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!!

Baking

I love cooking. Admittedly though, not the gourmet stuff. I mean i do cook the basics, experiment on them, and gobble them all. I guess my taste buds are simply ordinary. I make whatever there is that i can make with the available ingredients. I don't buy whatdyacallthem herbs, spices and what not. I invent. Hehehe

Unfortunately,when it comes to baking i'm kinda the dumb-dumb. That's why the moment i learned that ate Jo bakes cakes and pastries, I just wasn't able to stop myself from asking her to teach me. And so she did.

She invited me to her house to bake (or did she? hmmm). I shopped for the ingredients (Eaji and cakes?)--entering for the first time a confectionery shop (sniffing the oh-so-good smell of bars and bars of chocolate, gazing on the tons of sprinkles on the shelves, and drooling on the bags of choco chips waiting to be fetched by bakers) ,learning what butter compound is, and checking price differences between butters, sugars and milk.

Then we baked.

We sifted (thousands of times. HAHA!), we mixed, tasted, stirred, tasted, blended, tasted, folded, tasted, shaped, tasted, baked, then finally tasted again. hihihi. No wonder when the heavenly moist, scrumptuous cake came out of the oven, we really didn't want to taste it anymore. Hehehehe.

<<--- Still, i can't believe that i really baked this cake. Ang galing ni ate Jo magturo.

Then the cookies came. Grabe, sugar overload. Then, the frosting happened. And then the next thing you know we were already putting the frosting on the cake which was really hard to even out.

Natapos namin yung cake at around 6 pm just in time para dalin sa koro house for the judging or as ate Jo puts it, para sa mga guinea pigs hehehehe.

Kuyas Richard, Francis, and Darwin were ones who were lucky to taste our baking. Sori na lang sa mga di nakapunta.

Baking is really fun.

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napaisip lang, ako. I met someone today and told her i wanted to be a teacher. Well, she suddenly talked about establishing my own school, looking for this 'company' of teachers who gets paid well and what not. Sa isip ko nung sinasabi niya yun, na-iimagine ko yung school na gusto ko itayo sa isang barrio. Wala lang, para bang ang hirap iexplain (i guess i stopped trying) sa mga tao that i really want to teach sa rural areas. Weird, i know there's this notion that teachers dont get rich. That's why as early as now i'm really saving up. I'm a dreaming nuts here?

KORO

Had dinner sa Koro House after our presentation for the Italians in our parish. Ayos naman. Nagandahan naman ata sila. also watched Disturbia. so mga 1:40 am na kami nakauwi. Ayun. Ang tagal ng trike kasi 2 am na heheheh.

can't wait to bake tom...

SWISH and SWALLOW

Suffering from multiple mouthsores for two weeks, the 6-day vacation came as a big break. I was then able to get myself checked by a doctor, and get proper medication for the mouth sores.
(just to clear things, the source of the mouth sores weren't unsanitation, it was stress. hehehehe)

ASTIG! the doctor has this concoction of her own to treat the sores and it really was effective. yun nga lang, it really was bitter.

All you have to do is POUND a MYCOSTATIN tablet, open an antibacterial capsule, add 5 ml of CORTICOSTEROID syrup, then finally add tablespoon of water in a glass.


MIX THEM ALL!
SWISH (meaning gargle) and then SWALLOW!

The bitter taste will hunt you for minutes, humahagod sa throat yun nga lang walang kick di tulad ng beer. hehehehe. At least it's byebye to pain and discomfort.

DISCLAIMER: dude, syempre i-consult mo muna kay doc bago to subukan

sabi ng malapit kong kaibigan, "breath JM, breath."

Napaisip ako.

Paano ba huminga?

Kapag madami na akong iniisip, pakiramdam ko lahat ng energy ng katawan ko ay napupunta sa utak ko, kaya kahit yung mga involuntary na gawain ng katawan (tulad ng paghinga) ay tumitigil.

hehehhehehe.

Malamang pakiramdam ko lang yun.

...

Pakiramdam ko masyado akong iba sa mga tao.

Kaya minsan, nalulungkot na lang ako dahil hindi ako laging nakaka-relate sa kanila.

Buti na lang, sinabi nung kaibigan ko na misan raw, masyadong pinapansin ng tao ang pagiging iba niya sa mga tao kaysa na tingnan niya yung mga pagkakapareho nila.

Kaya ayun.

Tama na ang self-pity. hehehehhe

OO, medyo iba nga, laging taliwas sa norms.

pero siguradong may mga magiging kaibigan ka kahit iba ka.

Wala lang.

TURUAN nIYO NAMAN AKO mag-basketbol

LEARNING of the day:

BAWAL PALA KUMANTA NG MARIAN SONG SA COMMUNION kahit na SOLEMNITY of the Assumption of the blessed virgin mary. Sori po, ngayun ko lang nalaman.

Nomadic MOUTH SORE

can't eat properly with this freakin stress-related mouth sores ( i mean tongue sores).

