Congrats

To all UPM Bio Seniors: Congrats! Galing niyo guys! Hehehe! Weee!

Ayun. Galing ulit ako ng MSI. Oh well, what's new!?? Hehe. Ngayon ko nasabing super acclimatized na ako sa pagpunta sa Diliman! Mas madalas na ako dung makita kesa sa UPM!! Hay naku! May experiment ata ulit kami. Pero to check lang yun kung nakapag-isolate na talaga kami ng protoplast! Weee! Sana yun na nga yun. I have my fingers and my toes (as if kaya) crossed. Pero wag munang magbilang ng sisiw! Basta, we're gonna do our very very asceptic (nyahaha) best para maayos na namin yung protocol and at the same time maka-move on na kami sa somatic hybridization. Mukha na akong thesis! Wehehe. Twice pala kaming magpopropose! Isa sa UPM (malamang) at isa sa MSI (kay Dr. Lluisma!!!). Shemay! Sana pumunta na lang si AOL (secret na tawag ko kay Dr. Lluisma) sa UPM para one time defense lang. Ay. Basta, hindi muna yun yung concern ko. Ang main concern ko as of the moment ay: mag-design ng panibagong experiment. Para bukas, si Ralph lang ang pupunta ng Diliman!! Yay! Dapat nga lang kasi di siya nagpunta ngayon! Haha.. As if nahirapan ako today. Naglipat nga lang ako ng mga seaweeds sa PES + Sterile Seawater ehhh. Hehe. La lang.

Tas ngayon ko lang to na-realize: Si Reiz ang takaw! Hahahahaha! Hahahaha! Andami niyang kinain! Hahahahahah! Natalo ako! Hahahahaha! Hahahaha! Tawa lang ako ng tawa. Pero pag experiment na namin siguradong puro iyak at rants na naman. Hay. Maging cynical na nga lang ulit ako.

Ayun.. :) Basta, next time ulit try kong mag-post! :)

Bio 2k6 --> LOVE KO TO!

Yay for eyebags

Sorry for not updating this blog last week. I was so busy! Lagi akong madaling-araw umuuwi tas last Thursday nag-overnight pa kami ni Ralph sa MSI. Hay. Kahit nga medyo nakatulog na ako, I feel so tired pa din. Tired pero medyo happy kasi our hard-work paid-off with “tentative" results. Tentative kasi we’re still not sure if we succesfull isolated protoplasts na. Wait. Sana ineexplain ko muna yung thesis namin di ba??

Yung thesis namin is entitled: “Isolation of protoplasts from Gracilaria” Yung Gracilaria eh red seaweed na locally available. Yung aim namin eh ma-digest yung cell wall nung mga cells niya para ma-liberate ng buo yung protoplast. Tas kapag successful yun, may hope na ma-improve yung strain ng species na yun for commercial purposes (through somatic hybridization). Magulo pa ba? Basta. Maganda talaga yung topic tas kung nakaliberate na nga kami ng protoplast, sobrang major milestone yun.

Bakit nga ba ako gumagawa ng thesis ngayon? Para matapos na agad tas para kung may aberya, mahaba pa yung time namin para maayos yun. :)

Sobrang enriching yung experience ko so far sa MSI. Andami kong natutunan sa mga tao dun, tas nakagamit din ng mga apparatus. Ang saya pa kasi ang babait ng mga tao dun. Super accommodating sila tas tinutulungan pa kaming i-figure out kung paano namin gagawin yung thesis. Hay.

Baka nga di muna kami babalik dun ni Ralph dahil oorderin pa yung mga enzymes na gagamitin namin for replicating yung experiments namin. Hay buhay.

Basta ang saya. :) Saka na lang ako magkukwento ng mga stuffs. Antok pa ako eh.. :)

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P.S. May mamimiss ako sa MSI... :) Si Larry (nag-maMasteral ata yun dun eh! :)))). Hush-hush lang yun a. Bait na cute pa. Hehe. :) Crush! ^__^

Stress!

I need to go-go again to Diliman again yo! Karir na ito! Hehe.

