RICH: Drop-Dead Gorgeous

I had no movie life for the past three months. The last movie I watched was You Changed My Life (Hay…I heart John Lloyd!) J So as expected, when Lica, Mar and Pinky asked me to watch Drag Me to Hell with them, I had no second thoughts. Haha! My officemate commented, “Rich, you’re going out on a MONDAY night?” Haha! Oo nga ‘no?  But some people said the movie is really scary (exciting!), and a few said that it is so FUNNY! Huh?!?!  I watched to find out.

Net net, the movie was my most tiring movie experience ever! I kept on screaming! It’s good that there were a few mushy scenes for my vocal chords to get some moments of rest. Hahaha! But it was not as scary as I thought. Yes, most scenes were really shocking, but not to the point that I will not be able to sleep or I will have nightmares (I did with The Others, and The Ring :D).  And there were indeed some funny scenes; we’re like saying, “ngek! Corny!” For those who haven’t watched yet, watch out for:

MOST SHOCKING PART (for me ;-)): When Christine was getting all the stuff that she could sell.

Thought for the day: 90-10 Principle: 10% of life is made up of what happens to you; 90% of life is decided by how you react. (Stephen Covey)

Net, whatever happens to you, good or bad, there is 90% chance it’s still because of you.

discipline. that’s what i lack. call me too GC but my laziness makes being a CS so hard to achieve. yes, i am busy with so many things (other than acads, i mean) that i always get tired easily. i’d rather sleep than eat. i’d rather sleep than read IASs and IFRSs, read and answer cases, and study even the shortest handouts this sem just so i can give decent (never mind if not intelligent) answers in recitatations and daily quizzes. i make planning a practice, but sad to say, i haven’t sticked to any of my daily plans for the past month. yeah, it’s pathetic, but i really have this tendency (hope this will just always be a tendency) to be T-A-M-A-D. is it because i’m no longer happy with studying? i know i shouldn’t feel this way. hello, last sem ko na ‘to sa UP, tapos ngayon pa ko susuko? hay…i hope i would soon find my motivation.

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now i belive that 24 hours in a day are just enough. the problem is in us. we choose to spend more time on unproductive things. parang itong ginawa ko nitong nakaraan lang..

after the classes were suspended last thursday, i stayed at CAP tambayan to study. while i was reading a magazine (see, i should have been studying!), richard invited me to dine out with some jpians. and as expected of a lazy bum, i agreed! i know i had a long list of things to do but i needed to unwind. after some time, napadpad kami kina  manu.

we’re just around 15 people, but i had fun. we ate mcdo and cello’s, practiced the bacbacan2 cheerdance, did skateboarding (hmmm…sino kaya yung nadulas?hehe..)chatted all the way, and of course sang our hearts out to OPM and jologs music. who would have thought the rich kid mark b knows salbakuta’s stupid love by heart, and that the ever game alloy can sing in a  ngongo and "aanhin ang pag-ibig kung pusho ay nag-iisha" fashion jessa zaragoza’s bakit pa? who would have thought that there is such as a song as "sayang ang peyk peyk mo" with melody very similar to that of 98 degrees’ "because of you?"

            "it’s all (it’s all), it’s all because of you"

            "sayang (sayang), sayang ang peyk peyk mo" (as in fake fake)

hay nakakaloka. other songs include mae rivera’s aray, nilunok kong lahat, kahit gaano kalaki, aegis’ acoustic version (naks!) of basang-basa sa ulan, sinta, and other jologs songs. and because it’s just the second day of the movie one more chance, all sang

                 "i’ll never go far away from you. even the sky will tell you that i need you so. for this is all i know. i’ll never go far away from you."

in the end, i still hope that there would be more bonding moments like this before i graduate.

RVC party last friday..my last RVC party..i don’t know..mixed emotions. happy coz i no longer have to feel the stress of reg in UP (stress of being an RA, not as a registrant..hehehe…). happy because of cute souvenirs (coz we’re about to leave na…=( ) from the RAs (yay! i love the pillow!) and from jen (the pen…). happy because there were so many food!!! (pagkain na naman…). but i can’t help but feel sad coz i’ll miss RVC…prep days, blocking and balancing (whew…), exams!!!, lines, time conflicts, helping problematic registrants, esfs and pos, CRS (yeah!), the people, and of course, my half-signature.

To the BOD, congratulations for a very fruitful year. I know all of you have worked hard all year-round, and for that, *clap clap clap* I know the kiddos learned a lot from you.

