bored

I'm so bored...I can't stand it!

I have another job interview...its a walk in type of thing with no schedule. I'm planning to go within the week.

Then today, I decided to download the newest Adobe Reader coz I couldn't open the registration form for Alliance Francais using the version I have now. The download is taking forever!!! I wished that I had DSL.

posted some pics from the grad at my mulitply site...check it out. The link is at the links section entitled my old blog...hehehe sorry I'm too lazy to retype the whole address.

Oh great! The Adobe download is now at 65%.

almost forgot

I've uploaded the short story I wrote for CREWRIT here . Just check it out. =) hehe leave a comment too, so I'll know what needs improving.

grad day

This morning, I had this feelingof mixed emotions. I didn't know if I was happy, sad, afraid or what. I was happy because finally I won't have to worry about homework, quizzes and exams anymore; sad because I will miss my friends and the place which I have considered my second home for the past 3 years; and afraid because I am still unsure of what the future beholds.

Funny how 3 years ago I was so scared to start college. Maybe it was because I was new to the school and the endless corridors, numerous staircases just intimidated and sometimes baffled me, but as I learned more about my surroundings, I treated the school campus as my second home...But today, I shall be leaving this school and moving on to another chapter in life...sigh!

tickle color test

Charlene, your true color is Brown!

You're brown, a credible, stable color that's reminiscent of fine wood, rich leather, and wistful melancholy. Most likely, you're a logical, practical person ruled more by your head than your heart. With your inquisitive mind and insatiable curiosity, you're probably a great problem solver. And you always gather all of the facts before coming to a timely, informed decision. Easily intrigued, you're constantly finding new ways to challenge your mind, whether it's by reading the newspaper, playing a trivia game, or composing a piece of music. Brown is an impartial, neutral color, which means you tend to see the difference between fact and opinion easily and are open to many points of view. Trustworthy and steady, you really are a brown at heart.

Woohoo!

CBE Recognition rites

Attended the CBE recognition rites yesterday... Mom and Dad went coz Dad might not be able to attend the grad ceremony tomorrow as he has to go pai-pai for Grandpa. Was almost late due to the heacvy traffic on the way to school caused by the downpour we had all day long. There were no floods though.

We got an Archer cap as the souvenir, same as last terms'. hehe


Here are some pics:

Taken with my thesis groupmates on Wednesday.

taken with some of my blockmates =)

I'll post more when I have time...

So anyways, my mom was making tsap-diam as to how I didn't put too much effort on my studies therefore I didn't get any awards...It's better to know that I've done my best rather than getting an award going the easy way. That's my opinion.

I was aiming for Best Thesis but the stupid company rep gave us a really low grade and still told people in the company that we got Best Thesis. Weird, noh?

aching feet...

just got back from the grad rehearsal in school...my feet ache from walking around in high heels all day long.

anyways, my day was normal, nothing extraordinary happened. It was typical, everybody went crazy at the sight of a camera. Didn't join in the fun though. Felt that I might just get lost in the sea of faces that appeared in each picture. hahaha joke! Maybe tomorrow...I'd be in photo-op mode hahaha.

by the way, imagine hundreds of students in togas going down the stairs. Does this scene seem familiar? hahaha

I felt like I was in a scene from Harry Potter. My friends and I were talking in Harry Potter talk earlier.

cleaning day

was cleaning up my stuff yesterday in anticipation of the Chinese New Year celebrations. This year...I really cleaned everything, as in I didn't leave one corner(of my desk) undusted. So, anyways, while I was cleaning my desk I came upon this big photoalbum that was placed on the top layer of my EDIA desk(you know the furniture brand that has desks that have a lot of levels).

I flipped through the photoalbum and I found the following pics inside. It's been ages since I've seen these pics. Looking at them, made me seem old. haha

I was trying to remember what happened during those times and I can't seem to come up with anything major. All I remember is I was always late for class at Keti, and I cried a lot then too. Then for St. Sylvesters, I remember there were 2 Charlene's in my class and our teacher got confused a lot. Also, I was the only kid in my class that didn't know how to tie up my shoelaces.

Sigh! How time flies...I also found this art thing I did in Kindergarten. Cute! I'm keeping this. hehe

Other items I found included this little notebook where I wrote mini-plays, scripts or whatever you may call them. Erika and I co-wrote most of them. hehe Most of the pages were already tearing off and the ink already blotted in some. But I could still make out some of the stories we wrote... They were mostly about teenage stuff that seemed like a lot of sense then. The scenes were also a bit uhm...wordy and incoherent. The parts I wrote more specifically. haha I've criticizing my own writings.

It was my gua-ma's birthday last Sunday. We had lunch at Golden Fortune Restaurant in Kalaw. Uncle Paul's treat. :)

quiz quiz quiz

How true are this kind of stuff ? Can anyone tell me? haha

Your brain: 60% interpersonal, 60% visual, 200% verbal, and 80% mathematical!

