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UP Survey - Dahil Centennial Year

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Dahil Centennial Year ngayon ng UP, marami sa aming mga Isko at Iska ay madalas mag-reminisce about our good old college days. Si Tintoots yung madalas kong kachikahan sa office pagdating sa buhay peyups kasi halos same year kaming grumadweyt. Let's reminisce some more by answering some survey questions. Got this survey from her blog:

1. ANONG STUDENT NUMBER MO?
96-14045

2. NAKAPASA KA BA OR WAITLISTED?
Pasado
3. PAANO MO NALAMAN ANG ENTRANCE EXAM RESULT?
Sinabi sa 'kin ng classmate ko tapos pinuntahan namin sa PHAN
to see for ourselves.

4. ANO ANG FIRST CHOICE MO NA COURSE?
BS Business Administration, Diliman

5. SECOND CHOICE?
BS Psychology

6. ANO COURSE MO NA NATAPOS?
BS Hotel and Restaurant Administration

7. NAG-SHIFT KA BA?
Yup!

8. CHINITO/CHINITA KA BA?
Nagiging chinita kapag nakangiti.

9. NAKAPAG-DORM KA BA?
Nope, pero dapat magdodorm ako sa Kamia kaso nasaraduhan ako.

10. NAKA UNO KA BA?
But op kors! If I remember it correctly, Business Law and HRA 100 yung mga subjects na naka-uno ako.

11. NAGKA-3?
Yup, Chem 16 :p

12. LAGI KA BANG PUMAPASOK SA KLASE?
Yup, sobrang diligent student ako nun. Notes ko nga yung parating phinophotocopy ng mga classmates ko. :p

13. MAY SCHOLARSHIP KA BA?
Wala.

14. ILANG UNITS NA ANG NAIPASA MO?
Naku, di ko maalala yung total number of units namin sa course.

15. NANGARAP KA BA NA MAG- CUM LAUDE?
Oo naman! Konti na lang laude na sana. :p

16. KELAN KA NAGTAPOS?
March 2001

17. FAVE PROF
Nat Sci 2/Geology Teacher - Super Cool! Nambato ng igneous rock sample sa klase pero made of foam lang pala. haha :)

Socio 101 Teacher - Dito ako gumawa ng deviant acts in public. Kung ano man yun, let's leave it in the past. haha :)

Madami din akong interesting classmates sa class na 'to:
- commercial model
- transgender
- frat man na nakasuhan sa kasong hazing

Table Tennis Teacher - Galing mag pingpong kahit matanda na. Peace, ma'am!

PI 100 Teacher - Isa pang cool prof ito! Nag-attempt na nakawan ako ng buko pie habang nakasakay sa jeep pauwi galing sa Mt. Banahaw. Of course, practical joke lang yun! :p

18. WORST TEACHER:
Math 17 Teacher! Grrrr

19. FAVE SUBJECT:
HRA Series - Sobrang Saya, lalo na yung Catering and Beverage Mgt subjects namin
Soc Sci 1 - dahil parati kong nakikita yung crush ko na Psych Major

20. WORST SUBJECT:
Math 17

21. FAVE BUILDING:
CHE at CBA

22. PABORITONG KAINAN:
- Tea Room sa CHE
- Green House, yung nagtitinda ng Roast Beef with Chips Sandwich
- Of course, Beach House for the yummy bbq and red egg
- CASAA - chicken roll na may gravy yung favorite ko dito
- SR Thai sa Katips
- Walang kamatayang Mcdo and Jollibee sa Philcoa

23. NONG ESTUDYANTE KA PA MAGKANO BA ANG BINABAYAD MO SA JEEP?
P1.75 or P2.00 pa lang yata ang pamasahe nun (Circa '96) wehehe :p

24. LAGI KA BA SA LIBRARY?
Yup, tambay ako sa CHE Lib at Main Lib

25. NAGPUNTA KA BA SA CLINIC NUN?
Once lang, nung nagpamedical exam. Requirement sa pagpasok.

26. MAY CRUSH KA BA SA CAMPUS?
Oo naman!

27. ANU-ANO ANG MGA NAGING PE MO?
Ang gaganda ng mga PE ko:
- Cheerleading
- Stretching
- Table Tennis
- Folk Dance

Ganda di ba?! :p

28. KAMUSTA NAMAN ANG BLOCK NYO?
Oks lang.

29. MEMORIZE MO BA ANG ALMA MATER SONG?
Oo naman! Requirement sa Cheerleading dahil kinakanta namin ito after manalo sa game.

