Shoot that Ball, Marlon...

One of my high school friends unfortunately met an accident the other day at C5 and passed away. It still troubles me that three of my friends died in a short period of time. It's like a reminder of how short life is, or of how important it is to live your life like you'll never live the next day. It's a warning, it's also a demonstration of how shaky reality is.

I'm going to his wake tonight and I will be seeing people whom I havent seen in really LOOONG while. It's sad that these things happen as a tool for people to remember how it all started.

Death is such an inconsistent word. It connotes sadness but at the same time connotes that "hope" that things'll be better from then on.

Marlon... play basketball with Jesus now. I'm cheering you on from down here.

See You on Saturday is CRAP

I am totally hating PLDT for doing this to me. It's been almost a month now [i might be exaggerating a bit] since my landline got all "effed up" and I am totally experiencing an involuntary withdrawal syndrome. I miss blogging and I miss lurking and I miss everything that is CYBER. No, not THAT "cyber". THey promised to repair it last Saturday but not even a single strand of hair from anyone of the people from PLDT emerged. I miss my "pseudo- SOCIAL LIFE."

A lot has been happening in my life and as much as I want to type err, write, err divulge all these really juicy tsismis, mishaps, tragedies... I can't! My time is limited. So, this entry is just my way of saying that PLDT is messing with my life. [ROmeo and Juliet tone].

Anyways, I cut my bangs again. It's the Anne Curtis slash Yasmin Kurdi slash "pero mataba ka" bangs. My friends say that I look like someone from a Koreanovela. THat's the goal. Princess Hours has been influencing my mood these past few days and I am now officially declaring that I'm looking for my Own PRINCE. May he be like Gian or Troy, it doesnt matter. THe operative word is, "PRINCE."

Let me end this "BS" entry by saying that I am happy, and that my life has been peaceful and that though I start the 2007 with a bumpy, rocky, shitty and really messy disposition, I am slowly but surely starting to be more stable. As if that is possible.

To My Drunk Brother... and to all Exclusive-Daters

... my brother went out last night to meet up with his friends and went home at around 2am only to bug me and my sister. How? Well, he asked us questions nobody dared to ask anyone in our family. Kadiri. My brother was so persistent in asking for the names of the guys who got "involved in the web that is the Monsod Sister's lovelife". We didnt really name names but after finding out that we had quite a number of names in our list, he shouted... "Hoy, and tatanda nyo na wala pa kayong sinasagot ni isa? PLAYERS!"

I swear, my family's the craziest. He kept on teasing us about our "love lives" that we ended up bullying him into finally sleeping. I cannot disclose what transpired in our conversation but uhmm, Kadiri talaga.

It just got me into thinking of the now popular phrase, "EXCLUSIVELY DATING". It's like a more sophisticated and sosyal monicker for "Em-Yu" or Mutual Understanding. I saw kasi the pictures of this guy whom I am [fine, i decided a few minutes ago that it's gonna be "was"] dating with another girl that he's not exclusively dating, like me and well, I don't think I will ever say that I'm exclusively dating anyone. It's too pretentious kasi at this point in my life to say that im not looking for someone whom i can exclusively date. La lang. Namiss ko mag-blog e. Kahit walang point magsusulat parin ako.

Sa huli kasi, ang point ng lahat ng ito e, wala parin akong "LOVE LIFE" sa technical na definition nito. 2007 na. Payn, law school muna.

I haven't been blogging...

... not because not a lot of things've been happening in my life.
... not because I'm having a "pseudo-writer's block"
... not because I'm busy with my "social life"
... not because I'm dating a lot of guys. [I'd love to... and well, yeah I've been dating.. but NOT A LOT of GUYS. No "exclusively dating" questions please.
... not because I simply don't want to.
... not because I'm being my crazy self.
... not because I have broken my vow to help Jessica Zafra with her plan of WORLD DOMINATION.

BUT because my freakin' landline's not working since December 23. I've been [actually, my tito] doing a lot of following up with PLDT and well, all they gave us are PROMISES that it shall be ok soon and that we won't have to pay for our December bill. I am a willing consumer, now GIVE ME MY PRODUCT please!

Formal is blah...

... but I love it.

I love things that are complicated. I love the hassle. I love exerting effort.

I feel like a "princess" again. I love the feeling of my "gown's sashaying to the beat of the music around me". I love it that I have to go to a wedding today only one day after I went to my law school's ball. There is continuity, it's like I'm living in a fairytale.

Btw, we had our annual staff christmas party last night and I must say that I had so much fun. Especially because our employess brought their kids with them and anyone who knows me KNOWS that I L-O-V-E KIDS. I just get sooo emotionally-attached all the time. I distributed and got to choose which toys to give 'em. The smiles, the hugs, the laughter, all the childish and child-like banters... I SIMPLY ADORE. My heart was bursting with happiness just because these kids are around me. The look of amusement in their eyes is just PRICELESS. My Christmas Break is turning out to be such a FAIRYTALE.

