0700: went to ateneo to play soccer to discover that there is no soccer today because of a soccer festival.

0800: went to up to play soccer there. thank you lord, may soccer nga dun.

0900: umuwi after 1 hour of soccer (bitin), kasi ateneo patalo wala pa lang soccer humaba biyahe

1130: happy birthdays to nina patag and me-an.

1400: ateneo UP game. Kahit kasama ko dun majority UP (sorry guys haha), at nasa UP side ako, ateneo pa rin cheer ko. di ko nga alam baket eh, kala ko magcoconform lang ako sa mga kasama ko, di pala. Somehow, it didn't feel right to not cheer for ateneo. so haha nice one nanalo kayo :D Ang saya nung game na yun. Close game. tapos iba pagnagchecheer eh, at live, at may popcorn, fries at pepsi, at mga katabi mo hirit ng hirit. sarap eh. good times. good times. tj i forgive you for incessantly (despite your apologies) grabbing my sleeve n times out of spite and/or excitement. haha. alam ko nalulungkot ka na nanalo ateneo. but really, above all the school spirit, ateneo man or up, i went for the people i was with. i will miss ya'll

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despedida with family. nangmangha ako sa tito kong nagcounterpoint, orchestrate, at nagjazz up sa guitara ko. nagtugtog siya ng jobim, andress, at kung ano ano pang standard (old but classic) hits. pro kasi siya eh, yung tipong tumutugtog talga sa gigs. rinig = tugtog. idol.

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"you have to choose between what's right, and what's easy.." sino nagsabi nyan?

Two days ago my dad and i went sailing in Manila Bay. It was a nice ride because the weather was cool, the breeze gently wafted through our faces and i had my trusted C2 drink and V-Cut chips with me; UNTIL the waves became huge. It came to a point that the boat was atop the wave's crest almost 30 degrees above the horizontal, which means that with a little more wind in our sails, we would have capsized in our lovely albiet smelly manila bay. So we suffered these wave oscillations for maybe 15 minutes until we decided to head back to shore. BUT the story does not end here my folks. The manila bay docking area has a breakwater to prevent big waves from entering. If i remember my physics correctly, the waves would then tend to diffract along the end of the break water, producing a continuous line of waves. While we were headed back to shore, the motor used in docking the boat would not start. Hence, we were stuck in the middle of the continuous line of big waves at the end of the breakwater. Up-Down-Up-Down-Tilt-puke heheh (just kidding about the barfing part). The good thing is my dad finally troubleshooted the motor problem and got us moving again. Good man.

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SONA. Only thing i can say is that i don't believe a shift to a parliamentary system will make a big difference. The problem (and solution) to our political crisis is still in the people who run our government. If they are corrupt, even with a parliamentary system, then we will still suffer from corruption. If they are noble, hardworking or intelligent then, even with our current system, we will benefit. As the social science guy who spoke to us during 2nd yr said "a change to a parliament will just put different different labels on the same politicians" . Labels. True... i think.

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"a man wants to be his woman's first love. a woman wants to be her man's last romance."

found this off the net i think its really cool. its the famous sunscreen article. Mary Schmich is a journalist from The Chicago Tribune. I hope this makes you laugh. :))

Wear Sunscreen by Mary Schmich

Wear sunscreen.

If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it. The long-term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by scientists, whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable than my own meandering experience. I will dispense this advice now.

Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth. Oh, never mind. You will not understand the power and beauty of your youth until they've faded. But trust me, in 20 years, you'll look back at photos of yourself and recall in a way you can't grasp now how much possibility lay before you and how fabulous you really looked. You are not as fat as you imagine.

Don't worry about the future. Or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubble gum. The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind, the kind that blindside you at 4pm on some idle Tuesday.

Do one thing every day that scares you.

Sing.

Don't be reckless with other people's hearts. Don't put up with people who are reckless with yours.

Floss.

Don't waste your time on jealousy. Sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're behind. The race is long and, in the end, it's only with yourself.

Remember compliments you receive. Forget the insults. If you succeed in doing this, tell me how.

Keep your old love letters. Throw away your old bank statements.

Stretch.

Don't feel guilty if you don't know what you want to do with your life. The most interesting people I know didn't know at 22 what they wanted to do with their lives. Some of the most interesting 40-year-olds I know still don't.

Get plenty of calcium. Be kind to your knees. You'll miss them when they're gone.

Maybe you'll marry, maybe you won't. Maybe you'll have children, maybe you won't. Maybe you'll divorce at 40, maybe you'll dance the funky chicken on your 75th wedding anniversary. Whatever you do, don't congratulate yourself too much, or berate yourself either. Your choices are half chance. So are everybody else's.

Enjoy your body. Use it every way you can. Don't be afraid of it or of what other people think of it. It's the greatest instrument you'll ever own.

Dance, even if you have nowhere to do it but your living room.

Read the directions, even if you don't follow them.

Do not read beauty magazines. They will only make you feel ugly.

Get to know your parents. You never know when they'll be gone for good. Be nice to your siblings. They're your best link to your past and the people most likely to stick with you in the future.

Understand that friends come and go, but with a precious few you should hold on. Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography and lifestyle, because the older you get, the more you need the people who knew you when you were young.

Live in New York City once, but leave before it makes you hard. Live in Northern California once, but leave before it makes you soft. Travel.

Accept certain inalienable truths: Prices will rise. Politicians will philander. You, too, will get old. And when you do, you'll fantasize that when you were young, prices were reasonable, politicians were noble and children respected their elders.

Respect your elders.

Don't expect anyone else to support you. Maybe you have a trust fund. Maybe you'll have a wealthy spouse. But you never know when either one might run out.

Don't mess too much with your hair or by the time you're 40 it will look 85.

Be careful whose advice you buy, but be patient with those who supply it. Advice is a form of nostalgia. Dispensing it is a way of fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the ugly parts and recycling it for more than it's worth.

But trust me on the sunscreen.

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peace out. ;)