Runaway Train of Thought
Sick today. Been sleeping it off since yesterday but woke up at 6:30 a.m. not by choice but because Carol wanted me to take her up to Montalban. Sorry dearie - body not cooperating; that joyride to Pampanga didn't help much either. Throat feels stuffed with steel wool; cough a little better but still hacking up green icky stuff. Ew.
Burned two meals today, breakfast and lunch. Sacrilege! Perhaps was not meant to eat pork (longanisa and humba) today. Ended up with a very heavy helping of minestrone (Carol's recipe, which I made too much of) instead, and later dried fish (espada). Pathetic. And you call yourself a cook.
Had to cancel meeting with Zean tonight. Did some editing for book project though; wrote e-mail to Binx (always a kilometric writing feat). Contemplating on accepting a beauty article (say whut?!) assignment...which requires field research at the malls. Hmmm. Done worse before (can you say cellulite?). Had text conversation with Anson about top secret magazine stuff (not really).
Speaking of text, got an SMS from H today. Attempted to continue text conversation on Yahoo messenger but couldn't read what he was writing. Probably out somewhere playing pool in KC or flying over Ireland or drunk at the Bombardier. Or at a Ford model party with David. Mwehe. Good times. Miss them; miss THEM. Last I saw H was at the O'Hare terminal, backpack full of San Mig Light cans. Last I saw Dave was through the glass window of the ground floor of the Paris apartment, waving goodbye with sad puppy dog eyes. Or maybe that was Savannah, the albino boxer we were dogsitting.
Looking forward to another sleep marathon. Maybe I'll be more coherent in the morning.
UP Diliman Survey
For lack of anything better to do on this rainy Sunday evening:
Student Number?85-14360 and proud of it! Hehe.
College? Course?CMC (BA Broad Comm '89), LAW (LL.B '94), and before that UP Clark AB (MA Asian Studies/Public Ad pero sinipa ang US Bases e, buti nga.)
Nag-shift ka ba/na-kick-out?from what to what college?Shifted (voluntarily!) from CAL (BS Humanities) to College of Mass Comm. Pre-med course pa sya noon, pero hindi kaya ng powers ko ang Chem 16...at irresistible ang tawag ng showbiz...
Saan ka kumuha ng UPCAT?Yikes. Auditorium, katabi ng Physics Pav, ng College of Science - one complex lang yun dati, nasa AS pa.
Favorite GE subjects?Spanish 1, 2, and 3 under Senor Maranan. Anthro 187 - Sex and Culture under Prof. Mike Tan.
Favorite PE?Swimming
Name your 4 PEs:PE 1, Swimming, Tennis (o ha), Modern Jazz (double o ha!)
Favorite Prof:Diane Teotico (RIP), Broad 101 and 103 (Intro to Broad, Radio Production); Evelyn David, Broad 121 (TV Production); Robin Rivera, Broad 111 (Radio Performance) Arno Sanidad, Criminal Procedure; Mike Tan, Sex and...er ok nabanggit ko na yun.
Pinakasikat na Prof:
Malou de Guzman the actress, Broad 124 (TV Performance); Arno Sanidad the Erap prosecutor; Cris Vertido the film director (Film Production Management); Alex Magno the stage actor (Theater Management...talagang feeling manager); Sari Yap the magazine editor (Broadcast Programming); Mike Tan the columnist; Gel Santos-Relos the newscaster (thesis adviser!) at Cheche Lazaro (sa TV internship).
Pinaka-ayaw na GE subjectNat Sci 2 (nung Physics pa sya!)
Kumuha ka ba ng Wed or Sat classes?Dehins. Unless walang choice - Wednesday ice-skating kami sa MegaMall hehe. Saturdays, Medical Jurisprudence - na once ko lang pinasukan.
Nakapag-field trip ka ba?Of course, out-of-town location shoots for our Broad and Film classes kuno hehe.
Orgs/Frats/Soros?SAMASKOM, IBA, CMC Student Council;
UP Law Portia Sorority, Philippine Law Journal, UP Law Debating Team, Society of Law Students, Paralegal Volunteers Org, UP Law Student Government, Inter-sorority Council, STRAW (Students Rights and Welfare) Alliance
Tambayan?SAMASKOM tambayan sa CMC, sa lahat ng sulok ng Mass Comm, Goldmine, Celebrity Sports;
Portia Room, Law Lib steps, OLA room, Office ni Tadiar, LSG Room, Org Room
Dorm, boarding house, o bahay? Bahay. Tambayan din pala ang bahay.
Naka-inom ka ba sa Sarah's o Gulod/ Likha- Diwa?One time, in 1993 yata, dahil kinaladkad ng Section B, UP Law Class 1994. Sosyal daw ang Section A, sa Trellis, Tia Maria, at sunken garden/lagoon kasi kami lagi.
Paboritong fishball?Music, Law. Basta may Mountain Dew.
Me suki ka bang bananaQ vendor?Wala yata. Yung sa SC siguro, lumpiang togue.
First movie na napanood sa FC?Boatman, uncut, 1986. Yikes, nene pa man din ako nun.
First play na napanood mo sa UP?Isko sana, pero hindi. I cannot remember. Basta Camino Real was one of first.
Nakapag-date ka ba sa sunken garden?Ay, oo. Bad trip lang, walang banyo.
Sa lagoon?Hmmm. Hinde.
Name the 5 most conyo orgs in UP:SAMASKOM, SAMASKOM, SAMASKOM, SAMASKOM, Section A.
Name 5 of the coolest orgs/frats/soro in UP:SAMASKOM. San ka pa? Portia syemps. :-) Paralegal Volunteers Org, tsaka STRAW pag inuman time. Alpha Phi Beta nung kapanahunan ni LC Alex Lacson. Astig.
