LOOKS DRAIN

Koks, Pwede mo ko idemanda for my violation of your right to privacy in communication pero ipo-post ko parin ang conversation natin...

jersee_d_goddess (5/18/2000 11:21:07 AM): koks!
jnograles (5/18/2000 11:21:27 AM): hi eunice!
jersee_d_goddess (5/18/2000 11:21:40 AM): kamusta na?
jnograles (5/18/2000 11:22:12 AM): ok lang. little stressed sa schedule but
fine nevertheless
jnograles (5/18/2000 11:22:19 AM): how's summer vacation?
jersee_d_goddess (5/18/2000 11:22:58 AM): hmm, great.. im kind of recharged
for another sem.
jnograles (5/18/2000 11:24:42 AM): kind of? hahahaa doubt it
jersee_d_goddess (5/18/2000 11:24:53 AM): i knoooooooooow. kaya nga "kind
of"
jnograles (5/18/2000 11:25:36 AM): sumama ka na lang sa akinjnograles
(5/18/2000 11:25:54 AM): dun tayo sa lugar na kamukha ng lahat ng lalaki dun si
brad pitt
jnograles (5/18/2000 11:26:10 AM): kaya nga ako pupunta para masabi ko "i'm
coming home" hahahahaahahaha
jersee_d_goddess (5/18/2000 11:26:33 AM): koks, you know me too well...
alam mong napaka-enticing ng idea na yan. brad pitt all around. feeling angelina
jolie ako nyan.
jersee_d_goddess (5/18/2000 11:26:54 AM): so alam mo na talaga kung san ka
ppnta..haha.. kasi the last time we talked you were kind of "unsure"
jnograles (5/18/2000 11:27:26 AM): o ano pa inaantay mo? sumama ka na!
biyahe na! *sharon cuneta pose*
jersee_d_goddess (5/18/2000 11:27:39 AM): ewan ko na lang. pag sumama ako
sayo, mawawalan ng dalawang good-looking sa pinas. imbes na ikaw lang
mag-isa..
jnograles:(5/18/2000 11:29:51 AM): uso na ngayon yung brain drain.. gawa
tayo ng panibagong uso.. looks
jnograles (5/18/2000 11:29:56 AM): ang kulit ko. pasensya na. medyo malakas
yung tama ng gingko biloba hahahaha
jersee_d_goddess (5/18/2000 11:30:24 AM): haha, LOOKS BRAIN. Tama yan. pero
kung wala na ngang utak wala pang itsura.. paano na ang kinabukasan ng bansa
natin?
jnograles (5/18/2000 11:30:57 AM): babalik at babalik din tayo
jnograles (5/18/2000 11:31:00 AM): hahahahajnograles (5/18/2000 11:31:10
AM): "kay tagal mo nang nawala, babalik ka rin..."
jersee_d_goddess (5/18/2000 11:31:25 AM): and it's the same song that I was
supposed to type.apir!
jnograles (5/18/2000 11:31:37 AM): wavelength natin in sync
jnograles (5/18/2000 11:31:40 AM): kakaaliw
jnograles (5/18/2000 11:31:42 AM): hahahaha
jersee_d_goddess (5/18/2000 11:32:09 AM): na-establish na natin yan dati
pa. i dont know if it's a good thing or a bad thing though
jnograles (5/18/2000 11:33:17 AM): only time will tell

MARLON, SOURCE OF JOY KA DIN!

Got this from http://sleepyhead29.blogspot.com/ PANALO!

"Oo, aaminin ko. Sila ay mga yakal, lawaan, apitong, at narra..at kami ay
saging lang. Pero maghanap kayo ng puno sa buong Pilipinas..saging lang ang may
puso...SAGING LANG ANG MAY PUSO!"

- Mark Lapid in Apoy Sa Dibdib Ng
Samar

By the Way...

I'm curly again. I got tired of the mabait look. kahit na curls make people look fat, kebs.