By Wednesday, I will miraculously appear to the people of UP Manila. Mirage lang yun dahil sa hapon balik UPD na naman ako. Hehe. Para na akong seaweed, na-acclimatize na ako sa bago kong environment. Nasanay na akong magpabalik-balik sa UPD. Hehe.. :)

Waw Thesis!

I went to U.P. Diliman yesterday to start our thesis. I went to UP Manila first, in search for a chinese paintbrush and to help a bit on our Microbio poster. I left at 8 am and took a busride to Philcoa. I got off at National Bookstore - Quezon Ave. to buy a chinese paintbrush. I took a jeepney ride to Philcoa (since Quezon Ave. is still far from Philcoa) and boarded another jeep to U.P. campus. I got there at 9:20 am and saw 2 biochem students from UPM passing by MSI (maybe they're also doing their thesis in Diliman).

By 10 am, me and Ralph (thesis partner) were cleaning the heck out of those filthy, filthy seaweed. I thought we're gonna leave early, but no! It was harder than we thought! We were tasked to scrape off the epiphytes (small roots which are attached to the body of the seaweed) and other debris (i.e., lumot, barnacles) by means of our bald (cut) paintbrushes. If you think that's piece of cake, you're so wrong. It's like plucking your eyebrows only in reduced size. That's not the fun part yet! We need to fill 10 containers of seawater with clean seaweeds! What a nightmare!

We took a break by 3 pm. Me, Ralph and Janis went to U.P. Coop to take our lunch. My knees were already shaking and my thumb was very very numb at that time. To make things worse, it rained. Good thing, though, I brought an umbrella. So me and Janis used my umbrella and Ralph decided to make a run for it. Janis made fun of Ralph, she said that Ralph ran like a cartoon character. Hehe. So much for our break, we got back to work when we got in.

We finished cleaning the seaweeds by 6 pm. I began my long journey home (commuting to Las Pinas from QC is so damn tiring). I got home by 8 and slept at around 10 pm. I woke up at 12 and slept after texting someone.

I woke up at 8 am and went to church this morning. Hay. So tired.

Tomorrow, we'll be going to UPD to continue our thesis. Hay. Kahit pagod ako tas super stressed, masaya pa din ako kasi kahit paano I feel fulfilled. Hindi ako stagnant and I don't feel useless. :)

Supah Tired

I'm supah tired yesterday. Why oh why?? At 7:00 am I finished working-out and at 7:30 I was watching my shows. By 8:00 am I went to my room and checked my fone for messages. That's where the fun begins. Ralph (my thesis partner) texted me this: "Kita tayo msi at 10 am" Huwaaat? I guess it slipped my mind that I was going to UPD that day to finalize our thesis proposal with Kuya Knong. Sh*t!! It would take me at least 2 1/2 hours to go there and it's already 8 am! I quickly bathed, changed my clothes and left. I got there at 10 am sharp. But unfortunately, Kuya Knong was sick and thought twice of not going to MSI. We only knew that by 11 am. I can't stay there any longer because I have a class in Manila by 2:30, plus the fact that I haven't made my assignment for that subject! So I hurried off and boarded two trains (MRT to Taft Ave. and LRT to UN Ave.) to go to school immediately. Good thing that April texted me stating that she was writing my assignment for me. I arrived at UPM by 12:30 and I finished writing my assignment (in GAB roofdeck! Imagine the flight of stairs I went through!). After all those shenanigans, I was really really tired. But I can't go home at that time because Prof. Dalet (our RadBio prof) told us to attend a seminar in LT. The seminar drained the hell out of me. At 4 pm, I was really really tired. My head was swaying inside the bus. I needed my bed. So by 7:30 pm, I hit the sack and slept not minding the fact that I needed to read 11 more pages of my molecular cell bio notes.

Good thing my class today was only up to 11:30. I went home after eating lunch with my blockmates. After posting this entry, I'll be reading the rest of my notes and make a report on STS. I might not be able to eat dinner later since my brother is out and probally will go home at 11 pm or so and my mom and aunt is at the province (they'll be in tomorrow pa). Hay. Lonely? Not quite. For you see, it's my grandfather's death anniversary today, and I'm feeling extremely lucky. You know what I mean, right?