I guess it became worse 'cause i spent the night with Jo at Jolibee philcoa to study for exams last monday night. I actually was a bit nomadic that night, i even had a bath the next morning in my orgmate's boarding house. Pulubi talaga eheheh.

It was worth it anyways, i was able to finish the test in EDSP 101 with an 80% gut feeling that i did well sa exam. heheheh. 1st tym ko na-prove that coffee really works (plus a bit of mushy talk which really waked me up- c jo kasi), tea guy nga kasi ako.

...
ayun commentator ako kanina sa CHURCH grabe parang ang sinabi ko: "chanks e tu GOD". Ang sakit kasi talaga ng singaw ko. Sori Lord dapat pala di na ako pumunta. Pero thanks Lord na-enjoy ko na naman yung mic sa pagkanta hehehehe.

...
too bad di ako makakapunta sa practice ng Koro mamaya dahil di rin naman ako makakakanta
too bad rin na di ko nasamahan si Lorenz (cellmate ko) sa infirmary

ayun

hay...

hfa;aivajkdvbaori

ang gulo-gulo na minsan ng mga iniisip ko
minsan medyo info overload
minsan nakakabagabag
minsan masakit
hehehehe weird
wala lang naman

got a 1.75 in our first exam in EDTEG 101, not bad though i did miss some questions that were discussed during the first 2 days of the class. Where was I then? ayun nakaupo sa corridor at nagiintay na tanggapin ako sa klase. PREROG nga naman. kaya di ko nasagot.

ENV SCI 1 at EDSP 101 exams on monday and tuesday resoectively, good thing there are no classes on friday for whatever reason PGMA has on her mind. Weird.

HAy. Nakakapagod. Kanina meron na naman akong nakilala na may "some sort of sin" pero mukang successful naman siya sa life. Ang nakakagulo, feeling ko mas masaya pa siya sakin kahit na alam ko na tama yung ginagawa ko. Kahit na pinaalalahanan ako ni TEp (orgmate) na dapat di ma-initmidate sa gumagawa ng "bad" things, parang ang hirap pa rin hindi ma-initimidate. Sana kasi may kakilala akong parehong nararanasan yung problema ko ngyonn. Bad trip.

Kelan kayo mag-ma-mature ang aking Faith?

PYM Rummage Sale

I'm slowly feeling at home in our parish--Parish of the Five Wounds of Our Lord Jesus Christ.

Maximising on my minsitries (i mean GOd's), i'm volunteering in multiple activities to spend more time in the church. Well, since i'm a such a sinner (sobra) i really feel safe in the Lord's house, it's as if He lessens my self-condemnation and guilt when I'm under His roof. Still, nakaka-guilty pa rin since HE still accepts me despite all the things I do.

Anyway, i just feel safe in our parish. Really.

Well, earlier, after my sunday assignment as a lector, I went straight to our rummage sale (a fund raising for the PYM). We were able to sell Php 1,700 worth of clothes and bags among others on the first 4 hours since we opened. Then had to pack-up at around 11 am to eat lunch sincee there are no masses from 10-4 pm, translating to no customers. We'll be setting up again later at around 5 pm. Heheheh sana mas marami benta.

What was weird though was that I obviously don't have any experience in selling clothes.
Imagine this: someone bought 5 pieces of clothing. Then after computing for its total, I did a stupid thing. I handed all the clothes to the customer without folding the clothes and without even putting it in a plastic bag. Kahiya talaga. Umangal sya syempre. Hehehehe. Napatingin na lang sakin si Gregor (co-youth ko).

HEHEHE. Anyways got to read at praktis na mamayang 2 ng Koro.

LORD sorry na talaga. Tapos uulit na naman ako. Sori

higad

Went for a swim yesterday and did laps (kahit na di ko pa rin perfect ang backstroke hehehe)
ang masama, HINIGAD ako. too bad, ang kati talaga nakakainis. kaya nga sa practice sa Koro kagabi ay nangati ako, hanggang ngayun nangangati pa rin ako. bad. bad.

honestly, medyo wala lang ang linggo na ito, one of those weeks na nararamdaman ko na parang wala namang may pakiaalam kung gumagawa ako ng mabuti, or parang gumagawa nga ako ng mabuti pero pag wala nang nakatingin ay nagkakasala ako. Wala lang. nakakalungkot. Nagsimba ako twice kanina tapos kinakausap ko lang si GOD at nagsosori dahil parang di ko ma-maintain yung will ko na umiwas saevil deeds. Ang temptation naman kasi nakaka-tempt. heheheh

Sana may days na walang temptation para wala lang. heheheh

Sana may makausap ako tungkol sa mga ito.
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I took this test just minutes ago, i really think you shopuld take it too kasi wala lang i just really think you should hehehhe:

JM took the free ColorQuiz.com personality test! "Suffering from the effects of those things which a..." Click here to read the rest of the results.

week's end

FIRST FIRST FRIDAY MASS

1st friday mass last night syempre kumanta ang UPSCA. ANg saya. Nakapag-exposition pa kami kaya double happiness (yung stop-over place sa pampanga hehehe).