Congratulations on being 400% smart! Actually, on my test, everyone is. The above score breaks down what kind of thinking you most enjoy doing. A score above 100% means you use that kind of thinking more than average, and a score below 100% means you use it less. It says nothing about how good you are at any one, just how interested you are in each, relatively. A substantial difference in scores between two people means, conclusively, that they are different kinds of thinkers. Matching Summary: Each of us has different tastes. Still, I offer the following advice, which I think is obvious: Don't date someone if your interpersonal percentages differ by more than 80%. Don't be friends with someone if your verbal percentages differ by more than 100%. Don't have sex with someone if their math percentage is over 200%.

My test tracked 4 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender: You scored higher than 32% on interpersonal You scored higher than 20% on visual You scored higher than 98% on verbal You scored higher than 28% on mathematical

Link: The 4-Variable IQ Test written by chriscoyne on Ok Cupid, home of the 32-Type Dating Test

arrgggghhhhhh!

Finished watching Memories of Bali last night....

I just can't get over the ending! I don't like the ending! WHy did everybody have to die in the end?

I wanted Lee Soo Jung to end up with the rich guy...but why oh why did he have to kill her and the other guy before comitting suicide?


Waaaah!

check this out!

guess what i found while surfing the net the whole afternoon! hahaha

cool! hehe "why didn't i think of it before?" kind of feel. simple executions yet great effect...





the last one really made me laugh.
There are more actually. Just take a look at Cool Pictures > Magazine Illusions

random links

was looking around at the websites of some of the advertising agencies here in manila. FOund the TBWA/Santiago Mangada Puno site interesting. hehe
For one thing, I got shocked when my silent environment was disrupted by the rising sound of beating drums. Then I noticed that there were text flashing in the TBWA window saying that "Insanity is doing things over and over again expecting different results."
I completely agree to that, but I'm sure my algeb profs wouldn't. hahaha

choosing one over the other

It's kind of tough when we get ourselves in a crossroad, then we wonder if we should go this way or that. When we were kids, things were so much simpler then... If in doubt ask mom or dad, that's the rule. But now that I'm older and supposedly more mature, I have to face my own problems by myself. I have to deal with them, I have to analyze and determine what consequences my actions will bring.

Now, back to the main topic, how come when we choose one alternative over the other and we go on to the point where we can't turn back, we'd wonder "what if?" Is there some way to not make a choice yet still be able to live through life?

"Nanay ko po"

Ever wondered whats with the "Nanay ko po" line? There are about 3 different commercials that I've seen on TV all using the same line in the script...it's pretty confusing since consumers can practically assume that this product is the one they saw or heard even when what they are really talking about is another product.

Why on earth would the advertiser want to use something that would confuse the consumer?
Hmmmm....

recent news

Was reading the newspaper the other day and read an article about India and its' loss of at least 10M female births due to abortions. I know these types of incidents happened a lot during ancient times, but is gender inequality still that big an issue these days? Daughters can be better compared to guys. And another argument, if there were no girls, where would the future males come from? Imagine what would happen if the population of India would compose of only males and no females. They’d all die out and there would be no more children to continue their race. Sorry...I just feel abortion is bad and choosing to abort a female fetus even worse.

I didn't take the job that I was offered. I passed the one-on-one interview and also the group interview, but I decided not to take the job sinceif I do, I'd have to sign on a 2-year contract and the salary is something like 4 figures only. Better to go to Vancouver and start all over than stay here wondering what if for 2 years. I was running computations in my head and weighing pro's and con's of each alternative and I found the opportunity cost and switching costs are just to high, which led to my decision to not take the job.

FIRST job interview ever!!!!!

had my first job interview today at Adformatix. The person who interviewed me commented that my English was good for a Chinese. Which made me wonder if my English is good enough compared to the Filipinos...

anyways, the interview was not as scary as I imagined. the thing that is worrying me now is the 2-year contract thingie. I'm bound to work at the company for 2 years, because they invest in the training of the people they hire, etc etc.I can't decide whether I should go on and work with the company or leave the country to work abroad?

I just can't decide! This is such a good opportunity that may not pass by again...but 2 years? Argh! I really don't know.

Considering the fact that my mom doesn't want me to go abroad in the first place...well, at least someone's happy about this...

fab weekend

Had a pretty active weekend! =) One of the few fun-filled yet busy weekends I've had..haha

I met up with my High School friends at Greenbelt3. Was an hour late due to the heavy traffic in the streets.

I got 3 gifts. A pouch with this cute kitty sewn on front.

and then Aileen gave me a pouch also, then Charissa gave me soap. =)

I bought "The Valkyries" by Paulo Coelho at Powerbooks Greenbelt. It's been a long time since I've bought a book...as in it's been ages. Now that I think about it, it's also been a while since I've browsed through a row of books at a bookstore here in Manila. I kinda miss the feeling of not being in rush while perusing through the synopsis of the books on the rack.

After Powerbooks, Aileen, Erika and I had lunch at Bollywood. The food was good. The spicy eggplant was not spicy though, even with the red peppers sprinkled on top. The fried vegetable croquette-like thing(I can't remember what it's called) was really good. It didn't look hot, coz it was mostly green, but when you taste the ingredients inside, there's a sort of zesty taste to it.Aileen and I shared the Roghan Josh(not sure if this is the right spelling) This is like the Indian version of adobo.