Good luck to me. :'( wah!

Pictures

I wrote here yesterday that I'll be going to makati. But what I didn't write here is that I'll be bringing my trusty camera to take pictures of places that I saw and went to. I decided to post it here rather than flickr because I reserve that web space for more memorable experiences. :)

Fascade of Intercon. We went to Intercon before anything else. Dadi sent us dried fish, garlic, ink cartridge and chocolate wafer. My dad works as a planning officer for a telecommunication company in Bahrain. He's not a fisherman, the weather there is just suited for drying fish so he send us "tuyo" once in a while. :)

Girls' Comfort Room in Intercon. My mom loved the interior design of their c.r. It's so clean and fresh-smelling inside! i wish every c.r. in our school would look and smell like this c.r! (I wish!)

Painting near the elevator in Intercon. I don't know who painted this picture but it's a very nice picture and it's location is suited because it blends well with the lighting of the hotel.

Waiting in Vain. I waited for my mom in the lobby. She went upstairs to Tita Ofel's room to get my dad's package. After I took this picture, 2 Indian men sat with me. I hate their perfume! Ughhh... I'm so glad my mom came after a few minutes.

Oakwood Towers. Good thing we didn't go to makati when the "Magdalo" troops planted bombs around this area and held innocent people hostage. After the incident, business went on as usual. Yay for capitalism! Hehe.

Twin towers? Two buildings that are identical, what else would you call it? E di, twin towers. Hehe.

Seeing double?? Another identical buildings. I'll have to ask my mom pa their names. Hehe... :) For the meantime, Twin towers part 2 siya. :)

Mc'do Poster. We ate merienda at McDo. My mom ordered 2 cheeseburger meal. Burp! Busog! Paparapapap... Love ko 'to!

SM Supermarket. Who wants veggies? I do!

Signage near Landmark foodcourt. Looks familiar? Hehe. :)

Bewitched poster. Look at Will Ferrel hanging at Nicole's broomstick! I want to watch this film... Hay!

Taekwondo Competition. There were a lot of people in the Glorietta Activity Center because there was a taekwondo competition being held there. 45-45, in-out, out-in, side kick, cha! Chaaaaa!

Neon lights. It was already 'round 6:30 pm when me and my mom decided to call it quits. We went home with smile on our faces and this pictures in my cam. :)

Yar-har

I've setup my Flickr! account but I have no great photos yet to share to you peeps. :)

I got home at 6 pm (I think) with very sore vocal cords. Why?? I don't need to talk all day because: a. I just had an exam in microbio. You're not supposed to blab when you're taking an exam. b. We had our pre-lab in micro lab. Everybody knows that you're not supposed to talk when somebody is already talking. So why in the world did I end up with sore vocal cords? The answer is very very simple. Non-stop talking with sylvia on our way home. Once our butts touched our seat we never stopped talking. Talking 'bout what you may ask? So many stuffs like the cartoons she watches every morning in GMA, the news, biases, B'witched, exams, thesis, traffic, the rain, almost anything that we think during that time we talked about it. Too bad, I was the first one to reach my stop. We have so many things to discuss. Hay. There will always be a next time to continue our chit-chat. :)

I'm still wearing my jeans right now. No, I'm not lazy to change. It's too cold and my jeans are keeping me warm. But of course, I can't wear it to sleep (except if I'm too tired or I'm too drunk) (damn). Maybe I'll change after I write this entry. Hehe. :) Yah know what? I think I got exposed to a sleep-inducing bacteria or yeast or mold. I can't help myself but sleep early! It's been a week now and I'm blaming some bacteria, isn't that weird? I think the weather should be blamed for my actions. Ho-hummm... There I go again! But I love it cold than hot. Although I can't go to the beach and enjoy the sand and swim, I prefer my body sinking into my bed, wrapped around in a warm, comfy blankie and dozing off to some relaxing sound. Don't get me wrong, although I love cold, I don't like being splashed with flood water and being soaked in the rain. I'm very much susceptible in having colds and flu. And I hate it when my nose drips. Yoookiie! Hehe. I'm so weird! Hehe. :)

I still have hmmm.. 2 exams next week before biogyugan! I'm really excited! It's one week of pure fun, excitement and healthy (yah right) competition. Hehe. :) Besides, during bioweek, professors are not allowed to give exams and give our a hard time. It's our only freaking time to freaking socialize with other people. Hehe..