REUNITED (and It Feels So Good)

Annamitzie's Version of their SURPRISE from http://annamitzie.blogspot.com

Just got home from Tubby's not-so-surprise birthday party. yebah. We
are officially back in each other's arms (yuck, feeling lovers eh)after a 3-
month hiatus. It's great, we talked, laughed, criticized each other like nothing
happened. Its the truest kind of friendship.I'm tired as usual, not from work
(thank God) but from laughing maniacally at every jokes my friends made. I Can
say that my sense of humor is at its best when I'm with them.

Super thanks to DIshwalla (the other celebrant), Scarlet (who came all the
way from Ortigas---parang ang layo noh?), and Susy and Geno. Of course, PERKS
SQUAD is complete after uhm, One year? oh shoot. Wala kaming Group Pic! Bad
trip. Anyway, it was super fun. Suka level kami kakain at nagkandapaso- paso ang
dila ko sa paginom ng pagkainit init na tsaa ng Starbucks.

And what is a Perksquad and friends gimmick without the usual comic/
surreal episodes?

1.) Nauna si Tubby na dumating kesa sa kanila
2.) Magkakaroon kami ng Bituing Walang Ningning Acting contest sa Greenbelt
3.) Nabanlian ni Mamba si Queer ng Umuusok na french press
4.) Ilalagay ko ang napakandang Ann Taylor dress na binili sa isang gutay-
gutay na paperbag
5.) Pagbibitbitin namin si Tubby ng isang box ng cake habang
naggagalivanting kami sa GB (sosyal na sosyal)Ayun... next time na ang kwento...
OT pa ako tomorrow.

Alay sa mga Taong Walang Kahihiyan Noon.. hanggang NGAYON.

sa kagustuhang mag-Bora.

YV, eat your heart out. the boy is mine. haha

a tribute to not only my, but everyone's source of joy...

PAOPAO

Yay!

Yay! Taylor Hicks is the new AMERICAN IDOL… I know that it’s been a week but wadda heck.

Anyway, I am really looking forward to Philippine Idol in ABC5. I wonder who’s gonna be hosting it and who will Randy’s, Paula’s and Simon’s counterparts be. I am sure it’s going to be awkward, knowing how the brains of the Philippine industry work, they will try to “imitate” these three judges. I am sure uhmm, it just won’t work. I mean, Simon is British and it’s sort of in their culture to be rude err, straightforward to say the least. But Filipinos are diplomatic and are not really confrontational.
Basta JV, iboboto ka naming pag sumali ka. =P

Kasalanan ko talaga.

Last Friday, I was supposed to meet up with Mel at Starbucks Loft, Rockwell for our surprise birthday bash for Shem. Our “call time” was at 9 am and I arrived around 10. I left my house at around 8:45 thinking that traffic can’t be bad. But hell I was wrong, the traffic was terrible and as much as I don’t want to make excuses for myself, it was an [un]avoidable circumstance, well, sort of since if I left my house earlier then I would’ve gotten there on time. To add insult to the injury, when I arrived at Starbucks, Jay told me that Mel just left. JUST LEFT. Being the optimistic that I am, I tried to look for her at the Pancake House and even in Ateneo, but at the back of my mind, I knew that she left and that I deserved it.

The most painful part of the whole thing was that I missed Shem’s birthday. Shem has always been the “thoughtful one”. She was the most game with regard to planning for surprise parties, trips and even simple get togethers featuring the video presentation that she has been working on. I don’t want her to feel that I didn’t appreciate her cooking for me on my birthday and the video that she made for me, or the cd that she gave us for Christmas.

So this is a sort of PUBLIC APOLOGY for Shemshem. I texted her the evening of her birthday but I know it’s not enough. Basta, I WILL MAKE IT UP TO YOU.

I'm Twenty-two, and not even a bit blue.

I wasn’t really looking forward to celebrating my birthday, I don’t know if it’s a sign of maturity or if it’s another manifestation of how “kuripot” I’ve slowly become but all I wanted was to get it over with. Don’t get me wrong, there is no tinge of sarcasm in this entry, in fact it’s a fun-filled, gratitude-overflowing, tear-inducing article.

Perk Squad’s Back!

