Rizal
Posted: January 16, 2011 Filed under: Life Experiences | Tags: immersion, Rizal 3 Comments »I don’t have much to say today, but I have plenty of photos to share!
I just came back from my immersion in Rizal. I was able to spend two days (or actually just around 1 day since we arrived at noon and left at the same time) with a foster family. My family ran a small sari-sari store in Pililla, Rizal, and it was a nice peaceful community with lots of kids running around all the time.
A view of Laguna de Bay
And speaking of kids, the three little girls I stayed with were the sweetest things ever. I’m not really good with kids, but they were so adorable and kept on asking me questions which I didn’t even know how to answer.
Posted: December 20, 2010 Filed under: Life Experiences | Tags: Christmas 9 Comments »
What! Charmy! It’s almost 2am and you’re still blogging!
Yes. And I have a midterm exam tomorrow. Which I have given up studying for. It’s hopeless from the very start.
My Christmas break starts at 10:30am tomorrow!!! I can’t wait! And after that, a flurry of happy things and neverending food~ :D
Also! Am bringing a whole bunch of presents for everyone to school tomorrow since I am going to school in the Danicar (Yeah!), which means none of my lovely wrapped gifts will be opened by stupid security guards at the LRT station. I’m sorry, security guards, I know you are doing it for our safety and wellbeing but it’s just really really annoying. :( My heart breaks every single time a piece of tape is ripped from the wrapping paper by someone other than the recipient.
For some reason, even if it’s so late, I don’t feel so sleepy. Normally at around 1am, my eyes start to droop and I can’t stop yawning, but now I’m just a little tired. Must be the extra sleep I got over the weekend. Yeah! YAY weekends!
Now I really can’t wait for Christmas break. I plan to pay back ALL of my sleep debt. Every single minute of it. :)
P.S. Hey! You know what? If you move your cursor to the left or to the right, the snow follows! Just wasted a minute of my life making the snow dance the hula. ;)
UST Paskuhan 2010
Posted: December 19, 2010 Filed under: Life Experiences, Uncategorized | Tags: Christmas 3 Comments »This slideshow requires JavaScript.
Here are the promised photos! As I said, UST is so brightly decorated with pretty lights this year. According to my friend Abi, there weren’t so many last year so I guess it’s lucky that I got to see it now, right? :)
I didn’t pose any of our many vain shots, because they are embarrassing but I’ll probably put them up on Facebook.
Speaking of pretty Christmas decorations, I’ve been joining the caroling activities of our org, A-Stat, and we’ve visited so many gorgeous houses all decorated and stuff. I’m really excited when I see these things because my own house has absolutely 0 decorations. We’re all too lazy to put them up, clean them daily so they don’t accumulate dust, and also to take them all down at the end of the Christmas celebration.
Have you been anywhere with lots of pretty Christmas decors? Let me know, maybe I’ll go and see them. And maybe take more ugly amateur photos. Haha! :D
I don’t feel very Christmas-y.
Posted: December 18, 2010 Filed under: Life Experiences | Tags: Christmas 2 Comments »I’ve been counting down to Christmas on my desktop since it was 25 days til Christmas, but now it says that there’s only 7 days left.
SEVEN DAYS??? How come I don’t feel the Christmas vibe at all?
Well, actually I can answer that. School is one of the main reasons, seeing as we’ll still be in school 3 days before Christmas! Insane, right? I even have an exam on Monday. A couple other people have exams this coming Wednesday… night. Dear professors, you probably have nobody to spend Christmas with, right? (I’m being mean, but this is not because I’m becoming a mean person, but because I’m under a lot of stress. (I learned it from a friend who attended a stress management talk in school.) In fact, I’m becoming a lot meaner lately, if externally or even just in my mind. But that’s a topic for another day.)
Today I went to UST with my high school friends for their Paskuhan celebration. Every year, they invite me, and every year, I decline. But this is my last year, so I just went for it. Mainly to meet up with these friends who are pretty much like my family already, and also just to boost the Christmas spirit.
And it was great! UST is super pretty with all the fancy lights and decorations all over the place. I mean, the flimsy parols and little lights in the Zen Garden and Bel Field is NOTHING compared to UST, where the entire campus is brightly lit with all these ornate Christmas lights. It was beautiful. I have pictures, but I’ll upload them later. :)
The entire time we just walked around, bought a lot of food (of course), talked, took plenty of vain shots (which I won’t upload here, for my sake as well as yours), and just laughed a lot. I really needed it, too. The week has been insane, partly because there’s too much work, and partly because I spent the entirety of last weekend playing Starcraft (not even Starcraft 2) and not doing all the school work due this week. Hmm… Maybe I’ll play some more tomorrow.
This week, I have a whole bunch of Christmas parties and dinners all lined up and I’m hoping it will put me in a better mood! There is the problem of lack of resources (ahem, cash, ahem) but I won’t think about that for now.