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I was supposed to post this entry yesterday, Friday, August 12, 2005. Unfortunately, my brother needed to use this computer to do his "thesis" work. He'll be having his defense later (today is already Saturday): 3-5 pm. Oh well, good luck to him!

My mom was rushed to the hospital while I was sleeping. She came back already and feeling a wee-bit better. Her blood pressure surged to 140/90 and I believe the "kapeng" barako she drank was the culprit. She's not suppose to drink those stuffs! I quit drinking coffee since last sem. Caffeine is very bad for your health! Not to mention eyebags! *Shriek!* Believe me. Last sem, I had to drink 5 cups of coffee each test night to keep my nerves alive and kickin.' Sure it helped me cram, but the down-side of it is: I had frequent headaches, I was dizzy, I had poor attention span, I had low energy during the day, I was physically drained and I was sick almost all of the time.

I don't have any cravings for coffee now. I'm trying to change my habit of cramming and studying in advance. Hay. I don't want to look like a zombie after I graduate! I still need my health for med! Hehe.

Speaking of med, I watched "Scrubs" this morning in Starworld. It's a t.v. series about the life of med-interns. I really loved it because somehow, it gave me an idea on what to expect in med school. :)

What are my plans for the day? I'm gonna go with my mom to makati and meet Tita Ofel (stewardess in Gulf Air) in Intercon to get some things that my dad sent us. I don't think we'll be loitering (haha) in Glorietta or SM because as what I've said earlier, my mom is still not feeling very well. Important matters first! :)

I can see my hits counter. I don't think I can make a story muna. I have things to do, books to study and papers to write. I promise, I'll make one after all the hibbie-jibbies in school. :)

That's all for now... :)

P.S. I didn't see my crush yesterday. Sigh! :(

Ballpen

No post.. Picture lang! :)

Cute no? I bought these pens in Uniwide a while ago. They cost only 5 pesos each! Bargain! :)
I was gravely distracted by the arcade in Uniwide. I played 3 games of Time Crisis I there. Yay!

Cool

I didn't come to class today because of the following raisons:

1. It's raining hard. I don't like to be soaking wet and you know what rain brings to commuters like me.
2. I have a fresh nasty cut on my heel. I'm afraid I might be infected with leptospirosis if I dip my precious feet on flood water.
3. Laziness. Need I say more?? :)

I'm gonna make it up for my absence by studying hard for micro. :) Hay.... Downside naman, I didn't see my crush today. Hay. :(

Bukas na ulit! :))

Between you and me, I was supposed to go to school in mini skirt. Buti na lang umulan. Haha. :))

Tell Me Where It Hurts

Tell Me Where It Hurts
MYMP

Why is that sad look in your eyes
Why are you crying?
Tell me now, tell me now
Tell me, why you're feelin' this way
I hate to see you so down, oh baby!

Is it your heart
Oh, that's breakin' all in pieces
Makin' you cry
Makin' you feel blue
Is there anything that I can do

[CHORUS:]
Why don't you tell me where it hurts now, baby
And I'll do my best to make it better
Yes, I'll do my best to make those tears all go away
Just tell me where it hurts
Now, tell me
And I love you with a love so tender
Oh and if you let me stay
I'll love all of the hurt away

Where are all those tears coming from
Why are they falling?
somebody, somebody, somebody left your heart in the cold
You just need somebody to hold on, baby
(Give me a chance)
To put back all the pieces
Take hold of your broken heart
Make it just like new
There's so many things that I can do

[Chorus]

[Instrumental]

Is it your heart
Oh, that's breakin' all in pieces
Makin' you cry
Makin' you feel blue
Is there anything that I can do

[CHORUS]

Tell me, tell me, tell me, tell me baby
Tell me, tell me, tell me, tell me
And I'll do my best to make it better
Yes, I'll do my best to make the tears all go away
Just tell me where it hurts
Now, tell me
And I love you with a love so tender
Oh, and if you let me stay
I'll love all of the hurt away

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I'm feeling a hell lot better. Why?? Story muna.