To RVC members, God bless with future registrations. Always remember the last words of Stephie (naiyak ako dun…). You’re privileged. Maintain your integrity. Everybody in CBA believes in you. Let that trust keep you working at your best. Be motivated by your love for service. RA7rtmanuel signing off.

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Mark B’s birthday bash after RVC party. Uber traffic on the way to his place. I was with the young ones sa fx (kami pala nina Berna, law, Leo and Marves!!!!). traffic’s so heavy, we sang all the way for like more than two hours, and since the windows of the fx were open, people outside kept on wondering what the noise (not music coz we’re so maingay!) /commotion is all about. when we passed by a marketplace, two girls shouted, "woohoo, galing nyo kumanta!" oh well, kebs, basta we’re jamming, walang pakialamanan! once there, we got off the fx, two gates were open, some went through one of the gates, just to realize later that they’ve entered into the wrong house!!! nyahahah…sino sino kaya yun??? hmmm..

basta a lot of things happened…marimar, pbb, magic sing (yeah…"i could change the world, i will be the sunlight in your universe…lalala"…everyone sang! wee..), tarot cards (which say that i have a blossoming love life..yikeee *kilig*), red horse (though di ako uminom), lotsa food, nescafe and milo freeze, the duyan, WHAMMY, and more revelations. That night, speaking in Tagalog was a taboo! Nyahaha..go richard! Juicy stuff? dun na lang yun.

we went home, super traffic, but its ok. like what Mark B said, "it was my best biirthday yet." awww… Happy 21st Birthday Mark! peace =P

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Saturday afternoon. Bacbacan 2 Cheerdance 1st practice with Pep Squad members Pio and Chaos (tama ba?). I had no intention to dance before, pero dahil friend kita aira, and last sem ko na ‘to with UP JPIA sumayaw na rin ako. This would be my first and last dance for JPIA. Woohooo!!! The practice was so tiring. Warm-ups pa lang. nananakit na katawan ko. We practiced cartwheeling. I did the worst cartwheel that day. After the warm-up, we tried the lifts. I’m one of those being lifted (kahit mabigat ako..nyahaha!) I know my lifters got tired dahil sakin, dba Alloy? My body ached for two days dahil sa pagod. But all the pain was worth the bonding I’ve had with the youngsters (yuck, I’m only 20 yet i feel so old..huhuhu). Looking forward to more practices and, maybe, more Alaxan. Hahahaha!

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Because of the tiring BACBACAN practice, i didn’t enjoy the NF Sprtsfest at PSBA-QC the next day. Hanggang opening ceremony lang ako. after that nakigulo lang ako sandali sa mga games, and then, di na kinaya ng katawan ko. i had to go home early. and much worse, i can’t make it on Sunday for the second half of the games…sad..But i’m glad the schools which participated enjoyed the sportsfest. Galingan nyo ha! I go for mag-focus ang lahat sa patintero, agawan base, bato-bato-split, suck and blow, and obstacle course!! So much fun talaga!!! Congrats in advance to PSBA QC and Jhay. Go J-P-I-A!!! Go NCRC!

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Terminals, back to reality. This is it. I can now feel the pressure. Everything’s starting to sink in. BA 123 Audit Problems - 6 long exams, 1 final exam, two quizzes every meeting, 5 hours a week. BA 168 Business Law review with Sagana, need i say more? recitation pa lang lagot na. BA 119 Management Services (no idea..hehe..kerribells). isabay pa yan sa aking NFJPIA-NCR, MOW, SLR Choir, Christmas Season, Ahead Tutorials, BACBACAN, Awitan, Guilder Annual, Movie life..pano na? waaaahhh! hay, kaya ko ‘to. ]

CPA Board Exams BAA Batch 2006: 100%. Batch 2007: 100%. Batch 2008 (kami yun): Let’s go 100% din! pressure talaga…but what if the record were broken because of me? haay, kaya batchmates, tulong-tulong tayo!