After lunch, we walked over to Glorietta and watched "Blue Moon", the movie that won a couple of awards at this years' MMFF(as I heard from my aunt). The movie was cute. There are a few lapses, like how did Corazon get to the US and which Corazon was Manuel Pineda looking for in the beginning? But then again, overall, it was OK.

Had a good time catching up and just talking with my High School friends. It's been a while since we've seen each other, yet we still find something to talk about. We somehow know each other more than we know ourselves. This is my opinion. I don't know. This is just the feeling I have. I doubt if I'll ever get this kind of feeling with the people I've met in college.

Anyways, after we separated, I went to EGI Tower to wait for Mom, coz she's meeting her High School friends for dinner. It's a sort of trade actually, I got in the car as soon as Mom got out. hehe I passed through DLSU on the way to EGI. There is no way on earth that you'd get me to walk the street in front of DLSU on a Saturday night...unless the campus is closed of course.

After that, Dad, Candee and I went to Harbour Square and had dinner at Dencio's. The food there was not too good. And it took forever for our order to come. No kidding! The table beside us was already done paying the bill by the time our order came. Their order came just as we were about to order. Do the math...

We walked at the harbour after dinner digesting the food we ate before we headed to Starbucks. I ordered the Toffee Nut Frap, Candee got Caramel Cream Frap and Dad ordered a Mocha Frap. I started reading "The Valkyries" as we sat there sipping our Fraps and waiting for Mom to call. Which reminds me...I am about 18 stickers short of getting the Starbucks planner, anyone want to help? hehe

Sunday:

I attended this wedding reception for lunch. The food served were all vegan. Loved the soup and the fried "Tao-pe". Didn't get to try all the food coz I had to attend the Cash Flow Game at FGS.

Jeanne was my partner for the game. We didn't win. We still owe the bank $15000 at the end of the session.

So that was my weekend. =)

yippeee! and ouch!

Have a job interview at Adformatix on Tuesday! Funny thing: Although, I didn't want to leave the office a few months back...I'm now having a weird feeling about going back to work. haha All the bumming the past few weeks has gotten to my head!(oh and yeah...the vancouver thingie is partly causing my hesitation too. sigh!)

Guess what happened today? My right knee has been sprained for like forever, so I'm pretty much used to it, but today, it hurt more than usual so my mom took me to a "manghihilot". Weird thing is, it isn't my knee that's causing the problem but my hips. Kinda odd huh?

chef for a day

Never realized cooking was so exhausting!!! Cooked spaghetti for dinner the other night, the result was good, although i was still kind of rusty as to when to put the next ingredient in and all. the hotdogs got kinda dark, one side only haha

I was cooking and preparing for what seemed like an eternity and the worst thing was we all finished eating in about 30 minutes.

bumming around

Finished watching "嫂子19歲" yesterday. I watched the first 3 disks before then I skipped 4 disks and jumped straight to the last DVD last night. I found the first 3 disks too dragging. Would you believe 1 disk would equal to around 3 hours of showing time? I got pretty bored after the 3rd disk and it gets annoying when you notice that the director is obviously just trying to prolong the series.

So, anyways, the series ended pretty abruptly. The director could have just put whatever extending or delaying in the middle to the end. The ending is alomst the same as the one in "Lovers in Paris"...the part where the guy and the girl meet in Paris, except in "嫂子19歲" they meet up again in Boston. So, they meet up again and then the end...

I'm officially a bum these days. My dad is telling me to get a job, but I have a feeling that once I get a job, I can forget about going to Vancouver. I don't know what to do.

Happy New Year!

It's only another 358 days till Christmas and 364 days till the New Year! Yey! hahaha

Anyways, guess what was the first thing I was doing this year. No, I wasn't drinking. No, I wasn't sleeping either. and definitely, I wasn't reading or partying or anything normal/abnormal(i.e. mundane stuff).So, give up guessing? I was packing, not for a trip though. There was this fire that broke out behind Chiang Kai Shek. I believe that it was a squatters area. The fire was really big and my mom was starting to panic and telling me and my sister to start packing essential and important stuff. We packed and the house was a total mess afterwards. The firetrucks came a bit later on and when they came, we breathed a bit, but the fire kept getting bigger and bigger so we were still in "pack up and flee" mode.Everything was such a blur, we woke up my grandma to tell her to get ready. And then we called up our uncle to tell him to come help grandma just in case something really happens. He was on his way here, but his daughter called my cellphone and kept on asking "Where is the fire exactly?" That was so annoying...we were already going crazy keeping an eye on the fire, packing and getting dressed, and she's still asking "Exactly, where is the fire?" My goodness!

After the fire was out, I looked at what I was wearing. Trust me. I look ridiculous! Imagine, pink striped blouse, khaki pants and blue sneakers. How mismatched! hahaha

So that was my little adventure early this 2006... =)