english class

xp. 4-truth.

for the past few weeks, everything seemed back to normal already. people waking up late. less and less people waiting for the cafeteria to open. tons of people screaming and talking during lunch. and ofcourse, the teachers are getting to the student’s last nerve, especially English.

for the past three years, all my english teachers never really became english teachers. why? well, for one thing, none of them followed the curriculum. don’t know exactly why though. maybe it’s just their style of teaching. first year was somehow an introduction to english – reading, writing, etc. we had a magazine project, poetry ek ek thing, a lot of readings and analysis, and lots more. second year was quite fun though. our teacher let us watch a lot of movies which are not related to the topic – mean girls, my sassy girl (the movie, not the series in GMA) etc. haha. i mean, what does mean girls have to do with english class besides the fact that everyone in the movie speaks straight English? haha. don;t get me wrong but that was a lot of fun. we also had a lot of readings – May Day Eve, Scarlet Letter, A Separate Peace, etc. third year was quite a bummer. haha. according to the curriculum, we were supposed to read 4 novels for the schoolyear, fortunately, our teacher only required 2 while the others required all four. another thing was the “ramayana” play. honestly, i think our play was also a bummer. but a lot of people praised my acting. don’t know exactly why. haha. but oh well. xp

fourth year… i don’t know what to say. maybe its because this time, i had a real English teacher. and when i say a real English teacher, i mean those who have really deep analysis of things, very high expectations, very “compassionate” when it comes to grades (example: 4.5/30)… don’t really know if it’s a good thing or not. i mean, our teacher is really great when it comes to discussions and all. she has great analytical skills. one time, when we were discussing the Book of Job, she said something like this – “I love you, but I wish I never did”. It;s quite confusing though. can’t remember the exact words she said. but her point was “mahal kita. kaya lang, sana hindi na lang kita minahal at hindi kita natutunang mahalin”. sorry if you can’t see the point. haha. it’s better if it comes straight from her. haha. oh well. but at the same time, i don’t know if i’m gonna be happy or what. one thing is that she’s not easy to be pleased or convinced. she gives grades like 2/15, .5/30, and similar scores. the highest she gave at our class was i think 9/15. what the?!? and sometimes, she somehow insults people indirectly. don’t know if she does that on purpose or not. haha. oh well.

usually, math is the terror subject of most students. but according to 4-Truth, that would be ENGLISH!!! haha…

oh well. but at least we get to learn something, only in a very harsh way. haha. xp

first… week of classes

haha. can’t make a first-day-of-classes entry since it’s already been a week. xp.

a lot of things happened for the past few days. first day of classes was a real bummer for the photocopying machine. haha. a lot of seniors wanted to photocopy the “Iliad” and “the book of job” for English as soon as possible. the only drawback is that it has numerous pages of poetries and analysis that the whole thing costs around more or less php 55! xp. haha. elective sign-up was really hard – it almost caused mo to erupt and get mad at someone. haha. it was a good thing that i passed I. Chem. haha. it became my choice since Theatre Arts was already out. xp. oh well.

second day was much like the first day, only it had a lot of lessons and stuff. xp.

math diagnostics was on thursday. xp. no. 11 was a real bummer since i already forgot how to solve the equation of a circle give only three points in it. for almost thirty minutes i tried to recall how to do it. seems i had a mind block. xp. oh well. almost 2 hours of STR research was kinda heavy and sleepy – reading various researches, thinking of topic proposals, looking for journals, etc. good thing i didn’t faint with all those readings. xp.

haha. friday. nothing much really. we didn’t have CAT since “sir Jude was sick”. haha. don;t know if it’s true though. others say there’s another reason. but what the heck. the point is the whole batch had an early dismissal around 2:30. haha. xp.

basically, that’s all i could say. haha. just set aside first the so-called “dramatic” part. i;m getting kinda sleepy and all. maybe i’ll put it tomorrow. haha. xp.

oh wait, we have a YFC covenant tomorrow. what the? oh well… guess i’ll have to attend that activity. haha. night guys!!! xp

so blessed

so blessed i can’t contain it, so much i got to give it away…

ang saya saya! aang astig ng youth camp. as in. super enjoy ko siya. kahit na 200 pesos yun, it was still worth it. andami kong natutunan sa totoo lang. madami rin akong naging mga bagong kaibigan. ang saya.

madami na naman akong natutunan kay God at kay Jesus. amazing! ngayon ko lang ulit naramdaman yung ganitong feeling . sana maging permanent tong feeling na to for Jesus. san hindi ito magfade away. He’s our savior. He’s our friend. He’s our God. He’s Jesus. c’mon! i feel so happy and blessed and everything. ang saya saya ko. i really feel like a new man…

kinausap Niya ako. He told me a lot of things that i should change. we talked and talked as if he was m bestest best friend. ngayon i feel comfortable knowing that He’s always there. at least now, i know more of Him and i know that He loves me and all of us, even those who don’t believe.

astig talaga! wala na kong masabi! what i’m feeling right now is indescribable! yeah! haha.

