In Constitution Law 1 class, we discussed Tañada v. Angara, a case involving the constitutionality of one of the WTO treaties that the Philippines acceded to. Yes, I was called on to stir a discussion on liberalised trade policies, but my teacher kept on intervening me and when asked "could we get away with WTO?" [context: he was leaning towards the perception of abuses from developed countries to poorer countries through a multilateral trade forum], to which I replied a hasty "No...", I was interrupted before I could qualify my answer. "Well, if you have no choice but to be raped, might as well enjoy it."
- Prof. Sison (probably not verbatim, but you get the thought) Benta sa class. But it was a slippery slope comment in bad taste. If that's the case, then the more difficult rape cases will be litigated since the pleasure defence is always used to counter lack of consent. But that's beside the point. Bilang Econ major, I know that the G8-slash-US could be garapal in trade settlements sometimes ALL the time, but I still want to be optimistic about the promise of free trade. It's just a matter of meeting the pre-requisites and getting me to be a trade negotiator! Oh yeah! [/stop nerd talk] 
Side Effect: No Consti 1 Last Tuesday, Pre-Persons White Board High
Photo taken by Lou, drawn with
... My Yellow Polka-Dot Twin, Egetha.
[She drew all the green bits, and I drew the blue lang =P]Thing about law school I love#81937492: You still get juvenile moments like that^, like you're in high school. ^__^ Some of you might ask, "Why do you have time to blog Celeni?" Yes, believe it or not, I'm a law student. Hello, why else will I be blogging on a Friday night? Because I have class tomorrow and I need to compensate for lack of having Friday plans. x__X ARG.
Bilang isang law student, I have to resort to asking my dad for a concise brief of the events of Iisa Pa Lamang for the past two weeks it's been running, and relying on my Persons and Family Relation cases for my drama/telenovela fix, considering I can't stage my own due to limited time constraints (kidding). And sometimes, I source entertainment from political situations that mires the country. But this is just beyond apalling. I refuse to equate the likes of Dr. Paderanga, Ma'am Monsod and Cielito Habito and heck, maybe even Romulo Neri to Ralph Recto. Ew.
I wrote this entry half a month ago, I had to change the introduction. Hahaha. Well, what else can I say, this is the mandatory end-of-summer blog entry! It was a fabulous summer, save for the real ending of it. Anyway, I need to keep track of the fabulous bits, so here is a really, really long entry! (= This will be a crammed blog. Crammed events, commentary, and probably even pictures. All this before I go full-swing in this thing I entered called law school. Shopping + Camwhoring = Hong Kong | 26 – 30 May 2008 I’m not a jet setter but I’ve travelled around. The first time I took a flight alone was when I was 16, but it never really felt “independent” because I find my way through organised organisers, parents, pseudo-parents and basically a group of people that will make your trip run smoothly. I’m 21, and this is the first time I’ll be travelling with the barest of all essentials: an e-ticket, a hostel booking, pocket money + credit card, a digital camera and my younger sister. No 12-day conferences or week-long debate tourneys. No OFW parent or home-staying with a distant relative. It was a rather spontaneous trip really, just triggered because my dad had expiring mileage, but not so much, so a short-trip for me and my sister was most appropriate. My sister wanted to go back to Hong Kong as badly as I did since super bitin the first time we were there (although that time, we weren’t together). Since we had the barest of arrangements and a delayed flight, we arrived at our hostel on 26 May at approximately 10:30 in the evening. I thought it was going to be scary since we took a bus from the airport to our hostel and that we’ll be going through dodgy streets with Indian drug hustlers and women with sunglasses and raincoats. But instead, we saw… two cops. And no, none of them looked like Tony Leung, or the cuter cop in the first part of Chungking Express. One was super thin and tall, and the other with a typical policeman beer-belly, and they were in the reception of our hostel before we even checked in. At first I thought, WOW, security. But no! When we got in, there was a panicking Korean woman. Here are the facts: The Korean Girl checked in at 2 PM. She went around, got back to the hostel at 10. She checked her luggage, and the lock seemed to have been open. “Do you still have all your belongings?” the thin Hong-Kong-cop-who-disappointingly-did-not-look-like-Tony-Leung asked. “I don’t think I lost anything. But my lock was open! Hold on, let me check.” [They were all saying this in a very amusing East Asian accent] “Okay, laptop? Laptop is here… *checks her bag* Okay, *goes on opening her luggage in public* Okay, *opens a small box that had earring thingies inside* Okay, … Nothing. Nothing is missing. But I definitely do not want to stay here anymore.” At this point, the speech balloon that’s shaped like a cloud in my head is saying “Dude, this girl is just paranoid.” Meanwhile, the receptionist, who resembles like a Chinese WWF substitute says, “You’re checking in *checks the list* Ce-lee-ni?” “Yup, that’s me.” [At this point, my sister and I are staring at each other in uncertainty] “Hold on.” *goes and talks to his mobile in furious Cantonese* My sister and I just lounged around, and three sophisticated-yet-stylish looking Chinese girls strode in and used the Internet terminals located in the tiny reception room. The WWF substitute then talks to the cops in Cantonese, and finally asked me, “Passport niyo?” I was taken aback. Is he talking to me? Was that Tagalog or universal na ba ang “niyo” ngayon? So I handed him my passport as well as my sister’s. And then I asked him “Do we pay the maintaining balance now or when we check out po?” [siyempre, nag-English ako, but I have a po verbal clutch], and then he said “Magbayad na kayo ngayon na.” Aba, marunong ngang mag-Tagalog si WWF substitute! Apparently, he had a name, and it was Rocky. He spent his whole life in Hong Kong but they spoke Tagalog and Ilonggo at home, strictly, because his lolo is Fukien. Coolness. So even if there was the paranoid Korean Girl, I kinda felt more secure. I’ll kwento a bit more, but now, I’ll just give isolated commentaries on the salient points of our trip.