'stig lang talaga, pero dahil pasaway ako at di ako nag-aral ng piyesa, nanghula lang ako. At isa pa, ang hirap magshift from bass sa isang choir tapos TENOR sa isa pang choir. Ayan. Sali kasi ako ng sali kung saan-saan.
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Still, guys masama ba talaga ang _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _?
jokes, natanong ko na naman tuloy hahahaha joke lang
alam ko naman yung sagot e hehehhe.

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Ang HOMILY kagabi was about getting out of your circle-of-friends and comfort zones to share God's love.

wala lang. last year tinamaan na ako nito, this year tinamaan na naman ako, at the same priest pa ang nag-homily nun. Weird.

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Also started my 6 am-every-saturday-of-July Lector duties sa Parish of the Five Wounds . 12 pa namana ako nakatulog kagabi buti na lang nagising ako heheheh.

Slamat Lord.

Random thoughts

napapagod na ako sa mga tao, bakit ba pakiramdam ko kailangan laging makisama? Ang wierdo. Ako pala ang weirdo. Lagi ko naiisip bakit iba ako? Bakit iba hilig ko? minsan ang hirap kapag wala ka makausap kasi yung mga pinaguusapan nila di mo alam. Wala lang, nakakasawa. Sana may makausap naman ako na kasing iba ko.

Nakakapagod kasi araw araw winiwish ko na sana may makilala naman akong parang kapareho ko, hilig ang hilig ko at yung madaming iniisip rin hehehehe.

Anyway. Weird. Buti na lang anjan si Lord kung hindi baliw na ako hehehhee.

God's Gift

Did my first assignment as a Lector earlier at the 7:30 am mass. Syempre scary, fortunately I really listened to the monsignor in the 1-and-a-half day seminar last june 16-17 making me understand what this ministry is all about.

Felt queasy at the start of the mass, a bit self-conscious, but knowing that this ministry is all about sharing God's word (in my case leading the faithul in prayer), i felt calm at once.

Only recently did I understand the SERIOUSNESS of the lectors' and Commentators' role in the mass, realize that the lectern actually is the AMBO, which I didn't know was a higly sacred place (Eucharistically speaking), and know the ministry's dos and donts. AT least i did learn about them. Facts of tradition in the church are refreshing to one's faith you know. Now its not just for the sake of attending mass, it's bit by bit understanding how beautiful the Holy Eucharist is. (love talaga tayo ni God)

pics from the seminar: With my teacher in 6th grade, Tchr. Stephen (one w/ the eyeglasses). Weird. Parang kelan lang he was teaching me about catholicism and its ministries, now I'm with him in one of the ministries.

Pic of the officers of the

Lectors and Commentators Guild:

and our quirky-lovable-"WISE" parish priest Fr. Romulo Bertoni

Weird rin kasi iba talaga world ng adults serving the Lord from the Youth. medyo issues and gossip are there but still, i thank God na I am already exposed to different ministries. Masaya naman e!

Learning to adjust means learning more about yourself. do the link :p

educ

I'm on my third week on my third year of college...

i didn't get admitted to Speech Pathology (which sucked BIG time) so i'm still in UP Diliman with no course and on the verge of getting kicked out from the campus for not having any college to house me. Bad.

The good thing is, i got only one course left that i really want--Education. I've tried all the courses i want and i am left with this one. After years of denying that i want to be teacher, i guess i will be afterall.

I currently have three EDUC subjects--putting on my "carreer" face, reciting as much as i can, doing advance reading and what not. I actually am enjoying them since I grew up with a school beside my house anyways. I am slowly understanding what i have been observing my entire life.

I do want to be teacher. But i wanted to specialized in speech first. Well. at least my speech comm VS speech Path dilemma is so out of my head. whcih is kinda cool.

Im still not sure if i will be accepted to educ by next year, but i guess God did place me where I am now. Konting faith pa and prayer. He won't forsake me no matter how much of a sinner i am.

UPSCA CS Training

June 23-24

nag CS training ang UPSCA sa bahay namin (ay! sa skul pala)

Sina kuya DINO at si kuya CLINT ang aming naging speakers habang ang buong batchilog (batch 06) ng UPSCA ang naging participants kasama si ate Joan at ate sharel.

Daming na "learn, unlearn at relearn" (fr. Anton Pascual) kaya masaya talaga.

Naging instant part pa ako ng logistics hehhehe. Ayun, nilutuan ko sila ng chicken adobo, chicken pastel, at baked junk food. nasarapan naman daw sila. totoo kaya?

sana maging maayos ang formation process sa UPSCA ngayong year, pinaghirapan naman kasi "nila" ito. Bless nyo po kami Lord!

DGLSP!