Ok, not so long ago, I wrote an entry about a “surprise thingie” that Japhet wanted me to go to. Although I felt that it’s barkada-related, I didn’t want to ruin Japhet’s effort to stop me from suspecting so I kind of had to believe him when he told me that this “dinner” is ROMANTIC in Nature. It was a win-win situation [sort of], if it’s barkada-related, I will be more than happy because I haven’t seen my bestest of friends in ages, if it’s really about a guy from my past, well, at least I’ll have something juicy to write about [although I felt kind of stressed because there are a LOT of possibilities as to who this “GUY FROM MY PAST” could’ve been. Anyway, it was obvious, birthday + mystery dinner = surprise party. Gaya nga ng sinabi ni Paloys when I chatted with him about it, “Sus, surprise lang un kasi birthday mo na diba?” Thanks Paloys. Isa ka talagang source of rationality.

I was supposed to meet up with Japhet around 7pm at Coffee Bean in Greenbelt. Since mataba ako, I decided to dress up a la Ally Mc Beal, power suit and a pink maarte-pero- conservative-top under. The interesting part was that I decided not to take a cab, I rode the jeepney to Greenbelt (sosyal diba?) because I knew that since it was a Friday night, the traffic’s going to be more than awful, meaning… MAHAL mag-CAB. Yup, I was wearing my sobrang maporma attire and I couldn’t deny how out of place I looked because I was consistently eyed by a few of the passengers and since it was a loooong ride, (it rained pa kasi) I felt ridiculous wearing my suit while perspiring ( I wanted to add “like a pig” but it wouldn’t be figurative in my situation, hehe) So there, after losing a couple of pounds because it really felt like I was in the sauna, nakarating din.

I wanted to go to Powerbooks first but on my way there, I bumped into Japhet. Kaya we went straight to Coffee Bean. FUNNY SIDE KWENTO: I went to the washroom to recover and restore what’s left of my pretty self before my jeepney ride and just when I was about to go out, this guy beat me to the door, the embarrassing part was… SINALYA NYA ANG DOOR! It was so funny and attention-grabbing that for a second, I worried that people would think that this guy and I had a fight inside the washroom. Ngarks. Kaya I brisk-walked my way to Japhet to make it clear that I don’t know the guy and I don’t have anything to do with his EPISODE. Oh well, DYAHE.

A glass of iced tea, a few topics and a number of laughs after, Japhet finally received his “Go signal”. And after a few steps, a big smile emerged from my face when I realized that the people dearest to me, the people whom I spent the best four years of my life with were there, waiting for me… This is what I love about them, us, may issue man o wala alam lang namin na MAHAL namin ang isa’t isa. Walang magbabago dun. O ito na, naiiyak na yata ako.

I spent the evening with Japhet [ na naatasang gawing sikreto ang lahat but failed miserably, haha], Atoy [na-8 months na nang huli ko makita and if you know us, that’s a looong time, he perfected his rendition of the DORINA-LAVINIA scene from BITUING WALANG NINGNING and his MENANG impersonation from GULONG NG PALAD], Sam [na according to her ay pumayat, from her shoulders up,haha… at bumabait for some unknown reason], Abby [na as usual ay busy magtake ng pics na di nanaman nya maiu-upload, being her usual responsible self habang binu-bully ni AM], AM [na tila bihis na bihis, gorgeous as ever kaya nagkakaroon ng creepy admirers], Eloha [maganda parin at bakla parin katulad ko], Bon este Victor [ ex-boyfriend ko, ako ang nakipagbreak pero wala sya kasalanan, sumasang-ayon na mabuti akong girlfriend, gumuguwapo lalo at magkakaroon ng Billboard sa EDSA, tama na ba Bon?], Ed and Bebang err Beverly [ang power couple na ang isa ay nagb-bike papuntang office kahit ang laki-laki naman ng sweldo at un isa ay naglalakad sa greenbelt na naka-tsinelas at black stockings na ikina-stress ng lahat dahil isang malaking fashion booboo ito!].

The dinner was great, kahit na we were given a few dagger looks dahil sa sobrang tagal naming at kahit na walang kwenta un PSEUDO-DJ ng resto, nobody could rain on our parade ika nga. After dinner, we decided to have coffee at… jaran! Starbucks. Bagong-bago. Na-miss ko sila ng sobra pero I think isang gabi lang ang kailangan at balik na uli sa dati ang lahat. Gets? Kahit gaano katagal di magkita, isang gabi lang, balik na ang spark. I could never be happier. Or so I thought.