The ShoppingHong Kong is such a shoppers’ paradise. If you’re looking for rock-bottom prices, you don’t really go here, you go to mainland China or Bangkok, pero if you’re looking for variety and personality but don’t have enough Won (Korea) or Yen (Japan), go here. Best parts of the shopping experience: - Mall Hours: on a regular basis, malls close after midnight. As in my sister and I have a favourite mall called Argyle Centre and New Town Mall, the mall hours are from 1 PM until 2 AM. Yun nga lang, wag ka ng mag-effort gumising ng maaga kung mag-sh-shop ka lang. =P
 At 11:30 PM in Argyle Centre. Yes, there are still open stalls, and the stores in the adjacent New Town Mall is still pretty much open.- H&M! The cheapest European clothing (move-over Zara, Topshop!). Liz Diaz tells me there are a lot of flagship requirements, that’s why it might be close to impossible to have it in Manila. The flagship in HK was soooo … nakaka-drop-jaw. I super love the summer dress I got, even if it’s un-summer here anymore. Hehehehehe.
- Teen Malls - honestly, one of the best things ever is that they have malls especially for teens here. It gives the youth more avenue for expression! I mean we lived in the Kowloon area, and it’s so vibrant especially from 4 in the afternoon to past midnight. The streets are crowded with glamorous, funky-casual people who are clad with layered clothing, leggings/shorts/minis (rarely jeans talaga), and designer handbags (if not designer, really cool totes). The girls are always made up, and even their schoolgirl uniforms are just super adorable! Argh.
This annoying looking bee seems to be in the entrance of teen malls.
Argyle Centre in Kowloon
- Hawker-style shopping: Ladies’ Market, et al. - apparently, the first time I went to Hong Kong, I hit the famous Ladies’ Market na pala noon, while waiting for my dad from buying gun parts. But that was really just a teaser to the entire stretch of Ladies’ market. It is a cultural experience of merely being there. You can’t todo-haggle like you could in [mainland] China, but haggling is just soo… fun! I didn’t get a lot, but I did a lot of haggling for my sister, complete with the theatrics of leaving, and you being called back. I super love it.
“You give me discount, since I’ll get two.”
“No, no, not twenty, thirty, for two.” [Originally at forty]
“Too high. Thank you anyway.”
Before I could get past the next stall, they’ll call you back. Hehehehehe. Pero masaya rin yung mag-canvass and then when you find a steal, talagang don’t haggle na. Others, fixed price na talaga.
 Tung Choi Street a.k.a. Ladies' Market
- The Store Staples - Of course, there’s the store staples in Hong Kong: Esprit, Giordano, Sasa [for cosmetics]. Practically at every street corner. But it will be wise to purchase stuff from Outlet stores. Sa Esprit Outlet kami nag-cram ng souvenir gifts for all our pocket-money sponsors. Hehehehehe.
- Maple! - there are a lot of stores like Maple in Hong Kong, but I feel like it deserves a special mention since they offered a 12% discount card if you purchase HKD 200 or higher (that’s about US$ 25, and about PhP 1100). And it’s valid until next year pa! Kaya alavet, alavet, alavet.
- HMV - bilang ultimate violator ng intellectual property rights, I don’t have high appreciation for HMV (CDs, DVDs), I just felt that I should mention it because I had to go to them a couple of times for Kriz Gazmen, who loves Hong Kong very much.
FoodI don’t like the food very much. Although I ate at Modern Toilet, a Taiwanese restaurant that was all over email, but the food was just single-tasting and horrid. But for the camwhoring, it made it a little worth it. There was also that mandatory expensive meal, the one my sister and I had to take by-the-sea (wouldn’t that be smashing?), but it was pretty good. I’m also happy that their Starbucks still had black tea latte. And they had cool chocolate varieties like Kit Kat black and M&Ms Mint. But the best thing Hong Kong had? Qoo White Grape Juice.
Ahhhhhhhhhk!!! Remember how one of my handle is whitegrapesoda? It’s because I had Qoo’s White Grape Soda in Singapore and I’ve been looking for it ever since 2005. And I found Qoo again, this time non-carbonated, and by God, I still love it. If I weren’t on a shopping budget, I would have treated it like Watson’s Water. But I bought a box of six and imported it, although my brother discovered it at nag-agawan kami dun sa last pieces. It even coerced me to write to Coca-Cola (since it is a Coca-Cola brand) through their website. They have a very efficient feedback system ha, after one day, Greg, from Industry and Consumer Affairs, emailed me back (although it does sound template-y): Thank you for contacting The Coca-Cola Company, Ms. Guinto. We appreciate your interest in Qoo.