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it’s really ironic. i actually don’t care but i’m affected. it’s nothing, really, but i feel sad about it. i shouldn’t have expected more. or i shouldn’t have expected, period. it’s just so trivial, yet it shatters my senses. it has ended, but i’m still wishing i could turn back time. the time when i should have given back what’s deserved, when i should have given things some chance, when i should have tried. i can’t help but admit this. i never thought it’ll happen. i realized it’s what i really wanted, but it’s too late, it has gone. and it’s painful to say that it’ll never be back. it was nothing, but now i regret. =(

I made my last entry six months ago, and the second to the last entry, one year ago. So that means I update this blog once a sem! How inactive my blogging can get! Whew…That’s because of acads (again, what’s new?) especially feasib and accounting, org life, church life, and *lablayp*. These translate to around half hour of eating (yet according to Vincent, "Rich lumaki ka…" and I know he never meant it to be VERTICALLY!), two hours of watching Kapamilya primetime shows, and 3 hours of sleep a day! San ko pa isisingit ang pag-iinternet ng matagal? Though I have a lot of overwhelming stories to share with you guys, di na kinakaya ng powers ko kaya hanggang pics na lang. Hahaha! Enjoy your once-a-sem dose of RICH: Drop-Dead Gorgeous!

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Fourteen units left, and I’ll be saying "BYE-BYE UP!" But even though there’ll be no more cut-off grades to worry about in accounting, surprise quizzes, projects as hell as feasib, and professors ranging from uber bait to unbearable, I know I’ll be facing things much worse than these. Plus, I’ll surely miss JPIA, NCRC, RVC, and my friends…haaay…saka ko na nga lang iisipin to, baka mamaya bumagsak pa pala ako sa 123! Hahahaha!

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HELP: PANO BA MAGPALIIT NG TIYAN??? I left BA at 5:30 pm and on my way out I saw some of the FP girls with Vincent. I know he at times can get so insensitive, but I was still rattled when he greeted me with "RIIIIICH, di kita namukhaan. Lumaki ka…" And the stupid me in self-denial still dared to ask him "vertically?" ayan tuloy, I let my face be slapped by his "HINDI."

O siya sige, I used to eat a lot before at di ako tumataba. Pero ngayon, konting kain ko lang tumataba na ko. At mas mabilis pang lumaki waistline ko, from 23.5 to 26 in less than a year!!! Waaaah!

I was browsing through Peyups.com this afternoon and I came across a thread in the forums section about angelica panganiban. There pictures of angel in bikini during one of her pictorials…I saw my body in her, haHAHA,  kasi nga chubby rin siya. *FLABS EVERYWHERE* =(

Please enlighten me. What’s happening to my body??? Sorry, I’m not conscious with my body before, but with what’s happening now, I must be alarmed! =( Give me tips please..yey! =P GUSTO KO PUMAYAT! =P

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Yey! I’m done with the first three books of the Jessica-Darling-series of Megan McCafferty. I’m now suuuuper excited to read the fourth. For light reading, pamparelax after tedious accounting exams and feasib deadlines, at syempre, pampakilig ng konti..=P I soooo love Marcus Fluttie. *love love love love love…*

Aira dear, thanks for introducing me to these books =P. And of course, to dear Rach who’s very generous to lend us her collections. Rach, your books have been passed around our block! =P

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i don’t know why we all hang on to something we know we’re better off letting go. it’s like we’re scared to lose what we don’t even really have. some of us say we’d rather have that something than absolutely nothing. but the truth is, to have it halfway is harder than not having it at all.

My first entry in more than six months! Sorry for this. I really had no time to open this account. And because so many things had happened, I’ll just give you snapshots of updates!

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ACADS TALK: My grades are not that satisfactory. Mababa ako sa law saka siyempre sa accounting. Tapos yung tax na akala ko magaangat sakin, ayun, di ko pa na-uno (GC ba? Akshali almost lahat sa block akala may mag-u-uno). HIndi ako umabot sa CS, at dahil jan, goodbye magna na talaga ako. Kahit i-uno ko lahat ng subject ko this sem, wala na kong pag-asa. Di bale, gagalingan ko na yung last 10 subjects ko. Kelangan maging safe cum laude ako,haha!

JPIA TALK: Masaya naman ang pagiging Finance Chair ko. Pero, stress siya kasi pera palagi ang inaatupag at iniisip ko. Super thankful ako sa EBs ko: Diana, Hye, Dreo,Presto,Vienna, Lau M. Kung hindi dahil sa inyo, mahirap ang JPIA! I mean, you all showed me your dedication despite being new EBs, you took the challenge,and I can say that you did a great job! I hope you learned a lot during our five months together, and may you continue to be active in JPIA.