Go JC! Go Youth Camp! Go YFC! Go me!!!

forced buttspell

friday ng hapon, ng pumunta kami sa camp – ako, oshean, tuesday at si ihsa. pagpasok ko sa romulo hall (kung saan magaganap ang camp) andami kaagad na tao. as in. labas at loob halos punong puno. tapos andaming mga taong “kilala” ko na. kumbaga yung mga dati kong kaklase at mga friends, andun! galing nga eh. tapos may live band pa na tumutugtog na iba’t ibang praise songs. register, bayad ng 200, at punta sa kwarto. yung kwarto ay “retreat style”. maraming double deck. haha. pero mas masikip nga lang dito. pero ok pa rin siya.

so ayun, ikot ikot muna. tapos tinawag kami para magstart. naggame muna kami. zip zap zoom! sa mga hindi nakakaalam, sori kayo. tanungin nyo na lang ako kung paano siya nilalaro. basta masaya siya. kain ng dinner. talk 1: God’s love and his plan for us. ang speaker ay si ate mariel/olyn. haha. kamukhang kamukha niya si olyn!!! as in super. para silang twins. haha. pagkatapos ng talk, nagkaroon ng discussion groups. share share ng mga kahit anong experiences na related sa talk. may mga facilitators na mamahala sa isang specific group na sila sila lang ang magshashare. saya. kami nga yung kahulihulihang natapos kasi may mga nakisingit pang ibang facilitator na gustong magshare. haha. tapos nun, may sinabi lang ng konti tapos tulog na. parang dorm kung tutuusin. may mga gusto ng matulog, may gusto pang magkwentuhan. haha. mga 1:30 na ako nakatulog. pagising ko ng 4:30 , patulog pa lang yung iba. haha.

ligo. bihis. kwentuhan. nakalimutan ko palang sabihin, sa mt. makiling ginawa yung camp. haha, tapos lumabas kami ng around 6 para makita si tuesday at si ihsa since magkahiwalay ang girls at boys. pinatago sa kin ni tuesday yung kanyang iPod. dumating yung breakfast around 7am. umalis muna ako kasi magpapaturok sa doctor. tsaka ko na lang nalaman na natangay ko pala yung iPod niya. haha. sori. pagbalik ko, maglalaro na sila ng game. bahay, baboy, bagyo!!! yeah. siguro naman alam niyo to? saya nga eh. halos lahat nagkakagulo. halos lahat din nangongontrata. ahem ahem. haha. sumunod yung talk 2: who is jesus christ to me. si ate mimay yun naging speaker. tapos discussion groups ulit. nagkaroon ng break. tapos talk 3: repentance, faith, healing, forgiveness. special tong talk na to kasi dito talaga ako tinamaan. as in. halos lahat ng sinabi ni kuya benjo (speaker), tumutugma. galing. medyo mahaba haba yung talk na to kasi nagsunog pa kami ng papel at nagpin ng mansanas. haha. wala ng discussion group after since halos mag aalas-dos na nang matapos yung talk 3. kain. tapos punta sa kwarto para-magpahinga. kwentuhan dito at diyan. then inaaproach ako ung facilitator ko. tinangay nya ko sa labas at nag 2 on 1 talk kami (2 facilitators versus 1 participant). dito nagshare share kami ng mga experiences and problems. sa totoo lang, magaling silang advisers. astig sila! ang galing galing nila magbigay ng advice. haha. balik sa kwarto. pahinga. kwentuhan. tapos kain. haha.

after nun, naggame kami. kakaibang game to! amoeba amoeba yung pangalan. imagine, amoeba nagiging fish, tapos naging manok, tapos naging pusa, tapos naging monkey, tapos naging tao!!! ang galing! basta ang point nung game, maglalaro kayo ng napakagandang game na bato-bato-pix. kung sinong manalo, mapropromote. kung sino matalo, balik sa amoeba. tapos paunahan maging tao. naging tao ako! yeah! haha. nasa first ten pa. kaya lang, may consequence pala. lahat ng naging tao, ibubutt spell anf YFC-LB! kasama yung exclamation point ha. ang saya saya. oh well. ok lang yan. ganyan talaga ang buhay.