As you may know, The Coca-Cola Company markets almost 400 brands in more than 200 countries. Taste and preferences vary around the world. For this reason, some Coca-Cola brand products are only available in certain countries or areas. However, please be assured that your comments about Qoo have been shared with the appropriate management within the Company. Maybe I should bribe the market research people for Coca-cola Bottlers here. But I’m glad to be heard, even tokenistically. =P Grabe, full-swing digression. The Octopus Card
This is the last thing I want to kwento before I go talk about something else. This is like the greatest practical invention I have familiarised myself in my 3-5 days in Hong Kong. The Octopus Card was designed for the MTR. It’s a debit card, somewhat like a prepaid card for your mobile phone, only instead of SMS and phonecalls, you could ride the bus and the MTR (their subway). But wait, unlike say, the Oyster card for the London public transport, this card also allows for you to purchase things in convenient stores and even fast food! I love it so much! So yes, you can go around cashless in Hong Kong. Plus I don’t have to hassle myself familiarising with their strange coins. And the cards are also cute. So with the Octopus card, my sister and I were able to go to  Po Yin Monastery (out in Lantau island),  Hong Kong island (Causeway, Central, and I super loved Stanley for the sheer amount of camwhoring we were able to do), and  Tsim Sha Tsui. It became easier to buy stuff at 7-11 (for my Qoo fix), Mannings, Watsons, McDonald’s, KFC, everything with a tap of the card, and you can easily reload it at any MTR station. But where the MTR or buses can’t go to, we have to walk. And we did a LOT of walking. One place I had to not miss? The longest covered escalator in the world, connecting Central to Mid-level in Hong Kong. The only reason why I was so obsessed with them is because it’s such an icon in my head thanks to Faye Wong . I had no idea where it lead to, dahil wala ng markings dun sa map on the end point of the escalators. But I didn’t care. There’s nowhere you can go to that you can’t get back from. But I was soooo wrong. Apparently, one-way lang yung escalator, and the direction reverses much later into the night. So we kept on climbing the escalator (it’s not one straight thing naman, it’s segmented), and when we got to the end, it was a RESIDENTIAL area. And it’s not as bustling anymore. It’s hard to go back the way we came from, because it will mean STAIRS, so I told my sister to go back following our directional instincts. And while my directions were still in tune, soon, we were the only ones walking, and there are no cars or public transport passing by. Then there was this tall and steep pa-ikot-ikot sidewalk (imagine the carpark in SM, only for pedestrians), and we went through it. Then we landed in a jungle-like park and my sister was in tears already. We ran into two Filipina dog-walkers who were taking a break and snacking, and to appease my sister, I asked them the way back, and yes, we were on the right way. When we got back to a more civilised area, the first thing we see? A Church. Not just an ordinary Church, but a Catholic Cathedral. WAZ.  My mom, who goes to mass everyday, said, in a phone call on our way back in a bus leading towards the nearest MTR station, said “Ayan kasi, hindi kayo nag-sa-sadya sa simbahan kaya nawala tuloy kayo para mapunta kayo sa simbahan.” In short, divine intervention, in the rawest sense. [And I emphasise, I did not get lost, my sister just panicked. Sheesh.] So that’s pretty much it. We got back to Manila in one piece, and with an efficiently packed luggage. We arrived the same day as our Lolo Butch and Lola Thelma, who lives in South Carolina but who got back from Cebu. So in our super late luncheon at Serendra, my sister took this adorable picture of me that I cannot fail to blog. CHOZ.  Okay. Next event.
| 1 -2 June 2008 My paternal grandparents got married in Dagupan on 1 June 1958. Well, they met in Zambales, and my lola’s really from Pangasinan, but my lolo’s from Vinzons in Camarines Norte, and my dad grew up in Zambales and Manila. My mom’s really just from Bulacan all her life until college, so that’s easy, but then I don’t really know what to respond when people ask which province I’m from. Next time nga Tawi-Tawi na lang sasabihin ko. But that’s beside the point. 50th Anniversaries is like MMiML (Major Milestone in Married Life), and I don’t want to dwell in the concept of marriage since that’s what my Persons and Family Relations course under Prof. Beth Pangalangan is for [infernez, memorise ko na ang definition ng marriage after choking on the defintion during recit: Marriage is a special contract of permanent union between a man and a woman, entered into in accordance to law for the establishment of conjugal and family life. It is the foundation of the family and an inviolable social institution, whose nature, consequences and incidences are governed by law, except that marriage settlements may fix property relations during marriage within the limits provided by this Code. - oh diba, without looking at the family code!]. MOVING ON, I need to talk about this as a memorable moment for the family, in terms of the preparation stress, the family fun times, oh and of course, the inevitable drama (that I’ll probably skip in the course of the presentation of the event). So morning of June 1, when my cousins and I (with my mom and my great-aunt a.k.a. Lola Thelma who’s an Anabelle Rama deadringer) got in the beauty parlour, there were only two customers: my Lola (who’s getting her nails done) and Angelika dela Cruz (who’s learning how to do her own make-up, so she’s like doing her make-up while the stylist, Red, was helping her). My Lola’s maiden name is also dela Cruz, but it’s probably like, the most common last name in the Philippines, but the point is, I can name-face identify Angelika dela Cruz, but ever since she moved to Channel 7, I really don’t care much about her career. But she was really pretty. And nice, when we started asking her about which shows she appeared in which we cannot identify until we remembered that she was in Bituing Walang Ningning. Sir George was like a make-up machine, and was fast, but it was also Red who did my make-up. And Lani did my hair. I just wanted to give credit to where credit is due, because they did a better job than any of my hair/make-up in my graduation weekend. =P Oh, and we saw Pia Guaño on our way out! At dahil may camera na kami, celebrity pic!!! So after the preparation, it was the Church. I guess the highlight of the Church ceremonies was my Lola Lou, my Lola’s sister from Cali, went by surprise. When she was invited, she said she was broke, and that disappointed my Lola because Lola Lou was her maid-of-honour in her 1958 wedding (when my Lola Lou was just a fresh high school grad!). So my aunt took the task of tucking her away from my grandparents’ radar (as well as their other siblings), and surprise! She gave it away right when my grandparents approached the altar. Super Kodak moment. Of course, it is Canon and Nikon who rocks the photography world now, but whatever, you get what I mean. Oh, wait, I forgot to be self-indulgent. I did the first reading, almost flawlessly, which is good, since I always make mistakes when it’s just regular masses, but the bad part is, it wasn’t caught on tape (blast, oh well, let’s just say I’m uh… doing it for God). I also co-hosted with the MC of the caterer. I wasn’t really charmed as I wanted to be and I did mess up the programme, but they were all forgiveable. Then there were the speeches, toasts, dinner, special numbers, you know, the works. Instead of staying in Manila for the night, my sister and I decided to sleep-over at our cousins’ house in Pampanga since we had a family day-trip the day after. And it was off to Anvaya Cove. Near Subic, so it's not quite far. I hate beaches in general, but I love Anvaya Cove! And my cousins! Hehehehe.