Special thanks to Chubs for inviting me to his barkada's Christmas Party slash Get-together. That was so sweet of you dear. I really wanted to go, I just couldn't miss the Staff Christmas Party mentioned above because well, without these people, I wouldn't be living the life that I've been living. hehe. Sayang, I wanted to see cousin Jeff, Jofel, Carlo and you sana, next time talaga.

Keepin' the "BALL" Rolling...






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patikim pa lang yan Haze. =P

STATEMENT ON THE DECEMBER 15, 2006 INCIDENT AT MALCOLM HALL

LAW STUDENT GOVERNMENT
UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES COLLEGE OF LAW

STATEMENT ON THE DECEMBER 15, 2006 INCIDENT AT MALCOLM HALL

Last December 15, 2006, a group of UP students with strong anti-tuition fee
increase sentiments, barged through the doors of Malcolm Hall, in search of
members of the University of the Philippines Board of Regents. The group was
headed by the Student Regent, and the University Student Council. Such
students verbally assaulted members of the UP Law Student Government and the
UP Law community who were at that time peacefully preparing for "Malcolm
Madness", the College's Christmas program. In the attempt to find the
regents, these students harassed practically everyone who was foreign to
them including the UP Law Center staff, the UP Law Personnel and fellow UP
students. They were hurling accusations such as, "Tinatago n'yo sila!"
"Niloko n'yo kami!" "Bakit n'yo kami pinagtatagksilan? !" at the members UP
Law community who were in sight. During the height of turmoil, a student of
the College was pushed to the door of the Malcolm Theater in her attempt to
ward off the rallyists from entering the Theater, wherein there were
students preparing for the College program; a handful of other students were
likewise emotionally traumatized. It was only after a five-minute, initially
adversarial dialogue between the Student Regent and the Law Student
Government President that the angry crowd was asked by their leaders to turn
around and leave. Unfortunately, however, the injury had already been
inflicted. Aside from emotional and physical injuries, the mob ultimately
left the college with property damaged, specifically the door of Malcolm
Hall and the Malcolm driveway was splashed with red paint. Furthermore, the
"Malcolm Madness" was cancelled for the first time since its inception,
causing losses for equipment rentals and decoration costs on the part of the
UP Law students and the UP Law Student Government.

It is understandable that these students may have had strong sentiments
against the Tuition Fee Increase issue. After all, they are entitled to
express their vehement objections to the Board of Regents in accordance with
their constitutional right to free speech and expression. However such forms
of expression are never justifications to trample on others' rights to
safety of their persons and property.

Thus, it is with a heavy heart that we, the Law Student Government, condemn
this chaotic incident initiated by our fellow UP students. We believe that
their acts have crossed the borderline of freedom of expression as it
tramples on propriety, ethics and any notion of reason. We have no choice
but to respond accordingly - as of all institutions, the UP College of Law
and the UP Law student Government will not tolerate exploits of such kind.
In verbally and physically hurting other people and destroying property,
these acts are no less than criminal.

We hold the Student Regent responsible for inciting this mob and leading it
into our college with no sense of direction or restraint according to the
purpose by which it was gathered. We implead him primarily for being the
proximate cause of the incident, without regard for those who do not share
his agenda.

We hold the members of the University Student Council responsible, most
especially the USC Chair, according to the principle of command
responsibility. The Chair was not present during the incident; the members
of the USC who were in attendance did nothing to pacify the crowd during the
height of chaos. We deem that they should have reasonably anticipated such
consequences when a group of extremely emotionally charged individuals
rally: chaos will definitely result from the mob rule - despite lack of
premeditated ill intentions to inflict harm on others.

As veterans of mass action protests, the Student Regent and the University
Student Council should have foreseen harmful results and consequently
formulated and implemented proactive safeguards to avoid or minimize them.
The damages caused by these acts of omission were not rectified by belated
measures to make the crowd turn back. Such conduct of the USC betrays the
very office that they occupy. Beyond advocacies, the primary accountability
of the USC belongs to the UP populace, whose safety, welfare and well-being
they ought to have upheld - whichever side of the fence the constituent-
students sit in an issue.

We, too, in the UP Law Student Government, are scholars of the people. Like
every UP Student, we are being educated to become productive members of
society who are reflective of the ideals of the nation. We believe that the
UP student has brilliant ideas and opinions, which have to be voiced out in
a reasonable manner. Thus do we champion the spirit of activism, one of the
forces for which our University is distinctly renowned. It is in this spirit
that we, ourselves, participate in various rallies, fora and social action
in the midst of various issues of public interest. Yet, we condemn riotous
and anarchical modes of activism. No matter how noble the purpose or ends of
a rally, mutinous styles of mass action will NEVER be justified, especially
when they infringe on others' safety of their persons and property. Though
we, ourselves, are activists in our own right, we will never allow activism
to cast a dark shadow on the conduct and character of the UP students.

