Kinilig Ng Konti

Bago pa ako maunahan ni Haze magkwento, sa tingin ko may cute na MBA na actionable document.

Kasalanan nya, umupo sya sa harapan ko at tumanga sa Starbucks. As in "face to face nakakadistract position". At di pa natapos dun, habang nagkkwentuhan kami ni Haze para lang maitago ang pagtawa namin sa ka-weirdohan nya, nakatingin lang sya at nakangiti.

In fairness, cute.

Sana nasa Starbucks sya today.

What Goes on Inside Eunice's Mind

Reality: [inside the hotel room]
Euns: Hey, kamusta last exam.
Euns' Crush: Ok naman... un ethics. [knowing smile]
Euns: Mabuti naman nasagutan mo un ethics mo.
Euns' Crush: Oo naman, inaral ko ng maayos e.

Inside my Mind: [inside the hotel room]
Euns: Hey sweetie, i'm so glad you're here. Kamusta last exam.
Euns' Crush: Ok naman... un ethics. [knowing smile]
Euns: Witty ka talaga, kaya nga I've been crushing on you for three years. Pero, Mabuti naman nasagutan mo un ethics mo.
Euns' Crush: Oo naman, inaral ko ng maayos e.
Euns: Punta ka ba sa After the Bar Party? Pwede ba kita maging date?

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naisip ko lang sa Cab un Inside my Mind scene e. Sayang. Nagbitaw nanaman ako ng salita today sabi ko, "Lord pag nakita ko sya today, yayayain ko na talaga sya maging date ko." So far di ko pa sya nakikita, although alam ko naman na may impossibility kasi nga hello,lasing na lasing sya kagabi diba? Malamang.

The SALUBONG That Was: Raves of a SALUBONG Virgin

Things always fall into their proper places.

The beer did fall and boy it was one helluva party!!!

It rained beer and it sure fell on us, on the floor, the bumping and grinding bodies of all the Ateneans who were eagerly anticipating the arrival of the "more than harassed but so damn excited and more than happy to end the misery" barristers after their last exam. Nasagutan na nila ang mga ETHICS nila. We wanted to calmly wait, we wanted to let the excitement build up until that first barrister comes out but we couldn't. The party started and it didn't stop until every tiny drop of that 5o thousand peso-supply of San Miguel beer drowned us. We didn't forget that it wasn't about us, it was about the BARRISTERS, it was about how we can make them feel how proud we are of them. Never mind that we were on the ground, never mind that the other schools were "literally" looking down at us, it wasn't the original plan but we cheered and yelled and poured beer like we were up there, heaven that is.

Things always fall into their proper places.

The Ateneo Law Students acted as ONE, forming a circle, a circle that was intended as a human barricade to stop the "other schools" from Usurping err, encroaching OUR SPOT. We may be on our feet that afternoon but we weren't feeling LOW, not close, not even a bit. Everyone was on a high. The Law School "Babble" was there, we had the sound system running, eternally playing OUR CHEER. The Ateneo Cheer which I am not really that familiar with, but I tried and I cheered anyway because nothing can be more inspiring than seeing your Law School Friends getting wet and wild together, waiting for the same people that you are waiting for. We were there not because of ourselves alone but mainly because THE BARRISTERS deserve an all-fun, no-fuss and no-drama SALUBONG. The Ateneo delivered.

Divine Intervention always comes when you need it the most. I still think that everything was a blessing in disguise. It was a time for us to realize that we have to be level-headed, mature and open to the possibility of plans getting screwed up.

Life is a play, if nothing bad or at least close to it happens, it's not a good play. Something very complicated and beautiful has to have drama in it. It takes class to rise up to the occasion and still continue to be happy despite the bad actors and actresses that we have to work with or in life's case, live with. Bad actors and actresses are a staple. "Nothing's perfect" and it's their job to make that cliche true. Despite everything, I still am happy that I was there.