GRAD TALK: Awww…All our SFAS batchmates graduated already. Pati barkada ko iniwan ako! (Well,si pete na lang ang natira). To DK, take care of your health. Belated Happy Birthday! To Boiboi, sana matagpuan mo na ang dream girl mo. =P Ruel,pagbutihin mo ang trabaho, malay mo maging direct hire ka na sa Unilever! Rayvin, balitaan mo naman ako sa love life mo =P Imbitahin mo kami ulit sa Fiesta nyo sa Batangas!Jhoa, thanks sa Five People. Good luck sa HSBC. Pinky, big time ka na pala, naks GLOBE!<tapos smart ang number mo! =)> Thanks sa mga times na pinagsamahan natin. Hanz! Musta na te? Balitaan mo rin ako sa lovelife ha. Mar, pagbutihin sa Deutsche, tapos ilibre mo ko pag sweldo mo ha. =) Vlad! Mamimiss ko dimples mo! Jovy, thanks for being my STREET TEASE-mate! Sagutin mo na si ****! =P Joan, Princess! Sana sa susunod na pagkikita natin, ipaglutomo ko. Miss ko na mga home-made cakes mo.=P

UNILEVER TALK: Ayan, I had my internship this summer sa Unilever, and imagine, I requested for Finance, pero ang ibinigay sa akin ay sales! But I don’t regret being there coz I really learned a lot, a had a very supportive manager and mentor Charles Koo, I had a lot of new-found friends, and I had some crushes!hahaha!I’d like to congratulate my teammates!GO CD!We were really very exceptional during our revalida! God bless on our individual presentations!To the people I really had a great time with: Lance, Anton, Brim, Aldich, Mario, James, Adi, Myk, Philip, and all the others,see you soon!

NF JPIA TALK: So for the whole year, I’ll be with the National Federation of JPIA-NCR as VP for Finance. Hopefully I could raise enough funds so that there will be no more "considered sold" tickets for JPIAns in NCR. To the NCR Executive Board, kaya natin ‘to!

LOVE LIFE TALK: Hmmm…I’m happy, coz despite my hectic schedule, my B is still there. Pag ginagabi ako sa Unilever,lagi akong sinusundo. Kahit tinutulugan ko nalang siya palagi sa txt at pag hinahatid ako pauwi, di pa rin siya nagsasawa. Yes, there were times we had fights, but we’re still together. B, thanks for everything. =)

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School Time again,at hindi pa rin ako nakakapagbakasyon! Hindi pa nga ako tapos mag-reg eh…At mapipilitan pa ko mag-190 kahit ayaw ko yung prof para lang di ako maunderload. Hay, good luck sa ating lahat!

Wala na ko maisip. Inaantok na rin ako. =) I’ll try my best to regularly keep you posted. =P

This entry would be for everything that has happened for the past three weeks! Hahaha…

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BATANGAS GETAWAY: october 28-31

My Batangas adventure with Rayvin, Pete, Jhoa, Hanz, and Mar was super super F-U-N! This may seem too corny but the truth is, I got to know them better because of this outing/bonding.

What made this out-of-town FUN?

1. there were so many food. After every superb meal we find it hard to get off our chairs because of heavy stomachs. Plus, there were also lots of bags of chips. However, I didn’t have the luxury of enjoying the food during the first day because I was unfortunately sick then.

2. We watched 10 movies in all: Kutob, Pamahiin, Sigaw, Manay Po, D Lucky Ones, Step Up, The Grudge, They, and two more (Hahaha, I can’t remember! Maybe I was sleeping while they were watching the two)!

3. They had an afternoon swimming session at a resort, and I was there, taking their pictures (because I was sick nga…)! Well I enjoyed watching them <while envying them…> as they are making harutan in the water.

4. We walked along the beach, and honestly speaking that was indeed my first time to be in a beach, and just like what they use to say, iba talaga pag first time!

We were actually living four days of BUHAY BABOY: eat, watch movie, sleep, eat again, relax, sleep again!

I’ll surely miss these get-togethers, basically because they’ll be graduating na in March… we just had to make the most out of our last semester together.

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BACK TO SCHOOL!!!

RVC Moments: November 6-8

Registration period is always a major headache really. First, I had to take the General Exam and Departmental Exam to refresh my memory of certain registration processes. Then there is the preparation day when we have to block students, cancel those who are not allowed to advanced registration privileges, and deal with many "special" cases. During the registration proper, you have to bear with the noisy students. Well, there are several reasons for such noise. It’s either they’re just happy seeing each other after one week of vacation, or they’re complaining about long lines, or they’re cancelled because they were not able to fill out ESF, or just because the subjects they want to enlist in are already closed. In any case, as RVC member, I had to deal with whatever concern any student voice me. Yeah, major headache, but at least, I know I’M BEING OF SERVICE.