Oh, and presents! I love wrapping presents while thinking of the person who’ll be receiving these gifts. Sometimes I worry too much about whether these people would actually appreciate the gifts that I’m giving them. I put a lot of thought into it, and because I’m pretty limited in what I can give, I spend a lot of time just planning it out. Wrapping though, is just a stress-relieving activity for me, because I’ve already got everything laid out, and the only worry is how much gift wrapper to cut for each present.
Well, I hope this post didn’t depress you too much! Haha! If you need gift-wrapping lessons, I’m always here. :P I’ll try to write nicer, less negative things next time, but in the meantime, go watch Glee! There is no plot, but the songs and performances will make you happy. :)
Merry Christmas, everyone!
It’s Christmas!
Posted: December 1, 2010 Filed under: Life Experiences, Randomness | Tags: Christmas Leave a comment »Well, no, not really. But lookie, it’s snowing! At least, on my blog.
Anyhoo, since I’ve been real busy for the past few days, what with academics and org work and of course, my dear Season Berry (which I will plug some more later on but not now), I haven’t been able to blog that much. I’m pretty sure you don’t want to know about the boring stuff that happen to me in school anyway.
You can still catch my posts at The Lunch Buddies, my joint food blog with my friend Bea, every week! :D
In the meantime, here’s a little Christmas present: a wallpaper of a Christmas lantern in Ateneo! :D It was pretty so I took a photo, tweaked it a bit, and voila! A lovely Christmas wallpaper to go on your desktop! You may click it for the full image (size 1200 x 800, let me know if you’d like it in a different resolution!)
Have fun and see you all soon~ :D
My last sem ever… hopefully!
Posted: November 9, 2010 Filed under: Ateneo!, Life Experiences | Tags: Season Berry 6 Comments »Yesterday was my last first-day-of-school! Am I excited? Yea~h! I’m so sick and tired of going to school, I can’t wait to get out of here already! Of course, work is an entirely different matter. I don’t even have any clue what I want to do after graduation. I’m worried, yeah, but that doesn’t mean I shouldn’t enjoy my last semester at the Ateneo, right?
Anyway, it’s been a while since I talked about the classes that I’m taking so I think I’ll do it this sem, since it’s the last one already and I’m pretty sure I wouldn’t want to blog about work because that’s just lame.
I’m living my life like a sophomore, seeing as I have only 1 major subject and a whole bunch of core subjects. But then again, my 1 major subject is supposed to be really heavy, and my core subjects include Theo and Philo, and a number of equally imposing subjects like History, PolSci, and Economics. Hurray.
I’m not putting down the names of any profs because I’m still taking these classes and what if they find out what I think of them, especially if it’s not that positive? Ah. I can’t take that risk. So! Here we go!
- LS127 - Another sem of Season Berry! In case you don’t know what I’m talking about, Season Berry is our product for the yearlong business plan and implementation that we have to do for LS126 and LS127. It’s a fruit drink that contains ginkgo biloba extract that can help enhance your memory. We haven’t started selling yet, but when we do, make sure to buy from us, okay? In fact, support us right now by liking our Facebook page! :-o Anyway, I got a not-so-okay grade in LS126 last sem, so this sem, I’m going to work super duper triple times harder! I promise!!!! Because I kind of have no choice. Haaaa. Mantra for LS127: WORK WORK WORK!!!
- HI166 - So far, my History class seems really… tame. I don’t know what to expect yet but of course it can’t compare to my History class last sem where my prof was this super hyperactive storyteller and the class felt more like watching a sitcom than an actual class. But then, even though I felt like I learned SO MUCH I only got a B in that class. Story of my life. I’m hoping this doesn’t happen again this sem, so I’m going to always READ ALL READINGS and not slack off like I… sort of… did last sem. Yes, that’s right. Mantra for HI166: READ READ READ!!!
- EC111 - My favorite subject this sem… not. This subject is called “something something Microeconomics”. So… is it a bad sign if you’ve already forgotten the course title one day after taking it? :( Anyway, the point of the subject is, it’s about economics. And it will need some knowledge of calculus. Knowledge that I have thrown away, oh, around 2 years ago. Oh wait, make that THREE YEARS SINCE MY LAST CALCULUS CLASS. I am so dead. My prof, apparently, is some Eco dept. legend who makes insanely difficult long exams. I am so so so dead. Plus, I only got a stupid B in my last calculus class… but again. I admit that at that time, I totally slacked off. I did not study enough and I didn’t answer all the sample problems at the back of each chapter like our prof told us to. SO!!!! Mantra for EC111: PRACTICE PRACTICE PRACTICE!!!
- TH141 - This is “Theology something something Catholic Social Vision”. I really don’t remember. All I remember is JSP174, which I will describe in more detail later. Anyway. TH141. I got this prof who is another legend, and who is apparently BETTER THAN DACANAY (who is also a legend). Now, if that is not convincing enough, I don’t know what is. Because I took Dacanay and he was really really good. And now this person…. who is not even a Jesuit… is better than him??? WHAT??? But apparently he also has high expectations of his students. Of this student who got a C+ from Dacanay. Remember what I said back in EC111? I am so so so so dead. Mantra for TH141: PRAY PRAY PRAY!!!