We were happy. Congrats to the Ateneo Salubong Committee, to everyone who worked hard the whole month of September, to my "colleagues" in Sunday Ops [especially to Carm and Rams for accepting the understudy position that we offered them], to all the Ateneans who were there to cheer and be merry... to everyone who acted as one for the sake of the true stars of THAT PLAY, the barristers...

Of course, to the barristers who from the outside may be judged as the "pampered ones" but in reality are the MOST HARASSED, MOST TIRED and MOST STRESSED individuals for the past months... CONGRATULATIONS..

Until the next cans of beer are delivered, we shall rest or more appropriately... study again.

It was a good FIRST TIME.

Ateneo Law School's After-the-Bar Party

After-the-Bar Party
29 September 2007, Saturday
Embassy
Tickets are Php 200 each.
All tickets are for pre-selling.
We won't be selling tickets at the gate.
Embassy will be honoring our tickets only until 12mn.
OPEN BAR is from 10 pm-12mn.
Funds raised through this event will be for the benefit of one GK family. We're targetting to raise Php 70,000 to be able to sponsor one house in our GK community. See! You'll be partying for a very noble cause.
If you'd like to buy tickets, you can text me at 0917.5208979 or just corner me when you see me walking along the hallways. I really hope we all support this event!!!
I really hope to see everyone there!
Sincerely,
Tricia Cervantes
Your SC 2007-2008

How Appropriate

---minsan talaga gusto ko na maniwala sa Horoscope ng sobra---

Taurus

The Bottom Line

Approach things compassionately and with your defenses down. It will create joy.

In Detail

Have you been giving someone the silent treatment? It won't do you much good ... you can't make your point unless you clearly communicate what you are feeling and what you need. People cannot read your mind. So get in touch and clear the air. If you are the one who is getting the silent treatment from someone else, reach out and check in with them. Find out if they are ready to talk. Approach things compassionately and with all your defenses down.

Aww

Dad: Anak, malapit ka na sa pangarap mo... wag mo kakalimutan kung bakit ka nandyan ha. ALam mo na kung ano ang tama at mali.

JOLOGS Talaga Ako

Yesterday, while I was faking my way to studying due to the overflowing guilt that I was feeling for not attending class, Christian Bautista graced Starbucks with his presence.

Gusto nyo ng JOLOGS?

I pretended to read the newspaper while mouthin, "Oh My Gooood." And then, with great effort, tried to eavesdrop on their conversation. I was so tempted to say hi and ask him if I could take his picture or autograph or his heart, whatever, but I didn't. Di ko nga ginawa for Jessica Zafra [whom I love most] kay Christian pa. Still, I CRUSH HIM. Sobra.

Jologs talaga.

And the beer still flows...

Last night was just like any other night this week, we drank, badgered our way to FREE BUCKETS of BEER, SIOMAI and CHISIG and humiliated ourselves enormously. Not to mention the constant baklaan moments, tuksuhan moments, asaran moments and everything that may be considered as "moments".

It started with that eternal promise of "ONE ROUND". By this time, "ONE ROUND" has evolved into a metaphor too, ONE ROUND means, for as long as we have money and the mall's parking lot is open we shall drink our way to liver failure... and if we have to move our cars, there's always BINALOT waiting for us with more than open arms and uhmm, legs. [Eww.]

Side kwento: Of course I felt bad, especially because I got called to recite for Tax in that ONE TIME that I decided not to attend class. Why don't I learn? I'm unlucky, enough said. But it's ok, I stand by my belief that Atty. Gonzalez "might" consider it as my FREE PASS moment. Sana. *keeping fingers crossed* Redemption? I bought two pairs of SALUBONG shoes [meaning, "PWEDE-MABASA-KASI-JELLY-SYA-SO-BRING-IT-ON-BARRISTERS- MAGBASAAN-TAYO-AFTER-THE-BAR" SHOES] Ang saya. Then I got to practice for Salsa, we're learning Seki's [C ba o K?] Officially Missing You steps. Kinda hard, but I'm sure it's gonna look good. Ahlaaaaveeet! It was a fruitful day, non-academic stuff-wise.