Sana Kahit Minsan DuhPerm.

I don’t know what I did to deserve the blessings that God has always given me, from a great family to great groups of friends. Sa Law School, even if it has only been a year, I found really inspiring and sweet people. A day after my birthday was my enrollment, [aww yeah, I am enrolled… therefore I have another sem. Woohoo!] our plan was to go to Shem’s condo after enrollment. Alam ko naman na may surprise, because it’s been a tradition for us to SURPRISE quote, unquote the Birthday Celebrant.

Inside the Washroom:
Carmi: Nakakainis, kasi naman nag-order ako ng cake sa Gayuma tapos di nila nagawa. (natigilan) Cake…uhmm… para sa kapatid ko (being really defensive)
Eunice: Ah talaga… badtrip un. (pretending to not get it, trying so hard not to laugh)
[lumabas na sila Carmi, Ces at Kay habang nasa loob parin ako]
Carmi: (loudly panicked and talked about how she almost ruined the surprise for me)

Tawa lang ako ng tawa sa loob ng washroom.

So there, when we finally arrived sa Condo ni Shem, naging official na nga na may surprise for me. Ganun talaga, kahit alam mo na, sobrang saya mo parin pag sinurprise ka. Shem made a video presentation for me. Err, actually the first part of the video was funny, the second part was horrifying. Basta, kadiri…. STALKER na STALKER ang dating. Haha. Na-touch din ako dahil Shem and JV cooked pa for me. Although I wasn’t quite sure if JV cooked FOR ME o incidental lang talaga na birthday ko. Hehe, kidding.

As if the video and dinner weren’t enough, they gave me a black shirt with the text, “ YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN SILENT, EVERYTHING YOU SAY CAN AND WILL BE BLOGGED.” Aww, so me diba? Pero and best part was Kiboy’s and my rendition of I SWEAR. Ikahihiya naming iyon habang buhay, Shem caught it on video at ang masasabi lang naming ay, LASING kami.

Salamat talaga sa DuhPerm, Shem, Melo, Yvie, Haze, JV, Kiboy, Kay at sa lahat na nandun din in spirit liban lang kay Pepe na as usual ay pinagpalit kami sa mga babae nya. Hmmp.

GREATEST GIFT OF ALL… janjanjanjan….

Paopao’s phone call! He called and said, sinong may birthday today? Then went on to sing Happy Birthday. Aww. Love talaga kita Paopao. Belat Yvie.

Thanks to everyone who greeted me on my special day. Happy Birthday to me, I am 22 and not even a bit blue.

Summa cum laude Donald K. Ngwe on behalf of the graduates

Mga miyembro ng Lupon ng RehentePangulong Emerlinda RomanChanselor Sergio CaoAting panauhing pandangal Dr. Edgardo GomezMga dekano ng iba’t-ibang kolehiyoMga miyembro ng kaguruanMga natatanging bisitaMga mahal na magulang, kaibigan, at kapwa nagsipagtapos…
Isang mainit na pagbati sa inyong lahat.

Simula noong hapon hanggang ngayong gabi, tayo ay nagkasama-sama para sa isang katangi-tanging okasyon. Ngayong gabi, sabay-sabay nating gunitain ang unibersidad, ang karunungang ipinamahagi nito sa atin, at higit sa lahat, ang ating pagtatapos. Ang unibersidad natin, parang bahay ni kuya. Tayo ang mga housemates—kanya-kanya ang mga hangarin, mga problema, at mga pinapangarap. Ang ilan sa atin, magkakapamilya. Ang iba naman, magpapayaman. Ang iba, uuwi sa probinsya at tatakbong konggresista. Habang ang iba, mamumundok upang hanapin ang sarili. Mga iskolar man tayong lahat, iba-iba pa rin tayo ng pinanggalingan at patutunguhan sa buhay.