Napunta ka na ba sa fair?Of courst.
Ano pinakagusto mong gawin sa UP Fair?Kain, inom. Panoorin Tame The Tikbalang (take note, nood lang - wala na akong pandinig sa lakas ng sigaw)...dahil kaklase ko si Russell nung elementary.
May frat/soro bang nag-recruit sa yo?Ay oo. Makukulit lahat. Pero ang pinakamakulit ang nagwagi :-)
Saan ka madalas mag-lunch?MassComm: sa canteen. Pampanguena's sa Katipunan (ka-miss ang inihaw na baboy!). CASAA. Canteen ng Sampa. Sa SM City food court, pag may pera...at pag maraming pera sa Tokyo Tokyo. Come to think of it, di yata kami kumakain masyado noon...inom lang.
Law: Kalimutan ko na yung mura na masarap na kainan sa Katipunan na masarap yung tapa. Thai canteen ni Mommy sa IC. Canteen sa 5th floor Law Center (eat-all-you-kanin). Beach House, kahit araw-araw. Rodic's. The "wall" sa harap ng Nawasa.
Masaya ba sa UP?Super sa.
Nakasama ka na ba sa rally?Oh yes. Warrantless Arrests Are Not Da Best! Yankee Go Home! Matindi pa ang mga isyung pinaglalaban noon.
Tibak ka ba?Only when I feel strong enough about an isyu.
Ilang beses ka bumoto sa student council?More than I've voted in Philippine elections. I don't think I ever missed an SC election.
Nakipagtalo ka na ba sa prof mo about politics?Nope. Sa American classmate lang (sa UP Clark pa, tigas ng mukha ko) about US imperialism and the neither-confirm-nor-deny nuke policy ng mga onaks. Buti nga, na-lahar sya. Beh.
Nakita mo na bang tumakbo si Fr. Robert Reyes?Mabilis masyado e.
Sino ang student council chair nung freshie ka?Chito Gascon. Nung 2nd year ako, si Kiko Pangilinan. 3rd year, si David Celdran. Celebs! Tander-cats!
Sinamahan ka ba ng parent/s mo nang mag-enrol ka nung freshie?Eeek. Yata...ng Nanay ko. Hehe.
Nagtaka ka ba kung saan ang TBA?Duh. Nahanap ko na.
Sino first ever nakilala mo sa UP?Si Eloisa Gutierrez (if I remember correctly), ang kaisa-isahan kong blockmate sa BS Humanities. Sa Mass Comm (aside from my friends from UP San Fernando na nag-shift din), si Patrick Victor Ramon Arcenas Segovia.
Magkakilala pa rin kayo hanggang ngayon?Ay, I wonder whatever happened to Eloisa. Si Bong "Sepoi" Segovia ng NSFV Cainta, one of my best k**al friends ko pa rin to this day, living proof na ang La Sallista, magaling talagang...mambola. Este, sumayaw ng strut.
Ano first ever class na pinasukan mo sa UP?Math 11. Yesssssssss.
Best clothes mo ba ang suot mo n'ung first day of classes?Syemps. Kadiri!
Pinangarap mo rin bang mag-laude nung freshman ka?Of course, iba na ang nerd.
E nung graduating ka na?The greatest relief in my life ang hindi maghabol ng honors. Pero konti nalang, sayang...1.78 GWA.
Home Again
Home again after what appears to be the last of the series of scheduled trips for the first half of the year (doesn't sound too bad, considering that next month the second half of the year begins and I've already got a few expeditions pencilled in, teehee...)
This particular trip to Kabayan - on a (insert Snappy/Austin Powers/Travolta hand movements here) "medical mission" - had a totally different flavor to it, considering the company I had the pleasure to spend the last five days with: save for the wonderfully familiar company of AG and Johanna, everyone else was a first-time travel companion to each other under the phenomenon of Six Degrees of AG Sano (or, in this particular case for Bro Daniel and Doc Roger, of Honey Oliveros). And yet I (and I hope everyone else concerned) had an absolutely luuuuverrrrly time. Good combo of personalities, thank God for small miracles!
I will probably remember the conversations on this trip, more than anything else. These last series of travels, I've become used to comfortable silences (e.g., AG's kilometric moments of quiet) and comfortable noises (e.g., Bakang's non-stop talking and AG's snoring) and of course, the comfortable conversations between familiar friends. But, this time around, the conversations were between individuals just newly developing friendly relationships with each other, and the talks we had were classic, precisely because of our mutual "new"-ness.
Literature, literature, and literature with Snaps and Lex behind the dormitory outhouse, with greening rice fields and fog-enveloped mountains playing out before us like a four-dimensional motion picture.
Reminiscing pranks and silly moments and talking about the-one-who-could-have-been-but-isn't with Roger, my loyal buddy of many years, whom I have spent way too little time with lately.
Talking about mission, and God's calling, and the uncompromising truths of the Church - as well as anthropology, sociology, history, and Filipino culinary traditions with good Brother Daniel, whom I am sure will make one wonderful missionary priest (assigned hopefully in the mountains of Northern Luzon?) one day soon.
Discussing, without hang-ups or hesitation, life and love and everything in between. While posing for "rock band" photos.
And just laughing and laughing and laughing at how very silly these supremely gifted conversationalists - who I now call my new friends - can be (and I'm sure they find me supremely silly as well).
Here's to more of those outstanding conversations that develop so beautifully (and oftentimes so ridiculously) without our even trying too hard - you guys are great value, thanks for the company (insert Ojaye expression here...darn it, wish you could have met him!)
And yes Snappy...you
snore.