Thursday, January 26, 2006
the last semester went off without a hitch. i was tutoring just for chemistry then, and only had a few students to handle. i didn't complain then, only because it gave me time to study in between (or have small chats with fellow tutors). now i'm teaching anatomy2 as well, and while i expected there would be more students, i hoped it would come at the middle part of the semester. 2nd week pa lang, i had students come left and right. certainly not in groups, as math students do, but still, overwhelming. kakapanibago.
i do look forward to the challenge. and i have to admit, this keeps me in my toes all the time now. but... oh, those quiet days, when will you return again?
p.s. will post pics soon (of my room and some fellow tutors)
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Wednesday, January 18, 2006how abt that, 3 blogs in one day? (reklamo ka pa, teng?)
just got an email from my international coordinator... i'm supposed to file for taxes?!?!?!?!??!?!?! before april 15?!?!?! where do i freakin' start?!?!?!
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01. Bought everyone in the pub a drink
02. Swam with dolphins
03. Climbed a mountain
(does a hill, count?) 04. Taken a Ferrari for a test drive
05. Been inside the Great Pyramid
06. Held a tarantula
07. Taken a candlelit bath with someone
08. Said ‘I love you’ and meant it
09. Hugged a tree
10. Done a striptease
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
(close to having lightning) 14. Stayed up all night long, and watched the sunrise
15. Seen the Northern Lights
16. Gone to a huge sports game
17. Walked the stairs to the top of the leaning Tower of Pisa
18. Grown and eaten your own vegetables
19. Touched an iceberg
20. Slept under the stars
21. Changed a baby’s diaper
22. Taken a trip in a hot air balloon
23. Watched a meteor shower
24. Gotten drunk on champagne (no, but i luuuuv sparkling apple cider)
25. Given more than you can afford to charity
26. Looked up at the night sky through a telescope
27. Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment
28. Had a food fight
29. Bet on a winning horse
30. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
31. Asked out a stranger
32. Had a snowball fight
33. Photocopied your bottom on the office photocopier
34. Screamed as loudly as you possibly can
35. Held a lamb
36. Enacted a favorite fantasy
37. Taken a midnight skinny dip
38. Taken an ice cold bath/shower
(oh, those tabo days) 39. Had a meaningful conversation with a beggar
40. Seen a total eclipse
41. Ridden a roller coaster
42. Hit a home run
43. Fit three weeks miraculously into three days
44. Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking
45. Adopted an accent for an entire day
46. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
47. Actually felt happy about your life, even for just a moment
(moment lang) 48. Had two hard drives for your computer
49. Visited all 50 states
50. Loved your job for all accounts
51. Taken care of someone who was shit faced
52. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
53. Had amazing friends
54. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country
55. Watched wild whales
(does wild dolphin count?) 56. Stolen a sign
(my fave kenny rogers reserved sign..) 57. Backpacked in Europe
58. Taken a road-trip
59. Rock climbing
60. Lied to foreign government’s official in that country to avoid notice
(customs!!) 61. Midnight walk on the beach
(bohol, i love you) 62. Sky diving
63. Visited Ireland
64. Been heartbroken longer then you were actually in love
65. In a restaurant, sat at a stranger’s table and had a meal with them
66. Visited Japan
67. Bench-pressed your own weight
68. Milked a cow
69. Alphabetized your records
70. Pretended to be a superhero
71. Sung karaoke
72. Lounged around in bed all day
73. Posed nude in front of strangers
74. Scuba diving
75. Got it on to "Let’s Get It On" by Marvin Gaye
76. Kissed in the rain
77. Played in the mud
78. Played in the rain
79. Gone to a drive-in theatre
80. Done something you should regret, but don’t regret it
81. Visited the Great Wall of China
82. Discovered that someone who’s not supposed to know about your blog has discovered your blog
83. Dropped Windows in favor of something better
84. Started a business
85. Fallen in love and not had your heart broken
86. Toured ancient sites
87. Taken a martial arts class
88. Sword fought for the honor of a woman.
89. Played D&D for more than 6 hours straight
(ba't D&D lang...) 90. Gotten married
91. Been in a movie
(a STUDENT movie!) 92. Crashed a party
93. Loved someone you shouldn’t have
94. Kissed someone so passionately it made them dizzy
95. Gotten divorced
96. Had sex at the office (why is it all about sex....?)
97. Lied
(duh!) 97. (the real 97) Gone without food for 5 days (oh, the 'real 97'!)