Registration | 3 June 2008 Immediately after the Anvaya outing, it was already *gasp* registration! I got in at 10:10 AM, and luckily, I was done in a little bit over an hour, and I reserved payment for the next day. But while that part was easily over and done with, we received our cases for mock recitation for the FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL. And it was thick. The kind na readings ko na for a month in a regular econs course. WAZ! School | 10 June to present How do you even define starting law school? The way they overwhelm us with coursework (note, not the coursework itself YET), is already, overwhelming! But I don’t want to speculate. Yes, there will be some serious studying that will be done. Pero walang hindi naaaral ng mabuti, kung gusto mo naman yung pinag-aaralan. And so far, the readings, as voluminous as they are, are not nosebleed naman. Or maybe I this is a speculation. NOOOOOOOOOO. But as mentioned in the previous blog entries, such is law school life, and I must admit I'm really getting the hang of it. Anyway, I should go. Study. Yuck. Hahahahaha. Gallery Links: Hong Kong Pt 1, Hong Kong Pt 2, Anvaya Cove [flocked to facebook friends] From Celine: Golden Wedding - Prep/Post, Church, Reception
Wow, it is/will be such an AMAZING week, I don't even have enough words for it. Hahahahahahahahahaha. This is a very interesting article. Daryl has the highest GWA (accordingly, he had a flat-one in all his Econs classes) in the centennial batch of UP, Tata's twin is delivering the valedictory address, and the list of summa cum laudes, the highest academic award in our school, includes: my high school seatmate Andrea Salvador (BS MBB), Tet Grajo's best friend Mic Chua (BA CL), the unstoppable thesis partners: Brylle Baluyot and Marian Panganiban (who both got this highest award even if I was noisy as they crammed their thesis a few days before classes ended). Oh, and how can I forget my controversial former editor, Dee Lopez. (=The commencement exercises of both the School of Economics (on Friday, 5 PM) AND the University (this Sunday, 3 PM) will be rather interesting (aside from the fact that I'll both be there). Beyond interesting even. And in Jovan Cerda's recent words, I have no further comments. =D
I don't really need to look, very much further
I don't wanna have to go, where you don't follow
Tagged by: Vigile
Rules of the game-Choose a singer/band/group. -Answer using ONLY titles of songs.
-Tag 6 more people
I chose... Britney Spears
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1. Are you male or female?
I'm Not A Girl, Not Yet A Woman
2.Describe yourself:
I'm a Slave 4 U
3.What do people feel when they're around you?
Toxic
4.How would you describe your previous relationship?
Oops!... I Did It Again
5.Describe your current relationship.
Me Against The Music
6.Where would you want to be now?
Heaven on Earth
7.How do you feel about love?
Outrageous
8.What's your life like?
Crazy
9.What would you ask for if you had only one wish?
Don't Let Me Be The Last To Know
10.Say something wise:
Gimme More
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I tag [yeah, I shamelessly have time to choose]: Sir Martin (knightedatbirth), Dimple (impoy), Eduard (edjrobleza), Jed (jediandrei), Nigel (perfectnpc) and Brylle (quiteadarklord)
I'm writing this down on multiply because apparently, LiveJournal wants to use Beacon, one of the many reasons while LJers are doing an LJ Content Strike. ***
I uh... passed the Law Aptitude Exam (LAE) for my university's College of Law. I am passer #128, and my interview is in one week, March 28th. The numbers are pointing to my favour (if it were a pure number-luck game), but you have no idea how scared I am. But spotted, passer #178. Like Steph Tan, he attended International School of Manila. He likes acting and theatre so he took a short course from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London (um, medyo, sila Jude Law lang naman ang nag-attend nun). He finished his undergrad in NYU. He took a gap year and is with Repertory Philippines (he played Prince Charming in Cinderella) and is part of ABS-CBN's Star Magic. I guess more interesting than passer #178's credentials, is his FAMILY. He's a famous congresswoman's son and the brother of a model-slash-host. But of course, the best part is, he is actually this woman's GRANDSON. OMG, if we end up blockmates, I can just imagine reviewing uh... constitutional law in their house and Tita Meldy would conveniently drop by. Hahahahahahaha. ASA, although there's a 44.5% chance of this happening (We both have a 66.7% chance of passing since they're planning to take roughly 200 out of the 300 LAE passers). But anyway, wish me luck! (About making it, and not this entire imaginary scenario). Now, back to thesis.
Chairperson: Third Bagro (ALYANSA) III - Law Vice Chair: Airah Cadiogan (STAND-UP) IV - Com Res Councillors: 1) Bikoy Villanueva (STAND-UP) IV - Film 2) Bang Dizon (STAND-UP) IV - Art Stud 3) Fudge Tajar (STAND-UP) IV - Philo 4) Sherry Tismal (ALYANSA) III - BA 5) Rye Castillo (INDIE) II - PA 6) Stephen Larcia (ALYANSA) IV - CE 7) Nem Canete (STAND-UP) III - BA 8) Mico Maestro (STAND-UP) II - EE 9) Jaque Eroles (STAND-UP) IV - BSE 10) Mik Bueno (STAND-UP) III - Philo 11) Joseph Gutierrez (ALYANSA) III - BAA 12) Bevs Lumbera (ALYANSA) II - Econ Commentary:Wow. These elections has been one of the most exciting in my entire college life. It's amazing how everything went in the Campus Issues thread of peyups. Panalo talaga. Even the Meeting De Avance (MDA) was exciting, batuhan talaga ng issue, mudslinging speeches. Last weekend, Mixka posted incriminating pictures that was spreading fast around the forum and all over the Internet. Unfortunately, the original picturetrail site has been put down now (haha, bakit ngayon lang? bawal ang tanga talaga). These are hazing pictures of Upsilon Sigma Phi, fraternity of Third Bagro and Bikoy. Monday morning before the MDA, Alyansa was giving out blue flyers, explaining Third's leave from the fraternity. Kaisa also condemned hazing even if Upsilon was their member fraternity. Then the MDA happened, but since I was a responsible student who can't miss Ma'am Monsod's class, naabutan ko lang Stand-UP, talking about well, multi-perspective activism. Why they try to hang their speeches on that loosely argued case is just beyond me. You see, both Airah and Jerrie's speeches were about "consistency" of Stand-UP in what they believed in, and by what they believed in is the simple equation pro-student = anti-administration = anti-government, as opposed to the alleged "changing of the position" of the "other party" when it comes to big issues like tuition adjustment and calling for the resignation of the President. Um... it was really the best time to go to class. You should've seen the defamation of character done to Steph Tan. I know it will probably suck to be her right now, but from the gossip girl's perspective, it's so amusing. The best talaga yung rumor about the helicopter...
