iNtRaMs 2008

first school day of the week and the official opening of the university intrams... we were required by our professor in programming to be in school at 7:30 am to attend the opening ceremony of the celebration... actually, we were advised to wear yellow gold shirt but since i don't have that kind of shirt, i wore our college shirt... hehe... in the heat rays of the sun, we joined the parade starting from the oval until we reached the pup gym... it was so hot and i felt that my black shirt is absorbing all the heat making me perspire so much... huh... but the experience was a nice one 'coz we were able to talk like friends with our professors... hehe... when we were already at the gym, the athletes from different colleges and branches and extensions of pup went to their designated places 'til the program start... as usual, the program was started with a doxology followed by the national anthem and then the opening remarks of our beloved president dante g. guevarra... and the most much awaited part of the program was the announcement of ms. intrams... huh... it was such a disaster... hehe... just kiddin... well, there were more than 10 participants and i should say they were all ok... but i just noticed that some of them were really not good in pronouncing the words like depending instead of defending... haha... and also some of them were grammatically wrong like to representing instead of to represent... hehe... i am being so judgmental... sorry... the candidate coming from the college of the accountancy won the title and will be representing the university in the upcoming i think ncr pageant... i am not sure... there was also lighting of the torch but it was much different from that of olympics... haha... what a comparison?.. after the ceremony was the official start of the intrams... playing games every now and then while the crowds are cheering...

wHaT a DaY?

wow... what a tiring day? hehe... actually, there are so many things that happened today... like the philippine youth congress in IT held in up diliman, the malling in sm north edsa and the ending of my girl... i just sleep for only 3 hours in order to prepare for the seminar in up... i didn't even eat my breakfast in our house just to arrive early in the meeting place of my classmates... i and my classmates have decided to meet in sm north edsa between 5:30 and 6:00 in the morning... so early for a college student right? haha... the seminar actually started at around 9:00 am but we were already at the venue at around 7:00 am... how punctual? haha... while waiting for the seminar to start, we were just taking and taking pictures as much as we want... making a pose every now and then even if many of the other delegates there were staring at us... don't care of them... before entering at the up theater, the participants were given a small bag, flyers coming from different sponsors for the said event, etc... from the start 'til the end of the seminar, we were listening to the different keynote speakers of the seminar like the son of mr. manny villar, ms. imee marcos, etc... and after each speaker delivered his or her speech, there was an open forum for those students who would want to ask something about what the speaker has discussed... because some of the speakers were so boring, i felt more sleepy during the seminar... i think there were only three speakers whom i enjoyed listening at... the speakers who talked about IT certifications, wireless technology which is i think related to physics and websites which are of great help to both the professors and students... after the seminar, i and my classmates (drazen, donn, bernard and joana) went to sm north edsa to have our dinner 'coz we were so hungry... then, we have decided also to reveal our talent by singing in the videoke... haha... but joana was the only one who refused to sing... so unfair... huhu... it was already 9:00 pm when we decided to end our jamming in sm north edsa... joana and bernard rode in a bus heading north... i and draze, on a bus heading south while donn, on a jeep heading quiapo... i was in a hurry during that time 'coz i might not be able to watch the last episode of my girl... fortunately, i was not able to watch the early part of it but i was able to finish it... and i was also able to watch the trailer of my girl's cast in their upcoming project in the kapamilya network... hehe... i think it will be a nice and a hit show again... for sure... hehe....

sTaY wItH yOu

Japanese Version:

Fuki nuketa kaze ga
Yurashi teru shin
Ryoku no kaate n
Hito hira kimi no ho o
Ima kazaru shizuku

Nani o ieba ii ii takute
Demo ienai de iru
Kowareta tokei mitai sa
I can't step over myself

Furu eteru kata o
Tsuyoku daki
Yosetai no ni

I just wanna stay with you
Hitori de nakanai de
Sono namida kawakasu yo o na
I can be your sunshine forever
Kesenai kizu nara kizuna ni kae nagara
Mirai dake boku dake o mite
We can be together zutto
Ei en ni

Sumikitta sora to
Taiyo ga egao o
Okureru yo ni
... wande kang
Shime kitta mado
I keep on knocking on your door