98. Made cookies from scratch
99. Won first prize in a costume contest
100. Ridden a gondola in Venice
101. Gotten a tattoo
102. Found that the texture of some materials can turn you on
103. Rafted the Snake River
104. Been on television news programs as an "expert"
105. Got flowers for no reason
107. Got so drunk you don’t remember anything
108. Been addicted to some form of illegal drug
109. Performed on stage
110. Been to Las Vegas
111. Recorded music
(to my co-singers thea, then zhina... thank you) 112. Eaten shark
113. Had a one-night-stand
114. Gone to Thailand
115. Seen Moulin Rouge
116. Bought a house
117. Been in a combat zone
118. Buried one/both of your parents
120. Been on a cruise ship
121. Spoken more than one language fluently
122. Gotten into a fight while attempting to defend someone
123. Bounced a check
124. Performed in Rocky Horror
125. Read - and understood - your credit report
126. Raised children
127. Recently bought and played with a favorite childhood toy
128. Followed your favorite band/singer on tour
129. Created and named your own constellation of stars
130. Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country
131. Found out something significant that your ancestors did
132. Called or written your Congressperson
(ninong rudy!) 133. Packed up and moved to another city to just start over
134. …more than once? (manila, cebu, davao, then the US cities)
135. Walked the Golden Gate Bridge
136. Sang loudly in the car, and didn’t stop when you knew someone was looking
137. Had an abortion, or your female partner did
138. Had plastic surgery
139. Survived an accident that you shouldn’t have survived
140. Wrote articles for a large publication
141. Lost over 100 pounds
142. Held someone while they were having a flashback
143. Piloted an airplane
144. Petted a stingray
(does a baby shark count?) 145. Broken someone’s heart
146. Helped an animal give birth
147. Been fired or laid off from a job
148. Won money on a T.V. game show
149. Broken a bone
150. Killed a human being
151. Gone on an African photo safari
152. Ridden a motorcycle
153. Driven any land vehicle at a speed of 100mph or faster?
154. Had a body part of yours below the neck pierced
155. Fired a rifle, shotgun or pistol
156. Eaten mushrooms that were gathered in the wild
157. Ridden a horse
158. Had major surgery.
159. Had sex on a moving train
160. Had a snake as a pet
161. Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon
(hiked, no.. but i saw it) 162. Slept through an entire flight: take, landing, during
163. Slept for more than 30 hours over the course of 48 hours
164. Visited more foreign countries than U.S. states
165. Visited all 7 continents
166. Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days
167. Eaten kangaroo meat
168. Fallen in love at an ancient Mayan burial ground
170. Eaten sushi
171. Had your picture in the newspaper
172. Had 2 (or more) healthy romantic relationships for over a year in your lifetime
173. Changed someone’s mind about something you care deeply about
174. Gotten someone fired for his or her actions
175. Gone back to school
(oh yes...) 176. Parasailed
177. Changed your name
(to Gail, once for college) 178. Petted a cockroach (eeeewww)
179. Eaten fried green tomatoes
180. Read The Iliad
(one of many of thea's assigned book that i ended up reading) 181. Selected one "important" author whom you missed in school, and read him/ her
182. Dined in a restaurant and stolen silverware, plates, cups because your apartment needed them
183. …and gotten 86'ed from the restaurant because you did it so many times, they figured out it was you
184. Taught yourself an art from scratch
185. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
186. Apologized to someone years after inflicting the hurt
187. Skipped all your school reunions
(i'm skipping the BIG one, yung 10th yr anniv) 188. Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language
