I remember my former adviser, Sir Jayron, saying "Respect begets respect" everytime he holds sermon in our class way back in 5th grade. I always keep that in mind. I made it sure to respect myself and other people most especially the elderly as well as to things around me. But I must admit that there are also times when I fail to do so when mood swings hit me.

Labels: Cebuana Lhuillier, college, Employees, personal, Polytechnic University of the Philippines, Respect

I`m going to discuss it in bullets. :)

• Watched the Impeachment Trial.
• I started reading The Notebook.
• Went to PUP to apply for dean's lister but the admins in OSFA said that application for DL starts on the regular class day. (They change their statements from time to time. They told me before that application starts on enrollment period :/)
• SIS sucked yesterday. I can't access properly since a lot of students are enrolling too. But Thank God, after almost 30 minutes of retrying, I finally got enrolled. :D
• Here's my number, so call me maybe. my 2nd year-1st semester schedule. I`m still glad to have this kind of schedule despite the fact that I have Saturday classes. Hehe. But definitely, 9 am classes are better than 7:30 am classes and 7:30 pm dismissals are better than 9 pm dismissals. =))

• So this is the assessment of my tuition fee. There`s an additional fee to be paid (Red Cross Membership Fee) but I do not have any idea on how will it be used. The Communicator (our college`s official paper) is also included now in our tuition so we won`t have to pay for it every sem. :)

I barely have 2 more weeks to enjoy my vacation. It`s a good idea to utilize my time properly. I must do something productive. I must.

PS. Daddy told us about his cousin who do fashion blogging. Lumi-Liz at Laureen Uy. :) See here: All Things Modish. :)

Labels: college, personal, Polytechnic University of the Philippines, Student Information System, The Notebook

So yesterday I was busy watching the impeachment trial while tweeting for updates. By the way, the trending topics tab on Twitter Philippines was filled with trial-related tweets occupying seven slots throughout the whole process which lasted for almost four hours. I must say, most of the Filipinos are interested to watch the verdict of the senator-judges.

After 43 days of trial, 20 judges voted Chief Justice Corona 'guilty as charged' on Article 2 (SALN issue), enough to oust him from his position. On the other hand, 3 senator-judges were firm with their decision that the highest magistrate of the Philippines should be acquitted. Almost all of the judges who voted to convict the Chief Justice based their decision on Corona's failure to declare his bank deposits amounting to P80,000,000 and $2.4 M. They pointed out that if the clerk of court in an RTC was removed from service because of her failure to include her stall in a market, what more the Chief Justice of the Philippines? The three judges who voted for acquittal defend their sides by explaining that his actions were not really impeachable. Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago was fuming mad yesterday. She was really scary. But I know she just wanted to be truthful with her feelings toward the said impeachment trial. As for Sen. Lito Lapid, I have to say that he deserves all the respect. I think he self-pitied so much, saying that he`s only a high school graduate and people will not believe him if he states different law. He said his basis was Cong. Farinas` Powerpoint Presentation and his conscience. Sen. Pres. Juan Ponce Enrile had a very long speech, explaining why he came up with the decision. Which I think, was fair enough.

It may not have been a very easy job for each of them who had been part of the impeachment trial, and I salute them for doing the best they can. In the end, it`s not the defense`s loss or the prosecution`s success. It is the victory of the people of the Philippines who hopes for a better government and a more transparent set of government officials. Those politicians should be more truthful so we can give them our trust. I hope this event marks the start of a better Philippines. A country we can all be proud of.

Labels: Chief Justice Renato Corona, Conviction, impeachment trial, personal

I can't sleep yet. I want to talk about the things that happened lately.

Can you still remember my post about the Lady Gaga concert which I dreamt about? Hahaha! I was just amused by the fact that it partly came true. Well, my brother and I didn`t went tot the concert but.. the thing which I didn`t expect to happen, happened. Ely Buendia was there! I was laughing while watching that news report. Really, that was so unexpected.

Last week, mom and I went to daddy`s Alma Mater to get a certified true copy of his diploma and transcript of records. I was stunned by it's buildings. Okay. I`m being exaggerated here but believe me, PUP is not that clean and organized. I must admit TIP is a private university so it`s just normal to have those kind of facilities. How I hope, one day state universities would upgrade as well. :D

Our family had a tiring weekend. We had a general cleaning in our beloved abode last Saturday. The following day, we went to buy school supplies and groceries and hear mass. It was a very fun date with my family. We haven`t done that for quite some time. I missed that. :>

This coming Friday, my blockmates and I will apply for dean`s lister. I hope we`ll be able to do it successfully. Plus, we`ll also enroll. Looking forward to that busy day!

