CLOUD 9

....its been 3 weeks that i havent gone home and seen my family when i realized last friday that im startin to miss them....and so, i went home for the week end...and i dont care if i have to take a 2 hour trip...
its quite nice to go home and see your family.. to talk to them what happpened in skul is really cool.. what i usually do when i go home is to chat with my parents,... then i will tease and cuddle my siblings.. and then when midnight comes, i will be alone in our sala watchin' tv... i would then grab something to munch in our fridge..^^ sometimes my couch potato comes out that i wuldnt sleep and would just watch tv all night long.. delikado noh?.. pero minsan lng aq nag.oovertym sa tv..^^ then before i would leave home, i would visit my grandmother who always prepare delicious foods that my tummy cant seem to refuse..^^ you see, i value my family so much that i easliy get hurt when somebody mock on them..a
after a few hours, i wud be in the bus feeling so much better... hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm....

... babawasan q mga baon nyo... the words that me and me twin heard from our mom when we broke the water dispenser in our pad because of fooling around too much....
its quite natural for me and my brother to play and fool around... ther was one time that we we ran around in our pad and becoz of too much 'kdanghagan', my twin hit the table, the dispenser fell and blags! it cracked and water spilled all over the floor...
at first, my mom was not really that mad. but becoz the two of us laughed so hard that we thought it the trouble we did wasnt so big, my mom got mad... realization: stop acting like kids, always be careful and should be sorry for every mistake.
mama, sori au...:( wala namu gituyo ni josh....we accept the punishment..peace out mom.. mwah!

“I miss you...” words that uttered in my mouth as I touched my Lolo’s epitaph.

It was the day after my grandfather’s 81st birthday that I visited him in the cemetery. Eating Candy mint, smoking Phillip Morris cigarette, reading the newspaper and watching ANC all the time is a view that I always remember when I think of my Lolo. He was a very good listener and a very kind Lolo. I could say is he is one my best friends. Every time, I visited him and my Lola, I would usually stay in his room and talk to him. I would tell him all the things that happened in school and listen to all the stories he will share to me. He was the one I ran to when I lost during my grade school election when running for councilor. He was also the one who went so proud and happy when I got the scholarship in college. He believed in me so much that and that made him so special in my heart. When the time came he went to meet the master already, I just cried alone in his room. Honestly up till now, it’s still very painful to think that he’s gone already. But I know he’s happy up there and thinking of it makes me feel at ease.

....hmmm 19...what the heck, im really getting old! ....
few days after i turned 19, i helped my lil sister look for her prom dress ..the funny thing is she wants to wear the dress that i wore during my prom years in high school..so, my mom took the pink gown that i wore from the closet. at first i was laughing coz she is a vertically grown girl and i was afraid that the dress will be too short but it was fine at all...anyway, while i was trying to fix her hair, a thought came into my mind. hmmmmmmm i realized that time moves so fast........

it waS just like yesterday when my dad took me to a moviehouse and bought me a watch for my 6th birthday and it was just like few hours ago when my mom accompanied me to get my ears pierced for my junior prom... and it was only this time that i appreciate those memories and ive learned to love my life more..hahay.................

Promoting Xavier from different High Schools, assisting the annual Job
Fair, returning the books from the tables to the shelves in the library and measuring and counting laboratory equipments at the Aggie lab pool were some of the things I did in return to the scholarship grant that the school gave me. Not only that I enjoyed doing those things but also, I learned something and gained a lot of friends.



Every semester, I and along with the other scholars are required to render a 10 hour service in the school. We can choose where we want to work. It could be in the library, at P/ACTS office, in the chapel, or even to your College. Its
not really that bad but rather, its cool . I just do well with my academics and do
my 10- hour return service, I get a free tuition. Most of the time, I do the errands
or what we call in theater, a Gopher. Each time I get tired, I just think of how
much help I’m contributing to my folks. Then after a while, the feeling goes away.

As one of our activities in News & Feature Writing, we have to interview somebody we know using the art of interview. Honestly, nkalimutan ko tlaga ang araw sa pag-interview kaya nagkandarapa ako sa paghahanap na ma-iinterview nung araw n un. When I caught sight of my grade school buddy, without any second thought, I approached her and convinced her to be my interviewee. Thank God ang baet ng kaebigan kong un at hindi nya tinanggihan ang pag- interview ko.

When were in the room, I got excited of doing the interview that I totally forgot to apply the basic principles of interviewing. So from course shifting, our conversation jumped to family matters (nawala sa focus..hehe). pero sinagot nya lahatng maayos ang mga tanong ko. After the interview, we both just laughed. We were the goofies kasi back in grade school kaya ako, bilang nag-iinterview, nkalimutan tlaga ang pag-aaply ng mga prinsipyo.

Here’s the feature article that I wrote. I myself is not sure if its really an article, kaya kayo nlang po ang humusga..^^

Academic Course Problem
Having a hard time dealing with numbers and having poor results in her projects were the factors why Jade Grace, a 2nd year student in Xavier University got frustrated with her course in Computer Science. When she could not take it any longer, she decided to shift to Education majoring in English.

