Helooooo twenty-ow-eight!

A new year is about to unfold... Another year to love, be loved, be hurt and love again… laugh and cry… make mistakes and learn from them… work hard and enjoy its rewards… fail and rise from failures… enjoy good times and overcome the bad… say hellos and goodbyes.. simply a new year to LIVE and celebrate LIFE… with all its ironic truths and beautiful imperfections!

Cheers to twenty-ow-eight! Cheers to life!

yearenders...

The Real Score.

It's all about having fun baby! Who cares if we bagged third place! We had the best time and that's all that matters! ...the hell with the numbers! Go Pink Panthers! ahoo-ahoo!!!

Coin Toss.

Any story sounds true until someone tells the other side and sets the record straight. There are always, and i mean ALWAYs, two sides of the story! This... i proved. We can't just jump into believing something without tossing the other side of the coin. I'm glad i did this and saved a five-year friendship. Abi and Vine, I hope you guys can work out your differences.

Starfish.

While waiting for a class, i stumbled upon this article that i rather find... inspiring.

There was a man who was walking along a sandy beach where thousands of starfish had been washed up on the shore. He noticed a boy picking up starfishes and picking them up one by one and throwing them back to the ocean. the man observed the boy for a few minutes and then asked what he was doing. The boy replied, "I'm throwing these starfishes back into the ocean or else they will die." "But you can't possibly save them all, there are thousands on this island, and this must be happening on hundreds of beaches along the coast. you can't possibly make a difference, said the man.

The boy smiled, bent down and picked up another starfish and threw it back to the sea. He replied, "i made a difference to that one!"

If you ever become discouraged , you are not alone. if ever you find yourself burning out, you can remind yourself that it eventually ends...if you ever wonder what difference you could possibly make, that's when you say to yourself, "one starfish at a time."

there's no such thing as small change.

*aleen_learning.

Newton's Third Law of Motion

"For every action,

there is an equal and opposite reaction. "

One minute you're happy, the other you're sad... Have you ever had those moments when you're really laughing your heart out, like nothing could go wrong, like the universe conspires to make you happy... then later find yourself in tears, like being hit by a storm in a hot sunny day... from out of the blue. Sometimes, being happy is scary... it's as if "be happy now, pay later..." a roller coaster ride at the world's highest of highs and lowest of lows... i ask myself, does everything really has a price tag?

*aleen_puzzled.

l!fe's l!ttle del!ghts!