pagkatapos nung game, talk 4. nakalimutan ko na yung title. pero astig yung topic as in to the max. tapos yung speaker, ginagawa kaming pre-school children. halimbawa nagtanong siya tungkol sa isang bagay, dapat sasabihin “ano po yun?” wiht matching actions. haha. saya. tapos nagkaroon ng some event kung saan may magaganap. haha. secret na lang yun. tapos nag miniconcert. ibatibang praise songs yung kinanta namin, including my all-time favorite – ONE WAY by hillsong united. haha. grabe. as in nagtatalon yung mga tao and all. sigawan at kantahan. haha. amazing. tapos talent night! kailangan may mapresent kami with the use of our talents. haha. nauna yung girls, silang lahat, sabay sabay kumanta ng “wag mo nang itanong sa akin”. haha. para bang “bahay kubo” ng sapphire 07. ang pagkakaiba lang, sila may sounds ng iPod ni tuesday. yung boys, nadivide into two groups. kami kumanta ng narda, yung isa, nagplay. ang nakakatawa, habang nagplay sila, NAGBROWNOUT!!! haha. and to think na may naliligo pa. pero the show must go on. kumuha yung mga iba ng kandila at scinatter sa floor. nagtuloy yung play nila. haha. nakakatuwa nga eh. mamatay ka sa kakatawa. pagkatapos, pinatulog na kami since kailangan gising na kami ng 5:45 para makapaghanda na sumimba. and to think na 2:30 ng umaga na yun. haha.

gising ng 5:30. ligo. bihis. kwentuhan na naman. haha. tapos labas at bumili ng tubig. naghintay kami tapos dumating yung mga sasakyan. dadalhin daw kami sa simbahan. sakay mun yung mga girls. since dalwang sasakyan lang, naiwan yung mga iba. second batch kami kaya nakarating kami sa simbahan right in time.

tapos. balik kami dun sa camp. breakfast ng 9:00. tapos nagturo ng 2 songs. then talk 5. dati kong batchmate yung nagtalk. haha. nakalimutan ko na kung tungkol saan. something to do with fellowship, prayer, service, scripture. basta yun. haha. tapos nag moment of silence and all. dumating yung parents. exchange kami ng letter. haha. saya. astig!

commute

bwahahahaha. marunong na ko magcommute mula Los Banos hanggang Diliman. hahahahaha.

yak. ngayon lang natuto. kung kailan magfofourth year na. haha. bwisit. oh well.

at last, marunong na rin akong magcommute from bahay to pisay. yeah! ang saya. tinuruan ako kanina ng aking tatay kung pano magcommute. wow. ang saya. haha. kasama pa namin kapatid ko since wala siyang kasama sa bahay. haha. oh well.

gising ako ng 6:30. what the? haha. kain. ligo. tulog. joke. bakit natulog. haha. ewan, kulang pa eh. haha.

layas ng bahay ng 7:30. dating sa stopover ng around 7:40 (yak sakto. haha.) tapos, naghintay ng bus. antagal! bwisit! asan na ang cubao? kainis. haha. oh well. i’m very impatient. haha. ako pa.

dumating na ang bus. yeah c’mon!!! so ayan, sakay kami. haha. may tatlo pang upuan just for the three of us. bwahahahaha. so ayan. upo dito. haha. wow, hindi masyadong matraffic pag mga ganitong oras. wahahahaha. dumaan sa sout expressway. bago magtollgate, may naginspect. grabe na pala ang inspection sa bus ngayon noh? as in bawat malaking bag na mkita nila, kailangan iinspect. haha. so bumaba na yung sundalo (ewan ko pero mukha talagan siyang sundalo na ewan. haha) tuloy na ulit yung bus tapos bumaba siya sa petron dun sa SLEX. wow, may mga nagboboard rin pala dun? haha. amazing. ngayon ko lang nalaman. haha. galing.

ayan. dumating kami ng megamall. haha. sarado pa! xp. bwisit. pathetic. haha. so merienda muna kami sa mcdo. ang walang kamatayang mcdo. hate to admit it pero mukhang nagsasawa na ko sa mcdonald’s. sa mukha ni mcdonald pero hindi sa french fries nya. haha. well.

open na ang megamall. bought some school stuff like uniform and shirts. haha. galign megamall, lakad kami sa labas papuntang shangri-la. hindi makati shang ha kungdi edsa shang. haha. reminds me of prom. oh well. nawawala sa topic. kain kami sa california pizza kitchen. ang liit ng pizza nila dun. it’s not enough for me and my brother. haha. oh well.

