI 100 class (11:30-1:00) on a tuesday kasi EDR 121 lang ang meron ako at 4 pm (gudluck naman). Then also trying to see if I can get an EDFD 116 instead of the 2:30 PI 100.

LET's see what happens...

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SERIOUSLY...

I'm pretty messed up right now and it feels shit
really just want to shout my lungs out.

Cooked our family's dinner tonight. Pambawi hihi my mom was so worried last night 'cause i texted her that I'm on my way home at 11:45 pm and still havn't come home at 2:30 am.
My bad.

Here's what I cooked:

*Leftover Chicken soup mixed with campbell's cream of mushroom
*Home-made burgers and canned sausages which I electically grilled
*Butterish gravy (although it tasted good, namuo pa rin yung flour)
*Sayote with egg strips

At least i was able to do something productive in this rather wasted and boring day.

Based on my online grades: three 1.5s so far...
not bad considering my lack of focus and over-excitement this sem.

Inuman

Weird. I kinda did not keep the Sabbath day Holy last night (or rather this morning) 'cause I took shots of gin and lambanog with the koro up until 3 am. Well, theoretically, in the bible it says that to drink is not a sin but to to get drunk is (Ephesians 5:18)--having a good control of myself and having a good grasp of what my limitations are took care of that so i did not really get drunk.

SO ACTUALLY, it wasn't the drinking that prevented me from keeping the Lord's day holy, it was the fact that I did not ask permission from my parents that I would be drinking up until 3 am that did.

Not that it was the first time i drank with friends, but i guess it was the first time i did not ask permission from my parents (well i have no idea when the session will end). But that's that.

It started when kuya Marlon and Ate Anna mixed mango juice, milk, and sprite (which tasted really good). Someone suggested putting a little gin on it then one thing led to the other.

Well, i usually don't enjoy drinking sessions ('cause i'd rather drink alone) but what i always like about these sessions are the conversations that keep rollling and rolling. And since i have a certain control, I always end up getting to know people "2-chapters-of-their-lives" better.

LOVE na namna yung topic kagabi. Weird.

...I just woke up upon posting this entry, so i guess alcohol did have its toll on me after all.

more pictures at

http://themistermistaker.multiply.com/photos/album/10/Koro_Sessions_21-22_Oct_2007_

I can't believe Dumbledore's gay: http://mugglenet.com

At Giligan's

We ate, did videoke, then ate some more. Hehe.
Earlier, at Giligan's (festival branch) we celebrated my Dad's bday. We rented a videoke room where we ate our hearts out and sang our lungs out. It was really fun. Since my sister and I went to college, our family day-outs were lessened, no wonder we really miss them.

Then, went around the mall, bought stuff, and window shopped. What was quite amazing though was that I bumped into my First grade teacher-adviser. Nostalgic. i could still remember that classroom where I first had a teacher that wasn't my mom (we own a prep schoolÜ).

Teacher LOR Lagdameo still looked young despite her retirement age--the sweet smile was still on her face, the posture that deserved respect was still earning respect, and her calming but stern voice was still making ears listen. Imagine, that was like a decade ago. Buti na lang sharp talaga memory ko on people.

hay... i wish i could just stay a first grader forever (hahah peter pan!). Really miss those times where you go to school, learn the basics, and enjoy life. hehehe.

Told ya, it was nostalgic.

ANYWAYS...
Happy BDAY PAPS!!!

Wala lang. Even if my parents do not really know me, i still feel safe and protected when i'm with them. Sometimes, when everything seems chaotic, pressuring and simply "whatever-or-who-cares", it feels good to know that I have a family to go home to.

Thanks Lord

Burger King (ATC)

Ate at Burger King with my sister my mom and my mom's friend earlier.

Of course I had the snack pack--squid rings, chicken strips and fries(which is quite similar to shakey's Captain's choice) plus a BK Fish.

What's cool about BK (ngayon ko lang napansin)

was that it had free movies, free cellphone

charging and free WIFI.

SAN KA PA!

hehehehe

Then, we tried the hershey's sundae pie. Sugar overload so i did not even bother to taste it. Pero wala rin cause i ate 2 small bags of fries--carbs, sat. fat, and trans. fat naman. Too bad. I guess this calls for an extra 20 minutes sa treadmill tomorrow. HAHA!
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It's papa's bday tomorrow, I think we'll be having lunch then. Di kasi pwede dinner because my sister will be attending a debut party and i have koro practice. At least the night's free for my parents to date or something.