"So, off-the-record, do you own a helicopter?" "Ganito kasi yun, pinagipunan ko siya nung high school." SORRY LANG! Um.. yeah, pinagipunan ko rin nung high school ang isang island malapit sa Basilan. LoL. So there. I still don't know what happened in the local elections (the one in my college). Congratulations to Bikoy, particularly him, because even if he screened my comment about him running to promote his blog (his campaign materials practically read, vote for www.bikoy.net), and the entire sh-bang about his frat, he still won. Congratultations!!! I'm hungry. I won't be having uni issues for breakfast anymore. Hahahaha.
Whee!!! I♥memes even if I can't be bothered reading them. I'll dump all the useless memes here in multiply, although I got this from Ampao on LJ. (= ***
Use the first letter of your name to answer each of the following. They have to be real places, names, and things. Nothing made up! Try to use different answers if the person who answered the survey before you had the same initial letter. You CAN'T use your name for the boy/girl name question. 1. Your name: Celeni 2. Four words: Camera, Charm, Candid and Castle 3. State/country: China 4. Boy Name: Charles
5. Girl Name: Carmen
6. Occupation: Cardiologist, Cardinal, Candle-maker, Capitalist (=
7. Word that describes you the best: Chaotic
8. Something you can wear: Cashmere
9. Something found in a kitchen: Cupboard
10. Name one Object that is so valuable to you: Computer!
11. Something you shout: Choz!
12. Something you do at school: Comprehend
13. Name of a friend: Carmela
14. Name of an animal: Camel
15. Name of a drink: Cherry Coke
16. Name of a holiday: Christmas
17. Name of a subject in school: Calculus
18. Name of a cousin: Celine
19. Name of a fast food chain: Chowking
20. Name of a person you're crushing or had a crush on: Charming, Prince Charming. JOKE! Wala talaga. Sige, for posterity, um... Chicco.
21. Name of a food you like: Chocolate Chip Cheesecake (ha!)
22. Name of a food you do not like: Catfood?
23. Name of a kid's toy: Cowboy doll
24. Name of a flowering plant: Cactus (?)
25. Name of a shopping mall: Chever Gotesco =P, Connecticut Carpark in Greenhills
26. Name of a person you like: Tita Connie
27. Name of a person you dislike: Cl... I don't know anyone I dislike whose name starts with C.
28. Name of a place in your school: Chocolate Kiss
29. Name of an object in front of you: Computer (duh)
30. Name of an electronic device: Casette Player
31. Name of a color: Charcoal, Coral
32. Name of a tourist spot: Champs Elysse
33. Name of your classmate: Christian (Marx Villa :P)
34. Brand of a car: Camry
35. Branded clothes: Chanel
36. Name of a candy: Chocnut
37. Name of a book: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
38. Name of a cellphone brand: Cleo (Sony?)
39. Name of a sickness: Cholera
40. Name of a kind of fish: Catfish
41. Make a sentence with at least 6 words starting with your name’s first letter only.
Caramel cream can coat chocolate chiffon cakes.
Charming Celeni could create chatty commercials.
 Remember this CD? Well, I would have to say that the Sango trip picture is the best CD-cover material picture I have taken. But yes, I traded being behind the lens and I got the microphone and now, it's finally out guys!!! Tracks Include: 1. Industry Analysis 2. Industry Trends 3. Industry Updates 4. Economic Digest And many more!!!  Okay, OK (overkill - favourite word of the week). Credits to Blessie Sto. Tomas. Photographed 14 February 2008, Dencio's Capitol Hills. Edit by me.
It's that time of the year again, the holiday that lovers love and those un-taken love to hate, Valentine's Day. Personally, I'm indifferent about the holiday. As previously mentioned, my most disliked holiday is New Year's, and for a lot of reasons covered in this blog throughout all the New Years I blogged through. A lot of people think Valentine's should be celebrated by economists and business people for the sheer market created with hearts and flowers - literally. Fine, so maybe Hallmark, Holland's Tulips and Heartstrings (just to keep the alliteration) invented a story about St. Valentine to create a holiday for lovers. And as you see establishments embezzled in red, pink and white, maybe the market benefits of the holiday is laudable. Imagine, you're expanding the market for cut flowers, paper cards, gift wrapping, condoms, chocolate, teddy bears, hotel rooms, DVDs for romantic comedies, et al. However, we have to understand there could be a little problem in the supply side. The war in Kenya might bring a rose-less Valentine's for some parts of Europe. But aside from the short supply of flowers, the shorter supply might be with well... people to love and people to love you back. And because of that, a lot of people might feel especially more lonely on Valentine's Day. Did you know that suicide is five times more likely to happen during Valentine's Day then any other given day? I didn't know that either, so I made that bit up. But let me explain the idea I had behind that claim. The thing is, when lovers express their love to their partners, it actually creates externalities. In economics, externalities are costs involuntarily imposed on other people. On regular days, lovers do express their love for one another through, let's give the Filipino slang for it, PDA (public display of affection). PDA might be beneficial for both parties comprising the couple, because they feel each other's love. On the other hand, it comes with a *cough, cough* social cost. People who are unattached, or people who feel dissatisfied with their partners, would feel alienated by the lovebirds. And it doesn't end there. The reason why the externalities roll over during Valentine's Day is because couples-who-are-in-love will consider it a special day for romance, ergo, will give gifts and go on dates. Aside from congestion issues (traffic on the road, restaurant reservation hassles) and that constraint-on-your-budget-constraint (cut flowers prices tend to go up during the season because of heightened demand), the other externality is the same type that PDA imposes. The reason why it's worst (and this is the reason why non-lovers love to hate the holiday), is because you have this entire platoon of lovers, showing their love for one another, magnified by the commercial and media hype, which means, non-lovers (both outside and inside relationships), feel the alienation also magnified. So when I ask "Why should people celebrate Valentine's Day when lovers should love each other everyday?" it makes sense. If you're single/alone/unattached and you see two lovers cuddling while walking through the mall, it's ignorable. It's ignorable to the point where lovers and unattached people are equal in a given space. After it breeched that equilibrium (Translation: When you're alone and there are happy couples everywhere you turn), you feel suicidal. And that is why, Valentine's should be considered illegal, because... it will SAVE LIVES. THE END.