Tame ratta mama ja
Kiseki na n te oko senai

I just wanna stay with you
Ima kimi ni tsuta e yo
Ano egao omo I daserusa
I promise if I can be your one
Kokoro no sokokara kimi wo aishiteru
Itsumademo hanasana I kara
I'll be there for you when you need me because I love you

Kagi ga aku oto ga ima
Kiko e ta kigashita

I just wanna stay with you
Ima kimi ni tsutae yo
Ano egao omoi daserusa
I promise if I can be your one
Kokoro no sokokara kimi wo aishiteru
Itsumademo hanasana I kara
I'll be there for you when you need me because I love you

English Version:

The wind blowing through is swaying the new green curtain
One petal/drop is on (decorating) your face.
(I think this is saying that she is crying with a tear drop on her face)

What should I say? I want to say something but I can't
I am like a broken watch / clock. I can't step over myself.

Even though I just want to hold your shaking shoulders tight close to me.

I just wanna stay with you
Don't cry alone.
I can dry up those tears like I can be your sunshine forever
If you have a wound that cannot be healed
We can change it to a bond (link) while you only look at the future and at me
We can be together forever.

The clear sky and sun is like giving you a smile.
The closed window
I keep on knocking on your door

Miracles can't happen if you hesitate like that
I just wanna stay with you
I wanna tell you now.
I promise if I can be your one, you will remember your smile again
I love you from the bottom of my heart.
I will never leave you
I'll be there for you when you need me because I love you
I think I heard the lock being opened just now.

yOu BeTtEr ThInK tWiCe

Ang Dapat Pagtuunan ng Isang Pupian

Sa pagpasok ng taong 2008, marami sa ating mga Pilipino ang nagkaroon ng panibagong pag-asa. Pag-asa na sana ang panibagong taong ito ay magdala ng kasaganaan, kaunlaran at katahimikan sa sambayanang Pilipino.

Pero sa hindi inaasahang pangyayari, hindi naging ganito ang kinahinatnan ng mga bagay-bagay. Nagsimulang tumaas ang presyo ng isa sa pangunahing pangangailangan ng tao, ang bigas. Sinasabi ng gobyerno na ang pagtaas ng presyo nito ay dahil sa nagkakaroon ang Pilipinas ng tinatawag na kakulangan sa suplay ng bigas na hindi naman dati nangyayari sa tinaguriang isa sa pinakamalaking suplayer ng bigas sa Southeast Asia. And dating exporter ng bigas ay naging importer na ngayon ng mga bigas na galing pa sa ibang bansa gaya ng Thailand, Vietnam at Estados Unidos upang maging sapat ang suplay ng bigas sa bansa.

Sumunod namang tumaas ang singil sa kuryente ng isa sa pinakamalaking power distributor ng bansa, ang Meralco. Ang pagkwestyon ng mamamayan sa mataas na presyo nito ang humamon sa liderato ng pamilya Lopez sa pamamahala ng kompanya na umabot pa sa puntong ang presidente ng ibang ahensya ng gobyerno ay tinangkang agawin ang pamumuno ng pamilyang ito ngunit hindi ito naging matagumpay. Ang sitwasyong ito ang nagtulak sa gobyerno na mamahagi ng 500 php subsidiya sa mga mahihirap na kumukonsumo lamang ng 100 kilowatts per hour sa isang buwan. Pero pagkatapos naman ng ilang buwan ay nasolusyunan ang problemang ito na naging dahilan ng pagkakaroon ng bahagyang pagbaba sa singil ng kuryente.

Ikinagulat naman ng lahat ang walang tigil na pagtaas ng presyo ng produktong petrolyo ng mga kompanya ng langis gaya ng Caltex, Petron, Shell at marami pang iba. Sinasabi ng mga kompanyang nabanggit na ang pangunahing dahilan ng kanilang pagtataas ng presyo sa mga produkto nila ay ang mataas na bentahan ng produktong petrolyo sa pandaigdigang pamilihan. Ang suliraning ito ang naging dahilan ng pagkakaroon ng transport strike ng ilang transport groups sa iba’t-ibang bahagi ng bansa. Ang isa pang naging masamang epekto ng suliraning ito ay ang pagtaas ng minimum fare na sinisingil ng pampublikong sasakyan.