• the gift of waking up each morning
• bhy, bon and ayan's giggles and amazing moments
• emptying a half-gallon ice cream with may and brooke everytime we get together...yum-yum... then rushing to the john to empty our tummies
• a nice-fitted plain tee
• great hair days...
• cleaning the bathroom for like forever...
• cleaning my room out of clutter
• reading a good book, love Paulo Coelho's...
• cleaning the house, i'm an obsessed janitor, OC... that's what it is.
• cooking, if i have the time
• a long shower, yeah...
• doing my own nails... and perfecting the frustrating art of nail polishing
• wrestling with owen, the undertaker.
• pemp's acrobatic moves, irritating but something to laugh at
• going to a bookstore
• the smell of a new notepad
• kuya acho's seldom but tantalizing smiles
• watching everyone sleep, pondering about my dreams for them
• the sunset... it's different everyday... and it's just amazing
• a clear blue sky
• the clouds and its many different forms, sometimes i like to eat them
• multi-paletted sky just before nightfall, one moment its blue, then green, then pink, it's magical
• calm "laguna beach" with the sun's gracious rays on it
• falling sunkissed leaves
• a naked tree, like its autumn in 'pinas
• a crescent moon, imagining i'm lying down on its curves
• a full moon i'm so in love with
• walking at night with my head up high talking to the moon and the stars like a madman as if they'd talk back
• a star-filled nightsky
• meteor showers, they're for real, i've seen two falling stars
• watching as it rains
• seeing uplb from physci's 3rd floor after a rain, green and refreshed
• ate mhean's closet, yeah.
• a pair of comftable flip-flops
• fortune's slice mamon worth 16.50 at mercury drug, soft, luscious and very cheap
• fresh milk, yumyum.. lactose intolerant naman, haha...
• ministop's milo freeeezzzzeeee..u'll think i'm crazy if i tell the story
• water therapy just before going to bed
• apples... fresh apples
• chips delight... right elkah? haha... or just any chocolate-chip cookie, my comfort food
• buying groceries and pushing the push cart, it's fun, haha..
• finding a good bargain, every girl loves that.
• trying on clothes at the mall, posing like crazy with my girlfriends like in the movies, haha..
• dressing the xmas tree with pemp
• the thrill of opening gifts
• changing the covers
• pillows... sleeping pillows
• movies.... hollywood movies... all sorts.
• more movies
• wentworth miller's eyes a.k.a michael scofield slash the fallen angel slash my husband
• prison break, holy cow it's pure genius.
• light hollywood drama series, some of my favorites: the O.C., one tree hill, joan of arcadia
• intelligent and for-the-smartalecky-type drama series like: grey's anatomy, veronica mars
• fictional, thrillers, suspense: heroes, the old ones: roswell, charmed
• cooking shows, yeah, i learned a lot from them, go rachel ray
• oprah winfrey, she's heaven sent
• the tyra show... the younger, taller, slimmer version of oprah's talk show, haha.. i mean the host
• actually having T-I-M-E to catch these shows, heck...
• josh hartnett's eyes, killer.
• american idol...great talents {not as great as ours} and a good laugh, wahaha...
• non-hell weeks, which happens to be Never.
• getting together with my highschool "barkada," the noise... it's like the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
• an ice cold drink during hot days
• the rare times that i don't cram
• post-it notes, quick, easy and cute reminders
• pictures, where priceless memories are immortalized
• shopping, shopping and more shopping
• being alone at night, thinking about life and appreciating all its ironic yet beautiful truths
• realizing that every moment of the day, i learn.
• the company of good friends, of sisses and brods just in any ordinary day
• a sensible exchange of text messages worth your time, your dime and your thumb
• coming up with a good paper at the last minute
• listening to people, delighted that you have their trust
• a fully loaded meal when you're starving to death after a day's work
• stumbling upon old friends or mere acquaintances from ancient times when you least expect it
• irene's after-lunch-habit of "peram mirror..." to floss. yeah.
• unexpected YM sessions
• YM sessions [at our YM notebook] with irene, she and binky during boring, boring classes
• milo freeezzeee.... can't get enough.
• blogging... yeah boy.
• receiving friendster comments
• writing, just whatever i have in mind at that moment
• nanay... just... nanay.
• the relief of belching
• pilot g-tech 0.3
• more belching.. waha...
• A+ exams when you didn't review much, yeah!
• jen's nail-biting-habit, yum-yum?
• fireworks, woohoo!
• christmas lights, lots of them
• linkin park! when "i've become so numb!"
• chanting with the yupielbi crowd, u-p-l-b, tunay! palaban! makabayan!
• being "BATAS," [-coined by she & irene] ...whatever that means!hehe.
• filling out my planner and actually doing the things i have to do when i have to do them
• ate ghaye's everyday pledge... "magda-diet na ko!"
• ALL-STARS, prince oh prince!
• songs from ages ago, my lullaby and firearms against insomnia!
• sleeping, huhu... sleeping well.

...TO BE CONTD.

*aleen_thankfuL.

what makes you HAPPY?

browsing through the magazines under my ate mhean's center table (in their sala), i stumble upon a detached newspaper page. it contains a column by ms. lucy torres , can't remember the exact title... since then, i've been wanting to do the same as she did... caught up in a bad traffic one night, at hand a notepad and a pen... she started writing... and found herself making a list... a list of things which make her "happy." to her surprise, it was a long list she came up with in just a short while. i find it rather fascinating. in it are the littlest and the simplest of things that usually goes unnoticed.

happiness is such a big word... vague. it means different things to different people. but if you think of it, happiness, genuine happiness... is the very end goal of every man. every decision we make, every path we troddle, we choose them in belief that it will make us happy. yet sometimes, we think too hard, try too hard, and work too hard. when the truth is, it's in the littlest and simplest of things that we can find happiness.

so! this post is to finally realize my dream list. char! "life's little delights" (see my next post) make yourself one too!

goodnight for now... got school tomorrow!