A while ago, mommy and daddy was on Skype. It was nice hearing daddy again since it`s only today that we regained a good internet connection! Hahaha! But anyway, daddy had some great news for us. Hihihi.

I think that would be all. I`m now sleepy. I would love to make a new blog post later about the verdict of the senator-judges in the impeachment trial. Good Morning! :)

Labels: family, personal, Polytechnic University of the Philippines, summer, Technological Institute of the Philippines

I`m kinda hesitant to post this since I know it will contain cheesy stuffs but suddenly, I found myself typing so there.

I`ve always liked the feeling of being inspired. It's as if somebody is pushing me to do the things which seems to be impossible, effortlessly. I feel unexplainable happiness inside of me. And I`m always eager to achieve more. :) In connection with this, I`ve decided to share something about my newest inspiration.

Lately, I`m fond of watching PBB and I think what keeps me glued to this program is Robi Domingo. Yes, not the housemates. HAHAHAHAHA! I was lured by his personality. Of course, besides his cuteness! I think he has been raised so well by his parents. He seems to be good, intelligent, witty and reponsible. I also think that he had improved so much in his hosting skills. Robi`s definitely one of the eloquent hosts I know and I`m not even kidding! :D  I remember, he once defined his fellow PBB host, John Prats as his "Epitome of Everything". But I think he also deserves that "Epitome of Everything" title (well at least in my own views). :)) He`s one of the few personalities who I looked up to as of the moment. And I believe he`s a good model for teens. :)

I know I`m just one of the girls who hopes to meet and know him more. :"">

There, so if you`re wondering why do I feel cheesy and all these past days, it`s because of him. He`s one of the reasons why I feel this overflowing happiness. :D

Labels: inspiration, personal, Robi Domingo

Roughly two weeks more and June will finally hit the calendar. It sucks to imagine another wave of stress but I’m looking forward to another semester with my blockmates. :)

I had been sleeping too much lately. I actually woke up at 11 am (twice) last week. I can’t believe that happened to me. :/ But still, there are good sides of my summer. I already finished reading At First Sight. I can’t relate that much since the characters were adults already. The story tackles marriage, pregnancy and family. I did not expect Nicholas Sparks would put a heart-breaking ending. :( By the way, I’m planning to read Dear John before classes start. :)

I had a very funny dream this week. It goes this way:

I’m not a fan of Lady Gaga but I suddenly found myself singing all her songs in her concert at MOA Arena. I’m with my brother too and we were seated at the VIP. Haha! (By then I know that it was only a dream because I wouldn’t spend P15, 000 just to watch a concert of a celebrity who I’m not a big fan of.) But that was not it. We were sitting beside Ely Buendia. (WEIRD! I don’t think Ely Buendia would watch a Lady Gaga concert! =)))) Then in the middle of one of her songs, Ely bid goodbye to his friend and he asked those who were sitting beside him.. (including us) “Who wants to go with me?” I said, “MEE!” Then he invited me. But I said that I was just kidding. The he laughed and left. Hahaha!

That was so funny. And awkward. :)))))

Labels: personal, summer, updates

Each one of us has different dreams. I know I’ll get various responses with the question “What do you want to achieve?” Because I, myself have tons of dreams as well. I do not intend to make any bucket list before because I don’t want to get frustrated someday if things don’t work how I imagined it to be. I remember once, Ramon Bautista mentioned that instead of making bucket lists, just fulfill what you want to achieve. But I can’t help but post a bucket list-like blog post to vent out the things I want to pull off several years from now. :) But instead of making “I wish..” statements, let me put it this way – “I will.”

I know that I will finish my college degree 2 years from now, with flying colors. I’m not sure with the latter part but as I write it down here, I’ll do anything to make it happen. I do not know how but I know it will come to life. I will surely be working in one of the prestigious networks in the country. I don’t have any idea what position I’m capable of holding; maybe a part of the TV/movie productions of ABS-CBN or perhaps a reporter (May it be online or on-air) of GMA. I don’t know if my strengths and weaknesses today will still be my strengths and weaknesses in the future. One thing is for sure, I’ll have more self-esteem. :D The fruits of my work would certainly send my little sister to one of the best universities and will pamper my parents with all the relaxation they deserve.

“Follow your dreams” as the cliché goes. And so I’ll pursue my aspirations by living with these thoughts alongside with optimism, hardwork, prayer and with the help of my inspiration because my inspiration is also one of my aspirations. (Well, this inspiration-aspiration part sounds really funny and unrealistic but someday, if I’ll achieve him that, I’ll be the happiest person on Earth.) ♥

Nobody knows what lies ahead but one thing’s definite, if you have the eager heart to achieve your goals, everything that you planned will happen. It will.

Labels: aspirations, dreams, personal