Ilan lamang yan sa mga problemang kinakaharap ng bayan ni Juan sa kasalukuyan. Magiging mahirap para kay Juan ang pagharap sa bawat araw lalo na kung ganito ang mga problemang madadatnan niya. Ang bawat isa ay umiisip ng pinakamabisang solusyon upang kahit papaano ay maibsan ang paghihirap na dinaranas niya.

Isa sa mga nakikita kong ginagawa ng mga Pilipino upang makatulong sa krisis na kinakaharap ng Pilipinas ay ang pagsasagawa ng malawakang protesta laban sa gobyerno. Sinisisi ng karamihan sa atin ang lahat ng mga nangyayari ngayon sa namamahala sa atin. Hindi ko naman sila masisi sa kanilang ginagawa dahil alam ko rin sa sarili ko na nahihirapan ako sa sitwasyon ng bansa natin ngayon. Sa tingin ko, hindi na nagagampanan ng ating pamahalaan ang kanilang tungkulin na paglingkuran ang bawat Pilipino sa pamamagitan ng paggawa ng lahat ng kanilang makakaya upang mapigilan ang anumang pagtaas ng presyo ng mga bagay-bagay na mahalaga sa tao.

Sa isang banda, hindi lang natin dapat isisi sa gobyerno ang mga kinakaharap natin ngayon. Unang-una sa lahat, sino ba ang nagluklok sa mga pulitikong nakaupo sa gobyerno ngayon? Hindi ba tayo? Samakatuwid, ang taong-bayan ang naglagay sa kanila sa mga pwesto sa gobyerno sa tuwing ginaganap ang eleksyon kaya hindi lang natin dapat ibuhos ang lahat ng sisi sa kanila. Pangalawa, karamihan sa mga nagproprotesta ay kinokondena ang pagiging corrupt ng mga nakaupo sa gobyerno. Para sa kaalaman ng karamihan, lahat ng uri ng gobyerno mapa-Amerika man yan o mapa-Japan o kahit ano pang bansa yan ay corrupt talaga. Natural na sa isang gobyerno ang pagkakaroon ng corrupt na mga opisyal. Kaya naman hindi nagkakaroon ng pagtuligsa sa gobyerno sa ibang bansa kahit corrupt pa ito ay sa kadahilanang naibibigay pa rin ng mga namamahala sa kanila ang mga serbisyong nararapat sa kinasasakupan nila, yung tipong wala na silang mahihiling pa. Pangatlo, ang ibang problema na kinakaharap natin ngayon gaya ng pagtaas ng presyo ng langis ay hindi lang nangyayari sa ating bansa kundi pati na rin sa iba’t-ibang panig ng mundo. Ito ay pandaigdigang krisis at huwag isipin na tayo lang ang nakakaranas nito.

Ang ikinakabahala ko lang sa mga nangyayari sa bansa natin ngayon ay ang paglahok pati ng mga estudyante sa mga kilos-protesta laban sa gobyerno. Hindi ba dapat nakikita natin silang nag-aaral sa silid-aralan at hindi nakikita sa daan na nakikisali sa kilos-protesta? Ano na lang ang mangyayari sa kanilang kinabukasan kung ganito ang kanilang inaatupag at hindi ang higit na mas mahalaga, ang pag-aaral?

Ilan sa mga aktibong nakikilahok sa bawat protesta laban sa gobyerno ay ang ilang estudyante ng Polytechnic University of the Philippines na kung saan ako nag-aaral. Hindi ko makakaila sa aking sarili na ako ay nakinabang rin naman sa ilang isinagawa nilang protesta. Lubos akong nagpapasalamat sa kanila dahil hindi natuloy ang binalak na dagdag sa tuition noong nakaraang taon dahil sa mahigpit na pagtutol ng mga estudyante. Tanging mga PUPians lang ang nagawang pigilin ang pagtaas ng tuition na hindi nagawa ng ibang estudyanteng nag-aaral sa ibang state universities gaya ng University of the Philippines at EARIST. Pero hindi lang ako sang-ayon sa pakikilahok nila sa mga kilos-protesta na may kinalaman na sa isyu ng gobyerno. Kahit na alam ko na lahat ng mamayang Pilipino ay dapat makialam sa mga isyung ito, sa tingin ko ay kailangan na nating ipaubaya ito sa mga kababayan nating nakapagtapos na ng pag-aaral at yung may malalim na pananaw sa buhay.