*aleen_zZzZzZzZ... ^_^

freakingly frustrating!

...like your heart's gonna burst out of your chest,

...like your brain is squeezed, it would explode,

...like your body's trembling out of fury.

unrealistic optimism

i know i'm not the perfect "leader." this sounds cliche, but i've tried my best! i did all i could... but it was never good enough. fuck. where do you hang on when all optimism is gone? where do you draw the line between "i-can-do-this" and "i've-had-enough?" we keep telling ourselves we can do it. we keep believing that we can...and sometimes, believing is all we got. ='(

when the cup gets full

the heart can only hold so much. the mind can only bare so much. what do you do at times when you just can't hold it all inside. i... in the middle of the blinding lights of carabao park and the glooming darkness of palma bridge, under the downpouring rain... sat down, and cry. crap.

rising when you fall

if there's one absolute truth about life... it goes on. that's the frustrating point. life sucks sometimes but it doesn't really give you any choice but to go on. scream! if you must. cry! if you must. but at the end of the day, the downpour of the rain will stop... the darkness will find its way to the light, and the light will be just enough to get you by.

shoutout --> hey "crying shoulder," i owe you one. tnx!

*aleen_down and back again.

pathetic.

...how do you hold on to nothing?

mayday! it's monday!

hell yah, i hate mondays... and wednesdays! my sked won't let me gasp for breath even for a minute! class after class after class! can't even enjoy a decent meal with my 30-minute lunch break. crap. and this will go on for the next 4 months of my life?! hai... i'm not complaining, i'm not. i'm just saying. guess i'm just really tired. as in dog tired.

moRning rUsh...

traffic was heavy, damn! came in late for 191... again. good thing ma'm emy came in later. class was alright... so was sds11. it was strange though, she wasn't at the lobby this morning para sermunan ako. she would say, di ka na nagbago! mizyu sis... ;)

cH!ken gaLore...

i'm officially allergic to roasted chicken from now on. i've been ordering the same thing since last week! i hope SU would offer something new for my tastebuds. it's the same old menu everyday since like... forever! as if i can run out of the campus to grab lunch in half an hour. i'm not complaining. i'm just saying. char. ^_^

rEcognition... the Race is on.

recognition of yupielbi organizations, soro and frats runs every semester. it's crazy. 20 members is the SFAD's requirement now to be duly recognized, from 15 last sem. it's not as easy as pie i'm telling you. like, andaming ek-ek! it should be easy though, if all your members will comply. how hard would passing a photocopy of your form5 (registration form in up) and a 1 by 1 picture would be? would that take you forever? hindi naman ako highblood ano... that was just really frustrating. fixing all the papers required. all's well that ends well anyway. we made it to the deadline, though some documents will be followed up tomorrow. my sisses know how crazy we went just to make it thru sfad... confidential! i'm not complaining, i'm just saying. harhar.

*aleen_the disclaimer grumbler ^_^

...blurry!

the day's almost over, it's midnight again in two hours. i almost didn't notice how my day went...

i realize just now, maghapon akong nakatunganga sa monitor! my sight's almost blurry. got my paper works done, except for one that i can't seem to start doing. damn it. oh well, it's due on tuesday anyway. i never thought blogging could be so much fun, char. but i missed out a lot on the "real-life" today big time, my only friend today was the world wide web...

this is my last post for the day. i swear....hehe... na-adik yata ko, 6th post ko na to... ^_^

goodnight cyberspace. hello paulo coehlo. got "by the river piedra i sat down and wept" from irene, i'll start turning its pages tonight, and finish it off tomorrow (hopefully). i really enjoy reading lately, not the typical me though. that's it for december one, i guess... nyt folkz!