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Because it's all over, and how can anyone affiliated with UP not feel proud? Especially since I'm vying to be a centennial graduate *thesis*cough*thesis*. Anyway, this has been all over LJ/multiply, so here is my response! [Cross-posted to my Livejournal] 1. Student number?2004-10326 2. College?School of Economics [currently], nagpapanggap rin na College of Mass Communication [CMC] at College of Arts and Letters [CAL - as in lahat ng sem ko, may CAL class ako] 3. Ano ang course mo?BS Economics 4. Nag-shift ka ba o na-kickout?Shifted from the journalism programme of CMC 5. Saan ka kumuha ng UPCAT?UP Diliman, College of Mass Communication! 6. Favorite GE subject?Film 10 with Rolando Tolentino (^_______^). Math 11 with Rovin Santos. 7. Favorite PE?Basic Swimming for Women. Last PE ko siya, at siya lang yung na-uno ko. 8. Saan ka nag-aabang ng hot guy sa UP?AS steps, but not just for hot guys, just general people-watching. 9. Favorite prof(s)Dr. Dondon Paderanga, Rolando Tolentino, Paolo Manalo (no joke Sir!), Winnie Monsod [and true enough all those four, dalawang beses ko sila kinuha bilang prof, in different courses of course :P], Manjologs (Manuel Joseph Loquias) and Ilae Park 10. Pinaka-ayaw na GE subject.Philo 1. Hindi ko lang siya masyadong maalala. 11. Kumuha ka ba ng Wed or Sat classes?First year pa lang, meron na akong Wednesday class [either sa MassComm, CWTS, at isang beses, CW 10], at nagmaganda ako, pinili kong unang PE ay Saturday class. :P 12. Nakapag-field trip ka ba?Oo. Pero sa Subic lang for Geog 1. 13. Naging CS ka na ba or US sa UP?Hindi pa ako naging CS. US... seven semesters (pa) lang. 14. Ano ang Org/Frat/Soro mo?UP Debate Society, SIDHI (school paper namin), sabit na rin sa Haraya (yearbook), at student assistant sa IDEA 15. Saan ka tumatambay palagi?Econ (lounge, lobby, steps, IDEA, library) 16. Dorm, Boarding house, o Bahay?Bahay 17. Kung walang UPCAT test at malaya kang nakapili ng kurso mo sa UP, ano yun? (Given ang mentality mo nung HS ka)Math (nagmamaganda lang) 18. Sino ang pinaka-una mong nakilala sa UP?Si Bikoy. 19. First play na napanood mo sa UP?St. Louie Luvs Dem Filipinos 20. Name the 5 most conyo orgs in UP.JMA, Models (pero wala na yata ito), ICUP 21. Name 5 of the coolest orgs/frats/soro in UP.Coolest? Debsoc. *snickers* 22. May frat/soro bang nag-recruit sa yo?WALA!!! Hahahaha. Hine-haze ko na kasi sarili ko. 23. Saan ka madalas mag-lunch?Nakainan ko na halos lahat ng kainan sa Diliman, pero favourite ko pa rin Beach House (hindi ko alam kung bakit) so yun yung default kong kinakainan, next si Mang Mar (footlong stall between AS and FC), at Katag. Pero recently, puro Econ caf or SC. 24. Masaya ba sa UP?Of course, I'm there. 25. Nakasama ka na ba sa rally?Hindi siya rally, pero nung inilabas yung Proclamation 1017 tapos nahuli si Randy David, tungkol siya sa Garci scandal, tapos nag"drop-by" lang. 26. Ilang beses ka bumoto sa Student Council?Freshman year lang hindi, so two times as of writing. 27. Name at least 5 leftist groups in UP.STAND-UP, LFS, uh... yun lang alam ko. 28. Pinangarap mo rin bang mag-laude nung freshman ka?Siyempre, aim high diba? 29. Kanino ka pinaka-patay sa UP?Join the fray, ATOM ARAULLO! At kinausap niya ako!!! At nag-offer siyang mang-libre ng ikot one time. *swoons* Pero since overrated na siya at nasa TV Patrol, merong isa pa, pero baka nababasa niya ito ngayon [let's make issues!]. 30. Kung di ka UP, anong school ka?Ateneo. As in matagal na pinag-isipan (kasi ang ganda ng course ko, Economics - Honors), eh dapat pala hindi ko na pinag-isipan. Yun lang talaga option ko kasi dun lang ako nag-entrance aside from UPCAT. Mahal kita, UP! Happy Centennial!