Ang kahirapan sa buhay ang pangunahing dahilan kung bakit maraming estudyante ang nakikilahok sa mga kilos-protesta laban sa gobyerno. Pero hindi ba mas maganda na mag-aral na lang ng mabuti kaysa makilahok sa mga ganoong klase ng aktibidad? Kung minsan kasi ay ito pa ang nagiging dahilan ng pagliban nila sa klase na maaaring maging dahilan pa ng pagbasak sa partikular na asignatura. Sa tingin mo ba makakatulong sa isang estudyante ang magkaroon ng bagsak na marka sa kahit anumang asignatura sa kolehiyo? Siyempre hindi. Magiging mailap sa iyo ang opurtunidad na umasenso sa buhay kung ganoon ang makikita ng mga employers sa transcript of records mo. Kung gusto mo talagang makaalis sa putik kung saan ka nakalubog, mag-aral ka ng mabuti. Hindi yung kung anu-ano na lang ang inaatupag mo.

Hindi lang yan ang napapansin ko. Sa tingin ko, ginagawa lang ng ilang estudyanteng excuse ang mga ginagawang pagkilos upang makaliban sila sa klase. Nakikita ko ang ibang nakikilahok sa pagkilos na wari’y nagtatawanan lang habang isinisigaw nila ang kanilang mga hinaing laban sa gobyerno. Tama ba yung nakatawa habang nakikita ang sakit sa lipunan? Napapansin ko rin na masyadong malaki ang nagagastos nila sa paggawa ng mga banners na ginagamit sa pagkilos at yaong nakakabit sa iba’t ibang gusali ng unibersidad. At meron pang ilan sa kanila na naninigarilyo. Mas maganda siguro kung ang lahat ng perang ginagasta nila dito ay iniipon na lang para magamit sa hinaharap gaya ng sa pag-aaral.

Kung talagang hindi na makayanan ang hirap ng buhay at dahil dito ay magdesisyon kang huminto sa pag-aaral, pwede ka namang kumuha ng kahit anong scholarship. Sigurado akong mayroong isang scholarship na nakalaan para sa lahat ng nangangailangang estudyante. Ang kailangan mo lang gawin ay maging karapatdapat sa opurtunidad na ibibigay sa iyo sa pamamagitan ng pagpapanatili ng itinakdang marka ng bawat scholarship. Magiging madali lang iyon kung desidido ka talagang makatapos ng pag-aaral.

Palagi nating tatandaan na ang magandang edukasyon ang magiging sandata ng isang tao upang malampasan niya ang mga pagsubok na darating sa hinaharap. At siyempre sa tulong at gabay ng ating Tagapaglikha, malalampasan natin lahat ito. Hindi naman Niya tayo bibigyan ng mga pagsubok na hindi natin makakayanang lampasan.

Ang lahat ng nakasaad sa artikulong ito ay pawang opinyon lamang. Walang intensyon ang manunulat na siraan ang sino man. Inilahad lang niya ang kung ano ang kanyang nakikita sa kanyang kapaligiran.

a StReSsFuL tHuRsDay

hayy... duty again... well, i have to spend my day working and working... i feel fully loaded right now... there are so many things needed to be done for the next few weeks... like the deadline for the articles in la liga informatica, our college publication, piece to be memorized for our final examination in english, midterm exams in political science and philippine history, activity 4 of my computer system organization subject and many more... i think i am like a balloon that will blast anytime... but i don't think i'm the only one experiencing this kind of feeling right now... right?.. haha... being a student is just like a heart, working day and night in order for all things to be ok... wow... quotable quote... hehe... could somebody help me? just kiddin'... i know your some kind of busy too... i'm so lonely here in my working place 'coz my co-student assistant who is Nica has to leave for a while to finish the requirement in one of our major subjects... i don't know if she will still come back today... huhu... yes! i'm finish encoding purchase requests... hehe... i will be having more time browsing the net...