I was going to school this morning. I locked the gate and hailed a tricycle.
There was someone inside but I didn't saw who it was.
He had long, bushy legs.
He was carrying a big bag and was wearing shorts and rubber shoes.
I figured he's an athlete of some sort (maybe a basketball player)

Then from the rear view mirror I saw his face.
Familiar face. My heart beat went berserk.
Crush ko!

Of all people, he was the one sitting beside me.
I can see he was looking at me also.
Maybe because I was making side-glances at him.

When the tricycle stopped....
I reached out my hand and gave my fare.
I immediately got off and walked fast.

I didn't look back.
Hayyy...........
Crush!!! ^___^

And now here I am. Fantasizing. He would approach me, offering me a rose while singing MYMP's "Tell Me Where It Hurts." Hayy.......... Siguro I'll melt like a butter under the hot sun. Damn. I like him na! Badtrip. Maybe I like "like" him na. hay. hay. i'm so happy.

wishful thinking: sana makasabay ko ulit siya tom. i'm gonna smile at him talaga! hihihi....

Hiccup

I went to school early because I had a 7 am class with Ma'am Lacdan. I thought I was going to be late because I woke up at 6 am! I'm supposed to leave the house at that time! I just took a bath, had my clothes on and left. To my surprise, I still came in early! Thank goodness. I wasn't feeling very well that morning and honestly, I thought of not attending my first class. But I did! After my class I joined Oliver and Vivian to the canteen. But on my way there, Sir Go called me from the fourth floor of GAB. He told me that I have a letter from DOST. Huwat? Letter from where? It was from DOST. I don't know why the hell will they write me a freaking letter so I went to the department to ask for the said letter. Unfortunately, Ate Malou (secretary of DB) doesn't seem to recall having such letter. So I went to Sir Go and told me about how he found it. I still didn't have it right now but Sir Go promised me that he'll look for it. I'm really disturbed by that freaking letter.

How come they knew my existence in UP Manila?? I never wrote any letter to their office and I can't remember doing anything wrong (in science). And the only person I know that's connected with DOST is my freaking ex-boyfriend who was a DOST scholar in his college days. And why in the world will he send me a letter using DOST? Although he was a jack-ass, I don't think he'd do that to just have a laugh. That freaking letter is driving me nuts. N-U-T-S.

Anyway. I'm really happy because MSI have granted us to work on their lab! Yipee! I really wanted to do a thesis related to Marine Biology. Hay. Goody-goody. :)

The sky still is very dark outside. And unfortunately, as much as I want to go to sleep, I still need to study on STS. I have a super major exam tomorrow and I haven't studied anything yet! Yikes!

Newey, before I end this post, I leave you guys with the song from Keane.

"We Might As Well Be Strangers"

I don't know your face no more
Or feel your touch that I adore
I don't know your face no more
It's just a place I'm looking for
We might as well be strangers in another town
We might as well be living in a different world
We might as well
We might as well
We might as well

I don't know your thoughts these days
We're strangers in an empty space
I don't understand your heart
It's easier to be apart

We might as well be strangers in another town
We might as well be living in a another time
We might as well
We might as well
We might as well be strangers
Be strangers
For all I know of you now
For all I know of you now
For all I know of you now
For all I know

Hay.....

Empty

This morning, I woke up with a heavy heart. I was feeling empty inside. The pain was slowly killing me inside and I tried to fight it by praying hard to God, to please ease the pain. I can't deny it. I'm sinking into the pit of depression. I'm holding on to grief and sadness.

I tried covering it with smiles, laughter and jokes. It was a defense-mechanism I developed to hide my emotions. I'm really tired of wearing a mask. I'm tired of feeling sorry. I'm tired of constantly being hurt over and over again.

Hay.