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for everyone |
[Sorry, I'm not bored, just procastinating. And according to this meme, I "have a life" (4 more and I "don't have a life"), although if you want to delve into technicalities, I watch a lot of films I like repeatedly and a lot of the films I watch aren't on this list because it's a rather dated meme. :P]
If you've seen over 85 movies, you have
no life. Mark the ones you've seen.
There are about 170 movies on this
list.
Put your score in title and repost
(x) Sukob
( ) Oh my ghost!
( ) White lady
( ) Wag kang lilingon
(x) Feng shui
(x) KKK (kasal, kasali, kasalo)
( ) Enteng Kabisote
( ) Enteng Kabisote 2
( ) Enteng Kabisote 3
( ) Super Noypi
( ) Karma
( ) Shake, Rattle and Roll
( ) D Anothers
(x) First Day High
Total: 4
(x) Bring it On 1
( ) Bring it On 2
( ) Bring it On 3
(x) Fun With Dick and Jane
( ) Cake
( ) Zathura
(x) Borat
( ) Dead or Alive
( ) 8 mile
(x) 50 First Dates
(x) The Princess Diaries
( ) The Princess Diaries 2: Royal
(x) Legally Blonde
(x) Legally Blonde 2
Total: 7
(x) Charlie's Angels
(x) Charlie's Angels 2
( ) Dude, where's my car?
( ) Scary Movie
( ) Scary Movie 2
(x) Scary Movie 3
( ) Scary Movie 4
(x) American Pie
( ) American Pie 2
( ) American Wedding
( ) American Pie Band Camp
Total: 4
(x) Harry Potter
(x) Harry Potter 2
(x) Harry Potter 3
(x) Harry Potter 4
( ) Resident Evil 1
( ) Resident Evil 2
(x) The Wedding Singer
( ) Cinderella Man
( ) The Village
( ) Coyote Ugly
Total:5
(x) Space Jam
(x) Finding Neverland
(x) Signs
(x) The Grinch
( ) Texas Chainsaw Massacre
(x) White Chicks
( ) Little Manhattan
(x) 13 Going on 30
(x) Click
(x) Devil Wears Prada
Total: 8
( ) Mighty Ducks 1
( ) Mighty Ducks 2
(x) Mighty Ducks 3
( ) Mighty Ducks 4
(x) Deep Impact
( ) KingPin
(x) Meet The Parents
( ) Meet the Fockers
( ) Eight Crazy Nights
( ) Joe Dirt
(x) Anaconda
Total : 4
(x) Alice in Wonderland
(x) The Terminal
(x) The Lizzie McGuire Movie
(x) Deep Blue Sea
( ) Dumb & Dumber
( ) Dumber & Dumberer
(x) Final Destination
( ) Final Destination 2
( ) Final Destination 3
( ) Halloween
(x) The Ring (Japanese and Hollywood)
(x) The Ring 2 (Japanese)
( ) Ring Zero
( ) Flubber
( ) Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle
(x) Practical Magic
(x) Chicago
( ) Ghost Ship
( ) From Hell
( ) Hellboy
(x) Secret Window
(x) I Am Sam
Total :11
( ) The Day After Tomorrow
(x) Child's Play
( ) Seed of Chucky
( ) Bride of Chucky
(x) 10 Things I Hate About You
( ) Just Married
(x) Gothika
( ) Nightmare on Elm Street
( ) Sixteen Candles
( ) Remember the Titans
( ) Coach Carter
(x) The Grudge (Japanese)
( ) The Grudge 2
(x) The Mask
( ) Son Of The Mask
Total: 5
(x) My Super Ex-Girlfriend
( ) Joy Ride
(x) She's the Man
(x) Ocean's Eleven
( ) Ocean's Twelve
(x) Mean Girls (about 15 times!! hehehehe)
( ) Step Up
( ) Pearl Harbor
( ) Predator I
( ) Predator II
( ) Superstar
( ) Happy Feet
(x) Ice Age
( ) Ice age 2 The Meltdown
Total: 5
(x) Independence Day
( ) Cujo
( ) Idle Hands
( ) Darkness Falls
( ) Children of the Corn
( ) My Boss' Daughter
(x) Maid in Manhattan
(x) Monsters Inc.
(x) Rush Hour
(x) Rush Hour 2
( ) Best Bet
(x) How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (I LOVE this one too)
(x) She's All That
( ) Poseidon
(x) Titanic
( ) Mars Attacks
( ) Event Horizon
(x) Ever After
(x) Forrest Gump
( ) Big Trouble in Little China
( ) The Terminator
( ) The Terminator 2
( ) The Terminator 3
Total : 10
(x) X-Men
(x) X-Men 2
(x) X-Men 3
(x) Spider-Man
(x) Spider-Man 3
(x) Sky High
( ) Jeepers Creepers
( ) Jeepers Creepers 2
(x) Catch Me If You Can
(x) The Others (favourite Nicole Kidman film EVER hahahaha)
( ) The Eye
( ) Dark Water
(x) Cruel Intentions
( ) Cruel Intentions 2
( ) The Hot Chick
(x) Shrek
(x) Shrek 2
Total : 11
( ) Swimfan
( ) Miracle
(x) School of Rock
( ) K-Paxx
(x) Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship
of the Ring
(x) Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
(x) Lord of the Rings: The Return of
the King
(x) A Walk To Remember
(x) Hollow Man
(x) The 40-year-old-virgin
( ) The Exorcist
( ) Exorcism of Emily Rose
Total: 7
Add up all your scores.