(ye, he was mute) 189. Been elected to public office
190. Written your own computer language
191. Thought to yourself that you’re living your dream
192. Had to put someone you love into hospice care
193. Built your own PC from parts
194. Sold your own artwork to someone who didn’t know you.
195. Had a booth at a street fair
196. Dyed your hair
197: Been a DJ
198: Found out someone was going to dump you via LiveJournal
199: Written your own role playing game
200: Lost your Best Friend for reasons of death
201: Fallen in love over the internet
202: Sung in a Barbers’ Shop Quartet
203: Eaten a live animal
204: Been able to communicate in a language you barely learnt barely three days earlier.
205: Memorized words from all Disney movies like Aladdin, Lionking etc; furthmore, dialogues from Friends, Smallville and Star Trek
206: Be able to relate to every song that you ever listen.
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what the heck just happened?
from secretary, i became president of our international students club?!?! ok, quite honestly, there's a relief. because i can be quite anal abt stuff, there is the possibility of this club actually working (i would have been forever disappointed with having another lousy president if ever). so, for me and the club, that is good. but being anal, that tends to make me more stressed, which is not good.
reasons why i'm afraid:
1. i already have killer subjects to worry - anatomy2 and microbiology
2. lots of involved gas expenses - driving back n forth to school, esp since i have to accomodate my duty as house driver to my lil cuz and auntie
3. possible lack of student member support
4. constrained budget
5. failure
in case anything happens, i will blame my brother (hala!!!!). sabi nya kasi, you should have a life other than academics. go out and have fun. (not his exact words, pero it was close).
let the countdown to mitch's insanity begin.
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Tuesday, January 17, 2006i never thought it'd happen here. sa pilipins, pwede pa. pero to have another person, with MY name, in my school, in my CLASS no less (!!) is really really really aggravating.
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Sunday, January 15, 2006- i've posted some pics of my lil cuz. yaaaah. must remind myself not to make this to the IAN blog. coz it's MINE! hehe. but really, i'm not wont to take pics of myself. but hopefully, having been "exposed" to my sis' narcisism/vanity (hehe), you will be able to see more pics of me soon. (thank goodness i saved my photobucket info.. haven't used them in a while!!)
get a load of those cheeks!
aaah. yeah. picking his nose, alright.
my fave shot of the day. c'mon lil girl! beat the old man!
just for the record though, its kinda hard to take shots when you're in california. why? you are almost always bound to get FAT there! (in a last visit, i gained 20 pounds in 2 weeks!!) not good for pics, esp when you got relatives holding their breath to see what you look like!
*as a note, i told my bro that i will cheerfully tolerate his kanchaws (and my sister's songs)... i think nothing's worse than being repeatedly called "bigatin margieee!". grabe talaga.
- i've been feeling frustrated lately (aaw, and so early in the new year pa naman). whatever made me get to the idea of handling a club when i already have 2 science subjects to tackle - i dunno. but man, what a load of work. honestly, i feel like i'm doing all the work. hmph. i will definitely air my complaint to my advisor. sobra na. i will NOT put as much effort to this one (even if i wanted to). studies first!
- nak ng tokwa naman o. ok, good news. i get my dean's list certificate. i get approved to be a tutor for anatomy1 (i'm also tutoring for chem). 2 of my students got A and C respectively for chemistry. that A student is now a classmate of mine in microbiology, and i am so glad of the possibility of us working together (since i know he's diligent).