a TeNsEfUl WeDnEsDaY

here i come again... hehe... writing my blog for the day while working and listening to a japanese song... haha... it was a tenseful day for me because i have so many requirements to finish... like the take home exam in discrete mathematics and our midterm exam in philippine history which i believed is a 12-page exam.... imagine?!? hehe... i was successful in finishing the take home exam through copying the work of joana who is a good friend of mine... and i think the class became successful also in convincing our prof in history to reschedule the exam since we're not ready to take it yet... for the meantime, he only discussed with us the introduction of our report which is about the revolutions of early filipinos against the spanish government... and then next week, i together with my groupmates will discuss the rest of the topics assigned to us... after the reporting will be the midterm exam... hehe really nervous 'coz in my first two quizzes in history, i'm sure i got failed marks... huhu... really stressful... by the way, i forgot to include in my yesterday's blog that our old neighbor died because of an attack... i don't know what kind of attack was that but my cousin was one of few people who assisted the old man in bringing to the hospital... my cousin told me that she could not get the pulse rate of the patient while bringing to the hospital... after few minutes upon arrival in the hospital, our neighbor was declared dead... i really hate the feeling of hearing bad news especially when it pertains to death... it makes me weak... maybe because i am afraid of death... huhu... i don't want to experience death but i have no choice but to accept the fact that all of us will die...

a StOrMy TuEsDaY

i woke up early in the morning 'coz i have a duty on the office i'm working for as a student assistant... i was assigned in the procurement office for the whole semester... maybe you are wonderin' why i would like to be a student assistant... it's just that i would like to have experience of what the reality is after college and to squander more money!!! haha... just kiddin'... i arrived in school late but still, i logged-in myself at 8 am, 30 minutes earlier than my actual arrival time... hehe... being a S.A. is not really a hard task... you just have to help your "boss" in doing their jobs... haha... as for me, i am encoding the purchase orders, requests, etc. of different campuses, branches and extensions of Polytechnic University of the Philippines... sometimes, i am the one sent as a representative of my "boss" to his class... there was one time that my "boss" asked me to bring the materials which are related to the evolution of human to a particular room in the 6th floor... i thought it was a faculty room but i was surprised and became nervous 'coz it was the history class of my "boss"... hay... i just called up the attention of the president and asked her to do what sir has instructed me... haha... i'm so talented!!! hehe... so much for that... later on that day... i was asked by my "boss" to check the midterm exams of his students... while i was checking the papers, it started raining as if there is storm... and after few minutes, the bell rang which means that the class has been suspended... haha... my "boss" told me to go home 'coz the suspension was extended to the employees of the university... i waited for the rain to stop before going home...

a StArGaZiNg MoNdAy

hi guys... this would be my first entry with my new blog site... i think many of you were happy 'coz today was declared as a holiday... meaning, there is no class... hehe... perhaps, i had a great time today.... why?... hmmm... i went to EVER Ortigas just to watch the mall tour of one of my favorite shows in ABS-CBN, My Girl... certified kapamilya ... the mall was filled with kimerald fanatics and i think i'm one of them... haha... i really love this localized version of My Girl from Korea because every episode makes me laugh and cry... there is also no dull moments when you watch this... unlike others... haha... let me tell you what happened there... the stargazing actually is scheduled at 4 pm but due to some reasons, the cast of My Girl arrived late for about an hour... it made me so annoyed because for almost 2 hours, i was there, standing and waiting for them to appear in the stage... i have no choice but to wait patiently if i am really eager to see my idols personally... after long hours of waiting, they finally arrive... the fans were so excited... shouting names... saying "TIRA-TIRA!"... amazed by the appearance of their idols... the cast includes Kim, Gerald, Niña, Enchong, Regine and Jeffrey (i don't know his real name)... each of them sang a song... Jeffrey sang Go On Girl... Niña, Kiss Me... haha... Niña made me laugh so much... 'coz she felt as if she was the reason for every fan's craziness... making hi and hello every now and then... haha... trying hard... (i'm so bad)... the highlight of the tour was of course, Kim and Gerald... They sang the songs included in the My Girl Soundtrack like Sabihin Mo Na... honestly, i observed that Enchong has more fans than anybody else... don't know why... haha... i have also taken many pictures and videos of them... just a remembrance... oh! i forgot... Jeffrey said that they will be doing a sequel for My Girl... haha... so excited... can't wait to watch!... well, that's all for now... just keep on reading my blogs... tnx!