*aleen_signing off. ;)

bOgaLoids!

just before lunch, i got to read Bob Ong's sixth book: "macArthur" for the second time. it's a short read, isang upuan lang... and by the way, a must read!

it's actually my first bob-ong-book-experience and soo looking forward for more! anyone! lend me please! hehe... or better yet, have it wrapped and ribboned under our christmas tree! ;)

the story exposes the philippine's ill society plauged by poverty, drug addiction, crimes, etc. through the characters of cyrus, noel, jim and voltron. bob ong knows very well the filipino culture of being generally happy people, thus conveying the story's message in a light and funny manner. i especially enjoyed these made-up and very much pinoy vocabulary words:

• bogaloids - less harsh version ng bobo, bogak
• sabogaloids - nag-evolove na bogaloids, now with "sabog," after pot session
• tubolosaurus - pertaining to the size of the human feces, t*e, eb*k, gross! forgive me! =)
• abnormalites - a more politically correct sounding translation ng abnormal, abnoy
• tirable - referring to booty call girls
• at madami pang iba! haha!

from what i've heard (from friends and bob ong avid readers), it's nothing like his first two books (if i'm not mistaken) na compilation ng jokes and stories. this one actually has a plot, and an exhilirating one i must say. though it's the typical drug-addict napariwara story, may unpredictable element pa rin.. huhuhu.. ='( i felt for voltron-amadeus-denver, whatever his name is! his death was not detailed, but was sudden. ouch talaga. and of course... for mang justo, victimized by the monsters in cyrus' head... poor old man... affected? wink! yah... i almost cried. noel's story (i guess) was the reason for the title...

it's funny and thrilling both in one book... but above all, compelling!

bogaloids!!! heck, i love that! tsk. ;)

*shoutout --> shemay, tnx for macArthur! it shall return on monday! ^_^

of that december feel and acad rush!

woke up at 10 (not bad huh? could've been longer! i slept @ around 5am kaya!) grabe, it's freeeeezing! guess the holiday season's fin'lly here. it's december first! how do i start the month?

well, acad mode is the mode today. still got papers to do (editing, at least) i wana get 'em all done, so sunday will be work-free... hassle-free. it's pass 5, i'm taking a break (by blogging!) one more homework to do and i'm all set for school on monday! i'm playing this "workaholic girl" loving it, and actually enjoying it... to my surprise! i can't be a slug with my overload units! na-ah! no way!

crap.. that reminded me of ma'am magno's hundred-pages-posc1-readings! totally not a politics-person and i just hate it whenever she calls me ("ms. dela cruz, where's ms. dela cruz?") for class recitation (which happens to be almost every meeting!) favorite mu ba ko ma'm?! haha... i failed to finish the readings kasi, thanks to my god-given talent in "ad-lib..." managed to make my way out of her mind-boggling questions. guess i have to read more now (i'll do that tonight), and do some research on my own, coz in all honesty, clueless ako!

suicidal...

3:25 AM. still up... enjoying my long internet session! taking advantage of times (like this) na hindi pa maxadong demanding ang yupielbi. just finished 3 papers(assignments), editing na lang tomorrow... that's if magigising pa ko from this total puyatan with my PC... took a long nap kanina (kahapon) kea my energy's still up. tnx to ate mhean's hot tea, the caffeine's still kicking! i enjoyed that little tea party perfectly matched with mernel's version of goldilocks' choco rumble. yum.yum. the week ahead would be tight! the hustle and bustle of student life will come rushing again... nararamdaman ko na ang gravity ng 23 units with pamatay na major subjects, plus the responsibilities on my shoulder as an execom member of our org. i even signed up for this freelance writing company last week with my good friend and sis, she, that pays $2/page! (san ka makakapulot nun?!) idagdag pa natin ang "plan" namin to join yet another organization! my sisses would tell me i'm committing suicide daw! haha... we'll see about that. i hope i'll make it thru this sem breathing.

"...i'll have you suicidal, suidical!"
- sabi ng second sem, 07-08

the first of the last...

it's almost two in the morning...

the first day of the last month of the year...

thought it'd be the perfect time to create my new and official blog...

welcome to my page!

or more like, welcome to my life!!!