- POS100 - What is this political science!!! Why do I have to take it!!! I hate politics. Well, no. But I don’t know anything about it and I don’t really care about it so WHY DO I HAVE TO TAKE IT. (Because it is required and if you don’t take it, you can’t graduate.) I KNOW!!! ARGHHHHH!!! … Ahem. Sorry. I just… really don’t see the point of this subject. Granted, it’s not my projected worse subject of this sem, and the prof seems nice, and I’m classmates with my neighbor Gilbert (which was a huge surprise!!!), and well. It seems manageable naman. But seriously. WHY AM I TAKING POLITICAL SCIENCE!!! Mantra for POS100: RECITE RECITE RECITE!!! (Because we have graded recitations, augh.)
- JSP174 - Yes. I am so so so looking forward to this course. As I mentioned earlier, this is the only subject which course title I remember, because it is JAPANESE FOOD CULTURE. Say it with me: JAPANESE FOOD CULTURE. Where we talk about the three things I love the most: JAPAN, FOOD, and CULTURE. Plus the prof is my prof before in Japanese Language and I would like to mention that I got an A (!!!) in that subject. It’s a huge class though, around 40 of us, and most of which I know to be good students, so I guess I’ve got some competition for that A I’m eyeing, huh? Hah hah hah… (in case you don’t recognize that laugh, it is my friend Nervous Laughter.) The only way I’m gonna get that A is if I perfect everything and that means… Mantra for JSP174: PERFECT PERFECT PERFECT!!! (Oops, not a verb. Well actually it is, so whatever.) (Oh wait, my prof is my Facebook friend AAAAAAAH she might see this!!!! DX)
- PH104 - The one subject I’ve never really been good at: Philosophy. After taking three of these, I don’t think I’ve gotten the hang of it yet. I really have no idea what to expect from this prof because all Philo profs are different. They have different expectations from students and different requirements so all the past Philo subjects I took won’t help me now. If there’s something I learned from my old profs though, it’s that I should always, ALWAYS study. Even for quizzes, for midterms, for finals. On a positive note, at least it’s in English! Mantra for PH104: STUDY STUDY STUDY!!!
And so that ends the preview of Charmie’s semester. Remember the last post where I said that I’m gonna work extra hard this sem to get the ideal grade that I want? (It’s number 28.) And I quote: ”I can’t really afford to get bad grades on my final sem EVER, so I am erasing the word procrastination from my brain, and I’m going to do nothing but study.”
That’s right. It’s goodbye, procrastinating me, and helloooo, studying me. Yeah. Procrastination? Huh? What does that even mean?
What? You’re asking why, if I really am quitting procratinating, I’m here blogging and not reading my Histo readings for tomorrow nor sleeping so that I can wake up early for my class tomorrow morning?
Whoops! This discipline thing is pretty tough, huh? Gotta go! See you all next time~
Sweet dreams are made of…
Posted: August 8, 2010 Filed under: Fangirling, Life Experiences, Randomness | Tags: dreams, Nichkhun 4 Comments »Cute Kpop idols!!! Kkkk…
Now why do I say this? Because last night, I dreamt of the one and only perfect Thai prince, Nichkhun!!!
If you’re not a Kpop fan, then the only thing you need to know about Nichkhun is that EVERYONE loves him. He is the guy who Korean women of all ages swoon over, whose perfection all Korean men are envious of.
And last night, I had a dream about him!!!! (I sound like a total idiot, don’t I?)
I actually very rarely remember my dreams. I usually have this huge epic dream, and I wake up giddy and happy, but I FORGET everything. But today, my memory didn’t fail me, that’s why I’m blogging about my dream.
This post is also partially inspired by Bea’s post about her dream. :)
I will spare you the details, but let’s just say that in Charmie’s fantasy land, Nichkhun and I were FRIENDS, and that he came to see me and gave me P60 to congratulate me because Ateneo won a basketball game. Yes, apparently in my mind, that was what people do.
Also we happened to be in Hong Kong!
And then we went to a mall where we looked for a bathroom, and they couldn’t find it, because the sign that pointed to the bathroom said “John”. And so we all went to the john, and apparently the john is not just a bathroom, but also like a spa/public bath type of place.
The details have gone so sketchy in my mind already. :( Someday I will forget all about it, that’s why I’m putting it here, so that it will be preserved for the rest of my life~ ^^
(BTW, I am WAY late with the 30-day Drawing Challenge. I actually have been drawing them, but I’m just too lazy to edit and post them here. One of these days, I’ll post them all up at the same time!)
Aaaahhhh, maybe if I watch a lot of SHINee tonight before going to bed, I’ll dream about them too! :D