We, in the UP College of Law, denounce the December 15, 2006 incident in
Malcolm Hall. We deem that it is only just and equitable that those at its
helm be held responsible for its outcome. We condemn all types and kinds of
abuses of the spirit of activism, which has been enshrined in the history of
our university. Relentlessly, we will cling to our bias for order, propriety
and the rule of law.

Di Kami Lasing...

... tipsy lang.

Went to The Fort last night until the wee hours of the morning to celebrate the start of our "Christmas Vacation".

My Law school barkada otherwise known as DuhPerm was sort of complete with a few new Drinking buddies. Ok, Roll Call: Euns, Shem, Rica, Yvie, JV, Mel, Juancho, Ana, David, Pepe, Kiboy, Haze, Elliot, Rachelle, Ces, Kiko, Becky, Chris, Anton, Patty... Much Love Guys!!!!

Koko, Lew at Carlo... Boo! =P Namiss namin kayo a.

Our first plan was to spend the night at CocoCabana but it was jampacked and we felt like it was hopeless and futile to wait for the people to leave. So, we went to The Fort instead and tried our luck at Pier One. Ang masasabi ko lang... Haha. Luck my ass. We still waited for a looong time before we got a table, but I don't regret going there naman. I had fun.

We bumped din into other law students at The Fort and a lot of kwentuhans later, we FINALLY STARTED THE HIGHLY-ANTICIPATED DRINKING SESSION. Because I vowed, we all vowed not to talk about what "transpired" and "got revealed" during Kiboy's "15 Questions Game", I will not divulge any incriminating facts about the people who were game enough to answer the VERY CONTROVERSIAL QUESTIONS. *Winks at Patty, Ces, Chris, Elliot, Anton, Juancho, Kiko, Becky, Mel, Haze and Rach. Kaya TAP-OUT ako jan. hehe.

May mga nagkahamunan mag-holding hands, may mga nagkahamunan mag-date, may nagkahamunan lang basta... may nagkakadevelopan, may nag-break at nakamove on, may "nag-footsie", nag-PDA, nag-hug at kung anu-ano pa. Bahala na kayo. Basta, sobrang eventful ng inuman na'to.

Thanks Yvie for the wonderful pashmina shawls [tama ba un spelling ng pashmina?]. You're welcome Pepe. Carlo, BOOOOO! =P

Then we went to Starbucks a li'l tipsy, a li'l happier, a li'l excited... itinuloy ang kwentuhan at nag-uwian na may mga ngiti sa mga labi.

MERRY CHRISTMAS GUYS!!!!




Boyet, Maria, Alexis, Ula, T.E. ... Para Sa'yo.

ALEXIS na BRUSKONg-BRUSKO

jersee_d_goddess : pinapadepress mo ko bigla ha. [mali yata un tagalog na un] pinapa-depress? may ganun ba?
elliotdemanila : tila pinu-puno kita ng pighati
jersee_d_goddess : hahaha..babalik nanaman ba tayo sa tagalog? mahilig ka sa ganyan. "makata".
elliotdemanila : Then I beseech you to utilize your grasp of the English language
jersee_d_goddess : gawd. Language-swings. kaw lang may ganung topak a.
elliotdemanila : Preferez-vous la langue Francais?
jersee_d_goddess : Fine, fine. I get your point. You're Multilingual... Show-off!
elliotdemanila : hinde. nakuha ko lang communication skills ko kakapanood ng Ana Luna at Eat Bulaga noong bata pa ako. At ngayon, sa The Buzz nalang ako kumukuha ng pointers.
jersee_d_goddess : Haha, speaking of Ana Luna.. alam mo ba, dati akala ko ako si Eunice [un kontrabida] kasi Elvie din pangalan nun mom ko.. so, i got carried aawy at sinabihan ko un yaya ko na.. "Sampid ka lang dito!" gaga no?
elliotdemanila : Dapat di mo na kinwento sakin yan. patay ka sakin bukas
jersee_d_goddess : haha.. siraulo. pagbaabayaran ko ba ang mga kakontrabidahan ko?
elliotdemanila : alam mo naman na ikaw lang ang eula valdes ng buhay ko
jersee_d_goddess : shit. salamt Elliot. im soo honored. eula eh no.
elliotdemanila : at ako naman si claudine, kaya sakin ang huling halak-hak. grabe ang jologs ko.
jersee_d_goddess: di sakin nanggaling yan.
jersee_d_goddess : pero teka, si Kristine Hermosa ka.. tapos si Jean Garcia ako..un ang mas tama
elliotdemanila: pwede bang rico yan nalang? puro babae nababangit dito!
elliotdemanila : ...on second thought, jericho rosales nalang. nasa langit na pala si rico.
jersee_d_goddess: hahaha.. Fine, fine fine. pero di na ako kontrabida nun, anak na kita.
elliotdemanila : o di ikaw nalang si puma lay-ar at ako si alexis/shaider
jersee_d_goddess : bwahahaha... tumutugtog sa isip ko un shigi shigi
elliotdemanila : o siya, papanik na ako sa babilos at ako'y matutulog na. baka magalit si ani.
jersee_d_goddess : night.