LIVE JPIA!

If I will evaluate my three weeks of being Finance Chair, I would say that it is demanding yet fulfilling. I had to devote a lot of time for this because of the projects we had to accomplish. Everyday is indeed very tiring, but at the end of the day, I feel happy that the team was able to get through with the daily complications.

ACADS!

Ooops, I almost forgot that I’m back to studying again.

I love my schedule. Mondays and Thursdays, my class starts at 4:00pm and so I have a literally free day (assuming there are no activities and meetings for whatever org or subject I have). Tuesdays and Fridays are slightly tiring, but at least there were no long breaks.

But like what I’ve said, only the schedule is good. Profs? No one is endearing…My profs are either boring or bitchy..tsktsk, bad girl, pero totoo. Ask my blockmates!

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BATANGAS Photos

cool! Sayang natakpan si Mar

akala ko wala ng laman, may konting drops pa pala

diner dash simulation

si john dell…ang machong lalaki sa buhay ko

senti mode

may kasama ng bookworm…

pa-cute uli, naka-i-pod habang sila ay nag-eenjoy sa pool

pa-cute ako

tama ka mar, next top models ata kami..hehehe

eto, medyo maayos

JPIA Planning Sem was so fun!!!  Actually, I haven’t slept for three straight days!DK and I just sang all through the first night, then I had DVD marathon of Only You during the second night. and then I had bonding session with Addie and Jed nung third night…No wonder I got the "Girl…Gising" Award!!! <pero dear EOs once lang po talaga ako nakatulog…baka di nyo lang nabibilang kamay ko! Hay naku, lagi naman akong neglected kapag may sessions eh hmmph!>. Dami kong mami-miss…aww=(

I just recovered from drowsiness, and then here I go again, I’ll be saying hello to Batangas!!!! Woohoo…I just wanna enjoy the sem break (well, if you want to call it such…) coz once 2nd sem starts, sleepless nights na naman ang haharapin ko. I’m here with Mar, Jhoa, and Hanz in Rayvin’s condo waiting for the ever-so-late Pete (hahaha, parang ako di nale-late no?) and then later we’ll go na…yahoo!!! Actually, kanina, nakikinig kami ni Mama ng radio, sabi may bagyo daw sa Bicol, tapos the newscaster started naming provinces…and I was just there praying na sana walang sabihing Batangas para wag bawiin yung pagpayag nila sakin..pathetic…Buti na lang di nasabi yung Batangas, so eto, super saya…woohoo!!!!

As of now, we’re killing time…nanonood ng Star Magic…Ang korni ng tandem nina nikki gil at geoff, ang OA ng acting…di ako kinikilig…hehehe (inggit ka lang yata rich…;P).

Wish us all the best!!! hehehe…

Hello world!!! Hahaha, this blog has been idle for more almost two years! Actually even my blogdrive account wasn’t touched either. So many things have happened and I somehow regret not sharing some of the memorable ones with you guys: JPIA, acads (imagine there’s something good about it!), lovelife (yeah, I’m into a relationship for the past 14 months), crushes (talaga yatang di to mawawala), internship in J&J (this was just last summer and I was earning while having fun, hahaha), and many more. I can’t remember now all of those, but maybe I could reminisce some of them in my next entries.

Here i am again: Alive and Kickin’!

Grabe, sobrang tagal na since my lasty entry…

i’m really very busy now: work, acads, FP,family…

Actually, I havent watched any movie for almost six months now!!! how pathetic! ntsktsktsk… I mean, I have been losing my social life since i started working. I miss my being active sa JPIA at AIESEC, i miss the videoke sessions after every accounting exam, and actually, i miss all the sleep and the rest I used to enjoy. Imagine, I always get 3 hours of sleep a day!

sorry for the inactivity…

everyday i’m always stressed
i could hardly get sleep at all
maybe that’s why i find it hard to be attentive in class
even in accounting
i’m also getting thinner everyday according to MAnang guard
and all of these is because of this part time job!

no AIESEC for this sem first…
I think I’ll just be a headache for them
I hope I could do find time for FP and CAP
FPals, Ruel, i promise i’ll try
i’m becoming very delinquent now
tsktsktsk
after i save enough money
i’ll quit.

God, acad pressure is also killing me
accounting, finance, law, econ, everything!
and it’s not just the topics…
do i have to mention the profs???
darn, they’re all pissing me off!
i hope i could end this sem with a smile…

i hope i could get 2.75 or better in 114.1