[May two cute guys sa tabi ng table namin, umalis sila, akala ni DIale wala
na...]
Diale: Oooy batch, may pagkain pa o! [pasigaw habang tinuturo un natirang
food ng dalawa at hinahatak un isang table nila]
Euns: [horrified look] Batch, nasa likod lang natin sila, umo-order.

The Forbes Asia 's 40 Richest Filipinos:

1. Henry Sy - $4.0 billion - He owns SM group with 27 shopping malls in the Philippines and several others in China . He also owns Banco de Oro Universal Bank and has substantial shares in China Banking Corp. and Equitable PCI Bank. He also owns Highlands Prime Holdings, a high-end property developer.

2. Lucio Tan - $2.3 billion - He owns Philippine Airlines, the country's flag carrier. His business interests include tobacco (Fortune Tobacco Corp.), beer and liquor (Asia Brewery Inc. and Tanduay Holdings Inc.), and banking (Philippine National Bank and Allied Banking Corp).

3. Jaime Zobel de Ayala - $2.0 billion - He is the patriarch of Ayala Corp., the Philippines ' oldest conglomerate, whose business interests include real estate and hotels (Ayala Land Inc.), financial services (Bank of the Philippine Islands), telecommunications (Globe Telecom Inc.), water infrastructure (Manila Water Co. Inc.), electronics and information technology (Integrated Microelectronics Inc. and Azalea Technology Investments Inc.) and automotive (Honda Cars Makati Inc. and Isuzu Automotive Dealership Inc.)

4. Eduardo Cojuangco - $840 million - He is the chairman of San Miguel Corporation, the largest food and Beverage Corporation in the Philippines

5. George Ty - $830 million - He founded Metropolitan Bank and Trust currently the largest bank in terms of Assets and Capital in the Philippines . He also has stakes in the Bank of the Philippine Islands and Philippine Savings Bank, a Metro bank subsidiary.

6. John Gokongwei - $700 million - He is the chairman of JG Summit holdings, whose subsidiaries include Cebu Pacific Air, Digital Telecommunications Philippines Inc., First Private Power Corp., JG Summit, Petrochemical Corp., Litton Mills Inc., Robinsons Land Corp., Robinsons Savings Bank, Sun Cellular, United Industrial Corp. and URC .

7. Tony Tan Caktiong - $575 million - He is the founder and current, Chairman and CEO of Philippine fast food chain Jollibee, ChowKing and Delifrance.

8. Andrew Tan - $480 million - He is the Mega world president.

9. Emilio Yap - $350 million - He is the owner of Manila Hotel, newspaper owner, Manila Bulletin, a national newspaper.

10. Oscar Lopez - $315 million - He is the chairman and CEO of Benpres Holdings Corp., the holding company of the Lopez group- Meralco, ABS -CBN, Maynilad Water.

11. Enrique Razon Jr. - $285 million - He is the chairman and chief executive officer, International Container Terminal Services Inc; publishing magnate.

12. Andrew Gotianun - $280 million - He is the chairman and CEO of East west Bank .

13. Enrique Aboitiz - $275 million - He is the WG&A president and chief executive officer.

14. Alfonso Yuchengco - $225 million - He is the chairman of Yuchengco Group of Companies:
Great Pacific Life Assurance Corporation (GREPALIFE)
Lifetime Plans, Inc.
Bankard, Inc.
Pan Malayan Management and Investment Corporation
Pan Malayan Travel and Tours
Pan Pacific Computer Center, Inc.
YGC Corporate Services, Inc.
Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation (RCBC)
RCBC Savings Bank
House of Investments
Malayan Insurance Company, Inc.
The First Nationwide Assurance Corporation
Malayan Reinsurance Corporation
Malayan Zurich Insurance Company, Inc.
Tokio Marine Malayan Insurance Co. Inc.
EEI Corporation
Nippon Life Philippines
AY Foundation
Honda Cars Quezon City
Honda Cars Manila
Mapua Institute of Technology
Manila Memorial Park
First Malayan Leasing and Finance Corp.