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MAKATANG BOYET

elliotdemanila : Magandang gabi. May pasok ba bukas sa PIL or submission lang ng digests? And kailangan ba i-print yung digests?
jersee_d_goddess : may pasok sa PIL. at oo kailangan iprint ang digest.
jersee_d_goddess : didnt u get the text message?
elliotdemanila : Hindi po namin natangap ang mga mensahe. Akala ko pa naman at walang pampublikong batas pangkalawakan bukas. Inubos ng mga kaso ang oras ko. Maraming salamat sa iyong pagtitiwala
jersee_d_goddess : walang anuman, nawa'y tuluyan kang naliwanagan sa mga agam-agam na naglalaro sa iyong isipan. Magandang gabi...
elliotdemanila : Magandang gabi rin at sana'y sing tamis ng mansanas ni eba ang iyong mga panaginip

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MARIA, The Diamond Star

Pero ang pinakamatindi sa lahat ay ang pagwa-walkout ni Maria sa kanyang self-produced episode ng Maricel Drama Special nang sinubukan namin na pakantahin sya sa Christmas Party.

All I Want For Christmas is... este, ARE...

Attention GIFT-GIVERS!
  1. Peace of Mind (priceless)
  2. Contentment (priceless)
  3. Sex and the City Trivia Game (P1000+)
  4. Human Warmth (priceless)
  5. Any Metallic BIG Bag.
  6. Ateneo Law Jacket (1000+)
  7. Tarot Cards. Tarot decks vary from the more traditional Rider Waite pack, to the more eclectic such as The Egyptian Tarot, The Buddha Tarot, The Celtic Tarot, and Gothic Tarot of Vampires.
  8. really cute pair of wedge [size 9]
  9. bean bag (600+?)
  10. contact lens [hazel, brown... wag lang blue] 100 ang grado... (600+)
  11. white pumps (size 9) 300 - 500 lang sa Fashion Market (Market Market!)
  12. Pashmina shawl GOT IT! Thanks Yvie...
  13. Summit Media : Who Stole My Magic? by Jenny Manuel,Between Dinner and the Morning After by Tara FT Sering,No Boyfriend Since Birth by Claire Betita [150 each]
  14. Aviator Shades from People are People
  15. Freakonomics by Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner
  16. Nicole Krauss's eccentric and haunting second novel, The History of Love
  17. Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
  18. On Beauty by Zadie Smith
  19. Veronica by Mary Gaitskill

Gazillions of Toffee Nut Latte's Later

Just got home from Simbang Gabi with Leida.

A li'l earlier:
Just got home from a refreshing nightout with my high school barkada.

Realized that all of 'em managed to lose weight which completely emphasized my "contradictory" situation of successfully gaining weight while claiming to be the "most stressed one" thanks to law school.

Survived JC's kaasar-to-death question, "Anong nangyari sayo?" sabay attempting to pinch me in a "stuffed-toy"-like manner by bullying him into buying my nth cup of Toffee Nut Latte for the day and killing him through guilt for showing up late and having the nerve to be the earliest one to leave.

Planned a highly-anticipated Christmas get-together with the highlight game of BASAGAN NG PALAYOK as suggested by Mirla.

Made fun of Ahyen after she suggested that we come up with NAUGHTY PARLOR GAMES by reminding her that we all are CLOOOOSE friends and that NAUGHTY GAMES are for people who look at each other as romantic prospects. Friends who are like brothers and sisters don't play "BASAGAN NG ITLOG". They just don't. It's a rule.

Teeny weeny bit earlier:

Met up with Chubs after he "got drunk" at his law school's Christmas Party in Shang. Made him promise an INUMAN SESSION with him as the "TAYA".

Much earlier:
Just came from a "tambay session" with Ces and Carlo...

Much, much earlier:
I got called to recite for my Criminal Law class, crossed my fingers and "charmed" [or at least TRIED TO CHARM] my way through it.

Sooper dooooper earlier:
I had a blast hosting the Ateneo School of Law Staff Christmas Party. I am now a celebrity amongst the staff. Saya.

EVENTFUL DAY? understatement.

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