HAPPY birthday pa!
GODBLESS
I love YOU

Yum Yum

This is what I usually eat after going to the gym:

Tuna flakes in water+

durog na Skyflakes+

lettuce

Then milk as a drink

It really tastes good plus it gives you the protein muscles need to recover without the guilt of trans fat, excessive carbs and sugar. You kinda feel healthy after each meal (pero syempre, there's always the psych part to it. (",)). hehehe.

"BUMMAGE"

It's 10:36 and In less than 7 hours i would be awake again to jog yet again.
My sembreak has been proving to be boring, bumming and what not
Walang magawa
Or maybe I'm simply idle to do things

I hate it when i don't get any allowance to go to wherever
(though I get fare to go to the gym&church)
Naalala ko kasi 18 na ako, and October ngayon, punta kaya ako Okterberfest?!
hehehehe

I've started to fix my stuff from the previous sem--rewriting notes I would be needing in the future, reviewing things I should have a good grasp of, discovering notes I planned to rewrite but was never able to, etc.

It's 10:41
Nothing to do
Hope someone would just call me and then invite me to do something
(libre dapat hehehe).

I really want to go to the Shroud of Turin exhibit. At 250 bucks i guess it ain't that bad even if it's just a replica. Plus, i haven't even stepped a foot on MALL OF ASIA (Asian Mall pala sabi ni manong driver hehehe) even if I pass by it everyday in going home from UP. Heheheh

I also have to finish my design for the ARTWORK T-shirt design contest. hmmm... Anu nga ba?

HAY... Total bummer...so much time to think about things i don't really wanna think about
HAY...

its 10:45
zzz...

KAHAPON...

Nagbake kami uli ni ate Jo ng Sguar Cashew cookies.
Masarap naman, sayang lang kasi dapat choco-chip cookies uli kaya lng naubusan kami ng baking soda. Ayun, ginamit namin ang bagong cookie cutters ni ate jo nakaktuwa hehehe.

Pagkatapos, dumaan ako ng simbahan, madilim na, 3 lang kami na sa loob. Ang laki pa naman ng simbahan. Nagdasal...nagisip...nakonsensya...nalungkot...hay...

Syempre di rin ako nakasama sa STAR CITY/pool party sem-ender ng UPSCA. Sayang. wala kasi talaga ako pera (Panu ba kumita ng pera?). At meron rin kasi praktis ang koro. Kumpleto kaming bass na nagpraktis. Walang alto. Isang sop. Isang tenor.

hay...

Of Workshops, Baskets and Lubes

Had a singing workshop with Koro stigmatino yesterday. Did exercises for breathing and singing, which was quite nostlgic for those were the exercises my first choir teacher (the lecturer's wife) taught us when I was still a kid--all naughty and hyper.

Also, it reinforced my diaphragmatic breathing I learned from Speech 111 (voice and diction-- dos lang ako. too bad.) and whichI have been applying in my way of talking and singing (pati nga ata laughing ko diaphragmatic heheheh).
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Also went to Puregold and Ministop (with kuya Marlon and Ate Jo) to buy some merienda for the workshop. look at what cool stuff i saw!

1. A horny lube which comes in ice and fire (hihi♂)
--nakalagay pa dun. "wait for cooling sensation before starting"
HAHAHAH Astig diba?
2. and a cool basket with wheels
--san ka pa? basket pa ba yun?


Nag-jog na ako kanina tapos
last day of requirements ngayon so
BAKASYON NA!
tomorrow I'm officially in SEMBREAK mode!
woohoo!

Flixotide

It's the time of the year when my nose comes
to life and haunts and daunts me,
when my nostrils are my worst nightmare,
when i want to go to God and have my nose replaced.

From around September to December,
it's the time of the year when my seasonal rhinitis
pairs up with my allergic rinitis to kill me.

hehehehe.

ayan kaya naman nandito na uli ang aking best friends na sila Flixotide at Claritin--ang aking nasal spray at anti-allergy pills. Every year, walang mintis na nagkikita-kit kami ng aking mga best friends. Kaya lang (Buti na lang!) wala na si inhaler at nebulizer, Huling nagkita kami noong 4th year high school 9sana wag ko na sila uli makita heheheh).