15. Menardo Jimenez - $210 million - He is the head for wireless consumer division of Smart Communications.

16. Gilberto Duavit Jr. - $210 million - He is the Executive Vice President and COO of GMA 7.

17. Ramon Del Rosario - $205 million - He is the president of Philippine Investment Management (PHINMA), Inc.

18. Felipe Gozon - $180 million - He is the president of GMA-7.

19. Beatrice Campos - $160 million - She is the widow of United Laboratories founder Jose Campos.

20. Luis J. L. Virata - $150 million - He is the UEM-MARA Philippines Corporation president.

21. David M. Consunji - $145 million - He is the founder of DM Consunji Construction .

22. Bienvenido Tantoco Sr. - $140 million - He is the chairman of Rustan's Commercial Corporation.

23. Betty Ang - $115 million - President of Monde Nissin, maker of instant noodles, biscuits and snack food.

24. Manuel Villar - $110 million - Senate President of the Philippines and a real estate businessman who developed Camella, Palmera, Crown Asia , Serendra, etc.

25. Mariano Tan - $100 million -

26. Rolando and Rosalinda Hortaleza - $90 million – Splash Corporation(HBC/Hortaleza)

27. Oscar Hilado - $85 million - He is the chairman of the Phinma group,the Philippines ' biggest cement maker.

28. Vivian Que Azcona - $80 million - She is the president of Mercury Drug with over 500 outlets.

29. Manuel Zamora - $75 million - PHILEX Mining Corporation

30. Magdaleno Albarracin - $73 million - Vice Chairman of Phinma Group

31. Jesus Tambunting - $70 million - He is the Chairman & CEO of Planters Development Bank (PDB).

32. Frederick Dy - $65 million - He is the Security Bank president.

33. Tomas Alcantara - $60 million - He is a former Trade Secretary

34. Lourdes Montinola - $50 million - FEU Chairperson.

35. Salvador Zamorra - $45 million - He is the Hinatuan Mining president.

36. Mac & Daisy Potente - $45 million - Successful entrepreneur, own the town of Salinas in Cavite .

37 . Antonio Roxas - $40 million - Director and President of Roxas & Company Inc.; Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Roxas Holdings Inc. Executive Chairman of Central Azucarera Don Pedro (CADP) Group Corp.; Director & President of Roxas & Company Inc., Fundacion Santiago; Chairman of Philippine Sugar Millers Association, Club Punta Fuego
Inc., Fuego Land Corp., Jade Orient Sugar Corp.; Director of Batangas Assets Corp., Banco De Oro Private Bank, Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT),Hawaiian Philippine Sugar Co.; Trustee of Philippine Business for the Environment, Philippine Business for Social Progress; President of Roxas - Gargollo Foundation.

37. Wilfred Steven Uytengsu Sr. - $38 million -Alaska Milk Corporation

38. Philip T. Ang - $35 million -168 Mall partner.

39. Marixi Prieto - $30 million - Philippine Daily Inquirer chairman Inq.7

40. Manuel Pangilinan - $25 million - Chief Executive First Pacific Holdings HK,PLDT chairman, Smart, Makati Med


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41. Eunice Monsod - priceless - friend to everyone, lover to "someone"

Haha Kai.

Because UP won the Pep Squad Competition, I have been reading a lot of entries about it, my fave was a one-liner from my friend... she said.

Ang ganda ng araw ko today, MUST BE THE UST WE HAD FOR DINNER LAST NIGHT.

Haha, CONGRATULATIONS UP Pep Squad.

FINALLY.

I'm Happy so I Can't Write.

... but I'm not happy that i can't write.

Labo.

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