Sa likod ng mga pagkakaiba natin bilang mga indibidwal, ang katotohanan pa rin ay tayo’y nagkakaisa. Para tayong mga housemates na may kanya-kanyang personalidad pero iisa pa rin ang hangaring tumagal sa bahay ni kuya. Masscomm ka man o Educ, BA o FA, ikaw, iskolar, ay nagmimithing mapabuti ang kalagayan ng ating bansa. Nais mong mabatid, sa iyong paglisan sa unibersidad, na ika’y naging bahagi sa pagbibigay lunas sa iba’t ibang sakit ng ating lipunan. Ito ang isa sa pinakamahalaga at di-mabuburang aral na dapat nating dalhin sa labas ng unibersidad. Ito ang tatak UP!

Mga kaibigan, hindi mahirap maghanap ng paraan upang makamit natin ang ating layunin. Sa ginawa nating pagsusumikap na magtapos ng kolehiyo, ipinamalas natin ang pinakamabisang paraan ng pagsulong sa ating bansa: ang pagtuklas sa katotohanan. Ako, bilang mag-aaral mula sa Econ, ay natutong intindihin ang tunay na dahilan sa pagtaas at pagbaba ng piso. Kayong mag-aaral mula sa KAL at mula sa Music, ay naghanap ng kagandahan at silbi sa pamamagitan ng iba’t ibang uri ng sining na katutubo sa ating bayan. Kayo, mula sa CS, CSSP at Eng’g ay nagpatunay sa mga konsepto at palaisipang kayo lamang at ang Diyos ang nakaiintindi. Gaya nga ng mga housemates ni kuya, mayroon din tayong sari-sariling mga diskarte at pamamaraan upang magtagumpay. Lahat tayo ay nagsilbing susi sa paghahanap ng katotohanan, sa iba-iba mang paraan, sa iba-iba mang larangan.

Hindi tayo mag-isang naglakbay sa UP. Nariyan ang mga taong walang humpay ang suporta sa atin—ang ating mga magulang, na pawis at dugo ang ipinundar upang tayo’y pakainin, pag-aralin, at patabain sa kabutihang asal; ang ating mga guro, na nagpayaman sa ating mga isipan sa kabila ng mababang sahod; ang mga kawani at non-teaching staff na nagtrabaho mula umaga hanggang gabi upang mapadali ang buhay natin sa unibersidad. Tatay, nanay, prof, ate, kuya, klasmeyt, sa lahat ng gumabay at tumulong sa amin… maraming maraming salamat.
Ngunit huwag nating kalilimutan ang mamamayang Pilipino, na siyang nagtustos sa ating pag-aaral. Kung daan-daang tagahanga ang naghihintay sa tuwing lalabas ang isang housemate, milyun-milyong Pilipino ang naghihintay sa bawat isa sa atin upang sila’y ating pagsilbihan at upang magampanan natin ang ating tungkulin sa sambayanan.

Kaya nga mga kasamang nagsipagtapos, gamitin natin ang ating galing sa masigasig na pagtupad sa ating tungkulin. Bilang mga musikero, payamanin ninyo ang musikang Pinoy sa paglikha ng mga natatanging obra. Bilang mga mamamahayag, iulat niyo lamang ang balitang tama at tapat sa diyaryo, radio, at telebisyon. Bilang mga guro, gabayan ninyo ang mga susunod na henerasyon tulad ng paggabay sa atin ng ating mga mahal na propesor. Mga inhenyero, protektahan ninyo ang kapakanan ng mga mahihirap habang pinapalakas ang imprastrakratura ng kanayunan. Mga negosyante, kawani ng gobyerno, at kapwa ekonomista, magpatupad kayo ng mga patakarang makapagpapaginhawa sa bawat sektor ng ating lipunan. Sa lahat ng ito, marapatin nating gawing batayan ng ating tagumpay bilang tao kung gaano tayo nagpakatotoo sa ating mga sarili, at sa mga mamamayan ng ating bansa.