Education they say is the pathway that leads a person to a good future. College as the last level is the most serious part that a student must be more diligent with his/ her studies. One problem that can be cited when a student reaches College is choosing the right academic course. It’s not easy taking up a course especially if one doesn’t have any interest with it. Not only that a person will have a hard time but also, his/ her mind will always be bothered. Causes of the problem might be the course is not the person’s choice but from his/ her parents, one doesn’t have not yet decided what course to take up or one is not really that serious with his/ her studies. In most cases, students having this kind of problem stop studying or stay long in College. While others followed what they really wanted and that is what Jade did. Despite the fact the she will go back to basics (freshman year) and a new set of difficulties will come along her way, she would gladly deal with all of it. As for her parents, they still and will always support her.

Problem in choosing the right academic course is neutral among college
students. However, a student having this problem should discern on the matter
and do something with it.

Tina: Certified Parokya ni Edgar addict

Buloy, Halaga, Ordertaker, and Harana were some of the sure hits of this band. Parokya ni Edgar has been in the Music Industry for quite some time now. To be exact, they started off 13 years ago. But I only appreciated their music and really got into it 2 years ago.

It was when I heard my brother singing one of their songs that pushed me to listen to their tracks. The funny thing is, I quickly got addicted in listening to their songs. Their songs kasi shows different moods; ang iba nkakatuwa, ang iba nkaka-inlove at ang iba nmn, npapa-isip ka. Weird I know for a girl like me to listen to that kind of music, its not appropriate daw kasi. My mom even went hysterical when she heard me singing their songs that contain not so good lyrics. It reached to the point that I was banned to listen to music for 1 week. But later on, I explained to her that those lyrics wont affect my attitude, I listen to it because their songs make me laugh; hence, a stress-reliever. So, I got to listen to their music again but with a condition, that I won’t let my younger siblings hear their music. Kaya lage akong nka-head phones sa bahay! Haha.. One year later, mas na-adik ako sa music nila… One of my friends even calls me chitogurl already but I really don’t mind, I love it.. hehe..^^

I saw the band thrice already and still, I don’t get tired of watching them perform live on stage.



The first time I saw them was last year September 24, 2006 (memoryado ang date.. Haha!) The good part of that was I got to enter the backstage and got to rub elbows with Chito Miranda (the vocalist),Jay Contreras (kamikazee’s vocalist) and the rest of the band personally.. The sad part was the camera shots were so badly taken, puor blurred. Pero ok lang un, I was still so happy, grabe un k stress- reliever! ahaha.. The 2nd time that I watched their concert was in our home town. Despite that it was our prelim period, go pa rin ang bata. Nashock nga papa ko nung nakita nya ako sa bahay after the concert. Ang nkakapagod nga lang nun was I went back to CDO at 6 AM the day after to attend my laboratory class at 9, (o dba, kahit wla akong tulog pinaprioritize ko pa rin pag-aaral ko). The recent concert that I watched them perform live was last August 17, 2007 at SM. And I have to say, from all the concerts that I have seen, that was the best one. Why? Because I got to be in the front and I was able to record their performance on video.. haha pag siniswerte nga naman! Haha…^^




Up till now, I still enjoy listening to their music and still consider Chito Miranda as a heartthrob. nyahaha,..^^

…ana lang na tin, high lobe, drop, high lobe nsad, drop nsad…things that our team captain say to me whenever we practice. Kaya ang bata, ensayo ng ensayo..

2 weeks before the intramurals is usually the period that I lose pounds and nauubusan ng allowance. Its not because of the “no class- no study so laag in the mall and gasto kwarta” attitude of mine but the fact that I and along with other badminton athletes of the college undergo a training in preparation to the game. So after my classes in the afternoon, kung wala ng meeting or any school activity, I proceed immediately to a badminton court n pag-eensayuhan namin to work out our weaknesses. Usually, we spend 3-5 hours of non- stop practicing.. talk about calorie-burning activity!



Hehe..^^ When I get home, it would probably be 12 or 1 AM in the morning already at dahil sa sobrang pagod, wala na akong ganang kumain so I prefer to sleep directly..(-_-)..

The good news of the training is that I could really prepare myself for the game. The bad news nga lang is my allowance is totally affected. Why? Every time we practice, I get to spend 50 pesos for the court and the shuttlecocks. We practice 4 times a week so, 200 lang man sad akong gakagasto… huhu total bankruptcy! (-_-)

I don’t ask an additional allowance from my folks because I don’t want to add their financial problem. But despite of everything, I enjoy playing because from badminton, I gained new friends and it really helps me with my diet.. ahaha..^^

Through this class, I could say na mas naclose ako sa mga kaklase ko.

And by the end, napush through ang play namin…our batch really history makers, the first batch that proved something that some people thought that we cant do… weeeeeeeeeeee^^