the bad news involves that C student. of course, i'm happy that she passed. but is it a cruel case of fate that made her my classmate for microbiology?!?! and now that she knows that i'm also teaching anatomy1, she wants me to tutor her again?!?!? words cannot imagine the absolute horror i feel. this girl is a leech. sorry for being so frank, but that's what she really is. she really really sucks you dry. i cannot express the torture i went through last sem, but here's some brief details: she calls me in the day if i can tutor her at around 10pm. she "flings" a paper in my table and orders me to teach her all the chapters in that paper. she demands to move on to a next chemistry topic even though she doesn't understand the one we're talking about. she told me once i don't teach very well. she asks me chem questions in the CR. she always complains about her life (i'm not your counselor!!).
ok sana if she does her fair share of work. but this girl doesn't study at all. she doesn't read her books. her notes are sloppy. half the time i'm tutoring her, she's not even listening. always answering phone calls! disorganized (inside her car is an absolute mess. really. believe me, i tried riding in the passenger seat, and had to move a lot of junk to do so).
and to think she's gonna be in the same field as i am. nursing. i say to my friend once (who also knows this girl), "so, do you want her to be in charge of your dosage or take your blood?"
sayang, pretty pa naman sya. la lang brains. o my gawsh, i'm so mean....
huling hirit then i'll be done with my rant. as an icing on the cake, she called me last night to ask me what the reference number of our microbiology book is. the heck?!?! what am i, her freakin' secretary?!?! simula na po ng kalbaryo ko! i mean, c'mon, it's every student's responsibility to know all reference numbers of our books! aaaaarg!
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Sunday, January 01, 2006new year na! new blog pa!
sigh. i try not to be superstitious, but i seriously hope how i spent new years is not how 2006 will turn out to be. staying up late just to pack. eating lots of food (tho that's not necessarily a bad thing). still more eating (and gaining pounds). saying goodbye and being parted from loved ones. ye, the last one really sucked. actually, it still does.
but let's not linger on the bad stuff. fun things happened during my Christmas break. wrestled big-time with my siblings. was able to visit the wonderful Sephora (reminder, always have your close gal pals with you less you get lost in all the beautiful and overwhelming cosmetic choices). got to spend the holidays with my sister-in-law's family for the first time (riot talaga! haha! sorry to rg!! walang lutong makaw, no!). lots of presents given with overflowing love. the kulitans. the kanchawans and jingles.
also, just got back from las vegas. it's a very... lit up place. haha, my apologies, it is a very obvious and dull way to describe the place. but really, what is it anyway? remove the shows, and its nothing more than a big grand mall that forces you to spend, spend, spend. a mall equipped with visual commodities in the form of buxom ladies (or men) and lots of green cash. nevertheless, it really does have its appealing attractions (like the dancing fountains at bellagio). and it has its lessons, too! presenting....
10 things i learned in Las Vegas
1. it's only when you DON'T have an ID that you get asked by security abt your age (arrgh, the irony!)
2. always have a decent (read: classy) change of clothes ready in case you visit swanky Bellagio
3. be prepared to eat... A LOT (dang buffets!). that said, do not fret since you should be prepared to walk... A LOT
4. don't expect to see the shows you liked before. they are not gonna be the same.
5. there will ALWAYS be photo-op moments (hence, the following are must-have items in your purse: dig-cam, batteries, willing models/subjects, makeup)
6. if you're not the gambling or drinking type, always try to make room to visit Circus Circus. kiddie games galore!
7. its best to have sober men in your company to protect you against drunk unwanted buffoons
8. driving is a pain at 9pm, with all the cars are out as well. better to do it past 1am, wherein everybody is presumably drunk on the streets or bars, leaving the streets open.
9. to avoid maximum spending, have a generous relative accomodate your lodging expenses (thanks, tita paula!).
10. unless you're REALLY the lucky type, don't expect to win significantly at slot machines.
hehe. corny! pero all in all, the las vegas trip was a blast. of course, any place is enjoyable as long as you have your loved ones with you. awww, warm mushy feelings just swelling up in me...
btw, thanks to my lovely sis for making the layout for me (praising her is my way of getting out of the "labor fee" i supposedly owe her).
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