Hay...

sa mga taga-upm

for upm girls:

never use the c.r. in Gab second floor.
there's a freaking nasty rumor that some perv is taking pictures/videos of girls using the c.r.
freaking perv
i hope his/her (malay mo...) eyes burns from looking

Abi's Birthday

I went to school yesterday at 9 am. The skies were gray and it was very windy outside. The bus was playing some sentimental tunes so I can't help but to be melancholic at that time. When I got out of the bus, the rain was pouring hard. Eventhough I brought an umbrella, I still got soaking wet because of the wind driving the raindrops towards my body and the flood water that was starting to build up in the streets of Taft. Ave. I was shivering when I was waiting for the traffic light to turn red (so I can get across to UP). Then I saw Jessa and offered her to join me in my umbrella (She said I was some kind of savior. I guess I got there at the right moment). I had my micro bio lecture class and we learned about anabolic reactions in E. coli (there, i'm observing the proper way of writing a scientific name). We (me and April) were supposed to report our scientific Journal (but we were very unprepared, because April thought we were batch 3 and I lost my notebook were I wrote our real batch #, blah blah blah...). So what happened? We're going to report this tuesday, and thank God, Prof. Cuevas was an understanding professor. My butt was saved the second time (Remember about my post with Sir Hallare??)

The rain stopped so April , Jessa and I decided to eat out (of school, to rob). We were really hungry (and really bored at the food served at Shakey's) so we decided to eat at Mr. Choi (chinese restaurant near GJ). I ordered Soy chicken topped in asado sauce. Boy oh boy, it was delicious... My meal comprised of soy chicken, cuts of asado pork, rice, blanched pechay, century egg (blech... 'orrible), asado sauce and ginger in olive oil (I love this one). As what I've said, it was very very scrumptious. It was definitely worth my 130 bucks.

Dan-dan and Rachel came to join us but they didn't eat because they already had their lunch at school. Then after we paid our bill and took many weird, candid and pa-cute pictures we left Mr. Choi. We parted ways with Rachel and Dan-dan because they were going to look for sweing thread in the department store (plus, we have lab class at 1pm). On the way to school, I overheard two students having this conversation (not verbatim):

Guy: Buti na lang suspended yung classes..
Girl: Oo nga eh. Tuloy kaya yung exam?
Guy: Punta na lang tayo sa school para malaman.

I told April that maybe... those two are from our school and classes are suspended. April (in denial) told me that maybe those two came from UST and UST really suspend classes even if there's only a small amount of rain. Then we saw Odille, Vivian and oh I forgot... They told us that the afternoon class was indeed suspended. We went to school anyway since April's car was parked there. After talking to Marvin we went to Rob to celebrate Abi Cis's birthday. We planned to have a block day-out (the usual G-box shindig).

At G-box we rented a videoke room (as usual) and sang . We finished consuming a whooping amount of 259 pesos (37 tokens in coversion) at 5 pm. But the celebration didn't end there...

Rachel had this idea that me and Abi should sing downstairs. In the dreaded "public videoke" where a lot people are watching you pour your guts out. I was very hesistant at first but gave in (papilit ba?). Abi Cis sang Crazy For You and Fever while I ended up singing our batch song: "It's My Life." I was really nervous when I was singing, nonetheless, my ever-supportive blockmates boosted my morale by taking pictures, shouting and clapping. Yay. What a memorable experience. Haha. Not. I can never go there again. I swear. Haha. At least I got a hundred score. Yay.

So after that embarassing moment, we all went home. Hay. What a day.. :)

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I just wanna say thanks to my blockmates (including Dan-dan) for:

1. Singing out-of tune (talo pa namin ang mga bangag sa kanto)
2. The laughter.
3. Polvoron.
4. The joy of taking pictures.

and most of all

5. Companionship and Friendship.

You guys are the best. :)

Ode to a friend

This post is entitled: "Ode to a friend"

A friend of mine passed away.
Not literally...

He managed to completely throw out almost 6 years of friendship
Without even thinking of what I'll feel about it.

I was really confused when he stopped laughing
I was really hurt when he stopped talking

I tried asking him what's wrong
But he just shrugged me off

Just this morning I finally realized
Why he suddenly changed

I'm not going to say it here
But my tears fell down like rain

I managed to tell him
But not a word he spoke bout it.

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