Nakalulungkot mang isipin, hindi namamayani ang katotohanan sa lipunang ating ginagalawan at kinabibilangan. Kung minsan nga, ang katotohanan ay nasa harap na, ngunit malungkot mang aminin ay walang nagnanais tumanggap dito. Tinatawag ang ating henerasyon na harapin ang mga isyung bumabalot sa lipunan natin. Gamitin natin ang ating lakas at talino sa pagpapaunlad ng sarili nating bayan, sa halip na lumikas na lamang sa ibang bansa. Sama-sama nating palakasin ang ating ekonomiya, habang tinitiyak na mapapabuti ang kalagayan ng mga mahihirap. Patunayan natin sa lahat na kaya nating maging isang matatag na bansa sa pamamagitan ng tamang pagbayad ng buwis, sa matuwid na pagsunod sa batas, at sa buong-pusong pagtupad natin sa ating tungkulin bilang Pilipino.

Mga kaibigan, ito na ang simula ng ating pagharap sa reyalidad ng mundo, ang mundo sa labas ng unibersidad. Ito na ang simula ng susunod na yugto ng ating kasaysayan. Ito na ang teleserye ng totoong buhay.

Mabuhay ang iskolar ng bayan! Mabuhay ang UP!
Donald K. Ngwe

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huli man daw at magaling, congrats sa mga graduates at Iskolar ng Bayan.
Donald, sabi ko na nga ba nag-iisa ka, thanks for being a source of joy back when I was still in UP!

[from www.upd.edu.ph]

Reunited and it feels so good...

.. yesterday I met with the members of DuhPerm for a lazy afternoon get together. I decided to go to school earlier than our "call time" so I can check my mail but since my life's one big "what are the chances?" my landline's not working, therefore I have no access to the internet. But noooo, it turned out that I cannot enter the library yet since I havent enrolled. [enrolment's on the 15th] so i just bonded with Mel and after a few minutes, Pepe arrived. We chatted about Pepe's exceptionally high grades only to find out that Mel also had superb grades. It was a great sem for us... at least some of us. =(

Since the summer heat was getting the most out of us, we walked our way to our "home" Starbucks Loft but on our way there, we bumped in to Yves and Jayvs [para lang mag-rhyme,haha] and they somehow managed to convince us to go to Powerplant to see Haze's new dress which she bought for Dorts' wedding. [Yeah, it IS a BIG DEAL] It's a very elegant dress, Next we decided to look for the right shoes, and went to Starbucks Powerplant to wait for Shem. But since we're so restless, we convinced Pepe to treat us to a drinking spree at Grams.. he [un]happily obliged... therefore, INUMAN SA HAPON. One of our fave things to do. THen SHem arrived and we went back to Ateneo. Ano ang highlight of my day? Yihee, na-realize ko na sobrang crush ko talaga si BSB ko. As in un pa-demure na nagb-blush ang drama ko when I saw him.

Since Mel had to stay sa LSAC and Yves and Jayvs had to go home, I, together with Pepa and Haze went straight to Shem's condo. "Walang masama kung may pagkain na nakahanda." Shem made us watch her video presentation of all our pics through the year... God, twas almost an hour long! Sabi nga ni Pepe, "Kung papanoorin mo yan mga pics natin parang wala tayong ginawa sa Lawschool kungdi tumambay ng tumambay." Oh well, we really made a lot of good memories and what's better is we were able to catch it sa pictures.

Nakakasukang kabusugan ang aming naranasan sa CONDO ni SHem. Seryoso, if we stayed longer we wouldve gone home with a stock of food in our stomach that's good for a month. [OA!] That's why I am sincerely thanking Shem.

Nakakatawang thought.

While we were at Grams Pepe once again wowed us with his hilariously funny idea.

Eunice: Did you text Dorts na para sabihin na darating ka sa Wedding?
Pepe: Oo naman. Textmates na nga kami ni DOrts e. [Blahblahblah] Sa wedding nga nya ganito na ang sasabihin nya... "I'm sorry Sweetie, pero mahal ko na si Pepe."

LAUGHTRIP! I-imagine nyo na lang un.

Ito pa.

[While watching the video]
Pepe: Ang laki ng boobs ko. Parang di ako nagpapalit ng damit a. [kasi lagi sya akawhite shirt] Bigyan nyo naman ako ng picture na maayos ang itsura kol.
SHem: Walang ganun. Walang ganun na picture.

Hay naku, twas a really great day.