(PICS TO FOLLOW)

A long Talk

had our choir practice at Kuya PJ's (a Koro alumnus) place.
Wala lang syempre late na naman ang mga tao kaya
we finished at around 11 pm. Someone auditoned,
we finished the Jingle bells piece(how i miss the normal jingle bells where all was so simple hehe), and they ate spag ang chix (which I really wish i had some of but i really overate before going to the practice so no chance at that).



Nagyaya pa sila sa bday ni Kuya Derrick. We were really supposed to go but after waiting for them--which was like oblivion--tinamad na rin kami hehehe. (ATE STEPH promise nag-intay kami sa labas ng house!!!)

-astig nga pala architectural and interior design ng house nila kuay PJ
-natalo pa ako sa pustahan kung Baritone or Tenor yung nag-audition hehhehe
-napagusapan na naman ang future at love at kung anu-ano...

Ber Days

Paguran month na.
LAST 3 DAYS!!!
LAST 2 DAYS!!!
YAHOOO! case study na lang!!!
Dami dapat gawin.

last stretch na para sa semestreng ito
seryosohin na ang dapat seryosohin para maka-uno.
Possible pa kaya?

September

EDCO 101: Instruction to Guidance and Counselling
1. Personality and IQ test
2. 1 Exam
3. Reporting on Stress Management
4. Autobiography
5. "20-Affirmations stuff"
6. Lifeline

EDSP 101: Intro to Special Education
1. Reporting on Visual Impairment

EDTEG 101: Theories on Teaching in the Early Grades
Septmeber 1: Manila Waldorf School Observation
4: Reaction Paper on the Observation
11: 2nd Long Exam
12: Field Trip
18: UPIS observation
24: Reporting (handouts)
October
9: 3rd Long Exam
15: Submission of Case Study

Psych 101: Intro to Psychology
Septemeber 14: 2nd Long Exam
8: Paper on Learning
?: 5 1.5 .5 Hours of experiment participation
October 5: 3rd Long Exam

ENV SCI 1: Enviromental Science
17: 3rd Quiz
5: Term paper on an Evironmental Issue

Extra-curricular
1. UPSCA activities

21-23: Koro Stigmatino Retreat (Batangas)

Hay... sana po matapos ko lahat ng mga ito

Bagong tambayan

Ayan, nakalipat na ako ng gym kanina.
Nakakatuwa kasi mas maganda itong bago kong gym kaya lang
nakakapanibago na ibang mga tao na naman ang kasama ko;
wala na yung mga pamilyar na mga mamang nakakatakot
(pero ayokong mag-bulk up ng ganun hehehe. Scary.)

Tapos halos lahat ng equipment ay machines kaya
nanibago ako kasi puro manu-mano ang alam kong gamitin hehehe
Di tulad ng dati, wala ng spot-an at tulungan kasi machines na nga e
heheehe, in other words--wala ng communication.

Kaya iba pa rin kapag local gym na walang aircon at shower ang
pinupupuntahan mo. Mas masaya kasi parang pamilya kayo dun.
E sa gym na katulad nito, kanya-kanya na. O kaya naman, kausap mo lang ang trainer at hindi ang ibang nag-gygym. Weird.

Well, para ma-maintain itong gym na ito, kelangan ko na magtrabaho dahil nilinaw ng aking mahal na ina na hindi niya ako uli susustentuhan sa gym. huhuhu. Kaya naman next sem ay magtututor na ako. Working student para maka-workout. hehehe. wierd.

Ay konti na lang tapos na itong semestreng ito. Gusto ko ng mag-jogging, mag-bake, mag-drive, magbasa, mag-pc, manood ng marathon, matulog ng sobra-sobra. hehehehe konti na lang.

more pics? http://themistermistaker.multiply.com/photos/album/2/My_Fitness_Gym

LORD, sorry nga pala para sa araw na ito...

sem-ender

huling linggo na to!
Gudluck sa enrollment ko next sem--non major na kasi ako
Pahirapan na naman ito.

eto na lng req's ko:

EDTEG 101: Case study and Final Exam
ENVSCI : Final paper
EDCO 101 : Autobiography
PSYCH 101: Credit sheet and Final Exam

kaya to!

Ok lang ba matakot ma-attach sa mga tao,
sa mga kaibigan, bagong kakilala?
wala lang. Nahihirapan ako kapag biglang di naman pala tatagal ang pagsasamahan eheheh

GYM HOPPING

26 Septemeber 2007
WEDNESDAY

After my church service, i took a nap. Then my mom woke me up beacause my uncle called to invite me to gym hop.