I've seen 81 movies out of 170
I know that I'm raging inner lions, but maybe I'm still a cub. [I know, I'm not making sense]. Anyway, the ideal job is SO TRUE [okay, fine, along with almost everything]. Hahahahahaha. Seriously. I made a list of things I want to be. Either the list is so long it acommodated all of them, but still. Haha. | You Should Be A Leo |  What's good about you: you always speak your mind and aren't scared of anything
What's bad about you: you have to be the boss, and you love to control others
In love: you enjoy being admired and pampered, but don't always reciprocate
In friendship, you're: easy to get along with and the center of attention
Your ideal job: member of royalty, TV anchor, or investment banker
Your sense of fashion: classic well fitting clothes that last forever
You like to pig out on: Greek or Italian food |
Nevermind that school hasn't even been running for a week, I'm already feeling the fact that I'm binge-eating on activities, and I just want to get bulimic about it. Yesterday was the day after the Batasan Bombing, a good 3 km away from my house, so of course, I couldn't help but read the papers. I rarely check out the front page, I didn't realise that Miya's NDC article was already in on 2bU! Not until this morning anyway, when my mum showed it to me. Which was really exciting and annoying at the same time. This was the first time I got a byline for a picture I took (yay!). This isn't the first time a picture I took appeared on the paper, the first one appeared on the Philippine Star, May 27, 2005 on the Lifestyle section. It was blurry because it was I think less than 1 MP and Patricia Evangelista just stole it from this post. Good thing was, I was technically on the front page of 2bU! Hahaha. One picture on the inner page was miscredited, the one with Victor Baguilat and Nikko Briguera. I took it, but was bylined to Mahon (hi Miya!). But anyway, I'm still amused. I never thought that multiply will be a cause of break in my photojournalism career. Although technically, I wasn't paid for it. :P I don't mind. Yet. Why I was particularly annoyed was the fact that I didn't find out about this right away, before I went to my first photojourn class. Come to think of it, I guess I wouldn't know how to bring up that "Hey! I got my first photo byline on a major broadsheet this morning!" without sounding too ... braggish. But then I'm LJ-ing it now, which kind of has the same effect I reckon. On other news, after my photojourn class, my thesis partner, Yani, and I met former Insurance Commissioner Evangeline Escobillo to have a consult on our thesis topic. I had a very psychic moment before meeting Mrs Escobillo. For some weird reason, I entertained the probability that she could be one of my dad's ex-girlfriends. I don't know if this is a normal thought you get when you meet somebody for the first time without knowing who she really is except for what your professor told you about her and what you read about her on the Internet. What made it weirder was that when we actually met her, she actually asked the first name of my dad, because... yes, she had a boyfriend who's last name was also Guinto "back in the days." Apparently, it's not my dad, but this is another reason why I think that thoughts are inter-connected or I'm just strangely psychic like that. Anyway, I've wasted enough time typing this entry, I have to get back to the 10 million activities I have to accomplish for today. Cheerios!
Only because Yang, Tet, and Yana tagged me [how can you not yield to heightened demand?] RULES: Each player of this game starts with 6 weird things about himself/herself. People who get tagged need to write a blog entry of their own with 6 weird things about themselves as well. In the end, you need to choose 6 people to be tagged and list their names. Don't forget to leave a comment that says they are tagged in their site and tell them to read your blog! 1. I won't tag people. Because I just wanted to appease my effectual demand. And I like using random economic jargon like that. Even if at times I get lost in theory, or can't differentiate auto-correlation from heteroskedasticity if my life depends on it, I just ♥ relating everything to economics. Even if I stretch it, or doesn't make sense with it anymore. 2. I like photographs. I like being in them more than taking them, unless I look terrible that day and carrying a nice camera. I like cameras so much, and as influenced by Yves Aquino, pose at any security camera in any public place, just in case. My greatest moment was having my back being accidentaly the cover pic in an (other)joseph photoblog entry. 3. I'm an undiagnosed trichotollomaniac. I like pulling my hair. A LOT. I do it when I'm not doing anything, I do it when I'm stressed, I do it in private, and in public too. In front of my enemies, friends, crushes, teachers, parents. Well, rarely with my parents because my mom hates it that I pull my hair. Nash thinks it's one of my pa-ditz effect. 3. My favourite scent is freshly washed linen from the linen closet. I also like the smell of the following objects: grass after it rained/mowed, certain marker pens, certain paper, "fresh?" plastic cover, photocopiers, nail polish, some of the chemicals in the dark room. 4. I love spelling in British English. Only because. And this was even before I went to England. Don't think of it as a South-East Asian English conventionalism, I liked the British English spelling even before I learned that we were the only South East Asian nation without British colonizers. In short, I think it's absolutely fabulous to spell this way, and more... uh proper. But in general, I'm really horrid in spelling. American/British English or Filipino otherwise. 5. I'm mildly good at e-Stalking. Mildly being the operative word, but that was only after Patty Lazatin asked me to look for someone and failed miserably at it. 6. I secretly want to be one of the briefcase girls in Kapamilya Deal or No Deal. WAZ. I also like Kris Aquino, a lot, and albeit not considering her as an icon NOR a feminist, I do admire her for her um... accomplishments. Well, put Boy Abunda in that picture as well. Don't get me wrong, my new ultimate dream is to be a Broadway actress.
This is a shorter version (the original version seemed to have more repetitions) of the most annoying wrong-number-caller of my lifetime. "Hello?"
"Hello? Andyan po ba si Ate Pacita?"
"Wala pong Ate Pacita dito."
"Ha? Pwede po bang makausap si Ate Pacita?"
"Wala nga pong Ate Pacita dito."
"Wala siya? Saan nagpunta?"
"Hindi po. Wala po talagang Ate Pacita --"
"Sabihin mo, sabihin mo pinsan ito ng asawa niya."
"Sorry na lang po wala talagang nakatirang Ate Pacita dito."
"Sa Tierra Pura ba ito?"
"Uh... hindi po."
*Long Pause* "Oh sige sige. Thank you na lang."
"Sorry po." Why did I apologise? I refuse to believe that people are inherently dumb, but that's one of the most retarded conversations I've ever had in my entire life.
Okay, this is rather a little strange. My LiveJournal entries are cross-posting itself here now. So to my multiply subscribers, I hope you uh... enjoy. LoL.
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