pagkatapos kumain, layas na. puntang MRT. pero bago pumunta dun, bumili muna yung kapatid ko sa candy shop/store. ewan. basta yung candy stand na nagbebenta ng candy for 50 pesos for some weight. ewan. tapos bumili siya ng jawbreaker. haha. yung malaking jawbreaker. unfortunately, hindi niya makain sa sobrang laki. haha.

sakay ng MRT. haha. naamaze ang aking kapatid. haha. wala lang. he kept saying “ang saya” tuwing aalis sa isang station. kung baga, yung inertia and all that. yak. physics. eniweiz.

pagdating ng quezon boulevard, nagtaxi ulit kami papuntang terminal na may sta. cruz. haha. galing. saya. wala lang. pagkadating na pagkadating namin ay nagtaxi agad kami. haha. wala lang.

pagdating ng terminal. wow. kami ang una. haha. syempre, sa unahan kami. haha. para astig ang view. blah blah blah. hindi ko masyadong alam kung anong nangyari pauwi kasi nakatulog ako. haha.

tanong:
1) bakit papuntang maynila, ang fare ay 87.70 while ang papuntang los banos ay 93.35?
2) bakit may mga nakatamabay sa ilalim ng flyover sa may mcdo que ave? andami nila eh. sabi nung iba mga nahuli na nagjajaywalk. ganun ba talaga karami? pero feeilng ko iba yung rason. haha. ewan. oh well…

upcat simulation test… xp

I’m falling even more in love with you

Letting go of all I’ve held onto

I’m standing here until you make me move

I’m hanging by a moment here with you…

ang galing galing. ang ganda ganda ng song. hanging by a moment ng lifehouse. ahahaha. ang late ko sa balita. oh well. ganyan talaga.

UPCAT simulation test. medyo mahaba-haba tong entry na toh. duh.

so ayan, gising ako ng 9 AM, as usual. tapos, natandaan ko na magpapaturok pala ako, wah! so ayan, kain. tapos, naalala ko na magpapaxray na rin pala ako. hala, walang iniwan si mommy na card at pera. 100 lang. yung card na yun, yun yung para sa x-ray. so tinamad na ko. ahahahaa

so ayan, naglaro na lang ako mula 9:30 hanggang 11:30. ahahaha. tapos kain. tapos ligo. then i realized, “OH NO! UPCAT SIMULATION NGA PALA NGAYON! WAH!”. sa dali daling nagbihis at nagtoothbrush and all. wah.

12:15 na! 1:00 ang klase. takbo sa sakayan ng jeep. bayad. tapos aral ng vocabs. dating ako dun ng 12:30. nagisip ako kung bibili ng zagu. wag na lang. aral muna. takbo papunta sa review center.

12:40 na. wah. wala akong alam. oh no. anong gagawin ko.

igi, may lapis ka? @#$%! oh no lapis! may lapis ba ko? meron. haha. hooray! rejoice!

1:00 na. punta sa taas. upo. bigay instructions. questionnaire. aba. amazing. simulated nga. booklet form pa siya. tapos may instruction sa labas. ahahaha. ang galing galing.

math ang una. xp. kung sa bagay, mas madali ang math kaysa sa reading. oi, hindi math ni ma’am DJ o ni sir Nat ang pinag-uusapan. madaling math to compared sa kanila. so ayan. solve dito. solve dun. tapos. hala. may isang problem na hindi ako sinagutan. hindi ko alam kung pano isolve no. right – wrong. wah! next…

language. vocabs. etc. ayokong pagusapan. wala akong maalala dito. mga identifying errors and all. tagalog at english. wah! next…

reading. huh? 75 min. 90 items. ang galing naman. how amazing. yak! what the? ilang passages toh? 20 to 30? andami. wah. ambagal ko pa magbasa. hindi pa mabili makaintindi. noh! next…

science. ummmm. miss, pwede pong scratch paper? guess what. wala masyadong iscrascratch. ahahaha. ang galing. halos walang computation. conceptual sort of type. ang galing galing. tapos pinaghalo yung tatlong science. oh no. wah. pathetic. ayoko na. next…

ay tapos na. ahahaha. ang galing. well, all in all, i learned a bunch of things
-remember to bring snacks. tuloy tuloy ang exam. kailangan ng energy source
-umihi bago magtest. masama pag naiihi ka na sa first test pa lang. babalik.
-wag kalimutan to follow instructions. xp
-and of course. ALAMIN ANG TEST DATE! wag laging maglaro ng civilization 4. tsk tsk tsk. ahahahahaha

tandaan. laging alamin ang test date. wahahahahahahaha