Kaya naman, we checked seven gyms all in all. Astig, iba-ibang instructors, iba-ibang lugar. There was even one wherein there was an indoor bball place and badminton court. Ayos!
But i'm eyeing this gym in philam with state-of-the-art gym equipment and an all-around insturctor. At a reasonable price (1000 pesos less than fitness first?, i'm currently convincing my mom to enroll me in. May boxing gym pa sa taas. hehehehe.

well, wish me luck.
sana may gym na uli ako by friday.


24-25 Septemeber
TUESDAY

since sumama ako sa Retreat, I wasn't able to make the handouts for a report on tuesday. I had no choice but to stay up until 3 am to finish the handouts

For the record, this was the hardest handout i've ever designed and made all by my self hehehehe.

EDUC nga naman.

more pics? http://themistermistaker.multiply.com/photos/album/1/Hardest_handouts_I_ever_made

21-23 Septemeber
FRIDAY-SUNDAY

KORO STIGMATINO Retreat
To start with, syempre late na naman ang mga tao. hehehehe. I was really hoping that since this was somewhat an outing, all will come early. I guess being late is really a KORO sickness hhhehe.

We left at around 10 pm, picked up ate joyce and ate grace at their places, travelled thorugh the night then at midnight stopped over a bulaluhan place. All this while i was sneezing my nose off my face. At Syempre, dahil malamig ang weather, hirap na naman ako mag-adjust sa temp (too much for my seasonal, and allergic rhinitis). Then, we continued on through a winding-foggy-mountain road that kept everybody awake. Kahit na may foglights, wala pa rin kami makita kaya nga astig si kuya derick kasi, for some reason, it was as if he could see the road as is--ala nightvision.

VILLA BRUNORA: Bagyo... kaya di rin kami naka-swim. Ay! retreat nga pala pinunta namin doon. Kahit na hindi nakapunta sa FR. Mervin, ayos pa rin kasi may dumalo namang 2 madre at nakapag-share naman ang mag tao. Dami ko natutunan tunkgol sa mga KORO memebers, kaya mas nakilala ko sila. Grabe. Adik mga tao! heheheh Ang saya-saya nila. Lanu na sila ate Grace, ate Joyce at ate Steph. Hindi nga halatang mas madami ang mga lalaki sa babae na sumama e. hhehehhe

Basta, madaming napag-kwentuhan. Ang daming nagawa. Nagtakutan, nagtawanan, nag-inuman (lasang robitusin yung 40%- alcohol vodka and sprite, worse: lasang redwine with tempra yung vodka and coke) nagdasal, nagkwentuhan, nagkantahan, nag-picturan nagkainan, naghabulan, at nag-volleyball pa. Malamang di ako nakagawa assignment kahit na nagdala ako. Asa naman!

Masaya talaga. At noong pauwi na kami, akalain mo na ang 3-hour travel from batangas to LP ay ngakaroon ng 4 na stop0over. ADIK! heheehhe. Pero ayos pa rin. Ang saya ng biyahe.

Natapos ang retreat sa isang misa sa Parish. Nagsimba kami sabay-sabay.

oo nga pala, nakilala ko pa ang pamangkin ni ate Grace na si Edrick- ang cute na 4-year old na napagkwantuhan namin sa biyahe heheehe. Excited na akong pumasa sa EDUC at magturo sa mga bata. Madali kasing makita si GOD sa kanila :->

hehehehehe

...

21 SEPTEMBER
FRIDAY

i'm poor with changes

After just 5 months of weight training, the local gym where i go to three times a week has been shutdown--primarily because of shifts in management. I actually never thought i'd feel sad about the sudden change.

Situated at the top floor of a building in Manuela, the gym's windows give you a great view of the Las Pinas skyline (no wonder that in every in-between sets, we often hang out by the windows). And with good ventialtion, enough lighting and nice gym-goers and trainers, the gym was really a home to me, home to my release of all my aggressions, frustrations and what not. Basta astig. Every gym day, i get so excited.

Letting go of a home is what i think made things worse. This actually is a perk of a local gym, the familiarity of the people--their stories, experiences, spotting, grunts and moans are oh-so-familiar. All these makes you at home.

Kaya dahil last day ko ngayon, nalungkot ako.

hay...
I'm off to another gym, i guess.

PSYCH 101 personality test

HAd to ake this test for my psych 101 class

I'm a O90-C58-E83-A83-N32 Big Five!!