30. MEMBER KA BA NG VARSITY TEAM?
Nope.

31. NAKA-PERFECT KA NA BA NG EXAM?
Don't remember.

32. DITO KA BA NATUTONG UMINOM NG BEER?
Oo! We have an excuse to drink and go to bars sa Bev Management class namin. Lahat ng klase ng drinks natikman ko dito sa class na 'to.

Try ko mag-post ng mga pix. Kailangan ko pa lang siyang ipa-scan. :p

Swerte

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Minsan napapaisip ako kung meron bang taong sadyang pinagpala o swerte…yung tipong nagkakataon na parating tama ang tiyempo ng tadhana sa kanyang buhay. Maaaring ito ay swerte sa pag-ibig, sa karera, sa pamilya, atbp. Yung tipong dumarating na lang ang magandang pagkakataon sa kanyang buhay nang walang kaabog-abog. Hindi nila ito pinlano, ni hindi nila pinagsumikapang gawin o hanapin pero ito ay kusang dumarating. Swerte nga sigurong maituturing ang mga ganitong klaseng mga tao…parati siyang nasa tamang lugar, kasama ang mga tamang tao sa tamang panahon.

Alam ko, walang perpektong buhay pero bakit may mga taong higit na pinagpala kaysa iba? Mas mataimtim ba siya kung manalangin, pinanganak ba siyang walang balat sa pwet, meron ba siyang swerteng nunal o taling, pinamanahan ba siya ng anting-anting ng kanyang lolo, seiko ba ang kanyang wallet, nagpa-fengshui ba siya?

Maaaring isipin ninyo na may pinaghuhugutan ang mga katanungan kong ito. Hindi kayo nagkamali, meron nga. hehe Ang mga ito ay bunga marahil ng aking obserbasyon sa mga nangyayari sa aking personal na buhay, mga pangyayari sa opisina at sa aking paligid. Ayoko nang maging detalyado sa kung ano man ang mga ito basta yun lang. Labo ko ba?

Making a Life, Not a Living

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Been contemplating a lot lately about the current status of my life, I guess this is what they say a phase called Saturn Return. Let’s see if it is indeed Saturn making a come back. According to my astronomical reading, my Saturn return will happen from September 3, 2007 to October 29, 2009. (Check!) Saturn return according to the book I’ve read is a time in a person’s life when Saturn returns to its original position when the person was born. It usually happens when a person is about to reach the age of 30. (Check!) -Yes, the big 3-0 is on the onset.- It is a time when a person starts to rethink about the life he has lived, about his purpose and decides to make a drastic move to start his life anew. (Check!) With three check marks there, it’s absolutely certain that there’s no one to blame but Saturn doing a “Mac Arthur” for my recent introspective and emotional streak.

Recent events in the office prompted me to think about whether I’m happy with the life I’m living. Lately, I’ve been spending up to 15 hours of my day inside the four walls of the office. You would ask how come?! Actually, 15 hours is still not enough with the avalanche of work that need to be accomplished. As proof, let me have you take a peek at my “To Do” list: finish testing a whole platform, monitor bugs, manage difficult vendors, attend to everything from stakeholder’s requirements, developer’s code, database developers’ db tables and stored procs, sys ads’ deployment, network ads’ firewall connectivity. Oh and before I forget, the UAT and deployment is already next week. With still a buggy application do you expect me to spend a restful weekend?! Rather than spending my weekend at the mall or at the spa, my presence can still be found in the Data Lab performing regression testing. Reading what I have just written, I realize that my life has been so consumed with work. Ryan, my friend based in Saudi pretty much gave me a slight slap on the face when he sent me this message upon reading my YM status (“busyness is next to godliness”); “baka naman pag-uwi ko niyan mukha ka nang paperwork!” haha Joke but ouch at the same time. Tinamaan ako dun! :P

Now that I’m back to renting again in Makati, I should no longer be hindered from going to after-office activities, like badminton, bowling, going to the gym, movie, coffee, dinner with friends and dates, right? But the ironic thing is, the convenience of the proximity of the office to my home has hindered me from going to these after-office activities and prompted me to go on OT to finish my tasks instead.

A recent conversation with Mia, my best friend also made me realize that I should now start doing something about my situation. I could no longer afford to miss out on my life and happiness just because of work. At the end of the day, my boss would not be there to ask if I’m feeling okay or not, his only concern is to get the project deployed. Enough with trying so hard to make a living, I should instead start making a “life”, a fun and exciting one that is. ;-)

Abangan ang susunod na kabanata.

If you want to know more about Saturn Return, visit these sites:
http://www.newage-directory.com/saturn.html
http://www.saturnreturn.net/where_is.html
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